SI Ilkley

SI Ilkley walk the Blackpool Illuminations!

ainglehearn@lcb.ac.uk — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:53:10 +0000

Members, and friends, of SI Ilkley walked the length of the Blackpool illuminations from Starr Gate to Bispham (10K). A little bird tells me that they actually walked 17.5 K. Not sure why. Did you get lost ladies?

Gathering at the foot of Blackpool Tower at the start of the walk

Tennis anyone!

ilkley — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:52:07 +0000

The tennis rebound wall at Ilkley Lido has been finished and is ready for tennis! Joy Lynch talks about the rebound wall and the partners who helped us to get it built.

Take a look at the interview on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hM7sD-1WP4

Wharfedale Public Speakers Club

ilkley — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:21:59 +0000

On Thursday the 28th of July we welcomed Sandra Barton and Bill Mitchell from Wharfedale Public Speakers club to the meeting. Bill and Sandra came to give us a taster of what they do in their club which included a prepared speech by Bill on “Sheep dogs” followed by an evaluation from Sandra in which she picked out what he did well and how he kept his audience interested. After this masterclass it was our turn. Thrown in at the deep end we were given a list of topics and asked to pick one that we could talk about for 2 minutes. 7 club members steeped up and took the challenge and did pretty well considering they’d had no time to prepare and the inevitable public speaking nerves. After this Bill gave us an evaluation and on this occassion he had decided to be kind and make it all positive!

Got so much good feedback from everyone about this meeting and if any club members feel that they might benefit from the support and excellent advice offered by Wharfedale Public Speakers Club then I hope they will consider joining them.

Thanks also to Janet and Liz who will both be celebrating a birthday in August. They brought champagne and birthday cake with them to the meeting so that we could join in the fun – thank you!

£300 raised for sister club in Hungary

ilkley — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:18:58 +0000

With support from the Ilkley Club Glen Senior has raised £300 which will be sent to our Friendship Link club in Szeged, Hungary. Fundraising efforts included a manicure evening and taking a stall at the Clarke Foley craft fair where delicious home made cakes and hand-made crafts were sold.

Well done to everyone involved!

Tai Chi in the meadow – YouTube

ilkley — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:54:59 +0000

Soroptimists from Ilkley, Skipton, Keighley, Wakefield, Aireborough, Pendleside, Leeds and…have I forgotten anybody?…tried Tai Chi at the Interclub meeting in July. The setting was the beautiful meadow next to St Peters Parish Church in Addingham. With thanks to Jim Butterfield of Ilkley U3 who was our brilliant instructor for the evening.

View our efforts on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn1DcfWA-DE