On Saturday evening 30th June, most of the players and their supporters from 6-a-side tournament at Charlton Meridian joined members of the Bexley Deaf Club for a special barbeque. The evening was a great success, with a spread or freshly cooked food, disco, raffles and good company.

David Foot gave a brief history of the Bexley Deaf Club and it's many activities of the past 10 years. He then asked the Deputy Mayor, Mr Gareth Bacon, to give a speech. He thanked David for a bouquet of flowers, which had been presented to his wife, and continued, through a sign language interpreter, to say how impressed he was with the Club and all it had achieved in the last 10 years. He wished the Club and it's members continued success in the future, and seemed genuinely delighted to have been asked to attend. He spoke with many of the members about a variety of things relating to deafness, as well as wishing the members of the Bexley Deaf Club football team good luck in the defence of the Fox Cup, which they had won for the first time this season.

A special cake had been baked to celebrate the Clubs 10th anniversary. Despite having been well fed from the barbeque, the cake disappeared in record time!

All in all the Bexley Deaf Club showed that they know how to run a successful football tournament and social evening. Well done to the Committee, and thank you to all those who came along to both the football and the barbeque to make them both such good fun events.

Mark Gill