Category: Toft Social Club
1st January
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
New Years Eve
The Club, hosted it's annual New Years Eve Party, 41 people enjoyed a three course meal, consisting of sharing platter starters, followed by Pork in a leek & mushroom sauce with seasonal veg and a host of delicious homemade pudding, along with some fun table games, followed by dancing from 10.30, at Midnight we saw in the New Year with a glass of fizz, party poppers and balloons!
Tags: Social Club;
3rd January
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Food on Friday
The Club held it's first Food on Friday evening, serving Sausage, Mash and Onion Gravy to 40 villagers. The meal had a selection of 3 types of sausage, whether the meat (36 people) or the vegetarian (4 people) option was chosen.
The evening was very popular and the food enjoyed by all.
Tags: Social Club; Food;
4th January
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Slow Session
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Tags: Social Club; Slow Session Music; Music;
4th January
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Slow Music Session
We had the first Slow Session of the year with about 15 musicians turniing up to join the session. Tonight's audience was small, but they thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
Tags: Social Club; Slow Session Music; Music;
11th January
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin Y
Open Mic Night
We held our first Open Mic Night of the year. It featured Chris, Barney Mccullagh singing four of his own songs, The Hats with Patrick Hoskin, Paul Hercus and Martin Yeadon playing his steel guitar, two newbies, Mike Ward on keyboard and Wil Huisman on guitar, and Magna, with Alan Yate, Dave Hunt, Phil Miles and Katrina Holmes. Katrina organised the evening, John Bland was on sound and Craig was behind the bar. And a fun time was had by all.
Tags: Music; Social Club;
16th January
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
The Club Quiz
We had our first monthly Quiz of the year - approximately 40 people took part and the question-master was Martin Sebborn.
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25th January
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Murder Mystery
Saturday 25th January
The Club held a Murder Mystery evening on Saturday 25th January. 36 people sat down to a delicious three course meal, consisting of homemade Pate, Chicken casserole and sticky Toffee Pudding.
There was a cast of 18, 14 of which were suspects, and 4 officers who questioned the suspects, the audiences job was to find out who the Murderer was, three tables managed to work out the Vicar had done it!
The murder was set in a fictional Toft Manor, the hall was decorated to look like The Grand Hall within the Manor, all cast had brilliant costumes.
Prizes and certificates were given to the three winning tables, along with prizes for the best dressed Police Officers!
Tags: Drama; Social Club;
7th February
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Food on Friday
The Club was treated to wonderful food for February's Food on Friday - a chinese themed meal created by Carol, assisted on the evening by many helpers, to celebrate the Chinese New Year. 50 people enjoyed the food.
Tags: Social Club; Food;
8th February
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin Y
Feb Open Mic
Here's a picture of the group slot from the Feb Open Mic with Katrina, Chris, Keith, Kathy. Eric Marin and Patrick playing "Don't think twice"
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8th February
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin Y
Open Mic
There was a good turn out for the February Open Mic with seven performers; Chris, Graham and John, Dave, Silver Linings, Will, The Hats, Martin, Paul and Patrick, Kats's band, Kat, Adrian, Paul and Phil, and Kat's band 2 with Alan, Dave (and the bass guitarist; sorry). John did the sound and Craig did the bar. (The attachment shows pictures)
Tags: Music; Social Club;
20th February
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Table Tennis at The Club
A good turn out at The Club tonight for table tennis!
Tags: Social Club; Sport;
22nd February
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Casino Night
Saturday evening and The Club turned into Monte Carlo for the night, with an invite to dress up for the evening, people made a real effort and wore their finery
It had all the fun and atmosphere of a casino, but tokens were used instead of cash, so people were happy to take some risks and high stakes!
During the evening a fish & chip supper was served and people played into the evening, there were a few high earners with the winner retuning a healthy 4000 plus tokens.
