• Lophams’ Society Forthcoming Events 2018

    Spring Quiz: Friday 13th April
    Musical Evening: 30th June featuring DixieMix (East Anglia’s hottest Trad Jazz Band)
    Autumn Quiz: Friday 12th October
    Christmas Get-together: Friday 14th December.

    As the quiz nights are always popular and tables sell out very quickly booking in advance is advisable to avoid disappointment on the night.

    The musical evening on the 30th June will once again feature DixieMix, who having provided a great evening’s entertainment last year are back by popular demand to do it all over again. So make a note of the date and book early to avoid missing out on a great evening of Trad Jazz favourites.

    Bookings for all events can be made by telephoning Roy Clark on 01379 688408.

  • Lophams’ Society Christmas Drop-in Friday 16 December 2016

    On Friday the 16th December the Lophams’ Society will be hosting it’s pre-Christmas get-together in the Village Hall between 6.30pm and 8.30pm. This is a FREE event and all residents of the Lophams’ both past and present are invited to come along and join us in raising a glass of Christmas cheer. As well as mulled wine and soft drinks there will be a selection of finger food including French bread and cheese, biscuits, mince pies and festive nibbles. Many of those who attended last year’s drop-in were complimentary about the new-style get-together and we hope that this year’s event will be just as enjoyable. So if you haven’t been before or haven’t “dropped-in” for a couple of years please come along and join us for a drink, a nibble and a catch-up and help get the festive season underway.

  • Lophams’ Society Autumn Quiz

    There was a great turnout at the Village Hall on the 14th October when 75 people turned up to take part in the Lophams’ Society Autumn Quiz. Once again chairman Roy Clark, this time acting as question master and scorer supplied a variety of interesting and entertaining questions which meant at the end of 8 closely fought rounds only a handful of points divided the teams and only one point separated the winners on table three from their nearest rivals on table 10. The ploughmans’ supper served in the interval went down well and the chairman expressed his thanks to those members of the committee who worked hard both in the kitchen and behind the bar to make sure the evening was a success.

    The next Lophams’ Society event is the Christmas Get-Together on the evening of Friday 16th December and is free to all residents of North and South Lopham.

  • Lophams’ Society Events 2016

    The committee of The Lophams’ Society met recently to agree the Programme Of Events for 2016.

    The first being: THE SPRING QUIZ which will be held on FRIDAY 15th APRIL.

    Future events will be:

    A SUMMER MUSICAL EVENING (details to be confirmed) on SATURDAY 9th JULY

    THE AUTUMN QUIZ on FRIDAY 14th OCTOBER

    THE CHRISTMAS DROP-IN on FRIDAY 16th DECEMBER

    All events take place in the Village Hall and can be booked in advance (other than the DROP-IN which is FREE to Lophams’ residents).

    Please telephone 01379 688408 for details. Please put the dates in your diary. We look forward to seeing you.

  • Enthusiastic about wild plants?

    Wild plant charity Plantlife (www.plantlife.org.uk), are hoping to reach out to many wild plant enthusiasts and nature lovers by inviting them to become wild plant ‘pioneers’ and subscribe to a free quarterly e-learning bulletin to learn more about our native wild plants via the ‘Wild About Plants’ project website – www.wildaboutplants.org.uk .  The Wild About Plants team deliver Plantlife’s outreach programme and work to help people reconnect with the outdoors and their local greenspaces. Working with schools, families and communities from all walks of life and with fantastic free downloadable resources, the team hope to engage people with the nature on their doorstep. In recent years subscribers have been asked to record the plant life in their local area and recount what they used to see/pick and forage for.

    Plantlife have just launched “flowers on the edge” their annual road-verges campaign. They are asking communities to record how their road verges are looking this summer by taking photos and sending in stories.

    The Wild About Plants team Wild About Plants is funded by Natural England through Access to Nature, as part of the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme. It is a partnership project involving partner organisations throughout the country.

  • Report of The Lophams’ Society Spring Quiz

    Despite it being a cold wet evening The Lophams’ Society’s optimistically named Spring quiz held on 15 March was well attended and it was heartening to see so many familiar faces amongst the teams. Over 60 people took part and at the end of eight rounds of sometimes challenging questions only half a point separated the two top teams resulting in a win and six bottles of wine for table eleven and a consoling Easter egg for each member of table two. During the interval a warming chilli supper was provided by Paddy Miller who was ably assisted by Jan Tate in the kitchen and Bill Bedford in the bar. The questions were provided by Simon Dilloway who as usual took the part of question master and was on this occasion assisted by Steve Reynolds as scorer. As the quiz coincided with Red Nose Day it was announced by the chairman Granville Horan that the society would make a donation to the charity from part of the proceeds of the raffle, all other profits from this evenings quiz would as usual go towards funding the free Christmas drop-in event in December.

    The next  Lophams’  Society event is a (hopefully) summer  BBQ on 6 July.  If you would like to join the society and help out at any of the three events held during the year please contact the chairman on 01379 640355.

  • Lophams’ Society Christmas Drop-in

    Despite the evening being wet and windy the Christmas Drop – in event held on the 14th December was a great success. Over 80 adults and children turned up at the village hall to enjoy a festive spread washed down with plentiful amounts of mulled wine and soft drinks. The Deneside Ramblers provided the music throughout the evening and kept the atmosphere seasonal with carols and a Christmas singalong. Following the visit from Father Christmas, Jennie Vere organised the children into an impromptu and energetic performance of The twelve days of Christmas, a great curtain raiser for the celebrations to come.

    The Lophams Society’s next event is a quiz night to be held on 15th March, the proceeds of which will go towards funding next year’s Drop – in on 13th December 2013.

  • CHAMPIONS!

    The Lopham’s Village Sports Team came away from the Breckland Village Games as champions after a hard fought competition.  A fantastic team effort winning the athletics, rounders, archery, climbing wall and senior table tennis, and also competing in darts, football, tennis, badminton, fitness triathlon and carpet bowls.

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  • Lophams’ Painting Group

    The Lophams’ Painting Group meets weekly at the Lophams’ Village Hall on Wednesdays from 0930-1230 and is looking for new members.

    The membership is £20 per month which includes the weekly use of the hall, refreshments and a visiting tutor each month.

    For more details please contract Tim Colyer on 01379 687718

  • New Year! Olympic Year! Try Something Different!

    Want to try something new? For those of you that have never tried judo but live in the Lopham/Diss area Kumo Judo Club are running the new British Judo Association Adult Beginner Courses (ABC) at the Lophams’ Village Hall.  This is aimed at those people that have never tried the sport before. It is suitable for all ages and sizes! It’s done in a relaxed environment and ideal for those that want to get or stay active, learn how to defend themselves or just want to get in on the Olympic action by trying one of the largest Olympic sports in the world!

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