The Branton & Auckley Arrow

August 2023

Issue No. 213

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SAVE THE DATE If it isn’t already in your diary put

SPROTBROUGH SCARECROW FESTIVAL 2023 on

SEPTEMBER 2ND & 3RD Last year we had 57 Scarecrows, Can we turn it round to 75 this year

This year we are supporting Baby Basics

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Welcome

to the August issue of the

Sprotbrough Arrow Huge congratulations to all students who have recently received their degree results.

I hope the work and effort made is all worth while and I wish you all the very best of luck with the next chapter of your life.

August is time to holiday and we have lots going on to keep us entertained. The annual Auckley Show will be held on Saturday 19th August and the Epworth Show , also a great day out, takes place on Bank Holiday Monday, 28th August.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park have their summer concerts lined up with some great entertainers including Olly Murs, book your tickets online at www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com.

I hope everyone has a wonderful summer break. Good luck to all students awaiting exam results this August.

The September issue deadline for adverts and content is Wednesday 16th August.

The Arrow will be delivered by 1st September.

Best Wishes Michelle Sidebottom

Tel: 07795 387937 michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk arrowpublications.co.uk

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Sprotbrough Cricket Club Welcome to the latest edition of Sprotbrough Cricket Club’s Arrow column, bringing you all the news and goings-on of a club at the heart of the community.

Although we’ve passed the halfway point of the season, our on and off-pitch escapades show no signs of slowing down! Be sure to follow our Facebook (Sprotbrough Cricket Club) and Twitter (@CcSprotbrough) pages for regular updates regarding upcoming matches, match results and reports, training sessions, important dates for the season and general news around the club!

Team

Date

Opponent

First XI

5th August 26th August

Sheffield Collegiate Conisbrough

Second XI

12th August 19th August

Oughtibridge Kexborough

Third XI

19th August (at Hooton Pagnell CC)

Hatfield Town

Sunday XI

6th August

Crofton Phoenix

All our teams are really into the thick of their seasons now, and the games keep on coming. If you’ve enjoyed watching cricket on the TV so far this summer, there’s nothing better than to take that inspiration and support your local team. There’s nothing quite like village cricket. Be sure to join us at the games listed above and get behind the famous Copley Crest! All home matches will take place at the Ivanhoe unless stated otherwise. For information on start times, away fixtures and junior matches, please see our social media pages.

We’d firstly like to thank everyone who turned out at our annual Big Bash event at the Ivanhoe field on Saturday 8th July. It might have belted it down later in the evening, but that didn’t stop our amazing community coming out to support their local cricket club and have a great time! Thank you very much to Automatic Fishcake and Anya Goel for providing the music to create a cracking atmosphere, along with The Brisket Pit, 500 Degrees North and The Cookie Smith – without whom our delightful food market wouldn’t have been possible. We’d also like to extend our gratitude to everyone who helped set up, coordinate and clean up the event. We wouldn’t exist without these wonderful people who give up their time to help keep the club and its facilities in top form, and we are very grateful for them.

On the pitch, we want to celebrate history at Sprotbrough CC this month. That is because we caught up with members of our inaugural junior all-girls’ team, who play at under-11s level. It’s safe to say these girls have been truly gripped by this summer’s Ashes and inspired by The Hundred of recent years, so much so they have become trailblazers at Sprotbrough and we couldn’t be prouder. Bethany, Harriet, Emily, Isla, Jaidie, Erin, Ellena, Connie, Georgina and Scarlett love their cricket. They told us they enjoy staying active whilst getting to see friends, and they were very excited to read their names in this article! These girls also incredibly mature for their age, which really showed when they said how they enjoyed the competitiveness of the games but always cheered for their opponents after they finished. There are some people at the Marylebone Cricket Club who could learn a thing or two from them…

When it comes to letting the cricket do the talking, these girls are on fire. Not only have they won all of their games in their all-girls’ division, but some of them also play at under-9s and under-11s level alongside the boys!

