Wates Community Day at East Surrey College
Wates Construction Limited and East Surrey College staff organised a community day at East Surrey College last week to help prepare the garden area for the Supported Learning students.
The new College building provides excellent facilities for the students including an outdoor area with two greenhouses for them to grow plants. The horticulture programme is one of the options available to Supported Learning students providing the opportunity to learn gardening skills and how to look after seedlings and plants.
Part of the outdoor area was overgrown with weeds and not ready for planting. Wates staff offered to come in and clear the area as part of their community outreach programme. Wates co-ordinated a team of their staff and other contractors including MJN and Stortford; working hard all day to remove the undergrowth and cultivating the soil ready for the students to start work. The students were also encouraged to join them and the Wates staff were supportive, showing the students the best way to help.
James Kidgell, Section Manager for Wates Contruction Limited commented ‘Wates Construction Limited hold a Community Day event every year where teams across the country go out into the community to find a worthwhile project, a project that allows us to give something back to the community we are working in. When Lynn Abbott first described the benefits that this project would bring we, WCL at East Surrey College, were immediately drawn to making the event a success. With many hours of planning, the co-operation of a few subcontractors and the support of the college staff and students we were able dedicate a team of workmen to the project, bringing it to a successful close by mid afternoon. In addition to the success we experienced on site, Wates Giving, part of the Wates Group, will be donating £250 to Shelter, our chosen charity.’
Horticulture tutor Lynn Abbott was delighted with the result and is looking forward to working with students to plant a lawn and grow flowers and vegetables in the garden
East Surrey College
Gatton Point
London Road
Redhill
Surrey RH1 2JX
Telephone: 01737 788413
www.esc.ac.uk
Rockinghorse launches charity appeal for new playroom at Surrey respite centre
Date: Tuesday 11 May 2010
Time: 10am
Venue: Beeches Bungalow Respite Centre, Reigate
Description: Children’s charity Rockinghorse will be launching its appeal to raise funds for a specialised play room at Beeches Bungalow Respite Centre in Reigate.
The planned £75,000 sensory room will provide 5 to 18 year olds with physical and learning disabilities a place to have fun, explore their environment or relax.
The room will be divided into four areas, each with a different focus to cater to varying ages, abilities and tastes. Film, music, lighting and texture will be used to help develop children’s social and communication skills with quiet or dark areas for relaxation.
TV news journalist and local resident Nicholas Owen will launch the appeal at Beeches Bungalow on Tuesday 11 May at 10am.
Banstead Village May Fayre 2010
Raising funds for ‘CRY’ Cardiac Arrest in Young People
Date: Saturday 1st May 2010
Time: Procession starts at 11.30am from United Reformed Church,
Woodmansterne Lane, Banstead
Crowning at 12 noon (approx)
Fayre open from 12 noon – 5pm (Weather Permitting)
Venue: Procession route – along Banstead High Street around roundabout on junction of Bolters Lane then back down High Street and into The Orchard in front of All Saints Church, Banstead for crowning and opening of Fayre.
Event description:
This year’s Silver Anniversary May Queen is Jessica Halide Diges, 11 years old. She attends St. Anne’s Primary School in Banstead. She joined the group 9 years ago, when at the age of 3yrs she was a mint girl. Having attended all the May Fayres since, she has taken on various roles including Crown Bearer and last year prince, now it is her turn to be crowned Banstead May Queen. Her Prince will be Emma Neil-Jones.
Jessica is the 5th generation to have the pleasure of living and growing up in Banstead Village. Her Great, Great Uncles were founder members of Banstead Tennis Club and involved at the beginning of 3rd Banstead Scouts. This is not the first time her family have been involved with the annual May Fayre, her Grandparents Denise and Douglas Wingrave have already taken part, as their daughter Hannah Wingrave was one of the 1st group of girls to join and was crowned May Queen in 1990, Jessica is delighted to be carrying on the family tradition and following in her Auntie’s footsteps.
