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Author: Steve Young
Website Changes
Over the last week, we have implemented a number of changes to the U3A Jávea website. This post tells you about these changes and how you can get the most out of them. Firstly, we have changed the way that the website looks. The new look is designed to be clearer and more modern. Behind…
Jávea Green Bowls Club donates to Project4all in Benissa
In April 2023, after many years at the Inn on the Green, Jávea Green Bowls Club found themselves homeless. The owner of the property had sold it to be redeveloped as the Grand Cafe Flo. So began a journey to find a new home in Jávea. Regrettably, after a long search, the Club members decided…
Focus on the Hybrid Canasta Group
The history of most classic card games is fragmented and full of holes. They typically developed over a span of several decades or even centuries, going through many changes and branching in lots of different variants. However, the history of Canasta is young and well documented. Canasta was only developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay.…
Focus on the Rummikub Group
So what is Rummikub? Rummikub is a tile based game invented in Romania by Ephraim Hertzano. It combines elements of the card game Rummy and the Chinese tile game of Mahjong. Hertzano is reputed to have invented Rummikub as card games were banned under the post war Communist regime in Romania. After he moved to…
New website home page
Yesterday, we made some changes to the home page of the website along with some visual changes to the rest of the website. Some functions on the site may have been unavailable during parts of the day and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. The objectives of the changes were as follows:…
Save the Date! The U3A Jávea Autumn Ball is on 17th November
We’re having a party! Get the date in your diary and spruce up your glad rags and dancing shoes because the U3A Jávea Ball is back for 2024. We’ll be at the fabulous Salones Carrasco in Jávea with entertainment from James Hurst. It promises to be one of the highlights of the year, so keep…