Category: Event Notices

Notices of upcoming events

Dates For Your Diary

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

 

TUCKER’S VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS REINDEER SALE AND CAFE
Saturday 15th November 10.00am – 4.00pm

The 7th annual Tucker’s Christmas Reindeer sale and cafe will take place on Saturday 15 November from 10am to 4pm at Wenvoe Church Hall. This year we have a Victorian theme, and we would love to see people in Victorian costume. There will be some traditional Victorian food for you to buy on the day. There will be tables inside the church hall for you to sit and enjoy a tea or coffee and maybe a homemade slice of Glen’s usual cakes or brownies.

As well as the antlered stars of the show there will be some lovely things to buy and a festive atmosphere to get you in the Christmas mood with the church hall decorated in Victorian style. We will be joined by our good friend and talented crafter Trevor with his lovely Christmas houses and decorations. There will be other local crafters joining us too and we will give more information about this in the next issue of Wenvoe What’s On so watch this space.

We will be holding a raffle with some excellent prizes including luxury food hampers, a home baked and decorated Christmas cake, some interesting bottles and some items that would make ideal gifts for adults and children. Once again, profits from this will be donated to our charity of choice, the Wenvoe Wildlife Group. The man in red will be appearing with his sleigh which will offer an excellent, free photograph opportunity. The reindeer will be sold outside where there will be gazebos decorated in Victorian Christmas style and Victorian festive music will provide the backing track to the whole event. Why not join us and pick up a reindeer and some Christmas spirit! These have become collectors’ items so start making a list of people who deserve one as a gift. Bring a friend and have a festive catch up. We look forward to seeing you there.

2025 Wenvoe Village Show Results

2025 WENVOE VILLAGE SHOW RESULTS

Well, what a show that was! The sun was shining, and the entries came pouring in! We had a fab team of volunteers helping to put up the gazebos etc and register early entries on Friday evening and they were all back early Saturday morning to do it all again.

This was the best attended of the three shows we have organised, and it was lovely to get so many entries. The money raised for Wenvoe Wildlife Group from Anthony’s cafe, Mila’s lavender bags, the raffle and entry fees plus some donations came to a wonderful total of £1,217.30.

Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone who volunteered, judged, sold and bought raffle tickets, donated raffle prizes, submitted entries and to those who came for a coffee and a chat outside in the sunshine.

We are so lucky to live in a supportive community which embraces these events and we are more grateful for that support than we could ever express. Time to start thinking about next year’s entries!

All in all, perfectly summed up by Brenig Davies – the winner of the limerick competition:

 

I walked around Wenvoe one day

Where the cakes and the veggies held sway

The tables were glowing

With cakes that were flowing

Glen’s brownies stole me away.

 

 


 

Invitation to Creative Individuals

DESIGN A FESTIVE COVER FOR OUR CHRISTMAS EDITION

Each year, readers eagerly anticipate the Christmas edition of What’s On, known for its vibrant and festive cover design.

We are inviting creative individuals to design the front and back cover for this year’s edition, which will go to print on or around November 20th.

If you’re interested in contributing your artwork and would like more details, please get in touch with any member of the WO team or email wenvoe whatson@gmail.com.

We look forward to hearing from you.

What’s On Team.

 

Dates For Your Diary

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

 

TUCKER’S VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS REINDEER SALE AND CAFE
Saturday 15th November 10.00am – 4.00pm

The 7th annual Tucker’s Christmas Reindeer sale and cafe will take place on Saturday 15 November from 10am to 4pm at Wenvoe Church Hall. This year we have a Victorian theme, and we would love to see people in Victorian costume. There will be some traditional Victorian food for you to buy on the day. There will be tables inside the church hall for you to sit and enjoy a tea or coffee and maybe a homemade slice of Glen’s usual cakes or brownies.

As well as the antlered stars of the show there will be some lovely things to buy and a festive atmosphere to get you in the Christmas mood with the church hall decorated in Victorian style. We will be joined by our good friend and talented crafter Trevor with his lovely Christmas houses and decorations. There will be other local crafters joining us too and we will give more information about this in the next issue of Wenvoe What’s On so watch this space.

We will be holding a raffle with some excellent prizes including luxury food hampers, a home baked and decorated Christmas cake, some interesting bottles and some items that would make ideal gifts for adults and children. Once again, profits from this will be donated to our charity of choice, the Wenvoe Wildlife Group. The man in red will be appearing with his sleigh which will offer an excellent, free photograph opportunity. The reindeer will be sold outside where there will be gazebos decorated in Victorian Christmas style and Victorian festive music will provide the backing track to the whole event. Why not join us and pick up a reindeer and some Christmas spirit! These have become collectors’ items so start making a list of people who deserve one as a gift. Bring a friend and have a festive catch up. We look forward to seeing you there.

Wenvoe Tennis Group

WENVOE TENNIS GROUP

The newly formed Wenvoe Tennis Group is now up and running and welcomes new players to join us for regular weekly social tennis. We currently meet on Monday evenings at 6.00pm and our aim is to get as many as possible playing and enjoying Tennis in a welcoming, inclusive social group where a chat and friendship are just as important as any playing ability. We’ll often call into the Wenvoe Arms for a glass of something refreshing after each session although this isn’t compulsory.

