Category: Volunteers
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Lads and dads pool success
We’ve had a couple of successful pool events recently with 3 lads reaching the North West Finals. William Doyle won the under 12 GMFCYP Pool competition beating fellow club member Dylan Kelly in a closely fought final. William is becoming quite a star as he also won the GMFCYP snooker final. In the under 14…
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Jim Houghton
Jim Houghton, one of the senior volunteers at the club, died suddenly last week. Jim had a long association with the club, joining as a 12 year old in 1946. He attended 5 annual camps between1949 –1954 and was an outstanding cricket player for the club.
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Fundraising team
Our intrepid team of bag packers spent a weekend at our local supermarket recently, raising funds for this years annual camp. Thanks to Sainsbury’s and customers for helping us raise a brilliant £1712 in 2 days.
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Black Belt and First Aid
3 members of the Cobra kickboxing Club have reached brown and black belt levels recently. Laura Ellis 1st Dan Black Belt, Cathy Morris, brown belt and Lee Morgan 3rd Dan Black Belt. 9 young club members and adult volunteers have taken part in a national first aid training course at the club over the past…
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Lads & Dads breakfast and pool
The club held a new event on Saturday morning, a lads and dads pool competition, followed by breakfast. Pictures show cooks Dennis and Ryan making the breakfast and our 16 competitors.
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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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Archie and pals win top award
The Nationwide Building Society Community & Heritage Volunteers of the Year Awards 2008 Archie Swift MBE and the team of 14 senior volunteers from SLC have won the top award as Heritage Volunteers of the Year for the North West. They will go forward to the national final in London in November. Club member, 15…
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Our new volunteers are off their trolleys!
A community initiative set up by our local Tesco Express store at Salford Quays has helped the club get in shape for the new season. Local store manager Nigel Phillips took up the challenge of local councillor and club volunteer Ray Mashiter to get out into the local community Nigel organised a team of managers…