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Christmas 2017 Edition 13 Christmas
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Editorials………………………..2-6
Village Announcements..7
Live & Local……………………..8
Sports News……………………12
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40’s Event
Review
Disabled pensioners cat shot with an air rifle. Cat received multiple injuries.
Story submitted by concerned owner.
Our family want the people of North Thoresby
to be aware that someone in our peaceful vil-
lage has shot our beautiful 18-month old cat
with an air rifle. It seemed to have happened
sometime between 9:30am and lunchtime on
Monday 30th October. The pellet travelled
through his body from left to right and finally
came to rest embedded in his skin. It caused
damage to his liver, spleen and intestines and
he must have been in agony. How he made
the journey back home to us we will never
know, but thank God he did. My husband has
been disabled for many years and seeing a
member of our family suffer at the hands of
some mindless individual has upset him deep-
ly. North Thoresby Veterinary practice have
informed the RSPCA and the police have a full
report also. Continued on page 2!
We seem to be gaining speed as we approach the end
of the year! I can’t believe it’s 12 months ago that I
sat writing this part of the last ‘Holiday’ edition of
the newsletter!
Our village has had another successful year, it con-
tinues to grow, develop and progress. This years 40’s
weekend was another triumph and showed how well
we can punch well above our weight when it comes
to putting on a ‘do’!
This edition features lots of events going on around
the village during the holiday period, let’s continue to
bring the community spirit we showed during the
summer into these darker months! This edition also
features some sadder news. The front page story has
shocked and appalled in equal measures, and, as a pet
owner, hope that whoever it was that let our village
down thinks twice before acting again!
In brighter news, may I take this opportunity to wish
you all a ‘Happy Holidays’, from my family to yours. I
hope you all have a great time and we’ll see you in
the New Year!
Rob
Rob Burnett, Editor
Contact: @thoresbynews
Email: [email protected]
EDITORIALS
Continued from front
page!
If this person is allowed to
get away with this barbaric
behaviour it could be your
cat next or even a child, for a
stay pellet could land any-
where. It is most likely to be
someone who doesn't like
cats killing birds in their gar-
den or it is a person who ab-
solutely hates any creature,
on two or four legs, who they
see trespassing on their
property. I have been told of
two other cats which have
been shot in the past couple
of years so there could possi-
bly be many more that have
suffered the same fate. Have
you or anyone you know had
a cat gone missing and
thought it had simply won-
dered off or been a victim of
a traffic accident somewhere
in the village? Did you see or
hear anything on the day in
question in Highfield Road or
the surrounding areas? I’m
sure you will be as horrified
as our family that someone
in our beautiful village could
cause such distress to any
animal. We have a won-
derful community here so
please, please do the
right thing and report any
suspicions you might
have. Let us pull together
and keep our pets safe. The
RSPCA and the police will
welcome any information no
matter how small. The penal-
ty for using an air rifle to de-
liberately injure or kill an ani-
mal can be up to 6 months in
prison and / or a £20,000 fine
especially in a residential ar-
ea. If you ring one of the fol-
lowing numbers, make sure
you also give the reference
number: Police—01522
947510 (ref: 17000471542)
RSPCA—03001238018 (ref:
1905 30/10/17) Contact
01472 840190 if you know of
any cat that has gone miss-
ing, so that a list can be com-
piled. If the person responsi-
ble is reading this, why not
use a water pistol next time?
If will have the desired effect
to remove a cat from your
garden and the poor creature
will not suffer injuries costing
almost £1,000 to repair. A bill
incidentally YOU should have
paid for. Many thanks
though, to all the staff at
North Thoresby vets for sav-
ing Jets life.
- Jets Mother
From AD Computer Services
To all my customers in the area, please
note that as of the 31st August I will no
longer be trading as I’m taking up a full
time position in Boston. Many thanks for
your custom and I wish you all the best for
the future.
Andrew.
