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• You've missed it.  The Barn Club AGM was held on 26th May.
  There was no election, and the Committee members are the same motley crew as last year.
  
  
  
  
• New Beer!  You may have noticed that we have a couple of new beers on tap.
  Our lagers are Kronenbourg 1664, Fosters and Amstel.  John Smiths and Courage Best are the keg bitters.  Naturally we are still serving Rebellion.  (We wouldn't let that go without a fight).
  
  
  
• Follow us on Twitter:  @TheBarnClub  http://twitter.com/TheBarnClub
  
  
  
  
• The Senior Citizens Party was once again well attended.
  A BIG thank you to all those who made it happen.
  Andy & Annette, Pete, Emma and Abi were slaving away in the kitchen.
  John & Andy were pouring the drinks.
  Neil, Jamie, Dave, John and Ian were serving the drinks.
  Don, Bill, Ann, Andy, Dave, John, Pete, Mike, Mike, Jane, Annette and Ian moved all the furniture and dressed the tables.
  The band were the High Society Jazz Band.
  
  
  
• The Grand Music Quiz raised £625 for the charity Pepper.  Well done everybody, and well done Pete Eden for organising the quiz and setting the questions.
  Thanks go to Court Gardens, the WPGA (is that right Pete?), Odeon Cinemas, Noodle Nation and everyone else who donated raffle prizes.
  
  
  
• New Opening Times - We are now open at 5:30 (pm of course) from Mondays to Thursdays.
  
  
  
  
• Was it really a year ago since the last AGM ? Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself.
  A number of regulars were in attendance, and listened to the Secretary, Chairman and Treasurer give a summary of the past year's trading, income and expenditure etc, before we all retired to the bar.
  Thirsty work, these AGM's.
  
  
  
  
• Apologies for the lack of updates to the site recently.  Due to circumstances beyond his control, the webmaster has been preoccupied with family matters.
  
  
  
• The 1940's 'Dad's Army Night'  was a great success !  Well done those who dressed for the occasion, and thanks to everyone for supporting the evening.
  There was dancing to music from the era, a sing along, bangers & mash and at one point there was an air raid !
  
             
  
                    
  
  
  
  
• Bad language in the Club will not be tolerated.  Women and children and sensitive folk like me use the Club, and most likely they do not want to hear it.  Anyone heard using foul language will be dealt with accordingly, and possibly banned from the Club.
  If you don't like our attitude to bad language, then you can   censored  well go somewhere else !
     (Calm down ! - Ed)
  
  
  
• Mike Williams (our local correspondent for the Bucks Free Press)
  has written an article referring to the Club. The following was published in the 12th December edition of the BFP:
  
  Christmas festivities started in earnest last weekend at The Barn Club.  Anyone who   might have had the impression that the Club exists only for private drinking and a quieter place to play pool than you can find in a pub, should think again.
  This Club serves meals, runs a variety of competitive sports teams, from football to darts.  The teams participate in local leagues, and generally do very well.  Obviously it also has copious space and facilities for just relaxing and lounging.
  What many people may not know, particularly those newly resident in the valley, is that the Barn Club is a significant supporter of social causes. They have a special lunch each Friday for pensioner members and the afternoon provides them with a bingo session.  Their annual charity quiz this October was for the well-known local Chilterns charity, the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home, at which they raised almost £700.
  Last Saturday they organised a Christmas dinner for 110 of the Club's senior citizens.  They enjoyed a three course meal, wine and drinks and a jazz band in the afternoon.  The Club has been organising this event for over 30 years.  It is completely free to the eligible guests and everyone had a very enjoyable afternoon.
  On Sunday it was the turn of the members' young children to be entertained.  Over 60 children accompanied by their parents watched a professional troupe performing the pantomime Dick Wittington.  Fruit drinks and crisps were enjoyed by the children during the interval followed by a traditional tea party afterwards of jam sandwiches, cakes and red jelly with cream.  At the very end they all received a box of sweets from Father Christmas.
  On Wednesday, December 17, the Barn Club is holding its Christmas Raffle.  There will be a host of raffle prizes with a free light buffet.
  The Clear message is that this rather special club is an essential part of the community (it's a trust, not a commercial operation, by the way) - (sic)
  Every resident and a very limited number of non-valley dwellers have the right to become members, on application.  For more details about membership either call into the Club, telephone the Steward, Andy, on 01628 484576 or visit the website: www.barnclub.co.uk.  This is a handsome and comprehensive website covering events, facilities and even details of the menus.
  
  
  ... a nice write up.  Thank you Mr. Williams !
  
  
  
  
• Website updates have been very limited recently, due to the web master having a busy social life and enjoying himself far too much.  The Committee decided that this decadent lifestyle must stop (they're only jealous), and he should spend more time doing the things he's not paid for. Which is funny, because my boss said something quite similar to me only the other day.
  
  
  
  
• The patio area has been upgraded from 1 star accommodation (for smokers) to 3 star accommodation with the erection of a covered pergola. It has been windproofed (as best we can), and the heaters have been relocated, so it should be nice and cosy for the winter evenings.
  Bring your slippers.       No, please dont !
  
  
  
  
• The Barn Club is a HotSpot!     We have a wireless access point, which enables you to check your e-mail and surf the net for free on your [wireless] laptop (or phone) whilst visiting the Club.   Access via a regularly changing password, which is available from Andy behind the bar, or one or two of the more geeky members of the committee.   
  
  
   

• Barn Club Football Team fixtures and results can be found by clicking on the
  'Yellow Jersey' image below.   You will need to register (free) to access this site.
  

                                                                                                                     
  
  
  

• Please also insure that you sign your guests into the guest book.  
  This is a legal requirement, and a [very] strict  condition of the new licensing
  laws regarding private clubs.
  All those present in the Club should be members, and guests who have been signed in.
  
  
  
  
• Googling for the Barn Club (simply using the search term 'Barn Club') now finds us at the number 3 spot !!  That is a vast improvement on where we were a year ago. We are doing very well on other search engines as well, such as Lycos, MSN Search, Yahoo and Excite.
  And, we can be also found on Google Earth. 
  If you haven't seen this, then you don't know what you're missing.
  You need a broadband connection, and download Google Earth from
  http://www.earth.google.com/   You really should check it out.
  
  

 

 

• I hope those of you that are interested have noticed that not only do we serve a decent pint of Rebellion IPA (3.7 ABV), but we now rack up the Rebellion Seasonal or Monthly Ales.
  We are currently serving Green Shoots (4.4 ABV) on draught and also the Pils, Blonde, Red & White are all available in bottles from the cold shelf.
  Not long now before Roasted Nuts will be available !