Author: chris bargman

Christmas Skittles Night – Thanks

WSkittlesMany many thanks to everyone who helped with the joint Christmas skittles and pub games fund raiser evening last Saturday run together with Farlow & Oreton Village Hall Committee. Help included setting up and breaking down, collecting the Skittle Alley (thanks to Jim from the Village Hall Committee for providing the transport), collecting and making up raffle prizes, selling raffle tickets, running the skittles competition, pin the nose on the reindeer and various games, doorman, organising and running the bar (thanks James), making and selling cakes and puds.

We had a reasonable turnout and everyone who came along enjoyed themselves. Even with slightly disappointing numbers we managed to raise a profit of just over £200 to be split between the Village Hall Committee and Cleehill Bridleways Group.

I have even had offers of a “contribution” from people who could not attend so thank you to them.

It would have been nice to see a few more local riders at the event as we are doing it for them and without funds we are very limited in what we can do. We will need to organise another event in the Spring to raise some funds and hopefully we can “persuade” more local riders to come along.

Christmas Skittles & Games Night – 6th Dec – Organisation

Following are the key points from the joint meeting with the Village Hall Committee on 20th Nov. Thanks to Lucy for chairing the meeting and producing the notes.

  • There will be an equal split of expenses/profit (please keep a record of any expenses you incur)
  • Skittle alley booking is confirmed
  • Lucy has laminated the posters and put up approx 20 around the local area and has also has painted and put up the sign boards ( Click here for the Poster , please feel free to print off and display if you see a suitable spot)
  • James has sent off the application and £21 fee to the local authority for the alcohol licence
  • James will buy the drink for the bar on sale or return
  • We will hold a Christmas raffle, please could everyone dig out donations for the raffle and deliver these to Gill and John’s house
  • James will man the bar
  • John will be door man and collect entry fee
  • Geoff to referee and score the skittles competition, we will have teams of 6 people taking it in turns to play (easier/quicker to get people up one team at a time than individuals) There will be a small prize for the winning team
  • Lucy will ask Ben & Dan Link if they will act as “skittle boys”
  • There will also be darts, pool, dance mat and pin the nose on the reindeer- Lucy & Chris will supervise these
  • Cakes and puds will be available for sale, any keen bakers/pudding makers to bring these. Louise is buying paper/plastic bowls for this to save on the washing up
  • Val will sell the raffle tickets
  • Jim and John will arrange collection of skittle alley on the Saturday and return on the Sunday
  • Helpers to meet at 12.00 on the day to prepare the hall, put up Christmas decorations, tables chairs, games etc and on Sunday to help with clearing up please
  • Event to start at 8pm

Please encourage anyone you know (particularly if they benefit from the work done by the Bridleways Group i.e. any local horse riders) to come along.

Meeting Proposed – Thur 20th Nov

Suggestion is to have a meeting with Lucy (Village Hall committee) to make final arrangements for the Christmas Games Night fund raiser on Sat 6th Dec.

Proposal is to meet at The New Inn, Oreton, time to be agreed.

If you are not able to to attend please let either Chris or John know –

a – will you be able to help on the 6th?

b – can you provide some suitable pudding/cake to sell on the night

c – can you do some marketing and put poster up anywhere

d – any other suggestions

Thanks

Fund Raiser – Update

Just a quick note to say that we are hoping to have a fund raising skittles evening soon. This may possibly be in collaboration with Farlow & Oreton Village Hall.  We had provisionally proposed a meeting in The New Inn, Oreton on Monday 3rd Nov to make plans but a) the pub does not open Mondays and b) we need to know if the option of a joint event is going to be practical.

As soon as we have a decision on this we will let you know and arrange a meeting to discuss details.

Meeting 27th October and Thanks

First many thanks are due to Steve and John (plus Yvonne, Pete and Chris) for the hard work they have put in to Route A (Hinton – Winterdyne). John and Steve spent most of the week working on the drainage/improvements. The work has been completed and this route is now safe and use-able.

We now urgently need to review our finances and fund raising and propose to hold a meeting on Monday 27th October 7:30pm at John’s house.

Please let John or myself know if you are able to attend (or not).

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Work Party – Route A

John, Steve, Yvonne, Clare and Chris had a successful session on Friday (12th) clearing the Route A which was virtually impassable. Once the drainage work has been done this will be a lovely addition to our bridleway network.

John and Steve hope to start work on the drainage work this week. Please contact Steve or John if you are able to help even if it is only to drop by for moral support and take refreshments.

 

Work Party 6:00pm Fri 12th Sep – Important

John has heard from the council and the stone and drainage pipe is ready for us to use for the Hinton project (route A).

To allow Steve and John to access the path and do the work we first need a work party to clear the route.

Please try to come along this Friday (12th Sept), meeting at the Hinton end of the path (see map) at around 6:00pm.  Please bring loppers, strong gloves etc. to clear back undergrowth.

Drop me or John an email to let us know if you can come along.

Thanks

Chris & John