EDITORIALS The children are very busy
in school at the minute
preparing for the magic of
Christmas. Alongside their
everyday learning, displays
are being made for the
church and plays are being
practised…it really is busy!
The school continues to go from strength to
strength and we have welcomed several new fam-
ilies lately. We hope they enjoy their time with us!
I also wanted to let you now that I will be leaving
the school in December as I have accepted a post
as Headteacher at a larger school in NE Lincs. I
have had the most fantastic time at North Thores-
by and Utterby schools and I would like to thank
you all for your support during my (nearly!) 8
years here. The community spirit has been great…
our events have been so well supported by you all
so, thankyou, it has been really appreciated.
The new headteacher is Mr Tom Hawkins and he
will be working closely with me over the next few
weeks to ensure a smooth handover.
So, thankyou for everything and I know the school
will continue to thrive.
- Mrs Helen Redmond
Firstly, big thanks to all those who continue to support the Live and Local shows at the village Hall. We had a fantastic band on in Octo-ber called Tantz and a grand old time was had by all. The next show will be a Welsh Folk trio on January 27th. Tickets will be on sale in December. We don’t generally make any profit for the village hall on these nights, they are purely for your entertainment, so do please come along and join us.
To kick off Christmas, we are hosting a Christmas Fayre on Friday December 1st in the Village Hall from 4:30pm. Free tea, coffee and mince pies for all. The school children will be singing carols at 5:30pm after the lights are switched on. We have stalls from 4:30 – 8pm and we will be selling hot dogs for £1 to cover the costs of the event. Rowett brewing will also be there, selling mulled wine and real ale. A great opportunity to eat, drink and be merry!
So, what have we been up to since the last update in the summer? Well, some projects have been quite frustrating in the hurdles we need to overcome to get them off the ground, such as Speedwatch and the new bus shelter. I can only reassure you that they are still happening, if slower than we would like. Other things have moved quicker – we have updated the village hall with new LED lights and Wi-fi and new ovens and cupboards in the kitchen. We are attracting more users to our village hall, which not only brings in a small in-come, but a feeling of community with the opportunities residents have to get together, whether it be Slimming World, live music, wreath making or the many other activities on offer.
We do still have two vacancies on the parish council and would real-ly welcome more hands on deck so if you know anyone who would make a great parish councillor, give them a nudge from us.
Finally, Best Kept Village 2017, we did really well, 137 points out of a possible 150, but the competition was high and we did not get a place this time. We’d welcome your thoughts on whether to appy again next year and if so, what we can do to catch the judges eye….
(We meet 7pm, first Monday of the month, excluding bank hols).
We wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmastime.
North Thoresby, Grainsby and Waithe Parish Councillors
I would like to give a personal thank you to North Thoresby knitting group.
This fun-loving and caring group give me backing and support to all I ask of
them. The latest project was to knit finger puppets for the shoebox appeal.
My first target was to make 100 in a month. At the end of October we’d
knitted and made out of felt 1,500 puppets each one giving joy and pleasure
to a child in a shoebox gift, going to children who have nothing. Our present
project is to knit angels for the tree in the church in readiness for the angel
spectacular to be held on the 2nd weekend in December.
- Margaret Gibson
EDITORIALS
Blessed with beautiful weather, this year’s
event proved to be a great success in each
of its three dimensions – to raise funds for
village organisations and amenities; to
celebrate our historical heritage and to
provide a platform for community activity
and co-operation. As you all know, it was a
year in which we faced considerable chal-
lenges, but together we overcame them
and met the rigorous procedures and doc-
umentation required in today’s world. It
will be much easier in the future. We go
forward to the 2018 Event (Sunday 26th-
Monday 27th August) with an enthusiastic
committee of 20; a terrific body of volun-
teers; effective co-ordination between the
village organisations and a real momen-
tum in the village for increased community
activities.
