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:Area: Midland
Hello and Welcome the Midlands Area!
Our Plus clubs are based in Coventry, Leamington Spa, Lichfield, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield.
We organise training, National and Area events and activities. We also give out our own Area Awards and throw regular parties!
If you want to contact us: click on the Contact button above this block of text and we'll get back to you as soon as humanly possible :)
Our Current Midland Area Events and Competition for March to December 2009 is as follow
29th March 2009 Midland Area Ten Pin Bowling
http://www.plusgroups.org.uk/a/midlandareatenpinbowling2009
Sunday 26th April 2009 27th Midland Area Conference & lunch with Awards
Saturday 16th May 2009 NEC Meeting
Sunday 17th May 2009 Midland Area Pitch n Putt Competition
Sunday 12th July 2009 Midland Area Archery Competition
Sunday 26th July 2009 28th Midland Area Conference & lunch
Sunday 20th September 2009 Midland Area General Knowledge Quiz
Sunday 18th October 2009 29th Midland Area Conference & Lunch
Saturday 31st October 2009 Halloween Party & Disco
Sunday 22nd November 2009 Midland Area Pool Competition
AGM 2010 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Submitted by Corinna.Teale on 19 January 2010 - 6:00pm.
Craig is back with us again after his very successful outing at SADY 2009!!
He will be entertaining you all after the meal and trophy presentations at the AGM on Saturday night.
For those of you who don't know, Craig is from Hull and appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2008 making it to the semi-finals.
He is excellently witty and very audience orientated and makes it his business to ensure that you enjoy the show. For further details or to book your ticket contact Corinna Teale on 0-121-329-2639.
See you all at the AGM 2010!! not long now so get your bookings in.
Plus Activities Workshop
Submitted by john.smith on 10 September 2009 - 10:21am.
21 Feb 2010 - 10:00am
21 Feb 2010 - 4:00pm
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Members need to gain the skills, confidence and practice to run events and competitions to ensure the continued success of the National Federation of Plus Areas.
Members also need to recognise and pass on their experience to enthuse others to take on the role of organisers and participate in organising teams.
Such organisers and teams will recognise the constraints/impacts of public contractors and the community at large to deliver events and competitions that will deliver fun, satisfaction and enjoyment for all.
To utilise a variety of experience and learning situations in a safe environment to equip Plus members with the skills to organise large scale events.
Members will realise their skills and opportunities to the benefit of themselves as Plus members, managers, team members and to the community at large.
Brean 2010 update
Submitted by christine.ticehurst on 17 January 2010 - 12:54am.
Just to let everyone know that the Brean 2010 page has now been updated and includes a printable booking form.
30th Midland Area Conference & 2010 Area Elections
Submitted by james.oliver on 14 January 2010 - 10:42pm.
24 Jan 2010 - 1:00pm
24 Jan 2010 - 5:00pm
A reminder that the Midland area elections will be held on 24 Sunday January.
Venue will be the Plough & Harrow Pub,, Slade Road, Sutton Coldfield
Remember at this conference there will be the elections for the committee
positions
Chairman
Administrator
Treasurer
Area Membership Officer
Events Cooridnator
Training Officer
Publicity Officer
General Committee positions x 2
Area Webmaster for plusgroups.org.uk website
SADY Cooridinator
Also Adam Redshaw might be presenting the following motion to the floor of
the conference concerning meetup.com
"That Midland Area spend up to $200 (US Dollars) for 18 months membership of
a Midland Area meetup group based around Coventry or Leamington Spa with
Adam Redshaw and A N Other from the AEC as moderators in order to attract
new members to PLUS"
Another motion is the Midland Area pays the day delegates fees for option two at the National AGM.
Also John Smith would like any feedback from the groups about using the
current plusgroups.org.uk website which can be discussed at this conference.
November 09 Ten Pin Bowling
Submitted by james.oliver on 19 November 2009 - 9:42pm.
