COTSWOLD TIMES STOW TIMES MARCH 2014 ISSUE 122
‘Fossils on the Fosse’ – a mini travelog PAGE 10
‘Grow your own Soup’ – a masterclass PAGE 23
‘It’s Our Town – We Love Stow’ PAGE 29
WIN a Family Day Out with Glos & Warks Steam Railway PAGE 18
WITH local Events, days out, a duck race and Mothering Sunday News from local Schools and Sports clubs. 2 Eclectic gift and lifestyle FOR MOTHERING SUNDAY... shop Scrumptious hand-tied bouquets, luscious blooms beautifully wrapped –something for all budgets and a ‘pocket money range’! Royal Botanical Kew pots filled with spring bulbs; pretty Jane Hogben pottery, True Grace candles – gift wrapped in tissue…. Open Mothering Sunday for local direct deliveries up to 2pm…. …. For that extra personal touch. 01608 650630 Email: [email protected] www.alliumflorist.co.uk
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N.COTS ARTS ASSOCIATION TALK by Gill (Cotswold Art Supplies). FRAMING & DISPLAYING YOUR PAINTINGS Wed 9th March, 2-4pm, Broadwell Village Hall. Members free. Visitors welcome £5 including tea. Contact: Sandi 01451 822550
BAKERY ON THE WATER
Opening at the end of July 2013, the Bakery on the Water became an almost immediate success - a fresh, artisan bakery and a modern, rustic café offering something a bit different from the usual tourist fare – no chintz here!
In all respects this is a true family business. Headed by Clare Keyte with her husband Graham, the day-to-day running of the establishment is done by Camilla, one of their daughters, along with her boyfriend Matthew. Clare’s son, a photographer helped with the design and décor, and her eldest daughter is an architect and helped with the refurbishment plans. Graham and Clare moved to Bourton eighteen months ago in search of a quieter pace of life. Clare had previously run a bakery in Oxford and her grandmother had also been in the bakery business, so Camilla is now the fourth generation of the family to roll up her sleeves and bake.
Their aim from the beginning has been to provide an authentic, artisan bakery catering for the locals as much as for the passing tourist trade - setting up a loyalty scheme has been a popular move with both! They are also keen to promote locally produced and sourced materials: the roasted coffee beans come from Cirencester and are ground on site; clotted cream is from Chipping Norton; sausage meat from a local farm in Dorn, near Moreton-in-Marsh; eggs, milk and cream from Cotteswold Dairy; and flour from Matthews Mill in Shipton-under-Wychwood. They use a variety of flour: white, wholemeal, stoneground and spelt, suitable for gluten intolerants. Quiches and ready-made sandwiches supplement the cakes on offer in the café or for takeaway. They bake small batches several times a day and it isn’t unusual for customers to be handed a still-warm loaf to carry away with them.
The Bakery opens seven days a week, from 8am to 5pm, on bank holidays and for special events such as the Bourton Christmas Fayre in December. There are tables outside in the small garden overlooking the river and plans for later in the year include opening in the early evening once or twice a week, for home-made pizza suppers (bring your own wine!), plus an expansion of the products available for takeaway and later online. Clare’s experience in Oxford city is an invaluable benchmark against which to measure this young business in a village dominated by tourists.
Running a busy business with family members isn’t for everyone and Clare admits that there have been ‘some heated discussions’! But there are no regrets - as she says, “respect and compromise are key words, especially with family co-workers”. She firmly believes that they each have their own specific strengths and weaknesses, and can draw on their differing areas of expertise in a unique way.
[A website will soon be available for customer ordering on: www.bakeryonthewater.co.uk. You can also contact them on 01451 822748 or by email on: [email protected] ]
By Julie Hall for Cotswold Times. As part of an occasional series looking at various successful businesses and individuals in our community, I visited the Bakery on the Water, 1 Sherborne Street, Bourton-on-the-Water
4 SALTMARSH ORGANIC CONCEPT STORE
Luna frames from South Africa Wonkiwear Beauty range from Sweden Pottery from Cornwall Hand-knitted jumpers from Berlin Cashmere babywear from Italy Helen Minns cards and cushions Welcome you to the quiet but sunny side of The Square, Stow. OPEN: Tue - Sat 10-4pm daily / 07729 269977 Saltmarsh, The Square, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1AF Beautiful, complex, fragile…like a saltmarsh Claire Stammberger talks about her new business SALTMARSH with passion. “I love beautiful things, like a saltmarsh - complex, to be conserved. So all the goods I sell are organic, contemporary, fresh in a clean Scandinavian way. A complex Swedish beauty STOW ON THE WOLD range; Helen Minns cards and cushions inspired by wildlife – hares, TAXI SERVICE deer, and curlews. South African WonkiWear tableware finished 6 SEATER GALAXY • AIRPORTS • STATIONS with beach sand; Maimi handmade pullovers from Berlin, in mohair • HOSPITALS • COURIER SERVICE and silk; Danish lounge wear in organic silk, linen and cotton; LOCAL OR LONG DISTANCE cashmere baby clothes from Bergamo; Rachel Jones fresh flowers for weddings and special celebrations. In Saltmarsh you will find TONY KNIGHT – 07887 714047 style, quality and purity of product. It’s a pleasure to pass these [email protected] beautiful things to other people.” www.stow-on-the-wold-taxi-service.co.uk
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• David Austin roses and climbers Visit the Plant Centre for gorgeous spring flowers. From Hellebores to • Quality fruit and primroses, there's something for ornamental trees, ferns and large every garden. specimen plants
Put a spring in your step • Gardening sundries with the new season at and equipment for the allotment and Batsford Garden Centre! garden Batsford is open every day 10am–5pm. Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre, Talk to our Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9AB. experienced, knowledgeable 01386 701441 staff who are [email protected] happy to offer help www.batsarb.co.uk and advice.
5 NGS Open Day. Sunday 2nd March. We throw open our gates in aid of the National Gardens Scheme with all the entrance money going towards the nursing, caring and gardening charities chosen by the NGS. It’s also a great excuse for a slap up lunch or afternoon tea in the Garden Terrace Café and browsing our beautiful plant centre to get inspiration for the gardening year ahead!
Daffodil Week. 15th to 23rd March. Rediscover beautiful Batsford See our host of golden Arboretum this March for magical walks daffodils in all their spring glory! Wander through through drifts of daffodils, breath-taking swathes of yellow enjoying views, fabulous food and gifts, plus the spring sunshine from beneath our tree canopy as it everything you need for the gardening starts to come to life. Don’t season ahead. miss a trip to the garden shop and plant centre to find everything you need to get a A perfect spring day head start in the garden and allotment this spring.
out for all the family. Mothering Sunday. Sunday 30th March. Batsford is open every day 10am–5pm. Show Mum how much you Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre, love her with a visit to Batsford Arboretum at the Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9AB. height of blowsy spring bulb colour – even better, Mum’s 01386 701441 get free entry to the arboretum today so that you [email protected] can treat her to lunch or a www.batsarb.co.uk spot of retail therapy , too!
Moreton's NEW Moreton's best kept secret at the moment is its new bookshop, Christmas Birds & Books. Tucked into the bookshop is arcade in Moreton's High Street, the bookshop is focused on bringing the best in books to Moreton and its visitors.
Moreton has a long tradition of excellent book selling. Famous for their quality of service, personal touch and quirky good humour, Moreton's bookshops have drawn visitors to the town for many years. Christmas Birds & Books seeks to revive this tradition with a novel twist.
The name says it all. "Great books and Christmas Cheer all year round, that's our aim" says Richard Kemp, the bookshop's founder. Richard is dedicated to bringing bookshops back to the High Street. This is the third independent bookshop Richard has helped open. Why? Because bookshops, as any Moreton resident will tell you, are at the heart of community and quality of life in a town. Tracey Courderoy Moreton's new bookshop plans to make the most of its courtyard location opposite the cafe in Old Market Way, the arcade off the High Street. There is no better space in the Cotswolds for relaxed book events of every kind. Order most books overnight at The first is from acclaimed children's author [email protected] Tracey Courderoy on Saturday 8th March, from 01608 238416 11.00 am. Tracey is the first of many authors coming to Moreton as part of a commitment 21 Old Market Way, from UK publishers to help High Street High Street bookshops thrive. Soon Cotswold guide books Moreton-in-Marsh, will once again be talking about the reasons to GL56 0AJ come to Moreton for its bookshop.
6 COTSWOLD TIMES STOW TIMES FROM THE EDITOR... INSIDE THIS EDITION...
FEATURES At last, the excitement of a few days with very blue skies and bright sunshine (and moonshine too, on some days), with scudding clouds 4 Bakery on the Water By Julie Hall some so white they looked deceptively like summer clouds – until 12,13 Fossils on the Fosse Written and abridged by Ben Edolls the moment of stepping outside the door! Never mind, at the end 15,16 Tightrope A short story by Nicholas John of this month we will be in British Summer Time - it just sounds so 22 Grow your own Soup Caroline Fisher attended the Master class positive after this wet, grey and muddy winter. (I wonder if it will be 24 County Tag Rugby Festival – U7s & U8s looking for sponsorship Scottish Summer Time too?) 28 An Unwelcome Legacy Nigel Moor looks behind some of the planning decisions 29 It’s Our Town – We Love Stow Thank you to all the people who contributed emls, articles, ideas 40 Alabama Rot, the dog disease By Martin Whitehead, MRCVS and comments during February. Our ‘new look’ is still very much a 41 WIN a Family Day Out with Glos & Warks Steam Railway ‘Work In Progress’, with some ‘new’ pages and others still waiting their turn. However, we hope we have brought together an REGULARS interesting collection of local community issues, business, sports and club news. 18-20 Business items; Robb Eden on Tax rates 21 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books Once more the articles this month illustrate the wonderfully eclectic 25 Dates for Local Authority meetings, Blood Donor sessions mix of life that thrives in our local area - a family bakery, a mini Police & Crime Commissioner will tackle cyber-crime travelog about the Fosse Way, facts and figures on house sales, the 26,27 Reports from Stow Town Council; some key planning issues explained latest on planning and a competition for railway enthusiasts. Our 29 In the Editor’s Opinion short story is based in Moscow, and there are plenty of things going 30, 31 Hillman Imp; Save Our Stow; Correspondence on locally too, including a course on woodland coppicing and some 32-35,37, 38 - LOCAL EVENTS - cinemas, courses, concerts, galleries, markets, museums really exciting sporting successes. and walks. 36 Local Church services With spring in the air we will look forward to hearing from you during 42-45 News from some of our Local Schools March, perhaps again or for the first time. Our readers’ comments are always appreciated – the good, the bad, and the ugly. 49 – 51, 53, 55 News from local Sports Clubs Best wishes 58 Local charities, Lions & Charity Commission 59 Reports from North Cotswold and Kingham & Wychwood Rotaries Jenni Turner 60 News from some of our local clubs Editor 61 Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities listing (always a Work In Progress!) 63 Local Business Directory Cover photograph: ‘Pussy willow; Blue sky’. With many thanks to Hubert Steed (2011) With approximately 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds , we are delivering Other contributors this month: the four community magazines to :- Jan Marley, Nicholas John, David Hall, Linda Burke Letterboxes in Stow on the Wold, Moreton in Marsh, Bourton on the Water & Chipping Norton, Broadwell, Adlestrop, Oddington, Bledington, Icomb, Church Westcote, Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd. Nether Westcote, Wyck Rissington, Lower & Little Rissington, Great Rissington 0800 170 7955 / www.eagledesign.net (part),Maugersbury, Nether Swell, Lower Swell & Upper Swell, Lower Slaughter, Naunton, Notgrove, Sherborne (part), Clapton on the Hill, Donnington, Condicote, Longborough, Our next edition is for April 2014 Bourton on the Hill, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, Batsford (part), Blockley, Todenham, Aston The copydate is 15th March 2014 Magna, Draycott (part) and Over Norton
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10 PERSONAL TRAINING GYM MEMBERSHIPS CLASSES INJURY REHABILITATION THERAPY ROOMS SHOULD I BE DOING HIIT TRAINING? A popular form of training at the moment is the HIIT method, or high intensity interval training. It is any workout that alternates between intense bursts of activity and fixed periods of less-intense activity or even complete rest. A basic example would be run as fast as you can for 1 minute and then rest for 2 minutes; repeat 5 times for a 15 minute workout. You have to limit it to just running – cycling, rowing or cross training are all viable, but whatever you do, the intensity has to be high.
So should you be using this method? It has many proven benefits; it is time efficient, it helps burn more fat, you will maintain muscle mass, increase metabolism and you can do it anywhere! Sounds good, right? The science is all correct, it does exactly what it says on the tin, but we wouldn’t necessarily recommend it for everyone.
The rate that you have to work at to make HIIT work effectively is very high, which can be risky if you’re not used to regular exercise or have been out of action due to injury. In this scenario we would recommend a period of training to gently acclimatise the body to a point where it can cope with the higher intensity of effort needed. Once you have reached this point the benefits and results can be great.
Alex Doggett, Cotswolds Health Club
New Therapists Join Stow Physio Team Stow Physiotherapy Services is offering patients more flexible appointment times and new specialist treatments in 2014 thanks to the addition of two experienced physiotherapists who have recently joined the Bourton- based practice.
