Thorne Times July 2016

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Appeal After Dog is Found Dumped in Field

The RSPCA is appealing for in-formation after a severely injured dog was found dumped in a field in Hatfield, leading to the animal having to be put down.

The male rough haired lurch-er type dog was discovered wrapped in a red velvet type curtain and pale blue towel in a field near Jubilee Park, off Cuck-oo Lane, Hatfield, on Sunday 29 May.

The animal was taken away to be treated by vets, but had to be be put down due to its injuries. RSPCA Chief Inspector Lynsey Harris said: “He was collapsed and had a deep, infected wound to his chest and multiple wounds all over his body, which were also infected.

“We don’t know how these injuries came about, but we think they were the result of him having been attacked by another animal, possibly another dog.

“Very sadly, he had to be put to

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Welcome to the July edition of the THORNE TIMES

The weather has been gorgeous, which I am sure everyone has enjoyed recently……let’s hope there is lots more warm weather to come!

As we enter the summer months, there are lots of events on the ho-rizon, such as the Moorends Com-munity Gala on Saturday 9th July, 119th Crowle Agricultural Show on Sunday 17th July, Thorne Sum-mer Festival on Sat 30th & Sun 31st July and the 131st Sykehouse Agricultural Show on Sunday 7th August, to name but a few. The fact that these events have been going as long as they have speaks volumes as far as how good they are – offering something for every member of the family they have lots going on to keep you enter-tained throughout the whole event.

Keep looking out for features specially dedicated to these events so you can see exactly what each one has coming up for you to enjoy – see pages 39 – 41 for the 1st event…Crowle Agricultural Show.

As always through this issue you will find lots to keep the kids enter-tained on our What’s On pages, which will be especially useful when planning for the school summer holidays. There are ideas and services to help you get your home & garden summer ready! If you are going away, look out for ideas of how to get ready for your holidays, including ideas of where to go……..remember the advertis-ers who support the Thorne Times each month are the reason we are able to produce the Thorne Times, so always try to shop locally whenever possible and always tell our advertiser’s when you are re-sponding to an advertisement you have seen it in the Thorne Times.

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Inside this issue: News RSPCA called to dog 1 & 3 Prison Shop opens its doors 6 Friendship Flight Path 10 & 11Flying Scotsman visits the area 12 Willafest goes Fourth 14 Marshland Primary’s Got Talent 18 Councillor faces disciplinary 20 Features Education & Training 23 – 25 Property 27 - 31 Crowle Agricultural Show 39 - 41 Top to Toe – Health & Beauty 42Summer Brides 43 What’s On 45 - 47 Gardener’s Corner 48 &49 Competition Corner 54 Top 10 Discount Deals 55 Care in the Community 56 & 57 Classified starts…… 60 Sport starts…… 66

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sleep to end his suffering.”

The society has launched an investigation but say at this mo-ment there is no way to trace the owner as the dog wasn’t wearing a collar and ID tag, and, as is

required by law, wasn’t micro-chipped.

“There is no doubt that this poor dog suffered, and there is no doubt he was dumped in this out-of-the-way spot to die. He was so ill when he was found that he couldn’t even lift his head,” said RSPCA Chief Inspector Harris.

“Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area, who has any information about what happened to him, or who can tell us who his owner is should get in touch with us.

“Please call the RSPCA inspector appeal line on 0300 123 8018 and ask to leave a message for Tam-sin Drysdale, who will be leading the investigation.”

Causing unnecessary suffering is an offence under the Animal Wel-fare Act and carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison and/or £20,000 fine.

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Police are investigating a burglary in Thorne where cash and jewel-lery was taken.

The incident took place on Mon-day 23 May at around 5.45pm at a house in Lock Hill, Thorne, near to the Thorne Community Wood car park.

A spokesperson for South York-shire Police said: “Sometime between 5.45-6.00pm, offenders unknown have broken into a house in Lock Hill, by smashing one of the windows. Jewellery and cash is believed to have been stolen from the house.

“The offender was seen in the garden of the property, before running from the area towards the M18 motorway.

“He is described as a white male, approximately 5’9” tall and of average build. He was wearing a black jacket, with a blue hood-ed top underneath, and dark bottoms. He is also believed to have left the area on a red BMX bike and had possibly been riding around Thorne town centre earlier in the afternoon”.

Officers investigating the mat-ter are asking for anyone with information to call 101 quoting incident number 982 of 23 May 2016. Information can also be emailed to [email protected]

Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

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A new farm shop has opened it’s doors to the public at HMP Hatfield.

The imaginatively named ‘Thyme Served’ stocks a variety of bedding plants, flowers and fresh seasonal vegetables alongside craft items – all sold and produced by prisoners at the category D open prison.

Industries, Business & Community Engagement Manager, Chris George, says the shop hopes to generate an income to reinvest back into the prison, while promoting to the public the work prisoners do as they work towards settlement back into society on completion of their sentenc-es.

Chris said: “We see it as an opportunity to forge closer links with the local community by inviting them onto our footprint to engage with us and prisoners, who serve the customers in our shop.

“Prisons are being given more autonomy and this was outlined recently in the Queen’s speech. To this end, we are now able to start enterprising ventures such as Thyme Served whereby in the past, this may not have been possible.

“This develops good community relations, builds up public confidence in the work we do and gives our prisoners, the important skills and experiences that will be beneficial to them on release; helping them resettle back into their communities.”

The prison has outdoor plots and polytunnels where prisoners grow a variety of salad crops

such as Lettuce, Carrot, Garlic, Spring Onion, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Onions, Cucumber, Beet-root, Chilli Pepper and Sweet Pepper. All vegeta-bles on sale in the shop are grown at Hatfield.

In addition, a number of craft items produced by prisoners in both woodwork and welding workshops are for sale.

“Our prisoners work in a variety of workshops at Hatfield, in fact all are employed or in an education classroom. We want to ‘showcase’ the types of things they can do such as growing a wide range of crops in our nursery, fabricating outdoor wrought iron features in our welding workshop, crafting wooden furniture and assist-ing in our chicken unit which provides the eggs for the shop.

“Seeing the product they are helping to produce being sold in the shop gives them a great deal of satisfaction and confidence in their ability as well as providing real life work opportunities for prisoners which in turn helps them prepare for life beyond the gate”.

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Prison Farm Shop Opens to the Public

L-R; Neil Moore (Deputy Governor), Wayne (Farm shop prisoner staff) Cheryl Morris (Head of Reducing Re-offend-ing), Chris George (Industries, Business and Community Engagement Manager)

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Thorne and Moorends new Mayor, Cllr Susan Durant paid a visit to TMCR fm for an interview with presenter and station manager, Peter Lee.

The newly appointed mayor explained to listeners what her role will entail for the com-ing year, and how she was settling into her position.

During her visit the Mayor met some of the volunteers who run the station and was shown around the studio. She sat in the secretarial hot seat in the office and got a taste of how busy the volunteer office girls are, doing all the background work necessary to keep things running smoothly.

Mayor Durant commented “It was lovely to be invited along to TMCR fm for an interview to discuss my role as mayor for the forthcoming year.

“Peter Lee was an excellent host and this pro-vided an excellent opportunity for me to meet

and talk to the volunteers and see the good work that they do within the local community and the great service they provide”.

Peter Lee said he was happy that the mayor took up the invitation to meet the volunteers at the station: “Susan was quite amazed at how professional the radio station worked, she also said that she was very pleased at what the radio does for the community and enjoyed the live interview very much”.

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ticultural success in the past, winning the Busi-ness category in Doncaster in Bloom 2015 for their ‘Flower Bed’ display – A metal bed provided by Re-furnish laden with plants and flowers.

Proceeds from the shop will be reinvested back into Hatfield Prison and used to purchase items such as a new machinery for the welding workshop; seed and compost required by the Gardens department, or tools and equipment re-quired to start up any new ventures in the future.

Chris added: “Alongside this, we continue to feel the pressure put on the public sector purse and prisons are no different and our budgets are tight. Proceeds through the shop will help us con-tinue to provide effective resettlement services”.

The shop sells just two items bought in from local Hatfield suppliers; Artisan ice cream from Sunnybank, and honey from Terry Head, a local beekeeper. “We are keen to work alongside lo-cal producers and businesses to help add value to our existing range of products”, said Chris.

“New lines coming soon will be bakery items from our own kitchens as well as jams and chut-neys produced in house“.

Thyme Served, on the A1146 Thorne Road, is open Monday to Friday 9-4, and Sat/Sun 10-4


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Amanda Loves is a small boutique just opened up on Finkle Court in Thorne, located opposite Shear Design Dog Grooming.

Amanda formerly of Vanilla has had many years’ experience in the retail sector and has thoroughly en-joyed working in the Thorne area, having met lots of people over the past few years, she felt there was a niche market in this area to set

up her own boutique. The products featured are aimed at satisfying the customers in the area by offering a very reasonable price range, qual-ity product and high street fashions on your doorstep.

So if you are looking for a new look be it smart or casual there is something for everyone with plus sizes available, new stock coming in weekly, you should definitely pop in to check it out as Amanda spe-cialises in unique ladies fashion, handbags, jewellery and gifts.

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A Thorne based veterans support group who were presented with a special religious icon in recognition of their work with war veterans are to be honoured with a civic reception in Bridlington on Armed Forces Day.

The group will then travel with the icon to Germany where it will be introduced at a commemorative memorial ceremony to mark events in World War II.

The Flightpath of Friendship Reconciliation were presented with the icon, the Coventry Cross of Nails, by Rev. Canon Sarah Hills of Coventry Cathedral, in a special service at St Nicholas Church, Thorne, in April.

The Coventry Cross of Nails is recognised around the world as a post-war symbol of peace and reconciliation.

Miss Jacqui Whitehead, of The Flightpath of Friendship Reconcilia-tion, told us: “The Cross of Nails will be taken to Bridlington Armed Forc-es day on Saturday 2nd July and presented at a morning reception to the present Mayor, past Mayors, and veterans to say a huge thank you all who have given our group a warm welcome over many years at our bi-annual friendship reunions.

“A colour party of cadets will re-ceive the icon and it will take part in a parade through the town. At the salute point it will be passed to the Padre who will include it in a short

War Veterans Support Group to Receive Civic Reception on Armed Forces Day

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service“.

Following the civic reception in July the group then travel to Germany in September where they will present the icon at a reunion of friends who were once foes; former enemies who have gone on to forge a friend-ship borne out of an act of kindness during the second world war.

During an English raid over Ger-many, navigator Arthur Lee found himself at the mercy of a baying mob after his Lancaster bomber was shot down in Katzenelnbogen. A young German soldier named Rudi Balzer came to Arthur’s aid and rescued him.

With the mob calling for the English airman’s execution, the German kept Arthur safe until he was trans-ferred to a prisoner of war camp.

The two men were then reunited years later in 1983 after Arthur returned to the crash site and thanked Rudi in a special tribute that marked the start of the friend-ship.

A ten foot high cross is erected on the site as a memorial to Arthur’s English comrades who sadly lost their lives in the crash. A service was held at a church nearby.

In front of the congregation Arthur gave his grateful thanks to Rudi for saving his life.

The church and the site where the bomber came down will be visited once again. Miss Whitehead said: “With the icon and our new partnership those words will be spoken again in the same church and our tributes will be placed at

the memorial”.

Since the presentation of the icon in April, the group have been guests at a meeting of the Thorne branch of the Royal British Legion, where they introduced the Cross of Nails to the members.

“The branch and its members have been a wonderful support for many years to The Flightpath of Friend-ship group. Hopefully our friendship and family bond will continue.”

The self-funded group also received a donation from John

Brandon, Manger of the Thorne branch of Howarth Timber & Build-ing Supplies, which will help them carry on their good work.

Said Miss Whitehead: “Mr. John Brandon and Howarth Timber have always supported all things military within the Thorne community. The cheque presented was a generous donation and will help our group to keep alive the memories, stories and traditions of all veterans, as we take our Cross of Nails symbol forward”.

Miss Whitehead finished by saying: “There are no words to express the privileged honour our group received during our presentation on April 17th. We must take this symbol forward to explain that reconciliation can exist with love and friendship.

“Our grateful thanks are passed on to everyone who attended, shared and supported our special day.“

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An enthusiastic crowd of around 80 people waited at Thorne South Station on Saturday 11th June to see the iconic steam locomotive, Flying Scotsman, pass through on a charter train from Cleethorpes to Morpeth.

An onlooker said: “One family had taken chairs and a breakfast picnic to await the arrival of the train. Some waved from the footbridge, others from the platforms and they were rewarded by a blast on the whistle and waves from passengers on the packed train”.

People also turned up to see it pass through Hatfield & Stainforth station. Claire Howle said: “Quite a few people turned up and it was nice to

see a lot of young children taking an interest in the train. It was fantastic to see it running”.

Flying Scotsman, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, was built at the famous Doncaster ‘Plant’ in 1923 for the LNER. It was the first steam locomotive to officially clock 100mph on a test train in 1934.

After retirement the Scotsman was preserved by Alan Pegler and then passed through the hands of other owners before being saved for the nation by the National Railway Museum at York. After a costly repair programme starting in 2006, the locomotive returned to the main line in February 2016 and is undertaking a series of tours around

the country.

Transport police and officials had urged specta-tors to stay safe. Jim Lowe, head of operations at the National Railway Museum had said: “While we understand interest in our celebrity loco Fly-ing Scotsman will continue to be extremely high, we urge those wishing to view it on its UK tour dates do so from a safe vantage point.

“It is vital that spectators do not venture onto the railway, particularly when it is on the mainline as a full timetable of regular services will be running.”

Crowds Flock To See Flying Scotsman


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June saw the annual Willafest go into it’s fourth year with hundreds turning up to watch live music and sink a drink or two as they soaked up the friendly atmosphere in the sun.

Molly Curtis, Wrooted, Lee Stone, Guitarist Woodshack and Thorne’s own Fabulous Clogiron Brothers kept revellers entertained all afternoon and into the night at Willaspoons on Silver Street in the town.

Landlord Colin Wilmot thanked everyone who went and said the event had been “the best one yet”.

Willafest Goes Fourth

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Sponsored walkers hiked around Hatfield Moors to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society.

The charity was chosen by the new Mayor of Hatfield Town Council, Councillor David Fi-ennes-Gregory. Hatfield Mayors traditionally choose a charity to support during their mayoral year.

The walk, the red route around parts of Hatfield Moors, was chosen as it is a family friendly route. At about 6kms long, it passes through a variety of scenic and interesting sights.

Natural England staff, who manage the moors, were on site to give help and support and sup-plied a gazebo and tables.

The walkers sought sponsors and a number of people also donated via the JustGiving website, adding over £100 to the total.

Organiser Cllr Pat Sanderson, of Hatfield Town Council, said: “The sponsor money has to be collected, but with donations on and off site,

plus purchases of souvenirs and the tombola, it is expected to raise in excess of £500”.

The Dunscroft Co-op and one other business generously supported the group of walkers by providing mineral water and other drinks.

“Thank you to both of them and to everyone who turned out on the day, including Dave Yeaman, our photographer,” said Cllr Sanderson, “Well done, everyone”.