Tags: Social Club;
8th March
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin Y
March Open Mic
Here's a picture of the group slot with Katrina, Chris, Keith, Kathy, Eric, Martin, Patrick singing "Don't think twice it's alright"
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20th March
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Club AGM
The Club held its Annual General Meeting on 20th March. Chairman Martin Sebborn opened the meeting and presented his report on how successful the Club had been in the year to 30th October 2024. He reported a record Deed of Covenant for the People's Hall.
He thanked Sonia Cox for her role as Secretary and welcomed Nikki Burdon as her replacement. Sonia was presented with a bouquet of flowers.
All committee members stood again.
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22nd March
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Sound of the Sirens - In Concert
We were wowed for the evening by the wonderful Sound of the Sirens - a duo from the West Country - who played some amazing music and entertained with their banter and chat. An excellent evening of live music.
Tags: Music; Social Club;
12th April
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Music night
A great evening at The Social Club, which also happened to be Martin Y's Birthday, so we all sang happy Birthday to him!
The evening ended with everyone up on their feet dancing and stomping to five hundred miles!
Tags: Music; Social Club;
19th April
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Pudding & Games Night
The Pudding Evening was a busy night, over 50 people enjoyed a wonderful choice of puddings which were -
Various flavoured Cheesescakes including Ginger, Strawberry & Millionaires
Apple Flan, Key-lime Pie, Pavlova, Chocolate Mousse, Summer Pudding, Chocolate Torte, Easter Crispy Cakes, Jamaican Pineapple & Banana, Lemon Posset
Along with a selection of cheese & biscuits.
Among games being played was Scrabble, Connect Four, Guess Who, The Yes & No game, along with the Wii, which got some much use the new batteries needed replacing!
Barney was on the bar and was kept busy all evening!
Tags: Food; Social Club;
27th April
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Sunday Fun Day
The Club held it's first Sunday Fun Day - a new idea to attract families to th eHall on a Sunday lunchtime. Lots of activities for people of all ageas, with the bar open and some of Carol's wonderful food available. We had a great turnout and it was much enjoyed by everyone.
Tags: Social Club; Food;
7th June
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Cocktail Night
The Toft Club hosted a fantastic Cocktail Evening, there was a good selection of Cocktails available, including a Strawberry Daquiri, Mojito and Negroini to name a few, all served in traditional glasses along with umbrellas and Maraschino Cherries, and a delicious array of canopies accompanied cocktails, the whole evening was a great success.
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21st June
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Food on Saturday
In a change to the normal Club routine, we had a Food on Saturday tonight, where we were serving Chicken or Vegetarian Fajitas. We served 40 people, who enjoyed a fabulous meal and enjoyed the wonderful weather outside.
Tags: Social Club; Food;
4th July
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Games Night
The first Games Night had a good turn out, with lots of different and unusual games on offer, people dropped in throughout the evening to try their luck at a card or board game.
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25th July
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Alfie Moore Gig
It was great to have Alfie Moore, ex-copper turned comedian, return to the Club as part of his warm-up tour. 90 people enjoyed a fabulous evening of insight and laughter.
Tags: Social Club; People's Hall;
2nd August
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Village BBQ
74 tickets were sold for this years BBQ, after a mixed week on the weather front, we had a dry sunny afternoon.
Carol had produced her normal amazing fair, of delicious barbecue food and an amazing selection of salads, followed by home-made meringues, strawberries, biscuits, and cream.
Tags: Food;
5th September
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Toft Beer Festy
4pm on Friday 5th of September saw the beginning of the annual Beer Festival, running through to Sunday evening.
There were 14 beers and four ciders on offer along with a delicious selection of food served, choices included homemade scotch eggs and pasties, a curry Saturday night and a delicious Sunday roast,
Saturday night three bands entertained a large gathering and Toft session playedon Sunday afternoon, which was also family day, the road was closed for a couple of hours to allow the children to kick a football about.
