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Hampshire Fare, the county food and drink group, is delighted to announce the return of The Great Hampshire Sausage & Pie Competition in 2022. The Great Hampshire Sausage & Pie Competition, established and run by Hampshire Fare, was last held in 2020 with the awards ceremony taking place shortly before the first lockdown. With consideration given to the safety of both judges and competitors, it was decided not to hold the Competition in 2021. However, the Competition is returning in the New Year with new categories and new venues. Tracy Nash, Commercial Manager, Hampshire Fare, comments: “At Hampshire Fare we are very proud of The Great Hampshire Sausage & Pie Competition which has attained national prestige. We regularly receive enquiries about entry criteria from across the country. However, although our competition has national clout, it is only open to entrants within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, including members and non-members of Hampshire Fare.
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“One of our regular entrants, Crow Farm Shop, Ringwood, having repeatedly won the title Champion for their pork pies in the Competition, was singled out for inclusion on Remarkable Places to Eat in the New Forest on BBC TV due to their award-winning pies. The Great Hampshire Sausage & Pie Competition’s Champion Certificate was shown on screen; that is the value and standing of this Competition!”
Following a year’s break, The Great Hampshire Sausage & Pie Competition has been given a refresh and will include new categories, alongside traditional favourites, that reflect consumers’ evolving tastes.
The Competition’s awards ceremony will now be held in the spectacular setting of Southampton Football Ground, St Mary’s Stadium, with the evening compered by Lou Hannan, Presenter of the Afternoon Show on BBC Radio Solent. The Great Hampshire Sausage & Pie Competition is only possible due to the support of independent sponsors. These sponsors are usually businesses supplying trade services to the food industry. However, in 2022, in an exciting new development, new consumer-facing sponsors have stepped forward.
The Great Hampshire Sausage & Pie Competition is open to entrants in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and both members and non-members of Hampshire Fare. All entry forms (which can be downloaded from www.hampshirefare.co.uk) must be completed and returned to Hampshire Fare by 31st January 2022. For more information, contact the team at info@hampshirefare.co.uk or 02380 733830.
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Wessex Sculptors Workshops
By popular request a further introduction to Creative Copperwork with Lucille Scott . Create copper bowls, a Penannular brooch and simple copper forms using fold forming techniques on 15th January 2022. From 10am – 4pm.
This is an intensive introduction to working with copper, and will include techniques such as cutting and hammering out copper sheeting; soldering; working with wire; and will cover processes such as annealing, folding, spreading and shaping. The minimum a student will leave with is a copper bowl, penannular brooch and an experimental textured sheet and a leaf made using fold forming techniques. This is skills based day as it is assumed everyone will be more interested in skills than design at this stage.
The left image is a working progress, the right a finished piece
Creative Copperwork for developers with Lucille Scott - Designed for people who have attended the introduction course on 14th January 2022 10am – 4pm. This is a continuing Workshop with copper, and will reinforce techniques such as cutting and hammering out copper sheeting; soldering; working with wire; and will cover processes such as annealing, folding, spreading and shaping. Your own design ideas are encouraged, now that you know the scope of the techniques involved.
Cost: £55 Members. £65 Non-members, which includes materials. Light refreshments provided, bring your own lunch. Payment: We require full payment in advance to secure a place. Cheque made out to Wessex Sculptors Events (your surname and WS011 on the back) and send to Anne Lain 1 Bramble Hill, Alresford, SO24 9JY Direct bank transfer: Account name: Wessex sculptors Events. Sort code: 30-93-17 A/c No 44485768 Ref: Your surname (WS011). Only 8 places (Max) available for these workshops, please check availability by email or phone 07785 715985 before payment. Payment confirms your place. Reimbursement on cancellation less than a week before the workshop will only be made if we can fill your place.
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January Clubs & Events
Clubs & Societies
Alresford Art Society
Learn to paint or re-visit an old hobby by joining the Alresford Art Society's classes. Choose daytime or evening. Mixed ability and beginners are available. Call Sue Gentry on 01962 773185 or email: sue. gentry@gentrypublicity.co.uk for more details
Alresford Ladies Group
Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7.30 p.m. in the John Pearson Hall, Alresford. We hope to have a speaker arranged for our October 14 meeting and also at our November 11 meeting which will be the AGM. Enquiries to Beverly Terrill, 01962 733112.
