| 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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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…
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Cowbridge Rotary Club Grand Charity Quiz in November 2019
Twenty eight teams, each of 4 members, participated in the November 2019 Rotary Club Charity Quiz in Cowbridge Town Hall. Many Cowbridge U3A members were spread around the contesting foursomes. There were 12 rounds of 10 general knowledge questions each, split into three sessions, with only 4 minutes allowed to answer each round before papers…
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Inter-U3A Quiz in Cowbridge July 2019
In July 2019, twelve teams, most with five members, drawn from Bridgend (two entries), Pontyclun, Cardiff (who supplied three teams), Porthcawl, Swansea and four teams from Cowbridge, hotly contested an inter-U3A quiz, hosted, for the third time in four years, by Cowbridge U3A. Organiser and quizmaster Gwerfyl had to use all her considerable teaching skills…