| Past Social Events |
| Past Events
2013 - 2005 |
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| Tuesday 12th November 2013 | Franklin's
Fairground Fun Night - £224.50 collected for Paul Robert's charity - Lennox Cancer |
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| Wednesday 9th October 2013 | Quiz
Night |
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| Wednesday 27th March 2013 | Quiz
Night - 135 attendees; £722 collected - to be shared between Seniors and Ladies Section's charities. |
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| Wednesday 27th February 2013 | Bowls
Night ~ Hatfield Peverel - £229 collected for charity. Thanks to John and Jan Franklin. |
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| Thursday 15th November 2012 | Franklin's
Fairground Fun Night - £303 collected for charity |
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| Wednesday 24th October 2012 | Quiz Night 154 attendees; £868 collected - to be shared between the Senior's and Ladies Sections charities. |
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| Wednesday 21st March 2012 | Bowls Night ~ Hatfield
Peverel Another enjoyable evening with John & Jan Franklin Raffle Prizes £7.50 per head incl. supper .............. £165.50 was collected for charity; profits went to Royal Marsden Cancer Fund |
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| Wednesday 14th March 2012 | Quiz Night Another really enjoyable evening organised superbly by Mike Stammers, ably assisted by Jan Stammers. The total collected for both Barry and Kate's two charities was £796.38 The winning table was the one hosted by David Neill yet again. Rumour has it that in future they are to be handicapped by adding Pxxl Rxxxrxs to their table |
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| Monday 12th December 2011 | Turkey
Trot After a cold but bright morning Turkey Trot, the evening saw 134 members and guests squeezed into the Baronial Hall for our now traditional Christmas Dinner. As usual, a sumptuous feast was provided by Flynn, ably abetted by Kim, and Sam. After the meal the prizes were distributed to the lucky winners, the overall winner being David Neill with an excellent 38 points and the longest drive to boot. Ron Went then gave an address expounding the misdemeanours of the Abbotsley Four in which it was revealed that one of the condemned, the handicap secretary no less, was that very evening bitterly complaining that somebody had appropriated his after dinner chocolate ! The evening concluded with the post dinner entertainment featuring renditions from 'Bogey 6' in which the curse of slow play was examined and an excellent delivery from Senga Macalister on the rigours of Christmas shopping. After some rousing renditions of Christmas songs we all took our leave, tired but happy. |
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| Wednesday 26th October 2011 | Quiz Night Another chance to have pitted your wits against Mike's questions! |
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| Thursday 10th November 2011 | Franklin's
Fairground Fun Night Under the watchful eyes of John and Jan Franklin, members spent a fun-filled evening, playing with and against partners - at 'Roll a Penny' , 'Putting', 'Grand Priz' and many other JF games. A buffet meal was served after the games. A total of £134 was raised to kick-start Barry's chosen Charity - "Royal Marsden Cancer Charity" |
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| Wednesday 16th March 2011 | Quiz Night
~ R U a Quiz Whiz?.....another chance to pit your wits against Mike's questions! Tables of 8; Liquid prizes. Sausage & mash supper included. Price @ £11.00 p.p. Proceeds to Ladies & Seniors Captains charities. 7.00 for 7.30 pm prompt start! |
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| Wednesday 30th March 2011 | Bowls Night ~ always an enjoyable evening with John & Jan Franklin Raffle Prizes £15.00 per couple 7.15 pm |
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| Monday 13th December 2010 | Turkey Trot Regrettably the weather put paid to this year's Turkey Trot, but nothing daunted, 134 members and guests were shoe horned into the Baronial Hall for the Christmas Dinner. As usual, Kim and Flynn turned up trumps with the food and the arrangements and Jason was his usual generous self in putting wine on the 14 tables. With no prizewinners the turkeys and sundry goodies were disposed of by a mini-raffle which raised £134 for David's charity. After the prizegiving the evening was wound up by the, now customary, cabaret, devised, created and performed by the usual suspects, aided and abetted this year by our own King of the keyboard, Alan King, who heretofore has been hiding his light under a bushel. |
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| Thursday 25th November 2010 | Franklin's Fairground
