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Mortimer Fun Day Back for 2025

After a seven-year hiatus, the ever-popular Mortimer Fun Day will return on Saturday 05 July. 

The event will be held on Mortimer Fairground and will be hosted by Mortimer Village Partnership (MVP) and Mortimer Music Live (MML). 

For those new to the village, this event has been a beloved tradition for over a decade.  During the day, entrance will be free of charge to all.  Any help you can give in running this event would be really appreciated,  follow this link:  Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp

 

Image of a dinosaur for the Mortimer Funday activities

 

You can expect exciting arena acts including a walkabout dinosaur and a thrilling parkour demonstration (see below) alongside local dance, singing and acrobatic groups.  

Classic summer fete activities including coconut shies and welly-wanging will also be happening! Local clubs and societies will be running these activities, giving them a chance to fundraise while connecting with the wider community. And, of course, no Fun Day would be complete without a Beer Tent, offering local beers and a selection of refreshing summer drinks.   

@pedal V Parkour' arena act to perform at Mortimer Fun Day 2025

The schedule of arena events for the afternoon will be roughly as follows:

12.00   EDCDance (Mortimer school children)

12.30   Bezerkaz Circus

13.00   All Stars Theatre Academy

13.30  Dino invasion

14.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

14.45  Stagecoach Burghfield Common

15.20  3-7 year old Fancy dress parade with prizes ('Heroes & Everyday Heroes')

15.30  Dinosaur Invasion

15.55  Raffle Draw

16.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

16.40 Ta Da's

In the evening, the fun continues with a special ticketed music event brought to the village by MML. 

 

 

Scarecrow Trail Results

I think everyone will agree that the Scarecrow Trail was a great success! For the whole of half term, in every daylight hour, regardless of the weather, you could see groups of people walking and cycling round, consulting their yellow maps and exclaiming with surprise as they encountered each new character! All the scarecrows attracted lots of votes from the 800 maps sold, but the winners were:

The Adults' Favourite:
The Queen's Arrival at the 
Olympics Opening Ceremony
Mortimer Local History Group 
(at the Nicholls' house)

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The Children's Favourite:
Baa-archery
The Audlseys

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The Funniest Scarecrow:
Tom-Beef-Daley
The Hodgsons

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Zach Warner was the winner of the trail prize draw - there were 18 sets of Olympic rings and 18 crowns.