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Ito the hall now that the restrictions are
Welcome to those of you who have moved here recently and being eased (and hopefully not to be
to those of you who have made Ickford a great place to be. enforced again), so please get in touch if
you would like to book.
Don’t let the lock-downs and separations from friends and family spoil 2021.
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We’re starting the afternoon with a classic car parade The Village Hall AGM took place on 26 May
and the committee re-elected is as follows:
Car owners - meet at 1:30 at Peacehaven Farm car park at the top of Worminghall
Road, with thanks to Ivan Dutton. We will see the parade around the village, ending Chair Liv Croucher
on the Play Area. Treasurer Maria Goodman
Bring your dancing shoes and join in with Caron and her fi tness demo. Come and Secretary Karen Hall
see the Wheatley Birds of Prey, bounce on the bouncy castle and ride the children’s There is always room for additional
roundabout. Have a go at zorbing. Afterwards refresh yourself at the coff ee and cake
stall, the ice ceam van, the slush puppy van or the beer tent. Get your sugar level up with members of the committee or for people to
the candy fl oss stall or the Fudge-a-licious stall. Afterwards shop at the table top stalls. help out at events, so please get in touch
if you’d like to get involved – we rely on
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY has sent us money for prizes for our competitions.
volunteers to keep the hall running and it’s a
If you can contribute to the village day we would be really pleased to hear from you. great way to get more involved in the village.
We have other events planned but as yet not confi rmed. Above all we hope for a
sunny day and no set backs due to Covid-19. Tennis court memberships were due from
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1 June, so please ensure you pay your
And now for the dog show!
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year and is as follows:
Baking – 3 sections: Have you got your costume ready? Family £75
• 6 themed cupcakes These are the catagories:
(e.g. butterfl ies, animals, spooks) • Smartest dog and owner Couple £60
• A rainbow cake • Single £35
• A show stopper cake of village life. Best partnership (are you and We also welcome new members to the
your dog footy fans?)
Flower Arranging: • Best doggy fancy dress courts, so please contact me or one of
• An arrangement of fl owers from your • Prettiest bitch the committee if you’d like to join.
garden or permitted wild fl owers or The committee has started to focus on
greenery • Most handsome dog doing some maintenance work on the
• An animal or picture made of fl owers. • Cutest puppy (under 12 months) outside area of the hall to tidy and improve
Produce: • Loveliest veteran it to encourage the use of the hall during the
• A vegetable grown in a decorated • Junior handler summer months. This will also include new
fl ower pot • Dog the judge would most like to seating for the patio area which has just
• The biggest and best strawberry, take home arrived, and we hope you’ll enjoy using it.
tomato etc. • Obedience – can your dog resist
(you can cheat and buy one) sausages and bouncy balls? The committee looks forward to seeing
everyone again when we can safely run some
If you would like a stall to promote a village organisation to raise funds or awareness, events (hopefully later this year – watch this
or just to sell all that stuff you no longer need – get in touch with us. space!), and will also have a stall at The Village
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If you can help us in anyway, with gazebos or just some time on the morning of the Show on 3 July so please come and say
show please get in touch. We need people to help us set things up and get our hello and have a go at our competition. v
exhibitors in the right place. v
Liv Croucher
Contact us at: r2pbaker@hotmail.co.uk
livcroucher@hotmail.com
Ruth and Jenny
ickfordvillagehall@hotmail.com
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