Jayne Newman, our wonderful cleaner, has been recognised recently for her 35 years of service.

The trustees presented her with flowers and a bottle of bubbly to celebrate (see picture, left to right: Andrew Forman, Jill Allen, Jayne Newman, Dermot Mathias, Kate Mitchell).

In other news, we have been working on the outside spaces, and have been spring cleaning! Go to www.blewbury.co.uk/venues/village-hall to book the hall for your next event. We look forward to welcoming the BVS and their visitors to the Beer Festival on the 18th May.

There was a great turnout from the village to spectate the charity match between the Blueberry and the Red Lion on April 6th.

It was a very close affair with both sides looking like they could take the win but big congratulations to the Blueberry for the win and taking the trophy.

It was amazing to see so many people from the village turning up to watch the event and support the teams. Thanks to all your wonderful donations we’ve raised an incredible £1285 for our chosen charities. A special thanks to Bob Brooks for volunteering to officiate the match and all the people involved in organising the teams and helping out on the day, it was a real team effort.

Will we see The Blueberry retain the trophy next year or will The Red Lion be able claim it for themselves? I guess we will have to find out next year.

Ben Silverthorne