CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Celebrating 100 years of Scouting in Ilminster

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Celebrating 100 years of Scouting in Ilminster

Posted: 24th November 2015
MEMBERS of the Ilminster Scout Group – old and new - celebrated the organisation’s100th birthday on Friday (November 20, 2015) evening. They gathered in Market   Square and then walked to the beacon on Beacon Hill to light it to commemorate the launch of Scouting in Ilminster back in 1915. The group then returned back to the town for supper and more celebrations and the…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Charity luncheon a big success again for Yeovil Round Table

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Charity luncheon a big success again for Yeovil Round Table

Posted: 21st November 2015
SNOOKER legend Steve Davis was the guest speaker at Yeovil Round Table’s 14th annual charity lunch. Davis, who dominated the sport during the 1980s and won the World Championship six times, entertained around 130 diners at the Manor Hotel in Yeovil with amusing anecdotes about his career, some of the characters within snooker and obviously made reference to himself being…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Awards night for Ilminster Young Farmers

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Awards night for Ilminster Young Farmers

Posted: 9th November 2015
ILMINSTER Young Farmers Club held its awards night at the award-winning Frogmary Green Farm at South Petherton. The evening consisted of a two-course meal prepared and served by the members followed by an entertaining speech about tractors from local councillor Linda Vijeh. The night concluded with the presentation of the club awards which are mainly voted for by the…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Busy time for Chard Royal Naval Association

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Busy time for Chard Royal Naval Association

Posted: 9th November 2015
TWENTY members of the Chard Royal Naval Association recently spent a day out at the historic dockyard at Portsmouth. The Chard RNA group went to the Royal Naval Association’s headquarters at SemaphoreTower where they able to enjoy an hour-long trip at sea touring the dockyard. After testing out their sea legs the group enjoyed tea and cake before going on to visit the…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Feel Better with a Book at Yeovil Library

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Feel Better with a Book at Yeovil Library

Posted: 5th November 2015
LOOKING to enjoy a good read and meet new people?  A new reading group called Feel Better with a Book will be starting at Yeovil Library next Wednesday (November 11, 2015) from 11am to 12.30pm. Funded by Somerset County Council and organised by the Reader, a national award-winning social enterprise, it is free to attend and sessions will be running at the same time every…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Majorettes are recruiting

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Majorettes are recruiting

Posted: 3rd November 2015
ILMINSTER Majorettes are holding a recruitment evening tomorrow (Wednesday, November 4, 2015) evening at its headquarters at the Isle Youth Club. The group will be meeting from 4.30pm to 6.30pm at the club in Frog Lane, Ilminster, and all girls and boys are welcome to go along and join in the fun, although anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Great charity work by Yeovil Round Table once again!

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Great charity work by Yeovil Round Table once again!

Posted: 30th October 2015
MEMBERS of the Yeovil Round Table have presented the Julia’s House children’s hospice with a cheque for £3,000. The charitable organisation raised the money through sponsorship when the Round Tablers took part in the dragon boat racing at SherborneCastle this summer. Round Table chairman Ashley Helyar is pictured handing over the cheque to Hannah from Julia’s House with…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Photographers put their work in the frame

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Photographers put their work in the frame

Posted: 14th September 2015
MEMBERS of the South Petherton Photographic Society played host to their annual exhibition of work at the weekend. The Blake Hall was busy with visitors eager to see some fantastic photographs taken by some of the club’s 24 members at locations in this country and abroad. Some of them were on hand to speak with people about different photography techniques and explain…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Majorettes enjoy their first Carnival

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Majorettes enjoy their first Carnival

Posted: 14th September 2015
MEMBERS of the thriving Ilminster Majorettes group have been celebrating after successfully taking part in their first-ever Carnival parade at the weekend. The troupe took part in the South Petherton Carnival on Saturday (September 12, 2015) and although they did not win any prizes – it was the “taking part” which really did matter to them. It has been a lot of hard work…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Rotary Club supports ActionAid

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Rotary Club supports ActionAid

Posted: 10th September 2015
PRESIDENT of the Rotary Club of Ilminster, Linda Piggott, was joined by her fellow members this week to meet with Karin Cumming of Chard-based charity ActionAid, at the Shrubbery Hotel to hand over a cheque for £149. The money had been raised by Linda who had set out to collect her own weight in copper coins. The money raised was used to fund two chickens, two goats and…

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