The website for residents of Hillfield Park, Muswell Hill, London N10

Archive: STREET PARTY & OLYMPICS 2007

Sunday 24th June

Events timetable...
Time Events
2:00pm

A display of tap, jazz and break by North London Performing Arts Dancers (from down the road; don't miss them, they are excellent)

2:15pm

Islam Berisha’s young karate class show off their skills

2:30pm

The Hillfield Park Olympics 2006 will be held between 2.30 and 5.00pm. Teams from the three sections of Hillfield Park (odds, even and flats) each with their own captain (see below) will compete in a series of races and field events.

5.00pm

Presentation of Olympic Medals and Group Photographs

5.15pm

Olympic Banquet

6.00pm
to
10.00pm

MUSIC AND DANCING

Your Captains...


Carolyn & Stephen
@ No 28
lead EVEN STEVENS
(Houses 2-38)

Gemsie Thompson & Family @ No 9
leads ODDFELLAS
(Houses 1-33)

Rupert Townsend
@ No 40
leads FLATLINERS
(Houses 40-50, 35-75) 

The OFFICIALS are...

JUSTIN KEERY (No 45) is President of the Games and is in charge of the Mini-Marathon and the Tug of War (the First and Last Events, see below).

DR ALICE (Now in Hertford) is our roving First Aider.

MONIQUE STONE (No 1 Beattock Rise) is our Impartial Scorer.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO TAKE PART IN THE STREET PARTY & OLYMPICS

  1. Make sure you purchase a £5 Share Certificate for your household & friends (£2 for singletons) from the leader of your section of the road (see above)
  2. Tell your leader (above) which events, if any, you are willing to go in for, or to umpire, or how you can help on the day
  3. Prepare a dish for the Olympic Banquet (savouries from those on the slope and desserts, drinks and anything else from those on the flat)
  4. If you have any bric-a-brac (aka junk) which you would like Sue Dawson to sell on her bric-a-brac stall take it to her house (No 67) on Saturday 23/06/07 and leave it in her front garden
  5. Any time next week take 1 bottle of anything (champagne to shampoo) to Andy (No 63) for him to raffle off at his Bottle Tombola Stall. If Andy’s not in, leave it with Rupert at No 40.
  6. Remove your car from the closed off section of the flat early on Sunday 24th '07
  7. At 2pm hand in your Grown@Home entry at the Grown@Home stand.
OLYMPIC PROGRAMME, STALLS AND SIDESHOWS
Time Races Field Events Stalls & Side-shows***
2.30

Mini-Marathon (P)*

Egg and Spoon (E)

Table Tennis (F)

Boule (O)

Bottle Tombola (F)**

Bric-A-Brac (F)

Grown At Home (O)

Hairbraiding etc (O)

Head Massage (O)

Hunt The Dots (E)

Lucky Dip (F)

Penalty Shootout (F)

Treasure Hunt (O)

Trike N Dice (O)

3.00

Trike n Dice (O)

Broom-spin (E)

Hulahoopathon (E)

3.30

Three-legged (O)

Garden Refuse Sack (O)

Penalty Shootout (F)

Dog Agility (S)

4.00

Dribbling (E)

Quoits (O)

4.30  

Tug Of War (P)**

The time-tabling is approximate and the side-shows in column 3 will be running at various times between 2 and 5, for so long as they attract customers

Key: The letters in brackets = responsibility for organisation of events etc:
O = Oddfellas, E = EvenStevens, F = Flatliners and P = President

*The Mini-Marathon is about 500 metres long. The Start is on the flat section of Hillfield Park and it is hoped that everyone will take part (!) except those who volunteer to act as guides/stewards along the route, tape-holders or time-keepers.

** The Bottle Tombola is stocked by voluntary contributions of bottles from the street. But, to raise the standard and stimulate interest, MARKS & SPENCER have contributed a case of fine wines along with their best wishes for an exciting and successful day. Thanks you guys.

*** The standard charge for side-shows (except those which are free) is 20p.
Proceeds on the day go to Muswell Hill charities, including the Hornsey Trust for Children with Cerebral Palsy.

The Mini-Marathon route is:
Junction with St James’s Lane... Down the hill under the bridge... Sharp left past the lockups and up on to the Parkland Walk... Then there is a choice...
  1. Competitors can go on to the tunnel, Rt up the slope, left up Muswell Hill and then left down past the Dragons and the Centre to the Finishing line in Hillfield Park; or
  2. Marathon for softies: if you’ve had enough by the time you reach the Parkland Walk, exit Left past the Health Club and rejoin the course, but be careful not to impede the competitive runners.
NB The finishing tape will be by the Olympic flame outside No 40. So we will be asking the police to keep the car park bottled up as our Chariots of Fire burst through. Wow!