Category: Events

Willoughby Pub Quiz : 12 April 2011

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Great turn-out for the Willoughby Arms Pub Quiz on Tuesday 12 April.  Some interesting questions and lively banter between the teams made for a good evening.   Final scores, after 10 rounds, were as follows …

1st : Six Pack – 136pts
2nd : Spring Lamb – 124pts
3rd : Ian Warrington is Always Late – 122pts
4th : Small Change – 118pts
5th : United States – 116pts
6th : Easy All Stars – 114pts
7th : Celtic Connection – 106pts
8th : Lucock – 102pts
9th : Buffer Stops – 100pts
10th : Yea + Thin – 78pts

The next Pub quiz takes place on Tuesday 10 May 2011 at 8pm.

The Village Tea Room

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From Wednesday 11 May 2011 there will be a Village Tea Room open in Castle Bytham Village Hall on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 10.00am and 2.30pm.  The Tea Room will be serving delicious cakes, tasty lunches and hot & cold drinks.  Its hoped to open on Tuesdays as well from September with extended opening hours on all days.  Why not pop along and support this new initiative which was one of the proposals in the Castle Bytham Village Plan?

Celestial Candles & Ceilidh

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This Saturday (26 March 2011) Bythams Music‘s first event for 2011 takes place.  At 6.30pm in Little Bytham Church there will be a concert of sacred music with a Celtic flavour with the Children’s Choir of St Wulfram’s in Grantham led by Dr Tim Williams. Entry to this event is free of charge but donations to the Children’s Choir and Little Bytham Church are welcomed! Afterwards, at 8.30pm, there will be a Ceilidh Dance in Little Bytham Village Hall with the brilliant Castle Band. Drinks, refreshments and food will be available, entry to the Ceilidh being £3 per person.

Willoughby Arms Pub Quiz

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The next Pub Quiz at the Willoughby Arms in Little Bytham takes place on Tuesday 15 March starting at 8pm.  Entry is only £1 per person – maximum 6 people per team.

Book for Burns

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From Sue Blunt …

Apologies in advance, we may not have even got Christmas out of the way yet, but we d like you to cast your minds forward to February, Saturday the 5th to be precise.
That’s the date to put in next year s diary for Castle Bytham’s biennial Burns Night Celebration.  And in the tradition of those that have gone before it, a great night out is guaranteed. Bodgers Mate will again be providing the musical entertainment and there ll be some special guest spots as well, plus a suitably Scottish-themed sing-along.

The reason for such early warning is that this event gets booked up very quickly  – in 2009 it was sold out nearly a month before the big day, to the consternation of many potential party-goers.  To avoid suffering a similar disappointment we suggest you get your tickets asap –  they are due to go on sale (priced at £14 each including a hearty supper) on December 1st and they ll be available from the Castle Bytham Village Stores, or you can ring (01780) 410957.  If you are planning to bring a party of up to ten it’s even more crucial that you book early to secure your own table.

Bythams Sponsored Ride 2003

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From the pages of the Glenside News (June 2003)…

On 4th may, in glorious sunshine, the first Sponsored Ride in support of our Parishes and Homestart took place in Grimsthorpe Park by kind permission of Grimsthorpe Estates.

Thanks to the welcome rain at the end of April, the going was excellent and 106 riders turned out to enjoy a ride of 8, 12 or 15 miles through seldom-seen countryside completely off the public roads. Many, having opted for the 8 mile course, changed their minds at the 6 mile Rest Stop and went on to enjoy a longer ride fortified by a drink and a selection of excellent cakes kindly donated by the Womens Institute.

Of course, this was not the Hunter Trials of former years and although the Committee members were sad to cancel that event, all are agreed that the decision was correct. Sponsored Rides can be organised and run by a minimum of volunteers (although more are always welcome) as opposed to the labour intensive Hunter Trials, now full of legal traps for the unwary. And of course, the removal of the compeititve element allows everyone to relax.

Without exception, every rider commented on how enjoyable the day had been and as the horseboxes streamed out of Grimsthorpe at 4 o’clock, there was much hand waving and shouts of “Great Day! Whens the next one?”

So, a success in its first year.