HONINGTON AND SAPISTON PARISH NEWSLETTER
JULY 2025
PARISH COUNCIL
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held in Honington & Sapiston Village Hall at 7pm on Monday 14th July.
VILLAGE HALL
Hi all, well the warmer weather certainly has returned.
The village hall has applied for a licence for the consumption of alcohol, live music, and dancing 11.00 - 20.00 in the field at the back of the village hall.
We also have reapplied for our wedding licence. This licence also includes Naming Ceremonies, Renewal of Vows, Marriage Celebration Ceremonies, Conversion of Civil Partnership into a Marriage.
Please remember to follow us on our Facebook page for more up to date information on events at the hall that may not be listed in the newsletter - also our website www.hsvh.org.uk is updated practically on a daily basis.
Pop-up Pub and Pizza Night! (Bring your own pizza fresh or frozen) On Friday 18th July the Hall will be open from 7pm - 10pm for a community pub night. No need to book - just turn up when you fancy. Bring your own glassware, drinks and snacks, we will provide the music, chairs and tables. Please note the bar will NOT be open. This is a chance for you to meet your neighbours, enjoy some company and for no cost. Kids are welcome with a responsible adult. No dogs please.
Community Lunch will be on Thursday 10th and will be a cold selection of meats, salads and puddings. To book your place please call 01359 789195 (answer machine) or email me on [email protected] on or before 11.00 on Friday 4th. Doors open
12.30 lunch 13.00. £8.00. Raffle and Play Your Cards Right.
Community Supper will be on Friday 25th and as above we will be serving cold meats, salads, and puddings - the usual format for suppers, Quiz, Raffle, and Play Your Cards Right. £10.00. To book your place please call 01359 789195 or email me [email protected] on or before 11.00 on Monday 21st. Doors open at 19.00 supper 19.45.
FIRST AID COURSE
On Saturday, the 6th of September, there will be an “Emergency First Aid at Work” course in the Village Hall. It is recommended that clubs that use the hall should have a qualified first aider at meetings. The course will take 6 hours, after which certificates will be issued. It includes using a defibrillator. If there is space, villagers are welcome to attend. Names to Ian P-P: [email protected]
VILLAGE HALL PICNIC SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7th 2 p.m.
Tickets for the picnic are available from Linda Howe - [email protected] or 01359269142. £5 each for adults includes food and a small bottle of wine. Children’s snacks available free. Vegetarian and GF need to be ordered when getting tickets. Please order by July 30th so that we can organise the catering. Thank you, Linda Howe.
BLACKBOURNE TREE GROUP JULY MEETING
We have done an excellent job on repairing the broken riverbank by the Bridge. Euston Estate kindly delivered exactly the right amount of hogging. The fallen trees overhanging the Forest School area have been cut down, strimming and path clearance too. Our July meeting will be 8.30am (by popular demand) on Saturday 5th July. All welcome. GS
CAMERA CLUB
Our June 17th meeting was very productive indeed. With two challenging subjects to tackle the members produced some excellent images for both "Framing" & "Letters". Our next meeting on July 22nd at 7 pm in the village hall has once again two tasks "Insects" & "Portraits”. If these tickle your fancy and you'd like to see some excellent images then you are most welcome, at no cost, to come along. Call Howard on 01359268763 for any further enquires.
HONINGTON & SAPISTON W.I.
Following May’s AGM where Joanne Hoyle and Lucy Waller were elected as Co-presidents, this month was Lucy’s turn to host her first meeting. We were joined by Simon White, who’s talk was on 'Rose growing made easy'! Simon shared his extensive knowledge on the flowers and taught us everything you could possibly need to know about growing roses at home, from pruning to how a cardboard box can be used to help plant them! Simon then gave us the opportunity to purchase some of his lovely roses, which went down a treat! Our competition this month was to write a limerick about roses; Simon chose Tricia as our winner.
Next month we are looking forward to our summer social, and getting ready to start a new programme jam packed full of exciting new speakers and topics. We would love to see some new faces and invite any women to come down and join in! If you have any questions about what we do or how to join, please contact us on the below email: honingtonandsapis- [email protected]
VILLAGE SHOW
With this year's show only weeks away, if you were one of the lucky recipients of the following trophies from last year's village show, would you kindly contact Julie Goss (07825 076650) or Sue Jay (07930 273807) to arrange for their return ready for the show on 25th August 2025?
