Smuggs 55+ Club

  • Call for shortbread, First walk, Strawberries with a view, Sterling pond Hike.

    Call for shortbread, First walk, Strawberries with a view, Sterling pond Hike.

    Shortbread?Yup, Shortbread!In years past a worthy member brought the shortbread for the strawberries bash. You know who you are. We don’t ☹ . If you are up for this again, please get in touch with Ann Fano  at afano@comcast.net . WALK : JUNE 17TH RSVP to: jean.kearney@verizon.net. Our first club walk will be on Wednesday,…

  • Bike Ride & Walk

    Bike Ride & Walk

    Our summer calendar is available on the club website, or directly at this link. Our upcoming events are Jue 10th, Bike Ride June 17th, Walk June 24th, Strawberries with a view June 25th, Hike – so you can overindulge on strawberries. July 1st, Paddle First Ride JUNE 10th: Meet at the Cambridge LVRT Trail Head…

  • Bench Rest Shooting and Bike Ride

    Bench Rest Shooting and Bike Ride

    We kick off our summer program this Wednesday with Bench rest shooting at the Just For Fun Range in Fairfax led by George Putnam.Please RSVP to George at gsputnam@gmail.com if you expect to participate. Next week we will host the first of our bike rides organized by Keith Gross and Eric Higley. Details of both…

  • Bench-Rest Shooting

    Rifle shooting event at the Just For Fun range in Fairfax $10 cover charge. Wednesday, June 3, 10am-noon. 88 Fanton Road, Fairfax Directions at this link Participants will shoot .22 rimfire rifles at paper targets at 50 or 100 yards. These rifles have little recoil and make little noise. No experience or special skills required. The…

  • Summer 2026 calendar

    As the last of the snow lingers on Madonna and Sterling we can turn our attention to the summer.All the events shown below are listed on the club website smuggs55plus.com under the “calendar” menu,  (smuggs55plus.com/club-calendar/). We will do our darndest to keep it up-to-date – things will inevitably change. Each week’s event will be confirmed…

  • And That’s a Wrap.

    And That’s a Wrap.

    I’ll be taking a few weeks off to let the weather sort out what it wants to do before we get the summer activities underway. Nearly seventy of us turned out for the end-of-season banquet, a fitting close to a landmark winter. Aside from the recent thaw, we’ve had continuous snow cover since late November,…

  • 34th End Of Season Banquet

    34th End Of Season Banquet

    This Wednesday, 65 club members and guests will gather to wrap up the 2025–2026 season at our 34th annual end-of-season lunch. We meet at noon, after a hard morning working up an appetite. Lunch will be served around 1:00 As well as the door prizes, we have a couple of new highlights for you this…

  • St Patricks’s & The Banquet

    St Patricks’s & The Banquet

    This Wednesday, we gather at noon at the Yurt in Lot 1 for our annual St. Patrick’s Day break. I can’t bring myself to call it St. Patty’s Day—that suggests some sort of sacred hamburger… though on second thought, maybe not. There is no morning meeting that day. Jena and Maggie say everything is stitched…

  • Last Call For Our Last 2026 Meeting

    Last Call For Our Last 2026 Meeting

    Just like that, this season’s series of Wednesday meetings comes to an end this week. The season started with a bang and it looks like it is going out with a bang. The snowdrifts, cornices and tree wells are disappearing fast and all sorts of things are emerging into the lengthening daylight. We will hold…

  • Going To The Dogs? and Medals! St Pat’s.

    Going To The Dogs? and Medals! St Pat’s.

    Yes, we have a lot for you this week Do You Want to Ride a Dog Sled? Do You Want to Win a Medal? Fancy Black Beer and Green Treats at The Yurt? Read on!! Regardless – we hope to see you next Wednesday at 9:00 in the Oak Room. Dog Sledding Expedition Noreen Pigeon…