We gathered to drink and chat and play games at Donnington Social Club.
This is our last Club Night for a while. Some members will be getting together for our holiday to Avon Tyrrell. For those who are not booked on that we meet again on September 7th.
Month: July 2018
Barbeque at Simon and Sarah’s
Although the weather started hot, as it had been for many weeks of uninterrupted sunshine, shortly after we started to eat our delicious burgers, it started to rain.
The rain was much heavier than last year, when we had to shelter from showers, and we abandoned the gazebos, and retreated indoors, filling Simon and Sarah’s flat to capacity. The chefs soldiered on under difficult conditions, and we enjoyed our meals, in rather cosy conditions.
Wesley Memorial Church Garden Party
Wesley Memorial Church members held a Garden Party, with donations going to Oxford Phab.
This was a delightful opportunity for church and Phab members to mingle and enjoy each others company, as well as cakes and scones made by church members.
Zumbathon – fun fundraiser.
We picked a hot evening for our Sponsored Zumbathon, but George’s enthusiasm, and plentiful supplies of water and squash kept us going.
That, and the need to raise funds to keep doing fun things. Some members have individual donation pages for the event. If you know someone who has one please use it, or the paper form if they are using those. Otherwise donations are welcome via the Club Fundraising page at https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/oxfordphabclub.
To find out more about our Fundraising, and how you can Donate, please see our Donate page.
Cookery Night
We did a survey of our members to see what we should cook, asking everyone to rank the dishes in order out of these choices.
- Noodles
- Pizza
- Burgers
- Mexican
The winners were Noodles and Pizza (though we also cooked burgers for those who did not eat either of the group winners)
Before the start of the club night a small team prepared the ingredients for all the dishes we were going to cook, and made pizza dough.
Members chose their selection of toppings and put them on a pizza base. We had
- cheese
- passata
- spinach leaves
- mushrooms
- spring onions
- pineapple
- peppers
- sweetcorn
- chicken, which we had cooked in the preparation stage
- sausages, also pre-cooked and chopped up
The preparation team had been busy !
The pizzas were put into the oven in batches.
And were then enjoyed !
We also had mixed salad, and fruit salad for those who wanted to add some healthy extras.
After the pizza round we had a choice of vegetarian noodles, with mushrooms, broccoli and peppers, or a chicken and cashew nuts one – or a bit of both !
Many thanks to Maria who masterminded the event.