Month: January 2022

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2022

New Defibrillator is live.

Recent visitors to The Hungerford Club can’t fail to notice a defibrillator box has appeared to the right of the club entrance.

We are pleased to announce that, as of 13:00 on Tuesday 18th Jan 2022, the defibrillator went live with the emergency services.

If you recall there was a fundraising campaign, via The Good Exchange, that completed in July. The club ordered the defibrillator and it was delivered late last year.

The cabinet that protects the defibrillator requires an electric supply. This is used to charge the batteries and to power a small heater that regulates the temperature within the cabinet. The supply circuit was connected last week paving the way for the cabinet to be mounted on the outside wall of the club. The unit went live after commissioning tests and updates to the emergency services database were complete.

As a piece of life saving equipment, the defibrillator has to be ready for use 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. To ensure this is the case weekly and monthly checks have to to be completed. After use, there has to be a more thorough check and the replacement of parts.

Should the defibrillator be needed dial 999 and ask the responder.

Importantly, while the defibrillator is owned by the club, it is there for the benefit of any member of the public.

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2022 Newsletter

Newsletter – January 2022

Hungerford Club clubhouse
Members enjoy an al fresco drink outside the Hungerford Club clubhouse.

The Hungerford Club wishes all members a Happy New Year.

There’s no formal newsletter this month but we have two things to pass on.

Bar closure

Firstly, the bar will be closed from Monday 10th January 2022 to Friday 14th January 2022 inclusive. The bar will open on Saturday 15th January with the normal winter opening hours. We are taking advantage of the quiet spell after New Year to carry out some maintenance in the bar area.

Table Bowls league

Secondly, we have decided that we will offer the members the opportunity of playing the game of table bowls through the winter months.

Table bowls is a game played on our snooker tables usually with two teams of two players. The game consists of rolling small bowls down a chute at a jack. The team with the nearest bowl to the jack gains a point and if the team has more than one bowl near the jack then that bowl will also score. Clearly the team with the highest score wins the game.

The simplicity of the game is that of the four bowls played each one has a different bias with the player using the bias to guide the bowl to the jack. Two or three ends will usually be enough to *Get your eye in*. The game is a fun game and has been played at the Club for a number of years. There are a number of members who will be only too pleased to give any member a quick demonstration of the game.

So this year we have a small committee who are prepared to restart the competition, so here we go!

The details

  • The games will be open to All members of the Club, Mixed, or Ladies or Gentlemen teams.
  • The first games are to be played on a Tuesday evening starting on the 18th January at 8.00 pm and every Tuesday evening until 12th April.
  • Team names will need to be registered on the Team sheet on the notice board by noon on Sunday 16th January 2022. (Deadline extended because of the bar closure.)
  • Each team will consist of TWO members, one being the Captain (who will be the contact for the team). Please give an email address or a phone number on the team sheet.
    • If, because of the bar closure, you can’t sign up then please leave a comment below with
      • Team name.
      • Team captain’s name and phone number.
      • Name of the second person in the team.
  • Substitutes are allowed for games. If a substitute plays more games than the original player then only they can play in any semi final or final
  • Each Team will have a Name and will play in a rotation system so that all teams play each other. (Look on the sheet for your next game.)
  • The games will consist of 10 ends to be played on the Clubs SNOOKER TABLES
  • There will be a small charge for each team of £10.  ie. the cost is £5 per person for the whole season plus table lighting.
  • Each team will be able to accrue scores throughout the competition.  The team that wins gets 2 points. If there’s a draw each team gets 1 point.
  • There will be Prizes for the winning teams at the end of the season.

Good Luck!
Please Note: No food is allowed in the Snooker Room

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2021

Winter opening times – 2022

The Hungerford Club, The Croft, Hungerford
The Hungerford Club, The Croft, Hungerford

The winter opening times will take effect from 1st November 2021.

After Christmas and New Year opening hours revert back to the winter times.

