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And for lots more photos of the runners in the Senior (Open) Race as they near the top of the Hill  (more…)

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Here are some more photos of yesterday’s hill race, courtesy of John F-S.

(If you’re looking for the full results, then please click here.)



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The runners in the Junior Hill Race ran an excellent race. There was plenty of competition and you can see from the pictures below that we have many junior athletes in and around the village.

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Here is a gallery of photos from The Mothers’ Race. Click on each image to enlarge it.

Click here for full results and time sheets.

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This evening saw near perfect weather for the Hill Race.  Paul Mannion won the Senior Race for the third year running, again in a faster time than the previous year.

The Trophies in the three races were awarded as follows:

Local Mothers Race

Paula Lynam Trophy

  • 1st Liz Edge
  • 2nd Laura Mellor
  • 3rd Sandra Chadfield

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Children’s Sports



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Story Of The Yellow Submarine

For those of you interested in the background behind the yellow submarine that sailed round Carnival last Saturday, The A52s have a write-up on their official website www.thea52s.co.uk.

Click on the picture below to go there.

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Carnival Placings

Pedestrian 1yr- 4yr 1st Lady Bird – Ruby
2nd Peppa Pig – Daisy
Joint 3rd Princess and Dragon – Callum & Gemma
5yr – 7yr 1st Knight – Ben
2nd Monster – Emily
3rd Disco Diva – Sophie
8yr-10yr 1st Del Boy Dale – Sam
2nd Hermoine Grainger – Lauran
3rd St. Trinian’s Pupil – Lucy
11yr-15yr 1st Vicky Pollard – Lucy
2nd Holiday at Home – Nina
3rd
Adults 1st
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Pedestrian Groups Under 10yr 1st Pirates – Tigen & Simon
2nd 101 Dalmatians – Grace & Lilly
3rd Parwich School of Rock – Jessie, Grace,
Josh,Luke & Jack
10-15yr 1st Parwich Wakes Week – Jake, Will, Maisie,
Jimmy, Eve, Jack
2nd Bananas in Pyjama – Tammara & Amy
3rd National Elf Service – Josh & Dan
Adults 1st Hung Parliament
2nd Village People
3rd Matured To Perfection
Pedestrian with animals All Ages 1st No Entries
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Vehicles Adults 1st Yellow Submarine – The A52s
2nd Bob The Builder – Parwich Toddlers
Joint 3rd Parwich Pet Shop / The Wild West

Thank you to Karen for this information.

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Strongest Man Competion – Wednesday

Wednesday

at 8pm

at The Sycamore

The Stongest Man Competition

Not for the faint hearted.

Rules and conditions apply, please see the organiser

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Tension mounted on Sunday afternoon, as two teams warmed up, ready to face each other for the duel of the year.  Much training had been undertaken, which was obvious when you saw the teams in action: peak fitness and grim determination.  The atmosphere was electric, play was fair and the promise each person showed in training was realised: an outstanding performance.  They lasted the course; no fouling, ‘well none that the referee saw’; and the result was just.  Parwich lost the volleyball to the Campers but won the tug of war.  Heads can be held high, pride is maintained – keep those flags flying.

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Wakes Fair



Photos from Jane B & JF-S

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Even more photos added at 10am Sunday
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The sun shone brightly on Wakes this year, making for a wonderful fancy dress and float parade. Congratulations to the committee for making it all happen, and well done to everybody who took part.

We hope you enjoy this gallery of 40 images from today’s festivities. All the photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.





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The Odd Fellows march continued its way through the village, with further refreshment stops at Croft Avenue, Nethergreen and The Fold. Before leaving Croft Avenue, the band made a special detour up to Andrew and Rachel’s house: a kind gesture that was much appreciated by all. After leaving The Fold, it was time for a three-course roast beef lunch in the Memorial Hall, served up by Val K and her team.

Here’s our second photo gallery; please click on each picture to enlarge it.


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2010 Wakes starts with the Odd Fellows march.  The Church Service is at 11am this morning, the market on the Green (although some stall are already trading) is officially open from 11am – 4pm and the Carnival Parade begins at 6pm.

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Alternative Dress Code?

Is this a new dress code or is he just keen to get to the first drinks stop before everyone else?

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Wakes Week

 In response to requests for Wakes details this is as much information as we have got.  When we are sent the information or when the board appears on The Green, we will update below.

Wakes Week

Date Time Event Location
Saturday 9.45am Odd Fellows Parade Start from
The Sycamore
  11am Church Service Parwich Church
  11-4pm  Village Market The Green
  6pm Carnival from School & around village
    Band Concert & other music
Hog Roast & Fair
 
Sunday 11am Campsite Service
with the Campers, Parwich Methodists & St Peter’s
Cricket Ground
  12, noon Fun & Games with the campers Cricket Ground
  6pm Treasure Hunt Village Green
  8pm BBQ Parwich Legion
Monday 6.30pm Children’s Sports Nether Green
Tuesday from 7pm Hill Race  
Wednesday 8pm Strongest Man Competition The Sycamore
Thursday 6pm  Children’s Film- Walt Disney’s Classic – Jungle Book Memorial Hall
  8pm Parwich Wakes through the Years Memorial Hall
Friday 7pm Ball Race
followed by Race Night
Pump Hill, then Parwich Legion

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Oddfellows – Buttonholes

If you would like a red rose buttonhole for the parade on Wakes Saturday (26th June) please contact Delia on 390758.  They cost £3.50.

