Summer Social 23rd June 2012

The Social was so enjoyable that I completely forgot to take photos! My apologies for that. We were sorry that a few of our regulars were prevented from attending due to various reason but the heart of the writing Circle membership came with some family members and had great fun taking part in a hilarious word quiz supplied by Anne and Barre Funnell. The buffet was about right this time with varied contributions added to the basic salad, bread dips etc. provided by the Circle and the raffle generated £31 for our Circle funds. Adrian thanked everyone for making it an entertaining and happy event.

It only remains for me to remind you all that the AGM is on Tuesday 3rd July 2012 when we hope a good turnout will ensure the future of the Circle with as many members as possible coming forward to help on the committee. We have found in the past that many hands do indeed make light work and even the smallest involvement helps.

AGM And More

Norwich Writers' Circle's AGM took place this evening.

This well-attended meeting also included our annual prizegiving, which acknowledges Circle members' successes in the various group competitions held throughout the year.

The prizes awarded tonight were:

The Ivy Ferrari Trophy
1st

Maureen Nisbet

2nd

Sally Newton

3rd

Phyllida Scrivens

The Competition Cup

1st

Mickie Dann

2nd

Sally Newton

3rd
Maureen Nisbet

The Colin Sutton Cup for Humour

1st
Sally Newton

2nd
Joanne Amos
3rd
Anne Sanderson

Sadly this evening's meeting also saw Anne Funnell, our Chairman, step down after several years in the role. Anne's efforts were recognised by all Norwich Writers' Circle members in a presentation of a gift, along with some flowers.

We next meet in September, following our annual Summer break.

Details of our new programme, including competitions and visiting writers, will be announced on this Blog in the weeks ahead.

We hope to see you later on in the year.

Prizegiving Evening & AGM

Norwich Writers' Circle's AGM took place this evening, following our popular Summer Social held a couple of weeks ago.

This well-attended meeting also included our annual prizegiving, which acknowledges Circle members' successes in the various group competitions held throughout the year.

The prizes awarded tonight were:

The Colin Sutton Cup for Humour

Sally Newton

The Competition Cup
Sally Newton

The Cooper Prize

Sally Newton

To celebrate Sally's successful year, we rounded off the evening by hearing her highly praised, competition winning opening chapter to The Apothecary's Niece. This story extract won our Historical Novel Introduction Competition in December 2009, and was read aloud to a very appreciative audience.

We next meet in September, following our annual Summer break.

Details of our 2010/11 programme, including competitions and visiting writers, will be announced on this Blog in the weeks ahead.

We hope to see you later on in the year.

AGM Prizegiving

Following the Summer Garden Party, our AGM took place on the 7th July. This lively and well-attended meeting also included our annual prizegiving. The prizes awarded acknowledge Circle members successes in the various group competitions held during the previous year.

The prizes awarded during the evening were:

The Colin Sutton Cup for Humour
Maureen Nisbet

The Ivy Ferrari Award
Anne Funnell

The Competition Cup
Anne Funnell

Congratulations to all the winning writers.