Early in September we hold our open meeting, usually in Clitheroe Library Meeting Room at 7.30 p.m. It lasts for about 2 hours and gives visitors a chance to see what goes on.  We have various other events in our calendar quite apart from the  normal club meetings
One Club meeting might be devoted to a debate, and Clitheroe Club has been known to take on an outside team in a friendly contest.			Occasionally a school or other organisation might do us the honour  of asking us to judge one of their speaking or debating contests. Volunteers from our more experienced members take on these tasks.
	Each November we commemorate the start of the Clitheroe Club back in  1978 (the men-only Club as it then was) with a Charter Dinner. This  again is for those who enjoy such things. It is formal in that evening wear is optional, but most do appear in evening dresses, dinner jackets, black ties. The event becomes quite light-hearted with toasts in which humour and  serious threads are interwoven, & often we conclude with some  sort of entertainment. The Ribble Valley or Town Mayor often graces us with his or her presence.
At Christmas time we have a social where members are encouraged to  bring poetry, sketches, jokes, indeed anything in a party spirit. A local caterer brings a buffet supper, and a great time is had by everyone.				In complete contrast, in June we hold a walk-about Treasure Hunt in Clitheroe or a nearby village. This has become very popular  with other Clubs in the area - we get anything up to 50 happy  wanderers, some from as far afield as Morecambe, Skipton, even Wetherby.
	Feeling competitive ? No ? Skip this bit then ! A few of our members  like the thrill of combat and enter for the Club Speech and / or  Evaluation competitions. The winners proceed to the next level, the Area competitions, and the  winners of those battle on in the District event. The survivors from all this appear in the National Speech Contest at the annual  conference . . . . so, yes, IT COULD BE YOU !