Now that we have the new village website

Please send all future information for the Gossip to this new address.
The old Hotmail address will no longer be checked from 1 June 2005.

To provide info for the new website contact Nigel

A number of people have made offers to help with the Gossip. Thanks!

In order to sort out who is going to do what, can anyone who is interested in keeping the Gossip going (whether you have already offered or not) please come to the Swan on

This years fete will again be held in the beautiful garden of Clive and Ann Underwood on Saturday 18th June, so put the date in your diaries. Please support this event in any way you can as all funds raised are distributed out to the village groups.

There will all the usual fun including ball pit, bouncy castle, refreshments, Brass Band and some new attractions so please come along and enjoy the afternoon.

If you are able to help in any way please contact Jacqui, as any offers will be gladly accepted. Raffle tickets and Fete programmes will be delivered to your door soon. Donations of plants, books, raffle and tombola prizes should be brought up on the morning of the fete or call Jacqui if you would like to have anything collected.

On Sunday, June 12th a Car Treasure Hunt has been organized in aid of the Village Hall Restoration Project.

More importantly we are hoping that villagers and friends will join us for an afternoon of fun, exploring the delights of the lanes and villages in the Braybrooke area, perhaps discovering interesting features never noticed before!

The cost is £20.00 per car (ideally 4 per car - £5.00 per person)

This is not a race and the starting point is the Village Hall car park between 1.30pm and 2.30pm so you should turn up between those times to collect your clues!

The estimated time that it will take is between 2 & 4 hours with a distance of between 20 & 30 miles. (Actual distance cannot be revealed as this will be used in case of a tie).

Entry forms will be delivered to every house in the Village in the near future and to assist organization please complete and return the form together with your entry fee to:- 19 Griffin Road or ring David or Gill with any queries (but not for the answers or the route!)

A big thank you to all those that have supported my fund raising for the Let's Trek for Children charities
(Barnardo's, ChildLine, Kith & Kids, Dreams Come True Charity and MedEquip4Kids).

So far I have raised £1,200. (Only £1,300 to go!) Afternoon Tea raised £210, Quiz Night £115 & Raffle £52.

Events coming up:
Sunday June 5th 3-5pm, Afternoon Tea, Village Hall
Quiz Night at The Swan, Tuesday 7th June watch out for details in the pub!
Saturday June 11th 10-12 noon, Brunch, Village Hall
Thanks again,
Sarah

Kettering Borough Council are offering 50% grants for LOFT INSULATION, CAVITY WALL INSULATION and HOT WATER TANK JACKETS as their contribution towards Global warming.

For further information ring 0800 731 8976. You could save over £100 per year on your heating bills and help towards saving the environment. If you are in receipt of Income Support and/or Pension Credit the package comes completely FREE.

27 May May Day at School
29 May BCC v Leicester Evington (H)
05 June Afternoon Tea VH
05 June BCC v Fleckney (A)
08 June Gossip meeting
12 June BCC v Laughton &Mowsley (H)
11 June Brunch VH
12 June CAR TREASURE HUNT
13 June WI
18 June BRAYBROOKE FETE
19 June BCC v Clipston (A)
26 June BCC v Phoenix (H)
03 July BCC v H/b Taverners (H)
10 July BCC v H/b South (A) Ian Roper Memorial Shield.
11 July WI - Summer Party
17 July BCC v Gilmorton (H)
19 July Parish Council
22 July Info for Gossip - use new email address
24 July BCC v Leic Mkt Traders (A)
31 July BCC v Arthingworth (H) Supaseal Trophy & Vice Presidents Day. Bar BBQ & Bouncy Castle.

The 2005 season is underway and what a great start. The Racehorse (N/hampton) were soundly beaten by Braybrooke Cricket Club in the first match, our winter preparation proving invaluable. BCC made 209 for 9, with most of the team making early season runs, notably, Mike Ward 38, Dave Winter 34 NO, Nick Chudley 28, James Panter 20 NO, Glyn Panter 19. The 10 man Racehorse were dismissed for 61. Dave Winter 11 for 3, Dave Marks 26 for 3.

The match against Houghton-on-the-Hill 2nd XI was cancelled because of overnight rain.

Club calamity, Captain Paul Clarke has an injury that could keep him out until August. Vice-captain Dave Winter took charge of the record match against Anstey & Glenfield. A really good match played in autumnal conditions. Unfortunately BCC was narrowly defeated. BCC again batted first and made a defendable 124 all out. Hugh Hackett (our overseas signing, well he is originally from Scotland!) cemented a regular place on the team scoring 30 NO, Nick Chudley 21, Ben Stanley 16. Anstey & Glenfield struggled but passed this total with 3 overs to spare. Dave Winter 11 for 2, Dave Marks 24 for 2.

