2023/24 Meetings

Dates and venues have been announced for future meetings.

November 23rd – New Members Dinner and Social at The Central Hotel

Saturday December 16th  – Christmas Dinner Dance with live music from the Seasons at Scarborough Market Hall

Thursday January 18th – Dinner and Drinks with guest speaker Mr Robert Smith at the Marisco Lounge

Thursday February 22nd – Chinese New Year Dinner at Tops Restaurant

Thursday March 21st – Wine and Canapés Guest Speaker tbc, at the Brompton Forge. Transport from town to be provided 

Thursday April 18th  – AGM at he Crescent Hotel

Thursday May 16th – Tapas and Guest Speaker tbc, at La Rocca Tapas

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Signpost Helps Dutch Visitors Find Scarborough

The signpost inaugerated at the last 41 Club meeting is already proving successful. Visitors Benny Gussinklo and his wife Anjo. and Masja van Dongen, the daughter of one of the founders of Aalten Round Table, Ben Westerweld, viewed the totemic memorial to our twinning Aalten. They were visiting 41 Club member Richard Grunwell for the weekend.

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September Meeting – Signpost

The September meeting saw 41 Club meetings resume after the summer break. Chairman Charlie was sunning himself in a somewhat warmer and definitely more exotic climate, and so we were in the capable hands of Dominic for this meeting. 

Richard Frank made a rare but welcome appearance, and introduced us all to the new Aalten signpost outside the newly renamed Central Hotel. As you will recall, the previous signpost was outside the Crown Spa Hotel, where it pointed somewhat forlornly to Denmark. The blame for this navigational error, and for the poor condition of the sign, was attributed by Richard to Ian Costello, who then in turn spent the rest of the evening vigorously denying this.  

Anyway, the ceremonial duties performed, we retired into the Central for a most excellent steak pie main course, followed by an equally impressive sticky toffee pudding. 

During the brief business, the secretary announced that Brian Heaps has retired from 41 Club at 93 years of age, after approximately half a century of membership, which is a most impressive feat. We all wish Brian best wishes for a well-deserved rest. 

Details were also supplied about the next meeting, which is the Charity night at the Rugby Club on October 21st

The meeting closed with a toast to both the memory of Richard Appleton, and to the usual RTBI. 

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Charity Fund Raising Social Evening: Saturday, 21 October 2023

Our October 41 Club meeting is something a bit different –  a great opportunity to enjoy a night out with family and friends whilst supporting two worthwhile charities – The Stroke Association, and Westway Open Arms Food Bank at Eastfield!

Members & Partners: 

Members need to use the opt-in menu item above or this link to book a place for themselves and their partners. The cost is £32.50 a head and this will be billed against members’ accounts for settlement at the year-end in the usual way.

Other Guests:

Want to bring additional guests? No problem.
Payment Options: You can now pay for your guests by credit card via our website.

Sponsorship:

Would you like to sponsor a table or donate to the event? Find out more by clicking the button below.

Alternatively, payment can be made by bank transfer direct to Scarborough 41 Club – sort code 20-75-92, account number 73150976 (NB please include your name as a reference) – or by sending a cheque directly to Simon (address in Members’ Directory).

Once payment has been received, tickets will be posted to you in good time to distribute to your guests.

Further NB: please advise details of any food allergies/special food preferences when booking.

Start the evening with a free drink, and then enjoy a hot tasty buffet with vegetarian option, then a choice of pudding, followed by a short quiz, raffle and dancing to the sounds of our professional entertainer – Mr. Mark Gregory – check out his video and photos here.

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November Meeting – Membership Drive

We are all aware of the necessity to recruit new members thereby ensuring the continuation and survival of our club and that, historically, we have looked to Round Table to provide us with new blood. From discussions I have had with Dave Robinson, current (and previous) chairman of Round Table 88 it appears that this source of potential new members is in deep trouble. Dave tells me that RT have only 5 active members. This is something that should concern us all.

