IBM Hursley Club

Places remain available on the cricket coaching course this summer, please register your interest by 22 June. The age groups have been extended from the original posting, to accommodate children from 8 years of age.

Would your child enjoy a week at IBM Hursley in the Summer Holidays having some fun learning how to play cricket?

It's now Spring Time. Everyone is emerging from their fire sides to start enjoying the Spring and Summer, but perhaps a little shaping up is in order?

Why not give Yoga a try? All you need is clothing that doesn't restrict your movements, bare feet and a blanket.

Yoga is designed to improve flexibility, with stretching exercises that promote better breathing, deeper relaxation, and overall well being - and the Hursley Yoga Club do this in a non-competitive, friendly atmosphere.

Come and join us for a beer festival down at the Clubhouse!

This season's beer festival with have a 'Lancashire' theme (as we had a 'Yorkshire' theme last time, and we need to keep honours even!)
Keep an eye on this site for updates of the beers we will have available for this coming Bank Holiday beer festival weekend (starting Friday 1st May - can also be seen in the 'Upcoming events' section on the right hand sidebar of this site)

The table tennis section continues unabated through the summer, even though the Winchester League season is now over. Come along to the Sports Hall on a Thursday between 4:30 and 6:00 and find out if you've still got it! This is the perfect time of year to start building towards the next League season, which starts in September (much sooner than you thought?) Contact info is on our new subsection web pages. See you soon!

Estee Lauder have offered us Ladies Goody Bags once again and comprises of:

1 x Ladies coffret
1 x 50 ml moisturiser
1 x Aveda Shampoo
1 x Aveda Conditioner or treatment
1 x Estee Lauder 75 ml fragrance
1 x 150 ml Body Lotion
1 x 50 ml Donna Karan Fragrance

All for one fabulous price just £35.00 (Retail equivalent is £238.29)

Subject to Estee Lauder Terms and Conditions.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR ORDERS AND PAYMENT IS FRIDAY 24 APRIL - RESERVATIONS CANNOT BE MADE.

Would you be interested in representing IBM at the World Corporate Games?

• The Corporate Games are being held in Brighton from Thursday 4th June - Sunday 7th June 2009
• There are 24 sports to choose from:
  

  Badminton	Netball	Softball
  Basketball	Poker	Squash
  Beach Volleyball	4’s Rounders	Swimming – Long Distance
  Cricket 8's	Rugby 7's	Table Tennis
  Dragon Boat	Running	Tennis
  Golf	Soccer	Tenpin Bowling
  Hockey	Soccer 5's	Touch
  Karting	Soccer 6's	Volleyball

  Note : You are only allowed to participate in ONE sport.

• This event is being subsidised by the IBM Club.
• Final deadline for entries 8th May 2009.
• Places are filling up fast, so please contact the task id for more information, or to register:
  • UK Corporate Games1/UK/IBM

IBM Hursley Cricket Club have recently started up a junior section for children between the ages of 6 - 9 years of age. We have been coaching on Sunday afternoons and are going to be going outdoors in April. The aim is to enter the Winchester & District under 9 League this season where the children will get to play games against other clubs. If that is not possible, we will continue to coach the children with the aim of entering a league next season.

This Friday ( 27th March ) was a new experience for me because today was the first time i've taken part in the Hursley Club Trivia Nights. As part of an effort to make sure i understand each of the many events and groups we have at the club, going to the quiz was a new and pleasant experience. When i arrived to the club at about 7:30 i was really pleased to the see the main bar full with people eating and drinking to the back-drop of the new lights and furnishings. The staff looked a little run off their feet but as food and drink seemed to keep coming everyone seemed to be having a good time. As we tucked into our burgers and curries after a game of pool the evening was warming up and teams slowly made their way into the Jim Hayes Hall.

30 minutes later and it all kicked off. This evening we had 11 teams, including a committee team, and i believe that there were at least 4 regular teams that are normally present. The quiz takes the form of 10 rounds including a picture and music round. Each round has 10 questions created by our very own Krissie and Patrick. As each round went by, the more i understood why people came along for the evening. There was a good atmosphere in the hall, a quiet buzz that can sometimes be missing from the club. All the teams were taking the questions seriously and yet still had a smile and a laugh on their face as the quiz master joked and teased his way through the evening. I was also surprised by the questions. There are obviously some very cleaver people around who know a lot of information and yet there was also a nice range of questions that meant even us ( as a lowly committee member ! ) could even manage to get a reasonable amount of questions right.

As the evening drew to a close it was clear that we were (hopefully) better looking after the club than participating in the quiz and that its because of events like this evening that make the club a very special place and something we don't want to loose. Like any other events and activities, the club is always welcome to have support and input from any of its members to improve improve what we do. I'd like to thank those that do put a lot of time into making sure these Trivia nights happen and think its fair to say that the committee won't be contending for the Trivia league title based on Friday's performance! :)

The ID Cricket Section will now be holding their AGM in the Osman at 12 noon on TUESDAY 21 APRIL.

If you requre any further information, please contact the Roshan Nichani on ext. 249926 or nichanir@uk.ibm.com