Visit: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Pat-Sander-son-David-Fiennes-Gregory

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Gleeson Homes are set to commence building in Stainforth and Thorne later this month with a number of opportunities on offer.

The house builder, who specialises in affordable housing for low income families, is building 170 homes at Kings Park, Kingsway, Stainforth; and 70 homes at King Edward Court, King Edward Road (‘relay corner’), Thorne.

A spokesperson for Gleeson Homes said: “We are just preparing the land on our brand new developments in Thorne and Stainforth and hope to start construction of the new homes later this month.”

“Throughout the developments our Community Matters programme will help the wider Thorne & Stainforth communities through the employment of local people, sponsorship of junior sports teams and our Apprenticeship Scheme. We would like to hear from local young people who are interested in joining the scheme and training to become a bricklayer or joiner”.Visit: www.gleeson-homes.co.uk/community-matters


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Students from two primary schools in Thorne and Moorends have showcased an Olympic dance routine in celebration of the upcoming games that are to be held in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro.

Pupils from Brooke Primary in Thorne and Marshland Primary in Moorends were taught the routines by dance teacher Mi-chelle Jones.

“The kids have enjoyed the dancing as well as it being edu-cational and hopefully inspired them to be passionate, patriotic and take an interest in the Olym-pics”, said Michelle.

The children performed to the sounds of a selection of opening ceremony numbers from over the years; including Vangelis’

Chariots of Fire and Queen’s We are the Champions. They combined sporting disciplines such as diving and swimming, baseball, running and archery.

“The aim of dance club is to provide an opportunity for the children to experience dance in a local, comfortable, familiar environment. Improving fitness and coordination whilst enjoying music. It involves team work, discipline and relieves stress”, she added.

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Young Students Perform Olympic Dance Showcase

Two men were arrested after a stolen car was stopped by police in Thorne on Friday 27 May.

A silver Honda Civic was followed from Goole by police, and after cross-border co-operation it was brought to a stop on Wike Gate Road.

Officers used three police vehi-cles to box the car in and bring it safely to a halt. The car had been stolen earlier in the day (Thursday 26 May).

A spokesperson for the police confirmed: “This was joint working between Humberside and South Yorkshire Police Officers and two men were taken into custody”.

The vehicle was then recovered.

Two Arrests After Police Stop Stolen Car

ment to music. It involves team work, fitness, discipline pas-sion, determination to improve. Overall dance helps students develop in character”.

Marshland Road Head Teacher Karen Coward said the dance sessions encouraged physical activity and team work. She was particularly impressed to see how well the children worked as a team: “I was proud of how well all of the students performed, especially when they were so nervous with parents being invited.

“Additionally, we had a few chil-dren that only joined the group a few weeks earlier, however it was impossible to see who these were due to the standard they all reached”.

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Young students at West Road Primary in Moorends planted a memory box in a garden at the school at the end of a term long project entitled ‘Aiming High’.

The project aimed to raise aspirations and attainment by looking at the childrens’ hopes and dreams for the future, and encourage them to start to make the right choices for the future now.

Parents, grandparents, and carers were all en-couraged to get involved with their child’s learning too, as they joined the children in weekly craft sessions.

The items they had made for the memory box symbolised topics the course had covered – an owl represented making wise choices; a football-er symbolised setting and hitting achievement goals. The project, funded by the school, was delivered by Creative Education UK in partnership with York St. John University.

Along with their parents, the Key Stage 2 students visited the university in York as part of the project. When asked if parents felt more confident in sup-porting their children into higher education, one said: “I have a better understanding of what they should expect and the experience they should have”.

Another said “I did not know anything about university or what it had to offer. Could be a little scary thinking about it all, but this answers lots of questions”. When asked their thoughts on the project, they said: “The information given was eye opening”, “It’s nice to sit with your child and find out about realistic dreams”.

The children taking part were all presented with certificates in a special assembly before the rest of the school as they looked back at what they had learnt over the previous weeks

Primary School Pupils Planting For The Future

Thorne Countrywoman’s Association’s next meet-ing is on Tuesday 19 July where they will learn about Grandma Abson’s traditional baking.

The association had another good litter pick, this time in the old cemetery in Thorne where they picked six bags of rubbish. Next month’s litter pick is to be decided at a meeting on Monday 4 July.

Contact the group via email on: [email protected] or Like the Facebook page; Thorne Countrywomen’s Association.

Go along and enjoy friendly company and inter-esting activities, it’s a great night out.

The Countrywoman’s Association meet every third Tuesday in the Sea Cadets on Union Road from 7.30pm. Everyone’s made welcome with a cuppa and cake. Members £2 and visitors £3.

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The first of two Thorne ward by-elections to take up vacant seats on Thorne-Moorends Town Council is set to take place later this month.

The first by-election will be held on Thursday 30 June, with the second scheduled for Thursday 28 July.

Three seats are currently va-cant, with two seats to be filled in the June election and the remaining seat to be filled in the July election.

The five candidates contesting the two seats on June 30th are: Peter Best (Thorne’s Best), John Phillips (Labour), Gordon Powell (Community Group), Ron Powell (Labour), and Anne Sloman

(Community Group).

The council currently has 12 elected representatives; seven labour councillors, and five com-munity group.

Poll cards are expected to be sent out through the post to resi-dents over the coming days.

Thorne-Moorends Town Council By-election

Pupils at Marshland Road Primary showcased their talents at their annual Marshland’s Got Talent school show.

Children at the school in Moorends lined up hoping to impress the judges – Town Mayor Susan Durant and her deputy Mark Houlbrook – showcasing skills and artistry ranging from singers to dancers, to gymnasts and ukulele players.

The talented students performed in front of an audience of par-ents and teachers as they each received rapturous applause for

their efforts.

Mayor Durant said: “What an amazing event, the children and young people did a fantastic job, the teachers and parents should be very proud of them all.

“It was extremely difficult to pick the winners as we were impressed by everyone.

“We thoroughly enjoyed the events from the dancers, singers, gym-nasts, football skills, paper planes and the hoopla hoop and scooters. Well done all of you I’m sure every-one had a fantastic time.”

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A Thorne-Moorends Town Councillor is facing disciplinary action following an investigation into complaints made against him.

Two separate complaints were received by Don-caster Council’s Monitoring Officer in January 2016against Councillor Michael Hennessey of Thorne-Moorends Town Council.

The Monitoring Officer decided that, due to the seriousness of the allegations, the matters should be investigated. Helen Potts, Doncaster Council’s Principal Legal Officer, undertook the investiga-tion.

The first complaint, submitted by Mrs Sharon Foster, a former tenant at cafe premises owned by Thorne-Moorends Town Council, alleged that in November 2015 Councillor Hennessey took goods from a council store room and deposited them at Mrs Foster’s home in an inappropriate manner, and without the permission of the town council.

A second complaint submitted by Councillor Susan Durant of Thorne-Moorends Town Council

alleged that Councillor Hennessey had physically assaulted her before a town council meeting in December 2015.

Councillor Hennessey was alleged to have ‘grabbed’ Cllr Durant by the arms as she entered the meeting room, following a disagreement over who was allowed to be inside the room.

The alleged assault was reported to police but Ms Potts’ report noted that it was understood no criminal matter was investigated as it was “not in the interests of justice”.

All allegations were refuted by Councillor Hen-nessey.

The report of Ms Potts investigation was then presented for consideration at an Audit Hearings Sub-Committee meeting at Doncaster Council on Tuesday 14 June.

The sub-committee determined, that after review-ing evidence from all parties in relation to the alle-gations made against him, Councillor Hennessey

had breached three paragraphs of the Members’ Code of Conduct adopted by Thorne-Moorends Town Council.

The committee were in agreement with the legal officer’s findings that: He had not behaved in such a way that a reasonable person would regard as respectful; He had acted in a way which a reason-able person would regard as bullying or intimida-tory; and, that the did not use the resources of the council in accordance with its requirements.

The sub-committee resolved to recommend to Thorne-Moorends Town Council that a number of sanctions should be imposed upon Councillor Hennessey for a minimum term of 12 months.

These include: Removing Cllr Hennessey from any committees or sub-committees; requiring him to undertake training at the expense of Thorne-Moorends Town Council; removing him from all outside appointments to which he has been nom-inated by the Town Council; banning him from using council equipment; and, excluding him from any council buildings except to attend meetings of the council.

The recommendations of the committee will come before Thorne-Moorends Town Council at a later date for consideration.

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Hatfield residents enjoyed a garden party with a difference when it was decided to move the event inside the church due to the threat of inclement weather.

Our photos show Jeff Callison picking a winning card as he and others didn’t let the threat of a downpour dampen their spirits. Janet, Christine, Beryl and Viv were on hand to serve up a cuppa and cake while youngsters Emily and Evan Jarvis tried their hand at the co-conut shy. Hatfield Woodhouse primary pupils performed a ribbon twirling routine.

The church had bric-a-brac stalls, tombolas and presenta-tions from the Barn project and Natural England – A magician kept the kids entertained, while the Markham Main brass band entertained the rest.

Picking a Winner at Hatfield Church Garden Party

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Family and friends have rallied round to help out a brave young woman undergoing treatment for cancer.

Twenty-year-old Mica Kirkham, from Thorne, was diagnosed with non-hodgkin lymphoma in March and has been undergoing chemo-therapy treatment in a bid to fight the disease.

To lift her spirits family and friends rallied round and have taken part in a night-time neon walk to raise funds for her, and are also plan-ning a further fundraising event at Moorends Comrades Club (Legion) with an auction, raffle and disco.

In addition, Mica’s Dad, Gavin Gutteridge and three other fam-ily members were sponsored by well-wishers as they had various parts of their bodies waxed or shaved.

Family and friends donned neon paints for the night walk, setting off from Swinton in Rotherham and walking some 20 miles back to Thorne.

Mica’s friend Chloe Hollingworth, who took part in the walk, said spirits were high during the walk: “It was a good laugh. Mica’s dad was leading the whole way like a soldier. Everyone did amazing, we had loads of support and kept each other focused”.

Mica’s dad, Gavin Gutteridge, told us it had been a difficult time but Mica has nearly completed her

chemotherapy: “Once she has completed it she will undergo stem cell treatment as well, but she’s been very positive throughout with a few little moments of despair.

“For us all it’s been a very trying time. We also have a 13-year-old boy, Sonny, and we have twins who will be two on July 2; a boy and girl, Lucas and Annis”.

Chloe said of Mica: “She is doing really well; looking so beautiful and so positive. She really is an inspiration to everyone”.

Chloe estimates together they have raised around £2000 already with more money still to come in; “My aim was to raise £1500, so I’m more than made up”, she told us.

The money will go directly to Mica to help her in this testing time in her life. Her Dad, Gavin, said: “She is donating some to the charity of her choice, but it was arranged to be for her to get her life back on track and to let her go and enjoy herself. It was her 20th birthday on the 23 May, which she spent in hospital”.

The event at the Legion takes place on Friday 1 July from 7.00pm

A signed Leeds Rhinos shirt, foot-balls signed by Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday, a box-ing glove signed by David Haye, match tickets, hotel stays, gym memberships, shopping vouchers, and restaurant vouchers are just a few of the raffle prizes and items up for auction.

Family and Friends Rally Round Brave Young Woman Fighting Cancer

Buttons’ Moorends was inspected by OFSTED in January 2016 and given a GOOD grade and in the report it states that “The manager is very knowledgeable and an effective leader. “

The nursery has an established staff team of mixed age range, ex-perience and with varying degree of qualifications including Early Years Degrees.

Buttons is situated within Moorends Children’s Centre and has excel-lent facilities and quality resources within a safe, nurturing environ-ment. The nursery benefits from 3 large playrooms each with their own large outdoor area which is well equipped with age appropri-ate bikes, trikes, sand & water play, slides etc. There is a mud kitchen for the children to explore

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The Axholme Academy is a small, successful and popular second-ary school. Our students are hardworking and well-behaved. They are supported by excellent, experienced teachers and support staff. Students of all abilities make excellent progress at the academy and study a curriculum that Ofsted described as ‘broad and exciting’. In 2015 64.5% of our students left the academy with at least 5 GCSE grades at A* - C including Eng-lish and maths and we are very confident that this will be surpassed in 2016.

We provide an outstanding range of opportunities for students to de-velop a wide range of social skills and cultural development. Recent destinations for trips and visits include international destinations such as New York, Greece and France. We have brilliant teams of peer mentors and prefects that gain great leadership experience

and support other students very effectively.

We are very excited at the new Axholme North Sports Centre being built on our site. Our students will have access to a swimming pool, fitness suite, dance/exercise studio, floodlit outdoor synthetic sports pitch and a refurbished sports hall. Work is due to start this summer.

As our success has grown so has our popularity and we now have a fleet of minibuses that do daily school runs to Hatfield, Thorne and Dunscroft, Reedness, Epworth, Belton and Scunthorpe.

We welcome visits by potential students and parents during the school day, just call in advance and we will arrange a tour.

The Axholme Academy The Moorends Miners Welfare & Community Development Centre is ideally situated within the heart of the local community to deliver projects for the benefit of the local community.

It has over many years worked with partner groups and organisations to deliver a wide range of courses including: IOSH Managing Safety, PTTLS L4 (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector), L2 Food Hygiene, CCNSG Safety Passport, ECDL (European comput-er Driving License) and much more.

The computer suite provides the ideal location for help and sup-port with CV writing, Universal Job search, job applications, basic skills and much more.

We have a fantastic kitchen which enables the provision of catering for courses.

We continue working with local groups to organise delivery of a wide range of training provision from the: CCNSG Safety Passport, First Aid at Work and much more not only for the unemployed but also the wider community who wish to retrain, skills progression and also to support local groups by enabling them access to training for volunteers such as the recently delivered Safeguarding Course (with over 20 people attending). This enables groups to confidently deliver projects within the commu-nity.

The centre will continue to work positively within the local commu-nity to identify and deliver training opportunities locally for the benefit of our area. You can contact us on: 01405 818299 or by email: [email protected] or [email protected].

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Cancer survivors in Doncaster came together in May to take part in the Aurora Fashion Spectac-ular 2016 at Doncaster Dome.

The show is an annual event to raise money for Aurora Wellbeing. The charity’s centres support local people and their families living with cancer. Anyone with a diagnosis receives a free package of support, wellbeing programmes and holistic and beauty treatments to help raise their self-esteem and confidence.

Hatfield ward Cllr Pat Knight, cabinet member for public health, is a cancer survivor herself. She was diagnosed in August 2014, when a breast lump was found. Pat had a lumpectomy in September and by the end of September she had to have a full mastectomy. Pat had chemotherapy from December 2014 until March 2015, she then began radiotherapy which was completed in May 2015.

Cllr Knight said: “This is a fantastic time for cancer survivors to show off their real beauty and gain a great amount of confidence. You just have to be positive and take what life throws at you. I would encourage everyone to support this very worthwhile cause that helps so many local people in Doncaster.” Visit: www.aurorawell-being.org.uk for more information or call 03000 111202

Cancer Survivors Take Part in The Aurora Fashion Spectacular 2016

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On Sunday 5th June – all staff at Screetons, successfully completed a Charity Bike Ride, held to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambu-lance.Amidst beautiful surroundings of the Rosedale in the Yorkshire Moors, the team cycled a total of 329 miles.

