Overton Village Fete – 29th June 2024

 

WHAT. A. DAY!  After an extremely uncertain start with ashen grey skies and foreboding clouds circling above, the lovely Overton microclimate came good again and we were blessed with fine weather …. generally speaking!

38 stalls were packed into the St Mary’s Churchyard and Dark Lane in the morning offering the widest variety of wares imaginable from award winning cheeses through to CBD lip balm with everything in between including cakes, bread and bakes, plants, leather goods, amazing craft pieces, gorgeous blooms, sweets, Welsh wine (yes!  You read that right!)  chinaware, gourmet dog treats, books, local farm produce … well, you get the gist; there was definitely something for everyone.  Thank you to every single stallholder who took a stall this year, (many for the fifth time in a row) and also to every single person who came to visit the stalls and experience all there was to offer.

As if that wasn’t enough, the merriment moved to the football pitch for the Community Picnic which included a brilliant Fun Dog Show and for the first time the Overton Olympics.  There were 10 categories in the dog show, the winners of each receiving a delicious dog treat courtesy of Country Hounds Dog Deli and Daycare and 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place rosettes. Many thanks to the judges, Ma Baker (Ma Barker for the day), Nan Thornley and Carrie from Country Hounds.

The Overton Olympics proved to be a fantastic success!  Teams of all ages took part in a ‘heptathlon’ scoring points for completing various challenges hosted by seven businesses and organisations around the village: Ma Baker, M E Evans, Ferdi’s Local, Studio Green Florals, St Mary’s School, Overton Play centre and the Overton Bowls Club.  A massive thank you to you for making the inaugural Overton Olympics such a resounding success and again to everyone who entered and for enjoying the games.  The winners won a £20 2Doves voucher which was a very popular prize to win.

The MC honours go to Mark Padley and Peter Hilton Jones – thank you both for compering both events so magnificently. 

We were fed and watered by Pen Y Lan pork, Woodlands Ice Cream, Meet me in the Morning, Premium Bar Hire and the busiest candyfloss stall I’ve ever seen!  Thank you to all for making sure that no one went hungry or thirsty in Overton that day!

Last and very much not least hugest thanks need to go to the team of volunteers who worked so hard and made the day the success it was – Barry and  Melanie, Ann and Colin, Leigh and Nan, Alwena Herbert and all the Overton Community Councillors.  So, that’s us signing off for another year …  put the last Saturday in June in your 2025 diaries as we’ll be doing it all again then!