Lenham Valley
Active Retirement Association

			Emails @lenara.org.uk
CHAIRMAN	Roger Newman	07889 287417	rog.newman
VICE-CHAIRMAN	Julia Elliot		julia.elliott
SECRETARY	Teresa Thompson		teresa.thompson
WEBSITE	Mike Compson	01622 851763	mike.compson
EMAILS			info

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

Hi everybody,

So here we are, the last newsletter of the year and as I write this only 20 sleeps to Christmas.  Here's hoping as many of you as possible are able to attend our various celebrations and activities leading up to 2026 and embrace the friendship that belonging to Lenara brings us.

Our November meeting saw Wilf Lower step in at short notice talking about "Behind the Scenes of Television's Golden Years". I hope you all enjoyed it. Numbers were down a bit at this meeting possibly due to the competition from Rachael Reeves and her Budget being presented to the House of Commons at the same time.

Well done to our three teams who took part in the Kentara Ten Pin Bowling Competition and a special well done to Kris Davison, Marjorie Edwards and Sue Compson who were our top scoring team. Yes - beating the men but maybe we should not be surprised! These ladies are good.

We enjoyed our pub lunch at Stubbs Restaurant in Kennington, another really nice occasion.

Then on Wednesday we had our Christmas Lunch and entertainment at Ledian Gardens, Leeds. This was a fantastic occasion and again very well attended. Thank you Julia for organising this for all of us. We know it is a lot of work and really appreciated by everybody.

Future events

On the 10^th December we have our monthly Ten Pin Bowling at Ashford followed up by a group of us meeting up at the Red Lion, Lenham for lunch. Thanks Patsy, for all your work on our Ten Pin Bowling days.

I think our Christmas Social on the 17th December is our last event before Christmas. The doors will open at 1.30pm so please do not get there too early.  We have a lot to do to set up the hall first.  We have 90 members who have put their names down for this and I am confident this will be another enjoyable event.  So let's party!!!!!

Your committee is now busy planning 2026 and we look forward to as many of you as possible participating in our trips, activities and monthly meetings. My thanks go out to all the "leaders" of the various weekly and monthly activities and the members who organise and supply our refreshments at our monthly meetings.

OUR WEEKLY EVENTS:

Short Mat Bowls	Tuesday	2.00pm to 4.00pm	£4 per session	Phil Gooda 01622 851217
Zumba	Wednesday	9.30am to 10.30am	£7 per session	Barbara Kyprianou 01622 850468
Line Dancing	Wednesday	7.30pm to 9.00pm	£4.50 per session	Ann Rolfe 01622 859725
Petanque  (weather permitting)	Thursday Saturday	10.00am to 12.00pm	£3.00 per session	Peter 07831 147656 Jackie 07734 566896

OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS:

Roger