Category: Clubs and Societies

The monthly meeting of St Wilfrid’s Mothers’ Union took place on Thursday, 2 March.  Following a communion service in the Church, the members adjourned to the hall for a talk. This was given by Janice Lunn and Yvonne Smith from the Leicestershire diocese.  Their talk focused on the projects MU have become involved with during the seventy year reign of Queen Elizabeth II who had been the Patron of the MU organisation. 

Our February meeting featured a talk about Chocolate by Tom Phillips. Tom, a former chef turned chocolatier, is now retired after over 30 years experience. He notably worked at his own business, Hannah’s Chocolates in Quorn. It was obvious his love of all things chocolate is still strong!

Our new Captains have now been inaugurated. We are delighted that the Captains Drive-in event in February raised in excess of £600 for local based GEMS Charity. A great start to their year!

Our February speaker was Sue Adams, who spoke to us about Healthy Feet. Married to a farmer, she had been an Ofsted Inspector of daycare facilities, but decided to take a change of direction. Following a tough and intensive course she gained a BSc (Honours) in Podiatry. Setting up her own practice and working in the community. She began giving talks quite recently to help people because our feet are so important. Yet we often take them for granted until we have problems.

Kibworth Easy Riders along with the Fleckney and Kibworth Running Club are organising a fundraising Duathlon for LOROS on Sunday 2 April. Meet 9.30am for a 10am start at Kibworth Cricket Club.

The Leicestershire Tennis Awards took place at the Leicester Tigers Ground on Monday 13 February. Awards were presented to teams who won or came 2nd in the Leicestershire 2022 Summer and Winter Leagues. Kibworth Tennis Club won five awards which were presented by Greg Rusedski. Greg was ranked number four in the World in 1997/98 and is a tennis commentator on TV.

Volunteers needed to launch Squirrels, the newest branch of the Scouts’ family tree.

Fleckney and Kibworth Running Club are holding a Leicestershire Road Running League Event.

My personal DofE expedition experience was an emotional rollercoaster with quite literally ups and downs. We began our day bright and early meeting our assigned team leaders at our starting point. They gave us our maps, compass, emergency phone and our mission to create a playlist to represent our expedition.

It’s been a great start to 2023 for F&K. There’s been plenty of runners attending our Club Nights, including our couch to 5K, as well as some members taking part in the third race of the Derby Runner Cross Country league.
We now have two more XC Events to go, as we begin to approach the Road Running League races.