Orleton village & parish web site
St George's Church
Bowling at the fete
Football gets underway
St George's Church, Annual Village fete, and football tournament (down the bottom
of the page)
St. George's Church, Orleton. Weekend 12th-13th July 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
* Free Entry *
Refreshments, Raffle and stalls at The Vicarage.
"Live Band" - Village. Saturday 7:30 p.m. Tickets £5 at Flower Event or on the door.
****
"Songs of Praise" - St. George's Church. Sunday 6:30 p.m.
A colourful and enjoyable weekend.
Village fete
The annual Orleton Village Fete on Sunday 8th June 2008 dawned bright and sunny.
Brian, the outgoing Co-Chairman, was down at the Village Hall at 8am to start to
get the things out. As other people started to arrive to get everything set up for
the Fete, the Junior Footballers were also setting up on the Recreation Ground for
their finals. It was a busy time. The day was perfect, maybe a bit hot for the footballers,
but there was lots to drink and loads of ice lollies for them. Everything for the
Fete was ready to go by 1pm and people started to arrive. Soon the band was playing
and there was a bubble of chatting and laughing, especially from the beer tent!
A good time was had by all. Many hands made light work of the dismantling of the
tents and collecting of rubbish.
Many thanks to all those who helped with the setting up and taking down. Many thanks
to all those who ran stalls and activities and those who kept us all fed and watered
in the Village Hall and in the beer tent. And many thanks to the old Committee who
stayed on to run this year’s Village Fete to give the new Committee a chance to
learn the ropes first.
Pictures here.
Football results
The tournament was held over the weekend of the Village Fete, June 7th & 8th. Altogether
56 teams took part which meant that there were approximately 500 children and their
families using the Rec. over the 2 days!! They came from the neighbouring counties
of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. It was a very successful occasion
both financially and as a spectacle for the village. The weather was brilliant,
if a little too hot for some of the youngsters to play football, but the games were
only 5 minutes each way so there were no casualties from heat exhaustion! The winners
of each age group were as follows:
- Under 7's (10 teams entered)...........Pegasus
- Under 8's (8 teams entered).............Leominster Minors
- Under 9's (10 teams entered)...........Leominster Minors
- Under 10/11's (10 teams entered).....Church Stretton Magpies
- Under 12's (10 teams entered)..........Pegasus A
- Under 13's (8 teams entered)............Pegasus
Pictures here.