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Pastimes – Clubs and Organisations

                            

AMATEUR RADIO

 

 

Newbury & District Amateur Radio Society

Richard Jolliffe

01635 46241

richard.jolliffe@gb.vodafone.co.uk

BALLOON FLIGHTS

 

 

Floating Sensations

Catherine Smith

01635 201007

floating@balloonflights.co.uk

BEEKEEPING

 

 

Newbury & District Beekeepers Association

Mrs G Sturt

01635 254688

golly@sturt.fsworld.co.uk

BELL RINGING

 

 

Chaddleworth & Brightwalton Church Bell Ringers

D A Vince

01488 638353

Chieveley Bellringers

Rod Brown

01635 248774

East Ilsley Bellringers

John Hibbert

01635 281885

jwt.hibbert@btinternet.com

Newtown & Burghclere Handbell Ringers

Mrs B M E Vaslet

01635 46078

St Marys Bellringers

M K Till

01635 827957

m.k.till@ntlworld.co.uk

BLIND

 

 

Kennet Cassette Talking Newspaper for the Blind & Partially Sighted of West Berkshire

Sue Campbell

01488 668530

BONSAI

 

 

Newbury & District Bonsai Society

 

neil.webster3@ntlworld.com

BRIDGE

 

 

Burghfield Bridge Club

Mr R L G Keith

0118 9833659

Newbury Bridge Club

Mrs Phyllis Russell

01635 40855

info@newburybridgeclub.co.uk

www.newburybridgeclub.co.uk

Upper Basildon Bridge Club

Karen Mcbroom

01189 843716

CANALS

 

 

Kennet Horse Boat Company Ltd – Kintbury Wharf

Charlotte Butler

01488 658866

kennethorseboat@btconnect.com

CAVING

 

 

Newbury & District Caving Club

Martin Peck

01865 311411 / 07711 635720

caving@ndcc.fsnet.co.uk

Valkyries Caving Club

Arthur Venning

01635 581162 / 07788 584802

wildvalkyries@aol.com

CHESS

 

 

Berkshire Junior Chess Association

 

01491 576052

Newbury Chess Club

Mr Mike Marlow

01635 49345

CLIMATOLOGY

 

 

Climatological Observers Link

Dr Roger Brugge

0118 3785577 / 01628 636276

brugge@met.rdg.ac.uk

CYCLING

 

 

Cycle It Thatcham

Laurie Lockwood

01635 871182

Cyclists Touring Club Reading District Association

Mr John Lomas

01344 420031

pat.lomas@btinternet.com

Newbury Road Club

Ian Lakey

ian@newburyrc.co.uk

www.newburyrc.co.uk

Reading Cycle Campaign

Ros Furley

0845 3302543

secretary@readingcyclecampaign.org.uk

www.readingcyclecampaign.org.uk

West Berkshire SPOKES

Patrick Keene

07881 943977

patrick.keene@vodafone.co.uk

DANCING

 

 

Aldbrickham Clog and Step Dancers

Michele Vale

0118 9873901

michelevale@freenet.co.uk

Kintbury Morris

Sue Broughton

01635 847990

scbroughton@westberks.gov.uk

DISABLED

 

 

Newbury Pony Driving for the Disabled

Jane Piper

01635 862092

FISH

 

 

Bracknell Fish Club

Mr Terry Hewitt

01344 452483

telthefish@aol.com

FITNESS

 

 

AZ Health & Fitness

Andy Marshall

07919 153684

az.training@virgin.net

www.az-healthandfitness.com

Get Fit, Stay Fit

Mrs Christine Hill

01635 841949

d.hill11@ntlworld.com

FLOWER ARRANGING

 

 

Chieveley Floral Group

Mrs I Bower

01635 248244

South Berkshire Floral Society

Mrs Margaret Coleman

01635 868328

Thames Valley Flower Arrangement Club

Mrs Margaret Nortcliffe

0118 9411064

GARDENING

 

 

Alpine Garden Society Berkshire

Ian Pryde

0118 9429340

Burghfield & District Horticultural Society

R F Alexander

0118 9832073

alex_alexander@talk21.com

Chieveley & District Gardening Club

Mrs A Little

01635 248765

Cold Ash Horticultural Society

Mrs Ali Conway

01635 200523

ali.conway@vodafone.com

Curridge Horticultural Society

Mrs J B Goodsell

01635 31928

Lambourn Valley Horticultural Society

Mrs P Swapp

01488 648364

Newbury District Gardeners Association

Ronald J Angell

01635 580097

Purley Horticultural Society

Mrs P A Brightwell

0118 9412424

Shaw Cum Donnington Horticultural Society

Mrs G Lutterloch

01635 42732

Tilehurst Horticultural Association

Miss L V Jones

01189 425245

Woolton Hill & District Gardeners Club

Mrs Jane Skyrme

01635 254151

jane@skyrme.com

GARDENS

 

 

Cold Ash Wildlife Allotment Gardens

M J Harris

01635 31932

mike.harris@ntlworld.com

GENEALOGY

 

 

Berkshire Family History Society – Newbury

Phil Wood

01635 30857

www.berksfhs.org.uk

GEOGRAPHY

 

 

