Category: Scarborough 41 Club News

  • Our next club meeting is 9 October: the Star Carr dig

    Our next club meeting is 9 October: the Star Carr dig

    News from Simon: The meeting is at the Crescent Hotel. Don Henson from York University Archaeologists is giving a talk on the Internationally important dig at Star Carr, near Cayton. We’re having the talk before the meal so it’s a 7pm start, talk starting 7.15, then meal at 8pm. It is important that we get…

  • Our next Club meeting is 25 September: toxophily and chips

    Our next Club meeting is 25 September: toxophily and chips

    Our next Club meeting is to be held on Thursday, 25 September 2014, commencing at 5.30 pm at Seamer Sports Ground, just off Pasture Lane. There we will be guests of Scarborough Archers who will induct members into this ancient of sports and let you have at the target (or nearest seagull). Anyone wearing green…

  • Table victorious in Quoits challenge

    Table victorious in Quoits challenge

    Thanks to 41 Club and FARTs members for coming along and making a great night of it with Table on Tuesday, 5 August 2014 at Beck Hole near Goathland. It’s a great setting and the three local quoits lads who helped us were superb, too, I thought. Excellent beer, pies and sarnies at the pub with a…

  • Ed leaves Scarborough for Dorset

    Ed leaves Scarborough for Dorset

    Dear All I have had a very typical message from Ed Nelsey, a Table and 41 Club (not to mention many others) stalwart, that he is to leave Scarborough this month (August 2014). Ed is moving down to Dorset for very good family reasons which many of us are aware of and, whilst he says…

  • Quoits – the challenge: 5 August 2014

    Quoits – the challenge: 5 August 2014

    At the Round Table AGM last April, a challenge was laid down between our two clubs to a game of Quoits. A scouting mission ably led by Richard Grunwell, Stephen Slade, Mike Shingler and your chairman led us to Beck Hole (near Goathland) which we decided was the best place to stage this important event…

  • Chairman’s Bit, May 2014

    Chairman’s Bit, May 2014

    This is my first Chairman’s bit after receiving the great honour of becoming chairman of Scarborough 41 Club at the April AGM. That honour was only surpassed on the evening by receiving a pair of Man City underpants from outgoing Chairman Tom Cathcart. For Tom to part with a pair of undergarments that were actually…

  • Jan Mulqueen RIP

    Jan Mulqueen was the President of Tangent when Scarborough hosted the National Conference in 2010. Unfortunately she had a massive stroke recently and, sadly, she passed away in the early hours of Sunday, 4 May 2014. Jan was just 60 years old. She leaves her husband Eddie (who was diagnosed with throat cancer earlier in…

  • May Bar- ba-Cue event

    Stuart, Can you please circulate the following to all members, including the 3 new ones: The next meeting for members and their partners, and is a BBQ on Thursday 22nd May at The White House, Ripleys Farm, Harwood Dale Road YO13 0DN. We normally do a walk around the farm fields, starting at 6.30pm with…

  • Friday Night is Music Night – 25 April 2014

    Friday Night is Music Night – 25 April 2014

    John Mitchell has kindly extended an invitation to members to attend the above event organised by the Rotary Club of Scarborough at 7.30pm on Friday, 25 April 2014. John is singing, with Frank James on piano. The Scarborough Citadel Salvation Army Singing Company will be there, as will Kirkbymoorside Town Brass band (you will remember…

  • Inspirational talk by Alistair Sutcliffe

    Inspirational talk by Alistair Sutcliffe

    Vice Chairman Richard Grunwell has extended an invitation to all members to listen once again to Alistair Sutcliffe and his tales of derring do on the highest mountains of the world. You will recall that Alistair spoke to 41 Club recently but, if you would like to hear him again, or if you missed him…