Lynn, Sales Negotiator said ‘it was a very tiring but an incredibly reward-ing experience, working as a team to complete the course, for such a worthwhile charity’.

Over £2,000 has been raised already and if anyone would still like to donate funds please go to the just giving page at: www.justgiving.com/screetons

Screetons Official Open Day Launch

At last the team at Screetons are finally in their new premises on King Street, Thorne and to mark the occasion and their 50 Year Anni-versary they celebrated in style by opening their doors to the general public, vendors and invited guests,

Screetons Official Open Day Launch

The Screetons team raising money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Screetons staff and newly appointed Mayor of Thorne & Moorends at the Open Evening

Ian Screeton & staff officially cutting the ribbon

who happily obliged in the celebra-tions.

Ian Screeton said of the event ““We would like to say a huge thank you to all who attended our open evening, it was great to see everyone and the raffle was a massive success raising £190 towards Yorkshire Air Ambu-lance. We would like to thank Oh La La, Angels Boutique, Attitudes Hair, Thorne Television, Jessicas Flowers by Design, David Goodfellow Travel,

Ric Fisher, Occassions – Howden, Laveracks and Kitchen – Howden who all kindly donated the raffle prizes, we had some very happy winners on the night.

“We had some great feedback and comments on seeing the rest of our soon to be completed building with many surprised faces with the size of our project and how many

units we have available for new businesses, the continued support locally is amazing and it’s great to hear, we are proud to have invested in Thorne”.

The £190 raised has been added to all the sponsorship received for the Screetons Charity Bike Ride men-tioned above. Thanks to everyone that has supported and donated.


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FISHLAKE’S History Society met on 18th May and 8th June when they heard about the location of the vil-lage’s public houses in the past from Carole Smith , old wills from 1645 from Pam Pyatt, ship-building in the village by the Steenson family from Val Geoghegan (Thomas Steenson moved from Fishlake to Thorne Quay at Waterside before moving on to Paull near Hull ) and Peter Tid-ball described making recordings of elderly residents in the early 1990s with pupils of Fishlake Endowed School. Recordings were made of Ken Omar’s memories of the village in his childhood and attempts were made to apply for a grant to help the

group improve its digital museum. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, 7th September at 7p.m. when Rob Downing will describe life in the nineteenth century to us. The group’s aim is to preserve oral history before it is lost and to gather artefacts from the old days.

The Women’s Institute met on 26th May and was treated to a talk on the history of Doncaster florist, Tom Wood, and was pleased to receive a demonstration of flower arranging.

The W.I. will be holding an open meeting on Thursday, 23rd June at 7 p.m. in the Cricket and Bowls Club when an evening of folk music and songs from the Great American Songbook will be held. The vocal duo ‘Change for Two Tenors’ will entertain and all are welcome. Refreshments will be available. The change of venue is due to the use of the Village Hall as a polling station for the referendum.

The winners of the quiz in the Old Anchor Inn recently have been Katie Croucher and Colin Simpson whilst Allen Hodges has won the quiz in the Hare and Hounds. Meanwhile the winners of the Fishlake 100 club for May were Pat Holgate, Harold Whitehead and Janet Rothwell.

Fishlake Village Choir is feeling very pleased with itself as it has received £4,317 to purchase handbells from Eon’s Tween Bridges Windfarm via South Yorkshire Community Funding. Handbells have recently featured in the choir’s concerts.

An impressive array of plants was waiting when visitors dropped in on Garden Blooms on 22nd May to see the garden centre’s open days.

Resident, Edgar Beaglehole, has received the Alick Jeffrey Award at the Keepmote Stadium for his contribution to grassroots football in the borough. Mr Beaglehole has passed on his love for the beautiful game to his family and to many, many others.

The queue stretched along the out-side of the Village Hall as customers waited for the Nearly New Sale on 4th June. Inside stalls were besieged as people sought bargains which they later displayed with pride over cups of tea at the coffee morning in the parish church. Members of the Village Hall Committee are grateful for the support and items given by villagers and are glad that the months of hard work has paid off to the tune of £1,385.

As a result of the Fishlake Falcons Under 13s reaching the Doncaster premiership members of the team received the cup and a medal for each player at the Keepmote Stadi-um watched by proud parents and grandparents. Congratulations to the whole team!

The Anchor Lions Pool Team has had its most successful season 2015/16 since it joined the Thorne and District Winter Pool League many years ago.

The Team finished third in the league, its highest ever position, losing only one game in the second half of the league season. It reached the semi-finals of the Dou-bles, Landlords and Captains and the Danny Vance Trophies. Amy Grantham reached the Final of the Ladies Singles Trophy and Martin Coy won the blue ribbon event the Main Singles Trophy.

The Team is looking to build on this success in the next season commencing in the Autumn. New players are always welcome in order to achieve this and help the Anchor Tigers to develop. If you are interested, please let Paul at the Anchor know.

The Church of England is offering towers and spires for broadband rollout as only 4% of rural areas are connected to broadband. It can take farmers hours to download books of instructions etc from the ministry. This may have favourable conse-quences for our village which has such poor broadband reception.

2nd July will see two important events in the village. From 2 till 4 p.m. a garden party is to be held on the bishop’s lawn by the parish church. It is hoped to feature Victo-rian dress. In the evening the action will move a few yards to the ancient church of Saint Cuthbert’s where the Village Choir will present its summer concert which should include some memorable numbers from ‘South Pacific’.

The church clock has seen out the reigns of five monarchs since it was installed in the reign of Edward VII as it looked down on the lives

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of villagers. As it struck noon the first of three floats pulled out from Southwell’s farm on to Pinfold Lane carrying the Fishlake Falcons, their supporters and Fishlake Drama Group on a tour of the village. By one o’clock the floats had returned and the Rockingham Brass Band from Barnsley had started to play patriotic tunes to celebrate the Queen’s ninetieth birthday on 11th June. In spite of dark clouds the rain held off for Fishlake folk to throw a traditional street party. Competition was fierce for the best decorated table which was won by Rebekah

Cleghorn and her party with cande-labra, thrones, crowns and even a pop up corgi. An Elvis impersonator provided a much appreciated mag-ic show and Thorne’s Male Voice Choir, which includes some villag-ers, sang beautifully. Face painting added to the children’s fun before the village waited for the Doncaster based rock band ‘Kick the Habit’ to arrive. Once again there was a local connection with Phil Guy playing for them. The evening’s entertainment was rounded off with a hog roast which helped celebrate the royal milestone in style.

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Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall news:- By the time you read this Woodhouse Phoenix will have per-formed three nights of “Dad’s Army” to full houses on all three nights.They will then have a short break before starting rehearsals for their Pantomime, which is to be performed in early January 2017. We are always on the lookout for new members, both on stage and off. If you are inter-ested in joining this friendly group please contact Colin on 01302 840347

During the Summer Holidays there will be a “Little Warriers” ‘Boot camp’For more information please phone James 07703018178

On Sunday 10th July The Claire Johnson School of Dance will be staged their dance show. For more

information phone Claire on 07944 566454

The Phoenix Family Fun Day is to be held on Sunday, 11th September to include a ‘SCRUFFY’ Dog show. More information to follow. Also present will be children’s entertainer ‘Mr Bongo’

Hatfield Woodhouse Chapel news: - The usual coffee mornings will take place each Saturday. The coffee morning on 7th July will be to raise funds for the Air Ambulance, and Saturday, 16th July will be for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Saturday 30th July will be for Home Missions. As the Church has to have a new roof they are busy fundraising, with extra raffles and bric-a-brac stall at coffee mornings. All enquiries for Church matters please contact Lay Pastor Sue Pickering on 01302 835682

To start the Roof fund off Mr and Mrs John Brown have kindly offered to arrange a ‘Race Night’ to be held at Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall on Saturday July 9th 7pm start. Entry £2 bring your own drinks. Huge thanks

Hatfield Woodhouse TIMESBy Jenny Garrett01302 840072 or email: [email protected]

I would like to start by informing you that the library renovations will be much later than we believed. We have now heard that they will not be started until 2017/18. I was trying to

be super-efficient and give everyone plenty of notice but it was a bit too much notice! Ah well c’est la vie. (Learnt that at Lingotots).

We have a lot of new events coming up in the next couple of months. (Or longer - I have learned my lesson about time) Some of our summer activities are for children and others are for adults - even if you are young at heart! I hope that you will be able to support your library as we are trying to find a variety of activities which many people can enjoy.

July. Our children’s events start with two Lingotot sessions. Thurday 21st Lingotots French 2:30-3:30 (Children and adults). Friday 22nd Lingotots Spanish 10;30-11:30 (Children and adults). Saturday 23rd Art and Crafts Exhibition from 10am onwards There will be books for sale and refreshments available. David Fiennes, the May-or, will be presenting the library with a donation. Even if you are attending other events please try to find time to call in for a while. Saturday 30th Our Author event features Lynda Stacey who has had her first book

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This year’s Charity Car Boots are for Thorne Ladies Inner Wheel Char-ity, Action for Children & Hatfield Woodhouse Methodist Church Roof Appeal, plus maybe another one.All to be held at Cherry Tree Farm, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster (opposite The Green Tree) on a bus route by kind permission of Mr & Mrs John Brown. On Sunday 7th, 14th and 21st August at 8am. Car Boots £5.00 - No need to book just turn up. More info ring 01302 840496

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August Tues. 9th Lego Robotics return for summer. It is for girls and boys and involves using laptops to control lego models which the children will make. Two sessions 7-9yrs at 10-12:30 9-11yrs at 1-3:30. Thursday 18th Sam’s Safa-ris. The popular animal visitors can be seen and touched. Two sessions - 1:30-2:30 and 2:30-3:30. Thursday 25th Kimmo. Children’s (and adults) Entertainer. This very popular enter-tainer will be making the library ring with laughter 2:00-3:00. Tuesday 30th Lingotots French (children and adults) 10:30-11:30. Wednesday 31st Lingotots Spanish (Children and adults) 10:30-11:30.

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All our other classes will be running as usual. We would like to start a Wednesday morning group to play cards, dominoes or scrabble. The relaxing art colouring class will also be available on this morning.

Finally, I was given an interesting task by a gentleman from Surrey who rang the library to see if we could help him to find out about the 1944 plane crash (in Hatfield) in which his father died. After some sleuthing, without joy, I happened to mention it to a friend of mine who turned out to have a book which described a plane crash near the Straight Mile! This was just one of many local plane crashes which happened during the war. I passed the information on and hopefully it is the relevant one. So working in the library is not just stamping books!

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Clouds Community Counselling Service cele-brated their 10 anniversary at the Canal Tavern, Thorne, recently, attended by new Civic Mayor and Civic Mayoress David and Kathleen Nevett.

A spokesperson for clouds said: “They took an immense interest in the work that Clouds CCS has accomplished and that the Service is now looking after 91 clients at eight different Centres”.

“A team decorated the function room which looked wonderful in silver and purple and the Celebratory cakes provided by Karen and Chris were beautiful. Flowers also adorned every table. Many of the Team were involved in the planning and helped put the Display Boards together with the 2006 to 2010 History of Clouds written by Sally.

“The raffle was provided by board members and the management team and organised by Janet and £202-00 was raised for funds. Alex kindly provided indian deserts to follow the Curry evening theme”.

Amongst the guests for the night were clouds trustees, counsellors, volunteers and members of organisations that have kindly helped Clouds from the past and present over the 10 year period.

After dinner speeches were given by the Chair-man of Clouds Community Counselling Service, Patrick Davies; and the Director of Clinical Practice, Sally Chamberlain, who founded the

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organisation in 2006.

The spokesperson added: “Patrick thanked a number of the team for their efforts and went on to praise, and admire Sally for the many years of hard work which had enabled the Service to grow and be where it is today. Sally was warmly thanked and presented with a lovely arrangement of flowers. Sally responded with thanking those who had helped and supported her, particularly Patrick and with a little about the motivation behind the work she has done and the need for the Service to be available to help clients. She said how she had thought they were busy in 2008 with 15 or 20 clients and 5 counsellors and now there are 20 counsellors and 91 clients being looked after and a waiting list. New Practice Manager Rob Jackson then said a few words of gratitude.

“It was especially pleasing speaking to the guests who provided those very first donations as well as those who provided free counselling space to Clouds to enable the practice to pro-vide this much needed service to the communi-ty and to those who continue to support Clouds CCS. An extremely enjoyable night was had by all to celebrate the past 10 years, but also looking forward to the next 10 years of Clouds Community Counselling Service serving its community.”


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The Crowle Show is an annual country show hosted each year in the village of Crowle, just a short 15 minute drive from Thorne and the surrounding area.

The show offers a range of events and is popular with visitors both locally and nation-ally and houses a range of events including Trade stands, craft tent, funfair rides, Polo demonstration, sheepdog demonstration. Dog Show, cattle show and horse classes including

Unaffiliated showjumping, and affiliated and unaffiliated showing.The show organisers are proud to offer something for everyone and as the show is also conveniently situated on Godnow Road in Crowle, Just off M180/A18, it provides a wonder-ful traditional day out for the whole family.

This annual event is popular with agricultural breeders, car enthusiasts and pet owners alike. it grows in size each year as it becomes more

popular. Ticket prices on the gate are £5 adults, £3 children £10 for a family (2 adults & up to 3 chil-dren). Gates open from 8am with competitions starting from 10am; gates will close at approxi-mately 6pm. FREE PARKING is included in your entry price and is available on site on a first come, first served basis. Dogs are permitted on leads.

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Toilets are available including a disabled toilet. There will be several catering organisations present with hot and cold food options. There will also be a beer tent. A program with a full list of events and times will be included in your entry price on show day.

The Crowle Show has a wealth of entertain-ment to offer its visitors and this year’s show is

no exception! With something for all ages and tastes, we are confident that we offer something for all the family. Please keep checking the website: www.crowleshow.org.uk or follow us on facebook for confirmed entertainment for the 2016 show. Here is what is confirmed so far……157 Class Dog Show, Beef Cattle Championships, Classic Cars & Vintage Tractors Display, Horse & Pony Events inc Side Saddle, Carriage Driving, Show Jumping, WH & Showing Classes, Big Trucks Display, Tug Of War, Children’s Art Competi-tion, Fairground, Donkey Rides, Crowning of the Lord & Lady, Trade Stands & Craft Tent.

