A New Year Round Up

A Reverse Raffle

The New Year started with a spin; a reverse raffle. This was unusual, great way to start the New Year activities and a lot of fun.

The idea is that there is a pile of prizes and when your raffle ticket is called out you pick a mystery prize (but you can’t open it). However, once all the prizes have been taken from the pile you may ‘steal’ a prize from another member!

This continues until all the numbers have been called out. At that point you may have no prizes or a few. These are of course as mentioned mystery prizes and some members were happier with their winnings than others. A tin of beans or a box of chocolates – I know which I would prefer.

Our members had not played this before and lots of laughter and speculation as to what was wrapped up inside it. This activity went down really well, we will definitely do it again sometime.

Bingo But Not Any Old Bingo

The following week members were eyes down in concentration for a round of Bingo. Not just Bingo but Chocolate Bingo, always a winner at Gateway Club.

10 Pin Bowling – Strike!!!

The members met up at Uttoxeter Cinebowl for the monthly 10 pin bowling session to be greeted with some exciting news. The bowling lanes are to undergo an upgrade soon and the tired machinery to be replaced with a modern twist. Hopefully, this will resolve the few issues encountered in the past few sessions. Not that our members ever let that get them down and the air rang out to shouts of delight as another strike or two was achieved.

A note for your diary

This week gateway will be dusting off the games and having a games night to cheer up these chilly and blustery evenings. Why not come along and join in the fun?

Until next time…

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