August 2017 News Items



Raffle Prize Seeks Winning Ticket

If you bought a £1 ticket, number 177, colour orange, in the raffle for a bottle of Gordons Gin at the Metfield Village Fete on Saturday 19th July then your prize was held at the Village Hall Bar until 01-10-17 but as it was not claimed it will be donated to the next scheduled raffle […]

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Village Fete Fun

The annual Metfield Village Fete, organised by the Village Hall Committee, took place on St John’s Meadow on August 19th.  For the first time the new village hall bar and Meadow Room lounge provided an counterpoint to the activities out on the meadow giving the Fete and the accompanying Produce Show a new dynamic. After […]

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Invasion of Scarecrows

Metfield has been invaded by hordes of scarecrows all vying to win the Village Fete prize for the best, most imaginative bird scarer.  After exhaustive judging by Eve and Joey Peck, first prize went to Frankie & Wayne for their tableau of straw filled ‘selfies’ sitting by the fire on a typical evening at home. […]

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World (or just Metfield) Athletics Championships 2017

Saturday 19th August Registration – 12:30, First Race – 1 pm Events Hula hoop race Egg and spoon race 3 legged race accompanied by an adult A special tribute to Usain Bolt- A Bolt run with arm extended! And a race for Mo Farah? If we can fit it in Adult Welly throwing Ages 5 […]

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Beer & Cider treats in store

Beer and cider drinkers are in for a treat at Metfield Village Fete Mini Beer Festival to be held on the 18th and 19th of August.  The festival kicks off in the Metfield Village Hall Bar from 6pm on the evening of Friday 18th August and then continues from 12pm alongside the Fete and Produce […]

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