In this edition:
Upcoming Events
Coffee Morning – Tuesday, 4th July, 10am-12noon
Always on the First Tuesday of each month, so please mark your calendars!
Our Coffee Mornings are held at the Bar & Grill at the MINERVA THEATRE, with plenty of parking and a lift. You can chat with our groups team and learn about current and new offerings, meet old friends and make new ones!
For details of new Groups holding introductory meetings, please see Group News below.
Quiz Night – 11th July, 2023 starting at 7:00pm at the White Swan, Bosham
The White Swan is on the A259 at the Bosham roundabout and there is plenty of parking. The 700 bus from Chichester stops just across the road. Although the 700 back to Chichester stops running before 9.30pm, one of the members will no doubt be happy to give you a lift home.
The cost of dinner is £14.50, not including dessert.
Booking is open from Friday, 30th June and closes 6th July. Payment is required, please, within 48 hours of booking in order to avoid any confusion on the night.
Booking is done here on the website. This payment is non-refundable so if you are unable to attend, please find a replacement.
Monthly Meeting at the Assembly Rooms on North Street – 20th July at 2pm
AMERICA’S HISTORIC EAST – Paul Whittle
Paul will talk about the Confederate cities such as Atlanta (Gone With the Wind), Charleston and Richmond then moving north to Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York.
Tea and coffee will be served in the Crush Bar at the rear of the Assembly Room from 1:15 to 1:45pm and the meeting starts at 2pm. We are grateful to the team of volunteers who serve the refreshments.
CHICHESTER U3A 30th ANNIVERSARY SUMMER PARTY
Reminder for those who have already booked
The Summer Party is in the private Garden at The Bishop of Chichester’s Palace – Saturday 22nd July.
If you haven’t already paid, please go to our Pay U3A page to get information about how
to pay.
If you have any questions, please contact the Social Events Coordinator via this link.
Group Notices
Calling all experienced U3A Bridge players
We would love to invite experienced U3A Bridge players to visit the new Bridge for Fun Group 2 occasionally to offer support and advice, helping us refine our bidding and scoring. We are mostly improver level. No regular commitment expected, just the occasional pop-in if you’re free.
We meet on Fridays at Donnington Hall, 10.00-12.00. If you feel you would like to help on an occasional basis please contact Jackie Easton here. Thank you
Possible Strength and Conditioning Class
The benefits of strength training for our age group are well-documented and significant, so we are trying to gauge the interest in a strength training class to be held at the Westgate Leisure Centre. There is currently studio availability on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, and the group size can be from 6 (minimum) to 30 participants. Depending on the size of the class the cost would be £6.30 per session, going down for a larger class.
If you think you might be interested, please contact us via the Groups Team, or contact Miriam at the Bulletin by replying to the Bulletin email.
APPEAL from the Short Tennis and Badminton groups – we need more players!
These two groups are relatively new, each group attracting 12-18 registered members. We would really like a core membership of 20 in each group in order to guarantee filling the two courts each week (to allow for members who are on holiday, ill, injured, on grandchild duty or just living life to the full!).
The two groups are great fun, the members are very friendly and welcoming.
Please do consider giving it a trial – just pop along for a taster session – we always have spare rackets available or for more details please contact Jackie Easton here.
Badminton meets on Thursday 10.00-12.00 at Westgate Leisure Centre (£4.30)
Short Tennis meets on Wednesday 2.00-4.00 at Westgate Leisure Centre (£4.30)
National u3a & Regional Events
Here are the Third Age Trust zoom talks for the next month: still plenty to do
Monday, June 26th at 10:00 Adapting to Climate Change
Tuesday, 27th June at 10:00 Mindfulness & Meditation – for Summer
Monday, 5th July at 10:00 Laughter Yoga
Thursday, July 6th at 10:00 Richborough Roman Fort
Wednesday, 12th July at 10:00 Cryptic Crosswords
Tuesday, 18th July at 10:00 Van Gogh Pt 2
Wednesday, 19th July at 10:00 World Faiths – Faith and the Environment [N.B. It says June 19th, but ther probably mean July 19th ]
Thursday, 20th July at 10:00 Mindfulness & Meditation
Thursday, 20th July at 14:00 Cruising the Indian Ocean
Tuesday, 25th July at10:00 U.S. Military Aviation in East Anglia
No Tuesday Talksat the WSRO before September, but there are Wednesday Coffee Time Workshops for those interested in Family History
Members, especially members new to the area, might not be aware of short courses for adults at Chichester College (everything from Holiday French and GCSE Biology to Head Massage) or West Dean College (all sorts of Arts & Crafts – Bookbinding, Calligraphy, Ceramics, Glass and Mosaic, Furniture etc).
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