LEISURE

1066 Licensed Victuallers Association
Mr J O'Riordan, Honourary Secretary, 5 Guardian Court , Brookside Avenue , Polegate , BN26 6DW . joe.oriordan41@btinternet.co.uk, 01323 486021

1066 Model Club
A group of people who enjoy plastic scale models of any sort. Swapping tips and new ideas. Meet Halisham. Contact Tony Roberts (01323) 849023

1066 Mono Photographic
Meets once a month at St Barnabas Church Hall. Contact Mr P Archer 01424 715788.

1066 Spinners
Self-help group for wool spinning and weaving, meets Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace, Hastings . Contact Miss M. Burbage (01424) 717613, meets first Saturday in month 10am to 1pm.

Ballroom and Latin Dance Classes
Bexhill, St Leonards and Hastings; experienced ISTD/IDTA teacher. Also Tea Dance, first Sunday of every month at Azur, Marina Pavilion. Tel: Sara on 07425 374860 or email: srdanse@yahoo.com

Battle Lacemaking Classes
(0791) 331 7834 every Monday evening 7-9pm, Tuesday 10am to noon at Woasters, Western Road, Bexhill and 7-9pm at Battle. Wednesday 1.30 – 3.30pm at Battle .

Battle Ramblers Club
Walking club that promotes access to the countryside using public footpaths. New members welcome. Mrs K Honeysett (01424) 753435

Battle Twinning Association
Contact Miss S. Williams, The Secretary, 11 Battle Gates, North Trade Road , Battle . (01424) 773039.

Beckley Bowls Club
Green - Kings Bank Lane , Beckley . Contact Hon. Sec. Mrs Sue Guido (01797) 252129. New members welcome.

Beckley History Society
Meetings held on last Fridays of January, March May and October at 7.30pm, Beckley Village Centre with speakers on local topics. See programme, current newsletter and further details on www.beckleyvillage.com or contact 01797 260313.

Beckley Players
Sec. Alison Tooth (01797) 252525

Bexhill Amateur Athletic Community Association
Little Common Road , Bexhill, contact Jason Meek (01424) 210299 and enquiries 219962. Wide variety of sport and leisure activities. Function rooms for hire. New members welcome.

Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society - B.A.T.S.
Membership Sec. Sheila Harper, (01424) 843566 or Hon Sec Eric Stevens (01424) 218244.

Bexhill and District Gardens and Allotments Society
Chairman: Mr C.R. Lancaster, ‘The Willows', 23 Turkey Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, (01424) 215339.

Bexhill and District Scottish Society
Meets Tuesday's 8pm St Stephens Church Church Hall, Downs Road . Scottish, dancing. Contact Pat Noble (01424) 425961.

Bexhill Art Society
Chairman Mrs Leni Turner (01424) 846050, Promoting artistic interests through painting demonstrations, outings, workshops, painting sessions and exhibitions of members' work.

Bexhill Artists' Workspace
A group seeking a permanent place for local artists to practise their art and exhibit. Two major exhibitions a year and at Bexhill Museum. workshops in St Peter's Community Centre on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, September to May at 2.30pm. For further details, please contact membership secretary Penny Hobson, (01424) 211630. or phone (01424) 730619

Bexhill Association of National Trust Members
Membership Secretary (01424) 844483.

Bexhill Cake Decorating and Sugarcraft Club
Meets last Tuesday of the month, 7 for 7.30pm, in The Cotton Room, St Peter's Community Centre, Old Town , Bexhill. Contact Mrs Linda Thompson (01424) 445697. Top world class demonstrators show latest techniques in sugar and equipment last Tuesday of each month.

Bexhill Chamber of Commerce and Tourism
Freepost, Bexhill-on-Sea , TN39 5BR

Bexhill Country Dance Club
Meets Thursdays 7.30 to 10pm, St Peter's Community Centre, Old Town , Bexhill.

Bexhill Farmers Market
9am to Noon, at the Parkhurst Hall, Bexhill, 4th Thursday in the month, contact (01424) 222969.

Bexhill Hanoverian Study Group
Meets every third Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm at Old Manor Barn, Church St , Bexhill. Secretary Mrs R. Hemingway (01424) 842785.