Fun Night Fun, frolic and feasting were the orders of the night for thirty odd(!) entrants at the fantastic Franklin Fairground Fun Night. Superbly organised as always by John and Jan the event was advertised as ' No Skill Required ' and none was displayed, not even by the eventual winners, new Club Captain, Neville Partridge and his playing partner, Betty Elmes. Nevertheless, a good time was had by all and a thumping £300 was raised to launch David's charity, The Farleigh Hospice |
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| Wednesday 27th October 2010 | Quiz Night Another really enjoyable evening organised superbly by Mike Stammers, ably assisted by Jan Stammers and Doreen Brown.My grateful thanks to all of them and to Neville for his eloquent presentation of ' reverse ' bingo. Jason kindly provided each table with wine and the meal served by the catering staff was appreciated by the 139 participants of the quiz. Overall the evening raised a total net profit of £742-92 which will be shared equally between the Senior Captain' s charity ' Haven Hospice' and the Lady Captain' s charity 'The Essex Air Ambulance Service.' This was the last fund raising event for my charity and through the most generous efforts of the Senior Section we have raised approximately £3750 over the year. I would like to thank all of you for your generosity and particularly like to thank Mike Stammers and John Franklin for their individual efforts Nial McGoldrick |
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| Wednesday 14th April 2010 | Quiz Night Thank you to everyone who supported the Quiz Night on April 14th. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Thanks also to all the staff who provided us with tasty food and efficient organisation and to Jason who kindly supplied the table wine so that those who were unable to answer the questions could get quietly smashed! A huge thank you to Mike and Jan Stammers and Doreen Brown for the time and effort that they put into organising such an excellent evening. Mike, despite a nasty chest cold and a misbehaving microphone, guided us effortlessly through the evening. Thanks also to Neville who interrupted the proceedings to play his 'reverse bingo' which was a great success. Well, it was for one person anyway! The Lady Captain's Charity and the Seniors Captain's Charity benefitted to the tune of £355 each. This included £349 raised by Anne and the ladies with their raffle. I am sure you will all be keen to know the result of the quiz. My table-no.11-actually won and, if I seemed somewhat exuberant on hearing the result, it was because I have never been on a winning quiz team before. My input was minimal, but the rest of the team were very good,with Pete Smith being a veritable mine of information. Commiserations to David Neill's team who just failed to record a hat-trick of wins. Shame!! Also, well done to Steve Helm's team for managing to get 24 people around those small tables! Nial McGoldrick |
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| Tuesday 23rd March 2010 | Bowls Night Thank you to all who supported the Bowls Event on March 23rd. It was a hugely enjoyable evening superbly organised by John and Jan Franklin and through their efforts over £200 was raised for the Senior Captain's Charity Little Havens Hospice. The bowling was excellent fun if, at times, a little erratic and the food was good enough to grace the finest cruise ship. Awards:- Bowling Champions 2010 - Rosemary Evans/ Roger Page Most Stylish Bowler - Sylvie Page Strongest Bowler - Anne Bass [for carrying Gordon all night] Person With Bowling Green In Back Garden - R. Page Best Food Tasters - A. Henderson/ P. Roberts |
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| Monday 14th December 2009 |
Turkey Trot & Christmas Dinner An excellent day's golf followed by a wonderful festive evening. I would
like to thank everyone for their support, particularly Mike Stammers for
his organisation,creativity and energy. |
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| Thurs 19th November 2009 | Franklin's Fairground Fun Night We had a wonderful evening at the Fun Night on November 19th. Neville Partridge and Margaret Saxton were the eventual winners[I can only think that Margaret was really good]. The runners-up were Debbie Moorby and Nial McGoldrick. £355 was raised for Little Havens Hospice and a grateful thanks goes to organiser John Franklin who managed the evening in his usual efficient way. Thanks to Jason Fox and his team for providing the venue,an excellent meal and a generous donation to my charity. My thanks also to all of you who so kindly supported the event .- Nial McGoldrick. |
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| Wed. 28th October 2009 | Quiz Night - An even greater number of people attended and a more fantastic amount raised for the two charities. The final figure for the quiz was £645 split between the two charities. The catering staff did a great job in feeding and watering the 146 people who were shoe horned into the Baronial Hall and the winning table was that of the present captain, David Neill,and his immediate predecessor, Jack Skedd. Thanks to Mike Stammers for some very searching questions(!) and to Jason Fox for putting wine on our tables. | |
