Epworth Community

EDRC - Epworth and District Riding Club

The Epworth and District riding club or EDRC as it's usually known is the main riding club for the epworth area and it boasts a significant membership raised from the local equestrian community.

The EDRC hosts many open and club competitions and events over the course of each year together with its own epworth horse show in may. All events and especially the horse show are very well attended.

New members are welcome and links to the full schedules, competition entry forms and the member application form will open in a separate window as MS WORD (.doc) documents which you can print, complete and send to the relevant organising member at the EDRC.

The Epworth Saddle Club

The Epworth Saddle club is part of the epworth and district agricultural society and is directly involved in bringing the annual epworth show to life.

The saddle club boasts a significant membership raised from the local equestrian community and its four horse shows are very well attended each year.

The Epworth Show

Every August Bank Holiday Monday our Show Day event takes place, it starts early and goes on till late afternoon, although some of the horse events do go on in to the early evening.

The 2006 event marked our Diamond celebration and there will be a lot of celebrating going on every year. Each year we try to improve the Show and bring new and interesting sections and acts to keep everyone entertained all day.

The Isle of Axholme Orchestra

The Isle of Axholme Orchestra and Room21 provide an opportunity for musicians of all ages to come together regularly to play orchestral music and jazz respectively.

The Isle of Axholme Orchestra has a patrons scheme for those who would like to offer financial support.

This support helps towards the running of the Orchestra, and hopefully will help to ensure its future.

Isle of Axholme Lions Club

What do Lions do? The activities of all Lions Clubs are varied but have two things in common - raise money and lend a hand to needy causes and have fun doing it together.

Lions are members of community service clubs, dedicated to the idea that the men and women who live in a community are in the best position to know who needs help and why. More than 44,000 strong, these local clubs are part of the world's largest such organization, with 1.4 million members serving in more than 180 countries and areas.

The association is both non-political and non-sectarian

Epworth Swimming Pool

Epwoth Pool was opened in June 1996 and provides a valuable service to the local community.

This 20m x 8m pool provides Aqua Natal, 50 plus, Adults only, and Parents and Toddler classes. Swimming Lessons have proved to be hugely popular with over 250 children taking lessons every week and over 13,000 lessons sold in the nine years since the pool has been open.

Swimming Lessons are not just for children, Adults are catered for as well, so it’s never too late to learn. There is a selection of exercise classes available from beginners through to advanced, including Aqua Fit, Swim Fit and Aqua Tone, all taught by qualified and enthusiastic instructors.

The Isle of Axholme Choral Society

The Isle Choral Society meets every Monday evening during term-time in the main hall at South Axholme Community School, Burnham Road, Epworth and rehearsals are from 7.00 pm until 9.00 pm.

We aim to produce at least three Concerts per year, with dates arranged near Easter, mid-summer and near Christmas. The Easter Concert is our major performance with a compliment of a full professional symphony orchestra and soloists.

The Summer Concert is of a lighter nature with extracts from operettas and rousing choruses from the Proms

Wesley Memorial Church, Epworth

"We live by faith not by sight." - 2 Corinthians 6:7(NIV)

Entering the Epworth Memorial Church has always been counted a privilege by many people who have visited over the years, and by those who worship week by week in this place.

Only some of the events through the Century have been recorded, but they will bring back memories to those who took part in them.

From time to time much thought and money have been spent in keeping the Chapel building worthy of it's founders, but, as true methodists, let us remember the words of John Wesley. - THE WORLD IS MY PARISH

The Epworth Ghost Walk

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism was born in the town of Epworth in North Lincolnshire. His home is now a museum and a place of pilgrimage for people from all over the world.

Discover Epworth's ghostly past through the haunted walk and explore the shocking stories and legends of this historic town

Isle of Axholme Fencing Club

The Isle of Axholme Fencing Club Website. We fence every Wednesday night at the Village hall in West Butterwick. 6.30pm for children and 8.00pm for adults.

The Isle of Axholme Fencing Club was formed in December 2000. In the first instance it was run solely by the coach Dave Jerry, following successful taster sessions held in Epworth Leisure centre in October of that year.

The first training sessions were held in the Wesley Memorial Church Hall but the interest soon out grew that venue and by February a move was made the Haxey Primary School hall. Initially only Foil was catered for but the other two weapons soon began to hold fencer’s interest. We now have a strong following for Foil Epee and Sabre.

The Haxey Hood

The old and unusual game known as the Hood Game, or Throwing the Hood, is played every year on Old Christmas Day, January 6th, at Haxey in north Lincolnshire.

On this date, Haxey Hood, one of the two annual Feasts of the parish, is held. Haxey Hood has a character all its own. It is the great festival occasion of the parish year, when everyone keeps holiday and some very 'interesting' traditional customs are observed.

The ceremonies of Haxey Hood begin in the early afternoon with the procession of the Fool and his twelve ‘Boggans’ up the village street to a small green outside the parish church. The Boggans are the official team of players in the Hood Game, and play against all comers; they are, and need to be, vigorous young men who are often useful members of the local football team.

Chief among them is the King Boggan, or Lord of the Hood, who carries a wand, or roll of thirteen willows bound with thirteen withy-bands as a badge of office.

Tradition demands that he and all his team should wear scarlet flannel coats, and hats wreathed with red flowers. A few Boggans may turn out in their ordinary clothes, but invariably the ritual red appears somewhere in their dress, if only in the form of an armband or some fluttering scarlet ribbons....... more