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Dear Editor

Foxton Community Choir would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported our ‘Summer Dreamin'’ concert in June, on one of the hottest nights of the year. It was an evening of great music, love and laughter, with the choir performing a range of toe-tapping tunes alongside traditional choral pieces. The choir is now gearing up for another busy year, starting in September when we begin preparing for our Christmas concert which will take place on Friday 12 December.

Our season of outdoor bowls, which started in April, has gone really well this year with many enjoyable games, partly due to this glorious weather we have had.

When Did You Last Ask Yourself, "How Am I Really Doing?"

25 January 1929 – 13 June 2025

Extract from THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, August 1825 by James Beresford, (Rector of Kibworth 1812-1841) Kibworth Rectory 27 July, 1825

Your local table tennis club; (all welcome – your first session free); has found a temporary home in the main hall at Kibworth Mead Academy because Fleckney Sports Centre is shortly(?) to be demolished and a fancy new building, with three times the space for table tennis, will, in due course, take its place. Our youngest player is eight and the oldest 76. We accommodate absolute beginners coaching them up to League level if they wish. From Wednesday 3 September, coaching, practice and League matches will all be held on Wednesday nights. Beginners are at 7pm and improvers at 7.45pm. Coaching continues until 8.30pm and free play till 10pm.

Here is 10 year old Lydia Rees from Gaulby Lodge Farm who won the Young Handler competition at this year's Blaston Show in June with her lamb called Pretzel, and then went on to win the reserve overall young handler. Here she is looking very proud of her achievement.

On Saturday, 4 October at 7:30pm in the Robert Monk Village Hall, Middle Street, Foxton, St Andrew’s Church are holding a Cher tribute night, with supported acts, Composed Chaos Duo and Anne Marie.

Monthly parish council meetings were held on 3June and 5 August at 7pm in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub. The meeting on 1July was a walkabout and started at 7pm in Jubilee Green.