'EDITORIAL'

WE ARE ALL MUCH WARMER NOW!     By any measure our 'Winter Warmer Games Evening', held at Teynham Village Hall on 9th February, was a great success; indeed it exceeded in every department what we had set out to achieve.  Some 130 members, friends and guests were present (your editor, ever the sceptic, had originally thought in terms of 50/60), good live music, plenty of delicious hot food (absolutely no bread and cheese in sight) and -- those GAMES!    There were plenty to break the ice and for those who wanted a quiet(er) evening.  Some were, as I had anticipated in my earlier News Letter, a bit physical - involving a bit of running about and - did my eyes deceive me or were those two young women (well younger anyway) really wrestling on the floor over possession of a comic hat?

All great fun and, thanks to the support and generosity of those who came, a very substantial sum was raised for our charitable purposes. 

Our Branch website has now been up and running for some months and we have been able to assess its effectiveness, its appeal and its usefulness to our members and, of course its wider audience.  Jim Hopkins, who set it up and who maintains it, by updating the content from the many contributors, has been pleased and some others of us possibly a little surprised by the site's popularity - as measured by the 'hits' or visits that have been recorded.  We are encouraged by the results so far and Jim and the team will continue to work to make the website of increasingly greater interest and benefit to members.

CRICKET TENTS

Thanks to the efforts of the local Branch, the usual 'tent' will be available during the Tunbridge Wells cricket 'week'.  Sadly, however, there will be no tent this year at Canterbury.