Abbeyfield Wessex Society

A national charity providing accommodation to older people. Encouraging all residents to remain as independent as possible and to live life to the full
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81 GoodGymers have supported Abbeyfield Wessex Society with 109 tasks.


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BournemouthGroup run
Paul T
Janet Beauchamp
Daryl Venner

Three Goodgymers

Monday 11th May

Written by Janet Beauchamp

Three Goodgymers were met by the lovely Vicky for our monthly quiz. It looked like it would be a very quiet quiz but ended up with two teams of four and one more resident turned up for the final question. First off, the teams were challenged to name the authors in the picture round. After that, their knowledge of all things May was tested: birthstones, star signs, famous Mays and events in May. The teams were very evenly matched after two further rounds of general knowledge with Daryl, Janet, Irvine and David coming out on top.

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BournemouthGroup run
Adam Clark
Mohammed Elmshirghi
Sophie Cuff
Milly Corden-lloyd
Keith Baker
Janet Beauchamp
Daryl Venner

Prickle of??

Monday 13th April

Written by Daryl Venner

Eight members meet at the Care Home for the monthly quiz which they enjoy.This month Lea was the quiz master with the rest of us splitting up to make three teams.The first round was what is the name of groups of animals with one question being what is a group of Hedgehogs ans being Prickle. Then we had four general knowledge rounds of various topics.Out of 42 two teams got 27.5 but the winners got 30.5 so it was very close Until next time

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BournemouthGroup run
Gemma Conway
Romy Pratt
Paul T
Daryl Venner
Caprice McWilliams

The Good Gymers

Monday 9th March

Written by Daryl Venner

Daryl meet Caprice ,(its great to see you again don't leave it so long we love to see you).Romy and her friend Gemma, who came along for the first time it's great to see you we look forward to seeing you again. We walked the short distance from the triangle to the care where we meet up with Paul who has just come back from 6 weeks in Asia.Before we started the quiz Vicky who is a 101 wrote us a poem which goes like this.On every second Monday,of each month throughout the year, Regardless of the weather,Our good Gymers do appear,Armed with many questions, And pen and paper too,Are so helpful with the questions,When we don't have a clue,So we thank you dear good Gymers, For the effort that you make,And the time you spend in giving us,A pleasant welcome break. By Vicky 101. That was so touching when she read it out. Back to the quiz we had a table top round where they had to guess the country from the outline then there was 30 general knowledge questions the scores where out of 39 the winners were the Dimwits with 23 second was the Smart Asses with 20.5 so it was very close.The evening was very enjoyable we look forward to next time .

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BournemouthGroup run
Ross Boon
Mohammed Elmshirghi
Keith Baker
Janet Beauchamp
Daryl Venner

raining dogs and dogs

Monday 9th February

Written by Daryl Venner

Six Goodgymmers, Daryl, Janet, Mohammed, Ross, Keith and Lea, equalled the old people in numbers. Where was everyone? Eh one in pyjamas, one on a cruise, etc etc. Not to worry, in spite of braving the horrendous weather, we quickly split up on teams. Lea, being extra nervous as it was her first time as quizmaster, lost half her notes and the answers to the pictures quiz…. But she pulled herself together and then all of us had a great time answering geography questions, questions related to “Sunday” and Pot Luck questions. With team “WET, WET,WET” winning with 34 points, team “TWO” came a close second with 27 points. On our way to next month’s quiz for sure.

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BournemouthGroup run
Mohammed Elmshirghi
Eleanor King
Keith Baker
Ross Boon
Daryl Venner

Surprise !!

Monday 12th January

Written by Daryl Venner

Six runners braved the weather and came to the Care Home for the first quiz of the year and boy what a surprise we had they put on a supper for us Cheese and Biscuits snacks and one resident made a cake plus there was even wine it was a nice surprise.We split into two teams ,the names being Next Door To The Fridge,and The Octagons.We had 30 questions ,20 questions on 2025 and 10 on General knowledge.In the end it was a tie on 19 points each so we had a tie brake and the winner was Next Door To The Fridge.After which we all had supper which was every nice we where spoilt.We shall be back to the Care Home on the 9th Febuary please put the date in your Diaries.

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BournemouthGroup run
Janet Beauchamp
Emma Cuff
Sophie Cuff
Milly Corden-lloyd
Eleanor King
Paul T
Daryl Venner

Its that Magical Time of Year

Monday 8th December 2025

Written by Daryl Venner

It was great to see so many turn out for the end of year quiz at the Care Home it means so much to them they do enjoy a quiz.We split into two teams The Christmas Crackers and The Christmas Trees,we started with a picture round you had to name the movies that featured the following Farther Christmases which was a bit of fun.Followed by 20 general Knowledge questions based on Christmas which you either loved or hated ,but the scores on the doors was very close The Crackers got 25 ,but the winners by one point was the Trees with 26 well done to both Teams. We shall be back at the Care Home in the New Year the date is January 12th.In the mean time please check out the web site as there is so much happening in the lead up to Christmas.Hope to see you all soon.

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