CROWLE SHOW FUN DOG SHOW 2016 - This is an event for family pets, where the judges will be looking for those happy healthy dogs that love people and life. There are lots of rosettes and spot prizes to be won. All dogs must be over 8 months old, micro-chipped and kept on their leads. It is the owners’ responsibil-ity to keep their dog under control and clean up after it. Entry is £1 per class. Entries on the day can be made from 12noon. Classes will start at 1pm. Crowle Show features a wide range of Classic and Vintage vehicles including Classic Cars. This is a fantastic opportunity to view a great

selection of rare and classic vehicles that you don’t see everyday

4th ANNUAL PRODUCE SHOW - ADMIS-SION COLLECTED AT THE DOOR The Marquee will be open between 8:00am until 11:00am to receive produce and book in. Judging will take place between approximately 11:15am until 13:30pm when the marquee must be vacated. ENTRY FEE to all sections is 50 pence per entry. CERTIFICATE & ROSETTE AWARDS FOR 1ST 2ND & 3RD - Various trophies will also be awarded. Special junior section with awards. The marquee will be re-opened to all from approximately 13:30pm until 17:00pm. All produce and awards can be col-lected from the marquee at 16:00pm onwards.Produce Show Example of Classes: Vege-tables - Fruit - Flowers - Floral Arrangements - Photographic - Eggs - Pastry - Preserves - Arts & Crafts. Junior Sections - Minature Garden - Painting - Chocolate Cake – Photograph

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As time changes, so do trends. The older we get; the more beauty techniques there are to enhance our look.

Are you ever feeling fed up of being left behind on the secrets to enhance your skin? I know I am! Having to wait to find out the best beauty trends that work to make me feel and look good – It’s a pain.

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You are one simple step away from better and greater looking skin! Simply, spray the primer on your bare skin before applying face masks. This makes the face mask a lot smoother and gentle for your skin. A few applications of this routine and your skin is well on its way to looking divine this summer! If you feel better about yourself, chances are you’ll look better too. Pre mask primers contain anti-irritants and hydrator, that helps soften and plump your complexion. Another make up trends is the blush free cheeks. This is a natural cheek look which allows your eyes to stand out a little more as the cheeks are more natural looking with no dark bronze. This allows your face to feel itself and allows your paws to have a ‘breather’.

This summer convince yourself to let your hair flow free; and enlighten your face structure.

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Make up Trends: Summer 2016 make up trends have changed recently. One of the most interesting changes is the blurred eyeliner. This look creates a darker depth into someone’s eye, allowing the colour to stand out. In order to create this blurred eyeliner look; you’ll just need to carefully draw on a standard pointed eyeliner shape, then use a soft brush and some black eyeshadow to blend the top of the line.

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If you’re dreaming of a summertime wedding, you would be right to en-visage a gorgeous blue-sky day, with the sun shining, your guests enjoying walking in the gardens of your recep-tion with champagne in hand; feeling like this is the best wedding they have ever attended.

What you may choose to overlook is how hot and uncomfortable it could get, with guests feeling overheated, dehydrated and slumping in their chairs from the humidity. Flowers wilt-ing, the spread quickly looking worse for wear and you worrying about your guests having a good time and the perfect wedding on paper being ruined just because it’s summer!

Don’t let mother nature steel your thunder - here are a few ideas to help you plan ahead and make sure your summer wedding is the most memorable ever…..

Look for a venue that offers indoor and outdoor space, so guests can get up and walk about making them feel comfortable. If you are fancying a Marquee invest in the hire of port-able fans to place around seating areas, the bar and generally where guests will gather. You could even go one step further by placing the small handheld fans on tables or paper fans for guests to use at their leisure.Have fresh jugs of iced water with slices of citric fruits such as limes & lemons in on tables.

Choose a wedding gown made from lighter fabric such as cotton, chiffon or crepe, ask your gown stylist about materials that breathe to avoid embarrassing sweat patches should the weather hot up. Comfortable, thicker heeled shoes will ensure you don’t sink in to soft grass areas. If the wedding will feature lots of time

outdoors consider a shorter train, the last thing you want is clumps of grass attached to your train with everyone fussing helping to remove it. On hot sticky summer days, hair tends to have a life of its own, so instead of big bold curls, a sleeker put up style is more likely to stand the test and cope better in the humidity, keeping you looking great all day long.

Men should also choose a fabric that breathes and for comfort always choose open backed suit vests

Keeping flowers looking fresh is im-portant. A few family members could be responsible for carrying a water spray container to keep giving your bouquets a blast of fresh water.

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As guinea pigs go, Ken Furmage ARPS ,AFIAP, of Gilberdyke was ideal, as, with his experience in photography spanning many

years, his distinctions and his open attitude to change, who better to judge the new style competition.

The adoption of the pointless scoring system is designed to en-courage rather than discourage members seeking to improve their pictures, and Ken was a great help in this respect. Thorne is not the first to try this, Ken had some experience of it already, so he was undaunted by the prospect. It was generally well received by members.

However, that was not the only change being introduced to streamline competitions. Open and Themed sections ran side by side, giving members the option to challenge themselves with a theme or settle for ‘any-thing - goes’ in the open section, welcomed by less confident members. Knowing no-one was going to score the lowest mark, as there were none, gave everyone a boost, more reticent members competing for the first time. The theme ‘Songs’ seemed to fire everyone’s imagination, and sparked off some commu-nity singing ably led by Frances. This was something the judge

had definitely not seen, or heard, before, but the Club is not a stuffy club hampered by tradition, nor painfully serious.

From forty five entries, Ken chose seven Excellent photographs, by Percy Johnson (2), David Ulyett , Frances McIntosh (+C), Mel Brown (+C2), Lynda Ulyett, and Stephen Wall (+C). Seven prints were Highly Commended from David Ulyett (+C), Lynda Rhodes (2), John Hookway (+C), Norman Pugh (+C), Jim Howard (+C) and Bill Mitchell, and eleven Com-mended, as above plus Doreen Hookway, Trevor Holt and Colin Jarvis, even though all prints sub-mitted were of a good standard and receive an A grade. His com-ments, intended to encourage further improvement, came with handy hints and tips.

With rousing applause, members appreciated the difficulty of Ken’s task, his efforts to be of service, especially as Ken, aged 82, announced his retirement from judging after over thirty years. Thorne, where he first came as an evacuee in the war, was his last judging assignment. What a pity it was a cake-free night!

On Members’Nights, of which there are plans for more, there is sharing of photographs, tutori-als, practical sessions, demon-strations, question and answer sessions, all to help members improve their work. Some mem-bers regularly enter into online competitions or sites where others vote or comment on their images. Recent examples of how to enhance photographs using available software have proved very useful. The club is moving up a gear.

A fish and chip supper was en-joyed on the final evening before the Summer Programme began. In the summer months, it is all practical camera handling, as outings give opportunities to prac-tise camera technique and get advice from other members who are always willing to help, starting with a summer evening stroll by the canal. No unauthorised paddling this time!! A step to the left to get a better angle should always be preceded by a glance to see where your foot will end up, preferably not in the water!!

If you are interested in joining the Camera Club, contact David on 07463821182 or email [email protected]

Into Summer at Thorne

Camera ClubTop Left: When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along by Percy Johnson Top Right: Gone Fishing by David Ulyett. Bottom Right: Finding Nemo by Percy Johnson

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with the Worldʼs Largest Collection of HISTORIC TROLLEYBUSES

Over 50 Historic Trolleybuses Trolleybus Rides Vintage Motorbus Tour “The Trolleybus During the First

World War” Exhibition Conducted Tours 5-Star Café with home-made food at

good-value prices Gardens & Nature Trail Prefab Bungalow “Home” Exhibition 1950s Shop Window Displays Period Cycle Shop Exhibition

Plenty of FREE Parking Saturday & Sunday, 9 & 10 July (11.00am – 5.00pm)

Weekend Trolleydays and Teddy Bears’ Picnic Saturday, 30 July (11.00am – 10.00pm)

Sandtoft Gathering Preview with evening BBQ & real ale beer tent Sunday, 31 July (10.00am – 6.00pm)

Sandtoft Gathering, our BIGGEST event of the year ! with many visiting historic vehicles, live music and plenty for all the family (Premium Admission Charges apply)

Saturday & Sunday, 20 & 21 August (11.00am – 5.00pm)Blues & Twos Weekend, featuring emergency services displays

- a great time for children and adults alike & a chance to chat with emergency services personnel

Saturday Sunday & Monday, 27, 28 & 29 August(11.00am – 5.00pm ) - Weekend Trolleydays

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The summer months are finally upon us and there is nothing more enjoyable than a day out with the family.

Looking forward to the summer school holidays there has never been a better time to start thinking about leisure activities that will occupy everyone, keep the kids

entertained and ensure some great fun time is to be had.

There are lots of options available quite close to home in the form of visitor centres, farm parks, mu-seums and play zones, so if you don’t want to travel far, these are situated perfectly.

If you are thinking about going on holiday in the UK there are lots of options to choose from, from a seaside hotel, situated in the heart of the action, to a leisure-ly caravan holiday – whether that’s you touring with your own caravan or hiring one at one of the many parks, both are equally enjoyable.

Other ideas to add to your to do list that won’t break the bank could be: Going on a lovely long walk, taking a picnic, take some items such as a rounder’s set to include a bit of aerobic exer-cise! Or a family BBQ is always a winner, the kids running free, while you concentrate on feeding everyone.

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Opening Times (Until 18th July)

Everyday: 10am—4pm Admission Prices (until 18th July) £4 for Children

Adults FREE!

MAIZE MAZE OPENS 16th JULY!!!!

10AM - 5PM EVERYDAY

£6 PER PERSON

£20 FAMILY TICKET

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FREE Bag of animal food with advert (One voucher per family)

Meet and feed our friendly animals Build sandcastles in our indoor sand-

pit Explore the mini maze, play forts and

bale pyramid outside Serving homemade cakes Hot and cold drinks Light meals for adults and children

If this sounds like too much effort, then why not treat the whole family with a few lunches or tea-times out at a local restaurant? Most cater for all members of the family; have outdoor gardens, where the little ones have a bit more space to let off some steam, which means Mums & Dads can relax at meals time too!

It’s coming up to festival, fairs and show season, so look out for ones in your area – they are generally FREE or very inexpen-sive to attend and usually offer lots of free attractions….look out for Moorends Gala on Saturday 9th July at Moorends Recreational Ground, Crowle Show on Sunday 17th July (see pages 39 – 41 for full details) and Thorne Summer Festival on 30th & 31st July (more on this in the next issue).

Whatever you do this summer - have fun!!!


Geoff ’s Gardener’s Corner

As I write this piece in early June, we are in a short period of very hot weather. This reminds us that as we move into the drier (we hope) summer months, the regular watering of plants and shrubs will probably need. In the soil, a general rule of thumb is to water thoroughly a couple of times a week rather than to put a little water on each day. A good soak encourages the roots to grow down, instead of coming to the surface in search of water. But in the case of tubs, planters and hanging baskets, a good watering at least once a day in hot weather will be necessary for the plants to remain healthy. Many failures of containers are due to thirsty plants, not pests and diseases. If there is a strong wind or breeze, plants and shrubs can quickly dehydrate, even in cooler weather, so frequent checking is necessary in all weather conditions if the plants are to be kept in good condition.

Recently planted shrubs and trees take up, and lose a lot of water in summer, so be sure to keep them well watered. Some experts recom-mend leaving a slowly trickling hose near to each shrub or tree for a hour or so to make sure they get plenty of water. Mature shrubs can suffer in dry conditions, especially if they are comparatively shallow rooted. So keep an eye on your rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias and if needed water, preferably with rain water. These plants do not like the hard water which comes through our

Geoff’s Gardening Corner

On Tuesday 7 June, the Society was privileged to have Stella Exley as its speaker. Stella is a Camassia specialist who runs her own nursery, called Hare Spring Cottage Plants (www.harespringcottageplants.co.uk)’ near Barnsley. She houses the National Collection of Camassias.

In 2014 Stella met Chris Beardshaw at the Arley Hall Garden Festival in Cheshire, and told him about her love of the Camassia family of plants, and that she grew them in her nursery in the open. They are not under cover, and face the worst that the Pennine weather can throw at them. Shortly after the Show, Chris

Beardshaw asked Stella to grow him four thousand Camassias for his 2015 Chelsea Show garden (to be sponsored by Morgan Stanley), of which he would choose about half for the actual exhibit. So Stella’s story was about the trials and tribulations of fulfilling this extraordinary order for her favourite plants. She told us about planting them up in pots, mostly one bulb per pot, and then growing them throughout the winter. There were some setbacks, such as the two ocassions when blankets of snow which covered the young plants, but by carefully moving them from the shaded areas of her nursery to the sunnier parts, and vice versa,

Hatfield Woodhouse Amateur Gardening

Societyshe was able to get the Camassias to Chris at Chelsea on time, and in perfect condition. Stella brought a good selection of plants with her to help illustrate the talk, and these were for sale afterwards. Almost all the plants were sold to Garden Society members and guests. This was an evening of entertainment and information which everybody thoroughly enjoyed, and indeed are already hoping for a return visit in due course.

The following week, on Tuesday 14 June, Society’s calendar went on an outing to Melton Mowbray and and also to the late Geoff Hamilton’s Gar-den at Barnsdale. There will be some notes about this next month. And then on Saturday 18 June the Hatfield Woodhouse Chapel regular coffee morning was in aid of the Society.

July’s meeting will be held on Tues-day 5 July at Hatfield Woodhouse Club, commencing at 7-30pm. Our speaker on this occasion will be Gill Tomkinson, whose subject will be Lavender and Pinks. Everybody is invited to this event, members and non-members alike.

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taps in the Doncaster area, so they must not be watered on a long term basis with tap water. But a one off good soak using tap water is better than no water in very dry conditions.

And talking of water, garden ponds may need some maintenance in the next few weeks. Plants at the edge of the pond (marginals), tend to move towards the middle of the pond and give the appearance of taking over. Those which have flowered early such as yellow water iris (I. pseuda-corus), also called yellow flags, will also be contributing to the excess foliage and making the pond look a mess. Thin out the plants drastically and make space for water lilies which will now be growing through. Leave the pond ‘rubbish’ at the side of the pond for a few days. This will give a chance for any wildlife lifted out of the pond to make its way back to the water, then dispose of in your compost heap or green bin. Then remove other unwanted plants such as blanket weed and duck weed. Blanket weed, has dense growths of hairy green strands that cling to plants and the edges of the pond, and also floats on or under the sur-face. It’s a real nuisance. Try to get out as much as possible with a rake or net. Getting it out improves the appearance of the pond and helps to maintain the dissolved oxygen, par-ticularly important if you have some fish. Another nuisance is duckweed. This floats on the surface of the pond, and can cover it quickly in summer. Remove as much as you can. If you have the time and inclination, keep working at it till you can see no more. Then check every other day, and get rid of any more that has grown. You might be able to shift it altogether by doing this. If you are buying new pond plants, check them thoroughly for signs of duckweed before you buy. My advice would be to reject any plants which are contaminated with duckweed, especially if you do

not have a problem with it in your pond. Buy uncontaminated plants, and even with those, give them a good rinse in running water before placing in the pond.

Much as we love our gardens, some-times we think that it would be nice if there was not much work to do and that it still looked attractive. Peren-nials and shrubs which are low grow-ing can be put to this use. A good ground cover plant will grow quite rapidly to give a dense cover. This cover will suppress weed growth, so that’s one horrible job out of the way immediately! This type of plant is of-ten an evergreen with dense growth, so there is winter interest. When starting a ground cover bed from scratch, enrich the soil with compost to provide a good growing medium. Plant the plants about two feet (60 cms) part and water in. Until the plants have established and grown, then there will be some initial weed-ing to do, but that will rapidly lessen as the plants and shrubs grow. Keep new plantings well-watered, and carry on watering shrubs into the second year. So what to plant? The RHS have five recommended plants for a new bed. These are: Hebe pin-guifolia ‘Pagei’, an evergreen which produces a mass of white flowers in late Spring and early summer and gets to about a foot (30cms) high and a yard (90cms) wide.Pachysandra terminals “Varigata”, an evergreen which has spikes of white flowers in summer and grows to ten inches (25 cms) high and two feet (60 cms) wide.

Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea”, an evergreen periwinkle with plum-pur-ple flowers from spring to autumn. Its height is four to eight inches (10-20 cms) and it will just keep on growing outwards, so cut it back to size as required. Bergenia ’silberlicht’ , a clump forming perrenial with eight inch (20 cms) broad leaves and white

flowers, growing to twelve to 18 inch-es (30-45 cms) high and eighteen to twenty four inches (45-60 cms) wide.Rubus tricolour, a prostrate ever-green shrub related to the Bramble, with shoots covered in red bristles. White flowers followed by edible raspberry like fruit. It can get to two feet high and its spread is indefinite, soit needs pruning back.

There are if course many other plants which can be used, and reference to these can be found on the RHS web site. But if you need a few plants it can be expensive. But if you choose those that produce underground runners or suckers, these can be split up to make more plants. The Pachy-sandra terminalis noted above can be treated like this as can Hypericum calycinum (Rose of Sharon). Rose of Sharon is a good plant in the shade. Before splitting, give the plants a good soak.

What you might call an ‘old fash-ioned plant’, the lupin has shown very well this year. These plants, which produce one spike of blooms on each stem come in a range of sizes

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and colours. Most come within the three to five feet range (90 -150 cms) but there are some very small ones e.g. Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii (also known as L. lyallii) which aony grows to about 4 inches (10 cms) high and can be used as a prostrate ground cover but the downside of this plant is that it is short lived. But lupins usually give a good colourful show at the beginning to middle of summer, and do not really take a lot of looking after, although mildew could be a problem on older varieties. This year, some our lupins have grown very high, some over six feet (180 cms), which could be because of Springtime rain at the right time, but I don’t really know why.

Have a look at all your climbing plants such as clematis, honeysuckle, climbing roses etc, and to make them go in the direction you want, continue tying them in.

So with that I’ll sign off and hope that you get the weather and time to sit in your gardens and enjoy the fruit of your labours.


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The Friends of Thorne Community Wood enjoyed glorious weather on their first task day in June. The com-bination of warm and wet weather the previous week meant that the grass and undergrowth had shot up, and needed taming in several areas! The Friends worked to strim and mow, focussing on the main access points and paths to make it easier for people to get around the site. This included work in one of the Adopt-a-Tree areas. They also disposed with some of the brash left over from the thinning work carried out earlier in the year. The butter-cups were out in full bloom along the paths and firebreaks, blanket-ing large areas in a golden yellow. The distinctive call of a cuckoo was also heard throughout the morning.

One of the less welcome visitors to the wood is the Bird-cherry Ermine moth, which has again made an appearance in several sections of the wood. As its name suggests, this moth targets the Bird-cherry trees, which can be seen covered in webs and stripped of their leaves. Over the last few years the Friends have made efforts to

reduce the impact of the moth on the most vulnerable trees. On the whole, this seems to be working. Unfortunately some of the younger trees seem to be suffering particu-larly badly, and it remains to see what the overall impact will be. It would be a shame to lose any of these attractive trees, which are also a valuable food source for many other creatures.

The Green Gym have been con-tinuing their good work down the wood. They made use of a dry day to carry out maintenance work on benches and picnic tables, includ-ing treating them with preservative to keep them in good condition.

If you have not yet visited the wood, the summer months are a great time to see it at its best. It is also a good time to get involved with help-ing out, as the Friends are always on the lookout for new volunteers. For more information you can con-tact the Friends by phone on 07902 772695 (please leave a message), email on [email protected] or by getting in touch on their Facebook page.

Forthcoming Thorne Ramblers’ Sunday walk dates for 2016 are as follows:

Sunday June 26thSunday July 24thSunday Aug 21stSunday Sept 18thSunday Oct 23rd

For more info about walk desti-nations, and coach pick-up times and places, please contact Keith Staines on 01302 841062.

Membership is free and walks are approximately 7/8 miles long. Coach fare is £10 whatever the distance travelled. Sorry, no dogs allowed on coach.

Thorne Ramblers Sunday Walk Dates 2016

News From The

Wood

23 & 28 June 9pm – Nightjar walks on Hatfield Moors – things that ‘churr’ in the night… To hear and hopefully catch sight of the NNR’s star turn of the bird population, the rare and night-flying migrant nightjar. Meet at Boston Park car park off the A614 Bawtry Road - Booking essential.

23 July 11am to 2pm – NE’s cele-bration for International Bog Day on Crowle and Thorne Moors – Join

staff and volunteers for guided walks and children’s activities. All events starting from Crowle Moors car park, off Dole Road, Crowle. Free entry – refreshments available. 11.15am – walk to find interesting plants of Thorne Moors & 12 noon – general interest walk across Crowle and Thorne Moors. 12.30pm children’s walk/bug hunt.Natural England say all events are free but donations are welcome.

Nightjar Walks and International Bog Day with Natural England

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Regular readers will be aware that there is a research project being undertaken on both Thorne & Hatfield Moors looking at the impact of the management works on the enigmatic nightjar. This is the species for which the sites received their Special Protection Area (SPA) status. Natural Eng-land and Doncaster East IDB have been undertaking substantive works across the sites in terms of ‘scrub’ clearance and damming up of drains to hold more water on site. These activities have the potential to have impact on species such as the nightjar and adder, both of which are general-ly regarded as heathland species.

I arrived at the agreed rendez vouz point on Hatfield Moors on a recent Monday evening to meet up with the ‘team’ and the six of us then proceeded to an area considered to be good habitat for nightjar nests to set up three mist nets before it was dark and ahead of the ‘churring’ hour! The area had been virtually clear felled a couple of seasons previously, great lengths of tree trunk and branches littered the peat and made it hard going for anyone unfamiliar with such ter-rain. In the old days habitat piles were created from felled timber, now it seems that the fashion is to flail and leave the resultant debris in situ.

The infamous ‘mozzies’ were certainly out in force with three of the ‘team’ resorting to head nets in an attempt to fend them off! Mosquitoes are a nuisance but it’s the culicoides, the minute little midges which are wicked, they are the ones which reach parts others fail to!

It was five minutes before ten when the first male was heard churring. Others were heard a little south and west of our posi-tion. A single bird eventually flew over the nets and headed west. A frustrating evening, but it is early in the season in terms of trapping birds paired up already and on nests. Tomorrow is another day as they say. In the interim, two Woodcock also flew over us treat-ing us to their distinctive squeak and gurgling grunts and a distant Tawny Owl too could be heard in between the raucous Oyster-catchers moving about the moor in darkness.

There was a Thorne session planned for today as I write this piece, but the weather forecast was not good so it was cancelled.

As a consequence of the session being abandoned I am not able to offer a ‘close up’ of one of this year’s visitors yet as I have Kar-ren’s deadline to meet! Hopefully next month, when I’ll provide another update on the research project.

The weather finally favoured a moth evening on a local fenland site at the beginning of the month (June). An ideal moth night is moonless and cloudy is fine also, it should also be windless and warm to create a humid evening to draw the moths out to feed and visit our lights. We fielded an array of three MVs and a Heath Trap (actinic) where we man-aged a respectable total of 65 species before calling it a day in the early morning hours. It was a pleasing total given the change-able weather of previous weeks. Mercury vapour lights attract a good range of species and actinic traps can boost the total with species which are attracted

to the different light frequencies. There’s one thing for sure, the Victorian naturalists provided us with a veritable treasure trove of vernacular or common names for moth species. Thankfully an Ele-phant Hawk Moth looks nothing like an elephant, in fact its most noticeable colour is probably pink! The name is derived from the caterpillar’s resemblance to an elephants trunk! The caterpil-lars are frequently encountered in July and August feeding chiefly at night on Rosebay Willowherb and occasionally garden fushias. If you are lucky then you might find an adult feeding on your garden Honeysuckle? Another species we logged was ‘The Spectacle’ and when you take a close look you can perhaps appreciate how this moth derived its English name when you see the raised tufts of scales on the thorax, which resembles a pair of spectacles when viewed from the front? This larvae of this species feed on the ubiquitous nettle. Brimstone, a

bog-trotter

Top Left From a distance an MV moth trap has been mistaken for an extra-terrestrial spaceship. Image: H R Kirk Right: Small Yellow Un-derwing, this diminutive day flying species frequents meadows and other open areas. Image: Martin Warne. Bottom Left: Imagine trying to find this Scalloped Hook-tip hidden away in daytime vegetation, but attracted to light and close up it is easy to appreciate both its cryptic camouflage and understand the origin of the family name? Image: Phil Lee.

Ramblings and nature notes of a

Helen R Kirk

delightful bright yellow species was about in reasonable num-bers so too were three species of ‘Hook-tips’ and which as their names suggest show hooked wing tips as well as patterns and colouration particular to species. Five species of Pug moths were recorded, these can be a difficult family to identify but there are some which can be correctly de-termined in the field with practice. Five species of Carpet too were present, these are dainty geome-ter moths and again like the Pugs can be difficult but manageable with practice. A single Maiden’s Blush was perhaps the highlight of the evening. An attractive moth and one associated with Oak and generally regarded as being common locally in the south so a nice find for us! One can only surmise that a quaint naturalist of a bygone era deemed the colour reflective of some poor girl’s em-barrassment?


News

There was a ‘Community Lunch’ served in Stain-forth’s Methodist Church at a cost of £2.60p.Quite a number of people attended, the meal was lovely thanks to Margaret Wilson and her helpers. After the meal it was a social afternoon with games of bingo - yes bingo for small prizes of chocolates. The Asda Foundation donates £1m a year to local causes throughout the U.K.

Nominate a local cause - tell Asda Foundation what local causes you would like to support in your local community. Entry forms now available in store on Station Road in Stainforth.

Recent causes in Stainforth were winners - Food Bank £200, £50 to the Monday Luncheon Club and £50 to the friends of the Quarry Park. You nomi-nate, you vote Asda gives back -Did you know you can nominate on line @asda.com? Well done all of you. Stainforth Town Gala will be held on Wednesday July 27th on the Welfare Ground from 11am until 5pm, generously supported by Dowse’s Fun Fairs. Stainforth Town Council Gala Committee invite you to a Community Gala. Fundraising has already begun. Join them for a fantastic day out with various stalls, raffle, tombola, fair ground, and Scunthorpe Scottish Pipe Band and Dancers. To book a site for a stall please contact Lorraine Crosby on 07525099005. A coffee Morning was held recently with all pro-ceeds going to Caring in Doncaster.A group of dedicated volunteers with the aim of providing immediate help to those in need of sup-port and aid in Doncaster, they do this via holding feeding nights in the town centre, contributing food and clothing, raising cash for food purchas-ers through the sale of unwanted goods and directing the vulnerable to other forms of support.

A grand sum of £265 was raised-thank you to everyone who supported the morning.

There is a free bus trip to York Castle Museum on Wednesday July 20th; it leaves 9am from Stain-forth Library. You will have 3 to 4 hours to explore the historic city of York itself.£5 deposit is required refundable on the day, slip into the library to register your interest thank you. ST Mary’s Church in Stainforth events - Coffee Mornings are held first Tuesday in the month from 10am until 11,30am. Please come and join us in the large community room.

Stainforth TIMESBy Mavis Fletcher 01302 [email protected]

Have a cuppa and a chat or maybe a game of dominoes, cards, scrabble or bring your knitting - all welcome. The DN7 Food Bank is still in operation on Friday mornings 10.30am until 1pm.

To make a donation please come along on Thurs-day evenings or Friday mornings.

Money is the best gift as it allows them to buy the items they are short of. Clouds Counselling service is available on Mon-days. Please contact them to make an appoint-ment, telephone 07962907053 or contact them by means of www.cloudscounsellingservices.com The Summer Fayre will be held on Saturday July 23rd from 12noon until 3pm - lunch time refresh-ments available various stalls, competitions, including a Best Decorated Queens Birthday cake, and a Children’s Queens Birthday Crown competition - so there is a lot happening - do join us for the fun. Proceeds to your Parish Church Funds.

News from the Council Chamber - The Annual meeting of the Town Council took place recently in the Council Chamber. A Mayor and Deputy Mayor for Stainforth was chosen - Mayor Council-lor S Cook, his Deputy is Councillor L Crosby. There were requests from three local groups asking for Financial Assistance - Stainforth Gala Committee, Stainforth OFC Social Committee (for children’s trips) and Stanley Gardens TARA. After some consideration each request was granted with £200. The next Town Council meeting will be held on Tuesday June 21st at 6.30pm in the Council Cham-ber at the Town Council Office. Stainforth and Barnby Dun DMB Councillor G Derks has been elected as Deputy to the Doncas-ter Civic Mayor. Stainforth and District Local History Society will meet at 7pm on Thursday July 7th in the Methodist Church, Church Road in Stainforth when Godfrey

SUGAR CRAFT CLASSES

EVERY WEDNESDAY 1PM – 3PM – JUST £3 A WEEK

At Stainforth Community Centre, Station Road, Stainforth.For beginners up to advanced.

Marzipan, Cakes, Flowers & DecorationCome along, learn & have fun!

Contact Mary Lovett on

07401 128921for more information.

Holmes – a speaker new to the Society will tell us about the History and Mystery of Matlock Bath - all welcome but there is a fee of £2 for non-members, any queries to Pearl Howland 01302 350036.

It was announced at the Annual Town Council meeting that last year’s Mayor of Stainforth Coun-cillor M Nesbitt chosen charity raised £170 for the Alzheimers Society. If you or a family member are affected by Alzheimers call the Helpline 0300 222—1122.

The Anniversary Boxes scheme is now in its 54th year and to date £15,500 has been raised for Church funds at Stainforth’s Methodist Church, The amount raised for Church funds, from all the Boxes and Anniversary Donations totals £254.50p this year. Jim Wilson, Church treasurer thanks everyone for their continued support.

Top Left & Right: : Pictures of Coffee morning at The Phoe-nix Centre, Polton Close Stainforth. Bottom Left: Pictured is the former Mayor of Stainforth Councillor M Nesbitt handing out seedlings to local children in Stainforth4all library recently. There will be a competition to see who grows the tallest sunflower. Bottom Right: Pictured at Stainforth’s Annual Town Council meeting is the new May-or of Stainforth Councillor Stephen Cook and his Deputy Councillor Lorraine Crosby

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Dunscroft & Dunsville TIMESBy Alesia Fiddler. Telephone: 01302 884993 or 07956068229. Email: [email protected]

St Edwins Church Hall which is situ-ated on Abby Road, Dunscroft will be holding a jumble sale on Saturday 25th June, this fun event is a great opportunity to pick up some bargains and have a catch up with friends, and refreshments are also available. The Church Hall is also hosting a Coffee Morning on Saturday 23rd July, 10am-12pm, a Nearly New Sale where clothes, handbags, shoes and accessories will be sold as well as a book sale.

