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Social Events News
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For any questions/suggestions, please e-mail
Nick Kasper, social events coordinator:
nick.kasper@ntlworld.com.
Headlines
| 2 for 1
restaurant vouchers |
Nick has been fortunate to acquire
some 2 for 1 vouchers for
ASK
- there is one in Orpington High St,
Zizzi - which is valid in Bluewater,
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (my
favourite) and
Cafe Rouge. Simply print out the
voucher and take it with you .... |
| Wine
and Dine for a tenner |
The Bo-Peep pub in Hewitts Road,
Chelsfield are offering a two-course
dinner with a glass of wine every
Mon-Thurs for a tenner during November |
| Tuesday
25th Nov |
Pub Night. Andrea Bramm from
Graham Johnson’s group (who left us to
work in Cologne) is making a guest
appearance tonight only – have a drink
and a chat with her in the Buff after
your run. |
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Wednesday 26th Nov |
ORR Dining Around the World Number 1 -
India at the Village Cuisine in Farnborough
Village at 7.30 pm.
The race for a place is hotting up
already, with around a third of places
already taken. Please get in quick if
you want to go. Reserve your place
here |
| Friday
28th Nov |
Two Ronnies. Simon Hawkes
proudly presents a tribute band playing
Rod Stewart and Rolling Stones music in
The Buff. They have played at the Buff
before and so should be good evening.
This is a free event. |
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Sunday
7th December at 5.30pm |
Theatre Visit. Cinderella
Pantomime- the Churchill Theatre Bromley.
ONLY £15.50 stalls tickets – instead of
the normal £21. Tickets are proving to
be very popular for this Pantomime,
which stars Steve Guttenberg from the
Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby
films. It is a show the whole family
will enjoy. Click
here for more information and
booking instructions.
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Wednesday 17th December 2008 at 7.30pm |
A Christmas Celebration at
the Royal Oak, Green Street Green,
£14.95 for a traditional three-course
Christmas dinner. Other main dish
choices include cod, rump steak, venison
pie and a vegetarian option. Please
book
here early 7.30pm |
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Wednesday 28th January 2009 |
Dining out. ORR Dining Around the
World Number 2 – country cuisine to
be decided on the evening of Dining
Around the World Number 1 so watch this
space! |
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Wednesday 18th Feb 2009 |
Hooray Henry Walk. Something
to entertain and educate the children
during half term! A visit to historical
Greenwich with a guided riverside walk
taking in the naval history, Henry VIII
and the Tudor connections. Cost depends
on numbers. Register your interest
here
. If this proves popular we might
organise something similar on a weekend
so more families can attend.
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Saturday 28th Feb 2009 |
Quiz Night. Sea Cadets Hall,
Bromley Common (entrance to the car
park is in Magpie Hall Lane). A mixture
of spoken and musical questions to while
away a Winters Evening! Bring your own
drinks and nibbles. A fish and chip
supper (and alternatives) will be
provided. Sign up your team (maximum 8
players)
here. Please arrive by 7pm. Costs to
be advised |
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Saturday 2nd May 2009 |
Annual Dinner and Dance - High
Elms Golf Course, Well not so much a
Dinner & Dance as a buffet and dance!
Also a more streamlined Award Ceremony
this year. The bar stocks wines, beers
(lager and real ales) and spirits
(Bacardi, vodka, scotch, gin etc.). The
buffet will include meat and vegetarian
option. The first drink is included in
the ticket price.
Reserve your place
here now! If you want to request a
record you would like to hear on the
night, please indicate this when you
book. You can even record your own
dedication to be broadcast on the
night!! If you have any other
suggestions on how to make the evening
go with a swing, note these down too! |
To look forward to
 Rachel Bailey
has won the ORR shirt in
the Social Events Survey prize draw.
Rachel was one of 70 hopefuls with her
name in the hat. Draw master Liz Elms
pulled out Rachel’s name in front of the
expectant crowd of Tuesday runners, and
under the watchful eye of official
adjudicator and Club Chairman, John
Mackay.
