KILMORE & DISTRICT
PO Box 550 Kilmore 3764
President: Elaine De Gabrielle
Secretary: Mark Perrott 0436331395
NOVEMBER 2025
The committee have received a request to consider forming a “Pickleball” group and are seeking expressions of interest to determine the feasibility of establishing this group. Pickleball is a racket sport played indoors or outdoors by two or four players using smooth paddles to hit a perforated plastic ball over a 34-inch (0.86 m) net.
The game shares similarities with tennis and table tennis, but uses unique paddles, balls, scoring, and court markings, often on a badminton-sized court. (For size comparison you could fit 4 pickle ball courts on a standard tennis court). Each side of the net features a 7-foot non-volley zone (the "kitchen") where volleys are not allowed.
Pickleball is very popular among seniors worldwide because it involves less running than many other sports, reduces fall risk, and provides good cardiovascular exercise. If this sparks your interest and you would like to express your interest in joining the group please email info@u3akilmoreanddistrict.com.au or ring Cheryl Spencer on 0408 171 033
October was a busy month for the ukulele group, who performed at the Morning Melodies seniors month gigs, the usual nursing home singalongs and the Kilmore Community House Halloween celebration for the local children. The recorder group also ran their concert programme for the residents at Dianella as a warm up for the combined concert to be held at the JJ Clancy facility on November 7th. We have checked out the acoustics in the main space and it should be a great sounding concert. Come along and join us at 1.00pm for a fun musical afternoon and some light refreshments to be provided by the committee.
The Creative Writing group have turned their focus to memoir writing. People have many different reasons for writing a memoir, one of which is to preserve details of stories that would otherwise be forgotten. It is a sad fact that much of the knowledge, ideas and lived experiences of our own parents and grandparents had been lost because, historically, families rarely talked about their lives to their children. I am finding in my own extended family that the young adults are asking more questions about where they come from as they get older and have children of their own.
U3A is open to people over 50 who are no longer working full time and is a fun and cost effective way to learn new skills, to meet like-minded people and to socialise. Check out the website at
https://u3akilmoreanddistrict.com.au/ or contact us at info@u3akilmoreanddistrict.com.au
Cheers, Amanda Oades
