Overbury Fireworks and Bonfire Night

A big thank you to everyone who helped make the Overbury Fireworks and Bonfire Night on Sunday evening such a success.

Our special thanks to Bruce for the fireworks, Martyn and the Overbury Farms team for building the bonfire, Tod, Harry and James Philips for assisting with the lighting and setting up all the tables for the food, David, Toff and John for collecting over £500 for the Village Hall in their bucket collection and the Friends of Overbury School for providing refreshments (they sold out after the 250th hot dog).

The fireworks were outstanding (the photos from Ant Sanger-Davies - tiny image files so only give a little of their impact) and the hotdogs and mulled wine really hit the spot on such a chilly night, although the fire also gave off quite a bit of heat!

Thank you also to the children from Overbury First School who carved a row of beautiful pumpkins to help light the way down School Lane.


And of course, our congratulations to Frazer Loveday, who won the competition for the best guy and whose prize was to light the bonfire !

Overbury Cricket Club - Awards Night & President's Match

Overbury Cricket Club annual Awards Night was held on Friday 17th September, followed by The Presidents Match on Saturday afternoon. After a closely fought game with plenty of entertaining moments, the President's XI (Captained by Ben Holland-Martin)were bowled out still some 20 runs short of their target. Congratulations to the Overbury XI (captained by Adam Brookes) - victorious again!



The cricket club is a great way to get to know people in the village and the pavilion bar is open throughout the cricket season - May to September; annual social membership for a couple costs £20 per annum, but this is now free to new Overbury Estate tenants for the first year of membership and the atmosphere is friendly and informal; do come and join us for a drink or visit the club website at http://overbury.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

Beckford Barn Dance

Our congratulations to the Evesham Round Table who hosted the Beckford Barn Dance last weekend. The evening was organised in memory of Rupert Ellis and they raised over £1500 towards a disabled hide for the Beckford Nature Reserve nearby.

If you would like to find out more about the local Round Table and what they get up to, do take a look at their website for further info: http://www.evesham295.com/




Sue Corbin and Nicky Griffiths from Overbury






David Broadie and his team spent quite a bit of time polishing up the old barn at Beckford Court Farm, with a sit-down hog roast before the dancing commenced.





Richard Ellis (Rupert's son) and his wife Tabitha








Richard Smith from Evesham Round Table handing out raffle
prizes

Iain McWilliams, Jonathan Peterson Jones (known as JP-J!) John Ward, Ali (from Overbury), Stewart Beach, and Glenn Lyons

Overbury Heritage Open Day - 11th & 12th September

We are pleased to invite you to visit Overbury on the weekend of Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September any time between 12noon and 5pm - there will be a rare opportunity to climb the tower of St. Faith's Church and see the far reaching views from the top. (Please be aware that the steps to the top of the tower are very steep and narrow, so please wear suitable footwear).

There will also be an exhibition of old photographs of the village on show in the Village Hall, with tea, coffee and cakes being served from 2pm - 5pm. All proceeds will be going to the Village Hall and St Faiths Church.

In addition, we are also opening the doors of Sunnybank House. This fabulous 5 bedroom family home is currently available to rent through Overbury Estate. It has many period features, a walled garden and ample off road parking. The house was formerly the home of Didy Holland-Martin; Penelope's aunt and there will be some interesting visitors books dating back over 100 years as well as other photographs and family memorabilia on display.

We look forward to seeing you all.

Maypole Dancing

There was a full turnout of pupils and parents when the children of Overbury C of E First School crowned their May Queen on the last day of term last Friday, 28th May. They led a procession from the School for their annual Maypole Dancing in the courtyard at Overbury Court. Grasshoppers Nursery School came along to watch.

Rain doesn't stop our streetmarket

Lorraine on the toy stall

Jake & Andrea Freestone selling lamb
Alex outside with the bacon butties!
Though the streetmarket was relocated to the village hall it was still a huge success and made over £3,000 for village causes. The estate team were out in force (see above).