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AT long last our bedraggled trainstation is to get an overdue faceliftbringing it more in line withtoday’s commuters and visitors.It has been revealed in a letter

which The Standard saw con-*rmed that improvements worth£10 million at Cheltenham Spatrain station have been detailedby the Department for Transport.The *ght to bring the station up

to scratch has been going on foryears, but now a level of spendhas been put on starting the workwith a promise of better access forcyclists and the disabled togetherwith more shops and increasedcar parking.The £10 million plans however

do not include the two new bayplatforms which have been calledfor in previous years.

The money is made up offunding, some already an-nounced, from a number of dif-ferent sources and will be spenton a wide variety of improve-ments including a new double-decked car park.This will create 70 new car

parking spaces at the station inthe short term by extending theexisting car park.

The £10 million investment*gure was con*rmed in a letterfrom Claire Perry MP, the Parlia-mentary Under Secretary of Stateat the Department for Transportto Alex Chalk MP.Mrs Perry wrote to Mr Chalk

outlining the investment afterthe town’s MP raised the issuewith her.

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In the letter she identiDesthat passenger numbers inCheltenham have indeed“more than doubled in recentyears” and that, “it is con-strained by the station building,which is largely Victorian andfacilities which struggle to copewith today’s level of demand.”She goes on to further say, “a

signiDcant programme of in-vestment and improvement forthe station was worth about£10 million.”Mr Chalk’s predecessor, the

Liberal Democrat MartinHorwood, had campaigned onthe issue of improving thestation during his time as the

town’s MP.Our man in Westminster,

newly elected MP Alex Chalk,welcomed the news by sayingto The Standard, ‘Our railwaystation is crying out for invest-ment, and I’m delighted tohave received the Rail Minis-ter’s assurance that Chel-

tenham is in line for signiDcantinvestment. I’ll keep up thepressure though. I’ll also bepushing for the earliest possibleprogress on faster trains toSwindon and the South East. Atthe moment poor connectivityto the South East is holding usback.”

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POLICE in the town are seekingwitnesses and a Good Samaritanin connection with a domesticassault on a woman in woods inAggs Hill on Monday 13th July.The victim was picked up anddriven to the location in a silverAudi A3 by her ex-partner, whoclaimed he wanted to talk to her.When they got there it is allegedthe man was verbally abusive,grabbed the woman and threat-ened her.The woman managed to run

away and was picked up byanother woman who drove herto safety.Police are eager to speak to

anyone who may have witnessedthe victim being driven to the lo-cation by the offender or anypart of the incident that fol-lowed. They also need to speak tothe woman who stopped to help.The victim has told ofDcers she

believes there were builders inthe area at the time and thatpeople were driving past nearby.While she could not provide adescription of the woman whohelped her she did say there weredogs in the back of her vehicle.Anyone who can help is urged

to call 101 and quote incident226 of 13 July.A 19-year-old Cheltenham

man has been arrested on suspi-cion of assault in connectionwith the incident. He currentlyremains in police custody.

Domestic assault inCheltenham woods

Station to be improved at last

FOLLOWING a wanted appeallast week, Asa Martin handedhimself in to ofDcers atCompass House custody suitein Quedgeley on Mondayevening and was arrested onsuspicion of dangerous drivingin connection with a collisionin Hester's Way on Sunday 4thJuly.Martin, 29 and from Chel-

tenham, has been given tech-nical bail until 23 July but willremain in custody as he hasalso been recalled to prison forbreaching the conditions ofhis licence.Police would like to thank

all those who helped with theappeal to Dnd Martin.Martin's arrest relates to a

collision on Hester's Way Roadon Saturday 4 July in which asilver Seat mounted the pave-ment and collided with twopedestrians, causing seriousinjury.Another man and a woman

arrested in connection withthe collision also remain onpolice bail.

Wanted man Asa Martinarrested and recalled to prison

NINETEEN motorists gave a pos-itive breath test when stopped byPolice during a drink-drive purgein June.Gloucestershire police said

they carried out 711 roadsidebreath tests and that 19 of themhad been positive.In total, they stopped 813

drivers and had also noted anumber of other trafDc viola-tions.They also issued 157 TORs

(trafDc offence reports) duringthe campaign.

Nineteen drivers ‘done’for drink driving in June

Asa Martin

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Enter Now!Sunday 27th

September 2015

WITH just four weeks to go,preparations are well ad-vanced for Cheltenham’svery Erst ofEcial CAMRABeer Festival, on the 14thand 15th of August at Chel-tenham Town Hall.The Festival will feature

over 200 Erkins of real ale(about 14,500 pints in total),including local brewery ‘Fes-tival Specials’.In addition there will be

30 ciders and perries. Festi-val tickets cost just £6, in-cluding a festival glass.Card-carrying CAMRAmembers will also beneEtfrom some free beer tokens.Tickets will be available

on the door for all sessions.For people travelling who

want to be sure of getting in,some advance festival ticketsare available online from thefestival website at www.chel-tenhamcamra.org.uk/craf.Cheltenham Branch

Chair, Veronica Emary, said:“Cheltenham is a festivaltown, so we thought it washigh-time we held an ofEcialCAMRA real ale festival. The

Town Hall is the idealvenue. The main hall is alovely space and there areplenty of side rooms forseating, food and entertain-ment.”She went on to add, “As it

is August we will have theterrace and grass area to theside of the Town Hall avail-able as our outdoor area. Weexpect to attract up to 1,000people at any one time, andwith that number attendingwe will need a lot of volun-teers. If anyone feels thatthey could spend some timebetween setting-up the festi-val on the Tuesday, to takingit down on Sunday, thenplease register as a volunteerat www.cheltenham-camra.org.uk/craf/stafEng

What’s on at the Festival?There will be three sessionsover the two days. TheFriday session will run fromNoon to 11pm. Saturdaywill have two sessions, Noonto 4pm and 6pm to 11pm.After the traditional Friday‘quiet lunchtime session’the festival will have avariety of live acts, culmi-nating with the popular‘Roving Crows’ on Saturdaynight.For social media updates

visit https://twitter.com/CheltenhamCAMRA orwww.facebook.com/events/1492114544397647/For advance ticketsand info www.cheltenhacamra.org.uk/craf.Tickets will also beavailable on the door forall sessions.

Countdown to the first CheltenhamCAMRA Beer Festival

THE vehicle is to be usedto drive sick and injuredanimals to new homesacross the UK.Local school girl,

Emily Parsons, has wona competition that hasseen her artworkwrapped around theentire outside of a newRSPCA van.Emily, 9, who attends

GreatEeld PrimarySchool in Up Hatherly,entered the unique com-petition that called forchildren from across thecountry to design the ex-terior of a Feet of RSPCAvans.The vans, which were

provided by the charity’spartner, VolkswagenCommercial Vehicles,will be used to helptransport 20,000animals in need of careall over the country –saving the charity£800,000 a year, as well

as allowing them to givetreatment to moreanimals in need of vet-erinary care.The Volkswagen

Crafter van has not onlybeen wrapped withEmily’s design, but hasalso had its huge cargospace specially con-verted for the speciEcneeds of the RSPCA, en-suring the animals aretransported in comfort.Along with other

competition entrants,Emily was asked tocolour-in a download-able template of all foursides and the roof of thevan. Her winning designwas picked by judgesfrom the RSPCA andVolkswagen CommercialVehicles, turned into a‘wrap’ by expert graphicdesigners and thenapplied to the outside ofthe van.Along with her entry

Emily wrote the follow-ing: “I would like you topick my van designbecause I think it tellspeople what all theneeds are. I also thinkthat you should care forthe animals.”Fresh from the factory,

the Erst destination forthe van is Emily’s schoolso the young designerand all her classmatescan appraise the van inperson.Head of Fleet for Volk-

swagen Commercial Ve-hicles, Chris Black said“Working in partnershipwith Britain’s businessesand organisations isreally important to usand it’s fantastic to knowthat these vans will bedoing such vital work.“This competition is

one of a kind and we’revery excited to seeEmily’s design on one ofour vans.”

