Thorne Times March 2015

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A 35-year-old man has been found guilty of two counts of rape of a female child under 13, conspiracy to commit wounding and wound-ing with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.

Alan Broughton, of Highfield Cres-cent, Thorne, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on trial for the four offences which occurred last year, alongside a 29-year-old woman who was also on trial for conspiracy to commit wounding.

She was also found guilty of the offence and both will be sentenced on Thursday, 26 February.

The rapes occurred some time be-tween November 2012 and March 2014 at a property in Doncaster.

A third party reported Broughton’s

crimes to police and was attacked by him and two other men on the evening of 6 April 2014 on Great North Road in Woodlands.

He sustained a fractured cheek-bone and broken nose together with cuts and bruises as a result of the assault, which the woman conspired with Broughton on prior to the attack.

They were both convicted Thurs-day, 29 January, with Broughton re-manded to custody and the woman given conditional bail until they are due back at Sheffield Crown Court for sentencing.

DC Nichole Russell investigating said: “Broughton committed a horrendous and despicable crime against an innocent and vulnerable child, then tried to intimidate the

Child Rapist found guilty

person who reported his vile ac-tions by assaulting him so viciously, he fractured his cheekbone and broke his nose.

“The woman chose to be complicit to his crime, accepting his lies and allowing an innocent man who was doing the right thing reporting the crime to police, to be violently attacked at Broughton’s hands.

“I want to praise the young girl, who has displayed so much courage and bravery throughout the investigation, and also the man who despite the interference from the pair, proceeded to give crucial evidence in court.

“Broughton has not spared a single thought for those who have suffered, making them endure the harrowing ordeal of a trial and having to relive their experiences.

“I am very pleased with the verdict returned and I would always encourage any victims of sexual offences to please report it so that we can bring the offenders before the courts.”

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Welcome to the March edition of the THORNE TIMES Well I have to say that I can’t wait for Spring to arrive and the promise of lighter nights and hopefully a bit warmer weather. Everyone I have talked to seems to have had a bad cold or even flu, that includes me and I aren’t generally unwell!

I haven’t used a hot water bottle since I was a little girl, visiting my Nanna and Grandad every Friday, I used to go up to bed and pull the covers right over my head, because it was too cold otherwise, while I negotiat-ed the red hot water bottle I had been sent to bed with, trying not to burn myself.

That was until I got out my best Christmas gift ever recently, in the form of a fluffy pink hot water bottle – it has certainly had some use during these past few weeks I can tell you! How did we use to survive, no central heating and no double glazing?

The good news is that the lighter nights arrive very soon with the clocks going forward by 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March - Sunday 29th March. What a difference that will make – leaving work and school in day light, just makes you want to do more with your spare time.

March 1 is St. David’s Day - St. David is the patron saint of the Welsh nation - much as St. Patrick is the patron saint of the Irish and is celebrated on 17th March.

Don’t forget it’s Mothering Sunday on 15th March, which is a perfect opportunity to show the Mother figure in your life just how much you care and is a great time to get together with family to spoil our Mum’s rotten.

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A Rogue trader who conned elderly victims out of thousands of pounds has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

Cornelius Price, aka Andrew Price, 30, of Darlington Walk, Moorends, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday 27, January.

He pleaded guilty to three fraud and three money laundering offences after the court heard that he worked as a rogue trader, overcharging for maintenance and roofing work.

Officers launched an investigation af-ter reports that Price had completed roofing and gardening work for an elderly man in Dewsbury in January and March last year.

An expert witness from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors concluded that the man had been overcharged by over £40,000 for the maintenance work.

The investigation also identified two

other elderly residents from Leeds, who were also overcharged for maintenance work.

Detective Sergeant Joanne Kemp said: “It has been a long process to identify the victims and to ensure safeguarding measures were put in place to stop repeat victimisation.“The South Yorkshire Police Asset Recovery Team are working to estab-lish the whereabouts of this money in order to seek compensation for the people involved.If anyone has been affected by this type of crime, please contact police on 101 or Crime Stoppers anony-mously on 0800 555 111.

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Plaques to commemorate the lives of two local people were on display at the recent opening of the Walled Garden in Thorne Memorial Park.

Two of the trees planted within the garden each bear a plaque at

their foot, one in memory of local hero Sgt Lee Davidson, who was tragically killed n September 2012, aged 32, whilst serving his country in Afghanistan, and a plaque for Kim Chapman, who unexpectedly passed away in August 2013, aged

Young lives commemorated in Walled Garden

just eighteen.

Speaking to Samantha Davidson, Sgt Davidson’s widow and mother to their three young children, she said “I think it’s lovely. Me and my family would like to thank Thorne Town Council, and appreciate the recognition for Lee. I am happy the children will have somewhere to go to remember their Dad.

“It will be a lovely place to visit.”

Ian and Marie Chapman wanted

to thank Thorne Moorends Town Council for making the Walled Gar-den possible, with Ian saying “The plaque and tree that was planted will be lasting memory of our lovely daughter Kimberley Chapman.

“It will allow all of Kimberley’s friends and family somewhere to go to pay their respects and to remember Kimberley.”

The garden was officially opened last month by Thorne & Moorends Mayor Cllr Rachel Durant.

The Davidson Family The Chapman family

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The Tween Bridge Wind Farm Com-munity Benefits Fund managed by South Yorkshire Community Foun-dation has been set up to support community, voluntary groups and charities in and around the Thorne and Moorends area.

The fund has been set up by E.ON the energy company in support of the local community surrounding the Tween Bridge wind farm and of-fers grants of up to £5,000 to eligible applicants with the opportunity for larger funding amounts.

24 grants have already been award-ed since the fund began in 2012 amounting to over £75,000 already distributed with plenty left still wait-ing to be awarded.

Doncaster based social enterprise Big Ambitions recently received a grant of £5,000 to deliver training courses in Thorne and Moorends to those working with young people aged 11 to 19 recognise various mental health issues. Big Ambitions works to improve the mental health of local people by helping them move towards personal goals such as re-entering employment, volun-teering and training.

The funding will support the delivery of the training which will detail how to spot the signs and symptoms of poor mental health in young people, how to offer effective support and how to adopt self help strategies.

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Our Valentines Day competition winner Lisa Goodwin, & her Fiancée Jemaine Roffe, pictured holding their prizes courtesy of; Charlottes Florist, Hatfield; Mumbai The Restaurant, Stainforth; Sainsbury’s; and Sprin-kles Sweet Treats, Thorne. In her winning entry, Lisa said: “Meeting Jem meant that I was true to myself, I’m eternally grateful.”

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are thrilled to have the opportunity to deliver this training to capacity build people to become better equipped to support young people in their mental health and wellbe-ing.’’

Groups and initiatives that have already benefitted from the fund include food banks, helping people into paid work and sports clubs as well as allotments and healthy eating and supporting people with autism.

Community groups and charities within a three mile radius of the Wind Farm site could be eligible for funding. For more information on the fund or to apply, please go to www.sycf.org.uk and look under ‘apply for a grant’.


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Thorne Moorends Regeneration Partnership, (TMRP), situated on Bridge Street, in the heart of Thorne, offers so many services to the local community.

You may not realise to what extent these could be of benefit to you, or someone you may know, but one thing for sure is that hundreds of Thorne & Moorends residents, groups, and organisations, have been helped out over the past few years.

Their furniture shop known as Refurnish is at the heart of making this possible. It is host to a large range of items to suit all rooms and styles, but one thing you may not realise is that the products on sale are high quality at just a fraction of the original High Street Prices.

The proceeds from Refurnish

help enable the good that TMRP achieve. Through their Community Grants they have been able to help many groups in the local area with essential funding, for help with building repairs, kit for sports teams, equipment purchases, and so much more….

Just some of the groups helped by these grants are: - The Delves Fishing Ponds, Thorne Rugby Club, Sea Cadets, the Bowling Club, Brownies, Jack’s House, Thorne Summer Festival, the Old People’s Welfare Centre, Thorne History Society, sporting activities for the summer holidays, and Thorne & Moorends Food Bank.

The process to obtain funding is very straight forward and TMRP will help you every step of the way. All you need is to get in touch to see if your

group qualify.

Vocational Training is another great service available and varies from Safety Passports, Forklift Truck Licence and First Aid training; in fact they will try and help with any vocational training to help you get back into work. Job Club runs every Monday & Thursday where you can obtain help with writing CV’s, online applications, registering with recruitment agencies, job matching, FREE computer & internet access.

You can visit every day throughout the week except a Wednesday, if you need to use these services unaided.

Also on hand is basic IT training, help with reading and writing difficulties, as well as advice and guidance with

many circumstances, including financial help and advice with other organisations.

Refurnish also work with the Royal British Legion to supply furniture in this area to ex-servicemen, so really do offer so much help to a wide range of people and organisations.When you shop with Refurnish you help make all the good work they do possible, allowing them to continue their work, helping many people with finding jobs & training, and offering advice with difficult situations. Why not pay their shop a visit?

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Doncaster Council have approved the purchase of land at Peel Hill, Thorne to allow an older persons ‘extra care’ housing scheme to be developed.

The majority of the site to the rear of King Street will be purchased from Thorne - Moorends Town Council. There are also additional smaller plots in private ownership, & Doncaster Council already own a small portion.

The land is estimated to be costing Doncaster Council between £423,025 - £566,500.

Around 50 homes would be built on the site, with the work expected to start mid-2016 and being completed in March 2017.

Councillor Christine Mills, Cabinet Member, said: “This is currently a derelict site. Purchasing the land will enable us to build a much needed, modern extra care facility and enhance the look of the local area too. The extra care homes will help us to support care for older people currently living in and around Thorne as well as the wider

borough.”

The land is near Peel Hill Motte and Bailey Castle, a scheduled ancient monument. English Heritage are said to be supportive of a development on the site which will be ‘sympathetic’ and enhance the nearby ancient monument.

Some residents have also expressed concern about the developments close proximity to what is believed to be a Quaker Burial Site.

A report put before the cabinet said an initial Archaeological Survey carried out in July 2014 concluded that the area to be developed has ‘low potential’ for archaeological deposits.

It went on to say any development on the site would need to be closely monitored and man-aged with the involvement of English Heritage and South Yorkshire Archaeological Service (SYAS), should any artefacts be found.

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Thieves have stolen a quantity of artificial grass from the grounds of a school in Thorne.

The grass, taken from alongside the front path at Brooke Primary School, on Wike Gate Road, is thought to have been taken some time overnight on Monday 19 January, with the alleged theft having been

discovered the following morning (Tues 20 Jan).

60 sq m of the grass had been laid in July last year to enhance an area that was said to be consistently untidy.

David Beedhall, School Business Manager said the school works

Thieves Steal School ‘Grass’

very carefully to manage a fixed budget, and tries to strike a balance between spending on teaching resources and money spent main-taining the school.

Mr Beedhall said “The school is extremely disappointed that some-body has seen fit to spoil our school, and the local community, in such a shameful and disrespectful way.”

Police were called to the school at around 6.20am on the Tuesday morning. A force spokesperson

said ”It is alleged that between 6pm on Monday 19 January and 6.20am on Tuesday 20 January, persons unknown reportedly climbed over the fencing and took a quantity of artificial grass from the grounds.”

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A householder had a lucky escape when a stolen car crashed through a fence and into his garden on Oldfield Road in Thorne.

The household-er, Keith Clegg, said the car smashed through his garden gate’s fence before landing in the garden’s raised railway sleeper flower beds, in front of the house. “If it wasn’t for the beds I think it would have hit the house. A piece of rubble from the border smashed the living room window”

Those inside fled the scene before the police were called.

A force spokesperson said: “Police were called at 8.49am on Thursday 22 January to reports of a collision on Oldfield Road, Thorne.

A silver Mondeo collided with a wall outside a house on the road. The occupants of the car allegedly left the scene of the collision.

It is believed the car was stolen from an address in Balby the previous night.”

Enquiries are ongoing into the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call South Yorkshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 169 of 22 January 2015.

Stolen Car crashes through Garden Fence

A cash machine was stolen from a supermarket in Hatfield after being ripped from the wall during the early hours of Tuesday 27 January.

Police received reports at 2.50am that morning that the ATM had been stolen from the Tesco Express store, on Station Road in Hatfield.

The ATM was taken from the store using a ‘piece of machinery’ that was later found abandoned, Police confirmed.