Previously clinical specialist for the Gloucestershire Brain Injury Team, Eleanor Clarke specialises in neurological physiotherapy which can be used to treat a wide range of conditions including stroke, MS, Parkinsons, head injuries and vertigo. Neurological injuries and spinal and pelvic problems, including those associated physiotherapy can help patients at any stage of their condition, with pregnancy. All chartered physiotherapists, the team employs and Stow Physiotherapy Services is the only local practice offering a largely “hands on” approach to reduce stiffness and restore this type of treatment. If patients have recently been diagnosed or normal alignment. They are also experienced in the use discharged from hospital, the aim is to maximise recovery and acupuncture to control pain and muscle spasm, allowing them to achieve the best functional level possible. With longer-term treat the underlying cause of the problem more effectively. conditions, the emphasis is on ongoing management and maintaining activity levels using different treatment methods. Stow Physiotherapy Services also offers equipment Pilates sessions at the luxurious Daylesford Hay Barn Spa in Kingham. Today, with more opportunities to try a wider variety of sports and Sessions are run by Angela Hardie and Amy Hayman-Joyce, both activities than ever before, occasional injuries are inevitable even in fully qualified physiotherapists and Pilates trainers. the young. Sprains, strains and even broken bones are part and parcel of growing up. Physiotherapist James Clapp has worked Whatever the problem – an injury on the ski slopes or rugby pitch, extensively with children and young people in Gloucestershire, neurological conditions, post-surgery or general aches and pains, with experience in treating sports injuries using various techniques the team at Stow Physiotherapy Services will try to get you moving such as manual physiotherapy, acupuncture and kinesio taping to again. get them back to full fitness as quickly as possible. For more information visit www.stowphysio.co.uk / call James and Eleanor join Mary Greenhill, who set up the practice in 01451 822660. 1982, and Lucy Walmsley, an expert in the management of sports
11 FEATURE Fossils on the Driving through Somerset one day I came across a village called Lydford on Fosse, which got me to thinking - Fosse? I knew it was an old Roman route but where did it run from, to, and how much of it is left? Research told me the Fosse Way formed a main trading route from Lincoln in the North to Topsham near Exeter in the South. Fosse meant ditch in Roman times - maybe the road was flanked by ditches, or the ditch was to keep the barbarians to the West out (The Golden Ball in Lower swell can get quite rowdy !)
I began planning the trip but needed a travelling companion. Ladies (women) are fine if romance or shopping are on the agenda - this was unlikely. An easy going soul with shared interests in pubs, eating, cars and a keen eye for the scenery was needed - JP was the chosen one, like it or not. Would we take a large vehicle to accommodate luggage and provide a place to sleep if needed – no, an old Mazda MX 5 sat lurking on the drive – oh, the joy of open top motoring in the glorious summer.
Pleas for discounted rates resulted in accommodation at the White Hart Hotel in Lincoln, and early one June Morning, breakfast firmly on our minds, we set off on our expedition. hot tubs in the villages along the way, swallowing garlic- White fluffy clouds hung in the blue sky as we left Stow infused escargots washed down with hearty Italian wine? behind heading north on the Fosse Way. Flaming June was We saw no sign of this as we trundled through the centre of chilly, the sun kept disappearing behind clouds and despite Leicester and headed out towards the A46. We skipped warm tops and hats our shorts-clad legs needed the lunch at Nottingham and kept moving, as did the breakfast, welcome warmth from the heater. The itinerary until we got to the activity area - the Nottingham Kart track. incorporated breakfast, lunch and tea. We pottered along, We decanted and I strolled knowingly to the side of the two old codgers taking in the summer morning: birds track - what I knew I don’t know! This was not the large chattered in the hedgerows, cut grass, blossom and championship track which I had visited some years earlier. occasional whiffs of sewage wafted into our nostrils. This track looked like something a three year old would visit Moreton and Shipston passed by, then through Halford at the seaside. where the old the stone bridge still stands over the river, and onto a section which feels almost Roman as it heads ‘For 10 minutes I reigned supreme’ straight over the hills towards Kineton, occasionally wiggling through a valley or round a hill, crossing the East -West We paid £20.00 each, donned overalls and sat moron like roads at staggered junctions. in front of a screen playing the usual health’n’safety guff, the rules of racing, yellow flags, red flags, black flags - we were ‘a roadside café with roses around the door..?’ now ready to race. Sitting in the cart, the steering wheel seemed a bit bent and the steering joints wobbly, but from JP was an excellent and cheery map reader, highlighting one inch above the black stuff the minute course now took things of interest as we drove in the light morning traffic. As on the semblance of Silverstone and we sped off, the only time elapsed a mirage of sausage, bacon, eggs, toast and two cars on the track. For 10 minutes I reigned supreme, tea shimmered on the road ahead - would we find the dusting up JP at every occasion, pushing him into tyres and roadside cafe with roses around the door and gingham barriers alike, whizzing past at breakneck speed. We were table cloths? Hold on, this is the 21st century Fosse Way flagged in, stopped and studied form on the lap timer - I and civilisation has moved on! In a rutted layby on what was certainly doing well. JP and I nonchalantly sipped looked like a section of the ancient Roman route, stood - cokes watching a couple of lithe young chaps arrive with the burger van. Our all day breakfast, eaten al fresco from a racing carts. They had all the gear, race suits, ballet pump polystyrene plate with plastic knives and forks, lined our like racing shoes and multi coloured full face helmets. In the stomachs with grease that stayed with us all day. We looked second session the young racers left us it the dust. OK so at one another wondering where the romance of the English we had nearly forty years on them and about five stone countryside had gone and set off once more. each, but surely experience and prowess would shine? Not a chance! However it transpired that the vending machine As much as possible we stuck to the route of the old road. coke had morphed JP into a racing demon - he was a Did Centurions once march their troops over the ground might faster in the second bout, no longer a walkover. The where our 195/55/15 tyres rolled? Or did they languish in young guns kept wafting past us with regular monotony but
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Make the Party Fosse your own JP and stuck I together, vying for every scrap of tarmac until the final minute passed.
A tsunami of adrenalin coursed through our clogged arteries as once again we swung out onto the Fosseway, heading north to an unscheduled stop at Newark air Cheltenham Festival Week museum which provided tea, cakes, old planes and war Live Music & Fun from the memorabilia, all very good for the soul. Lost Aussie Ferguson ‘a steady spray of steam now issued from the bonnet’ Mon-Wed from 8.30pm
The outskirts of Lincoln proved disappointing as we Mothering Sunday's on its way and motored past industrial areas and large factory buildings, but the shock of town centre made up for this as we passed Sunday lunch is always busy so don't through the Old Roman Arch entrance to the town and up forget to book. to the timbered White Heart Hotel nestling alongside the Cathedral. Older cars can be an adventure and although we had travelled without mishap until now - a steady spray of We now have new and comfy steam now issued from the bonnet as we parked alongside rooms to let too a very smart Jag in the underground car park.
An interesting couple of days were spent in and around 01451 870934 Lincoln; the Cathedral is a marvel, a conducted tour of the roof structure marred only by the boring guide; trips north THE SQUARE, STOW-ON-THE-WOLD GL54 1BQ on Ermin Street to sunny Scunthorp and on to the Humber showed what an important link the Fosse Way had been in Roman times. Our evenings were made merry by the generosity and friendliness of Lincoln folk, filling us with champagne and cheery banter late into the night.
Heading south we encountered a short stretch of farm track which must be as near as we got to the original Fosse Way, and despite gates and rutted tracks we passed along this leafy lane feeling we had really found the old road.
Back in Stow we toasted our trip with cheap Italian wine and looked forward to June, and the southern leg of our Fosse Way journey.
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Three days ago, Valeria Petarava had boarded the Moscow- bound express at Volgograd and had travelled overnight, arriving nineteen hours later at Paveletsky station carrying a Tightrope holdall and wearing a rucksack. She had checked in at a small hotel in Anatoly Street in the Zladna district of the city. In a tiny, A short story by Nicholas John first-floor room, she had unpacked both bags, laying everything she needed in separate piles on the floor. Then she had placed the framed photograph of Lydia on the small table by the bed and watched the late afternoon sun dip below the When is the moment you begin to doubt yourself? The little rooftops. girl holds tightly on to her teddy bear. Her eyes are wide, gaze drawn upwards, transfixed on the silhouetted figure high * * * * * above, caught in the four, white beams of the spotlights. The ‘Thank you for your time, Mr. Zeitsev.’ Valeria finished her wire shimmers in the light, no more than a silken thread to the second cup of coffee and turned off the small recorder with its watching eyes below. The figure sways and the shadows in-built microphone that lay on the table in front of him. dance and twist across the decorated ceiling. Breath is silently ‘That's quite a story.’ exhaled from open mouths. Only the little girl can find words: She bore little resemblance to the girl wearing jeans and a she pulls at her mother's sleeve, whispers, ‘Is he going to fall, woollen jacket who had stepped down from the Volgograd mama?’ train. Dressed in a crisp, white blouse underneath a dark * * * * * trouser suit, her straight, brown hair was tied back smartly. The light from the chandeliers caught the tiny, dove-shaped October 27th 1996, Moscow. earrings she wore. The man she had planned to meet for so long, Alexander Valeria Petarava took a moment to appreciate the impressive Zeitsev, Russia's celebrity high wire artist, sat opposite her. exterior of the Hilton Leningradskaya as it towered over During the interview, Zeitsev had excelled as a self-publicist, Kalanchevskaya Street, then turned back to the taxi, paying exuding such an air of importance that Valeria felt a steadily the driver through the open window. She picked up her growing dislike for him - but then, any man who did the job he holdall, threw the fur coat over her arm, and watched as the did would not be short on confidence. vehicle sped away from the hotel's forecourt, disappearing She brought a smile to her lips. ‘I was amazed that into the city traffic. you learned to walk a tightrope before you even went to A doorman held the swing door open for her, school?’ ushering her into the foyer. A blizzard of gold and silver, ‘Miss Petarava, I was born to walk the high wire. All chandeliers and mirrors, reflected the internal light and Valeria the boys in my village learn. We are taught the skill at a very caught her breath at the opulent interior, the juxtaposition with early age. Legend has it that the men suspend ropes between the outside grey of concrete and glass. She looked around. the peaks of the mountains to save the long walk across the She had memorised his photograph but could not see him pass - when they need to see the girls from the other villages!’ anywhere. At the reception desk, one of the girls raised her He grinned and sat back in his chair and Valeria felt a eyes from her computer; dark eyes, heavily made-up, hair surge of irritation at his self-assuredness. He gestured around pulled tightly back from her face. him. ‘Moscow has taken me to her heart, as has Russia itself, ‘Can I help?’ and tonight, Miss Petarava, I will cross the auditorium of the ‘Yes, please. Alexander Zeitsev. My name is Valeria Bolshoi Theatre on a high wire suspended above the crowd. Petarava. I am a reporter with the Neraviski Gazeta.’ She held Not the highest, nor the longest, walk I have ever undertaken, her journalist's laminate forward, showing her photograph with but it has glamour and a certain magic as I’m sure you will its state-approved licence. agree. A village boy from the Caucasus ‘makes good’ as I ‘Mr. Zeitsev is in his room, Miss Petarava.’ The think you journalists might say?’ receptionist had not even checked the flickering screen. ‘If She laughed and reached across the table to take you would care to wait in the lounge, I will call him for you. Mr. the recorder, but he leaned forward quickly and covered her Zeitsev prefers to conduct his interviews there.’ The merest hand with his. hint of a smile creased the corner of her mouth. ‘So, Miss Petarava, you have your story. When do I The hotel lounge was a large room with thick, blue get my money?’ carpet and tall, grey, circular pillars that stretched to the high She felt the dryness in her mouth. ‘My paper will pay ceiling. It was full, alive with noise and clouds of thick, you two thousand American dollars, Mr. Zeitsev, in cash. I cigarette smoke hung in the air as attendant waiters darted have the money here with me, as agreed.’ She indicated her from table to table. Dark-suited businessmen stood at a bag on the floor, next to her chair. ‘It’s the equivalent of over counter, drinking from tiny glasses, while American tourists thirty thousand roubles, but, for that, I might hope you will give and over-dressed, elderly women sat in heavy, leather chairs. me considerably more of your time.’ Her heart quickened and Valeria felt a swell of sharp panic rising within her. When is the she forced herself hold his gaze. Is this the moment you moment you begin to doubt yourself? begin to doubt yourself? A hand touched her shoulder and she span round: Zeitsev nodded. ‘That is what we agreed.’ He looked at her like his photograph, he had the bluest eyes she'd ever seen. for a long moment, letting his blue eyes travel over her. ‘And I Alexander Zeits have no trouble spending time in the company of a beautiful woman. I assume you were to attend the Bolshoi tonight * * * * * anyway, for your paper?’ Continued over page
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Valeria pulled a face. ‘I'm afraid I don’t have press was plenty of time and, though the real test lay ahead, she clearance. My editor believes in courting the great and the was getting closer. She had nearly slipped up just the once: good, while his journalists put words into print!’ he had firmly taken the holdall from her as they left the dining- Zeitsev clapped his hands. ‘It is how the world goes room, querying why she had it, but her explanation of not yet round! I have best seats reserved for my invited guests - you having time to check in at her own hotel had seemed to shall have one of those and to hell with your editor! He can sit satisfy Zeitsev. with the opera directors and kiss their backsides – you can sit Valeria got out of bed, showered quickly and put on her alongside the mayor and his political cronies! Publicity, Miss underwear. Everything she needed was packed tightly in the Petarava: we are all in it for what we can get. I want your false compartment in the bottom of the holdall. She had money of course, in dollars naturally, and I also want the trained for this and knew what to do almost without thought, publicity to make me famous. To bring me the exposure to working with methodical precision. When she was finished, tempt the Americans into letting me walk the wire in New York she dressed in the trouser suit and lastly, pulled the fur coat City! We are nearly in a new century: so, Times Square, New on over her jacket and studied herself in the mirror. She was Year's Eve, perhaps?’ He laughed loudly, then dropped his ready. voice. ‘And you Miss Petarava, maybe you wish to become a well-known journalist? An exclusive with the famous * * * * * Alexander Zeitsev. We can help each other I’m sure.’ He There were soldiers stationed on the concourses around the looked at her directly. "You scratch my back, I scratch yours? Bolshoi Theatre, their Kalashnikovs hanging loosely at their As the Americans say, of course.’ sides. Giant banners hung from the huge frontal columns: ‘I'd like that,’ she said quietly. Her hands gripped the black on white, the date and the single word ‘Zeitsev.’ The taxi arms of the chair she was sitting in. dropped her in amongst the crowds at the main entrance and for a brief moment she stood and composed herself. She was * * * * * here now; the historical and symbolic heart of the Russian Stand outside of yourself and you can overcome your doubts. Federation. It never once crossed her mind to walk away. She had spent nearly a full day in the cramped hotel room in At the box office, she noticed her name added to the lengthy Anatoly Street. She’d packed the holdall and pushed her guest-list and the false journalist’s laminate barely invited remaining clothes and few belongings under the wooden bed. inspection. She was ushered to a front row seat in the Dress She had done all she could. Then she finally slept, holding the Circle, high above the amphitheatre. The sweat was tiny, framed photograph in her hand. Lydia Petarava had been dampening the small of her back and under her arms and she killed as a Russian armoured column had tracked along was aware that her hands were shaking but she let a calm Tashliniev Street on the steely-cold morning of the 4th detachment wash over her. The seats around her were filling January. She was seven years old. with men in designer suits and women in expensive dresses; next to her a lady with blond hair sat down with her daughter, * * * * * the little girl smiling happily, clutching a small teddy bear. In her Valeria pretended to sleep as Zeitsev washed and dressed. coat pocket Valeria’s fingers curled tightly around the little She lay curled up under the bedclothes in the double suite on framed photograph. The photograph of another smiling little the twenty-third floor. They’d eaten in the rich opulence of the girl. Leningradskaya’s dining-room, with its marble floors and black * * * * * and gold décor. For a man soon to balance on a steel wire, Stand outside yourself. Walk away and look back. What's left high above the auditorium of the Bolshoi Theatre, without any behind? When was the moment you overcame your doubt? form of safety net, he had not been reticent about ordering, The figure high above the ground is caught in the white and consuming, the most expensive wine. She had allowed beams of the spotlights. It doesn't move, though for a herself the one glass. It had helped to steady her nerve and moment, it sways and the shadows dance and twist. The wire she had followed him to the elevator without hesitation. In his shimmers in the light, a mere silken thread to the watching room, he had taken her as attentively as he had taken the eyes below. dollars she had pushed across the table. "Is he going to fall, mama?" The girl pulls at her He stood over the bed, reached down and kissed her neck, mother's sleeve, but it is not her mother who answers. The stroking her hair. ‘I have to go. I must meet the dignitaries, the woman sitting next to her smiles softly and pats the little girl's city's most boring people, and I need to be certain everything hand reassuringly. is ready too, of course.’ "Yes. He is," says Valeria Petarava, major in the She stretched lazily beneath his hand, but her heart Chechen National Liberation Army, as she touches her was racing. Thank God! She would have the time she forefinger to the detonator strapped to her left thigh. needed. ‘There will be a taxi waiting for you at six thirty. It will NICHOLAS JOHN take you to the Bolshoi and your name will be on the door. You are my guest.’ He ran his hand underneath the sheet. ‘And perhaps you will stay the night?’ She smiled up at him and he kissed her forehead. There was a knock at the door. ‘One moment,’ Zeitsev called, then turned back to Valeria, ‘I’m glad we can spend some time together.’ He crossed to the door and closed it quietly behind him. She took a deep breath and looked at her watch. Two hours
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It seems only yesterday that the last of the 2012/13 Tax Returns were filed in January but here we are in March, only a few short weeks away from the end of the tax year. If you receive a notice to file a Tax Return for 2013/14 it’s a good idea to strike while the irons hot by getting your paperwork in order as soon as possible. If your affairs are not too complex then you could consider filing the Return yourself. It’s very straightforward & there’s lots of online help available. However, if you do encounter a problem you can talk to an HMRC adviser on the phone - if you can get through!! Filling in your tax return can be a daunting task but if you organise your paperwork carefully & follow the guidance notes it shouldn’t take you long. However, if you have several income streams or your affairs are more complex than normal I would advise talking to an accountant. It’s better to be prepared – too many people leave it to the last minute, bringing about the possibility of a penalty or interest payable on tax due.
