Redefine Retirement

SIR BR54 has a focus on retirement enrichment. We have activities that expand your experiences while you make new friends. We travel, play games, hike and enjoy interesting speakers while we enjoy lunch.

Monthly BR54 Member Lunch

If you cannot join in person, most meetings are on Zoom . You can view the presentations by clicking the links or images associated with the speakers on the Speaker Page.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/92953111620?pwd=JhN1IKT5nHBxmLslO5qWfw59jmtMpX.1

Meeting ID: 929 5311 1620
Passcode: 298421

Saving SIR

When he worked at HP, Andy Danver, SIR Director of Marketing and Communications, had an impressive budget and staff. Now retired and a member of one of the largest remaining SIR Branches, he has identified a huge potential for SIR in Santa Clara County. The problem is how to achieve that potential with a minimum budget and staff. Click Andy’s image to view presentation.

Andy’s slide presentation

Rich Lordan and members of SIR#94 will join us for Andy’s presentation coming up on April 10th at 3 Flames, San Jose. We will dine on: Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes.

Big SIR’s Hersh Brown and Rich Lordan lead a joint luncheon with Br 54 & Br94. We had a productive discussion about merging the two branches, we met a lot of new friends and enjoyed a lunch of Meat Loaf, potatoes and vegetables. We welcomed a new member Steve Lundgaard and lost Joe Noia.

Andy Danvers, SIR State Director Marketing and Communication, gave an informative presentation on the history of SIR, the membership trends and opportunities for membership improvement along with some of the tools and processes for success.

TRAVEL

 We have several travel opportunities in 2024 ranging from Alaska, through the Panama canal, Mexico and several trips to Europe..

To view travel opportunity details… Go to our Travel Page

Investment Club

Silicon Valley Retirees Investment Club (SVRIG) –Meeting Notice – We meet at 1 pm on the LAST Thursday of the month except November & December when it is combined on the FIRST Thursday of December.

  Go to our Investment Page for meeting information the schedule.

Chess

Chess meets every Tuesday 12:30 – 3:30PM except holidays in the Community Center at 2175 Lincoln Ave, San Jose.

Go to our Chess page for more information.

Guglielmo Winery May 29

The next Day Trip is the Guglielmo Winery at 1480 E. Main St., Morgan Hill

The tasting fee is $15 per person. If we have 10 people, they’ll probably will do our tasting inside the actual winery tasting room. If we have 15 plus, they will probably set it up as a private tasting.

One of the Guglielmo’s will be there, either George or Jean and depending on how the bottling process is going in the warehouse, they may be able to walk us through it. However, it is their 100 year anniversary and they might not be able to accommodate us in that regard. But we won’t be able to know that until the first week in May.

Briana will be there and she will walk us through the history and give us information about the winery. It should be a really good time. It is a very old family winery in Morgan Hill,

Dear Sir Hikers,

The Los Alamitos Trail hike starting at the Lake Almaden on Winfield Blvd is an easy one that can be called a walk.  From the lake you can go south or west.  My plan was to go south and walk about 4 miles round trip.  A small issue occurred — for the first time in at least five years I caught a cold.  Last night, I was sneezing and coughing.  I did not sleep too well.  But I know I don’t have a flu, so if I sleep well tonight and if my cold has improved, I will be there at 10:00 AM.  We will meet near the restroom inside the park.  Park on the street otherwise you will have to pay a fee. If you don’t see me, have a good walk.

If you have any question, call me at (408)206-0532

Marcel

Meanwhile, let’s talk about our next event which is on April 25.   We are doing the Los Alamitos trail starting at the Almaden Lake right, off Winfield Blvd, about 4 miles roundtrip.  It is an easy and rather pleasant trail. Also well known and used – parking is somewhat a problem but if we start at 10:00 AM again, some the hikers will be leaving.

I will send a reminder early next week.

Sir Marcel Tomassian

P.S.  I have attached a hiking schedule for 2025.  Be aware that we can be flexible due to weather reports, requests from you, or conflicts with other events.

Hello mild hikers and neighborhood walkers.  Monday mornings we walk. The walk typically covers 2-3 miles of mild up and down streets.

During the summer we start at 8 AM at SIR Charles (Heck) Hecker’s place on Crisp Ave. just two and a half blocks east of Fruitvale Ave. near West Valley College.

If you’re interested let me know and plan on arriving between 7:45 and 7:55.  We try to leave promptly at 8. 

Larry Snapp 

Folks,

Attached please find our Petanque team’s photo from Saturday, 4/12/25.

We’ve got a new Petanque team player, Charles McCoy (front row, second from the left).

Welcome to the club, Charles.

Join us at 1:00pm this afternoon. 

Cheers,

Archie

Look at professional Petanque games (see YouTube link). It’s beautiful!

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-infospace-003&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=infospace&param1=samlxcxqpnrrx78gt1xni106&p=youtube+petanque+2024&type=ud-c-us–s-p-sj23mhp6–exp-none–subid-none#id=9&vid=189b8c6b98acf8ad1669e38cd20dc527&action=click

Cheers 😉,

Archie

For directions and more information go to the Petanque page.

On Wednesday and Saturday you can join Archie at Azule Park for lively competition and lots of fun. For rules, park directions and prior event photos click Petanque.

Competition Golf 

2025 March Area 11 Tournament

Rescheduled to April 28

Santa Teresa Golf Club Tournament

260 Bernal Road, San Jose

408-225-2650

When: April 28th

Start: 10:00 AM

Format: Scramble (make your own team)

Cost: $77.00

Cancelled due to rain now rescheduled to April 28.

2025 May Area 11 Tournament

SIRS AREA 11 GOLF TOURNAMENT

Monterey Pines Golf Club

Date: Monday, May 19, 2025

Start Time: 10:04 AM

Field: 48 Players

Format: 4 Man, 2 Best Ball

Fee: $80.00 Includes Cart, Range Balls,
and Prize Fund

Golf is fun on Monday and Wednesday

To see the golf schedule, competition results and photo’s just click Golf.

Some of our members also regularly play golf at Bay View, Moffett Field and Spring Valley. Sometimes we play Dublin Ranch, Santa Teresa, Poppy Ridge, Canyon Lakes, Wente Vineyards and Cinnabar.

There is a challenge for all of us. But most of all we just have fun. Come and join us.