The Sprotbrough Arrow

Also covers Warmsworth

March 23

Issue No. 210

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Welcome

to the March issue of the

Sprotbrough Arrow Spring is in the air! We’ve nearly made it. I love walking through our woods and seeing the first signs of spring. Gives us all hope for the year to come.

As you will hopefully have noticed, if you live in Warmsworth, the Arrow is now bi monthly, we deliver to Sprotbrough and Warmsworth one month, then Sprotbrough and Cusworth the following month and so on. If you have a business you would like to promote or a community activity that needs some exposure, please contact me on the details below. Businesses pay for advertising space, however, I have space available free of charge for community activities and charities.

The April issue deadline is Wednesday 15th March. The Arrow will be delivered before 1st April.

Best wishes Michelle Sidebottom

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Community News DOG FOULING, NO EXCUSE

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Dog mess is the most unacceptable and offensive type of litter on our streets. Keep Britain Tidy research tells us that dog fouling is the issue the public are most concerned about.

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WATCHING YOU

Dog fouling is not only deeply unpleasant, it is dangerous. Whilst rare, contact with dog excrement can cause toxocariasis – a nasty infection that can lead to dizziness, nausea, asthma and even blindness or seizures.

It’s no wonder dog fouling is such a problem – there are estimated to be more than 8 million dogs producing more than 1,000 tonnes of mess every day in the UK alone. While most dog owners are caring, responsible individuals, there are still some people who do not clean up after their pets.

Anyone who fails to clear up after their dog can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of up to £100. If the case goes to court this could cost the owner or person in charge of the animal up to £1,000.

The law states that being unaware a dog has fouled or not having a suitable bag is not a reasonable excuse.

If someone does fail to clean up after their pet, it falls to the council to get rid of it. Normally after being reported due to children or the elderly having slipped in it. Keep Britain Tidy have a new campaign ‘We’re watching you’. This is aimed at reminding people, even at night, you can be seen and we will not put up with it.

It’s important to highlight to dog owners that any bin will do for their pet’s mess. While some councils do provide dedicated dog-fouling bins, any public bin can take the waste.

There is no excuse to leave it.

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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.

It’s so exciting to think we’re just a month away from the start of a new season! It’s definitely starting to feel real now, and we can’t wait to get back out there – in case you can’t tell already!

Winter nets are now in full swing for both our junior and senior teams! Whilst we’ve had a great turnout so far, that doesn’t mean it’s too late to join us in time for the new season. If this is something you or your children aged under 15 are interested in, our junior sessions are taking place between 6pm and 9pm every Monday until 27th March at St Pius X Catholic School in Wath-upon-Deane – postcode S63 7PQ. These sessions cost £5 per week. Our senior nets, which is open to people of all ages wanting to play senior-level cricket, are taking place every Tuesday between 8pm and 9.30pm at Sheffield Hallam University – postcode S9 1UA – until 28th March, but there may be more sessions after that to be confirmed. These sessions also cost £5 per week.

Regardless of whether you are completely new to cricket or an experienced veteran, we are keen to welcome anyone of any age or standard interested in playing cricket this year. We’ve said it once, but it isn’t too late to join us at our net sessions to help refine your skills before the 2023 season starts. Payment for both junior and senior nets can be made by card, cash or bank transfer.

We have also recently confirmed our important dates for the upcoming season, so make sure you save them! Thank you to everyone who joined us or renewed their time at Sprotbrough Cricket Club at our annual signing-on day on the 26th February; we’re hope you’re just as excited for the season as we are!

Other important dates for the summer are as follows: Our annual six-a-side tournament will take place on the 28th May, in memory of our dear friend Alastair Graves. It’s a day which never fails to provide great fun for all the family and is open to entry for everyone – regardless of whether you play regularly or not!

It’s also been confirmed that our annual summer barbecue will take place on the 8th July.

This is another event which we feel always brings our community together, and is certainly not to be missed at the height of t-shirt weather and long days!

More information about these events will be announced in due course. If you would like the most up-todate news on winter nets, important dates for 2023 and what’s happening around the club, make sure to follow our Facebook (Sprotbrough Cricket Club) and Twitter (@CcSprotbrough) pages – which can also be contacted if necessary.

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

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WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB Find a Spring in your step at our March meetings 07 Mar 23 Powder Compacts 15 Mar 23 58th Anniversary Dinner 21 Mar 23 Sanctuary 28 Mar 23 Art and Poetry Evening Everyone is made very welcome.

