LEISURE: Ham Hill Dog Show and Countryside Day to bring fun for all the family
Posted: 3rd August 2017
PAWS will once again be pounding the turf at Ham Hill Country Park near Yeovil later this month when this year’s annual Fun Dog Show takes place. This year, the event will be held on Sunday, August 13, 2017, in the plateau fields of Ham Hill and will be packed with lots of fun for the whole family, including 11 novelty showing classes and new for this year the Ham Hill…
LEISURE: Get your raffle tickets now for charity raffle at Cottage Flowers
Posted: 1st August 2017
COTTAGE Flowers in Ilminster is selling tickets for a grand raffle which will be held at the Sunnymead Country Fete later this year. First prize will be a weekend for two at Cricket St Thomas, while second prize will be a Hetty vacuum cleaner supplied by Numatic Chard and third will be a bouquet of flowers every month for a year provided by Cottage Flowers. The raffle…
LEISURE: Who dares wins - an evening with Ant Middleton
Posted: 27th July 2017
ADVENTURER and survival expert Ant Middleton – who is becoming a familiar face on TV – will be sharing his experiences and exploits as a modern day explorer and expedition leader when he visits the Westlands Yeovil venue. Ant, who can also list on his CV as an adventurer, TV presenter and former Elite Forces Soldier, will be at Westlands on Saturday, March 24, 2018. His…
LEISURE: All set for Gin Festival at Westlands Yeovil
Posted: 20th July 2017
THE glasses are lined up and ready for visitors to this weekend’s Gin Festival at the Westlands Yeovil entertainment venue. The first-ever Gin Festival to be held at Westlands Yeovil will be serving up over 100 different gins plus live music and masterclasses from industry experts on Friday (July 21, 2017) and Saturday (July 22, 2017). On arrival people will be handed…
LEISURE: All set for Gin Festival at Westlands Yeovil
Posted: 20th July 2017
THE glasses are lined up and ready for visitors to this weekend’s Gin Festival at the Westlands Yeovil entertainment venue. The first-ever Gin Festival to be held at Westlands Yeovil will be serving up over 100 different gins plus live music and masterclasses from industry experts on Friday (July 21, 2017) and Saturday (July 22, 2017). On arrival people will be handed…
AIR DAY 2017: Winners announced in ticket competition
Posted: 7th July 2017
WINNERS of tickets put up as prizes in a competition to Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton on Saturday (July 8, 2017) have been notified. A pair of tickets was available to be won in separate competitions on the independent Yeovil Press, Bridgwater Press, Chard Press and Ilminster Press. People had to answer a question of what anniversary will be celebrated at this year’s Air…
AIR DAY 2017: Win tickets for this weekend’s show at RNAS Yeovilton
Posted: 6th July 2017
THE Ilminster Press has got some last-minute tickets to giveaway in a competition for this Saturday’s (July 8, 2017) International Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton. You can join 35,000 other people who will be converging on Yeovilton near Yeovil for the annual event which will include a five-hour flying display of aircraft from around the world. This will be a truly special…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Silence is golden for Ilminster Young Farmers
Posted: 27th June 2017
MEMBERS of the Ilminster Young Farmers’ Club have presented a cheque for nearly £2,500 to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The club members raised the money – a total of £2,442.88 to be precise – by holding a silent disco which proved a big success. The silent disco sees people wear a set of headphones where they can choose which DJ to listen to and then dance…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Lions Club backs Parkinson’s UK charity
Posted: 26th June 2017
THE Lions Club of Ilminster and District has thanked everyone who supports their fundraising events which allows it to support charitable organisations. The latest beneficiary of the Lions Club’s efforts is the Taunton and Mid Somerset branch of the Parkinson’s UK charity. Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition – meaning that it causes problems in the brain…
LEISURE: Family fun day with Ilminster Town FC
Posted: 24th June 2017
ILMINSTER Town Football Club is hosting its annual Family Fun Day on Saturday (June 24, 2017) at Britten’s Field. All the fun is being held from 11am to 5pm with lots of things for all the family to enjoy including Zorb Five-a-Side Football, loads of arts, crafts and foodstalls, a children’s play area with bouncy castle, a barbecue and refreshments. There will also be…
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