The News & Information Magazine for Groby, Field Head & The Brantings Parish Council Message
Annual Meeting of the Groby & Field Head Parish:
CHANGE OF DATE Please take notice that the annual meeting of the Parish will now take place at 7.30pm on Monday 9th May 2011 in the Parish Council Chambers, Village Hall, Groby. A number of established Groby organisations have been invited to give a brief report of the opportunities or facilities available to local residents which are provided by their group or organisation. The main purpose of the meeting will remain as a report from the Parish Council on its work over the last twelve months and its plans for the future.
Cllrs Martin Cartwright and Ted Hollick join the Lib Dems at Hinckley Groby Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Councillor and Parish Councillor Martin Cartwright, along with Groby Parish Councillor Colleague Ted Hollick have left the Conservative Party and joined the ruling Liberal Democrat group at Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Both Councillors will be presenting themselves as Liberal Democrat candidates in the forthcoming Local Elections in Groby.
BMX Track almost here!
Work is about to start on Groby’s brand new BMX track. Read more in Norman’s Jottings on page 23.
Great rowing result in Cambridge Further to the excitement of the Oxford and Cambridge rowing event, Leicester juniors rowing team attended the Junior Head in Cambridge on March 27th with fantastic results. The Leicester team ended the day with a host of wins, including Brookvale students Oliver Talbot (Groby) and Josh Sharman who won the J13 double event. Oliver also won with his 4 team mates in the J14 Quad as cox. Leicester regatta is being held on April 17th with crews attending from around the country. Racing starts at 9am-5pm. Refreshments available. www.leicester-rowing.co.uk
Coast to Coast bike ride for charity
At the beginning of the New Year we put the Three Peaks adventure to rest.
The final total for the 2 charities ADAPT and WENLO (Riding for the Disabled) was fifteen hundred pounds, a great total. I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported our charity work, especially all the people on my post round who continue to sponsor and encourage me to undertake these escapades!. They are always the first to ask “What have you got planned for the coming year?” even as early as Christmas. ‘What to do next?’ was the question we pondered before the suggestion of a ‘Coast to Coast’ arose. The sustran cycle route of Whitehaven to Sunderland totalling approximately 140 miles, give or take a few wrong turnings! Was agreed. It should take about 3 days and with the planning together with the training going well we are hoping to go during May this year. Longer days and better weather than September when we usually embark on our adventure, should make life a little easier but then with the english climate, who knows! Please catch me on my post round or pop into Groby Post Office if you wish to sponsor me and I shall keep everyone informed of how we get on. The monies that we raise will go to ADAPT to help support the families of premature babies. The charity is always extremely grateful for the funds as it receives no government support and is a much needed service to the hospitals in Leicester offering care, support and encouragement to parents when they need it most.
Simon Moore
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