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Porthcawl Lions Sunday Car Boot Sale: This popular event is back again on Sunday mornings from 8am-12.30pm at the Porthcawl Rugby Club off South Road as and from Sunday, May 6, weather permitting.

Porthcawl St Sebastion Town Twinning Association: Members of the PSSTTA please note that the AGM will be held at The Grove Golf Club in South Cornelly on Wednesday, May 16 at 7pm.

Griffin Park Table Top Sale: This indoor table top sale is held every Friday morning in Griffin Park Hall in Nw Road at 8am-12.30pm. If you want a table to sell items yourself then the cost is £5 per table.

Finally, I believe that refreshments are available and from my experience the sale is usually worth a visit.

New Sun Style Class: John Jones brought Sun Style internal Chinese martial arts to Porthcawl and Wales for the first time in 1997. Historically, the Sun Family taught the three main internal arts of China. Most people are now as a result doing Sun Style Tai Chi as they have heard that the slow solo exercise is good for health, and so it is; but Sun Style Tai Chi enthusiasts in Porthcawl may not realise that another of the three Sun Style arts that John brought to Wales is called Bagua, and has the reputation in China of being better for health than Tai Chi. In China they have realised that Bagua Masters live longer than Tai Chi Masters.

The reason for this could well be that while solo Tai Chi is performed slowly, solo Bagua is