9 year old Cheltenham school girl’s artworkadorns outside of Volkswagen RSPCA van

Emily Parsons with her winning design


GLOUCE S T E R SH I R EPolice are appealing forhelp in identifying theman shown in the e-Gtpicture below.He's wanted in connec-

tion with a distractiontheft in the car park of asupermarket in Caernar-von Road, Up Hatherley,Cheltenham.On 12th June at around

1.30pm a woman put herhandbag on the passengerseat of her car while sheput her shopping in theboot of the car. A man ap-proached her and askedher for directions to thePost OfGce. He then pro-duced a piece of paper andasked her to draw the di-rections for him.When the woman got

home she realised herbank card had been stolenfrom her purse in herhandbag. It's believedthat a second personopened the passenger cardoor and took the cardwhile the woman was dis-

tracted by theman. A fewhundred poundswere stolen fromthe woman's bankaccount.He's described as

around 40 years ofage, of slim build,clean shaven andsmartly dressed.He was wearing ablue jacket andblack rimmedglasses. He spokewith an eastern

European accent.Police would like to hear

from anyone who recog-nises the man in the e-Gtor who has any further in-formation. Please call 101quoting incident number204 of 12th June 2015.

insecure homes a target during summer monthsGLOUCESTERSHIRE Policeare urging people to pay par-ticular care to securing theirhomes during the warmsummer months.With the natural tempta-

tion during any heatwavefor people to open windowsand cool down their homes,life just gets easier for bur-glars to enter your unde-fended home and have aGeld day.An added risk is that

having opened yourwindows, you relax in theback garden leaving the Geldclear for burglars to break inundisturbed.Police Harm Reduction

Advisor Kim Mowday said:“It’s vital therefore, that

residents make a point of se-curing their homes, shuttingall windows and locking alldoors when away from thehouse, out in the garden oreven upstairs, and especiallyduring night-time hours.“People must remember

to lock or at least half-lockwindows so they aren’t ac-cessible, and considerleaving lights on when out,at the rear of the house orupstairs.“Our Force Crime Opera-

tions team have had somegood successes combatingtackling burglary in the

County in recent months,thanks to the expertise anddedication of our ofGcers,with signiGcant reductionsin in Cheltenham andGloucester, althoughnumbers in the Cotswoldsremain high.“But it is still vital we

don’t make life easier for op-portunist burglars. Help usto help you.”There is a wealth of secu-

rity advice in the new-lookPolice website, check it outat https://www.gloucester-shire.police.uk/staying-safe/keeping-your-home-property-safe/home-security-advice/

CHELTENHAM'S MP, AlexChalk, has taken up theGght for the town's under-funded schools in Parlia-ment.Cheltenham's schools

produce some of the mostoutstanding academicachievements for theirpupils, and yet areamongst some of thepoorest funded in thecountry per pupil. The his-toric funding injustice isreHected in cash alloca-tions for Gloucestershireprimary and secondaryschools.Since his election, Mr

Chalk has become aprominent face within theso-called ‘F40' campaigngroup, which represents2.5 million pupils studyingin poorly funded educa-tion authorities.Having raised the issue

directly with the Educa-tion Secretary, the town'sMP has now spoken out ina debate in the Commonsorganised by Liam Fox MP.Intervening during the

former Defence Secretary'sspeech, the town's MPstated ''Of course, it is notjust about rural areas. Doesmy right hon. Friend agreethat the time has come toend the historic fundinginjustice to schoolchildrenin Cheltenham, an urban

area; and that we need togive schools in effectivelocal authorities, such asGloucestershire, the fairenhanced funding that isno less than they deserve?''Mr Fox strongly agreed

with Cheltenham's man inWestminster, commenting''That is exactly the point.One of the things we willbe pressing the Govern-ment on in the next Gveyears will be ensuring thatwe get our fair share. Wewant to make sure that wecan reach our full poten-tial economically, and noarea in this country canreach its potential eco-nomically unless the nextgeneration is given the ap-propriate education andthe tools to advance in a

meritocratic, open, plural-istic society.''Speaking to the Standard

after the debate, Mr Chalksaid ''This is an incrediblyimportant issue for thefuture of Cheltenham’schildren. It is about timeour schools here in towngot their fair share offunding. I'm delighted thePrime Minister announcedlast week that the £390million of extra fundingfor underfunded educationauthorities will be incor-porated onto baselinefunding for future years.But I am determined tokeep up the Gght for a newnational funding formula.We need extra cash forCheltenham schools and afair deal for local pupils.'

Chalk takes up funding fightfor Cheltenham’s schools

DistRaction theft in Up hatheRley

POLICE are seeking infor-mation about a burglaryfrom a house in Mead RoadCheltenham.The burglary occurred

sometime between 2.30 –9.30 pm on Sunday 12 July

when the residentarrived home to Gnd thefront door chain was onand the curtains closed,and the whole househad been searched andburgled.It is believed the offenders

gained access via the reargarden, possibly over theneighbour’s fence, andsmashing the patio window

with an unknown object.Stolen items include

several WW1 and 2medals, a pearl necklace,half-moon crystal earringsand numerous goldbracelets.Anyone with information

about this burglary isasked to contact Gloucester-shire Police on 101 quotingincident 378 of 12 July.

Burglary inMead Road

MP Alex Chalk with All Saints Academy students


GLOUCESTERSHIRE Con-stabulary’s new investiga-tive hub, Prism House, wasofAcially opened by thecounty’s High Sheriff RogerHead on Monday after-noon of this week. It will behome to a number of theConstabulary’s investiga-tive teams.Performing the opening

ceremony, Dr. Head said,“This shows what can beachieved when you havethe right people in placewho can take advantage ofeconomic opportunitieswhen they present them-selves.“Along with our state of

the art custody building, itmust be the envy of otherpolice forces around thecountry and as a Gloucesterboy I am privileged andproud to be here”.It has been a whirlwind

transformation for thethree storey property inDavy Way, Gloucester, pre-viously occupied by photo-graphic Alm Arm Kodak. Itwas snapped-up by Police

and Crime CommissionerMartin Surl for £1.7m lastyear and converted at afurther cost of around £1.8million.The building has been re-

furbished to a higherspeciAcation than recom-mended in previous plansput forward by the formerPolice Authority, which in-volved constructing abrand new building on a2.8 acre site at an estimatedcost of around £5.6m,meaning an overall savingof £2.1m.The deal also meant the

building could be up andrunning 2-3 three yearsahead of scheduleMr. Surl said, “What I am

trying to do is secure thelong term future of theConstabulary.“With the support of the

Chief Constable, who isdoing a fantastic job on theoperational side, we aremaking sure our buildingsare At for purpose not justfor the next one or twoyears but for generations”.

Chief Constable SuzetteDavenport said, “This ispart of the development ofthe Waterwells Campus, tobring as much as wecan of our specialistinvestigative resources intoa centralised location

where we have the best fa-cilities and people dedi-cated to servingGloucestershire”.“It’s about bringing our

specialisms together - alongwith custody, specialistcrime and protective serv-

ices - to deliver the best wecan for the people ofGloucestershire.”Det Ch Supt Bernie Kin-

sella, Head of SpecialistCrime Operations said,“Bringing together anumber of specialist teams

and investigators on to theWaterwells Estate underone roof makes operationalsense.“It will also enable us to

improve and build on theservice we give to victimsof the most serious crimes.”

