Hemyock

Hemyock Singers are giving a concert of Christmas Songs and Carols on Saturday 19th December at 7.00 p.m. in the Parish Hall, Hemyock.  Tickets, available at Hemyock Post Office, are £10.00 and include a 2 course turkey dinner.

Dennis Silk gave a moving talk last night on the life and poetry of Siegfried Sassoon. His talk was a perfect example of a clear informative, interesting and entertaining account of one of the 20th century's great literary yet controversial figures.

A unique history event took place in Hemyock on 13th and 14th November at the Primary School with archaeologists from Exeter displaying a large amount of the medieval pottery recently found at the Churchills Farm building site for Hemyock people to handle and discuss with the archaeologists.

Hemyock Singers take to the stage once again on FRIDAY 13th November when they will be giving a concert version of Trial By Jury and other Gilbert and Sullivan choruses. The concert takes place at the Parish Hall at 7.30pm and soloists include Glyn Jones, Jenny Doble and Tony Grosse. Tickets at £7 which includes a cheese and pate supper are available from Hemyock Post Office.

The 8th October meeting will be given by James Skeggs on the Luttrell Family and on the 16th November Dennis Silk will be talking on Siegfried Sassoon. The August Meeting was a talk from Mac McDonnell who had lived in Uvedale Crescent when working as a youth worker in Croydon.

Hemyock Women's Institute meet in Forbes Lounge at 7.30pm on the first Tuesday of each month.

Members have tried their hand at painting pottery tiles with the help of Nicola Werner. Some found this easy others quite difficult but most enjoyed the experience. Nicola took the tiles and fired them so everyone has a memento of that evening.

Hemyock 4 Sidmouth Warriors 6

On a glorious Saturday these two teams gave everyone watching an exciting game. The first half was dominated by Sidmouth scoring three goals with no reply. They were helped by some very poor defending from the Hemyock boys who were finding it very hard to adapt to the full size pitch.

Hemyock Youth Football are starting an Under 8 team this season starting with training and friendlys. All boys and girls in years 3 and 2 are invited to the first training session on the 15th September at 6pm. The sessions will be held at Longmead on grass or on the MUGA so please bring boots and trainers. The training will be held by Mark Jordan who can be contacted on 01884 841030 if you have any questions.

Following on from our press release in the last Pump about a Grant  that we have been awarded, we can report that the Ball Machine should be with us by August - just in time for Club Coach, Dan Loftus to use on our coaching courses in the holidays, which is great!