The Grafton Cup, the Syd Thurlow Cup, the Barry Huffee Memorial Cup, The Lindsay Miles Shield, The Under 10’s Cup and The 10 and Over Cup.
Also if you have any raffle prizes that you would like to donate, then please let us know.
CHURCH NEWS
Congratulations and best wishes to Christy and Ryan who got married in our church last month.
We had a successful and enjoyable Coffee Morning in June and the lucky winners of the Church Money Draw were Sue Thurlow, Christine Congdon and Molly and Albert Lambert. This month the Draw will be on 1st of July during the Coffee Morning which is held in the Village Hall at 10.30am.
As we seem to be using less coin money these days and if you have some to spare at home, we aim to hold a Coin Carpet Trail on the day of the Bike Ride in Honington Church on 13th September, where you can add to the trail down the aisle. So, save them up and drop in anytime during that day. We would also like to invite anyone who would like to set up a regular monthly bank payment donation towards the upkeep of our village church, however large or small, to make contact with our Treasurer Rachel Smith, Ros Cottage, Maltings Row, Honington or Marion Cusworth 01359269492.
Limited ticket sales for the Afternoon Tea are selling fast with only a few left. There will be a complementary glass of Prosecco on arrival, live music, a Draw, served with a delicious afternoon tea between 3pm and 5pm on Saturday 12th July. Please contact Marion 01359269492 before Friday 4th July. Thank you for all the ink cartridges left in the collec- tion box inside the church porch.
12 ULTRAMARATHONS in 12 DAYS for TESTICULAR CANCER
Charlie is running from EDINBURGH to LONDON having recovered from testicular cancer in 2023 - Charlie's family have a house on Mill Road - see his story on the Parish Council website under 'Out & About/ Fundraising' ... https://www.honing- tonandsapiston.com/fundraising-challenges--wins.html Please support Charlie to reach his target!
SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL BABY & TODDLER GROUP
Run by Home-Start Suffolk, this new group runs twice a month at Honington Social Club for local and military families with under 5’s on Tuesday mornings 10-11.15 am. If you’d like to meet other parents in your area and join in fun activities with your children, please come along to our free sessions or contact Natalie on 07761 916 817.
HONINGTON & SAPISTON WEBSITE ADMIN
Please visit the Parish Council website (https://www.honingtonandsapiston.com/) The website has a section for Sales or Give Away. If you have items send details and a photograph to: [email protected]. There is no charge and the PC accepts no responsibility of any items sold or given away. The website also includes Suffolk County Council.
Groups in the area: The website has a section for “Activities, Events and Clubs in the local area”. If you are a member of a club that we don’t have at our village hall, it may be of interest to other parishioners or potential residents who may look at the website. Please send to: [email protected] with contact details. Also keep up to date with the Village Hall website (https://www.hsvh.org.uk/) for important local news, road closures, club times .. everything you need to know and lots you didn’t know you needed!
IXWORTH SURGERY VOLUNTEER DRIVERS
Have you a few spare hours a week? Ixworth Patient Association is looking for volunteer drivers to take patients to and from the surgery for which you can claim a mileage rate. Trips can be as little as 1 volunteer offering per week to as many as you are available for. If you are interested, please contact Ray Horsnell on 07925 247409 or leave details with the surgery reception team.
FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Monday 25th August – Village Show
Saturday 6th September – Emergency First Aid at Work Course
Sunday 7th September – Village Picnic
Saturday 13th September – Church Bike Ride and Coin Trail
Sunday 16th November – Christmas Market
Saturday 29th November – Christmas Meal
Please remember to leave your bins out the night before the stated collection day, or by 06.15 on the actual collection day. NB: Bin days may differ for people living on the outskirts of Sapiston and on bank holidays.
All meetings and events listed above take place at Honington and Sapiston Village Hall unless otherwise stated. If you are interested in setting up a new group please contact Ian Patterson-Parker to discuss hall availability and costs. 01359 789195. The hall is licensed for weddings and is available to hire for parties, meetings, exercise classes etc. The hall has a fully licensed bar and full catering kitchen.
Please don’t forget to use our new and updated website for information on all Hall events. Here you can view menus for all community meals, dates of church coffee mornings, different activities being held, copies of the newsletter, etc. www.hsvh.org.uk. Also, the parish council website www.honington and sapiston.com
Contributions for the June newsletter to be submitted via e-mail to Carol King ([email protected]) by 20th July. Entries can be dropped off to Carol at Boreham House, Sapiston, if preferred.
