The following supermarket collections will take place during the 2024 Xmas Appeal:

• Sat 7 Dec at Morrisons
• Sun 8 Dec at Tesco's
• Sun 15 Dec at Morrisons
• Sat 21 Dec at Sainsbury's
• Sun 22 Dec at Tesco's
• Tue 24 Dec at Sainsbury's

Please support this fundraising event collecting for local charities and food banks. Collection starts at 08:15 am each day and 3 volunteers are needed for each 2hr shift (08:15 to 10:30, 10:30 to 12:30, 12:30 to 14:30 and 14:30 to 16:30).

Club Members will be able to use the ClubRunner Voluteer Sign-Up facility to volunteer for Collection Duties on any of these days.  If you are already using the ClubRunner App there should be a Sign Up using the link - below on the Clubrunner App or to the left on the webpage.

Poppy Appeal Stall at Sainsburys

Please have a look at the available time slots. If interested please could you reply with your availability to Peter Wilkins, who has kindly agreed to coordinate our Club member support with RBL Banbury.

Tuesday 5^th November  2024 @ 6:30pm

Supper and Fireworks upstairs at Banbury CC with partners, friends and family.
Chilli and Rice just £10 veggie option available book with Martin Phillips, food from 6:30
children 10  and under eat free.
Fireworks from 7:30.

On the evenings of November 11th to November 14th 2024 The Rotary Club of Banbury will be presenting four Children Singing for Children concerts.

These are an established part of the Banbury Rotary event calendar and choirs from up to 24 schools perform both individual school offerings  and as a massed finale choir.

These are uplifting, not to be missed.events. Tickets will be available via the schools or (cash only) through Henry's Menswear in High Street, Banbury.

Inner Wheel Early Bird Supper in aid of Shelter Box - 6pm for 6.30pm

Two course meal £20 per head (Cottage Pie with Veg followed by Eton Mess) dietary options available, open to all. Guests very welcome.

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An ad-hoc social event is being held this 5th Friday in November.

Do join us at the Marlstone Tavern (the old Black Boy) in Milton for a Pie and a Pint.  Aim to arrive around 1230 to order pies and first drinks before table at 1pm.

No need to book, but please register you interest below so that we can arrange a suitable table size beforehand.

Sample menu attached below:

Do come along to Morrisons Supermarket and support our Christmas Collection for local charities and food banks. Three volunteers are needed for each 2 hrs shift manning the collection tins and taking turns (pun) assisting the Street Organ winder between 8:15am and 4:30pm.

Please use the separate Event titled "Sign Up Here for Xmas Supermarket Collections" to volunteer for specific shifts

Do come along to Tesco's Supermarket and support our Christmas Collection for local charities and food banks. Three volunteers are needed for each 2 hrs shift manning the collection tins and taking turns (pun) assisting the Street Organ winder between 9:30am and 4:30pm.

Please use the separate Event titled "Sign Up Here for Xmas Supermarket Collections" to volunteer for specific shifts

Family fun 6pm - 9pm each evening Thursday 12th Dec - Sunday 15 Dec

Light Trail
Hot Drinks & Food Stall
Children’s Christmas Quest
Well behaved dogs on leads welcome
Sturdy footwear advised
All funds raised go to charity

To buy advance tickets use this link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-christmas-light-trail-tickets-1079167191119?aff=oddtdtcreator 

If you would like to make a donation use this link:

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/V2LQYMZKDGS28 

Saturday 14th December Lunch with Father Christmas
Lunch at The Pavilion WPR to support our friends at BCC and maybe tell Father Christmas what you want this Christmas!
Book in at info@thepavilionbanbury.co.uk

Banbury Rotary Club distributes Christmas food vouchers to people identified by other front-line organisations as being in need.

We receive various donations to help towards the cost of these but also undertake a day of collecting at a supermarket.

This year the collection will be at Sainsburys' Supermarket on Saturday 14th December.

Do come along to Morrisons Supermarket and support our Christmas Collection for local charities and food banks. Three volunteers are needed for each 2 hrs shift manning the collection tins and taking turns (pun) assisting the Street Organ winder between 9:30am and 4:30pm.

Please use the separate Event titled "Sign Up Here for Xmas Supermarket Collections" to volunteer for specific shifts

Get into the Christmas Spirit with music by friend of the club Holly Perkins.

Just come along, have a Christmas  drink and enjoy the company.