Now that the UK economy seems to be heading in the right direction perhaps it’s time that our dear friends in government start to think about the impact that high taxation has on business & the individual. There’s no doubt in my mind that our tax rates do little to encourage people to work or to set money aside in case of emergency. The good news is that the personal allowance will hit the magic £10,000 in the new tax year but my view is this should be much higher, perhaps £15,000, so taking numerous low earners out of the tax net. I also believe that the way that self-employed people are treated, having to pay tax on income they haven’t earned, is also counter-productive. Overall the big question must be - why are so many people trying to avoid paying tax? The answer’s simple – because our tax rates are punitive & do little to encourage people to contribute.
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18 BUSINESS Are you looking for a love-nest? J O B O P P O R T U N I T I E S Or are you in love with the home you have? Two stories for lovers and house-lovers, With love, X X
Valentine’s Day spurs house hunting in Gloucestershire Love is in the air for a leading estate agents in Cirencester who have seen visitors to their website increase the week after Valentine’s Day, compared to the week before, for each of the last five years (¹). In addition, the agents also report that every year over the past three years the number of applicants directly registering and looking to buy their new love nest has increased by an average of 14.39% during the week after Valentine’s Day (²).
Michael Robson, Chief Executive of Andrews said: “We predict this increase is down to the cementing of relationships, whether new engagements, taking the next step to live together or couples wanting their own property after renting together. Romance is key to pushing buyers to look for a new home and more people are coming to Andrews.
“There has already been a substantial increase in applicants at the start of 2014 with January seeing a 75% growth on 2013 (³) and we believe this is set to continue to rise after romance Valentine’s Day. It also currently a great time to settle down into a new home as, for those buying, interest rates are still low and there is more help than ever for first time buyers to get onto the property ladder.”
1) Data from Google Analytics, Feb 6th – 13th vs. Feb 14th – 21st. 2) Based on internal figures, Feb 6th - Feb 13th vs. Feb 14th- Feb 21st 3) Based on internal figures Jan 2014 vs. Jan 2013
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Wall to Wall, the production company behind hit series such as Who Do You Think You Are, Child Genius and Long Lost Family, is looking for London or home-counties based homeowners who are about to put their much-loved house or flat on the market - in the hope that it will go to a couple or family who will treat it with the love and respect it deserves. If you put your heart and soul into building a home full of memories, if your design project has been years of blood, sweat and tears, if you have made untold sacrifices to turn your house into a dream home and if you feel that, given the number of potential buyers your property will attract, it would give you peace of mind to interview prospective buyers, then we would love to hear from you. We are hoping to explore with potential vendors what makes their place so special to them, and what sort of buyers they would want to inherit this treasured home. What would be the incentives and the deal-breakers? And is it important that the buyers will fit into the close-knit community and prove good neighbours?
If you would be willing to talk to us for a TV research and development project (an interview will be filmed but not broadcast), An Hour or Two a Month to spare? then please email [email protected] or call 020 We desperately need volunteers to help cover deliveries of these 3301 7875. magazines during holidays, etc., possibly up to eleven times a year. If you could help to cover local deliveries for an hour or two a There is no commitment to take part and the conversation will be month, please contact The Editor – details on p7. treated with confidentiality.
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20 COMMUNITY ALL at sea with your career and at a real crossroads?
Best friends business coach Debbie Hollingsworth and journalist Caroline Fisher have launched a ground-breaking enterprise to give people the tools to choose the right path for the next chapter of their working life and create an action plan to achieve their goals.
Life’s a Beach Retreats holds its first three-day course – Career Ahead – at the Watergate Bay Hotel, North Cornwall, from March 28 to 30.
The friends are passionate about helping people who are feeling bored, unfulfilled and directionless in their position and have lost their mojo. They will lead interactive workshops and one-to-one coaching sessions, aiming to give participants the confidence, self- awareness and determination to take action. It could be they forge ahead with a new career path, begin a new venture or return to their existing position with renewed aspirations and vigour.
Debbie from Milton-under-Wychwood, a professional business coach working with executives, business owners and private clients since June 2006, will lead revealing self-exploratory exercises and workshop sessions, to identify personal strengths, values, motivations, fears and behaviours. She said: “These will give participants a deeper understanding of who they are, what they have to offer and what may be stopping them from realising their dreams. “We hope to make people excited and enthusiastic again, to wake up in the morning looking forward to the day. They don’t want that “Sunday night” feeling any more and to stop counting down the days to Friday.”
Caroline, from Kingham, an ex-Fleet Street journalist and the Cotswolds reporter for the Gloucestershire Echo for nearly 14 years, added: “My experience as a journalist to build a rapport with people and to gain their trust is so akin to coaching. I hope this experience will motivate people from all sorts of backgrounds, with a host of life experiences, to forge a new future. And I’m looking forward to sharing some of my trials, tribulations and successes too.” Both women were born by the sea and are constantly drawn back by its energy. So they feel the inspirational coastal setting will help revitalise and refocus people.
For more details and to register on the retreat visit debbiehollingsworth.co.uk/lifes-a-beach-retreats or call 01993 820002.
21 FEATURE GROW YOUR OWN SOUP Article & photo by Caroline Fisher
GROW Your Own Soup sounds like a novelty toy...
But a masterclass on how to nurture nourishing vegetables and transform them into a bowl of steaming goodness made it crystal clear.
The Garden Terrace Café at Batsford Arboretum, near Moreton-in-Marsh, hosted a laid- back but captivating step-by-step session to tickle everybody’s tastebuds. A rapt Sue’s top tips for great Vegetables: audience lapped up head chef Matt Allen’s winning recipes, interspersed with top tips Butternut squash – don’t plant out until on how to grow the versatile veg – everything from crunchy carrots to marvellous mint - May to avoid late frosts and allow enough from inspiring garden centre manageress Sue Burn. room the plants to spread out. As with any seeds, feed the ground for a decent crop. The evening was the culmination of Grow Your Own Soup Week, as part of Bite 2014. Visitors were treated to a different bowl of soup daily, with a recipe card and information Onion setts – plant them in March, half- on how to tend vegetables. buried, and give them plenty of water for bumper returns. Many people might feel daunted about branching out into the world of producing perfect peas and magnificent marrows, but Batsford was determined to convert even Sage – it’s best to buy a small plant as it the least green-fingered, would-be gardeners. soon makes a big bush, but you can grow it from seed. Enthusiastically rubbing his hands in glee, chef Matt started off with a demonstration of Peas – for early peas sow seeds in a piece how to make the café’s ‘legendary’ garlic and rosemary focaccia, the perfect of guttering in the greenhouse before accompaniment to soup - and his audience was hooked. He made it look so simple. planting outside. “We make this here every single day and will make up to eight loaves in October, when demand is at its highest, in 11ins by 16ins metal trays,” he revealed. “Start with the flour Garlic – ideally plant individual cloves in the and salt in a bowl, mix the yeast with warm water until it dissolves and then put it autumn to get a good root system, and you somewhere warm until it’s proved for 45 minutes.” can start to lift by the end of April. Next came the bit that everyone was waiting for as he whisked out another bowl and Carrots – to combat the carrot fly pest buy said with a flourish “And here’s one I made earlier”, greeted by loud laughs from his 40- resistant seeds or make a fleece barrier, strong disciples. That set the tone for the rest of the session. Olive oil, garlic and use cloches or plant companion plants, rosemary were blended, the proven dough went on a baking tray and was proved again such as onions, which the flies don’t like. for 25 minutes. Tomatoes – ensure you give them enough water and use a proper tomato feed. “The beauty of soup is that you can put in anything you like and do anything you like with it,” he told us. His first mouth-watering recipe was butternut squash, sage and Basil – don’t start seeds off too early and crispy pancetta. Frying the pancetta until crisp, he tossed in sage to release its flavour, do progressive sowings, as with all and fried a whole chopped onion until soft before adding a whole diced squash. He vegetables. then covered it with the all-important basic ingredient - stock. Quizzed by the onlookers to reveal its contents, Matt said: Add celery, leeks, carrots, onions, garlic, thyme and a Batsford stocks a basic guide, Mr little bit of rosemary and simmer for 12 hours before you take the vegetables out.” Fothergill’s Get Growing – Success with Now for the first crucial tasting! Spoons clinked happily on bowls and the soup went Seeds. Sue and her staff are always happy down a treat. “It’s creamy without being cloying, quite silky and the sage really takes the to give any advice and information. sweetness out of the squash,” said participant Cherie Southgate. She had travelled from near Warwick and stocked up with specialities from Moreton’s Cotswold Cheese Company for later.
Matt went on to whisk up a frisky pea and mint soup with ham and gruyere croutons, followed by a wholesome and chunky Tuscan tomato soup, with carrots, red onions, celery and garlic and mixed beans, which did not need blending. Recipes were also handed out for French onion soup with parmesan croutons and carrot, cumin and coriander soup.
Endorsing the café as the perfect place to complement a walk in Batsford’s grounds, Sue said: “All the smells from this place waft over the building and it’s lovely.”
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23 BUSINESS Local PCSO’s Prevent Mobility Scooter Rage incident in Bourton High Street CHIPPING NORTON RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB
SPONSORSHIP APPEAL
Chipping Norton RUFC is hosting the Oxfordshire County Tag Rugby Festival for the U7 & U8’s age groups on Sunday 6th April.
This is a great opportunity for the Club in terms of raising its profile and some funds, both of which are essential for its continued success and survival.
To prevent this happening in the North Cotswolds we would like to invite The Festival is extremely well attended each year and, as you to our Mobility Event, which will include advice on independent living and security admission is by programme only, that programme will be seen by around 2000 people. The Festival Committee is pleased to offer Please join us on you this opportunity to purchase advertising space in the Wednesday 9th April 2014 between 10 am and 1pm programme. at the British Legion Hall, Bourton on the Water You will be able to speak to a range of agencies including the Village The programme will be A5 in format, and space is offered at £60 Agent, the Road Safety Manager (Safer Driving with Age), Tesco’s for a half page or just £100 for a full page. The outer cover will be Community Champion, and your local Police Officer in full colour on glossy paper, with three full page adverts available Take the opportunity to try your skills on a mobility scooter, kindly provided in this format at £200 each. by Sean Bury from The Hearing and Mobility Store, who will also be on hand with all the advice you need on mobility scooters We anticipate high demand so, if you have a business or event to Tea, biscuits and a fun quiz to round off the day publicise across the county and beyond, please let us know as soon as possible, and we shall be glad to send you further details PCSO Mel Oliveira & PCSO Alison Shaw hope to see you there of the format in which we would need to receive your artwork, as well as how to pay.
There are a number of other ways that you could help make the event a real success. Please contact us if you can help with organising the event in the run up to it and/or on the day. Perhaps you would like to support the Club by donating a raffle prize. This is also a great opportunity to support the Festival and the Club by making a direct gift donation.
