:Area: Southern

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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Just to let everyone know that the Brean 2010 page has now been updated and includes a printable booking form.

http://www.plusgroups.org.uk/a/event/brean2010

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

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.

Dear All,

Apologies for the lack of email this week. Would anyone else like to write this in the future?

Lisa I hope the weather is kind to you in Cyprus. Vicky I hope the car gets sorted soon. Welcome to Barry who joined us this week. This takes our numbers up to 15.( including those about to renew) Waheey.

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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Saturday 24 October is the Flat Season Finale in aid of the Armed Forces Day.

GATES OPEN - 11.00 | FIRST RACE - 1.30 | LAST RACE - 4.55

It's the last day of the Flat season and it's gonna be with a "bang". Entry is free for members of the Armed Forces (all miltiary personnel and members of the Royal British Legion). With plenty of family entertainment, live music and some top quality racing includuing two Group races as the curtain falls on the Flat season at Newbury Racecourse.

Come and join us for a flutter!

http://www.newbury-racecourse.co.uk/Racing/Fixtures---Tickets/Flat-Season-Finale-(1)

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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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