Newsletter January 2010

We have had a very productive year and the Committee has endeavoured to do their very best on your behalf to promote and assist at our various activites. You will recall that the Mayor of Ettlingen, Frau Gabriella Bussmaker, and two other prominent members of the Ettlingen connection paid us a very successful visit in November to further cement the twinning of Clevedon & Ettlingen.

The big events of 2010 will be the 20th Anniversary with Epernay and the 30th Anniversay with Ettlingen. Plans are afoot to celebrate these events. At the moment they are still in the formative stages but I can reveal there is a possibility of a visit by Epernay to Clevedon in June and a definite visit to Ettlingen by Clevedon from Oct 1 – 4, although we my leave a couple of days before that. Further information in early Spring. This will be open to anyone who wants to go.. A team of relay runners will bring the official invitation to the Council from Ettlingen and we want to welcome them here with grand applause for their effort. A lot of work (and expense) will be involved with all these visits and I am sure that you will want to participate where this is possible.

Membership of the CTA is crucial. We have an obligation to ensure that you are all covered by our public liability insurance and therefore I encourage all members, and those who are yet to be members, to renew or apply for, their subscriptions forthwith, it is only £5 per person and is of utmost importance to us. I have increased the mailing list to include ‘interested’ parties and look forward to your involvement, you will be most welcome.Subscriptions (£5) to Ted Deakin.(Treasurer) 15 Keenes way.Clevedon.BS21 6PY.

Our annual ‘fish,chips & quiz’ will take place on February 20th at 7.30pm at the Promenade Bowling Club. This has become a welcome addition to the social calendar of Clevedon and is always supported extremely well. Please come along for an evening of fun and frolic and bring your friends to make teams of four, although we can always pair you with other quizzers if you are solitary and wish to join in. Quiz applications (£8) to Janet Wildgoose.24 Newlands Green. Clevedon. BS21 5BU.

Thank you to all who came to our Christmas Social at the Walton Park Hotel. The feedback I received was so encouraging and thanks also to the Committee members and those who so generously supplied raffle prizes. We shall need some more raffle prizes at the Quiz Evening to swell our coffers!

We look forward to an interesting 2010 and I want to meet as many of you as possible at the events which will take place.

Janet Wildgoose.