Southern Area

Anglia and South East Area will be holding a Training Day. This will cover a number of skills which are important for office-holders within Plus, and have a wider application as well.

From Sharon Law, the new Training Officer for Anglia & South East Area:

"My intention is to look at skills such as assertiveness, effective communication and team work and then to split into groups relating to the positions on group and area commitees. Kerry Mann - the new PRO for Anglia & South East - will be looking at effective ways of publicity across groups and across the area."

For more information, please contact Sharon on 07818 065893, or email her at tiny_chicken@hotmail.com

Timetable for the Day

Timetable for the day:

10.30 to 11.00 will be tea, biscuits and registration.

11.00 to 12.00 First session: general skills - depending on numbers may be split in to two groups. This will look at effective communication, assertiveness and team work.

1200 to 1215 Break

12.15 to 13.15 get into groups - this will be related to positions on group and area commitee.

13.15 to 13.30 feedback and what groups would like training fro in future events.

Directions:

By car - up Ilford Lane from Ilford: turn right half way up in to St Lukes Avenue, turn right into Lowbrook Road and follow into Baxter Road.

By car from Barking: the same except turn in left off of Ilford lane. From Ilford station or Barking station an ELT bus will bring you up Ilford Lane - get off bus just past Japanese Motors and walk up St Lukes Avenue into Lowbrook Road and follow into Baxter Road.

Fancy taking part in the Southern Area Hedge Hop?
Each SA Club is encouraged to put a team together to take part in this barmy event. Single participants from different Clubs can join up to make a team too.

The Hedge Hop is a team event (3 - 4 people per team and each Club can have more than one team) which involves a 4 mile timed walk/jog along country roads in the dark. It starts at 6.30pm and along the route there are clues to answer. If that sounds easy enough, there will be spotters in cars patrolling the route. If they spot any of the team members you get a time penalty. (Hence why it's called a hedgehop!) Once you are back at the pub there will be a buffet (provided by Southern Area).

Where? The Coronation Arms, St Mary, Bourne nr Andover SP11 6AR
How much? £1 per person

Please do support this - it's a lot of fun!

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We're having our Annual Area Chess Competition.

All levels of Chess Players are welcome....you don't have to be an aspiring Kasparov to take part.

So, if you wanna give those brain cells and memory neurones a work out why not pop along to Didcot for a few matches. You never know you may finish on top with prestigious First Place, your name up in lights as Chess Champ on the Plus Website and maybe even a prize!

This event is organised by Adrian B. Please let him know that you are interested in playing (or ask your Groups Event Officer or Chair to contact him on your behalf) so times and directions can be sorted. Entry is £1 with afternoon nibbles and drink being provided. If you have your own chess board great! bring that along too.

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Calling all players of Settlers of Catan for our annual get together of furious strategic game play!

Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) under the name Die Siedler von Catan.

The players in the game represent settlers establishing colonies on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the island is composed of hexagonal tiles (hexes) of different land types which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game.

Players build by spending resources (clay, lumber, wool, grain, and ore), represented by resource cards; each land type produces a specific resource. On each player's turn, they roll the two dice, determining which hexes produce resources. Any players with settlements or cities adjacent to hexes marked with the number rolled receive resource cards of the appropriate type. There is also a robber token on the board; if a player rolls 7, they move the robber to any hex, which will no longer produce resources until the robber is moved again; they also steal a resource card from another player.

The goal of the game is to possess ten victory points on one's turn. Players possess one point for each settlement built, and a second for each settlement upgraded to a city. Various other achievements, such as establishing the longest road, grant a player additional victory points.

Read more on Wikipedia.......http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlers_of_Catan

Fancy having a go?
All members of Clubs in Southern Area are welcome to play. Please bring nibbles and drink to last the duration. If you have a Settlers board please bring it with you too. Plan to meet up and play at Leo and Sues house so please let Leo if you wish to partake.

Southern Area Bowling!!!!!

Yep, it is that time of year again where we all get together to Strike it Lucky. It's all about having fun and maybe a little bit of Club Pride and a Trophy at stake.

The plan is to bowl during the afternoon and those that wish to can grab some food afterwards in a nearby pub or Pizza Hut.

Southern Area Bowling is being organised by Leo. There will be 2 games of bowling for £10 and this has to be paid to him by the 4th October. You can either send him a cheque directly or via your own Club (speak to your Events Officer or Chair). Every member in Southern Area is invited to take part and hopefully there will be a group of people from each Club.

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Sawdy's Sports Bar, Reading - This is our Group's new home from 8 p.m. on Friday evenings starting tonight.

Becky of Andover Plus invites Plus Members in the Southern Area to her Pool Party & BBQ.

As this event is being held on personal property please RSVP directly to Becky (or ask your Chair or Events officer to do so on your behalf) if you would like to be part of this get-together.

Join Kath, Simon and Abingdon Plus as well as friends from Plus Groups all across Southern Area for the Annual Aunt Sally Competition.