Village Playground

Opening of Cherington and Stourton Village Playground

11th July 2009

The rain held off and the children ran amok having a whale of a time!

After a fantastic fund raising campaign, Simon Rutherford officially opened the new Cherington & Stourton Village Playground by dropping his arm to start the run through the tape by the local children.

A great turn out enjoyed the afternoon and whilst the incredible number of local children made the most of the new playground equipment, the parents quietly enjoyed the bar and barbeque kindly set up by Nick and Hillary.

The new slide was a great hit, as was the climbing frame tower, although many of the children decided it was more fun climbing on the tunnel rather than going through it!

The see-saw and toddlers swings were popular with the smaller children and the old faithful roundabout has never had so many children on it in one go before.

The predicted bad weather in the evening meant the fathers and childrens camp-out had to be postponed until the night following the flower show, and the day was slightly marred for Simon after an unfortunate incident with a horse fly, but the children thoroughly enjoyed the whole afternoon and many finished it off with a great game of football.

Further images and comments coming soon

Stourton & Cherington Playing Field Official Grand Opening Day

Saturday 11th July – Stourton & Cherington Playing Field

Stourton & Cherington Playing Field Official Grand Opening Day

Come to the Official Grand Opening Party at the newly equipped playing field.

There will be a barbeque and bar and lots of fun, followed in the evening by the Fathers and sons and daughters camp out. The field will be opened by Simon Rutherford, (who has done so much to make it all happen) and the children will burst the opening tape.

Stourton and Cherington Playground

Tuesday 9th June 2009

I took Lucy and Tom along to see how progress is coming along at the playground this evening and was pleased to see the new equipment is all set up now and looking brilliant.

Lucy and Tom were both very excited and can’t wait to try out the new slide.

Everything appears to be on schedule for the Stourton & Cherington Playing Field Official Grand Opening Day on Saturday 11th July where there will be a barbeque and bar and lots of fun, followed in the evening by the Fathers and sons and daughters camp out.
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New playground equipment coming soon

The old play equipment is due to be removed before the end of April, making room for the new equipment which is hoped to be fully installed before the end of May.

More information coming soon.