We will certainly continue to fine-tune and
‘build’ the Event, particularly to increase
the heritage elements. We’ve worked hard
on bringing in more re-enactor groups and
displays and aim to further increase the
stalls and entertainment. We need an
overflow car park and have already made
good progress in this. We are always open
to ideas, contacts and offers of contribu-
tions to the Event – for example historic
farm machinery. It is in the nature of
things that we will develop the Event year-
on-year.
Fundraising
In round figures, the Event cost the organ-
ising committee almost £3,200 to put on
and produced a gross income of almost
£5,500 – a net income of £2,300
(compared to a small loss in 2016). In addi-
tion, village organisations raised substan-
tial amounts for their activities and ameni-
ties – St Helen’s and the cricket club into
four figures; villagers raised funds for their
good causes and for themselves; the shops
had two days of excellent trading and,
through Rotary, approximately £1500 will
be given to a variety of good causes, near
and far.
While it is difficult to put an exact figure
on the total financial benefits to the village
and good causes, a conservative estimate
would be £7,000. In addition, I had a very
nice email from the LWR congratulating us
and saying that they had a very full series
of trains running during the two days.
The Event is the single most important
opportunity for fund-raising in the village
and the income generated is of very con-
siderable importance to village organisa-
tions – indeed one or two might well not
survive without it.
One of our main aims in 2017 was to in-
crease attendance by ‘building’ on the
very strong base established in the past –
‘recruiting’ additional re-enactors, vintage
vehicles etc.; adding more family amuse-
ments and (very importantly) utilising vari-
ous forms of advertising – social media,
press articles, distributing leaflets at other
events, peppering the roadside with ad-
vertising signs. The estimate is that around
8,000 visited the Event over the two days.
The Costs of Putting on the Event
People may be surprised just how much it
costs to organise the Event. We have sev-
eral high-cost, ‘fixed’ elements – road clo-
sure (£440); Public Liability Insurance
(£418); First Aid cover (£546) and Enter-
tainment (£600). The rest being made up
of essential running costs – ranging from
signage to hiring radios, advertising and
printing, waste disposal etc.
Despite considerable increases in our main
items of expenditure and one-off expendi-
ture connected with the production of an
Event Management Plan, new signage
etc., we reduced costs by £300 compared
to 2016.
I think we can work on the basis that for
the foreseeable future, the Event will cost
around £3,000 - £3,500 to put on. Indeed,
we may have an additional cost of provid-
ing portable toilets if numbers attending
increase.
There is always one element of uncertain-
ty - the one thing we can’t control is the
weather and events like ours are very vul-
nerable to adverse weather conditions –
despite the best of planning, income can
plummet.
Sources of Income
The four major strands of income are:
stalls; the NAAFI and Pop-in food outlets;
Donations and various ‘miscellaneous’
activities.
Stalls provide the single largest source of
income. We increased this by 20% in 2017
compared to 2016 and there is scope for
further increase – both for more stalls and
working out a more appropriate fee struc-
ture. It should not be unrealistic to aim
for £2500 from stalls/food outlets
Substantial income comes from the food
sold in the village hall – organized by two
separate groups of villagers - nearly £1000
in 2016 and £1750 in 2017.
Donations are the third major strand of
income – bringing in around £1100 in
2017. Rotary make an annual donation of
£250 and through Rotary we support
many invaluable charities and organisa-
tions many in the locality such as Grimsby
Food Kitchen, NSPCC, NE Lincs Disability
Forum, the Dolly Parton Imagination Li-
brary and some benefiting communities
overseas, such as Shelter Box and Disaster
Aid UK.
Nearly £300 came from the steam engine
rides in 2017; the WI made a £40 dona-
tion; the Methodist church always offers a
donation. Donations can be in kind -
Bowls Club members produced massive
amounts of cakes to be sold in the Village
Hall. The biggest single, and very gener-
ous, public-spirited donation of just over
£500 came from the cricket club. Many
thanks to the cricketers – and many other
villagers – who helped with the car park-
ing.