Police have launched an investigation and would like anyone with information to contact 101 quot-ing incident number 64 of 27 January. Alternatively, to give information anonymously, call CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111.

A Tesco spokesperson said they would be assisting the police with their enquiries as much as possible.

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Councillor’s DiaryI can now inform everyone that the end game is near regarding Hirst and the market chippy and my job is to make sure that I keep the pressure on all relevant parties to ensure that a satisfactory conclusion is obtained within the next few months on these buildings. Action will be taken and they will be sorted out.

There is finally a significant breakthrough as senior planning and regeneration officers are meeting with the owner of the buildings towards the end of this month with a view to discussing outline proposals to get a final decision about what is to be done.

It seems that there has been little or no interest in anyone buy-ing the buildings and they have now been up for sale for over six months and now Doncaster Council, the owner working in conjunction with English Heritage are discussing the possibility of demolishing the buildings with construction of any new developments fitting in and enhancing the conservation area using the appropriate materials that reflect the character of a market town. After all this time this seems the only solution available and we must keep in mind that you cannot have a thriving market place surrounded by derelict buildings. I think by putting extra pressure on Doncaster Council it has brought everyone round the table at last but I am still reserving the right for any possible legal action if I feel that it is necessary. I don’t think that it will come to this now but it is still a disgrace that this situation has been allowed to continue for so long and I’m expecting that within a few months definite plans will be put forward and I have asked to be involved in any future meetings to make sure that real progress is made within a reasonable time scale.

I am also asking questions about the Old Vicarage and it is about time we saw work starting on that building and I really want the de-velopment in the Rising Sun area and the old wood yard to proceed as soon as possible as this is on the gateway into Thorne and I just hope that the planning officers are not putting obstacles in the way.The next issue that needs addressing is car parking near some of the greens. We have completed the scheme at the bottom of Southfield Road but I intend to go round in the next few weeks taking photographs of problem areas in order to get works done and to insist that these areas are included in future schemes.

I am passionate that even with the budget cuts I will still be fighting to get our fair share of the money pot and it is now even more important that we keep pressing forward our needs for this area to make Thorne and surrounding areas as attractive as possible which then encourages developers to come in and invest for our future prosperity. DMB Councillor Martin Williams

Police are investigating following reports of an attempted armed robbery at the New Inn pub at South Bank in Stainforth, Doncaster.At 2am on Sunday 1 February, police received reports that an un-known man, armed with a shotgun, confronted a member of staff and demanded cash.

It is thought that the unknown man left the pub, without any money, after being disturbed by other staff members. The staff were uninjured during the incident.

Police are appealing for anyone with information about the incident to come forward.

The unknown man is described as white, 5ft 9ins tall, of slim build. He is thought to have had his face covered and been wearing a blue Adidas tracksuit.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting incident number 111 of 1 February. Alternatively, to give information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

Attempted armed robbery at Stainforth pub

Police are urging residents to secure their rear gardens following an attempted aggravated burglary in Thorne.

At 7.50pm, Saturday 31 January, police received reports of an attempted break in at a property on Mooredges Road, Thorne.

Officers believe that a man, armed with a firearm, was disturbed by the homeowner, whilst he was in the back garden. Following a brief confrontation it is thought that the suspect ran away without taking any items of property. The owner was

uninjured during the incident.Police are appealing for anyone with information about the incident to come forward.

The suspect is described as a white man, 5ft 10ins tall, of medium build. He is thought to have been wearing a blue tracksuit and had his face covered.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting incident number 926 of 31 January. Alternatively, to give information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers on 0800

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An event to commemorate the end of the 84/85 miners’ strike takes place in March when local people, politicians, union rep-resentatives, and other special guests will come together with miners to remember the people & events from year long strike, and mark the miners’ return to work.

The ‘Long March Back’ starts from the Broadway Hotel, Dunscroft, before a ban-ner parade follows the steps of the orig-inal parade to Stainforth, where people will gather at the top of the old ‘pit lane’ which led to the entrance of the colliery at the time of the strike. There is a memo-rial commemorating the Hatfield miners’ struggle at the top of the lane. The parade will be led by Sheffield City Pipe Band.

Following further speeches the event will move into the Hatfield Main clubhouse where there will be entertainment and displays of photos and other memorabilia from the strike.

Guests include Don Valley MP Caroline Flint, Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones, and

Commemorating the Miners’ Long March Backpop star Paul Heaton, a supporter of the miners’ and their cause. One of his former groups, The Housemartins included a track entitled ‘Coal Train to Hatfield Main’ on one of their albums. Dennis Skinner MP has been invited to speak at the event which will see the unveiling of a new Hat-field Main Banner.

Hatfield Brass Band will also perform, and a banner honouring all the women who served the communities of Hatfield Colliery, Dunscroft, Stainforth, Thorne & Moorends will be presented.

The event starts from the Broadway Hotel, Sunday 8th March, at 11am

*Hatfield Colliery remains as the last deep coal mine in South Yorkshire, but looks to be facing an uncertain future and possible closure next year following reports that Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, has refused a request from UK Coal and Hatfield Colliery for state aid.

Miners stand with Pete Thompson, former landlord of the Broadway Hotel, which was used as a soup kitchen duringthe strike, at an event last year to mark the start of the year long strike.


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Northwood Estate Agents held an open evening so that prospective landlords could meet local industry experts and garner valuable information on buying properties for the rental market.

Experts on the night included representatives from Natwest, Dickinson Wood Solicitors, and Hatfield based Your Money Solutions.

Topics covered included how to choose the right property, where to buy, and the pros and potential

pitfalls of becoming a landlord.

Northwood’s Helen Elworthy said: “We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who at-tended our Property Advice Evening. Despite the weather, there was a fantastic turn out of over 45 guests and we have already had some fantastic feedback.” The Estate Agents say they plan on hosting further similar events in the near future.

Experts give valuable adviceST LAWRENCE CHURCH, HATFIELD - UPDATE

The Christmas Tree Festival for Barn Regeneration Project, Hatfield in Dec 2014 raised a grand total of £1,896!

The winner of the Christmas Carol Quiz was Josh Chaplin, aged 7, who lives in Buxton & is now the proud owner of a Corgi model Jet petrol tanker, kindly donated by Mick of Barriecars, Dunsville.

Thank you to Plevey & Sons Ltd for sup-plying the lovely trees & Peter Fowler Ltd for PAT testing the tree lights & of course all who attended, helped with their time & expertise & donated nearly 40 raffle prizes over the month.

Barn Regeneration Project Christmas Tree Festival

Gary Jackson & Betty Chan talk to Charlotte Fowler, Branch Manager of Northwood Thorne.

The Northwoods Team

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A man from Hampshire is trying to trace the history of a boat called Knights Cross, built and launched in 1948 by the Staniland & Co. Ltd boatyard at Thorne.

Paul Moore, who now owns the boat, said her original owner was registered as A.G.Pickles. Mr Moore is trying to find living rela-tives of Mr (or Mrs?) A.G.Pickles, in a bid to trace the origin of her name.

Knights Cross is the name of a distinguished German Military

medal, and Mr Moore is intrigued as to why someone would launch a boat in 1948, just three years after the second world war, and in the very midst of the Nuremberg war trials, and name her after a distin-guished German Military medal. Whether there is a history to it, or if it was simply named after a place, or some other completely different reason, Paul would like to find out.

If anyone can help Mr Moore, you can contact him on 07757 510879 or email [email protected]

Bid to trace history of boat built in Thorne

The new owners of Thorne’s Stani-land Marina re-opened the doors of its clubhouse earlier this month, and are planning further improvements to the boatyard.

The marina, on the Sainforth & Kead-by Canal, faced an uncertain future early last year when the company running it went into liquidation – But as of January 2015 it has been taken over by new owners who are looking to breathe fresh life into the boatyard.

Situated off Lock Lane in Thorne, it was the first time the ‘Yacht Club’ had opened it’s doors since April last year.The new management, who are leasing the site from the Canal & River Trust, are planning major refurbishment works and looking to re-vamp the boatyard in its entirety, bringing all the facilities back into use, including opening the bar & restaurant, as well as other facilities such as the dry docks and chandlery,

.New owner Simon Taylor, who has successfully run Boroughbridge Marina on the River Ure in North Yorkshire for the last 10 years, said of the clubhouse reopening: “What a fantastic night for our grand opening. Great to see such a wide mix of boat-ers and locals from various areas including other boats clubs. We hope you all enjoyed the night as much as we did and so here’s to a great many more nights like it!”

Staniland Marina is steeped in history as the yard has been used for boat building since the 1700’s.

Staniland Marina to shine once again

Knights Cross

Simon Taylor

Originally located further down on the river Don, the yard found its current home in the late 1800’s. The main business back then was the building and repair of Humber Keels but through the years, many vessels were built including warships and pleasure craft.


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Hatfield woodhouse Village Plan update:

The Committee regrets that the Village Plan has been delayed due to the numerous completed forms and they anticipate that the com-pleted plan will be delivered when all the data has been collated.

Hatfield Village Hall:

All groups are now back in the Hall after the Christmas break. Details of these can be obtained from Colin on 01302 840437

Woodhouse Phoenix have started

putting together a Cabaret based on the music and comedy of the 1970’s and 80’s. This will be per-formed in the Hall mid June. Lots of enthusiasm is being shown and co producers Julie and Simon are hop-ing for a fast moving and colourful show. Further details to follow.

Hatfield Woodhouse Methodist Chapel continue their Saturday Coffee mornings 10 – 12 noon everyone welcome.

On Saturday, March 7th all monies raised at the Coffee morning will benefit the Childrens Heart Hospital. On Saturday, 21st March the proceeds will go to Hatfield Woodhouse School. Please come along to support these worthwhile causes.

A Pilates class is held at the Chapel every Tuesday, please contact Carolyn on 07917886075 for further details.

Any information needed relating to Church matters phone Rev Keith Jump 01302880450

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If you want to keep warm in this cold weather –come to the library. I have been told that a certain daily paper is giving away tickets to join the library. It is free to join the library and use the computers. However, you can use the vouchers to join the library if you are not already a member.

The promised wifi is on its way. The men have been to put in the cables and now we await the wiring to finish it off. This will make the computer classes for Ipads and tablets much easier.

We also have a new all singing

all dancing printer -there is not much this machine cannot do. The only thing we were not shown is where the on /off switch is. However, after a bit of clever investigation we found it.

Computer Classes.

Two Ipad and tablet courses for beginners are running at the moment. If you are interested in this course in the future, ring the library to put your name down. If there is enough interest Margaret may run another class.

If you would like to become more confident in using a com-puter there is a website c alled “learn my way.com” which is very useful. If you do not have a computer at home come to the library and use ours.

Yoga class.

Tuesday 6:30-8pm. This class is well attended but there may be floor space if you are interest-

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ed. If there is a lot more interest we may start a new beginner class on Wednesday afternoon from 3-5pm. There is a slightly more vigorous class beginning on Wednesday from 6:30 -8pm. This class is also popular.

Half Term.

We have four varied activities for children during the holiday. If you are interested ring the library for details and tickets. Two activities are free -Camp-fire Trail and Spring Collage- but you will need to book a place. We will be arranging some further activities at Easter and summer so look out for those.

Family History

If you are interested in starting to look into your family history, a new course will start if we have enough interest.

Author Events.

We have two visiting authors who are coming to talk about their work. One will be on Friday March 27th 3-5pm when Felicity Hutchinson will be talking about her family saga series. The first book is “Caren-za’z Journey”. The other author Debbie Taylor will talk about her book “The Herring Girl” on June 30th. She will be accom-panied by a poet. There will be limited seats available because of regulations so watch out for further details.

If you want to know about any of the courses or events running at the library please ring us up for information.

Contact details. Tel. Hatfield Community Library 01320 842064. E-mail [email protected]


Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day, is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent and is al-ways exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday.

Mother’s Day, is a day to hon-our mothers and other mother figures, such as grandmothers, stepmothers and mothers-in-law. We may all celebrate this annual event differently, but tradition-ally the day is aimed at making as much fuss and effort with our mother figures and usually involves the giving of gifts and cards and sometimes going out for a meal.

Common gifts are flowers, per-fume, chocolates, jewelry and sometimes a pamper treatment

or new hairdo. One thing that is more important than any physi-cal gift without a doubt is the visit from a loved one, especially if living away from home, making it even more special to get to-gether and spend valuable time together.

