Thorne Times July 2014

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After the latest prisoner absconds from HMP & YOI Hatfield, Caroline Flint is demanding answers from the Justice Secretary. The MP has written to the Justice Secretary following the recent escapes and has requested a meeting with Ministers.

Said Caroline Flint: “I have written to the Justice Secretary because this is becoming ridiculous. Four inmates have absconded in four weeks.

“Last week’s escapee was recap-tured by the police. But I am very concerned about the placement of prisoners in open prisons, who

have a history of violence. This puts the public at an unacceptable risk and I am raising this with the Justice Secretary.” Ms Flint referred to the case of Rich-ard Brown, recaptured on Thursday 12 June, after fleeing on Tuesday 10th. The two other prisoners who walked in May, Damien Burns (39) – dubbed the “Scarborough Slasher” and Dean Jackson (27) were recap-tured on 21 May after fleeing on 19th. All have been moved to more secure prisons. The latest escapee is Darrell Roy Burbeary who absconded from HMP & YOI Hatfield on 15 June.

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A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “The Justice Secretary has been clear that keeping the public safe is our priority and has ordered immediate and major changes to tighten up temporary release pro-cesses and open prison eligibility.

“Absconds have reached record lows under this Government - down 80% over the last 10 years - but each and every incident is taken seriously, with the police contacted as a matter of urgency.

“Open prisons and temporary licence are an important tool in re-habilitating long term offenders but not at the expense of public safety.”

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Welcome to the July edition of the THORNE TIMESLiving and working locally I get to see lots of people on a daily basis and I’ve been reminded these last few weeks about some really great days in my past, after being reunit-ed with a few old faces from back when my Grandad was still with us.

It made me reminisce about the good old days and smile to think there are still some great people around keeping the community spirit thriving.

My grandad, ‘Rusty’ Webster, was a character to say the least. Some may remember him as an argu-mentative old so-and-so (wonder where I get that from), but hopefully he’s remembered for his great sense of humour, trick playing personality and his love of telling jokes and putting a smile on your face. I often used to visit Thorne

‘Demi’ with him on a Tuesday, have a game of bingo and spend a bit of time with his friends such as Les ‘007’ Bond - My grandad, his sidekick, was 006.

There was always the same faces there every week and the over 60’s night used to welcome visitors with open arms. I had some very enjoyable visits to the Demi on a Tuesday night and recently I had the pleasure of meeting some love-ly people from those days and to chat about my grandad with them was an absolute pleasure. A lady, Pauline Lawson, popped into my office the other day and I instantly recognised her from the Demi. Sure enough, as soon as I mentioned Rusty, humorous tales were told about some of the pranks he got up to!

Earlier in the month another of the demi regulars, Sis, had popped to see me. It was a lovely surprise as I hadn’t seen him for an age. He then stopped me again on Finkle Street just this last week to confirm I was Rusty’s grandaughter, as he hadn’t realised before, and again I was able to re-live a little bit of my past from when my wonderful grandad was still here with us.

So I’d like to thank both Pauline and Sis for reigniting memories from my past, but more than anything I would like everyone to think about how maybe we don’t chat enough - hide behind the ipad or mobile phone, maybe it’s time to make that extra effort and visit someone you haven’t seen for a while, just to say hello?Karren WakePublisher

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The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) has published their recommenda-tions for new wards in Doncaster MBC for the May 2015 elections, which follows an earlier decision to reduce the number of Coun-cillors to 54. Despite alternative proposals (including by Doncas-ter MBC), the Commission are recommending the creation of a 3 Member Thorne and Moorends Ward to replace the current split arrangements.

In the report, the commission commented: “Thorne-Moorends Town Council made a submission arguing that a three-member ward comprising the settlements of Thorne and Moorends reflect-ed community identities and pro-vided for good levels of electoral equality. This was also proposed

by the Liberal Democrat Group. The Members of Parliament for Doncaster argued that Thorne was a unique market town and as such would be best suited to a two-member ward, with Moorends included in a ward with parishes to its west. Having visited the area, we are persuaded by Thorne-Moorends Town Council’s submission.” Noting the poor road links be-

tween Moorends and parishes to its west, the commission went on to say they would be adopting this ward as part of their draft recom-mendations. This recommendation is now subject to further consultation which will take place up to 12th August 2014. Council Leader Mark Houlbrook said “The Council has received strong feedback from the local

community that they want to see Thorne and Moorends back together as a single Ward. It is pleasing that the Commission has responded to local interests and taken notice of the Town Council Submission.” The Town Council will be con-firming its view which, it says, has been reinforced by comments re-ceived during the Neighbourhood Plan consultation. The Council would encourage submissions by other groups and organisa-tions that operate in Thorne and Moorends to confirm the local views. To see the full report, or to com-ment on the draft recommenda-tions, visit www.lgbce.org.uk

For additional information please contact the Town Clerk, Jeremy Sherlock on 01405 818015 ([email protected])

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On Monday 6th June work started on the scheme to refur-bish the Walled Garden in the Memorial Park, Thorne. Thorne Moorends Town Coun-cil say the whole site is being remodeled with the removal of the existing raised beds and replacement with ornamen-tal trees, grassed areas with spring bulbs, a new circular pathway, climbing plants to mask the rear wall and fence, and a number of seats. The existing wall will be reduced in height so that the area is visible from the rest of the Park. Chair of Planning and Ameni-ties Committee, Susan Durant said “This has been a sadly neglected part of the Park, hidden from view. The approved scheme opens up the space,

but provides a separate area suitable for quiet contemplation which complements the rest of the Park.” Brambledown Landscapes have been appointed to carry out the work with the works expected to be completed in around 5 weeks. For additional information please contact the Town Clerk, Jeremy Sherlock on 01405 818015 ([email protected])

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The organisers of the Thorne Summer Festival would like to thank the judges – Danielle Stringer from Sainsbury’s, Peter Lee from TMCR, Caroline Robinson, Sandra Chapman and the then Mayor, George Derx for their time in choosing a Gala Queen and Attendant for this year’s Summer Festival.

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The Thorne Times has the pleasure of introducing you to a lady who was born before the television was invented and who has lived through two world wars.Meet Tessa Wilson, a resident at Adeline House, Queen Street, Thorne, who was born in 1911 and is looking forward to celebrating her 103rd birthday on Wednesday 2nd July.

Tessa was happily married to husband Eddie Wilson for over 35 years and used to run a grocery shop in Huddersfield, serving freshly baked cornish pasties and pastries, including homemade jams. She then moved to Norton in Doncaster to run a General Store with Eddie.

Earlier in life Tessa started out working at a Builders Merchants and also became the Guide Cap-tain at her local Girl Guides.Tessa’s son, Michael Wilson, recalls being around 5 years old as

World War II began and remem-bers the air raid shelter they had in their back garden and an evacuee called Guy that they took in. Mi-chael said” We used to go all over on holiday, they were always hiking and hostel holidays and Mum loved them”.

Michael still lives in Norton and comes to Thorne to see his Mum on a regular basis. With Tessa’s grandaughter Lesley Bull and great grandson Joshua Bull living in Moorends, they are on hand to

visit this wonderful lady as often as possible.

When asking Tessa what she wanted to do to celebrate her 103rd birthday she chose to have her closest family there for a fish & chip supper, which is one of her favour-ite dishes. It goes without saying that there will also be a birthday cake to help with the celebrations.Tessa is a lovely character and knows what she wants and when she wants it, keeping everyone on their toes.

We would like to take this oppor-tunity to wish Tessa a very ‘Happy Birthday’ and wish her many more years to come.

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Tessa with her daughter-in-law Jean Wilson

Four generations of family. Centre Tessa Wilson – 103 years old, with her Grandaughter Lesley Bull (left), Great Grandson Joshua Bull (right) and son Michael Wilson (centre)


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Last month’s elections saw an average percent-age turnout of 33% to the polling stations within Doncaster, which saw Labour hold their seats within our local area, beating UKIP into second place in the Hatfield, Stainforth & Moorends, and Thorne Wards. The re-elected and newly elected candidates pledge to work on your behalf.

Councillor Linda Curran (Hatfield Ward): “I am immensely proud to have been re-elected to serve the residents of Hatfield, Dunscroft & Dunsville. These are tough times for families in Doncaster as the cuts from the Government take their toll. I will continue to represent resi-dents and stand up for our community”.

Councillor Mark Houlbrook (Thorne Ward): “I would like to take this opportunity to per-sonally thank the electors of Thorne, Hatfield Woodhouse and Lindolme for electing me as their representative in Local Government. I am very humbled and extremely grateful that local people have given me the responsibility to act

on their behalf and having faith in me to deliver. My vision is one that helps transform and re-generate our local area into a prosperous and investment friendly town, inviting new and ex-isting businesses to provide better employment opportunities for local people. Endorsing and developing a 15 year Neighbourhood Plan with local stakeholders will help drive forward the change that people so rightly deserve. Helping the elderly and vulnerable, being easy acces-sible and visible by holding regular walk in surgeries, easier communication with residents, promoting better front line services like grass cutting and litter collection are also some of my many priorities. This is what I hope to achieve.

Finally I would like to thank my Local Campaign Team of labour Councillors for their support and commitment during the election campaign and for their hard work over the last three years.

Together we will strive to turn our town into the ‘Jewel of the North’.”

Over the past few months the Thorne Times has run several stories about a rare condition known as CDH. Congenital Diaphragmatic Her-nia (CDH) affects the lungs mainly which is why 50% of babies with this condition do not survive, as lung growth is always compromised by the lower organs that are up in the chest cavity.

Two years ago a little girl called Amelia Grace Meadows lost her fight with CDH on 23rd June 2012.Since the sad passing of Amelia her family have been trying to raise as much awareness as possible about this rare condition and last year managed to raise £2,460 for CDH UK, tak-ing their total to over £10,000 for the charity.

Amelia’s Aunty, Kristin Meadows is at the forefront of the fundraising and has embarked on her next challenge to keep raising the much needed awareness.

On 21st June, along with 13 friends, Kristin did a 20 mile sponsored walk along the Trans Pennine Trail in memory of her precious niece Amelia. Starting early in the morning, the group finished at The Flarepath in Dunsville, raising a further £1,500 so far with sponsor money still coming in for CDH UK.

Kristin said: “A big heartfelt thank you goes out to everyone that has donated and most of all taken part to help raise awareness and as much money as possible for the CDH UK chari-ty, from all the Meadows family.”

You can read more about this rare condition at: www.cdhuk.org.uk and if you would like to help by sponsoring Kristin and her 13 friends you can visit: - http://www.mycharitypage.com/AmeliaGrace/

HATFIELD:

Amy Atkinson – Conservative Party – 468Linda Curran – Labour Party – 1403 (ELECTED)Mick Glynn – UK Independence Party – 1258Bob Venus - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts – 75Turnout 32% Majority 145 LABOUR HOLD

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Martin Drake – Conservative Party – 373Barbara Hedley – Labour Party – 1036 (ELECTED)Mary Jackson - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts – 132Mike Overton – UK independence Party – 989Turnout 27% Majority 47 LABOUR HOLD

THORNE WARD:

John Brown – Conservative Party – 519Mark Houlbrook – Labour Party – 977 (ELECTED)Brenda Denise Nixon – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts – 77Tina O’Halloran – UK Independence Party – 955Karen Redmile – The Community Group – 673Turnout 30% Majority 22 LABOUR HOLD

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CDH AwarenessIn memory of Amelia Grace Meadows

Kristin & friends about to embark on their 20 mile sponsored walk

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A Cabaret Evening has been ar-ranged for June 27th and 28th at the Village Hall. There are still some tables available, please contact Colin on 01302 840437 for more details.

Hatfield Woodhouse Players held their After Show Meeting at the Chapel on June 4th. Every-one enjoyed the show and there were some very complimentary comments about it. They still need an accompanist; anyone interested please contact Adele on 07531372758

The Methodist Chapel have their usual Bingo night on June 27th 7pm, everyone welcome.

Coffee morning on July 5th will be for their own Project 2000.Saturday July 12th the Coffee morning will benefit Home Missions.Saturday, July 19th will be run by Thorne Rural Lions.Saturday, July 26th Project 2000Friday July 25th Bingo evening 7pm

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On behalf of members of St Lawrence Road Centres over 60’s Wednesday club I want to thank the O’Donnell family of the Broadway Hotel for letting us use their hostelry for our activities while work is being done at the centre. The foreman has planned that a room will still be usable for evening bingo ses-sions at the centre on Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings.

We would also like to thank our loyal members for supporting us during this process. Having being part of the plans commit-tee I can promise it will be well worth it.

The completion date will be the end of July when we will plan to hold an opening event where funders will be present.

Meanwhile on Wednesday 23rd July the Wednesday Club are taking a day trip to Bury Market, there are some spare seats so if you are interested in joining us and are a non-member it will cost £5 per person – contact Norma if interested on 01302 883264. Also if you have any events coming up let me know and I will try to include them next month.

Dunscroft & Dunsville TIMESBy Norma Sturrock01302 883264 / 07817 164500

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ideas or information and will do their best to ensure anything useful makes it onto the website.

