Category: Community

The monthly public parish council meeting was held on 1 September at 7 pm in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub. Kibworth Mead Academy: Council agreed to support the Academy’s proposal and s106 bid to combine two under-used outdoor courts into a fully enclosed Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) for netball, basketball, tennis and football. It will serve around 900 pupils and be available to the wider community outside school hours. 

The latest Telraam figures monitoring traffic in six designated places around Kibworth makes depressing reading. The six places are Harcourt Estate (for those who are unsure where this is, it is the row of shops on the A6), Church Road, Fleckney Road, Smeeton Road, High Street and the A6 by Crouch’s garage. As alluded to in last month’s issue the A6, which obviously carries the most traffic, in fact, 6.4 million vehicles every year is also a speedway for some motorists!

Our Tea Dances go from strength to strength. Recently we were entertained by Neil Stuart and the Falconers. It was a fabulous afternoon.

Towards the end of this month we shall all be putting our clocks back one hour and enjoying life in Greenwich Mean Time. And with the arrival of GMT the nights will seem darker and perhaps a little less pleasant. Certain parents will be using their cars to deliver and collect their offspring from school, college, academy, etc.  

As Christmas approaches, The Well Kibworth is delighted to be joining forces with Kibworth Books once again for the annual Community Secret Santa appeal – a wonderful local initiative that helps bring a little extra Christmas magic to people and families in our community who may otherwise struggle to afford a gift.

Andy Smith entertained us with “Sing a Century” in our lively September meeting. He set the mood for the evening by telling us that he particularly loves entertaining WIs because it’s all ladies so there is never a queue for the gentlemen’s toilets!

On Friday September fourth, 21 golf teams went head to head at Kibworth & Fleckney Rotary Club’s annual charity golf day. It was a shotgun start, so all the teams scattered before they all started from the 18 tees at the same time, 1pm. We had fine weather and the 84 golfers then met at the end for a buffet meal and prize giving.

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, 'What about lunch?’” -Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne

Simon Oldridge, an accountant and business consultant, has the gift of thinking outside the box about the issues surrounding our rapidly changing climate and its impact on our lives. He was particularly concerned about the gap between what the Government was thinking of doing about the climate challenges, and what scientists were proving needed to be done now.

Illston Abey Cricket Club welcomed Midlands Over 40s and Fleckney Cricket Club for a lovely October match. Everyone had a brilliant time, and the weather was wonderfully warm and dry – quite unbelievable for the time of year!

A common purpose, project or sense of unity binds us together. Footballers compete as a team, choirs perform in harmony, parishioners worship collectively and families dine together; such collaboration is fundamental to our humanity.

The recent Annual General Meeting of the Kibworth Chronicle Association, the publisher of this newspaper, proceeded without incident; however, Stephen has announced his intention to resign from the editorship in the near future.

The first week of October was ‘Taking part in the community week’ for all our Scout sections here in Kibworth.

The Annual General Meeting of the Kibworth Chronicle Association was held on Wednesday 7 October, at which all readers were invited to provide feedback on the publication’s operation and editorial content. As only the management team attended the meeting at Kibworth Methodist Church, it may be assumed that readers are generally satisfied with the current format. Should this not be the case, we invite you to submit your correspondence.

Making a Will is not something you should do once and then forget about for the rest of your life. Families change. Relationships change. People marry, separate and divorce. Children and grandchildren are born. People buy homes, build businesses and acquire assets. Sadly, people we intended to include in our Wills can also die before us.