When asked who was better, it’s safe to say there was a unanimous majority! It’s obvious their enthusiasm is rubbing off, with coach James and scorer Rebecca Rowett telling us how more girls are attending training with an interest to sign on next season. These girls personify everything Sprotbrough CC prides itself on: inclusivity, respect and enthusiasm. We can’t wait to watch them grow into the next Tammy Beaumont and Sophie Ecclestone in the near future!

Thank you as always for reading! Look out for the next edition of this column in September 2023!

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RICHMOND HILL PRIMARY ACADEMY

Create Day with The Royal Opera House Our Year 4 have had the privilege of being part of the Royal Opera House Create Day. This saw them being taught choreography by artists from the Royal Ballet, vocals from the Royal Opera House and prop making by the design team. This culminated in a stunning live performance across the country, live streaming each school taking part. What a wonderful experience and they were simply stunning to watch.

Community Connections Congratulations and well done to Charlotte in Year 4 who won the competition to design a poster advertising the summer fayre at the Richmond Care Home on Sprotbrough Road. She was presented with this fantastic prize to reward her artistic talents.

Healthy Week What a fabulous Healthy Week we had recently.

There were some fantastic sports the children were involved in – cricket, multi-skills, tag rugby, dance, football to name but a few. Thank you to Complete Coaching, Leger Sport, Club Doncaster, Cre8tive Dance and our fabulous PE leads Mrs Scanlon & Mr Burke – culminating in our great sports days held within the week.

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YolanDa’s Band Jam We had a special invite for selected Y2 and Y3 children to YolanDa’s Band Jam held at the Cast Theatre. The children were part of the televised performance for CBeebies and had a fantastic time.

Y6 Adventure Our Y6 pupils enjoyed a wonderful residential with

Flying Futures, a 2 night 3 day camping adventure with some fabulous activities - on the go morning till night.

Highlights were rafting, zip wire, robot catwalk, and a talent show extravaganza.

Smashing it with Science Our Y5 headed to Hill House school with our other Trust schools to take part in a fabulous day of science exploration. Some excellent investigating skills enjoyed by all.

What a Show!

Our wonderful Y6 gave us a show stopping performance to rival the West End in their very last appearance on the Richmond Hill stage. To say they were amazing would be an understatement- they absolutely blew us away!

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Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School News Curriculum News

This half term, the children in Reception have relished their new learning based on the centre of interest ‘In the Jungle’. They have been busy learning about different types of animals which has included naming animals and their young, knowing the name of a habitat for a variety of animals and naming where reptiles live. They have also been comparing environments around the world suited to reptiles and other animals and have looked at rainforests and where they are located on a map/globe. To stimulate this topic both Reception classes and the children in Nursery experienced a visit from ‘Reptile Rendezvous’ on Tuesday 13th June who provided a fantastic hands-on experience where the children encountered a range of exotic animals. The children were fascinated to learn that the Leopard Gecko ‘drops’ its tail to distract any predators then grows it back again later! They noticed how heavy the Burmese Python was and were surprised that he felt cold and smooth but not slimy. They learnt that the tortoise had a beak instead of teeth and found out that Burger the Tortoise got his name from the way he is held!

Having won the children’s prize last year, children are currently working on this year’s entry into Sprotbrough Scarecrow Competition. Each class will be working on their own scarecrow as part of this community project but we do not want to give our theme away too early … watch this space and we will reveal more in September!

All the staff at Orchard would like to say a HUGE well done to all children on their hard work and fantastic achievements during this academic year. We continue to be so proud of all that they do and would like to wish them continued success in their next year group.

We all hope that you have a fantastic summer break and we look forward to sharing more Orchard news from Sports Day in the august issue.

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What’s On In Sprotbrough?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

Mon

Guides

Sprotbrough Library

7.00—8.30pm

Mon

Dancercise Beginners

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

11.20am– 12.20pm

Mon

Nelly Stagles School of Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.30pm—5.00pm

Mon

Scottish Dancing

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

7.30pm—9.45pm

Mon

Pilates

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30am-10.30am

Mon

Little Thinkers

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

1.00pm—3pm

Mon

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.15-7.45pm

Mon

Transformation 12 fitness

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.15-8.15pm

Mon

Beavers (6-7yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.00-7.30pm

Tue

Nelly Stagles School of Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.30pm—8pm