Official Opening fOr new pOlice investigatiOns hub

CHELTENHAM BoroughCouncil has big plans instore for its most popularplay area at Pittville Parkand is asking businesses ifthey would like to supportthem with their vision.The council wants to

make the play area an out-standing one for children ofall ages and abilities toenjoy and has committed tospending around £300k tothe project.In order to deliver their

goal the council is askingbusinesses, both local andnational, if they would liketo get involved to supportthe venture.The project is in its early

stages and it is hoped it willbe completed during 2016.A public survey has beencompleted with over 300 re-sponses received, whichshows how important thisplay area is to a lot ofpeople. Currently theproject is going through atender exercise to select adesign that reBects the am-bition we have for the play

area and includes resultsfrom the questionnaire,along with many othergreat suggestions. At thisstage potential contractorswill be conducting site visitsto survey the play area.Posters have been put uparound the area informingpark users of this.Adam Reynolds, green

space developmentmanager, says: “We want tocreate an outstanding playarea that is accessible tochildren of all ages and abil-ities. This is a major under-taking but it’s important weinvest in our green spacesand play areas to ensurethey provide an exciting en-joyable experience and

support healthy lifestyles.”Cllr Chris Coleman,

cabinet member for cleanand green, continues: “Resi-dents from across theborough, county andbeyond use this park so wewant to ensure we get itright. We are committingover £300k to this projectbut in order to make this aBagship scheme we’d like tospend £500k. We’re askingbusinesses to support thisfantastic project.”If your business is inter-

ested in supporting PittvillePlay area please contact JaneStovell, Pittville play arearejuvenation projectmanager at [email protected].

Can businesses boostPittville Park play area plans?

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Chernobyl Children at Greyholme Dental Suite...FoLLow uP!LAST week 12 childrenbrought to the UK byChernobyl Children’s LifeLine, a fantastic Charitythat is devoted to helpingchildren who still suffergreatly from the aftermathof the nuclear disaster backin 1986, had a visit to theDentist. This was no ordi-nary visit to the dentist;they went to see Dr WarrenMartin Cheltenham’s“Pioneer of Pain Free “Den-tistry.Not only were they all

treated Pain Free andwithout cost, they all had afabulous time. They werewelcomed in to the Dentalsuite with Russian signageand decorations, thedental Team all wore T-shirts with Russian writing.There was face paintingand games. It was not likea normal visit to the

dentist the children wereput at ease straight away,which is not an easyachievement when theyare entering it to what isusually seen as a frighten-ing environment withpeople talking a languagethey do not understandand no loved ones in sightto help them through it.The Children were given

goodie bags to take awaywhich included donationsfrom Wholefoods Chel-tenham along with variousdental hygiene products.Dr Warren Martin Said

“The children were inspira-tional and we had a fabu-lous day. We always treateach and every one of ourpatients Pain Free and weare passionate aboutchanging the face of den-tistry so that anxious pa-tients feel safe when theycome and see us.One of Greyholme’s core

purposes is to give backwhenever they can, theysupport Dental Mavericksending tooth pain for thechildren in the Rif moun-tains of Morocco , GuideDogs for the Blind,Winston’s Wish and todate have made 30,160giving impacts across theworld with B1G1. So whenWarren heard about Cher-nobyl Children’s Life Lineand found out what anamazing job they do hewas happy to do whateverhe could to help.“I would highly recom-

mend other businesses getinvolved with ChernobylChildren’s Life Line, theyneed all the funds andtime donations they canget. Without them thesechildren would not havethe chance to get any restbite from the pollutionthat surrounds them” con-cluded Warren.

AWARD winning Pan Asianrestaurant The Spice Lodge,are celebrating their 10 yearanniversary this Septembersince opening on Montpel-lier Drive in Cheltenhamduring 2005.To mark the special occa-

sion, the renowned Asianfusion restaurant, owned byMohammed Rahman, arepresenting customers withan exclusive offer of a mealfor two, worth £80 for just£40, on presentation oftheir anniversary voucher.The meal is to thank every-one for their continuedsupport during the lastdecade.Mohammed said: “I want

to thank everyone for their

support of The Spice Lodge.Without it we wouldn’t behere. I love Cheltenhamand the people and Ilook forward to continuingto provide top qualityfood and dining experiencesto the people of the townfor many more years tocome.”Up and coming events at

The Spice Lodge include abusiness networking eventin association with GlosBizon August 6th plus onAugust 27th the restaurantwill ofFcially launch theirnew set business lunchmenu, which will be avail-able Monday to Thursday,priced from £7.95, withfree use of all corporate

meeting room facilitiesbefore and after lunch.For more information and

to purchase an anniversarymeal voucher, call01242 226300 or emaild ine@sp i ce lodge . com.Terms and conditions apply;vouchers need to be pur-chased by the end of Augustbut are valid until the endof September.www.spicelodge.com

Spice Lodge celebrateanniversary with meal offer

SANDFORD Park Lido wel-comed an opportunity toshare their future planswith a group of councillorsat a recent Overview andScrutiny meeting.Martin Surl, Gloucester-

shire’s Frst Police andCrime Commissioner alsowent along to answer ques-tions about this work sincehis election.Cllr Tim Harman said:

‘’Overview and Scrutiny isalso a way of involvinglocal people, communitiesand organisations to ensurethat their views are used toimprove services wheneverpossible. We are alwayspleased to welcomemembers of the commu-nity into the meetings sothat they can sharetheir thoughts and con-cerns, and discuss thingsdirectly with committeemembers.’’Julie Sargent and Keith

Norris, executive ofFcersfrom Sandford Parks Lido,delivered a presentation tothe committee about theirfuture plans. The commit-tee learned that on anygiven day, the lido – run bya charitable trust – couldhave as many as 4,000 visi-tors. Also as part of thelido’s employee health andsafety induction program,staff receive training about

the dangers of sun expo-sure for customers andthemselves. The lido hasalso extended openinghours so that families withsmall children can attendoutside of the hottest hoursof the day.The lido’s lease was also

discussed. The lido is keento begin negotiations overrenewing their lease as theyfelt that with only Fveyears remaining on thecurrent lease this wouldhinder their ability to applyfor funding. The committeehas suggested that councilofFcers look into this.Julie Sargent says: “Over

the last nineteen years wehave worked tirelessly toprotect and enhance ournationally signiFcant lido.We have invested over £2-million in essential refur-bishment and siteimprovements. We haveraised over £460,000 ingrant assistance for a

variety of projects.“Our lido has become

recognised as one of thecontributing factors leadingto Cheltenham being thebest place to live and raisea family. We have receivedover 2.8 million visitorssince 1996. We support ourlocal residential and busi-ness community, whilstproviding a superb visitorattraction for tourists.”Martin Surl reGecting on

the budget said the con-stabulary was in a similarposition to many otherpublic and private organi-sations but reassuredmembers its Fnances werewell-placed to meet thechallenges that were likelyduring a period of austerity.He explained that a new

plan for policing thecounty as one, rather thanseparate areas, would soonbe in place which wasaimed at making theservice more effective.

Sandford Park Lido in the spotlight


FOOD lovers in Cheltenhamcan now enjoy theirfavourite restaurant dishesfrom the comfort of theirdesks and homes. Deliveroo,the premium restaurant fooddelivery service launched itsservice last week in the town.

Nick Lonergan, DeliverooSouth West RegionalManager, said: “Cheltenhamis home to some of the SouthWest’s most discerningfoodies and restaurants. Weare delighted to be workingwith a fantastic selection ofthe town’s favourite restau-rants, transporting thosegreat tastes to people’s homesand of;ces. Whether it’s aSo;a Pizza from Zizzi orBritain’s best Fish & Chipsfrom Simpsons, we pride our-selves on proper food andproper delivery.”

The Cheltenham arm ofDeliveroo welcomes a rosterof the town’s best-lovedeateries including Bhoomi,Simpsons Fish & Chips,Kibou Sushi, Real Burger and

Zizzi. Menu items are trans-ported to homes, of;ces andaddresses of choice via a <eetof delivery mopeds and elec-tric bikes for a <at £2.50 de-livery fee.

Food orders and payment

are all processed online atwww.deliveroo.co.uk.

By entering a postcode andpreferred time slot, thewebsite offers a selection oflocal food establishmentswithin the delivery zone.

This includes the option toschedule orders up to oneday in advance or receivefood as soon as possiblebetween 12pm and 11pm –with an average delivery timeof just 32 minutes.

Deliveroo ready to go!

