We held a Race Night at the Hall on Saturday May 14th at 7.30pm. This was a new venture for us as we feel that with such a wonderful new hall, we should be offering a much wider range of activities on a more regular basis.
Just over 60 people turned up for this event and great fun was had by one and all especially as the evening warmed up! With the takings from the ticket sales, donations, bar profit, the sale and auction of the horses (well done Rob, Antonia …

The weather in March this year should be headed sunny and
dry. Some say the driest since March 1953. I hadn’t started taking
records then, so I cannot validate that statement! Certainly, with a
total of 23.1mm (less than one inch in old money) it was the driest
month of any since April 2007. In other respects March this year
compared very well with that of 2009, which was also very sunny, and had
recorded the highest maximum temperature of any this millenium of …

Saturday  19th March  7.30pm – Theme Night in the Hall – the first one in the new hall and the theme is P for Party – come dressed as something beginning with P – Pilot, Person (!), Pirate, Painter etc.
Wednesday 13th April 2-4.30pm Police Cross Country (Nationals) Beer & Branscombe -
15 marshals needed again and the sum of £500 could be ours for the hall funds.
Saturday 14th May 7.30pm Race Night at the Hall – bet on your dead certs!
Saturday 11th June 6.00pm – Umborne Ug run / walk …

The annual 12th night supper will take place in the hall on
Saturday 8th January at 7.30pm.
This is a bring and share supper – please bring a plate of finger food – either sweet or savoury.
There is a bar and a raffle so please come loaded with money!
We also have a table quiz for groups of up to 4 people on the events of the year 2010. Liz also produces her picture quiz on people, places and flora and fauna – plus we will have a few other fun events for …

We hope to produce an Umborne & Shute Calendar for 2012. So please make a note of any local  photos you already have or any you take over the next 10 months in the valley.

We will consider photos that show views or buildings from the area but also

photos of wildlife etc. taken in and around the area (please tell us
details of where, when photo taken etc).
The 2010 calendar was a bit limited on space for writing in the boxes – we
will use a different format …

The Christmas Party for all the children of the local area, is held in the hall in early December. This year, 2010,  the date is December 4th from 3 to 5 pm.

This party event was started about 10 years ago by Sheila, Gill and Angela and in the early days there were about 20 children having fun and games in the hall. As numbers of young families with children has increased in the valley, so have numbers of children at the party, reaching well into the forties now. Mrs Sprague …

On  Saturday August 7th we had the third annual Cider Festival held at the Gerrard Arms in Colyton. Several members of the Umborne Valley manned the door & enjoyed an afternoon of competition as 29 different ciders were judged to produce a trophy winner, the judge was noted to be grinning & staggering at the end ! All 23 Cider makers were from an area bounded by Chideock in the east, Stockland to the north & Sidbury to the west. The resulting range of ciders gave an indication of the effects …

This event takes place in early September either on the Umborne Brook near Easy Bridge or as in the last two years at the home of Ann Shepherd (Pottlelake Cottage) about 200 metres from the hall in Umborne. There is a BBQ, Bar, raffle and of course the little yellow ducks which enter the many duck races. We also have a home made mini raft race which can feature ingenious creations or just a plastic bottle if you are very lazy.
The weather can be very unpleasant at times! – but …

The “Steam-up” is an annual event held early summer in the grounds of Liz and Tony Gosling’s house, Penventon, in Shute. This is a whole family occasion and the great attraction is the opportunity to have a ride on Tony’s miniature steam train as it huffs and puffs around the immaculate gardens of the house. Liz provides her famous Devon cream teas. There is a raffle and ice cream and cakes are also on sale. Children can  be amused with Rob’s giant “noughts and crosses” and “splat the rat”. This year, …

This was the very last event at the old hall and it took place on Friday 26th February 2010 and what an amazing final night at the village hall it was! Eleanor had arranged a “Soup and Pudding” night which is always a popular event. We really sent the old building off in style!  There were about 116 yes, your eyes did not deceive you – 116 people packed into the hall – some of whom we have not seen for ages- and boy was it busy!

We think we …