This years Cream Teas will be held in the orchard at the Mission Hall on 26th July at 3.00 pm.
For £1.50 you will have a scone and tea and the opportunity to join friends in the village to an enjoyable relaxing afternoon.
There will also be a raffle - with all profits this year being donated to the Fayre fund.

The sun shone, a gentle breeze blew and some 7,000 (seven thousand) people flocked to the village of Sutton Poyntz for the best Victorian Street Fayre ever. By the end of the day a total of £14,000 (fourteen thousand) pounds had been raised for charity making this the most successful street fayre to date.
Since the bi-annual event was started again in 1994 the villagers of Sutton Poyntz have come together and raised a total of £68,000 which has been given to local charities. This year’s magnificent sum is 30% up on the previous record of 2004.
With perfect weather visitors were able to spend a wonderful day browsing the many quality craft stalls, sampling the delights of the farmers’ market and enjoying the live entertainment on the stage.
There was plenty of tasty food and drink on offer from the Springhead Pub and the village bar-b-que and home-made cakes and snacks in the Waterworks Museum, the Mission Hall and beside the duck pond. The Backwells provided an extra summer touch serving Pimms and strawberries in their garden.
There was music all day starting with Weymouth Concert Brass band and followed by Mill Street Brass Band leading a children’s parade of “Olivers” and other Dickensian characters around the village pond. An interesting array of Victorian ladies and gentlemen in distinctive costumes were seen in the village, as well as other period characters including a chimney-sweep.
There was something for everyone. Children had great fun with the giant bouncy slide, the coconut shy, a treasure hunt and trying their skills at “whack-the-rat” with lots of prizes to be won. The Brownies provided a great team manning their stall of filled jars and raised £124.
Goadsby Estate Agents, the event’s main sponsor, held an auction of prizes on the stage and once again raised over £1,000 towards the village total for local charities.
Many of our talented local entertainers were there and the crowds enjoyed English country songs from the Preston Pantomime group, traditional dancing from Historical Dance - who continued to step out and twirl despite a power cut due to exceptional demand for the bar-b-ques and hot drinks!
One of the highlights was local musician Ed Hintze performing as Elton John to a large crowd who were clearly delighted to hear him singing many old favourites. The Thomas Hardye School Big Band and Brass Band finished the day beautifully.
Guy Bridge the Chair of the Committee summed up the day saying: “There was a wonderful ambience in the village with everyone enjoying themselves, including the children playing in the duck pond! We cannot thank enough all those involved in making this such a successful day.”

The AGM of the Sutton Poyntz Society was held on 16th April with 45 members in attendance. Mr John Crisp was elected Chairman for the coming year with the Treasurer (John Bellis) and Secretary (John Sutherland) continuing in office. The other members of the committee elected were Joyce Litschi, Michael Haine, Peter Riley, Karen Philips, Tony Bugler and Graham Embley.

Apart from listening to reports of the years activities, discussion was held on the next steps to implement the Action Plan from the recently published Village Plan. Recruits are being sought to continue action on the 18 action items identified in the plan. More details will be contained in the May and subsequent Newsletters.

Sutton Poyntz is promised to Go Digital in May 2009. To supplement the published information, Dave Dunford provided a concise description of the why and how of the process. He also answered numerous questions from a very interested audience. Discussion had to be curtailed to close the meeting.