Difference between revisions of "2004 Village Day Olympiad"
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Report by [[Joan West]], (President of the Sports Club) | Report by [[Joan West]], (President of the Sports Club) | ||
| − | Village Day 2004 turned out to be the last Village Day. The Village Hall had failed to get a committee to run it. They decided to ask | + | Village Day 2004 turned out to be the last Village Day. The [[Village Hall]] had failed to get a committee to run it. They decided to ask The Sports Club to take it on for just one year, thinking they had the biggest membership. They said they would ask [[Lacey Green Church]] to do it next. That never happened. I think that maybe permission to close the Main Road for the procession could not be obtained. |
| − | [[File:The Last Village Day 01.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|Crockery smashing stall. Manned by David Highgate and Monica, (Stocken Farm au pair).]]What the Village Hall Committee did not realise was that the members of the Sports Club actually belonged to three separate clubs for cricket, football and tennis, whose members were represented on | + | [[File:The Last Village Day 01.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|Crockery smashing stall. Manned by David Highgate (chairman of the Sports and Social Club Committee and Monica, (Stocken Farm au pair).]]What the Village Hall Committee did not realise was that the members of the Sports Club actually belonged to three separate clubs for cricket, football and tennis, whose members were represented on the general committee of the [[Sports and Social Club]]. There was absolutely no enthusiasm for organising Village Day. |
| − | Thinking it would be a good advertisement for the Club (having talked to several people in the village who knew nothing about us, some not even where it was or even of its existence.) The reports in Hallmark obviously didn't paint the whole picture!). | + | Thinking it would be a good advertisement for the Club (having talked to several people in the village who knew nothing about us, some not even where it was or even of its existence.) The reports in [[Hallmark]] obviously didn't paint the whole picture!). |
[[File:The Last Village Day 03.jpg|thumb|There was of course a procession from the Whip to the Sports Field.]] | [[File:The Last Village Day 03.jpg|thumb|There was of course a procession from the Whip to the Sports Field.]] | ||
Three of us took it on - myself, Jane Oakford, secretary of the Main Committee, and Linda Gaffin, who was actually on the Main Committee as liason with Lacey Green School next door. It was the year of The Olympics, and being a sports club it seemed appropriate to make that the theme. Click [[Chris & Jane Oakford]] and [[Vic & Linda Gaffin]] for more about Jane and Linda. | Three of us took it on - myself, Jane Oakford, secretary of the Main Committee, and Linda Gaffin, who was actually on the Main Committee as liason with Lacey Green School next door. It was the year of The Olympics, and being a sports club it seemed appropriate to make that the theme. Click [[Chris & Jane Oakford]] and [[Vic & Linda Gaffin]] for more about Jane and Linda. | ||
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| + | The Main attraction of the day would surely be the procession from the Whip down the Main Road to the Sports Field. Judging would take place at the collecting point on Pink Road. SPORT had to be the theme of the procession. | ||
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| + | Led by the Princes Risborough Young Farmers pulling a tractor, followed by little children on tricycles, riders on ponies and the many floats, it did not travel fast. | ||
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| + | Gommes Foundry had made a superb 'Olympic Torch'. It was decided that a tombola of epic proportions would be one of the main highlights of the day | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 16 August 2024
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Report by Joan West, (President of the Sports Club)
Village Day 2004 turned out to be the last Village Day. The Village Hall had failed to get a committee to run it. They decided to ask The Sports Club to take it on for just one year, thinking they had the biggest membership. They said they would ask Lacey Green Church to do it next. That never happened. I think that maybe permission to close the Main Road for the procession could not be obtained.
What the Village Hall Committee did not realise was that the members of the Sports Club actually belonged to three separate clubs for cricket, football and tennis, whose members were represented on the general committee of the Sports and Social Club. There was absolutely no enthusiasm for organising Village Day.
Thinking it would be a good advertisement for the Club (having talked to several people in the village who knew nothing about us, some not even where it was or even of its existence.) The reports in Hallmark obviously didn't paint the whole picture!).
Three of us took it on - myself, Jane Oakford, secretary of the Main Committee, and Linda Gaffin, who was actually on the Main Committee as liason with Lacey Green School next door. It was the year of The Olympics, and being a sports club it seemed appropriate to make that the theme. Click Chris & Jane Oakford and Vic & Linda Gaffin for more about Jane and Linda.
The Main attraction of the day would surely be the procession from the Whip down the Main Road to the Sports Field. Judging would take place at the collecting point on Pink Road. SPORT had to be the theme of the procession.
Led by the Princes Risborough Young Farmers pulling a tractor, followed by little children on tricycles, riders on ponies and the many floats, it did not travel fast.
Gommes Foundry had made a superb 'Olympic Torch'. It was decided that a tombola of epic proportions would be one of the main highlights of the day