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GROBY PARISH COUNCIL CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR AN IMPROVED POLICE PRESENCE
Letter
Crocus bulb sales raised cash for End Polio Now campaign
By Norman Griffiths
GROBY, a village with much to offer, made the BBC East Midlands Today for all the wrong reasons recently, following a spate of vandalism and criminal damage at Quarry Park. A few weeks later and the Leicester Mercury was reporting on the latest steps being taken to discourage certain behaviours at Groby Pool car park. “Bushes at the popular nature park have been chopped back in a bid to deter the individuals meeting up to engage in intimate acts,” the newspaper said. In addition to all these incidents members of the Parish Council were concerned to hear at their December meeting that in late November a teenage girl was the subject of a distressing unsolicited approach on a footpath at 8.25 in the morning. Members agreed to support local initiatives to improve safety and increase the awareness of risks.
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SAM JACQUES wins RFU try of the month! A SENSATIONAL individual try from Year 9 Brookvale Groby Learning Campus student Sam Jacques who lives in Glenfield, was named Try of the Month for October in a game he played for Hinckley under 14s centre. The try was chosen by England winger Anthony Watson, who selected Jacques’ effort over the other October nominees. “It’s an individually brilliant try and one that I would definitely be proud of myself,” said Watson of Jacques try in which he beat five players while sprinting the length of the pitch. “I just remember catching the ball and then seeing a bit of space,” said Jacques, who joined Hinckley this season having first picked up a rugby ball aged nine. Jacques was playing at inside centre for the match and had his dad Scott watching from the side-lines. “I think my speed is the best bit of my game so I just tried to break through and managed to get past a few of their players.” Jacques says it would be his dream to follow in Watson’s footsteps and become a professional player but first and foremost he just wants to carry on playing the sport he loves. “All my best mates are in my team and I just love playing rugby so I don’t really keep count of tries I’ve scored, I just try and enjoy it.”
THE NOTTINGHAM Building Society, Groby Branch, helped to raise money for the Bradgate Rotary Club by selling bags of purple crocus bulbs, to raise awareness for the ‘End Polio Now’ campaign. Jane Black, President of Bradgate Rotary Club, presented a certificate to Paresh Soni thanking the Nottingham Building Society for raising £111.60 for this worthwhile cause.
Wreaths For Door Or Cemetery Real holly & seasonal foliage £6.50 each. Further details from 01530 230389. Raising funds for RAINBOWS Charity
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