We look forward to hearing from you. With thanks and very best wishes, Neil Holloway, Minis’ Chairman & U9 Coach Andrew Baud, U8 Head Coach Simon Hicks, U7 Head Coach www.cnrufc.co.uk e.mail: [email protected]
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C.D.C Committee STOW TOWN COUNCIL STOW TOWN COUNCIL NEXT MEETING THURSDAY 13TH FEB NOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING Meetings PLEASE CHECK NOTICE BOARD FEBRUARY 2014 Members of the public are encouraged to attend meetings of the Council and Committees. If you Residents are welcome to attend Abbreviated notes from the Meeting by Linda live in the District and are on the Electoral Register meetings. Questions* from the public relating Burke, Assistant Clerk are published you can take part by asking up to two questions to a proposal in discussion by monthly in Stow Times. per meeting. Information about your Councillors Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting Full Minutes of meetings, associated and committee members are on the website on that proposal. General questions are committee meetings and correspondence www.cotswold.gov.uk taken at the end of the meeting. are available in the Stow Council Office situated in George Alley off The Square. There is a letterbox in the main door. Tues 4th Licensing * A max of 3 minutes allowed. Thurs 6th CABINET Town Councillors are available before & after The Council office is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays Weds 12th Planning the meeting. District & County Cllrs, & Thursdays 10am-1pm (subject to meetings) Tues 18th Audit & Scrutiny representatives of Stow Police and local Tel: 01451 832 585 Thurs 20th Appeals (subject to business) Press regularly attend. Tues 25th COUNCIL E: [email protected]
Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes can be found on the Council's Committee Information System. Also available are details of your Councillor, Public would pay more to beef up the Committee Meetings including dates, times and venues and Membership of the Committees. fight against internet crooks and trolls There appears to be widespread support among the public1 for a slight increase in Council Tax to pay for more specialist policing in Gloucestershire, with a majority saying they would be prepared to help finance the fight against cyber-crime.
BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH: Those are the findings of a series of consultation exercises2 conducted by Police and BOURTON ON THE WATER, Crime Commissioner Martin Surl as he prepares his policing budget for the next three Royal British Legion - 28/03/2014 years. If the Commissioner opt for a 2% increase, it is likely the extra money would go towards improving the Constabulary’s capability for tackling crimes and anti-social STOW ON THE WOLD, British Legion - 31/03/2014 behaviour carried out on the internet and social network sites, an area in which it currently has relatively little expertise. The consultation reflected a high level of public support with Do Something Amazing... many respondents considering cyber-crime an important area on which to focus and a 96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood. potential priority for the Constabulary. Please don’t leave it to someone else. “There is no doubt the internet is a wonderful resource but it has made people vulnerable in For more information/ to book an appointment to their own homes. The research bears out what people have been telling me - that this is a attend a session, please call 0300 123 23 23 or visit critical area of concern for many of them”, said Mr. Surl. “Cyber-crime is an issue we all www.blood.co.uk have to face up to. Both the Chief Constable and I have a shared responsibility to ensure that Gloucestershire Police are able to respond effectively to any form of cyber-attack on a Prostate Cancer national scale and to develop our own cyber-crime capabilities beneath that level of threat”. Awareness Month 1)The options on which the Commissioner consulted were 1) A freeze on the police portion March 2014 of the council tax, which would likely mean the average band D Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in householder paying around £203.68 for the year; 2) A 2% men and it is thought that here in the UK increase on top of that which would mean an extra £4.05 p.a. or around 36,000 are diagnosed with this terrible eight pence a week. disease each year. Throughout March volunteers from the Prostate Cancer Charity will be working in your 2) 74.1% of respondents agreed with the proposal of a 2% local community, giving group talks and increase; 16.5% disagreed; ALL focus groups respondents providing information. All the volunteers have supported a 2% increase been affected by prostate cancer and know first-hand how scary and difficult it can be to deal with. If you would like to get involved or make a donation, please look online: ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 01452 425000 www.prostatecanceruk.org. You can also learn The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or online how to check your prostate, and there is a free www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks and confidential helpline 0800 074 8383.
Gloucestershire Mobile Police stations Calls will cost 15p irrespective 01/03 Lower Slaughter, Upper Slaughter, Naunton, Guiting Power, Temple Guiting, Cutsdean of how long that call may last, on landlines and mobiles. 02/03 Clapton-on-the-Hill, Great Rissington, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Wyck Rissington, Westcote, Call 999 In an emergency, 04/03 Bourton-on-the-Hill, Blockley, Paxford, Ebrington, Mickleton, Willersley such as when a crime is in 10/03 Bledington, Icomb, Oddington, Evenlode, Broadwell, Longborough progress, when there is danger to life or when violence 20/03 Northleach, Bourton on the Water is being used or threatened. 21/03 Moreton in Marsh, Chipping Campden Dates & Times may change at short notice. The MPS can be called to attend local incidents.
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28 COMMUNITY It’s our Town - We Stow
Local Councils in Tetbury, Bourton on the Water, Moreton in Marsh and Stow on the Wold have seen Planning Inspectors at Appeal dismiss objections to large scale developments from Cotswold District Council and the Cotswolds AONB, ignoring the over-run and failing water management of both clean and waste water, the proliferation of housing beyond the capacity of local amenities and communities, the over-supply of homes for elderly and infirm people, loss of farmland and wildlife habitats, overcrowded roads ….etc, etc! The plans haven’t stopped coming in!!
The applications below all relate to Stow on the Wold:- Bovis Homes 146 houses on a site SE of Stow with access from Oddington Road (Full Application, currently at Appeal)
English Care Villages Continuing Care Retirement Community including a core building, detached assisted living units, internal highways, parking, etc… behind Bretton House, accessed from Stow Hill (Outline Application)
Brackley 40 extra care apartments, 4 extra care bungalows and a 48-bed care home on the land north of Tescos (with potential for a doctors’ surgery and car parking) (Outline Application)
McArthy & Stone 17 apartments for over 55s on the Stow Agricultural Services site, Lower Swell Rd (Full application) (Spitfire (Pre Application) Residential housing on the Ashton House site)
(In Maugersbury) (Pre-Application) 5-10 houses on the ‘Gypsy field) with a doctors surgery and car parking
WE CAN PREVENT UNWANTED AND UNSUITABLE DEVELOPMENTS. Help Save Stow from the Developers - Before it’s Too Late
Having a Neighbourhood Plan allows local residents to identify suitable development opportunities within CDC’s Local Plan and the government’s National Planning Policy Framework - which can prevent unwanted and unsuitable developments.
ITS NOT JUST PLANNING – Our Neighbourhood Plan for Stow will need to cover everything – our housing needs, our current and future health and welfare, environment, schools, traffic, transport and parking – overall, our community needs.
STOW COMMUNITY RULES! Stow Councillors are not allowed to do this without the community – there must be at least 3 community members to 1 councillor.
Every little bit of information, every record, will help to make up the picture of how we want Stow to be in the next 5 years, 10 years and 15 years. IT’S OUR TOWN – IT’S OUR PLAN.
In this edition of the magazine is a flyer about the Neighbourhood Plan - please read it and join the battle to save Stow
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31 EVENTS DIARY March 2014 Full information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (see below)
EXHIBITIONS To 5th March RICHARD KENTON WEBB A fantastic exhibition of investment-level painting and printmaking. CELIA LENDIS GALLERIES , High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0AF, UK Open Daily 9.30am – 5.50pm 01608 650 852 [email protected]. www.celialendis.com
1st – 29th March Agricultural Life – An exclusive collection of 53 paintings by Harry Fidler RBA ROI (1856 – 1935) “A golden era of life on the land portraying working heavy horses, the heat of the day and the texture of the soil” John Davies Gallery, 6 Fosseway Business Park, Moreton-in- Marsh, GL56 9NQ. Catalogues £15.00 Prices from under £2,000 to over £10,000 Tel: 01608 652255 E-mail: [email protected] Yanworth, Gloucestershire, GL54 3LJ. . 10.00 - 16.00. www.johndaviesgallery.com www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chedworth 21st – 29th March Meet the Artist 21 AIRinG present Swing from Paris - the French jazz of Django Reinhardt Maureen Gillespie SOLO Exhibition and Stephane Grappelli. With violin, guitars and double bass, expect jazz and SOTA Galley, 9 Langdale Court, Witney, OX28 6FG [email protected] vintage swing with the sounds of the streets of Paris. Evenlode Village Hall. Beautiful paintings inspired by Nature. This collection of her latest works is a reflection of 19.30-22.30. 01608 652076 her time spent walking in the Cotswolds and in France. 21 Tea Dance in Bourton on the Water Ballroom, Latin & Popular Sequence DIARY - MARCH with music by Good Dancing with Bill. Free Tea & Coffee, Large Car Park. 1 Cantores Chamber Choir - CONCERT featuring the music of Purcell, Handel Admission £3 on the door. British Legion Club Bourton on the Water GL54 and Blow. Conducted by John Holloway, with string ensemble and Dr Robin 2AR. 14.00 - 16.30. 07977 976320 Baggs on the organ in a highly enjoyable programme of uplifting English music. Church of St Peter & St Paul, Mill End, Northleach. 19.30-21.30. 22, 23 Craft Fair in Bourton-on-the-Water Craft fair fundraising for Macmillan 01242 603988 www.cantores.net Cancer Relief. The Victoria Hall, Riverside, Bourton-On-The-Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 2BU. 10.00. 1 Jonathan Veira - Larger Than Life - The Tour offers a variety of roles and musical styles from Mozart through to John Adams. Tickets £12 including 26 Bourton-on-the-Water Annual Parish Meeting Come & view Cotswold refreshments. CD's, DVD and Book available to buy. Chipping Campden District Council's local plan and have your say. Meet local Parish Councillors School, Cidermill Lane, Chipping Campden, Glos. 19.30. 01451 832172 and discuss local issues in an informal atmosphere. The Victoria Hall, Riverside, www.jonathanveira.com Bourton-On-The-Water. 19.00. 1 Simon & Garfunkel in Westcote. Dan Haynes and Pete Richards perform 27 Jazz & Buffet with Remi Harris in Stow-on-the-Wold Remi Harris is an the much loved works of American duo Simon and Garfunkel. Video features of exciting young guitarist and composer, widely regarded as one of UK’s Top Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel giving personal accounts of their rise to fame, Gypsy Jazz Guitarists. Advance Tickets only £15 incl buffet. Grace And Tea intertwined with the delicate and accurate live performances from Bookends. Coffee Lounge & Cotswold Cricket Museum, 7 Brewery Yard, Sheep Street, Westcote Village Hall, Westcote. 19.30-22.00. 01993 831196 Stow-On-The-Wold, GL54 1AA. . 20.00 - 22.30. 01451 870083 1, 2 Stow Flea Market & Collectors Fair Free Entry. Snacks, Light Lunches & 28 Quiz Night Tickets £6.50 pp includes a Ploughmans Supper. Bring your own Teas served upstairs. St Edwards Hall, The Square, Stow-On-The-Wold. 10.00- Beverages. Max team of 6. Raising funds to give a big Campden welcome to 16.00. 01451 870675 the Citizens of the French Twin Town, Point d'Ouilly in the Autumn.. Chipping Campden Bowls Club Station Road Chipping Campden. £6.50. 19.30 - 22.00. 1,3 & 15,16 Flea Market in Bourton-on-the-Water Various stalls - a few spaces available still to rent. The Victoria Hall, Riverside, Bourton-On-The-Water, 28 Praise and Worship Concert Bourton-on-the-Water & Northleach with Gloucestershire, GL54 2BU. 10.00 - 17.00. visiting worship group. Free Entry with coffee & cakes, Bourton Baptist Church Station Road, Bourton-On-The-Water, GL54 2AA. . 19.00. 5 Spring Music Concert Tickets: £4. Cotswold School Station Road Bourton- on-the-Water GL54 2BD. 19.00 - 21.30 01451 820554 29 Barn Dance Barn Dance in aid of Bourton Panto Group. Tickets £7 including Ploughman's Supper. A caller is provided, but please BYOB. Tickets phone 7 Bonhams Valuation Day, Bledington Village Hall, 10am-3pm. Suggested 07876 587 711 or www.bourtonpantogroup.com. Bourton on the Water British donation £3 per item in aid of Bledington Music Festival. Valuations by Simon Legion Hall. . 19.00-23.00. Davies, Bonhams, Oxford and colleagues. Refreshments all day. www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk 30 Matronalia - Roman Mother's Day at Chedworth Roman Villa. See the Legio II re-enactors and demonstrations. Create a special gift 'craft activities for a 7 TALK by Great Dixter’s Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett. 11am or 2pm at small charge. Free Event. Booking not required - normal admission charges Whichford Pottery. Learn how to combine plants using colour, shape, texture, apply. Chedworth Roman Villa, Chedworth, GL54 3LJ. 10.00-16.00. 01242 repetition and balance to create stunning borders in your own garden. Tickets 890256 £12.50. Booking essential. 01608 684416. ------8 Pudding Night at Bledington Village Hall fundraising to repair the roof. THE THEATRE, CHIPPING NORTON full programme of events, workshops and exhibitions Tickets £10 – 01608 658669 2 - 4 Spring Street, Chipping Norton OX7 5NL 01608 642350 │ www.chippingnortontheatre.com │Email: 8 Myasthenia Gravis Assoc Awareness Day in Bourton-on-the-Water [email protected] Coffee Morning & Stalls. The Victoria Hall, Riverside, Bourton-On-The-Water, GL54 2BU. 10.00-15.00.
9 Craft Fair in Bourton on the Water Cherwell Valley Crafts The Victoria Hall, Riverside, Bourton-On-The-Water, GL54 2BU. 10.00.
13 Night of Comedy at The Cotswold School. Great Family Fun! Tickets on the door. Cotswold School, Station Road, Bourton-On-The-Water. 19.00-21.00. 01451 820554
14 Cotswold Conservative Association - Open Meeting A short business meeting followed with a presentation by Cllr Mark Hawthorne, MBE, Leader of Gloucestershire Council. Although the meeting is for Branch members, the meeting will be open to anyone who would welcome the opportunity to meet Mark and hear him speak. . St David's Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh. 18.45 for 19.00.
