Kintbury
Updated the month the pantomime happens - I'm the Chairman of the group.
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==Sport and leisure== |
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The village holds an annual "Ray Boxshall Orienteering Fun Day". https://www.facebook.com/KintburyOrienteering/?locale=en_GB An [[orienteering]] event named after Ray Boxshall who was heavily involved in running the event in the years before he died. Kintbury has two amateur dramatic societies - The Kintbury Players (who generally perform comedic plays), and [[St Mary]]'s Drama Group who perform an annual [[pantomime]] in the [[ |
The village holds an annual "Ray Boxshall Orienteering Fun Day". https://www.facebook.com/KintburyOrienteering/?locale=en_GB An [[orienteering]] event named after Ray Boxshall who was heavily involved in running the event in the years before he died. Kintbury has two amateur dramatic societies - The Kintbury Players (who generally perform comedic plays), and [[St Mary]]'s Drama Group who perform an annual [[pantomime]] in the [[February]] half term holiday. Kintbury has a Sports and [[Leisure centre]] - the Kintbury [[Jubilee]] Centre, run by the community for the community, with fitness classes, clubs, and a hall available to hire. The Jubilee Centre has three tennis courts and is home to Kintbury Tennis Club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kintburytennisclub.co.uk/index.php|title=Kintbury Tennis Club home page|website=www.kintburytennisclub.co.uk}} |
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Kintbury is also home to [[Wessex League]] club [[Kintbury Rangers F.C.]], who play at the Recreation Ground.{{Cite web|url=https://footballinberkshire.co.uk/news/club-news/71238/danny-langford-appointed-as-new-kintbury-rangers-boss/|title=Danny Langford appointed as new Kintbury Rangers boss|date=27 March 2023}} Notable former players include [[Southampton F.C]] striker [[Charlie Austin]] and former [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] player [[Brett Angell]].{{Cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/gallery/pretty-river-side-berkshire-village-19449844|title=The pretty river-side Berkshire village with three amazing pubs|first=Hugh|last=Fort|date=13 December 2020|website=Berkshire Live}} |
Kintbury is also home to [[Wessex League]] club [[Kintbury Rangers F.C.]], who play at the Recreation Ground.{{Cite web|url=https://footballinberkshire.co.uk/news/club-news/71238/danny-langford-appointed-as-new-kintbury-rangers-boss/|title=Danny Langford appointed as new Kintbury Rangers boss|date=27 March 2023}} Notable former players include [[Southampton F.C]] striker [[Charlie Austin]] and former [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] player [[Brett Angell]].{{Cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/gallery/pretty-river-side-berkshire-village-19449844|title=The pretty river-side Berkshire village with three amazing pubs|first=Hugh|last=Fort|date=13 December 2020|website=Berkshire Live}} |
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