| Circuit Training Group
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| Do you need more exercise but can't face it on your own? Why not join the friendly group which meets every Tuesday morning at 9.00am - 10.00am at the Fairford Sports Centre. Our trainer takes us through a routine of simple floor exercises which can be followed by a short session using the centre's exercise equipment. We are amateurs. It's fun. Potential Olympic medallists need not apply. | |
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| Croquet Group
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| This group is no longer a U3A group but members are welcome to join the
Cirencester Croquet Club. Membership costs £8 per season and they play in St Michael's
Park, Cirencester on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 2-00 to 4-30 pm. The Croquet season runs from April until October. Please contact Brenda Miller (01367 252391) or Joan Morrison (1285 653549) for further details. | |
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| Cycling with a Pub Lunch
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| The cycle rides are leisurely, not too strenuous and entail a round trip of no more than 25 miles. The routes will be along country lanes with stops and a pub lunch about halfway. | |
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Short Tennis
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| We meet every Monday afternoon in the Palmer Hall in Fairford. The game is played on a Badminton court using a low net and a spongy ball.. The amount of energy needed is comparable to that needed for social tennis in the local courts except that there isn't as far to travel to retrieve missed balls! We play doubles and singles, depending on the number of members that turn up as there is only one court - there is not a need for a weekly commitment and participants need not attend for the whole period. | |
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Straddlers Walking Group
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| An odd name? Many U3As have not one but two walking groups, often these
are referred to as "Strollers" and "Striders". The
"Walking With a Pub Lunch" group (q.v) would answer to the first of
these titles. "Striders" sounds like a group that would walk 15-20 or even more miles in a day The "Straddlers" in Fairford & District U3A straddle the gap between these two extremes and aim to do distances of 8-10 miles in a day. Sandwiches are taken as a pub lunch, attractive as it sounds, can be a bit wearisome when you still have 4 or more miles to go. | |
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Walking with a Pub Lunch
- Group Leader:
Geoff Bishop - Telephone:
01285 - 713747 - Meetings:
2nd Wednesday & 4th Tuesday
Each walk is circular, about 4 to 5 miles long, returning to the Pub around 12-30 p.m. Walking is at a gentle pace, though we can't avoid some stiles and mud
The first walk was in March 1995, meeting at the Swan in Southrop with a circuit in the River Leach valley. We celebrated our fiftieth walk by returning to the Swan for a variation of the first walk, and an excellent lunch followed by a skittles match
We celebrated the hundreth walk in October 2000 with an good lunch at the Crown in Cerney Wick. The group has savoured the food at over sixty different pubs and are still finding more. Some people just come for the lunch!. We have a special Christmas event which attracts around forty members making it one of the highlights of the year.
Yoga
- Group Leader:
Gillian Bilbrough - Telephone:
01285 - 712579 - Meetings: Mondays 10.15 - 11.15 am
Gillian Bilbrough runs a gentle Yoga class (for people unable to manage more strenuous exercise) at the Community Centre on Tuesdays from 10.15am to 11.15am. Contact Gillian if you are interested in joining the group.
Activity Groups are shown in BOLD The Needlework Group meets on alternate Wednesday afternoons - from Wednesday 8th November The History of European Art Group generally meets on a Thursday or Friday, as decided each month in advance
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