The Lysaght Hall and Club

Old Cleeve

A unique venue in West Somerset run for the community by the community.

Coming up Friday 27th March ~ We welcome the Gabriel Morenio trio  ~ along with Jack Kidd as support !! details below tickets available from the Bar or email lysaght.club@gmail.com

LYSAGHT NEWS – JANUARY 2026

  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The Volunteers, Management Committee and Trustees of the Lysaght Village Hall & Club wish all our Members and Supporters a very Happy New Year!

We look forward to welcoming you at the Lysaght Village Hall & Club during 2026!

Membership ~ We have decided this year to save money new Membership cards will be available for collection for those that live locally from the Lysaght Bar from Sunday 1st February, for those that don’t live locally you will continue to receive your new membership cards in the post, this will save the Lysaght Village Hall & Club money for postage and also encourage members to visit the Lysaght Club! We look forward to welcoming you!

Final Reminder ~ The annual renewal subscription for Members of the Lysaght Club are due by the 31st January 2026, for those of you who have already made payment and for those who have kindly also sent a donation it is very much appreciated with sincere thanks for your continued support.

Coming up at the Lysaght

January & February & March!!

Dates for your Diary!!

Saturday 24th January 6pm – Live music with our guests Mary & the Fairies… no strangers to the area, and preformed here at the Lysaght Club last year, so please come along and join us for an evening of wonderful live Folk music performed by Mary and her Faieries! After the Old Cleeve Community Orchard Wassail in the Orchard behind the Lysaght Village Hall & Club from 4pm, afterwards all welcome into the Lysaght Bar for a warm and a drink in front of the fire… soup & crusty bread available (first come first serve) for a small donation.

Sunday February 1st – Sunday lunch – served by Skye & Nick 

 The Lysaght Village Hall & Club Dining room 

Invite you to join us for a Cosy Winter

Sunday Lunch ~ on Sunday 1ST February

In the Lysaght Dining Room ~ Service from 12 pm

Choose from the following Delicious Menu (Take away available)

‘MAINS’

*Slow Roasted Beef Sirloin with Red Wine gravy

* Roast Free Range Chicken

with White Wine gravy

*Slow Roasted Pork shoulder in Cider

*Stuffed Portobello mushroom with caramelised onion and grilled goats cheese (v)

‘ALL SERVED WITH’

Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire pudding & Seasonal Vegetables

‘DESSERTS’

*Apple & Pear Crumble served with custard or cream

*Chocolate tart served with clotted cream  & raspberries

*Artisan Cheese plate with biscuits, Grapes & Chutney

£20 for 1 course/£24 for 2 courses LIMITED AVALABILITY RESERVE YOUR TABLE, PLACE YOUR ORDER EMAIL Angie lysaght.club@gmail.com

Sunday February 15th ~ Come and join us for a Special Sunday Lunch to celebrate Valentines weekend! Served by Nick & Skye – Menu details to follow.

Saturday February 28th

The return of the amazing Lysaght Fun Quiz ~ featuring Pete Giles as Quiz master & master of scoring Andy Giles! Doors open 7pm ~ Quiz starts at 7.30pm

Buffet and raffle ~ Teams of up to 4

Cash Prize for winning team!!

A great evening bring your friends all welcome!…

To reserve your table for the Sunday 1st or Sunday 15th or to book tickets for the Concert here on the 7th and the Quiz please email Angie lysaght.club@gmail.com

Summary of events

Saturday 24th January ~ Wassail ~ Mary & the Fairies

Sunday 1st February ~ Sunday Lunch

Sunday 15th February ~ Special Valentine Sunday Lunch

Saturday 28th February ~ The Lysaght Fun Quiz

Friday 27th March ~ Live Concert ~ Gabriel Moreno supported by Jack Kidd

SPECIAL DATE FOR YOUR DIARY MARCH!!!

Friday March 27th Bar open from 7pm

The Lysaght Village Hall & Club proudly present a special Concert in the Lysaght Hall ~ featuring our Special guest Gabriel Moreno A Gibraltarian singer songwriter from London, who has appeared all over the country and the world with his unique “Taberna Folk” music, performing on a string guitar accompanied by extremely talented musicians on violin and bass. Take a look! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeMqA8mkZXk

We are also delighted to welcome Jack Kidd a well known local musician who has agreed to support Gabriel on the night, making it a very special event here at the Lysaght Village Hall & Club.

