Welcome
The next meeting of the 41 Club is on Monday 21st September. at 7:00pm
This will be an evening of Scalextrics Racing held at
The Racing Centre in Stockport.
Ground Floor Hallam Business Centre, Hallam Street, Stockport, SK2 6PT
Free parking at the next door council car park
Cost will be £9 for 1 hour.
Web site: https://stockportscalextric.co.uk
Only 5 people are booked in for food, so this will be decided on the night
Please advise if you are attending on the WhatsApp Poll by 31st August
Trip to Liverpool
Richard Seth has organised for a pal of his to arrange an historic pub crawl in Liverpool. (The pubs are historic).
He is very knowledgeable and very interesting.
As discussed previously, we need to recruit new members. The way to do this is through a good and varied program.
This will a great opportunity to bring a guest with you perhaps somebody younger.
The trip will be in the daytime. We will travel by train
The suggested day is on the 22nd October.
It proposed to meet at 11am at Piccadilly Station to catch the train at 11.07.
We will arrive in Liverpool around noon and visit a few of the historic pubs then have lunch and continue with the tour.
We can catch a train when we finish, stay for dinner, have dinner back in Manchester or just go home to eat.
At the end of the tour in Liverpool people can decide on which option they prefer and we can split forces if needs be.
I hope this suits everyone.
If anyone else wants to join us please add your name to the poll on WhatsApp
The Red Rose Dinner is planned for Friday 20th November 2026
Please contact Kevin Lovett if you wish to attend.
Trophy Winners
| Trophy | Winner 2024-25 |
| Male Chauvinist Pig 1983 - 2099 | Russell Dymond (Mr) |
| Crown Green Bowls 2025 2026 | Dave Barrow Rick Pennell |
| Darts 2024 | Terry Guy |
| Golf 2025 2026 | David Croft Ron Blyth |
| Murder Mystery Hunt 2025 Treasure Hunt 2026 | Dave Barrow Peter Lee Damien McElvenney David Khan |
| Crap Humour in perpetuity | Roy Davies |
| Hot Air Award 2024 | Kevin Lovett |
| Big Knob Award 2024 | Mike Green |
Memorial Quiz Winners 2024
YAPS Tour 2025
Cheadle and Gatley 41Club volunteered to host these young visitors and were the first club the tour visited. Eight young people arrived throughout the day, flying into Manchester from Sweden, Denmark, India, Austria and The Netherlands . The first one landed about 7.00am and the last one about 7.30pm which was a bit of a challenge.
An all-day BBQ was arranged and worked well. The youngsters didn’t know one another so it was a great way to break the ice and to introduce them to their hosts.
We had a fairly lazy start on the second day as the Indian contingent had been travelling for many hours but we gathered at 11.00am for a tour of Manchester City Centre. We went to the Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefields (Roman Fort ruins), Cloud 23 Sky Bar for cocktails with amazing views of Manchester. Also, the Central Reference Library, the Hidden Gem, the Royal Exchange with its theatre within, The Corn Exchange (now housing numerous restaurants) and the Cathedral. We finished off with a well-earned drink at The Shambles, particularly welcome as this had been the hottest day of the year so far, topping 29 degrees.
We then returned by tram and had a meal at Wagamama’s followed by 10 pin bowling. By this time all were getting to know each other and were completely knackered!
Our third day was an early start as we had hired a couple of day cruiser canal boats. We left the marina at 9.00am and spent a very pleasant day cruising the Macclesfield canal. We briefly explained the history of the canal system and showed them how the locks worked. Each had a turn at steering the boat with very mixed competence but they all enjoyed the experience.
We had an evening meal at Wetherspoons followed by an 18-hole Australian Adventure course (crazy, crazy golf which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The next morning, we said our fond farewells and sent them on their way to their next hosts. We all agreed it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience hosting them. They were all very polite, pleasant young people and we would not hesitate in hosting any of them if they wished to return to the UK.
We would recommend to any 41Club to take part in the scheme in the future, we found it very rewarding and thoroughly enjoyable and would not hesitate to host again if the tour comes back to our area again.
Richard Seth
C&G 41 Club
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