Keep Fit Group Group Leader: Eddie Rosser Telephone: 01367 - 252504 Meetings: Tuesdays  9.15 -10.15am Do you need more exercise but cannot face it on your own?  Why not join the friendly group which meets every Tuesday at 9.15am-10.15am at the Community Centre in Fairford.  Our trainer takes us through a routine of simple stretch & movement exercises which are followed by a short session of floor exercises.  Nothing excessive & you are the judge of the level to which you go.  We are amateurs.  It's fun.  Potential Olympic medallists need not apply!   Top of Page Croquet Group Group Leader: Brenda Miller Telephone: 01367 - 252391 Remarks: Not in winter 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. Top of Page Cycling with a Pub Lunch Group Leader: Paul O'Shaughnessy Telephone: 01285 - 850262 Meetings: 4th Wednesday each month from April to September 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. Top of Page Golf Group Leader: John Yorke 01367 - 253596 Meetings: As Arranged In April 2010 the Golf Section came into being. It was formed to give golfers from absolute beginners to those with a recognised handicap to join together once a month at a different course in the area to enjoy 18 holes of golf with associated hospitality.    We are looking for further members in order to arrange competitions and award prizes.   If there are any budding golfers, with little or no experience, and they would care to contact me I will be pleased to arrange lessons with a PGA professional and visits to a driving range for practice.   Do join us. Contact John Yorke on 01367 253596 or 077727 47805 or text yorkejohn@live.co.uk    Top of Page
	Petanque (Boules) Group Leader: Phil Trickett Telephone: 01285 - 712421 Meetings: Every Wednesday 10.00 am - noon
We meet every Wednesday morning at the car park of St. Thomas's RC Church in Horcott Road, Fairford, except for the winter months.   The game is played within the guidelines of the French game of Petanque and is pretty low on energy demand.  Members usually bring their own set of boules but spare sets can be rustled up. As well as enjoying the game there is also a good social spirit and players do not have to make a weekly commitment.  Anyone who has never played the game is welcome to join.
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	Short Tennis Group Leader: Margaret Trickett Telephone: 01285 - 712421 Meetings: Mondays between 3.30and 5.30 pm
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 Group Leader: John Burrows Telephone: 01367 - 253056 Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 9-30 am. Fairford Car Park
The "Straddlers" in Fairford & District U3A  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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	Striders Walking Group Group Leader: Phil Trickett Telephone: 01285 - 712421 Meetings: 4Tuesday, 9.00 - 9.30am. Fairford Car Park
The Striders were formed to meet requests from members to walk a distance between the 'Straddlers' and 'Walking with a Pub Lunch' and so we walk about 6 miles and finish with a pub lunch.  The pace is a little faster than the 4-5 mile walk because we need to get to the pub for lunchtime!
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	Strollers Walking Group Group Leader: Don Cobbett Telephone: 01285 - 712692 Meetings: 4th Friday, 9-30 am. Fairford Car Park
The Strollers is a gentle walking group. Its basis is: 3 to 4 miles; hills (if any) gentle; stiles (if any) easy; pace as fast as the slowest; pub lunch at the end. We meet on the fourth Friday of every month (excepting August and December). .
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Walking with a Pub Lunch

• Group Leader:
  Geoff Bishop
• Telephone:
  01285 - 713747
• Meetings:
  2nd Wednesday

10-00 a.m. start

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.

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   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. Top of Page

TIMETABLE of GROUP ACTIVITIES Weekday First Week Second Week Third Week Fourth Week Monday am French 1 & 2 Yoga French 1 & 2 Yoga French 1 & 2 Yoga French 1 & 2 Yoga Monday pm Bridge Short Tennis Bridge Short Tennis Bridge Short Tennis Bridge Short Tennis  Tuesday am Keep Fit Keep Fit Keep Fit Keep Fit Striders Tuesday pm Main Meeting Book Circle 1&2 Bird Watching Wednesday am Petanque Walking + Pub Lunch Petanque Petanque Five Rhythms Dance Cycling + Pub Lunch Petanque Wednesday pm   Geology Family History Philosophy Thursday am Model Boats Model Making Model Boats Straddlers Model Making Thursday pm Jazz Garden Rummikub Friday am Friday pm Poetry 1 & 2 Latin Recorders Music  Recorders   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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