If considering going out for a meal, then Cafes, restaurants, pubs and hotels are likely to get booked up as they will all have catered specifically for the occasion, so reserve a table in advance to make sure you aren’t left disappointed.

During medieval times, children from poor families were sent off and became domestic servants

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to rich families. During Lent they were granted 1 day off where they would return home with handpicked flowers and cakes they had been allowed to bake for their Mother’s – Simnel cake. The holiday used to be known as Refreshment Sunday due to the strict fasting rules of lent when these were put to one side just for the holiday.

The Simnel cake was originally made for Mothering Sunday, but then became traditionally saved for Easter because of the fasting rules of lent.

Mother’s Day Competition…….The Thorne Times and Char-lottes Florists of Hatfield have come together to give one of your Mum’s a real surprise by having a beautiful floral bouquet hand delivered to their home*All you have to do is tell us in

25 words or less why your Mum or Mother figure deserves this wonderful treat.

Send us your entry to: Thorne Times & Charlotte’s Florist Moth-er’s Day Competition, Thorne Times Office, Suite 3, 7B Finkle Street, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 5DE. All entries will be judged by the Deputy Editor and Publish-er and a winner chosen. The Publisher’s decision is final. *The winner must be based within / or delivery of the bouquet must be situated within the Thorne Times distribution area

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Double chocolate mousse tart…

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•100g dark chocolate, chopped

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•1 egg, separated

•1 tablespoon caster sugarWhite chocolate mousse

•100g white chocolate, chopped

•1/3 cup thickened cream

•1 egg, separated 1 tablespoon caster sugar

MethodMelt the butter in a saucepan and add the blended biscuits until evenly coated. Press into a 10cm tin and

chill for one hour in the refrigerator.Dark mousse

Melt the dark chocolate in a bowl over gently simmering water, set aside for 5 minutes to cool. Beat the cream until soft peaks form – add the egg yolk and half the cream to the melted chocolate, stir to com-bine, fold in remaining cream. Beat the egg whites for 3-4 minutes and add sugar, beat until glossy. Fold half the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture until com-bined, fold in the remaining egg white. Spoon the mixture into the prepared base, chill for 2 hours.White mousse

Repeat the same method as used with the dark chocolate, pour over the already chilled dark chocolate, smooth and chill for at least 4 hours. Top with chocolate curls and serve immediately.

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Students have been given a taste of military life after completing a course with the Royal Air Force.

The sixth formers from Trinity Academy, in Thorne, were invited to RAF Linton-on-Ouse to be present-ed with certificates recognising their success in leadership skills training.

They also got a VIP tour of the base, had lunch in the officers’ mess and experienced the RAF fitness entry test.

During the last two years, the group had taken part in sessions at the academy led by RAF trainers who put them through their paces in team working, problem solving, communication and leadership challenges.

Head of sixth form at Trinity Acade-my Gemma Hirst said the experi-ence inspired the students to the extent that one is now considering

applying to be a weapons control-ler in the RAF.

Mrs Hirst added: “It has been fan-tastic for the students to work with the RAF as a way of learning and developing. They have developed skills as a team and also individu-ally.

“During the visit, they were told valuable life lessons and also got an insight into what the RAF does for the country. Our host, Sergeant Steve Spencer, was impressed with their maturity and how they conducted themselves around the base.”

Mrs Hirst added: “It is important that we not only ensure that our students achieve their personal best academically, but that we also develop their character and ensure that they are ready for higher edu-cation and the world of work when they leave the academy.”

Trinity Students Visit RAF BaseD.A.R.N.i.T. (The Doncaster Associ-ation (of) Redoubtable Needlers in Thorne) have released details of their forthcoming programme for 2015 as the group move towards their 10th anniversary on 21st November.

The group has a slogan... “we don’t just sew, you know!” and say if there is anything at all anyone is interested in, within the Arts and Crafts, they will do their best to accommodate them.

Dates are as follows:March 21st - Soft Pots. Only 7 spaces available. Kits provided at a very reasonable price. A fabulous way of making your own plant pots for either indoors, or out. Everything needed will be provided, even a small plant!April 18th - Getting to know your Sewing Machine. You will need to bring along your own machine.May 16th - Sadi Thread and Shisha Embroidery. Part One. Kits will be available.June 20th - Sadi Thread and Shisha Embroidery. Part Two.July 18th - U.F.O. A chance to get

an unfinished object a little further towards completion, or do you need help with a project?August 15th - Crazy Quilting. Part One. Used to be known as “Victo-rian” quilting. A fun way to use all those bits up!Sept 19th - Crazy Quilting. Part Two.Oct 17th - Raised Stitches. Small projects with Christmas in mind, but the size is up to you! Kits available if required.

Nov 21st – AnniversaryJanet Allott (Chair) said : “We meet on the third Saturday of each month, 1pm to 5pm. You don’t have to stay the whole time, only what suits you!

“If you wish to join us at any one of the meetings, please let me know at least one month in advance. This will give me time to arrange an appropri-ate venue and the required number of kits.”

Anyone interested should contact Janet on 01405 812394 Email: [email protected]

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Spring is just around the corner and with longer days and slightly warmer weather comes a whole assortment of seasonal fruits and vegeta-bles. It’s the perfect time to “spring clean” your diet, pump your body with nutrients and start to feel and look healthier.

The sun is already noticeably visible for longer and it’s not as chilly as the previous long Janu-ary and February months. Instantly we start to

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feel more energetic and more inclined to want to start up a new fitness program. Enjoying exer-cise is key in sticking to your goals so try different types of exercise until you find something that suits you, that way you’ll be less likely to give up.

Cardiovascular activities are great for burning calories and losing weight. If you are happy with your size but feel you would like to tone then dancing, jogging and swimming are all great for

a full body tone.

Spring 2015 makeup trends for the day time are looking like bronze skin, lots of cheek highlighter, glossy lips and soft, pastel eyes. The got to have night time look comes in the form of sexy smoky eye shadow, vivid red lips and strokes of cheek colour.

Whether plaited, slicked back, high pony tail

or worn down in loose waves, the hairstyles for spring 2015 all have one thing in common; length! Start growing out your bobs now, and instead opt for long hair with soft long layers.

Short, neat nails painted in metallic gold and silver are perfect going in to the spring and dress up a casual outfit. Longer nails look great in pastel peach, mint green and sky blue.


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Last month, the Students of Angela Gravil Stage School in Thorne performed ‘Shine like a Star’ to a packed audience at the Du-pont Sports and Social Club on Wheatley Hall Road. The evening of dance coincided with the School’s 17th year anniversary.

Their proud dance teacher, Angela Gravil, also used the opportunity at the end of the show to extend much appreciation to all students for their dedication and hard work and for making it such a pleasure to teach them all.

Angela said “I have taught many over the past 17 years, from baby class through to senior, and have found it truly rewarding to watch each one of them evolve from performers into very talented indi-viduals and am extremely proud of every one of my Students.”

The Stage School takes part in competitions and championships throughout the year as well as exams and shows. For more details on classes please contact Angela at her Field Road premises, above the old Wilson’s Carpet Showroom in Thorne.

Dancers Shine at School’s Anniversary Celebrations

The Older People’s Centre, Church St , Thorne, starting Wednesday 4th of March 2015 7pm - 9pm. All

abilities welcome www.facebook.com/thorneartclub Contact: 07474268942

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Organisers say despite the dreadful weather, there was a good turnout to the first meeting in January of the new Knit & Stitch Group at Moorends Library, in the Surestart building on Marsh-land Road. The group decided they would like to meet fortnight-ly, on the 2nd and 4th Wednes-

days of the month, from 9.30 am to 11.30 am. It is an informal group, open to anyone interest-ed in knitting and stitchting, etc, and the aims of the group are socialising, and swapping skills and ideas. For further details, please ring Moorends Library on 01405 812758

Moorends Knit & Stitch Group

Staff at two care homes in Hatfield have been given awards to reward them for their work with residents.

Carers at Manor View, and Church Street in Hatfield received the awards after being nominated by Elaine Sykes, as her late mother, Kathleen Standidge, was a resident at Manor View, and Paul Teale, whose mum Claire is receiving care at Church View.

Charmaine Pena, Natalie Ellis, Chan Ragen, Sharon Hennessy, Kelly Carter-Smith, Cecile Sutherst, Craig Wilkinson, Joanne Morley, Beryl Shotton, Linda Kitching,

Hayley Garner, and Lisa Shipley were all given the Four Seasons Recognition of Care and Kindness (ROCK) awards, an internal award given to staff, for their kind-hearted and compassionate approach to residents and their families.

Home Manager Julie Harrison says “Our employees are our most val-uable resource and the reason we are able to deliver the best possible care to meet residents’ needs. It is a delight to reward staff this way, and show appreciation for there exceptional hard work and dedica-tion that helps to set Four Seasons Health Care apart.”

Care home staff recognised for outstanding compassion

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Hampers available, makes an ideal gift for someone, especially Mother’s Day.

In our very first edition of the Thorne Times, back in October 2013, we shared a story with you about 3 year old Pollie Smith and the fund raising events that had started to take place in the hope of sending Pollie to America to have cell stem treatment, to help her walk. In July 2014, after lots of fund rais-ing efforts, Pollie and her family went to Panama in South America for stem cell treatment, which has been really beneficial for Pollie. Stem Cells help to rejuvinate areas of the brain which have been dam-aged, however you have to work hard on area’s that need help - that’s how the stem cells work - give an extra boost to create more pathways in the brain.

A week after returning from Panama, Pollie and her family flew out to the world renowned NAPA Centre in Los Angeles, USA for 3 weeks, where Pollie underwent an intensive physiotherapy program,

which involved 4 hours of physio each day Monday-Friday for 3 weeks. Pollie worked so hard and her family are so proud of her and her big sister Freya (7), who was able to motivate Pollie to do more physio when she got tired. Since returning from overseas, Pollie has also continued with twice weekly horse riding sessions and lots of physiotherapy.

The 6 months have now passed and during that time Jo, Pollie’s Mum says “We have seen lots of gains; she is now more interac-tive with family and friends, her speech and fine motor skills have improved.“Pollie’s mobility is much better, she is much stronger and she is now walking with a walking frame, and can stand against the sofa balancing herself, which is all a massive achievement for her, thinking back to how poorly and fragile she was in those early days.

“Pollie is in Miss Howe’s class

Funds raised to help Pollie walkin nursery at Kirk Sandall Infant School, and they too are helping immensely all round in Pollie’s development. (Miss Howe is a Thorne girl)

“We are so, so grateful to Ian, Marie & Danielle Chapman from Thorne for all of the fundraising they have done for Pollie, and for us. It was such a tradegy, so sad what happened to Kim, and it is so kind of them to want to help us as a family during their grief.

“We are also very thankful to the Thorne Lions have also helped us to do a race night in May 2014, which raised a lot of money for us - which went towards paying for Pollie’s treatment.

“Without all of these funds raised, which has paid for all of her treat-ment last year, she wouldn’t be

where she is today. We are forever thankful for everything that the Chapmans, and the Thorne Lions have done for us. We are grateful for everyone who has supported us with fundraising “

Pollie’s family are hoping to try and raise further funds for Pollie to be taken back to America again for intensive physiotherapy, as this is the kind of therapy which they believe is best for Pollie. They want to do whatever it takes for Pollie to be more independent.

She has a video on You Tube - Pol-lie’s Journey, if people wanted to have a look at it (it has a text num-ber at the end for any donations)

She is also included in the regis-tered charity - the Tree of Hope (charity number 1149254) Foot-prints for Pollie

Pollie’s Dad, & Mum, Joanne, receive a cheque for over £6,000 from the Chapmans


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Thorne Ramblers are to hold their A.G.M. on 18th March at the Canal Tavern, Thorne at 7pm. All are welcome.

Thorne Ramblers Walk Dates 2015: April 26th. May 24th. June 28th. July 26th. August 23rd. Sept 27th. Octo-ber 25th. (All Sundays).

All walks are by Coach pick/ups in Moorends, Thorne, Stainforth, Dunscroft, Broadway. For bookings / times of pick ups, and information of walks, Contact Keith Staines 01302 841062.

No Membership required - All welcome.

