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of Greater WhitbourneCars, Carnegie and the circusPage 9Physical co-ordination, engineeringand design skills and anappreciation of books came tothe fore this summer forWhitbourne primary school.The top three years had thechance to try their hand at trapezework, tight-rope walking,juggling and balancing plateswhen the circus came to town inBromyard and set up at QueenElizabeth Humanities College.Nikita Smith si pictured here onthe trapeze.The school’s Book Club playedtheir part in judging the entrantsfor the Carnegie Medal, a children’sbook award. They read allthe contenders, asked fellowpupils for their opinions, choseWe hope everyone has had a lovelysummer and you are allrefreshed, ready for a busyautumn term.Thank you to all those parentswho generously gave to our sunflowercompetition to raise fundsfor Whitbourne church - an outstandingamount was given.Well done to Hollie, Nathaniel,Rebecca, Daniel, Joshua, Grace,Billybob and Olivia for being inthe Tiblands Nursery Schoolchoir at the Whitbourne villagefete (pictured). You all did verytheir favouriteand then performeda sketchabout it at anevent inHereford attendedby severalcounty schools.The schools discussedthebooks and votedfor their choice,which waspassed on to the national panel.This year was Whitbourne’s secondchance to enter the GreenGoblin electric car competition atthe Rockingham race circuit -children from Whitbourne,Brockhampton and PencombeTiblands newsdesigned, built and drove a secondcar this year and all had thechance to go to Rockingham torace against other schools - theirtwo cars performed very creditablyand everyone enjoyed ablisteringly hot day at the track.REwell, and a special thanks to theschool children who sang fromthe back too! The flower competitionwas a great success ( heldinside the church) and certificateswere awarded to Joshua,Ben, Grace and Sophie. We all hada great day.The children also did well atBromyard Gala, with prizes forKatie, Mairi and Evie - congratulationsto you on your spongepainting of a teddy bear.As always, thank you to FatherDavid for reading to the childrenweekly - they really enjoy his visits.For more information or to fix avisit, call 01886 821394.Pig roast success for churchA pig roast at Lower Thrift Farm,courtesy of Harvey and DianeRichards, raised £909 forTedstone Delamere church andgave those who attend a grandday out into the bargain.Plenty of good pork, strawberriesand cream, and a chance to playrounders drew a good crowd tothe farm, and among the attractionswas a silent auction withplenty of interesting lots to bidfor.Harvey and Diane, who can seefive churches from their vantagepoint off Pound Lane (TedstoneDelamere, Clifton-upon-Teme,Upper Sapey, Harpley and SapeyOld Church) were very pleasedwith the day.They would like to thank allthose who came along to havefun, those who donated silentauction prizes and the friendsand neighbours who made theevent possible.Harvey said: “ It went really well -all the pork went, we were luckywith the weather and we wereglad to be able to help Tedstonechurch.”