Interest Groups

Interest Groups

Table Tennis 3 – Tuesdays

The Tuesday Table Tennis group hires tables at Marlborough Leisure Centre; sessions start at 10am and last one hour. All levels of ability are welcome, even beginners. As well as improving your co-ordination and reactions, table tennis is a lot of fun, so do come along and try it. Equipment can be provided if needed. …

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Day Trips

Please CLICK HERE to email the Group Leader, or use the Contact Form at the bottom of this page. The Day Trip Group aims to offer 3 or 4 day trips each year to places of interest within some 2 hours travelling distance from Marlborough.  We have no preset ideas, but plan to take full advantage …

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Book Bunch! – 1st Wednesdays

This very friendly group of book lovers meets once a month at each other’s homes (where there is space for 10/11 – our maximum size). We alternate fact and fiction – our fiction taken generally from newspaper best paperbacks of the year or prizewinning nominations; our fact taken from personal recommendations. Recent books include Mukiwa …

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Motorbike Group

During the riding season our group ride outs are for experienced motorcyclists only who have held a motorcycle licence for at least 5 years. During the riding season, once a month, a nominated group member will specify a rendezvous, midpoint and destination for a “B road bimble” on your favourite machine. Typically, this will involve …

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Forget-me-not

The Forget-me-not group provides an informal setting enabling a sharing of experiences and information, general discussion and mutual support for u3a in Kennet members who are becoming less able to contribute to u3a activities due to physical or mental difficulties and yet are still capable of meeting others, as well as their spouses/carers. Meets:To be …

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Bus Adventures

“Earth has not anything to show more fair!” sang Flanders and Swann (based on William Wordsworth’s poem). Our common purpose is to enjoy some “transports of delight” by making short(ish) bus trips with Kennet u3a colleagues, admiring scenery while visiting – for example – Bath, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Devizes, Newbury, Oxford and Salisbury. Taking turns to …

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Double-Bounce Tennis

A new u3a Double-Bounce tennis group is designed for those who probably can’t, or don’t wish to, run around the court as fast as maybe they were once able to! The tennis is played on a normal sized court, but a double bounce is allowed before hitting the ball. We play for one hour. The …

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Singles Dining Out Group

Come along and join our group who get together regularly to sample meals at different pubs and restaurants.  Members take it in turn to organise the venue. Meets: Variety of evenings. Please contact the Group Leader using the form below.