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Police in Doncaster were called to reports of a broken rail-cross-ing barrier on Marshland Road, Moorends, at around 11.40am on Saturday 24 Jan.

Officers diverted traffic around the scene and buses were re-routed as an engineer from Network Rail

repaired the broken barrier.

Train services travelling through the crossing were also disrupted whilst the repair work was carried out.

The crossing was re-opened at around 1pm.

Broken Barrier Causes Disruption

Police are appealing for witnesses to an alleged robbery in Thorne.

At around 8.15pm on Friday, 16 January, police received reports that a 35-year-old woman had been robbed on Corona Drive in Thorne.

Officers believe that the woman was delivering a pizza when an unknown man grabbed her bag, causing her to be dragged backwards until the strap broke. This caused a slight injury to the woman’s neck. The suspect is then believed to have ran

away with the bag.

The unknown man is described as white, around 5ft 7ins tall, of skinny build. He is thought to have short dark hair.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting inci-dent number 928 of 16 January 2015.

Alternatively, to report information anonymously, contact CrimeStop-pers on 0800 555 111

Pizza Delivery Woman Robbed

DMBC Thorne Ward Cllr Mark Houlbrook advises that his next sur-geries are Saturday 28th February and Saturday 28th March, at the Assembly Rooms, Browns Lane, Thorne, 9.30am – 11.00am. These surgeries provide an opportunity to meet your ward councillor in per-

son and to discuss any local issues. No appointment is necessary

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Club LANDThorne Coronation Club, King Edward Road, hosted a charity race night & entertainment in aid of Mayflower Animal Sanctuary on Friday 30th January.

Generous club-goers ensured a total of £400 was raised for the charity.

Following the successful night spe-cial thanks were given to Dave Mills at the Coronation Club for hosting the event, as well as glam rock

band ‘Shakir’ and Claire Anderson Dance School for their performanc-es on the night.

Club helps raise funds for animal welfare

Last year a group of friends came together host, what was going to be, a one off fundraising event for CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association). ‘Something to Smile About’, a night of live music, was held on the 17th May 2014 and together with help from the staff of Natwest, Thorne, they raised over £2000 for the charity. Afterwards, they decided that once, was just not enough and Thorne Charity Events was born.

In 2014, Thorne Charity Events raised, almost £1300 through spon-sorships from local businesses, as well as bag packing and cake sales. This money was invested into 3 live music events, bringing to Thorne some of the best talent from across Yorkshire. These events, in turn, raised over £4,400 for CLAPA, Thornensians Minis & Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

2015 see’s TCE taking a new direction with greater ambitions. Event organisers, Pete Sullivan & Becky Stocks, have teamed up with Right Up Our Street, a program running throughout Doncaster which is actively trying to encour-age more people to take part in the Arts. This year the events will also give to groups that are closer to home, as TCE will focus on helping existing community groups who are overlooked by big funders yet still contribute massively to our fantastic community. In order to fund and achieve such ambitions, as well as to continue giving all proceeds away to good causes, Pete Sullivan now runs TCE full time alongside Non Profit Print, his own print & design company that gives all of its

profits to help fund the enterprise.

Thorne Charity Events are grateful to all the people who have helped them achieve what they have so far. Pete Sullivan commented: “Without the support of the people & local businesses, we would never have achieved the results we have and without continued support, we won’t in the future. This is why we are giving back to local groups and charities. Having only moved to Thorne a couple of years ago I have come to admire and respect the closeness and strength of the community.”

TCE have quite a bit in the pipeline for us this year already. We have a ‘Folk + Blues Roots Night’ on the 28th March, raising money for Moorends Miners Welfare Centre at Moorends Community Centre. On the 9th of May they will be tak-ing part in the 1940’s celebrations as well as holding a 1940’s Night at the Thornensians RUFC with live music and a 40’s theme, this will be a free event in turn with the rest of the weekends festivities. Then June the 6th will see the 1 year belated anniversary of ‘Something to Smile About’ and this time it is going to be something special, a one day festival of music, arts, beer & cider, and all profits from ticket sales will be split between several local charities and groups. That is not all, keep your eyes peeled for even more from the team of TCE later in the year.

If you wish to be a part of some-thing special and get involved, Becky & Pete would love to hear from you, you can find them on Facebook or Twitter, or alternatively you can email [email protected]

Interesting Times for 2015

Becky Stocks, Pete Sullivan, Daniel Flitcroft-Bailey/Sound Man Dan & Hannah Tomlinson.


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This is a easy level walk ,18k. Map o/s explorer 279 Doncaster, starting at Langold Country Park.

Start at cafe car park, crossing the field opposite into Dyscarr wood, following the path left, then taking the first right trail [Salt Hill Road], to a minor road, crossing over and on to Firebeck village, turn right on the road out to a footpath on left. This zig zags across fields to Stone farm and Mill farm.

Crossing the mill stream bridge turn left, approx 20 metres take the gated trail on your left over a meadow, a road, and on to the impressive Ro-

che Abbey. Turning left at the front of the abbey, through Kings wood follow the path climbing up above the wood and turning right on to the village of Laughton En Le Morpath.

Continue along the road to St Johns church, now walking the path opposite [Kirk Croft Road] to Long Thwaite wood. At wood turn right until a road cross, follow the road opposite and second signed path on the left, and on to Letwell village following the road through the vil-lage to a track and footpath back in to Dyscarr wood. I must also say I’m pleased to have my hiking pal Mick back after a long lay off.

Walking Talk By Dave Wright

Thorne Camera Club is growing and chang-ing. With new members, the rooms at Thorne Methodist Church are becoming a little too cosy, so with the large hall becoming avail-able, a move was suggested. A change of evening also suits most members, so from 2nd of March the Club will move to the Methodist Church Hall at 7.15pm on MONDAYS.Anyone considering visiting will, as always, be made very welcome.

Since January, events have been rolling along. The Portrait Evening is a case in point. Members set up studio lighting and everyone had the opportunity to photograph the models who volunteered their services. Thanks to Sgt. Peter Kelly and Thorne ATC Cadets who made terrific models, looking very smart in their uniforms, and to model Tamsin Hobbs, who travelled from Chesterfield to pose for Club members. Everyone learns something in such situations, which, without dedicated, enthusi-astic members, would be difficult to run.

Competition brings out the best in all of us, and members of Thorne Camera Club are no different. When it comes to a competition they pull out all the stops to present their best imag-es. The Open Subject competition was no ex-ception. There were all kinds of photographs displayed to the judge, John Brady from Ad-wick-le-Street – nature, portraits, landscapes, creative, - John had a difficult job scoring. He eventually short-listed, and gave top marks to Allen Denby for his ‘Ghostly Figure’. Runners up were Lynda Rhodes ‘Millenium Bridge’ Phil Carolan ‘Food Mountain’ in the colour section. In the monochrome top marks went to Bill Mitchell ‘Lindisfarne’ with Steven Thomas ‘Portrait of a Young Woman’ and David Ulyett ‘ Please Give Generously-No Visible Means of Support’ close behind.

On Members’ Evening, Terry Hedley showed a selection of his fantastic wildlife photographs. A great deal of skill and patience is required to achieve such a high standard of work, and members admired his images of birds and mammals. Animals such as stoats, foxes and badgers are difficult to photograph in natural settings, but Terry has some amazing images of these and many other creatures. Long hours

in hides are rewarded by the appearance of birds and animals most of us never see, let alone photograph.

Raffle winners this time were Doreen Hook-way and Terry Lockwood with yellow 107 unclaimed.

If you have an interest in photography at any level, photographing your children and grandchildren maybe, as many of us do, or

places of interest, holiday destinations, people around you, you are all welcome at Thorne Camera Club. Whether you use a compact or bridge camera, a digital SLR or even a mobile phone or a film camera, you will find a friendly, helpful club and your photographs will improve. There are Members’ Nights, demon-strations, tutorials and competitions coming up this month. Telephone 07463821182 or email [email protected] for more details.

Changing Times for Thorne Camera Club

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Changing Times for Thorne Camera Club

A recent expedition onto the moors at the beginning of Febru-ary saw my failure to connect with Hen Harrier again. Thus far up to four birds, two males and two females have been seen since January but only intermittently rather than regularly on Thorne Moors. Otherwise on neighbour-ing Hatfield Moors there have been irregular sightings of single birds. Despite the Hen ‘dip’ I was lucky enough to pick up a distant Marsh Harrier coming in from Goole Fields to Goole Moor but the nice surprises for me were a pair of delightful Stonechat and not just one pair of Bullfinch but four pairs! The male particular-ly with his splendid deep pink breast lends a welcome splash of colour to a cold winter’s day. A widespread resident across the British Isles, it is a shy species and often seen in pairs. A stocky bird weighing in at around an ounce and a half. Why they have a muscular neck and a substan-tive bill when they feed on tree buds, soft berries and small seeds is perhaps something to ponder? In the 18th century, Bull was an al-ternative name for Bullfinch, along with Alp and Nope. Evidence of this survives in the original version of the verse “Who killed Cock Robin?” with the lines “Who’ll toll the bell? I said the Bull, because I can pull”. When all other partic-ipants are British birds it would seem odd if a real bull was the candidate?

The winter swan herds which can be seen on agricultural fields in the Epworth and Wroot area around the periphery of Hatfield Moors have so far this year num-bered up to 144 Whoopers with up to 11 Bewick’s to be found amidst their larger cousins. A herd of around 80 Mute have also been seen near Candy Corner, again

on the edge of Hatfield Moors. These wonderful white visitors are easily picked up if you drive slowly and take care as the undu-lating roads are bounded by deep drainage ditches. Look out also for Curlew and a Black Swan!

There may have been snow on the ground recently, it is cer-tainly still winter, but there are still moths active. Despite a cold breeze, a ‘mild’ temperature of 7 degC was enough to tempt two intrepid ‘moth-ers’ into the field or rather a local turbary at the end of January. Eight moths of three species were recorded, Acleris hastiana or ‘Sallow Button’ if you prefer, this Tortrix species is considered to be the most variable of the British Tortrix moth species. Adults generally hiber-nate in August so this specimen was perhaps tempted out by the

light? Their larvae feed on salix sp. The other two species present were Chestnut and Pale Brindled Beauty. Both these species are considered ‘winter’ species with the Chestnut appearing from September through to May, the larvae feeding on birch and oak. The Pale Brindled Beauty males fly between January and March in search of wingless females who have climbed up onto tree trunks.The moral of the story being that effort usually brings rewards, whilst a total of eight moths of three species might to some seem scant return for a couple of hours effort every record builds a ‘moor’ complete picture for a site. Who knows when that data might be needed to compile a dossier to present a case for protection or even retention of protective status? A recent trip to Blacktoft Sands

saw a superb male Hen Harrier come in to roost late in the after-noon, almost the last bird visible in the failing light. His appear-ance was after good views of per-haps around eight to ten Marsh Harriers had been seen, with up to four in the air at once. There’s something almost magical about a male Hen Harrier which made it well worth the wait as it glided in across the horizon. A few twists and turns showed its white rump, grey wings and the wing tips which always suggest to me that they have been dipped in black ink. Stunning! A Barn Owl too put in a brief appearance, but it is the Harrier roost which is the site’s attraction at this time of year.

It will not be long before we see ‘moor’ signs of spring, hazel catkins are already emerging. The Brimstone butterfly, a species which overwinter as adults has already been spotted in Yorkshire on 5 January!

Will we see early dates for the arrival of migratory hirundines? The Sand Martin generally arrives first and they have been recorded on Thorne Moors at the beginning of March, the Swallow at the end of March and House Martin in the middle of April. Then the ‘harbin-ger’ of Spring the Cuckoo at the beginning of April and our local specialty the Nightjar at the end of May.

What have readers seen? Get in touch via the website http://www.thmcf.org/contacts.htm and let us know, share your wildlife images with us if you want to reach a wider audience with your work. But most important, get out there onto Thorne and Hatfield Moors before it is changed beyond what we knew of the true value, of the wilderness and the wildlife.

Helen R Kirk

Above: The old French name for Bullfinch is “Boeuf”. One might presume that both names refer to the stocky, muscular neck clearly visible on this stunning male Bullfinch. Image copyright Tim Melling. Top: An open vista of wild, wet wilderness but for how much longer? Image copyright Peter Roworth.

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

By the time you read this paper, we will be well into March, light nights, Spring round the corner……things are definitely looking up, the best time of the year on its way!! Although I am writing this mid February, hoping that there is no more bad weather to come.