| Wed 18th March 2009 | What a great turn out for Mike Stammers' Twentieth Quiz Night. A fantastic total of £550 was raised on the night which was divided equally between the Lady Captain's charity and my charity Farleigh Hospice.A huge thankyou to Mike and his helpers and to Jason for putting the wine on the tables. A very enjoyable evening was had by all. David Neill, Seniors' Captain. | |
| Wed 11th March 2009 | Bowls Evening Match 24 Seniors and wives turned out for our annual Bowls Night, courtesy of John and Jan Franklin.A great night was had by all, particularly Barbara Roberts and David Evans, who scooped the prizes after Vic Paris nobly disqualified himself for having played off the red tees. A total of £140 was raised for my charity. A huge thankyou to Jan and John for their sterling work in arranging the evening and producing a sumptuous buffet - David Neill |
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| Monday 15th December 2008 | Turkey Trot Xmas Dinner Yet another great Turkey Trot Xmas Dinner with thanks once again to Jason Fox for putting the wine on the tables. Everyone enjoyed the evening which included entertainment from Bogey 6, Steve and The Helmets, The Hornythornolgist and recitations very professionally done by Neville and Steve. Indeed all the entertainers were very professional and had put in a lot of time rehearsing to perfect their acts. Finally, thankyou to Mike Stammers who planned and coordinated the whole evening which was such a success. - David Neill. |
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| Wed 29th October 2008 | Quiz Night The quiz night attracted a particularly dense crowd of 116 intellectuals and raised a total of £542 to be split between David's and Theresa's charities. Invaluable was the help from Janet and Doreen, the lap top and the reverse bingo organised by Neville. The result was extremely close with the three top tables being separated by a mere 3 points, but the winner, retaining the title it won in March, was the table of Tim Anspack. Jason kindly donated wine to each table and the sausage and mash went down a treat. |
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| 28th March 2008 | Quiz Night We had 101 intellectuals in attendance, questions were remarkably easy and marking greatly assisted by using a laptop. Jason kindly donated wine to every table and put £200 behind the bar. Total raised was £515-60 split between Jack's and Sue Anderson's charities; Jack & Sue thanked all who supported the night. Once again, the night was very successfully run by Mike Stammers and his assistants. |
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| 10th Dec 2007 | Christmas Dinner & Turkey Trot Prizegiving
in the Baronial Hall Another very successful evening of good food, company and "homespun" entertainment. This year's Programme of Music featured 'The Double Bogeys'. We were hanging on every word - not to mention chord! What would we do without the word skills and choreography of our own Mike Stammers. One must also make mention of "Our Albert & the Lion" - a magnificient rendering by Nev. P and 'The Sick Note' by Brian......Another great night! " It is as easy to lower your handicap as it is to reduce your hat size." - JS |
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| 15th Nov 2007 | Fun Night with the Franklins @ Clubhouse Organised by John Franklin, the evening was well supported, playing with and against partners - at 'Roll a Penny' , 'Putting', 'Grand Priz' and many other JF games. Congratulations to the winners A buffet meal was served after the games. The money rasied has got Jack's chosen Charity - off to a head start! |
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| 25th Oct 2007 | Quiz Night Over 100 people attended another enjoyable Quiz Night. Once again, the night was very successful. Mike Stammers, helped by Janet and Doreen, did a great job running it and £443was collected which will be divided between ours and the Ladies' charities. Sue Anderson and David Evans thanked all who supported the night and for their contributions to their chosen charities. |
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| Friday 30th March 2007 | Quiz Night About 130 people attended another enjoyable Quiz Night. Once again, the night was very successful. Mike Stammers, helped by Janet, did a great job running it. Harry tested us all with 'True or False' and we collected £600 to be divided between ours and the Ladies' charities. Claire and David thanked all who supported the night and for their contributions to their chosen charities. |
