Dates for your Diary
Annual General Meeting – 7pm Saturday 22nd February at Gallards Close, Southborough.
Start the Year Dinner – 7.30pm Saturday 1st March at Café Bliss, Southborough.
Events
Inter Association Pétanque Tournament – 8th September 2014
Over 50 members of SHDOFA, TWTFA and SAKA arrived at the White Rock Inn at Underriver for the Pétanque Tournament. Some belong to two or even all three Associations. First of all lunch was served and enjoyed in the garden. Competitors were then formed into teams of three. Play commenced, but after 30-40 minutes heavy rain began to fall. Four teams of die-hards were mid-match and tried to carry on regardless, but as the courts flooded, they had to give in and the Tournament was abandoned. The weather aside, this first gathering of the three Associations is considered a success. The plan is to try again next year, when hopefully the weather will be kinder to us.
Brian Dobson
Film Show – 19th October 2013
Another great evening – our thanks to David Ward for showing some very entertaining films. The first showing was “50 Years of Mickey Mouse” followed by Bing Crosby and Laurel & Hardy. Colette and Bob Marsh kindly organised the Fish & Chips Supper, which was enjoyed by all, and a raffle was drawn. There was time to have a chat with other members between films and the general buzz appears to be that they would like another Film Show next October.
The Zozulenka Ukrainian Ensemble – 21st November 2013
This was not our event, but a number of SAKA members attended. It was a truly wonderful experience. So much energy from this singing and dancing troupe from Cherkasy - and so young; the eldest is 18 years of age. On a UK tour, money was being raised for “Hope Now”, a charity raising funds to provide health care for children and adults in need and helping former prisoners to find their ways back into the community.
Christmas Lunch – 8th December 2013
This year’s event was again a success for our second visit to The Royal Wells Inn at Mount Ephraim.
SAKA Lotto Club Report
Following our Christmas Lunch at the Royal Wells Hotel on Sunday, 8th December the draw took place for the last five months of the year. With 54 club members this year we were able to donate £270for our projects in Kaniv and the winners in the final draw of the year were:
August No. 26 Brigid Dobson
September No. 37 Steve Alldis
October No. 16 Keith Emberson
November No. 27 Elaine Lawrence
All the above winners received cheques for £21
December No. 49 Beverley Henderson
Beverley is the winner of the star prize of £70
Thanks to everyone who supported the Lotto Club and congratulations to all the winners, who enjoyed a good return on their £10 stakes. We have managed to keep the expenses down to £11, thus enabling us to pay out nine prizes of £21 and one of £70, so making the total prize money for 2013 £259, which is a £44 increase on last year. If we can increase the Club’s membership to 60 or more next year, we will be able to pay the December winner £100, provided of course we again keep our expenses to a minimum. Thank you all for your participation and “Good Luck!”
Mike Handcock
Website News
We are pleased to announce that Computer Gurus, the computer service company operated by SAKA member Nasir Jamil, has offered to sponsor our website, beginning in February 2014. Our thanks go to Nasir for his generous support. Our webmaster and committee member Brian Dobson has been a customer for a number of years and rates the service of Computer gurus highly. In readiness for a computer malfunction, add the telephone number of Computer Gurus to your address book – 01892 544199. When your screen goes blank, you will not be able to access the website! It is our aim to create awareness of both Southborough and Kaniv and we strive to find interesting attractions in both towns to add to the pages. The next task will be to add the green plaques, which have been erected on a number of houses, which were once occupied by celebrated citizens, by the Southborough Society.
Membership News
We currently have 69 members.
Monday 3 March 2014
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