Horsley U3A Activity Groups - Details

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 List of 44 Groups, April 2012

 

 

 

GROUP

Contact

Phone

Meetings

Future Activities

(more detail on web pages)

Capacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Appreciation

Jenny Faulkner

01306 889 328

1st Thursday each month 10.00am EHVH

 

New members welcome

Astronomy

Peter Tribe

 

Normally, 3rd Thursday of the month at 5.45pm EHVH

April 19th ‘The Moon’

May 17th: Observing session - Newlands Corner 

New members welcome

Bird Watching and Natural History

Brian Austin

284925

Tuesdays 9.30- 12.30 once a month

17th Apr: Ockham Mill

22nd May Bookham Common

 

New members welcome

Boating & Sailing

David Davis

283728

Tuesday evenings, 7.30 Various venues

 5th April   Solent day sail on a Dufour 405

24th April: Marine Archeology

New members welcome

Books 

Nina Foot

280756

Monthly, usually Tues. At 10.00 am.

 

Waiting list

 

Bowling

(Outdoors)

Douglas Young

282622

Every Monday at   2.00pm at Horsley Bowling Club:

2012 season starts end of April.

New members welcome

Bridge –regular players

Sue Burge

283803

1st and 3rd Thursdays 4.30 – 6.30pm, EHVH

Group full at present but enquiries welcome

Waiting list

Bridge – improvers 1

Esther Ruscoe

282985

Every 2 or 3 weeks 4.00-6.00pm

 

Please enquire

Bridge – improvers 2

Beth Cooke

01372 454922

 

 

Please enquire

Canasta

Ben & Margaret Cross

283860

Last Thursday  each month at 7.00pm.in member’s homes

 

Enquiries welcome

Computer Basics, Internet and E-mail

Tony Heaney

284347

Usually 10.00am on 1st and 3rdMon. of each month in EHVH

Dates for 2012:

March 5, 19   

April 2

 

New members welcome

Computer Buddies

Tony Heaney

284347

Meetings arranged with members needing assistance

Assistance with computer and internet problems. Apple user welcomed

If you are having PC  problems, please call the group leader 

Concert Going

Fiona Martland

 

& Denise Smee

 

01372-

750499

283542

A NEW group open to all members. 

 Concert outings published at monthly meetings

 

Croquet

Hazel Picking

283820

Polesden Lacey 10.30-12.30am every Thursday

New season fast approaching.

Waiting list

Cycling

Bob Spackman

283343

1st and 3rd Tuesday each month. Start: Summer: 14.00

Winter: 10.00

Spring season underway

New members welcome

 

Explore London (1)

 

Christopher Thorpe

284621

Thursdays 4thweek of month

 

New members welcome

Explore London (2)

 

Brian Borthwick

282672

Tuesdays, 1stweek of month

 

 

Films

Margaret Faulkner

282267

First Thursday each month 19.30pm Lovelace Room EHVH:

 

5th April ‘Wild Strawberries’          

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

French Conversation

Annie Gilbert

285973

Every 2 weeks on Tuesdays at 2.30pm

 

A few spaces

German Conversation

Anneliese Collett

283661

Monthly on Monday afternoons

 

New members welcome

Genealogy

Roland Masset

282165

Last Thursday of each month at 10.00am in WHVH

Occasional trip to Nat. Archives Kew. 

Waiting list

History - National and International

Ken Foy

283546

Third Wednesday of the month, 14.00 - 16.00  EHVH

 

New members welcome

Improving Fitness

Viv Markley

282112

Meeting at 2.30pm on Wednesday, EHVH

 

New members welcome

Line Dancing

Fernanda Winborn

284080

Mondays 2.00 & 2.30pm Effingham VH

 

Please enquire

 

Local History

Geoff & Jo Stonehouse

283885

Intermittent

 

Mapping St Mary’s Churchyard; will progress toSt Martin’s

New members welcome

Mah-Jong

 

Helen Taylorson

283577

Wednesdays (14.00 hrs)

New venue being organised. Tuition available 

 

Please enquire

Mah-Jong 2

Tony Jones

01372 454161

Mondays

(14.00 hrs)

 

Please enquire

Make Music

Marion Hartland

280072

Thursdays at 3.00pm. WH Methodist Hall

 

Vacancies for all instruments & levels.

Music Appreciation

Donald McLean

283878

Third Wednesday of the month;

4 - 6pm

 

A few spaces

Open Minds -Discussion Group

Ian Eversden

01372 456854

Third Thursday of month, 2.30 to 4.30pm in members homes

Subjects chosen by group member

Next meeting:
Apr 19th, Sleep & Dreaming’

Enquiries welcome

Orchids

Jean Green

284467

 

 

New members welcome

Poetry

Pat Homewood

282384

2nd Wednesday each month.   14.00 member’s homes

Meetings focus on poets chosen by group members.

 

Short waiting list

Practical Art for All

Jill Richardson Jones

     503662

Fortnightly: 2ndand 4th Th. of month 2pm to 4pm EHVH

.

Enquiries welcome

Rummikub

Janet Rushby

285235

Second Wednesday of month at 7.30pm

 

Enquiries welcome

Science & Technology

Ian Eversden

01372 456854

Liaising with Bookham, Ashtead, andGuildfordScience Groups

27th March U3A Explores Science Royal Institution.                    

MSSL Visit planned

 

Scrabble

Janet Rushby

285235

2nd Wednesday of month,  2.00pm

 

One or two spaces

Scottish

Dancing

Celia Chapman

282474

Fortnightly on Wednesdays

4 – 6pm Effingham Com. Hall

.

New members

welcome

Snooker

Bob Spackman

283343

Meetings: 7.30,

2nd & 4th 

Mondays. British  Legion Hall, WH  

 

New members welcome

Spanish Conversation

Jean Bayliss

282264

Meet every Thursday from 2 to 3,30

 

Please enquire

Table Tennis

Gayle Leader

222689

Every Friday:

2 - 4pm; EHVH

 

Please enquire

 Theatre Visits

 Denise Smee

 283542

All U3A members can join visits

31st May: Novello Theatre ‘Noises Off’ by Michael Frayne

 

SORRY, NO SPACES

Transport and Industrial Archaeology

Bob Spackman

283343

Usually second Tuesday of month

10th April:NationalMotorMuseum,

6th May: McAlpine Railway

New members welcome

Wild Flowers and Natural History

Harry Eve

283092

 

Monthly walks starting  at 10.00

Next walk: Friday, 20th April, Sheepleas (Greendene CP)

 

New Members Welcome

Walking

 

Ruth Hodgson

282718

3rd Mon. of month at 10am for 4-5 mile walks

 

New members welcome

Wine Appreciation

Fred Onslow

Dick Malthouse

282180

283319

Monthly (no fixed dates) at 7.30pm. EHVH

Next meeting:

April 19th

Waiting List

 

 

 

To join most of the groups listed above U3A members should go direct to the contact person.  In case of any difficulty please click here or contact the Groups Co-ordinator, Ian Eversden by email or on 01372 456854. 

 

Suggestions for further groups are always welcome.   Members are encouraged to view the individual Group web pages or to call the Group contact to check for any changes to the published details. 

 

To join Horsley U3A, please click here or contact Membership Secretary, Fred Onslow by email or on 01483 282180.