Thank you

DayOpening hours
Monday1pm – 11pm
Tuesday2pm – 11pm
Wednesday12 noon – 10pm
Thursday2pm – 10pm
Friday12 noon – 10pm
Saturday12 noon – 5pm
Sunday12 noon – 5pm
Opening hours from Monday 1st November 2021

Address: The Croft, Hungerford, RG17 0HY, England

Phone: 01488 682357

Originally posted on 29th October 2021 and republished on 5th January 2022

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2022

Table Bowls 2022

We are all living under the umbrella of COVID but the Club wishes to try to carry on as normal as possible so we have decided that we will offer the members the opportunity of playing the game of table bowls through the winter months.

What is table Bowls?

Table bowls is a game played on our snooker tables usually with two teams of two players. The game consists of rolling small bowls down a shoot at a jack.

The team with the bowl nearest to the jack gains a point. If the team has more than one bowl near the jack then that bowl will also score.

Clearly the team with the highest score wins the game.

The interesting part of the game is that of the four bowls played each one has a different bias causing it to travel is a slight curve. The players use the bias to guide their bowl to the jack through the pack of previously played bowls.

Two or three ends will usually be enough to “get your eye in”.

The game is a fun game and has been played at the Club for a number of years. There are a number of members who will be only too pleased to give any member a quick demonstration.

This year we have a small committee who are prepared to restart the competition. Here we go!

The games will be open to all members of the Club. Teams can be Mixed, or Ladies or Gentlemen teams.

The competition will start in January 2022.

The first games are to be played on a Tuesday evening starting on the 18th January at 8.00 pm and every Tuesday evening until 12th April.

Team names will need to be registered on the Team sheet on the notice board by noon on the 15th January 2022.

Each team will consist of TWO members, one being the Captain (who will be the contact for the team). Please give an email address or a phone number on the team sheet.

Substitutes are allowed for games. If a substitute pays more games than the original player then only they can play in any semi final or final

Each Team will have a Name and will play in a rotation system so that all teams play each other. (Look on the sheet for you next game.)

The games will consist of 10 ends to be played on the Clubs SNOOKER TABLES

There will be a small charge for each team of £10. ie. the cost is £5 per person for the whole season plus table lighting.

Each team will be able to accrue scores throughout the competition. Win 2 points Draw 1 point.

There will be Prizes for the winning teams at the end of the season. So Good Luck

Please Note: No food is allowed in the Snooker Room

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2022

Subscription rates – 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023

Everybody is welcome to join the Hungerford Club. You don’t have to live in Hungerford to join!

All members join one of three sections.

  • The indoor sports section is for those interested in using the facilities of the club house. Click here for more details.
  • The Bowls section is formally known as the Hungerford Bowls Club and is affiliated to The Royal County of Berkshire Bowling Association. Click here for more details.
  • The Tennis section is affiliated to the Lawn Tennis Association and so members get LTA benefits such as entry into the ballot for Wimbledon tickets. Click here for more details.

Subscriptions run from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. However if you join, or renew, after 1st January and before 31st March your membership will not expire until the end of the following March giving you over a years membership.

Each section has different subscription rates.

Indoor Sports

Single£52.00Couple£88.00
Over 65£41.00Couple – one over 65£82.00
Full Time Student£30.00Couple – both over 65£71.00
Temporary Member£25.00
Payment for membership to the bar. Indoor Sports Membership Forms are available from the bar.

More on Indoor Sports membership on the membership pages

Bowls

Single£86.00Couple£158.00
Over 65£75.00Couple – one over 65£152.00
Couple – both over 65£141.00
Note: additional charges for competition entry and a green use levy. Bowls Membership Forms are available from the bar.

Couple – one a member of Bowls section, one a member of Indoor Sports

Bowls & Indoor Sports£124.00
Bowls over 65 & Indoor Sports£118.00
Bowls & Indoor Sports over 65£118.00
Bowls & Indoor Sports – both over 65£107.00
Note: additional charges for competition entry and a green use levy. Bowls Membership Forms are available from the bar.

More on Bowls membership on the membership pages

Tennis

Single£133.00Couple£238.00
Family£261.00Full Time Student£63.00
Junior (12-17 years)£40.00Junior (under 12 years)£28.00
Membership via Clubspark: https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/HungerfordTennisClub