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It’s not been the finest month for Skipper Daz and his boys. But, it would be fair to say that luck hasn’t been on his side. The brightest spark was a monster victory over Lutterworth 3s with both Archie Brown (101*) and Samit Kanji (104) notching their first hundreds for the club. We’ve also seen some decent bowling performances from the pack too. But the rub of the green hasn’t been forthcoming; the promotion push has become something of a mid-table forced acceptance. There are still a few more matches to be played; so a positive finish is hoped for. This is especially as some of the younger 2s are being blooded into the mix. The future is bright boys, the future is bright.

The Kibworth Art Lovers are emerging from the latency imposed by Covid restrictions with an exhibition of their work to be held, by kind invitation of Roger and Nan Whiteway, at their venue opposite the Kibworth Co-op. The exhibition will take place on Friday 24, Saturday 25, and Sunday 26 September and will feature original paintings for viewing and for sale.

Kibworth resident and regular Blood Platelet Donor, Alan White, decided to have some fun with his 700th donation at NHS Blood Donation (Birmingham) this week by dressing up as James Bond!

Reliable research suggests the academic year just commenced in Kibworth could be the 662nd year of continuous secondary education in the village which beats Eton by almost one century, Harrow by over two, a school having been established in Kibworth before Oakham, Rugby and Uppingham.

Our last two meetings before the August break were on Zoom, with the hope that we would soon resume our face-to-face meetings.

Kibworth Osteopaths discussing “Tech-Neck”.

There have been 3 further races in the Reunion League since our last update. Race 2 in the series was the Joy Cann 5 Mile race hosted by Huncote Harriers. Ten club members were in a field of over 500, with a trio of Ladies leading the way, Lorna Muskett, Abby Davies and Bernadette Owen (1^st in Age Category.) The men’s contingent saw Kirit Patel back first, with John Redfearn, Alan Gibson, Jamie Owen and Andy Kemp also completing. Emma Boyd and League Race debutant Tracey Coates made up the Ladies Team.

On moving to Hallaton in 2016 I was fascinated to hear from local historian, John Morison. We learned how a chapel dedicated to St Morrell had been rediscovered at the top of Hare Pie bank two years earlier.

This year has certainly been challenging for us all down at Kibworth Golf Club. After mastering the restrictions put upon us by COVID and successfully keeping all of our members, staff and visitors safe, we sat back and took a deep breath.,

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