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AS I write this week’s column thisnewspaper is exactly one yearold? It’s a massive milestone foreverybody involved at The Chel-tenham Standard – and weshould all be very proud.I remember being asked to

come on board only weeks beforethe Jrst issue was released lastyear. The Editor was looking forsomeone younger, not afraid torock the boat, and perhaps mostimportantly - a Cheltonian. Theonly question I posed: whatwould they have me write about?As it later transpired, I could

write about whatever I pleased,and that suits me just Jne.Whilst most of my readers un-

derstand that what I write isloaded with satire; there aretraces of sincerity in my propa-ganda.One bugbear of mine is the

decline in decorum this town issuffering with. Where do I evenbegin to list examples?

1. The Cheltenham BoroughCouncil have the gall to sell off

the Municipal Buildings andhouse themselves in some God-awful looking 60’s building op-posite a Wetherspoon’s2. The residents of this towncontinue to keep shops such as:B&M, Poundland, Wilkinsonsand The Range trading. Forgoodness sake, stop acting sopoor all the time andstart shopping atWaitrose or some-thing?3. Allegedlythere’s going

to be another bloodydiamond hunt later thisyear. Any woman accept-ing a proposal from aman who’s too tight topay for their owndiamond ring obviouslyhas cheap taste in bothjewelry and men.4. Insufferable middle-

class wannabes. This lot are anawful breed of humans who tryterribly hard to self-promote butbelong one tier down. They’renormally in their forties butthey’ll behave like they’re thirty.They’ll organise to go out formeals with other parents orneighbours, preferably at ‘cool’restaurants like Jamie’s orNando’s. They must be seen atevery Cheltenham Festivaland you can be sure if there’san event like the OlympicTorch or a Charity Run –

they’ll tag themselves inon Facebook.5. This townstill doesn’t

have a Selfridges.

For God’s sake – this is aRegency Town – so when are weall going to start behavingproperly??Cheltenham is the town I was

born and raised in. For 25years I’ve been lucky enough tolive here and set up my ownbusiness. My achievements area result of hard work andperseverance. But the more Itake a look at my surroundings,the more I begin to realiseI’m surrounded by a generationof young mummies lookingto buy a cheap Koral dress fortheir 3rd or 4th child inPrimark.It’s for these reasons I will

continue to write my columnsin a frank, honest and no holdsbarred fashion. If we let politi-cal correctness takeover Lordonly knows what improper tastewill fall upon this town. HappyJrst birthday to us!

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE police are appeal-ing for information following a seriousroad trafJc collision in Cheltenham lastSaturday 11th July.Police were called at 14.43 to the col-

lision at the junction of Suffolk Roadand Park Place in Cheltenham.A red Mini driven by a 28 year old

Cheltenham woman was in collisionwith a blue Volvo estate and a silverMercedes Estate taxi, before mountingthe pavement and colliding with awoman pedestrian at the junctionwithPark Place.The pedestrian, a 17 year old Czech

national, was taken by ambulance toGRH with severe leg injuries and hercondition is described as serious butstable.The female Volvo driver, a 51 year

old local woman, sustained a suspectedbroken arm and was taken to Chel-tenham hospital.The taxi driver, a 70 year old local

man, and the Mini driver, were unin-jured.The road remained closed for two

hours while ofJcers from the Tri-ForceSpecialist Operation Collaboration con-ducted a detailed investigation.Anywitnesses who have not yet been

in contact are requested to call Policeon 101 quoting incident 277 of 11 July.

THE Gloucester Quay FoodFestival is back this weekend.It’s an unmissable, FREE toenter treat for everyone witha taste for Jne food anddrink.It’s got all the ingredients

for a great weekend with liveentertainment plus demosfrom top TV chef and bakerPaul Hollywood.There's a FREE Cookery

School and kids' stuff plustheir own Village Greenwhere you can enjoy thesounds of FREE live music -perfect for a lazy sunny after-noon.On Friday they’ll be wel-

coming some great chefs andpresenters offering up arange of cooking demos, aswell as taking some ofGloucester Rugby’s playerspast and present and turningthem into culinary masters.All Friday demos are FREE

to enter.Saturday sees the return of

the one and only Paul Holly-wood, baking live andsharing tricks of the trade

with lots of laughs and audi-ence participation thrown into the mix.And on Sunday it’s all

about the next generation ofcooks, growers and bakers, asCbeebies star Katy Ashworthand Ben Faulks as Mr Bloomwill have the youngsterssinging, dancing and learn-ing how to become littlechefs and healthy eaters!Tickets for these shows are allsold out, however a smallnumber of seats will still beavailable on the day, on aJrst come, Jrst served basis.You can also enjoy

free hands on cooking

activities for chil-dren at the‘Kids CookerySchool’, locatedin a special kids’cookery marqueein Pillar and LucySquare, directlyo p p o s i t eCineworld in theQ u a y s i d eQuarter, with ses-sions taking place

on the hour, every hour from11am (last session at 4pm,book your place on the day).And perhaps take time out

to relax by the music stage,set right at the heart of thefestival.Unwind on their lawn and

enjoy delicious food-to-go,cocktails, cold beer, real aleand cider while listening tosome great sounds fromsome of the best newmusicalartists from Gloucestershireand beyond. A perfect foodiesummertime soundtrack!Friday 17th July –Sunday 19th July 2015www.gloucesterquays.co.uk

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STAFF at the GloucesterBrewery are getting revved-up for the 0rst CAMRA or-ganised beer festival whichhappens in Cheltenham inAugust at the Town Hall.As excitement builds for

the festival across thecounty, the brewers at

Gloucester Brewery are busypreparing the fantastic alefor the real ale a0cionados tosample.Gloucester Brewery will be

brewing an exclusive one-offsmall batch of beer for theinaugural beer festival onAugust 14th and 15th.

Alastair Kerr from theGloucester Brewery said, “Asthe beer festival falls in highsummer we wanted to dosomething out of the ordi-nary and have put together arecipe for a pale Saison beer.”He went to add, “This style

of beer was traditionally

drunk by the continentalagricultural workers duringlong hot summer days in the0eld, so it should be a good0t for the festival.” He alsosaid, “It's going to be 4.5% instrength, crisp, thirst-quenching, slightly pepperybut in very limited supply.”

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THE Grape Escape, a trendynew wine bar and merchanton Bath Road in Chel-tenham headed to CaliforniaonMonday 6th July for theirLrst wine tasting event, Bornin the USA – CaliforniaDreaming.The event was all about

appreciating the wines ofCalifornia alone and guestsgot the opportunity to tastetheir way through eightwines exploring the best thatCalifornia has to offer at dif-ferent price points, accom-panied with locally sourceddelicious cheese and meatplatters from Cheese Works.Owners of The Grape

Escape, Zoe Fisher andAnthony Davies, spent three

weeks in California last year,which actually reinforcedtheir decision to open theirown wine bar. The peoplewere the friendliest theyhave ever come across, espe-cially those working in thewine industry; in fact, whenthey returned they promisedto “be more Californian”.And the wines? Wow, theywere spectacular; so spectac-ular that they now take up afair amount of space on theirwine lists!Anthony said: “Our Lrst

wine tasting event at TheGrape Escape was a brilliantnight with eight incrediblewines.”The next Riesling wine

tasting event, on Monday

3rd August is now fullybooked, but there are still afew places available for thePinot Noir tasting onMonday 7th September,6.30pm. Tickets are priced at£30.With a ‘by the glass’ menu

that changes every week, se-lected from over 200 winesavailable to purchase by thebottle plus wine tastings,customers are truly spoiltfor choice at The GrapeEscape, where every glasstells a story.www.thecheltenhagrape.com to 'nd out more.The Grape Escape -Wine Bar & Merchant,10 Bath Road,Cheltenham, GL53 7HA.

