THE GAUNTLET the LOCAL MAGAZINE for the SOMBORNES and ASHLEY Another Trophy for Village Club Football Season Off to Great Start PAGES 6 and 7
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THE GAUNTLET THE LOCAL MAGAZINE FOR THE SOMBORNES AND ASHLEY Another trophy for village club Football season off to great start PAGES 6 and 7 Also in this issue: Scouts prepared to tidy Grand clear-out at the hut PAGE 12 Get ready to sparkle Panto auditions this month PAGE 14 Christmas already? 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Pharmacy Copy date is no later than 5.00pm on Stockbridge Pharmacy 01264 810624 the 15th of the month please. 1 Village Directory Allotments Football Club Contact: Frank Fahy 01794 388314 Contact: Andy Gannaway 01794 388733 Art exhibition committee Footpath walk Contacts: Monthly walk on Parish footpaths on the last Madeline Edmonds 01794 389014 Sunday of each month. Check the Village Diary Pam Watson 01794 388429 or village website for details. Contact: David Haydon 01794 388120 Badminton Club Alison Seymour 01794 389219 Every Monday 7.30pm. Contact: Sue Jackson 01794 388884 French Twinning Association Regular exchanges with St Paul du Vernay Parent & Toddler Group in Normandy Informal friendly get-together for babies, Contacts: Louise & Andrew Causer 01794 pre-school children, parents and carers. 389364 Every Wednesday 10.00am - 11.30am in the Village Hall. FunDay Club Contact:Sara Quayle. 07989851416. Meets after school on Mondays for children in years Reception to 4 Bellringing Contact: Sue Holligan 01794 388484 Every Monday 7.30 - 9.00pm. Garden waste scheme Contact: Sue Spurling 01794 388266 Garden waste will be collected in w/c 14th Catherine Edwards Trust and 28th October. Provides grants to village students Home Group Contact: David Bevan 07769 682696 Bible study group. Usually third Cricket Club Thursdays of the month at 8.00pm. Contact: Frank Fahy 01794 388314 Contact: Nigel Coleman 01794 388449 Christians Together in Horticultural Society Somborne and District Meets for two talks and one visit per year Welcome all to open and ecumenical and organises the annual Flower Show. meetings and services throughout the year. Contact: Pollyann Monk 01794 388482 Contact: Barbara Heffer 01794 389126 Household waste Community Responders Non-recyclable household waste (black Contact: John Vanderpump 01794 388647 bins) will be collected in w/c 14th and 28th Dial-a-Ride October. Trips to Romsey every Wednesday, for Recyclable household waste (brown bins) senior citizens and disabled people, at will be collected in w/c 7th and 21st 2.00pm. Fare £2.00. October. Contact: Dick or Zoe 01264 356808 Messy Church Drop In Coffee Morning Fun, creative event (with tea!) for children Coffee morning at the Epworth Hall. of all ages and their families. 3rd Sunday Every Tuesday (except the second in the of each month in term time, 3.30 - 5.30pm month) at 10.30am. at Epworth Hall. Contacts: Pam Gravenor 01794 388531 Friends of King’s Somborne Church Sam Barnes 07742 077114 Contacts: David Pye (Chairman) 01794 388405 2 Village Directory (continued) Neighbourcare Sombornes Pre-School Transport to essential appointments and Early Years education for children aged other small tasks. from 2 to school age. Contacts: Sue Jackson 01794 388884 Contact: Rebecca Hunt 07530 893773 Jenny Crouch 01794 388882 Somborne Sessions Mobile Library Details: www.sombornesessions.co.uk Tuesday 15th October: Contact: Doug Stammers 01794 389192 2.00 - 2.25pm Up Somborne Somborne Singers 2.45 - 4.15pm Church Road Fridays 11th and 25th October: Weekly meetings to sing ballads, songs 11.00am - 11.30am Church Road from shows etc. every Tuesday at 7.45pm 11.35am - 12.15pm Eldon Road in the Parish Church. Information: 0845 603 5631 Contact: Howard Rowe 01794 388400 Pastoral Care Group Somborne Sisterhood W I Contact: Fi Chilton 01794 388160 Meets on the first Friday of each month at 8.00pm in the Village Hall Prayer Group Contact: Samantha Boot 01794 389554 Contact: Dulcie Witts 01794 388267 Table Tennis School Association Sunday mornings 11.00am to 12noon. Social and fund-raising events to benefit Village Hall. the school and its pupils. Contact : Frank Fahy 01794 388314 Contact: Caroline Andrews 01794 389231 Tiny Tots Scouts Meet in the Parish Church each Tuesday at Beavers Wednesdays 5.45 - 6.45pm 2.00pm. Cubs Thursdays 6.30 - 8.00pm Contact: Jane Waters 01794 388403 Scouts Wednesdays 7.00 - 9.00pm Explorers Tuesdays 7.00 - 9.00pm Village Agents Contact: Janice Waterman 01794 389562 Contacts: Sue Jackson 01794 388884 Somborne & District Society Lin Curtis 01794 389373 Meetings held on the fourth Wednesday of Women’s Institute each month at 8.00pm, usually in the Meets on the second Wednesday of each Village Hall. month at 7.30pm in the Epworth Hall. Contact: Mike Reynolds 01794 388107 Contact: Linda Aucock 01794 388542 Somborne Music Appreciation Group Working Men’s Club Contact: Frank Fahy 01794 388314 Various entertainments. Somborne Needleworkers Contacts: Janette Batchelor 07583 163607 Meet each Thursday at 2.00pm at Trina Masham 07852 257596 Nutcher’s, 3 Nutcher’s Drove. Contact: Eileen Humphreys 01794 388427 Somborne Players Regular, informal play readings and outings. Contact: Melanie Haydon 01794 388120 3 4 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2013 Next year sees the 100th anniversary it takes in any way it of the start of the First World War and can. And what of there will be many commemorations their families? It is and services to mark this dreadful war the Service Charities that are providing over the next four years. However, and paying for the accommodation for there have been many other conflicts in families so that they can be near their which the armed services and the loved ones who are being treated in auxiliary services have been engaged. hospital miles away from their homes. More recently, we know of the terrible This year’s Annual Poppy Appeal results of deaths and injuries in Iraq takes place from Saturday 26th and Afghanistan. October to 9th November inclusive. Whatever dangers they face, these men As usual, the willing volunteers in this and women meet them unflinchingly, village will be coming around at this as they always have done throughout time for the house-to-house collection. history. The men who endured the We ask that you remember those who dangers and mud of the Great War suffer as a result of military service pledged their service to a grateful and also the families of those who have nation. The PoWs in World War II given their lives in the service of this had vowed to fight to protect the country and who need our support. country and its interests. Veterans of more recent conflicts such as the If you could possible help with this Falklands, the Gulf, Bosnia, Iraq and year’s appeal especially with the house now Afghanistan have made similar -to-house collection, it would be so pledges. gratefully appreciated. Please contact me on the telephone number below. The Royal British Legion was born as a result of World War I. It is the Sandie Pepperell Legion’s duty to be there to support the RBL Poppy Appeal Co-ordinator servicemen and women for as long as 01794 388021 Annual Remembrance Services This year’s Remembrance Day service will take place on Sunday 10th November. Joining us will be members of the armed services from Middle Wallop, the local Royal British Legion and our village youth clubs.