The Village Hall committee is hosting ‘An Evening with Ken Jackson’ on Saturday 21st March. Ken is a very popular and talented entertainer; known as ‘The Singing Farm-er’ and his visits to Sykehouse are always well anticipated. Tickets are £6 and can be obtained from any member of the Village Hall committee. There are light refreshments and a bar. So if you want to be serenaded or maybe have a little dance, Sykehouse Village Hall is the place to be.

The library books are due to be changed in the near future by DMBC library service, so if

They really enjoy these sessions so don’t be shy, come along.

The club is also looking for a regular scorer, so if anyone would like to be a part of the club but not as a player, you could learn to score and get paid for it. If anyone can understand the rules of cricket, they deserve to be paid. Me? When I first watched cricket I couldn’t figure out who was on which side. I questioned that if they all wore white, how did they know?

Just found a little Staffie looks like she has been dumped at the side of the road. She is painfully thin, looks as though she has been used for breeding and had lots of litters. She is very sweet and although she was very frightened, let me put her in my car. She has been fed and watered, and is safe in a horse box. The dog warden is coming to collect her and will check if she is chipped and try to find the owner. Poor little thing, she is very sweet. If I didn’t have my spoiled and naughty Poppy I would have kept her. If anyone has lost her, contact me for details. Thank you

Please let me have any snippets for this column.

Marilyn.

you have exhausted the present stock, don’t despair, ALL the books are to be replaced.

At the recent Annual General Meeting of Sykehouse Cricket Club Richard Copley was re-elected Captain of the 1st team, with Dan-ny Greenslade vice captain. Trevor Leake was elected captain of the 2nd team with Marc Bellwood vice captain. Richard Hill was re-elected captain of the Snaith League team with John Hill, vice captain.

The first game of the season is on 18th April when the second team will be at home to Normanton.

Sykehouse Cricket Club is always on the look out for new players, so if you are interested, you will get a game! People of any ability who would like to be a part of this team will be welcome and should contact Phil Townsend on 01302 337521 or Richard on 01302 352492. Practice nets take place every Friday evening 7.30 pm to 9.00pm at Thorne Academy so just turn up if you are interested. The team would be pleased to see you.

Trevor Leake will also be starting his coach-ing on the cricket field on Monday evenings from 5.30pm during the cricket season for any youngsters who would like to learn the game.

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Patrols by the local Safer Neighbourhood Team were stepped up at the end of last month following reports that a group of youths had been causing problems for local res-idents on the Darlington estate in Moorends.

Police say a number of inci-dents were reported during the evening of Sunday 25 Janu-ary and officers from South Yorkshire Police and Doncaster Council responded.

A number of the troublemakers have since been identified.

Andrew Clark, Engagement Sergeant for the North East Safer Neighbourhood Area, said: “Several of these young people have since been iden-tified and officers have been to speak with parents. Some of this group are to be placed on Acceptable Behaviour Contracts, which can act as a

precursor to injunctions and criminal behaviour orders.

“Patrols are continuing to focus on this area and we would urge residents to report each and every incident that occurs, to give us the best opportunity to deal with the issue.

“We are also working closely with both St Leger Homes and private landlords, as there are clear tenancy breaches for adults who have failed to su-pervise their children, allowing them to cause distress and anxiety to other people living in the area.”

The estate has been the focus of attention recently following previous anti-social behaviour problems with local youths.

Residents can report any inci-dent by ringing Police on 101, or 999 in an emergency.

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Although it might not feel like it, spring is not far away. And as always at this time of year there are splashes of colour in the garden, especially from bulbs such as crocus and daffodil. There are many varieties of daffodils available these days which flower at different times during the early part of the year. I always think that things are mov-ing in the right direction when I see the first yellow daffs in the verges at the Thorne Road, Armthorpe Lane roundabout near Tesco. These always show early, and this year I saw some in bloom at the end of January. I like the smaller varieties such as Tete-a-Tete and Jack Snipe because I feel that they give just as good a show as traditional larger varieties, but the withering foliage is not such a problem after flowering. This can be a problem in smaller gardens.

Bulbs which have been forced for indoors (hya-cinths, narcissi etc) may be put outside when they have finished flowering. Keep them in their pots, and when the soil is not frozen plant them in the garden and they will naturalise. You can often see that these plants look healthier outdoors, because their ancestors natural habitat was in cold areas. Snowdrops which have finished flowering can be divided and replanted. Do this whilst the leaves are still healthy.

Thinking of dividing plants, check over your perennials. If they are spreading too much lift and divide them. Replant one piece either in its original place with a helping of compost and fertiliser such as blood, fish and bone. Use the rest of the division in another part of your garden, or pass it on to a neighbour.

Indoors, any tubers or corms which you have stored may be brought into the light to encour-age initial growth. Dahlia tubers can be put onto a shallow trays of moist compost and kept in the warm and light. Once they have started to shoot, these shoots may be used as cuttings to produce smaller plants for bedding. Alternatively, the started tubers can be used to produce larger individual plants. An alternative method for pro-ducing shoots which I have read about but not tried is to place the tubers in a warm, dry place and mist them with water from a time spay. Glad-iolus corms can also be put in a warm place to encourage sprouting. Misting is not required for these. Sprouted corms will help to give earlier blooms.

Geranium (Pelargoniums) plants which have been kept indoors may well have developed an odd shape over the winter. So now you can tidy up your plant and make some new ones. Take cuttings from your original plant, and keep them on a window sill or in a warm greenhouse if you have one. The cuttings should take fairly quickly and will provide you with some vigorous young plants. Your original plant can now be finally re-shaped to your liking, or discarded if you do not wish to keep it.

Outside, some varieties of Hellebore are in flower. The white Helleborus niger (Christmas rose) may still have some flowers but varieties ranging from white to deep purple are blooming now, all having different and lovely patterns inside the flower. The only disadvantage with them is that they often seem to be ‘looking down’, so you have to bend over the flower heads to enjoy their full beauty. But it’s worth it! A less delicate spring flower is the Bergenia. This is a low growing plant, sometimes called ‘elephant’s ears’ because of the shape of its large thick leaves. The leaves can be grown as ground cover to suppress weeds, but the joy of them is their short spikes full of bright bell bell like pink flowers. We cut away much of the foliage so that the flowers are the main parts of the plant. But some varieties have nice foliage as well, for example, B.cordifolia ‘Purpurea’ has good winter purplish leaf colour as well as carmine-purple plants.

Before growth really gets going, check round your borders and flower beds for persistent weeds, dig up dandelions, buttercups, thistles chickweed etc, trying to get all the root as we’ll as the foliage. Dandelions will regenerate from the smallest piece of root, so are difficult to fully remove if they are large but it is worth the effort to clear them.

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The Society met as usual on the first Tuesday of the month (February 3rd) at Hatfield Wood-house Working Men’s Club. At this meeting we welcomed as our guest speakers Sandra and Don Crabtree of the Friends of San-dall Park - Sandra is the Chair of this and Don is a member of the organising committee.

Don gave us an illustrated presentation about the Friends of Sandall Park, starting with a short history of the Park itself. The Park was set up by Doncaster Council on and around some derelict brick ponds, and these ponds became the basis of the boating lake. Don then spoke about the popularity of the Park in its earlier

days, followed by a slow decline in its fortunes and as a public amenity. The Friends were formed to hopefully end this decline, and restore the Park so that the public would once again enjoy it and look upon it as a nice place to go. So Don told us about the highs and lows of the work the Friends have done. These have included eradicating vandalism, principally by removing tree and shrub cover and so opening up new spaces; improving many of the paths, es-pecially to make them wheelchair friendly; consolidating the banks of the lake; and erecting informa-tion boards. Such has been the impact of the work undertaken by the Friends that they have won national awards for their efforts.

This presentation was enjoyed by all present, and may be followed up by a visit to the Park later on in the year.

The next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday 3 March at Hatfield Woodhouse Work-ing Men’s Club commencing at 7-30pm.

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Stainforth. The Hope Centre, reception 01302 846745 and the advice line number is 0844 499 4137, wheel chair accessible, disabled toilet and parking is available.There is a ‘Drop In’ held once a month (dates vary) the office is closed Bank Holidays.

Many bureaux now have a short introductory interview to help decide how you can best be advised; you may then be advised to make an appointment. Monday Debt appointments only. Tuesday- 10am until 2pm Drop In General session.( a brief assessment will be conducted plus debt and general appointment available)Thursday and Fridays - Debt appointments only. Drop In session – Tuesday, 10am until 12noon. Debt Drop In- contact reception. On Sunday March 15th at 10.30am there will be a Mothering Sunday service held at St Marys Parish Church in Stainforth On Sunday March 29th at 6.30pm from forthcoming funerals in September and October family members will be receiving their invitations shortlyto attend the Memorial Service held at St Marys Parish Church, Stainforth. Helpful Numbers: Police non-emergency =101 Emergency/ Fire = 999. Police = 0114 202020. DRI = 01302 366666. Stainforth Town Council Tuesday and Thursday only = 01302 844903. Field Road Surgery - Monday to Friday only = 01302 841202. Library (Stainforth4All) = 01302 841239.C.A.B – reception = 01302 846745 - advice line = 0844 499 4137 (telephone line closed on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. At the recent STCouncil meeting of 2015 Item 4a on the agenda to consider the use and provision of road safety labels on resident’s dustbins - DMBC sent a reply - they refused the initial request for bin signs and extra MATRIX signs in a bid to address speeding traffic. However STC are in contact with DMBC and are hopeful of a more positive outcome. Stainforth Library - Annual Report 2013-2014

We continue to operate library services in partnership with DMBC; this includes lending books and ‘free’ internet access is part of our on-going agreement.The Saturday tutor group has been a continued success. We now have new tutors and have altered the system slightly by specialising in English one week and Maths the next. The group size varies but the maximum number of children that have attended has been up to 15 for the two hour period.

We are also teaching English as a second language to Tamil (Sri Lankan and African children). This works well in integrating varied cultures in the community.The Arts and Crafts Club is a much loved

Pictured receiving his cheque for a hundred pounds on winning the Best Lit House competition is Mr R Colburn from the Mayor of Stainforth Councillor Dave Moore at the first Council meeting in 2015.

The Mayor of Stainforth welcomed everyone to the meeting and wished them a Happy New Year before he got down to business. ‘Jacks House’ original application refused for financial help, but after some consideration it was agreed £200. Field Road Practice in Stainforth closes for two Wednesday afternoons a month allowing the doctors and nurses to attend clinical training courses to enable them to keep their skills updated. The two dates in March is 4th and 11th so remember the surgery will close at 12noon on both these days and re open at 8.30am the next day as usual until 6pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.Should you need anyone in an emergency telephone 01302 841202 and you will be put through to someone who can help. The next Partners and Communities Together Drop In meetings in Stainforth and Dunscroft is Thursday March 5th at 6pm in the EDDT building on Station Road, Dunscroft Victoria Close Community Centre is the latest to have won £200, others in Stainforth have been helped by the Asda Supermarket in Stainforth including Pavilion/ Welfare Ground in Stainforth, Junior Football team, Stainforth4All, the Resource Centre and the Phoenix Social Club to date. North East Doncaster C.A.B is within the Methodist Church on Church Road in

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and well used activity which has been continuing to take place once a week and also during the school holidays.

The weekly Chess Club has introduced children who had not played Chess before to the game and has also provided more experienced players with a good venue in which to play.

The Tutoring, Art’s & Crafts and Chess are all working well around our Education theme.

The Film Club is very popular, especially in poor weather. The film club is open to all ages (depending on interest). The children’s films are chosen by children who watch them in small groups in a sectioned off room in the library.

The Film Equipment is also used in presentations and training, as well as X-Box, Karaoke and Wi-Fi.

Stainforth and District Local History Society meets at 7pm on Thursday March 5th in the Methodist Church on Church road Stainforth with a change to the printed programme - Mr P Cunningham will give an illustrated talk on ‘Aspects of Beekeeping’. As usual all welcome, non-members £1, all enquiries to Pearl Howland on 01302 350036. It has been brought to the attention that residents living in the Mayfield Avenue area in Stainforth, may be encountering anti-social behaviour and noise nuisance.Please find a list of useful contact numbers which will enable residents to report these issues to the correct agencies.