Other miscellaneous elements – for exam-
ple, the Quiz, Sheila’s 1940s stall, the
bucket collection for programmes, chil-
dren’s games in the Park, chipped in £650
- and there may be other ways to raise
£100 here or there.
The Event has evolved as - and must
remain - a healthy combination of
EDITORIALS events and activities organised by the 1940s
Committee and ones run by village organi-
sations and individuals. It will continue to
develop – for example, there is increasing
co-operation between the Parish Council
and the 1940s Committee.
So, the current financial position is very
heathy with (in round figures) £2,000 in a
reserve account; £500 in a current account
and £1,750 in a newly established Commu-
nity Fund – see below.
In conclusion, it is not unrealistic for the
Event to have an expectation of raising be-
tween £1500-£2000 net each year, deposit-
ed in a central fund, for village amenities
and organisations.
The Community Fund
We have established a Community Fund account – with £1750 available to benefit the village. Once all admin has been com-pleted and we have received all the cheque books etc. some of these funds will be dis-tributed immediately. In due course, we will need to establish a formal and transparent way of deciding on where the funds go each year. One factor will be the wishes of those involved in rais-ing the funds and this year the following requests have been made: Ken Harness' team have requested that
their donation goes to the soccer club (we'll
round to £300); Rotary have requested that
£200 goes to the Bowls Club; the Sunday
NAAFI have requested that £250 goes to
the Church and £250 to the Cricket Club. In
addition, we will give £100 to the Playgroup
based in the Methodist Church. This leaves
£650 currently in the Community Fund and
available to benefit the village. First point
of contact should be our Treasurer, Tim
Newcomb [email protected]
01472 840730
Ideally, we would like to set some priorities
for village projects in advance for each cal-
endar year.
The general concept of the Community Fund is that the 1940s Committee plan and manage the Event with the essential contri-bution of a great number of village volun-teers, meeting the costs involved and in-viting the village organisations who run fund-raising activities during the Event - and villagers who have ‘private’ stalls (excluding charity stalls) - to make donations of a part of their income to the village Community Fund. This must, of course, remain a matter for each organisation and individuals to decide. If we maintain the positive current financial balance, village organisations will always be in line for funding – more so, if we expand the activities of the 1940s Com-mittee to include additional events during the year (see below). This approach is based on the belief that a Community Fund strengthens the commu-nal element of the Event and – from a prac-tical fund-raising position – everyone bene-fits in the long run from a ‘pot’ which can help the village.
Additional Events and Activities
There are two reasons why we think we
should consider broadening the perspective
of the 1940s Committee, its volunteers –
and hopefully more and more members of
the community. An outside event like ours
is always vulnerable to poor weather and if
we can raise funds for the Community Fund
periodically throughout the year – car boot
sales, additional bingo sessions, a May Day
event, quiz nights, film nights, a Produce
show, a talent show - have been men-
tioned (but not yet seriously discussed) –
we can supplement and safeguard the total
raised in any one year. Such additional
events also give villagers the opportunity to
come forward to help organise events – or
simply to attend an increased number and
variety of village activities.
As part of this, a number of us are planning
to establish a North Thoresby Village Histo-
ry Group – see separate article.
These ideas are currently being discussed
and in due course, we’ll have meetings in
the Village Hall to take the next steps.
In the meantime – if you have any ideas for
additional events and/or would like to be
involved please contact Dave Bedlow, Vice
Chairman of the 1940s Committee
[email protected] 01472-840364
07548127162 or Claire Cooper (i/c Mar-
keting) [email protected] 01472-
840595 07921 908 676.
Getting Involved
One of the many pleasing aspects of the
2017 Event was the number of people who
came forward to help in a whole variety of
ways. Many hands make light work. If you’d
like to get involved there’ll be something
for you!
Ian Wright, Chairman 1940s Committee 01472-841786 [email protected]
This year, some of the stalwarts have
‘retired’ from important roles they have
played in organising the 1940s Event and I
like to pay tribute to them.
