| WHAT'S ON IN AND AROUND SYSTON MAY/JUNE 2008 |
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
SYSTON LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
Meetings are held at The Link, Syston Methodist Church Centre, High Street, Syston.
SS PETER AND PAUL LADIES GUILD
May 12th
Fund raising. Melton Male Voice Choir
May 26th
Bank Holiday. No meeting.
June 9th
Talk about Herbs. Mrs M. Gamble
June 23rd
A.G.M.
WREAKE RUNNERS
Adults: Tuesdays and Thursdays. 6.50pm.
Coached Session: (Adults and Juniors): Saturdays. 10.30am.
Contacts: web site: www.wreakerunners.co.uk
email: wreakerunners@btinternet.com.
Tel: Dave on 0116 260 6889 or Fiona on 0116 260 8674.
ARTHRITIS CARE, SYSTON
Meetings are held at St Peter and St Paul Church Hall, Lower Church Street, Syston, on the first Monday of the month at 7.30pm.
May 5th
Bank Holiday. No meeting
June 2nd
The Real Queen Mother ? disturbing
Jean Townsend
ROUNDHILL FLOWER AND GARDEN CLUB
May 28th
Times Past
Gayle Shell from Leicester
June 25th
Garden Visit to Barkby Hall
June 28th
Coffee Morning. 9.00am ? 11.30am at St Michaels? Church Rooms, Thurmaston
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Women?s Section, Thurmaston
May 6th
To be arranged
May 13th
Committee Meeting
May 20th
Plant Exchange
May 17th
Table Top Sale. The Old School. 9.30am ? 11.30
June 3rd
Mystery Trip
June 10th
Committee Meeting
June 17th
BBQ
SYSTON SCOUT GROUP
Meetings are at Syston Scout Hall, Oxford Street, Syston.
For more information, please contact
Group Manager, Mark Bodycot on:
0116 260 0045.
Beavers. Monday evenings
Scouts. Tuesday evenings.
Cubs. Thursday evenings.
Explorer Scouts. Friday evenings.
Scout Network (Venture Scouts). Monday evenings.
Scout & Guide Band. Wednesday evenings.
IN B TWEENIES
A parent, baby and toddler group for parents with children who have been on a neo natal unit. The group meets on Wednesdays from 10.00am until 12noon at Syston Community Centre, Jubilee Room, School Street. Tel Nicky on 07771 718041. www.prembabies.co.uk
ATC SQUADRON 1181 SYSTON
Wreake Valley College, at the rear of the college and opposite the playing field. Meeting nights are Monday and Thursday from 7.00pm until 9.30pm. Flying, gliding, rifle target range shooting, adventure training, Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme. For more information, please ring the Adjutant on 0116 260 3948.
QUENIBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP
Meetings are at the Scout Hall, Syston Road, Queniborough
For more information call Mark on 0116 260 9100
Beavers. Thursday evenings
Scouts. Tuesday evenings.
Cubs. Thursday evenings.
HUMBLEDRUMS
Syston Methodist Church Centre, High Street. Alternate Fridays from 6.30pm until 8.30pm. Next meeting is 7th September. Everyone is welcome, including children (supervised by an adult). No experience is necessary and drums are provided. Drumming is an excellent way to de-stress, improve immune systems, chronic pain and improves a range of health issues.
THE OLD CHAPEL, CHAPEL STREET, SYSTON
If you require meeting space for your committee, group or organisation on a regular basis, The Old Chapel, Chapel Street, Syston might meet your requirements. For further details please contact Phil Sharpe on 0116 230 3377.
Room available for dancing schools, sports groups or parties. Telephone 0116 260 8820
COFFEE MORNING FOR AIR AMBULANCE
Wednesday 21st May
A Coffee Morning in aid of the County Air Ambulance Service will be held at 67 Main Street, Queniborough on Wednesday 21st May from 10.00am until 12noon. Home-made cakes, plant stall, bring and buy, book stall and raffle. All donations very welcome. Admission £1.
DANCE
Saturday 17th May.
Dance to ?The Left Hand Band? (Rock n Roll oldies) at Queniborough Village Hall from 8.00pm - 11.30pm. Please bring your own refreshments. Tickets cost £5 per person.
Please telephone Joyce on 0116 260 044.
SPRING FAIRS
Saturday 10th May
Cancer Research UK Syston Support Group will be holding its annual Spring Fair on Saturday 10th May at the Syston Methodist Church Centre May from 10.00am until 12.30pm. Stalls include cakes, crafts, cards, new and nearly new, a raffle and a tombola. Refreshments will be available. Admission is by donation.
Saturday 17th May. 10.00am - 2.00pm
Guides and Brownies Spring Fayreat Queniborough Village Hall.
