17/12/2018
The last badminton meet-up of the year is today (Monday 17 December from 6 to 7pm), at the Newcastle Emyln leisure centre. If we all chip in £2 or £3, that should pay for the courts. Rackets will be provided.
Our first badminton meet-up in the New Year will probably be Monday 7 January?
I just watched a documentary on the BBC called "The Truth Of Getting Fit", and the scientific results are in. Impact sports like running, badminton, and tennis (where you take impacts on your joints) is the best exercise for increasing bone strength, which reduces the risk of osteoporosis. And least we not forget the main benefit of badminton which is "laughter", provided mainly by our comedic star cadets, Lesley and Martin. Laughter works the abs and releases happy endorphin...the body’s natural painkillers (hmmm, I wonder if the people reading this spotted my subtle plug to get them back into badminton in the New Year?).
If I don't see you at badminton today, I hope you have a lovely bone-strengthening, laughter-filled Christmas, and a fab start to the New Year. And I'm looking forward to seeing you again on JANUARY 7 2019.
As it is nearly Christmas, I figured a festive quote or two was needed to endeth this announcement:
“What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.” – Don Marquis
“Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money.”
– Author Unknown
Merry Christmas,
George