ADULT - SPORTING
Thurston Cricket Club
Thurston CC
is your local cricket club and we would
welcome new playing members, spectators and match day
sponsors for the 2006 season. We run two teams that play
in the local leagues. Our aim is to be a friendly dub, which is
fair but very competitive on the field and thoroughly enjoys
socialising
after the game. Does this seem like a club that
you would like to join?
We will be running regular net practice sessions in preparation for the
new season until the start
of the season in May. In addition to the senior teams it is our intention
to re-establish the junior section and if you are interested to find out
more information then please make contact. If you would like to come along and refine
your skills with a view to playing in 2006 or simply want
more information to see if we are the club for you, then
please contact: Tony Sadler
on 01359 230865
Thurston Table Tennis Club
Table tennis for players
of all standards in a friendly environment.
We meet each
Thursday from September to March. NEW SEASON STARTS 6th SEPT 2007
There are a few vacancies for junior (minimum age 13 unless accompanied by
an adult) and adult members.
Contact Tel: Peter 01359 232410 for details
Thurston Carpet Bowls Club
- every Wednesday in the New Green Community Centre at 7.30.
We are a very friendly club and would welcome visitors and prospective
new members of any level of experience. Don't worry if you have never
played before as there are always plenty of people on hand who are glad
to give basic instruction. £2.00 per evening includes refreshments.
Contact Edith on Tel No; 01359 230861for more information
Thurston Bowls Club (Outdoor)
New members are welcome, especially beginners for whom instruction will
be given. Bowls can be supplied on loan. We play in two leagues and also
have friendly matches and casual bowling for all abilities. Non members including beginners will be welcomed to try the game. Our green is adjacent to the New Green Community Centre.
Secretary Tony Pavis Tel: 01359 271217
New
Aerobics
& Body Tone classes in Thurston.
at Cavendish Hall
on
Thursday evenings 7:15 - 8:30 p.m.(except the 1st Thursday each
month)
&
on Sundays at New Green 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
contact Angie Smith on 01284 787151 or 07766 021054
(or just turn up)
Walking in Suffolk
visit this website for
information about walking in Suffolk
www.walkinginsuffolk.co.uk
ADULT - GENERAL
INTEREST
Thurston and District Garden Club Programme of events
Amateur and armchair gardeners meet monthly for a variety of talks loosely based on gardening.
Second Monday of each month.
Mrs S. Tanner 01359 230457
Thurston Local Learning Centre
Thurston Local Centre is a branch of West Suffolk College offering Adult Education courses in Thurston and surrounding area
Mrs D Burke/Mrs S Watts
01359 232204
Email
thurston@westsuffolk.ac.uk
Thurston 68 Club
New members are welcome. We meet,
socially every other Thursday evening, for many different activities
to suit the wide variety of ages of our members including theatre
trips, pub pentathlon, tenpin bowling, quiz nights, snooker and
dining out.
Additionally we hold charity and fund raising events, for both
global and Thurston organisations.
For more details, contact any of the listed officers.
Our current officers are :-
1.
Chairman -James Thomas - Tel. 01359 232126
2. Vice Chairman- to be announced
3. Secretary - Steve Reeve Tel. 01359 270491
3. Treasurer -
Phil Churchus - Tel. 01359 230652
Thurston W.I
We meet on the 1st Thursday every month in the Cavendish Hall at 7.30pm
We have speaker every month, also outings, fund raising events etc.
We are always pleased to welcome new members and guests.
For further info please call
the Secretary 01359 230420
Thurston Afternoon W.I. at New Green Centre on Thursdays at 2:00p.m. Visitors always welcome! contact Edith West tel: 01359 230861
Thurston Seniors' Club
The community centre
is open on those days for a drink from 11:30 and lunch is at 12:30.
Enquiries to the chairman
Chairman: Alf Nightingale;
Vice chairman: Roger Bowden; Hon. Tres.: Pam Bickers; Ass. Hon.Treas.:
Margaret Freeman; Hon. Sec. Val Wallin.
Book with Myrtle (231399)
or phone Brenda on 231155 if you wish to join.
Bury Concert Band
Consists of 30 brass and woodwind players plus percussionists aged from14 upwards. Our oldest members are in their Eighties! We currently would welcome additional trombone, trumpet or comet, oboe, bassoon, 3rd clarinet, and small percussion players. Ideally you should be able to play to Grade 5 standard, but players of a lesser standard may be able to cope on lower parts. We seek musicians who are able to commit hemselves to regular weekly rehearsals during school term times and to support the band at engagements, currently about 12 per year.
The Band rehearses on Monday evenings at
Riverwalk School in Bury St Edmunds commencing at 7.30 p.m.
Further details about band membership can be obtained
from Bryan Dalton 01359 230913.
If you would like the Band to play at a function please phone Sarah
Dunsdon on 01284 769594 for further details.
Mid Anglia Rail Passengers Association
Rail users' group for the Ipswich - Cambridge/Peterborough line.
Affiliated to
RailFuture.
Chairman:
John Drake, 51, High St, Cheveley,
CB 8 9DQ. 01638-730292
Secretary: Ross Taylor, 1 Norfolk Rd. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. IP32 6AY
Treasurer/Membership Sec.:
Mrs Ann Henderson,
48, High St,
Ixworth, IP31 2HJ.