The weather was perfect with sunny dry days all weekend long, it was a very successful weekend.
Tags: Beer Festival; Music; Toft Session; The Hats;
27th September
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Pudding & Games night
The club hosted another Pudding & Games night, which attracted a number of families to join in playing games & enjoying pudding, there were 10 puddings on offer including cheese & biscuits, puddings including Summer Pudding, Pavlova, crumble, Mississippi Mud Pie, pear pudding, sticky Toffee Pudding, cheesecake & chocolate crispy cakes!
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14th October
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
While and Matthews In Concert
We were treated to a brilliant evening of music by Chris While and Julie Matthews tonight - a small crowd enjoyed great songs and excellent music.
Tags: Social Club; Music;
13th November
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Toft Quiz
The Club has continued to hold a monthly quiz on the second Thursday of the month throughout the year. The quiz was mostly set by Martin Sebborn, with Ann Mitchell setting one. The Quizmasters were Martin Sebborn (9), Richard Fletcher (1), Ann Mitchell (1) and Liz Tomes / Nikki Burdon (1).
Tags: Social Club; Quiz;
22nd November
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Spanish Night
Carol & Martin produced a delicious meal for the Spanish Meal.
The Menu was
Main
Chicken in Cava
or Stuffed Aubergine slices in Cava
both served with paprika potatoes and spinach chickpeas
Dessert
Creme Catalan and almond biscuit.
The hall was decorated in the colours of the Spanish flag and Spanish music played in the background
Maree also celebrated her 70th Birthday, Carol made her a lovely birthday cake.
Tags: Food; Social Club;
13th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Christmas Dinner
The world famous Christmas Dinner, lived up to its title, Carol & Martin produced a wonderful Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, followed by Richard's annual Christmas Game, it was a very good start to the Christmas celebrations.
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20th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T
Christmas Entertainment
We were treated to a fantastic evening of entertainment, From very talented members of the social club community.
Toft Session, Jane and Jake and The Hats, played and sang some brilliant Christmassy music.
Katie and Jean readers two very funny Christmas themed poems
Koran treated us to a funny stand-up routine.
And RicMar provided us with their funny films, which had everyone laughing.
Well done Richard and Martin a great evening.
Tags: RicMar; The Hats; Toft Session;
24th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
The Club Christmas Draw
The annual Christmas Draw took place on Christmas Eve. There were lots of prizes including a "first prize" of a £100 John Lewis Voucher and second prize of £50 M&S voucher. The John Lewis voucher was won by Emma Mitchell.
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25th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S
Christmas Day Lunchtime Club Opening
The Club opened at lunchtime on Christmas Day for the first time since before lockdown. A couple of dozen people enjoyed a pre dinner drink and chat with friends!
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28th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin Y
Toft Slow Session
Toft Slow Session
An event which was previously called The Saturday session and put on hold due to COVID was revived in March 2023 with a slightly revised name and ethos. The Toft Slow Session is a traditional, mostly Irish, music session for players of all levels of ability and experience, where tunes are played slowly. Specifically, it is aimed at people who are learning or reviving an instrument, people who want to play together as a social activity in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and people who find the speed of other traditional music sessions just a little too fast to join in comfortably.
In 2025, we met in January, March, April, May, July, October and December. Each session was attended by between 10 and 18 players on a range of instruments, including fiddles, guitars, whistles, concertinas, melodeons, mandolins, mandola, bouzouki, double bass, bodhrán and uilleann pipes. Our list of tunes grew from 30 in January 2025 to 39 by December and we’ll be starting 2026 with over 40, covering most types of traditional tune: reels, jigs, slip jigs, slides, polkas, marches, waltzes and flings. After the Slow session finishes around 9pm, the evening continues with a ‘slightly faster session’ with songs interspersed. The Slow session grew from strength to strength in 2025 and has become a regular fixture at The Club, attracting both musicians and a number of faithful listeners.
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