News, comment and gossip for Horsington, the Cheritons and surrounding villages in Somerset
News and events in the Horsington area
Volunteers wanted to help to tidy up, rub down and re paint the War Memorial fencing, before an event on 9th November, and of course the service of remembrance on November 11th.
Planned dates:
Tuesday 23rd October 10am
Friday 2nd November 10am
Please contact Steve Miles miles632@btinternet.com
| Monday | Pilates 1
Pilates 2 |
5.30 -6.30pm
6.45 – 7.45pm |
| Tuesday | Upholstery | 10.30am |
| Badminton | 8 pm | |
| Wednesday | Free | |
| Thursday | Art | 10am |
| Friday | Art | 10am |
| Saturday | Free |
| Sat 1st | Horsington Open Golf. Henstridge Golf Course | 10.00am |
| Mon 3rd | Ladies Pub Lunch. White Hart Yetminster | Lunch |
| Wed 5th | Music Night at Half Moon Inn | 8.30pm |
| Thurs 6th | W.I meeting | 7.30pm |
| Thurs 13th | Parish Council meeting. Village Hall | 7.30pm |
| Fri 21st | Film: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Milborne Port Village Hall | 7.30pm |
| Fri 28th | Wincanton History Society talk about Napoleonic Prisoners of War by John Baxter. Memorial Hall, Wincanton | 7.30pm |
| Sat 27th October | Village Dinner at St Margaret’s Hall | 7.30pm |
| St John’s Church | Services | |
| 2nd September | Holy Communion with Sunday School | 9.15am |
| 9th September | Morning Prayer | 11 am |
| 16th September | Holy Communion | 9.15am |
| 23rd September | Harvest Thanksgiving | 6.30pm |
| 30th September | United Service at Henstridge | 1030am |
| Churchwardens | Anne Jones 370626 Rosemarie Wigley 371478 |
The Horsington Open is 5 years old. Here’s our poster gallery.
To book your place in the 2018 competition
click here
| Monday | Pilates 1
Pilates 2 |
5.30 -6.30pm
6.45 – 7.45pm |
| Tuesday | Upholstery | 10.30am |
| Badminton | 8 pm | |
| Wednesday | Free | |
| Thursday | Art | 10am |
| Friday | Art | 10am |
| Saturday | Free |
| Wed 1st | Music Night at the Half Moon | 8.30pm |
| Thurs 2nd | W.I Contact Jackie Pyne 370713 | 7.30pm |
| Mon 6th | Ladies’ pub lunch at Kingsdon Inn, Kingsdon | Lunch |
| Thurs 9th | Parish Council meeting. Village Hall | 7.30pm |
| St John’s Church | Services | |
| 5th August | Holy Communion | 9.15am |
| 12th August | Morning Prayer | 11 am |
| 19th August | Holy Communion | 9.15am |
| 26th August | Holy Communion (BCP) | 8.30am |
| Churchwardens | Anne Jones 370626 Rosemarie Wigley 371478 |
The Horsington Open is back, bigger and better,on Saturday 1st September 2018. The course has been lovingly improved and maintained, and we can’t wait to welcome you. Last year we raised over £800. Help us to make it £1,000 in 2018!
This year we return to Henstridge Golf Club .
The 9-hole competition is in aid of 2 local charities – Wincanton Live at Home and St Margaret’s Hospice.
It is open to all comers. Ladies and non-handicappers are welcome. Entry is just £15 per player, including green fees. Individuals and teams of 4.
The prize (as befits an “Open”) is a claret jug, plus many other prizes generously donated by local businesses.
The competition tees off just after 10 am. The prize giving will be held in the Half Moon, Horsington at 6.30 pm, when there will also be a charity raffle.
This competition provides an opportunity for players at all levels to get together for a fun day of golf and raise money for charity. The field normally includes some really good golfers, some desperately bad golfers, many ladies and several beginners.