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FIRST Great Western andthe RMT Union are backaround the negotiatingtable following a 48-hourstrike last week.High-speed services

between London, theWestof England andWales wereaffected last week, afterRail, Maritime and Trans-port (RMT) memberswalked out.They fear guards and

buffet cars will be disposedof on the new Meet ofHitachi Inter City Expresstrains for First GreatWestern (FGW).

Both RMT andFGW conLrmedthat discussionswere ongoing.“There are

talks and we'llleave it at thatfor now,” anRMT spokesmanadded.FGW said, despite a

revised timetable andwarnings of much busiertrains, more than 60% ofservices operated asnormal last Thursday.The Lrst Hitachi trains

will run on the Great

Western main line from2017.The new trains are being

introduced on routesbetween London Padding-ton and Cheltenham,Oxford, Bristol and SouthWales.

Talks back on at First Great Western

Editor’sDEskA s this is edition 52

of the paper thenon-numerically

challenged will be cele-brating alongside with us(I hope) that we are, like atruculent child… one yearold this week.It’s been a roller-coaster

of a year with many upsand downs as we’ve foughtto bring you a contentiousnewspaper that pulls nopunches, delivers no driveland does exactly what itsays on the tin.I’ll be honest, there are

some in the town whowould rather see usrollover and die.Probably most of the

town and county council Ishould think? But thatwon’t be happening.Taking people to task is

a serious newspaper’s job.We won’t cosy up toanybody and certainlywon’t let either council-lors, local politicians oreven the general public offthe hook if we thinkthey’re not cutting themustard.We have a newMP (Alex

Chalk) in the town whoseems to know what he’sabout and that can only begood for the town. And ina sideshow view the ex-MPMr Horwood is doingexactly what he should bedoing i.e. sniping in thebackground and question-ing what the new MP is upto. It’s all about accounta-bility.And that’s exactly where

we enter stage right to takea major role is expressingyour views and to take thenonsense out of local poli-tics and the issues thatmatter in rendering a moreconcise view of what’sgoing on with a sense ofslight sensationalism. Weare a newspaper after all.We won’t report on silly

local stories and we won’tpander to any old well-es-tablished relationshipsthat may have been carvedout of complacency.In year where we have

seen French journalist col-leagues massacred in Paris,we were one of only threepapers in the UK to havethe guts to print the

picture of the prophetfrom Charlie Hebdo onour front page to make apoint.We weren’t going to cow

down. And do you knowwhat? That maxim stillstands.At one year old, we are

robust, we are cheeky, weare questioning and we areJe Suis Cheltenham Stan-dard.On a Lnal note for this

one year old edition I’dlike to thank our journal-ists, our photographers,our design, sales andadmin teams… and ouradvertisers for theirsupport in what has been‘an ‘interesting year’.Happy Lrst birthday

to us!

Eric Barton, Editor

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cricketis delighted to announcethat Ovation Finance Ltdhas signed an initial oneyear sponsorship deal withthe County Club by becom-ing a Shirt AdvertisingSponsor.

Their company logo willappear on the back of theRoyal London One-Day Cupcompetition shirts, includ-ing all adult replicas, used bythe Gloucestershire Squadduring their First Teammatches to be played in2015 with signiAcant brand-ing at the Bristol County

Ground and representationon the ofAcial ClubWebsite.Ovation Finance Ltd is

one of the leading Anancialplanning companies in theSouth West, whose headofAce is based in Bristol. Thecompany, who specialise inInvestments, PensionReviews, Financial Planning,Business Planning, Retire-ment Forecasting, TaxAdvice, Trustee Service, LifeAssurance, and Estate Plan-ning, are committed to pro-viding high quality Anancialadvice.Will Brown, Chief Execu-

tive of GloucestershireCounty Cricket Club said:“We are delighted to haveOvation Finance Ltd furtherenhance their relationshipwith us through their invest-ment as sponsor for the backof our Royal London One-Day Cup shirt for 2015. Wehave worked closely withthem over the last few yearsand are thrilled they havedecided to partner with us.”Chris Budd, Managing Di-

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Great recovery ascatering businessforges aheadFOSTERS is an outside cater-ing business - well known inCheltenham for providinglarge volumes of exceptionalquality, locally-sourced foodand drinks. Their clientsinclude Cheltenham TownHall, the CheltenhamCricket Festival and thePittville Pump rooms.But a brand extension de-

cision led Fosters into therestaurant trade and nearlyover the edge. However fastforward a few years and theyhave had one of their mostsuccessful years yet – with20% year on year growth.Back in 2007 and 2008

Fosters’ two restaurants in

Bristol and Portisheadlooked like good proposi-tions. Jack’s in Bristol waswell situated amongst thebanking quarter and luxuryBat development - and inPortishead there was a dis-tinct lack of high end restau-rants even though it was oneof UK’s fastest growingtowns.But when the banking

crisis hit, the expecteddemand in Bristol dried up.This coincided with cashcalls being made on theoutside catering arm of thebusiness.In 2013, Fosters stream-

lined and focused once

again on its core strength:high quality outside cateringfor large volumes of people.Neil Lodge, Chief Execu-

tive says: “We are very clearabout what we do well andwhat’s important to us so wepartner with businesses whoreally beneAt from our corecompetencies and share our

values.”Neil wants to double the

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Ovation Finance Ltd celebrate their 15th yearin business by becoming a shirt advertisingsponsor of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

ANDREWS, the nationalproperty group which hasten branches acrossGloucestershire, has pro-moted Luke Heyden tothe role of BranchManager in CharltonKings. His promotionfollows 18 months duringwhich he held the role ofAssistant BranchManager.Luke Arst joined

Andrews almost Ave yearsago as a Sales Negotiatorhaving previously workedfor a locally-based com-petitor.Having worked his way

up through Andrews,Luke is now lookingforward to making animpact in the BranchManager role, as he ex-

plains: “The progressionopportunities that all staffat Andrews are given thechance to pursue are thereason I’m where I amnow. The training andsupport that the businessprovides are second tonone and having made itto the Branch Managerrole, I am very muchlooking forward toworking further with theteam here to ensure we’redelivering the best experi-ence to our customerbase. Moving forward Imay like to move on to alarger branch within theAndrews’ network, but fornow my focus is verymuch on the CharltonKings market.”

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AfTer its recent sell-out performances atthe TuckwellAmphitheatre andManor by the lake,the combined voicesof the everyman’scommunity choirs arereturning home fortheir Summer Concerton Thursday 30th Julyat the everymanTheatre, entitledguilty Pleasures.

The theatre’s choirs, led byprofessional singer andactress Caroline Mander,have gone from strength tostrength and there are now 7individual choirs, who play tosold out houses, with a longwaiting list of peoplewanting to join.

Asked by the everyman,Caroline started the firstchoir with a small group ofaround 8 people who wereinspired by the hit TV showglee. Noticing there was agrowing demand for groupsto get together and sing,Caroline then went on tostart another 6 choirs,

including golden Voices forthe over 60s, one for motherswith young babies andtoddlers, a teenage choir andone for children.

with the youngestmember at only 5 years ofage and the oldest in her 90s,Caroline’s enthusiasm forleading the choirs isinfectious and clearly reachesout across the age barriers.She maintains that everyonecan sing.

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sing and it’sturned into thisfantastic,enjoyable thingand the standardis actually veryhigh and getsbetter everyterm.”

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Pleasures and explains “TheeveryVoice choir will beperforming a great mix ofsome fabulous songs, songsthat you love - but arepossibly embarrassed toadmit to liking! it will be afun evening of singing alongto some classic cheesynumbers!” She adds “feelfree to bring yourhairbrushes to sing into!”The everyVoice guiltyPleasures concert is onThursday 30th July at7.45pm. Tickets cost £7.50available online atwww.everymantheatre.org.uk or from the Box officeon 01242 572573.

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TwelfTh Nightis one ofShakespeare’smost popularcomedies,featuring a setof twins, Violaand Sebastian,stranded on anisland, eachbelieving theother to bedrowned at sea. Their storyunfolds with countless plottwists and turns as thestage is set for an eveningof madcap mayhem,music, laughter and tears!