“As the founder of Go Wild 4 feedingtubesupport.com a Thorne based charity, my aim is to raise awareness and support for feeding tube children throughout the UK. As I am aware this is the first charity of its kind in the UK”, Rachel explains. The charity is a non-profit organisation and hopes to raise enough money to fund a holiday home where feeding tube families can get away from their day to day worries and enjoy quality family time.

Visit the charity at Thorne Summer Festival 2014 where they will be holding a bikeathon team cycling the distance from John o’ Groats to Lands End which is a total of 874 miles. Please come and show your support on Sat July 26 08:00 - Sun July 27 16:00 at Thorne Memorial Park and meet ‘The Wild Gang’ our charity knitted mascots - Gertie Giraffe, Marcus Monkey, Leo Lion and Zara Zebra.

If you can help in anyway by either donating or fundraising please get in touch, this is a new charity so any help will be greatly appreciated. For more information please visit: www.feedingtubesupport.com Together we can help to stop them stare!

Can you imagine how it would feel to go out in public with your children and be made to feel uncomfortable with constant stares from the public and even businesses asking a parent not to feed her child in their establishment to avoid upsetting other customers, just because you have a child who was born with a rare feeding condition and has allergies?

Rachel Pearson, a 28 year old woman from Thorne has experienced that so many times as her daughter Grace who is 3 is NG (Nasal Gastric) tube fed via a pump. Just going out in public can be a scary, stressful ordeal with constant stares or comments, so much so that Rachel has decided to take a stand.

“As parents of tube fed children we have enough stress and worry without the extra pressures of public ignorance so I have set up Feeding Tube Support which is dedicated to raising the awareness of children who are tube fed to help in giving them the public acceptance they deserve and everyone else enjoys”, Rachel insists.

‘Go Wild 4 Feeding Tube Support’ would like to engage with other parents and families of children who use feeding tubes, share any

At the Annual Thorne-Moorends Town Council meeting, Cllr Ra-chel Durant was elected as the Town Mayor for 2014-15, with Cllr Ron Powell as Deputy Town Mayor (Pictured)

Cllr Rachel Durant said “I feel privileged to have been elected by fellow Councilors into this role. I would also like to com-

mend the excellent work by my predecessor Cllr George Derx”.At the same meeting Cllr Ron Powell was elected as Council Leader, with Cllr Mark Houl-brook as Deputy Leader.For more information please contact the Town Clerk Jeremy Sherlock on 01405 818015 ([email protected]).

Go Wild 4 Feeding Tube Support

New Mayor for Thorne & Moorends

Grace Pearson

Zara ZebraLeo Lion Marcus Monkey Gertie Giraffe. The Wild Gang’ characters are copyright of Rachel Pearson

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The Cleft Lip and Palate Association recently held a charity evening to raise funds for the organisation, which coincided with their 35th Anniversary. CLAPA is a voluntary organisation which was set up in 1979 as a partnership between parents and health professional. It provides support for new parents and for people with the condition and their families, from infancy through to adulthood.

Event organisers Becky Stocks and Claire Ellicott wanted to thank everyone who made the evening a superb event. Becky said “I would like to proudly announce that after the amazing efforts of all concerned we have managed to raise £2,156.63 for the Cleft Lip and Palate Asso-ciation. I cannot thank everyone enough”. The funds were raised with great effort from the community including the above CLAPA event, plus members of the Natwest Bank in Finkle Street, Thorne also did their bit for the charity. Hilary Holder did a 50 length swim, Mark Sud-bury organised a fancy dress football match and Debbie Ciandella the branch manager organised a tea and cake day for visitors to the bank. Further funds were raised from a bag pack at Sainsbury’s.

CLAPA Event raises outstanding amount

Top Left: From L to R: Claire Ellicott with son Tyler Ellicott, Becky Stocks, Hilary Holder, Mark Sudbury and Debbie Ciandella presenting cheque after sponsored swim, tea & cake day and football match took place. Rest: Event visitors having fun.Pictures courtesy of Steve Oatway Photography


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HATFIELD

Recent Burglaries have taken place at Millard Avenue, Cleve-land Way, Broadway, Norman Road and Hoddeson Crescent in Hatfield.

Method of entry has included sneaking in, where the property was left insecure, snappingEurolocks, removing win-dows and bodily pressure on doors. Property taken includes - Games console, laptop, trainers, mobile phone, hot water tank, sink and IPad. The offences have been commit-ted at varying times, between midnight and 3am and between 7pm-9pm and 11-12 noon.

Please bear these offences in mind and ensure you secure windows and doors to your home. Officers from the Saf-er Neighbourhood Team are patrolling the area and giving crime reduction advice, along

with ultra violet pens. Please remain vigilant for any suspi-cious activity and don’t hesitate to contact Police on 101 or 999 in an emergency.

LINDOLME

Between 20th and 21st May, a large amount of equestrian equipment was stolen from a farm at Lindholme - items stolen included rugs, bridles, groom-ing kits and riding hats. Again,

please bear this in mind if you own or live near to horses or livery yards - be vigilant.

OUTBUILDING THEFTS

A reminder to ensure that you keep garages and sheds locked up when not in use - we are seeing an increase in thefts and burglaries to garages/outbuildings and sheds - tools are always a favourite item to steal. Please put items away when not in use and keep doors

locked with a good quality lock. Consider chaining larger items together to make it harder for thieves to remove. You can also mark your tools with normal everyday household paint - your house number and postcode will suffice and may help us return it in the event it is stolen.

OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLE NUISANCE

We are noticing an increase in reports of off road motorcycle nuisance with the warmer, dryer weather. Please contact Police with any information about who is regularly involved in such activity. We will be working alongside Doncaster Council colleagues from Environmental health over the summer months to target hotspot areas, but we need the public to ring in and report this when it is happening. Call 101 to report any sightings in your area.

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Country Bathrooms is a Crowle based business, run by Paul Porter who is a Thorne man born and bred until moving to Crowle with his parents a few years ago. Paul Porter still has lots of friends and family in the Thorne area and is often back visiting.

With over 12 years’ experience of creating fantastic bathrooms, Paul travels throughout the area and further afield to service a client’s individual needs and is pleased to announce the opening of his show-room at 11 High Street, Crowle, opening on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays 9am – 5pm and Saturdays 9am – 6pm. Plus the advantage of offering out of hours appointments is available.

A full range of style and design is available including a great range of bathrooms, tiles and cladding all at competitive prices. Their 3D FREE home design service is the perfect way of capturing your dream bath-room visually before you buy.

Paul was recently visited by the Mayor of Crowle and welcomed as the latest new business to open in the area. Cllr Paul McCartan said “It’s great to see yet another business open in our town, there is a momentum for a brighter future for Crowle and this is to be welcomed”.

County Bathrooms offers FREE quo-tations; they have a keen eye for detail and have their own in house team to expertly fit the beautiful bathroom of your dreams. Give them a call to discuss your individu-al requirements on 01724 898327 or 07786 008972.

Country Bathrooms – NEW Business in Crowle

Paul Porter of Country Bathrooms with Crowle Mayor Cllr Paul McCartan

A MUCH-LOVED local attraction has scooped the runners-up prize in the prestigious Net-mums Outdoor Play Awards. Boston Park Farm and Tearooms, based in Hat-field Woodhouse, clinched one of the top spots after being voted for by members of Britain’s biggest parenting site Netmums.com

Boston Park is a working farm that set up a Maize Maze in 2000, and then in 2012 they opened the tearooms and now the farm and play areas are open all year round with the Maize Maze open during the summer. The tearooms serve healthy meals, yummy home-made cakes and delicious coffee. There are indoor and outdoor play areas for the children to enjoy and it is especially suited to toddlers with a small indoor soft play area and sandpit. Plus there are all the friendly animals to feed and pet every day. It really is a fantastic place to take your little ones for a couple of hour’s outdoor fun!

David Chappell, who lives on and runs the farm in partnership with his wife Mandy and his daughters Lucy Chappell and Ruth Jones, said: “We are delighted to receive this award – it’s wonderful to be recognized for what we do. There’s nothing like letting kids run free outdoors and get up close to farm animals and now we hope to welcome even more families after being recognized by Netmums as one of Yorkshires best outdoor attractions

Winning Was Child’s Play!


NewsWhat is more romantic than a summer wedding? The beaming sun shining down on your shoul-ders while you and your partner exchange marriage vows on your special day, with the warm breeze catching your hair in the wind as your loved one looks into your eyes over the summer setting... With willingness to take advantage of the surprises the summer brings it could be the best day of your life and the most perfect time to hold your wedding day.

Summer is officially the most popu-lar wedding season in most places in the world and with the almost guaranteed weather why wouldn’t it be? There are however some things which need to be considered when planning a summer wedding. With the hot summer sun overhead and the humid nights it is very important to make sure that your guests are comfortable. Sun cream, water and shade are very important both for you and those closest to you; maybe even consider an umbrella or two when tackling the British weather.

A Perfect SummerWeddingBy Aimee Duckitt

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Lovebods gift shop in Thorne is about to celebrate one year in busi-ness. Owner Claire Sadd would like to thank all customers for their support and says things are really starting to look up. The gift shop is situated on Thorne’s trendy Finkle Court, with a playful atmosphere and friendly faces a visit is a defi-nite must.

Claire has just launched her lace wreath and heart collection ideal for Weddings and other special occasions. “The wreaths are handmade and can add a senti-mental touch to your day” Claire explained. The wreaths are made out of lace, ribbon and any other material you choose. You can even use an item of clothing of a loved one lost and have a tiny piece of them with you on your special day. You can match the wreaths

to your colour scheme and they make a really pretty, unique charm to hang on your bouquet. They are also great for pew ends in church instead of traditional flowers; and they can really cosy up your venue and make really nice wedding favours.

Introducing the Lace Wreath & Heart Collection

Whether it is locally or abroad it is important to think about everything, leaving out small details can be a disaster, some-times the little extras are the things your guests will remem-ber such as favours and invites. One of the most important things to remember regarding a summer wedding is the colours; this is because the majority of the day will revolve around the theme.

Brides, at this time of year it is essential you are comfortable in your attire. A light flowing dress made with materials such as silk would be perfect, or maybe a tea dress to the knees which would let the summer breeze touch your skin gently. Grooms, this time of year can be hard for

your attire; linens and cottons are perfect, they look smart but keep you comfortable in the warm weather, often lighter colours help with this too.

When focussing on the brides-maids and page boys bright colours always stand during the

summer months. They look beautiful in the pictures with the sun behind them and also add a fun factor to the whole day. This way the rest of your day can also be based around these colours including in-vites, the cake, ven-ue decorations and flowers. By doing

this it will maintain a continuous theme throughout.

Finally we come to details such as transportation and food. Transport is often one of the easier things to pick for your big day, vintage cars and horse and carriages are very popular in these months allowing pictures to capture the beautiful back-drop. As for food something light would be best, a finger buffet where your guests can help themselves is often used, it’s very practical yet still tastes divine.

All of these little pointers could help to create the perfect scene for your perfect summer sensa-tion, however be prepared; we all know what the British weather is like!


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Following a recent inspection, Ofsted said there was “pressing need to improve Doncaster Coun-cil’s support for schools” because, it says, “more than half of pupils in the borough attend a school that is inadequate or requires improvement.”

The area is in the bottom fifth of local authorities across England in terms of exam results.

Ofsted found that the Council’s systems for looking at how its pupils are doing are “not fit for purpose”, and that it does not use its powers to intervene in failing schools in a consistent way.

Whilst admitting that more needs to be done to improve how schools are supported, Doncaster Council say that they have a clear plan for

improving schools and that they have introduced several initiatives and strategies, many of which were started last year, which have not yet had sufficient time to show results.

Director of Children’s Services, Eleanor Brazil, said “The feedback we’ve been given is extremely help-ful and gave us a good sense that the Ofsted team found our circum-stances very much in line with the

information we gave them before they started,”

“We were clear and honest in what we believed we have achieved in a year and know what we have yet to achieve. We have put a lot in place to work better with schools and help them improve and that work continues,”

Cllr Nuala Fennelly, Cabinet

Member for Children’s Services, Education and Skills, said she was determined that the council keeps up the pace on helping schools to improve to make the ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ grade.

“Although the conclusion of the inspectors was that we clearly are not yet in the shape we want to be, we have achieved a lot in a short space of time and from a relatively low base in terms of adequate support. This is an honest appraisal of where we are and we welcome that,” said Cllr Fennelly.

“I am under no illusions that we have some considerable progress to make and we will do. We are determined and that determination is shared by schools and partners,”

The Council is now putting together an action plan to address the areas for improvement. Ofsted say inspectors will go back in within a year.

Inspectors find Doncaster Council’s school support ‘ineffective’

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The team at Sainsbury’s Thorne were set to raise awareness of the role of carers that look after an ill, frail or disabled family member or friend in the Thorne area. Carers Week took place between the 9th and 15th June and both Sainsbury’s colleagues and customers had the opportunity to find out more about the local support available as the Thorne store held activities during the national awareness week.

It’s part of a Sainsbury’s partner-ship, which began in December 2010 with national UK charity Carers UK. For Carers Week this year, the charity were running ‘Carers Week Quest’ - with the aim of reaching out to the thousands of carers missing out on support and services in the UK.

