Little Sutton Sapphires WI

Some of the ladies from Little Sutton Sapphires enjoyed an evening out in Chester at Mystery Movies from HushHush Events The film was the Great Gatsby and was shown at St Mary's Chuch near the casstle and was in aid of Chester Women's Aid

Sapphires had the pleasure of listening to a talk about the Resolutions being put forward by WI's in 2019 for consideration as to the Resolution members will vote for at the AGM in Bournemouth in June 2019. The new CFWI advisor Alia El Asmar came and gave us a brief talk on resolutions and timescales and also what the WI has achieved since 1918. Our Second Speaker for the night was Jean Harding the Chairwoman of CFWI. she told Sapphires all about the Centenary Celebrations for 100 years of the Cheshire Federation in 2020. Events taking place in 2020 25 TH FEBRUARY – CENTENARY CONCERT, CHESTER CATHEDRAL WITH CELEBRATORY SONGS.         FEDERATION CHOIR WILL BE PERFORMING. THE TRUSTEES INVITE WI CHOIRS TO PERFORM ONE OR TWO SONGS OR A WI SKETCH LASTING  NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES.  PLEASE FORWARD YOUR APPLICATION TO WI HOUSE, CHESTER BY 29 TH MARCH 2019. SUBMIT A SHORT RESUME OF YOUR PERFORMANCE AND THE SONG(S) YOU WILL PERFORM. M...

Well we had our first meeting at the new venue and although it was hectic and it felt we were all running around like a chicken with it's head cut off it went well. Our Speaker for the night was Sue Wood who is a milliner/Hatter and as she describes it makes "more than just a fascinator", sue told us about her dream to make hats for a living and in 2010 she started the first step towards that. Members wore hats for the night and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Onward and upward for 2019

Sadly the community Centre which has been the home of the Sapphires i now no longer viable. The amount of ladies wishing to join the Sapphires WI, has made us think of somewhere larger we need to use. So we have moved to Little Sutton Methodist Church. Only across the main road from our old home, but larger. Here's to 2019 and fun for the Sapphires

Sapphires know how to party in style, so when the annual christmas party comes around, Sapphires have fun. This year we were at the Mercure Hotel in Ellesmere Port. Good Food and a Disco and dancing till the early hours

Sapphire WI members on a trip to Landudno

Little Sutton Sapphire Members getting ready to march in the Remembrance Parade in little Sutton

Ladies from The Sapphires meet Charles Hanson at the South Wirral Group meeting

Little Sutton Sapphire Members at Chester Pride

Lovely evening had by the Sapphires at the wine and cheese tasting event held by the Cheshire Federation of WI's

Ladies from Little Sutton Sapphires attended the Adelphi afternoon tea, to celebrate votes for women. This event was run by Runcorn WI and members of the WI from all over Cheshire attended and had lovely tea/coffee/cakes and aperatif's. The WI walked through Liverpool to the Adelphi as well. Picture shows some of our members with the Little Sutton Sapphires sashes as well.

Each year Little Sutton Sapphires WI pick among their members a lady who has given the most throughout the year. 2018 Sapphire of the year was Pam Smith. Picture shows our Presiden Adele and Pam and Sandra

Some of our ladies went to Fieldcrest Garden this July and enjoyed a tour of a beautifully displayed garden. Refreshments were also included. Well done Bev for arranging this for the ladies.

Ladies from Little Sutton Sapphires and Heswall Honeys joined forces on Monday for a session of Walking Netball. Louise Moss and Helen Wynne from All England Netball came along and put us through our paces. We had so much fun and look forward to the next session

A few Sapphires went on a tour of the village Bakery in Wrexham.

Ladies of the Sapphires enter competitions each month, which are geared to the speaker that comes to visit us. They are given a plate to hold for the month Winners - Lynne - August. Bev - November, Jackie - January, Jan - February, Bev - March, Betty - April and Ang - May

Another Craft group in April, though small numbers was just as enjoyable and members continued to sew the items from last month and some made some new stuff. Sandra, Susan and Lynne made these items: Sandra made a make up bag and inserted her first zip  Susan made a tablet/book pillow  Lynne had been having a go at Bargello Quilting with Rainbow Colours

The Sapphires had their first tournament tonight. South Wirral Group ladies played a round Robin tournament. Willaston Hey WI, Hooton WI, Capenhurst and Ledsham WI and Neston Riverside and Little Sutton Sapphires. An enjoyable evening and the Sapphires won all their matches and came away with the Rose Bowl.

March's meeting for Little Sutton Sapphires WI was the Inspiring Author Gina Kirkham, local lady who after spending time as a Police Officer with merseyside police decided after her retirement to write about her experiences in a funny book called "Handcuffs, Truncheons and Polyester Thong. Well worth a read. Had the members of Little Sutton Sapphires WI in fits of laughter

As part of the Cheshire Federation of WI's, Little Sutton Sapphires are also part of the South Wirral Group and are gearing up to playing in the darts match, between other WI's in that group. Some of the Sapphires at Darts Practise