WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AND AROUND COOKRIDGE AND HORSFORTH

Our table tennis group plays at the YMCA who have asked us to promote their table tennis coaching for younger people. This might interest your grandchildren.

The latest summary report of the National board meeting is available in the Newsletters section in the Members area

The Wildflower Group will be starting up again in April, running till late July with fortnightly or weekly field trips.  All 2023 members welcome to rejoin; new members also welcome.  Please get in touch with me, Lorraine Harding.

Would you like to learn how to play Bridge? If so, why not join the Beginners Bridge Group, which is just about to start a new “term”. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays at 2 pm at the Group Leader’s house.

If this is something which interests you, please get in touch with the Group Leader, Lesley Birch (contact details in “Directory” under the Members tab on this website).

This weeks session was the last for this year as a lot of us will be at the Ten Pin Bowling Christmas Lunch next week. The sessions will start next year on the 10th of January. Put the date in your diary. 

The inaugural meeting of CHU3A was held in November 2008.  Within 3 months we had almost 200 members.  Congratulations and thank you to those founder members who are still members today.  Whether you were on the Steering Group, or served on the Committee, started an Interest Group, gave a talk, made the refreshments, or helped set up the hall for meetings, your hard work and enthusiasm ensured the immediate success of this organisation.  Thank you.   

Moira Greensmith

Some pictures of Mondays talk on police history are available on the Gallery page

The main focus is the visit to Kynren 2024: an outdoor seated event of a spectacular narrated pageant telling stories of English History, mainly of the North East, but including other important historical events.

The visit is for 4 days, 3 nights staying at the 4* Redworth Hall Hotel near Durham. A full itinerary is planned (see link below), including a visit to Alnwick and Durham with stops en-route at Richmond and Helmsley.  Proposed Visit to Durham.pdf 

For full details and costs go to the Events Page of our website. 

If you have any questions about registering and booking contact either Betty Pearson or Barbara Stearn

U3a to hold its first ever festival at the University Of York in July 2024.

Full details are here

https://www.u3a.org.uk/latest-news/u3a-to-host-its-first-ever-festival

A new indoor curling group is starting, with the first session being on Wednesday, 15 November. The group will meet regularly on Wednesdays from 10-12. The venue is St Paul’s Church, Raynel Drive, LS16 6BS. The Group Leader is Gordon Woodgate, so please contact him if you require further information (contact details in Members Directory on this website).