Sloe Gin Competition Prizegiving and Celebration
For decades, residents of the area have been making Sloe Gin (and other tipples) and holding an annual competition to find the best concoctions as a way of warding off […]
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Entries are open for the annual Sloe Gin competition
Did you make any sloe gin, or other fruit and spirit combination this autumn? Or have you tried your hand at homebrew beer? Why not enter Great Chishill’s very own […]
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The GREAT Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition 2024
Every year the Bellringers organise the Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition and this year it took place on Feb 22nd and was followed by a prizegiving party on Saturday 24th. […]
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The Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition 2023 – Results
The Sloe Gin Competition judging took place on Thursday 23rd February followed by the Results Party on Saturday 25th. The party took place in the URC schoolroom and was deemed […]
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BELL RESTORATION PROJECT 2022
The major project to renovate the 5 old bells of St Swithun’s, Great Chishill, and add a 6th bell, is now complete. Work started on 12th January and was completed […]
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Now we are Six
The 5 bells of St Swithun’s left on the 3rd February for a total renovation at the bell hangers near Oxford. They came back to us with our brand new […]
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The 2022 Sloe Gin Competition
The annual Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition took place on Thursday 24th February. This year there were 42 entries across 3 categories, all of which were sampled by the judges! […]
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The Annual Sloe Gin Competition
Every year Great Chishill bellringers run a Sloe Gin competition, raising money for the refurbishment of the bells of St Swithuns. Due to the virus it was thought that the […]
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The Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition 2020
On Saturday 22nd February the great Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition party was held at Stackyard Cottage, kindly hosted by Jean and Peter Wiseman. This very popular annual event raises […]
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Sloe Gin Competition 2019
The Annual Sloe Gin Competition took place on 21st February. There was a staggering 55 entries which presented quite a challenge for the 3 anonymous judges. (They may have been […]