If your call requires a prompt response from Officers please call 101 for non-emergencies or 999 for emergencies. DMBC Customer Services, Anti Social Behaviour Area Officers, 24 hours - 01302 736000. Party Patrol, Friday and Saturday night 9pm until 3am. Neighbourhood Response Team- Daily 7pm until 6am- 01302 341628. Noise Nuisance Team- 01302 737573. PCSO Simpson 8151PC Ibbotson 3884

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The Rotary Club of Thorne held their 13th annual Burns night dinner on Saturday 24th January at Doncaster Golf Club in Bessacarr.

57 Members and guests attended including Rotary district governors and Doncaster mayors. The early events were started by Thorne Ex- Scottish Rotarian John Sharp.The Haggis was piped in by a lady piper, Joanne, from Epworth. Dave Ketteridge recited the address to the haggis in a very broad Scottish accent, which went on for almost ten minutes. The Selkirk Grace was announced by Rev. Ian Rutherford. After the meal everyone was treated by the piper and her daughter to Scottish dancing and sword

dancing.

The evening was completed by guests singing the traditional Auld Lang Syne

The proceeds from the event will go into Rotary Club of Thorne charity account to be used for local charities.

The Rotary Club meets every Wednesday evening at the Punch Bowl in Thorne at 6.45 for 7.00pm, any Rotarian and prospective new members are welcome. You can contact the Secretary on 07540 098692 for more information or come along to a meeting at the Punch Bowl.

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A big thank you goes out to every-one who sent in their unwanted stamps for AIR AMBULANCE. A total of £495 has been sent, but please

keep them coming in.Please send them to: - GEOFF HUMPHREY, 55 High Street, Dunsville, Doncaster, DN7 4BS.

Stamps collected for Air Ambulance

It is February feeling down, worried, stressed, dark nights, all those Christmas bills maybe someone you love has died. Whatever the issue no matter how big or small Clouds counsellors can help you. You do not have to struggle on your own and is you are experiencing mood swings, anxiety, depression, sleep-less nights, are unusually irritable , anger spiralling out of control then come and talk to us. Saturday am

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motorists returning to the village on cold, dark nights.

The winners of the Fishlake 100 Club in January were : Mrs Janet Rothwell, Mrs Anne Hall and Mr Harry Fogg.

The parish council met, under the chairmanship of Cllr. John Waite, in January and has made progress with its road safety campaign .Thanks to Cllr. Joe Blackham, DMBC has now agreed to the parish council’s request to act in partnership with the Neighbourhood Watch and Fishlake Monday Club to provide bin stickers urging speeding motorists to slow down in our village. The council was told by two members of Doncaster’s Safer Neighbourhood Team that officers were as frustrated as residents with the service of road repairs given recently.The Neighbourhood Watch coordinator, Cllr. P.Trimingham, reported that speeding vehicles, litter and fly tipping were major concerns for villagers. Traffic had increased owing to the closure of Kirton Lane. It was also reported that a programme for flood warning ( consisting of an escalation process) had been provided for flood wardens.

Recent winners of the Tuesday quiz in the Hare and Hounds have included Mrs Pam Jones, Mrs Pam Pyatt(twice), Mrs Marylyn Fox and Mrs Jan Threadgold. Competition between teams is fierce and of a high standard.

Ash Wednesday,(18th February),sees a Children’s Workshop organised by the parish church in the Village Hall. As it will be half-term it is aimed at primary school children for a morning of craft activities and games based on a Bible superhero.For further information contact Glenys on 01302 841852. That evening a special Lenten service will be held in St. Cuthbert’s at 7 p.m.

Lent courses are being offered By Rev. Janet Franklin on Mondays and Thursdays. They will take place in St. Mary’s in Stainforth, St. Cuthbert’s in Fishlake, St.Mary’s in Kirk Bramwith and Holy Trinity in Sykehouse before returning to Stainforth. For more information contact a churchwarden or Mrs Franklin on 07749333136.

A Spring Coffee Morning has been arranged for Saturday, 28th March from 10 till 12 noon in St. Cuthbert’s church. The morning will feature stalls, cakes, crafts, jewellery, hot cross buns, children’s activities, a tombola and a raffle. The proceeds will go towards the upkeep of our mediaeval parish church.

Here are some important future dates for your diaries: Fishlake Village Choir will sing Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’ on Passion Sunday(22nd March) in St. Cuthbert’s and will repeat the service at Gringley on the Hill on Palm Sunday with a final performance in Tickhill on Good Friday. Members of the choir hope to follow choirmaster, John Marsden, to London to see him sing along with his own choir in St. Paul’s cathedral at evensong on 13th and 14th April. The choir also intends to perform excerpts

IF WALLS could talk the Village Hall would have had a tale to tell when it wallowed in nostalgia on 24th January when the Hills and Whites organised a Forties’ dance in the very room where villagers waltzed, fox-trotted and quick-stepped seventy years ago. The clothes and tunes replicated perfectly that era of keeping the home fires burning and making do and mend. Food and drink, however, were something which was highly authentic on some tables or quite up to date on others. Lager, for example, was unusual in the Forties and some of the refreshments would have been very difficult to obtain on rations.

Trundle Lane, which saw the installation of Victorian style street lights in 2014, was formerly known as Long Causeway threading its way between fishponds owned and fished by monks from the Abbey of Dunscroft. Fish such as roach, dace, bream, pike and eels (along with salmon from the Don) were highly prized in the Middle Ages when meat was forbidden on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and for the whole of Advent and Lent. Most folk did not break their fast in the morning but had two main meals.The road meanwhile took on the former name of the drain, the Sow Drain, which was known as Trundle Drain in the seventeenth century.

Yet again, the colours of Fishlake have shifted with thundersnow storms providing the village with another white blanket and some vivid sunsets. Gritting lorries complete with a snowplough on the front have been in evidence. Snowdrops and catkins made an early appearance in January and gave us a hope of spring as do the already lengthening days of Lent.

The Village Hall Committee is appealing for items for its grand jumble sale in early June and hopes that residents will save or drop off items to Mesdames Sheila Hill ( on 01302 842086), Maureen White (843673), Jayne West (842987) or Joy Chaffer (351218).The Village Hall itself is undergoing refurbishment in stages, thanks to the Veolia Trust. It has a newly resurfaced flat roof, which has cured a long standing drip in the toilets, and this month sees the installation of a brand new suspended ceiling and lighting.

Bird lore was one of the topics under discussion when I dropped in on the Coffee and Chat Club in the parish church as members of the Walkers’ Club showed their photographs of their recent walk along the banks of the river Don. Mrs Franklin answered queries about the birds as we swallowed hot drinks to stave off the cold.

Cheering us up this winter has been the floodlit windmill on the Nab which acts as a beacon to

from Handel’s ‘Messiah’ on 27th June in St.Cuthbert’s.

A nature trail in New Brunswick in Canada has been named after the late husband of a former Fishlake resident. The trail near Moncton has been named after Alan Young, the former manager at Brunswick Smelter, who was the husband of Fishlake born Doreen (née Goldthorpe). Fishlake still has a permanent reminder of the Youngs as the maple on the Landing was planted by her aunt, Miss Olive Smith, when they emigrated to Canada.

Fishlake’s Women’s Institute plays a lively role in village life and has done for sixty -six years. It will be celebrating the organisation’s centenary in Great Britain this year as the first group was set up in Llanfairpwll in Anglesey in 1915 ( although the very first group was founded in Ontario in Canada in 1897). It will be interesting how our local branch will mark the occasion as they are so much more than ‘Jam and Jerusalem’. Already members are producing handicrafts for the national centenary exhibition.The next meeting of the Women’s Institute will be on Thursday,26th February.

February’s meeting of the parish council was concerned with speeding traffic, potholes on Sour Lane and straw blocking drains on Pinfold Lane, Sour Lane and Main Street. Several council departments from DMBC have contacted Fishlake Parish Council to reply to concerns about deteriorating services.The council was informed that the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust was waiting for spring to plant more reeds and seed the banks of the old river bed with grass and meadow flower seeds. High summer should see this attraction completely restored. In 1634 the Lord of the Manor, Sir Edward Osborne, Vice President of the Council of the North, commissioned a survey of all townships. The inhabitants of Fishlake had the bonus of fishing,fowling and reed gathering. Reeds would be used for thatching and would also be strewn on the church floor.The next meeting of the parish council will be on Tuesday, 10th March at 7.15 p.m. in the Village Hall.

Quizzes will be held in the Cricket and Bowls Club on 28th February, 14th and 28th March with an Irish Night arranged there for 21st March featuring the ‘Band With No Name’.Tickets,which include food, cost £5 each. Another evening has been arranged for 18th April which will feature the band ‘Rain’ with tickets costing £10 and will also include food. Crown green bowling will start this year on Sunday,11th April with the first cricket match of the season on 18th April.

Earlier this month Fishlake Walkers’ Club visited Bramwith Aqueduct before walking back to the village via the New Junction Canal, the Stainforth -Keadby Canal and the river Don. In all it was a trip of five and a half miles before taking much needed refreshments in one of our local hostelries. The next outing of the club will be on the 10.30 a.m. ‘bus to Stainforth from the Old Anchor Inn on 4th March before following the canal to Thorne and back to Fishlake. The trip this time entails six miles of walking.

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We can’t believe a year has passed,Since Pat was called away,We miss her, and think of her,Every Single Day.

Her friendly face, her loving smile,Always thoughtful, good and kind.The memories she left behind,As we rest awhile are brought to mind.

We look towards the midnight sky,At that bright new star that shines on high.We thank god for the times we had,And think of the good things, not the sad.

We know that Pat is watching us,Seeing everything we do.We hope the precious memories Pat,Mean just as much to you.

We hope that you are happy,In God’s garden up above.Enjoying all the memories,That are sent to you with love.

Until we meet again Pat, lead on, kindly light.Please keep on shining brightly, each and every night.

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Belated Thank YouI would like to thankall family and friendsfor all my cards and

presentsand for coming to celebrate

my 60th birthday party.Thank you also to kerry,

Linda and staff at theSocial Club

Brilliant night had by all.Once again, many thanks

Jim xx

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Friday 13th MarchAll our love from the whole Family

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MILBURN Betty

Susan and family would like to thank; Family, Friends and neighbours for their messages of condolence, cards, flowers and donations for guide dogs

received during their sad loss of Betty.

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his kind words and service; Colin and staff at Wades Funeral

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ALLOTT Patricia Mabel

Derek and family would like to thank; Family, Friends and

neighbours for their messages of condolence, cards, flowers and donations received

during their sad loss of Pat.

Thank you to Father John Tallant for his kind words and

service; Andrew and staff at Wades Funeral Service for

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TERENCEHOLDEN

Ellie & the family of the late Terence Holden would like to

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for cards of condolence, messages of sympathy, also for kind

donations received for Weston Park Hospital and MacMillan

Nurses.a special thank you to Francis W Sykes for his comforting &

caring ways & meaningful service,a big thank you to all staff at

Danum Care and to Eric & staff at armitage Funeral Services for

their care and compassion at this sad time.

Thank you also to Vermuyden Tea Rooms for the catering.

BARLEY Joan

The family of the late Joan would like to thank; Family,

Friends and neighbours for their messages of condolence, cards, flowers and donations received

during their sad loss of Joan.

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

Andrew and staff at Wades Fu-neral Service for efficient funeral arrangements. Also thank you to the Punchbowl at Thorne for the

catering.

BARRASS Barbara

Trevor and Diane would like to thank; Family, Friends and

neighbours for their messages of condolence, cards, flowers and

donations received during their sad loss of Barbara.

Thank you to Bob Newton for

his kind words and service; Andrew and staff at Wades Funeral Service for efficient funeral arrangements. Also

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Sarah’s family wish to thank all family and friends for

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CHAPMANDorothy(Molly)

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sympathy and attendance at the funeral.

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Passed peacefully away after a short illness and happy life.

Funeral service takes place on Thursday 5th March at Rose Hill crematorium Doncaster 1.00pm.

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Spring is on it’s way as we move into March, and fish should start to wake up from their winter slumber. For anglers that fish running water, March 15th also sees the start of the closed sea-son on rivers, streams & drains. Anglers fishing the River Don locally, or the River Torne etc, will have to wait until the 16th of June for the start of the new season.

