British Westerners Association hosting its annual Fall Round Up at the Anglia Motel, Fleet Hargate

An action packed weekend is promised as a group aims to celebrate its 50th anniversary in style.

The British Westerners Association (BWA) will be hosting its annual Fall Round Up at the Anglia Motel from today (Thursday) until Sunday.

More than 100 people are expected to take part in the event in Fleet Hargate, with families and people of all ages coming to take part, dogs are also welcome.

Many visitors will be dressed in authentic 1800s clothing and putting up camps to sleep in for the weekend, but modern tents and caravans are also welcome, as are day visitors.

In addition to live music and dancing in the evenings, there will also be Western games, like shooting, axe throwing, knife throwing, lassoing and archery during the days. This Round Up will also see the return of the Chilli Cook Off and a few new games.

The sought-after fast draw will also return and see participants compete over who can draw and fire their gun the fastest in a particular style. This is a weekend favourite with people coming from all over the country to take part.

There will be a welcome evening and campfire on the Thursday, followed by games and a social evening on the Friday with live music, and then the fast draw and more games on the Saturday ahead of even more live music.

The association is one of the longest-running Western associations in the UK.

Chairman of the association, Mark Firth, said: "We have a great weekend planned with Entertainment from Desert Star on the Friday evening and Entertainment from John Permenter on the Saturday.

"We are gonna be having a Chilli Cook Off Competition on the Friday evening for anyone that wants to enter, this being judged prior to opening our Celebratory Buffet for all which we expect to be about 5pm.

“Games will Run as usual on the Saturday, with a couple of our old events that haven't been done for a while, then after tea it will be back to the Club House for another evening of fun.

"Let's make it a weekend to remember. We as the committee hope to see as many old and new members as possible and wish you all a great weekend."