Today is a very special day in the world of Poohsticks. Today the lovable Winnie-The-Pooh turns 90 years old.
Pooh Bear is 90 years old today!
October 14, 2016
Tag: winnie the pooh
Recommended Reads by Pooh
May 28, 2016
With just over a week until the 2016 World Poohsticks Championships are upon us, Pooh bear shares with us a selection of books that he recommends.
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Winnie-the-Pooh Day press release
January 25, 2016
Wow, what a busy week it was for Winnie-the-Pooh. Everybody from newspapers to television was talking about this special day, which remembers A.A. Milne’s life and work. In case you missed any of these news releases we have been keeping track of them. Click here to see all the media release of 2016, which we shall be keeping up to date throughout the year.
Don’t forget to pencil in your diaries that the World Poohsticks Championships is happen on Sunday 5th June 2016.
Winnie-the-Pooh Day and confirmed 2016 Championships date
January 18, 2016
Today we are doubly excited. Today we celebrate the birth of the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh and we can now officially reveal the date of the World Poohsticks Championships 2016!
Photos of the original Winnie-the-Pooh teddy uncovered
November 15, 2015
The world’s only photograph of the toy bear that inspired AA Milne’s creation of Winnie the Pooh has been uncovered in a family archive.
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Pooh Sticks has a new home: Cogges Manor Farm
February 16, 2015
After 31 years of Championships on the River Thames at Day’s Lock in Little Wittenham, we will be moving to Witney!
The Championships will be run in partnership with Cogges Manor Farm, at Langel Common on the River Windrush.
Celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day on Sunday 18th January!
January 16, 2015
Members of our clubs will be having a tea party with our Pooh Bears, Tiggers and their friends. How will you celebrate? Send us your photos and stories to enquiries@oxfordspiresrotary.org.uk
Thank you to everyone who helped us to make the 31st annual World Pooh Sticks Championships such a great success!
We had players in fancy dress, we had people celebrating their birthdays and mother’s day with us, and it was beautiful sunny day which always helps.
Read about the 2014 championships and see some of the photos
See the Matt cartoon and the response from Pooh, Piglet and Christopher Robin.
Don’t forget that the World Pooh Sticks Championships is Britain’s Favourite Quirky Event (as voted for by the readers of Countryfile Magazine).
Read more about Oxford Spires Rotary in this Oxford Times article.