Category: The Club Today
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9 Salford Lads and Girls reach finals
Greater Manchester table tennis finalists Niall Armsden won the Greater Manchester Federation under19 table tennis competition last week. Club member Robert Payne also reached the final of the under 14 competition. Both will go forward to the regional finals later this year. Salford Lads and Girls Dominate Snooker and Pool Competitions. 7 members off SLGC…
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Pictures from the Royal visit 4th February
TRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall pictured in the sports hall. L to R . Signing the visitors book. Unveiling a commemorative plaque. Young cooks, dancers, drummers and volunteers enjoy the occasion. Senior volunteers, Eric Salthouse Archie Swift MBE and Alan Sloan Swedish Drill performance in the gym -Youth organisations in…
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Greater Manchester Snooker champs
Club members travelled to Stockport Lads’ Club this week to take part in the Greater Manchester Federation under 14 Snooker Competition. We came away with both winner and runner up prizes. Dylan Whitehead (left) and Barry Britton (right) will now go through as regional winners to the Northern Final later in the season.
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SLGC members prefer Golf to Shopping
Last week during half term, club leaders organised a trip to the Trafford Centre. It proved to be popular with both boys and Girls. But Instead of “Shop till you drop” they spent a day at the Trafford Centre Golf Driving Range, learning new skills from the resident professional.
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Young club members on BBC 5 Live
The official handover of the keys to to the BBC’s first building at Media City took place yesterday with a live programme from Salford Quays. Volunteer Chris Brannigan, club members Ryan Pinkney, Ryan Miller and project manager Leslie Holmes were invited down to be part of the programme. To hear the interview with presenter Peter Allen go to…
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BBC Philharmonic in the Concert Hall!
This weekend we have a special Heritage Open Days event. A string quartet from the BBC Philharmonic will be performing in the club to celebrate the completion of the Concert Hall. The Marchini Quartet are part of the BBC Philharmonic. The performance will be of English music from the early 1900s including music by Elgar, Britten and…
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Topman Lads’ R us!
It’s great to know we’re the coolest and most famous club in town! We like Topman clothes, but is it cool of Topshop to use our name without asking us first? And we certainly don’t think it’s very cool of them to change our sign to “Topman Lads’ Club”. (see picture) We think it would…
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Kids get Cooking
Local group Kidzwidreams have been in the kitchen recently working with local Super Chef Ray Jones. 20 young people are learning how to cook healthy affordable meals. A DVD of the project will be given to the young people to take home and teach their families how to cook the recipes. The scheme was funded…