| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | 3 or 4 events each year |
We meet on an ad hoc basis three or four times a year attending u3a, Village & Charity quizzes. They are fun and enjoyable social events that help support worthwhile causes.
If any U3A members are interested in joining the pool of members who are willing to form teams for ad hoc quizzes please contact Fran and Hywel Davies.
Past events:
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Cowbridge Rotary Club Grand Charity Quiz in November 2022
After an absence of two years, the Cowbridge Rotary Club Grand Charity Quiz was back, albeit on a smaller scale, with only 15 teams, each of four members, competing (there were 28 factions in 2019 and 30 in 2018). There was also a noticeable decrease in the slickness of the operation compared to previous years
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COWBRIDGE u3a TEAM AT THE PONTYCLUN INTER-u3a QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2022
The five-strong team from Cowbridge u3a did not prosper at the September 2022 inter-u3a quiz tournament hosted by Pontyclun u3a, finishing outside the first three in a field of seven. The fact that most teams had six members wasn’t a sufficient mitigating circumstance!Scoring in three rounds was respectable, if not outstanding, but the collective knowledge
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Inter-U3A Quiz at Brackla in January 2020
The six-strong team from Cowbridge U3A weren’t very successful at the January 2020 inter-U3A quiz tournament hosted by Bridgend U3A, finishing fifth of eleven. There were, however, mitigating circumstances!Road works eastbound on the A473 at Waterton caused delays of 25 minutes or more, which meant that all the Cowbridge contestants arrived at the venue in