Dunsville Methodist Church, which is situated on Greens Road Dunsville,

has weekly services open to every-one. Their weekly events include:

Wednesday 10:30am – 12:00pm: Dunsville Dynamos, chair based exercises with Age UK which is £2.50 including refreshments.

Thursday 10:30am – 12:00pm: Coffee morning where everyone is welcome to call in for a drink, toasted teacake and a chat.

Sunday 10.45am – 11:45 am: Morn-ing Worship followed by tea/coffee.

Marie Curie’s Doncaster Fundrais-ing Group is gearing up to stage a Blooming Great Tea Party at Dunsville Methodist Church, Green’s Road, Doncaster, DN7 4DE on Tues-day 5 July between 2pm and 4pm. The event will include tea, cakes and a raffle along with an opportunity to meet members of the local Fundrais-ing Group.

All the money raised will help Marie Curie provide more free care to people living with a terminal illness in their own homes.

Pat Gilmore, member of the Don-caster Fundraising Group said: “We hope that members of the local community will join us at our event and help support Marie Curie. We’ve got lots of exciting things planned for our Blooming Great Tea Party and all the money raised will mean that Marie Curie can continue to provide expert care, guidance and support to help people living with a terminal illness get the most from the time they have left.”

The Dunsville tea party will join others taking place across the country dur-ing June and July. Last year across the UK the Blooming Great Tea Party for Marie Curie raised £4.5 million since the campaign started in 2008. If you are interested in finding out more about holding a Blooming Great Tea Party please contact Katie Grinter on 01274 386190 or email [email protected]

To register or for tea party inspiration visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/teaparty Follow updates on social media and share photos using #BloomingGreat.

Marie Curie’s brewing up for a Blooming Great Tea Party in Dunsville

The Friends of Quarry Park hold their AGM 29 June at 7pm in Dunsville Methodist Church. The Mayor of Hatfield will be attend-ing to present a grant cheque from Hatfield Town Council. Last month’s volunteer morning had a good turnout with some new volunteers joining, the next volunteer session will be as usual the last Friday in the month, Friday 24 June, meeting at 10.30 a.m in St Marys Road Car Park, Dunsville

The last two meetings before the summer break will be as follows: Monday 4 July; Symeon Waller on ‘The Real Earl of Doncaster’ in The Barn at 2.00pm

Monday 18 July; A walk on Hatfield Moors - Meet at 1.45pm at the Barn or 2.00pm at Boston Park Car Park, A614 Bawtry Road.

The first meeting after the Summer Break will be the AGM on Monday 5 September starting at 2.00pm in The Barn.

New members always welcome as well as anyone with local or natural history knowledge (or any other inter-esting topic), willing to be one of the speakers at the fortnightly meetings.The Barn community hall is situated off Vicarage Close in Hatfield. For further details contact Secretary Janice Bewley on 01302 841451

Hatfield Local and Natural History Group


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News

Top Left: Queens 90th Birthday celebrations. Bot-tom Left: Wheelbar-row race entrants. Above: Winning sisters Elizabeth & Natalie

Sykehouse TIMESBy Marilyn Lifsey 01405 785636 Email: [email protected]

Well, just made it back from holiday in time to write this column between all the mountain of washing and ironing, not to mention shopping. Poppy, rather than all excited to see me, is a bit aloof and mardy, after I was so looking forward to seeing her. I suppose I expected a big fuss from her.

Yesterday was a party in the Village to cel-ebrate the 90th birthday of HM the Queen. There was lunch, a Punch and Judy show and magician for the children, games, and a wheelbarrow race from the Village Hall to the Old George and back. This was won by sisters Elizabeth and Natalie, very petite girls who easi-ly outran all the men. Well done girls!!

The event was opened by Mrs Joan Buckley who is also 90. Mrs Buckley is one of three ladies in the Village at the age of 90, the others being Mrs Alma Outhwaite and Mrs Ruth Shaw. All three ladies were given bouquets as a gift from the Village. A special visitor to the party

in the village and are 16 or under.

The day was completed by the welcome return of the ‘Band with no name’ who played music from 40s, 50s, 60s and onwards. They were great but isn’t it time they had a proper name?

The long awaited ‘Imagination Library’ is now upon us and application forms have been submitted and about 11 eligible children are waiting for their first books to arrive. These books are FREE to all children under 5 years old. It is a scheme that has been initially funded by DMBC. I have some application forms for anyone who wishes to take part, so please contact me for a form.

Holy Trinity Church was packed on Sunday 29th May for the rededication service for the newly restored medieval window. The cost of the restoration was partly funded by the Ladies’ Circle and also collections from the funerals of Mrs Ivy Teasdale, Mr Dennis Claybourne, Mrs Eunice Firth and Mrs Eileen Hodgson were donated in their memory. The service was led by the Area Dean Reverend Liz Turner-Loisel assisted by Gill Salter. Refreshments were served afterwards.

We are now all looking forward to the annual Sykehouse Show which, as always, is held on the first Sunday in August which this year is the 7th. As well as all the usual popular attractions there are lots of new exciting things to see. So put that date in your diary so as not to forget and – see you there!

was Mary (nee West) who was born and grew up in Sykehouse before emigrating to Australia many years ago. She is over here to visit family, some of whom still live in the Village.

The Parish Council gave a commemorative coin to all children of the Village under the age of 16. Not all eligible children collected their coin so please, if you have not received yours; contact Stephen Lee, chairman of the Parish Council on 785688 or me, to collect your coin. It does not matter if you didn’t complete a form to order one, you are still entitled to one if you live

Knit & Natter, - all welcome, join our small friendly group for a chat, or to learn new skills, every Wednesday 10.12 noon We always welcome donations of wool, this helps with the knitting of Trauma Bears, which are given to the children in times of need. We are currently raising funds for firefly.

Doodle Art a colouring class for adults, is very popular, we are now holding the session every Tuesday between 1.30-2.30pm and a special session on the 5th of July for anyone wanting to bring their IPads and experience the new paint apps

Rhyme Time – Join us for stories and learn new songs with Thomas, mums, dads and grand-parents all welcome, for pre-school children every Monday 10.-10.30am Healthwatch will be holding a Free Coffee Morning on Monday 25th July between 10.00-12.00 call in and enjoy a friendly chat. Through-out the summer holidays, the library will be celebrating 100 years of Roald Dahl, with fun, activities and competitions for all children.

please call in and see us, or contact us on 01405746969 or drop us an email:[email protected]. Jenny, Denise and Chui-Wan.

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Sandie at Healthwatch 01302 378935 or 0808 801 0391

This year our Summer Reading Challenge is called “ The Big Friendly Read”. It is designed for children between 4 and 11years there is a different theme each year. Children can read 6 books of their choice - fact books, joke books, picture books, audio books - just as long as they are borrowed from the library. Children receive special rewards each time they finish a book and there’s a certificate for everyone who completes the Challenge. Sign up anytime from the 19th July.

Thorne Library Reader’s group meet on the first Tuesday of each month between 11.-12.00 noon. New members welcome. Fun and friend-ly discussions, our book this month is by Adri-ana Trigiani Lucia, Lucia, come and discover news books you would never dream of reading, it opens up an whole new world.

MP Caroline Flint Surgery- Friday 8th July . Please call 01302623330 to arrange an appoint-ment. Open House afternoon, on the 18th July be-tween 2.00-4.00pm, if you enjoy playing games, chess, scrabble, cards, dominoes or just a friendly chat, all welcome

Computer Course Drop-in session (Free) using learn my way, Tom always welcomes New Learners Tuesday’s and Thursdays 1-3pm. Clouds - Free Community Counselling Services –various days throughout the week. Please call 079629070530 to arrange an appointment.

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Thorne Library NEWS

Thorne casualties in the great war July 1916


On the first day of the battle, 1st July, the British Army suffered the worst day in its history with almost 20,000 men killed and double that number injured during attacks which started at 7.30am. The battle raged, on and

PRIVATE HERBERT BOON No.24365 10th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire

Light InfantryHerbert Boon of 24, Lower Kenyon St., Thorne,

husband of Nellie (nee Merrills), was killed as the attack commenced at 7.30am on 1st July near Ovillers. Herbert (22) was son of John and Edith Boon of Mooredges. He left two young children,

Edith and Phyllis. Herbert had worked on his father’s farm before joining up and going to

France in 1916. He is commemorated on the Thie-pval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.

PRIVATE ALBERT BUTLER No. 11888 8th Battalion York and

Lancaster RegimentAlbert Butler, son of John and Rebecca Butler, Bel-mont Terrace, Thorne was killed in the attack on Ovillers which commenced at 7.30am on 1st July. Albert (21) had married Hilda Farrar at St. Nich-olas Church on Boxing Day 1914. He had been an apprentice carpenter at Dunston’s Shipyard

and was sent to France in August 1915. Of the 680 of his comrades who joined the attack across no man’s land, facing deadly German machine gun

fire, only 68 returned. Albert is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the

Somme. Albert’s brother Joseph died 2 days later (see below)

PRIVATE ARTHUR LAVERACK No. 18517 1st Battalion East

Lancashire RegimentArthur Laverack hailed from Rawcliffe, but had a house in King Street, Thorne and worked at

Thorne Brewery. He was killed during the attack on Minden Trench which started at 7.30am on 1st July. Arthur (30) left a widow, Edith, and daughters Edith and Alice. Arthur’s brother, Clayton Pinder Laverack of Rawcliffe, was also killed in action on 1st July and a third brother, John suffered a

fractured skull in the attack. Arthur and Clayton Pinder are both commemorated on the Thiepval

Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.

SERGEANT CHARLES STAVELEY No. 7714 2nd Battalion Yorkshire

RegimentCharles Staveley (32) hailed from West Bromwich

and served in the Army before the outbreak of war. He married Annie Richardson of Thorne

in Darlington in early 1916. Charles was injured in the attack on Montauban which commenced

at 7.30am on 1st July. He was transferred to a Casualty Clearing Station at Corbie, but died from his injuries on 2nd July. He is buried at La

Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie.

PRIVATE HORACE ALFRED FRETWELL No. 4271 1st/5th Battalion King’s

Own Yorkshire Light InfantryHorace Alfred Fretwell (24) of Queen Street,

Thorne died from wounds on 7th July 1916. His battalion was in reserve on 1st July for the first day of the battle, but took part in an attack towards the River Ancre on 5th July. Horace was wounded and

taken to a Casualty Clearing Station at Puche-villers. Horace had moved to Thorne to work at the colliery. He is buried at Puchevillers British

Cemetery.

PRIVATE ARTHUR FRANCIS GARNER No. 26572 9th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Arthur Garner (29), husband of Emily, of Kenyon Street, Thorne died from wounds in a military

hospital in Rouen, Northern France on 11th July 1916. Arthur received a gunshot wound to the lung

on 1st July when his battalion attacked German trenches at Sunken Road. He was transferred

from a local Casualty Clearing Station by train to Rouen. Arthur, who had been in France less than 3 months, left a nine year old son, Arthur junior. He

is buried at St. Sever Military Cemetery, Rouen.

PRIVATE THOMAS REED No. 6016 1st/4th Battalion Duke of

Wellington’s (West Riding) RegimentThomas Reed (20) of John Bull Cottage, Water-

side, Thorne died from wounds at the West Riding Field Ambulance, Forceville on 13th July 1916. Thomas, who had been a yardman at Grange Farm, was sent to France on 16th June 1916. His battalion was in support for the attack of 1st July and then held front line trenches and recovered and buried bodies from the big attack from 3rd to 11th July. Thomas was injured by shellfire as the battalion left the trenches on 11th July. He

had been in France for less than a month before making the ultimate sacrifice. He is buried in the

Communal Cemetery at Forceville, Somme.

(Tony Brookes will give an illustrated talk to Thorne Local History Society on ‘Thorne Men on the Somme’ on Tuesday 12th July at 7.30pm at Thorne Old Peoples Centre, Church Lane, Thorne – non-members are very

welcome)

The battle of the SOMME 1st July 1916 – 18th November 1916

off, over a 15 mile long front until the combatants were defeated by mud and exhaustion and retired to re-group and face a harsh winter in the trenches. Overall Britain and her allies from India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand,

South Africa and Newfoundland suffered 420,000 casualties in gaining control of a piece of land 20 miles wide and 6 miles deep.

By the end of July the battle had claimed the lives of 7 Thorne men, with dozens of others injured. More Thorne men would make the ultimate sacrifice be-fore the battle ended in Novem-ber.

ABLE SEAMAN JOSEPH BUTLER Civilian Crew Member H.M.

Hospital Ship ‘China’Joseph Butler, husband of Emily, of Gillet Street, Hull was killed in an accident aboard H.M.H.S. China in Cromarty Firth on 3rd July 1916. Joseph was born in Thorne in 1875. His brother Albert

Butler had been killed in action two days earlier on the Somme. Joseph’s body was returned to

Hull for burial in the Western Cemetery.

LIONEL THORLEY formerly Private 26706,

West Yorkshire RegimentLionel, son of Eleanor Thorley and the late Henry Thorley, died from tuberculosis and was buried

in St. Nicholas Churchyard Extension, Thorne on 27th July 1916. Lionel was born in Thorne in 1879

and worked in a brewery in Leeds before signing up in December 1915. He was discharged from the Army on 9th June 1916 when his illness was discovered and returned to Thorne, where he

died a few weeks later.

Other July 1916 casualties

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, which has 76,000 names of men with no known grave - including several from Thorne.

The Royal British Legion in Thorne & Moorends commemorated the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in memory of men lost in the battle.

The legion were joined by local dignitaries to com-

Royal British Legion Remember Men Lost in Naval Battle

memorate what is arguably the biggest and last naval battle in history in terms of the sheer number of ships involved.

Those lost in the battle include two men from Thorne & Moorends who were remembered in a short service held in Thorne Memorial Park. The service, on Tuesday 31 May, was conducted by the Rev Bob Newton; Chaplin to the local branch of the Royal British Legion and Sea Cadets of South Yorkshire.

The service included the Last Post and the dipping of the Standard by Gordon Caven; Royal Navy retired, as a mark of respect, followed by Reville. The Mayor of Thorne & Moorends, Cllr Susan Du-rant, laid a wreath on behalf of the people of Thorne & Moorends. This was followed by the RBL Parade Marshall John Phillips; Royal Navy retired, who laid a wreath on behalf of all who died during the battle.


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know Jesus.

Our Mission Statement is: St Nicholas Thorne seeks to be a church where all

can meet with the Risen Lord Jesus, where all can belong and be accepted,

where faith is strengthened and healing and wholeness found.

We meet for worship on Sundays at 9am and 10.30am.

On Wednesdays Holy Communion is at 9.30am.

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Word and Communion to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme followed by refreshments and a talk about the Battle of

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Family Announcements

BOTHAMLEYDoris

The family of Doris Bothamley,Pat, Mick and Dave, would like to

thankeveryone for their kind condo-lencesdue to the recent loss of their

mum.We would like to thank

Lockermarsh Residential Homefor their care of Doris over the last six

years;Wades for their kind, friendly attention

and efficient funeral arrangements;Reverend David Green

or the lovely, thoughtful service;Jessica of Field Road for the beautiful flower

tribute andthank you to everyone who attended

Doris’ funeral.

