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Charity Darts Night – Part 1

June 15, 2011

Ceci n'est-pas un dartboard! 😉

Barking & Dagenham Plus staged the first of its Charity Darts Nights at its club-night on Tuesday at the White Horse in Chadwell Heath. This was organised by our Nick, in aid of Haven House, our chosen charity for 2011. The two winners were both from the pub’s mens darts team, as it happened. Chappy was presented with a box of chocolates:

Gemma presents Chappy with a box of chocolates.

Whilst Martin was presented with a bottle of wine:

Gemma and Nick present Martin with a bottle of wine.

We have raised over £100 so far, however: there is still more to come! Our second darts night is next Tuesday and promises to be even more exciting than the first one.

Bowling

June 13, 2011

Strike!

Saturday evening and seven of us went 10 Pin Bowling at the Dagenham Bowl. Yours truly scored 171 over two games (not my personal best) – although certain people scored more – although they did have the bumpers up!

Tuesday we are meeting at the White Horse in Chadwell Heath again, from 8.30pm, where we will be having the first of our two Charity Darts Matches – in aid of Haven House.

It’s Just A Jump To The Left…

June 8, 2011

A Plusser accosts passers-by on the streets of Chadwell Heath in a bid to entice new members.

Barking & Dagenham Plus is currently conducting a publicity drive, so Saturday morning saw members of the club distributing flyers in Chadwell Heath.

Plussers went to the Queens Theatre that evening.

Later that evening we went to the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch, to see a production of the Rocky Horror Show. Some of us who could not get tickets for this sold out production had to make do with actual Rock instead, by going to see East Of Java at the Cauliflower in Seven Kings, Ilford.

A-Chelmsford We Will Go

June 2, 2011

Last night as a break from the usual a posse of us went and visited Chelmsford Plus on their club-night, where our Richard ran “Taboo.”  Chelmsford Plus meets once a month on the first Wednesday, at the Marconi Club, Beehive Lane in Galleywood. Chelmsford is one of our newer Plus groups and is looking to expand its membership (any requests received by me will be forwarded on!).

Members of PLUS are positively encouraged to go round visiting other groups. The Area also runs a “Footsore Competition” in which the Group which has clocked up the most mileage doing visits during the year gets a trophy.

Indoor Bowling

May 31, 2011

Tuesday was our regular club-night at the White Horse Inn, in Chadwell Heath. Gemma ran Indoor Bowling, which was won by Dave, despite the fact that he arrived late.

This Saturday if you see strange people wandering the streets of Barking and Dagenham handing out leaflets, don’t worry that’s probably us. We will be doing a publicity drive: starting at 10am from our venue (we will meet back there for lunch afterwards).

In the evening some of us are going to see the Rocky Horror Show in Hornchurch, which I believe is now booked up. Otherwise, the rest of us are going to see East of Java at the Cauliflower.

Please note that this Sunday is also the deadline for paying the full balance for the National Holiday. If anyone wants to go on this but has not yet paid, please contact Richard our treasurer ASAP.

Forthcoming Darts Charity Night

May 18, 2011

We will be holding two Darts Charity Nights – on Tuesday June 14th and Tuesday June 21st. This is being run by Nick in co-operation with the White Horse Inn (our venue) itself. All proceeds will go to Haven House, which is our chosen charity this year.

This means that there has been a slight alteration to our programme of events. Dave’s National Battleships Tournament has been moved from the 21st to the 28th, whilst the events that were due to take place on the 14th and 28th have been postponed sine die.

For more information please see our Events page.

Community Group Honoured For Charity Work

May 9, 2011
Social group for young adults BARKING & DAGENHAM PLUS has won an award for its work in raising funds for local charity Richard House. After successfully completing a sponsored walk in aid of the hospice in 2010, the group has received the “Terry Davis Memorial Trophy” from Anglia and South-East Area Plus.
Chairperson Gemma Crader, 21, said: “We regularly help out good causes – later this year we will be raising money for Haven House as well.”

The group meets at the White Horse Inn in Chadwell Heath every Tuesday at 9pm. New membership enquiries are always welcomed. For more information – and to see the group’s new programme of activities – please see www.barkingdagenhamplus.com, or ring Joe on 17958 669339.

New Programme of Events – May to July 2011

May 6, 2011

Our new programme of events for the next three months is now online. We will be organising Pool, Bowling, a day out to Covent Garden, as well as going to the Stevenage Disco and the Kings Lynn Camping Weekend. Please see our Events page for more details.

Brain of Britain Quiz

May 4, 2011

The winning team cannot hear you over the sound of how awesome they are!

Tuesday night Barking & Dagenham staged its first annual Brain of Britain Quiz, run by Richard and AJ. By far the runaway winners were a team consisting of Charlie, Paul, Gavin and Joe.

This Saturday is the Stevenage Plus Disco, confusingly being held in London Colney. Towards the end of the month, we will be organising a group outing to Southend Airshow. We will also be planning our programme of events for the forthcoming three months this Thursday. For more details please get in contact with us.

Gemma on stage at Brean

April 24, 2011

A video of our illustrious chair Gemma on stage with “Not the Blues Brothers” at Brean just last month. Courtesy of Iain Parkes.