Between 13th and 15th June, over 1000 Sainsbury’s stores were hosting carers awareness sessions to inform customers on the services available in their community. One of the groups involved were Carers UK, in conjunction with Age Concern who visited Sainsbury’s, Thorne on Friday 13th June.Sainsbury’s Store Manager Mark Taylor added: “Carers play such an important part in our community and we’re proud to have worked with Doncaster Carers and Age UK to help highlight the support that’s available in Thorne”.

Heléna Herklots, Chief Executive of Carers UK, said: “Often families go for years caring for an older or dis-abled loved one without the advice and support they need. Because caring takes place behind closed doors often carers struggling to cope remain hidden. That’s why we are so grateful of the support of Sainsbury’s to help us reach out to carers and ensure they get the help they need.”

If you or anyone you know is need-ing advice on caring for a loved one please contact: Doncaster Carers Service, Carers Moving Forward, Age UK Doncaster, 109 Thorne Road, Doncaster DN2 5BE. Tel 01302 812827

Support for carers was available at Sainsbury’s Thorne as part of ‘Carers Week Quest’

Doncaster Young Persons Advice Service (DYPAS) is a Partnership Project, funded by the Big Lottery, through Dial Doncaster, M25 Housing Support and Doncaster Citizens Advice Bureau. The service is available to all young people between the ages of 16 and 25 and can offer information and advice in relation to housing, debts and welfare benefits.

Young people in the Thorne area often face difficulties such as increased pressure due to low incomes and the level of unemploy-ment in the area often leading to increased debt and a reliance on welfare benefits. This can impact on young people creating difficul-ties in relation to accommodation such as increasing costs, disrepair and landlord and tenant issues. In addition to this some young people in Doncaster are facing and will continue to face significant chang-es to the welfare benefits system.

DYPAS was established to provide advice and assistance to young people aged between 16 and 25. Each of the partners within the project have years of experience delivering debt, welfare benefit and housing advice.

The project is now in its second year and as part of the project local advice clinics are being established throughout the Doncaster area. In Stainforth, we have set up a drop in clinic that is to run every 2 weeks at the Stainforth Library, the next ses-sion being on the 4th July 2014. We have also worked very hard to set up a similar service in the Thorne Library (Vermuyden Centre) which is due to be launched on the 10th July 2014 and will take place every 4 weeks thereafter.

DYPAS, Welfare Benefit Advisor will also be joining the Young Parents Group which is currently running at The Croft Sure Start Centre in Dun-scroft. This group takes place each

week. However, the Young Persons Welfare Advisor shall join the group each alternate month to start on the 7th July 2014 and in the future this service will be extended to the centres in Thorne and Moorends.

The service is designed to give benefit checks to young people to ensure they are receiving all the benefits that they are entitled to, that young people have help in completing benefit renewal or claim forms and can be accessed through the drop in service or directly. In addition to this home visits can be arranged should they be required or appointments within other services.

The Housing Advice Service, deliv-ered by M25 Housing and Support Group can assist in advising young people about their options if they are homeless, in dealing with disre-pair issues, council housing, finding accommodation, rent arrears, pos-session proceedings and landlord

eviction and harassment.

The Debt Advice Service delivered by Doncaster CAB includes assist-ing young people with budgeting plans, Debt Relief Orders, insolven-cy and in dealing with their debts.

Alternatively, young people can access the service directly via email, [email protected], our Facebook page (DYPAS Doncaster), by telephone on 01302 327 800 or text on 07855 460 666.

Help for young people in the local area.

One of the team at a recent event


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designed posters to put up around the school for awareness.

West Road started doing ‘Race at your Place’ last year after Mrs Dixon a teacher at the school had fought breast cancer and won. You may remember her heart-warming story in our very 1st edition back in October? Mrs Dixon will be running the Race for Life event

in Doncaster in just over a week’s time.Last year the school raised over £3,000 and are hoping that when the sponsor money is collected in, they will have exceeded this total. The 5k race involved 15 laps of the school field and the children enjoyed a non-uniform day with over 150 people taking part.Well done to everyone who took part

On 20th June West Road School, Moorends, pulled on their trainers and took part in their very own Race for Life event.

Unlike the usual Race for Life events held around the country, where only women take part, organisers have now invited schools to get involved in their very own events. Sainsbury’s, Happy Days and One Stop donated 200 bottles of water to the event which saw, children, parents and teachers all taking part on probably one of the hottest day of the year – there were lots of hot and sweaty red faces at the end.

The school councillors - a group of the students, were formed and have been attending meetings with the Mrs Holloway to help organise the event. They have been taking ideas to the meetings from their class mates, sharing information back in class, writing to businesses trying to get sponsorship for the water for example. They will also send out thank you letters, plus

John Brown, a local from Hatfield Woodhouse, has made a remark-able discovery while undertaking a house clearance.

A Thorne paper dated 1917, concerning The Great War was found when clearing out a local house. The paper which is named Wrigley’s Thorne Alma-nac, is extremely fragile and has withstood many years of storage, being nearly 100 years old.

The Great War, started in July 1914 and ended in November 1918 and was one of the dead-liest conflicts in history. The 28th of July marks the 100 year anniversary since the beginning of the war, where over 15 million military personnel were killed.

The Thorne Almanac was

originally based on news from Thorne, Hatfield, Stainforth and Dunscroft. It includes informa-tion on Thorne ‘lads’ who were reported missing or killed in the Great War, with their names mentioned and pictures shown throughout and small news sto-ries and poems from that time. This frail paper also includes ad-vertisements from the era which prove to be very different to those seen in the press at present. Including one in particular which shows off a dental surgery pre-viously located at 6 Silver Street, Thorne.

These reminders to Thorne’s past really do add a warm feeling to the heart, showing us what our town used to be like nearly 100 years ago and how much it has changed since.

A blast from the past: Old Thorne WW1 newspaper found by local farm owner

West Road School hosts ‘Race at Your Place’ event

Teachers & Parents The School Councillors

Family Affair Nanna & Grandaughter

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South Yorkshire Police are inves-tigating after a gas meter was stolen from a disused building on Station Road, Stainforth.

Police attended the incident on Tuesday 27th May after emergency gas engineers had been called to the building following reports of a suspected gas leak.

A police spokesperson said doors at the rear of the building had been forcibly broken into, leaving the building insecure.

The alarm was raised when coaches and parents arriving at Stainforth Amateur Boxing Club, next door to the disused building, detected a strong smell of gas.Head Coach at Stainforth ABC, Paul Thompson said he turned up to the boxing gym as usual and a parent said straight away he

could smell gas as they entered the building.

Gas engineers who attended the incident told Mr Thompson it was fortunate there hadn’t been an ex-plosion, adding that the gas meter had probably been removed in an attempt to get to the copper piping.The boxing coach said: “It is so frustrating to think that a selfish act like this has not only put the person in danger that has broken in, but it’s put the kids in danger also - plus it’s caused the inconvenience of hav-ing to close the gym on the night”. Engineers capped off the piping and waited for a further emergency team to arrive to ensure the leak was safely isolated.

Anyone with information should call police on 101 and report it quoting incident number 1238 27th May 2014

Metal Thieves Endanger Young Boxers

Residents in the Grampian Way & Kirton Lane area of Thorne have recently approached the Thorne Times to voice their concerns about motorists who drive too fast and the damage they are causing to the wildlife in the area.

For many years the area has been known to have families of ducks visit due to reserves of water at the back of the houses. The local res-idents have become accustomed to the visiting feathered friends and say they have been part and parcel of the community around that area for as long as some residents can remember.

In recent weeks it is alleged that speeding cars have been driving into the estate and on several occasions some of the visiting ani-mals have been killed. One recent instance was of a pair of ducks

who have returned year after year, with one of them being killed after being hit by a car. A resident said the surviving duck sat for hours, even through the night waiting for its partner to move, which of course it never did.

Residents are now asking motorists to spare a thought for the wildlife in the area and slow down when approaching this area, saying that there are always cars parked in the street, so naturally all vehicles should slow down for normal safety reasons.

Mr Howard, a local resident, said “It should really be a 20mph zone, there are always children playing in the street and it would also protect the ducks”.

Kill your speed and not the wildlife!

Three men have been handed pris-on sentences for their part in the theft of £35,000 worth of cable from a railway depot in Peterborough.

The men, who were all found guilty of conspiracy to burgle, were sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court on Thursday, 5 June, follow-ing an extensive investigation by British Transport Police (BTP).

•Mark Chandler (43) of St Law-rence Road in Dunscroft, Doncas-ter, was jailed for 30 months.

•Steven Moore (46) of Clayfield View in Mexborough, was jailed for 2 years.

•Scott Horsefield (33), of Bawtry Road in Doncaster, was jailed for 13 months.

At trial in April, the court heard how the three had conspired to steal the cable, which weighed 10 tonnes, in August 2012.

Chandler, who worked at the depot where the burglary took place, reported the break-in on August 6, despite being part of the gang responsible for the theft.

His part in the crime came to light after an anonymous tip-off led officers to Horsefield’s address in Doncaster where three drums of cable and several thousand

pounds in cash were discovered.

Subsequent enquiries found that Horsefield was friends with Chan-dler. BTP officers examined the two men’s mobile phone records and found the pair had been in contact around the time of the theft.

Both men were arrested and charged with conspiracy to burgle the depot, and the investigation continued.

Officers discovered Horsefield had been in contact with a vehicle hire company and that the third mem-ber of the gang, Moore, had hired a lorry from that company.

The court was told the lorry was picked up on police ANPR cameras driving between Doncaster and Peterborough on the day of the burglary, and that Moore had been in phone contact with Horsefield.Moore was subsequently charged

with conspiracy to burgle, and all three men will now serve prison sentences for their part in the theft.

Detective Constable Michael Hatcher of BTP Stratford, who led the investigation, said: “This has been a lengthy and complex case which required excellent police work and great diligence on the part of our officers.“Far from being a victimless crime, cable theft costs the rail industry millions and forces delays which impacts on passengers and train services.

“As this investigation shows, we will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to catch those responsible.

“I would like to pay tribute to Dc Nick Thompson along with our colleagues from South Yorkshire Police and Greater Manchester Police and our partners at Network Rail.”

Doncaster Men Jailed for Cable Theft

Left to Right: Chandler, Moore and Horsefield

Thorne Moorends Town Council are currently seeking grant aid to help finance work on a high quality refurbishment scheme on the toilet block in The Green, Thorne.The cost of the scheme is estimated to be around £52,000

The town council say they have committed £10,000 towards the project and Doncaster Council have committed a further £10,000 to the funds, which along with funding granted should see work on the toilet block start in the near future.

Thorne Moorends Town Council took over ownership of the toilets in The Green, and the toilets on South Parade in Thorne, from Doncaster MBC in 2013. The town council’s 2013/14 annual report states that the toilets at the Green “would probably have closed” if they had not taken this step.

Toilets in The Green set for a face lift


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oblivion from which the roots of Nazism would grow and fan the flames of an inevitable second conflict two decades later.

To place some perspective on the immense number of casualties, during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts a total of 632 UK servicemen and women have lost their lives since 2002. During the Battle of the Somme – one of the bloodiest battles of World War One – there were 60,000 British casualties with 20,000 lives lost on the first day. The Allied troops advanced six miles.

The war was a global conflict. Thirty-two nations were eventually involved. Twenty-eight of these constituted the Allied and Associated Powers, whose principal belligerents were the British Empire, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia, and the United States of America. They were opposed by the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire.

Expansion of hostilities was swift. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July 1914; Germany declared war on Russia on 1 August. Germany declared war on France on 3 August and invaded Belgium. France was invaded on 4 August. German violation of Belgian neutrality provided the British with a convenient excuse to enter the war on the side of France and Russia the same evening. Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia on 6 August. France and Great Britain declared war on Austria-Hungary six days later.

Unlike the Second World War, it was fear that drove these nations into conflict with each other rather than (one man’s) ambition. In the decades building up to the First World War the large superpowers were obsessed with expanding their empires into new territories. This ensured defensive concerns were paramount (all involved wishing to preserve what they had) and initial attempts to contain the battlegrounds within the Balkan region subsided into a full blown global conflict.

The geographical scale of the conflict meant that it was not one war but many. On the Western Front in France and Belgium the French and their British allies, reinforced from 1917 onwards by the Americans, were locked in a savage battle of attrition against the German army. Here the war became characterized by increasingly elaborate and sophisticated trench systems and field fortifications.

Recognised as the first ‘modern war’, advancements in artillery gave all sides new weapons to bring to the battle. However, whilst the technology of warfare had modernised, battle tactics had not. Dense belts of barbed wire, concrete pillboxes, machine-gun fire, and quick-firing field and heavy artillery rendered manoeuvre virtually impossible. Hence such enormous casualties.

One of the great myths, and tragedies, of the Great War was the belief that it would ‘all be over by Christmas’ 1914. Historians are pretty

Of all the events in history, which have cast the darkest shadow upon mankind, very few can match those that followed the assassination of a married couple celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary on the 28th June 1914.

That morning, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Royal family, were visiting Sarajevo when a group of Serbian assassins attacked them in their open top car. Initially the assassins were unsuccessful, however a succession of errors and wrong turns by their driver would bring the royal couple face to face with 19 year old Gavrilo Princip – a member of the assassination team who had given up hope after the first botched attempt. Seeing his chance, Princip drew out his handgun and shot them both at point blank range. An hour later they were dead.

