Sunday 14th June, 12 noon until 2.30pm
Please come and join us for the Summer Fete at Blewbury Primary School on Sunday 14th June. Enjoy a barbecue, stalls, games, a raffle, a bouncy castle, a bar and live music, while raising funds for the school. We would also be very grateful for donations of:
• Teddies/soft toys, bottled drinks and chocolate for tombolas;
• Good quality second hand toys and books.
Please email pta@blewbury.oxon.sch.uk if you can make a donation.
Sunday 14th June 3-5pm St Michael’s Church
Love singing? Want to belt out all your best Primary School songs and favourite hymns? Now’s your chance! Come and join St Michael’s choir for a good old sing. 3pm Pimms and Hymns, 4pm Tea and Cake
Blewbury Village Hall now has 2 electric vehicle fast charging points (being modelled by Penny Brassell in the picture). Each charger provides 22kW.
These are located outside the Post Office and cost 49p/kWh plus 30p per session, payable by app or credit card.
Thanks go to Lee Robinson from the BPC, and to OCC for providing a grant to subsidise the installation.
It’s exciting to see the work starting to build our very own skatepark.
Please note that during the works, there is a reduction in capacity in the car park by Tickers Folly Field, as some space will be
used by materials and machinery. We expect the work to be completed by the middle of July (2026!)
Sunday 28th June, 5.30–7.30pm, St Michael’s Church.
Songs will be popular and traditional and there will be guest performances. Tickets are available from the Blewbury Post Office and Choir members. Tickets £12 for adults – £8 for
children under 18 – which includes a glass of wine/soft drink. A proportion of the profit will be going to local charities.
Saturday 27th June, Ashbrook House garden.
The annual Summer Dance will take place on Saturday 27th June in the garden of Ashbrook House, with music from the brilliant Too Much Stuff (you may remember them from previous Halloween discos and Beer Festivals). This is a great evening to get together with your village friends and beyond, to enjoy “bring your own” food and drink in beautiful surroundings, listen and dance to great live music.
Gazebo set up 4–5pm Saturday; collect by 11am Sunday.
A screen will be available to show the 10pm England–Panama group match. In the event of inclement weather, the Dance will move to the Village Hall.
Tickets are £15 each and can be bought in advance online at:
https://square.link/u/YTWbsRha or at the gate on the evening.
A further closure of the A417 (London Road) is scheduled for 13th June.
The dates of these roadworks keep changing – we will try to keep up with major developments via Stop Press, but for those on Facebook the BVS page is likely
to be the most convenient and up-to-date source of information.
20th and 25th May – Vale Room
In advance of The Motley Crew’s visit to Stratford at the end of May, Chris Whatmore will be giving an introductory talk – twice! – on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. While it’s primarily designed for those coming on the trip, anyone with an interest the Bard’s final solo-authored play is welcome to join us at 7.30pm in the Vale Room, either on Wednesday May 20th or on Monday May 25th (Bank Holiday Monday). No need for tickets, but there will be a nominal £2 charge at the door to cover venue hire costs, plus an extra £1 for an interval drink.
Thank you to everyone who helped with the Duck Race this year …
… especially those involved with the tickets, posters etc, those in the stream and to Sarah, Karen and Andrew at the Post Office. Most of all, thank you to all the families who came to enjoy this lovely village social occasion in the spring sunshine.
This was the 30th Duck Race and a strange meteorological fact is that it has only rained once on Easter Sunday during those 30 years! Do the ducks have special powers over the weather we wonder?
The winners, in order across the finish line, were first number 90 (Eden Bramhill), number 343 (Emily Doyle Benn), and number 459 (Katrina Kowalczuk).
The lucky winner of the ‘name the bunny’ competition was Jenny Bennett who correctly guessed that the name of the bunny was Basil.
The proceeds from the race go to St Michael’s Tower and Bell Fund. Due to wear and tear, we will soon have to replace our eight bell ropes which will cost £200 each, so we really appreciate your support and hope that you enjoyed the fun and excitement of the race as much as we did.
Small Schools League match report by Matvii and Liam, Year 6, Blewbury School.
On Thursday 19th March, we went to Harwell to play the second part of the Small Schools League, and it was a really exciting day!
First, we played a friendly match against Harwell. It was a tough game and we lost 3–1, but it helped us warm up for the rest of the tournament. Next, we played a league match against Whitchurch and drew 1–1. Liam scored an amazing backheel goal, which was definitely one of the highlights of the day. After that, we played St Johns and won 3–1. The goals were scored by Matvii, Jai and Archie, and we worked well together as a team.
In our final match, we played Stanford and won 3–0. Rudy and Archie scored, with Archie getting two brilliant goals!
Overall, it was a great tournament, and we were really proud of how we played as a team. We also drew with Harwell overall, so we will keep the cup for half a year before sending it to them for the other half. There were some fantastic individual performances too. Rudy was an excellent goalkeeper, making some amazing saves, including shots heading for the top corner. Theo made some great throw-ins, Wen and Robert were strong in defence and helped set up goals, and Reegan was powerful in midfield, especially in the game against Stanford. We all had a brilliant time and showed great teamwork throughout the day.