Category Archives: Market Harborough WI

Christmas raffle

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Do pick up your book of raffle tickets at the November meeting.  We have a hundred books, so there’s one for every member to take and sell to friends and family.  This is our major fund raising event for 2012, and will set us up for funding our future programme of events, such as paying for the venue and visiting speakers.  (Out of the £33 annual subscription, a proportion goes to the Leicestershire and National Federations of the WI, leaving us with £14.80 per member.)

Don’t forget, too, to bring in donations for the hampers – local food and drinks would be very welcome.

Fancy a game of badminton?

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If you’re free in the morning, after the children have gone to school, and fancy a game of badminton, then we’d love to hear from you.  Whatever your skill level or whether you want to meet others or just get fit, contact us to let us know when you are free.

First birthday and annual meeting

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Wednesday 24 October 2012 saw the first birthday and annual meeting of the Market Harborough WI.  Members gathered to receive enthusiastic reports from key commitee members, celebrating the huge achivement of 80 members joining, aged from 20 to 86 years, as well as a very successful programme of monthly activities and social outings having taken place.

A bye law was passed, bringing future annual meetings forward to September so they do not clash with half term.  The evening concluded with a Dutch Supper and a WI knowledge quiz.  The Brainheads won!

Unwanted books

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Do you have unwanted books at home?  Then bring them along to future monthly meetings and donate them to the book box.   Take a moment, too, to browse through the box and maybe see something you would like to read.  All we ask is that you make a small monetary donation for selecting a book to read yourself – it’s up to you.  All money raised in this way will go into Market Harborough WI funds.

Have a sort out now – I have a pile to bring in to the October meeting.

Christmas raffle prize donations – please help with fund raising

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Can you donate a raffle prize for a food hamper?  If so, bring your donation (do check the sell by date!) to the October or November monthly meeting.  This is our big fund raising event this year for our WI and it’s your chance to help now.  Printed tickets will be £1 each and will be available later this year for sale to members, friends and family.

Sausage making fun

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Members enjoyed a fun night making sausages at Waterloo Farm, Great Oxendon on 22 August.  They began by selecting the raw ingredients through to producing their own strings of sausages, helped along by the team at the Farm.  At the end everyone took their own proudly produced string of sausages home to cook and share.

Skittles evening – Thursday 18 October 2012

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WI members are invited to a skittles evening at the Cherry Tree Inn, Kettering Road, Market Harborough (near Lidl), starting at 7 pm.  If you wish to eat, basket meals priced from approx £4, can be ordered on the evening.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never played before, it’s a good chance to have a go and meet new people.  Come along and join in the fun.   Contact us with your name and phone number.

Laser Quest evening – Friday 9 November 2012

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What is it?  For those not too sure, like me, Wikkipaedia says, ‘Laser Quest is the name of a Canadian-based indoor lasertag game based around infrared hand held units and vests, as well as the name of the company which operates each game centre.’

Join WI members and friends to find out and enjoy a fun evening in Northampton. £9.20 each for 2 games and one free one.   Go on, there’s a child in all of us waiting to play!  To pass on your contact details and to share transport, contact us.

Uncorking the mystery of wine

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This week Sue Lobb unveiled the mysteries of wine making, including the world’s major wine producing regions and the vast range of ingredients that can be used, as well as the characteristics that should feature in the finished product – even the taste of old leather in one wine.  I now know that red grapes also make white wine!

Hints and tips followed on sampling: sight, smell, taste, and, yes, touch (your palette!) and suggestions for food and wine matching.  Best of all, we tried wine tasting with a Veltliner, Syrah and Monbazillac.

Sausage making night – 22 August 2012

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There will be a sausage making night at Waterloo Farm at Great Oxendon at 7pm on the 22nd August instead of the planned hobbies evening.  It costs £17.00 and you can take the sausages you make, home with you afterwards.  £5.00 Deposit is required.  Contact our social events secretary.
If we don’t see you at the sausage making night then have a good rest in August and we hope to see on the 26th September for a wine tasting session with Sue Lobb.