The Sprotbrough Arrow

The Sprotbrough Also covering Warmsworth, 5000 distribution monthly

February 2019

Issue No. 161

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Welcome to the February issue of The Sprotbrough Arrow.

Ok folks, wrap up warm, February is going to be cold! According to the forecast, the first few days of February will see the temperatures drop below freezing. Make sure your car is ready for the cold spell and your boiler is in good working order!

We have some photos from last year’s Christmas Light switch on in Sprotbrough.

What a lovely event and idea. Its great to see the whole community working together to make something happen.

Schools break up on Friday 15th February, if you have plans to escape the chill, luck you!

If you are staying at home, Maise Maze have a few things planned to entertain the children. What ever you decide to do, I hope you enjoy some quality family time together.

The Sprotbrough Arrow is delivered monthly to every home in Sprotbrough and Warmsworth. If you have a group that needs promoted or an event planned for charity/community involvement, please let me know, we can help promote your group, free of charge.

The deadline for the March issue is Wednesday 13th February. The March issue will be distributed the last weekend in February.

Best Wishes Michelle Sidebottom Mobile: 07795 387937 email:michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk www.arrowpublications.co.uk

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Community News You can help to save a life by sharing this information

New Members Welcome

A defibrillator is located at the Scott Practice Main Street, Sprotbrough DN5 7RH

Enjoy singing in the shower?

Love music? Then why not come along and give us a try.

Drop into a Monday evening rehearsal. We sing a variety of songs (mostly modern) and sessions are free, fun and informal.

The choir is open to everyone.

We meet Mondays 7.30-8.45pm at Bentley Library Find us on Facebook or email us: bentleycommunitychoir@gmail.com

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Community News WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB When there’s a February chill in the air we’ll always give you a warm welcome 05 Feb 19 Sheffield Deer Park 12 Feb 19 Thomas Mallory and King Arthur 19 Feb 19 HALF TERM BREAK 26 Feb 19 Venice and its Islands Everyone is made very welcome.

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

Friends of

Sprotbrough Library A Spring Coffee Morning is to be held In Sprotbough Library on Saturday March 23 rd 10pm-12noon There will be The BIG Raffle and many, many stalls Please come along and support your Library and very many thanks for your support in the past 6

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Community News SPROTBROUGH LIGHTS UP FOR CHRISTMAS

The Sprotbrough community turned up in their hundred’s to celebrate the switching on of the Sprotbrough Christmas lights, organised by Sprotbrough Community Christmas Lights group.

This year we were grateful to so many people that it would be impossible to name everyone. There must however be a special thanks to Keith Mears who provided the marquee, Liz and Terry Bramall who provided funds, Sprotbrough doctors surgery who decorated their area, Doncaster Went Vally Lions who helped Santa and his sleigh into the village, Richmond Hill Academy ,Orchard school and Copley school who raised funds, Ottos who sold muffins and donated the proceeds, Sprotbrough library who had a donation tin, Sprotbrough Country Club who provided the tea urn to heat the mulled wine, St Mary's church bell ringers, Ridgewood school who provided the band, Copley junior school who provided the children's choir and Heather Mears who provided the theatre players.

The list above is only a fraction of the numbers of volunteers who helped make the evening a huge success . Mulled wine, cakes and hot chocolate was provided and served by volunteers and DMBC provided road marshals who volunteered their time along with members of the Parish Council.

Our small group of organisers has planning throughout the year to help make the event a success and they deserve our thanks for being behind the event every step of the way.

So we begin again to organise the event for this year. We are raising funds to light the tree at the top of Boat Lane to complete the display and any donations will be gratefully received.

To everyone who came to help celebrate bringing our village from darkness into light..... Thank you so much for your support.

Sprotbrough Community Christmas lights

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Doncaster Pathfinder’s Walking Club

Doncaster Pathfinders Walking Club travelled to the Otley area on Sunday 13th January and enjoyed three walks of varying distances.