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IN THE battle to reach theNational Junior Singles atLeamington Spa some highclass bowling was achievedat Frampton Bowls Clubthat saw the holder NathanKitchen (Cheltenham) andMark Perry (Cheltenham)reach the County Final onJuly 26 at Pineholt BC andwill represent Gloucester-shire at the Nationals.Kitchen started out by

being drawn against SamWilliams (Cheltenham Spa)for the second yearrunning, and this timearound it was Williams whotook a 6-4 lead. Kitchenthen scored two singles tolevel before winning fourends on the trot to go 15-8up and went onto win 21-9.

The semi-Lnals up againstBen Coldrick (Barnwood),whom he will meet in thetwo wood Lnal, saw an evenfour ends before Kitchenforged ahead on the ninthend with a four to lead 10-5.A quartet of twos saw him

then open up an 18-10 leadand he was on the brink ofyet another win needingjust a single leading 20-10when Coldrick mounted a

stiff challenge that saw thegap close to 20-16 after Lveconsecutive winning ends.In the end Kitchen got

the match winning single toreach the Lnal 21-16.Perry, having lost to

Kitchen last season beganby taking a 5-1 lead overRoss Guy (Gloucester Spa).Hitting a purple patch

with Lve straight winningends that included threethrees the gap was 15-3 and

with threemore twosgained acomfortable21-6 win.In the

semi Lnalsf a c i n gT h o m a sJ enk inson( V i c t o r y

Park) he seized the early ad-vantage to lead 7-3 before arun of Lve winning endsopened up a 15-5 lead.A dropped three was re-

dressed by scoring two two’swhich took him into theLnal with a 21-10 win.Other results: (quarter-

Lnals) Thomas Jenkinson21-10 Alex White (Chel-tenham); Ben Coldrick(Barnwood) 22-11 JackWilliams (Cheltenham Spa).

THEWomen’s County Finalstakes place at Falcon BC onFriday with Val Molton(Kingswood and Hanham)looking to gain a hat-trick ofwins after reaching the four

wood singles, two woodsingles and the triples.Play begins at 10am with

Pam Ayres (Cirencester) upagainst Val Molton in thefour wood singles.Also at the same time are

the Pairs featuring JoyceFerson and Thelma GrifLn(Barnwood) up againstLynne Drysdale and SueLatham (Olveston).In the Champion of

Champions Pat Thorley(Nailsworth) plays LindsayCollin (Page Ladies) whilstthe Unbadged featuresAngie Hendry (Falcon)playing Debbie Holwell(Begbrook Green).At 1pm the two wood

singles gets under way withPat Thorley and Val Moltonplaying in their secondFinal.In the afternoon The

Triples has Joyce Ferson,Wendy Manns and ThelmaGrifLn (Barnwood) upagainst Val Molton, PamSalvage and Sue Osborne(Kingwood and Hanham).The Fours sees Iona Bird,

Ann Leach, Pauline Gunnand Kay Gent (Caer Glow)facing Rosie Sheridan, AilsaBrownlie, Jill McIlhoney andJanet Tomlinson (Bishop’sCleeve).

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Cheltenham pair to represent Gloucestershire at Nationals

CHELTENHAM Skit-tles League celebratedthe end of the 2014/15season with their pres-entation night held inPittville Pump Room.Guest presenter for

this year was Chel-tenham Town Mayor,Councillor DuncanSmith. accompaniedby his wife Helen.He discovered just

how popular skittles isacross the town as hepresented 15 Divi-sional Championswith their perpetualtrophy and commem-orative glasses (thatwas around 200 handshakes)followed by 15 divisionrunners-up, Charity Cupchampions, Charity Cuprunners-up, Front Pin cham-

pions and highest awayscorers (a further 50 hand-shakes).Following the presenta-

tion teams and their sup-

porters, enjoyedcatching up witheach other, reminisc-ing about those won-derful wins, andgenerally enjoyingthe rest of theevening – as well asspeculating on justwhat next seasonwould bring.Skittlers are to be

congratulated foranother great yearraising over £6,000for local charities.Also another

£1,300 was raised forThe James HopkinsTrust from the FrontPin competitionduring May.

The Skittles League alsofunded the ‘Old Folks’Christmas Party held at theTown Hall with a further£1600.

Town’s skittles strength celebrated at Pump RoomSKITTLES

Roll of HonouR:2014-2015 SeaSonMen’s Section

Premier A Champions:Saracen’s ‘C’Premier A Runners Up:Victory ‘D’Premier B Champions: Baro BoysPremier B Runners Up:CannonballsDivision 1 Champions:Fox and HoundsDivision 1 Runners Up:Ullenwood Cricket ClubDivision 2 Champions:Shurdington Sports ClubDivision 2 Runners Up:Beehive BitzasDivision 3 Champions: VikingsDivision 3 Runners Up:Merryfellow ‘A’Division 4 Champions:Norwood Arms ‘A’Division 4 Runners Up: WomblesDivision 5 Champions: BritanniaDivision 5 Runners Up:Rowanfield Sports Club

Division 6 Champions: SpringersDivision 6 Runners Up: Knot ‘eresDivision 7 Champions:Cheltenham King GeorgeDivision 7 Runners Up: Co-opDivision 8 Champions:Brown Jug ‘B’Division 8 Runners Up:Outlaws ‘B’Highest Away Score in a LeagueGame: J Watts – Mitre SkittleTeam and A Powell – SyndicateSkittle Team who bothfloored 63Charity Cup Champions:Victory ‘D’Charity Cup Runners Up:Saracen’s ‘C’Highest Away Score in a CupGame: M Wilson – Fir Trees 60Cheltenham Front Pin Cham-pion: S Wilsdon - Golden MillerSkittle Team

Women’s Section

Premier A Champions:Charlton Ladies ‘A’Premier A Runners Up:Malvern Ladies

Premier B Champions:Black & WhitePremier B Runners Up: Tatty’eadsDivision 1 Champions:Umbrella LadiesDivision 1 Runners Up:Ravin’ BansheesDivision 2 Champions:Pink PanthersDivision 2 Runners Up:Atmosphere AlkiesDivision 3 Champions:Bouncing BabesDivision 3 Runners Up:StragglettesHighest Away Score in a LeagueGame: M Williams – Ex PatsLadies 59Charity Cup Champions:Pink PanthersCharity Cup Runners Up:WanderersMiv Barnes Trophy: D Wood –Wanderers 50Highest Away Score in a CupGame: M Alder – WheatsheafLadies 58Cheltenham Front Pin Cham-pion: N Clark – Ravin’ Banshees

BISHOP’S Cleeve tookmany positives from theiropening pre-season gameincluding a well-workedgoal from Jordan Bryan.Sam Gilder

looked a presencein goal and wasforced into actionon 15 minutes,tipping a headerover the bar.On the attack-

ing front JackWatts was athreat with his pace andBryan gave the Mitres fansa reminder of just how bigit was keeping him thisseason.Some neat football

between Jack Horrell andWatts saw the ball crossedto Bryan who cut insideand slammed the ballhome with his left foot.The higher league side

were level on 30 minuteswhen from 20 yards themidLelder drilled the balllow and it hit the postbefore going into the net

off Gilder.Worcester took the lead

when the referee gave apenalty after a collisionbetween Odiero, MattMagee and a forward.The penalty was smashed

the ball into the top cornerand Worcester soon addeda third.

Bryanwas thenfouled in the boxand the refereepointed to thespot, but lastyear’s top scorerWatts blazed hispenalty over thebar.A minute later

an attack down the rightand a mistake from Mageeleft the winger in behindand as he cut the ball backJordan Stoddart turned theball into his own goal.Boss Steve Cleal said: “All

in all it was a goodwork outtoday for both sides I’msure. I've learnt a bit aboutmy players and there wascertainly some positivesand most importantlythings to work on.”* Cleeve play MonmouthTown at home on Saturday(3pm).

