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Events Diary 2008
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Wendover Tourist Office, The Clock Tower, High Street, Wendover, HP22 6DU
Telephone 01296 696759, FAX 0871 2361551

Or use the online submission form to send your Event details direct to the Clock Tower staff
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This page can be found on the Internet at:- http://www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/tourism/events.htm

Two events for Chilterns MS Centre

sky dive

Tandem Skydive

Saturday 31st May and Saturday 14th June 2008
Held at Weston-on-the-Green in Bicester and no experience is necessary.
Under 18 year olds will need parental consent and over 40 year olds will need a GP's signature that they are able to take part.
Participants are required to raise a minimum of £500 each. All profits for the Chilterns MS Centre

For an application pack contact Celia Blakeway-Phillips, Fundraising Manager at the Chilterns MS Centre, Scarlett Avenue, Halton, Aylesbury, HP22 5PG or email: fundraising@chilternsmscentre.org or call 07792 864796

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MS Challenge

11th - 13th July 2008
Teams of between eight and eleven people are being sought to take part in the annual weekend MS Challenge. Held in Capel Curig, Snowdonia, North Wales. Teams will be responsible for carrying a wheelchair passenger with MS safely over a demanding mountain course. This event is not a race but navigational skills and teamwork will be paramount.

Teams are required to raise a minimum of £1,500 plus an entry fee is £125.
All profits will go to Chilterns MS Centre.

For an application pack contact Celia Blakeway-Phillips, Fundraising Manager at the Chilterns MS Centre, Scarlett Avenue, Halton, Aylesbury, HP22 5PG or email: fundraising@chilternsmscentre.org or call 07792 864796.

Blood Donation Session

Do something amazing today - Give Blood

Thurs 29th May. The Memorial Hall, Wharf Road from 10:30 - 12:25 & 13:45 - 16:25
Wed 27th Aug 13:30 - 15:25 & 16:15 - 18:45
Mon 22 Dec 10:30 - 12:25 & 13:45 - 16:25
Donors can book appointments for the session by calling 08457 711 711 or clicking on www.blood.co.uk. As always, New Donors are always welcome.


Ongoing

Age Concern Pop-In Coffee Mornings, every Thursday 10.00 -- 12.00, Wendover Library Room

Age Concern Lunch Club (waiting list); alternate Wednesdays at the Christian Centre, Aylesbury Road starting at 12.30

Chiltern Writers Group meets monthly (second Thursday evenings), in Wendover Library Room.
For further details 01494 451654 or visit www.chilternwriters.eboard.com

Jelly babies Action, songs and Percussion for babies &
Toddlers. Tuesdays 14.00 - 14.30 Thursdays 14.30 - 15.00
St Mary's Church Centre. Hale Rd Wendover.

Assoc. of Wrens (Vale of Aylesbury) Monthly (third Monday)
19.30 Wendover Library Room

Halton Theatre Club Thursdays 20.00 at R.A.F. Halton
contact Mrs S Brown. 01296 623535 Ex 6507

Royal British Legion Wendover Branch Monthly (last Monday Of the month) Agnew Hall

Royal British Legion Women's Section Monthly (3rd Monday)
Agnew Hall Chiltern Road 01296 622721)

Royal Air Forces Assoc. Monthly (1st Wednesday)
R.A.F. Halton 10296 623535 Ext. 6269

Wendover Horticultural Soc. Monthly in the library room 14.30 (except July/August/December).

Wendover Twinning Assoc. Monthly (4th Thursday) Sept - May Wendover Library Room.

Ellesborough Silver Band Wednesdays & Fridays. 20.00 Parish Hall Butlers Cross.

1st Wendover Guides Thursday 18.30 - 20.30 the Guide Hut, Manor Crescent. Term time.

Wendover Art Club. 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month. (Sept-May)Wendover Library Room. 01296 622438

St John's Ambulance Brigade Wednesday- Cadet & Adults
Thursday Badgers. Headquarters, Manor Crescent, Wendover.

