Welcome to the Anglo-Swiss Club of Locarno!

The Anglo-Swiss Club of Locarno (ASCL) was founded in 1934 to promote good relations between Swiss and English-speaking people.


The ASCL is mainly a social club, which helps people meet each other, enjoy each other’s company and, most importantly, speak English, the language of the Club.

The ASCL does this through a programme of several events from September to June each year. Rather than specialising in any particular type of activity, the ASCL tries to give it's members as wide a choice of activities as possible, In September the club year launches it's activities with a fabulous opening dinner. At Christmas we organize a traditional afternoon tea with all the trimmings and musical entertainment. In between we celebrate Halloween, enjoy Fish & Chips and morning coffees. We have outings and walks as well as a great lecture programme. We try to hold events within a reasonable radius of Locarno, rather than going farther afield.

The Club also has its own library of books in English. The library is run by volunteer members and is open on coffee mornings during the Club season. 

The Club is open to members from all backgrounds and ages, and the only two conditions of membership are to be socially congenial and have a reasonable command of English.

We try to combine the best of Swiss and Anglo cultures - the good organisation and frugality of the Swiss with the more relaxed, less formal Anglo approach.

The Club operates in conjunction with the English Film Club of Locarno, which has a programme of 10 films from October to March.

For further information, programmes and application forms please contact:

Stefanie Bertoneri Amrein
President
Tel. 079 137 5997

Paula Merlini
Secretary
Tel. 077 409 1610

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 Event calendar:
January 2020
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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Coffee Morning
10:00
Prosecco and Panettone, or coffee and tea
10:00
Date : Saturday, 4th January
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10’000 Steps
10:00
Date : Tuesday, 7th January
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10
The Wife
18:15
Date : Friday, 10th January
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14
Ceramica al Lago by Carola Burkhardt
15:00
Date : Tuesday, 14th January
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New Years lunch
12:00
New Years lunch
Date : Friday, 17th January
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10’000 Steps
10:00
Date : Tuesday, 21st January
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23
Lecture Benjamin Koch, Swiss Tax Consultant
18:00
Date : Thursday, 23rd January
24
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
18:15
Date : Friday, 24th January
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Our 10‘000 steps walking group is growing and we now have two dogs! Yeah!!
Oscar & Kay are now our faithful companions!

The Anglo-Swiss Club Locarno  accepts and welcomes new members and their faithful companions!

Dear Club members

What an exciting month! 

Our three most important events attracted many members and from the lovely "Thank You" emails and calls we received, we know that we are moving in the right direction!


The official inauguration of the refurbished clubroom on Saturday, 7 December 2019 with the unveiling of the plaque dedicated to our generous donators was a coffee morning we will always remember! 60 members attended! An overwhelming attendance.  We could not have hoped or wished for more. 

Let us celebrate the New Year and the New Decade! We researched the meaning of „ A New Decade“ on the internet and it is quite interesting that it is not quite clear if the decade officially begins with years ending in „0“ or ending in „1“. Apparently it all comes down to how we talk about time spans. Now this could be an interesting topic  for our „Current Affairs“ activity which we will soon be launching!

 


On Saturday, 7 December 2019 the club celebrated the refurbishment of the clubroom and a plaque dedicated to all the generous donators was unveiled. The members then enjoyed a slideshow of all the events that had taken place from September to December 2019. It was a joyous and festive event!

27 February 2020, 4pm-6pm at the Clubroom WELCOME TO THE LONGEST TRAIN JOURNEY IN AFRICA on board one of the most luxurious trains in the world the "Rovos Rail. 29 June - 4 August 2019

Michael & Beatrice Sold would like to share their wonderful experience. Video presentation. From Cape Town to Dar Es Salaam, 5380 km and then for the very first time a passenger train crosses the African Continent from Dar Es Salaam to Lobito,  4300 km. 

Our club season is now in full swing and as we want to offer you a wide selection of activities, we have introduced a section called: HOT OFF THE PRESS! These are events and activities, which were not in the previous newsletter or events and activities that we had to reschedule, due to last minute unavailability of the location or of the speaker. 

  • to the members who pay their dues.
  • to the members who add a little to the piggy bank. 
  • to the members who pay extra for wine and water.
  • to the members who have made financial donations which allow us to add some extra value to our events and which will enable us to refurbish the clubroom
  • to the members who have contributed paintings, rugs, cups, saucers etc. to our clubroom
  • to the members who make cakes and biscuits and treats for the coffee mornings
  • to our librarians who are always finding the best reads 
  • and last but not least to the members who help with decorating, organizing and cleaning the clubroom, buying the supplies and doing all the odd jobs.  

„What the local press „ Tessiner Zeitung“ write about us“

It was an honour for the Anglo-Swiss Club Locarno to welcome the UK Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Mrs Jane Owen. The Ambassador gave a very interesting talk on the commercial relationship between the UK and Switzerland. 

Meet our loyal members who are helping behind the scenes. They’re dedicated, motivated and well just simply inspiring! They are our volunteers and we literally couldn’t operate without them. Our resident librarians and our facility manager are just three of our volunteers.

We are currently looking for some helping hands for our coffee mornings and afternoon teas. Do you love baking, well we would love to eat your cakes and biscuits! Are you interested in lending your talents to the club and volunteering alongside great people. Please get in touch with Stefanie

 

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