Within six weeks of the assassination, following a series of escalating tensions left simmering for decades, Europe and the world would be thrust into an agonising four and a half year war – the Great War.

The war would involve over 70 million soldiers and see in excess of 15 million lives lost. It would see the map of Europe redrawn, a violent revolution in Russia, the emergence of a new global power in the United States, social upheaval everywhere. In the aftermath, the Treaty of Versailles would plunge Germany to the depths of near-economic

World War One 100 Years On

Main: British artillery position. Far left insert: British soldier & horse wearing gas gear. Middle insert: British patrol moving through ruined village. Right insert: British soldiers bringing in a group of German prisoners. All photographs Curtousy of: Great War Primary Document Archive: Photos of the Great War - www.gwpda.org/photos

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IF I should die, think only this of me:That there’s some corner of a foreign fieldThat is forever England. There shall beIn that rich earth a richer dust concealed;A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,A body of England’s, breathing English air,Washed by the rivers, blest by the suns of home.

And think, this heart, all evil shed away,A pulse in the eternal mind, no lessGives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

Other than the Great War, World War One was also known as the World War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars.

World War One is the sixth deadliest conflict in world history.

Four empires collapsed after World War One: Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian.

World War One was fought from 1914-1918 on every ocean and on almost every continent. Most of the fighting, however, took place in Europe.

On Christmas Eve in 1914, soldiers on both sides of the Western Front sung carols to each other. On Christmas Day troops along 2/3 of the Front declared a truce. In some places the truce lasted a week. A year later, sentries on both sides were ordered to shoot anyone who attempted a repeat performance.

The bloodiest battle of the war was the Hundred Day Offensive which saw over 1.8 million casualties.

World War One signalled the end of cavalry warfare and a new era of air power, tank usage, light and heavy artillery and the introduction of poisonous gas

Officially a British soldier had to be 19 years old to serve overseas but many lied about their age. About 250,000 under-age boys served. The youngest was discovered to be just 12.

10% of all First World War soldiers were killed in the conflict, a higher percentage than any other war in human history.

Despite the armistice already being agreed at 5am, the final day of conflict saw 11,000 casualties recorded.

French Second Lieutenant Alfred Joubaire wrote in his diary about WWI just before he died that “Humanity is mad! It must be mad to do what it is doing. What a massacre. What scenes of horror and carnage! I cannot find words to translate my impressions. Hell cannot be so terrible! Men are mad!”

much agreed that this was a deliberate ploy by governments to ensure morale remained high amongst new, young, recruits. By 1917 all sides were suffering with no end really in sight. Despite the Russian withdrawal, fighting in the west continued for another year, a further million soldiers would be killed with very little land gained.

However, the introduction of the Americans gave the Allies the boost they needed. Soon the Germans were in retreat. At the end of 1918, an armistice was finally agreed upon. The fighting was to end on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Over the following months all sides would engage in verbal, rather than armed, conflict whilst agreeing the terms of the Versailles Treaty. In the end the peace treaty, which officially ended World War One, proved to be anything but and the ill feeling emanating from it would sow the seeds for World War Two.

The carnage left behind by World War One was staggering and the psychological impact felt upon each nation created social and economic depression for years afterwards. On average, 6,500 soldiers were killed a day, every day. In addition many millions of civilians also lost their lives. The First World War is known as the Great War but it will be remembered as the bloodiest, most savage conflict in history.

British Battleship firing a broadside.

British field artillery crossing dry canal bed

British Anti-aircraft gun in action

British kite dirigible entering hangar near Salonika.

British railroad gun

British Howitzer ‘Lucky Jim’

British Royal Marines marching through Ostend, Belguim

British ship River Clyde run ashore loaded with troops at Seddul-Bahr, at entrance to the Dardanelles

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pounds, allowing them to buy another holiday lodge, at Devon Cliffs Haven resort, which adds to the two Scotty’s already own in Blackpool and Great Yarmouth. The lodges allow the charity to provide holiday breaks for the children & the new lodge is already booked up throughout the summer.

Scotty’s chief executive Stuart Robinson said: “We are so pleased with the charity’s growth during 2013 and the new ways we have been able to help our Scotty’s members smile. It’s all possible thanks to the amazing

support we have received”

During 2013 Scotty’s Little Soldiers raised £499,587 – up from £230,673 in 2012The charity aims in 2014 to increase awareness of its work around the UK to be able to help every child who has lost a parent serving in the British Forces, and to increase the number of weekend breaks it can offer its members at Center Parcs and Alton Towers, which provide respite for the children as they come to terms with losing a mum or dad.

Nikki Scott, who set up the charity in 2010 after witnessing her own children struggling to cope with the loss of their father, said: “I feel very proud of everything the charity has achieved and I love that people want to help the children who

Military children’s charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers is celebrating a record year for fundraising, allowing them to help 143 children who have lost a mum or dad serving in the armed forces.

The charity provides holidays, gifts, treats, parties and experiences for bereaved children up to their 19th birthday.

Scotty’s raises money mostly through individual and corporate donations and in 2013 raised nearly half a million

are left without a parent. It means more than I could ever put into words”

Included amongst those who have benefitted from the charity’s work are the three young children of fallen local hero, Sgt Lee Davidson, from Thorne, who was tragically killed whilst serving in Afghanistan in 2012.

Sgt Davidson’s widow, Samantha Davidson, said: “After hearing about the amount raised for Scotty’s I was so happy as every single penny will go to the children and it really does put a smile back on their little faces.“It also shows how much people are recognising the charity. From myself as a mum to three children who are members of Scotty’s Little Soldiers, I see how much Scotty’s means to them. A big thank you to everyone who has helped to raise this amount”

Samantha herself is helping to raise money for Scotty’s, along with two of Sgt Davidson’s sisters, Toni and Nicola Davidson, and their friend Chris Lamb.

The foursome are doing a skydive in aid of the charity, which will take place at the end of July near Brigg. Donations can be made through Scotty’s Little Soldiers or by visiting www.bemycharity.com/samdavoScotty’s Little Soldiers invites everyone who is passionate about their cause and wants to support their work to get in touch via their website at www.scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk or by calling them on 01553 763 000.

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Children’s charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers has purchased a third holiday lodge for its members who have lost a mum or dad serving in the armed forces.

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Mrs Pat Sanderson, a former school teacher is calling on her ex-students to get involved in a Fundraising Sponsored Walk on 5th July 2014 at 1.30 pm. Mrs Sanderson taught in Primary Schools in Thorne and Moorends for around 35 years, also hav-ing taught in Stainforth, Hatfield Woodhouse and the old Black Bull School.

“I would love to see lots of my former pupils taking up this small challenge and bringing along their families including buggies, and dogs. It would make me very proud of them” explained Mrs Sanderson.

The walk is in aid of Sheffield and Birmingham Children’s Hospitals who does fantastic work for this area, with many local people hav-ing reason to be grateful to them. Mrs Sanderson has special reason to be grateful to them when a baby born very prematurely to members of her extended family last August has been in and out of the hospital ever since. The baby is still critical after a number of operations, but they have moved heaven and earth to help her. Mrs Sanderson said ”This walk is my way of saying thank you. Lots of my former pupils have reason to thank Sheffield and, on their behalf, the funds raised will be equally shared between the 2 hospitals”.

The short sponsored walk will take place at Hatfield Moors - also known as Boston Park area or Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve and will be about 6 km long and it is hoped not to be too time consuming, will attract youngsters, families, and older people. It is flat and fairly even, although it may be muddy here and there so parents need to be aware of deep water. There are benches at inter-vals if anyone needs a breather, and a car park.

The event will start at 1.30pm at Boston Park car park, near the Kiss-ing Gate. There will be a marquee there with balloons etc.

Nature reserve staff has kindly offered to provide a marquee, are doing a Health & Safety assess-ment and have found some First Aiders to staff the route.

To get involved contact: Mrs Pat Sanderson on 01302 840275 or email: [email protected] where you can also obtain sponsor forms.

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Volunteers at North East Doncaster Citizens Advice Bureau were invited to attend the Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace earlier this month.

They were nominated by Bureau Chief Officer, Mrs Karen Botham-ley, in recognition of the service they provide to the people in our communities. She said “it was an honour to be able to take some of our volunteers to the Palace – we wouldn’t be able to run our service without them, and I know they are very much appreciated by all those they have helped. Last year the monetary value of the hours given by all our volunteers across both

offices was just over £100,000.00 – a massive contribution which is vital in meeting increasing demand for advice and help. We all had a won-derful day at the Queen’s Garden Party – it really was the experience of a lifetime.”

North East Doncaster CAB is always looking for volunteers. If you have time to spare and want to learn new skills, gain qualifica-tions and help local people, give us a ring on 01405 740550 or 01302 846745 – you will be very welcome to join our team.

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Friends of Green Top held their annual Summer Fayre at Green Top Primary School on the 20th June. As ever the event was extremely well attended with pupils and their families enjoying a wonderful afternoon in the sunshine.

The main playground and surrounding playing fields were awash with a large variety of stalls and fun activities ranging from tombola, face painting (Spiderman seemed very popular this year), beat the goalie, a photo booth and good old fashioned welly wanging.

Amongst the most popular activities were ‘Teachers in the stocks’, particularly when Mr. Butler and Mr. Mumby entered the fray (can’t imagine why?), and a car filled with balloons with visitors asked to guess how many. The old reliable bouncy castle also kept the kids occupied whilst the Dads looked on enviously (we’re still kids at heart).

Refreshment stalls kept energy levels stocked up with sausage rolls, buns, sweets, crisps and pop. Midway through the event visitors were treated to a wonderful performance

from the Green Top Cheerleaders.

Amongst some of the amazing raffle prizes on offer were signed Doncaster Rovers shirts, tickets to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Spa vouchers and much more. The event was

supported by a number of local business’ who were key contributors of the prizes on offer.

All in all a fabulous event, very well organised and a wonderful day out.

Friends Of Green Top Summer Fayre – 20th June

Students are expecting to draw on their school values of compas-sion, determination and courage in the service of others when they work with orphans and the elder-ly in HIV-ravaged communities in Africa.

The group of sixth formers from Trinity Academy, will spend a fortnight working in Miloso, in Zambia, during the summer break.

The students - Nikita Watkins and Madeline Peacock, both 16, and 17-year-olds Abbie Tomlinson, Matthew Elwood, Dale Smith and James Quean - will join students from their sister schools in the Emmanuel Schools Foundation on the trip.

The work will involve home based care for the elderly, teaching or-phans at Donata special school, the only facility in the region, which looks after 50 children with a variety of disabilities, and building projects.

The students will also experience life in the bush on an expedition to Mount Mumpu, the highest freestanding peak in the country, sleeping out under the stars with only mosquito nets for cover.

Head boy Matthew from Thorne, added: “We can’t begin to im-agine what it’s going to be like.

It’s exciting but a bit scary at the same time.”

The students had to apply for a place on the trip, explaining what they would bring to the commu-nities they visit and what they

would gain personally from the experience.

Madeline, of Kirk Sandall, ex-plained: “We had to write about how we’d show the core values of the academy and how they could

be applied in Zambia.”

Head girl Abbie, from Thorne, added: “I wrote about compas-sion which I imagine we will need when we’re with young children and orphans, showing how much we care about them.”

For Nikita, of Thorne, it will be her first time on an aeroplane.

The group is about £600 short of the £3,300 it needs to raise for the trip having already organ-ised a Zambia night, cake sales, supermarket bag packs and a sponsored bike ride.

Dale said: “Everyone has been really supportive. Our parents are encouraging us and students and staff at the academy has helped us raise the money.”

Any extra money that is raised will be used to buy items to take for the children in Zambia. Goole Football Club has donated two full sets of kit for local children.Food teacher Gerard Dixey, who will accompany the group along with mathematics teacher Anna Brown, said: “The important thing for the students is to be flexible, to have good mental attitude and to remember we are there to serve. The group has already gelled as a team and will support each other, so we’re just excited to get going now.”

(L-R, clockwise from top left) Trinity Academy students Matthew Elwood, James Quean, Dale Smith, Abbie Tomlinson, Nikita Watkins and Madeline Peacock who are heading to Zambia this summer

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After exposing our skin to the sun it’s very important to use an after sun lotion and keep skin mois-turised to avoid peeling. When our skin dries out it automatically produces oil which can clog pores and lead to break outs, which is why it’s important to use a light moisturiser morning

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such as Cancer Buddies - regarding having cancer or dealings with it.

