Category: Clubs and Societies

Scouts from Kibworth and across the Harborough District will be embarking on an international adventure in the summer of 2025. Our destination - Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC), 1200m above sea level in the Swiss Alps.

The running club have embraced the colder and wetter weather with enthusiasm, taking on many challenges and muddy runs.

Our English Men’s Champion Club Winners 2023 travelled over to Troia Golf Club in Portugal at the end of October to compete for the European Men’s Club Trophy.

On holiday recently with family at Portwrinkle, on the south coast of Cornwall, I saw a dolphin washed up on the beach. On closer inspection, I noticed strong string wound several times round its back fin and a wooden label on the string, but the address washed off.

On Thursday, 12 October 2023 we were joined by Bill Haley BEM who delivered a fascinating presentation of ‘Life on Board Britannia’. Bill served in the Royal Navy for 27 years; 7½ of those spent on the Royal Yacht Brittania which Bill explained was an absolutely fantastic experience.

Autumn came to the Kibworth Art Lovers’ October meeting as the subject for the informative demonstration by our visiting artist, Helen Neave.

We recently held our annual Presentation Evening at the Crown Inn, Tur Langton where we enjoyed a delicious carvery and dessert. Cups and trophies were awarded to our many talented indoor and outdoor bowlers. These included Malcolm Moss (pictured) who was our Men’s Champion and ‘Champion of Champions’.

Join us on Thursday 7 December at 2.30pm at the Methodist Chapel Hall. Doors open at 2.00pm.

Bob Barrett and Rosie Marcel will star in the Harborough Singers traditional Celebrity Christmas Concert this year. Both appeared in the long running medical drama ‘Holby City’. Bob played Sacha Levy, famous for his snazzy shirts. Rosie was the formidable, flame-haired heart surgeon, Jac Naylor.

As many readers will know, Kibworth & Fleckney Rotary Club had to cancel their Charity Bonfire & Fireworks, Saturday 4 November. It is the first time in the history of this event that the weather has been so against us. With the field opposite the top of New Road Kibworth already soaked by storm Babet, storm Ciaraán was the final straw.