August Newsletter.

Kingsley Park Working Men's Club.
Newsletter August 2011.Editor Matt Wright.
Email m.wright@ntlworld.com
http://kingsleyparkwmc.blogspot.com/
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Kingsley Park Working Men’s Club and Institute
120 Kingsley Park Terrace, Kingsley, Northampton, NN2 7HJ
Club Phone No’s
Steward 715514
Secretary 719800
Email Secretary barryslasberg@kingsleyparkwmc.co.uk

Committee Vacancies.
There are currently three casual vacancies on the Committee. Volunteers are asked to put their names forward to help steer the club to a secure and bright future. This is a task for people with time to commit, especially at weekends (But not necessarily every weekend!). It is a task for people who believe in our great club and all it stands for. It is a task for the dedicated and not for the faint hearted.
If you are interested and have been a member since before the first of January 2011, please see the General Secretary for more details. All these vacancies are open to both men and women members.

Our President stands down.On 7th July Graham Burgess tendered his resignation as President with immediate effect. Graham stated that he had enjoyed his tenure as President and was retiring for personal reasons.
Graham was elected as President in 2007. Since that time he has been a positive influence in leading the management through difficult times. His sense of duty and loyalty to the club has been an example to us all. He has never shied from difficult decisions, always putting the welfare of members and the survival of the club before going for the popularity vote.
We thank Graham for his four years of service and look forward to his company in the club for many years to come.
There will be an election to fill the casual vacancy that has arisen on 19th 20th and 21st August. Any men or women members who were members at the beginning of 2011 are eligible to stand for office. The nomination sheet will be posted in the main bar by Friday 29th July. It will be taken down noon 15th August. Every person standing must be proposed and seconded by two members, men or women, who were members on 1st January 2011.
Once a name is on the nomination sheet it can only be removed by the General Secretary on direct instruction from the person nominated.

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Club Rules.
The Club Rules form the basis of a contract between each member and the club to which that member belongs.
In recent years, due to legislation and the wishes of members through special meeting those rules have been changed in some minor ways, but also to acknowledge the introduction of the Equality Act.
Because of the ongoing changes, we did not update the rules until we could see a period of reasonable stability. As a result , some new members will not have been issued with the rules on joining the club. We have now had the new rules printed. They are available to members on request from the Secretary.

These new rules do not affect in any great detail the actual day to day membership rules and therefore members with old rules need not apply for the new ones; however they are available if required.
E.C.

An apology from the Secretary?
Certainly stranger things have happened! My article about the life members’ outing in the last newsletter certainly raised more than a few hackles. Those who challenged me in the bar all said how much they enjoyed the outing and that they never complained about anything. Not once in the article did I say anyone complained about the outing.The moans I addressed were those that are addressed to committee members year after year on the outing and I hope I gave a reasoned response to those moans. I also hope that those who got past the heading found the responses reasoned and informative.
To those of you who were affronted because you have never complained about anything on any outing, I do indeed offer my sincere apologies for the heading of the article, but I do hope you found the content worth reading.
Barry Slasberg

S E Midlands CIU Darts KO.
Kingsley park’s darts team followed up their recent 14-7 demolition of Newport Pagnell WMC in the earlier round with another emphatic win, this time a quarter final win over Towcester Sports and Social, coming out the eventual winners by 16 games to 5.

Four Kingsley Park player’s, Dan Eaton, Steve Burgess, Arthur Dunkley and Kev Brown all recording 3-0 win’s with new boy Kev Brown hitting two 180 maximums in consecutive legs. Captain Jeff Billingham’s decision to rest himself and rotate his squad proving the strength in depth within the team.
The team now progress to meet Daventry WMC in a semi final to be played at Kingsley Park WMC on either the Friday 29/7/11, Sat 30/7/11 or Fri 5/8/11, once Daventry have chosen the date they wish to play. (Home team has to offer the away team 3 dates to play)

The semi final looks to be a much tougher affair with Daventry having beaten Kingsley Park last year and with Kingsley Park being eager to avenge that narrow defeat.

JB.

Cabaret & Buffet EveningSaturday 22nd October.
Staring The Fabulous Birdman of Magic Paul Derek.
Compere , Comedian Nipper Thomas.
And The Rockettes Trio,
Motown Rock n Roll & 60’s
Please be in your seats
for a prompt start at 8:00.
Bar open till midnight.
Tickets £8.00 on sale soon from
Paddy Mullally or behind bar.
Members, associates
and friends only.




Kevin Donnelly Memorial.
Richard Shanahan and Ramesh presented Mrs Donnelly and her son with a cheque for £900 raised in the 25’s tournament in memory of her husband Kevin. The proceeds will go to Macmillan Cancer Support

News In Brief.
Delos Pyramid sent us a letter of thanks for the use of the concert room for their charity disco where they made £410 in aid of the Air Ambulance.

Cynthia Spencer Hospice thanked us for the £34.08 that our members put in their charity box.

NTFC gave us a cheque for £50 to club funds for the use of the lounge.

Kingsley School received their annual donation of £50 from our children in need fund.


August Entertainment.
Wednesday 3rd Bluegrass Jam Session
Friday 5th Louise Girl Vocalist
Saturday 6th Freeze Trio 60’s – 90’s
Sunday 7th Jolleanna Vocalist
Friday 12th Adam Austin Vocalist
Saturday 13th Ashley Group 60’s - Modern
Sunday 14th Paul Needs Vocalist
Friday 19th Georgie Vocalist
Saturday 20th Hot City Nights Queen Tribute Group+
Sunday 21st Tom Healy Band Irish Country + 60’s
Friday 26th Chelsea Walker Vocalist
Saturday 27th Andrea Brown & Groove Band Group
Sunday 28th Damion Vocalist 50’s-60’s


Saturday 27th Race Night.
Bingo every Friday and Sunday.

BH Quiz Night every Wednesday.