Bexhill Horticultural Society
Outings, shows, talks and coffee mornings. Contact Mrs Tracy Docksey (01424) 219551

Bexhill International Folk Dance Group
Held in Little Common Methodist Church Hall, contact Heather Edwards, (01424) 222382, meets first/third Thursday in the month 7.30-9.30pm.

Bexhill Light Operatic and Dramatic Society - BLODS
Mrs S. Koester (01424) 842177.

Bexhill Museum
Egerton Road , Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 3HL. museum@rother.gov.uk . Open Spring to mid-December. Costumes, motor racing heritage, local history, dinosaur fossils, events and activities for all ages. Reg charity no 1102638 www.bexhillmuseum.co.uk

Bexhill Philatelic Society
Meets last Tuesday in the month 7 for 7.30pm at St Andrews Church Hall, Wickham Avenue, Bexhill, Sec: Mr David Bond (01424) 731845.

Bexhill Photographic Club
Sec Sonia Dunmall Chairman Paul Dunmall (01424) 893982. Meets alternate Thursdays 7.30 for 7.45pm c/o Bexhill Care in the Community Hall, 25 Sackville Road, Bexhill. Club and inter-club print and slide competitions. www.bexhillphotoclub.org.uk

Bexhill Ramblers Club
Promotion of walking on Public Footpaths, with particular attention to the preservation of local footpaths. Membership Sec. 215967.

Bexhill Writers' Group
2-4pm last Friday of the month. Contact Mrs Pat Riley, (01424) 210770. No wheelchair access unfortunately.

Brede Steam Engine Society
Brede Waterworks, Waterworks Lane , Brede, TN31 6HG. Open days first Saturday every month throughout the year 10am to 4pm. Light refreshments available.

Bridge Community Centre
361 Priory Road , Hastings , TN34 3NW. Various activities for the whole community including community café, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm. With some activities outside these hours.

Circle Dancing
Unitarian Meeting Place , contact Mrs Fisher (01424) 432408 or Miss Burbage, (01424) 717613. Monday 10am – noon. Thursday 10.45am – 12.15pm.

Classical pilates for men and women
Monday at Northiam Village Hall, 6.30 – 7.30pm. For further details contact (01424) 733246.

Clive Vale Angling Club
Contact Mr Kevin Thornely (01424) 719703. Coarse fishing of all varieties for everyone. Disabled platform available at Clive Vale Reservoir.

Crafters
A social afternoon for all crafts. Meets 2pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace, Hastings . Contact Miss M Burbage (01424) 717613

East Sussex Arts Club
Founded 1890, meetings monthly with demonstrations and lectures, St John's Parish Hall, Brittany Road, St Leonards. Exhibitions annually. Chairman Dennis Philpott (01424) 715837.

East Sussex Dahlia Society
Sec. Mr D.R. Parks (01892) 822804.

East Sussex Dowsers Group
Meetings and other various activities. For further info contact Susie Lyle, Pinehurst Centre, 3 Avondale Road, St Leonards. (01424) 423687.

East Sussex Fuchsia and Pelargonium Society
Sec Sylvia Thomson 01424 753527, Press Officer Mr Muggridge 436346. Meets every month Catsfield Village Hall at 8pm on the 2nd Thursday every month (February to October) for talks and discussions on fuchsia and pelargonium growing and showing.

Ebb & Flow The New Voice
Individually run - can be therapeutic. Giving everyone the opportunity to include their own writing for publication. A magazine now run as a hobby but many still enjoy it so the editor continues as best she can due to ill health. It can be viewed or downloaded from this direct link http://www.grow.btck.co.uk/EBBFLOW - Further details Miss Josie Lawson, Editor/Founder, P.O.Box 117, St Leonards, TN38 9ZJ. josie301@btinternet.com

Elphinstone Sports and Social Club
Squash, new enlarged gymnasium, Elphinstone Sports and Social Club, Elphinstone Road, Hastings, (01424) 429743. New members welcome. www.elphinstoneclub.com

Ewhurst, Staplecross & Bodiam Garden Society
Chairman: Pam Underhill (01580) 881839. Horticultural talks, visits, shows throughout the year. Membership £6 per annum, visitors £1 per session.

Fairlight Pantomime Group
Produces annual pantomime during January. Back stage/costume help always welcome. Fairlight Village Hall, Mrs A. Bird, (01424) 813636.