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| Wednesday 21st March 2007 | Bowls Fun Night Another successful evening - courtesy of John & Janet Franklin - at Hatfield Peverel Short Mat Bowls Club. Some 'good woods' were bowled, although many of us still need to get the hang of the bias! The deserved winners were Billy Paris, who finished strongly and Roger Page, who won back the title (winner in 2005). Our thanks to John for organising the evening and to Janet who'd spent hours preparing the excellent buffet. The raffle raised over £201 for David's charity. |
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| Monday 11th December 2006 | Turkey Trot Dinner and Entertainment Another very successful evening of good food, company and "homespun" entertainment. This year's programme was inspired with the surprise visit of the Juniors' Choristers, who clearly enjoyed their night, as much as we enjoyed listening to them. Once again we were hanging on every word of the 'Seniors Choir'. They both did really well. But what would we do without the word skills and choreography of our own Mike Stammers. Another great night! |
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| Wednesday 15th November 2006 | Fairground Fun Night Organised by John Franklin, 36 of us competed with and against partners - at 'Roll a Penny' , 'Putting', 'Grand Priz' and many other JF games. Congratulations to the winners - Alex Smith & Ann Bass! A buffet meal was served after the games. Over£160 was raised, getting David's chosen Charity - British Heart Foundation - off to a head start! |
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| Friday 13th October 2006 | About 140 people attended our second Quiz Night
of the year. Once again, the night was very successful. Mike Stammers, helped
by Janet, did a great job running it. Harry tested us all with 'True or
False' and we collected £776 to be divided
between ours and the Ladies' charities. Thanks to all who supported the night. Roger |
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| Friday 10th March 2006 | Quiz Night Our first quiz evening of the year was attended by over 100 people and was as successful as ever. Mike Stammers, aided and abetted by Janet, ran the proceedings immaculately, Neville was again a class bingo caller, and Gayle and the ladies did sterling work with the raffle. An amount of £627 was raised for the joint charities. |
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| Wednesday 1st March 2006 | Bowls Fun Night Another successful evening - courtesy of John & Janet Franklin - at Hatfield Peverel Short Mat Bowls Club. Many of the 30 strong group of Seniors & partners soon got the hang of the bias, bowling some 'good woods'. Others amongst us found the white wood board midway down the mat all too often! Precedents have been set as once again our Vice-Captain won the Mens Title - David Evans 2006; Roger Page 2005!. David's partner, Kate Moss, won the Ladies Title. Our thanks to John for organising the evening and to Janet who'd spent hours preparing the excellent buffet. The raffle raised over £100 for Roger's charity. rnm |
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| Monday 12th December 2005 | Turkey Trot Dinner and Entertainment Another very successful evening of good food, company and "homespun" entertainment. The golf almost comes a second to the sparkling cabaret. Who will forget the silky skills of Par 5 and the bravery of the Committee choir - by-the-way were all those photos genuine!?!? What would we do without the skills and encouragement of Mike Stammers in the words dept and Brian Thomas in the music dept. |
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| Thursday 17th November 2005 | Word has it that over 40 Seniors and partners enjoyed a splendid "Fairground Fun Night" - organised by John Franklin. Competing with and against partners - at 'Roll a Penny' , 'Fishing', 'Putting', 'Grand Priz' and many other JF games, the winners were Neville & Jane. Trevor produced an excellent buffet. Roger's chosen Charity is off to a head start! | |
| Friday 14th October 2005 | 106 people attended our second Quiz Nightof
the year. Apart from a partial microphone breakdown towards the end, the
night was very successful. Mike Stammers, helped by Janet, did a great job
running it and we collected£614 to be
divided between ours and the Ladies' charities. Thanks to all who supported the night. Bob |
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| Fri. 18th March 2005 | The best attendance ever for a Quiz Night -130
took part- and Mike Stammers came up with his usual challenging questions.
We collected a magnificent £750 to be
divided equally between ours and the Ladies charities. Thanks to all for your support. Bob |
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| Wed. 2nd March 2005 | Fifteen Seniors and their wives attended a fun Short Mat Bowls night . John and Janet Franklin organised the event at their club and provided for all the excellent refreshments and prizes without payment, allowing us to to collect £150 for our Charity - sincere thanks to them both. Bob | |