Santa is coming!

Santa's sleighSanta will be visiting us once again in his sleigh! 

We have gathered the full list of where Santa will be touring throughout December so you can ensure you don’t miss him! 

There will also be elves accompanying Santa with collection boxes so don’t forget your spare change to donate to a fantastic cause!

Santa’s Sleigh Route December 2017 are as follows:

1st December
Barkston Ash – 17:30

3rd December
Church Fenton Route 1 – 15:00 to 17:30
Church Fenton Route 2 – 17:30 to 20:00

4th December
New Lane/Highfields – from 17:30

5th December
Saxton – from 17:30

6th December
Eversley Park Estate Route 1 – from 17:30

7th December
Eversley Park Estate Route 2 – from 17:30

8th December
Biggin pub

9th December
South Milford Plant Centre – from 10:30

10th December
Lumby – 15:00 to 17:30
South Milford – 17:30 to 20:00

11th December
South Milford – from 17:30

12th December
Ulleskelf – from 17:30

13th December
Sherburn Fairway, Copperfield and Pasture View – from 17:30

14th December
Sherburn Pastures – from 17:30

15th December
Sherburn Springfields – from 17:30

17th December
Hillam – 15:00 to 17:30
Monk Fryston – 17:30 to 20:00

18th December
Moor Lane, Saxon Way and Moorland Way – from 17:30

19th December
Burton Salmon – from 17:30

20th December
Sherburn Pinfolds – from 17:30

23rd December
South Milford Santa Dash 

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Race Night at Church Fenton village hall on Saturday, 29th July

We are running  a Charity Race Night at Church Fenton village hall on Saturday, 29th July.

Starters orders are at 8:00pm and the £10 ticket cost includes a delicious home-made pie and pea supper.

You can be an owner, a jockey – and most of all – A WINNER

Just call Maggie on 0780 3022423 and book your place now!

Click on the image below to view and download our poster, which you can display locally

Sherburn Gala cake stall and tug of war contest

We recently took part in the Sherburn Gala where we had a cake stall offering a range of tasty cakes from a supplier who counts Harrods of Knightsbridge among their customers.

Here’s what Lions David Jones and Pauline Croft were selling before a heavy downpour turned our gazebo into an impromptu refuge for as many visitors who could cram themselves under cover.

We also arranged a charity tug-of-war contest with four teams participating, two men’s and two women’s teams, each from the Oddfellows pub and Sherburn Gymnastics Club.

In a best of three contests which all went to the wire, Sherburn Gymnastics club won both times. This won them the £100 cash prize for a cause of their choice, which not surprisingly was their gymnastics club. The Oddfellows teams generously gave their £50 runners up prize to Sherburn Gymnastics, although the club’s Captain Jack Sparrow looked every bit as dodgy as Johnny Depp.

New mowers for local church

All Saints Church in Sherburn recently appealed for help with the purchase of new mowers for their graveyard. A generous sponsor provided the fund for a new ride-on mower while Elmet Lions contributed £350 to the more modest cost of a smaller mower for grass cutting around individual graves. Our photo shows the vicar Chris Wilton and gardener Roy Mytom showing the new mower to Lion President Ann Hudson, Lions David Jones, Pauline Croft and Paul Croll and Councillor David Buckle.

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Sherburn Community Gymnastics Club

In February of this year we were approached by Sherburn Community Gymnastics Club (SCGC) with a request to support their efforts in respect of the fledgling club. We decided to provide the money needed to obtain a vaulting box and were pleased to attend the official opening by Nile Wilson and hand over a cheque for £395

Nile Wilson peforms the official opening ceremony

Elmet Lions David Jones and Steve Cooper present the cheque for £395, with Nile Wilson looking on

You can read more about the gymnastics club by clicking on the More link below

Continue reading “Sherburn Community Gymnastics Club”

Thanks once again to the pubs who participated in our quiz

We'd just like to acknowledge the ten pubs who took part in our first inter-pub quiz and publicise them with a link to their own website where they have one. Please support them as they supported us.

Just click on the photo to go to their website.

Oddfellows Arms, Sherburn

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Swan, Sherburn

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Boot & Shoe, Barkston

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Cross Keys, Hillam

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Red Bear, Sherburn

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Greyhound, Saxton

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Fenton Flyer, Church Fenton

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Ash Tree, Barkston

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Plough, Burton Salmon

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Queen o' t'owd Thatch

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Inter pub quiz second trophy presentation

We briefly interrupted the regular Monday night pub quiz at the Oddfellows, Sherburn on the 14th November to present our second trophy from the inter-pub quiz.

This time it was for the pub which raised the most money towards the quiz event and once again it was the Oddfellows who were winners. They raised £215.05 of the total amount of £830.

Our photo shows Lions club President Ann Hudson presenting the trophy to landlady Gemma Stead, looked on by the pub’s own quizmaster Ephraim Dainbrook and landlord James Stead.

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This year’s quiz was the first of what we hope will be a regular annual feature in our calendar.

We are grateful for the support of local landlords, their customers and our supporters who helped out on the night.

Santa’s sleigh routes 2016

Santa ClausWe are pleased to announce the dates and routes for Santa’s sleigh. Weekday times are from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

We will keep you updated with any changes via Twitter (@Elmet_Lions)

Thursday 1st Dec Saxton
Friday 2nd Dec Barkston Ash
Sunday 4th Dec 3:00 – 5:30pm Hillam
Sunday 4th Dec 5:30 – 8:00pm Monk Fryston
Monday 5th Dec New Lane/ Highfields /New houses
Wednesday 7th Dec Sherburn Eversley
Thursday 8th Dec Sherburn Eversley
Friday 9th Dec Biggin
Sunday 11th Dec  3:00 – 5:30pm Lumby
 Sunday 11th Dec 5:30 – 8:00pm South Milford
Monday 12th Dec South Milford
Wednesday 14th Dec Sherburn Copperfield/Pasture View
Thursday 15th Dec Sherburn Pastures
Friday 16th Dec Sherburn Springfields
Sunday 18th Dec  3:00 – 5:30pm Church Fenton
Sunday 18th Dec  5:30 – 8:00pm Church Fenton
Lumby Monday 19th Dec Moorland Way / Saxon Way
Tuesday  20th Dec Burton Salmon
Wednesday 21st Dec Sherburn Pinfolds

Download/print this schedule as a pdf

Inter pub quiz

Friday, 28th October we held our first inter-pub quiz in Sherburn and surrounding villages, with ten pubs taking part.

The format was 100 questions answered in thirty minutes, with the winners being the team that answered the most questions in the shortest time. Like Mastermind, we also took into account passes where scores were equal.

The trophy for the winning team went to the Oddfellows with a score of 67. Here’s a picture of Club President Ann Hudson presenting it. The camera’s flash seems to have added a topical spooky Hallowe’en look to the photo!

Inter pub quiz trophy presented to The Oddfellows

A second trophy will be presented to the pub which raises the most money towards the Defibrillator Fund. So far we have collected £498.47 from four pubs and are awaiting the collection buckets from the rest.

Thanks to all the pubs which took part and all who helped us run this highly successful event on the night.

 

Santa’s Sleigh

We’ll be publishing the timetable for Santa’s sleigh visits to the various local villages shortly.

In the meantime though we want to tell you about our latest innovation. You’ll have heard of Santa’s little helpers. This year we’ve recruited Santa’s litte tracker.

You will be able to track Santa amd see where he is on a dedicated website as he progresses around your village.

More details to follow nearer the date.