Time - November 2021

To start with, here is an interesting little poem by Matt Haig,
from his book "Reasons to Stay Alive"

“How to stop time: kiss.
How to travel in time: read.
How to escape time: music.
How to feel time: write.
How to release time: breathe.”

....... and here are your various photos from this month on the subject of  "time":

Sue - Alton's own sundial

Ken - in the children's section of Winchester Discovery Centre

Ken - by the Buttercross monument in Winchester

Steve - ancient & modern

Gill - time to get off my kindle!

Keith - fireworks at 7:30!

Kate - Waterloo station clock turned red for the Poppy appeal as the 

Royal Marine Band played underneath - Remembrance Time.

Kate - there is always time for a doughnut!

John

Jan - time for tea! 

(I think John is just out of the picture waiting patiently!)

Gaynor - time-out from screen time

(upside down desk/computer/lamp & vase in the Cambridge botanical gardens)

Gaynor - time goes by

(note from Ken - here is some interesting info on the Corpus Clock:

................ and we finish with something from the birthday boy!

Don - time to celebrate my watch’s 49th birthday. Worn most days over almost 5 decades. Strap changed several times but still keeping excellent time!

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............... our December topic is going to be "relaxation".  

Have fun with it!

KIT - 22nd November 2021

A cold but sunny start to the day meant that we had to use our initiative and utilise one of the bottom courts while court 1 thawed out - thank you to whoever thought of that idea!

The players this morning were Gill, Rosie, Sue and Kate + Keith, Arthur, John and Ken.

After adding up all the points from the "group" stage, the final ended up as:

Sue & Ken v Kate & Arthur

It was a close final with Kate and Arthur winning by 6-4.  Congratulations to them - and well done on winning at the first attempt Arthur!

The winners!

  

KIT - Monday 1st November

The players in today's KIT were:

Nigel, Keith, John H, Ken + Gill, Rosie, Sue H & Anne

This was the 43rd running of the tournament and the first time that all 4 ladies ended up on the same points!

It meant that it would have been very tricky to work out who would play in the final so we decided to just have a men's doubles and a ladies' doubles.

The tennis was great in both the rounds and the final matches and overall Nigel was the one who played the best and won the most points so he went home with the KIT trophy - the first person to be awarded it as an individual! 

Congratulations Nigel and well played!