There was another great turn out in Boots & Laces on Thursday afternoon, as United stars Tom Lapslie and Lewis Collins took centre stage during our latest Retro Gulls event.
Our March Retro Gulls began in usual fashion, with two current United players in attendance to answer the Retro Gulls’ questions. This month’s Q&A session saw Tom Lapslie and Lewis Collins take to the floor to answer questions about the current campaign.
Following that, our ever-popular quiz put our Retro Gulls through their proverbial paces, with this month’s quiz returning to a 15 question general knowledge quiz. The closely-contested quiz went to a tiebreak question after the teams ‘John’s Outside Eddie’s House’ and ‘Boring Old Hippies’ both scored an impressive 12/15, however it was the latter who came out on top in the tiebreak.
The afternoon’s guest speaker was Chris Hulme of Operation Imprezza, a UK based charity supporting Imprezza Academy, which is a school for pupils based in the fourth poorest part of Western Kenya. During his talk, Chris spoke about the charity, the work they do, their aims and how to get involved. Further information about Operation Imprezza can be found on their website HERE.
Torquay United AFC would like to thank everyone that came to Retro Gulls, and we look forward to welcoming you all back to Plainmoor for our final event of the current season on Thursday 27th April!
About Retro Gulls
With the health and wellbeing in residents aged 50 and over widely recognised as another important aspect of community care within Torbay, supporters aged 50 and over will be invited to attend events in Boots & Laces once a month, with United stars present and past due to be in attendance for each meeting.
The Club will be focused on all things Torquay United, and will provide the opportunity to get Torquay talking. These events will give our ‘Retro Gulls’ the chance to discuss the current team, and those of yesteryear, with both fellow supporters and United stars past and present.
The events will vary each month, with future activities set to include fitness sessions, skittles, programme swap-shops, quizzes, bingo, workshops and much more!
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