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

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.

Pool

Join Leo Pursley and Gary Cameron for a round or two of Pool following each SIR luncheon on Thursday. See either of them for more details at the luncheon. Meet at Burbanks Bites & Billiards 398 S. Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 408-320-2466

Parking in the rear of building.

Where is the next Mystery Spot

Your Day Trip Team, Glenn & Chuck, are both resigning due to medical issues. We need a replacement so we can keep this fun activity. You can volunteer or send your ideas for replacements to Big SIR John Knapp. johndknapp1@yahoo.com

We play bocce every Thursday at Almaden Lake Park with the exception of the second Thursday which is dedicated to the Sirs luncheon. We start at 10am and finish around noon. There is no need to RSVP, just show up around ten and we’ll fold you into the game.

Go to the Bocce page for more information, maps and directions.

If you have any questions, contact Leo Pursley at 408-997-7739, pursleypm@comcast.net.

Dear Sirs, 

As expected, it was a real hike and slightly longer than I advertised.  I said that it was going to be about 4 miles but it turned to 5.5 miles.  But it  was a good one nevertheless.  The weather was perfect, just cool enough so that we didn’t sweat going uphill.  We started Ron Gaumont, Peter Catherwood, Gregg and Ursula Walters, Kirk Stoddart and I after the typical 5 minutes wait for the late arrivals.  Nobody else showed up.  I was hoping for more participants since I sent the memo to all members without exceptions.  I have to do a better job. I have to remind everyone that hiking is one of the best exercise for people of our age.

The next hike will be at the Los Gatos Creek walking from the Pruneyard towards the dam. 

More info next week.

Marcel Tomassian (408)203-0536

P.S.  I have attached a hiking schedule for 2026.  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 the photo of our team last Wednesday.

We had a wonderful time and it was special because two sweet French ladies joined us to play: Christiana and Monique.

You can see them in the photo.

I won’t be able to join you today.

Enjoy!

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

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 

2026 State SIR Tournaments

Ben Gikis, Chair gikisben@yahoo.com

• Spring Fling 4/22-23
• Fun in Fairfield 5/20-21
• Spring Eternal 6/24-25
• Team Championship Aug TBD
• Individual Championship 10 TBD

For tournament details and sign up State SIR Golf

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SIRS Area 11 Golf Tournament

Spring Valley Golf Course on February 23rd

Spring Valley Golf Course Milpitas, CA
Monday, February 23, 2026
Fee: $70.00 including Green Fee, Cart and Prize Fund
(No discount for walking)
Time: 10:30 am First Tee Time
Format: Net Score with Two Flights/Tees and CTP.

For the 2026 Area 11 Golf Tournament schedule click here.

For more images go to the golf events page.

No 2026 Area 11 Tournament

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.