6 Nov 2009 - 8:00pm
6 Nov 2009 - 11:00pm
Joins us for the November 2009 regular monthly ten pin bowling game with defending October champion Matt Bonar
October 2009 results
1st Matt Bonar 304
2nd Mark Hewson 243
3rd Jamie Woodbridge 239
4th Kathy Morris 229
5th Dave Parfitt 214
6th Paul Turner 198
7th James Oliver 175
8th Mariza Brown 165
9th Mike Clarkson 160
10th Marian Clarkson 146
11th Jennifer Rowe 144
12th Richard Haydon 141
13th Mark Knight 138
29th Midland Area Conference
Submitted by james.oliver on 24 October 2009 - 11:14pm.
25 Oct 2009 - 1:00pm
25 Oct 2009 - 5:00pm
29th Midland Area Conference & lunch will take place on this day, please come along to attend as either delegate or as a group observer.
Venue The Plough & Harrow Pub, Slade Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. B75 5PF
Time The conference will meet at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start.
Extra's
Midland Area will provide everyone who attends the conference will a lunch up to the value of £5.00.
BECOME A MEMBER IN SEPTEMBER!!!!
Submitted by Corinna.Teale on 29 September 2009 - 4:31pm.
That was the campaign and well we at Sutton Plus certainly tried our hardest . . .
Our new Publicity Officer, Helen Camm, created a stirr by actually forging ahead with a major publicity drive that culminated in 11 (YES I DID SAY 11!!) potential new members visiting Sutton's venue on Thursday 10th September for our Open Evening and
B-B-Q.
NEAT Dinner/Dance 2009 Nottingham
Submitted by administrator on 12 September 2009 - 12:54pm.
3 Oct 2009 - 6:30pm
4 Oct 2009 - 12:00am
The NEAT Disco is now available to members not attending the full NEAT City Break
Come to Nottingham for the day, enter the National Pool competition (advance bookings only) or visit Nottingham Castle or the world famous Nottingham Goose Fair and round your day off with a friendly, fun Plus Disco.
Come and join us for our 5th anniversary NEAT Plus Party
The venue for Saturday night's Disco is the Comfort Inn Hotel, George Street. Nottingham NG1 3BP.
Personality D J Gary Jay as seen at Brean
and SADY will be playing music for us on Saturday evening.
A Treasure Hunt round historic Nottingham will take place on Sunday, please contact Robert or Alison Jones, booking officer for availability etc.
Disco only £8.00 in advance (26 September is the deadline)
Disco only £10.00 on the door
Dinner/Dance £25.00 in advance only, please contact Robert or Alison Jones, booking officer for availability etc
Meal Menu
Rose of Honeydew Melon, Served with Forest Fruits and Mango Coulis
Supreme of Chicken served with a Mushroom and Herb Cream Sauce
Fresh Vegetables and Potatoes
Passion Fruit Bavarois with Raspberry Coulis, Filter Coffee and Mints
Vegetarian Option - TBC
National Pool Competition
Entry fee £5.00 in advance only, please contact Robert or Alison Jones, booking officer for availability etc
What happened at "National 5-a-side Football" on 5 Jul 2009
Submitted by janet.rintoul on 11 September 2009 - 11:13am.
Minutes for: National 5-a-side Football from 5 Jul 2009 - 2:00pm to 5 Jul 2009 - 9:00pm
Attendees:
National Football (a bit late, but better than never)
We were a bit nervous at the start of the day as to who exactly would be attending the competition, but on arrival at Rivermead Leisure Centre I was pleased to see two teams ready and raring to go. Once settled some more players arrived wanting to play.
NEAT 2009 Nottingham
Submitted by administrator on 21 August 2009 - 9:37pm.
2 Oct 2009 - 6:00pm
4 Oct 2009 - 3:00pm
NEAT 2009 Nottingham - Come and join us for our 5th anniversary luxury City Break
The venue for both Friday night and Saturday night accommodation and the Saturday three course evening meal and Disco is the Comfort Inn Hotel.
See poster for prices.
Personality D J Gary Jay as seen at Brean
and SADY will be playing music for us on Saturday evening.