15 Mosaic Making Workshop with professional mosaic maker Lawrence Payne. Create your own mosaic to decorate your home using authentic techniques and materials, including marble. £50 pp. All materials and lunch included. Booking essential on 01242 890256. Chedworth Roman Villa
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35 COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH WESTCOTE METHODIST CHAPEL SHEEP STREET STOW ON THE WOLD Sunday Worship in MARCH In the Community for the Community 2nd 11am Morning Worship - Rev Michael Langley 9th 11am Family Service - Mrs Mairi Radcliffe Welcome to our family service every Sunday morning at 10.30am. The 1st 16th 11am Morning Worship/Holy Communion - Rev Peter van de Kasteele and 3rd Sunday’s communion is celebrated during the service. 23rd 11am Morning Worship - Rev Soba Sinnathamby 30th 10.30am Mothering Sunday Family Service - Mr Tony Gibson Our speakers for the month of MARCH are: March 2nd DR STEVE SIZMUR March 16th JEFF BAILEY Thursday Fellowship (with Evenlode Vale Benefice) March 9th ROY TARBOX March 23rd MARTIN TURNER ‘Sharing Your Faith’ led by Norman Warren March 30th REVD RICHARD CRIPPEN – This is an all age Service for 2.30pm at Westcote Chapel and 7.30pm at Holy Ascension, Oddington Mothering Sunday. CHILDREN please bring your Mums and Dads along! Thursday 6th March Evangelism – What’s it all about? Wednesday 7th. March, 'The Women's World Day of Prayer at 10.30am. Thursday 13th March Good News for Today The Rev'd. Gill Crippen will be taking this very special Stow Churches Thursday 20th March Something Worth Sharing Together Service. Please do come along and join with us. Thursday 27th March Discovering the Way to Faith
EVERY TUESDAY 10am to 12noon For more information contact Mr Tony Gibson on 01993 830699 COFFEE MORNING at the BAPTIST HALL. All welcome!! !Please check our Website: www.stowbaptistchurch.org.uk for UPDATES!! ST EDWARDS CHURCH Sunday Services MARCH
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday 2nd 8am BCP Holy Communion Mass times for March 11am Family Service with Baptism 6pm Choral Evensong Our Lady, Help of Christians, Weds 5th 7pm Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes Sunday 9th 8am Holy Communion Bourton-on-the-Water Sunday Mass: 8.30 a.m. 11am Sung Eucharist 6pm Sung Evensong Sunday 16th Our Lady & St Kenelm, 8am BCP Holy Communion 11am Sung Eucharist Back Walls, Stow-on-the-Wold Sunday Masses: 10.00 am & 6.30pm 6pm Compline Sunday 23rd Ash Wednesday (5th March) 8am Holy Communion 11am Sung Matins 10.00 a.m. Latin Mass at Stow 6pm Holy Communion 7.00 p.m. Mass at Bourton Sunday 30th 8am Holy Communion For times of Confessions, or other information, please call 01451 830431 or 11am Mothering Sunday Service for All visit our website: www.stowrc.co.uk 6pm Sung Evensong There is a service of Holy Communion in church on Tuesdays at 10am Benefice Services EYFORD, GUITING AND THE SLAUGHTERS Sunday 2nd 9.30am Holy Communion - Lower Swell Sunday Services MARCH Sunday 9th 9.30am Holy Communion - Condicote Sunday 16th 9.30am Holy Communion - Lower Swell Sun 2nd 8.30am – Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter Sunday 23rd 9.30am Holy Communion - Condicote 9.30am – Village HC at Naunton Sunday 30th 9.30am Holy Communion - Upper Swell 9.30am – Holy Communion at Temple Guiting 11am – Family Service at Guiting Power During Lent from Thursday March 6th until Good Friday April 18th there will 11am – Holy Communion at Upper Slaughter be prayers most days in one of our churches Wed 5th 7pm – Ash Wednesday Holy Communion at Temple Guiting Sun 9th 8.30am – Holy Communion BCP at Naunton Monday 9.30am at Condicote 9.30am – Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter Tuesday 9.30am in Stow 11am – Holy Communion at Farmcote Wednesday 10.45am in Lower Swell 11am – Matins at Temple Guiting Thursday 9.30am in Stow 11am – Matins at Upper Slaughter Friday 9.30am in Stow 4pm – United HC Service with Baptist Chapel at Guiting Power Sun 16th 8.30am – Holy Communion at Upper Slaughter During Lent there will also be discussion groups at the Rectory will be 9.30am – Holy Communion at Cutsdean looking at Life’s Big Questions at 11.00am and 7.30pm on Tuesdays 9.30am – Morning of Praise at Guiting Power 11am – Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter March 11 How did life start? If God is behind it all what is he like? 11am – Matins at Naunton March 18 Is there a spiritual realm? 6pm – Evensong at Temple Guiting March 25 Why is there so much suffering in the world ? Sun 23rd 8.30am – Holy Communion at Guiting Power April 1 What is the point of life? 9.30am – Holy Communion at Cutsdean April 8 What happens when we die? 11am – Choral Holy Communion at Temple Guiting Everyone is welcome to join us. 11am – Family Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter 4pm – Songs of Praise with U Slaughter LS at Naunton Sun 30th 8.30am – Benefice Holy Communion at Upper Slaughter 9.30am – Family HC with Naunton and US at Lower Slaughter Stow-on-the-Wold 11am – Family Service with Temple Guiting at Guiting Power Methodist Church
SUNDAY SERVICES IN MARCH 10.30am. All welcome Contact: Quakers – The Religious Society of Friends Sunday 2nd REV SOBA SINNATHAMBY Jackie Palmer – Sunday 11:00 a.m. at The Friends Meeting House,Pytts Lane, Burford Sunday 9th MR DAVID LUNN 01451 822285 Everybody Welcome. For more information contact Howard Crook Sunday 16th REV CHRIS CLEWLOW 01451 810 447 or go to http://www.burford-quakers.org.uk Sunday 23rd REV ROGER FAULKNER Graham Simms – Sunday 30th REV MALCOM COOK 01451 822545
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Sunday 2 March 8.00am - Holy Communion 9.30am - Morning Service Sunday 9 March 9.30am - Holy Communion Sunday 16 March 4.00pm - Messy Church in Village Hall CHURCHES Sunday 23 March 9.30am - Holy Communion a place to worship Sunday 30 March 9.30am - Mothering Sunday Service 36 COMMUNITY
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Thursday 27th March Saturday 22nd March Monday 17th March Saturday 15th March ONE CHANCE PHILOMENA PHILOMENA LE WEEKEND 7.15pm. Tickets £3.50 on the door. 7.30pm. £4.50 pay on the door. Hotdogs on sale and wine with donation from 6.30pm Information/to book T:01608 659903 or E:[email protected]
Friday Thursday 20th March Friday 21st March Tuesday 4th March ONE CHANCE PHILOMENA PHILOMENA PHILOMENA
ONE CHANCE (PG) PHILOMENA (12A) Tuesday Starring James Corden and Julie Walters, the Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) is a retired Irish nurse. remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul As a child she was forced by nuns to surrender her SEE NOTICE BOARD LE WEEKEND (93 mins) Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day, and an son for adoption in the USA. Now she wants to find To mark their 30th wedding anniversary, Nick amateur opera singer on YouTube by night. him. Martin (Steve Coogan) agrees to help her. and Meg Burrows (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) decide to head off to the place they honeymooned three decades ago: Paris, with unexpected results.
38 New plan for tourism growth strictly across the Cotswolds Ballroom/Latin Learn to dance at your own pace 21st February 2014 Waltz, Cha-cha, Tango Argentine, Salsa, Rumba, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Samba, Jive + MORE The local authorities of The Redesdale Hall Cheltenham, Cotswolds, in Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucester, Stroud, Thursdays 7-00 - 8-30pm Tewkesbury and West Oxfordshire together with the Cotswolds BEGINNERS & IMPROVERS...... separate rooms Conservation Board will be working to develop a new Destination Management Plan, setting out the vision for tourism and key 6 WEEK COURSES STARTING 27th FEB priorities for action across the area. EARLY ENROLMENT ADVISED Classes run all year 01789 778007 Tourism is worth £1billion to the local economy W E D D I N G “ F I R S T D A N C E ” www.margaretgreenwood.co.uk Choreographed to your special song OTHER VENUES include… Especially for You STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, The need for a Cotswold-wide approach to tourism was reinforced ASTON CANTLOW last year at the Cotswolds Tourism Forum, where VisitEngland and industry representatives agreed to support the development of a new plan combining the private and public sectors to help the area achieve its full potential as a top visitor destination. Jason Freezer, Head of Destination Management at VisitEngland: "The Cotswolds is one of England's most popular visitor destinations, with the potential to generate significant income from both domestic and international visitors to this country. We are fully behind the new plan and are looking forward to working with the Cotswolds towards the development of a new partnership." The new RELAXED FILM SCREENINGS partnership will be promoting rural and urban areas of the Cotswolds, and working collaboratively with neighbouring brands The Spring Season at Chipping Norton Theatre introduces two such as Bath, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon to attract Relaxed Film Screenings, which are open to everyone. These international visitors. shows are providing some additions specifically to increase accessibility for people who may not feel that their particular A copy of the draft Cotswolds Destination Management Plan can needs are catered for. They are particularly suited to people be downloaded from www.cotswolds.com/trade-room. For further with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease and their carers. information contact Hayley Beer on behalf of Cotswolds Tourism: 01993 861558 [email protected] Anne Gill, Take Part Director said ‘All events will enjoy a more relaxed approach to noise and movement in the auditorium. We have made some changes to the lighting and created a relaxation or chill-out area for those who might need a break. This theatre is deeply committed to making our theatre as accessible as possible and this new strand of our work goes a long way to ensuring this.’
Familiarisation Visits before the events are encouraged and can be booked by contacting [email protected]. A Visual Story for the Relaxed Performance can be downloaded from the website.
HIGH SOCIETY – Monday 24 March at 11am
A STITCH IN TIME starring Norman Wisdom – Monday 28 April at 11am
Suitable for 16 years+ Tickets: £5 (registered carer free)
Relaxed Screenings are suitable for everyone including people living with dementia, their carers, and those with learning disabilities.
Patricia Cook Catering for every occasion 01451 830450 [email protected]
39 COMMUNITY Alabama rot’, the New Forest dog disease.
There has been recent media coverage of a new disease that has caused dog deaths in the New Forest area. The disease starts as skin lesions, usually on the face or the lower legs below the elbow or knee, that are typically 1-4 cm long and look like ulcers or erosions. Affected dogs go on to develop kidney failure over the next two to seven Chipping Norton Veterinary Hospital has received several days. The cause of the disease is not known, so vets have phone calls from dog owners worried about this disease. no specific treatment for it, but with aggressive supportive We emphasise that most skin lesions will not be caused by care for acute kidney failure about 20% of cases have this disease, and most cases of acute kidney failure will survived. also have another cause. If you see unusual skin lesions on your dog, particularly if on the lower legs, do take your This disease appears similar to a disease of dogs that has dog to your vet, but because the disease is so uncommon, been recognised in the USA for about 25 years called our advice is not to worry about it otherwise. ‘Alabama rot’. It’s veterinary name is ‘idiopathic cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy’ which, when translated Because the disease is new and in the press it seems into plain English, means “we do not know the cause but scary. However, the truth is that there are several far more something damages blood vessels resulting in skin lesions common, long-established diseases around that are not in and kidney damage”. the news but that can just as easily make your dog very ill or be fatal, including the bacterial infection leptospirosis, All of this sounds alarming, but in fact only 16 cases have which can also cause kidney failure, and parvovirus. A 16- been identified in the UK so far, out of about eight million week old puppy died of parvovirus recently in our hospital, dogs in the country, all over the last 14 months, and most despite several days of intensive treatment. These of them between Dec 2012 and March 2013. Most had diseases are much more of a threat to your dog, and there been walked in the New Forest before their disease started, is something that you can do to very effectively protect but cases have been seen in Cornwall, Dorset, Surrey, against them – make sure your dogs are fully vaccinated Worcestershire and County Durham. against these diseases.
Martin Whitehead, MRCVS. Chipping Norton Veterinary Hospital www.chippingnortonvets.co.uk (01608) 642547
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41 Schools all students will exPerience the success that is essential in buildinG self esteeM, GaininG a Positive attitude to learninG, and develoPinG indePendent learners.
CHIPPING NORTON SCHOOL Simon Duffy: Head Teacher
Many visitors are pleased by the welcome to March kicks off with our annual Book Week celebration during which we celebrate all things to do with story- telling - the school and that is certainly the case with from the oral traditions of music, myths and legends, to the staff from The British Cartographic Society acting, to art and design, and, of course, writing. Each year who have recently been leading exciting we welcome an array of inspirational guest speakers and this workshops with the GCSE Geography year’s line up includes: Chloe, The Midnight Story Teller; students. actor, comedian and writer Robert Llewellyn; ‘Horrible Science’ author, Nick Arnold; and best-selling authors, GP The PE Department and Year 11 Sports Leaders ran a Ball Skills Festival for Taylor, Nicky Singer and Sally Nichols. A highlight of the week Year 3 & 4 pupils from St. Mary’s, Hook Horton and Great Rollright schools is International Book Day when staff and students dress up plus ten primary school teams took part in the annual U11 CNPS Swimming as characters from literature, stage and screen. Few will Gala. The overall winner of the swimming gala was St Mary’s CE Primary forget Mr Ellis’ terrifying appearance last year as ‘Miss Agatha School. The Middle School winners were Holy Trinity and the Small School Trunchbull’ from Dahl’s Matilda. Last month ended on a high winners were Chadlington School. note including a superb production of Coram Boy, and latterly groups of students and their teachers taking off on exciting Mrs Corley (Head of Art) and Miss Ashton ran an Able Gifted and Talented Art school trips to New York, Madrid and Italy. Workshop. 33 Year 4 & 5 pupils were divided in to groups and worked with their leaders to make different objects (including a frog, swan and a beautifully There were lots of individual causes for celebration too! crafted flower) progressing from simple folding to more complicated patterns. Each pupil went home with their origami creation, a new skill and a certificate. Sixth Former Rachel See has become U20 County Club Cross Country Champion and won a second gold medal as Mr Gent (Head of English) and Mr Long led an English workshop based on ‘A first team. Meanwhile Year 8’s Niamh Powell is also County Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens for 37 Year 4 & 5 primary pupils. The Champion for her age group and is running as pupils were split into groups led by Year 12 English leaders and re-enacted Gloucestershire’s No.1 U13 in the National Cross Country small segments of the novel. They also created their own ghosts. Championships at Crofton Park this month. Both Rachel and Niamh will be competing at the English Schools finals at Students have taken part in the semi-finals of Castle Donnington as they have both been selected to run in the House Debating Competition discussing a group of just 8 athletes representing Gloucestershire the motion ‘Facebook is the work of the Schools. Devil’. Evenlode and Glyme will compete in the final debate on ‘Eating meat is murder’ We are also immensely proud of Year 12’s John Feaster who which will be broadcast on Deddington OnAir is the current British Youth Champion in Fencing and is just and available on the school website as a back from representing GB in the U17 European podcast. Championships in Jerusalem. While the school offers as much support as possible to all our young athletes, additional Former- international rugby players Thinus Delport (South Africa) and Craig support is always welcome. If you or anyone you know in the Gillies (England) came to school to run a Rugby master class which was local community might consider providing sponsorship to offered by Sky Sports’ Living for Sport initiative as a reward for Chipping these very dedicated young people, we would be delighted to hear from you. An enormous ‘thank you’ to our local Rotary Norton School’s continuing dedication to running many projects to try to get Club who provide our students with myriad opportunities to local young people more involved in sport. compete and showcase their talents. Emilia Laird won Rotary’s Young Photographer for the North Cotswold District Congratulations to Year 10 students Henry Gardner-Roberts and Connor and Adriana Dzalbe outdid herself presenting her superb Vellinga who completed a 100 Mile Sponsored Cycling Challenge to raise menu under pressure in Rotary’s Young Chef heats. We are money for the new School Music Studio. Their personal challenge was to delighted to report that Elena Gonzalez-Villamil Silva won the cycle over 100 miles on stationary bikes in just over 3 hours. They actually District Prize in the Senior Section of the Rotary Young Writer succeeded in cycling over 120 miles and have so far raised over £400 for the competition. Congratulations all! music studio.
