{"id":5489,"date":"2022-06-02T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/?p=5489"},"modified":"2023-03-16T21:31:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T21:31:12","slug":"platinum-jubilee-review-thursday-2nd-june-2022-packington-rounders-beacon-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/platinum-jubilee-review-thursday-2nd-june-2022-packington-rounders-beacon-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Platinum Jubilee Review &#8211; Thursday 2nd June 2022 &#8211; Packington Rounders &#038; Beacon Lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over forty participants played a <strong>Rounders Tournament<\/strong> from 7 pm &#8211; and really enjoyed this typically English game. Each game lasted 30 minutes. Teams with a mixture of youth and experience played, some slogged the ball for miles, others put in massive amounts of energy but missed completely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-Platinum-70-Jubilee-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-Platinum-70-Jubilee-logo-1024x365.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-Platinum-70-Jubilee-logo-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-Platinum-70-Jubilee-logo-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-Platinum-70-Jubilee-logo-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-Platinum-70-Jubilee-logo-730x260.png 730w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-Platinum-70-Jubilee-logo.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A sizeable crowd supported the games. Encouraging words were shouted, giving the event a real feel-good factor. &#8220;We should do more of this&#8221; was said by many. <strong>The winning team, \u201cThe Golden Oldies<\/strong>&#8220;<strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">won all their matches<\/span><\/strong>. The team included<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bailey Baker, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Dallow, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olivia Dallow, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samuel Sharpe, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe Tebbett, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fin Brown, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lucas Brown and <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthony Brown,  plus three or four more players shying away from media coverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-1808-56_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3132.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The beacon being prepared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the daylight began to fade the tractor making final preparations to the beacon arrived. Matt, our newly crowned \u201cFire Master\u201d, balanced the final sections of the beacon in place and with the aid of his \u201cCherry Picker\u201d he began preparations to light the beacon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171-730x1095.jpg 730w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2142-42_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3171.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The beacon has just been lit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bang on 9.45pm, when all the beacons in the country were lit, so was Packington\u2019s. With the aid of the Cherry Picker, the eight metre-tall wooden construction was lit at the top and within seconds it was a mass of flames, licking further upwards towards the sky:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2147-49_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3185.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A brilliant job; \u201c<em>more like a beacon than a beacon<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>wow<\/em>!\u201d, \u201c<em>What a sight<\/em>!\u201d said viewers. Phones were out taking pictures and in a few short minutes the whole structure was alight. Well done to  <strong>Matt, Bob and Dave<\/strong>, who had helped with this successful project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rd20220602-2152-35_Platinum-Jubilee-day1-Beacon_IMG_3197.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and &#8211; Well done everybody. A great evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over forty participants played a Rounders Tournament from 7 pm &#8211; and really enjoyed this typically English game. Each game lasted 30 minutes. Teams with a mixture of youth and experience played, some slogged the ball for miles, others put in massive amounts of energy but missed completely! A sizeable crowd supported the games. Encouraging &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/platinum-jubilee-review-thursday-2nd-june-2022-packington-rounders-beacon-lighting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Platinum Jubilee Review &#8211; Thursday 2nd June 2022 &#8211; Packington Rounders &#038; Beacon Lighting&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,46,44,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-major-event","category-recreation-ground","category-sports-event","category-village-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5489"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5765,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions\/5765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}