Shouldham NewsVolume 3 No. 3 Summer 2005

A sporting chanceCalling all athletes (?) from Shouldham and beyond! This year’s Village Weekend event on Saturday 9th July will include an inter-village sports competition and we need teams to compete for the brand new Challenge Cup.

Each team should consist of between three and five people, aged 13 and over (and no shirking for the over 40s!), up to a maximum of eight teams. During the afternoon, teams will compete in six events to be selected from the following:

• Fancy dress egg and spoon race (bring your wellies!)• Dizzy pole relay• Sack race• Plank race• Three-legged welly race• Blindfold wheelbarrow race• Tug of war• Greasy pole pillow fight.

Contact either Helen (347970/ Helen.brown@multitone.com) or Sarah (347457/ sarah.pollett@tesco.net) with team name and participants. Closing date 5th July. Sarah and Helen are also keen to get their hands on any old clothing for the fancy dress race – especially hats and dresses!

The Village Weekend fete and sports day will also include a family dog show, live music from Revival (ranging from 1960s to skiffle), a raptor (bird of prey) demonstration, stalls, a grand raffle, a children’s entertainer, a junior football competition, a barbecue and all-day bar and much much more. The day will conclude in the time-honoured way with a dance and barbecue with live music at Pearce’s Barn. Don’t miss it!

Dancing all the way to the bankThe sponsored line dance and karaoke evening by the Shouldham Lady Line Dancers raised the sum of £931.82. We would like to thank all our sponsors for the wonderful support they gave us.

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Write of passageShouldham News is published four times a year and is distributed free to every household in Shouldham and Shouldham Thorpe. If you’ve any news of forthcoming events, gossip, views or ideas that you’d like to share with the rest of the village, please contact Phil Harriss:

347244 or 01865 463257

philip.harriss@ntlworld.com

Or pop a note through the door

of ‘Dunromin’ on the Green.

Next issue’s deadline: Sunday, 18th September, 2005.

Saturday 9th July, 7pm till late, Pearce’s Barn Shouldham: VILLAGE WEEKEND BARBECUE. The annual Village Weekend knees-up, with live music, disco, food and bar.

Tickets £8 (including food at 8pm) available from the Post Office, the King’s Arms, or any Village Weekend Committee member (phone John on 347919 or Keith on 347848).

Saturday 16th July, Shouldham Bowls Club: BARBECUE AND SOCIAL EVENING. Eat at approximately 8pm.

Saturday 27th August until Bank Holiday Monday 29th August, 10am-6pm, All Saints’ Church: SHOULDHAM CHURCH FLOWER FESTIVAL. Theme: More TV Favourites.

Open three days with refreshments, stalls and a raffle. A Festival Songs of Praise Evensong service will be held at 7pm on Sunday 28th August.

Saturday 10th September, 7.30pm, Shouldham Bowls Club:MARK STEEL (guitar/vocalist). Meal at 8pm of

coq au vin, potatoes, vegetables, and dessert. Tickets £7.50 from the bar or phone Elsie on 347636.

Saturday 22nd October, 7.30pm, Shouldham Bowls Club: MIKE MAX (guitar/vocalist). Three-course meal with wine (at 7.30pm) of

prawn cocktail, soup or melon followed by roast loin of pork or chicken and meringue baskets, trifle or cheesecake. Tickets £10.50 from the bar or phone Elsie on 347636.

Wheels meet again!Blessed with good weather, this year’s annual sponsored bike ride looks set to be a record-breaker. Around 50 intrepid cyclists left the Green at 11am on May 1st, destined for a trip of some 26 miles, happening upon the odd hostelry along the way.

There had been a spectacular thunderstorm and cloud burst early that morning, which left many of the track-ways muddy and interesting. Apologies to the pub landlords who found that they could view lumps of the West Norfolk countryside at rather too close a quarter after we’d departed.

At lunch we were once again treated to a grand barbecue at the White Hart, Foulden – thanks to the labours of Geoff Hipperson and his merry band of helpers (a total of £117 profit for village funds was made just on the barbecue).

