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Welcome to the October issue of Haxey&Westwoodside Arrow

September as come and gone so quickly and we are now in to October, and YES my favorite time of year! A month of pumpkins and all things spice which means it can only be Halloween! There are 2 events in the Arrow this month advertising their Halloween events, so stay local and please give them some support!

I would like to congratulate a very special person on his new business venture, SMW Fitness and Training. I am sure most of you on the Isle know Mr Watson, I for one know him from the primary school days of my son who is now 16! We wish him all the best in his new venture, and I am 100 percent sure Mr Watson will do very well. As one profession loses a much admired school teacher, another profession is just waiting round the corner. Check his website out and lets get training: www.smwfitnessandhealth.co.uk

The November issue deadline for adverts and content is Wednesday 11th October. The Arrow will be delivered by the 1st November.

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Community News

Owston Ferry Heritage Society

invites you to a slide show talk "Riverside" by Aubrey Lindley. Wed 11th Oct, 7.30pm in the Coronation Hall. £3 admittance includes refreshments. Non members welcome.

Owston Ferry Heritage Society will be hosting a Coffee Morning

Thurs 26th Oct 10am Coronation Hall. Usual stalls, coffee & cake. £3 entry; a fundraiser to help support The Smithy Museum, Everyone welcome.

Haxey & Westwoodside Heritage

Society's next meeting will take place on the 12th October at 7.30pm in Westwoodside Village Hall. Robert Fish is making a return visit with an illustrated talk "A Journey along the Rivers of Axholme". All welcome to come along, £3 including refreshments.

EPWORTH & DISTRICT WI

TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2023

EPWORTH IMPERIAL HALL (small hall)

7:30pm

A BRIEF HISTORY OF KNICKERS BY JANET STAIN

Janet is an historian on Victorian costumes and underwear. She will take us through the various stages of knickers from the 1500's to present day and will bring a display of appropriate fashions through the ages. This will give us an excellent insight into the subject of knickers, amusingly delivered by Janet.

The WI welcomes visitors at £4 per person, Members free. Refreshments will be available and a raffle will take place.

Haxey Community Panto are busy rehearsing for their 2023 production, Red Riding Hood. Tickets are available from Mowbrays Cafe, Haxey (£7-adult/£5 children under 10) - performance dates - Friday, 8th December (7pm), Saturday 9th December (2pm and 7pm) and Sunday, 10th December (2pm).

DONCASTER CANCER DETECTION TRUST

We would like to thank everyone who supported us during the summer at two events where we had a stall. At Bentley Gala on 16th July we made £92.36. On 19th August at Auckley Show we made £233.50.

As we seem to be heading towards the year end at an increasing pace (!) we have some dates for your diary. Our annual Memory Tree will take place once again in the Frenchgate Centre. It will start on Monday, 27th November and finish on Saturday, 9th December 2023, excluding Sunday, 3rd December.

Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers will be holding their annual Charity Christmas Concert at Doncaster Minster on Saturday, 16th December from 7.00-9.30pm. We will give you further details about both events in the November magazine.

If you need to get in touch with us our contact details are: 22 Wood Street, Doncaster DN1 3LW (entrance by the side of Kerry Gough Florists), first floor (lift available), Room 111. Tel. 01302 325029. Email: info@dcdt.co.uk. Website: dcdt.co.uk. As the office is not fully manned it is best to Email or telephone in advance if you are thinking of coming to see us. Thank you very much to everyone who supports us, whether through donations, volunteering or helping us in various other ways. We are so very grateful.

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Crowle & Ealand Heritage Society

Thursday 12th October 19:30 in Crowle Market Hall

King's Own Yorkshire Light Regiment - Major (rtd) D Wroe MBE DL David Wroe, a Crowle Resident for the last 13 years will talk about the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, briefly summarising its early history, from the Peninsula war to WW1, and those men from this area who gave their lives during WW1. He will also talk about the future of the Regiment in its current form and name.

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Isle Group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

Woodall Spa Airfield Nature Reserve by Kevin

James

Thursday October 5th at 7.30pm

On Thursday October 5th we will be having an illustrated talk on the Woodall Spa Airfield nature reserve. This was the airfield that the Dam Busters flew from and later it was developed as a sand and gravel quarry. Now, as a nature reserve, it is becoming a haven for a variety of wildlife and the main path for visitors is the old runway. Kevin James, the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust warden responsible for its development, will explain what is being done on this reserve.

We meet at Belton All Saints Centre (Church Hall), Stocks Hill, Belton, DN9 1PE Everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a member of the Wildlife Trust so please come along and join us. Entrance fee is £1. There will be refreshments and a raffle. For further information about the local Trust group and their meetings please contact Tony Lee on 01427 753831 or Chris Trinder on 01427 872051. Details about the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust can be found on their web site.

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South Axholme Academy GCSE Results 2023 –Congratulations on your amazing results!

South Axholme Academy continues its tradition as high performing secondary school with another year of amazing GCSE results. 85% of students receiving a grade 4 or above in English and 78% receiving a grade 4 or above in Mathematics. The indicative Progress 8 figures for this year continue to show South Axholme Academy remains as one of the top performing schools within the region. Scott Barlow, Principal said "The class of 2023 should be proud of their amazing achievements. They have worked incredibly hard and deserve their brilliant results. I would like to thank all of the parents and carers for their unwavering support and wish the students the very best in the next stage of their educational journey."

