Venue: Acorn Shooting School at Beacon Hill Farm, Salisbury SP4 0EL (www.acornshooting.com) Date: Friday 19th May, arrive by 12.00 pm for a 12.30 pm start Entries: Teams of 4 guns, or we will try to accommodate individual entries by forming them into teams. Cost: £560 per team (£140 per gun) to include: • Tea, coffee, bacon rolls and pastries on arrival. • Soft drinks, homemade cakes and cream teas during shooting. • Competition comprising 50 clays per gun, over 8 varied “sporting” stands, plus (new this year) a 100-clay Team Flush. • Once the shooting has finished – wine and beer will be served. • The scores will be recorded and prizes and trophies including Top Team, Team Runners-up, Top Gun and Top Team Flush will be awarded. • All cartridges are included, and each of the competition stands will be manned by a qualified instructor, to help any novices / improvers. The David Olds Memorial Prize, an award donated by SPA in memory of David, will be presented to the highest scoring team. Simpson Hilder Associates are kindly sponsoring the 100-clay Team Flush – an exciting addition this year to our day’s shooting. Clive Emson Auctioneers, Dutton Gregory, E3 Consulting and Trinity Rose are all kindly sponsoring various prizes and trophies and we are grateful to them for their continued support. We are still keen to attract other sponsors, so if your firm would like to benefit from exposure to over 100 fellow property people, do get in touch. As ever, numbers for this event are strictly limited - we are over-subscribed each year and have to disappoint a lot of would-be entrants, so please book soon by e-mailing Peter Cliffe-Roberts at p.clifferoberts@trinity-rose.co.uk

The 2023 annual SPA Golf Tournament will take place on Thursday 25th May 2023 and make a welcome return to Meon Valley Golf & Country Club, Sandy Lane, Shedfield, Southampton, SO32 2HQ. Arrival from 12 midday for coffee and bacon roll with shotgun start at 1pm followed by a 2 course meal and presentation of the trophy and prizes. Four Ball Stableford Competition with the best two scores to count. Please take this opportunity to invite your clients to participate in this annual Four Ball Stableford competition. Teams of 4 @ £260.00 per team. Download entry form and full details Sponsorship Packages are available for prizes, nearest the pin and longest drive, please contact Roy at roypartridge41@gmail.com for details.

We look forward to welcoming you to May's Friday Frolics on Friday 26th May 2023 between 13.00 and 15.00 sponsored by Waterman Infrastructure & Environment Ltd.at Banana Wharf, Ocean Village, Southampton. Friday Frolics typically includes a business card draw. You may be invited to put your business card in a bucket to be entered into the draw. This is run by the event sponsor who may seek your permission to contact you following the event.   Our Sponsor Waterman Group is a multidisciplinary consultancy providing sustainable solutions to meet the planning, engineering design and project delivery needs of the property, infrastructure, environment and energy markets. Founded in 1952, the company has since grown into a leading engineering and environmental consultancy with offices throughout the UK, Australia and Europe. Waterman works with government agencies, local authorities, government-regulated industries and private sector clients to provide innovative, sustainable and economic solutions across a wide spectrum of business activities. The company has extensive experience in property and buildings, environmental consultancy, power and energy, roads, highways and rail infrastructure, urban and regional planning. Award winning teams provide professional consultancy services throughout the complete life cycle of the asset starting from initial surveys and concept planning, through to design, delivery, project management, supervision and on-going maintenance.  

We look forward to welcoming you to June's Friday Frolics on Friday 30th June 2023 between 13.00 and 15.00 sponsored by Foot Anstey LLP . at Funky Flamingo, 3 Winchester Street, Bedford Place, SO15 2EL. Friday Frolics typically includes a business card draw. You may be invited to put your business card in a bucket to be entered into the draw. This is run by the event sponsor who may seek your permission to contact you following the event.   Our Sponsor Our team of business and legal advisors want to understand your business or personal goals and partner with you and your other advisers to deliver the solutions you need. We’ve developed sector advisers to focus on the issues relevant to you, strengthen our understanding and provide expert advice that is easily integrated and actionable in your world. Our aim is to become our clients’ most trusted adviser – to be an enabler of client ambition. But how we do it is just as important as what we do and that's where our values are critical.

