Thurton & Ashby Village Hall and Playing Field

The Village Hall is used by many members of our community.

Loddon United A Team Fixtures for 2010/2011 Season

The "A" Team who play all their home matches at Thurton Playing Field kick off the 2010/2011 season with a local derby match against last season's champions Yelverton on Saturday 9th September. K.O. is 2pm.

Their home matches this season:
11 September 2010 Yelverton,
16 October 2010 Costessy Crown
23 October 2010 Marlborough OB
27 November 2010 Norwich Medics
4 December 2010 UEA Reserves
15 January 2011 Mousehold Athletic
12 February 2011 Salhouse Rovers
2 April 2011 Homecare Utd
9 April 2011 Drayton

All home and away fixtures

You can contact Carl Pitcher the club secretary through the Loddon United Football Club Website

Supporters and spectators are always welcome on the pitch side so why not drop by Thurton Playing Field and cheer on the lads of the "A" Team. We wish the "A" a successful season and lots of goals!

Did you know that locally we have active junior and youth teams too? Please contact Loddon Grasshoppers for further details of all the junior football teams and special events.

The Village Hall is available for hire

Ashby St Mary and Thurton's fully equipped village hall is ideal for a wide range of uses including meetings, social functions, musical entertainment, family parties and celebrations.

The hire cost is £35.00 per day and £20.00 per half day for residents of Thurton and Ashby. Rates and conditions of use for other users are upon application to the Booking Secretary on 01508 480993 or the Village Hall Management Committee Chairman on 01508 480511.

Play Area Re-development Project (PARP)

Thank you to those who supported the recent PARP Car Wash. Special thanks to the lads of the Thurton branch of the 1st Loddon Scouts who, under the supervision of Scout Leader Brian Webb and parent Dave Smith, helped with the PARP car-wash, undertook a litter pick of the playing field and Ashby Road area, cut up boughs of a tree that had fallen across the village hall car-park and tidily cleared away all the debris too! The Thurton Scouts were working towards their Community Service Award Badges and we were very impressed by their enthusiasm, hard work and commitment to getting the tasks finished. Using their own initiative a small group of the local scouts also made a start to extend the bike track and berms at the far end of the playing field. Well done to the PARP team and the Thurton Scouts!

The next fund-raiser for the Play Area Re-development Project is on Sunday 12th September. The Charity Prize Auction, under the capable hammer of auctioneer Neville Whiting, will be followed by the Keith Wells Memorial Rounders Match between Ashby St Mary & Thurton. There will be adult and junior matches. April Stowers is the contact for the Ashby teams and Sarah Heatley will be recruiting players for the Thurton Teams so please let them know if you would like to take part or contact Karen Bonsell on 480993 for further details of this fun afternoon. Please watch the village notice boards for updated information about the day's event. To date, the rounders match honours between Ashby St Mary and Thurton are even so there is everything to play for. Please support your village team and in doing so we may take the Play and Community Area fund-raising total nearer the £3000.00 mark!

Thurton celebrated Good Neighbour's Day on 29th May 2010

Thurton joined the ever-growing band of communities and celebrated Good Neighbour's Day on Saturday 29th May. thank you to all those who came along to the Village Hall to support the Good Neighbour's Day Event. It was great to see the flags flying and the Village Hall overflowing with good neighbour's! Thank you to all the village groups and organisations who took part and had table and wall displays. Thank you to the Jackie Mayfield Dance Club, the Short Mat Bowling Club and the youngsters of the Funky Feet School of Dance and Performing Arts who all provided excellent entertainment. Thanks too to Pre-school and Notelets for entertaining the younger family members on the day. Thank you to the generous people who provided cakes and to the members of the WI for coping so well in the kitchen. Very special thanks to Vicky Poll who co-ordinated the Good Neighbour's day event. The event was initiated by the Resident's Association and supported by the Parish Council, VHMC, Saffron Housing, CAP and SNC. Thank you everyone – and if you think you might like to see an even bigger and better Good Neighbour's Day Event in the village next year please come forward and offer your help. Keep up the Good Neighbouring!