EDITH IVY KIRKHAM(Nee CHESTER)

Birthday Memories for 20th July 2016

For a loving Wife & Mother,

Mother in Law, Grandma & Great Grandma.

We love and miss you more each day,You are always

in our thoughts.Loving Husband Cis, Julie & Melisa, Nigel & Richard, Grand Children & Partners

& Great Grandchildren.xxxx

In Loving MemoryElaine Ann Beaumont19th June 1996

20 years ago we said Goodbye.

All our hearts were broken.We still have our memories

which are often spoken.We love and miss you Elaine.

With love from your Sister

Diane, Brother-In-Law Doug,Nephew Carl and Nieces

Mandy and Janexxx

LEEBernard

Barbara and Family of the late Bernard Lee would like to thank;

Family, Friends and neighbours for their messages of condolence, cards,

flowers and donations received during their sad loss of Bernard.

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arrangements.

To the Brooke Arms for the catering. Also thank you to everybody who

attended the Funeral.

BALLMaurice RaymondJayne, Amanda and family of the late

Maurice Ball would like to thank; Fam-ily, Friends and neighbours for their

messages of condolence, cards, flowers and donations received during their

sad loss of Maurice.

Thank you to Robert Newton for his kind words and service;

Andrew and staff at Wades Funeral Service for excellent funeral

arrangements.

To the Punch Bowl for the catering. Also thank you to everybody who

attended the Funeral.

KelleyThomas Lenin

Norah and family would like to thank all relatives and

friends for kind expressions of sympathy, cards of condolence,

beautiful floral tributes and donations to Dementia UK received during their recent

sad bereavement. Special thanks to Rev David Green for

his comforting prayers,to the Brooke Arms for the

refreshments and to Armitage Funeral Service for efficient

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21st June 2013Keith Lawson

Loving Husband, Dear Dad & Grandad

We love you more today than yesterday,But not as much as

tomorrow.Love you always

Polly, Carole, NeilLeigh & Chloe

& familiesxxx

SMITH Hilda

All the family of the late Hilda Smith would like to thank;

Family, Friends and neighbours for their messages of condolence, cards, flowers

and donations received during their sad loss of Hilda.

Thank you to Rev David Green for his kind words and service;

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everybody who attended the Funeral.

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An angler from Rawcliffe netted a surprise catch at Rawcliffe’s Sugar Mill Ponds recently.

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The 72 year old had in fact hooked a Sturgeon, a prehistoric fish that is non-native to UK freshwaters.

Alan said he caught the fish on standard course fishing gear; a rod and line with 4lb main line and a 2lb hooklength to a size 18 hook - with two red maggots for bait.

The sturgeon was estimated to be around 75cm in length and weighing around 10-12 pounds.

Alan said he was surprised the fish hadn’t ‘smashed’ him on such light gear.

“I played it for about 30 minutes with it going from side to side”, said Alan, “The only time I saw it was when it leapt twice about three foot out of the water”.

“When I finally got it to the side I needed both hands on the rod. Luckily a lady I knew walking her dog

came down the bank and managed to assist me. The problem then for us the fish was too long to go straight in the net, so we had to put it in tail first”.

The catch was witnessed at the ponds by Philip Carolan, who told us: “I was taking photographs at an adjacent pond and went to see it and take photos.

“Looking online later I realised it was in fact a Sturgeon, which may have been released from a garden pond when it had become too big”.

Alan said he had seen nothing like it in 60 years of angling: “To be honest I had no idea what the fish was. A

passing angler suggested it had shark like features, but later on it was agreed it was a sturgeon. The feeling is that it was put in by someone emp-tying a pond.”

“Overall the experience was exciting and a bit scary.”

The primitive Sturgeon can live for up to 100 years and are popular with hobbyists who keep them in tanks or garden ponds. It is thought the fish find there way into freshwater fisher-ies having been put there by owners when they have reached a size that is too big for their home

The fourth and final match of the Angling Trust Preston Junior League for Yorkshire & Humber took place at Lindholme lakes this month.

The league is an opportunity for junior anglers up to the age of 16 to take part in competitive angling and is also a possible stepping stone to getting onto the Angling Trust Talent Pathway which can help develop young anglers to potentially have the opportunity to represent their country in angling across all disciplines.

Andy Loble, Angling Trust Regional Officer for Yorkshire and Humber, told us the final round had been “a very exciting and close finish to what has been a superb series of matches”.

The points from each of the four matches were saved and the three highest scores of each angler went forward to decide who were the over-all leaders. Andy said: “This helps to keep the anglers always on their A game and really working hard to keep up the top of the board”.

Going into the final week’s match it was all still very close. Fishing on Lindholmes, Benny’s lake meant that anyone had a chance to win the final match with high net weights expected.

Even if an individual won this final match it would not mean they would win the overall competition.

Andy said: “It was a frantic final four hours with fish being caught contin-uously, the anglers were fishing their hearts out and rightly so.

“The top three anglers would win Preston Innovation fishing tackle prizes as well as being invited to fish with Preston Sponsored Anglers,

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where they can learn form some of the countries finest match anglers.”

The final weigh in saw Ethan Dalton win with a staggering 80.10lb, second Tom Reeves with 71.2lb and third Katie Crooks with 64.11lb.

The final scores from the series liter-ally came down to 4 points between 1st and 3rd place.

The final scores put the three most consistent anglers at the top, with Katie Crooks winning overall:

1st - Katie Crooks with 52 points 2nd – Christopher Moore with 50 points3rd – Theo Bristow with 48 points

Just behind them were Ethan Dalton and Daniel Bryon with 46 points.

Andy said: “Katie has now set up her own fishing blog off the back of the match and is looking to compete in more matches in the future to hone her skills.

“A huge congratulations goes out to all that competed and many thanks to the dedicated parents who supported them along the way. As well as thanks to Lindholme Lakes for allowing us to host the matches.”

For more information about events in the Yorkshire & Humber region follow on Facebook: Andy Loble Angling Trust Regional Officer Yorkshire and Humber

To find out more about the Angling Trust visit: www.anglingtrust.net

Thorne Town Community Angling club are holding a summer series of open matches.

Matches take place every other Sunday on the Island pond at Thorne Delves Fishery, Field Side.

Draws for pegs take place at 9.00am, with fishing 10.00am – 3.00pm

Cost to enter is £13 all-in (£10 pools, £3 pegging fee).

The next matches are; Sunday 3 July, Sunday 17 July.

Winning weights at the match on Sunday 5 June were:

1st - 119lb; 2nd - 45lb; 3rd - 42lb

For more details call Match Secre-tary John Chappell on: 07940 143329 .

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Hatfield Fliers Under 12 team visited Leeds again over the bank holiday weekend but this time it was to take part in the first ever North Regional tournament for this age group. All boys or mixed teams were allowed to enter. Fliers were somewhat short handed due to holiday commitments made before tournament dates were announced with two regional players Amelia Racjan and Josh Norton absent.

Fifteen teams had entered and they were divided into three groups for the initial round robin section. Some seeding had clearly taken place with Fliers expected to finish third behind Nottingham and Man-chester Giants.

The first game was against a Leeds Force 2 side who caused Fliers no problems throughout the pasarelle section or the second half when free substitution is the rule. Final score 28-12.

Next up was the South Tyneside Basketball club who turned out to be quite inexperienced and once again Fliers were comfortable winners 26-10.

The third game was clearly going to be the toughest in the group stage against Manchester Giants who had already defeated Notting-ham comfortably. The all must play first half saw Fliers at a real disad-vantage with the bigger stronger and reasonably skilled Giants team taking 15-7 lead. The second half saw a complete change as Fliers played their best basketball ever to

contain the Giants to just one bas-ket while scoring six themselves. They took the lead in the last two minutes and held on for a magnifi-cent 19-17 victory.

Coach Pat Smith said: “The game was very badly officiated and became very physical. This should have suited the Giants but this Fli-ers team backs down from no one”.

With Spencer Jackson setting the tone on defence, well supported by Amy Wilcox marking the big player from the all boys team from Manchester, this victory set up the possibility of Fliers taking their league and progressing to the semi final.

The match against Nottingham saw Fliers, who being undermanned were now tiring, beat the team from the Midlands comfortably 27-18.

The semi-final was to be against York Eagles. The pasarelle section was surprisingly good with Fliers just one point down at the half. However the outstanding York player was just too much for a Fliers team who were almost at a standstill – Result: York 28 Fliers 15.

Pat Smith said: “A disappointing end to a fantastic tournament with performances the team can be proud of. Well done to Harvey Smith Amy Wilcox Layla Redfearn Lewis Lockwood, Scott Steven-son Logan Cronin Edward Bond Upton Spencer Jackson, and Leo Cousins for their tremendous efforts throughout the day.”

Proud Performances

From FliersFollowing trials and inter county tournaments eight Hatfield Fliers players have been selected to represent the Yorkshire region in upcoming National tournaments.

Joel Miller (U15); Josh Norton and Harvey Smith (U13 boys); Amy Wil-cox and Amelia Racjan (U13 girls); and Katie Swift, Eve Graham, and Sienna Steers (U11 girls) have all been selected.Fliers coach Pat Smith said: “Joel actually now plays National league for Sheffield Sharks but is currently practising with the Fliers in the off season having played for the club for three years”.

The under 12 girls team travelled

to Nottingham to play in the North-ern Under 12 tournament. They comfortably defeated teams from National league teams Leicester Warriors and Northants Lightning by over twenty points, but lost to a very powerful Sheffield team; the all must play passerelle rule hurting Fliers who did not have the depth of experienced players – They won the second half when the rule did not apply.

The newly formed Under 9 team played not only their first tourna-ment but the first ever entered by a Fliers team at this age group. With eight of the players coming from Travis St Lawrence this really was a Hatfield team. The coaches of this group are two ex-players: Becky Paterson and Sarah Brown, who now have children at the club.Pat smith said: “Having never played outside of Hatfield and having to play on a full size court with rings at full height in the very intimidating Leeds Beckett Univer-sity gym these youngsters could have been forgiven if they were nervous. No such worries as they went on to win most of their games with one of the teams winning the whole tournament.

“Our photo shows the tip off at the very first match. Very well done”.

Fliers Players Selected For Yorkshire

Thorne Colliery Junior Football Club are looking to recruit additional players for the upcoming 2016/17 season.

The club train on Wednesday eve-nings between 5.00pm-6.00pm, and 6.00pm – 7.00pm (depending on age group), at the Welfare Ground, Grange Road, Moorends DN8 4NA

The teams, open to both boys and girls up to the age of under 16, play matches in the Doncaster and Dis-trict Junior Sunday Football League.

The under 13s are looking for midfielders and defenders to join their team. If you are interested in joining the side, contact Michael on: 07944 689606. (Training Weds 6-7pm)

Players are also required for the under 11s team. If you are interest-

ed in joining the u11s, contact Niki on: 07514 882092 (Training Weds 5-6pm).

The under 14s team is also looking for players. If you are interested in joining, contact Richard on 07736 671074. (Training Weds 6-7pm)

The club can offer sponsorship op-portunities to businesses or anyone wishing to support the club. Teams can also be supported through kit sponsorship. Contact Mark Phillips on: 07908 785743 or Email: [email protected]

Alternatively contact team manag-ers for kit sponsorship.

For further any further details about the junior football club, contact the Secretary, Kim Reed, on: 07544 67121 or email: [email protected]

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Moorends’ cycling star Connor Swift was crowned Yorkshire Cycling Champion after winning in the regional championship earlier this month.

The Yorkshire Championships are said to be the hardest fought out regional championships in Britain, with the hardest course and some of the best competition. It was one of the hottest days of the year, so that was going to make it tougher.

The race started of frantic and on the first lap there was a solo leader who had a minute over the main peloton. The loan leader managed to stay out for around 5 laps, until a group of 8 riders managed to bridge

across to him. In the leading group was Connors team mate, even though it is an individual race, you still ride as a team. The gap went out to nearly two minutes, when another group attacked the peloton, this included Connor. They managed to bridge across to the lead group and the lead group now had around 15 riders in. On the next lap, one of Connors team had attacked and taken one other rider with him, they both worked hard together and soon put in a 1minute 45 seconds in to the second group with two laps to go. Everyone thought that that would stay and the winner would come from one of them. Connor looked around his group and thought that no one had enough energy left to catch them up, so Connor attacked and no one went with him. He was on his own and was fully committed. By the time the leaders were coming in to the bell lap, Connor managed to put in an amazing effort and catch the leading two. As soon as Connor made contact, he went on the attack and left those in his wake as he went on to open up an unassailable 2.42 lead by the time he crossed the line. He averaged 37.8Kmh with a max speed of 77.4Kmh.

Connor was crowned the Yorkshire Champion and was also made rider of the week in the UK’s Cycling weekly magazine.

Connors first race was the Wiltshire GP, part of the British Elite series.

With all of the major Pro teams there. 160 riders started the race covering 175Km. The race started off quite steady, with nothing much happen-ing for the first 10Km. With 10Km covered they started to face the first of the major climbs, this started to split the field up drastically and it was a matter of holding on and trying to stay with the lead group. This carried on through most of the race and each hill took its casualties with people dropping out, or they were too far behind the leaders that the broom wagon stopped their race (Broom Wagon is the last car. If the riders become too far distanced from the leaders, the broom car pulls the rid-ers out of the race for safety reasons). Coming on to the final climb 10 riders managed to get away, unfortunately this didn’t include Connor, he was in the very depleted bunch. The 10 riders managed to stay away to the end and Connor came in, in 25th place. A decent result none the less and the only non pro to finish the race, only 30 riders managed to finish the race and 160 started. He averaged 40.1Kmh with a max speed of 90.4Kmh.

The week after Connor was in the last round of the British Elite races in Lincoln, covering 170Km. This would be 13 laps around Lincoln, taking in St Michaels gate (a very steep Colby hill, it’s hard enough to walk up it, never mind ride up it) 13 times. The race started off frantic with everyone trying to be the first

one to St Michael’s gate, to get the best line. From the first time the riders had completed the hill, there were riders off the back. There were attacks all the way through the race and Connor wasn’t far from the front, but every lap St Michael’s gate took more casualties. Eventually gaps started to happen as the course was splitting the peloton to pieces; Con-nor had missed the first group and was sat comfortably in the second group. On the next lap round, Con-nor seemed to have dropped back to the third group, we had found out that he had crashed and had to chase hard through all of the cars to get back on to the third group. It wasn’t Connor’s day, but to finish Lincoln Gp is an achievement on its own. Connor finished 50th on the day, with only 80 riders finishing the race. His average speed was 40.8Kmh with a max speed of 82.8Kmh.

