Category: Clubs and Societies

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.

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’.

Our rehearsals have now started in earnest for LMT’s pantomime ‘Dick Whittington’, with a full cast and some new faces.

We are delighted to announce that the Welcome Kitchen is back! It's starting up again for eight weeks from: Monday 30 October, 12 – 2 pm.

Several members of the current team at the Kibworth & District Chronicle recently held a recruitment event. This was held at the Kibworth Co-op on Saturday 9 October.

Under a glorious blue skis six enthusiastic volunteers from Bourn (Cambridgeshire) windmill recently enjoyed a private guided tour of Kibworth Harcourt Post Mill - the latest tourist spot!

KGC players, Ollie Lewis, Richard Wale and Jamie Watson shot a combined +10 over the Ealing GC course at the two-day event to edge Castle Royle and take the title of Men’s UK Club Champions.
Lewis’ 69 and Wale’s 67 helped give them a one-shot lead at the end of day one, with both eagling the 7th thanks to 200yard shots onto the green and holing putts. Wale’s front-nine 30 aided his round which included six birdies to add to the eagle, while Lew-is enjoyed four to add to his eagle.

Our annual Greenkeepers' Shield competition took place on 16 September. David Stevens, Neal Baxter and Chris Arrowsmith were the winning team and are shown in the photo receiving their trophy from John Ruddock (President).

We welcomed Jill Vickers to our September meeting to talk to us about ‘Sausage Making with Bridge 67 Butchers’. Jill and her husband John opened their shop in the centre of Kibworth in 2020. Its name derives from one of the canal bridges situated on their farmland. Bridge 67’s beef and lamb comes from their farm in Smeeton Westerby, where the Debdale valley provides excellent grazing.

The new programme for the Kibworth Art Lovers began in September with a fascinating and entertaining presentation on Illuminated Manuscripts by Maureen Hallahan. Maureen is an award-winning typographer, calligrapher and graphic designer who talked us through the evolution of calligraphy from its earliest Roman form, through the centuries to the present day. We learned how manuscripts from as early as the 4^th century were created by monks with meticulous care. Pens varied between reeds, bamboo and bird feathers until the introduction of the metal tipped pens we know today. Velum became the preferred surface.