Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 15 August 2017
Present: Liliane, Beryl, Dave, Ross, Jim, Mairead, Bridget, Anne, Cathy
Apologies: Dick, Di, Rani, Steve, Tony
Business:
Rani let us know that despite being unable to attend tonight’s Jack Wilkinson Memorial trophy session, she was thinking of Jack and Caz.
Dave gave the sad news that Dick may not be joining us for many meetings in the future, if any, as he has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. We all signed the ‘good wishes’ card that Dave had purchased. For those of us who’ve known Dick for a long time it was especially painful to hear of his situation. He’s been a stalwart of Scribblers, and his imagination, good humour and exceptional talent for reading aloud have provided us with much joy over the years. I’m sure he’ll miss us as much as we’ll miss him; let’s hope he’ll occasionally feel well enough to join us.
Ruth Dugdall will remain as our Honorary President, despite having recently moved to the USA for two years, where her husband has taken up a work placement. All the group wish her well – no doubt she’ll use her time there to work on ideas for a future novel!
A new doorbell is finally on order for the back door at the library – good news for those of us who’ve recently had to bang and shout to get let in!
Thanks as usual to Mairead for providing delicious treats for us again.
Readings:
A good turn out for the competition in Jack’s memory – eight entries.
Beryl and Cathy (in Dick’s absence) did the readings, and the stories were immensely varied – some entertaining, others thought provoking, all interesting. Judging was difficult – and seems to get more so every time this competition is held. However, the results were as follows:
First place to Anne, with School Sports Day
Second place to Bridget, with Brothers
Third place to Jim with Old Greedy Guts
Other stories were:-
Mairead – The Rescue
Cathy – Mind the cracks
Dave – What could I do?
Liliane – The blue house
Ross – Legacy
The obligatory photograph was taken with Jim, our previous winner, presenting the trophy to Anne.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable night.
Next meeting: This will be on 5 September (THREE weeks away). The homework theme is ‘Tales of places’ – will we write about a Greek Island, next door’s garden, or maybe the Alps? The choice is ours!