An established Club member of several
years, Rachel is hoping to attend
discos, meals out, picnics, pub nights,
orienteering events and a Christmas
celebration as she looks forward to some
fun and exciting events in the coming
months.
Everyone who completed the Social Events
Survey by 31st July 2008 was entered
into the draw. 87 members responded to
the Survey, which closes on Saturday
16th August.
The results will then be analysed and a
calendar of events for the coming year
established.
Social Events Coordinator Nick Kasper
thanked everyone for taking part in the
Survey which he said “has yielded some
top quality data to work with”. From the
results so far he promised “There will
be dining out, pub nights, bike rides,
theatre trips, and events suitable for
children”.
Once all the results have been collated
Nick will present his findings in a
report to be published here on the Club
website and in Pulse.
Updated 13th August
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Full Survey Results:
 We
had great fun setting up Survey Monkey
to conduct this survey and found it to
be very good at getting a broad
cross-section of views for the first
time in the club's many decades of
existence! So thanks to everyone
who took part. To read Nick's summary,
please follow the link to the right:
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Future Events
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Last Tuesdays of the Month
Don’t forget that the last Tuesday of
every month provides the opportunity for
a couple of drinks and a chinwag after
your run at the Buff. The
remaining dates for this year and some
other annual events are as follows: |
Tuesday 30th September 2008
Tuesday 28th October 2008
Tuesday 25th November 2008 |
Trip to the Athens Marathon and 10k
alternative
E-mail Betty Chan for more information
(lkbchan@hotmail.com)
More information about the event here:
http://www.athensmarathon.com/ |
Sunday 9th November |
Mince Pie Run
Fancy Dress Run round the Cudham
Circular followed by Mince Pies and
Christmas carols. Meet in High Elms Lane
Lower Car Park at 10am. |
21st Dec 2008 (Sunday) |
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London Marathon Draw |
23rd Dec 2008 (Tuesday) |
Past Events
Bewl Water Bike Ride
& Picnic
This year held the
club's annual Bewl outing on the same
day as the
Bewl Water Fifteen race on
Sunday 6th July.
Anyone not running the Bewl 15 who still fancied a run round
the water should meet at the visitor
centre car park at 11am. Those fancying
a more leisurely cycle round the water
should meet at around 11.30am.
The plan was then for everyone to meet up
at 1pm for a picnic lunch - that
includes Bewl racers, "fun" runners,
cyclists and those who opted for the
really leisurely Sunday morning. There
will be a couple of things planned for
the afternoon or you can "do your own
thing" before meeting back up for tea
and cakes.
Should be a nice day (or afternoon) out
for all the family - bring your own
picnic and, if you can, some cakes to
share with the group. If you don't want
to bring your own bikes, you can hire
them once you get there. |
Sunday 6th July 2008
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2008 Annual Dinner Dance
| When: |
Saturday 17th May 2008 |
| Where: |
Darrick Wood Senior School
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Michael's report from Pulse 66 - 20th May 2008
"Thanks to Linda for a really good night out at Darrick Wood school where we celebrated our club and its running members!
The awards ceremonies when to a tee and one of the highlights of the night was Jan Lenton winning “Personality Of The Year” award for all her hard work and running over the last 20 years. Still regularly leading one of the middle distance and groups Nigel introduced the Jan as the winner to great applause!
Another winner was Grainne Riddell who walked off with the “Silver Tongue” for her professionalism in the art of conversation and ability to keep this going whilst running – often at great speed, and as Tonia introduced her we learned of her ability to talk right from her first night at ORR, and also that she is never backwards in coming forward !! Well done Grainne!
Karen Kent deservedly won the best new runner award having only been a member for less than one year, she tackled the start of her running career by jogging up and down the A21 until she could run for 25 minutes, then started ORR and miraculously and enthusiastically started entering races, including the London Marathon which she finished smiling all the way around, enjoying every minute!!
Peter Amos also explained the Grand Prix
Awards again and prizes were given to
those for different categories. See the
GP 2007-08 series results
here.
Thanks to Eric Enock and Barbara for putting on the lovely spread of food! Great cheesecake, not that I’ve got a sweet tooth, YUM!£ |
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