The 25th Corrie Capers!
Posted: Sunday, 30 July 2006 |
You are cordially invited to Corrie Capers Silver Jubilee Viking Extravaganza!
On such a special occasion we’ve put our helmeted heads together to devise an unprecedented eight, YES EIGHT DAY Viking Festival! Specifically designed to include absolutely everyone regardless of age or perceived ability, come along and stick your oar in to whatever degree you wish including the team events. If you haven’t got a ready made team we will muster one for you!
Come on if you think you’re Viking enough!
Pit you mental and physical metal against the collective intelligencia at the Inter-Pub Quiz, hunt for Buried Treasure, test your Golf swing or go all out to win the Bunk House Race (cash prizes), Clay Pigeon Shooting, Beetle Drive, Sand Sculpting, Viking Games, Longship Racing and the seven aside Cricket!
Relax
Discover the fascinating Natural and Human History of Arran while soaking up the stunning scenery from the unique perspectives of Horseback, Sailing Up The Clyde in The Viking Longship, on a Guided Walk with both a Forestry and a National Trust Ranger or chilling out at The Sannox Oval (voted the most scenic cricket pitch in the UK) and take in a Movie. Ah… that’s better…
And Party On!
Raise the rafters at Songs of Praise (non denominational), hoof it at The Family Ceilidh (with Caller), repel the Viking Invasion, Longship Burning and Rock N Roll into the night by the light of a Raging Bonfire and Fire Works!
Phew! All that in only EIGHT days? 25 years older and dafter that ever! Here’s the full rundown for the best Corrie Capers yet, come on you know you want to, Valhalla on Earth!
Sunday 6th August
Songs of Praise at Corrie Kirk
Inter Pub Quiz – Sannox Hotel vs Corrie Hotel
Tuesday 8th August
Viking Longship Rowing: 6pm at Corrie Port. Every child under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Donations of £5 per adult, children go free!
Wednesday 9th August
Childrens Treasure Hunt
Corrie Auction & Whiskey Raffle
Thursday 10th August
Golf Tournament
Bunk House Race
Saturday 12th August
Big Art Coffee Morning – All Ages And Abilities
Location: Corrie Hall £2.50 each
Let your creative juices flow! Come and work together to create a giant Viking Frieze to decorate Corrie Hall for Up-Hellia! All ages and all abilities very welcome, if you can hold a brush you’re going to amaze yourself with your genius! If you would rather mess around on the beach, enter The Sand Sculpture Competition! Again no age restrictions so the whole family can enter. All children under 12 must be accompanies by an adult who can kick back at the coffee morning or join in!
Viking games
Longship Racing
Face Painting
Up-Hellia Parade
Longship Invasion
Beach Battle
Longship Burning
BBQ, Bonfire, Rock N Roll & Fireworks
Sunday 13th August
Cricket at Sannox Oval
Here's the link to the programme, you will probably have to cut and pate it into your browser
Comments
Just to say that the Sannox cricket club ground was only given the award of fourth most beautiful cricket club in the UK. This was due to the absence of a thatched pavilion and regulation number of doileys under cucumber sandwiches. Still, being fourth means that we are not overcome by lack of seating for home fixtures. Pitch invasions by sheep are the norm, and occasionally one is called up for fielding duty if mr gourlay is immobilised. What is the best island golf club, the one on Colonsay has got to be up there, absolutely no need to mow because of the itinerant sheep.
not the prettiest from long off
Did the Vikings play golf? Thought the story was Thor's Hammer not his wood iron.
Herman from Outwith Orkney
I think the name Sannox probably counted against it - sounds like a sort of Aldi disinfectant. Cricket grounds with names like Ottery St Peters or Thorpe Misperton are more likely winners. Sannox sounds like the Anglo Saxon settlement upon which Grangemouth is built. How's the summer Sunny - see we have a new boss looking after us? Golden Graham is gone. Annie B sends her best - she is off to Malaya next week to buy rubber matting for next years Fank.
calumannabel from Shortleg Shieling Bail a Mory
Thinking back to the profiles of some of the fank attendees, perhaps she should just pop down to the local chemist and by some rubber knickers.
Flying Cat from Isle Incontinent
Apologies for the innacuracy, I didn't read the cricket magazine that reported the award myself what with me being a woman. Of course the Vikings played golf and cricket and ran beetle drives! They will be doing what ever else we need them to do to raise dosh for the upkeep of the longship etc. We thought of running a more traditional week of rape and pillage but some of the residents objected as they felt this might exclude the very old and infirm
Sunny from The grassy knoll, Sannox
To Flying Cat Annie B will have enough trouble getting her shampoo through airport security without complicating things with items of intimate rubber leisurewear. But believe me if anyone can get away with it she will.
calumannabel from Loch Latex Lewis
Calumannabel, don't you know that if you go around naming villages with twee names you get a high murder rate? Don't you watch ITV4? If you live in a place like that you will end up with Bergerac, Miss Marple, Inspector Wexford and all their chums dropping in every five minutes and twice on Sundays!
Sunny from Arran
Arran ExPat wandering the world, residing in Cyprus for now with the odd visit home.
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