JULY 2025
PARISH COUNCIL
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held in Honington & Sapiston Village Hall at 7pm on Monday 14th July.
VILLAGE HALL
Hi all, well the warmer weather certainly has returned.
The village hall has applied for a licence for the consumption of alcohol, live music, and dancing 11.00 - 20.00 in the field at the back of the village hall.
We also have reapplied for our wedding licence. This licence also includes Naming Ceremonies, Renewal of Vows, Marriage Celebration Ceremonies, Conversion of Civil Partnership into a Marriage.
Please remember to follow us on our Facebook page for more up to date information on events at the hall that may not be listed in the newsletter - also our website www.hsvh.org.uk is updated practically on a daily basis.
Pop-up Pub and Pizza Night! (Bring your own pizza fresh or frozen) On Friday 18th July the Hall will be open from 7pm - 10pm for a community pub night. No need to book - just turn up when you fancy. Bring your own glassware, drinks and snacks, we will provide the music, chairs and tables. Please note the bar will NOT be open. This is a chance for you to meet your neighbours, enjoy some company and for no cost. Kids are welcome with a responsible adult. No dogs please.
Community Lunch will be on Thursday 10th and will be a cold selection of meats, salads and puddings. To book your place please call 01359 789195 (answer machine) or email me on [email protected] on or before 11.00 on Friday 4th. Doors open
12.30 lunch 13.00. £8.00. Raffle and Play Your Cards Right.
Community Supper will be on Friday 25th and as above we will be serving cold meats, salads, and puddings - the usual format for suppers, Quiz, Raffle, and Play Your Cards Right. £10.00. To book your place please call 01359 789195 or email me [email protected] on or before 11.00 on Monday 21st. Doors open at 19.00 supper 19.45.
FIRST AID COURSE
On Saturday, the 6th of September, there will be an “Emergency First Aid at Work” course in the Village Hall. It is recommended that clubs that use the hall should have a qualified first aider at meetings. The course will take 6 hours, after which certificates will be issued. It includes using a defibrillator. If there is space, villagers are welcome to attend. Names to Ian P-P: [email protected]
VILLAGE HALL PICNIC SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7th 2 p.m.
Tickets for the picnic are available from Linda Howe - [email protected] or 01359269142. £5 each for adults includes food and a small bottle of wine. Children’s snacks available free. Vegetarian and GF need to be ordered when getting tickets. Please order by July 30th so that we can organise the catering. Thank you, Linda Howe.
BLACKBOURNE TREE GROUP JULY MEETING
We have done an excellent job on repairing the broken riverbank by the Bridge. Euston Estate kindly delivered exactly the right amount of hogging. The fallen trees overhanging the Forest School area have been cut down, strimming and path clearance too. Our July meeting will be 8.30am (by popular demand) on Saturday 5th July. All welcome. GS
CAMERA CLUB
Our June 17th meeting was very productive indeed. With two challenging subjects to tackle the members produced some excellent images for both "Framing" & "Letters". Our next meeting on July 22nd at 7 pm in the village hall has once again two tasks "Insects" & "Portraits”. If these tickle your fancy and you'd like to see some excellent images then you are most welcome, at no cost, to come along. Call Howard on 01359268763 for any further enquires.
HONINGTON & SAPISTON W.I.
Following May’s AGM where Joanne Hoyle and Lucy Waller were elected as Co-presidents, this month was Lucy’s turn to host her first meeting. We were joined by Simon White, who’s talk was on 'Rose growing made easy'! Simon shared his extensive knowledge on the flowers and taught us everything you could possibly need to know about growing roses at home, from pruning to how a cardboard box can be used to help plant them! Simon then gave us the opportunity to purchase some of his lovely roses, which went down a treat! Our competition this month was to write a limerick about roses; Simon chose Tricia as our winner.
Next month we are looking forward to our summer social, and getting ready to start a new programme jam packed full of exciting new speakers and topics. We would love to see some new faces and invite any women to come down and join in! If you have any questions about what we do or how to join, please contact us on the below email: honingtonandsapis- [email protected]
VILLAGE SHOW
With this year's show only weeks away, if you were one of the lucky recipients of the following trophies from last year's village show, would you kindly contact Julie Goss (07825 076650) or Sue Jay (07930 273807) to arrange for their return ready for the show on 25th August 2025?