It was held in Stainforth Library recently, but you can obtain information on 01302 734189 or 077951 28028 for one to one emotional support. www.doncaster.gov.uk/cancerbuddies Partners and Communities Together ‘Drop Ins’ for Stainforth and Dunscroft are all held in the EDDT building, Station Road, Dunscroft at 6pm, the next one is Tuesday July 8th, then August 5th Tuesday. Clouds Community Counselling Services are available and held every Monday all day in St Mary’s Community Centre, off Field Road in Stainforth. Free Confidential Counselling Service, call the Client Line on 07962 907053, appointments are available.Or visit the Web Site at www.cloudscounsellingservices.com Phil Poole made everyone aware there was a growing increase of garden furniture thefts in Stainforth and encouraged all the attendees to promote them by ringing in all incidents to the police on 101,Some illegal off road motor cycles on the road recently, a future motor cycle operation is needed to be organised. PSCO Paula Simpson said she would take the information to the police briefing. Phil also discussed future dog fouling patrols in the East Areas. Sandra disclosed Mrs Keegan is taking four bus trips, self funded from the Resource Centre of children and families to the seaside preferably to events being held in the Town.Sandra is looking for funding to take groups of young people to KAOS - Lazer Combat in Thorne. Sue Smith said over a period of four nights children and staff would be camping out in the school grounds commencing Monday June 25th and everyone present was invited to go. The next meeting is on Tuesday 15th July at 1pm in the Youth Centre. Please let Sandra know if you will attending by calling her on 01302 735921 or 07795128042

Town Council news -The Mayor of Stainforth Councillor D Moore and Deputy Mrs Mary Nesbitt are officio on all committees.Cemetery Committee - Councillors to serve on this committee- WSQ Cook, Mrs L Crosby, Mrs Harvey, Mrs I Moore, E Nesbitt and Mrs P Pilkington.

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Phoenix Social Club and Stainforth Old Folks Centre Social committee were both asking the Town Councillors for financial help and it was agreed each should receive £200.The Mayor of Stainforth Councillor Dave Moore and Mrs L Crosby are to attend Sheffield

Cathedral after a request from the Dean of Sheffield invited delegates to a commemorative service in recognition of the centenary of the start of the First World War. The Mayor of Stainforth and Deputy has been making daily visits to the cemetery after complaints from the public.

Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Stainforth, Margery Courtney, pupils and parents went to Asda Stores in Stainforth and did a fundraising ‘bag pack’ it raised £424 the money will be used for new playground markings for the children to enjoy.

Year 6 pupils spent a residential few days at Durham visiting Holy Island and Beamish.They had a fantastic time and made some wonderful memories to take with them when they leave for High school in July.

Old clothes are being collected for the Fire Fighters Charity, please drop them off at school before collection date of Thursday July 17th.

Long Toft Primary school in Stainforth will hold a Summer Fayre on Monday July 14th at 3.10pm until 4.30pm.

This term parents and carers will be invited to class assemblies in the school hall where your children will be ‘showing off; some of this year’s learning. Please come by way of the main reception area to be shown into the hall, your children can be collected from the normal exit at the usual time.

Class 1 and 2 will hold a Leavers assembly together on Friday July 18th at 2.40pm, look out for your invitation nearer the date.

The class assemblies this term the children will share some of the work they have been doing as part of their topic - All Creatures great and small with a visit to The Deep in Hull being planned.

Stainforth Town Councillors held their recent meeting in the Council Chamber under the chairmanship of the newly elected Mayor of Stainforth Councillor Dave Moore.Victoria Close Coffee Club – request for financial assistance - it was agreed to award them £200. The Tuesday Club also requested financial assistance to take members on day trips - £200 was allocated to them. To consider planning matters - installation of replacement air conditioning apparatus to rear of premises at One Stop Select and Save store on Princess Avenue in Stainforth for One Stop Stores Limited - the Town Council had no objections. To endorse the acquisition of an additional ride on mower and a manual mower for the cemetery. A Council member wished to discuss the World War 1 Centenary on 28/7/14 - he said ‘we should never forget these people’ so the Mayor of Stainforth Councillor Dave Moore intends getting a working group together shortly to organise some sort of get together, to be held in Stainforth, look out for notices in due course in the Town and get involved.

St Mary’s Church is continues to celebrate being 80 and In July they will be holding a Summer Fayre from 10am until 1pm. There will be a variety of stalls so come and see. Childrens activities and once again refreshments will be available. St Mary’s holds an Art Class on Thursdays from 10am until 12noon but every fourth Thursday from 1pm until 3pm. All ages are welcome for further information call this number 07906 051955. The photographs I take in Stainforth are available to buy at £1.50p each all of which goes to two charities - Cancer Research and Cats Protection please telephone me so we can arrange delivery.

Stainforth and District Local History Society meet on Thursday July 3rd at 7pm in the Methodist Church, Church Road in Stainforth. A return visit by the popular Andrew Firth will see an illustrated talk about The White Peak Way.All welcome with non-members admission just a £1. For further details ring Pearl Howland on 01302 350036. Thank You. My deadline for August edition is July 16th so please let me have your news before that date - many thanks

To readers of this column - Stainforth Jewel story last month - I omitted from my report that the idea was one from STC S Cook, and thanks go to the clerk of the Town Council Mrs P Harrison for obtaining the appointment to visit Doncaster Museum where it was on show, I was invited along to take the pictures. Other Town Councillors that attended were the then Deputy Mayor of Stainforth D Moore, and Councillor Mrs P Pilkington. Another well attended PAG meeting (Positive Action Group) was held recently in the Youth Centre on Church Road in Stainforth to discuss the various events for children during the school holidays in Stainforth. In the chair Sandra Walker, Stronger Communities Officer, (East Area Team, DMBC), also Phil Poole,Sue Smith, Andy Kerwin , Dave Hamilton, PCSO’s Paula Simpson and Chris Butler,and myself.

Sue Smith, Parental Support Advisor for Long Toft Primary school mentioned that the Sports Hall rear of the school on Church Road is free of charge during school hours to hold forth coming events-such as meetings etc. The telephone number for the school is 01302 841246 or Sue on 01302 352954.

Sandra Walker – various hand outs were available on the table promoting events this year

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HONOURED at the sixth annual Sports Awards at the Keepmoat Stadium with a lifetime award was Fishlake’s Edgar Beaglehole. The former headmaster has passed on his love of the game to his son, Andrew, who trains The Fishlake Falcons here in the village.

Cllr. John Waite has been recon-firmed as Chairman of the parish council.

A David and Goliath battle be-tween Fishlake Parish Council and DMBC is in the offing after a lack of progress in a series of issues including the next stage of street lighting, clearing public footpaths, local speeding traffic and dog fouling.

The parish council has had an offer from the Environment Agency to lease the western part of the Old River Bed to enable the area to be reinstated as a reedbed.

The Monday Club is tidying the area.

The Neighbourhood Watch Co-or-dinator, Peter Trimingham, re-ported on break-ins and pointed out that the village now had an increased police presence and that there was a display of leaflets and ultraviolet pens in the church.

Our ward on DMBC ( Stainforth and Moorends) was won by the Labour candidate, Cllr. Mrs Barbara Hedley, narrowly ahead of her UKIP opponent on 22nd May.

An opportunity now exists for vil-lagers as the South Yorkshire Way has opened and the 170 mile route dissects our village on its way from Thorne to Sheffield and Dore. Public houses, the butcher’s and budding bed and breakfasters could benefit from walkers.

A memorable wedding has taken place between Mark Timothy Duckitt and Jenna Elaine Liddle in Saint Cuthbert’s before an excit-ing honeymoon in America.

Charles Dickens’ character Mr Mi-cawber’s famous, and oft quoted,

recipe for happiness was “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual ex-penditure twenty pounds and six-pence result misery.” Sadly, this is the situation in which Fishlake’s parish church finds itself. It has an annual expenditure of £7,619.73 against an annual income of £4,707.55 and is now appealing to villagers to support its efforts to remain open as a village asset for weddings, funerals, christen-ings and other services as well as acting as a centre for family tree research for former inhabitants.

The winners of the Fishlake 100 Club draw for April were 1) Rich-ard Walker, 2) Kath Dulieu and 3) The Monday Club whilst those for May were 1) Pat Omar 2) Harold Whitehead and 3) Joe Rotherford. The colours of Fishlake are chang-ing with pink and white dominat-ing, as befits the beginning of June, in the shape of wild roses and elderflower blooms.Fishlake Drama Group’s latest production was a sell-out for its Saturday night show :”Glitz, Glamour and Laughter” with an eclectic mixture of songs ranging from “Anything Goes” to rootin’, tootin’ numbers like Dolly Parton’s “Nine to Five” interspersed with strong performances in humorous sketches.

The Women’s Institute is planning an outing to Denman College in Marcham in Oxfordshire on 15th August whilst its next meeting in the Village Hall at 7 p.m. on 26th June will feature a talk on Land-scape Architecture.

The D-Day + 70 celebrations for Operation Overlord in Normandy saw local publican and present day village flagmaster Malcolm Greenslade volunteer with his son Simon’s rugby team to assist with the veterans marking the cere-mony on the Landings beaches in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, the presidents of France, the United States, Russia and numerous Commonwealth and European prime ministers.

Fishlake Choir is gearing up for its third major production which will take place in St. Cuthbert’s at 7 p.m. on Saturday, 28th June where a spectacular Summer Proms is promised. Tickets cost £5 for adults and £2.50 for children and include light refreshment and are available from Mrs Wendy Brown-bridge on 01302 842450.

Fishlake TIMESBy Stephen Cook01302 841604

Any village in England could be said to be a palimpsest of past influences and this is equally true of ours. Although, sometimes it seems that people disappear without trace. Apart from the name Quaker Lane no trace remains in the village of a once flourishing colony of Quakers who farmed in Fosterhouses during the Napo-leonic Wars. However, research has revealed that the Pease family moved to Darlington where they invested in the early railways, coal mines and woollen industry and even set up a bank. The family married into the famous Fry family and produced nine members of parliament and several members of the House of Lords. They used their influence to oppose slavery and to support many humanitarian concerns.

Making a change this year, Fish-lake Parish Council will be leading

an excursion to Bridlington for the over-sixties on 2nd July.

The annual Strawberry Fair will be held at Saint Cuthbert’s on Sat-urday, 12th July between 2 and 4 p.m. and will feature plants, books, knitted toys, cakes and children’s activities with all proceeds going to the restoration of the parish church.

Coming up on Saturday, 19th July between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. will be a Nearly New and Jumble Sale in the Village Hall featuring quality clothes, household goods, bric à brac, toys and small furni-ture items. The proceeds will go towards the upkeep of the Village Hall.

As all eyes are turned to football’s World Cup it is only fitting that Bra-zil’s flag should be floating above the village.

The Rocky Horror Show

Annual Grand Charity Nearly New and Jumble

Fishlake Village HallFishlake

Saturday July 19th 10.30 - 12.30

Bargains galore, clothes, toys, household books bric-a-brac etc

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After three, approaching four seasons of field work and nearly another year collating the findings, guest authors writing chapters relevant to the site’s botanical interest as well as the enormous task to properly Edit the publication Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation Forum will shortly be publishing “Thorne Moors: A Botanical Survey”.

In its simplest form the rationale behind this pro-ject was the fact that nowhere was there availa-ble a checklist of higher plants and mosses to be found for Thorne Moors SSSI.

This was an astonishing fact, almost a failure. Eminent botanists had visited the site many times in the past, but there are only brief, often tantalising accounts of the more ‘exotic’ species found, such as Rannoch Rush and Royal Fern, in journals or early Floras. More recently, some of these historical records have been collated amidst the plethora of others in the South York-shire Plant Atlas (Wilmore 2011), but no accurate or complete site list exists which provides a comprehensive account of the modern flora of Thorne Moors.

The principal botanist behind the research, Ian McDonald, set himself the task of addressing what he and others saw as a deficiency. He wanted facts and distribution maps, not just desk top research, but actual and extensive field work delivering valid current records. The Executive of the Thorne and Hatfield Conservation Forum was supportive of this ambition. His remit was simply to identify as many species as he was able to locate over a three year period and pub-lish that list with such supplementary information as was deemed necessary for a viable publica-tion. In addition, survey of the Bryophytes was un-dertaken by Colin Wall. These inventories would then be available for others to see what could be found on Thorne Moors ‘today’. This, in itself, was no mean feat as Thorne Moors is around 1900 hectares (4695 acres).

Another element motivating the project was the need for a baseline species list. How could Natu-ral England, or Doncaster East Internal Drainage Board (through its contractors JBA) undertake management works necessary to deliver the site to Favourable Condition Status without data to

evidence whereabouts and extent of key mire species? This work will inform and assist in that endeavour. In due course others will be able to assess the impact of those works and provide an update on the current volume.

As well as the species lists and supporting chapters, the publication will contain maps and high quality photographs illustrating many of the special plants to be found on Thorne Moors as well as some stunning landscape images. If readers are interested in obtaining a copy, the Forum Executive hope to have it available for the forthcoming Thorne Festival on 26 July, so come along and meet us and check it out for yourself. See also the Forum’s website and ‘blog’ for up-dates http://thmcf.wordpress.com/ on progress. Things are beginning to quieten down after the first flush of spring and as summer settles to a season of seemingly changeable weather.

There are still interesting observations to be made as one regular to Hatfield Moors discov-ered. Nightjars are spectacular birds and they are crepuscular in their habits, that is to say that they appear at dusk and at dawn to feed and the males to hold ‘court’ where they ‘churr’ in the hope of attracting a mate. Generally the key activity period is anytime from dusk to perhaps midnight, although there are always exceptions to any generalisation and weather plays a very important part in their activity. One male was still desperately trying to attract a female on Hatfield Moors at the end of May that he was still churring at 6am in the morning. Nightjar as part of a dawn chorus, what more could an early birder ask for? Male Nightjar arrive first, generally around the third week in May, and set up territories in suitable habitats.