Do come along to Sainsbury's Supermarket and support our Christmas Collection for local charities and food banks. Three volunteers are needed for each 2 hrs shift manning the collection tins and taking turns (pun) assisting the Street Organ winder between 8:15am and 4:30pm.

Please use the separate Event titled "Sign Up Here for Xmas Supermarket Collections" to volunteer for specific shifts

Do come along to Tesco's Supermarket and support our Christmas Collection for local charities and food banks. Three volunteers are needed for each 2 hrs shift manning the collection tins and taking turns (pun) assisting the Street Organ winder between 9:30am and 4:30pm.

Please use the separate Event titled "Sign Up Here for Xmas Supermarket Collections" to volunteer for specific shifts

Do come along to Sainsbury's Supermarket and support our Christmas Collection for local charities and food banks. Three volunteers are needed for each 2 hrs shift manning the collection tins and taking turns (pun) assisting the Street Organ winder between 8:15am and 4:30pm.

Please use the separate Event titled "Sign Up Here for Xmas Supermarket Collections" to volunteer for specific shifts

Ad hoc social meeting at The Wine Vaults, Parsons Street. Both pie and a pint are optional but Rotary fellowship compulsory. See you there.

The Rotary Club of Banbury is organizing the Young Chef Competition local heat on January 14, 2024, at Wykham Park Academy's Futures Building, which was successfully used in the previous year. Finalists, along with their families and judges, should arrive by 5:30 p.m. for a 6:00 p.m. start. Only finalists and three judges will be allowed in the cooking area during the two-hour competition.

Participants must prepare a main course and dessert for display, providing their own menu, cutlery, and glasses. Judging will focus on presentation, with trophies for the winner and runner-up, and certificates for all finalists. Clean-up is the responsibility of the finalists, as the academy will be operational the next day, and the building must be locked by 9:00 p.m.

Applications are due by December 6, 2024, and should include ingredient lists, costs (maximum £18 per meal), processes, and schedules. Submissions can be emailed to bernardgoodchild367@gmail.com or delivered to Henry’s Tailors, with collection from the academy available upon request.

Volunteers are sought for 10 members to fill set up, stewarding and hosting duties on the night using the ClubRunner Sign Up link below:

Tickets: £35

Payment Contact: Peter Fowler. 07785 996559 or p.fowler@wg-plc.com

Piper and address to the haggis plus traditional speeches, pay bar & Raffle (many prizes including holiday in Cornwall) – with live band and Ceilidh.

Banbury Cricket Club Doors Open 6.30pm and Carriages at 11pm Black Tie / Lounge Suits or kilts for men and posh frocks for the ladies.

STARTER:
Haggis Neeps and Tatties with Whiskey Sauce

MAIN:
Stuffed Chicken with potatoes and veg.

DESSERT:
Classic Cranachan

COFFEE

VEGETARIANS, VEGANS CATERED FOR

A table for 16 has been booked for those members who expressed interest. Be there for 12:00/12:30 for Lunch with the Kick Off at 2:15 v Stourbridge.  

The 2025 Young Musician Competition will be held at the Warriner School, Bloxham on Sat 8 Feb 25.

The Junior Competition will be held in the morning followed by the Intermediate and Senior Competitions in the afternoon and evening. 

Gareth needs your support to help steward the event in shifts, and the link below to the YM VOLUNTEER LIST will show you the need for two shifts of 2 people to man the box office between 2:30 and 4pm and then 5:30 to 7pm..

Fancy a trip to the theatre without having to drive 25 plus miles?  Then read on. The Banbury Cross Players are putting on a Comedy Whodunnit at the Mill Arts Centre on 21^st March. “Inspector Drake and the Perfect Crime”. Curtain up at 7.30 p.m.

When a genius commits a murder, the plan is perfect. But is it? Inspector Drake is facing his greatest ever challenge. Who is the mysterious Dr Short and why did he marry a warthog? Has he murdered his fourth wife – or did she murder him first? Who is the real Sabrina? No fingerprints? No murder weapon? Inspector Drake is completely clueless!!

A comedy whodunnit with more twists than a Chuck Berry song!  Expect surprises, slapstick and some risqué humour in this hilarious parody of an Agatha Christie country house murder mystery.

If you want to know if he solves the crime, you’ll need to reserve a seat. Ask me to book your £15 tickets by 27^th January and I’ll do the rest. Hope to see you in the bar on the night.