Bouncy castle, games, refreshments,car cleaning, cakes, tombola, bric-a-brac, books, plants etc. Please come and join us
Proceeds to Queniborough Guides and Brownies, Uganda Support Fund and Leicester Kidney Patients Association.
Saturday 17th May
Charnwood Conservative Association will be holding their annual Spring Fair at The Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane from 10.00am until 12noon. Raffle, tombola, gift stalls, plants, books. The Right Honourable Stephen Dorrelll will be attending.
COFFEE MORNING
Saturday 10th May
The Evatt family will be holding a Coffee Morning at 6, Oriel Drive,Syston, the home of Anne and Joanne Kemp on Saturday 10th May from 10.00am until 12noon. Cake and plant stalls, raffle and tombola and much more. Proceeds towards the Parish Church Clock Restoration Fund. A Table Top Sale in aid of the same fund will be held in the St Peter and St Paul Church Hall, Lower Church Street, Syston on Saturday 21st June from 10.00am until 2.00pm. Please ring Anne Kemp on 0116 260 5823 to book a table at £7.50. Refreshments will be available.
LET US ENTERTAIN YOU
Syston Amateur Dramatics and Operatics Society (SADOS)
Friday 16th - Saturday 17th May starting at 8.00pm at The Old Chapel, Chapel Street. A charity musical event with songs performed from the classics, musicals and pop. All proceeds to SARIC (Syston Arts and Recreation in the Community) a registered charity raising funds for the development of the Old Chapel into a multi-purpose recreational theatre. Tickets: £5 per person. Please telephone Sally Portsmouth on 0116 260 6095.
MUSICAL EVENING
Saturday 10th May
Thrussington Holy Trinity Church.
A musical Evening with the Co-operative Male Voice Choir. Starting at 7.30pm. Tickets: £7, including refreshments. Please telephone 01664 424 450 or 01664 424 585.
GARDEN PARTY
LOROS Queniborough Support Group will be holding a Garden Party on Sunday 8th June from 2.30pm until 4.30pm at the house of Rosemary Handley MBE. Admission 50p. Stalls and teas. If wet the party will be held in the church. Please come and support us.
MUSIC IN MAYTIME
Monday 12th May
The Melton Male Voice Choir will be giving a concert in St Peter and St Paul Church, Lower Church Street, Syston on Monday 12th May at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 including refreshments in the Church Hall after the concert. All profits will be donated to MacMillan Nurses. For more information please telephone 0116 260 1381. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
PLANT AND PRODUCE SALE
Syston Allotment Society will be holding their Annual Plant and Produce Sale in the Town Square, Syston on Saturday 17th May from 10.00am until 12noon. Top quality produce at realistic prices.
HELP A HEDGEHOG DAY
The annual Help a Hedgehog Day will be held this year on Sunday 1st June at 5 Barkby Road, Queniborough from 11.00am until 4.00pm. There will be teas, a Grand Raffle, crafts, tombola, plants and preserves. Come and see hedgehogs in our care. Please help us to help our wildlife. We need your support to do our work.
Pat Wadd.
F.O.C.C.E.L. FUND RAISING EVENTS
Saturday 17th May. A beginners? Latin Dance Night at Thrussington Village Hall from 8.00pm to 11.00pm. Refreshments are included in the price of the ticket and there will be licensed bar. Tickets are £8 available from Lesley on 01664 424731 or email dennispotter@rearsby.fsbusiness.co.uk or contact Val on 0116 269 7110, email val@hatheralls.fslife.co.uk.
Thursday 12th June. Indian Cuisine at the Red Rose Restaurant, Melton Road, Syston at 7.00pm. The cost is £15 each with fixed selection starter but choice of main course, which will require booking when purchasing your ticket. There will be a raffle and if anyone wishes to donate a prize, it will be well received. For tickets and menus, please contact Amie on 07817 212696 or email ellietrot@hotmail,co.uk or Val on 0116 269 7110. email: val@hatheralls.fslife.co.uk.
SYSTON METHODIST CHURCH CENTRE
Dancing every Wednesday afternoon. 2.00pm - 4.00pm. Ballroom, Latin, American, Sequence, Line dancing etc.
SYSTON COUNTRY MARKET
Every Friday morning at The Methodist Church Centre, High Street, Syston. 10.00am until 11.00am.
Homemade cakes, pasties and savouries. Jams, preserves. Plants, fresh vegetables in season. Free range eggs. Tea, coffee and biscuits. More cooks needed, please ring 01664 434 4891.
GROUPS, CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
If you would like to advertise your regular meetings or forthcoming events in the Syston Town News and on our website: systontownnews.co.uk, absolutely free of charge, please contact us on tel: 0116 269 3221, fax: 0116 260 8752, email: chris@systontownnews.co.uk |
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