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 .

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.

Four Goodgymer's meet in Westbourne to do a litter pick.It was nice to see Paul T again who has just come back from his travels ,but he did mention that in the new year He's off on his travels again this time six weeks touring Asia he certainly has the taste for traveling.We started round Tesco Express which was fairly clean before moving on down to the play park which was was also fairly clean we decided to move on to the car parks which was a different story. In the end we managed to fill Four bags of rubbish so all in all it was a very good effort.Please check out the web site as there is a lot of Tasks leading up to Christmas.

Nine Goodgymers attended the monthly care home quiz. Well done to Eleanor for putting the gym into Goodgym by running all the way there and back! It was lovely to receive such a warm welcome from the residents now that it’s turning darker and chillier outside. This month Janet took on the role of quiz master, starting with a picture round of old movie posters from the 1930s and 1940s. This caused much discussion among the three teams, with renditions of Judy Garland hits being heard across the room! Unfortunately, our lovely 100 year old resident couldn’t quite remember where Judy Garland’s train was going (St.Louis) so the film title evaded her. There were science and nature, geography and general knowledge rounds, with a few trick questions thrown in. Did you know that Albert Einstein’s wife was an Einstein even before she got married? Turns out, only one of our teams did (or they made a lucky guess)! And the Waikato River may sound Japanese but is, in fact, the longest river in New Zealand. Congratulations to the Middlemarchers with a phenomenal total of 41 out of 46. There was only a point in it for the two runners-up teams. Well done everyone!

Tonight’s session was all about quizzing fun at Abbeyfield Wessex! This time, Paul and Mohammed joined The Loose Women, while Eleanor sided with The Motley Crew. Caprice took the reins as quizmaster for the evening.

The quiz featured five lively rounds, including a nostalgic "Name That Gameshow Theme Tune" and a playful "Sink or Float" round. Caprice kicked things off by handing out random household objects, prompting the teams to guess whether each item would sink or float. At the end of the round, she tested each object in water—one point awarded for every correct guess!

Both teams brought their A-game in a very close match. The Loose Women scored an impressive 36 points, but it was The Motley Crew who edged ahead to victory with 39 points!

A great evening filled with laughs, teamwork, and a little friendly rivalry. Who knows what next month’s challenge will bring?

The GoodGymers will return on Monday 9th June for more quizzness—we hope to see you there!