42 From Claire Goodfellow, Administrator Disasters and Emergency Committee for our donation of £75. This was due to a conference we held in school to raise awareness of the struggle Year groups were mixed to help solve maths problems, people are facing in the Philippines. The children in with the added bonus of a treasure chest full of lollipops upper KS2 were all conference delegates and they at the end of the day! decided to host a fundraising breakfast to showcase their work and give a presentation. A big thank you We had a visit from the Kinetic Theatre which took the to all our guests who donated so generously and to the students of school on a science based performance involving healthy Longborough and Swell who worked so hard on the project. We are currently studying rainforests as part of our English, Science eating, teeth and bones. and Geography and last week were lucky enough to have a ‘Life in the Rainforest’ A special assembly was held in aid of our two lunchtime workshop in school. The day involved lots of creepy crawlies and a supervisors who have worked for the school for 25 fascinating PowerPoint presentation on a rainforest adventure. years each. This was commemorated by a presentation of framed certificates from the Local Authority We were lucky enough in KS2 to visit Twigworth and see the amazing winning entries from the international competition ‘Wildlife recognising their long service within our school. Mrs Photographer of the Year’. Our value this term has been Barber and Mrs Akerman were very pleased if not a little ‘thankfulness’ and we have been thankful for some amazing embarrassed at the recognition of long service they have opportunities we have enjoyed recently. given and we would like to thank them for their commitment and loyalty. Next term in KS2 we look forward to continuing our topic of ‘rainforests’ with a particular focus on Borneo and the plight of the orang-utans. We will keep you posted of further fundraising activities Our sporting teams have been active despite the awful in the near future and would like to take this opportunity to thank the weather! The year 3 and 4’s took part in a tag rugby members of our school community who continue to enthuse and match against Kitebrook. Our team played extremely well support us. with good team spirit and are looking forward to the tag rugby tournament which is taking place in March at Temple Guiting. The newly formed netball after school club run by Mrs Stubbs and Mrs Townsend has proved so popular that we are able to enter two teams into the netball tournament in March. We also sent 16 pupils to the fire college to participate in the inter-school cross country race. Everyone ran well on a really miserable wet morning and they came back in high spirits. Thanks £750million school sport funding announced again to Roisin Wood for her tireless enthusiasm running (06/02/2014) our cross country club after school on a Friday. “School sport is massively important for children” - Mo Farah In a continuing effort to secure legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games the Prime Minister has announced the extension Thank you also to Tesco’s community cohesion team for of primary school PE funding until the end of the decade. The offering to tidy our garden and pond area, by trimming investment will now total £750million over five years. and pruning the shrubs therefore helping the gardening Mr Cameron had previously promised that primary schools’ would be club make better use of the space. given extra cash to fund PE lessons and other sporting activities for two years. The support is now worth £9,250 per annum to the typical primary school with 250 pupils - enough to pay for a teacher or an The PTFA have been busy this month with a fun bingo appropriate coach to oversee sporting activities two days a week. session which they organised after school. Thanks go to Mrs Rose who did a sterling job of calling the numbers Mr Cameron said: “Sport is so important because it encourages children to be active, lead a healthy lifestyle, make friends and, of and the British Legion for the loan of their Bingo course, have fun. But quality school sport has benefits that spread right machine. A lot of fun was had by everyone and we are across the curriculum and beyond – it develops confidence and a sense of achievement, it teaches young people how to rise to a challenge, and certainly looking forward to the next bingo night! To end nurtures the character and skills that will help them get on and succeed this half term the PTFA are organising a cinema night, in life. It’s a key part of our long-term plan to deliver the best schools with the film of Monsters University being screened after and skills for young people. That is why I am committing to guarantee the primary school sports funding until 2020.” school with everyone bringing in their pillows, beanbags and cuddly toys with snacks being served throughout An extra £11million will also be invested in the Sainsbury's School Games events, which aim to get more young people involved in competitive sport with classmates and pupils from other local schools. The School Games are coordinated by a Local Organising Committee and a network School Games Organisers with the support from Active Gloucestershire. “We have already established a partnership between Gloucestershire’s Primary Schools and Active Gloucestershire. This news means each school will now have a real chance to make a significant and sustainable difference in what they can provide for their young people” said John Stevens Chief Executive of Active Gloucestershire.
Mo Farah won two gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics. "School sport is massively important for children. The help I got at school was a key part of how I got to where I am today and so it can make a big difference."
Further information from Active Gloucestershire - John Stevens on 01242 243362 or [email protected] www.activegloucestershire.org 43 Swell School Holy Trinity From Judy Morgan School Administrator RC School This term the children have been very busy studying cultural celebrations. Firstly the Infant class learnt about Robert Burns. The The Foundation Stage Children have been very busy this term year 2 group went on to cook a ‘Burns’ lunch which included haggis learning about people who help us and have had lots of visitors and traditional shortbread. The whole class thoroughly enjoyed in to talk about their jobs. They have also visited some works sampling the haggis. places.
The celebrations continued with the Chinese New Year. The year 1 Dogs for the Medic s – Dog handler children enjoyed cooking Sweet and sour Chicken and had great fun Heather brought in her dog, Edward using their chopsticks. The whole class were then delighted when who demonstrated his special sense they opened their fortune cookies. of smell, by finding tiny lumps of The Junior class visited Nature in Art at Twigworth near Gloucester cheese hidden around the classroom. earlier in the month as part of their study of sculpture. They made The children learnt that dogs like clay masks and had fun making wire sculptures. They were also Edward are trained to help ill children. privileged to see the International Wildlife photographer of the Year exhibition. Farmer Tom – Farmer Tom Goffe from Middle Barton brought his tractor into school for the children to see and sit in. They were The whole school has been busy learning sign language in amazed by the size of the tractor wheels and loved pretending preparation for the annul nationwide event. Signhealth, who are a to drive it. Farmer Tom also talked about what it was like to national charity, dedicated to improving healthcare and achieving work on a farm. access for deaf people are behind this fundraising event. We are very pleased to report that the children raised over £40.00 for this very Chipping Norton Fire Station – The worthwhile charity by wearing their scarves to school. children walked down to the Fire Station to meet Shaun the Fireman. He talked to them about keeping their home safe and what special jobs firemen do. The children particularly enjoyed being allowed to use the water hose and to sit in the fire engine.
Pizza Express – Some of the children went to Pizza Express in Banbury to find out what it is like to be a chef. They made a pizza each which they brought home to enjoy with their families. Next week they are looking forward to a visit from PCSO Harrison to talk to them about her role in the community. She will also be talking to the school in assembly about ‘Stranger Danger’. Auditions complete and casting announced – all the children are very excited to start rehearsals for our annual Easter production, this year Igloo – the Foundation Stage children are very excited about Snow White, with a difference! We are looking forward to performing their latest design and technology project, which is making an at New Beaconsfield Hall on the large stage, with professional igloo out of plastic milk bottles. lighting and sound, for some of the children, this will be the first time they have performed in front of such a large audience – watch this Oxford United 6-a-side Football Tournament “On Tuesday, 21st space….. January, eight of us went to Abingdon for a football tournament. Well done to our U11 netball squad, who put up a good performance We scored a few goals but unfortunately we didn’t get through at Kitebrook school recently (11-3). Albertine Wheeler, Jessica Todd, to the finals. We all had a great time. It was a fabulous day. Emily Whitear, Delphine Townley, Abigail Mackay, Sophie Rowe – with Thank you to Mrs Woolley for organising this.” by Michael a special mention to Yr.4 Emilia Belardo, who stepped in to the GA Pearson (Year 6 pupil) position admirably. Unfortunately, due to the terrible weather the U9 tag-rugby team and U11 football team were unable to play their Year 6 Partnership Swimming Gala “The Swimming Gala was a games at Kitebrook, but we hope to re-arrange soon. great experience and I am pleased I was part of the Holy Trinity team. The team was made up of 4 girls and 4 boys from Year 6. All of the races were relay races of four children. We did very well in the heats and won the middle school trophy. When it came to the finals we won one race. So, overall we came 3rd out of 11 schools. The Gala was very well run by the Sports Leaders from Chipping Norton School and the Four Shires Swimming Club. Thank you to them all”. by Katie Blundell Year 6
Volunteers Needed Next term we are starting a new whole school maths project. We are looking for community volunteers who would be willing to help us for 1 afternoon per week (or just part of the afternoon if you prefer). You will be asking the children pre-written questions and helping them move towards their exciting new targets. Please contact the school office on 01608 643487 if you are interested in being involved.
44 St Catherine’s Roman Catholic Primary School Headteacher: Joanne Welch from Year 6 to share their news on what’s been going on this term here at St Catharine’s. Class 1 Sherborne C of E has focused on teddies! They brought in teddies and they sang some songs to the whole school – all without the help of their Primary School teacher Mrs Dee! From Gill Stratford, School Administrator
Class 2 has been learning about animals. They put their creative abilities to the test to paint pictures of wild animals and in English In December, Mrs Wood and Mrs Ellis visited Czestochowa in wrote riddles. Daniel Hartnett, Year 2, has won the Young Poland for the 5th visit of our Comenius project. They had Photographer of the Year Competition 2014! A BIG WELL DONE expected to be in snow and minus temperatures, but in fact it was to Daniel! cold and wet, perhaps a reminder of our new climate changes...? The visit was fascinating; both teachers taught lessons in the Class 3 put together a special ‘Work share Assembly’ and shared Polish school and the upcoming activities were planned. The next their knowledge of rocks and minerals which they have been activity is quite extensive - it is an environmental study of our local studying. In a demonstration of their musical ability some of the area and will involve both of our classes. boys and girls made up songs with electrical guitars and drums. Preparations are well underway for the final mobilities in June, Class 4 has been studying Peru in their Geography project. They when teachers from our partner schools along with some pupils put their computer skills to the test to develop PowerPoints and from Poland will visit and be given the opportunity to take part in had a go at playing Peruvian instruments. Using their artistic skills, school life. The local community will be invited to meet our some of the Year 4 and 5s showed their lovely art work of partners and to share the project which is being used as an patterns. In English, they have learnt a poem off by heart: When example of good practice by the British Council. Daddy Fell into the Pond!
Class 5 meanwhile has been studying William Shakespeare’s famous play of Romeo and Juliet. This project has involved learning some stage fighting skills directed by Mrs Lovelock. They are also preparing for a debate in Gloucester on 4th March 2014 where they will present on ‘Peace One Day’ and ‘Recycling’.
The whole school enjoyed a delicious Chinese takeaway from Chinese restaurant Crystal Palace, to celebrate Chinese New Year on 31st January, and during February classes 4 and 5 took part in the special exhibition at The Gallery at The Guild. Class 4 made Viking masks and Class 5 made abstract art and balcony scenes as part of their Romeo and Juliet Project. The members of Science Club were invited to Chipping Campden CHIPPING CAMPDEN School to take part in some science experiments and used special equipment in the labs including Bunsen burners and a static SCHOOL electricity machine. Members of the club have been attending by Lisa Ironmonger special lessons taught by Year 13s from Chipping Campden A team of twenty-five students, and three of their intrepid teachers School. (Mr Brown, Mrs Gooding and Mr Walker), are now only five months away from a life-changing adventure to southern Tanzania. Part of Please contact us if you would like to come and look around our the World Challenge programme, this trip started back in September school, we would like to show you around. You can call 01386 2012, when a group of Year 11, 12 and 13 students committed to 840677. completing a twenty month programme of planning, money Bella Aldridge and Alex Theo (both aged 11) management and physical training in preparation for the month-long educational trip.
Confronting challenges they have never faced before, the students learn through first-hand experience and enhance their life-skills. Their journey will take them on treks in challenging jungle terrain, see them working in the local community in conditions that are far from their perceived comforts of home, and getting fit to carry a month’s worth of luggage. Wherever they travel, they will be working together as team to solve issues that may not have a right or wrong answer.
Crucially, every student has to raise their own expedition funds. During the preparation they work through a money management programme to individually raise £3,695 each. They have been working on a wide- range of funding ventures from stepping out into the work place with the support of local employers, seeking sponsorship from friends, family and businesses, organised sponsored runs and abseils, packed bags at Waitrose, Budgens and Tesco, and organised quizzes and fundraising dinners. Some of students have also been fortunate to secure financial support from local charitable trusts such as The Richard Porter Trust, The Chipping Campden Community Trust the School’s charitable trust.