The Grafton Cup, the Syd Thurlow Cup, the Barry Huffee Memorial Cup, The Lindsay Miles Shield, The Under 10’s Cup and The 10 and Over Cup.
Also if you have any raffle prizes that you would like to donate, then please let us know.
CHURCH NEWS
Congratulations and best wishes to Christy and Ryan who got married in our church last month.
We had a successful and enjoyable Coffee Morning in June and the lucky winners of the Church Money Draw were Sue Thurlow, Christine Congdon and Molly and Albert Lambert. This month the Draw will be on 1st of July during the Coffee Morning which is held in the Village Hall at 10.30am.
As we seem to be using less coin money these days and if you have some to spare at home, we aim to hold a Coin Carpet Trail on the day of the Bike Ride in Honington Church on 13th September, where you can add to the trail down the aisle. So, save them up and drop in anytime during that day. We would also like to invite anyone who would like to set up a regular monthly bank payment donation towards the upkeep of our village church, however large or small, to make contact with our Treasurer Rachel Smith, Ros Cottage, Maltings Row, Honington or Marion Cusworth 01359269492.
Limited ticket sales for the Afternoon Tea are selling fast with only a few left. There will be a complementary glass of Prosecco on arrival, live music, a Draw, served with a delicious afternoon tea between 3pm and 5pm on Saturday 12th July. Please contact Marion 01359269492 before Friday 4th July. Thank you for all the ink cartridges left in the collec- tion box inside the church porch.
12 ULTRAMARATHONS in 12 DAYS for TESTICULAR CANCER
Charlie is running from EDINBURGH to LONDON having recovered from testicular cancer in 2023 - Charlie's family have a house on Mill Road - see his story on the Parish Council website under 'Out & About/ Fundraising' ... https://www.honing- tonandsapiston.com/fundraising-challenges--wins.html Please support Charlie to reach his target!
SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL BABY & TODDLER GROUP
Run by Home-Start Suffolk, this new group runs twice a month at Honington Social Club for local and military families with under 5’s on Tuesday mornings 10-11.15 am. If you’d like to meet other parents in your area and join in fun activities with your children, please come along to our free sessions or contact Natalie on 07761 916 817.
HONINGTON & SAPISTON WEBSITE ADMIN
Please visit the Parish Council website (https://www.honingtonandsapiston.com/) The website has a section for Sales or Give Away. If you have items send details and a photograph to: [email protected]. There is no charge and the PC accepts no responsibility of any items sold or given away. The website also includes Suffolk County Council.
Groups in the area: The website has a section for “Activities, Events and Clubs in the local area”. If you are a member of a club that we don’t have at our village hall, it may be of interest to other parishioners or potential residents who may look at the website. Please send to: [email protected] with contact details. Also keep up to date with the Village Hall website (https://www.hsvh.org.uk/) for important local news, road closures, club times .. everything you need to know and lots you didn’t know you needed!
IXWORTH SURGERY VOLUNTEER DRIVERS
Have you a few spare hours a week? Ixworth Patient Association is looking for volunteer drivers to take patients to and from the surgery for which you can claim a mileage rate. Trips can be as little as 1 volunteer offering per week to as many as you are available for. If you are interested, please contact Ray Horsnell on 07925 247409 or leave details with the surgery reception team.
FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Monday 25th August – Village Show
Saturday 6th September – Emergency First Aid at Work Course
Sunday 7th September – Village Picnic
Saturday 13th September – Church Bike Ride and Coin Trail
Sunday 16th November – Christmas Market
Saturday 29th November – Christmas Meal
Please remember to leave your bins out the night before the stated collection day, or by 06.15 on the actual collection day. NB: Bin days may differ for people living on the outskirts of Sapiston and on bank holidays.
All meetings and events listed above take place at Honington and Sapiston Village Hall unless otherwise stated. If you are interested in setting up a new group please contact Ian Patterson-Parker to discuss hall availability and costs. 01359 789195. The hall is licensed for weddings and is available to hire for parties, meetings, exercise classes etc. The hall has a fully licensed bar and full catering kitchen.
Please don’t forget to use our new and updated website for information on all Hall events. Here you can view menus for all community meals, dates of church coffee mornings, different activities being held, copies of the newsletter, etc. www.hsvh.org.uk. Also, the parish council website www.honington and sapiston.com
Contributions for the June newsletter to be submitted via e-mail to Carol King ([email protected]) by 20th July. Entries can be dropped off to Carol at Boreham House, Sapiston, if preferred.