Weekly Update Autumn Season Week 9 – 3rd – 10th November 2025
On Monday 3 November The Red Dragon Mah Jong Group will be at Hotel Miba at 11 am to play Mah Jong. If you are interested in finding out about this fascinating and engaging ancient Chinese game you are welcome to come along.
Our ICS Discussion Group gets together again on Monday at 11am for another thought provoking debate. This week the topic is “How are Shared Values Defined and Established“. To find out more, click the link below to visit the ICS Discussion Group Handout page.
Also on Monday from 2pm to 4pm you can play Chess at Bar Amigos!
Later on Monday our Ukulele Strumblies group returns again to Bar Amigos on Avenida Federico Garcia Lorca in Salobreña And we continue with our previous meeting time of 4pm to practice for our eagerly anticipated performance at our first Ukulele festival for the Costa Tropical, Uke Fest ’25, all are welcome to come along and enjoy the playing and singing! New players are always welcomed too.
On Tuesday 4 November we have more for you…
Art at Hotel Salobreña Suites at 11am
Backgammon also at Hotel Salobreña Suites as 11am.
Darts returns to Bar Amigos at 1:30pm.
Of course newcomers are welcome to all of our activities!
On Wednesday 5 November it is time to get together for our regular Book Swap and Free Name Badge Prize Draw,
Come along to Hotel Salobreña Suites 11am to 1pm with any books you have read and would like to pass onto other ICS members. Pop them on the coffee table next to the bookcase in the TV lounge and while you are there please feel free to check out any titles brought in by your fellow members. Naturally you can help yourself to any that you would like to read.
Also we have our free Name Badge Prize Draw. Simply come along proudly wearing your ICS name badge and you will receive a raffle ticket to win Euromillions Lottery tickets! Make sure you have received your ticket before our draw calling at 12:30pm. If you need to leave early don’t forget to write your name on the back of your ticket and leave it with one of our committee members to claim the prize for you!
One more thing… RBL POPPIES! Diana Porter will be on hand on Wednesday with Royal British Legion Poppies. Buying a poppy is a small donation that shows support and helps fund the Royal British Legion’s services for veterans, serving personnel and their families.
Thursday 6 November
Day off!
Friday 7 November we return to Park Fuente in Salobreña to play Petancas at 10:15am. Please make sure that you get there in time to be allocated a team. we start play at 10:30am. Afterwards we encourage our players to visit Cafeteria Los Patos for a drink. They are our fantastic sponsor and provide our monthly trophy and prize for the player with the most points scored in the month.
Saturday 8 November our ICS Ukulele Strumblies will be joined by our friends from Madrid and the Alpujarras for a fantastic day of ukulele fun. see our website for details.
Other News
Don’t forget that the viaduct on the motorway going to Granada continues to be closed from 9 September to 19 December for repair work. To get to Granada you have to use the old road N323. It may take a bit longer to get to an appointment in San Cecilio hospital in Granada.
Dates for your diaries… Other things coming up…
ICS Committee 2026 – 2028
Have you been thinking about how YOU can help continue the fun times in the ICS by joining our committee and volunteering for the roles that help make the ICS magic happen? If not, then you really should! It is rewarding and satisfying and you can make a real difference to so many people. Wednesday is a great opportunity to approach our existing committee members to find out more about what is involved.
Upcoming Trips
Our perennially popular trip to Malaga when the Luces De Navidad go on! That should happen on Wednesday 3 December! BOOKING NEWS TO FOLLOW SOON!
Our 2025 Winter Lunch on Wednesday 10 December is launched and the first coach is sold out after just a few hours! We are continuing to take orders using our new “BackOrder” system which means that you can book and pay to let us know that you want to come along and we will do everything we can to make that happen. As long as we get enough bookings to make the second coach viable we will all be going! If not, then we can refund the payments made to anyone who booked on “BackOrder”. This is something new that we feel is necessary now that we are getting so much interest in our trips and events.
To book your places on BackOrder CLICK HERE.
Transport Sharing Reminder
Don’t forget that we encourage all of our members to think about transport sharing whenever possible for our activities and events. There are members who don’t have a private car and would dearly love to get involved more with the fun things going on. So if you are able to offer a lift, why not mention it on our ICS Facebook Members Group page so anyone can take you up on the offer. On the other hand if you are in need of a lift for one of our events or activities then please don’t be shy to mention it to us on the same page or let us know in Committee if you are happy for us to see if we can find someone who can help!
So that is probably enough for this week! If there is something that you think we could or should have shared then please do get in touch!
Thank you again for your continued support of the International Club!
Your ICS Committee
