On Monday 10th June the Grasshoppers Club celebrated their 10th anniversary. Tea, cakes and strawberries were enjoyed by all. A huge thank you to Mr and Mrs Baster who established the club in June 2012 and have been running the fun educational sessions and craft activities ever since.
On Sunday 5th June a BBQ and activities were held at the community centre and woodland to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee. Despite the weather, a large number of residents attended and participated in the activities provided by Hayscastle Community Forum.
There were a number of lovely puddings entered into the Pudding fit for a Queen competition which everyone was able to taste and enjoy. The winner was Helen Roberts with her strawberry cheesecake.
There was a very impressive display of memorabilia from previous jubilee celebrations. Thank you to everyone who brought items to be displayed.
Congratulations are certainly in order to Andrew, Tricia and family at Coland Rise Farm Meats, Hayscastle in achieving the ‘Welsh Producer of the Year’ award 2022. Well deserved. Here’s their Facebook page for those who would like to try their tasty beef produce.https://www.facebook.com/ColandRiseFarm/
Geraint Evans from Rhoslan Farm recently celebrated his 60th Birthday (50 + VAT)! Congratulations!
The first community litter pick of the year took place on Saturday 9th April. It was great to see so many people in attendance to help to tidy up litter within the community.
Happy Birthday to Mathew Dixon, Will Lewis and Robbie Davies who have all recently celebrated turning 18 years old. Congratulations!
Pembrokeshire County Council has issued notices of elections for both County Councillors and Community Councillors.
Nomination papers should either be delivered by hand to the Returning Officer at County Hall, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire,SA61 1TP between the hours of 10.00am and 4.00pm on any working day after the date of this notice, but no later than 4.00pm on Tuesday 5th April 2022.
The full notice details are shown below.
Residents are being urged to be vigilant and protect their properties following heating oil theft within the community.
The bi-lingual Hayscastle Community calendars 2022 are now on sale, priced at £4.50 each. Why not think of a friend or relative and give a calendar as a Christmas gift.
Calendars can be purchased from the following locations: Cross Inn (Hayscastle), Letterston Village Store or directly from Mrs Sarah Lewis – contact 01348 840410.
The calendars have been created using the winning photos from the Hayscastle Photographic competition 2021. Winners and their respective winning month are as follows :
January / Ionawr – Owain Lewis February / Chwefror. – Fiona Bousie March / Mawrth – Geraint Evans April / Ebrill – Jayne Evans May / Mai – John Williams June / Mehefin – Caryl Evans July / Gorffennaf – Helen Roberts August / Awst – Clive Hampton September / Medi – Fiona Bousie October / Hydref – Nia Lewis November / Tachwedd – Fiona Bousie December / Rhagfyr – Ros Evans
Huge congratulations to you all and also a very well done to everyone who entered the competition. Our judges were immensely impressed with the high standard of entries, which made the judging quite a difficult task! Finally, many thanks to our judges, Canon Michael & Ruth Rowlands and our Cllr Michelle Bateman for bringing such warmth and enjoyment to the judging tent. Our photographic competition 2022 will soon be published, watch this page for updates.
A number of local craft sellers rallied together to hold a mini Christmas Fayre at the Community Centre on Sunday 5th December. There were 5 stalls plus a raffle and refreshments. Thank you to everyone who supported the event. Proceeds from the raffle have been donated to the DPJ Foundation. Here are some photos of the event.