I would like to thank Catherine Hoare for
her splendid work as Treasurer over many
years and her general commitment and
contribution to the community. Pressures
of her busy business and family life mean
that she is stepping down but will continue
to be involved with the Event
through the Post Office ‘hub’.
Over the last 9 years, Sandra Bunyan has
done a wonderful job of administering the
stalls. This is a massive administrative task
and Sandra has tackled it with her re-
nowned efficiency and determination –
not least in 2017 when she had to cope
with a mountain of safety certificates.
A wonderful group of ladies (and a couple
of gentlemen) have organised the Sunday
NAAFI for the last five years and – while
they are stepping down from being in
charge, they will still be lending a hand.
Many thanks indeed to Di King, Sarah Dur-
rant, Eve Howell, Betty Moncaster, Marga-
ret Snape, Geraldine Gough, Jos Treadwell,
Georgie Durrant, Dave Butterfied and Nicki
and Gerry.
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EDITORIALS
As I’m sure you remember from previous editions, we have taken the decision to put into print the memoirs of North Thoresby’s own and fan of this newsletter, Nancy Blyth who we sadly lost last year. She spent her entire life in and around the village and her memoirs, written in 1996, allow us to see a different village to the one we live in now.
Children’s games played in the village were still the traditional
ones. In summer, marbles and ‘whip and top’ were very popu-
lar, though when the highway authority decided to tar and
stone the roads, this was hampered for a while. The spinning—
tops which had to be whipped to keep spinning—were given
names such as Dancing Pollys, Turnips and Window Smashers!
The school playground was marked out with chalk for the pop-
ular game of hop-scotch, while every girl also had own skipping
rope. Autumn was the time for ‘conkering’, both collecting the
conkers from chestnut trees, and using them—once ‘strung’ -
in conker fights. The pear tree in the Village Square was anoth-
er tree which was stripped of its crop at this time. (Another
well-known pear tree is the one now between Smith Field and
Dickinson’s Lane, which gave its name to Arthur Willerton’s
Peartree Nurseries which was where Smith Field is now.)
Late one year, during a December day, there came strolling
through the village a yoke of oxen, each shod in heavy leather
boots, pulling a large cart advertising ‘Atora’ beef suet. Two
men, gaily attired, were driving the oxen and cart. We were
told that the men, cart and oxen were stabled in the area for a
few days, and touring villages in the area. Certainly it was the
most unusual advertising I have seen!
I’ve spent a good deal of
time in the 18 months, Kitty and I
have been here, speaking with vil-
lagers about the history of the vil-
lage, hearing about the old charac-
ters, what it used to be like and so
on. It became clear that a lot of
documentation exists and there is
an enormous potential for the re-
cording of oral history from villag-
ers, many who have lived here all
their lives.
I know that a good deal of work has
been done in the past and that
there are even one or two publica-
tions but it seemed to me that it
would be valuable to have another
episode of pulling the resources
together, doing some photography
and filming, scanning of documents
and so on. I’ve already got a dozen
or so people who are keen to be
involved but would like to draw in
anyone with an interest, photo-
graphs, maps etc or with a story to
tell.
The plan will be to have a
meeting – probably in the second
half of November. In the mean-
time, could you let me know if you
would like to be included in the
group, and/or have any documents,
information about people we
should contact etc etc. Please be
gathering materials together.
Ian Wright
01472-841876
D o you have an event or know of something happening that you’d like our readers to
know about? Then drop us a message at [email protected] or tweet to
@thoresbynews to let us know and see it ‘pinned’ on our announcement board.