The Half Moon, Horsington, has generously agreed to sponsor some prizes
and to host the prize giving. South Cheriton’s White Horse pub has volunteered its customary support, with players and prizes. Henstridge Golf Club have been generous and wonderful, as usual.
The easiest way to enter is to book on line Pay on the day.
Or you can get an entry form and more information from the Half Moon, the White Horse, or Henstridge Golf Club, ALL WELCOME!
The competition is organised by Horsington’s Richard Gaunt and David and Tricia Blake.
Thanks to the estate of the late, celebrated cartoonist, HM Bateman for permission to use his cartoon in our poster. We will be offering one of his famous prints as a prize.
Re-live last the 2018 competition won by Jon Banfield of South Cheriton
| Monday | Pilates 1
Pilates 2 |
5.30 -6.30pm
6.45 – 7.45pm |
| Tuesday | Upholstery | 10.30am |
| Badminton | 8 pm | |
| Wednesday | Free | |
| Thursday | Art | 10am |
| Friday | Art | 10am |
| Saturday | Free |
| Mon 2nd | Ladies’ pub lunch at Halsey Arms. Pulham | Lunch |
| Wed 4th | Music Night at the Half Moon | 8.30pm |
| Thurs 5th | W.I Strawberry meeting and talk “My life at Sea” by Jan Mcneill. Contact Jackie Pyne 370713 | 7.30pm |
| Thurs 12th | Parish Council meeting. Village Hall | 7.30pm |
| Sat 14th | National Trust Association Talk. Digby Hall, Sherborne` | 2.30pm |
| Fri 27th | Wincanton Museum and History Society. Talk on the History of the Memorial Hall by Brian Sales | 7.30pm |
Sun 29th |
Mill Singers Male Voice Choir and The Jones Trio from Truro. Cream Tea after the concert | 3pm |
| St John’s Church | Services | |
| 1st July | Holy Communion with Sunday School | 9.15am |
| 8th July | Morning Prayer | 11 am |
| 15th July | Holy Communion | 9.15 am |
| 22nd July | United Service at Templecombe to Bles the Roof | 10.30am |
| 29th July | Holy Communion at Templecombe | 10.30am |
| Churchwardens | Anne Jones 370626 Rosemarie Wigley 371478 |
The Dinner to raise funds for the Village Hall, postponed from March, will now take place on Saturday 27th October. Come and make a party of the evening and enjoy excellent food cooked and served by the Village Hall Committee and superb wine (because you bring your own). There will be a Raffle, donations of prizes welcome
| Monday | Pilates 1
Pilates 2 |
5.30 -6.30pm
6.45 – 7.45pm |
| Tuesday | Upholstery | 10.30am |
| Badminton | 8 pm | |
| Wednesday | Free | |
| Thursday | Art | 10am |
| Friday | Art | 10am |
| Saturday | Free |
| Mon 4th | Ladies’ pub lunch at Rose and Crown, Trent | Lunch |
| Wed 6th | Music Night at the Half Moon | 8.30pm |
| Thurs 7th | W.I Outing to Powderham Castle. Jackie Pyne 370713 | All day |
| Sat 9th | Village Fete at the School | 12 – 3pm |
| Sun 10th | Organ recital and talk at the Church | 3pm |
| Thurs 14th | Parish Council meeting. Village Hall | 7.30pm |
| Tues 19th | Garden visit. Cherry Bolberry Farm, Furge Lane, Henstridge. Judy Easdale 220984 | 1.30pm |
Fri 29th |
Wincanton Museum and History Society. Talk on Beekeeping by Jill Cleverly. Wincanton Memorial Hall | 7.30pm |
| St John’s Church | Services | |
| 3rd June | Holy Communion with Sunday School and Baptism | 9.15am |
| 10th June | Morning Prayer | 11 am |
| 17th June | Holy Communion | 9.15am |
| 24th June | Holy Communion | 8.30am |
| Churchwardens | Anne Jones 370626 Rosemarie Wigley 371478 |