The May Fayre started in 1985 as a small village Fayre which is a wonderful English tradition. It has grown into a large parade and annual fund raiser. The event is organised by the Banstead Village May Queen Group who are parents of children who live in Banstead or have strong connections with Banstead.
There will be all the regular stalls for all the family to enjoy including, face painting, tombola, raffles, Pimms and Beer Tent.
The Mayor, and the Lady Mayoress will open the Fayre at 12 noon (approx)
This is truly a community event with many shops, businesses and local groups being involved in the day as well as the local schools, Banstead Infants and St. Anne’s providing traditional country dancing around the May Pole.
This year the Fayre will celebrates the Silver Jubilee and looks to be a truly fantastic event raising money for a locally based charity CRY – Cardiac Arrest in Young people.
Surrey Butterfly Garden Show
The Surrey Butterfly Garden Show is a two day festival on 24th and 25th July run by Butterfly Conservation (Surrey & SW London Branch) focussing on butterflies & moths in the garden & surrounding countryside at Juniper Hall Field Centre, Mickleham, nr. Dorking at the foot of Boxhill.
The Show is open 11am to 5.30pm on both days and admission costs £3 Adults (concessions £2), accompanied children £1, with free parking (sorry, no dogs).
Bus route 465 stops outside Juniper Hall and the nearest railway station, Boxhill & Westhumble, is a pleasant walk of 1mile. The location will be signposted from Leatherhead, Bookham and Dorking areas.
The Show sets out to enlighten the public about butterflies and their habitats and the difficult times they are facing. Surrey alone has lost two of its species in the last 10 years and several more are under similar threat of extinction both in the county and nationally. To find out how you can help.
The Show includes:
• Guided walks to Boxhill to see local butterflies and moths
• The well-established Butterfly Garden
• A beautiful old house, Juniper Hall, in its grounds, hosting various stalls inside and out and activities for children
• Food & drink available all day
PLUS
Displays, stalls & activities in the house, laboratories and garden including live butterflies (dependent on weather & availability).
Further information on website: www.surreybutterflies.org
Harlequin Theatre and Cinema
Spring has sprung, the daffodils are out in full bloom, and the new brochure is here packed full of exciting new shows!
Kicking off the new Spring season we have…
Wednesday 7 April at 2:00pm & Thursday 8 April at 11.00am
POSTMAN PAT LIVE!
Tickets: £11.00 Family of Four: £10.00
Join Postman Pat as he embarks on his most special mission yet – A Very Royal Mission!
Someone very special is coming to open the brand new SDS Sorting Office, but disaster strikes when a storm hits Pencaster the night before the big visit. Only one man can be counted on to save the day – the Head of the SDS, Postman Pat of course… with a little help from Jess the Cat and his brand new SDS Helicopter
Friday 9 April at 7:45pm
PAM AYERS
Tickets: £17.50
Pam Ayers brings her current show to the Harlequin which includes material from her bestselling books, “Surgically Enhanced”, “With These Hands”, and “The Works”, along with many new poems and stories. TICKETS ARE LIMITED – BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT
Saturday 10 April at 8:00pm
UK GUNS N’ ROSES
Tickets: £12.50
One of the best Guns N’ Roses tributes around! Join them in this outstanding live show as they lovingly replicate their classics such as “Sweet Child O Mine”, “Welcome To The Jungle”, “Paradise City” and many, many more.
Friday 16 April at 8:00pm
MEETING JOE STRUMMER
Tickets: £12.50 Concs: £11.00
Meeting Joe Strummer is an award winning punk play packed full of loud music, raucous comedy – and deep respect for the music and life of the great Joe Strummer. It’s an emotional blast through rebel politics since punk – and a celebration of the man who set the agenda for a generation – but it’s not a tribute to The Clash or Strummer, really it’s a play that captures Joe’s spirit, passion, talent and humour through the eyes of some of his fans. Joe’s influence clearly went beyond the great music he made.