Nightjar is a bird of heathland and likewise the iconic adder. But, as Thorne Moors and po-tentially Hatfield Moors become wetter through delivery of the Water Level Management Plan and Natural England’s increasingly intensive management what impact will this have on the SPA interest species, the Nightjar? There is a legislative obligation in terms of SPA and SAC features, but there is a potential conflict as Natu-ral England has also dedicated the National Na-ture Reserve as Open Access land. Should we, the public take priority and should our special wilderness so many local people have fought to protect be sacrificed to become a country theme park?

bog-trotterAbove: Nightjar with two young on Hatfield Moors (P. Palmer). Top right: Bee Orchid (H R Kirk).

Typical view across Thorne Moors, but for how much longer?

HAPPINESS? Ask anyone these days what they believe to be the biggest threat to a person’s happiness and they will usually come up with worry, anxiety, stress. Not long ago, I guess that they and certainly doctors I know would have put depres-sion first. It has been said that living in the past can lead to depression, and living in the future can lead to anxiety. I regularly hear myself say to my clients, “the past is gone, the future is unknown but today, well, you can do something about today.”

So what about worry and anxiety? How can a

counsellor be of help? Well, while they cannot tell you what to do, or wave a magic wand and take your troubles away they can help you with plans and strategies to use when anxiety or panic attacks occur. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy has been all the rage for some years, especially in the NHS but many counsellors will tell you that often it is best preceded by Person Centred Therapy. And of course today all the talk is about Meditation and Mindfulness which have been around for centuries! Counselling may be described as “helping others to help themselves”. With anxiety and panic, at the heart of it, all that is needed is steady, calm controlled breathing and your counsellor can readily help you achieve that. Only when you

are back in control can you begin to explore the causes of your panic. Without suiting all, counselling can be of great benefit to many who need to explore what is going wrong in their lives.

If you think we can help you, make contact with Clouds Community Counselling Service. The service is free and has centres in Thorne, Stainforth, Hatfield/Dunscroft, EDDT Dunscroft, and Moorends.

Client Line: 07962907053 or visit our website at www.cloudscounsellingservices.com

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Ramblings and nature notes of a

Helen R Kirk

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Prints from the recent macro/close-up workshop were entered in the final Club competition of the Spring Programme here at Thorne Camera Club which was judged by Susan Wilson CPAGB from New-ark. Judging was very tight with four members of the club attaining top marks of twenty and three reaching a very credible nineteen. The four top marked of these were Steve Caralan (with his dragon-fly picture), John Hookway (still life),Elaine Snowden (Snail) and Steven Thomas (tulip) and three runners up Steve Caralan (weevil in fern), Doris Hardwick (grapes) and Elaine Snowden (ladybird).

The final event of the Spring Programme was a visit to the Austerfield Study Centre. The evening was hosted by Claire – the centre’s manager - who introduced members to a variety of exotic species of wildlife to photograph (and handle if you cared to), with a mixture of reptiles, insects, some small mammals and birds that kept 20 members attending enthralled. It was a very enjoyable evening, and well received by the attending members.

The first event of the 2014 Summer Outings Programme took the Club on a wildlife photography trip to Sprotborough Flash. With cameras at the ready, members set out in pursuit of deer and birds around the lake and woods. All this wildlife must be leading up to the Autumn/Winter competitions. There was

a very good turnout for this event, even if there was competition from some football match or other!

Warm welcome awaited Club members for a specially arranged private viewing that took place at Selby Abbey on a Thursday evening at the beginning of June. Regarded as one of the most superb Abbey churches to be found anywhere in England and is often called the hidden Gem of York-shire, 22 members turned out for an evening in this beautiful building where they were treated to a back-ground of bell ringing. There was plenty of scope for photography of most genres here, with majestic ar-chitecture, macro, still life, abstract and so much more.

Due to the change in the evening of the Club meet, an extra event was on offer on the Sunday for those unable to attend on the Thursday (although this didn’t stop members attending both) at Brodsworth Hall and gardens. The weather was very kind to members; but then it had to be, the Club’s illustrious Chairman informed them he had ordered it.

July will be bringing Club members Birds of Prey, Thornton Abbey Gatehouse, not to mention Thorne Summer Fair. Join us there, meet Club members and view some of their work; they’re always pleased to chat and offer an insight into the Club and photography in general. Maybe they’ll see you there?

Meeting at the Sea Cadets at 7:30pm every 3rd Tuesday of the month, the Thorne Country Women’s Association welcome new visitors. Lots of different activities are arranged with ideas to suit the whole group.

In May members had a guided walk around Bunting’s Wood led by Craig Nicholls (from Friends of Buntings Wood). Craig told members lots of interesting information including about how Bunting’s Wood was first founded and how it is maintained by volunteers. He also told the group about some of the management tech-niques the volunteers used and showed an area

where work has been done recently by Thorne Scout group on a series of Saturday morning sessions. Luckily the weather was kind and the group all thoroughly enjoyed the guided walk.

The members who did not walk made pepper-mint creams and had refreshments ready for the walkers.

See page 27 of this month’s Thorne Times to obtain information about a wonderful fashion show the group have organised to be held on 30th June at the Rugby Club, Thorne.

On 15th July 7.30 we are having Arpillera from Peru, which is a talk about the work of the Church in Peru and especially the Arpillera work in the Shanty Towns – they will show a short film of the project at work.

The group are currently collecting stamps, used glasses (ie reading), unwanted bras new or used for Breast Cancer, toiletries like the complimen-tary ones in hotels for Doncaster Soroptimists, they pass them to abused women’s refuges, Milk bottle tops (for a special wheelchair) and old mobile Phones.

So lots of great work being achieved while having fun!

Countrywomen’s Association go fromstrength to strength

The latest from Thorne Camera Club

Thorne Ramblers AssociationAll walks are by coach pickups in Moorends, Thorne,

Stainforth, Broadway, Hatfield.Walks are of 7 to 9 miles with drink stops which may

include a pub or café.July20th Clipstone

August 17th Lodge Moor, SheffieldSeptember 21st Bakewell

October 19th Stamford BridgeFare any journey £10. Children under 11 Free, 11 to

15 half price.For more info on pickup times and to book a seat please contact Keith Staines 01302 841062 or Flo

Singleton 01405 814615.No Membership needed all welcome.

Thorne Summer FestivalSaturday 26th & Sunday 27th July 2014

A fantastic weekend event for the whole family!Look out for next month’s edition for full details and

line-up of acts of What’s On!

Thorne Craft Market28th June 2014

Monthly Event, offering large selection of crafty goods!For a stand contact: Via facebook page, cheryllesley@

talk21.com or by ringing 01405 813627

Top Left: Bearded Dragon, Austerfield. Top Right: Selby Abbey John Marshall. Middle: Brodsworth Hall Frances McIntosh. Below: Sprotborough Flash Tom Ley


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With the long days and holiday season upon us, now is the time to enjoy the fruits of our labours in our gardens. There are fewer immediate jobs to do, so there is the time for sitting down and admiring our own work. To keep the garden looking nice it should be kept tidy. And to make life easier, every time you walk round to look at the plants and flowers, pick up half a dozen or so weeds on your way round. If you are going on holiday, tidy up before you go so that the garden is a pleasure to return to, and not a jungle.

Gardening Corner

June’s meeting was different from usual. A group from the Hatfield Woodhouse Village Plan were guests of the Society, and we all went on a visit to the new recycling plant at Lind-holme.

Many of us had wondered what the new con-struction was which we passed on the main road to Finningley, with its mound and two domes peeping out from the back. Well now we know. It’s a plant which is owned by Vulcan Renewables for manufacturing gas from veg-etable matter, with the product gas being fed into the natural gas grid, and waste liquid and solid being used for fertiliser and soil condi-tioner. The process used for gas production is called anaerobic digestion, a process where oxygen is excluded, and the current feeedstock

is macerated maize plants, which have been grown locally.

The guided tour included a climb to the top of the digester building, and on the climb up we were able to see the process in action, a bubbling mass, through one of the inspection windows. The product gas is then cleaned up and analysed before it is discharged into the grid system. The guided tour took us to all parts of the plant, and the guides explained the pro-cesses fully and answered the many questions that we had to ask them. This was a very in-formative visit and our thanks are due to Vulcan Renewables for organising this visit for us.

The next meeting of the Society on Tuesday 1 July is another outdoor event. This time we are going on a ramble which will be led by our Treasurer, Ian Harrison. Please meet at Hatfield Woodhouse Working Men’s Cub at 6-30pm.

Hatfield Woodhouse amateur gardening society

Right: A Scarlet Lily Beetle on a White

Gypsophila flower. Far Right: Beautiful

Fuchsia Hydrangeas

THORNE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETYRemembers: DEFENDING THE STEEL CITY

Cory Garner will be giving you an illuminating look at Sheffield during

World War Two, highlighting on the why, the what and the how it was defended

Join our rescheduled raid into history at:The Old Peoples Centre, Church Street, ThorneON:Tuesday 08th July 2014 For a 7.30pm start

Members £1.50 Visitors £2.50 ( refreshments included )New members and visitors always welcome.

Can’t wait for our next poster? Then please visit:www.historyofthorne/history_society.html

Thorne Local History Society meets on the second Tuesday ofevery month except August.

ST WILFRITHS CHURCH OF ENGLAND WEST ROAD MOORENDS

Sunday Service at 3pmMidweek Service Wednesdays at 7pm

Why not come along to a friendly church where a warm welcome awaits you.

Come and share the fellowship with us.

THORNE METHODIST CHURCHA warm invitation is given to all to attend our Services every S

unday at 10.45am and 6.15pmWhy not come along to our Coffee Morning on Saturdays 10.00am – 12 noon. Arrange to meet with your friends and enjoy a chat. Coffee and biscuit 60p – we usually have a book stall and cards and Bric a Brac to

look over.On the 5th July our charity coffee morning is to support the work of Clouds Counselling Service, This service is run by volunteers to help people in any kind of need, being bereavement or any personal crisis.

They have been a great source of help to a friend of one of our members and we therefore wish to help them

continue their good work.Please come along and enjoy a bacon buttie and coffee

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For beginners up to advanced.Marzipan, Cakes, Flowers & Decoration

Come along, learn & have fun!Contact Doris on 07789 275336 for more information.

Lions Fun DaySaturday 9th August

Sandall Park, Doncaster34th Anniversary for the Disabled

Free for all to enjoy fun and friendshipGames and Entertainment

Registration from 10.30a.m.Free refreshments for all entries.

Medals and Trophies to be won by allFor further information contact Lion Reg Myers:

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Still on the keeping tidy front, remove dead and dying flowers from the spring and early Sum-mer flush. Especially get rid of them from early rhododendrons. Larger shrubs may be difficult to get at but smaller and dwarf varieties can be completely cleared. Be careful when doing this, trying not to damage the emerging leaves which are just below the dead blooms. Then, give the plants a feed of general or ericaceous (acid loving) fertiliser, to help set them up for next year. Other plants which can be cut back now include early geraniums, aubretia and early flowering rockery plants. Pansies can also be rejuvenated by cutting back. One method is to cut them back to about an inch above the soil, cover with soil or compost, water and wait for the new shoots to come through. These can either be used to take cuttings, or left, allowing the plant to come into flower. General cutting back of herbaceous plants makes sense unless you want to collect the seeds for resowing. Cut-ting back allows the plant to put its energy into the foliage and roots, and prevents self-seeding round the garden.

We mentioned hanging baskets and planters last time. So now that they are established and hopefully coming into flower, they need to be kept well watered. Also, if you did not use a compost with a slow release feed in it, the baskets and containers will need to be fed least

once a week so that you get a continuing show throughout the summer. Follow the instructions on the package for the particular sort of feed which you are using. Hydrangeas are now coming into bloom. As their name suggests, they like a lot of water, and are vulnerable if the soil dries out. So if the weather is dry, make sure that they are watered. A sign that they are under stress is that the individual florets on the large blooms begin to curl. This shows particu-larly at the end of a hot day when the sun has been beating down on the garden. Give each bush at least a gallon (5litres) of water, more if it soaks straight into the soil. You will notice the difference in the morning.

If you planted gladioli, check them to see if the

flower spikes are appearing. If they are, stake the plant so that it grows straight up. Gladioli are very colourful plants which give a good show in the garden, and are a useful cut flower.

A very nice type of plant for gardens are the lilies. If you have them in your garden, watch out for the scarlet lily beetle. This nice looking beetle, about half an inch (l cm) long, should be collected and killed. Its eggs, which it lays on plants of the lily family, turn into revolting looking grubs which are covered in their own excreta. They are unmissable if they are on the plants, and the way to deal with the problem is to remove them by hand with kitchen roll or something similar. Wear gloves when you are doing this. This is a horrible job, but if it is not done your lilies will be decimated.

Also look round your plants for signs of diseas-es and infestations. Greenfly, whitefly and other pests can now be appearing, as can blackspot on roses and mildew on some other plants. Look in the garden centre for the appropriate spays, and use them as directed on the con-tainer.