The Autumn Session of the North Thoresby Methodist Wednes-day Circle begins on September 13th at 7.30pm in the Wesley Centre. Everyone is welcome (men and women) to this friendly meeting which is held fortnightly. Subscription is £5 for the seven meetings up to Christmas and a collection is taken at each meeting to cover costs of refreshments. A short period of Devotion is held at the beginning of each meeting followed by a speaker, and we aim finish between 8.30pm and 8.45pm with refreshments. Transport can be arranges if necessary Please ring Edna on 01472840340
January 3rd Devotional Meeting
Mrs Ruth Constant
January 17th Mr Terry Simco
Work of the Queen Victoria Seamens
Rest in London’s East End
January 31st A Play
February 14th Mr Stuart Sizer
Development of the Lindsey Marshes
February 28th Group Quiz
March 14th Heather Rogers
Registrar of Births & Deaths
The training session on the use of the defibrillator (now located outside the Village Hall
main entrance) attracted approx. . 20 people from the village. The training was carried
out by a member of the ‘First Responders’ and he stressed the importance of having
your house name (or number) clearly visible from a moving car or ambulance. Not a lot
of point in dialling 999 if they can’t find you!
This is the latest gig courtesy of the Live n Local rural touring scheme. £9 a ticket at North Thoresby Village Hall on Saturday 27th January. Rowett beer on sale too.
Sunday 3rd December 10:00am: Parish Communion service.
Rev. Jean Wrisdale
Sunday 10th December 10:00am: An Advent service of
‘Morning Worship’, led by Celia Ambler
Sunday 17th December 10:00am: A service of Matins, led by
Joe Gibson
6:00pm: Carols by Candlelight
Sunday 24th December No Morning Service
3:30pm: Children’s ‘Crib and Christing-
le’ Service, taken by Rev Jean Wrisdale
11:30pm: Midnight Communion, taken
by Rev Jean Wrisdale (Mulled wine
served from 11:00pm)
Sunday 31st December 10:00am: Parish Communion service,
taken by Rev Ian Walker
Here are the events taking place at St Helen’s during the month
of December.
Nov 8th Formby
Presented by Ewan Wardrop playing the role of Formby
Nov 9th What Once was Ours Presented by Zest Theatre Company & Half Moon Company
Nov 13-18 Oh! What a Lovely War
By Joan Littlewood. A Playgoers production
Nov 23rd The Daisies
The all singing, all dancing female close harmony trio. Performances 2.30 &
7.30pm
Dec 2nd Lest We forget
A play centred on the human cost of WWI by James Beagan. Performed by the
Riverhead Youth Theatre at 1.00 & 6.00pm
Dec 5-9 Goodnight Mr Tom
By David Wood from the novel by Michelle Magorian and performed by Louth
Playgoers. A matinee performance on 9th December at 2.30pm
Dec 14th Santa’s Little Helper Presented by Blunderbus Theatre at 6:00pm
Jan 12-20 Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
A traditional panto written by John Hewer & Jeremy Smith
& Performed by Louth Playgoers
Box Office 01507 600350
www.louthplaygoers.co.uk
Now Booking Online!
01472 840106
07831 596486
01507 363931
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Dear Resident,
The Parish Council has received complaints regarding parking within
the village. We would like to remind drivers that parked vehicles
which block some or all of the pavement cause problems for many
pedestrians. It can force people who are blind or partially sighted,
parents with pushchairs, wheelchair users, and many others, to
walk on the road and into the path of oncoming traffic.
Please help to keep the village safe by parking on the road in a safe
place and keeping footpaths clear.
Thank you
North Thoresby Parish Council
The 1940s Event Committee are cur-rently looking at organising more vil-lage events throughout the year. A small number of committee members and volunteers have started working towards reinstating the Horticulture Show which used to take place in the village many years ago. It seems that the trophy winners from the last show
kept the trophies, some or perhaps all of which were then passed on at 'Grandad's Fete' at The New Inn. We would love to know who has any of the original trophies now as we would like to carry on the tradition. Also we know that there are several 'experts in their field' living in the village and we would be grateful to hear from you if you
would like to help with judging the rel-evant classes. If anyone has any mem-ories of the old show that you would like to share or if you would like to be involved with the show in September 2018 please contact me on 840 595 or email [email protected] . Thank you, Claire Cooper
Could we say a huge thank you to Helen Pidgeon
for her many years service of looking after St.