Saturday 17 April at 7:30pm
LETZ ZEP
Tickets: Advance – £12.00 On the Door – £15.00 Groups 10+ – £10.80
Join an evening with the music of Led Zeppelin with Letz Zep! This highly rated band was invited to perform at their official album launch of “Mothership”. Robert Plant commented it was like watching himself onstage- “I walked in, I saw me”.
Listen to the classics “Stairway to Heaven”, “Rock and Roll”, “Going to California” performed live and just like the real thing.
Wednesday 21 April at 7:45pm
RUBY WAX- LOSING IT
Tickets: £19.50
Join Ruby Wax and musician Judith Owen for one night only in this fantastic new show.
Ruby had it all- career, dream house, husband, kids- but people realised something was wrong when she painted her house the same colour ‘beige’ for the 47th time. There was only one thing for it – send her to The Priory!
Told with wit, humour and a lot of heart, this is Ruby Wax at her belting best- when she’s losing it!
A contribution of all the ticket sales will be donated to Comic Relief.
Thursday 22 April at 7:45pm
THE JOY OF POLITICS
Tickets: £12.50 Concs: £11.50
The Black Sheep invite you to an evening of lies, damn lies and silly whigs!
If you love “Yes Minister”, “The New Statesman” and “The Now Show”, you’ll love the ‘Joy of Politics’- an irreverent romp packed with up-to-date topical jokes and satirical sketches- so ‘Order! Order!’ your tickets today!
Wednesday 28 April at 7:45pm
JOE LONGTHORNE
Tickets: £21.00
Joe Longthorne is back fighting fit with new songs to sing, new challenges to face and new audiences to thrill.
Join the legendary singer as he charms you with his amazing voice and his repertoire of fantastic impersonations, featuring his best known impersonation of Dame Shirley Bassey.
Thursday 29 April at 7.30pm
ROY ORBISON AND FRIENDS
Tickets: £16.00
When Roy Orbison died in 1988, it was left to others to bring his his music to the concert stage. No easy task. But Barry Steele comes with very good credentials and a genuine admiration for the ‘Big O’.
Friday 30 April at 7.30pm
G2 DEFINITIVE GENESIS
Tickets: £15.00 Concs: £13.00
G2 Definitive Genesis is back playing homage to the vintage period in Genesis’s long and colourful history, the four-man era, and sometimes referred to as The Intermediate Years (1975-78). This is vintage Genesis performed by G2 to a level even Genesis themselves would be proud of! So take a trip back and relive those wonderful moments of your Genesis musical history with G2 Definitive Genesis.
Don’t forget our 100-seater cinema, showing all the latest cinema releases. Films coming your way this Spring include; The Lovely Bones, Nanny McPhee 2, Astro Boy, Planet 51, Percy Jackson, A Single Man, Clash of the Titans, and Remember Me starring Robert Pattinson – visit www.harlequintheatre.co.uk or contact the Box Office for full listings and times.
We know it might seem like a while away yet but why not get one job out of the way and book your tickets to our Pantomime! We are now taking bookings for JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at The Harlequin and we are sure it’ll add a little festive ‘Fee Fi Fo Fum’ to your celebrations so come and join us for this fun-filled, family feast of a pantomime!
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK starts on Friday 10 December and runs right through to Monday 3 January. Tickets start from £12.00 with amazing Group and Family ticket rates available. Or why not join us on one of our Saver or Preview Nights where tickets start from just £10.50! (Terms and conditions apply)
Tickets for all live events and cinema screenings are available to book from The Harlequin Box Office on 01737 276 500 or online at www.harlequintheatre.co.uk.
AND…
The Harlequin are delighted to announce that Everest Spice Nepalese & Indian restaurant are offering 10% discount on food bills for all Harlequin customers who dine with them before or after a show (Theatre tickets must be presented before ordering your meal). To book a table now call 01737 789599 or visit www.everestspice.co.uk.
