Winter Bird Walk

Join the Friends of Hillhouse Wood for a Winter Bird Walk on Sunday 11th January, meeting at 10am at the Old Church.

Joe Firmin & Philip Smith will lead the walk in and near the wood, offering a chance to see resident woodland and meadow species and some winter visitors. Stout footwear and warm clothing advised, plus a flask of hot drink.

BHYFC Results - 21st December

Under 10
Earls Colne 1 - 1 Bergholt Heath
J Adams

Under 13
Frinton & Walton v Bergholt Heath - Match postponed

Under 14
Great Bradfords 1 - 2 Bergholt Heath
C Drage, T Hodder

Under 15
Boadicea 0 - 3 Bergholt Heath
B Rout 2, A Ponsford

Christmas Services

St Mary The Virgin
On Sunday St.Mary the Virgin church New Church Road has a Family Service at 9.30pm.  At 2:30pm  there will be Carols by Candlelight in the OLD CHURCH.

On Christmas Eve in St Mary's there will be a Crib Service at 3pm, a Carol Service at 6.30pm with Midnight Communion at 11.30pm. 

A Christmas Family Service will be held on Christmas Day.  Sunday 28 is Holy Communion.

Methodist
This Sunday the Methodist church Chapel Road has a service of Carols by Candlelight at 6.30pm followed by coffee and mince pies in the hall.

The Christmas Day service is at Eight Ash Green Methodist Church at 10am led by the Reverend Ruth Ridge. No service in our village. 

Sunday 28 Morning Service at11am in the village.

BHYFC Results - 14th December

Under 10
Bergholt Heath  6 - 0  Brooklands
J Adams (2), J Bowden (2), A Sabini (2)

Under 12 - no game

Under 14
Bergholt Heath v Stanway Villa (match postponed)

Under 15
Brooklands 7 - 3 Bergholt Heath
A Ponsford, S Redhead, 1 og

BHYFC Results - 7th December

Under 10
Marks Tey 0 - 5 Bergholt Heath
G Sabini (3), L Bloomfield (2)

Under 13
No game.

Under 14
Bergholt Heath 2 - 2 Col Athletic
C Drage, D Lasky

Under 15
Bergholt Heath 3 - 0 Boadicea
J Hill, A Ponsford (2)

BYG Progress

What started as an idea is fast growing into reality with the Bergholt Youth Forum now having an organising committee and volunteer club leader (Eddie Cote) appointed and in the process of opening a bank account and raising further funds.

To find out more click here to visit their page on the village website.

A caroling we will go...

If you would like to join the village carol singing please meet at the Methodist Hall, Chapel Lane at 6.30pm on Tuesday 18th December meet for carol singing around the village. The collection is to support National Children's Home - Action for Children. More collectors and singers are needed.

Women's Institute - December Report

Vice-president Pat Moran welcomed members to the Christmas meeting. She will be the new president in January 2009 with Clarice Chittenden as her secretary.

An invitation has been received from Fordham WI for 3 February with the speaker a paramedic. Contact our secretary if wishing to attend.

Following supper Paul Clancy spoke about the Art of Magic with a demonstration. He is a member of The Magic Circle which started in 1905 with 23 members and now has 1500 magicians 230 of which are women.

The next meeting on 7 January when subscriptions of £29 are due will include a talk on The Splendours of the British Isles by Susan Leng. The competition is a New Year's Resolution.

Christmas Concert

If you love Christmas music, you’ll love the West Bergholt Concert Band's Christmas Concert at St Mary the Virgin on Saturday 13th December at 7:30pm!

This year we’ve packed in more Christmas music than ever, including nine brand new pieces ranging from a gorgeous new arrangement of Mary’s Boy Child to a selection of carols arranged by Vaughan-Williams, Christmas classics from The Christmas Waltz to Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, plus more recent classics such as This Christmas and Christmas Time Is Here.

If that hasn’t tempted you… we’ll also be playing some of our old Christmas favourites, including Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Festival, Prokofiev’s Troika, Oh Holy Night, Santa Claus Is Comin To Town and The Thirteen Days Of Christmas (yes, thirteen!). It’s sure to be a cracker of a concert, so please either reserve your tickets via the band's website or come along early as the church fills up very quickly.

Gothic, Goya, Gaudi & More

With this course, starting on 13th January, the Workers Educational Association are addressing a very different subject to follow their successful autumn course.

The course provides a comprehensive overview of Spanish art and architecture over the years from pre-historic cave paintings to the productive 16th and 17th centuries and thence right up to date. There will of course be the usual visual aids and also weekly handouts. The tutor is Catherine Dell who lived and worked for several years in Spain, which gives her valuable backing to lead this course. (Pictured right is Gaudi's [still] unfinished masterpiece - La Sagrada Família in Barcelona).

The course follows an established pattern of ten Tuesday evenings 8pm to 9.40pm at the Methodist Church Hall with its wheelchair access and loop system, if required. Fees are £43 standard (no concessionary rates possible unfortunately), with nil fees for those on income related benefits or JSA; also financial help should be obtainable if net household income is under £15,050 per annum. If you are unsure whether this course is really for you, please come and sample the first evening free. Further information available from our secretary on 01206 240791.