Continue to regularly sow a few seeds of the salad crops of your choosing, so that you have a steady supply of fresh salads in what we hope is going to be a good summer.


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Family Announcements

Acknowledgement

KNIGHTSON Kenneth (Ken)

The family of the late Kenneth

Knightson would like to thank all Family, friends and

neighbours for flowers cards and donations received during their sad

loss of Ken.Thank you to Rev Joyce Barker for

her kind words and comforting service. To Andrew and

staff at Wades Funeral Service for the efficient funeral arrangements, also thank you to Trish and staff and the Coronation Club for the catering.

Thank you to everyone who attended the funeral of Ken.

MARSHALLBetty

The family of The Late Mrs Betty Marshall would like to thank all r

elatives, friends and neighbours for kind expressions of sympathy and beautiful floral tributes received

during their recent sad bereavement. Special thanks to

Mr Stuart Carey for his comforting prayers, to Carol at The Brooke Arms for the refreshments and

Eric and staff at Armitages for the funeral arrangements.

TURNER Vera

The family of the late Mrs Vera

Turner would like to thankall relatives, friends and neighbours

for kind expressions of sympathy,floral tributes and donations for St.

Wilfriths Churchreceived during their recent sad

bereavement.

Special thanks to Father Pay for his comforting prayers

and Armitage Funeral Service for the funeral arrangements.

TAYLORElsie

Clarance and family would like

to thank family, friends andneighbours for their kind words,

cards and flowers on their sad loss.Special thanks to Bob Newtonfor his kind words and serviceAndrew and staff at Wades for

care and help with funeralarrangements, Pauline for thebeautiful flowers, Carol at theBrooke Arms for the excellent

catering, also to the ambulanceservice, and staff at DRI for their

care and support through a difficulttime.

90th Birthday Memories

BETTY JONES

A Very Dear Mother, Nana & Gran15th July

Always In Our HeartsLoved and missed

by us allEdie, George & all the Family

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Birthday Memories In Memoriam


Family Announcements Happy Notices

In Memoriam

Doreen & JohnHookway

Happy Golden Wedding Anniversary

for the 20th JuneLots of Love from

Anne Marie, Babs, AnnAllen & John

ALBERT & BARBARAWAKE

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary

For 18th July 2014We hope you have a lovely

Day out & enjoy Loftsome Bridge

All our LoveMelvin & Karren, Adrian &

Angela, Travis & Archiexxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Happy 1st Birthday to our special little girl

Nahla WalkerLove you always auntie Kate

and uncle Jackson xxx

In Loving Memory of my Mum

Edith Ivy KirkhamPassed away 20th June 2013

aged 76 years

Sad are the ones that loved you

Silent tears still fallLiving our lives with out you

Is the hardest thing of all

From Julie, Nigel, Charlotte,Harriette & little Nigel

In Loving Memory of My Dearest Mum

Edith Ivy KirkhamPassed away 20th June 2013

aged 76 yearsYou gave us all you

had to giveGifts both great and small

But most of all you gave us love

The greatest Mum of allMelisa, Richard, Kirsty, Ellen,

Laura, PaulHarry ,Olivia & baby Edith

In Loving Memory of My Dear Wife

Edith Ivy Kirkham (nee Chester)

Passed away 20th June 2013 aged 76 years

No matter what I doThere’s always a longing in my heart

For yesterday and youThe lonely days with out youAre the saddest I have known

I treasure every thought of youWhen I am on my own

Your memory is my greatest treasureTo love and keep with me forever

All my LoveCis

Birthday Memories In Memoriam

Treasured Memories of a dear Husband

Keith Lawson

21/06/13My heart still aches in sadness

and my secret tears do flow,What it meant to lose you,

no-one can ever know.

Your loving WifePauline

xxxx

Precious Memories of my Dad

Keith Lawson21/06/13

I am thinking of you Dad but that is nothing new,

I thought about you yesterday and the day before that too.

I will think of you tomorrow and as the years come and go,

I will think of you forever because I loved you so.

Love you Dad always & forever

Carole & Neilxxxx

Wonderful Memories of my Grandad

Keith Lawson

21/06/13In my heart you will always be,

Grandad loving you is easy, I do it everyday,

Missing you is heartache that will never go away.

Love you forever

Leigh, Chloe, Louis & Brookexxxx

Mrs June Sutton nee Willis

would like to say a big thank you

to familyfriends & neighbours for all the

beautiful cardsflowers, gifts & tokens I received on

my 80th birthdaySpecial thanks must go to

my Daughter Julie & Son-in-law Pete

for the entertainment & magic you were fantastic

I’d also like to thank Carol and staff of the Brooke Arms

for a first class service & cateringI had a great night, thank you one

and all.

Lovatt Norman

Ann and Peter would like

to thank family and friends of

The late Norman Lovatt for their support at this

difficult time.Thanks also to Sure Care and the staff of Adeline

House for all their care of Norman.

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The Stainforth & Keadby Canal at Thorne has given up some decent fish for local angler Gareth Worgan recently in the shape of two double figure canal carp.

Caught in two different daytime sessions, the mirror carp weighed in at 14lb & 19lb. With so many specialist carp waters now, the canal is often overlooked when it comes to hunting the big fish.

Undoubtedly the biggest challenge when targeting canal carp is location. The canal is a huge expanse of water. Carp can be quite nomadic, but you may be lucky to find an area where they are resident. Be aware though, many stretches of the canal may be totally devoid of carp. If you’re prepared to do your homework and put in the groundwork then the rewards can be worthwhile.As with other fish, carp can be found close to a variety of features – lilies, overhanging bushes and trees, reed beds and boats all have the potential to hold carp. Find a combination of these and you may just be on to a winner.

Once you’ve identified a likely place, time spent looking for carp can be time well spent. Carp may often give their location away by ‘rolling’ or ‘crashing’ on the surface of the wa-ter. They may patrol the near or far bank mar-gins. I’ve had carp rolling just inches under my rod tip when sat fishing the canal for other species. Re-visiting any place where you have seen carp to see if you spot signs of the fish again, may give you an indication if they are resident or if they were just passing through.

Once you’ve located a spot to try for the carp, the next step is how to approach it. All anglers have their own preferences where this is concerned. From rigs & baits to feeding approach. If targeting areas around over-hanging trees and bushes there may well be an amount of debris on the bottom. For this reason, many canal carpers prefer a chod rig to present the bait above the debris. As far as tackle goes, don’t go over gunned – Leave the 3.5lb TC rods and big pit reels at home.

Gareth’s carp were caught on boilies over a bed of pellets, fished tight to a reed bed. He used a standard hair rig consisting of mantis green braid and a size 6 Korda kurve shank hook.

Young anglers will be able to pit their fishing skills against each other in the annual Stainforth Angling Centre Junior Fishing Match.

The match, to be held at Sykehouse Fisher-ies during the school holidays on Tuesday 26th August, is open to junior anglers, both boys and girls, aged up to 17 years.

Organiser Mark Price says Ray Lane from Sykehouse Fisheries has donated use of the

lakes on the day for free & that there will be prizes for all, with Stainforth Angling Centre contributing £300 worth of prizes & local businesses donating prizes too.

Last year over £2,000 worth of prizes were given out with all 52 anglers receiving a goody bag worth £35. Out of those 52 anglers last year, fifteen were girls and the organisers are hoping to have an even better turn out this year.

Entry costs just £5 and anglers are asked to arrive before 2pm for a 2pm draw, with fishing from 3pm – 6pm. Anglers will be placed in appropriate age groups. Anglers must also register prior to the day of match at Stainforth Angling Centre, where a par-ents permission & signature is required.

To enter, or for more information, contact Mark on 01302 846623, or call in at Stain-forth Angling Centre, 24 Silver Street, Stain-forth, DN7 5AH

Canal to host 2014 Individual Open MatchJuly sees the Thorne Canal Individual Angling Championship take place on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal at Thorne.

The open match, to be held on Sunday 13th July on the Thorne A.A sections of the canal, is being sponsored by Paul’s Summer League and Thorne Angling Association.

All anglers are welcome and tickets for the match, which include pools, are £20, with £3.50 of that going to Bluebell Wood Chil-dren’s Hospice.

Organisers say they are aiming for over 100 anglers taking part and that prize payouts should be substantial.

There will also be a raffle on the day, with items of fishing tackle to be won.

The canal has an outstanding reputation as a fishery, with organisers saying to anglers “the bream should also be feeding well in early July, so come along and support your local children’s hospice”.

The draw for the match will be held at 8.00am at Thornensians Rugby Club, Church Balk, Thorne.

Please phone Paul Caygill on 07976 779983 for tickets or further information.

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By Fishing Correspondent

2013 Junior Anglers - Photo Courtesy of Jodie Gabrielle Photography

14lb Mirror

Gareth with 19lb MirrorCanal Carping

Stainforth Angling Centre Junior Fishing Match


Sports News

Connor’s month has been another very busy one with no let up, it started with the Lincoln GP.

Competing in the Lincoln Grand Prix, the third round of the British Cycling Elite Road Series, Thorne’s Connor Swift experi-enced racing against the best this country has to offer.

The Lincoln GP is the longest race on the Elite calendar. It’s also one of the toughest with 125 miles of rolling roads and some very steep climbs. The course consists of two large circuits around Lincolnshire, through villages and small narrow roads, and then eight smaller laps around Lincoln city centre, which includes St Michael’s Gate, an infamous steep cobbled hill.

Rain the previous night had took its toll on the roads and with many riders fighting for their place, racing through the narrow country lanes was proving treacherous. Just 3 miles into the race the first major crash occurred resulting in some riders having to go to hospital, and a couple of the bikes, including a team Raleigh bike, were broken in half due to the impact.

Following further crashes some riders pulled out of the race as they felt it was proving too danger-ous for them continue.

After being caught up in several of the crashes Connor was constant-ly chasing and trying to catch the groups in front. Unfortunately this was to no avail and eventually had to pull out of the race during the laps around Lincoln city centre. The experience was still worth-while for Connor, and he can be pleased with his performance as the 18 year old prospect had seen some big names fall before him, including five times World Cham-pion and Olympic Gold medallist Ed Clancy.

Out of 171 riders on the start list, only 41 riders completed the gruelling course. The pace was quick from the start, as shown by Connor’s race computer, with an average speed of 43.1 km/h and a max speed of 70.5km/h.

Race two was a 112K road race in North Yorkshire, where he expect-ed a nice easy flat race. This was not to be the case; it was a night-mare of a race with some major hills one after another. There were people getting dropped off the back in the neutralised area as they were riding to the start

line. The race started and straight away the people who were strug-gling to get to the start line were off the back immediately. The race stayed together for the first lap and then the attacks started. There were 5 people away and Connor was in the second group chasing with some of the major elite riders in his group. The race stayed like that for some time, then the lead-ing group slowly started to dwindle down to just two riders, Connor was still in the second group. On the last lap 4 other riders went off from Connors group which left Connors group down to about 12 people. The field was so spread out the first 6 riders all came in as individuals, then round the corner was Connors group. The last 500m meters was furious and then Connor came around the group, which had some very good elite riders in to take 7th on the line, leaving a lot of the elite riders not very happy. His Computer report-ed that they had averaged 37kph with a max speed of 75Kph.

His next race was in south Lin-colnshire a 133k race. A very fast race from the start, a few people got away and stayed away for the entire race, Connor was in the second group chasing. Half way through the race a call came out on the radio, number 34 is dropping back through the cars. We thought he had a mechani-cal or a flat, oh no he went to the back of the cars, pulled over and had a wee!!!! He then got back on his way jumping through the cars to get back on to the second group, the group were not hanging around either as they were aver-aging around 40kph, so it was a tough chase back. It’s nice to see his confidence is coming through

knowing he can compete and stay with the best this country has to offer. He ended up finishing 12th in the race another good effort from the youngster, with his computer showing him averaging 42kph with a max speed of 66kph.

His next race was racing round Doncaster Town centre, a local race with a great turnout of people and a brilliant atmosphere. The race was very fast with the likes of Ed Clancy, Graham Briggs and Dean Downing, some of Britain’s best riders. Straight away Ed Clancy went away with Dean Downing; this was the winning move as it’s a very short race of just 1hr long. It’s so hard to move up in a town centre race with small straights and then in to the cor-ners. Within three laps there were people getting lapped and pulled out of the race. With two laps to go Connor decided to have a go and lasted ¾ of a lap on his own until he was chased down by the field,

went a bit too soon. In the race he ended up finishing 12th with an average speed round the tight circuit of 42kph and a max speed of 69kph.

His next race was local again near Bawtry a small race of just 48K. Straight from the start people went off the front but it kept getting chased back down and then a counter attack would go again with different people in. With a few laps to go the leaders got brought back and then Connor went off on his own and stayed away for two laps, as the bell went Connor got brought back, but stayed up near the front. With about 1k to go Connor found himself on the front of the bunch again, he decided to put the pressure on and rode hard. Gaps started to occur and he decided to have a long dig to the line, this paid off and he crossed the line with his hands in the air, another win. Averaging 42kph with a max speed of 65kph.