If you happen to see our students in the coming weeks and months out and about on their funding ventures, I am sure that they will be very grateful for any support and advice that you may be able to offer them.
You can find out more about life at Chipping Campden School by visiting www.chippingcampden.gloucs.sch.uk
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47 48 SPORTS ‘Three of our Chippy Trixsters are joining Team GB in Rio this summer’
WHEELS are on fire for young sporting shooting stars in an and away shirt and trousers but need extra kit, such as t-shirts and electrifying up and coming team sport. hoodies as well as funding for accommodation. The boys have all taken part-time jobs to help realise their goal. Three talented boys have been selected to compete in roller hockey for Team GB from Chipping Norton Skater Hockey Club – home to Devon, 11, said: “I’ve always dreamed of playing for my country. I The Chippy Trixsters. Brett Massey, Devon Shadbolt and Jake wasn’t very good at school, but when I started playing roller hockey Williams are gearing up to represent their country in the Federation it made me much more confident. I love it as it’s so fast and of International Roller Sports (FIRS) World Cup from July 12 to 21, in furious.” Brett, 11, said: “I feel really proud to be in the GB team. In Las Vegas. The dynamic trio will play for the under-12s as 40 teams 2016 the sport might be going to the from around the world roll up to America for the 10-day Olympics and I also hope to play there. I love international tournament. the fact the sport is so exhilarating and tense – it really gets your heart pumping.” Jake The high octane, full contact sport is played added: “I live, breathe and eat the sport by two teams on a smooth surface using playing every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday ‘whizzy’ boots with four wheels in a line, ice and Sunday and the rest of the time I’m hockey sticks and a puck or ball to score in working to get fitter by running and doing the opposition’s goal. Each team consists of weights.” four players, defenders and attackers, plus a goalie on court, overseen by two referees for Last year the club came second at the 18 minutes each way. Chipping Norton club Regional Championships against six chairman and coach George Lewis said: “It’s other teams, qualifying for the Nationals probably one of the fastest sports outside at Rotherham. Pitted against five other motor racing. Roller hockey, or inline skating, is top teams it came third in the UK. This a sport that’s not well-known but it’s going from year it aims to be first and qualify for right: adbol Left to evon Sh strength to strength. Most people know ice assey, D the European Championships. Brett M illiams, hockey but our sport’s much more accessible as Jake W The club, based at Chipping Norton it doesn’t need an ice rink. We can teach nearly Leisure Centre, was started by Dave Edwards, anyone to skate to half-an-hour and it depends after he organised a free session for the charity Sport For Streets, on natural ability and how hard someone works at in 2009. It has two youth teams and a senior team and runs it as to how good they get.” beginner sessions from 4pm to 5pm on Saturday. For club information contact George Lewis on 07980 547659 or email “playing roller hockey has made me much more confident - I feel [email protected] really proud to be in the GB team” For sponsorship and donation details contact Dave Shadbolt at The three boys, who play in the club’s Peewee team, are [email protected] or visit Paypal and go to desperately seeking sponsorship from local companies and [email protected]. individuals of around £2,000. They will receive an official GB home 4 Shires Swimming Club Affiliated to ASA South East Region
We have hit the ground running – or I should say swimming – this ability. The club is progressing in leaps and bounds and all members year with successes already in open meets in Sheffield, Swindon of the coaching staff and committee should take credit for that, but and Aylesbury. This has contributed to our biggest squad yet being mostly our fantastic Chair, Caroline. entered into the Oxford and North Bucks County Championships. We have racked up 80 considered times amongst the 17 qualifying Felicity Darwent has been selected to represent Oxford and North swimmers and are fielding an impressive 22 relay teams. Bucks Swimming Squad. This is a brilliant achievement and the first swimmer who is solely a member of 4SSC ever to be selected. Well Club members have nearly doubled over the last few years and the done Felicity. calibre of swimming has risen significantly. This is largely due to the dedication of our Chair, Caroline Mills, who has constantly striven to 4SSC will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary this year. It is yet improve the club since her inception nearly four years ago. Under to be decided how this will be marked, but as part of this occasion her leadership and in conjunction with our Head Coach, Kim we would like to re-instate our Masters Swimming sessions. We Weetman, we have now introduced a squad system in order to would like to invite keen swimmers in the local area to get in touch hone the skills of swimmers according to their ability and so we can gauge popularity. We feel that adult swimmers will be intention/inclination to compete. There is a training program now in able to gain immensely from a structured training program. If you place that will take us through the year concentrating on different are interested, please contact our admissions secretary by email on elements of swimming depending on the competition schedule. [email protected]. Therefore, swimmers from the development squads through to the top competition squad will for example practice their starts and For all other enquiries please go to ur web site www.4ssc.co.uk. turns in the lead up to the counties in sessions tailored to their
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CHIPPING NORTON RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB Greystones, Burford Road, Chipping Norton, Oxon OX7 5UY 01608 643968 | www.cnrufc.co.uk | [email protected]
President: Dave Lakin | Chairman: Vincent Murphy Treasurer: Nicola Dawson | Hon.Sec: Ben Millard | Frances Morton: Business Manager
PRIDE, PASSION, BELIEF Chipping Norton R.U.F.C
A view from the touchline – Chipping Norton RFUC Mini Rugby
A dedicated team of coaches has been hard at work down at Greystones developing the mini section into a formidable little squad. Children can start mini ‘tag’ rugby at 6 years old and then progress through U7s and
One for the history books From an article by Simon Stovin-Bradford
COUNTY CUP SEMI-FINALS - Sunday 9th Feb Chipping Norton RUFC 8 – 7 Witney
Sometimes in a big game you need an individual to do something that gets the side fired up. In the first couple of minutes of Chippy’s match against their bogey team, Witney, two thumping tackles from Haydn Clarke got the lads into exactly the kind of combative mood that would eventually serve them well.
Having dominated the early exchanges at the breakdown, Witney went 0-7 up with a well-worked try. For a long time Chippy put U8s before progressing pressure on the Witney line, finally awarded by a penalty 10m from the Witney line. With a great bit of vision, Tom Rolfe came on to ‘contact’ rugby in the U9s and beyond. from 20m back at full lick, took the ball, and battered his way over the line with 3 defenders hanging off him. Against the wind Our current U8 squad, with three seasons under their conversion was always going to be difficult, and Witney (tag) belts, are performing very strongly against their maintained a slender 5-7 lead. regional counterparts and we regularly field three or even As the final whistle went, our Under 14s became the first four strong teams at home and away matches. The Chippy side in 21 years to make it to a county final. success is testament to the support from coaches and At half time the ref made it clear that anyone going off their feet parents and to the commitment of the ‘mini’ players would be penalised, and Chippy took this on board. The forwards themselves, who have been turning out every week to have worked hard on the scrum machine for a couple of weeks train and play, sometimes in some horrendous weather. and were starting to dominate the much larger Witney pack in the scrums. In the dying seconds, a great drive by the forwards, with With strong U6 and U7 squads too, that strength looks equally excellent work from the backs, took us from our own 22m set to continue. line to theirs, and when Witney came off their feet the ref penalised them. Against a very strong wind Harry James took the Most noticeably, mini rugby has got the sometimes tap and got to within 10m of the Witney line, and Witney again went off their feet. This time the kick was on, and Cameron calmly difficult balance between competiveness and respect for slotted it over. As the final whistle went, our Under 14s became the game and each other absolutely right. The mini tag the first Chippy side in 21 years to make it to a county final. section has an everyone-plays ethos and enjoyment comes first, so if you want to join in, go to the club A massive well done to all the lads, not just those who played in website at www.pitchero.com/clubs/chippingnorton the game but to the whole squad. It is hugely important that we have enough players at training to be able to work on meaningful things, and every single one of the squad is vital to the success of Sunday 6 April: Chipping Norton hosts the Oxfordshire the side. We are very happy with this victory - and that everyone Tag Rugby Festival. took a great deal of pleasure from it.
Graeme Williamson ON TO THE FINAL LADS!!!!!!!!!!
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With the finals of the Knock Out Cup. wine merchant, sponsors; to Anna Wilkie Christmas Under 8s –Another outstanding squad, and Jo Gilbert for fundraising; and to the break coached by Dave Toon. Thirty boys are Rightons at Dorn Farm for providing access behind us training each week, and plan to keep up the across their land. and some routine through the summer. A great weather prospect for the future. We are planning a similar event, aiming for delays likely wider participation and involving a run for to extend Under 10s - Both our Under-10 teams are children, in late spring. Moreton Rangers Reserves in the new strip donated by Rob Walker of Checketts’ the season, doing well too. Moreton Rangers are well placed for the second THANK YOUs to: phase of the season. The First team are still • Rob Walker of Checketts the butcher has strong contenders for promotion; the given a new strip for the Reserves, Reserves expect to hold their place in • The Edith Mann Trust donated funds for Division 1 of the Stratford League after their the boys' teams, which will go towards double promotion, and all the boys' teams new goals. are doing well. Pictured with the Club Chairman - James Carter, winner of the The 10K run in November was a great Men’s 10K & Natasha Day, winner of the Women’s 10K. Under 11s – Well placed in the Ambassador morning. THANK YOU to Moreton in Marsh Evesham League, with a strong and Cricket Club for hosting this in their pavilion. enthusiastic squad coached by Mark Winners were James Carter and Natasha Boydell, with Ryan Woskett and Harry Day, but this was an event for taking part, so Peters. Following a good draw with Droitwich well done to all who ran. THANK YOU to they are near contention for promotion at the Sam who organised the event, and to end of the season. They are in the quarter Cotswold Fitness and Edward Sheldon the
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SLAUGHTERS UNITED CRICKET CLUB WORKING TOWARDS ECB CLUBMARK ACCREDITATION Church Furlong, Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire GL54 2HY www.slaughterscricket.co.uk
Nic Hayward Richard James Matthew Brittan Giles Canning Joanna Herbert CHAIRMAN SECRETARY TREASURER CHILD WELFARE OFFICER YOUTH CO-ORDINATOR
We hope that warmer weather will be anticipate higher participation levels locally. children in school years 3 to 6 led by fully approaching soon as we begin to look So we are pleased to announce that this qualified ECB coaches (all DBS checked); ahead to the new cricket season! As our season Slaughters United Cricket Club will capped group sizes to maximise adult to club continues to grow in popularity we be running teams for children who are in the child ratios; weekly opportunities (matches have been joined by many new members. Key Stage 2 age range (7-11 year olds), as and coaching) to play cricket. This year the However, we realise that developing our we strive to develop our Youth Cricket cost of becoming a Youth Member will be youth section is an important part of Section. just £40. The price includes all coaching securing stability at the club for future years We will be running an Under 9 and an sessions, insurance, hiring of facilities, and would, therefore, very much like to Under 11 team, both of which will play on matches and parental membership. welcome more junior members. In previous Sunday mornings in the Cotswold District seasons our youth teams have been Cricket League. Our junior members will If your child would like to join us, please coached in conjunction with Great receive: weekly 1.5 hour cricket coaching email [email protected] for an Rissington Cricket Club but this year we are sessions on Fridays from 6.00-7.30pm application form. able to run as two separate teams as we (25th April-5th September inclusive) for
Trophy Winners As we move towards a new season, we would like to celebrate the many individual achievements of last season. The following players all received awards at the club’s end of season presentation evening:
1st XI Ladies’ Team Leading Batter – Angus Hayward Leading Batter – Jo Herbert Leading Bowler – Jimmy Arnold Leading Bowler – Sam Lane 2nd XI Players’ Player of the Season – Sam Lane Leading Batter – Archie Hayward Most Improved Player of the Season – Caroline Gulwell Leading Bowler – Nic Hayward Sunday XI Under 15s Leading Batter – Brian Lomas Players’ Player of the Season – Connor O’Driscoll Leading Bowlers – Joe Boote, Sam Jacques & Matt Jacques Most Improved Player of the Season – Will Marchant
We were delighted to learn that both our 2nd XI and our Ladies’ Team were voted as winners of the CDCA Fair Play Award in their respective leagues. Additionally, the hard work of our grounds men throughout the season, Paul Heming and Matt Jacques, was recognised as our club was judged to have the best outfield in the whole of the Gloucestershire County Cricket League (which consists of 57 teams) as well as the second best wicket in the league! Well done to everyone concerned.
Men’s Team Update Ladies’ Team Update Our men have been maintaining their fitness levels over the winter Training is already under way and, with a keen squad of over by playing in the Cheltenham Indoor League on Wednesday twenty players in attendance, the ladies cannot wait for their 2014 evenings, captained by Wayne Rose. Despite a disappointing season to start in May! position in the league, the team had a good cup run and reached the quarter finals. Contact [email protected] for more details
Do you see yourself as a team captain? If so, why not join Slaughters United Fantasy Cricket League, featuring some of our finest players! Matt Jacques has launched the club’s very own online fantasy league for the 2014 season. Just select your ultimate team to score points for you during the season. If someone is letting you down, sell them during the transfer window! Sign up is free at: http://slaughters.fantasyclubcricket.co.uk/ Vice Chairman, Paul Heming, welcomes new signing to the club for the summer, Contact [email protected] for more details overseas player Nathan Wilson.
Fundraising Events Training Coming soon at the club: Ladies: Thursdays 6.00-7.00pm at The Cotswold School Gym Saturday 8th March @ 7.30pm – Race Night Youth: Fridays 6.00-7.30pm starts 25th April at S.U.C.C. Friday 11th April @ 7.30pm – Easter Bingo Men: April TBC
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Chippy Midwife “retires” to Mongolia and Burma?? What makes the very popular retired Midwife of hundreds of local babies go and start helping new born babies in Mongolia Across all continents and around the world and Burma when she should be in her garden taking life a little easier? During the week of 23rd February, Rotary Clubs around the world will be coming together in the “World's Greatest Meal” in The phenomenal journeys (including 2 days by car over the a bid to raise funds to continue the fight against polio. This mountains and then 10 hours on the back of a motorbike) and the local family experiences of Frances Barnsley will make for initiative involves a variety of approaches including having a a unique presentation on Monday 10th March at The Mill frugal meal in place of a full meal with the difference in cost House, Kingham being donated or paying more than usual for the same meal. Our club will be donating additional money for each meal. For The public and potential members are very welcome and can every £1 raised or donated a further £2 will be added by the stay for dinner with Frances and club members for £12.50. Particularly if you wish to stay for dinner you need to call club Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Each £1 raised will secretary Kay Shortland on 01993 832927. immunise nine children. This work builds on the success in India which was The Palestinians - the tragedy that is unfolding day by day declared a polio free country in January 2014. Work continues to eradicate the The club recently listened in awe to a penetrating presentation by Paul Clark from Bourton-on-the-Water who has now twice disease in the three remaining polio visited Palestine and Israel to see for himself what life is really infected countries, Pakistan, Nigeria and like for the Palestinians on the ground. Afghanistan.