The more energetic of us walked from Harewood to Otley, a distance of around 11 miles. Setting off from Harewood we were on the lookout for Red Kites and deer on the Harewood estate and had a great view of the house at the start of our walk. Following footpaths over the fields, Emmerdale village could be seen in the distance and after a drink or two at lunchtime at the pub in Bramhope we continued on our way to Otley via the Chevin Forest park.

A second group set off for a slightly shorter walk of 9 miles, following the Ebor way into Otley. Our third group enjoyed a 6 mile walk following a similar route. Although this walk was shorter it did not detract from the beauty of the area.

If you fancy coming along, February's walk will be on the 10th and we are off to the Peak District in Derbyshire. If you can't make it in February why not join us on 10th March when we plan to go up into North Yorkshire. More information can be found on our website www.doncasterpathfinders.org.uk or search Facebook for Doncaster Pathfinders Walking Club.

We are not a competitive bunch, our walks are for fun and enjoyment of our beautiful countryside and we welcome new members.

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Action for animals Last year, RSPCA Doncaster, Rotherham and District Branch spent over 18,500 hours caring for animals brought to us in need; we found homes for over 870 domestic animals and cared for over 350 wildlife; all of which was made possible by generous donations, whether in the form of time, money or items for our shops.

We could not survive as a branch without the continued support from our community, so from the team and the animals at your local RSPCA branch, we would like to say a huge ‘thank you’.

Going forward, there are many ways to help us with our mission to rehome and rehabilitate animals including volunteering, donating cash or goods, sponsoring us through our Safe Haven programme and attending our events. We have charity shops at Bawtry, Rotherham, Rossington and Thorne. At the Animal Centre we rehome the animals in our care and have a pet shop on site for all your requirements.

We also provide a pet cremation service and a memorial garden for your beloved pets. www.rspcadoncasterrotherham.org.uk

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Community News We are thrilled to report that our Memory Tree in the Frenchgate Centre in the run-up to Christmas raised £5,640! It exceeded our expectations...thank you so much to everyone who donated.

We are in the process of finalising events for this year. We hope to hold our Mile of Coins appeal in March/April so it will be a good idea to start saving your loose change now! A date for your diary is our Midsummer Walk which will be on Sunday, 19th May. Our contact details are: 22 Wood Street, Doncaster DN1 3LW, Telephone 01302 325029.

Email: info@dcdt.co.uk. Website: dcdt.co.uk. We are still one of the very few charities run entirely by volunteers. Thank you everyone for all your wonderful support.

Tickhill Music Society Friday, 8th February 2019 at 7.00 p.m.

St. Mary's School, St. Mary's Road, Tickhill For our first concert of 2019 we welcome Matilda Lloyd (trumpet) and Leo Nicholson (piano) who together perform works by Martini, Karl Pilss, Honegger, Fauré, Sammy Nestico, Deborah Pritchard and Alexander Goedicke, with pieces for piano solo by Scarlatti and Gershwin.

Non-members: admission £12 for each event at the door.

Accompanied children (under 16) and students (16-19) are admitted free of charge.

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Richmond Hill Primary School News from February 2019 Absolute Stars!

We recently had our first Star Status assembly of the year, in which an astounding 217 pupils received their Bronze award! A huge well done to all who achieved their badge, we might have to find a bigger stage to fit you all on for the next assembly!

Y6 Book Launch Y6 have had another exciting book launch, in which they discovered their new novel study book – Trash

by Andy Mulligan! Pupils had to crack a series of codes and scour the school for the answers to clues they had been given. After all of their sleuthing, they realised there was buried treasure on the school field, and went out to dig up their hard earned reward. They also found a (tightly sealed) box of sweets, but we are sure that they were more excited about the books.

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Silver House Treat Silver received a House Treat recently, for winning the most points last term. Pupils had a relaxed film afternoon and even got an ice cream! Well done Silver, for all your hard work!

