New Opening Hours Newbury Park
26 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
The Newbury Park bar is now open from 12noon until 10.30pm every Sunday. Come along and enjoy Sky Sports’ football coverage and a pint or two.
Essex Darts Open 2010
27 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
Bring your arrows along to Newbury Park on Sunday 28th Feb. 2010. Also enjoy an ALL day breakfast from our canteen or a pint from the ALL day bar!
Entry is open to anyone
Doors open 9.45
Toe the oche 11.30
http://www.essexdarts.com/
Newbury Park – Club Improvements
14 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in Newbury Park - Club Improvements
The Main Hall Maple wood dance floor has been sanded and re-sealed, and should be nice to glide around on in your dancing shoes.
New carpet is being laid throughout the three bar areas, next week.
The following week we are having new curtains put up in the Sun Lounge and Pool Room bars.
Macmillan Cancer Support
04 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
During our Firework Extravaganza on 5th November 2009 we ran some events to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support and I am glad to say that we raised the grand sum of £791.
Here are some of our Staff and the presention of the cheque!
Well Done!
Happy New Year
01 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in 2010
All the Staff at both Clubs wish you all a successful and prosperous 2010
IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY ALL IS SECURE
15 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
in Christmas Pics, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY ALL IS SECURE
T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE
AND TO SEE JUST WHO, IN THIS SMALL HOME DID LIVE
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE -
NO TINSEL NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY THE MANTLE JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF A FAR DISTANT LAND
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS.
THEN A SOBER THOUGHT CAME INTO MY MIND
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
T’WAS THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN DISORDER
NOT HOW I PICTURED A LONE SOLDIER..
WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I’D JUST READ,
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED
I REALISED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS, WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT
AND SOON ROUND THE WORLD THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY
THEY ALL ENJOY FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
I COULDN’T HELP BUT WONDER, HOW MANY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME?
THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED, I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE
“SANTA DON’T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE.
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON’T ASK FOR MORE
MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS”
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP.
I COULDN’T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SAT AND SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHTS CHILL.
I DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE, ON THAT COLD DARK NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOUR, SO WILLING TO FIGHT…
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE
WHISPERED “CARRY ON SANTA, CHRISTMAS DAY IS SECURE”
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
“MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND – AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!”
THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY A BRITISH PEACE KEEPING SOLDIER STATIONED OVERSEAS.
THE FOLLOWING IS HIS REQUEST – I THINK IT IS REASONABLE.
PLEASE WOULD YOU DO ME THE KIND FAVOUR OF SENDING THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN
CHRISTMAS WILL BE COMING SOON AND MUCH CREDIT IS DUE TO OUR BRITISH SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN FOR OUR BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THESE FESTIVITIES.
LET’S TRY IN THIS SMALL WAY TO PAY BACK A TINY BIT OF WHAT WE OWE!
mjfssc
