CSSC Sports & Leisure
January 2012

Midlands Enewsletter

 

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iPad Competition on Facebook!
Great news! CSSC is now on Facebook and Twitter and to celebrate we are giving members the opportunity to win an Apple iPad! Check out our pages at http://twitter.com/CSSC_Official and http://www.facebook.com/CSSCSportsAndLeisure where you can expect to find all kinds of information about CSSC including latest news and events, photos, videos, and competitions. We want you to get involved in discussions and comment not just on CSSC related activities, but any other sport, fitness, leisure or health related news we have posted which we think members might find relevant or interesting.
To enter the competition, all you have to do is visit our Facebook and 'like' the page, before 30 March 2012 - it couldn't be easier! You must be a CSSC member to enter.

2012 Membership Card
Your new shocking pink CSSC card should now have arrived! This enables you to take part in any of the hundreds of events we organise for you, get subsidies on a range of local activities, buy discounted cinema tickets from our website and take advantage of the thousands of offers that Countdown negotiate for you. Go on, make the most of your membership!

AGM season is fast approaching. If you would like to have a say on what happens in your local CSSC, why not check your Area webpage for dates of the AGM and go along, support your committee and have your say!

Birmingham Area has a new newsletter out and includes details of a brewery tour on17 April, a wine tasting on 16 February, a supper club on 13 March and a golf day on 3 May. Be sure to check the newsletter for these and all the other current offers.

Coventry - the 2012 holiday home information is out - just click this link 

Derby - A random draw for all Derby members was carried out by CSSC HO. The winners were J Warton, P Taylor and M Bentley who were all delighted to have received their prizes in time for Christmas.

The Association has purchased corporate passes for Chatsworth House. If you would like to book out the passes then email Hilary Rhodes. Put Chatsworth in the subject box.

- We are currently looking for a new secretary. If you think that you can help then please get in touch with Kay Walker.

Leicester and Nottingham - Center Parcs Day. We are hosting an Orienteering Exercise in the morning with the rest of the day free to enjoy the facilities.. At only £15 for members and £10 for their children this is excellent value as it also includes breakfast and lunch. To find out more check here 

Loughborough CSSC member, Neil Evans, has had some books published. To read about them see here.

North Staffs - Cheshire East (Everybody) Leisure Centres give you a corporate membership for only £24 a month at the Alsager Leisure Centre. If you would like to know more then see this article on the website.

Wolverhampton - The 2012 prices for the caravan in North Wales have been released. All the information that you need is on the website

To view a different Regional Newsletter click here 

 

For a listing of the events coming soon, please click here

Enjoy cycling, running, open water swimming, tri/biathlon, scuba diving or want to qualify as a referee or coach? We will subsidise any of these for you! Click here for more information

National Events coming up are:

Hancock & Evans Hockey Tournament 2012 Team Registration (closing date 1 March 2012)

Joyce Cole Hockey Tournament 2012 (closing date 30 March)

Jubilee Challenge - Why not celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Battersea Park on 17 May 2012? Click here to find out more 

Financial help to attend CSSC events - did you know that you can get half of your travel costs and, in some cases, your accommodation as well (limits apply). To find out more and to download a claim form, just follow this link

CSSC National Flying Competition - this takes place in our Region at the Sleap Airfield in Shropshire on 29 April 2012. It is open to pilots and a maximum. of 2 passengers. If this interests you please see the website article  

Cricket - advance notice of 2012 tournament - 26 June 2012 at West Park, Long Eaton, Nottingham

Snooker - the 2012 event will take place at Willie Thorne's (Riley's), Charles Street, Leicester on Wednesday 28 March.

Golf - Kim Callaghan is stepping down as our organiser after many years of dedicated service to the sport. This means that we need a new volunteer to take on organising our Spring and Autumn competitions. Think you can help? Then check out the role description and complete the application form   

Regional

If you have any feedback, good or bad, we want to hear from you! Are there any activities that you'd like the Region to try and stage? Did you know that you can get financial help to attend events? Do you want more information on what is available in your Area? See the simple list of questions here. This is your chance to influence what happens in the Midlands.

Regional Committee Vacancies - we are currently looking for a Sports Liaison Officer, a Minute Secretary and a Communications Officer. Just click here to see the role description and to see how to apply 

The CSSC Online shop now has even more token benefits available to members!! Click here to find out more 

Countdown Cashback is here!

Get cashback on thousands of offers online, and in store with our newly launched Countdown Cashback scheme. Click here to find out more 

Olympics

Did you win Olympic tickets?

Huge congratulations go to our 3 very lucky winners who were first out of the hat to win 3 fantastic Thomas Cook Games Break packages to a range of Olympic events. They are all absolutely thrilled and we are delighted for them! Click here to find out more

Be your own Olympic hero at Roko Health Club in 2012.

2012 need not just be about elite athletes. We all have health and fitness goals that could make life more enjoyable and rewarding. It's our business to help you achieve them at our all singing, alldancing, full facility, premium, affordable health clubs.

As a CSSC member you can join Roko and receive 25% off the normal membership rates. See www.roko.co.uk for full details about our clubs in Portsmouth, Nottingham, Gillingham, Chiswick and York.

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