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Help support your local hospice St John’s Hospice in Balby, is a vital community asset, helping Doncaster residents and their families in their time of need.

It runs a day hospice as well as an inpatient unit. Do you have a loved one who needs these services? If so, please speak to your GP. Run by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, staff at the hospice continually fundraise with all money pumped into patient care and support and to make patients’ lives more comfortable.

Here’s some feedback from loved ones: “Thank you for making my relative feel safe and comfortable at the most awful and frightening time in his life” “We would like to say thank you so much for taking very good care of my relative and also her family and visitors. Nothing was too much trouble at a time when we all needed help and support, it was priceless”.

The hospice, which is based off Weston Road at Balby, is currently recruiting for volunteers.

Volunteers help in a range of ways including manning the reception, drivers to bring day patients to the hospice, gardening and much more. Fancy volunteering? If so, call Lindsey Richards, who manages the volunteers, on 01302 796662.

Lindsey is also the hospice’s fundraiser. Money has been raised is so many unusual ways over the years, from parachute jumping and school reunions to selling a CD. Money is also regularly raised via raffles, coffee mornings and other donations.

Want to help fundraise for the hospice? If so, call Lindsey on 01302 796662.

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Regular Weekly Courses & Activities 2019

**IMPORTANT - ADVANCE BOOKING (AB)** It is essential that you first register at the library and await a call back to confirm your place in order to attend any of the above courses & activities as places are limited/restricted.

Please call 01302 782436 or enquire at the library counter for more details or to register your interest. *WEA courses may be free of charge if you are claiming certain benefits.

Tel: 01302 782436 Sprotbrough Rd., Doncaster, DN5 8BA

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School News from Copley Junior School

Year 3 Gods and Goddesses Children in Year 3 launched their new project on ‘Gods and Mortals’ by dressing up as Ancient Greeks. Well done to all the children for your creative costumes.

Year 4 Training for the Roman Army To launch their new creative learning project on ‘I am Warrior’, museum staff from Murton Park visited school. Children enjoyed an exciting day full of activities including a themed presentation and interactive talk, illustrated with a wide range of authentic artefacts. This was followed with craft and artefact handling activities and an active session practising preparations for a Roman battle. By the end of the day, all children successfully passed their Diploma and are all now fierce members of the Roman Army!

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Homework Superstars We are delighted with the creative home learning projects completed by the children.

For each project, children are given a choice of activities so that they can present research in their own way and can develop independent learning skills. Below are just a few examples from our recent projects on ‘Predators’, ‘Road Trip USA’, ‘Pharaohs’ and ‘A Child’s War’.

Young Voices Concert Once again, our enthusiastic Year 5 and 6 choir of over 60 children took part in the Young Voices Concert at Sheffield Arena. After months of practising the songs and dances with Mrs Havercroft, the children were very excited to attend the afternoon rehearsal, followed by the concert itself. The whole performance with the dancers and vocalists was amazing, not to mention of course the incredible 5500 children in the Young Voices choir.

We greatly appreciate that so many parents/carers and relatives were able to come in the evening to enjoy the performance. Well done to all the children for putting in so much effort to learn the songs and dance moves. As usual, the children were an absolute credit to the school with their enthusiasm and excellent behaviour.

We look forward to sharing more school news next month.

Best Wishes, E.A. Crayton, Head teacher

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DANUM PROBUS CLUB Danum Probus Club is an organisation for men who have retired or are semi-retired from their profession, business or other employment who want to maintain a social network with others who have similar interests. Danum Probus Club meets on the first and third Mondays of the month at Town Moor Golf Club, Bawtry Road, Belle Vue, Doncaster starting at 10 am.

