B is for Backup!

The Brue Vale Rotary Race Night Team team arrived at Galhampton Village Hall early for the setup which  went without a hitch. The screen and projector were playing nicely together. Everything was on track for the first race at 7:00 pm – then in true tech fashion, the system went on strike.

Was the screen refusing to talk to the projector, or was the projector ignoring the screen? Either way, the display stubbornly stayed blank, and for several minutes the situation looked pretty hopeless.

Enter Rotary’s secret weapon; a trusty spare projector! With some remarkably creative (and slightly unconventional) positioning tricks, the backup unit was coaxed into action, saving the day.

A massive thank you to our wonderfully patient crowd for bearing with us through the drama. Once the horses were on screen, the atmosphere was electric! Stakes were placed, racegoers cheered on their favourites, and even the losers, of which there were many, smiled through the pain, knowing that the profits were  going directly to Galhampton Village Hall and Castle Cary Pavilion Project.

A successful evening all around, thanks to having a plan B!

HOCUS POCUS – Castle Cary’s Children’s Carnival

“Hocus Pocus” was the theme!

On a warm, dry autumnal Saturday afternoon BVR got into Carnival spirit donning attire to collect at the Castle Cary’s Children’s Carnival, although one of our number ( no prizes for guessing who) looked like they would be scaring the public into donating!

The local children had worked hard with their Carnival entries to bring Halloween to Castle Cary and those that lined the streets gave their pennies to give back to the local community and to keep the Carnival thriving.

Next Saturday the Club will be out again in collection mode at Cary’s Evening Carnival.

Mid Somerset Riding Club Quiz Night

Last night Brue Valley fielded 2 teams – “The Whizz Kids” and “The Wheel Deal” at the Quiz Night held at Long Sutton Village Hall where 9 teams participated raising monies for the World Horse Welfare and The Injured Jockeys Fund.

As we have come to expect at these Quiz Nights there were many challenging questions, the following being a selection of those asked:

• There are 2 figure of 8 National Hunt Tracks one being Windsor, what is the other one?
• Which grain is used to make pumpernickel bread?
• What is the prehistoric trackway on the Somerset Levels called?
• What is the capital of Bahrain?
• Whose autobiography is entitled “Ten Years to Save the West”?
• The Yaffle bird is the West Country name for which bird?
• What is the fourth book of The Pentateuch?
• “Sun had it” is an anagram for which flower?

Do you know the answers? Which are:

• Fontwell Park
• Rye
• The Sweet Track
• Manama
• Liz Truss
• Green Woodpecker
• Book of Numbers
• Dianthus

When the scores were added up “The Whizz Kids” – see photo (noting that Jennie had disappeared for the photo shoot) came 3rd narrowly beating “The Wheel Deal” into 4th place.

Golf Day goes national

Brue Valley’s Charity Golf Day has hit the national headlines – well, at least as far as the Charity Golf Event website.

Please follow this link to read the full article: https://www.charitygolfevent.com/en-GB/stories/children-s-hospice-south-west-brue-valley-charity-golf-day

Stepping back in time

The pit winding headgear wheel from Kilmersdon Colliery outside The Somerset Coalfield Life at Radstock Museum is difficult to miss. What is tricky, is implementing well intentioned plans to visit the Museum. This afternoon Brue valley Rotary enjoyed a fascinating look into the region’s hidden industrial past. Housed in a beautifully restored Victorian market hall, the museum provides a hands on sense of what life was like when coal ruled North Somerset. We saw much, including: an underground mine reconstruction, a Victorian street scene and many mining artifacts. There was also the  Somerset Coal Canal exhibition which gave an insight to a forgotten canal built in the 1790s to haul coal to Bath and beyond. 

A great visit revealing how a quiet Somerset community helped power the Industrial Revolution. 

Golf Day in aid of Children’s Hospice South West

Thursday, 10 September 2026, was the date for the Brue Valley annual Charity Golf Day, incorporating the District 1200 Golf Competition, at Wheathill Golf Club.

Wednesday evening saw the Brue Valley team rushing round the golf course in golf buggies (the groundsmen’s Gator being out of action) putting up sponsorship boards on each and every tee as well as setting up the various competition holes.

19 teams had been entered to take part but one, unfortunately, had to withdraw with the first team setting off at 09:00 having first filled up on a bacon buttie and coffee. A two course buffet awaited each team on their return to the Club House.

The day was rounded off with the awarding of the 16 prizes on offer. Mike Kew, District Governor for D1200 and Kylie Gallagher of Children’s Hospice South West being on-hand to award those prizes.

Early figures show we have broken all previous totals with £7,300 ready to make its way to Children’s Hospice South West.

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