LSA Clergy Night

Lytham St Annes Circle do not meet in January instead they hold their Clergy Night.  This year they expanded the area from which they invited the clergy.  In the past they only invited priests in the Kirkham Deanery which they regarded as their traditional catchment area.  This year however they asked priests from parishes in south Blackpool as well.  Ten priests and two deacons were able to join the Brothers and Ladies for a very enjoyable night. 

Also invited were four potential Visiting Gentlemen and their wives.  

Unfortunately no photographs of the occasion were taken although I had taken my camera.  

235 Darts AND Dominoes champions

The Phil Morris Darts and Dominoes annual championships took place in a new venue - the Canberra Club at Bae Systems, Salmesbury.  The club is larger than, and for most people easier to get to than, the previous one at Clitheroe.  The food was also good.  To the reason for the evening.

Both Mike Rawlinson of Accrington and Mick Flynn of Preston 235 achieved a score of 38 after ten games.  (There were three players with scores of 37).  There can only be one winner and a single game resulted in Mick Flynn being declared the champion.

Mike Rawlnson and Mick Flynn settling down to play the tie-breaker with President Michael O'Grady observing.

Mick Flynn receiving his shield from Provincial President Jim Livesey ~(he also received a bottle of scotch)

The darts final was contested between Preston 144 and 235 with 235 coming out top (double top, darts and dominoes!).

Provincial President presenting captain Richards Yates with the darts shield (prizes, bottles of bubbly in background)

The winning team - standing:Andrew Robinson, Mick Flynn (darts), Richard Yates, Chris Hill; kneeing: Peter Gildert

The other finalists: Michael Simpson, Ennis O'Donnell, Andrew Kok, Peter Van Parys

A Great Run for Charity!

Chris Beesley, of Broughton-in-Craven Circle, decided to celebrate his 67th birthday ( a mere youngster in Catenian terms!) by RUNNING the Three Peaks of Yorkshire (17 miles and 5,000ft of climbing) in order to raise money for the Re-Settle-ment Group, whose aim is to rehouse a Syrian refugee family in the Settle area where he lives.

Chris raised over £1,700 for the group!    Here is his report of the event......

Firstly a BIG thank you to everyone who donated -I have done far better than I dared hope: your generosity is amazing.

The run itself could not have been better. To my complete surprise, two of my daughters appeared the night before, Rebecca to run with me and Rachel to help the support team. Friday morning was cold, bitterly cold, but we met up and drove to the start in good spirits.

A couple of photos and we were off.

Although it was so cold it made our jaws ache, we soon reached the summit of Whernside (2419ft)

Going down to Chapel le dale was warmer and we had our first meeting with our wonderful support crew, who provided hot drinks and biscuits.

Then it was up to Ingleborough (2372ft). Normally the last very steep bit is hard work, but we were rewarded by the sight of some amazing ice sculptures. 

A short hard pull up to the summit and more photos

We were now well into our stride and the descent to Horton soon passed, helped by the thought of more tea and soup. 

More posing!

And we were off up to Pen-y-Ghent (2273ft). By this time we were beginning to feel a bit weary and the weather, which had been excellent, now turned. As we reached the summit, it began to snow. 

But knowing we only had a short distance to go, we didn’t care.

All too soon we reached the finish at Dalehead, where it was time for a last photo shoot before heading home for birthday cake and more tea. 

A wonderful day out. A big thank you to (from L to R ) Helen, Fiona, Rebecca.

 Ruth, Sharon and not forgetting Ruby the dog and of course our support team of Anne, Rachel, Peter, Shelagh, Paul, Christine and Maggie.

Also a big thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to sponsor me.