The week after Connor was quite local in Barnsley, a short race coving 125Km. From the start it was quite a scrappy race with riders jostling for positions. Half way through the race a break away managed to get away and this included two of Connors team mates. From then on it was a matter of Connor not doing any work and going with any move that tried to bridge across to the leading group. The leaders managed to pull out a gap of nearly 2 minutes to the chasing group, which had Connor in. After a couple of laps with Connor sat in the bunch, Connor decided to attack and try and bridge across the 2 minute gap to the leading group. Connor attacked and took two others with him, they all worked well together and by the time they had completed the lap, they had caught the leading group. As soon as Con-nor had caught the leading group, Connor attacked straight away and went clear with one other. They both worked really hard together and managed to put nearly 3 minutes in the too group behind. On the last lap, it was like cat and mouse with each other, no one wanted to be on the front and no one wanted to attack. It came to the final hill and then the race between the two of them was back on, Connor managed to beat the guy. But unaware there was one person who had attacked from the leading group, before Connor had bridged across, so that meant Connor took 2nd place. He averaged 35.6Kmh with a max speed of 72Kmh.

Connor has another massive month coming up with the National Time trail championships and the nationally road race championships, along with one of the biggest races in the UK which attracts a lot of foreign teams to the Uk.

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Name Points Hcp NewEx.Hcp

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John Parrinder 44 13c* 11.3

Andrew Douglass 39 23c* 22.1

Alastair Perry 39 16c* 14.7

Kevin Parker 38 16c* 15.4

Steve Flanagan 38 12c* 11.2

Richard Todd 37 22c 21.9

Craig Wilkinson 37 11c 11.1

Ryan Saunders 35 18c 18.4

Allan Bisby 35 16c 15.5

Les Pickering 35 16c 15.9

Milorad David Jelic 34 21c 21.0

Steven Hackford 33 11c 11.1

D Jones 33 15c 15.1

Scott Millership 32 12c 12.3

Mick Bird 32 16c 16.5

Gary Middleton 31 12c 12.4

Chris Bramley 30 10c 9.8

J.B.Wright 30 28c 27.6

Steve Forsyth 30 12c 11.9

Joe Leigh 30 10c 10.4

David Heath 29 9c 9.3

Mrs L Charlesworth 29 15c 15.1

Barry Hale 28 23c 22.7

Michael Howsam 28 13c 13.2

Doug Bint 28 11c 10.9

Lee Todd 28 22c 22.4

Kevan Taylor 27 11c 11.1

Ron Jennings 27 19c 19.5

John Bates 27 13c AWAY

Allan Smith 26 15c AWAY

Miles McDowell 26 17c 16.9

Colin Whitehead 26 20c 20.3

Colin Robinson 26 17c 16.6

Clive Donald 25 19c 19.4

Reece Hackford 24 28c 28.0

Nigel Charlesworth 23 25c 24.8

Steve Chapman 23 20c 20.3

Howard Griffin 22 12c 12.5

Bob Fenwick 21 28c 27.9

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Moorends Marauders Junior Rugby League team are going from strength to strength, with the off-field activities also pick-ing up momentum.

The active committee have organised a number of fund raising activities, including bag packing, sponsored walks, and a junior tournament - the details of the latter to be confirmed.

A spokesperson for the club told us: “A shirt sponsor has been secured and the final design of the kit is under way but club president Roy Wright assures us that it’s the best one he has seen in the amateur game.

“Another two parents have registered their interest in being involved in coaching and cours-es are being organised with the RFL”.

A return match fixture is to be finalised in the coming weeks, away to Bentley.

Training, open to both boys and girls, is on a Wednesday evening at 6:20pm.

At present this is for under 8s, but the club are hoping to run additional age groups in the future.

For more information, please contact the junior club secretary on: 07900 053344

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Thornensians RUFC 18Wetherby RUFC 13

On Sunday, 22nd May 2016, yours truly, Roving Reporter Dick Heyes, witnessed one of the most exciting games of rugby I’ve ever seen, the end of which saw Thornensians captain Stuart Hughes lift the Yorkshire Silver Trophy having beaten favourites Wetherby by 18 points to 13. The win puts Thornensians RUFC in the unique position of being the only club in the county to have won all three major county trophies; York-shire Cup (twice), Yorkshire Shield and now the Yorkshire Silver Trophy. Add to that the twelve occasions we have won the South Yorkshire Trophy, most recently in 2014 and 2015, and it’s a pretty impressive haul.

Prior to the final Wetherby had won both the previous league encounters albeit by close margins and had been undefeated in the York-shire Leagues for three seasons, including the present one. They are also the present Silver Trophy holders and were bidding to become the first team to retain the cup following its inauguration in 1974. They are a largely young team and count their number 12 and captain as an old hand at 30 years old. Three of their danger players, all backs, have 156 tries in only two seasons, while Thornensians points have come courtesy of 26 different try scorers this year alone. Interpret these statistics as you will but they do suggest that when the opportunity arises Wetherby play an open expansive game and as such focus is the key word.

Thornensians arrived at the venue; West Park, Bramhope, as underdogs. They were without several regular first team players including, Zak Holgate, Lee Linsdell, Marcus Stones, Ross Haley, Evan Johnson plus the unavailability of other potential players. In stark contrast to the youthful Wetherby, Thornensians squad includ-ed one player aged over 50, two players over 40, and two players closer to forty than 35. Add their ages up and you get a combined total of approximately 210 years! That’s the accumula-tive age of the entire Wetherby team. You’ve got to take your hats off to them, heroes every one.

The conditions for the game were ideal. The

weather warm with a light wind offering no noticeable advantage. I sat in the front row of the stands with fellow Thornensians, to our left a crowd of about 50 Wetherby supporters.

To start the game Captain Hughes dropped a long high kick into the Wetherby 22m and it was game on.

For fifteen minutes the game took place in mid-field, nervous exchanges, no team on top. Wetherby took the ball in their 22m and the ball went through the backs. Their right winger took the ball close to touch, hemmed in by the Thorne defence, he opted to kick over and in the resulting chase he won the race and ap-plied pressure. The conversion was successful and Wetherby lead by seven points to nil. In the 20th minute Wetherby infringed at a ruck in front of their post. Rob Brown stepped up, converts and narrows the gap to 4 points. Another Wetherby infringement 40m out offered Brown the opportunity to reduce the lead further but the ball veered at the last moment. However he got another chance when Wetherby were penalised for a quick tap. This time the ball sailed over and Thorne are now just one point behind.

A high tackle on Brown in the 32nd minute resulted in the Wetherby number six being yellow carded and during this period Thornen-sians controlled territory and possession. Loose forward Aaron Holt was sin-binned on the 35th minute and I, like many others, worried how his enforced absence would affect the team. Holt is quick at the breakdowns and smells a gap.

Wetherby pressed and it was they who scored next in this tight and fiercely competitive en-counter. In the 39th minute they were awarded a penalty 38m out, well within the range of their reliable kicker and so it proved as it went over but not without assistance from the right post. Was it to be their lucky day? You wouldn’t have bet against it as it happened again in the second half.

There’s no finer sight in rugby than watch-ing a big man intercept, stoke up the engine while searching frantically for support. So it transpired, as big second row Tom Hughes intercepted on the half-way line, leaving the Wetherby defence wondering where the hell he’d appeared from. Tom ran for 20m before sending out a long accurate looping pass to centre Luke Marsden on the left touchline.

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Chased by the Wetherby defence there was no certainty Luke would make it but he did.

I, like every Thorne supporter urged the referee to blow the half-time whistle if only to get our breaths, it had been end to end stuff with both teams giving no quarter. Seconds before the ref blew the whistle for half-time the Wetherby backs put together a move that created an overlap, the try line beckoned but to Thorne’s relief they threw a forward pass. Thornensians go into the second half leading by 11 points to 10.

Thornensians began the second half without Holt but they defended resolutely denying Wetherby another score and relief was the feel-ing among us all when Holt returned. Thorne Prop Adan Smith infringed at a ruck and from 20m the Wetherby kicker converted and again the ball went in off a post, putting Wetherby two points in front.

Wetherby broke from a quick tap penalty and were clear only to be brought back for a forward pass. Thorne replied with a 50m break of their own and pinned their opponents in their own half. Rob Moffatt came off and is replaced by young Tom Hargreaves. Then comes the move of the game. Forty metres out scrum half Oliver Rothwell delivers a fast pass to Bull, Bull passes to Hughes, Hughes to full-back Am-bler, winger Cox takes a great line inside and receives the ball before scything through for a brilliant try. Rob Brown successfully converts and Thornensians are 18 points to 13 in the lead.

Thorne continued to play with determination and guile and Bull’s touch finding was safe. A well engineered scrum and a Thorne put in re-sulted in a clean break, a try was on but denied by a forward pass.

For some reason with time still on the clock Wetherby appeared to panic. Three times in quick succession they chose to run from their own 22m rather than find touch. They refused two eminently kickable penalties in favour of finding touch.

Thorne responded in the dying minutes by keeping possession at every opportunity.

With it being a tough, physical came, Prop Ellis was replaced by Martin Moffatt, the ever improving Rob Raper came off, and Ryan Pilley. Cliff Walker came on and Andy Evans formed a new second row partnership with Tom Har-greaves.

Seconds from time hooker James Fenwick was yellow carded and Thornensians were pe-nalised four times in thirty seconds, Wetherby slowly advanced into Thornes half; a penalty was useless.

Finally, the referee put the whistle to his lips and signaled the end of what was a great pulsating game that Thornensians deservedly won. They commanded both territory and possession - Wetherby are a good team with a great recent record.

South Yorkshire Cricket League – Start of play 1.00pm

Division Three (East)Fishlake CC - 95 for 0Mexborough Athletic CC - 94 for 8

At Pinfold Lane Fishlake CC won the toss and elected to field. Ian Walker and Richard Copley took three wickets each for 28 and 24 runs respectively as Mexborough hit 94 runs in 30 overs, losing eight wickets. Owen Edwards and Anthony Garrigan took the other two wickets.

Opening pair Josh Yeaman and Andy Teasdale then reached the required runs total of 95 in just over 15 overs, Yeaman going over the half-cen-tury with 54, and Teasdale 34. With seven extras added, Fishlake won by 10 wickets.

Division Five (East) Mexborough Athletic CC 2nd XI - 83 for 10 Fishlake CC 2nd XI - 150 for 10

Fishlake lost the toss and were put into bat by Mexborough. Suthakaran Sanmugathas hit a half-century, scoring 54 runs (no) as Fishlake finished up all-out for 150.

In the bowling stakes Jason Sharpe and Keith Bee took two wickets each, Sanmugathas added a fifth, before Peter Holmes demolished the middle order and tail-enders, taking five wickets for 7 runs in just four overs. Fishlake win by 67 runs.

Hatfield Main CC - 62 for 10 Dearne CC - 65 for 2

Main went in to bat first at the Welfare Ground and reached 62 before being bowled all out in-side 29 overs. Only two batsmen made double figures; Andrew Stuart scoring 13, and William Baxter hitting ten. Opener Graham Worrall came close to joining them but mustered only nine runs.

Dearne’s openers hit 46 – both batsmen were caught by Stuart with Andrew Berriman (2-26) bowling. Dearne reached their total in just over 11 overs for the loss of two wickets, giving the side a win by 8 wickets.

Pontefract & District Cricket League – Start of play 1.30pm

Division 1Hatfield Town CC - 298 for 10 Sandal CC - 206 for 4

At Carr Side Lane Hatfield Town 1st XI came out on top by 92 runs. They were put in to bat and after losing three early wickets they fought back in impressive style to punish the Sandal attack and reach an impressive 298 all out in the 46th over. Ellis Pattison continued last weeks fine form by hitting 75 well backed up by James Stewart (51), Matt Cockburn (45), Kev Marshall (38) and Paul Davies (35). In reply Sandal bat-ted steadily to reach 206-4 in their 46 overs, Kev Marshall the spearhead of the attack with 4-60.

Division 4 Sykehouse CC - 74 for 10Ackworth CC 2nd XI - 78 for 1

Sykehouse won the toss and elected to bat first at the Village Hall Recreation Ground, hitting 74 runs in just over 41 overs before they were all-out. Andy Edwards was the pick of the batsmen hitting 23 runs before being caught.

Ackworth’s opening order knocked up 67 for just one wicket, and with 11 extras they took the match with 78 runs, winning by 9 wickets. Graham Townsend (lbw) took the wicket for Sykehouse.

Division 5 Sandal CC 2nd XI - 145 for 9 Hatfield Town CC 2nd XI - 174 for 9

Away at Sandal, Hatfield Town 2nd XI elected to bat and made a steady start with James Win-stanley 25 and Luke Black 43 in form but after losing the middle order quickly it needed a late flurry of runs from Talib Hussain 38no to help Town reach 174-9. Excellent tight opening spells from experienced duo John Severn and Jimmy Stafford aided by some good fielding pegged Sandal back early on and they never looked like reaching their tar-get, eventually reaching 145-9 in reply. Severn 4-17, Stafford 2-42 and James Winstanley 3-46 the Town wicket takers.

Division 7 EastPegler CC - 87 for 7 Sykehouse CC 2nd XI - 90 for 3

Sykehouse won the toss and put Pegler in to bat. The first wicket to fall was a catch by Rob-ert Grace with Owen Greaves bowling. Grace then went on to take three wickets for 11 runs himself, with Pegler reaching 87 for seven off 40 overs.

Sykehouse openers Harry Bellwood and Jack Proudley forged a partnership of 68 before Proudley (26 runs) was caught. Greaves then partnered Bellwood before going for a duck, and Bellwood (34 runs) followed. Adam Stokes and Alex Pepper hit 11 between them and with 19 extras Sykehouse reached 90; winning by 7 wickets in less than 20 overs.

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Stainforth’s Tom Collins has become a World Champion twice over following successes in re-cent equipped and classic bench press championships.

The veteran powerlifter represent-ed Great Britain in the Masters Equipped Bench Press Champion-ships in Rödby, Denmark, in April; and the Masters Classic Bench Press Championship in, Potchef-stroom, South Africa in May.

Tom not only took gold in both Masters events, but also set two new world records in the bench press category, becoming the first Brit to do a world ‘double double’ in the equipped and un-equipped disciplines.

The seventy year-old lifted 193.5kg in Denmark to set a new Masters Equipped world record, and then lifted 155kg in the in South Africa to set a new Masters Classic (‘raw’)

world record.

Tom said: “It is always a great hon-our to represent your country and to wear the GB tracksuit. The world championships are as big as it gets in any sport and it is the same in powerlifting.

“It is a quite an emotional expe-rience to stand on the top of the winners podium and to listen to the National Anthem being played.

“The work has been done and the competition is over, it then takes a little time before it begins to sink in. World champion and world record holder. It seems a bit unreal at the time but a very proud moment”.

Tom says he will carry on compet-ing and trains in a purpose built bench and shelter throughout the week, also training once a week in Eggborough at the Five Towns Gym.

Veteran Powerlifter Wins World Gold and

He said: “I have decided to con-tinue with my training and after a quieter summer I hope to be competing again in the Europe-an championships in October in Luxembourg”.

The former Mayor of Stainforth’s previous successes have seen him win two gold medals at the Com-monwealth Powerlifting Champion-ships in Vancouver, Canada, where he represented Team England in December 2015. He had also previously won the Commonwealth title in 2011.

On the 23rd and 24th of January of this year Tom also competed at the British Bench Press Championships held in Lincolnshire, where he set an unofficial World Record lift of 193.5 kgs in his category to win the British title once again, qualifying him for the two world events.

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