LEISURE, SPORT AND KEEP FIT BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: 50+ badminton, table tennis, squash and gym, 1pm-3pm; body conditioning, 2pm-3pm.

DEANE Leisure Centre, Junction Road, Deane, tel: 334432: aerobics, 8pm-9pm; swim lessons, 5.30pm-6.30pm.

FARNWORTH Leisure Centre, Brackley Street, Farnworth, tel: 334477: morning refresher, 7am-7.30am and 7.30am-8am; open session, 8am-7pm; parents and tots, 12 noon-1pm (SP); swimming lessons, 4pm-7.15pm (SP); splash aerobics, 7.30pm-8.30pm (SP); adult lane swim, 9pm-10pm.

HARPER Green Leisure Centre, Harper Green Road, Farnworth, tel: 334234: badminton, tennis, floodlit astro turf, 5.30pm-10.30pm.

HAYWARD Leisure Centre, Lever Edge Lane, Hayward, tel: 334233: karate, 7pm-8.30pm; badminton, 7.30pm-9.30pm.

Horwich Leisure Centre, Victoria Road, tel: 334488: main pool, 7am-7pm; ladies fitness morning, 9.30am-12.30pm; body conditioning, 10.30am-11.30am; step class, 12 noon-1pm; 50+ keep fit, 1pm-2pm and 2pm-3pm; small pool, 3pm-4pm; kickfit class, 6pm-7pm; aerobics, 7pm-8pm; aqua aerobics, 7.30pm-8.30pm and 8.30pm-9.30pm; adults only swim, 9pm-10.30pm; evening sequence dancing with instruction from Eric and Marjorie Dyer, 7pm-10.30pm.

JUBILEE Pool, Halliwell: open swim, 9am-10am; disabled swim, 10am-1.30am; aqua aerobics, 12.30pm-3.30pm; open swim, 4pm-5.30pm and 6pm-8.30pm.

Kearsley Leisure Centre, Springfield Road, Kearsley, tel: 334141: aerobics, 6pm-7pm; weights room, 5pm-10pm.

Little Lever Leisure Centre, Church Street, Little Lever, tel: 334177: aerobics, 7.30pm-8.30pm; squash courts available 5.30pm-10.30pm; badminton courts; table tennis course available 5.30pm-10.30pm.

Sharples Leisure Centre, Hillcot Road, Sharples, tel: 334224: junior soccer skills, 5.30pm-7.30pm; aerobics, 6.15pm-7.15pm; open swimming, 5.30pm-6.30pm; aqua natal, 6.30pm-7.30pm; aqua aerobics, 7.30pm-8.30pm; adults only swimming, 8.30pm-10pm; badminton courts, 5.30p0m-10.30pm; squash courts, 5.20pm-10pm; floodlit all weather pitch, 5.30pm-10.30pm; licensed bar, 7pm-11pm.

Turton Leisure Centre, Chapeltown Road, tel: 334440: 50+ swim session, 5.30pm-6.30pm; adult only swim session, 6.30pm-8.30pm; Turton Youth Club for 14-16 years, 5.30pm-7pm.

WATER Place, Great Moor Street, tel: 334466: Lifestyles gym, 7.30am-10pm; kinderswim, 10.30am-12 noon; lunch break swim, 12 noon-2pm; water aerobics, 12 noon-1pm; leisure pools, 2pm-8.30pm.

Westhoughton Leisure Centre, Bolton Road, Westhoughton, tel: 01942 634810: junior swim lessons, 4pm-8pm; junior soccer coaching, 5.30pm-6.30pm; large pool, 5.15pm-8.30pm; aqua aerobics, 8.30pm-9.15pm and 9.15pm-10pm; aerobics or circuit, 6.30pm-7.30pm.

WITHINS Leisure Centre, Newby Road, Breightmet, tel: 334133: gymnastics course, 5.15pm-8.15pm; casual badminton, 6.30pm-9.30pm; trampoline course, 7pm-9.15pm.

HILTON Table Tennis Centre, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich: table tennis all ages, 1pm-3pm; seniors, 7pm-9pm.

DEANE Community Centre, aquafit, 6.30pm-7.30pm; adult swim, 9.15pm-10.15pm; swim lessons, 5.30pm-6.30pm. CLUBS & GROUP MEETINGS BOLTON and District Combined Ex-Servicemen and Women's Association, meeting, Derby Street Barracks, 7pm and presentation 8pm.

BOLTON Smithills Townswomen's Guild, theatre trip, tel: 597192 for further information.

