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F
rom the beginning
of this year,
the Arima
Zone entered into an
arrangement with the
Arima Tennis Club for
use of their facilities on
Friday afternoons from
12.00 noon to 6.00 pm.
This means that Arima
members now have a
space where we can
enjoy indoor activities,
hold functions, have
committee meetings
and entertain visitors
– a very limited but
very welcome ‘activity
centre’.
Every Friday afternoon since then there is music and dancing and
dominoes and table tennis and all- fours and more at the Tennis
Club. Many thanks to those members who, without prompting,
have been bringing coolers, picnic bags and snacks so that,
‘some home-made wine and a slice of cake’ is no problem.
They say, ‘music is the food of love’ and ‘laughter is the greatest
therapy’. Well you can find them both in abundance at the
Tennis Club on a Friday afternoon. Sybil is the line-dancing
‘maestra’. Hopey has the dominoes. Earl will get the all-fours
going. Hollis and Ernesto are chopping and smashing on the
tennis board. And the Zonal Committee is quietly meeting in the
open air. Are you getting the picture?
Our Education Committee has plans for poetry reading, choir
singing, current-topic discussions and educational presentations;
and an all-fours competition is in the making. We are, of course,
expecting a gradual increase in attendance because there’s room
for much more – more participation and more ideas.
So you members of the Arima Zone who have never attended a
meeting, and you who have lost contact; how about dropping in
at the Arima Tennis Club, # 3 Robinson Circular, Arima, on any
Friday afternoon? Have a cold beer. Meet some warm company.
Enjoy a happy hour or two.
Arima’s Activity Centre
Ernesto ‘Slicko’ Noreiga executing a
delicate chop.
The Arima Tennis Club: An Arima Icon
Patricia Payne gets some
special attention from
line-dancing instructor
Sybil Coo
Line-dancing trio: Shirley Alexander,
Sybil Coo, Norma Clarke
At the Dominoes table: Shirley Alexander, Erwin Hope, Felicia Lovero
All fours the centre of attraction.
Members enjoying a Lime at the Arima Tennis Club
