HALL NEWS ............

Updated 18 June 2008

WHIST A whist drive is held on the third Monday of every month from 7.30 - 10.00 pm and all are welcome to join in. Enquiries to Bill Salmon, Tel: 01446 774271.
TABLE TENNIS A table tennis club meets in the hall every Thursday from 7.00 - 9.00 pm. Whatever your level of ability, if you’re interested in joining in you would be very welcome. Enquiries to Beverly Tonkin, Tel: 01446 772704.
INDOOR BOWLS Equipment for Short Mat Bowls has been purchased with the help of a Sports Council of Wales CREST grant and an Indoor Bowls Club has now been set up.  It meets every Tuesday from 7.00 - 9.00 pm.  If you are interested in joining in please contact Mike Clancy, Tel: 01446 773710.
GARDEN GROUP The garden group has received a Kick Start II grant of £2500 from the Vale Centre for Voluntary Services (VCVS) for building materials and plants necessary to install a safe, low maintenance garden in front of the hall.  The area has recently been levelled and a rockery installed below the balcony.  A patio has been laid on the newly levelled ground and a new natural stone stairway installed from the balcony down into the garden area. A shrubbery has been planted on the sloping ground in front of the patio.  If you are interested in joining the group and helping to further develop the new garden, please contact Dave Jones, Tel: 01446 773159.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2008 - 09 Chair - Phil Summers; Secretary - Mike Brooks; Treasurer - Peter Whiting; Other members - Peter Jarvis, Robert James, Liz Jervis, Helen Martin Davies, David Morgan, Jenny Radzimierski, Jon Rosser, Scilla Williams.Observer: John Townsend (Lettings Officer).
RECENT COMMITTEE BUSINESS Eight new folding Gopak tables and 40 upholstered chairs have been purchased to replace furniture from the old hall. Curtaining has been installed across the balcony end wall and window and the side windows; additional cutaining will shortly be installed across the alcove. The curtaining has improved the acoustics and added warmth to the function room.  A 3Kw fan heater has been installed to boost the hall heating when necessary. The Committee have received full planning permission for a new storage room at the back of the hall for furniture and equipment. A building regulations order has been applied for, and it is hoped to build the new store during the summer of 2008. Unconfirmed minutes of LCHA AGM April 2008.