The basketball court/tennis wall renovation is now complete, at a total investment cost of €15K
- New fence and gate installed last week
- New court surface and drainage completed earlier in the winter.
We are delighted to see some of our younger members taking advantage of this already.
See the main article for some pictures.
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This year’s AGM will be held on Sunday 16 June and is open to all Full and Social members (including Honorary and Institutional). Please mark your calendars accordingly.
Please see the main article for the Provisional Agenda.
All the newly prepared flower beds around the tennis courts have been given a final layer of wood chippings to keep the weeds down. 600 bulbs have been planted ready to pop up in the Spring. 11 red roses have been purchased and are ready to plant immediately by the gardening team. The work was financed 50% by Anke’s collection. Thank you to Linda, Jane and Christiane.
It has been a busy period since la rentrée, with the Management Team focused on 2 areas:
May we take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
The Management Team
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Mollie Willatts died on Thursday last week on her 92nd birthday.
Mollie was an active member of the Club, including a hard-working stint as Membership Secretary before the introduction of computers! She and her husband John were regular participants in the golf section and their daughters were active in many sports as juniors.
Mollie is survived by her husband, John and their three daughters Lisa, Sophie and Sarah, to whom we send our sincere condolences.
Her funeral will take place on Monday 13 November at 3 pm in the Crematorium du Mont Valérien in Nanterre.
We regret to inform you that John RELLAND, a long-time club member, passed away last weekend aged 86.
Douglas died on Wednesday 2 August at La Chapelle-Montligeon (Orne) after a short illness and will be buried next Tuesday 8 August.
He was an active member of the Club in the 1970s, playing cricket and more importantly hockey.
Our deepest sympathy goes to his wife Anne.
Many of you will have seen this week's Flash on the opportunity for us to bid on the 1900 Paris Olympic Silver Cricket Medal, engraved with the name of our Member, Arthur MacEvoy, also a France Champion footballer with SAC's illustrious late 1890s team.
The reserve price is 3500€, so with auction fees, we believe it can be acquired for between 4300 and 5500€.
The response to the crowdfunding effort has been amazing -- over 35 individuals and the Cricket Section have contributed anything from 2€ to 500€ each. We had a particularly generous donation from a former cricketer who remembers the Club fondly from 20 years ago! Our total now stands at 3550€, so we are at 64-82% of the estimated price.
The auction is next Tuesday.
Thanks to everyone for your messages and responses. If you would still like to contribute even 2€ to get us over the line, please drop a note to Rich Parkin at .
Our lift has required multiple repairs recently. Thanks to Carole Gressier, who has called the maintenance company almost daily to get this resolved, the lift is now working properly again. However, users are advised not to open the door manually!
Thanks to the members who volunteered for the front desk duties! More volunteers would be appreciated to help look after the front desk on Saturdays and Sundays!
Hours are between 10 am and 5 pm, for at least one hour, please. The duties are principally checking in members and guests.
Please contact if you can possibly help and we'll add you to our WhatsApp helpers group. Thank you!