My Local Geography Club

Daniel Raven-Ellison

07772 767366

mygeographyteacher@googlemail.com

GEOLOGY

 

 

Reading Geological Society

Chris Hooper

0118 9471597

chris@4hooper.freeserve.co.uk

GLIDING

 

 

Shalbourne Soaring Society

Colin Baines

01635 41803

datac@compuserve.com

HANDBELLS

 

 

Barfield Handbell Ringers

William Butler

01635 826799

willbutler@aol.com

HANG GLIDING

 

 

British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association

Stephanie Blankley

0870 8706490

office@bhpa.co.uk

HORSE RACING

 

 

West Berkshire Racing Club

Mrs Seaton

caroleseaton@lineone.net

HORSES

 

 

Riding for the Disabled Association Tilehurst Branch

Mrs C A Hine

0118 9416664

IRISH DANCING

 

 

McInerney School of Irish Dancing

 

j.m.oneill@btopenworld.com

KARATE

 

 

Pangbourne Karate Club

Huw Steiner

0118 9700345

KEEP FIT

 

 

Berkshire Keep Fit Association

Jill Middlemiss

01344 429071

LEISURE

 

 

Newbury University of the Third Age

Mrs P L Wilson

01635 864089

paulinelwilson@hotmail.com

LOCAL HISTORY

 

 

Goring & Streatley Local History Society

Mr A J Simpson

01491 872625

Hungerford Historical Association

Mrs K J Sperrey

01488 681554

ksperrey@upssystems.uk.com

Newbury District Field Club

Mrs N Schneider

01635 43554

Project Purley

Lee Hall

0118 9429238

richardhall@vodafone.net

www.purleyonthames.net

Thatcham Historical Society

Mr Chris Turner

01635 867802

chris@skipoles.co.uk

METAL DETECTING

 

 

Wessex Metal Detecting Association

Malcolm Picton

0118 9661291

colinhennell@aol.com

MILITARY HISTORY

 

 

Winchester & District Militaria Society

Stan Thomas

01635 43637

MODEL AIRCRAFT

 

 

Newbury Scale Model Club

M E Giddings

01635 49046

MODEL FLYING

 

 

Skylarks Model Flying Group

Mr R T Smith

01635 863488

rob@robsmith.plus.com

MODEL RAILWAYS

 

 

Newbury Model Railway Club

Mr John Huckle

07919 555020 / 01635 550428

john.huckle@physics.org

MOUNTAIN BIKE

 

 

Newbury Road & Mountain Bike Club

Steven Oxley

01635 869543

steven.oxley@onmail.com

MUSIC

 

 

Pincents Organ & Keyboard Club

Kay Gibbs

01635 42225

kayalan@dene.freeserve.co.uk

NATURAL HISTORY

 

 

Reading & District Natural History Society

Catherine Butcher

0118 9423919

ORCHESTRAS

 

 

DA CAPO (Do All Come And Play Orchestra)

Patsy Moore

0118 9832098

patsy@mooremusic.org.uk

PHOTOGRAPHY

 

 

Burghfield Camera Club

Mr E C Willis

0118 9424342

Hungerford Camera Club

Jackie Cook

01488 683624

Newbury Camera Club

Ian Trusson

01635 826019

ian.trusson@ntlworld.com

POETRY

 

 

Newbury Poets Workshop

Jean McCurdy

01635 863258

RAMBLING

 

 

Ramblers Association

 

020 73398500

ramblers@london.ramblers.org.uk

Reading Outdoor Group

Ron Cutler

01235 850578

contact@readingoutdoorgroup.org.uk

www.readingoutdoorgroup.org.uk

West Berkshire Ramblers Association

Mrs Jean Bowman

01635 35902

RIDING

 

 

Hall Place Equestrian Centre

Sue Scanlan

0118 9426938

ridingwell@aol.com

ROLLER SKATING

 

 

West Berkshire Roller Skating Club

Mrs R J Doe

01635 49853

SCRABBLE

 

 

West Berkshire Scrabble Club

Ian Burn

0118 9845045

SOCIAL CLUBS

 

 

Aldermaston Recreational Society

Mrs Ruth Lambden

0118 9827614

ruth@recsoc33.freeserve.co.uk

The Rotaract Club of Newbury

Jonathan Hoare

07748 774180

Lottchen73@fsnet.co.uk

www.rotaract.org.uk

The Wednesday Group

Jenny Saady

07792 251005

STAMP COLLECTING

 

 

Thatcham & District Philatelic Society

G J Stewart

01635 866942

graeme_viv@btopenworld.com

TALKING NEWSPAPER

 

 

Kennet Cassette

Sue Campbell

01488 668530

suecampbell@amserve.com

VINTAGE MACHINERY

 

 

Lambourn Vintage Machinery Society

Mrs J Mitchell

01488 71964

WARGAMES

 

 

Marquess of Winchesters Regiment

Iain McBride

nigel.c.cooper@lineone.net

Newbury & Reading Wargames Society

Graham J Hyland

01635 46627

graham.hyland@btconnect.com

WOMEN’S GROUPS

 

 

The Wednesday Group

Jenny Saady

07792 251005

WRITING

 

 

West Berkshire Writers

Terence Brick

01635 821309