JUNE 2008
The Society aims to encourage and promote Sport and the Live Arts in Much Wenlock. An Olympian Weekend with a number of sports is held in July each year. Fourteen sports were included in the Games programme in 2007. Complete results of the 2007 event are shown on the web-site. A Live Arts Festival for local school children is held in March. Membership of the Society is available to everyone and new members will be welcomed. The Annual General meeting and Committee meetings are open to visitors.
London 2012
As part of the National event on the 24th August all Local Authorities throughout the UK will be "flying the flag" at the time of the handover from Beijing to London. This is a special flag with the famous London 2012 logo.
Our application for this London 2012 flag has now been approved. We are the only organisation in this region, other than the Local Authorities, to have one thereby providing a very special opportunity for Much Wenlock to join this International event by “Flying the flag” at a prominent site in the town.
The Queens Award for Voluntary Service
On the anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation 2nd June it was announced in The London Gazette that the Society has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
This is a great honour for the Society and also gives the opportunity for representatives to attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. The Award is to be presented by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire at an event at his home later in July to members of the Society
Exhibition
In September an Exhibition “A Century of Olympic Posters” by the V&A opens at Ironbridge Gorge Museum on the 27th September. The Private View will be on the 26th which coincides with an “extravaganza” of dance, “Son et Lumiere” etc at the Coalbrookdale site. See local advertising for details.
The Fencing Club
Contact Ismay Cowen 01952 740429 for details of the club’s activities. This is the only Club in the County catering for fencers of primary school age and above.
The Athletics Club
Training is on Saturdays 10.00 – 11.30 on the Linden Field below the Leisure Centre from April 26th.
Additional training sessions are organised on weekday evenings for older athletes (U15 and above). Please ask for details.
Summer competitions in the Shropshire Young Athletes League (April – July).
Come along to the Saturday sessions if you would like to try Athletics.
If you are an older athlete and would like to be involved with the club we offer senior affiliation and would welcome anyone who would like to assist with coaching for track and field events. The club will meet UKA costs for coach training.
Contact: Linda Dadswell 01952 882848
The Bowling Club
The green is open and functioning for the season. It is open at all times for members except when League matches are taking place. The Highley League matches are on Tuesday evenings from 7:00pm, the Pensioners League is on alternate Wednesday afternoons and the Mid Shropshire League is on Friday evenings from 7:00pm On Thursday afternoons from 2:00pm we hold a social bowling session when you can either just practice or get some tuition.
Spectators are very welcome at any of the League matches and new members would be very welcome at any time.
For further details contact either Don Davies 01952 727507 or Brian Davies 01952 728191
The season continues until the end of September.
THE LIVE ARTS FESTIVAL 2008
A full report of this year’s Festival and the results appear on the Society’s website soon.
We could not run this event without help from many local people who sponsor us, help by stewarding, advertising, cooking, helping with transport, being the audience, supporting the competitors and most of all the teachers who encourage and support and bring their pupils. We thank you all so much.
Plea for help – we need a Treasurer from this autumn, not a very arduous job but very important. There must be someone in Wenlock who would do this for the Live Arts Festival. Some of our committee are resigning this year and we need replacements. Please contact me if you would be able to help the few who are left!”
Diana Cavalier
Chairman
01952 727819
Dates for your Diary
July
Olympian Games weekend - 12/13th July
Olympian Games Cricket - 6th July
Olympian Games Volleyball - 9th July
Olympian Games Golf – 14th July
Main Committee meeting Thursday 17th William Brookes School
September
An Exhibition “A Century of Olympic Posters” by the V&A opens at Ironbridge Gorge Museum on the 27th
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