We have secured the use of our local cricket club, North Perrott (Ariel used to be based here pre-2006) for a fun Summer Event. Ariel are headline sponsors of NPCC this year - it is acknowledged as having the best ground in Somerset (other than the home of Somerset Cricket club, the County ground at Taunton) and the facilities are fantastic. You can see more here http://northperrottcc.net/index.php/club. Simon actually had a hand in the design of the pavilion (there's not a lot of Atom in it though
)It's often been said that we should do a social event mid-summer as well as the Christmas do given that most people are busy for the Christmas job - here is a good starting point! We'll have a barbeque which will probably be done by the same caterers we had for the factory dinner at Atom X (yum yum) and the pavilion bar(s) will be open for light/heavy
refreshments. The emphasis here is on a family day out so bringing the wives and kids is encouraged! There will be a small ticket charge to cover the barbeque costs and the bar at the ground will obviously be a pay bar but it will be a pretty inexpensive day out for all the family........The wicket at the club is absolutely fantastic (I speak from experience) so it would be a shame not to use it! How many takers we get will determine what we do cricket-wise but it is my intention to have a small 5-a-side Cricket tournament running throughout the day.......
I don't know if we can turn it into a bit of an Atomic weekend and do a road trip on the Saturday, maybe have a meal somewhere Saturday night together (Haselbury Mill just next to us would happily accomodate us)? I can easily design a bit of a route going down toward Exmoor/Dartmoor if anyone fancies it? I'm certainly open to ideas/suggestions on that or for anything else we could add to the Sunday event?
Who's keen?