We look forward to seeing you at The Harlequin Soon!
Progress Awards for Young Gymnasts
Springfit gymnastics and trampoline club of Oakwood Sports Centre, Horley recently held gymnastics class displays for parents of all members of their 7 different classes. Parents were treated to a show of moves that gymnasts had been learning recently, and a medal was awarded to the child whom coaches considered to have made the most progress since the last displays.
The parents sit-in sessions are arranged twice a year to showcase gymnasts’ progress and perform routines for spectators’ entertainment. They are a great way of helping the gymnasts get used to performing for a crowd, and provide parents with a great sense of pride at watching them perform.
Various apparatus is used to provide a variety of individual skills to show-off, as well as group routines created by the coaches, which everyone loves to watch and perform.
Each and every child was recognised for their excellent progress made in the last 6 months, and coaches’ rewarded one member of each class with a gold progress medal to the child they considered to have excelled themselves the most. Effort and enthusiasm was taken into account, and there was plenty of show on the day, as each child performed their best moves.
Pictured here from left to right are all the March progress medal winners at Springfit club:
From Thursday 6:30pm boys class: Ben Langmead (9), Friday 5pm beginners: Charlotte Cain (10), Friday 6pm improvers: Sacha Copsey (8), Friday 7pm advanced: Abbie Clifton (11), Saturday 11am beginners: Katie Vaughan (5), Saturday 12pm improvers: Jess Derham (10), Saturday 1pm advanced: Lily Porter (11).
Springfit run gymnastics and trampoline classes at Oakwood Sports Centre in Horley on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, for all ages and abilities.
For more information call Adam on 07932 752081 or email info@springfit.org.
Interclub Trampoline Competition Hits The Mark
Last Saturday 27th February saw children from clubs throughout the Surrey area come together to compete for medals at a trampoline competition held by the Saturn V Association.
Spectators on the balcony at Moor House school in Oxted showed their appreciation for the athletes as each child took their turn on the stage to perform routines to the best of their ability. Some of the eventual winners were taking part for the first time, and enjoyed a fantastic atmosphere as parents and family members cheered on the competitors.
There were seven separate categories encompassing all abilities, and culminated in a crowd-pleasing synchronised pairs routine. The gold medals in this category were taken home by members of Springfit Club from Horley, adding to their three other Gold medals tally of the afternoon.
Members of Coulsdon-based Anti-Gravity trampoline club took home four medals as well as placing second and third in the synchronised round, and Pointers club in Caterham took away all the medals in the advanced level group. The impressive somersaulting and tight form of the higher level athletes included a stunning performance by Abigail Barker (13yrs) who won top spot with an unprecedented score of 19.10 out of 20.
The judges were suitably impressed with the high standards on show, and offered their appreciation afterwards, thanking everyone involved, and conveying congratulations to all.
Pictured here are the medal winners and other competitors from the day, from top left to bottom right: Whitney Todd (Pointers), Amy Hodgetts (Anti- Gravity), Amber Jackson (Anti- Gravity), Jemma Denman (Anti- Gravity), Sharley Scott-Brown (Springfit), Yasmin Anderson (Springfit), Grace Roberts (Pointers), Chloe Collins (Pointers), Jonathon Brown (Springfit), David Bryant (Anti-Gravity), Abigail Moore (Anti- Gravity), Emma Knight (Springfit), Abigail Ferguson (Springfit), Jasmin Limb (Springfit), Lauren Acutt (Pointers), Abigail Barker (Pointers), Lauren Monk (Springfit).
The Saturn V Association comprises independently run gymnastics and trampoline clubs throughout the Surrey area, catering for all ages from pre-school to adult, and have several local training venues.
For information visit www.saturnv.co.uk or email info@SaturnV.co.uk or call 01342 870543.
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