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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Wednesday 15th January 2025
Our after-lunch speaker today was Charles Conquest,pictured on the right, with Rotarian David Worthington who introduced him to the club, gave us a truly absorbing talk about the organisation set up to establish graves and maintain sites in many parts of the world since the end of World War 1.
Please note that much of the following report is extracted from internet items in the interest of accuracy and reader interest.
Clifton win their opening match of the skittles season
Thursday 2nd January 2025
Clifton skittles team got off to a great start of the new season with a resounding win over RC Portishead.
Captain Richard Brown led his team to a comprehensive victory over RC Portishead at the Ring o' Bells in Nailsea last Thursday.
Richard, together with David Addison, Anup Chadhuri, David Sutton, Jim Victory, John Witham and Mike Wood led Clifton to a 36 points victory helped by the robust support of a number of wives and partners including President Jay. David Sutton was our highest scorer with a personal score of 34 whilst, happily, none of our team failed to score in any of the five rounds which would have qualified them to wear the duck tie.
It would be great to capitalise on this opening match but, as several of our players will be away for the next few games, we are hoping to persuade a few more of our members to join us on what is sure to be another friendly fun evening on Wednesday 22nd January when we play Bristol South at the same venue.
Think about it please, it's a great night out!
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The President's Christmas Ramble
Sunday 29th December 2024
On Sunday 29th December a group of members and their partners met at 10.30am at a harbourside cafe near the Arnofini for coffee - and to be briefed on the walk that Jonathan Bolgar was about to lead us around the eastern end of the harbour.
President Jay was present to see us off before returning home to prepare lunch for the party.
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EmpireFightingChance, a return visit from this remarkable duo.
Friday 13th December 2024
Emily and Matt of Empire Fighting Back paid a return visit to thank the club for supporting EFB during the last year.
Emily is now a full-time employee of the charity and Matt an ambassador.
This article is not a repetition of the work of the organisation describe in previous issues but their appreciation of our support.
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Riding for the Disabled
Wednesday 11th December 2024
We were given an insight into the fantastic work, undertaken mainly by volunteers, one of whom was our speaker today. Gill Edwards is an RDA coach and coach developer at the Avon Riding School and has worked there for 37 years at the centre. She told us that the Avon Centre has provided a positive experience and proven therapeutic benefits of horse riding to children and adults with a wide range of complex special needs.