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Our annual visit to Keyhaven Yacht Club is a firm favourite on the club calendar. All the members who attended had an absolutely fantastic time out on the water and also chatting with friends while enjoying the amazing views. A huge thank you to all the people at Keyhaven Yacht Club who gave their time and worked so hard to make this a wonderful evening for members, staff and volunteers.

This was a fantastic evening to finish off our summer programme. Thank you again to everyone at Keyhaven Yacht Club for making this such a special evening. We really do appreciate your kindness.

We look forward to seeing everyone back at club on Thursday 3rd September. We have lots of exciting activities to look forward to in our new programme!

It was fantastic to welcome The New Forest Meddlers back to club. Everyone greatly enjoys listening to their lively music and joining in with the different dances. It was lovely to join in some new dances this year, especially when we all formed a chain to go in and out of the hall! A massive thank you to all the troupe for giving their time to provide a really fun evening. The event is always hugely enjoyed by members, staff and volunteers.

With thirty one members attending we all agreed this had been an absolutely amazing evening. We were treated to fantastic performances and also the opportunity to have great fun and learn new skills. Thank you so much to all of The New Forest Meddlers.

A massive thank you to Club Leader Sarah for making 48 Christmas Cakes for everyone to decorate. Also a huge thank you to Caroline who wrapped all the cakes beautifully. It was certainly a fantastic evening with members also making and decorating tree decorations to take home.

We were very happy to have 38 members attending to enjoy this fantastic evening.

We had a fantastic Skittles evening at The Huntsman in Brockenhurst which was an amazing venue for a club night. Thank you to everyone for making us so welcome. Twenty Eight members attended the evening and everyone enjoyed a fun filled event. A massive thank you to Assistant Leader Ryan for organising everyone to have their go and for keeping track of the scoring. It was great that he was very ably assisted by club members Liam and Richard who put up the skittles and returned the balls all evening.

It’s great to try a new activity.

A firm favourite on our calendar is our regular visit to Keyhaven Yacht Club. We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone at the club for making us so welcome. A special thanks to Heather, Stuart and Matt who organised everything on the evening and leading up to the event. We were very lucky with the weather and everyone greatly enjoyed their trips out to sea.

A very popular part of the 30th Anniversary Ball was the photo booth! Lots of member, guests, staff and volunteers had their picture taken and were able to take home a picture for themselves at the end of the evening. A huge thank you to Holly and Rose for volunteering their time to organise this for us. Thank you also to Vicky for creating the balloon arch.

This year Brockenhurst Gateway Club celebrates its 30th Anniversary. We decided to mark the occasion with a special evening at The Village Hall. The hall was beautifully decorated with the canopy, drapes and twinkly lights, one member commented it was like a marquee. To make the evening special we had mocktails, a photobooth, secret tombola and an amazing live band. We also had a fantastic buffet and home made cakes beautifully decorated with a 30 on the top of each one. It was lovely that some ex leaders and volunteers were able to attend and join in the celebrations. Everyone had a fantastic night joining in the different activities and of course dancing the night away! A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make the evening a success.

There was a fantastic choice of puddings.

Everyone agreed it was fantastic evening. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the event. Lots of the members have already asked when we can have another similar evening!

Now we are planning for the future and excited by the next activities that are coming up in the autumn.

On Thursday 22nd May lots of members enjoyed constructing small boxes to take home to use themselves or to give to friends or family. A huge thank you to Howard for organising this activity and showing everyone how to make up the boxes. It was good too that some members were able to work independently to complete this activity and also help others.

We hold regular club activity evenings where there are lots of different activities to choose from. These include Pool, Table Football, Puzzles, Drawing, Colouring and the snack bar is always open.

The activities are set out on tables and members choose which they would like to do, most people do several activities and of course have a chat with friends and visit the snack bar!

Sometimes volunteers bring their dogs to club for part of the evening.