Our members have just returned from our annual visit to Potters Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, where the World Indoor Bowls Championships are taking place. As always, we were really impressed by the bowling skills demonstrated and hope we can be as good one day! We thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and were able to partake in a wide range of other activities. These included snooker, swimming, quizzes, line dancing and even Morris dancing. The evening entertainment was first class and the food plentiful.
Happy New Year from all of us at Fleckney & Kibworth Running Club. It was a busy end to 2023 for team F&K with various races, and festive runs to report.
There is a lot written about mental wellbeing these days and taking exercise as a means of staying healthy. BBC Radio 4 has many programmes detailing ways to keep healthy and avoid going to see the Doctor. Getting outside and going for a walk with a group of people has to be one of the best ways of achieving this.
Our December activities began on the 11th when our skittles team played against Loddington WI. The match was held at The Rose and Crown in Thurnby. The skittles alley, which was decorated with greenery, Christmas baubles and lights, looked really festive.
Do you ever wonder about the ‘District’ part of Market Harborough, and especially what life is like for our farmers? Recently I had the privilege of speaking with one of our local farmers to find out more. David (not his real name for security) talked about the challenges he had faced over the years and even more so now.
Following the great success of our Playsical, One Night Only, our two theatre groups are about to embark on rehearsals for another Murder Mystery Supper Night which will be performed in April, in Kibworth, Smeeton and some of our surrounding villages.
Members of Main Street Theatre Company and Kibworth Theatre Company came together to perform an original production by Ella Wright entitled ‘One Night Only’; which was funny given it was on for five nights! But once you saw the show you understood the premise for the title.
The story circles around an amateur theatre group who are struggling to keep going and want to raise their profile. They find out that Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is running a competition to find the best amateur theatre company in the UK. So, unsurprisingly, the CRAP group enter (the name being an acronym of the group’s full name and not a reflection of their acting skills on the Kibworth School Stage). The plot was of a great standard. The actors on stage brought it to life with a mix of acting, the singing of popular songs and simple dance routines. Good sound levels and lighting added to the quality of the show.
We sat in cabaret style and the front of house and hospitality volunteers also added to the evening. Unfortunately, I didn’t win in the massive raffle!
The show performed to five audiences. I congratulate Ella and her cast and crew for a successful show and hope to see them perform again in the future.