Having had discussions with various members of 41 Club it became apparent that something should be done. Accordingly, our meeting to be held on November 23rd will take place at The Central Hotel and will be a recruitment event for RT and, by extension, ourselves. Peter Wilkinson and his team at Scarborough Ambassadors have kindly allowed use of their data base to enable RT to target suitable prospective members and Dave Robinson has written a letter of introduction inviting those interested to come to the meeting and learn a little more about the RT/41 movement. I have made contact with York RT who have agreed to send a delegation to our meeting and they will also speak of their own experiences of revitalising a dormant club and making it a vibrant, relevant organisation once again.

I hope that we will achieve a good attendance from all quarters. I duly invited Wynn Parry to this event and advised him of our strategy and he was impressed with our vision and cooperation across the various clubs. Unfortunately he is unable to attend but wishes us well. Fingers crossed that it all works!

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Charity Fundraising Night 21 October 2023: Sponsorship

Scarborough 41 Club is a social club for ex-members of Scarborough Round Tables. It has existed for over 50 years and during that time as well as providing social activities for members and partners, it has raised considerable amounts of money for both local and national causes.

This year we will be holding a Charity Night at Scarborough Rugby Club on Saturday, 21 October 2023 . The event will comprise a seated hot buffet dinner with wine, followed by entertainment provided by the multi-talented Mark Gregory.

Tickets are priced at £32.50.

We have decided that the two charities to benefit this year will be:-
The Stroke Association – a national charity dedicated to helping with the emotional, practical
and financial cost of strokes, by research into ongoing rehabilitation for stroke survivors.
Westway Open Arms – Westway is a local charity operating out of Westway House in Eastfield.
It provides a food bank and its premises host lunch clubs, craft groups, cooking lessons and
debt managements support for local people.

We would like to invite you to support this event and the two charities, if possible, either by
purchasing tickets, or sponsoring a table. Alternatively any donations would be most
appreciated.

Benefits for Sponsors:

Your name and logo (where applicable) will be added to both the table menus and the
large table plan at the entrance to the room.

We will place your company roll-up banner or similar prominently within the room
should you wish to provide it.

Please use the form below to sponsor the event or make a donation.

You can book your tickets here:

Best Wishes and many thanks for any support you are able to give to two such worthy causes

Charlie Hindle, Chairman
Simon Lockley, Event Organiser

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Charity Fund Raising Social Evening: Saturday, 21 October 2023 – book and pay online DRAFT only

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September Meeting – Central Hotel

The first meeting after the summer break will be at the Central Hotel. A new sign marking the twining with RT88 Aalten will be unvieled. It is hoped that we will be joined by members of RT 88 for this occasion. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER. Apologies should be made by Friday 8 September.

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Rugby Match – Saturday 16 December

Sports Officer Darren has arranged an afternoon at Scarborough Rugby Club, to include the match v. Moortown and a two course lunch. Drinks will be available. The cost will be £23. Please contact Darren if you wish to attend.

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Charity Night Details Annouced

41 Club Charity Dinner – Saturday 21st October 2023

Venue – Scarborough Rugby Club

Enjoy a hot and tasty buffet, with vegetarian option, a quiz, raffle, dancing to professional entertainer Mark Gregory. Tickets are a very reasonable £32.50 per person which includes your first drink to ‘get in the party mood’.

Monies raised from this event will be divided between the Stroke Association, a national charity dedicated to helping with the emotional, practical, and financial cost a stroke can cause, and Westway Open Arms, a local charity providing a food bank and premises to host lunch clubs, cooking lessons and debt management, supporting local people.

Provisional Order of Events

7.00pm – Drinks in the bar area

7.30pm – Guests take their seats (Seating plan by door)

7.45pm – Welcome by the 41 Club Chair

7.50pm – Representatives from the Stroke Association & The Westway Open Arms food-bank invited to say a few words

8.00pm – Hot buffet – savoury selection

8.45pm – Desserts

9.00pm – Quiz

9.30pm – Draw of raffle prizes

10.00pm – Mark Gregory – singing (and people invited to dance if they wish)

11.15pm – Vote of thanks. Final few words by the 41 Club Chair. 

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