At a glance
| Big Quiz of the Year | December 6th |
| Ladies Darts Charity Night | December 19th |
| Any other business | Reports, fun & business |
| Regular Events |
The Year that Was Quiz!
Friday Dec 5th 7:00pm
Put your grey matter to the test in our “Year that Was” Quiz. A fun evening trying to remember what happened in 2025. Pup-up Bar. Raffle. Nibbles. £3 per person. Max 4 per team.
Sessay Ladies Darts Charity Night
Sessay Village Bar, Friday 19th December 7:15 for 7:30 pm.
The Ladies Darts team are holding their annual darts charity night in aid of the Village Hall Darts competition, supper, and raffle. £5 entry including supper. Please either sign up in the bar beforehand (sheets available) or let Doreen know on 07890 112453 or email.
New Year’s Eve Village Bar
December 31st 7:30 pm onwards
Everyone is welcome in the Village Bar from 7.30 pm to bring in 2025. Bring a plate of food to contribute to the shared buffet. Pool and darts. Bring a party game, tell a joke, sing a song, read a poem or dance the night away. Bar open. Come and bring in the New Year together.
Sessay Carpet Bowls
Sessay Carpet Bowls meets every Tuesday evening in the village hall from the beginning of September until the end of March. The first practice session is on Tuesday, 9th September at 7:15 pm.
We have two teams that play against local teams in the Vale of Mowbray League.
No special Bowls, clothes or shoes needed. All ages welcome. Just come along at about 7:15 pm on a Tuesday and have a go.
Sessay WI
January 7th 2:00 pm How to use the Defibrillator – Steve Smith
This month’s meeting is on how to use the Defibrillator with Steve Smith from the First Responders team. Sessay WI would like to invite anyone to this meeting.
Any Other Business
Village Hall Refurbishment Update
The third phase of the refurbishment programme is underway. The changing rooms, new kitchenette and new entrance between the hall and bar area should be completed. Following the Christmas period, work will commence on the bar, installing patio doors, a disabled access, refurbishment of the serving bar, redecoration and electrical and heating upgrade. To accommodate the work, the bar is planned to be closed in January. We are looking forward to reopening the facility, completing the refurbishment and welcoming you to the hall.
Season’s greetings to you all.
Carole Trow SCT Chair
Open Events Committee Meeting
Monday, December 1st 7:30 pm
This is an open invitation to anyone who has helped at events or would be interested in helping at future events to celebrate a successful year and plan for 2026 while enjoying Christmas drinks and treats. Also, please contact us by email if you have any ideas for future events you would like us to consider, or would like to join the organising team.
Solar Farm Proposal Action Meeting
Thursday 18th December 7.00 pm
Please note that the next meeting of the Sedgeby Solar opposition group will be on Thursday, 18 December at 7 pm in Sessay Village Hall. This is later than was suggested in the minutes of our last meeting due to existing bookings of the Hall. An agenda for the meeting will follow in due course.
Sessay Village Bar
Every Friday Night from 7:30 pm.
Please note that the bar will not be open on Friday, December 5th, due to the Quiz Night, which has a pop-up bar! Also, the bar will be closed for refurbishment throughout January 2026.
During January, the events team are planning two evenings in the Village Hall to help fill in the gap. More next month!
Christmas Fayre
A big thank you to everyone who made the Christmas Fayre on Saturday, 22nd November a huge success and helped raise £1067.10 towards Phase 3 of the village hall refurbishment.
The village hall welcomed a wide range of stallholders to the event, each offering many beautiful and original items. They enjoyed the event and look forward to returning to our increasingly successful Christmas Fayre.
Thanks also to the wide team of volunteers that supported those on the events committee in serving refreshments, including the new, very popular addition of breakfast sandwiches. Thanks to everyone who contributed, from securing bookings from stall holders, to washing up, running the tombola, arranging tables, printing promotion posters and all the other tasks that enable an event to be successful. Thanks also to those who donated cakes and tombola prizes. Well done to all who contributed to this successful community event.
Heather Dale
Regular Events at the Village Hall
Ladies Bootcamp
A mix of core, resistance, cardio and boxing exercises each week. Fun, friendly sessions, suitable for all ages and abilities. £5.00 per session. Wednesday 7-8 pm. Contact Becca on 07770 286644 for more information
Pilates Class
Classes are varied, including the use of small equipment (balls, bands, toning circles, etc) on Wednesday at 10.30. £9.00 per session. Places available. Contact Emma on 07974 145055
December 8th
HeArts and Crafts Class. Sadly, Hearts and Crafts is ending on December 8th with one final class followed by a Christmas buffet celebration. Please bring a contribution. We are grateful for the funding our community arts group has received through the Rural Arts organisation in Thirsk. Funding has not been agreed for 2026.
A new Sessay Arts & Craft group is being set up in early 2026, and information about this and how to join will be published in the New Year.
December 2nd and 16th
Sessay Stitchers – Village Hall at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm in the new meeting room.
Whether you are an expert, a complete beginner or anything in between, if you’d like friendly, informal company when making anything fibre-based, please join us.
December 3rd
Sessay WI – 2:00 pm The WI will meet for their AGM, followed by a collective Afternoon Tea.
January 7th
Sessay WI – 2:00 pm: This month’s meeting is “How to use the Defibrillator” with Steve Smith from the First Responders team. Sessay WI would like to invite anyone interested to this meeting.
Find the full WI Programme here
December 9th
Tuesday Club – The Tuesday Club will meet at The Angel at Topcliffe at 12.30 for their Christmas Lunch. Menus have already been circulated. If you’ve not made your choice, please let Dennis know immediately.
Find the full Tuesday Club programme here.
December 14th
St Cuthbert’s Church 10:30 – Christmas Carol service with Rev Jan and coffee and mince pies.
December 20th (a week earlier than usual)
Community Café 10:00 – 11:30 am – Come and join us for Tea, Coffee, Cake and a natter. Bring a neighbour.
December 24th Wednesday
St Cuthbert’s Church, 4:00 pm Crib service with Rev Jan. A family service requiring lots of participation!
December 25th
St Cuthbert’s Church, 9:00 am Holy Communion Christmas Day Celebration with Rev David.
December 28th
St Cuthbert’s Church 10:30 – Holy Communion with Rev Jan, coffee afterwards.
Featured Photograph
This month’s photo is a picture of Sessay Church from a different angle, October 11th, kindly supplied by Kay Jackson. If you want a picture from the village featured at the top, please send high-resolution landscape pictures via email here.
Newsletter
If you want your event in the newsletter or can think of something I’ve missed, please let me know by the last week of each month. Thank you.