Fairlight Players
A friendly amateur dramatic group founded 1950. New members always welcome either on stage, backstage, or just as Friends of Fairlight Players. Two plays a year plus social events and poetry reading. Disabled access. Please contact Carol Ardley (01424) 814178. Email: carolardley@aol.com

Fishermen's Museum
Rock-a-Nore, Hastings, TN34 3DW, contact Phil Ornsby, (01424) 461446.

Friends of Rye Art Gallery
The Easton Rooms, 107 High Street, Rye. Offers. It is also a contemporary selling gallery. The Stormont Studio offers a monthly programme of visual arts, lectures, practical workshops, private views and social events, contact (01797) 222433 www.ryeartgallery.co.uk

Hannah's Cat
Women's Morris Dancing – Thursday evenings at 8.15pm at All Saints Hall, All Saints Street, Hastings Old Town. Contact Heather Leech (01424) 716576. Email makeithappen@fastmail.fm

Hastings & Rother Decorative Fine Arts Society
Meets 3rd Monday at Arthur Easton Centre, St Michael's Hospice, St Leonards (September to June). Contact Mrs Pat Calvert.

Hastings & St Leonards Allotments Federation
For enquiries re availability of allotments phone HBC on (01424) 451853.

Hastings and East Sussex Philatelic Society
Membership sec, (01424) 427016

Hastings and Rother Family History Society
Sec Linda Smith (01424) 437493 meets every second Wednesday in the month 7.30pm at Ore Community Centre. Researching family history.

Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club
2 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1EB. Open 1 – 10pm every day except Christmas Day.

Hastings and St Leonards Country Dance Club
St Matthew's Church Centre, Silverhill, St Leonards, Tuesdays 7.45 to 9.45pm. All varieties of English dances old and new, with occasional American and Scottish dances. All welcome – no partner or experience needed. Contact Janice Bolton (01424) 753684. www.hastingscountrydanceclub.org.uk . (01424) 753684.

Hastings and St Leonards Muffin Club
Mr Richard Bicknell, sec (01424) 446075. Meeting last Thursday in month at The Royal Victoria Hotel, St Leonards.

Hastings College of Arts and Technology
For leisure and pleasure, to gain a qualification to enhance your CV, get a new skill or take a course just for fun at centres throughout Rother. (01424) 458458, Archery Road, St Leonards, TN38 0HX. www.hastings.ac.uk

Hastings Community Circus
Meet St John's Church, Brittany Road, St Leonards first Friday of each month 7.30 to 9.30pm. Contact Caron (01424) 445221.

Hastings International Chess Congress
418 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5HG, contact Con Power (01424) 431970.

Hastings International Poetry Festival
The Snoring Cat, 194 Downs Road, Hastings. Contact: Josephine Austin (01424) 423105 www.josephineaustin.co.uk email josephinepoetry@btinternet.com

Hastings Needlecraft Group
The Taplin Centre, 3 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards, contact Mrs Pat Wright (01424) 439563.

Hastings Rambling Club
Hon Sec (01424) 421146 or (01424) 423910. Walk every Sunday. Club holidays and social events.

Hastings Rock and Fell Club
(walking and climbing) Contact Richard Gasson, 52 Magdalen Road, Bexhill, (01424) 215478. email hrfc@tesco.net.

Hastings Scottish Country Dance Club
Contact Mrs B Mitchelhill . (01424) 846935.

Hastings Tramways Club
Mr R. Austen, 31 Holmhurst Lane, St Leonards, (01424) 751798.

Hastings Week Committee
c/o Town Hall, Hastings, TN34 1QR. Contact Nigel Hogben, (07867) 558690. Celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings through various events during the week.

Hastings Writers' Group
meets fortnightly Monday 7.30 to 9.30pm Royal Victoria Hotel, St Leonards.

Historic Hastings
For information contact Dennis Collins 01424 447643.

Hobbies & Crafts Fair
See Hastings Week website for details; www.1066.net/hastings-week

Hotshots Dance Le Roc
Learn to dance le Roc, beginners, intermediate and freestyle. Monday evenings 7.30 – 11pm. £5 190 Bexhill Road, TN38 8BL (corner of Harley Shute Road) Contact Mike Mariner (07754) 442027

Icklesham Players
Plays, music hall, pantomime, contact Nicky Harris, (01424) 812996

Iden and Playden Garden Society
Holds four flower shows each year. Saturday's 2.30pm at Iden Village Hall. Winter; evening talks third Monday October to March 7.30pm at Iden Village Hall. Contact Chairman Mr M.D.Metcalf (01797) 280205.

