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Second bingo tea of the season and, in spite of a double accident in the main street causing some traffic issues, a healthy crowd came along to the Cochrane Hall tonight for prize bingo tea. Including the raffle, the total collected was just a few pennies short of £400.00 for which…

The new Prize Bingo Tea Season gets under way on Wednesday 25th September at 7.30pm. For the new season there is also a new venue, the Cochrane Hall. The same tried, tested and successful format will still be there with lines, house prizes and flyers and tea, cakes and other refreshments…

The Annual General Meeting of the Alva Games Committee will take place on Sunday 27th October 2019 at 7.15pm in the Cochrane Hall, Alva to which all existing Committee members and any other interested parties are cordially invited. Please note the new venue. Any item of business relevant to the AGM…

In what was a busy day for the Games Committee, the 13th Best Dressed Shop Window contest took place on Tuesday morning. Chairman Jamie Sharp and Margaret Malcolm, who has been a judge since the inaugural contest in 2006, made their way around the main streets of the town in…

The monthly prize bingo tea season came to an end last night with just under 50 people in attendance for another great night's entertainment. The total sum raised on the night was £347.80 which took the season total to £2,400 plus a few pence. These sessions remain the largest single source…

Normal service was resumed tonight as a crowd of over fifty packed into the Church Hall for the penultimate prize bingo tea of the season. Lots of fresh baking and sandwiches and a bonus of some fabulous cakes from the Number 71 Coffee Shop all contributed to making this one…

After the success of the inaugural Quiz Night in 2018, the Games Committee is delighted to announce that this fun filled evening is set to return on Tuesday 9th July. Once again, we have to thank Alison and her team at the Number 5 Inn for allowing us the use…

Due to the holding of another bingo in Sauchie, our numbers were a little down on normal on Wednesday 27th April. This meant a drop in the sums raised to £278.03 but still a healthy enough sum nonetheless. Those who were not there though missed a good night with fresh sandwiches…

Another successful evening in the prize bingo series earlier tonight. 54 folk packed into the Church Hall for the pre-Easter session with extra prizes donated very kindly in addition to the regular prizes. The prizes were well spread throughout the hall with every table taking something home either from the…

A fifty strong crowd filled the Church Hall tonight for the monthly prize bingo tea. As always, those who came along enjoyed the games, the prizes and the half time refreshments, now enhanced by the additional home baking of Nita Kane. Our Chairman James Sharp put in an appearance and saw at…