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Outdoor swimming events – Avon Estuary

February 27, 2020 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

We wanted to once again notify you of the Swoosh swimming event which will be taking place on Saturday 4 July 2020 with swimmers entering the water at Aveton Gifford from 6am and exiting at Bantham Beach by 9:15am.

We are also introducing a new swim in 2020: the Bantham Boomerang, to be held on Friday 3 July 2020. Swimmers will enter the water from Bantham beach at approximately 16:30 and swim upstream with the tide. All swimmers will turn with the tide at 18:00 (wherever they are in the river) and return to Bantham beach. We expect the last swimmer to be out of the water by 20:00.

We are once again working very closely with Aveton Gifford Parish Council and the Bantham Estate on these events. We will be having another 7 swimmers fundraising again this year for the Aveton Gifford Community Swimming Pool and Pre-school.

If you’d like any further information about the event please let me know.

Many thanks.

Jon.
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Morgan Jones & Jon Stubbington
OSS Event Managers

www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com

Events, Other

MacMillan fund-raising triumph

February 24, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts
MacMillan fund-raising triumph

Well done Fiona Dukes and her team for raising the magnificent sum of £1303 at the Macmillan Mammoth Quiz night in the Memorial Hall.   You must have played your ‘Joker’!

The funds will go to help the brilliant work that MacMillan does to help cancer sufferers and their relatives.

What an excellent evening’s work – so enjoyable!

Quiz night

 

 

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QUIZ NIGHT – Friday 12th Jan 2018

November 19, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

See link for details:_

2018quiz

Events, Memorial Hall

MERVYN’S TRIUMPH

November 10, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts
MERVYN’S TRIUMPH

Mervyn Stutter took Bigbury’s packed Memorial Hall by storm on 9th November. “Really cheered me up”; “one of the best ever performances in the hall”; “a fantastic night’s entertainment” – just a few of the many comments about a show overflowing with topical political comment, sharp observations and great wit, all to a talented musical accompaniment; some wonderful Dylan-like impersonations and Donald Trumpisms (based on Nellie the Elephant, for example)!

For a locally relevant sample, play the audio clip below:-

Events, Memorial Hall, Other
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AVON ESTUARY FORUM

October 10, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Anybody with an interest in the Avon Estuary is invited to the forthcoming Forum.  See link below for details:-

AEF invite and draft agenda[2]

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INVITATION TO ONE-COUNCIL PRESENTATION – JOURNEY’S END, RINGMORE

September 24, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by BIG COM2

See link for details:-

One Council poster

Events

BEACH CLEAN – BIGBURY-ON-SEA: 30th September

September 8, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

If you’d like to help keep the beaches around the estuary free of rubbish, you can come along on Saturday 30th September at 10.00am for a 1 – hour beach clean. The event is being organised by Amanda Keetley from ‘Less Plastic’ in association with ‘Surfers against Sewage’ and is being supported by Venus cafe, who will be providing free tea/coffee for volunteers (please BYO reusable mug!).

Meet on the beach below the free (surfers) car park, at the bottom of Folly Hill at 10.00am.   HW will be around 1350. Please come suitably attired and observe our usual safety precautions (see guidelines at http://auneconservation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ACA-BEACH-CLEANS3.pdf). Gloves and bags will be provided.

Here is the link on Amanda’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/319088615222660

I hope to see you there!

environment, Events
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PRODUCE SHOW – GET YOUR ENTRIES READY!

August 20, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Click here for details:-

Bigbury Produce Show 2017

Events