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At the Ash Tree Boat Club we have a full calendar of Social events spread throughout the year. What's Happening Initially every month, normally on the Second Monday, we have a formal general meeting with a fixed agenda, during which time each of the club’s officers gives a report on their particular aspect of the club, at the Brereton Sports Club in Armitage Lane, Rugeley.
What Happened After these formal meetings, we then have 'post meeting activities' which can be very varied:- Speakers are invited to give talks to the members, past subjects have been, Royal Lifeboat Institution, The Cannock Extension canal, The Trent & Mersey Canal and a talk by Alan Firth who is a well know Canal artist. Other 'post meeting activities' include Quiz's, Photographic Competition and Games evenings including a Full Skittle alley. All of the above events take place within Brereton Sports Club, however from time to time we also have additional Social gatherings outside of the club environment. In the past the Club has organised European trips to view the Belgian canal network and a River Trip on the Severn at Worcester was organised to celebrate the Club's 25th birthday. We also visit other local boat clubs for 'get together' social evenings. By far our most important social happening is our 'Annual Dinner & Dance', this event took place in November last year at the Eaton Lodge Hotel, and after the Dinner, the Commodore and Social Chairperson presented our range of Trophies to members who had won them at our various functions throughout the year - see the Award Winners Page. The competitions are always contested strongly and no one ever gets to win without the necessary effort - even the Booby Prize. Just prior to the Christmas holidays in December we had our Christmas Lunch at the Lockhouse Restaurant, this can if you wish entail boating for 2/3 hours up the Trent & Mersey Canal to Great Haywood to the restaurant. We had an enjoyable meal and then made the return journey. What a day out that was! Instead of every member sending out Christmas Cards to each other, it has been decided that we should all donate however much we wanted to a club fund, which would then be donated to agreed charities. This year the beneficiary was the British Heart Foundation. 
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