Category: Games and Sport
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Beginners Bridge Gets Opening Bid
The first class of beginners on our Bridge Course assembled at the Harrow District Masonic Centre on Monday 20 January 2025. This course, unlike the Improvers Course, assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the players, and by the end of the session there were tricks being made by the players. The next session…
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Bridge Bidding Opens with Session 1
On Monday 13 January 2025, our new Bridge Group for Improvers started their first session, looking into the ins and outs of Bidding for the Contract. Despite the cold snap, we had three tables set up, and all the seats were taken. Tony will be running the first session for Bridge Beginners on Monday 20…
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Our New Home for Table Tennis Scores
Members of our Table Tennis Group have been enjoying their new venue located in the Stanley S Cohen OBE Maccabi Sports Centre in Shaftesbury Avenue, Kenton. A change of venue for a sporting event can prove awkward and unsettling, but the staff at the centre have done everything that could be asked for, and the…
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Morning Quiz Gets Members talking!
On Friday 22 November 2024, members turned out for another Morning Quiz being run by our Quizmaster Ken. There were the usual rounds, including picture marathons and the like, and those attending confirmed that they had a good time – even if one or two of the questions had them thinking. The members were put…
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Table Tennis Nets New Players in May
As you can see from the picture, our Table Tennis Group has been enjoying the facilities at the Harrow District Masonic Centre, and some new players are thinking of becoming regular attenders. As well as an opportunity to play the game, there is also the chance to work on and develop those strokes that always…
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Expanding our Table Tennis Tables
A group of Kenton & District u3a members took on the unusual task of loading a tennis table complete with bats, net and ping ping balls into a removals van, and then unloading the items into the Harrow District Masonic Centre where our table tennis group members play once a fortnight on Wednesday afternoons. In…
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Rummikub and Scrabble Meetings
Our Rummikub and Scrabble group meets on alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the Bar Lounge at the Harrow District Masonic Centre in Kenton. You may be wondering what Rummikub is! Wikipedia produced this answer … Rummikub is a tile-based game for 2 to 4 players, combining elements of the card game rummy and the tile…