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The parish council’s monthly public meetings were held on 27 August and 24 September 2024 in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.

Leicester Sketch Club’s Annual Exhibition celebrates the talents of 100 members for whom painting is a passion. The club meets in and around the county.

The much-loved family-run Farndon Fields Farm Shop in Market Harborough has been growing and selling pumpkins since the early 1990s and has recently opened the farm for visitors to come and ‘pick their own’ during pumpkin season.

WOW! What a night on October 2.The ‘Fourmasons’ at the Kings Head pub in Smeeton Westerby were superb. No one dropped a note.

Our annual Greenkeepers Shield competition took place on 13 September. Robert Lodge, David Stevens and Dave Williams were this year’s winning team and are shown in the photo receiving their trophy from Richard Smith (our fantastic Greenkeeper). After 2½ hours of bowling we were all ready for the delicious fish and chip supper which followed the match.

The monthly parish council meeting was held on 3 September at 7pm in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.

We hope everyone had an enjoyable summer in spite of the unusually wet weather.

Continuing our feature where readers get an opportunity to meet members of the Kibworth 'On-Call' Crew and find out more about what we do, we have another interview to share with you.

Congratulations are in order as Emily at Edmonds & Slatter Opticians, has successfully completed the official ABDO College Optical Assistant Course.

We start this month with a look at some of our local hostelries:

We are all excited that we will be performing a traditional Christmas concert for you on Saturday 30 November at Kibworth Community Hub! As promised, here are the details of timings and how to access tickets:

A special service to remember with sadness and thanksgiving our loved ones who have died. If you cannot attend but would like the name/names of your loved ones to be read out in the service please contact the Church office.

The name of the South African wine estate Kanonkop is derived from a hill (kop) above the vineyard from where, years ago, a cannon (kanon) was fired to announce the arrival of sailing ships in Cape Town.

Kibworth Golf Club

Kibworth Mead Academy students have come back from the summer holidays with a really positive attitude. They have collectively achieved over 68,000 reward points for demonstrating our values of work hard, be kind and be proud. Which bodes really well for the school year.