Tue

Coffee Morning (Term time only)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10.30-11.30am

Tue

Coffee, Cake & Chat

The Stable, Main Street

9.45—11.30am

Tue

Painting Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

2.00-4.00pm

Tue

Cubs (8-10yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.30-8.00pm

Tue

67th Sprotbrough Scouts—Cubs

Sprotbrough Methodist Church Hall

6pm-7.30pm 7.30—10.30pm

Tue

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

Tue

67th Sprotbrough Scouts

Sprotbrough Methodist Church Hall

7.30pm—9.30pm

Wed

Sprotbrough Park Playtime (term time)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30-11am

Wed

Yoga

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

10—11.30am

Wed

Story Time & Activities Alternate weeks

Sprotbrough Library

1pm—2pm

Wed

B’Fit with Cheryl

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

6.15-8.30pm

Wed

67th Scouts—Beavers

Sprotbrough Methodist Church Hall

5.30pm—6.45pm

Wed

Little Movers

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

10.15am—11.15am

Wed

Scouts (11-14)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.00-9pm

Wed

Community Church

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

2pm—3pm

Wed

Slimming World

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.30pm—8pm

Thurs

LT Fitness

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

11-12.15pm

Thurs

Little tykes (childminders drop in)

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15—11.00am

Thurs

Playtime

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30am– 11am

Thurs

Thursday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Thurs

Playtime

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

1.30pm-2.30pm

Thurs

Rainbows

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.45-5.45pm

Thurs

Male Voice Choir

Royal British legion Club

7pm—9pm

Thurs

Ridgeway School of Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.45-8pm

Thurs

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.00-7.30pm

Thurs

Yoga Class

St Marys Church Hall

7—8.30pm

Thurs

Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.30-9.30pm

Fri

Frog Phonics

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30—11.30am

Fri

NCT Play Group

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9am—12.30pm

Fri

Sequence Dance—Ian Sadler

Royal British Legion Club

1.00-3.30pm

Sat

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30—10.30pm

Sat

Transformation 12 fitness

St Mary’s Church Hall

9.30-10.30am

Sat

Ridgeway School of Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9am—2.45pm

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Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

10am—12noon

t-Time, Crafts, bible stories and more

St Marys Church Hall

4—5pm—check hall for dates

What’s on in Warmsworth?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

Monday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Tuesday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Tuesday

Rainbows

Warmsworth Community Centre

6pm-7pm

Tuesday

Brownies

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

6pm-7.30pm

Tuesday

Ladies Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

Wednesday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Thursday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Thursday

Dancing Class

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

4pm-9pm

Thursday

Watercolours

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

10am-12 noon

Friday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

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St Marys Church Hall and Stable Bookings Tel: 07761 536676 Office hours 9am - 2pm Mon & Thurs

bookings.sprotbrough@gmail.com Warmsworth Community Centre Tel: 01302 858200 Sprotbrough Community Library Room Hire Bookings

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Monthly Events in Sprotbrough & Warmsworth Monthly

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

3rd Monday

St Mary’s Mothers Union

The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro

7.30pm- 9.30pm

1st & 3rd Tuesday

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30-10.30pm

1st Wednesday

Sprotbrough Wives

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

7.30-10.00pm

2nd Thursday

Lunch Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

12.15pm - 2.00pm

2nd Thursday

Jigsaw Puzzle library

The Stable, main Street, Sprotbrough

1.00pm—3pm

2nd Tuesday

Sprotbrough WI

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30—9.30pm

Thursday, every 2 weeks

Ladies Circle

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

7pm—9.30pm

2nd Monday

Ladies Club Committee

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

2nd Monday

Parish Council meeting

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

1st Thursday

Warmsworth WI

Warmsworth Community Centre

7—9pm

2nd Monday

Ward Councillors Surgery

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

6—7pm

1st Tuesday

Warmsworth & Edlington Lions Club

The Holiday Inn, Warmsworth, DN4 NUX

7pm

Last Friday of the month

Sprotbrough Village History Group

St Mary’s Church Hall, Main Street, Sprotbrough.

2pm—4pm

3rd Wednesday

Warmsworth Neighbourhood Watch

Cricket Club

7pm

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