Quiz Night 2025
On Saturday 1st February we held our 15th Annual Quiz Night. Simon Tooley has been our Quiz Master every year and we presented him with a hamper to say thank you.
We had 27 teams taking part.
The themes of the rounds were: “Bond theme tunes”; “Matching towns to counties”; “All sounds a bit fishy”; “Quotes and catchphrases”; “Symbols and logos” and finally “Dingbats”. Scores varied but only 2 rounds had any team scoring full marks.
“Dingbats” were distributed at the beginning for the teams to work on throughout the evening. There were 48 to work out with the highest score being 39 and the lowest 22.
As usual we served a ploughman’s supper part way through the evening, catering for gluten-free and lactose-intolerant guests as well. Fresh fruit was also served.
Both the winning team and the losing teams were presented with prizes: Bonnet Saints United receiving a “grow your own” herb pot and Patently Absurd a bottle of wine each. This is not the first time Patently Absurd have won our quiz. This year they scored 134 out of a possible 148!
A full scoresheet can be found by CLICKING HERE
Sizzling Sausages
A huge thank you to everyone who visited our Sizzling Sausage stall on Thursday 28th November at the Christmas Fayre.
We raised just short of £600 towards our running costs for 2025.
Beavers planting daffodils 2024
On Sunday 3rd November a group of Beavers met at the Scout Hut to plant daffodils. Two 5kg bags were quickly dug into an area at the far end of the recreation ground. When they flower in March and April they will be visible from the public footpath that runs alongside the sports ground.
Children’s hanging baskets 2024
The winners of the children’s baskets not only receive a certificate but they also receive a small monetary prize. Rainbows, who won first prize, contacted us to say that they had used their prize money to plant bulbs outside the Guide Hut. They sent us some photos too but we are not able to share those with you.
If you would like to see photos of the children’s baskets they are at the end of this link
Winning entries for the 2024 Front Garden Competition
A BBQ was held for over 90 people to thank all our volunteers, including those who opened their gardens for Hidden Gardens in July.
Also invited were all the competition entrants. During the afternoon the prizes were awarded. There were a generous number of Highly Commendeds as well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes. A huge thank you to our judges Hazel and Paul Woodman.
The results and a full gallery can be found by CLICKING HERE
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The results of the children’s hanging baskets can now be found on the same page.
For a gallery of the presentation PLEASE CLICK HERE
Beavers plant daffodils 2023
On Sunday 3rd December boys and girls from all Beaver colonies gathered at the green on Victoria Road. Each one brought a trowel and a parent, some siblings came too. Within an hour over 100 daffodil bulbs had been planted in the grass towards the top of the slope. The bulbs were ones that we had dug out from two very overcrowded troughs near Costa.
Scout leaders provided hot chocolate and biscuits at the end. Just as we finished it began to rain.
As we were using “recycled” bulbs and as we planted them so late in the year they may not be too successful, but we will keep our fingers crossed.
A few daffodils did flower and we hope for a bigger show next spring.
The Crown Roundabout has been renovated by Hambrooks
For two days at the beginning of October 2023 two gardeners worked hard to weed, prune, replant and generally tidy the Crown Roundabout. We took a series of photos to show their progress
To find out more and to see the photographs, please CLICK HERE
We are very grateful to Hambrooks for all their hard work.