Wickhambrook’s
annual Carnival Week has just finished after a very busy but hopefully
enjoyable time for those involved. Throughout the week, there were
various activities to suit most ages and interests with the Finale
of Carnival Day itself on the Saturday.
There was an excellent turnout at the Memorial Social centre,
considering it was the same night that England was knocked out
of the World Cup, to support the village Dance Company Body
Rock as they presented their annual show Dance 2006. On a very warm
evening, the performers
showed off their skills to an appreciative
audience, and everyone agreed it had been a lovely evening.
The annual Carnival Car Treasure Hunt followed on Sunday devised
with his normal fiendishness by Mr Ted Trebble and sponsored by
A1 Cars took place as usual. The cars started at Memorial Social
Centre, Wickhambrook and set off following a route contained within
a series of clues some easy and others very tricky! After a tour
of some of the lesser used roads and tracks around the local villages,
all teams eventually found their way home to the finish once more
at the Memorial Social Centre in the village, for most welcome
refreshments. An extra feature this year were pictures found somewhere
on the route which had to be identified and placed in the correct
position on the route. This proved to be very frustrating and caused
some problems for the teams.
After collating all the answers, and there were many variations
on these, The Wallis Family with 105 points were declared the winners
and presented with the “Ted Trebble” winners shield
and bottle of Champagne. Second were the Orange Family with 102
points, Helaine Jo with Jill and Chris King were third and the
Horne team, 4th.The Event was well supported and everyone agreed
that they had all had lots of fun roaming round the countryside
and thanked Mr Trebble for such a good hunt. Everyone is already
looking forward to finding villages and roads at present unknown
to them close to home in the hunt next year.
On Monday Wick-Kids organised an evening of Prize
Bingo. This
was a most popular event for all ages and good night was enjoyed
by all, with much tension as players checked their cards as the
numbers were called. Especially tense was the call to win the big
money bonanza at the end of the evening. There was a raffle for
club funds; a tuck shop and refreshments were also available.
Following the success of the evening during last year’s
event, on Tuesday, family teams were pitted against each other
playing Kwik Cricket. This was a lovely evening for all ages with
some teams having four generations represented in their teams.
The weather was kinder this year, Freddy Weld took the trophy for
the most runs scored, and Kevin received a bottle of wine for the
adult with the highest amount of runs. A Great night was had by
all.
On Wednesday, it was have a go night a chance to see what
the local clubs had to offer, on the recreation ground including
tennis, bowls and kite flying. The rain held off and it was a well-attended
evening.
Thursday was Quiz Night with thirteen
teams competing in ten rounds of questions to win the Challenge
Shield. The questions were
devised and asked by Peter and Glen and
the eventual winners were “Jackie cum Lightly” with
76 points, consisting of Alan and Dorothy Lightly with Jackie and
Jim Fieldsend who received the shield and a bottle of wine each
for their efforts. closely followed by the “Orangefields” with
72 points and “Essential Nails” with 70 points. The “Two
plus 1’s” picked up the wooden spoons with great good
humour. The evening was a great success with teams having a wide
spread of ages and another next year is eagerly anticipated.FLOWER SHOW AND CARNIVAL DAYThe weather on Saturday was very warm and sunny and soon the crowds
were all over the recreation ground to visit all the attractions.
The Carnival Princess Laura Mae Hayes, aged 11 attended by Georgia
Chorlton, aged 8 and Chelsea Larkin, aged 9 officially opened the
Carnival all looking exceptionally beautiful in their Carnival
dresses.
They also introduced the Scarecrows Day
Out a new
idea, instead of a procession of floats, where everyone was invited
to make a scarecrow or group of scarecrows and enter them into
a competition on the day. This proved to be very popular with 21
entries arriving to be judged by the public. There was a wide variety
of styles and ideas on show from traditional to more contemporary.
There was one living scarecrow too! in addition, even Her Majesty
paid us a visit in her 8oth birthday year. The winners were the
Carpenter Family with “What do we do with a drunken sailor” followed
closely in second place by Mike Pettitt with “Speedy” and
in third was the Women’s Institute with “Her Majesty” celebrating
her 80th birthday just like the village Institute will in December
themselves.
The rest of the recreation ground was alive with a car boot sale,
barbecue, stalls and a five a side football contest. The home baking
of the women of the W.I. made their Teas as always very popular
and provided a welcome seat in the shade during the afternoon.
Providing music and a PA system for the afternoon was Richard Pettitt
curtsey of World of Wiring. The village fire engine and its retained
crew did various demonstration connected with fire safety throughout
the afternoon and an on – going auction, also new for this
year, for donated items was another huge success as it took place
all afternoon with everyone trying to get their last minute bids
in before it closed.
The Nurse Williams Cup Race took place at the end of the day and
after running twice around the arena the winner was James Oakley,
The winners of the five-a-side football for the Alf Hicks Shield
were Hundon with the runners up being Haverhill Rovers. Overall,
the day proved to be hugely successful and although a final figure
is not known yet, it is estimated that £1700 has been raised
towards the refurbishment of the pavilion, which is well over the
target for the day of £1500.
Grateful thanks to all who helped and supported with anything
during the week, it was very much appreciated. Special thanks also to the organisers who worked for months to
ensure such a good Carnival and excellent result. |
| Report kindly provided by Val Orange |
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