By 6pm most of the stragglers had wobbled their way back to the King’s Arms where the day was pronounced a tremendous success. Well done to organiser John Dovey and all who helped on the day.

Now it’s time to collect all the sponsor money and hand it in to Village Weekend treasurer, Keith Matthews (347848). There’s still a large sum of money outstanding and we need this collected before we can announce the total sum raised.

Meanwhile, keep your spokes straight and your wheels well-oiled for next year’s jaunt.

Dates For Your DiariesSaturday 25th June, 7.30pm, Shouldham Bowls Club:

STEVE ROSS (very popular artiste). In aid of flowers for the flower festival in August. Barbecue anddessert. Tickets £7.50 from the bar or phone Elsie on 347636.

Tuesday 5th July, 8pm, King’s Arms: VILLAGE WEEKEND MEETING. Come and help make the finalpreparations for this year’s bash. No offer of assistance refused!

Wednesday 6th July, 7.30pm, King’s Arms: SHOULDHAM YOUTH CLUB MEETING. We need more helpers on the

Committee! Join us to discuss future activities for our children, and help keep the Youth Club running.

Saturday 9th July, 1pm, Shouldham playing field: VILLAGE WEEKEND FETE & SPORTS DAY. The highlight of the village’s social calendar, featuring live band (Revival),

inter-village sports, dog show, raptor (bird of prey) display, stalls, junior football tournament, children’s entertainer, hot food, ice-creams, and all-day bar at the Bowls Club.

Shouldham News leaps into the 21st

centuryShouldham News can now be viewed on the internet. Thanks to the generosity of Shouldham FC, and especially its webmaster, Mick Johnson, Shouldham News has been put online at Shouldham FC’s website.

SOCCER SUCCESS!Put gloomy thoughts about the Canaries to flight – this season has been a cracker for Shouldham Football Club. Highlights include the under-12s team scoring over 100 goals, gaining 45 points from just 18 matches, vying for the Championship and winning a cup final place.

Not to be outdone, the under-9s have played some exceptional football throughout the season and have finished in the top three of the second division to gain promotion to Division One, while the under-8s can count a memorable 2-1 victory over local rivals Marham among their achievements this season. Congratulations to all the teams and their managers: David Wilson (U8s) Simon Bellas (U9s) and John Green (U12s).

Visit www.shouldhamfc.com toview the contents of this newsletter, along with all the news

from the Under-12s, Under-11s Mini Team, the Under-9s and the Under-8s.

Now there’s no excuse for ignorance of village activitiesshould you inadvertently put this newsletter in the bin.

10.30am - 4pm

Football competition Playing field

1pm onwards Something for everyone! Playing field

1pm - 4.30pm Teas, cakes, soft drinks,

BBQ, ice-creams, raptor display,side shows, games,craft stalls, etc

1pm - 3.30pm Family dog show

1.30pm & 3pm

Children’s entertainer

Village WeekendProgramme of Activities

Saturday 9th July

Village Weekend sponsorsA big thank you to all the sponsors of this year’s Village Weekend:

Alf and Shirley PearceCampbellsEngland Ladies’ Football TeamPeter GreenardHare Arms, Stow BardolphKing’s Arms, ShouldhamLeach Printers (Wisbech) LtdMack Pooley (Judge’s Choice)The Marham AeroclubThe Normandy House, DevonJeff Sargeant, Butcher’sShouldham Construction ServicesThalesTime Warner Book Group UKTopping & Co, Bookshop

2pm & 3.30pm

Live band: Revival

1pm - 4pm Geoff’s Noddy train

1pm - 4pm Inter-village sports

2pm - 4pm The famous greasy pole

4pm Football presentations

4.30pm Grand draw

7pm – late BBQ, band & disco Pearce’s Barn

Help is urgently needed to set up and take down tents and equipment for the Village Weekend.

All willing hands should meet on the playing field at 7pm on Friday 8th July, and at 9am and 5pm on Saturday 9th July. Help will also be needed to clear up Pearce’s Barn on the Sunday morning.

Helpers needed