The weather can have a real impact on how a venue fishes, and it’s been a mixed bag of late. Early January saw mild, but wet & windy conditions, whilst the end of January through to February saw colder weather take hold. Bag weights tended to reflect the conditions, but as the anglers competing in the Bait-Tech Pro Natural Teams Of Three showed on the Stain-forth & Keadby Canal at Thorne, double figure bags are still possible.

In round three Pole Fishing Magazine’s Matt Godfrey won the match with a 12-3-8 net of bloodworm caught roach and perch.

Teammate Lee Kerry finished second in the match with 10-14-0, and Tom Scholey recorded a section win with 6-5-0. The trio have now won all three rounds of the contest so far.

More notable though, are Matt’s individual results on the canal this year. Out of seven matches in total, Matt has now won four, and his worst result is fifth overall. His results are even more remarkable when you consider that six out of the seven matches have had more than 50 anglers taking part.

Matt’s long-time mentor, and Drennan Barnsley stablemate, Alan Scotthorne said: “The way he is fishing at the moment, it is only a matter of time before he gets a call up to the full England team.”

Result:

1 Matt Godfrey (Pole Fishing Magazine) 12-3-8 (Peg 181)

2 Lee Kerry (Preston Innovations/ Sonubaits) 10-14-0 (Peg 199)

3 Mick Bower (Hemsworth) 10-5-0 (Peg 205)

4 Matt Parkin (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) 9-15-8 (Peg 203)

5 Frankie Gianoncelli (Preston Innovations/ Sonubaits) 9-14-0 (Peg 206)

Round Four

A bitterly cold wind made fishing conditions extremely tricky for the 40+ anglers competing in round four.

Five-time World Champion, Alan Scotthorne won the match. Alan captured three bream, a perch

over 1lb, as well as some roach to finish in top spot with 15lb 6oz.

He first caught some chunky perch around his keepnet, before catching bream number one on a longer pole swim with bloodworm. With suspicions of more bonus fish in the area, he fished more positively for the final two hours, and tempted another two large skimmers, the biggest pushing 3lb.

Alan’s team, made up of himself, son Oliver, and Gavin Liversedge, won the teams on the day with a weight of 26lb 6oz.Pole Fishing’s Matt Godfrey, Tom Scholey and Lee Kerry recorded their lowest combined weight of the series so far, 15lb 6oz. Despite this, the team managed to maintain their position at the front of the pack, and are just over 12lb in front.

The second placed team of Callum Dicks, Simon Fields and Frankie Gianoncelli have been chasing the winners close every round. A weight of 20lb 2oz gained them more ground on the leaders.

Result

1 Alan Scotthorne (Drennan/Sensas) 15-6-0 (Peg 170)

2 Frankie Gianoncelli (Preston Innovations/Sonu-baits) 9-9-0 (Peg 179)

3 Mark Wainwright (Colmic/Garbolino Ossett) 8-8-0 (Peg 165)

4 Matt Parkin (Matrix/Dynamite Trentmen) 8-2-0 (Peg 167)

5 Ben Roberts (Tri-Cast Weston Pools Wales) 7-13-0 (Peg 183)

Individuals Overall:

1 Matt Godfrey 5 pts 46-1-0

2 Frankie Gianoncelli 5pts 41-9-8

3 Lee Kerry 6pts 43-10-8

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By Fishing Correspondent

Five times World Champion Alan Scotthorne

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Results 7th January 2015 Results 14th January 2015

Hatield Main A 3 - 2 Stonegate Hatfield Main B 5 - 0 Armthorpe S. A

Barnby Dun A 2 - 3 Dunscroft Social Stonegate 3 - 2 Dunscroft YOI

Armthorpe S. A 1 - 4 Armthorpe S. B Dunscroft Social 2 - 3 Thorne Snooker A

Thorne Snooker A 3 - 2 Hatfield Main B Armthorpe S. B 2 - 3 Hatfield Main A

Results 21st January 2015 Results 28th January 2015

Hatfield Main A 3 - 2 Hatfield Main B Hatfield Main B 3 - 2 Dunscroft YOl

Dunscroft YOI 3 - 2 Armthorpe S. B Dunscroft Social 3 - 2 Hatfield Main A

Barnby Dun B 2 - 3 Stonegate Armthorpe S. B 3 - 2 Bamby Dun B

Thome Snooker A 1 - 4 Bamby Dun A Barnby Dun A 4 - 1 Armthorpe S. A

Armthorpe S. A 2 - 3 Dunscroft Social

4th February 2015

Armthorpe S. A 2 - 3 Thorne Snooker A

Hatfield Main A 3 - 2 Barnby Dun A

Barnby Dun B 4 - 1 Hatfield Main B

Dunscroft YOl 2 - 3 Dunscroft Social

LEAGUE TABLE P W L PTS

Thorne Snooker A 17 12 5 53

Hatfield Main B 18 10 8 52

Barnby Dun A 17 10 7 46

Stonegate 17 9 8 45

Armthorpe Social B 17 10 7 42

Barnby Dun B 17 7 10 42

Hatfield Main A 17 10 7 41

Dunscroft YOI 17 7 10 39

Armthorpe Social A 18 5 13 36

Dunscroft Social 17 6 11 34

Thorne Snooker League Results

SINGLES HANDICAP SEMI FINALS

KARL BEAUMONT (THOME SNOOKER) +5 V +5 JOHN GALBRAITH (HATFIELD MAIN A) OR DARREN GILLERT (HATFIELD MAIN) + 25

WILF MITCHELL (ARMTHORPE SOCIAL B) +25 V +5 ANDY STOKELL (BARNBY DUN B) OR +30 MICK GRUSzCzAK (HATFIELD MAIN B)

DOUBLES HANDICAP SEMI FINALS

DERRICK JENNINGS / BRIAN BLADEN (THORNE SNOOKER) V WILF MITCHELL / IAN PELL (ARMTHORPE SOCIAL B) -10 +20 +25 +25

TIM SLESSER / KEVIN CLARK (BARNBY DUN A) V TOMMY BOWMAN / MARK WAITE (HATFIELD MAIN) +20 + 15 +35 SCRATCH

SINGLES OPEN SEMI FINALS - The first singles open semi-final was contested by Andrew Bembridge (Thorne Snooker) and Derrick Jennings (Thorne Snooker) both players bad suffered defeat at this stage of the competition last year so a final place awaited the winner this time around. Andrew took the first two frames only to be pegged back to 2 frames all by Derrick. The first four frames were all closely con-tested but the deciding frame was comfortably won by Andrew with an excellent 38 break. He will meet either Billy Whitehurst (Hatfield Main A) or Carl Byron (Thorne Snooker) in the final in May.

POS TEAM Played Won Lost For Against TotalPoints

1 Dunscroft Welfare 16 14 2 99 45 141

2 Ingram Arms 16 13 3 97 47 136

3 Broadway 16 13 3 93 51 132

4 Red Bear 16 12 4 87 57 123

5 Anchor Lions 16 9 7 80 64 107

6 Anchor Tigers 16 7 9 74 70 95

7 Bar None 15 8 7 66 69 87

8 Canal Tavern 16 5 11 68 76 83

9 Moorends Comrades 16 6 10 59 85 77

10 Thornensians RC 16 4 12 58 86 67

11 Central Club 16 3 13 45 99 46

12 Coronation Club 15 1 14 29 106 28

4 –Feb -15

Red Bear 6 v 3 Anchor Lions

Anchor Tigers 4 v 5 Dunscroft Welfare

Coronation Club 3 v 6 Ingram Arms

Moorends Comrades 3 v 6 Broadway

Bar None 6 v 3 Canal Tavern

Central Club 6 v 3 Thornensians RC

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League Table after 4th Feb 2015 Games

With TV coverage of Darts tourna-ments such as the World Matchplay and Premier League really attract-ing interest from the viewing public, the sport is proving to be more pop-ular than ever. A new darts league, The Doncaster Protege League, is also going to be launched in June this year where competitors will play for bigger prize money and the chance to compete in other profes-sional tournaments.

As testament to it’s new found popularity, February saw the Thorne Democratic Club, on Southfield Road, host a day of darts where 68 players turned out with their ‘arrows’ to compete against each other. The Demi’s own Super League team, Goole’s Super league team, and other Darts players & professionals from around the area, all turned out for a chance to win a cash prize.

Professional Darts players Reece Robinson & Dean Winstanley won through to the final, with Reece, from Hull, and a former British Master, winning on the day.

Big hearted Dean, from Swinton, Rotherham, himself a former BDO World Championship & World Mas-ters runner-up, donated his prize money to Cancer Research.

A special mention also went to York-shire Darts’ Beau Greaves, just 11yrs old and a runner-up in last years Girls World Masters tournament, the youngster beat many adult competi-tors at the Demi.

In thanking Keith Evans, Dion Evans, Mark Miller, Tony Richardson, John Hall, Mr & Mrs Senior, and Martin & Patricia for refreshments, the Demi’s Jeff Lambert said the club could host another similar competition in the future: “I spoke Dean & Reece to be told this event could happen again. Thanks to all involved”

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A.CLARK THORNE SNOOKER A 43

W. STEVENSON ARMTHORPE SOCIAL A 42

A.BEMBRIDGE THORNE SNOOKER A 40



T.LESTER ARMTHORPE SOCIAL A 30

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Stingers eased into the semi finals as they beat plucky Second Division side Sprotborough Red at Scawsby.

Stingers got off to a sloppy start, conceding an early corner that sailed over everyone & into the far corner of the net, to give Sprot-borough the perfect start with 38 seconds on the clock.

On 14 minutes Stingers restored parity. From a corner on the left, all eyes were on tall defender Cameron Denby making a run at the back post. Archie`s corner, however, was driven into the near post where ALEX YOUNG had made a great run to lose his man & nod his team level from point blank range.

The Sprotborough goal then led a charmed life as the keeper saved smartly from a number of stingers’ players. Despite his best efforts, the keeper was at last picking the ball out of his net as substitute HARRY LINLEY tapped home. Stingers went in at half time having

just gone ahead for the first time.

HT Sprotborough 1 Stingers 2

On 34 minutes the black & yellow claimed a 2 goal advantage in fine style. After more pressure in the hosts penalty area the ball was half cleared but only as far as WILL WEIR, who returned it perfectly, his curling effort nestling in the top corner to make it 1-3.

Sprotborough again dragged themselves back into the tie, from a half-cleared corner the Cru-saders player finished well from the edge of the area to reduce the deficit to a single goal on 47 minutes.

If they had any ideas of levelling, Stingers had other ideas, JAMES TAYLOR finishing off a fine move involving will & Alex just a minute later.

Taking full advantage however was HARRY LINLEY, making just his second substitute appear-ance the U11s player gratefully

smashed home his second after Alex`s effort was this time cleared off the line. The scoreboard rolled on at 2-5 with 10 minutes remain-ing.

As they often do, Stingers finished strongly. Archie again finding Harry Linley from a deep free kick, HARRY`s finish was emphatic for his hat-trick .

With the game all but over there was just time for JAMES to claim his second to put more gloss on the scoreline.

Stingers will face a tough task in the semi final, being the only side outside the Premier Division still standing.

FT Sprotborough & Cusworth Crusaders Red U12s 2 Moorends Stingers U12s 7

Sprotborough & Cusworth Crusaders Red U12s 2 Moorends Stingers U12s 7

Tuesday 10th February saw youngsters from three schools take part in the first ever Thorne and Moorends PE Pyramid Sportabil-ity Festival at Trinity Academy.

Teams from Brooke Primary, Green Top, and Marshland Primary all donned their sports gear to participate in the Sainsbury’s School Games event, held in the academy’s sports hall. The teams included children who have physical disabilities or special educational learning needs.The event was led by ACES, a sports educa-tion company based across Yorkshire aim-ing to improve the provision of PE and Sport for all, with support from the Trinity’s BTEC sports students who, as part of their course, helped out and assisted the youngsters.

Chris Whitfield, PE Subject Leader at Brooke Primary School, said: “The idea is to give them (the children) an opportunity to repre-sent their school and take part in a range of activities that will develop self-esteem, give them access to sports they may not be aware of and encourage them to participate in physical activity, and above all have a fun afternoon taking part in sport.”

Children were selected to represent their school in a range of new activities including New Age Kurling, Boccia, Seated Volleyball, Tommy Ball and GoalBall – an olympic sport for athletes with visual impairments which saw the children blindfolded whilst they attempted to score goals past each other using a ball with a bell in it.

