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BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Spaxton village community assemble to mend vandalised scarecrows
A community has come together after local children were left "absolutely gutted" when their village scarecrow parade was damaged by vandals. The display in Spaxton, Somerset was part of their flower show celebrations with members of the community including school children making Bond who lives in the village helped her daughters make a scarecrow and said: "It's unbelievable that this could happen in Spaxton, it's very sad".Organisers told BBC Radio Somerset a working group had been out fixing the scarecrows to get them back into a "reasonable shape". Natasha Bond built a scarecrow with her daughters, and said they were "absolutely gutted, as were all the other children in the village". She added: "It was the last day of school, they had to go past those scarecrows in the morning, there were a lot of tears".Vicky Hemming, one of the organisers of the flower show and scarecrow parade, said there has been a "huge upwelling of feeling" about it in the village. Ms Hemming added that a working party had been sent out to fix the scarecrows and were able to restore all but one of flower show was set run as normal this weekend.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Spaxton Cricket Club defeated in opening fixture
Somerset Cricket League, Division Three: Spaxton 169-9 lost to Minehead 170-5 by five wickets Spaxton First XI started their season in Division Three of the Somerset League with a home match against Minehead Seconds. After choosing to bat first the hosts found themselves 12 for two after four overs before a mini rebuild from the watchful Ryan Gamblin and promoted Adam Richards carefully progressed the score to 35 without further loss after 10 overs. Gamblin went for nine and Richards soon followed going for one shot too many him saw him caught for 35 from 33 balls including eight boundaries and Spaxton were wobbling at 58 for four after 15 overs. Ben Rich and skipper David Pople then ticked the score along to 98 at the the 25 over mark before Pople went for 17. Scott Bellinger went cheaply which brought Dan Andison to join Rich and the two added 32 before the latter went for 18. Rich took his own score onto 46 off 70 balls before he was out with the total on 162 shortly after which the Spaxton innings concluded on 169 for nine from the 40 overs. When Minehead replied their openers rattled along to 66-0 after 14 overs, before Bishop and Pople were introduced soon after which two wickets fell. A double breakthrough in the 20th over from Pople saw Minehead wobble and find themselves 90 for four. A steady partnership from Lewis Goodrum and Sam Cobb saw Minehead edge to 135 when Matt Mackenzie broke through accounting for Cobb on 27. With Minehead needing 35 from 10 overs, Goodrum with a patient 31 not out off 42 balls and Ranjeesh Krishnan who hit unbeaten 22 off 12 balls attacked to see the visitors over the line comfortably with six overs to spare. John Bishop ended with two for 24 while Pople claimed two for 22. A huge thank you to Minehead for a game played in good spirits and traditions upheld and huge thanks also to James Venton Planning for sponsoring the game and the continued support.