An evening not to be missed, limited tickets available so reserve your tickets now ~ Just £8.00 each! Tell your friends all welcome!

For more up to date information on what’s going on at the Lysaght Village Hall & Club please or pop in to the Bar!

Lysaght Bar Update !

We are delighted to welcome Suzanne Richards who has recently joined Angie helping to run the Lysaght Bar, Suzanne has vast experience in hospitality and you will see Suzanne behind the bar especially over the next busy few weeks, we hope you will all give her a warm welcome.

Normal Winter Opening Hours

 Lysaght Club – Old Cleeve

Friday - 7 pm – 10.30 pm

 Sunday – 12 pm – 2 pm

Current Teams hosted at the Lysaght Club

Darts – The Lysaght Centurians

Skittles – The Lysaght Barbarians

Boules – The Lysaght Lobbers & The Ghastly Crew

We now have two Boules teams, with The Ghastly Crew now playing in the Winter Boules League and we look forward to the Summer League. Next year we also will be hosting a second Skittles team! More details to follow later in the year.

We are currently looking to host a Snooker Team, if you think you might be interested please contact Angie to discuss in more detail.

If you are interested in joining any of the above please in the first instance email lysaght.club@gmail.com and we can put you in touch with the relevant Captains.

THE LYSAGHT VILLAGE HALL HIRE 2026

LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE VENUE FOR  A REGULAR CLUB !

Badminton/Pilates or similar activities?

We have a few available days and times for clubs/activities to hire the Hall, if you are interested, please contact us via email lysaght.club@gmail.com to discuss availability or call Angie on 07935101496

PLANNING A PARTY OR WEDDING/EVENT IN 2026!

With its stage, 80 seated capacity and fully equipped kitchen, it is an ideal venue for Parties/Weddings and Events, with reasonable hire rates, the fully stocked Club Bar can be made available by arrangement, along with our Skittle Alley.

Please contact Angie for more details.

We were delighted this year to receive funding  from COF with a grant of £25,000.00  to enable us to complete the final phase of the Lysaght Roof Project.

Report by By Richard Walsh  

Thursday 24th April 2025 7:00 am WSFP

Eight-year project to re-roof Lysaght Village Hall and Club is complete

VILLAGERS in Old Cleeve are celebrating the completion after eight years of a new roof on their Lysaght Village Hall and Club, a much-used and vital community facility.

It was 2017 when they recognised a new roof was needed with the cost put at more than £55,000, a daunting sum to raise.

It is a rare example of a successful community-run facility which has been in existence for more than 100 years and is highly valued by members and local residents of the village and the surrounding area.

The club has continued to grow over the past century and now boasts more than 300 members, providing a range of activities including snooker, skittles, darts, boules, and a quiz league, together with bar and dining facilities for members to enjoy.

The hall is a popular community venue for regular clubs and activities, also a popular venue for weddings, parties, utilising its kitchen and licensed bar facilities.

The driving force behind raising the funding for the new roof was the management committee, along with members of the Old Cleeve Community Hall Committee, who worked together to start a ‘Raise the Roof’ appeal in 2017 with volunteers supporting the campaign within the area.

After the community hall committee retired in 2018, responsibility for the running of the Lysaght Hall was returned to its management committee, which then had the task of raising the money needed to complete all three phases of the project.

On the financial side, Lysaght Management Committee member and trustee Judi Stabb took on responsibility for obtaining grant funding, securing £20,000 from the National Lottery together with additional money, including the Fairfield Trust and the Roger de Haan Trust, which was put toward phases one and two.

Ms Stabb secured a further National Lottery award of £20,000 in 2023 and applied to the Government for a Community Ownership Fund grant of £25,000 in respect of the final phase three work which began in January, 2025.

During the eight-year period, various committee members and volunteers worked together to raise the money for each phase to be completed, with a variety of fund-raising events being held, a phenomenal achievement by everybody involved.

The project was voluntarily managed throughout by Martin Stabb, a retired chartered engineer whose experience proved to be invaluable.

Three different roofing contractors were involved, A J Raucki & Son for the first phase, Parker Roofing for phase two, and finally GC Roofing.

The project’s total cost reached about £101,000, nearly doubling the initial £55,000 estimate given in 2017.

A spokesperson said: “This is now a building and facility of which the local community and its benefactor can be rightly proud.”

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