Overall the event was a huge success with all children engaged throughout.

Added Mr Whitfield: “When the pupils came back they were buzzing about the whole afternoon. They were so grateful for the opportunity and had a wonderful time there!”

The Sportability Games

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Hatfield Fliers travelled to Essex to play their U.16 National Cup Semi-final tie against one of the powerhouse teams in girls basket-ball, the Southend Swifts. From the outset it was clear the Swifts were a skilled and very athletic side with excellent knowledge of the game. Fliers simply could not stay with their opponents in the first quarter as the home team built a substan-

tial lead. The second quarter saw Fliers stem the flow of baskets but could not score enough to make a comeback. By halftime the gap was 24 points. The second half saw a totally different Fliers team who now were thinking quicker and playing much sharper bas-ketball. Second half score 33-26 to the home side. The damage had already been done. Well done to

all for their terrific attitude. Darcia Fitzpatrick-Long led the way with 17 points. Sunny Williams was excellent having been turned over twice in the opening quarter she made the adjustments and scored 12 points as well as controlling the ball against the pressure defence. Ava Gillies realised that open shots could be found and once she relaxed she was able to chip in

Stainforth’s F.C. Central still sit top of the Doncaster and District Senior League Division One table with Dunscroft United challenging for the top in sec-ond place.

The sides met earlier in the

month and battled out a thrilling 3-3 draw at the Welfare Ground off Broadway, Dunscroft. In a typical hard fought derby match, Craig Malloy scored twice for the division’s leaders with substitute Jordan Williams also scoring for the Stainforth

side. Darran Hunt, Kieran Sanderson and Richards Sands all replied for Dunscroft.

The score was probably a fair result although Central will feel aggrieved as they were denied what looked like a penalty after a Central attacker had been upended in the Dunscroft box.

F.C Central had gained a point previous to the Dunscroft game when they drew 1-1 at home to Scawthorpe Scorpions – Steven

Evans credited with the goal before receiving his second yellow card and being sent off. Marc Smith also saw red as the home side finished the game with just nine men. Central then went on to rack up another win at Bawtry Town to maintain their lead at the top.

Whilst being only a few points behind the leaders, Dunscroft still have a number of games in hand on their rivals after games were called off, mainly due to the wheather. They emphati-cally beat Brodsworth Welfare away at the Woodlands side’s home – Jamie Hindson & Daniel Smith scored one apiece whilst Kieran Sanderson & Darran Hunt both bagged braces to see United comfortably run out 6-0 winners.

The two sides play in the semi-finals of the Doncaster & District Division One K.O. Cup on the 21st of February. Dunscroft at home to South Kirkby Colliery, whilst Central play away at Harworth Colliery. Should the two sides win their respective matches they should meet in the final (tba).

Doncaster and District Senior League

Fliers long run comes to an end in semi-final

with 10 points. Fliers now need to concentrate on finishing in second place in the league to ensure a home draw in the post season play offs.

The Under 18 team travelled to Leeds to play the Force team, a useful outfit with a number of older players now playing in the WBBL. Fliers started well and took a 15-6 lead. However some sloppy defending in the second quarter allowed the home side back in the match and by half time they led by two points. In the third quarter Fliers simply could not buy a bas-ket and some good shooting by the home side saw the game slip away from the visitors as they took a thirteen point lead. Fliers to their credit kept playing reduced the deficit to just eight points before time ran out. Final score 55-47

The National League teams then got back to winning ways with victories at Birmingham and Stockport, the u18’s beating Sport-ing Albion 31 – 67, and the u16’s beating Stockport Lapwings 28 - 70. The u13’s top the Leeds Force Central Venue League following latest tournament at Leeds (See table).

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A combined vets and merit-team XV took on the veteran Doncaster Dragons at Coulman Road for their first match in 2015 looking to extend their incredible unbeaten run.

Thornensians ‘One Club’ philosophy has been mentioned more than a few times since this column began. The evidence on this occasion came as the Club’s Vets side (with additional merit team players) trotted out onto the Coulman Road pitch. With the scheduled Merits fixture cancelled only on the morning of the match and the 1st XV enduring a torrid afternoon at Stocksbridge it was up to the Vets to bring some cheer to the very healthy home support. And they duly delivered.

After a cautious first ten minutes from both teams, Thorne began to pile on the pressure and were rewarded with their first try. An impressive backs move saw left-winger, Jason Lindsay, fly down the sideline following good work from Lee Lindsdell, and just tackled into touch before crossing the line. From the resulting lineout the Thorne forwards stole the ball and moved it out to the backs for centre, Ryan Duke, to touch down. 5-0 to the home side.

The home side were soon on the score sheet again following a smart move at a quick

lineout. The Dragons winger found himself hemmed in by the corner flag and eventually tackled into touch. Rather than wait for the forwards the chasing Thorne backs took the

lineout and Dave Potts found himself with acres of space to score. Dave Martindale scored the conversion to make it 12-0 at half time.

The second half was all Thorne with the home side camped in Doncaster’s half. Time and again the home side knocked on the door only to be held up by heroic Dragons tackling. Eventually some magic from Lee Lindsdell released the backs and replacement winger, Sid Malam, dived over in the corner. 17-0.

The Vets had one last surge in them with a fabulous ‘Garryowen’ taken on by Lindsdell who was tackled just short of the line. John Creaser picked up the loose ball in the ruck to score. Sid Malam added the conversion to leave the final score 24-0.

Lee Lindsdell, a regular in the 1st team who also qualifies for the vets, was named man of the match after a fine display at scrum-half.

Vets history

After a long absence, the Vets were formed by former club captain Mark Crewe at the beginning of the 2011-2012 season. Rich-ard Rooth joined to assist Mark before the Vets second game in October 2011 against Harrogate and has been present ever since taking over from Mark in January 2013 after work commitments made it difficult for Mark to continue. The game against Harrogate represented the only defeat the Vets team has suffered in their four-year history. During this time they have played 21 games, winning 17, drawing 3 and losing just the once.

The Vets aim to play 8 games during a sea-son. Usual stipulation is for players to be over 35 years of age however, as with a lot of Vets teams, they offer opportunities to players on the fringes of the Merit team (hence the in-clusion of some of these players in the game versus Doncaster).

The Vets ethos is very much about the social aspect of rugby. A bunch of mates, who may have played together through school or with a club, getting together and banging heads on the pitch followed by a few orange cordials afterwards.

Their next fixture? Harrogate on the 7th March. The two teams haven’t met since Thorne’s defeat four years ago.

Club results round up

The 1st XV have had a mixed bag of results since their narrow defeat to Old Modernians in January. Heavy away defeats to both Old Otliensians and, most recently, Stocksbridge have been tempered with a thumping win at home against Rotherham Phoenix 50-5. Their next fixture see’s them travel to Aireborough before facing Bramley Phoenix at home.

The merit team have fared much better with wins over Adwick Le Street, Wortley and Dinnington as they continue their strong push for promotion.

Veterans March On

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Vet’s Man of the Match Lee Linsdell

With First Victory In 2015

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Saturday 31st January saw our two-Thorne swimmers compete in Gala One of the Yorkshire Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge Sheffield in the Sprint phase of the four weekend event.

Daniel had two swims. First was the 50m Backstroke, here he knocked

1.37 seconds off his personal best and ended up 17th overall in 39.00 seconds. Next was 50m Freestyle and he knocked 1.55 seconds off his previous time, finishing it in 34.77 seconds. Daniel is now back in training and getting ready for the next weekend of the Yorkshire Championships which see him

Thorne Swimmers Still Making A Splash

Daniel Bailey (11) & Ajay Scott (11)

A great night was had by all at the annual awards ceremony at King-wood Golf Centre. The night was held in good spirit and was washed down well with some lovely food and drink served by the bar and catering staff.

A very well done to all winners, however a special mention to Kevin

Parker a double winner in the major competitions.

The competitions this year have been very well supported with record turnout; we would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members this year for getting involved and wish you well for the upcoming season Major Winners

Knock out competition 1st Kevin Parker 2nd Paul GodbehereDirect Utilities Cup 1st Chris Bramley 2nd Steve FlanaganClub Championship Gross Steve Flanagan Nett Steve ForsythJohn Wardle Cup 1st Kevin Parker 2nd Chris BakerFastprint Stableford 1st Steve Chap-man 2nd Steve Brook

competing in the 100m Freestyle, 100m and 200m Backstroke.

Ajay had three swims, the first saw him add time to his backstroke although a good attempt made. The afternoon looked brighter with him deducting 2seconds from his personal best 50m breaststroke time at 42.64 with a reaction time of 0.33 from the starting block he was in fighting spirit and made the finals being in the fastest 10 swimmers of the heats. He was awarded a pennant for making the final and has achieved a North

East Regional time another great step up the swimming ladder. The last race was 50m freestyle, his new time a personal best at 34.69 was met with tough competition but a small achievement.

Both Ajay and Daniel enjoyed the county competition, race atmos-phere, team encouragement and rewarding comments from coaches poolside. By the time this goes to print Ajay will have already com-peted at St John Charles Centre at Leeds on Saturday 14th February in 100m breaststroke lets hope another personal best. Medals are awarded for top three in each age group, a tough challenge. The following weekend on both days the boys swim their final chance at the Age Group Yorkshires, good luck !If you’re Interested in swimming please contact Thorne leisure Centre to be part of the winning team, Thorne Tigers. See our notice board in the viewing gallery for more information.

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February saw a mixed bag of results for Thorne Colliery, with a draw, a win & two narrow de-feats in their last four matches. Despite the losses, things are looking up for Colliery, with players who served them so well last season returning to the side.

Brodsworth Welfare 2Thorne Colliery 1

Colliery saw their unbeaten start to the year come to an end at Brodsworth, losing 2-1, with Kyle Palmer scoring for the away side. It was their first defeat in four games since the turn of the year.

Thorne Colliery 2Appleby Frodingham 2

In the first of three consecutive home games, two early goals from Brett Thomas & Aiden Mar-shall had given Colliery the lead at the Welfare Ground, but the sides shared the points when Ap-pleby fought back & scored two to draw level in the second half.

Thorne Colliery 1Westella VIP 0

In a game where many might not have given Colliery a chance against their high flying visitors, who had sat second in the league with only one defeat all season to their name, it was clear from the first whistle that Colliery were determined to give Westella a game.

With Colliery putting out a strong side, they went on the offensive in the first few minutes, and had an early appeal for handball turned down when a Westella defender blocked a shot from the home

side inside the penalty box.

Just five minutes later Kyle Palmer had a shot pushed aside by Westella’s keeper as Colliery went on to keep up the pressure on the away side.

It was some twenty minutes before the highly rated Westella did anything of note, winning a corner that Colliery defended well.

Palmer continued to have chanc-es for Colliery, showing neat skill in lifting the ball over the full back, but then dragging his shot wide.

A determined Colliery were on top, winning every second ball and they looked to have Westella rattled. However, if they needed a reminder of why the visitors were sitting second in the league it came when a rare foray forward saw a Westella forward hit Col-liery’s crossbar with a speculative shot from outside the area.

With only a few minutes of the first half remaining, Colliery scored to make it 1-0 to the home side. Cameron Johnson pounced on a poor ball between two defenders and slotted the ball calmly into the back of the net, giving Colliery the lead. From the kick off, Kyle Palmer had another chance but pulled his shot wide.

Full of confidence, Colliery started the second half how they finished the first, playing well & creating chances. Darren Fell had a shot from distance go over the bar. As expected, Westella attempted to get back into the game but didn’t really create any clear chances. A buoyant Colliery

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The last twenty minutes of the second half saw chances that could have put Colliery even fur-ther ahead, including a terrific free kick that Westella’s keeper did well to save, and an acro-batic scissor kick from Cameron Johnson. The Westella keeper also had to be at his best as he pushed the ball round the post following a corner, and Darren Fell had a shot saved.

The home side then ran the clock down in the corners be-fore the referee blew the whistle, giving Colliery the victory and a win they richly deserved.

Thorne Colliery 2Brodworth Welfare 3

After the elation of the previous week’s result, Colliery couldn’t quite make it two home wins on the bounce, losing 2-3 to Brodsworth. Darren Fell scored both goals for Colliery.

Thorne Colliery Round-up

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