WALKERS: Met on June 25 for a local stroll around what has become known as the Meikle Walk, with its attractive open and varying views. Casting aside concerns about hips, knees and boggyness, 11 walkers enjoyed the sunny afternoon, were fascinated by swarms of damsel flies, were nearly all glad that the path did not involve passing a large bull that could be seen in a distant field, and returned to Owletts House for tea and cakes served by the leaders Angela Storey and Maggie Keating

WIVES: The evening of June 26 was a damp and cool evening , when 23 members met at Pennyfield, the home of Irene Sutton. The speaker was Ray Sturdy, who took members on a journey round the coast of south west Ireland by bicycle, in his talk entitled A drop of the hard stuff. The trip had raised funds for Mencap, a charity Mr Sturdy has supported for many years. The talk was amusing and illustrated with slides.The vote of thanks was given by Jackie Edmunds and refreshments were served by members of the committee.

LADIES' AFTERNOON CLUB: Twenty five members, husbands and friends travelled on the annual outing on July 11 to Gloucester Docks which was organised by Doreen Day, with Ray Day asserting that he was responsible for organising the fine weather.

VILLAGE CRICKET MATCH: Wick is a long village, with a public telephone box marking the half-way point between the west and east populations. This crucial division comes into force once a year to decide who may play for East Wick, and who may play for West Wick, in the annual Cricket Match, which this year was a close-fought match on the playing fields of Pershore College on Saturday, June 15.

Though the number of players on each side varied from time to time, and the hot sunny weather required many quick visits by the players to the spectators' picnic baskets, the organisers and captains, Richard Baker and Alan Castle, firmly imposed a complex set of rules which meant that each batsman faced 18 balls, and each side had 30 overs - and gave the dogged scorer Dave Churcher plenty to keep him occupied.

Charles and Gabriel Hudson opened the batting, and quickly scored 26; this set the scene for a total of 140 for West Wick, whose team also included Dennis and James Rock, George Armstrong, Stuart Greg, Alison Baker, and later on Henry Armstrong and Tom Phipps.

After lunch, East Wick swung their bats mightily at their opponents' orthodox and unorthodox bowling, Richard Baker scoring two sixes.

He and the rest of his team - Clive Brown, Ben Richardson, Joe Simms, Simon Kings, MattYates, Steve Bowyer, Dave Richardson, Allen Young and late in the day Harry Simms - just managed to beat West Wick's score in the overs available.There was a barbecue in the evening at Wick Club, and additions were made to the Playground funds.