{"id":3605,"date":"2023-10-04T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:29:59","slug":"groups-whats-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/?p=3605","title":{"rendered":"Groups &#8211; Latest Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below is information about our current interest groups..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do not hesitate to contact any of those listed below for more information or email armagh.u3a@gmail.com with your queries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BOOK GROUP<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013 MaryMcVeigh. Meeting monthly on a Wednesday at 2 pm. in the O\u2019Fiaich Library. For more information contact Mary at <a href=\"mailto:mtmcveigh@hotmail.com\">mtmcveigh@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> BRIDGE<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013 Eileen Fitzsimons. Bridge has resumed after the summer holidays. It meets in the Dobbin Street Community Centre every Monday at 2 p.m. for social bridge. We also offer beginners and improvers classes. For more information contact Eileen  at <a href=\"mailto:blfizsimons@hotmail.com\">blfizsimons@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CYCLING<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013 Peter Good. This meets every Wednesday at 9.30 am. Locations vary. For additional information contact Peter at <a href=\"mailto:pdgood@doctors.org.uk\">pdgood@doctors.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FRENCH<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator &#8211; GeraldineTurley. Meeting on Mondays at 2.00 pm in the O\u2019FiaichLibrary. For more information contact Geraldine at <a href=\"mailto:gturley@hotmail.co.uk\">gturley@hotmail.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ITALIAN<\/strong> &#8211; We hope to get a group set up if enough people are interested.\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LINE DANCING<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator &#8211; Florence Johnston. Line dancing classes normally meet each Friday at 2:15 pm in Dobbin Street community centre and last approximately 1 hour. Classes are resuming on Friday 28th September and will run for10 weeks finishing on Friday 28th November. For more information contact\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Florence.johnston25@btinternet.com.\">Florence.johnston25@btinternet.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOCAL HISTORY <\/strong>\u2013 Group Co-ordinator \u2013 MaryMcVeigh. Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at11.30 am in the O\u2019Fiaich Library. For more informationc ontact Mary at <a href=\"mailto:mtmcveigh@hotmail.com\">mtmcveigh@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUT TO LUNCH <\/strong>&#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013Margaret Oakes. These are occasion events that are advertised by email as and when they are organised. For more information contact Margaret at <a href=\"mailto:tro111@hotmail.com\">tro111@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PETANQUE<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013 Tim Hanna. This meets in the Sensory Garden at The Palace. Every Tuesday at 2 p.m. In hibernation until the sun\/warmth returns! For more information contact Tim at <a href=\"mailto:timbohanna1953@gmail.com\">timbohanna1953@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PILATES<\/strong> \u2013 Group Co-ordinator &#8211; MargaretOakes. Meets in the Armagh Business on Wednesdays. Classes are at 10.00\/11.00 am. For more informationcontact Margaret at t<a href=\"mailto:ro111@hotmail.com\">ro111@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WALKING GROUPS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE PACEMAKERS (WALKING)<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013 Ann Cassidy. This is a more leisurely walking group where chatting is as important as walking. This meets each Tuesday at 10.15 am. in the car park at Palace beside the kids\u2019 playground. (Meet anyway if the weather is poor for an early coffee!) For more information contact Ann at <a href=\"mailto:cassidy1539@gmail.com\">cassidy1539@gmail.com<\/a>\u25cb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TUESDAY WALKING<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013Patricia McConville. This meets every Tuesday at 10.00am at the car park at Palace beside the kid\u2019s playground. For more information contact Patricia at <a href=\"mailto:patriciamcconville@btinternet.com\">patriciamcconville@btinternet.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> HILL WALKING<\/strong> \u2013 Group Co-ordinator \u2013Caroline Good. Meets at the Palace car park beside the kid\u2019s playground every Thursday at 9.30 am. For more information contact Caroline at <a href=\"mailto:cbgood@doctors.org.uk\">cbgood@doctors.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YOGA<\/strong> &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013 Caroline Good. This meets at the Dobbin Street Community Centre. For information contact Caroline at <a href=\"mailto:cbgood@doctors.org.uk\">cbgood@doctors.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WINE APPRECIATION <\/strong>&#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013Peter Good. For information contact Peter at <a href=\"mailto:pdgood@doctors.org.uk\">pdgood@doctors.org.uk<\/a><a href=\"mailto:armagh.u3a@gmail.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:patriciamcconville@btinternet.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:cbgood@doctors.org.uk\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:pdgood@doctors.org.uk\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:mtmcveigh@hotmail.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:patriciamcconville@btinternet.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:eleanorpierce@hotmail.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:mtmcveigh@hotmail.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:tro111@hotmail.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:timbohanna1953@gmail.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:tro111@hotmail.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:cbgood@doctors.org.uk\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:pdgood@doctors.org.uk\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is information about our current interest groups.. Please do not hesitate to contact any of those listed below for more information or email armagh.u3a@gmail.com with your queries. BOOK GROUP &#8211; Group Co-ordinator \u2013 MaryMcVeigh. Meeting monthly on a Wednesday at 2 pm. in the O\u2019Fiaich Library. For more information contact Mary at mtmcveigh@hotmail.com BRIDGE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/?p=3605\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Groups &#8211; Latest Update<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-3605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-groups","tag-current"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3605"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3934,"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.u3aarmagh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}