Cycling with Connor Swift


Sports News

Fliers Under 11 team made the short journey to Doncaster to play in the newly created Danum Central Venue league. Unfortu-nately the event took place the second weekend of half term so only Danum and Fliers were entered. Each squad was divided into two teams and a single round robin organised. It was soon clear that Fliers were stronger than their hosts and both teams won their games against the Danum sides. The only close game was when Fliers played each other when an 8-2 score in favour of the number two team gave them the victory. Good performances came from all the players with Bradley Fuller perhaps the best as he was the principal ball handler for his team for the first time. Holly Scott once again showed her qualities particularly at the offensive end and Under 10 player Josh Norton

simply owned the backboards. Heather Phillipson was her usu-al tenacious self. If every player gave the effort she did good results would follow.

The Under 12 made the some-what longer journey to Bradford to play in the Dragons tourna-ment. Five teams were present but some were clearly mis-matched against a useful Fliers team and easy victories were achieved in all the games lead-ing to the final match against Butterworth. They boasted two talented players but the team organisation of the Fliers came to the fore as the very quick but somewhat ball greedy guard from Bradford was nullified to a large extent. Fliers at the of-fensive end moved the ball well and with Joel Miller in complete control in the back court ably

assisted by Kacper Fedorowicz making his debut for the club and Cameron Day dominating anywhere near the basket led to a final score of 38-18. The team was completed by the excellent Ethan

Frizell using his shooting and speed to good effect and Jensen Christie making his first appear-ance since returning to the club a few months ago. He too will be an asset to this developing group.

Fliers sweep Danum and Bradford Tournaments

Sunday 15th June saw a great event full of local children and very loud spectators during the Thorne Tigers annual Club Champs. 30 swimmers took part on the day ages ranged from 6 to 13 years old. All strokes were on of-fer to enter including fly, backstroke, freestyle and breaststroke at 25, 50 and 100 metres. The coach also included a 100m Medley which was thoroughly enjoyed for the brave few.

The hour flew by as all swimmers behaved exceptionally well and enjoyed what is one of the highlights of the year for the local swim-ming club.

Great thanks to Coach Sarah for devoting her spare time to organise the event, Coach Gary for being ‘Mr Starter’, Jane for ensuring children actually raced and David for your support with the swimmers. To all the other

many helpers poolside including parents helping with timekeeping and raffles, thank you! Finally all the spectators who took time out to support the children and club your presence was much appreciat-ed.

The results shall be confirmed at a pres-entation awards event, details to be con-firmed, but well done to all who attended and showed that winning is great but taking part is an attribute too!

Tigers coaches pride themselves on not applying pressure to swimmers into enter-ing swimming competitions and allow each member to progress at their own rate; however some of our members are keen to compete. Results from Daniel’s NER’s both backstroke improvement made was 100m 0.95sec and 200m 0.36sec. Saturday 21st June saw another chance for our swimmers to represent Thorne and gain some swim times on their record as Ajay, Alex and Daniel attend the Jorvik Meet at the Leeds Leisure Centre.

Interested? Anyone wanting to keep up their fitness, improve on the technical part of swimming or just be part of a family friendly club please do not hesitate to con-tact the Tigers at Thorne Leisure Centre for a no obligation trial. We ask that children can swim to the ASA Stage 5 at point of joining. Training is 6.30pm Tuesdays, 5.45pm Thursdays and 5pm Sundays. Each session is split into 2 hours the first for youths and the second hour for adults/masters level.

There are 60 members in the club but plenty of room for more and with our ages ranging from 6 to 56 years old it just shows that you are never too young, or mature to join!

Thorne Tigers - Nathan Bailey, Eleanor Burke, Charlotte Grimsy, Bartosz Swedziol, Lister Stables, Hannah Sanderson, Daisie Purchase, Daniel Bailey, Ellie Oakley, Gabriel Chadwick, Maya Swedziol, Alex Mason, Ethan Fisher, Chloe Taylor, Alice Sanderson, Sophie Robinson, John Harvey, Masie Allott, Josie Swift, Ajay Scott, Frankie Mason, Nathan Faulkes, Daniels Barastaovs and Sharaya Hornsby

Club Champs 2014 Thorne Tigers Swimming Club


Sports News

Moorends Hornets & Stingers U14 JFC has won the Doncaster & District Junior Sunday Football League U14 Fair Play Award for the 2013/14 season, ranking first across all three divisions in the league.

The award is marked on parents, players and managers conduct at games throughout the season.

“We are extremely proud to have won the U14 Fair Play Award”, said Manager Ryan Greaves.“To be as successful as we have been over the last few years and to retain the support of our peers is a fantastic achievement. We hope to continue the good work into next season to ensure that we maintain our high standards.”The team finished the season top of the U14 Premier Division & also became the first ever team from Doncaster to win the West Riding County Cup.

Hornets & Stingers U14’s win Fair Play Award

Moorends Hornets & Stingers U14’s

Moorends Hornets & Stingers U6’s, the club’s youngest team, won their first ever trophy on Sat-urday 14th June, in the Moorends H&S Club Tournament Final.

Liam Adams was on target in the final with a fine solo effort that saw the youngsters beat Dale Park Juniors 1-0 to lift the trophy.

Young Footballers win first Trophy

Moorends Hornets & Stingers U6’s

Thorne Colliery has returned to training in preparation for the 2014/15 season where they hope to build on the success of last season. The club have pre-season games arranged as follows:

All games to be played at the Welfare Ground, MoorendsSat 5th July:

Thorne Colliery v Winterton RangersK.O. 3.00pm

Tues 22nd July:Thorne Colliery v South Kirkby Colliery K.O. 7.00pm

Tues 29th July:Thorne Colliery v Dronfield TownK.O. 7.00pm

Thorne Colliery FC

Thornensians RUFC are looking to hire a new First Team Manager. Ideally candidates will already possess excellent organisation and communication skills. The First Team Manag-er will work with the Head Coach and assist him before during and after matches.

Candidates should expect a degree of admin-istration involvement but primarily their role

is to liaise with the players, referee and other parties on game day whilst working along-side the rugby management team in raising standards at the club.

The Manager will have a say in team selec-tion and advise the Head Coach on replace-ments tactics and issues arising during the game. The post is unpaid but is a good

opportunity for someone wanting to work as part of an ambitious team of players and coaches who are hoping to build on the suc-cess of winning the South Yorkshire Cup last season. For further details please write, in the first instance, to Director of Rugby – George Simpson - at [email protected] or via Thornensians RUFC.

Thornensians positions available – First Team Manager (Unpaid position)


Sports News

Using your driver well is a com-bination of physical skill, mental concentration and confidence. This is easier to obtain on the driving range, then move it to a non-competitive playing envi-ronment. If you struggle as you continue, here are some tips for working on your driver.

•Start small swings and proceed to full swings when you begin making solid contact.

•Hit balls with your feet together.

•Take full swings at 50% power.

•Concentrate on this counting sequence during your swing: 1-2going backswing and 3 on the downswing.

•Concentrate on extending your clubhead down the target line with high follow through position.

•Keep your grip pressure light and body tension free both at address and during the swing.

•Hit Balls with your driver to different distances to the 100yds marker, then 125yds marker, then 150yds marker, then 175, until you get to your normal driver distances.

•Swing through: “swing through the ball” NOT ”at the ball”

Drill To Help You Drive Better

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Allan Smith 34 18 17.7Alan Decent 33 15 15.3Kevin Parker 32 20 20.4Paul Godbehere 30 12 11.6Graham Murray 30 18 18.5D Jones 30 14 14.2Stephen Brooke 29 23 23.2S Baker 29 25 25.1Colin Whitehead 29 20 19.7Allan Bisby 29 20 20.4Stewart Robertson 27 22 21.7John Heslop 26 24 24.4C Baker 26 17 17.3Graham Parker 25 17 17.0Bill Lowes 24 17 16.9Miles McDowell 22 26 26.4Scott Walker 21 23 23.4Keith Nutton 21 27 27.3

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The event was a roaring suc-cess with over 30 kids attending. The event was played in Great Spirit with kids competing from as young as 4 year old. Golf Professional David Bosa added “it’s fantastic to see kids out here participating in such great spirit, some of the youngsters have been coming for coaching for a number of years now, so it’s fantastic to see them progress. We have a fantastic junior section of all age ranges, with a number of girls and boys ranging from 4 to 14years old. The plan for this year is to move the section forward to the next level; we have meetings planned with the golf foundation, and other children’s organisa-tions to structure programmes of development that will be fun, and provide great learning to all. If you know someone who would like to join our academy then please call the pro shop on 01405 741343 we will be happy to give them a taster session FREE

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Kingswood Jr AcademyHandicap list Updated. The Future is Kingswood!

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Hatfield Town CC 148-9 (K Buxton 50; D Hiorns 4-34)Featherstone Town CC 291 (J Dunn 114, R Armitage 57; E Patter-son 4-41),

Hensall CC 245-7 C.Thornton 119*,

Sykehouse CC 127 Paul Lund 4-21;

Fenwick CC 2nd XI 184-6 (J Morton 77 S Carrick 40no)Fishlake CC 2nd XI 117ao (S Vicerage 6-35)

Pollington CC 73-4 (S Lawson 5-16)Hatfield Hatfield Town CC 2nd XI 70ao

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Sports News

Did you used to love netball when you were at school? Do you enjoy team sports? Do you love getting fit while having fun?

Then maybe coming back to NETBALL is for you! Thorne Ladies Netball Club have been running for over 25 years and over those years have had lots of success, lots of ups and downs – especially when losing players to work or going off to Uni or more often than not when one of us leave to have babies.One thing for sure is whatever the reason we have needed to leave for we always end up coming back!

We work hard on the pitch and strive to be the best we can be but we also play hard off the pitch and one of the biggest things to keep us going as a club has been the social scene and trust me there has been plenty of social gatherings over the course of 25 years.We are a really friendly club and want to expand our team – so when the inevitable shift changes at work occur we always have plenty of team to go around for training and matches.

We train 8.30 – 9.30pm on Mondays and play in a Doncaster league at Finningley on a Wednesday at various times during the summer months. There is a small subscrip-tion to train and enter matches.

If you used to love netball at school, then it’s like riding a bike, you never

forget! It’s great for fitness and within no time you will be sur-prised how you have remembered everything you used to do. We are there to support you and help if you struggle with anything such as zoning, marking your player, where you should be at certain points of the game or absolutely anything.

League Winners - Dunscroft Welfare.

Champ Dodsley Cup - Red Bear.Danny Vance KO Cup - Dunscroft Welfare.

Why not come and have a trial one Monday night see if you like it and we’ll take it from there?

SPONSORSHIP required – do you have a business in the Doncaster area and fancy sponsoring a long established, local netball team? Over the years we have been lucky enough to get sponsors and more recently we obtained a grant which was used for match kit. We are now in a position of requiring either track suits or hoodies to wear post & pre matches, plus training kits and some new balls. Sponsors will have your branding put onto whatever is sponsored and will represent you when visiting various venues in Doncaster to play matches.

It won’t cost the earth and even if you can’t sponsor everything but would be willing to sponsor part of what we need, we will certainly be interested.For either playing questions or for sponsorship please contact Karren Wake on 07704 061870 for further details.

Netball players & sponsors wanted!

Milladies Netball Team

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Ladies Singles - Kirsty Holgate.

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Thornensians players from all senior levels descended upon the Club for the annual Presentation Evening. Alan Lowndes, probably the player from Thorne who has achieved most in the game of rug-by, presented the trophies. As all award winners will testify, he has a formidable handshake.

Alan, a Stainforth man and former Thorne Grammar School pupil played for Thornensians as a fiery and speedy winger in the ‘60s. He represented Yorkshire, the North of England and held a number of trials for full international honours. He just missed selection, but was described as follows by the Sun-day Times: ‘Lowndes was as usual ‘a ball of fire’.

Alan was disappointed by missing out on selection and took up an offer to play professional rugby league with Castleford. He won many honours in the 13-man game, including representing England, Great Britain Under 21s and scoring the winning try in the Cup Final. Alan was also an excel-lent sprinter and long jumper and competed with Olympic champi-on, Lynne Davies. He held sprint and long jump records at Thorne Grammar School, which probably still stand. Before the presentation the follow-ing announcements were made regarding the captaincy positions for next season:

League Team: Brett Hunt con-tinues as Captain with James Fenwick as Vice CaptainMerit Team: John Creaser contin-ues as Captain with Shay Maw as Vice Captain

Vets: Captain Martin Taylor.

And the Awards go to:

Players’ Player of the Season: Aaron Holt

Most Improving Player: Adan Smith

Club Player of the Year: Andy Evans

(Ryan Russell came a very close second in the Club Player of the

Year voting and deserves special mention because of his outstand-ing efforts throughout the season)

Vets Player of the Season: Wayne Ebbage

Congratulations to all award win-ners, and all other worthy nomi-nees, for their fine efforts. The memorial dinner for Pete Watson, held in May, managed to raise £950 for charity including the MacMillan Nurse Service and the Odyssey Cancer Support Cen-tre in Brigg. A donation also went to the Club fund raising project.

Thornensians Round Up

Club Player of the Year: Andy EvansMost Improving Player: Adan Smith Players’ Player of the Season: Aaron Holt

1st team Captains Brett Hunt & James Fenwick

By Mike Whitehead

Thorne Times July 2014

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