Ten Forward
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| Name: | Ten Forward |
| Dates: | ? |
| Founder(s): | Sean Quinn Helliwell, Paul Rowe and Glynn Haythorne |
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| Focus: | Star Trek |
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Ten Forward was a British Star Trek fan club established to meet the needs of Star Trek Fans throughout the world.
Based in Rotherham South Yorkshire, the club grew at its height to having a membership of over three thousand people. Honorary members included Gene Roddenberry, Majel Barret, Richard Arnold, Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and lots more.
The club produced a regular newsletter on a bi-monthly basis called Warp Speed, and a smaller version called Sub-Light.
It attended many conventions with its members over the years and in a similar way to the club it followed, it assigned members to starships and starbases to give them more personal ownership and allowed them to rise in rank within the club.
The club also ran a number of social events/gatherings called TinyCons these were very successful and attracted members from all over the UK. It also ran dealers tables to promote the club at many conventions and gatherings as well as running a number of gaming events and play by mail programmes in starship combat.
The club founders Sean Quinn Helliwell, Paul Rowe and Glynn Haythorne remain Star Trek fans to this day.
Paul Rowe also founded Sheffield Star Fleet which evolved into Northern Star Fleet Alliance (NSFA was a separate entity, they existed in parallel for a few years.)