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By emily miDwinter

THE Irish Oaks at theCurragh on AARONBrown smashed a record-breaking 356 not out –including more than 300runs in boundaries – tohelp Cheltenham club StStephen's to a 282-runwin away to Hatherleyand Reddings III in Divi-sion Three of the BankHouse GloucestershireCounty League.

The 24-year-old left-hander arrived at thewicket with Saints wob-bling at 8-2 and theywere soon 12-3 before hechanged the course ofthe match with what isthought to be the highestindividual score in anySaturday league match inthe country this season.

In total, Brown wal-loped 24 fours and 36maximums to help his

side amass 456-6 fromtheir 40 overs.

It goes without sayingthat the innings is a per-sonal best along with arecord for 131-year-old StStephens and in theGloucestershire CountyLeague.

It was the Mfth centuryof his career and com-fortably surpassed hisprevious best of 122.

He said: “It was one ofthose days when every-thing I tried kept comingoff. Once I got to 150 Istarted thinking aboutthe individual record atthe club, which I knewwas 183, and after that I

wanted to bat foras long as Icould.

Brown admit-ted the bound-aries “werer e a s o n a b l yshort” while hewas missed off askyer. "It went

really high, the Melderunderneath it ended uptripping over,” he said.He gave a couple of halfchances.

The ball was disappear-ing over the boundarywith such regularity thatsix balls were used in ro-tation while Saints sta-tioned one of their ownplayers in an adjacentMeld for the last hour tohelp with the retrievingand to save time.

Brown shared a standof 186 for the Mfth wicketwith Wes Green whosecontribution was 12.

The great majority ofhis runs came on the

legside. Aaron added:“The wicketkeeper said tome at one point ‘youhaven’t hit a six yet overcover’ so I did that nextball!”

After all his exertions,Brown might havethought he could take iteasy in the second half ofthe game by standingquietly at slip.

But he was asked bycaptain Paul Evans toopen the bowling andfollowed up by claiming3-25 from his nine oversas Hatherley reached174-9 in reply, ensuringthat lowly Saintsrecorded only theirfourth win of thesummer.

Work commitments asan estate agent meanthat Brown usually playsonly every other week.

“But I’ll be seeing if Ican change that and playagain this weekend!" hesaid.

and could go close.At a bigger price is Jack

Naylor trained by JessicaHarrington. This Mlly wasprominent in Epsom Oaksbetting after a close fourth inthe Irish Guineas but did notrun up to expectations atEpsom.

Possibly the course didsuit her and she could begood each way value ataround 12/1, if taking herchance.

Covert Love trained byHugo Palmer in Newmarketis a probable supplementaryrunner and has been intro-duced into the betting at10/1.

If she is supplemented for40,000 euros, clearly con-nections must be very happywith her progress.

All in all, the Irish Oaks isquite a trappy race on paper,but Curvy is on an upwardcurve and she is sure to winfurther good races thisseason.

Saturday also sees therunning of the WeatherbysSuper Sprint, closer to homeat Newbury, over a straight 5furlongs for two-year-olds.

With the weights carriedin the race determined bythe price paid at the yearlingsales, this gives a goodspread of weights butwithout any reference to theratings of the horses (aswould not normally be thecase in a two-year-old hand-icap).

Likely to have amaximum Meld of runners,it is perennially targeted bytrainers Richard Hannon,Richard Fahey and Tim East-erby.

Hannon has the bestrecord in the race and willnormally run a high classanimal as the prize money isso good.

Last year’s Hannontrained winner Tiggy Wiggydid, of course, run third inthis year’s Guineas.

Fahey also has a goodrecord at the course itself soshould not be underesti-mated if he runs a decentsort in the race.

Jack Naylor looksgood Irish Oaksvalue at 12/1

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Brown smashes triple century for St Stephen’s

By James Daly

AFTER an impressive win inthe Eclipse a couple of weeksago, Golden Horn seemsalmost certain to be supple-mented for the Group OneKing George and Queen Eliza-beth Stakes at Ascot on July 25in a bid to bring up the trebleof the Derby, Eclipse and KingGeorge, last done over 30 yearsago.

On the face of it, as theentries stand at the moment,there is no obvious reason whythe three-year-old cannotcomplete this historic feat.

Arguably the return to onemile four furlongs will suit andif the ground stays quick,perhaps only the consistentFlintshire and the improvingSnow Sky will be able to throwdown some sort of gauntlet.

More on this race in nextweek’s Standard.

Golden Horn likelyto run in the KingGeorge at Ascot

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE kepttheir slim hopes of reachingthe NatWest T20 Blastquarter-Mnals with a Mvewicket win over Hampshireat Cheltenham.

A day after gettingmarried, Benny Howell (31*)(pictured) hit the winningruns against his former clubto chase down the 117 re-quired and cap a superb in-dividual performance.

He Mnished on 31 not outafter returning Mgures of 2-15 from fours overs that in-cluded a double-wicketmaiden.

Glos still need to rely on anumber of other results to gotheir way but a win overGlamorgan in Cardiff onJuly 24 may still be enoughto see them Mnish in the topfour and qualify for theknock out stage.

Glos won the toss and ona drizzly afternoon put intheir best bowling perform-ance of the competition sofar to bowl the visitors out

for 116.After a quiet Mrst two

overs, the game sparked intolife at the beginning of thethird.

From the Mrst ball of CraigMiles’ over, Michael Car-berry Nicked a ball off his hipstraight into the media area,sending journalists divingfor cover.

But the very next ball theformer England man was onhis way, bowled for 12 toleave the visitors on 18-1.

Miles, James Fuller andBenny Howell all bowledwith discipline as JamesVince and new man AdamWheater added 20 in thenext 3.4 overs to make it 38-1 after the power play.

Fifteen runs off KieronNoema-Barnett’s Mrst overlooked to have given Hamp-shire some momentum. Butit proved short-lived as TomSmith gave away a miserlyfour in the next pover toleave the visitors on 57-1after eight overs.

Howell produced with adouble wicket maiden in the

ninth over. First the danger-ous James Vince was bril-liantly caught by a divingIan Cockbain at long on for32. And three balls laterWheater was trapped LBWfor 10 to make it 57-3 withtwo new men at the crease.

Howell was in the gameagain in the next over (the12th) as Owais Shah (6)picked him out on the longoff boundary off the bowlingof Jack Taylor.

The Blast’s top wickettaker Smith (1-17) made it 23for the season when hebowled Terry (1) in the 13thto make it 76-5.

The visitors failed to scorea boundary in more thanthree overs but Will Smithput that right in the 16th.First he pulled Taylor(1-24)for four before sending jour-

nalist scurrying for cover fora second time with a sixonto the media balcony.

But the expected Hantsonslaught proved short-livedas the returning James Fuller(2-19) had Gatting caught byTaylor on the cover bound-ary for a run-a-ball 22. Hefollowed that up with thewicket of Smith (18) fourballs later.

In the last over Miles (3-25) removed Arafat (3)–caught by Dent at deep back-ward square leg – andbowled Wood (3) next ball. Arun out by Smith off theMnal ball of the innings leftHampshire on 116 all out.

In reply, with four runs onthe board, Glos lost Blastleading run scorer MichaelKlinger Mfth ball LBW toJackson Bird for 0 to stunnedsilence from the homecrowd.

At the other end, Dent –replacing the injuredHamish Marshall – was en-joying his return to T20action as he hit the Mrstboundaries of the Glos

innings including a scoopover short Mne leg.

Together with Cockbainthe pair added 25. But a mixup over a possible third runcost Cockbain his wicket,run out by ’keeper Wheaterfor 8.

Dent continued to forcethe pace, reaching 23 beforeclipping straight into thehands of Gatting at mid-wicket off Chris Wood in thesixth over to make it 39-3.

Things went from bad toworse in the eighth overwhen Handscomb (7) wasbowled around his legs byDanny Briggs – much to hisdisbelief – with the score on44.

That brought GeraintJones to the crease on his39th birthday. And he cele-brated with his highest Glosscore T20 score – 40 –sharing in a stand of 61 withHowell.