Iden Fieldtrotters
Enjoyment, fitness, friendship! Monthly day walks - ladies only. Summer evening walks for all. Contact Mrs A. Gilbert, Dockery, Playden Lane, Iden, Rye. (01797) 280243.

Latin Style Jive
Every Tuesday at Battle Memorial Hall, High Street, Battle, 7.45 – 10.30pm. Beginners and intermediate classes. www.latinstylejive.co.uk.

Life Drawing Sessions
Life drawing at Ore Community Centre, every Thursday  morning and evening, sessions cost £7. For more info please ring caroline on 07923 494 415.

Little Common & Bexhill Players
Present 3 productions each year. Club nights on Tuesdays from 8pm at Little Common Community Centre, Shepherds Close, Little Common, Bexhill. New members always welcome, especially backstage. Contact Jenny Taylor (01424) 848170. www. lcbplayers.co.uk

Little Common Community Centre
Shepherds Close, Little Common, office open for bookings 10am to noon each day. (01424) 842371.

Little Common Horticultural Society
Secretary Mrs Pat Kemp (01424) 842157. Meets second Friday, Little Common Community Centre, at 7.15pm. New members welcome. monthly shows, etc.

Little Common Library
at Little Common Community Centre, open Tuesday 9.30am to 4pm, Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm. New members always welcome (01424) 842371.

Little Common Photographic Club
Press Officer: Mrs Clarke (01424) 224979. Meet alternate Mondays at Little Common Community Centre, 7.45pm

Little Common Sequence Dance Club
meets Little Common Community Centre, Shepherds Close, Little Common, Saturdays 7.30pm (doors open 7pm). Visitors welcome. Contact (01424) 429951.

Mad Jack's Morris Dancers
Dance displays for special events. Musicians and dance beginners always welcome. Meetings on Mondays, 8.15pm at St Clements Church Hall, Croft Road, Hastings, Contact Mr Keith Leech (01424) 716576, Email: makeithappen@fastmail.fm

Margot's Yoga
Classes in Cranbrook, Playden, Rolvenden and Tenterden. Margot Dixon (01797) 227801. Revitalising yoga, mixed abilities, stretching, balancing, relaxation techniques, friendly classes. Qualified experienced tutor.

Maritime Volunteer Service Cinque Ports Div
Bexhill Unit, meets Tuesdays 7.30pm Cinque Ports TAVR Unit HQ, Bulverhythe, St Leonards. Maritime skills, 18 yrs and over.

National Trust Hastings & St Leonards
Meet for lectures at Taplin Centre and United Reformed Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, plus summer outings. Membership of national body required. Contact Sec. Mrs Kathy Wood (01424) 440604.

Rye & District Assn National Trust
Philip Romani (01424) 883420

Nautical Heritage Association
Charitable organisation protecting nautical heritage and supporting education and conservation. Registered office:c/o the Shipwreck Coastal and Heritage Centre, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings. Contact (01424) 200958.

New Hall Management Committee
Winchelsea Cricket Field, Rectory Lane, Winchelsea Town, Chairman Mike Melvin (01797) 223220.

Nicola Rodmell School of Dance
Ballet, Tap, Modern etc, Nicola Rodmell, YMCA, St Pauls Road, St Leonards. (07814) 680933.

Northiam Horticultural Society
Hon. Sec Mrs L Kennedy, Northiam (01797) 252096.

Oojahkappivvy Morris Dancers
Friendly and fun, female dancers needed. Free tuition. Male and female musicians also needed. Contact Bob/Sandra Shaw (01424) 440900

Ore and St Helen's Camera Club
Meet Park Road Methodist Church, Upper Park Road, Bohemia, on alternate Tuesday's at 7.30pm from September to May. Contact Secretary Paul Campbell on 01424 751987. New members welcome.

Pett Level Naturalist Society (PLNS)
Meets September to April 7.30pm third Friday of the month in Pett Village Hall. Illustrated talks, etc, visitors welcome. Annual subscriptions. John N Taylor, (01424) 814674, Paxstead, Pett Road, Pett, Hastings, TN35 4HG.

Pett Village Hall
Contact Mr Derek Johnson, (01424) 814829.