SENIOR Citizens and disabled people are invited to a luncheon club at Trinity Methodist Church, Bury Road from 12 noon. For further information tel: 0161 877 8565, one week's notice required.

A luncheon club providing a proper dinner and sweet with tea and coffee followed by a game of dominoes is held at Barlow Park Community Centre, off Dunoon Drive from 12 noon. Admission is £1.50.

A WEEKLY luncheon club with activities for the over 60s takes place at Springfield Gardens Community Centre, Kearsley at 12.15pm. Admission is £1.50 including lunch. Tel: June on 432091.

ROTARY Club of Horwich, meeting, Rivington Barn, Horwich, 12.30pm-2pm. Tel: 400467.

A social club for the elderly is held at St Edmund's Church Hall, off Deansgate from 12.45pm.

BRIDGE afternoon, Bolton Bridge Club, 4 Chorley Old Road, 1pm-4pm, £3, lessons for beginners £4. Tel: 841892 for details.

THE Children's Club meets at the Zion Christian Fellowhsip, Slater Street, 6.15pm.

THE 3rd Worsley Beaver Colony for 6 to 8 year olds meets at St Paul's, Peel, 6.30pm-7.30pm.

THE Westhoughton Friendship Club is meeting at the Carnegie Hall, Library Street, Westhoughton from 6.45pm-9.45pm.

GRACE Healing Group offering alternative therapies and holistic healing at Quaker house, Wellington Road, Eccles, 7pm. Tel: 656921.

BOLTON Art Circle is holding a workshop at Highfield Hall Community Centre, Marsh Lane, Farnworth from 7pm-9pm. For further information tel: 847607.

1ST Anderton Guides, St Joseph's School, Adlington, 7pm-8.30pm.

ST John Ambulance is holding a meeting to recruit volunteers to train as first aiders at Age Concern headquarters, Moor Lane bus station at 7.30pm. For further information tel: John Fisher on 846343.

THE Writers' Group meet at Wolfenden Community Centre at 7.30pm.

WESTHOUGHTON Age Support Project (WASP) is holding a prize bingo session at Winifred Kettle Centre, Washacre, Westhoughton at 7.30pm-9pm. Tel: Mrs Seddon on 01942 812982 or Ray Collett on 667849 for further details.

WALKDEN Friendship Group, meeting for chat and compansionship for men and women . 50+ tel: 0161 950 1513.

THE Rainbows and Brownies meet at St Paul's Peel, 6.15pm-7.30pm. For further information tel: 0161 748 7508.

BRIDGE Group, play session, Beckett Suite, St Thomas of Canterbury, Lonsdale Road, Heaton, 7pm-10pm. Tel: 0161 724 5670. OTHER EVENTS CHORLEY and South Ribble CVS, advocacy service, Astley Hall Farmhouse, Hallgate, Astley Village, 9am-12 noon and 1pm-3pm. Tel: 01257 263254.

PARENT and child group, Lowndes Street Family Support Centre, 9.30am-11.30am. Tel: 843107.

BOLTON Life Cares, free pregnancy test, support and help, counselling before and after abortion, Room 14, 124 Newport Street, 10.30am-12.30pm. Tel: 532660.

WESTHOUGHTON Community Centre: community ceramics, 9.30am-11.30am; have a go crafts roadshow, 9.30am-11.30am; get that job drop in 1pm-3pm; GROW community allotments project, 1pm-3pm; flowre arranging, 7pm-9pm.

HORWICH Resource Centre, Beaumont Road: Breakaway Club for learning support, 7.45pm-9.15pm, tel: 693441; smoking cessation, 7pm-9pm, tel: 0845 300 1579;

BOLTON Deaf Society, Bark Street: advice and information session, 9am-1pm; British Sign Language Classes (Stage 1); for further information tel: Gillian Gregory on 521219.

A bereavement support drop-in is held at Our Lady and the Lancashire Martyrs, Hallstead Avenue, Little Hulton from 10am-11am.

A drop-in centre offering a CAB service and a food and clothing store is held at St Luke's Church, Chorley Old Road from 10am-3pm.

FOOD served in The Hall, Bank Street Chapel, Crown Street, 10.30am-1.30pm.

LUNCH is provided at the Barlow Park Community Centre, near the Bowling Greens, off Dunoon Drive from 12 noon.

OUR Lady and the Lancashire Martyrs parish holds a mass in St Ann's Hospice at 3pm.

MEDITATION Class, The Hall, Bank Street Chapel, 5.30pm-6.30pm.

BOLTON Museum and Art Gallery, Jurassic.