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On page 13 of this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph, there’s a splendid half-page advertisement feature dedicated to this weekend’s Parwich Open Gardens, and to the Wakes Week activities which commence at the end of the month. Containing a full preview of the forthcoming activities, and accompanied by quotes from various Parwichians, it’s well worth reading. Copies are available from the shop, or you can read the e-edition by following this link.

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This week's paperThis week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph is available in the Sycamore Shop or on-line.  Local interest articles include:

  • p. 4 £90,000 grants could make village hall dream a reality is an article on the recent grants towards the Memorial Hall redevelopment project, including the Peak Park Sustainable Development Grant, that mean we are now well within £100,000 of reaching our £868,000 target.  One of the photos taken in the pub is in the paper and another can be seen on the paper’s website.
  • p. 11 An Alsop barn burst into flames on Crosslow Lane last Friday as the high temperatures caused the hay stored there to ignite.  Firefighters from Ashbourne and Buxton attended.
  • p.20 & 21 A Barrowload of Fun at Village Wakes is a two page spread on Parwich Wakes 2009.  With photos from the Saturday, the Hill Race and a special focus on the Wheelbarrow Race, it is well worth looking at (click on the image below and go p.20 to see the photos published in the paper).  The paper’s website also has a short slide show of the Wheelbarrow Race.  Don’t forget there are lots more Wakes photos here at parwich.org.

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Will you be in tomorrow’s paper?  This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph should be a bumper Parwich issue with a great Wakes spread and more.

As ever, we will provide links to any local interest articles; you can buy the real thing at the Sycamore Shop; or you can see it on-line at their website.

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Junior runners

Thanks to Tracey F for sending in this photo:

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The Wheelbarrow Race

Thank you to Martin W for emailing these photos into parwich@hotmail.com

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What a fantastic Wakes week!

What a fantastic Wakes week this year!  Really good turn outs and great participation, and marvellous weather.  The only event cut short was the Children’s Sports, and even then we had the compensation of some dramatic cloudscapes.

A massive thank you to the Carnival & Recreation Committee and the other organisers for their generous commitment of time and energy.

Here is a look back over the seven days as seen through the eyes of extremely popular parwich.org. Just over 8,000 page views this week alone!  Photos and links to the week’s events…. (more…)

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This post and the photos don’t do justice to what was a really good, well attended and excellently organised series of events, nonetheless…

Wakes Friday hosted a “Race Night Triathlon” involving balls, ferrets and “horses”.

The evening’s activities began at Pump Hill with the Ball Race at 7.00 pm sharp. This was followed by the Race Night at the Legion (including the Thoroughbred Ferret Furlong & the Legion Grand National).

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Click on continue reading for the winning balls and more photos of the events.

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Instructions about how to win – Denis on his bike will ensure fair play!

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Ready, Steady, Go…..   past the school and up the hill.
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Hang on Ref, we thought that the idea was to push the barrow up the hill, not run!!  Denis missed that one!
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Here are this year’s time sheets as pdfs.  Click on the relevant item to access the full results for that race:

All the races were faster than last year: by 21sec in for the seniors, by 24sec for the juniors and by 26sec for the local mothers.  (Click here if you want to see the 2008 Time Sheets for comparison.  If you don’t already have Adobe Reader needed to access these files, click here to download the free software.)

Here is a list of our other posts on the 2009 Hill Race, including lots of photographs:

A lot of photos, but they are going down well, being amongst our most popular recent posts.

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Thank you to Amy H-G and Peter T for these photos:

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Friday night Race Night

Friday 3rd July: Race Night

7-00pm Ball race on Pump Hill
7-30pm
Race Night at the Legion (including the Thoroughbred Ferret Furlong & The Legion Grand National)

Click here to see full Wakes programme.

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Strength & Endurance

It was a hot evening and the crowds gathered in anticipation of this year’s strongest man competition….

Twelve fearless competitors of all shapes and sizes gathered to face five gruelling tests of strength and stamina. The twelve included two of the entrants from last year’s competition, a couple of new competitors, and a number of familiar faces from the area and previous Strong Man events. This year’s competitors (in no particular order) were:

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The competitors and organisers

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Parwich Strongest Man 2009

The evening was a great success with twelve entrants:

Strongest Man contestants

Parwich Strongest Man 2009 - contestants and organisers

The winner was Carl Prime of Matlock.  We will post a fuller report and more photographs tomorrow.

Carl Prime, the overall winner

Carl Prime, the overall winner

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Thursday events

Thursday 2nd July: Film and Wheel Barrow Race

7-00pm Film Show in the Memorial Hall (click here to see the poster and click here for more detail on the film)

8-30pm Wheel Barrow Race, starts at the Pump Shed and finishes at the Legion

Click here to see full Wakes Week programme.

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I enclose a few photos that show:

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– the view from the top (taken at 8:11pm just before the first senior runner arrived)

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– the winner actually RUNS up the hill!  (more…)

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More Hill Race photos

These photos (shown in no particular order) were taken by Emma and Rob:

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Parwich Film does Wakes

If you have competed in the sports events and run up the hill, then here is a chance to enjoy Wakes in a more leisurely fashion… (Click on the poster to enlarge.)

Wakes Film Night

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Strongest Man tonight

Strongest Man 2009
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This is one of those situations where pictures can say more than a thousand words. So let them speak…..

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