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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 on the opposite page.

The Awen Project

THE AWEN PROJECT

Hello, we are The Awen Project! An outdoor, democratic learning community for 11- to 15-year-olds within the lovely village of Wenvoe. It’s a perfect location for us here, as it’s right in the middle of the Vale of Glamorgan. In our community, we choose how we learn and are encouraged to follow our passions. We’re very welcoming to new members and people trying out!

We learn through projects, and this term we’re making a film. Earlier in the year, we explored shot sizes, camera angles, and different film genres. Now we’re in the process of writing the script for our biggest film yet. We even got funding from Taith to travel to Venice by train, with stops in Paris and Milan, to film some of our scenes. We’re aiming to complete it by July so we can present it at a festival this summer!

How to support us:

As well as being a learning community, we are also a charity. We run fundraising events such as our Full Moon Silent Discos and our Wild Banquets. These are fun events for all the family, and we hope you’ll join us for some!

 

Pétanque Returns To Wenvoe

PÉTANQUE RETURNS TO WENVOE

After several years of absence, pétanque is back in Wenvoe. The Vale Pétanque Club, affiliated to the Welsh Pétanque Association, has found its new home at the original pétanque playing area located at Wenvoe Playing Fields, Station Road East.

Our members have been playing in various teams competing in the Welsh Pétanque Association National Leagues and for national titles (men and women, singles, doubles and triples). Members have also represented Wales at international events in the UK (Home Nations and Celtic Challenge) and abroad at the World and European Championships (Juniors and men). We are always looking for the next Welsh champion!

Pétanque is a very easy sport to start and is accessible to children from the age of 6 years, adults of both sexes and disabled persons. Many of you will have played or seen the game while on holiday in France or picked-up boules in a Welsh pub for a friendly game.

At the Vale Pétanque Club, we will offer both sides of the game: the friendly, laid-back social game where the result is second to meeting with friends and spending a couple of hours of light exercise in good company, and the competitive matches where every point is fought for and winning is essential. Sessions for all ages and abilities will be organised and supervised by Welsh Pétanque Association qualified coaches.

We currently have 14 purpose-built and newly refurbished wheelchair accessible pétanque pistes open to members every day of the week and all year round. We are planning to hold some “Come and Try” sessions, the first of which will be 31st May from 1pm to 4pm, with all equipment provided. However, if you are passing through the playing fields and see some of us there, please do ask about the game.

Anyone interested can contact the Club by email at: Valepetanque25@gmail.com

Blooming Wheelbarrow Competition

Saturday 5th July, 11am – 2pm
Wenvoe Church Hall

How imaginative can you be with a wheelbarrow? Blooming Wheelbarrows is a new concept for Wenvoe suggested by Tony Hodge.

Plant up a wheelbarrow with flowers or make a fairy garden or whatever appeals to you. It doesn’t have to be a wheelbarrow, you can use a bucket if you don’t have a wheelbarrow. There will be a small entry fee of £1 per wheelbarrow and 50p per bucket. Open to both adults and children; there will be small prizes for the winners.

Inside the Church Hall there will be hot and cold drinks and homemade biscuits for sale and tables set out for you to have a chat.

If you are interested in taking part please contact Mike on 07704340840 or Glenys on 07922109721 so that we can gauge the level of interest.

Tucker’s Plant Sale

This year’s Spring Plant sale is creeping nearer and nearer. It falls very close to the VE80 anniversary which is on 8 May. This commemorates the 80th anniversary of the cessation of fighting in Europe. Fighting would rage on in Japan until surrender came on 15 August 1945 which finally ended WW2. The usual array of plants will be on sale outside the church hall and Gareth will once again run a donations/fundraising stall where you can donate sporting goods or garden tools and equipment surplus to your requirements that can be sold to raise funds for the Wenvoe Wildlife Group. There will be hustle and bustle inside the church hall too. The hall will be decorated inside and out with celebratory bunting, there will be music from the era playing inside and there will be a chance for visitors to buy a sheet of ‘ration tickets’ which they can use to sample some food made from typical wartime recipes. There may be some under the table brownies and cakes available too but don’t tell anyone about that. Penalties are hard for Black Marketeers, but rumour has it that we will be joined by a local ‘spiv’ on the day!. If you wish to dress in clothes sympathetic to wartime we would be delighted.

There will be the usual raffle but running parallel to that will be another raffle which will have prizes which would have been treasured during wartime restrictions. You still only pay once but every winning ticket gets a prize from each table. There will be posters and information sheets around the walls. Glenys recorded older residents talking about their memories of WW2 in 2020 for planned celebrations for VE75 but Covid stopped that so there will be some transcripts for people to read on the day too. You may even like to have a go at ‘pin the cigar on Churchill’.

As usual the proceeds from the raffle and some proceeds from the plants and refreshments will go to our charity of choice which is the Wenvoe Wildlife Group to help enable them to carry out the much-needed work they do in and around our village. We would love to see as many of you as possible on the day and hope you will join in with the spirit of the occasion. Mark your calendar!