In a change to the published programme, the Club met of Monday 7 January, when Richard Bell gave a presentation about “The Sand House”, a feature in Doncaster from the 1850’s until the Second World War. It was a mansion sized dwelling carved from sandstone and featured a network of tunnels decorated with carvings. It stood north east of Balby Bridge, the site now being occupied by a block of flats. On Monday 21 January the Club held its Annual General Meeting report in next month’s edition.

On 7 January the Club will be holding its Annual General Meeting and then on Monday 21 January Richard Bell’s presentation will be “The Sand House”, a talk about a historic house near the centre of Doncaster which is now demolished and buried.

Any interested men who would like to come to these meeting as a visitor to see what we do, with a view to joining if you like us, please call either Des Parks (01302 856188), George Kirk (07808191211) or Geoff Firth (01302 849734) for more information.

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What’s On In Sprotbrough?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Mon

Rainbows

Scout Barn in Sprotbrough Village

Time 5.30pm

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

12.30- 3.00pm

Mon

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.15-7.45pm

Mon

Beavers (6-7yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.00-7.30pm

Mon

French Conversation Group

Sprotbrough Community Library

6.00—8.00pm

Mon

Seniors ‘Dancercise’ Keep fit class

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

10.15—11.15am

Mon

Adult Ballroom/Latin Dance

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

2pm –3pm

Mon

Adult Ballroom/Latin Dance class

St ary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

7.30-8.30pm

Mon

Scottish Country Dancing (term time)

The Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

7.45—9.45pm

Tue

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Tue

Coffee Morning (Term time only)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10.30-11.30am

Tue

Tuesday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Tue

Painting Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

2.00-4.00pm

Tue

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Tue

Story time & Activities (term time)

Sprotbrough Library

1pm—2pm

Tue

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.00-9.00pm

Tue

Cubs (8-10yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.30-8.00pm

Tue

Cubs 'Kestrels' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Rising 2’s Playgroup

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Wed

Sprotbrough Park Playtime (term time)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30-11am

Wed

Sequence Dance—Ian Sadler

Royal British Legion

1pm –3.30pm

Wed

Story Time & Activities Alternate weeks

Sprotbrough Library

1.30pm—2.30pm

Wed

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Wed

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

5.30-6.30pm

Wed

Sequence Dance Club

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30pm—10pm

Wed

Cubs 'Falcons' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Scouts (11-14yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.00-9pm

Thurs

Coffee Morning

The Stable, Main Street, Sprotbrough

10—11.30am

Thurs

Little tykes (childminders drop in)

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15—11.00am

Thurs

Thursday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Thurs

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.45-8.45pm

Thurs

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.00-7.30pm

Thurs

Yoga Class

St Marys Church Hall

7—8.30pm

Thurs

Beavers (6-7yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

5.30-6.30pm

Thurs

Scouts (11-14yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

7.00-9.15pm

Thurs

Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.30-9.30pm

Fri

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Fri

Tea Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.00-4.00pm

Fri

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.30-9.00pm

Sat

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30—10.30pm

Sat

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-3.15pm

Sun

Sunday Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10am—11am

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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

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 Community Centre Bookings Tel: 788093 Methodist Church Hall Bookings Tel: 570036 (office hours 10am-12noon Tue & Fri) St Marys Church Hall Bookings Tel: 07891 813986 Warmsworth Community Centre Tel: 01302 858200

Monthly Events in Sprotbrough & Warmsworth Monthly

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

3rd Monday 1st & 3rd Tuesday

St Mary’s Mothers Union

The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro

7.30pm- 9.30pm

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 Tuesday

Jigsaw Puzzle library & Coffee

The Stable, main Street, Sprotbrough

9.30—11.30am

1st & 3rd Wednesday

Knit & Natter Club

The Stable, Main St, Sprotbrough

2—4pm

2nd Tuesday

Sprotbrough WI

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30—9.30pm

Last Thursday of month

Parish Luncheon Club

Newton Arms, Sprotbrough Rd

12 noon

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

3rd Wednesday

Warmsworth Neighbourhood Watch

Cricket Club

7pm

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