Articles

On Sunday 14 December Kilby neighbours and friends got together to celebrate Christmas. This year, this annual event was held at the home of Tony and Kathy Kilsby.

Our youngest player is 8 years old, and the oldest is 76, so age is only a small barrier to having a go at table tennis. Your first session is free, including the coaching on Wednesday nights from 7pm (beginners) and 7.45pm (improvers) with free play from 8.30 - 9.30pm.

After a very successful year 2024-2025 we were able to present three local charities with a substantial amount of money to help with their much needed work.

As we step into the New Year, everyone at our charity would like to wish our community a very happy and healthy 2026. We hope you all enjoyed a peaceful and restful Christmas break with family, friends and loved ones.

Many residents have contacted me over the years about the safety of the Church Road and New Road junctions with the A6 in Kibworth. Like many of you, I’m frustrated that despite repeated promises, these junctions remain dangerous and nothing has been done to fix them.

For the history and film buffs we have a talk entitled ‘Zulu and the Battle of Rorke’s Drift’ on Tuesday 3February at 7.30pm. How true to life, or not, was the depiction of this famous battle in the film Zulu?

I am Steve Taylor and an 8th degree black belt in Taekwon-do. I started training in 1977 and got my black belt in 1983, one year later I started teaching in Oadby where my classes soon reached 100 students per night. In 1988 I moved to Kibworth and shortly after opened a club in Kibworth Village Hall. Taekwon-do is a Korean military martial art comprising of self defence including against knives etc. Sparring, patterns and destruction.

The first meeting of the new year for the Kibworth & District Heritage Society is to take place on Wednesday 21 January in Kibworth Community Library at 7.30pm. This will be a talk by Kibworth resident John Freeland, he will be speaking about his great-granduncle, Alonzo Freeland. He was at one time owner of the premises which is now Somerby’s Chemist Shop on Station Street. Alonzo was both a chemist and a photographer and there will be several previously unseen photographs of Kibworth on view.

Over the weekend 3 and 4 January Norton & Gaulby Young Farmers went out across the South Leicestershire area to collect people’s Christmas trees for recycling. This year we have achieved record breaking numbers of 561 trees. We made £4494.50 all for three amazing local charities: ‘Yellow Wellies Farm Safety Foundation’ ‘Gems’ and ‘Derbyshire, Leicestershire &Rutland Air Ambulance Service.’

December marked the start of a number of festive gatherings, including the ‘Leicester City Centre Light Run’, a festive charity fun run at Wistow, and the club Christmas party. This year, we were lucky enough to offer members a prize draw thanks to the generosity of local businesses. A special thank-you goes to ’Bridge 67,’ ‘Kibworth Garden Centre’ ‘Rosie Made a Thing’, ‘Mollie Mae Cards’, ‘Elise Tear Sports Massage, and ‘Anita’s Holistic Health’ for their kind donations. A great night was had by all.