Priory Knits
Meets Unitarian Church, South Terrace, Hastings, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 9.30am to noon, Contact Sue Castro (01424) 437468. Email: sue@1066.net. New member's welcome

Rother Valley Railway Supporters Association
Contact Helen Brett (01424) 436168, Email: bretth@rvr.org.uk , www.rvr.org.uk

Rye Festival
Aiming to bring high quality arts events to Rye and the surrounding area. P.O. Box 33, Rye, TN31 7YB. Box office (01797) 224442. www.ryeartsfestival.co.uk

Rye Museum Association and Local History Group
Supporters of Rye Castle Museum of Rye at Ypres Tower and 3 East Street, Rye, TN31 7JY. Contact (01797) 226728.

Rye Old Time and Modern Sequence Dance Club
Mrs C.E. Pope, sec. (01797) 226452, held at 7.30pm Thursdays at New Hall, Winchelsea.

Sedlescombe & District Garden Society
David Brabants Membership secretary (01424) 871436. New members welcomed. Meeting every month. Spring, Summer and Autumn Shows. Visits to Gardens, social events etc.

Sedlescombe Societies Association
2 Forge Cottages, Sedlescombe, TN33 0QA. Contact Mrs M Hudson, 01424 870808. Sedlescombe Annual Village Fair, including flower show, sportsfield 2pm on July 23. Fun for all.

Sheila Kaye-Smith Society
To promote interest in the life and works of our Sussex regional novelist and writer. Monthly meetings held usually on Saturday afternoons. Information as to venue, programme and membership, contact Hon. Sec. Miss Christine Hayward (01424) 422139.

Singing for Fun
A great fun group, friendly and informal, no need to sing alone or sight read, come and build confidence and meet new people in a relaxed atmosphere.  There is the opportunity to be involved with public performances and concerts if you wish. Contact Emma www.themadfishsingingstudio.co.uk  Wednesday 7.30-9.00pm Parkhurst Hall, Bexhill.  Dates given out termly. 0754 505 2088.

Southern Counties Historic Vehicles Preservation Trust
Mr A. Urban, 2 Dower Walk, Gossops Green, Crawley, RH11 8EN, (01293) 529264. Preservation of vintage vehicles and staging rallies.

Southwater Area Community Centre
1 Stainsbury Street, St Leonards. To promote the Southwater Community Centre to the residents of Southwater Residents Association and the surrounding area, without distinction, and to bring together the inhabitants, local authorities and voluntary groups in a common effort to improve the conditions of life for all residents in Southwater and the surrounding areas of St Leonards. Contact Patrick Bennett (01424) 461414.

St Leonards Allotment Association
President Frank Wood (01424) 435689.

St Mary in the Castle Friends
Secretary Ron Sollars, Garden Flat, 47 West hill Road, St Leonards, TN38 0NA. (01424) 442601. Local group to ensure venue remains open as a centre for the performing arts.

St Matthew's Residents Association
To support residents and to keep St Matthews Gardens in a well maintained and attractive condition.

Stables Theatre and Arts Centre
The Bourne, Hastings Old Town, Hastings, TN34 3EY, (01424) 423221, Hosting plays, musicals and exhibitions presented by many talented members of our local community. www.stables-theatre.co.uk

Trust
South Downs Scrabble Club. Eastbourne Indoor Bowls Association, 5 Hampden Park Drive, Eastbourne. Thursday 6.30 – 10pm Contact Ed Breed (01424) 219334. All grades of Scrabble – all ages. Open Scrabble Tournament March 12, Hailsham Community Hall.

Tuesday Fellowship
An opportunity to share lunch and meet together at Battle Baptist Church, Mount Street, Battle, between 1.30-3.15pm every Tuesday. Contact Melvyn and Freda Nolan (01424) 774825

Walkers Strollers Group
Contact Carole Tennant (01424) 734213. Short circular walks with a sociable pub lunch afterwards.

Wealden Astronomical Society
Bi-monthly meetings at Herstmonceux, encouraging viewing sessions. Contact Keith Woodcock (01424) 449240.

Wilton Bridge Club
Contact Muriel Parr (01424) 844656. Duplicate bridge only Tuesday and Weds 1.30pm. No partners necessary as one will be found for anyone needing one.

Winchelsea Garden Society
Sec: Cynthia Seast, (01797) 222629.