All matches have been included in Dates for your Diary and a 2005 fixtures card is in the Village Notice Board outside the Village Hall. Matches are all played on Sunday. Spectators always welcome.

Remember July 31 our annual match v Arthingworth for the Supaseal Trophy with family entertainment.

13 June Oil Painting Demo and Talk
13 July Garden Meeting

The AGM took place on 3 May. Jim Thompson was re-elected as Chair, Andrea Lane Secretary and Sam Elmore Treasurer. The bids for money to support the Restoration Project have been sent to KBC & NCC and the bid to the Lottery will be sent as soon as the new Community Fund is available. Thanks to everyone who has supported the fund raising effort so far and please keep up the good work.

Thank you to Ruth Tiney who has made the flower bed on the green so beautiful this year. It is a lovely sight when you enter the village. Well done Ruth.

The school is organising its annual May celebrations. There will be maypole dancing and the crowning of a May Queen. We had considered processing through the village, as I understand this was a feature of some years back. Having spent many years as a Morrisman, I would love to see this growing to involve the village team. Perhaps we can make contact and discuss this for next year? In the meantime, readers are more than welcome to visit us on May 27th in the afternoon to see the dancing and share any memories of similar celebrations in the near or distant past.

Life at the school has been very busy. The children are supporting Sarah Adams (from the village) in her quest to raise money to go on a Great Wall of China trek. The children raised £20 in a Crazy Clothes Day at school. We wish Sarah the best and look forward to seeing her when she returns, with pictures of our Class 1 teddy on the Great Wall!

A recent visit from LEA inspectors gave the school a glowing report. All the lessons they observed were judged as ''Good'' or ''Outstanding'' (Ofsted speak). There are not so many schools able to claim such high standards. The children's behaviour was also seen as ''good''.

Once again can I invite any readers to visit us and see what we are about? We would love some voluntary help with readers, or any other strengths you might have. Please ring Linda Handy (01858 464799) or just call in! Ken Sharman, Headteacher.

Twenty eight children plus several adults joined in the fun and games on Easter Saturday, and all must have been eggs-austed by the end of the afternoon. They eggs-celled themselves at making Easter cards and cakes and there was a fine eggs-hibition of eggs-otic Easter bonnets which had been eggs-pertly designed. There was also pin the tail on the rabbit where the children were blindfolded and with eggs-treme skill they tried to pin the tail in eggs-actly the correct position.

After the eggs-cessive rainfall, we all got some eggs-ercise and eggs-plored the village on the Easter Egg Hunt. All the children won at least one Easter egg each, so nobody was eggs-cluded. The day ended at the school field with the fun and eggs-ertion of egg and spoon races for children and adults. The money raised (£140.00) towards the Village Hall Restoration Project far eggs-ceeded all eggs-pectations.

Thanks go to all who helped with the day, eggs-pecially Andrea & Kevin and Catherine & Sarah for all their hard work, and to those who supported the event in any way to make it such an eggs-cellent success.

200 Club Results January & February 2005
46 A. Underwood £26.00 J. Austin 50
61 R. Perry £13.00 P. Hull 14
55 A. Ralph £6.50 P. Corderey 88
107 N. Everard£6.50 R. Wheeler 52
79 J. Willis £6.50 M. Menczer 135

Braybrooke Services

22nd May 10.00 Holy Communion, Chapel
29th May 10:00 Chapel
29th May 10.15 United Service at Dingley
5th June 10:00 Holy Communion, All Saints
12th June 10:00 Morning Worship, Chapel
19th June 10:00 Family Service, All Saints
26th June 10:00 Holy Communion, Chapel
3rd July 10:00 Holy Communion, All Saints
10th July 10:00 Morning Worship, Chapel
17th July 10:00 Family Service, All Saints
24th July 10:00 Holy Communion, Chapel
31st July 10:00 Chapel
7th August 10:00 Holy Communion, All Saints
14th August 10:00 Morning Worship, Chapel
21st August 10:00 Family Service, All Saints
29th August 10:00 Holy Communion, Chapel

Hopefully the new team will be in place to produce the July Gossip.
All info by Friday 22 July please .
Where possible please email and use the new address!

To those who are leaving the production team - A special thanks for all those issues of the Gossip

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