We were all set to judge our Christmas decoration competition this evening, but the weather had other plans! To avoid our judges needing to sail around Knockholt on a boat, we will be delaying the judging until tomorrow. Make sure you turn on your lights by 5pm!
Category Archives: Blog
Decorate your house for Christmas!
Yes, you probably do already! But with travel restrictions and our ability to meet others curtailed by COVID, we want to see Knockholt shine to brighten everyone’s mood. So break out the baubles, untangle the tinsel, and look for your lights, because we’re going to be awarding Knockholt’s best-dressed house a special prize!
Enter our competition and you could win a home-made Christmas cake, all ready for you to share with your gues … er, to eat it all yourself!
Festive Bake Off: scuppered by the rule of six
Unfortunately the new government guidelines, prohibiting socialising with more than six people, means that our proposed Bake Off in November will not be able to go ahead. We already have plans for next Spring, so don’t put your sieves and scales into storage just yet!
Keep an eye out for an announcement on a festive event soon …
A brief update
After having to cancel our events so far this year, we are delighted to announce that we plan to organise a socially-distanced Festive Bake-Off at the Village Centre in November, having postponed the usual spring event. This will be dependent on government guidelines and further announcements will be posted here and on Knockholt Grapevine.
We have also made the decision to cancel our annual fireworks display this year. This is due to the financial loss made last year, as a result of the poor turn out, which has been exacerbated by the postponement of the carnival. We hope to return to a good programme of events next year, with a rescheduled carnival on Saturday 10 July.
Our quiz night was a huge success!
Twelve teams from around Knockholt and Halstead joined us on Leap Day – 29 February – for a quiz night. The village centre was buzzing, and we raised just over £800 for our charities – thanks to everyone who came and took part!
The winners of the quiz were Bromley Lions, with a final score of 79 – just beating iCare in a tie-break. Third place went to the Village Idiots …
We had a great time and hope you did too. Hopefully see you soon!
We have a new logo!
After six years of our old logo, we thought it was time for a change! Over the next few weeks we will be moving everything over to our bright new colours, arranged to represent the bunting that we use at all our events. Keep an eye out for our new logo around the village!
We will be holding our AGM on Thursday 12 March 2020 in the Three Horseshoes, starting at 8pm. Please do come along to find out about what we’ve been doing over the past year, and our plans for the next!
Who will be the champion quizzers?
At the end of this month we will be running a quiz night in the Village Centre – teams of six will compete to show they are the trivia champions of Knockholt!
The quiz will be held on 29 February, starting at 7:30. Tables are filling up fast, so if you want to be sure of a place make sure you email chair@knockholtcarnival.org.uk to reserve – and if you don’t have a team yourself, feel free to ask to be put in a spare place!
Fireworks and bonfire are ready to go!
Everything all all set up and ready for a fantastic evening of oohs and aahs! We are looking forward to an amazing display and hope that you’ll remember to wear your wellies – we’re afraid stilettos may be best left at home tonight!
Fireworks tickets now on sale
We have distributed tickets for our fireworks display to local shops and pubs, so you can now take advantage of our reduced prices! Get your tickets from:
- Hancocks in Halstead
- Knockholt Village Stores
- The Three Horseshoes
- The Tally Ho
- The Harrow
Full details are available on our fireworks page.