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Halloween 2020

With the current situation with Covid-19, we had to be inventive to be able to entertain children for Halloween this year.

As we were unable to have our annual ever-popular Halloween Workshop, we decided to provide all that we usually do in a box for children to take home. A box full of activities and lots of spooky bits and bobs; together with fun recipes to cook with your little ones. 

Also, for the first time at the Club to celebrate Halloween, we organised a pumpkin carving competition. Drawings made by your children were beautifully carved by Peter Bradburn, our Course & Grounds Manager, to create a beautiful display of pumpkins at the entrance of the Clubhouse.  It’s the beginning of a new tradition for Roehampton Club!

 

The ‘winners’ are Sophia and Penelope Pulley, Alessandra Dupont-Liot, Bayley Goodman, Freddie and Imogen Reed-Sperrin.

Virtual Q&A with Boris Becker 

On Tuesday 20th October, we had our first Virtual Q&A event hosted by the Club, with tennis legend and Member Boris Becker.

Boris coached some of the Club’s promising Juniors on the Smash courts for an hour, answered their questions and then sat down with Chief Executive Marc Newey in front of over 50 Members. We had the pleasure of listening to him talking about his incredible career as a professional tennis player, his coaching experience with Novak Djokovic and his role as the Head of Tennis at the German Tennis Federation.

It was a truly entertaining evening, with lots of anecdotes and here’s what you thought about the event:

‘A big thank you to everyone; I really enjoyed it.’

‘Very big thank you to Boris- amazed how well he remembers his career.’

‘Boris was probably one of the most exciting players I’ve watched over the years and it was a privilege to hear him – well done!’

‘Great evening and great insights into the world of top tennis players.’

 

 

Family Quiz Answers

Last week we published a family quiz for half-term. See below for all the answers!

NAME THE FLAGS

The Netherlands

Lebanon

United Arab Emirates

Scotland

Romania

Ukraine

Vanuatu

Tunisia

Moldova

Ivory Coast

NAME THE 3D SHAPE

  • Sphere
  • Cone
  • Cuboid
  • Triangular prism
  • Cube
  • Hexagonal prism
  • Square-based pyramid
  • Cylinder

 

A-Z ANSWERS

  1. Alarm
  2. Band
  3. Carpenter 4. Dalmatian 5. Email
  4. Four
  5. Guest
  6. Halloween 9. Invisible 10. Jacket
  7. Kangaroo 12. Ladybird 13. Magnet 14. Nile
  8. Octagon 16. Pizza
  9. Quiz
  10. Rough
  11. Shrek
  12. Television 21. Unique 22. Volcano 23. West
  13. Xbox
  14. Yell
  15. Zebra

 

DINOSAUR ROUND

  1. Terrible lizard
  2. Brachiosaurus
  3. Triceratops
  4. 66 million years ago
  5. A palaeontologist
  6. Lesothosaurus
  7. Argentinosaurus
  8. Over 700
  9. 2 
  10. True

EMOJI QUIZ

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

  • The very hungry caterpillar
  • The cat in the hat
  • Winnie the pooh
  • The three little pigs
  • Alice’s adventures in wonderland
  • Matilda
  • The tale of Peter rabbit
  • The rainbow fish
  • Charlotte’s web
  • Library lion

DISNEY SONGS

  • Circle of life
  • Kiss the girl
  • Zero to hero
  • Be our guest
  • Under the sea
  • I just can’t wait to be king
  • Do you want to build a snowman?
  • Colours of the wind

CHILDREN’S FILM

  • Frozen
  • Star wars
  • The avengers
  • Harry Potter
  • Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory
  • E.T.
  • Happy feet
  • Up!
  • Cras
  • How to train your dragon

 

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

  • A potato
  • Fruit
  • 95%
  • The Lilly family
  • 31
  • The durian
  • Mango
  • Green and yellow
  • Autumn
  • Costa Rica

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

  • J.K. Rowling
  • Dublin
  • George Washinton
  • 28
  • Paris
  • Portuguese
  • White and red
  • Frozen
  • Mindcraft
  • A music instrument

 

HALLOWEEN ANAGRAM

  • Pumpkin
  • Skittles
  • Broomstick
  • Halloween
  • Spooky
  • October
  • Cauldron
  • Ghost
  • Candy Corn
  • Witch

 

FIRE OF LONDON

  • 1666
  • A bakery
  • Wood and straw
  • Thomas Farriner
  • He is famous for keeping a diary for most of the 1660s, so he wrote a lot about the Great Fire in 1666
  • Pudding Lane
  • King Charles II
  • 4 days
  • 9. Records show that only 6 people died. However, in those days the deaths of working-class people weren’t recorded, so it’s very likely that the actual number of deaths was much higher
  • 10. 80%

 

LAYERS OF THE EARTH

  • 4
  • Metal
  • The crust
  • The mantel
  • 2
  • Granit and basalt
  • Earthquakes
  • Mars
  • True
  • The outer core

 

NAME THAT SOUND

  • Frog
  • Bell
  • Chopping onions
  • Dolphin
  • Hairdryer