Chantry Residents Association would like to invite you to their 6th community fun day to be held on Sunday 29 June 2008. 11am – 4pm at Gippeswyk Park, off Ancaster Road, IPSWICH.

New for this year's event were:

Essex Hov Pods, Stephanie and her horse Jack, pony rides from Billy, local drama group Oskar Foxtrot Products 5 a-side football,Gladiator arena,

OLD FAVORITES ALSO AT THIS YEAR'S EVENT WERE: Colini the wizard, the Egyptian Dancers , The Silver Spinners Majorette Group , Ipswich Caribbean Association Steel Band (youth Section) , The Community Caretakers , Local BMX Stunters , and our comical resident compèring duo from Patchymatt Disco .

For an example of acts or entertainment in the main arena at this year's event check out the running order

Other than all the mentioned above, around the park there were lots of other activities going on to keep you occupied during the day including; car boot, bouncy castle, ability testing ball games, tombola stall, children’s rides, inflatable slide, prize draw, cake stall, ‘throw the wellie’, visit the South West Safer Neighbourhood Teams in their police ‘pod’, charity stalls, face painting by Shirley Osbourne, raffle, ‘Beat the Goalie’ and much more.

Throughout the day our on site caterers 'Lipsmakers' served snacks like burgers, hot dogs etc however if you fancied something different 'MT Bellies' served a variety of Caribbean delights, also ice-cream from Roberto's Ices, refreshing drinks/smoothies from the Juice Bar and of course there was also every fete's favorite candy floss!

A bit about this year's event:-

As usual a very good event, although it rained most of the day the loyal people of Chantry came down wearing wellies, rain macs and still had fun, sheltering under the trees until the sun came out again! The new attractions went down very well, especially the hov pods rides which were actually improved by the wet weather the rides with Billy and Jack were very popular also. We would like to thank everyone for making the day a continued success! And if you were there we hope you had a great time - perhaps you would like to write a message in our guest book.

 

We look forward to seeing you all on the 29 JUNE 2008!

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Sincere thanks go to The Ipswich Housing Panel and The South West Police Tasking for their generous funding which has made this event possible and Ipswich Borough Council for their support in various different ways! Mayor Councillor Inga Lockington who came and officially opened our event.

All our participants for making this day a continued success
The Community Caretakers, Maidenhall Residents Association, Newlarks Residents Association,Patchy Matt disco, Shirley Osbourne (Face painter), Lipsmakers, Roberto's Ices, Emma Burgess, Cats Protection League, British Heart Foundation, MT Bellies, The Egyptian Dancers, Colini the Wizard, St Elizabeth Hospice, little did's bouncers for supplying the bouncy castle, Karen Twin (winning ticket giant soft toy stall) Emma Burgess (pick a straw prize stall), Stephanie and her horse Jack and his friend Billy , 'Loades of fun' for supplying the Childrens rides, Ipswich Caribbean Association Steel Band (Youth Section), Juice bar, Essex Hov Pods , Silver Spinners Majorettes group, St Johns Ambulance, Local drama group Oskar Foxtrot Productions, CRed Suffolk, IBC recycling team, Ipswich Credit Union, 10 - 15 year 10's from Chantry High School who come and help us out for the day (they are real stars!!) .........

Word on the street
Evening Star
Robert McMaster, Ipswich Borough Council
The Advertiser

Ipswich Community Radio




Ipswich 24


our thanks to the local shops for their donations towards our prizes:-
Pizza Hut

Tesco - Copdock

Ipswich Football Club

Chantry Butchers

Simply Flowers

Ipswich Regent

SolarBowl

Co-op

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