Join us and bring a friend on Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm Stapleton Community Centre, Low Road

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Doncaster Rambler’s Feb– May 2023 Walks Planner

Saturday, 4th February, Micklebring, masts and the M18, 11mi / 17.7km, Leader Gabriel Czigany Tuesday, 7th February, Dam I Forgot My Flask, 11mi / 17.7km, Leader Stephen Tomlinson Saturday, 11th February, Wharncliffe Side Walkabout, 11mi / 17.7km, Leader George James Saturday, 25th February, North Elmsall Exerciser, 10mi / 16.1km, Leader George James Saturday, 18th March, A Chesterfield Waltz, 10mi / 16.1km, Leader George James Tuesday, 4th April, The Robin Hood Way and Southwell Trail, 12mi / 19.3km, Leader Robert Elvidge Tuesday, 18th April, Alport Castles Tower Circular, 10mi / 16.1km, Leader Jeannette Walters Saturday, 13th May, Get set for Second Langsett, 11mi / 17.7km, Leader George James For more information about each walk please visit our website

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Community News The Charity Christmas Concert organised by the Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers and supported by The Co-op on Saturday 17th December 2022 at Doncaster Minster was once again a huge success. The concert once again featured performances by The Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers and Hatfield & Askern Colliery Band with The 20ft live Minster Christmas Tree creating a wonderful backdrop.

The performers, The Minster staff, Co-op Food, Funeralcare and our local Co-op Member Pioneers all worked together both before the event and on the night to provide a wonderful evening's entertainment which also included refreshments during the interval. The refreshments and raffle prizes were once again provided and served by our local Coop stores and their staff.

This was yet again a fantastic turnout by the people of Doncaster to support a great cause, Doncaster Cancer Detection Trust which last year celebrated their 50th Anniversary year. Proceeds from the concert and the amazing Memory Christmas tree in the Minster (which was also donated by Doncaster Coop Funeralcare) raised £1500 and a cheque was presented to members of the charity in Doncaster Minster on Monday 16th January 2023.

The attached photograph shows just a small number of the volunteers who helped to put the concert together from the choir, Coop store, Coop Funeralcare and membership personnel along with representatives from Doncaster Cancer Detection Trust and the Minster. Dorothy Miller, Chairman of the Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers who organised the concert wished to extend her thanks not only to the performers but to all involved in making this event such a highlight of the Christmas celebrations in Doncaster.

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NEWS FROM RICHMOND HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

The Year of the Rabbit!

Our Early Years children enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year - with some fabulous activities and a yummy taste testing.

Slowly Does It A V.I.T (Very Important Tortoise) visited Year 2.

Taco, ate, drank, took a bath and sprinted across our carpet. Pupils loved seeing Taco loving life in Y2 and respectfully created a quiet and safe environment to observe his movements. A lovely afternoon.

Team Work Makes the Dream Work It’s all about team work in Year 6 - they have been using these skills in a set of exercises to develop shelters in den building and completing assault courses.

We Love Maths Our weekly maths club in Year 2 is going from strength to strength. Here they are using manipulatives to support and enhance knowledge and application of number and calculations.

Perfecting Our Skills 22 Please mention “The Arrow” when responding to advertisements We have been practicing our ball skills getting ready for a range of competitions we have coming up with Leger Sport.

Perfecting Our Skills We have been practicing our ball skills getting ready for a range of competitions we have coming up with Leger Sport.

Holocaust Memorial Day Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 our Year 6 respectfully marking the day with the purple candle symbol to remember and stand against prejudice.

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DONCASTER CANCER DETECTION TRUST At the time of writing the sun was shining on a lovely group of snowdrops, a sure sign that Spring was on the way.

We are very pleased to report that we are in the process of buying equipment for the Jasmine Centre at DRI (breast cancer). It is a table and rack which will help the theatre staff during surgery and we have donated £6,250.

Also, as previously mentioned, we are buying another couch for the Urology Department. The price has slightly increased since last month and we will donate £13,667.

We now have a final figure for the money raised

by Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers along with the Hatfield and Askern Colliery Band at their annual Christmas concert at the Minster. The total came to £1,500 which included donations from the Minster Memory Tree (kindly provided by Doncaster Co-op Funeralcare). Our very grateful thanks once again to everyone involved.

If you have any fundraising ideas please let us know. 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.

As always, we continue to try and improve the lives of local residents by fundraising to buy much needed cancer-related equipment for our hospitals. All donations, however small, are very welcome.

For more information on the work of the Doncaster Cancer Detection Trust or to donate, please check out their web site www.dcdt.co.uk. Also on Face Book.

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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

Relax Kids for pre-school children

St Mary’s Church Hall

9.30—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

Sprotbrough Goldsmith Centre Bookings Tel: 788093 sprotcuspc@btconnect.com Methodist Church Hall Bookings Tel: 570036 sprotmeth.park@yahoo.co.uk (office hours 10am-12noon Fri in term time only)

St Marys Church Hall and Stable Bookings Tel: 01302 570971 Office hours 9am - 2pm Mon & Thurs https://sprotbroughvenues.co.uk

Warmsworth Community Centre Tel: 01302 858200 St Mary’s office Tel: 01302 570971 Office hours are 9.00am-2.00pm Mon & Thurs 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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