Taekwondo - Wednesdays junior grade 19.30 - 20.30 Adults 20.30 - 21.30. Vince Englishby 2nd Dan Black Belt. 01327 261846 John Hampden First School

Wendover Afternoon Bridge Club every Thursday 13.30 -16.30 (except Antiques Fairs day) Erika Stride 01296 622779

Wendover Swimming Assoc. Early birds (18+) 6.30 - 7.45 Mon. - Fri. 8.00 -9.00a.m. Sat-Sun. Adults. Mon. 7.00-8.30.
Open Tue/Fri 18.30 - 20.00. Sun. 15.00-17-00.
Families & helpers Sun 10.30 - 12.00 details 01296 624313/623617/622001

Wendover Badminton Club. John Colet gym 19.30 - 21.30. Monday evenings.

The Wendover Society, To stimulate public interest and care for the beauty, history & character of Wendover and district. Tel: 01296 622194.

Weston Turville Reservoir, Aylesbury Sailing Club -Dinghy Sailing and racing, Worlds End Lane Saturday p.m. Sunday p.m. April to October - Active junior sailing section on Saturday afternoons and racing Sundays

Aylesbury Advanced Motorists, meets usually 3rd Thursday of each month at St. John Ambulance HQ in Aylesbury. Website:
www.aylesburyadvancedmotorists.org.uk.

May

3rd Save the Children Coffee Morning - Wendover Library Room 10.30-12.30

3rd Jazz & Brass Spectacular with Aylesbury Music Centre's award winning bands. 19.00 St.Mary's Church, Tickets @St Mary's 01296 623123

5th Wendover Community Lunch - Wendover Christian Centre - Aylesbury Road - 12.00 - 13.30

6th Wendover Annual Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

6th Ploughman's lunch for Christian Aid 12-13.45. Tickets @ St Marys/Clocktower/Bookshop

6th Scooter Friends meet at Coffee Drop-in Wendover Christian Centre Ayl Road 10.30

6th 12.00 Justice & Peace lunch - Homemade soup & bread Christian Centre - suggested donation £2.50

7th Wendover U3A a Shepherd's Tale - David Smith, St Mary's Church Wendover 10.00

8th Chiltern Writers Group- Chiltern Writers Group Novel - Wendover Library Room - 20.00

9th/11th Festival Circus - Ashbrook Playing Field - No animals

10th 9.30-10.30 Coffee 'n' Chat with Revd Ruth Bottoms - Wendover Christian Centre

10th Wendover Music - Joanna MacGregor - piano - including preludes and fugues by Bach and Shostakovich, and tangos by Piazzolla St Mary's Church 8 p.m.

10th Junior Spring Watch - Quarrendon & Meadowcroft Community Centre - Meadowcroft, Aylesbury - 10am - 3p.m. Activity day for all children and young people aged 4 and over with opportunities to see wildlife close up and loads of children's workshops to join in. Birds of pray, ferret racing, chicks, ducks, and other animals. Children's crafts, willow weaving, wildlife games, planting and growing, bugs and reptiles and much more. Free - ring 01296 585188

10th John Hampden School - May Fayre 12.30 - 3.30 entrance £1 per family . Attractions include Colonel Custard, bouncy castle, raffle, tombola, pottery painting, scooter racing, face painting, nail art, jam jar tombola, plant stall, hot dogs and much more!

13th Wendover Evening WI - Resolutions - John Hampden School 19.45

14th Wendover Art Club - Light Supper & Chat (members only) 19.30

15th Legacy Fairs - entrance by donation to charity - Wendover Memorial Hall 07771 920780 09.00-15.00

17th Local Produce Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m.

17th Art & Craft Market - Ellesborough Village Hall, Butlers Cross 10am - 4pm Entrance fee £1 to Carers Bucks - Refreshment available

17th Wendover Choral Society Summer Concert - St George's Church RAF Halton 01296 696759 - 7.30pm tickets available from the Clock Tower £12 Concessions £10 Children under 16 £6

17th Wendover Christian Centre - Plant Sale - 9.30 - 11.30. All money for Wendover Free Church's Uganda project.

