Christmas 2017 Edition 13 Christmas

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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: nthoresbynews@gmail.com

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 thosenewcombs@gmail.com

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

davebedlow9@gmail.com 01472-840364

07548127162 or Claire Cooper (i/c Mar-

keting) claire.1940s@hotmail.com 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 iangwright@hotmail.com

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

iangwright@hotmail.com

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 nthoresbynews@gmail.com 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 claire.1940s@hotmail.com . 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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Now in Di-vision 1 of

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