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CHAIRMAN	John Edwards	01622 858439	john.edwards
VICE-CHAIRMAN	Mike Compson	01622 851763	mike.compson
SECRETARY	Sue Compson	01622 851763	sue.compson
NEWSLETTER	Mike Compson	01622 851763	mike.compson
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CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

Hello All

April showers, who needs them after the last couple of months raining constantly, I am sure we don't. Bring on the sunshine and the lighter evenings.

FUTURE EVENTS

This month we have our return Short Mat Bowls match with Harrietsham Bowls Club.  It will be held at Lenham Community Centre on Thursday, 25th April and I'm sure they will field their strongest team after losing to LenARA in the first match.

The Mystery tour is on Friday, 26th April pick up times to be confirmed.

Julia has booked the LenARA Christmas lunch at the Orida Hotel - you may know it by its previous name The Hilton Hotel.  We have to book early otherwise we lose out and do not get the accommodation we need. 

LENARA CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Speaker

The speaker for this month is Christine Rayner giving a talk on Bygone Kent.  She was very interesting when we had her visit LenARA last time.

April Pub Lunch 

The pub lunch this month is on April, 17 at 12 noon at The Park Gate Inn, Ashford Road, Maidstone ME17 1PJ

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF 32 DINERS FOR THIS EVENT

Click here to see the menu

LenARA - 20th Anniversary - 28th August 2024

As I said last month it will be LenARA's 20th anniversary coming up very soon.  We have confirmed a booking with Kent Loves to look after us for the afternoon with sandwiches, cakes, tea, coffee etc plus entertainment for the afternoon.  We will be charging £5 per person for this and LenARA will subsidise the rest.  Kent Loves will be catering for 100 people so as usual this is on a first come first served basis.  One thing we need to know ASAP is whether anyone has any food allergies. Please, when you put your names down for this event let us know, so we can then pass this on to Kent Loves.  Names will be taken over May and June's meetings.

Lingfield Park

Roger Newman will be taking names for horse racing at Lingfield Park at the April meeting.  It will be on 10th June at a price of approximately £32 per person which includes coach and admission.  This is always a nice day out especially if you win.

Annual Subscriptions – It has been decided that due to increased costs for venues, speakers etc the Annual Subscription this year will be £10 per person.  We will be collecting the subscriptions at our meetings in April and May.  We consider this is still excellent value for money and we will continue to try and organise interesting trips and events for you.  If any of your details change please let our Membership Secretary know so that the records can be kept up to date and then you will not miss out on anything.  We distribute most of our information by email so if you know of anyone who is not on our email list please could you pass the information on to them so that they are kept informed.  If you are not on our email list we can post out the monthly newsletter to you if you can provide some stamped self-addressed envelopes.

Please remember that in order to carry on with our activities we need YOU to support US.

We need someone to organise the tea rota for the monthly meetings as Audrey who has been doing it for some time now is giving it up.  Please consider this and let us know if you are interested.  Audrey will be able to tell you exactly what is involved.  If we don't get anyone we won't have tea and biscuits!

A trip to Bexhill will be organised for Friday, July 5th taking in Bexhill Museum. We will be taking names for this event at our May meeting when we are sure of the cost.