SUPPORT YOUR VILLAGE HALL AND COME TO  SUNDAY BRUNCH at The Village Hall  from 10.00am to 12 noon – 11th JUNE 2023

PLEASE BOOK! We need numbers and food choices to avoid waste.

Email: [email protected] by Friday 2nd June.

Or if you can’t email leave a message on 01295 720096.

 

Option 1:  A bacon or sausage butty, tea/coffee    £5

Option 2:   Two mini pastries or a croissant and jam, tea/coffee    £3

Also: Fruit juice   50p for adults.   Free for children.

Vegan and gluten free options available. 

Do come even if you haven’t managed to book – we’ll order some extras just in case – and there’s always a cuppa for you!

Just a reminder – This is the start of fundraising for improvements to the hall, mainly to accessibility but also to upgrade kitchen, storage, lighting, insulation and generally make it even more welcoming to all of you

CORONATION CELEBRATIONS IN SOUTH NEWINGTON – MEMORIAL MOSAIC MAKING + TEA PARTY

 

South Newington Requests the Pleasure of Your Company To celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Queen Camilla

MEMORIAL MOSAIC MAKING
A bespoke mosaic has been commissioned for South Newington and everyone in the village is invited to come and help make it.
Please come along to either or both workshops in the village hall:

Saturday 22nd April 2 – 6 pm
Saturday 29th April 2 – 6 pm

The mosaic will be 3’ x 3’ in size and mounted in the village when completed. The designer will bring along all the material needed to complete the mosaic, but if you would like to include any pieces of found porcelain or old costume jewellery to use in the mosaic (such as ‘jewels’ for the crown) that would be very welcome and mean that it really does hold South Newington memories.

You or your family could chose to work on one square and draw your own design, or ask Sophie the designer to draw a picture which you work on. Or you could do the lettering, or the Union Jacks, or any part of the picture you like. Sophie will be there to help.

We would like to keep a record of who helped complete the mosaic so that it also becomes a ‘time capsule’ of the village community in 2023.

The mosaic is being commissioned from Sophie Mack Smith of Oxford Mosaics aka ‘Shattered and Smashed’ on Instagram.

 

VILLAGE BRING & SHARE TEA PARTY – SUNDAY 7th May from 3pm
The village hall and garden will be laid out for a community tea party and celebration, everyone welcome! Please bring your family and food for a fun and friendly afternoon.

Best decorated coronation hat competition and parade (adults & children)

Musical pass the hat game

Heads & Tails game

SOUTH NEWINGTON BONFIRE NIGHT – SATURDAY 5TH NOV 2022 @ 6PM

SOUTH NEWINGTON BONFIRE NIGHT

When: Sat 5th November start 6pm

Where: Barbours Fields off Sands Lane

FIREWORKS

The format of this bonfire night is based on Balscote village’s event, where each household contributes a big firework or two, which is then combined and managed in one safe display for all the village to enjoy. James Durley and Miles Colegrave have kindly offered to be in charge of the display.

Please bring any fireworks to them by Tuesday 1st November at the latest. This is to allow them time to arrange the display safely.  If you prefer to give a contribution, they will buy the firework selection for you.  Google lists several places nearby where you can buy good displays, such as Fireworks Crazy in Bicester.

Address for firework drop off: Miles Colegrave no 1 Barford Road or James Durley no 4 Barford Road.

BONFIRE

Please add any DRY WOOD only (no wet leaves) to the bonfire site which you will see in the field just off the footpath marked with a flag from October 29th (no sooner.)

The fields are available by kind permission of Julian Barbour and Carmen Guard. Please do not drop litter or metal items such as sparklers in the field to protect nature. The firework and bonfire display is at your own risk.

Pumpkin Harvest Supper – Saturday 22nd October 2022 @ 7pm in the Village Hall

 

PUMPKIN HARVEST SUPPER

Bring and Share Meal with Bettle Drive

Saturday 27th Oct 2002 @ 7pm

South Newington Village Hall

£5 ticket including Welcom Drink

 

RSVP:

Please book tickets in advance:

Nicky Smith [email protected]

James Durley [email protected]

Miles Colegrave [email protected]

Please bring:

  • Supper contribution – for a buffet sharing supper
  • Harvest produce to auction
  • Your own drinks BYOB

Timetable Doors open 6.45, welcome drink 6.45 – 7 pm,

Supper at table from 7 pm – 8.15; clearing tables.

Beetle drive 8.30 – 9.30.

Auction of produce and Announcement of winners 9:45:

Biggest pumpkin in the village +  Beetle drive champion

SOUTH NEWINGTON FLOWER SHOW

An image of red and blue bunting.

 Saturday 6th August 2022

1pm

An image of red and blue bunting.

 

BBQ and Stalls from 1pm, Show Marquee opens at 1.30pm

Everything you love about the Flower Show will be there:

–          Flower & Produce

–          Tea and cakes

–          BBQ

–          Dog show

–          Brass band

–          Bottle stall

–          Raffle – lots of lovely prizes and a special charity raffle where you can win a Dubarry voucher.

SUBMITTING ENTRIES

On-line entries via website – deadline for on-line entries – 6pm Tuesday 2nd August.

Registration evening – Thursday 4th August 6 – 8pm in the Village Hall – this is last chance to submit your entries.

PUTTING YOU ENTRIES IN THE SHOW TENT ON SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST

All entries must be in the show tent by 10am on the morning of the show. 

Heaviest spuds – bring the pot to the show tent by 10am on the morning of the show where the judge will weigh the crop.

Tallest sunflower competion – flowers will be measured in situ.

 

The Flower Show Committee

Amanda Blythe-Smith, Miles Colegrave, James Durley, Graham Fewster, Becky Harden, Penny at the Duck on the Pond, Nicky Smith, Julia Streeter.