CARNIVAL: Skittles competition to benefit Eclipse CC

CARNIVAL: Skittles competition to benefit Eclipse CC

Posted: 23rd March 2015
THE annual Carnival Summer Skittles League in Chard will help to raise money for the Eclipse CC. The first matches in the four-a-side league are planned to start on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Teams are wanted for this year’s league and more information and entry forms are available from fixtures secretary Jason Baker on 07736-310-805.

Read More

CARNIVAL: Big breakfast with Gemini CC

CARNIVAL: Big breakfast with Gemini CC

Posted: 20th March 2015
THE successful Gemini CC will be holding a fundraising BIG Breakfast this weekend in Ilminster. People are invited to go along on Sunday, March 22, 2015, to the Parish Hall in North Street, Ilminster, and enjoy a mouth-watering full English cooked breakfast between 9am and 11am. The breakfast is cooked to order with locally sourced ingredients and will cost £4.50. PHOTO…

Read More

CARNIVAL: Quiz time with Eclipse

CARNIVAL: Quiz time with Eclipse

Posted: 9th March 2015
THE Eclipse Carnival Club will be hosting a quiz at the Choughs Hotel in High Street, Chard, on Sunday, March 22, 2015. The quiz will be held from 7.15pm in readiness for a 7.30pm start and to secure a table – please call The Choughs on 01460-63266 or speak to a member of Eclipse. Teams of four are needed at a cost of £8 per team. There will also be a raffle on the night.

Read More

CARNIVAL: Harlequin begin search for new home

CARNIVAL: Harlequin begin search for new home

Posted: 4th March 2015
THE award-winning Harlequin Carnival Club from Ilminster is searching for a new home – once again. The club knew that 2011 would be its final year at Parsonage Farm at Ashill and now this year will see Harlequin say goodbye to its HQ at Parshalls Farm at Donyatt. Club chairman Steve Dawe said: “Our lease has come to an end, our landlord’s lease with the council has come…

Read More

CARNIVAL: Bingo time with Generations CC

CARNIVAL: Bingo time with Generations CC

Posted: 17th February 2015
THERE will be prize bingo on Friday (February 20, 2015) at the Ilton village hall near Ilminster in aid of Generations Carnival Club. Doors open at 6.30pm and "eyes down" at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to go along and support the club.

Read More

CARNIVAL: Ilminster organisers hand out the cash

CARNIVAL: Ilminster organisers hand out the cash

Posted: 14th February 2015
ILMINSTER Carnival Committee last night (Friday, February 13, 2015) awarded cheques worth £3,150 to groups and organisations during a ceremony at the Shrubbery Hotel. Carnival chairman Kym Toms said a big thank you to everyone who helps to ensure that the annual procession goes ahead each year. The cheque recipients were as follows: Ilminster Fire Brigade, Westonzoyland…

Read More

CARNIVAL: Chard club looks for new members!

CARNIVAL: Club 2000 look for new members

Posted: 12th February 2015
THE Chard-based Club 2000 Carnival Club is on the lookout for new members of all ages to join the team. The club is looking for anyone who is good with electrics, painting, carpentry and general DIY skills to help with its 2015 entry. Also on the recruitment list is people who can make outfits, dance or fundraise. Basically – anyone and everyone is invited to join Club…

Read More

CARNIVAL NEWS: Arsonists set light to Gemini fundraising

CARNIVAL NEWS: Arsonists set light to Gemini fundraising

Posted: 9th February 2015
MEMBERS of Ilminster-based Gemini Carnival Club have been left frustrated and angry after arsonists set fire to the club's money-making waste paper and cardboard collection. Club members collect the paper and cardboard from outside people's homes and then put it into a skip before it goes off for recycling. The more it collects and the heavier the pile is - the more…

Read More

CARNIVAL: Cash is handed out to groups in Chard

CARNIVAL: Cash is handed out to groups in Chard

Posted: 7th February 2015
CHARD Carnival Committee has handed out cheques worth £7,000 to 24 local groups and organisations during a presentation ceremony. Representatives of all the recipients were in attendance at the presentation event held at the Lordleaze Hotel in Chard on Thursday (February 5, 2015). Carnival committee chairman, Andy Chant, in his first year in the role, said: “We’d like to…

Read More

CARNIVAL: Waste paper and cardboard collection in Ilminster

CARNIVAL: Waste paper and cardboard collection in Ilminster

Posted: 28th January 2015
THE Ilminster-based Gemini Carnival Club will be holding their regular waste paper and cardboard collection in the town on Saturday (January 31, 2015). Leave your waste paper outside between 9am and 12noon and the Gemini team will be around to collect it as part of the club’s fundraising. The waste paper/cardboard is recycled and the more the club has – the more money it…

Read More