 

If you’re new to Tennis or would like to pick it up again after a break, why not come and join us to see if it’s for you? We’ll gladly lend you a racket if you need one and will be happy to pass on some tips to get you playing and enjoying this life-long sport. It’s over 18’s only as space is limited but hopefully, we can include juniors as the group develops. If you’d like to give it a go, look out for our posts in the village Facebook page for session timings as these will change with the seasons. All you have to do is turn up around the published time. Contact Pete on 07891 828019 if there’s anything you’d like to discuss. We hope to see you on court soon.

 

Wenvoe Village Show

WENVOE VILLAGE SHOW AT THE CHURCH HALL
SATURDAY 6th SEPTEMBER

This is Wenvoe’s own local show and offers an excellent opportunity for some friendly, fun competition. Will your fruit and veg be the talk of the village? Is your baking a triumph? You don’t have to be an expert, you just need to enter. The show is limited to entries from people who live in the Wenvoe community (Wenvoe, Twyn-yr-Odyn, St Lythans and Dyffryn) and children who are residents of Wenvoe or attend the village school.
Entries to be registered at St Mary’s Church Hall between 8.30 and 11 am on Saturday morning (for those who have other commitments on Saturday morning there will be a limited time slot to register entries between 6 – 7.30pm on Friday evening 5th September but this will NOT include culinary entries). The hall will then be closed between 11 am and 1.30 pm. for the judging to take place. The public will be welcome to come and view the exhibits between 1.30pm and 4pm. From 3pm – 4pm there will be a chance to sample the culinary entries for yourself. There will be a good quality raffle, and this will be drawn at 3.30pm. If you have a prize that you could give we should be very grateful.
If you wish to reclaim your entries they should be collected between 4 and 4.30pm but please note that items entered in the culinary categories will be offered for public tasting and will not be eligible for collection unless there is any left at 4pm. Entry fee – £1 for the first entry and 50p for all subsequent entries per person. You may enter as many sections as you wish but the maximum number of entries per person in any one section of a category is two. Items entered in previous Wenvoe Village Shows are acceptable but only if they have previously failed to win a prize. If you would like to help on the day or have any queries, please speak to Mike or Glenys Tucker.
Weather permitting there will be refreshments available outside all day.
The categories are listed below.

Exhibit Categories

 

 

Wenvoe Village Show

WENVOE VILLAGE SHOW AT THE CHURCH HALL
SATURDAY 6th SEPTEMBER

This is Wenvoe’s own local show and offers an excellent opportunity for some friendly, fun competition. Will your fruit and veg be the talk of the village? Is your baking a triumph? You don’t have to be an expert, you just need to enter. The show is limited to entries from people who live in the Wenvoe community (Wenvoe, Twyn-yr-Odyn, St Lythans and Dyffryn) and children who are residents of Wenvoe or attend the village school.
Entries to be registered at St Mary’s Church Hall between 8.30 and 11 am on Saturday morning (for those who have other commitments on Saturday morning there will be a limited time slot to register entries between 6 – 7.30pm on Friday evening 5th September but this will NOT include culinary entries). The hall will then be closed between 11 am and 1.30 pm. for the judging to take place. The public will be welcome to come and view the exhibits between 1.30pm and 4pm. From 3pm – 4pm there will be a chance to sample the culinary entries for yourself. There will be a good quality raffle, and this will be drawn at 3.30pm. If you have a prize that you could give we should be very grateful.
If you wish to reclaim your entries they should be collected between 4 and 4.30pm but please note that items entered in the culinary categories will be offered for public tasting and will not be eligible for collection unless there is any left at 4pm. Entry fee – £1 for the first entry and 50p for all subsequent entries per person. You may enter as many sections as you wish but the maximum number of entries per person in any one section of a category is two. Items entered in previous Wenvoe Village Shows are acceptable but only if they have previously failed to win a prize. If you would like to help on the day or have any queries, please speak to Mike or Glenys Tucker.
Weather permitting there will be refreshments available outside all day.
The categories are listed below.

Exhibit Categories

 

 

Blooming Wheelbarrow Results

BLOOMING WHEELBARROW RESULTS

A huge thank you to all of you who turned out for the Blooming Wheelbarrow Competition in the Church Hall on Saturday 5th July, despite the wet weather. We had 13 entries, all very different and all very imaginative.

Adult individual wheelbarrow – Tony Hodge
Adult group wheelbarrow – The Bush Trimmers.
Container/small wheelbarrow – Linda Edwards
Children’s wheelbarrow – William, Poppy, Frances and Georgia.

Thanks to all of our stalwart volunteers who make these events possible, and of course massive thanks to all the entrants, whether individuals or groups.
Many thanks to Tony Frost for doing the difficult job of judging and to The Bush Trimmers for giving back their prize to be donated as a prize for the Wenvoe Village Show Raffle. What a lovely lot!

 

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