The Abingdon Rowing Club Committee have taken the decision to cancel this year’s Abingdon Spring Head of the River time trials. Not only can’t they get all their landing platforms, and other equipment, up to Rye Farm Meadow, but also it is too dangerous for rowing.
5 Scout Groups and 2 Guide Companies from the Abingdon area run the 20p Christmas Post in Abingdon, Northcourt, Radley and Shippon.
Last year they collected, sorted and delivered about 6400 cards.
They have been running the service for 20 years.
They have 2 ‘sort’ evenings, the first about a week before the closing date and the other on the closing day. Around 30-50 people help with the sorting. They don’t deliver any cards until after the second sort.
Each group is allocated an area of Abingdon, Northcourt, Shippon or Radley to deliver. They then split their cards into rounds of about 50-100 cards. This means that about 100 youngsters, many accompanied by parents, deliver the cards before Christmas.
There was a French Market with a wide variety of continental produce on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Too late for that now but not for two other events in the next week …
World Bun Throwing Championships Saturday 14th April: The first World Bun Throwing Championships are taking place at Abingdon Vale Cricket Club, Culham Road (by Abingdon Bridge) on Saturday 14 April between 2pm and 4pm. Registration will take place from 12 noon. Entry to the event costs £1 per bun per throw and you can enter for £1 as many times as you like. For the adult competition, the two people throwing their bun the longest distance will be invited to join the Council to throw buns from the roof of the Museum at the Jubilee bun-throwing ceremony on Sunday 3rd June.
There will also be a children’s Bun Throwing competition, again £1 per bun, per throw. There will be a special prize for the winner, although unfortunately it will not be possible to throw buns at the Jubilee ceremony.
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Arts Festival Photography Exhibition this week
Date: Tuesday 10 April 2012
Start Time: 12:00
The Abingdon Arts Festival has come to an end but as the Arts Festival photography competition entries and winners did not get much of an airing they will be on display during the Guildhall opening hours. The Guildhall is open on Tuesday 10th April probably at 12.00. Please do not come to town specially for a viewing without checking with us during the period 10th to 14th April.
The notices around Radley Lakes about the Hesher’s Geffings have been removed by the Earth Trust (formerly Northmoor Trust). The notices first appeared around April 1st. Does anybody know any more about the Hesher’s Geffings and their origins?