Issue 5 - East Cambridgeshire District Council
Issue 5 - East Cambridgeshire District Council Issue 5 - East Cambridgeshire District Council
feature days out A summer of fun Dates for your diary Ely & District Horticultural Society Show The Summer Horticultural Show will be held at the Paradise Sports Hall, Newnham Street, Ely. Gardeners from around the district come to enter their prized specimens in hotly contested competitions. The show starts after judging has completed at 12 noon and runs through until 5pm. On Sunday the show 22 will run from 10am until 5pm. Admission £2 for adults and there is no charge for accompanied children. 23-24 August east cambridgeshire magazine summer 2008 World Pea-Shooting Championship In 1971, residents of Witcham were trying to raise funds for their Village Hall. Local headmaster John Tyson had the idea to harness his pupil's penchant for peashooting. The community organised a pea-shooting challenge during the Village Fair. The event was a huge success. Over the years, it has grown into the World Pea- Shooting Championship, attracting competitors from around the globe. Competition is fierce and peashooters have travelled from the United States, Europe and New Zealand to challenge locals in a contest to hit the bull’s eye with a pea. Contestants shoot a pea through a tube, 12 feet towards a 12-inch target. Laser-guided shooters are not unknown, taking the sport into the 21st century. July 12 2008 sees the 38th Championship at the Village Fair on the Green at 1pm. (Competition starts at 2pm). The aim remains to raise funds for the upkeep of the Village Hall. Entry is £1(50p for juniors) and peashooters and peas will be on sale on the day. 12 July
Soham Pumpkin Fair Soham Pumpkin Fair is an annual event, open to all-comers, and held every September in the recreation ground. A festival of size, it measures a gardeners’ skill and patience. With a variety of classes for pumpkins, sunflowers and outsize vegetables, there are prizes for all, including special sections for junior members of the community. Categories include: Heaviest Pumpkin Grown in East Anglia; Tallest Sunflower Grown by a Child; and Longest Runner Bean. It has become a local tradition to issue every child in the town with a pumpkin and sunflower seed to grow especially for the fair – some enjoy amazing success. There is a range of traditional stalls, a car boot sale, funfair, vintage cars and tractors, plus children's amusements, including performances by Soham Fenlander Majorette Troupe and Zak the Clown. Mr Pumpkin will also be making a special visit. Admission is £1 for Adults, 50p for Senior Citizens and Children over 12, Children Under 12 get in free. The show opens at 1.30pm and closes at 5pm. Exhibits are on show throughout. 27 September Littleport Show One of the highlights of the year in the Cambridgeshire calendar is the Littleport Show, which draws visitors from outside the county as well as thousands nearer home. The show is famous for its displays of heavy horses, and feature days out other features include show jumping, sports, stalls, food and a licensed bar. All are welcome for a fun family day out at one of Cambridgeshire's oldest country shows. 26 July summer 2008 east cambridgeshire magazine 23
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Soham Pumpkin Fair<br />
Soham Pumpkin Fair is an annual<br />
event, open to all-comers, and<br />
held every September in the<br />
recreation ground.<br />
A festival of size, it measures a<br />
gardeners’ skill and patience. With<br />
a variety of classes for pumpkins,<br />
sunflowers and outsize vegetables,<br />
there are prizes for all, including<br />
special sections for junior<br />
members of the community.<br />
Categories include:<br />
Heaviest Pumpkin<br />
Grown in <strong>East</strong> Anglia;<br />
Tallest Sunflower<br />
Grown by a Child; and<br />
Longest Runner Bean.<br />
It has become a<br />
local tradition to issue<br />
every child in the<br />
town with a<br />
pumpkin and<br />
sunflower seed to<br />
grow especially for<br />
the fair – some<br />
enjoy amazing<br />
success.<br />
There is a range<br />
of traditional<br />
stalls, a car boot sale,<br />
funfair, vintage cars and tractors,<br />
plus children's amusements,<br />
including performances by Soham<br />
Fenlander Majorette Troupe and<br />
Zak the Clown. Mr Pumpkin will<br />
also be making a special visit.<br />
Admission is £1 for Adults, 50p<br />
for Senior Citizens and Children<br />
over 12, Children Under 12 get in<br />
free. The show opens at 1.30pm<br />
and closes at 5pm.<br />
Exhibits are on show<br />
throughout.<br />
27 September<br />
Littleport Show<br />
One of the highlights of the year<br />
in the <strong>Cambridgeshire</strong> calendar is<br />
the Littleport Show, which draws<br />
visitors from outside the county as<br />
well as thousands nearer home.<br />
The show is famous for its<br />
displays of heavy horses, and<br />
feature days out<br />
other features include show<br />
jumping, sports, stalls, food and a<br />
licensed bar.<br />
All are welcome for a fun<br />
family day out at one of<br />
<strong>Cambridgeshire</strong>'s oldest country<br />
shows.<br />
26 July<br />
summer 2008 east cambridgeshire magazine<br />
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