Brandeston Hall and Framlingham College have a whole bagful of sporting successes for this term; the 1st XI hockey team, the under 9 hockey team and the under 9 netball A team have all had unbeaten seasons, and 12 year old Kristian Williman has been picked for the under 13 Barbarians, we think as a scrum half.  Excellent!

Over the weekend a spare wheel stolen in Hacheston and last week a sit-on mower, a concrete mixer and aluminium scaffolding were stolen from a building site in Brandeston.

Before the clocks changed bringing perpetual darkness Rebecca Cowley and Melissa Embleton organised a ladies charity tennis tournament at Brandeston Hall that raised over £1,000 for the Bobby Moore Fund.

Saturday Brandeston Hall marked it's 60th anniversary with a flypast from a Tiger Moth in the school colours, Peter Stewart the first boy over the threshold in 1948  and Michael Wright the first head boy planted a lime tree.  The tree replaces a lime tree destroyed in the 1987 hurricane which was so popular with the children (it was easy to climb) they'd given it the nickname Basil Brush.

The most famous squashed nose in rugby will be at Brandeston Hall at the end of the month when ex-England captain Roger Uttley visits to coach youngsters.

This morning parties of years 5 and 6 from the Bedfield, Charsfield, Easton, Laxfield and Robert Hitcham schools joined pupils from Brandeston Hall in their gym for fun mental challenges and games presented by Josh Miller of the Happy Puzzle Company.  Though you stayed with your friend you joined a table with children from other schools so you had to work as a team with people you didn't know; then you got to run about outside in the lovely meadow.  Perfect!

Us?  We can't even hit the bloody thing so we were particularly impressed by 12 year old Kristian Williman (on the left) scoring over a hundred in his debut for Brandeston Hall.

They just seem to have so much fun at Brandeston Hall.  This time it was ghost stories by fire and candle light with storyteller Robert Lloyd Parry in period costume making a very convincing M R James.

Brandeston Hall prep school are Anglian Prep Schools Cross-Country Champions again ... well, there are enough of 'em!

The Eastern Angles take Cuckoo Teapot out on tour next week starting Wednesday and Thursday in Saxmundham.  Over the next three months venues will include Eye, Brandeston, Bredfield, Westleton, Hacheston, Woodbridge and Orford.  Take them in before the blue meanie Arts Council finish them off.