The other half of the club
Socials
Quizzes, curry nights, an annual trip that nobody talks about and a Christmas do. You do not have to play to come. Many don't, any more.
A good half of what this club does has nothing to do with a ball. There is a social every month or so, usually something cheap in the clubhouse, and a Christmas do that has become a fixture in the Rhondda calendar. Women who stopped playing years ago still come to all of them.
A quiz in the clubhouse in the autumn, a curry night in Treorchy in February, a summer barbecue at the ground, and one weekend away a year, somewhere near a beach, about which we say very little. Everybody is welcome, including anyone who only came along for a month and stopped, and anyone who has simply moved to the area and does not know anybody yet.
Several people have told us that the club is how they got through something. A divorce, a bereavement, a hard year with a child. We never set out to do that. It seems to happen anyway when a group of women share a muddy field and a kettle.
What you get
- A social about once a month
- No obligation to play
- A lift rota up and down the valley
- A summer barbecue at Cae Dderwen
- A very good Christmas do
What it costs
Whatever you eat and drink. Nothing to belong. All the prices are on the sessions page, and come and try will tell you where to start.
Questions about socials
I do not want to play. Can I come?
Yes. Come to the quiz. You may end up on Tuesdays eventually, and you may not.
Is it drinky?
Some are and some are not. Tea is always on, and nobody counts.
Turn up on Tuesday. That is genuinely the whole plan.
Seven o'clock at Cae Dderwen, in whatever you have got. Your first month costs nothing. Bethan will find you at the gate, and nobody will ask you what position you played in 2004.