Helen’s Church flowers. We are a very small com-
munity that help to keep the church open and run-
ning during this difficult time without a rector,
when one of our few has to retire it means more
work for the remaining few. So if artificial flowers
appear more often in the church it means no-one
has come forward to put their name on the flower
rota. We don’t have a flower fund so rely on Suzan
Emm’s wonderful collection of realistic looking arti-
ficial flowers. We shall miss you Helen.
- Anonymous!
All are welcome at any of these events. Just turn up or for more infor-mation, please phone: Lynne Dudgeon—840720, Elizabeth Kershaw—840009, Edna Procter 840340, Ian Bunn—07954 969451
Sunday Morning service every week at 11am in the Chapel. Chapel open from 6-7pm each Sunday for silent reflec-tion and prayer.
2nd Tuesday A time of worship, prayer and reflection. The second Tuesday of each month before coffee. In the Wesley Centre. 9.30 - 10 am.
Tuesday Coffee Morning Drop in.
Coffee and chat in the Wesley Centre. Proceeds to
charity. Every Tuesday. 10:15-11.30am
Wednesday Wednesday Circle
Friendship, fellowship, a talk and refreshments. Fort-
nightly in the Wesley Centre at 7.30pm
Contact Edna Procter: 01472 874340
Wednesday Village Men’s Group
In the Wesley Centre. 10.30-12noon.
Pop in for coffee, biscuits and chat.
Friday Carpet Bowls
Gentle exercise, friendship and refreshments. In the
Wesley Centre at 2pm.
Lynne Dudgeon 01472 840720 Elizabeth Kershaw 01472 840009
Edna Procter 01472 840340
Ian Bunn 01472 241033
Editor: Rob Burnett
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the Reed Hyundai East Lincs Football Combination. Mov-ing up from division 3 over the last two seasons they are now finding it a challenge against development teams from Cleethorpes Town, Grimsby Borough, Louth Old Boys and Immingham Town. To press they have played 8 league games with 1 win, a draw and 6 defeats.
Cup games have not gone well with early exits from the Village Trophy and the Junior Challenge Cup but are through to the next round of the Tim Sales Memorial Tro-phy which they were runners up in last season. Since the
start of this season they have been building up a squad of experienced players with 30 on the boos with 3 of them internationals. This now gives manager Jason Cooper a squad selection problem which is a good one to have and should bring in the de-sired results over the next few weeks. On Saturday 30th December we plan to play a charity friendly against a Toot XI a team of ex players and guests. We have played this game over a number of years and over the last two years have raised £380 which has been donated to Prostate Cancer UK. Posters will be out soon to advertise this game so please give it your support.
North Thoresby
CC plays in division 4 of the Marshall Brewson Grimsby & District Cricket League. In the 2016 season they missed out on promotion by 1 point. So, still in division 4 this season they have ended up division champions with a grand total of 199 points, which was 50 points clear of the runner up Woodlands CC. During the season they won 10 games only loosing one game against Grimsby Institute CC, with 4 games called off due to weather. At the end of the season league presentation the team picked up the divi-sion 4 Champions Trophy with player Alex Shreve pick-ing up top batsman and bowler awards.
The fund to replace the
soffits and barge boards on the pavilion looks a lot healthier with the donation of £250 from the community pot from the 1940’s event. Now with £700 in the fund they are only £300 away from the target of £1000. To be added to this is the reve-nue from the business adver-tising boards up on the crick-et field. There is still an op-portunity to advertise your business ready for next sea-son, so if interested please contact Andrew Webster on 07742422465 or if you would like to make a donation con-tact club treasurer Dave Bed-low on 01472 840364.
- Dave Bedlow
The Cottage, The Market Place, Binbrook LN8 6DE