Programme of Events – Saturday 11th June 2016 on Parson’s Croft
Staged in Conjunction with Parwich Parish Council
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL – please let us know you are coming by Tuesday 31st May
2.00 pm Official Welcome
2.15 pm Cutting of the Birthday Cake & Toast to Her majesty the Queen, followed by the National Anthem
There will then be a choice of games & activities including Tennis, Bowls, Turbo Swing Ball, Rounders, and Volleyball
3.30 pm Judging of the Crown Competition by Nina Martin (see below)
The judging will be followed by the presentation of prizes to the winners of each class and to the winners of the Birthday Card Competition (The children at Parwich School have been designing birthday cards for the Queen. The two winning cards will, by June 11th. have been sent “From Parwich Village” to Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace).
4.00 pm Continuation of the games.
A BBQ will be provided free of charge, but please bring your own liquid refreshments and any other picnic items.
To help with ordering drinks for the toast and catering needs, if you intend attending please complete the slip posted through your letterbox or e-mail Lucy Maddocks (lucywigley@googlemail.com), or sign up on one of the lists in either the British Legion or the Sycamore – please make sure you do this before 31st May.
9.30 pm Firing of rockets from the summit of Parwich Hill
Design and Make a Crown Competition
We are staging a ‘design a crown’ competition for this event.
Why not have a go? The prize in each class is a commemorative crown coin.
The three groups are:
- For children aged 5 and under 5 on June 11th.
- For children over 5 and 10 and under on June 11th.
- For anyone over 10 and 15 or under on June 11th.
Thanks are due to:
- The Staff at Parwich Primary School for their help in staging the Card Competition
- Parwich Parish Council for their generous financial support and encouragement in staging these celebrations
- The members of the Carnival & Recreation Committee
- Catering4Parwich for the very kind donation of the cake and Val Kirkham for help with the refreshments
- YOU for joining in the fun and coming to support the event.


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