He was bowled by Vincewith 12 runs still needed butHowell and Noema-Barnett(3*) saw their side homewith eight balls to spare.

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SECOND half strikes fromZack Kotwica, Joe Hanksand Lee Vaughan earnedCheltenham Town a com-fortable 3-0 victory in theiropening pre-season friendlyof the summer at Cirences-ter Town.Boss Gary Johnson Gelded

10 of his 11 summer sign-ings in the Grst half beforenaming a totally differentXI after the break.Cheltenham dominated

the Grst half, but they couldnot Gnd a way pastCirencester goalkeeper JoshLangley, with DannyWrightmissing the best chance.There were some Howing

moves, with full-backs JackBarthram and GeorgeMcLennan attacking effec-tively and Harry Pellshowing his inHuence in thecentre of the pitch.Billy Waters played just

behind strikers Wright andAmari Morgan-Smith in a 4-3-3 formation, with centraldefender Downes handedthe armband.Pell drew a save from

Langley with a header fromWaters' cross, Wright saw ashot blocked and Pell sent

another header just wide,this time from Jack Munns'ball in.Calum Kitscha replaced

Dillon Phillips in goal forthe start of the second halfand the rest of the team wasmade up of survivors of lastseason's campaign, alongwith youth team graduateAdam Page and currentUnder-18s skipper NiallRowe.It took them seven

minutes to prise Cirencesteropen when Kotwica ex-changed passes with HarryWilliams and slotted pastSam Hassan in the Centuri-ons' goal.Hanks Gred in the second

in the 79th minute after acorner routine andVaughan, who is availablefor transfer, smashed in aleft footed rocket in the90th minute to completethe scoring, following agood advantage played byreferee Mike Halford.

Cirencester Town (Grsthalf): Langley, Pitts,Dunton, Brown, Herring,Henry, Ricketts, Mortimer-Jones, GrifGn, Parsons,Knight.(Second half): Hassan,Herring (Dunton 69), Lee,Henry, James, Jones, Rick-etts (Lloyd 69), Hooper,

Langworthy, Parsons,Bennett, Lloyd.

Cheltenham Town (Grsthalf): Phillips; Barthram,Downes, Parslow, McLen-nan; Storer, Munns, Pell;Waters, Wright, Morgan-Smith.(Second half): Kitscha;Vaughan, Deaman, Rowe,Bowen; Page, Hanks, Ster-ling-James; Kotwica,Williams, Dale.Referee: Mike Halford.Attendance: 393.

* Cheltenham Town's homematch against BorehamWood will now be playedon Friday, March 25.The Vanarama National

League Gxture was origi-nally scheduled to be playedon Saturday, March 26,but it will take place onGood Friday, with a 3pmkick-off.

* Cheltenham Town won 7-3 at Evesham United onTuesday night, with goalsfrom Harry Williams (2),Amari Morgan-Smith, BillyWaters, Harry Pell, JackMunns and Danny Wright.They travel to Weston-

super-Mare on Saturday(3pm) before hostingShefGeld United on Tuesday(7.45pm).

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Cheltenham Town’ssquad numbers forthe 2015/16 season:

1 Dillon Phillips2 Jack Barthram3 George McLennan4 Kyle Storer5 Aaron Downes7 Harry Pell8 Billy Waters9 Danny Wright10 Amari Morgan-Smith11 Jack Munns12 Calum Kitscha13 Eliot Richards14 Asa Hall15 Jack Deaman16 Joe Hanks17 Zack Kotwica19 Lee Vaughan20 Jordan Wynter21 Harry Williams22 Bobbie Dale23 James Bowen25 Omari Sterling-James

* The number six shirthas been reserved for ayoung loanee due infrom a Championshipclub next week.

Cirencester Town 0Cheltenham Town 3

CHELTENHAM made itthree Premier Two wins inon the trot thanks largely toanother superb display ofbatting from youngsterKieran Smith.Following up his 104 in

the victory over Lechlade aweek earlier, Smith smasheda superb 131 against bottomclub Shapwick and Poldenat the Victoria Ground.Opener Mike Kelly scored

57, but Cheltenham lostMatt Jennings for one.Smith and Kelly put on 91

for the second wicket beforeNayan Karmarkar had Kelly

stumped by Steven Tinnion.Peter Woodland (31)

joined Smith and the pairguided the score to 206 andCheltenham ended on 293for seven from their 50overs.A Gne all-round bowling

display then saw Shapwickdismissed for 218 – 75 runsshort of their target.Elliot Wilson took three

for 25, supported by GeorgeTerry and Harry Arthur, whoclaimed two victims apiece.Jennings, Kelly and SamDidcote all chipped in withone wicket each.The result consolidated

Cheltenham’s position in

Gfth place ahead of Satur-day’s trip one from bottomGoatacre.In the Gloucestershire Di-

vision, Cheltenham CivilService were beaten at homeby Chipping Sodbury,denting their title hopes.Hatherley and Reddings

also suffered on their ownpitch, losing to Lydney,while leaders Dumbletonwon at Woodmancote.

Saturday �xtures: BourtonVale v Hatherley and Red-dings; Cheltenham CivilService v Woodmancote;Dumbleton v GloucesterAIW Sports.

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Curvy has IrishOaks figured out

By JAMES dALy

THE Irish Oaks at the Curraghon Saturday may see thereturn of Curvy, impressivewinner of the Group Two Rib-blesdale Stakes at Royal Ascotin June.The three-year-old Blly,

trained by David Wachman,has improved all season andcould well be good enough toadd this prize to her portfolio,unless connections decide towait for the Nassau Stakes atGoodwood in early August.Aidan O’Brien will, as usual,

Beld several Bllies in anattempt to win the race andthese could include currentante post favourite Diamond-sandrubies who took thePretty Polly Stakes a couple ofweeks ago, Words who wonthe Munster Oaks at Cork andTogether Forever who last ranin the English Oaks withoutgetting in a blow.Of the three, Words has the

proBle of a fast improving Blly

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CHELTENHAM Town haveannounced a new sponsor-ship deal that will seeWhaddon Road renamedtheWorld of Smile Stadiumfor the next three seasons.Based next to Wyevale

Garden Centre onEvesham Road in Chel-tenham,World of Smile areleading providers of con-servatories, garden build-ings, sheds, cane and rattanfurniture.Their managing director,

Jon Burke, is the greatnephew of Robins greatPeter Goring, who went onto enjoy huge success atArsenal after joining themfor a fee of £1,000 in 1948.A butcher in Bishop’s

Cleeve, Goring went on to

win both the League titleand FA Cup with theGunners.Mr Burke said he was

proud to continue thefamily’s association withthe football club.“This is a massive deal

for us and I think my unclewill be looking down witha smile,” he said.“Peter played a big part

in my life when I wasyounger, keeping me onthe straight and narrow soit’s very nostalgic for me tocome back to WhaddonRoad and meet the newmanager Gary Johnsonand some of the players.“Cheltenham Town need

support from the commu-nity and local businesses,who can help them getback to where they should

be, which is higher up.“You can’t say the name

World of Smile withoutgrinning and that’s whatour company is all about:making customers andclients happy with a posi-tive outlook and that iswhy we are reaching outinto the community.“There is a positive

feeling around Chel-tenham Town at the

moment and I think we’rein for a good season.”Robins chairman Paul

Baker was thrilled to securea key partnership for theVanarama National Leagueclub.“I am absolutely de-

lighted with this deal and Ihave to say a big thanks toJohn Finnigan (commercialexecutive) and MarkCuzner (commercial con-

sultant), who initiated thecontract,” Mr Baker said.“It was very easily negoti-

ated and to have a threeyear increasing deal istremendous and gives usreal security.“It is a completely new

name to be associated withthe club and it’s a great dealfor both parties.“The history with Peter

Goring and Jon’s familyadds context to the storyand I know he is chuffed tobits.“We are also enthused by

his willingness to help in-troduce other potentialsponsors to us in thecoming months.”

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