Sutton Bonington
FAMILY AND PARADE
SERVICE. The annual United Family and Parade Service that launches the opening of the annual Village Show at Sutton Bonington will be held as usual again this year on showday, Sunday September 2. It will take place in the Horticultural Marquee at the Village Showground.
The service begins at 10am and will include a talk by Michael Burt, a puppeteer and illusionist.
As usual, those attending the service will have to pay the usual entrance fee to the showground but this will be refunded in full to anyone who leaves the ground within thirty minutes of the end of the service.
BELLRINGING RECRUITMENT. Steps are being taken to attempt to recruit more church bellringers from around in the Sutton Bonington area.
There are within the local area of Normanton on Soar, Sutton Bonington, Stanford, East Leake and Rempstone are five churches that each have active bell towers, with in total there being of thirty bells.
Currently the maximum number of bell-ringers that is available to cover all these churches is sixteen.
At Normanton on Soar there is just one has one ringer and Sutton Bonington four.
It seems that bell ringing is becoming a dying art, the opinion being strengthened by the fact that Normanton have not had their bells rung on Remembrance Sunday for many years.
Bernard Smith, who heads the ringers at Sutton Bonington, says they are trying to recruit new members to the teams , adding that the art is a fun and sociable activity which will go some way to keeping you fit at no charge. Friday practices often end by a visit to the local pub and outgoings / social events are arranged throughout the year.
Bell ringing is open to all regardless of religion and if anyone would like to try their hand at it and become part of something special please get in touch. The contact for contact for Normanton on Soar is Shirley Barnett on 01509 844136 and for Sutton Bonington is Bernard Smith on (01509 768099).
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. No objection has been raised by the parish council at Sutton Bonington to plans by the University of Nottingham to construct a new agricultural style building for their site in the village for the storage and sorting of seeds.
VILLAGE SHOW. Sutton Bonington Show being held as usual on the first Sunday in September, will again be offering a wide range of entertainment with a full programme of activities.
One of the highlights will be a Spitfire Flypast and another the Extreme Motorcycle display team along with Wild Thyme Cookery Theatre, rural exhibits, terrier racing and the annual sheaf tossing challenge among the days programme, along with country foods, Sheridan sheep dog, birds of prey flying demonstration, vintage vehicles, climbing wall, plumb loco jazz band, Punch & Judy, Howard’s Vintage fairground, caving experience, dog agility children’s entertainment, poultry and Rabbit show, trade & craft stands all making towards a super day for the expected hundreds of visitors.
RESIDENTS BEING OFFERED FREE TREES. Residents in Sutton Bonington are being offered two free trees for either their gardens or other sites in the parish by Rushcliffe Borough Council.
The authority is establishing the trees scheme for 2018, and applications will be accepted via a ‘Surveymonkey’ form. The trees can be planted in the applicants own garden or land or another site within the parish with permission from the landowner.
NEW TERM AT CAMPUS. New students who will be joining existing ones at the Sutton Bonington campus of Nottingham University when the new term starts will be expected to strengthen the Students’ Union Music Society there and who host at least two concerts during the academic year and are involved in other events on campus such as ‘Dining-ins’ and Societies Ball.
To improve the quality of events and with the society wanting to expand, they have been raising money to allow them to have additional staging for their events.
They say at the moment they have to borrow staging for each event which is time-consuming and expensive and new equipment will be a very worthy investment for the society.
The society does have some funds to put towards staging, but they alwa6ys have a need for more.
SB Music Society is the largest and one the most active societies on campus, with numerous ensembles and a well equipped music room. As well as annual concerts, they host open mic nights, contribute to many campus events and the Music Society was the founding society for ‘SB Fest’, a large collaborative event which celebrates all aspects of campus life.
To learn more about the society, anyone interested can visit the Facebook Page ‘SB Music Society’, or their our own website which is reached at: : http://suttonbonington. wixsite.com/musicsoc where you can learn more about what they do.
You can also view their concerts on YouTube and see how the society has progressed over time! https:// www.youtube.com/channel/C6RmHtnoYLarx22Q4zXt_1g
USEFUL POUINTS FOR CRICKETERS. A useful 19 points were picked up by Sutton Bonington cricketers in their home Gunn and Moore South Notts Cricket League game with Flintham on Saturday.
Batting first Bonington got off to what has become a regular occurrence in losing an early wicket, with opener Jack Scriven going before he had scored.
Number two batsman Steve Farrow and skipper Dave Appleby settled in well; with Farrow hitting 32 before being the second man out. Appleby batted through to 54 before being run out and helped his side to reach 169-8 in their 45 overs.
Flintham copied the home side in that they too lost their number one batsman for nought and carried on struggling as they managed to reach 124 before being all out.
The scorecard for the innings showed Keiran Olsson top bowler taking 5-13 in 10 overs with four maidens while skipper Appleby in his 1.3 overs dismissed the last two batsman and didn’t concede a run.