Summer Social and Quiz Night

This will be a social evening at Standalone with a quiz competition to win the new Richard Stratford Cup.  Richard as most members will know was a quiet and extremely knowledgeable person who sadly passed away.  He kindly donated his substantial collection of astronomy books to the society.  Richard’s family have donated a quiz cup (Richard Stratford Memorial Trophy) for which we will have compete for at the meeting.  We used to hold quiz’s at the AGM in December but COVID and Standalone’s use of the room over Christmas have prevented this.  In past year’s, if you were on Richard’s team you always won! The whole evening is very much a social event with a nice bit of friendly competition. 

Please bring something to eat and drink as we socialise during the first part of the evening. The quiz format is to separate into teams of 4 and give your team a name. After the quiz teams will swap papers and we will go through the answers. The team with the highest score will be presented with the Richard Stratford Memorial Cup and receive their prizes.

The committee look forward to seeing you all and there will be some announcements as well. It is a great opportunity to get to know other members and to engage in discussion with the committee.

And after the break ..

Please feel free to e-mail the Chair (n_m_gray@btinternet.com) if you would like to speak on any astronomy related talk after the coffee break.