Monxton and Amport are planning a street party in Monxton on Saturday 11th June to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday. We are having a village meeting on Wednesday 16th March (7-7.45pm), to have the input from as many people as possible to see what residents would like to see or do to commemorate the event. Do come along and get involved please!
There will be Pancakes & Praise in Monxton & Amport Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 9 February.
This will be the 7th anniversary of our mid-week cafe-style service, which continues to be supported by people from many different churches. Everyone is very welcome.
The Amport School PTA is once again organising a Quiz Night to be held in Monxton and Amport Village Hall on Friday 18th March. Please see the attached flyer for details. Tickets can be purchased from Gemma Pearce and Rachel Dean, or alternatively by emailing the PTA (AmportSchoolPTA@gmail.com).
Last year’s quiz raised over £1,000 and we hope you will join us once more to raise funds which will go towards the refurbishment of the new teaching kitchen in school. As in previous years, please feel free to put teams of 8 together or let us know if you would like to come and we can organise teams. Raffle tickets will be available to purchase in due course with details to follow. 
National Trust property, Mottisfont is exhibiting a varied collection of works by Norman Thelwell. The cartoonist is regarded by many as the unofficial artist of the British countryside. In this major exhibition from his private family archives, the artist’s enduringly popular cartoons of little girl on plump ponies are joined by hilarious satires of 20th century life.
Less familiar are his beautiful paintings of local landscapes. He lived close to Mottisfont and captured the countryside in a series of stunning watercolours. This show reveals how Thelwell’s amusing observations on life in the country are rooted in a deep-seated love of the Hampshire landscape. There is additional family fun with Thelwell-inspired trails in the grounds.
Exhibition and trails at Mottisfont from 16 January to 10 April.
Defibrillator Demonstration – Wednesday 3rd February, 7.30pm, Monxton and Amport Village Hall
Responding to requests from the community the Amport and Monxton Community Charity have used proceeds from our successful village fetes and have purchased a defibrillator which will be stored in the locked cabinet on the side of The Hawk Inn, to be used in emergencies. Where appropriate, the ambulance service will give the cabinet access code to those in the area who make an emergency call.
Every minute that passes for a patient in cardiac arrest without access to a defibrillator equates to a 10% reduction in survival time. Areas with a dedicated defibrillator programme have been shown to report survival rates of up to 74%, much higher than in areas without one.
The defibrillator is very user friendly and you don’t need training to use it. However, we have arranged for a demonstration from Steve Cartwright who is the Community Liasion & Training Officer for Public Access Defibrillators from the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. He will show how the defibrillator machine works and when it should be used.
This demonstration will be held in the village hall on Wednesday 3rd February from 7.30pm. If you are interested in attending please let Kate know, so that we have an idea of how many chairs to put out! kate.cavalier@gmail.com
Moviola: Friday 26th February
EVEREST (12a)
Written by William Nicolson and Simon Beaufoy and directed by Baltar Karmakur, this is the story of a climbing expedition devastated by a severe snowstorm.
Since the success of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay many hundreds have attempted this climb and many have died.
In 1996 climbers from 2 expeditions start the final ascent towards the summit of Mt. Everest. A violent storm with one of the fiercest blizzards ever encountered strikes the mountain. The teams must endure the hardest conditions imaginable in an epic battle to survive.
The cast includes Jason Clark and Ang Phula Sherpa
In Monxton & Amport Village Hall
Friday 26th February at 7.30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Tickets: £6
Available from Caroline Unwin (772375), Veronica Bacon (771285), Karin Staines (712061) or Jennifer Richards (710308).
Refreshments in the interval
Dates for your diary:
Tuesday 29 March: The Lady in the Van
Friday 22 April: Steve Jobs
There is a new weekly exercise class starting this Friday 22 January at Monxton and Amport Village Hall. The class is from 1.30 – 2pm.
The programme is an aerobic danced based exercise programme aimed at introducing beginners to exercise or acting as a re-introduction for many people. The sessions initially will be running for 30 minutes and the programme currently is running from January to September 2016. The price of the sessions are £3.25.
There are many benefits of the programme:
For more information please contact Natalie Austin by email or call 07493 160027.
From Marcus Tebbutt-Ford, Organiser.
It is that time of year already. We have had 12 months to dine out on our wonderful soccer win against Amport last year. I was never sure how well received it might actually be when I came up with the idea but based on this message back from Amport Parish Council at the time, better than expected
“Congratulations on an excellent ‘fixture’ on Saturday – it was exactly the right sort of ‘community event’, full of amazing commitment from the players and great fun for the ‘crowd’….”
I have had a lot of requests concerning the return match in recent weeks and we decided that this year Amport would lay down the challenge to us. As you may have seen, this is now done and a date has been set for Saturday 12th March.
Expect the rules to stay much the same, that is two halves of twenty minutes, at least one female team member on the pitch at all times and rolling substitutions with the “third half” in the winning team’s pub. No ringers.
So who has the wherewithal to give it another go? Who’s ready to put their balls on the line a second time? Ready to be shown up by their wife again? To manage the team from the sideline and coordinate a bunch of decrepit bar-flies into a mean-spleen winning machine once more? To stand shivering by the refreshments yelling words of vague encouragement & biting scorn? Willing to spend Monday wrapped in bandages and full of pain killers?
Please let me know your early thoughts on availability and here’s hoping that we can get a couple of practice kick-abouts before the day, much as we did last year.
The ‘Mucky Duckers’ have it all to lose and do not be under any false illusions – Amport are frothing at the mouth for revenge!
Please email Marcus at tebbutford@gmail.com
PS – I understand from Michael and Rosie that not all jerseys were returned after the match last year. Please could you dig through forgotten wash piles and garden rags so that we can ensure that all 2016 team members have the chance to play in the village colours once more.
Monday 18th January, Village Hall, 7.30pm
Those of you who read these Neighbourhood Watch alerts will know that scams and fraud feature as frequently as burglaries and thefts.
In response to requests from a number of Monxton residents for more information about the variety of scams; telephone, email and doorstep, currently going around, apresentation by Hampshire Police has been arranged.
This will take place in Monxton and Amport Village Hall on Monday 18th January, starting at 7.30pm. and will be followed by the scheduled Monxton Parish Council meeting.
The object will be to make residents more aware of the types of scam and the approaches and tricks employed by the villains and to help you avoid becoming victims yourselves.
As well as a presentation by our Police Community Support Officer, the session will include time for questions and feedback from residents.
This should be a valuable aid to our ongoing fight against local crime. All are invited and hopefully as many of you who can will take advantage of this opportunity.
David James, Monxton Neighbourhood Watch
Monday 18th January, Village Hall, 7.30pm
Those of you who read these Neighbourhood Watch alerts will know that scams and fraud feature as frequently as burglaries and thefts.
In response to requests from a number of Monxton residents for more information about the variety of scams; telephone, email and doorstep, currently going around, a presentation by Hampshire Police has been arranged.
This will take place in Monxton and Amport Village Hall on Monday 18th January, starting at 7.30pm. and will be followed by the scheduled Monxton Parish Council meeting.
The object will be to make residents more aware of the types of scam and the approaches and tricks employed by the villains and to help you avoid becoming victims yourselves.
As well as a presentation by our Police Community Support Officer, the session will include time for questions and feedback from residents.
This should be a valuable aid to our ongoing fight against local crime. All are invited and hopefully as many of you who can will take advantage of this opportunity.
David James, Monxton Neighbourhood Watch
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