Activities!
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September
| Date | |
Time | |
| Sun 5th | |
11:00 | |
| Tue 7th | |
14:00 | |
| Fri 10th | |
09:30 | |
| Fri 17th | |
10:00 | |
| Fri 17th | |
10:30 | |
| Tue 21st | |
10:00 | |
| Thu 23th | |
20:30 | |
| Fri 24th | |
10:00 |
October
| Date | |
Time | |
| Tue 5th | |
14:00 | |
| Thu 7th | |
19:30 | |
| Fri 15th | |
10:00 | |
| Sun 17th | |
14:30 |
November
| Date | |
Time | |
| Tue 2nd | |
14:00 | |
| Thu 4th | |
10:30 | |
| Thu 4th | |
19:30 | |
| Fri 19th | |
10:00 | |
| Sat 27th | |
10:00 |
'Girl'S Coffee Morning in'!
NEXT ‘COFFEE MORNING IN’
Friday 17th September – Anne-Linn Neidel
FUTURE DATES
The coffee mornings are every other Friday and are usually from 10.30am onwards.
Please let me know if you can make it.
We would like volunteers to host others please – 1st of October, thanks!
If you would like to attend or find out more, please
Chocolate Museum
DATE: Thursday 4th November
TIME : 10:30
PLACE: L’Isle Sur Tarn
COST: €3.50 (Group discount if 15 or more)
CONTACT: Carol Bliault
DEADLINE : Thursday 28th October
DETAILS
The Museum ‘Art du Chocolat’ is the result of an encounter between a chocolate maker and a sculptor.
Come along for a guided tour and a chance to taste the chocolate.
FURTHER DETAILS
www.musee-art-chocolat.com
CONTACT
For more details or if you would like to take part in the event or telephone 06.21.76.19.24
Greyhound Racing
DATE: Sunday 17th October
TIME : 14:30
PLACE: Cynodrome de Sesquieres
COST: FREE (food additional)
CONTACT: Yvonne
DEADLINE : Sunday10th October
DETAILS
You can come and watch this sport for free, and enjoy an afternoon of good fun. The track is able to offer catering but this is manned by volunteers, so if you would like food and drink please let us know when you book a place.
CONTACT
If you would like to attend or find out more, please or Telephone 05.34.52.34.72
"Velo Toulouse" Along the Canal Du Midi
A bike ride along the Canal Du Midi
DATE: Tuesday 21st September
TIME : 10:15
PLACE: Tourist Information Office, Toulouse
COST: Bike hire ~5 € and lunch ~ tba
CONTACT: Yvonne Stead
DEADLINE : Tuesday 14th September
DETAILS:
In response to your request to repeat the very popular excursion, we will again be using the “Velo Toulouse”, a self service bike hire system which can be accessed by subscription or on daily basis.A credit card or carte bleu us required to access the system (Yvonne and Sally-Anne will give training to newcomers on the day).
Our route will take us along the Canal du Midi under leafy shade for most of the way. We shall stop for lunch at a lock-side restaurant before heading back to Toulouse.
Give it a GO!
TWIG PETANQUE CHARITY CHALLENGE CUP and PICNIC
DATE: Sunday 5th September
TIME: 11am
PLACE: The Boulodrome at La Salvetat St Gilles
COST: Entrance fees: Adults = 5 euros and children (under 12) = 2 euros.
CONTACT: Carol Bliault
DEADLINE: Monday 30th August
DETAILS:
Open to all members and their families, this is your chance to mix light hearted rivalry with the chance to contribute to TWIG’s 2010 nominated charity WATERAID.
Competitions will involve both teams and individuals. Do remember to bring your own boules – but there may be some spares to borrow on the day. The rules will be those used by the local French boules clubs – all teams will play all the other teams. (see below for Heather’s background article.)
The local Pétanque club have kindly offered their facilities for the day. There will also be an opportunity to practice before the competition proper – so saying you don’t know how to play is no excuse for not coming along.
The TWIG Challenge Cup will be presented to the overall winners and the Wooden Spoon to the Last Team!!
Exact details will be circulated nearer the time including confirmation of the date.
For more details or if you would like to take part in the event
Background
This game is traditionally played with metallic balls on a dirt surface beneath plane trees, with a glass of pastis at hand (optional!) and the local boulodrome is often the social focal point in the local area.
The object of the game is to throw your balls — usually with somewhat of an arched back-spin — so that they land closer to the small object ball (cochonnet ) than those of your opponent, or strike and drive the object ball toward your other balls and away from your opponent’s. Despite any fears to the contrary, the only really essential equipment is a set of three steel boules.
To be legitimate for competition play, a boule must conform to the following specifications:
Weight: From 650 to 800 grams [1lb. 7oz. — 1lb. 12oz.]
Diameter: From 70.5 to 80.0mm [2.78” — 3.15”]
Some Hints and Tips
A player who specializes in pointing (or placing) should normally favour a small, heavy boule. A heavy boule is slightly more difficult to displace, and a boule of the minimum allowable diameter presents a smaller target to the opposition’s shooters. Women and young boys, usually having smaller hands and less arm strength, frequently compromise by selecting a boule that is both light and small.
A shooter should choose a lighter boule for the best chance of success. This may seem surprising, but in fact the decreased momentum of a light boule gives it the best chance of remaining in place after knocking an opponent’s boule out of the game (the perfect, and much admired, shot known as a carreau ). A shooter should not use a small boule: a shot that just barely misses with a small boule might have been effective if only that extra 5 mm had been on the radius.
In choosing a boule, however, perhaps the overriding consideration is “play with what feels comfortable to you.”
Very non-essential equipment
The following pétanque trivia is definitely not necessary, although some of it is undeniably fun….
Peaked cap for playing against the sun
Calipers for really fine measurements of distance/tape measure
Hand-held score keeper
Powerful magnet on a string: for those who have trouble bending down to pick up boules
Special cloth for wiping grit off boules.
Rules = refer to the Règlement International de Pétanque at:-
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Sports/regle_petanque.shtml#art1
Welcome Coffee Morning - New Members
DATE: Friday 17th September
TIME: 10:00
PLACE: Leguevin
CONTACT: Yvonne Stead
DETAILS
Yvonne Stead (TWIG Welcome & Help team) would like to host another coffee morning to which new members are invited.
The purpose of the morning is to “catch up” with new friends and in addition will be on hand to answer (hopefully) any questions regarding TWIG.
Future Dates
Friday 15th October from 10am chez Yvonne
Friday 19th November from 10am chez Yvonne
Contact
If you would like to attend or find out more, please