Stuart Wilks, Chair of Governors stated that "The GCSE results are amazing this year and I would like to congratulate all of the students on their hard work and dedication. A true reflection of the student's commitment"

Paul Barratt, Chair of Isle Education Trust, commented "South Axholme Academy continues to provide a high quality education for all its students and the results reflect the continued hard work from all those involved within the academy. I would like to thank the teaching staff and leadership teams for their relentless efforts in supporting and nurturing our young people. The results received again show South Axholme Academy to be one of the top performing schools within the Yorkshire and Humber area."

Some amazing individual performances include Emily Collins who achieved 7 grade 9's most notably in Biology, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Food, Geography and Mathematics. She also achieved 2 grade 8's in Physics and Spanish. McKenna Wilkinson who achieved 5 grade 9's most notably Biology, English Language, English Literature, Mathematics and Physics with three grade 8's in Chemistry, Geography and PE. Finally, Daniel Holt who achieved 3 grade 9's including Business Studies, Mathematics and Physics with 5 grade 8's in Biology, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature and History. Congratulations to all our students and we wish them the very best in their future.

Congratulations to the class of 2023! We are delighted that our Year 13 students have received amazing results this year. Their hard work and dedication has been recognised with some stunning A Level and vocational results! A particular well done to Lewis Higgins who achieved 2 A's in Further Mathematics and Physics and an A* grade in Mathematics.

It was fantastic to see our students this morning and we wish them well at University or as they move into employment.

Mr Barlow Principal South Axholme Academy

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1st Isle of Axholme BP Scouts

Summer in scouts looks much more outdoors than the rest of the year. As we prepare for our big, combined section camp (beavers, cubs, scouts and senior scouts) and Duke of Edinburgh assessed Expeditions, we spend much more time outside. Camp preparation involves making sure everyone has the skills needed to enjoy the camp. The older scouts get ready to run games and fun sessions for the younger ones, the younger ones get ready for first camps learning tent and packing skills. More to follow after camp (July 14-16th).

June also saw our annual Cublympics – we took to the field to compete in a range of sports day type activities but with a twist. Competition and sportsmanship at its best. Lots of fun! Due to a number of cubs moving up to scouts, there will be spaces opening up in cubs from September if your 8-11 year old would like to join. Contact Matthieu for more information.

The scouts have been revelling in the warmer weather, completing their kayak badge. We have joined Green Star Canoe club for training on a Monday evening in glorious sunshine (so warm, we have not needed wetsuits), to work towards our BCU 1* qualification equivalent. It involves safely getting into/ out of kayaks, paddle skills including a longer journey, and capsize drill.

Our Duke of Edinburgh group continue to train for their Bronze Award, preparations are well underway for their 2 day expedition in July. Menus have been chosen and stoves prepared, tents and rucksacks packed (everything they need for 2 days in the wilderness) and weighed to make sure it evenly distributed across the group. Campsites booked and maps annotated and routecards written.

We have recently been trying to raise our profile in the community as there are many young people who do not know what scouts is like and would be interested in joining. We have done an assembly in a local primary school, and community litter picking. On the weekend of July 1st our scout troop also had a presence at both Haxey Summer Feast and Misterton Gala.

Sections all meet at the Westwoodside Village Hall: (Cubs, Scouts and Senior Scouts) all meet on Monday evenings 6pm (Cubs), and 7pm (Scouts), and Beavers (tbc) probably on a Tuesday evening at 6pm (from September).

Community News

Misterton Bowls Club win MIllenium Cup Competition

The village Bowls club have won the Gainsborough and District Millenium Cup Final. After having overcoming near neighbours Beckingham in the semi final the team went on to defeat Gainsborough club ‘Marshalls’ at Owston Ferry on the 20th of August.

What a fantastic family fun day we

had at our

‘Seeds of Change’

Team on the night

Back row L-R Albert Lote, Doug Young, John Hunt, Dave Seymour, Tom Allen

Front row L-R Freda Allsopp, Hazel Duffner, Denise Morgan (capt) Danny Ferry. Away on holiday but playing in previous rounds were Pete Collins and Mark North

A Teddy Bears’ Picnic was the third event at Misterton Library

this summer. The aim of the events, linked to the national Summer Reading Challenge, was to encourage children, young people, and families to enjoy visiting the Library and reading books. There was a selection of games and activities for children (pictured) and families.

event at Wesley Memorial Church Epworth in August. It was wonderful to share it with so many people of all ages from our community. We explored the theme of God’s wonderful creation and what we can do to protect it, through eco themed crafts, art activities, gardening, Bible stories performed by the ‘Open the Book’ team and parachute games. A lovely buffet lunch was provided for everyone. We were blessed with perfect weather, allowing us to have activities in the church gardens as well as in the church building. It was a very practical day with lots to see and do. Hopefully the people who attended will keep the importance of the key message which was to change actions to greener, cleaner and more sustainable lifestyles for the sake of our planet and its future. The team who planned and organised this successful day are already looking at the feedback forms and reflecting with the intention of doing a future event that we will endeavour to inform The Arrow of so… watch this space!

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