CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Lions Club announce fundraising event details

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Lions Club announce fundraising event details

Posted: 9th March 2015
THE Ilminster Lions Club has announced details of two fundraising events it will be holding in the forthcoming months. A dog show will be held on Sunday, May 10, 2015, on the Dillington Estate (via the Whitelackington entrance) will start at 11am with judging from midday. Details of classes and further information are available from Lindsey Poole – email…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Race night with South Petherton CC

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Race night with South Petherton CC

Posted: 28th February 2015
SOUTH Petherton Cricket Club will be hosting a fundraising race night on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at the award-winning Brewers Arms in the village. If you like a flutter – why not go along and join in the fun? The race night will start at 8.30pm. A club spokesman said: “Please come and support the cricket club.”

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Changing face of Yeovil with Martock History Group

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Changing face of Yeovil with Martock History Group

Posted: 24th February 2015
AN ILLUSTRATED presentation about Yeovil looking at the changes that have radically altered the town over the past 100 years will be the subject of a talk tonight (Tuesday, February 24, 2015). Mike Bolton will give the presentation at the Martock Local History Group’s meeting at Martock Primary School in Elmleigh Road, Martock, from 7pm in readiness for a 7.30pm start…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Quiz night at Chard Town FC

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Quiz night at Chard Town FC

Posted: 24th February 2015
A QUIZ night will be held at Chard Town Football Club on Friday, February 27, 2015, from 7.30pm. Teams of four are wanted at £6 per team. Everyone is welcome and there will be prizes to be won and a raffle during the evening at Chard Town's Zembard Lane headquarters. For more information call David Cole on 07850 13354.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Send us your news!

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Send us your news!

Posted: 24th February 2015
THE Yeovil Press wants to hear from clubs and societies within the Yeovil and South Somerset area with all their latest news and events. You can send us your news by email to yeovilpress@gmail.com and it can be about anything and everything – forthcoming events, looking for new members, activities you have been involved in. We look forward to hearing from you.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: The Addams Family in running for NODA award

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: The Addams Family in running for NODA award

Posted: 23rd February 2015
YEOVIL Youth Theatre has gained a nomination for the NODA South West Awards for 2014. The YYT finds itself up against nine other groups in the Councillor’s Cup for Best Youth Production with its excellent show of The Addams Family which it performed at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil from November 18-22, 2014. Winners will be announced at the NODA South West awards night…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Yeovil Youth Theatre gains award nominations for The Addams Family

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Yeovil Youth Theatre gains award nominations for The Addams Family

Posted: 22nd February 2015
THE Yeovil Youth Theatre has received a number of nominations in the Somerset Fellowship of Drama David Beach Awards for its production of The Addams Family. The talented group put on the comedy-filled show at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil from November 18-22, 2014. Erin Damon has been nominated in the Best Youth 16 and Under Female category for her portrayal of…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Somerset award nominations for Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Somerset award nominations for Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

Posted: 22nd February 2015
TALENTED members of the Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society have gained a string of nominations in the annual Somerset Fellowship of Drama David Beach Awards. There were some fantastic performances during 2014 by YAOS in their two excellent productions of Sister Act and Jekyll and Hyde performed at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil. Both shows have been nominated in the Best…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Yeovil group wins nominations in NODA awards

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Yeovil group wins nominations in NODA awards

Posted: 22nd February 2015
THE Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society has gained several nominations for the NODA South West Awards for 2014 for their fantastic productions of Sister Act and Jekyll and Hyde. The talented YAOS had an amazing 12 months with Sister Act being performed at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil from March 11-22, 2014, and then the spellbinding Jekyll and Hyde at the same venue from…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: CLOKS delighted with town council grant

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: CLOKS delighted with town council grant

Posted: 20th February 2015
MEMBERS of a talented Chard-based youth group have thanked the town council for a £500 grant. Officials from the Chard Local Kids Society for Music and Drama group, better known as CLOKS, were delighted to receive the grant from Chard Town Council. This money will go towards buying backstage equipment – headsets and an intercom system. A CLOKS spokesman said: “This will…

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