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Report on the Burns Night Supper held on 23 January 2025
The first meeting of the New Year saw the return of an old favourite a Burns Night Supper. As in previous years the Supper was held at Restaurant Nineteen09 at Scarborough TEC on Filey Road. In honour of the Scottish Bard the dress code for the evening was Black Tie or suit and tie. A…
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Round Table Sleigh 2024
Secretary Mike reports that starting in 1985 the Round Table’s Sleigh has toured the streets of Scarborough and surrounding districts for 10 nights every December except when this was not possible because of the nationwide lockdowns in the time of Covid. The sleigh has for many years been used to collect Santa from the harbour…
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Report on Charity Night at Scarborough Rugby Club on 5 December 2024
At about 11.30pm on Friday 5 December all the sleepless nights spent worrying about food allergies, the meetings, the WhatsApp messages, the emails and the last minute telephone calls had paid off and our Membership Officer Simon was finally able to relax and savour the success of the 41 Club Charity Night organised by him…
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Report on the Turkish evening held on 21 November 2024
The March meeting saw a return to the Az Turkish restaurant on Columbus Ravine after an absence of several years. Our Catering Officer John had arranged an interesting 2 course meal starting with a range of small plates featuring various Turkish dishes followed by what appeared to be a Turkish version of moussaka crossed with…
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Report on attendance at rugby match between Scarborough v Rochdale at Silver Royd on 26 October 2024
Last season the match chosen by our Sports Officer Darren was played in the bitter cold and resulted in another loss for Scarborough who were on a long losing streak and provided little to enthuse the crowd especially the non-rugby fan. This year Darren excelled himself choosing a sunny afternoon and an entertaining game of…
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Report on the Trafalgar Night Meeting held on 17 October 2024
In a reprise of a Trafalgar Night meeting held a few years ago our Catering Officer John organised this month’s meeting to celebrate the stunning victory of the Royal Navy (27 ships of the line) commanded by Lord Horatio Nelson over the combined might of the French and Spanish navies (33 ships of the line)…
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Report on Chairman’s Introduction to the new 41 Club year, 19 September 2024
Chairman Dom welcomed 25 members to the first meeting of the 41 Club year held at the Crescent Hotel on Thursday 19 September. Following consumption of the Crescent Hotel’s staple menu of vegetable soup, boeuf bourguignon and sticky toffee pudding the Chairman’s Introduction was brief albeit described by one member as Churchillian. It only became…
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Report on annual archery competition on 17 July 2024
On Wednesday 17 July 8 members of 41 Club and our sister organisation Farts together with 1 guest attended the annual archery competition arranged by Darren and kindly hosted by members of Scarborough Archers at their club field on Osgodby Lane Cayton. Recently retired GP and former Chairman of 41 Club Mark Laws graced the…
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Report on the Quoits Competition held on 11 June 2024
The evening of 11 June saw the first of this summer’s sporting events organised by our Sporting Officer Darren when 13 players from 41 Cub and its sister organisation Farts participated in the annual Quoits Competition held as in previous years at Beck Hole. Members of the Beck Hole Quoits Club (John, Phil, Eddie and…
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Tapas meeting report 16 May 2024
The final meeting before the summer break and the first meeting of our new Chairman Dominic’s year in office found us back at La Tapas for some authentic Scarborough tapas and Spanish beer brewed under licence in Burton on Trent. Several members followed our absent Secretary Mike’s suggestion of a pre-meeting pint (or two!) at…