Page 56 • The HERALD • 24th October 2024 v THE HERALD - Proud to be part of your communityv KIDS ZONE Services offered: Private Tutoring Services Home-schooling Solutions Exam Prep and Entry Coaching and Mentoring Services Soft Skills Training Phone: 07751 083447 Email: office@stgeorgeseducation.com Website: www.stgeorgeseducation,com Hythe and Dibden Community Centre Briefing from Hythe and Dibden Community Centre and U3A Canasta Group is is number four in our series of “brie ngs” informing Herald readers of those groups and their activities within the Centre. is time it’s the U3A Canasta Group. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday a ernoon of a month, a merry throng of Canasta players meet at Hythe and Dibden Community Centre for a couple of hours of thrills, spills and everything involved in arranging playing cards into groups of seven. en it’s a race to the nish line: who can go out and leave the opposing partnership holding as much negative score as possible? Canasta (Spanish for ‘basket’) is a game of the Rummy family which was a popular American game in the early 1950s. Although many variations exist for two, three, ve and six players, it is most commonly played by four players in partnerships of two. Canasta is played with two full decks of cards, including two Jokers from each deck totalling 108 cards. e main object of the game is to outscore the opposing team, usually rst to get to a total of 5000 points. Points are scored by forming “melds” - combinations of three or more cards of the same rank, with or without the help of wild cards. Players attempt to make melds of the same rank (canastas) and ‘go out’ by playing all the cards in their hands. Is the game of Canasta like Bridge? On a Bridge website it states ‘Canasta has no resemblance to Bridge, but it does involve cards’. is terse reply kind of sums up the rivalry between the two. Bridge players can be a bit snooty about us, mostly we think, because we have a lot more fun than they do! e rules for Canasta cover four A4 pages, making the game look horribly complicated. Most of the players in our group had never played before, yet all of them were able to play in a game before the end of their rst session. So, the basics are straightforward. However, the complications take a lifetime to learn and that’s what’s so great about it, developing the skills and instincts to predict what cards the other players might be holding or when to cross the pack? When to pick it up? When to go out? e game of Canasta involves excitement, laughter, groans, judgement and a bit of luck every now and again. e Canasta Group are members of Hythe and Dibden U3A. If you are interested in nding out about this group, or any U3A group, Hythe and Dibden U3A meet on the 2nd Monday of each month at 1.45pm for a 2pm start at the Hythe and Dibden Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe. ere is a speaker and refreshments are provided plus information about the services they o er. In other news: A reminder that the games a ernoon will now take place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 2pm to 4pm. We have a selection of games, or please bring your own if you have a favourite that you would like to share. As before the cost will be £2 which includes a hot drink and a slice of cake. Visitors to the Community Centre are reminded that refreshments are available for visitors and users of the Centre, during opening hours. We, the Hythe and Dibden Community Association, have been asked if we would take part in the Hythe Halloween Treat Trail, and we are preparing to o er stalls to anybody interested in renting an indoor stall as part of the Mistletoe Fair on 30th November. Please contact Chris at the Community Centre for more information. THRILLS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AT PAULTONS PARK THIS HALLOWEEN Don’t miss Paultons Park’s spooktacular Halloween events Paultons Park, situated in Ower, guarantees thrills for all the family with the return of its Halloween Spooktacular event this half term. e UK’s number one family theme park, and home to Peppa Pig World, is transformed with thousands of pumpkins and Halloween-themed decorations until Monday 4th November 2024. The park’s spooky makeover is complemented with frightfully fun shows and interactive experiences, including the all-singing and dancing e Great Halloween Mystery Show. New for 2024, the Spirit Squad Ghoul School teaches younger guests secret moves and ghostbusting grooves, perfect for dancing along to spooky music at e Little Monsters Ball. Enjoy the spectacle of Paultons Park at dusk with late-night openings on Tuesday 29th, Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st October 2024. James Mancey, Deputy Managing Director at Paultons Park, said: “Halloween is one of our favourite dates in the Paultons Park diary as we strive to create the friendliest, most frightful, family Halloween experience in the UK. Children and parents alike love the park’s spooky transformation and decorations. Our team works hard to deliver a value-for-money Halloween experience that guests will remember for years to come.” Paultons has recently been recognised for having the lowest ride wait times* of any UK family theme park in 2024, with data showing that queues are 50% shorter at Paultons Park than at other attractions. e park’s newest attraction Splash Lagoon, the family-friendly water boat ride situated in the dinosaur-themed world Lost Kingdom, opened in May this year. Pre-book tickets online now for Paultons Park’s Halloween Spooktacular. Early booking is advised to avoid disappointment visit: paultonspark.co.uk/halloween Who Stole Halloween? Trail e Rangers at Lepe Country Park have planned a Halloween Party for all their Spooky friends, but someone has stolen the Halloween treats! Can you help them to work out who it was? Follow the map to nd out who each of their spooky friends were with on the night that the Halloween treats were stolen. Watch out for the cheeky liar. When you nd the odd one out, then you have found the culprit! Trail packs are £3 each and available from the visitor services desk between 10am-3pm everyday from Saturday 26th October to Sunday 3rd November. Halloween Crafts Join Lepe Country Park on Wednesday 30th October, 10am–2pm, in the classroom to learn about the bugs and their habitats that you will nd at Lepe Country Park through arts and cra s. Find out how moths are great pollinators and centipedes can regrow their legs! £5 per person. Pre-booking essential. Drop in anytime between 10am-2pm. Available for all ages. Youth Clubs in Hythe and Marchwood e Handy Trust run youth clubs in Hythe and Marchwood, for children in years 5 and up, until the age of 16. Go along for a free taster and then sessions are only £1 a week. Marchwood Youth Club is held at Marchwood Hub, Lloyds Recreation Ground on Main Road, every Monday during term-time from 6pm to 7.30pm. Hythe Youth Club is at the Ewart Recreation Ground on Jones Lane, every Wednesday in term-time from 5.30pm to 7pm. For more information about The Handy Trust please visit: thehandytrust.co.uk
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