The club heard about the illegal Separation Wall which is 8 metres high in many places and is effectively imprisoning the Young Chef competition Palestinians; the Israelis claim it is for security, but in reality it is grabbing more and more land for themselves. Also, the club Cooking amongst young heard about over a half a million Israelis who live in illegal people is a growing settlements on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem; illegal house demolitions; legal discrimination; the daily humiliation at interest and a valuable life checkpoints; the blockade of Gaza; and the plight of huge skill. Schools seem to numbers of refugees from 1948.Whilst it was intended the agree and the Rotary Israelis possess 56% of Palestine under U.N. Partition in 1948, Young Chef competition the reality today is that they actually occupy 78% and control goes from strength to most of the remaining 22%. A system of Apartheid actually exists but, amazingly, the vast majority of Palestinians are strength each year committed to a non-violent solution to the conflict. A “Mandela” producing some superb needs to emerge in Israel. quality cooking from young people aged 11 to 17 who prepare and present their To end on a more encouraging note, the club also heard that own three course meals. the conflict has reached a major crossroads and that currently hugely significant peace talks are taking place behind closed doors in the USA under John Kerry, the US Secretary of State. Congratulations to Adriana Dzable, from The Cotswold School, Kerry himself, however, has warned that Israel faces the (pictured far right, during the Young Chef District Final) who possibility of an economic boycott if it fails to reach a peace came second in the District Semi-final and third in the District agreement this time with the Palestinians. final. Quack Quack! Put 21st April in your diary Interact donation to Homestart
The Rotary Interact club raised £70 at The very popular New Year’s Day Duck Races have been the Christmas switched to Easter Monday ( for better weather?!) put it in your Victorian evening in diary now…….April 21st Bourton and used 12 pm to 2pm Mill House Hotel Kingham. this to buy cuddly toys and Beatrix Potter books for ☺ Paul Jackson ([email protected]) “Homestart”. The presentation was made to Lesley Thorn who explained how “Homestart” works and the help the organisation gives to deprived families. Can you help please? We are looking for a spare garage or small barn /stable to store all the children’s books, toys, games before we send out to Details of our club can be found on Africa. Please call Mike Clark 01451 830 684if you can help www.NorthCotswoldsRotary.org.uk or on our Facebook thank you. page
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clubs sports & outdoor community Groups Bridge Club at Broadwell Village Hall Adlestrop Cricket Club Breathe Easy Groups Weds evenings at 6.45pm. Mary Wood, 01451 822313 Mr S/N Kean 01451 831458 3rd Weds / month, Baptist Church Rooms, Bourton on the Water. Cotswold Investment Club Bourton Vale Cricket Club 01451 822102 07845 542336 Meets 2nd Tues of each month. Judith Borsay, 01608 650787 Philip Winter 01451 821920 [email protected] Cotswold Volunteers (a local charity helping disadvantaged people) Cotswold Wardens (conservation, guided walks) Bourton Badminton Club Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802, [email protected] 01451 862000 www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk Monday evenings 6.30–10pm. 07840 113477 [email protected] Essential Skills inMoreton-in-Marsh,runbyYES Dinner Hosts Bourton Hockey Club Mondays & Tuesdays at the library. Sally 07988531774 Single 35–55 yr olds, social life through dinner parties. Chairman Stuart Colmer 01451 821921/07900028732 Fair Shares, N Cotswolds Community Time Bank www.DinnerHosts.net Home fixtures at the Cotswold School, The Avenue, Bourton-on-the- 01608 812338 [email protected] Fisher House Arts and Crafts Club Water, GL54 2BD Friends of Stow Surgery Stow-on-the-Wold Wednesdays 9.30–12.30, Free club membership. Bourton Roadrunners Tuesday & Thursday evenings at Bourton 01451 832200 & 830610 Contact Sue 01451831408 Leisure Centre, 7.00 and 7.30pm. Info on adult sessions Lynn Hudson Glos Association for the Blind Knit One, Sip One Knitting Group 01242 820920,. Juniors meet at Cotswold School, Tuesdays, 7pm. Moreton Area Centre, High St, Moreton Mondays 10am–1pm Alternate Weds at 8pm Coach & Horses, Longborough Richard Bufton 01451 824379/ Chris Hartley 01451 830015 01242 221170. [email protected] Contact Carlin on 07769646996 or [email protected] Cotswold Walkers Home-Start N Cotswolds Life Saving Club (Fire College) Sarah Clifton-Gould 01285 623450 Family Support Charity 01451 831781 Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 01386 882430 Every Thurs 2pm Moreton Area Centre Kate’s Home Nursing (palliative nursing care at home) Northleach & Fosse Lions Club Wed 2pm Bourton Parish Church. Alan Robinson 01451 821067 Robert Barnett 01451 870349 www.kateshomenursing.org 2nd Tuesday/month (business meeting) at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Great Rissington Archers Medical Detection Dogs (charity no 1124533) Northleach, 8pm. northleachandfosselions.org.uk 0845 8339825 Sat 10.30am at Gr Rissington Social Club (+ Weds 6.30pm in summer) Oxon and Cotswold Volunteer Support group. Organising fundraising NCotswoldArtsAssociation Michael Ebelthite 01451 824161, Niall McIntosh 01451 870221 events and talking to local groups. 01993 831909 Sandi Garrett 01451 822550 London Chinatown TaeKwondo [email protected] NCotswoldBee-KeepersAssoc Weds 6.30pm kids and families, 7.30pm teens and adults Moore Friends Julie Edwards 01608 659396 [email protected] Redesdale Hall, Moreton 0751 7437300 Secretary, Sheila Thorpe 01451 822846 [email protected] NCotswoldBridgeClub Moreton Badminton Club NCotswoldCommunityRadio Meets Bourton-on-the-Hill on Tues, Weds, Thurs Mike and Joyce Rees 01608 650825 Old Police Station, Chipping Campden, www.nothcotswoldonline.com Alan Lamb 01608 650202 www.bridgewebs.com/northcotswolds Moreton Bowls Club N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch NCotswoldCAMRA Stow: Mike Wainwright 01451 830 444 [email protected] Non-emergency 0845 0901234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk 01451810305 [email protected] North Cotswolds Aikido Club NCotswoldSupportGroup–Parkinson’sUK N Cotswold Disabled Club Thursday nights 8-10pm.Village Hall, Naunton, GL54 3AS. 07554 Mike Winter 01451 831194 Joan M Oughton 01451 830580 252021 www.northcotswoldsaikido.co.uk RNLI N Cotswold Branch NCotswoldDigitalCameraClub North Cotswold Cycling Club Chairman Diana Porter 01451 830508 James Minter 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk Club Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 650217 The Cotswold Listener talking newspaper for the visually impaired. N Cotswold Friendship Centre (Within Age UK) NCotswoldsYouthCricketClub 01242 252072. [email protected] 1st Weds monthly. Colin 01993 842820/01608 650868 Shaun Williams 01608 652138 www.nycc.co.uk The Stroke Association (Age UK) [email protected]/[email protected] Stow Badminton Club Louise Read 01452 520723, [email protected] North Cotswold Model Aero Club Forbes Campbell 01451 832188, Dennis Fisher 01451 830068 U3A – Bourton & District Flying site at Far Heath Farm, Moreton-in-Marsh Stow Cricket Club Sec Janet Prout 01451 821478 Ken Rathborne, 01386 858649 Captain Ash Andrews 07891 536418 YHA Stow on the Wold sites.google.com/site/northcotswoldmac/home [email protected], http://stowotw.play-cricket.com/home www.yha.org.uk. Manager Dawn Rankin. [email protected] NCotswoldNationalTrust Stow Rugby Club Pat Poulton 01608 651372 Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge www.stowrfc.co.uk NCotswoldProbusClub Tae Kwon Do Assoc of GB Music 2nd & 4th Thurs mornings, Fisher House, Maugesbury Park, Stow-on- Lee Chapman 07977 560086. Tues 6.30 Adults, Thurs 6.30 Juniors, Bledington Music Festival the Wold.10.15am. Martin Hornby 01608 654356. 7.30 Seniors, 8.30 Adult Self Defence www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk NCotswoldRotaryClub [email protected] / www.combinedselfdefence.co.uk Blockley Brass Band Dudley Mills 01451 820704 Bourton on the Water, Brian Honness Friday 7.30–9.30 pm St George's Hall. Sec: Rachel Galt 01386 841677 01451 830052 Stow, Barry Peaston 01608 650526 Young People & children Blockley Ladies Choir NCotswoldU3A Tues 7.30–9pm Little Village Hall. Sec Meriel Swain 01386 701591, Contact Jenny Stanfield 01451 824338 Army Cadets at Moreton/Bourton [email protected] Oddington WI Weds 7.30–9.30pm Major M G Little Burford Singers Meet on the 2nd Tue each month Oddington Village Hall 01451 831408 the [email protected] www.burford-singers.org.uk Sue John 01451 830989 Bledington Toddler Group (Box Office The Madhatter Bookshop, High St Burford) Rotary Kingham/Daylesford Nicki 01608 658137 Mon 10–11.30am Campden Music Society Meets fortnightly Weds evening, Sat morning. Children’s Art Club (ages 4–12) Carol Jackson – concert mgr [email protected] www.kinghamrotary.org.uk After school, Saturdays and holidays, Gill Parkes 01386 700991 Cotswold West Gallery Group Royal British Legion Condicote Playgroup & Toddlers Annette Smith 01451 830160 Branch Ron Bockhart [email protected], 01451 832360 Leader Jo Abrahams 07796 987173 Kingham Choral Society Club at Well Lane, Stow. 01451 830242 Guiting Power Brownies (age 7–10) Derek Woods 01608 658738 Salford Players Drama & Music Gp Tuesday Evenings 6.15–7.30pm, Leader Cheryl Millar 01451 831233 Naunton Music Society Doreen Herrington 01608 642853 Monkey Music (pre-school music classes) Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 [email protected] Scottish Country Dance Group Tues afternoons. 07768 457403 or [email protected] Stow Youth Singers Brenda Parsons 01451 831876 Moreton Scouts (Ages 9+) Linda Green – 01451 830327 Single File Chipping Norton social group for unattached 50- Beavers Mondays 17:30–18:45 Age 6–8½ Fridays Term time, 6–7pm at St Edwards Church, Stow 70s. Fortnightly pub nights for new members. 077655 98518 Cubs, Mondays 18.45–20.15 Age 8–10 [email protected] Explorer Scouts, Wednesday (fortnightly) 20.00–22.00 Age 14–18 Stow Disability Association Scouts, Thursdays 19.30–21.30 Age 10½–14 Key information George Hill 01608 658636 www.stowda.org.uk Dave Manley, Moreton Scout Group Secretary 01608 650814 Childrens Physio Direct helpline 0300 421 6980 Stow & District Civic Society Oddington Bumps, Babes Beyond 9.00am-12.00pm, Monday-Friday (except Bank Holidays) Meets 1st Thursday evenings alternate months, Baptist Hall Stow. Mondays 10–12 at Oddington Village Hall. Emma 07966 205774 Childline 0800 11 11 Nigel Surman 01451 833783 Springboard Children’s Centre Chipping Norton Veterinary Hospital Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderer's Guild St Edwards Drive, Stow on the Wold. 01451831642. Albion Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5BN 01608 642547 01451 821291 www.springboardcc.co.uk Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111 Stow Probus Stow Youth Centre First Responders (St John’s Ambulance) 1st and 3rd Thursday mornings Tim Sedgley 01608 652696 Fosseway, Stow. Youth Worker, Linda Burke, Stow Town Council, 01452 858220 [email protected] 01451 832585. Office hours T, W, Th, 10am–1pm www.sja.org.uk local authorities Glos Heart Support Group Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) Weds 10.15am. Moreton Congregational Church Rooms 2nd Tues/monthly 2–4pm. 01451 822102/810520 business associations & Groups John Green 01451 824141 Baden Powell Hall, Bourton o/t Water Cotswold Business Clubs STOW-I Cotswold District Council Cotswold Business Centre, [email protected] Brewery Yard, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold GL54 1AA Trinity Road, Cirencester. 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk Stow Fund 01451 830341 www.stowinfo.co.uk County Cllr Nigel Moor Trustee Robert Barnett Moreton Hospital (Minor Injury Unit) 01386 700240/07778 207034 [email protected] Tesco Community Champion 0300 421 8770, daily 8am-8pm Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2GT Ann Lattimore [email protected] NCots.District,CommunityFirstResponders, District Cllr Merryl Phillips 07514 408598 Notgrove Training Centre, SJA, Bourton-o-t-Water 01285 623808/01608 651148. [email protected] WIRE Network (Women in Rural Enterprise, N Cots) 3rd Monday at 7.30pm. You can train to be a CFR in this area, District Cllr David Penman Emma Heathcote-James. www.wire.org/networks 01386 William Warmington 01608 651886 01285 623808/01451 830479. [email protected] 831379/07977 226025 NCotswoldStJohnAmbulance&StJohnCadets Glos Rural Community Council (from age 10) Meets at Bourton Thurs 7–9pm. 01451 820570 Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 [email protected] Police Station [email protected] www.grcc.org.uk High Street, Stow on the Wold. Mon-Fri 08.30–16.30. Moreton Area Centre Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999 High Street, Moreton 01608 650881. [email protected] Stow Town Council Stow Council Office, Stow Youth Club, Stow, GL54 1AB 01451 832585 [email protected] PLEASE NOTE : Village Agents This page is awaiting an UPDATE for publication in the April editions. [email protected]. [email protected] New information should be supplied by 15th February, please.
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