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The Parish of Bix & Assendon local organisations |
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If you live in the Parish, and would like to add the name of your local organisation or club to our website, please either contact your local Parish Councillor, or email your details to wakefield.mark (at) gmail.com
Did you know that the Village Hall is available to hire, with catering
facilities, from only £25.00 per session (10% discount for parishioners) in the morning,
afternoon or evening, with plenty of parking? It is ideal for children's parties with Bix common outside,
meetings or social events. A special discount may be availabe for short hire, or
regular hire.
Session times are 8.30- 1pm 1-6pm 6-11.59pm
Contact the Booking Secretary, Camilla Shelley , Tel: 01491 574126 for further details.
Click here for a map of the location
The Benefice of Nettlebed, Bix, Pishill, Highmoor and Rotherfield Greys. Sunday Service at St James 9.30am
Rector: Reverend Brendan Bailey, Tel: 01491 641575
The Great Tythe Barn at Bix Manor is available to hire for weddings, parties, etc. Capacity is up to 120 people in the Barn with additional space outside for marquees. Contact Gary Hall, Tel: 01491 579929 for further details.
The W.I. at Bix and Assendon is affiliated to the Oxfordshire Federation of W.I.s. We are a small but active group, meeting on the first Wednesday of the month at 2.30pm in the village hall. A wide range of activities are available during the year.
This winter several members have attended the Heritage Lectures in Didcot, and a series on Musical Appreciation in Benson. Members have also visited the Met Office in Bracknell, been behind the scenes at the theatre in Stratford, and visited the Birmingham Art Gallery.
Monthly speakers have included Ann Arledge (Lower Assendon) on Glass, Tom Martin (Lower Assendon) on the making of a Double Bass, Joanne Migdal (Bix) on Designing and Making Sundials and Joyce Hynd (Middle Assendon) on Campanology.
For further information, phone Mrs Sybil Ford, President Tel:01491 575388
The Royal British Legion is a charity, to help those in need from the Services and ex-Services community, and their dependents, and as such has both a membership and welfare role to play.
The Bix Branch of the Royal British Legion meets once a month, and has some 50 members from the Assendons, Stonor, Maidensgrove and Russells Water area.
Every August, the Bix Branch holds a fundraising Bring & Buy Sale at Bix Hall.
The Chairman of Bix Branch is Stanley Carter, Tel: 01491 573606
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Rainbow Inn has a very active crib team that plays in the local Chiltern League
over the winter months on a Wednesday night. Over the same period on a Sunday
night, it also holds an in-house crib competition called the Alvingham Shield,
kindly donated by Lord Alvingham in 2004.
The 2010 Alvingham Shield Final was won by Harry Bartlett from Bix, after a closely fought battle with Simon Haynes (see picture).
So, if you are interested in learning to play for the team or in the competition, or you can already play and would like further details, please contact our Team Captain, Chris Chantry, Tel: 01491 410417
Bix has a Quiz Team in the South Oxfordshire Quiz League. Currently 10 other villages are involved, and our home matches are played at Bix Village Hall. We play 5 home and 5 away matches between October and April. Each team should have six players, so a larger squad is always needed. In addition, each team must find a scorer and a Question Master. Each Question Master takes 5 matches i.e. he or she sees all the other teams.
The League was set up to encourage people to use their village halls, and the trophy was provided by the Henley Standard.
There is also a Knock Out Competition with a slightly wider remit. The aim is to have 16 teams so the finalists play 4 times during the same winter season. This trophy was provided by Pettit's of Wallingford.
The current Bix Team Captain is Paul Ellis, the Question Master is Clive Williams and the Organiser is Duncan Thomas.
For further details about joining the Quiz Team, please contact Duncan Thomas on Tel:01491 573751