 

Tucker’s Plant Sale

On Saturday 10 May from 10.00am – 4.00pm the Tuckers VE80 Wartime Plant Sale will be taking place in and around the Church Hall. As the sale is taking place so close to the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe we thought we’d combine the two. There will be lots of plants for sale and Gareth will be running a preloved garden and sports equipment sale table. There will be wartime music inside the church hall along with the usual very popular raffle (if you would like to donate a prize we would be delighted). There will also be hot and cold drinks and wartime food made from recipes of the time which you can sample simply by buying some ration stamps. There will also be black market cakes and brownies available but that is a secret between you and I. You can have a go at ‘Pin the cigar on Churchill’ and ‘Pin the moustache on Hitler’ and see how close you can get it. Why not dress in clothes from the era? You certainly won’t be alone!

My good friend Gill Pinder, who has recently had a mural unveiled at Amelia Trust Farm, has donated one of her paintings of a Spitfire in flight. There will be a silent auction for this beautiful work of art on the day and, as with the raffle, wartime cakes, preloved table and plants, the proceeds from this auction will go to the Tucker charity of choice – Wenvoe Wildlife who do such fantastic work around the village.

Please be warned that there is a very shady character on the prowl at the moment and rumour has it that he may well be attending the sale with his suitcase, trying to sell black market items. If you see this man, please alert the authorities or the Home Guard.

There will be some wartime memorabilia to be perused, and I have transcribed the interviews I obtained from elderly Wenvoe residents in readiness for VE75 which was a non-event thanks to lockdown. If you have any family photos from WW2 which you would like to share, we can display them on the day.

Make a note of the date for this and come along and join in the fun! We’re looking forward to seeing you.

Tucker’s Wartime Spring Plant Sale

TUCKER’S WARTIME SPRING PLANT SALE

Saturday 10th May

 

This year’s Spring Plant sale falls very close to the VE80 anniversary which is on 8 May. This commemorates the 80th anniversary of the cessation of fighting in Europe. Fighting would rage on in Japan until surrender came on 15 August 1945 which finally ended WW2. The usual array of plants will be on sale outside the church hall and there will be hustle and bustle inside the church hall too. The hall will be decorated inside and out with celebratory bunting, there will be music from the era playing inside and there will be refreshments with a chance for visitors to buy a sheet of ‘ration tickets’ which they can use to sample some food made from typical wartime recipes. There may be some under the table brownies and cakes available too but don’t tell anyone about that. Penalties are hard for Black Marketeers. If you wish to dress in clothes sympathetic to wartime we would be delighted.

There will be the usual raffle but running parallel to that will be another raffle which will have prizes which would have been treasured during wartime restrictions. You still only pay once but every winning ticket gets a prize from each table. There will be posters and information sheets around the walls. Glenys recorded older residents talking about their memories of WW2 in 2020 for planned celebrations for VE75 but Covid stopped that so there will be some transcripts for people to read on the day too. You may even like to have a go at ‘pin the cigar on Churchill’.

As usual the proceeds from the raffle and some proceeds from the plants and refreshments will go to our charity of choice which is the Wenvoe Wildlife Group to help enable them to carry out the much needed work they do in and around our village. We would love to see as many of you as possible on the day and hope you will join in with the spirit of the occasion. Mark your calendar!

Tuckers Reindeer Sale

TUCKERS REINDEER SALE

Saturday 23rd November

Not long now until the 6th annual Tucker’s Christmas Reindeer sale and cafe on Saturday 23 November from 10am to 4pm at the Wenvoe Church Hall.

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. We will, of course, be joined by Trevor on the day with his lovely Christmas houses and decorations. There will be other local crafters joining us on the day. There will be beautiful turned wood items, some lovely textile gifts, painted wooden Christmas decorations as well as Laura’s ‘Flower Bunker Wenvoe’ with Christmas floral decorations and wreaths to order.

We will be holding the usual raffle with some excellent quality prizes including luxury food hampers, a home baked and decorated Christmas cake, some very interesting bottles and some items that would make ideal gifts for adults and children.

Once again, profits from this and from the sale of some crafts will be donated to our charity of choice, the Wenvoe Wildlife Group and members of the group will be manning a table with some very interesting items. There will be a visit from a man on a sleigh in a red and white suit which may offer an excellent, free photograph opportunity.

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 cakes or brownies while you catch up with old friends and meet some new ones. The reindeer and all craft tables will be under the cover of Christmas decorated gazebos and 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 are so looking forward to seeing you there.

Litter Picking

LITTER PICKING

Arlo and Will helping to keep the village tidy, by litter picking with their mum on Station Road. This isn’t a one off as they are often to be seen helping out. LITTER PICKING

Next litter pick;- week commencing 4th October with filled bags collected, along with black bags, on 11th October. Bags and pickers available . Please contact Russell Godfrey 07922 588924

 

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