Timbershack

Another Sponsor! The medals for the football matches and races will be sponsored by local printing / logo / embroidery company, Timbershack. We'd like to thank them for this kind offer! Just to be topical, the medal ribbons have the Olympic colours on them!

The Kilns

The Kilns have kindly offered to sponsor the children's races on Gala Day. It's a very kind offer, and we'll certainly take them up on it! Thank you!

Door to Door Collection

Thank you to all the generous people of the villages who donated in our door to door collection. Foul weather didn't put off the Gala Committee who used phrases like 'It's for the kids', 'I can see you hiding behind the sofa', and 'Goodness, that's most kind of you' after pressing the doorbells of so many houses. Special thanks must also go to Barbara of Pattiesmuir who helped us too. We raised over £1,200 in total, and thanks to this, our fife Council grant, sponsors and those who supported our fund raisers throughout the year, we can say that this years' Gala will be another great success.

Cheese & Wine Evening

Hope Cottage is still work in progress, but I've had a peek inside and it's looking fantastic! The Gala plan of having a 'Cheese 'n' Wine' evening on a Friday soon will coming to fruition soon.  It'll give you a chance to take a look at this wonderful new eatery, have a wee glass and nibble, as well as get out of your houses! Community - it's what the Gala is all about! We'd like to thank Mike Graham for offering his venue to the Gala, and we wish him and Sandra all the best in their new venture. Date to follow - hopefully on a nice notice board or two!

Raft Race

To make things more standard, the Gala Raft race will become a Pirate Raft Race - This year sponsored by McKissocks @ Homestyle. We're hoping to have rafts from companies and individuals outside of our villages to make it more of an event. We had 11 last year, let's see what we can do. Please spread the word!

This year's Sporty Feel Gala Day

Gala Day will have ZumbaKat doing Zumba displays, Tommy Lawrence's Assault Course, as well as The Spartans Athletic Dispaly team. I think we might just rival the Olympics! We will also have some brand new inflatables etc from Bedlam, as well as a choice of food. On the evening of Gala Day there will be a 'You Pay, I Play' Jukebox at The Ship Inn, so make sure you're not too tired from all this to do some dancing!

Fancy Dress

Thanks to Mike Graham, of the opening shortly Hope Cottage Cafe for offering ice creams to all the kids who are taking part in the Gala Fancy Dress Competition this year. It'll be a great place to stop after the march around the village!

Door to door Collection

That's the Gala all coming to plan now! Thanks to all those who contributed to the recent door-to-door collections - especially those collectors who went out in the foul weather! We still have tins in The Kilns and Sutlery for a few more days, but we have over £1,200 in the pot!

Gala Golf Day

Thanks to all those that supported our Gala Golf Tournament at the Pitliver estate. It was very kind of the owners to let us use it and very kind of all those that came along for a great day out.

Facebook Page

Here's the link to our Facebook page if you'd like to join...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Limekilns-Charlestown-Pattiesmuir-Gala-Committee/307897975937003

Raft Race

This year's Raft race will be at 3pm on the 18th August. We're happy to announce that McKissocks (Carpet and rug Retailers of the highest order) have offered to sponsor it, which is jolly nice. I plan to advertise and promote it as much as possible and am looking for at least 15 rafts to take part in it this year.  If you'd like to build a raft and join in, I'll be getting barrels from Mason's Mortar at Charlestown later in the year as they have loads! You just need to have life jackets, paddles and the wood, rope etc to put the raft together. It's as simple as that! Company teams, groups and individuals are all invited.  In the evening there will be live bands playing at least one local pub if you want to make a day of it!

Newsletter and tin rattling

Between today and the 16th June the whole area will have Gala members knocking at your door. This will be to give out our newsletter -  yes,  I realise the one that I've posted here isn't big enough to read!  We'll also be collecting for the Gala too, so please give generously!

Newsletter - Page 2

Newsletter - Page 1

Golf Sunday!

Next event we have is a Golf day this coming Sunday at Pitliver. It's sold out already - in three days! We have 36 players who'll have bacon rolls and coffee before they start and prizes along the way!

Quiz and The Spring Ball

Since I last posted on the blog in February the Gala has been quite busy with fund raising activities. We had a Quiz at the Scout Hall in March which raised nearly £300. On May 8th we had our first big style event, The Spring BAll. Over 140 people dressed up and came to the Carnegie Conference Centre for a night of fine food and wine, dancing and fun. With two bands and a disco, we kept everyone amused until the end. Most said it ended too soon! We had a huge prize draw and  auction with prizes donated by loads of generous companies and individuals. We made over £2000 profit and gave the School £420 to help them towards their monetary goal in their centenary year! We've asked to do another next year already, but we'll see how it goes as you don't want too much of a good thing!