01359-230139
Bury St Edmunds Liberal Democrats
Thedmere Branch
Forth coming
events:
Chairman: Dr Ann
Gath, Jasmine Cottage,
Tostock, IP30 9NY. 01359-270274
Secretary: Dick Flower, 13, Norton
Rd, Thurston, IP31 3PB. 01359-231718
Membership enquiries to Mary
Simpson,
Romney Cottage, The Green,
Tostock IP30 9NY, telephone no. 01359-271308
Thurston, Beyton &
Hessett Conservative Association
Chairman: Roger Bowden 01359 270084
We hold a coffee morning in various members' homes on the first Tuesday
of each month from 10:30 until noon except January and August.
LIST
Millennium Farm Trust
Interested in helping the Trust?
Minutes
secretary wanted
There are vacancies for volunteering
and paid work.
www.m-f-t.org.uk
OPTUA
If you know someone who would enjoy Share or if
you would like to volunteer, please call Optua 01473 836777. For more
information about the day or to download application forms you can also
go to the website at
www.optua.org.uk .
Contacts:
James Powell, PR Manager, Tel: 01473 836746,
james.powell@optua.org.uk
West Suffolk
Voluntary Association for the Blind
VIP club for the Visibly Impaired
We have a friendly meeting each month @ Moreton Hall
Community Centre, within easy reach of Thurston, with speakers, raffle,
teas and events. We offer welcome to people with sight problems,
who may be house bound, to meet other members with similar problems and
enjoy a laugh and a chat. If you are visibly impaired, or know of
someone who is, then contact Maureen 01359 270786 for more details of
this friendly club.
Cats Protection
Cats Protection (Bury St Edmunds Branch) is the local branch of the
National cat charity covering this area.. Our aims are to rescue
stray and unwanted cats and kittens, rehabilitate and re-home where
possible, to encourage the neutering of all cats and kittens not
required for breeding and to provide information to the public on
the care of cats and kittens.
Contact details:
Cats Protection (Bury St Edmunds Branch)
PO Box 422
IP31 3WE
Branch helpline: 01284 850887
Website:
www.cplbury.org.uk
e-mail:
info@cplbury.fsnet.co.uk
Haughley Hoofers
We are your local ladies North West clog dancing group. A
friendly welcome awaits anyone who would like to join us at our
Sunday practices, in Haughley Village Hall at 7.30 pm. All the
dancers are ladies, but men and women play in our band - however
good or bad you consider yourself to be come along and give it
try.
Joining Haughley Hoofers not only keeps you fit but can open up
a new social life for you and your family. During the summer we
dance at many local events as well as making weekend visits to
various different counties in England, and sometimes to Europe.
We are a very friendly enthusiastic troupe.
If you think you would like to join, or just watch to see what
we are all about, we begin our Sunday practices at 7.30pm
September 30th please pop in any Sunday evening after 30
September to see what happens. If you wish to chat to someone
about joining the group as a dancer or musician, or if you wish
to book us for an event please contact Dorothy our Squire on
01449 766372, or Sharon, secretary on 01449 676083.
We also have a website -
www.haughleyhoofers.org.uk
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Thurston Youth Football Club
Thurston Library
As well as the traditional services your library has to
offer, we would like to remind you of the following:
Weekly Sunday Club
for 3 - 8 year olds (accompanied by an adult please) starts at 10.30am with
a story,
followed by themed
activities.
Warhammer
Club for ages
10+ meets on alternative Sundays from 12:45 - 2:45 pm. Dates are displayed
on the library door. Telephone
Sharon
Head (01359) 271598 for more details.
Manager Neil Holmes. Telephone (01359) 235048.
Local clubs and organisations - we will be pleased to
display your details and notices!
Bookstart
Activity (FREE) Fridays at 9:45 am. Singalong a rhyme time for 2
- 4 year olds and their parents/carers. Refreshments available
1st Thurston Scouts
Beavers, cubs and scouts groups all meet regularly in the village.
www.1stthurstonscouts.org
Thurston Under Fives
Playgroup: Open Monday to Friday 9am - 11.30am and Monday &
Thursday afternoons
12.30 to 3pm at Cavendish Hall during term time. Contact Kaye on 232652 for more details.
Thurston Toddler Group:
Every Thursday
during term time 9:15 - 11:15 a.m. at NEW GREEN COMMUNITY CENTRE.
Ring Tina on
231003 for more information.
NEW!
Health visitors are holding regular monthly health clinics @ New Green
Centre on the first Thursday of the month between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
From September there will be an evening clinic between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m.
on the first Tuesday each month.
 Baby
signing classes in Thurston, at the New Green Centre on a Tuesday afternoon
@ 2pm. Contact Hazel Stacey on 01449 777030 / 07739 330595 or email her at
hazelstacey@singandsign.com
for more information. Visit our website at
www.singandsign.com
and go to 'classes near you', for more class information on the classes in
the Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Ipswich area.
Need a term time childminder?
click here
for contact details
Da
Capo Early Years MUSIC FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
A programme of music
education for young children aged 3-7 years.
Song, movement, percussion, games
New Green Centre,
Thurston –Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings (upon demand).
Contact: E mail
-sharonfrancis@dacapo.co.uk
Telephone: 01359
271558
THURSTON KIDS'
CLUB
Our club runs out of Thurston Primary School
and is open to children aged between 4-13 years. During the school term we
are open from 3.30pm - 5.30pm at a cost of £3.00 per child per hour and
£2.50 for siblings. In the school
holidays we are open from 8.30pm - 5.30pm at a cost of £2.75 per hour for
the first child and £2.50 per hour for the second/third child. We have a
number of activities including arts and crafts, pool table, table football,
playstation
2, laptop, board games and lots of outdoor equipment. During the holidays we
arrange trips and have entertainers and discos. Kids Club is open to all
children from around the Bury St Edmunds area. Our staff are fully qualified
and we are OFSTED
registered. For more information please contact Bev May
on 07764 951785. BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
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