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Village Voice

The new sletter of the villages of Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston & Normanton June 2004 . I ssue No. 12

What A Great Place To Live!

This selection of photos was taken in Bottesford during May 2004 and includes the May Day Gala, The Bottesford Fun

Run, The Scarecrow Festival, and successes for our junior footballers and Youth Club.
Congratulations to those who organised these great events for the benefit of our villages – and our thanks for making
May such a fun month! Details of the events pictured are inside.

Eight members of the Friday Youth Club were recently presented with a shield

for winning the Five Star challenge, held at Belton Woods in March. The Bandits

– Ryan, Jack, Thomas, Ra-

chel, Aimee, Samantha, Alex

and Charnie won 4 of the 5

challenges despite being the youngest team at the event. The Bandits competed

against 6 other teams from

youth clubs from the Vale

and Melton in five challenges

– archery, egg flinging, human size football, night line and a treasure hunt. Team leader Ryan Gregory said “I

liked archery the best”, Rachel liked the human football “because that was the
muddiest challenge” and Charnie enjoyed the whole day - especially the egg
flinging because “ours went the highest”. The Bandits hope that this will be an

annual event.

Bottesford Bandits Win Five Star Challenge

Well at long last we have a date –

service from 18th August 2004. Early

indications are all Bottesford ex-

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order a service. The market is con-

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please email dave_slater@yahoo.com

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May Day Gala

This year’s Gala could have been a wash-out due to early torrential rain resulting
in the cancellation of the Maypole Dancing - but luckily the weather cleared
shortly after 10.30am and the Gala this year was a very successful, family event.
Emma, Duchess of Rutland, opened the Gala and was very impressed with the
new village hall. She said “I t is amenities such as this that help to keep village

communities together”.

The Duchess crowned Emma Gomez as our May Queen. Emma was chosen from

11 hopefuls from Bottesford Primary and Belvoir High Schools. Emma’s atten-

dants were Hannah Cussans and Jessica Palmer.

By early afternoon, the sun, and the crowds, came out and enjoyed a variety of

attractions on the field and in the hall, including live music from the Soap Bar

Blues Band. Thanks to I an Smith for acting as Continuity Man and for arranging
the live music, to Vale of Belvoir Lions for manning the BBQ, and to Friends of
Chernobyl’s children for organising the Fun Run.
Thanks to the Village Hall committee for their hard work in organising yet another

grand day out.

Fun Run Results

The Fun Run at the May Day Gala, raised £450 from entrance fees. Well done to

all the 157 competitors for completing the 3.5-mile course.

The winning time was 14 minutes 55 seconds, run by Jim Anderson in the 18+

category.

Mr Graham Storrie presented The Rosie May trophy to Faith Anderson, winner of

the 10-13 category. Winners in each category –

A full list of results can be obtained by ringing 844136

Age

Males

Females

Under 10

Callum Jones

Emily Bennett

10-13

Josh Norman

Faith Anderson

14-17

Liam Jones

Emma Dewey

18+

Jim Anderson

Andrea Feasby

40+

Graham Henderson Kim Doleman

“A fine old mess you got me

into”

The Nottingham branch of the Lau-

rel & Hardy Appreciation Society are

screening Laurel & Hardy films at

the Bull Inn on Saturday July 17th

1pm-7pm. This will include a selection from their best talkie shorts and feature films. All are welcome to join in the fun. Dave Tomlinson of the

Society says “I t’s a very informal

and friendly affair where people can

come and go as they please. We

would, particularly, like to meet any-

one who may have seen Laurel and Hardy during their visits to the village during

the 1950s”.

There will be a small charge on the door of just £1 to help cover costs and any

profits made will be going to charity. Dave adds “There is a wonderful photo on exhibit in the Bottesford library, of Stan & Ollie behind the bar serving drinks at the Bull I nn. Sadly it’s copyrighted and no-one seems to know who it belongs to. I f you know anything about it or know someone that may know, please contact Dave Tomlinson atDTom l i n son @Ti n y w or l d . co. u k or 01332 673685.

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I n a packed

Cricket Club on

7th May, over 60

awards were

given out to all

the junior squad

of Bottesford

Football Club.

Each member of

the 4 teams

(under 8, 10, 12

and 14) received

a momento of the

season and, in

addition, individual silver boots were given to –

The Golden Boot Award for the person scoring most goals in competitive

matches went to Jacob Wall, who scored a total of 43 goals.

Football Juniors Presentation Evening a Great Success

Jill Bagnall has re-

cently been

awarded the pres-
tigious ‘Award of
Merit’ by the Mayor

of Melton Mowbray

in recognition of

her contribution

and commitment to

life in our commu-

nity over many

years.

This includes her

work with Guides

that started with a request for help at a weekend camp

way back in 1977

when the guider

who should have attended was unwell. Jill went along just for the weekend –

and the rest is history!

When her children were at the village Playgroup, Jill was asked to stand in for 6 weeks whilst another helper recuperated after an operation. She enjoyed help- ing and was asked to stay on - that was 30 years ago.

Jill has also given her time to the After School Club and to local fund raising
events. Jill generously says that the wonderful teams she has worked with over
the years have made her involvement with these organisations a really enjoy-

able experience.

Age

Supporters’ Player

of the Year

Players’ Player of

the Year

Managers’ Player

of the Year

Under 8s

H Swaby

F Watchorn

J Pritchard and