Come and join the Southampton Property Association who are celebrating their 75th anniversary in association with RICS Matrics with a Summer Party on Thursday 6th July on the Roof Garden at the John Lewis, Southampton store.kindly sponsored by Lester Aldridge and Bargate Homes. The cost will be £7.50 per head (bookable on Eventbrite), for members and partners, to include a prosecco reception drink, with food served from 5 pm to 8 pm (vegetarian option available please indicate preference when booking) The cost of the tickets will be donated to our charity for the year Scratch. In addition we will ask John Lewis to provide a list of items from their “At Home “ range to be purchased by members and donated to Scratch for their home packs. Please book your space on the link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spa-summer-party-in-association-with-rics-matrix-tickets-653004944367 Directions to the Roof Garden are through the entrance next to the Clarins Spa on Floor 5

We look forward to welcoming you to July's Friday Frolics on Friday 28th July 2023 between 13.00 and 15.00 at Figurati, Unit 7, Admirals Quay, Southampton sponsored by The Mortgage Hut. Friday Frolics typically includes a business card draw. You may be invited to put your business card in a bucket to be entered into the draw. This is run by the event sponsor who may seek your permission to contact you following the event.   Our Sponsor The Mortgage Hut was founded in 2011 by our Chairman and Founder Chris Schutrups. His vision was simple, the slogan at the time was "clear, simple, honest advice". Starting from a bedroom in Southampton Chris followed this principle with every customer he met, treat them like your closest family member, you will never go far wrong. The business grew with the addition of our first adviser, Bob White. It then continued to grow rapidly over the coming months with more excellent additions to the team. The majority of our initial advisers are still with us here today and it's easy to see why. We all have the same core values, a great work ethic and a drive to offer an incredible customer experience. Don't just take our word for it - see our reviews here The business today is over twenty advisers strong, all qualified, extremely experienced and people who share the same core belief of offering an incredible customer experience. We now speak to thousands of customers every month and complete hundreds of mortgages, no two customers are ever the same. A recent survey showed that of over 500 customers surveyed, over 99% would recommend the team at The Mortgage Hut, that's something we're extremely proud of. So, if you're looking for a mortgage and don't know where to start, you've come to the right place. We offer advice to clients across the whole of the UK, so click below to speak to an adviser.

We look forward to welcoming you to September’s Friday Frolics on Friday 29th September 2023 between 13.00 and 15.00 sponsored by Currie & Brown at Grand Cafe, Terminus Terrace, Southampton. Friday Frolics typically includes a draw for a bottle of champagne from the sponsor. To ensure you are in the draw scan the QR code on entry to the event. By entering this draw you are passing your details to todays event sponsor and giving them permission to approach you via these details following the event. As an existing SPA member we already hold your details and do not retain the information you have submitted today. For further information read our privacy policy on our website. Currie & Brown is an asset management and construction consultancy driven by innovation. We are global in our reach and office network, but also local in our delivery and relationships. Currie & Brown is unique. Over the years we have grown our services, expertise and capabilities to meet the needs of our clients while also providing added value at every opportunity.      

The SPA look forward to welcoming you to October’s Friday Frolics on Friday 27th October 2023 between 13.00 and 15.00 at Bar Terminus (formerly Taberna 13) 13 Terminus Terrace, Southampton, SO14 3DT. Friday Frolics typically includes a draw for a bottle of champagne from the sponsor. To ensure you are in the draw scan the QR code on entry to the event. By entering this draw you are passing your details to todays event sponsor and giving them permission to approach you via these details following the event. As an existing SPA member we already hold your details and do not retain the information you have submitted today. For further information read our privacy policy on our website