Alresford and District Horticultural Society
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm in St Gregory’s Hall, Grange Road, Alresford. The next meeting will be on 10 November and the speaker will be Rosemary le Grande who will talk about Gardens of South Africa. As the speaker has a health condition, masks will be obligatory for this meeting. For further information contact Mr Stephen Morley on 01962 733524 or hortic@allthemorleys.co.uk
Cheriton Singers
We are a small, friendly choir who meet each Tuesday evening in term time in Cheriton.
The Alresford Community Centre Badminton Club
A small friendly social group ,meeting every Monday evening 7pm - 9.30pm In the upstairs hall at the centre ! Phone: 01962 733812
Alresford Art Society
A demonstration by Heather Joliffe entitled 'Seascapes in acrylics or oils' on Friday 28th January 2022 at 2.30 pm in Bishop's Sutton Village Hall, Alresford Road (B3047), Alresford SO24 0AH (Covid regulations allowing). Non-members welcome - admission £3. For further information please contact Richard Cox on 01962 732043 or visit www.artsociety.alresford.org
Arle Reading Group
We meet in Alresford Library from 2pm till 3pm on the third Monday of most months, to share our views about a book we have chosen to read, and which Hampshire CC Library Service supply. The group widens the range of books we read, lets us hear other opinions, and is a sociable meeting in the town centre. We have space for two new members: please speak to one of the Librarians, or call Sue on 734 886 (there is a call minder, so be ready to give your name and press #) or David on 734 319 for more information
Dairy Dates
January 5th
Winchester Basics Banks WBB is on the move from our lower meeting room at Alresford Recreation Centre where we have hosted them. We're sorry to see them go but we're really pleased to have helped them whilst they established themselves in Alresford. They will now be operating from St Gregory's Church every Wednesday from 5th January 2022 from 10 til 12pm. For more information please visit www. winchesterbasicsbank.co.uk
January 13th
Alresford Ladies Group Girl Guiding Through the Ages A talk by Sue Dinnis -January 13th in The John Pearson Hall at 7.30 p.m. and new members are always very welcome. Enquiries should be addressed to the Chairman, Beverly Terrill on 01962 733112.
January 16th
Solos Sunday Tea Held in the John Pearson Hall on the third Sunday of each month. Our next Tea will be on Sunday January 16th 2pm-4pm. Do come along for Tea Homemade Cake Conversation and Friendship. We look forward to seeing you then. Info 01962 733545
January 29th Martyr Worthy Lecture Series 2022
The Martyr Worthy Lecture Series 2021/22 got off to a cracking start in November with Rear Admiral John Lang giving a wonderful talk on Venice and the Sea : An Odyssey to a live audience and this lecture was repeated the following week on zoom. Both occasions were very well supported. There will be two further lectures in the Series – Saturday 29th January 2022 when Tracey Sheppard, a highly respected glass engraver will be speaking on Glass and Eye Too and on Friday 25th February 2022 when Kim Wilkie, Strategic & Conceptual Landscape Architect, will be speaking on Towards a Sustainable Landscape. The lectures will again be held in Itchen Abbas & Avington Village Hall in aid of the four churches of the Itchen Valley Parish, starting at 7.15pm and ticket prices are £25 each to include a complimentary glass of wine and canapes beforehand from 6.30pm. Please apply for tickets via the website www. itchenvalleychurches.org/martyr-worthylectures - Enquiries : Verity Coleman: 01962 882800 or Gilly Greenwood: 01962 779540
February 5th
Cheriton Singers invite you to a “Come and Sing” Evensong In St Michael’s Church, Cheriton. The rehearsal will start at 10.30 am and the service will be at 3 pm. Please bring your own lunch. Admission £10 for adults. Children free. Tickets available from www.ticketsource.co.uk, from www. cheritonsingers.com, from Cheriton Village Stores, and on the door.
February 25th
Martyr Worthy Lecture Series 2022 See January 29th entry for information.
