Arnesby May Fayre 29 May 2005
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Another
successful May Fayre (our 25th) was held on Monday 29th May. An
estimated 5,000 people attended and another record profit - over
£11,000 was raised for local amenities and organisations.
From an unpromising, rainy start to the day, by mid-day the crowds
started to appear as normal, although it is possible that our food
sales were hit by people staying at home for lunch while it was
raining before coming to the Fayre. We increased the car park
fees for the first time for a number of years to £2 per car, and
this prompted some people to park inside the village, on grass
verges and in fact, anywhere to avoid paying the £2 fee. During
the afternoon disaster was narrowly averted when gridlock threatened
the A5199. The entrance to the village from the main road had cars
on each side, effectively turning it into a single track. Mark
Cass, our car park organiser, bravely stepped in and was on point
duty in the middle of the A5199 for
over an hour until the illegal parkers had left.
The highlight of the afternoon was the fifth running of the Arnesby
five mile Cross country run around Shearsby and Bruntingthorpe.
This year 68 adult runners covering the whole range of ability
from serious club runners to fun runners to joggers entered the
race. The winner was the former junior Tom Bell representing the
Owls club who beat Andy Wilkinson of the Harborough
club by one second in a time of 29:38, over a minute faster than
the 2004 race.
Benni Rossi of the Rugby club was the first lady home in 34:30
and organiser Dave Hogg was the first village runner home in 35:04. Click
here for full details
Photograph Album»
The organising committee would like to thank all those who
helped in any way before, during the day and in the big clean up
Jacque Shorrocks, Liza Welton, Mike Brown and Terry
Emmony.
