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The inaugural event was let down initially by the weather which rained from the beginning, and whilst holding off after about an hour threatened to re-appear for the rest of the day. |
Wouldham Day 25th September 2004 |
The event began with a parade of floats through the village cheered on by members of the public with music provided by a jazz band which helped make for an upbeat start to the event. |
On arriving at the Recreation ground, Jonathan Shaw, MP for Chatham and Aylseford helped judge the best float which was won by Jellybeans and deservedly so. |
The supporting floats by The Medway and the Foresters public houses were also very well turned out, lets wait till next year and see who wins then. |
After the official opening, many events took place throughout the day, including a balloon race, treasure hunt, a bean eating competition, a tug of war against a coach, a dog display by Stockbury dog club and a slave for a day auction. |
The bean eating competition was a hilarious affair with some of the contestants covered in bean juice especially the outright winner Dave Seven who, using his ingenuity won by miles. |
There was also a Bucking Bronco, Bouncy Castles, face painting and henna tattoos that were totally free and were very popular throughout the afternoon, entertainment was supplied as well by a magician in the village hall and by a clown who entertained on the Rec during the late afternoon, again all totally free |
The tug of war involved pulling a coach along a twenty metre track and was supported by teams of ten from the Foresters, and the Medway, who supplied both a ladies and gents team,there was also a group of youngsters from the village who did surprisingly well, unfortunately the Watermans were unable to raise a team this year. Hopefully they will next year. |
The men's competition was won by the Foresters beating the Medway by less than a second with a time of 13.8 seconds, the ladies with no opposition, was won by the Medway Ladies team. |
The last event of the day was "The Slave For a Day Auction" hosted by Richard who had done an absolutely splendid job as the public announcer resplendent in a ringmasters costume, the outcome was that Alan Twocock, chairman of the Parish was auctioned off for the princely sum of £20 and Ineke Pope, Late of the Watermans Arms for £55. However ther was a late entry added to the auction that of Paul Walters as a Toy for the day, dressed up fetchingly as a St Trinians school girl and sold amazingly for £30. |
The prizes for the lucky program were then drawn which then led on to the evening events firstly a Blondie tribute band by the name of "Call Me", then followed by "The Stretchers", unfortunately due to the dark and cold they were not supported as well as they could have been.Thanks must go to Roger Dalton, borough councillor, who hosted the Treasure Hunt throughout the day, Paul and Pauline Failoni who hosted the Balloon Race and who also helped sponsor the event, thanks also to John Fletcher of The Medway Inn who supplied the Beer Tent. |
Dee Simmons who supplied and hosted the Cake Stall, Paul and Lyn Edwards who along with their children helped monitor the Bouncy Castles, help with the Face Painting and the Lucky Straw competition, Gary Norris who helped out generally during the day. |
Also a very big thanks to Redgrave Scaffolding who built and supplied The Stop The Goalie competition along with all the prizes, and also supplied the float for the Jellybeans. thanks must also go to the committee who organised the event and lastly to our sponsors who without them the event would not have gone ahead. |
Some other photos of the day |
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