18th Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally - Weston Road Aston Clinton B4544

19th RBL - Women's Section - Birthday Party/Wychet Warblers Singers Agnew Hall Wendover 19.45

20th Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

22nd Wendover Horticultural Society - Cacti & Succulents - Mr R W Sims Wendover Library Room - 14.30

22nd Wendover Twinning Assoc - Edwin Rye - Wendover Libray Room - 20.00

24th BBOWT - Spring plant sale and fair - Great Missenden Memorial Hall - 10.00 - 13.30 - plants for garden & house craft & wildlife trust sales.

25/26th Tring Canal Festival 10.00 - 17.00 Icknield Way B488 Tring- fun for all the family

25th Gardens Open in Wendover - Rennie Hospice at Home - leaflets available from the Clock Tower or telephone 01296 624089 or 01442 890222

June

1st The Coombe Hill Run - 11.00; Starts in Wendover High Street passing over road, through woodland, open field, down gulley's & up one very steep hill. The route is 3 ¾ miles long and is run under UK athletics rules. Entry forms available from the Clock Tower or call 01296 625343 or 624567

2nd Wendover Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

7th Wendover Parish Council - Summer Charity Market - Soundproof jazz band - Manor Waste 9.15p.m. 13.00

7th Wendover Library Room - Local Councillors' Surgery - come and meet your local councillors - 10a.m. - noon

8th/9th Wendover Art Club - Summer Exhibition - Wendover Library room - free entry

14th Wendover Music - Young Concert Artists Trust New Artists - Adam Walker (flute), Bartholomew Lafollette (cello) and John Reid (piano)- Duos and trios by Haydn, Brahms, Prokofiev and Weber St Mary's Church 8 p.m.

17th Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

21st Local Produce Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m.

July

5th Wendover Parish Council Summer Entertainment - Circus Unlimited Workshop - free for all the family - Manor Waste 11.00 - 13.00

7th Wendover Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

12th Wendover Music - Brodsky Quartet - string quartets by Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini and Turina - St Mary's Church 8pm

19th Local Produce Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m.

22nd Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

August

4th Wendover Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

16th Local Produce Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m.

19th Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

September

1st Wendover Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

6th Wendover Parish Council Summer Entertainment - Back by popular demand - Cavalleria Rustica 11.00 - 13.00 Manor Waste

6th Wendover Library Room - Local Councillors' Surgery - come and meet your local councillors - 10a.m. - noon

16th Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

20th Local Produce Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m.

27th Wendover Parish Council Summer Entertainment - The Melody Room Jazz Band - Manor Waste 11.00 - 13.00

October

6th Wendover Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

11th BBOWT -Plant sale and fair - Wendover Memorial Hall -plants for garden & house craft & wildlife trust sales.

18th Local Produce Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m.

21st Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

23rd Wendover Twinning Association - Natural History in a Bucks garden through the seasons - Beryl Hilbert

November

3rd Wendover Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

15th Local Produce Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m.

18th Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

27th Wendover Twinning Association - AGM

December

1st Wendover Parish Council Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

6th Wendover Parish Council - Grand Charity Christmas Market 9.15 - 13.00- Manor Waste - Circus unlimited - Magic Fire Eating - Unicycling 10.30 - 12.30

12th Carols Around the Christmas Tree - Wendover Parish Council 6 p.m. RAF Band Manor Waste

16th Wendover Parish Council Planning Meeting - Wendover Library Room - 7.30 p.m.

20th Local Produce Christmas Market - Wendover Parish Council - Manor Waste 9.00 - 1p.m. RAF Band 10.00 - 12.00

Copyright © 2007/2008 Wendover Parish Council
For further information:
Wendover Community & Tourist Information Office
The Clock Tower
High Street
Wendover
Buckinghamshire HP22 6DU, United Kingdom
Tel: (01296) 696759 Fax: 0871 2361551
Or via email
Open six days each week, Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm

http://www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/tourism

Last update: 11th May 2008