REPRESENTATIVES of Cattistock First Responders were busy counting money in the Fox and Hounds on the evening of Wednesday, May 13. After the 50p tower had been dismantled and the jumbo bottle emptied, an amazing £201 had been raised.

Julian English, Chairman of Cattistock First Responders, commented: "Our thanks go to Scott and Liz and of course to all those who have contributed over the last ten months.

Rather than purchase a vehicle, we have decided to do something which we hope will be of direct benefit to our community; we are going to use our funds to purchase Careline units for vulnerable residents and will be launching this initiative at the Cattistock fete on Saturday, July 4."

  • HICKORY Wood Lodge in Halstock was the venue for Cattistock Short-Mat Bowls Club’s annual dinner on Wednesday, May 6.

After an excellent 3-course meal, the trophy winners were announced.

Among the highest club points winners, Roy Vickery was awarded the John Barker Challenge Cup and Mary Duff received the Pam Hatcher Cup.

The place for 2nd Gentleman was taken by Jack Prosser and 2nd Lady by Pauline Purdy. In 3rd place were Neil Bowerman and Pam Hatcher.

The Bill Jones Challenge Knock-out was won by Roy Vicker, while the Booby Shield for the lowest score was given to Betty Vickery.

Mary Butler qualified for the Malcolm Clark Club Support Trophy.

The Cattistock short-mat bowls club meets on a Wednesday evening throughout the year.

Anyone interested in joining should contact Jack Hayward on 01300 320713.

  • IF YOU would like to join the Chimes Oil Group Syndicate (formerly COGS – Corscombe Oil Group), please place your orders on Friday, June 19 with Richard and Sally-Jane Emm on 01935 83640 for oil delivery during the following fortnight.

Please ONLY ring on this date, as Richard and Sally-Jane run a busy farm and this is the day allocated for dealing with oil.

To email your order prior to June 19, contact corscombeoilgroup@tiscali.co.uk with all the relevant details.

Further dates for oil orders are still to be confirmed, but information will be printed as it becomes available.

  • CATTISTOCK Cricket Club has now published its list of fixtures.

In the Weekend Fixtures Hamworthy Rec 2nds will be playing in Cattistock on Saturday, May 23 and Wimborne / Colehill 3rds will be the opponents on Saturday, June 6.

We are very lucky to have an excellent cricket pitch in the village, so do come along to support your local team.

  • MELBURY Osmund Garden and Show Society has organised a coach trip to Burrow Farm Gardens (near Axminster) for Saturday, June 13.

The cost for members is £4.50 and for non-members is £7.50. Light refreshments and teas will be available on site.

The coach departs the telephone box at 10.30am and will return at approximately 6pm.

Please call Graham Melling on 01935 83463 for tickets or further information.

  • IT IS WITH great regret that we have to report a recent increase in robberies in our area.

We urge people to be particularly careful when it comes to security and to report anything suspicious to the police or to their Homewatch representative.