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Hi There, Welcome to our June edition. Hopefully we will see some more sun soon.

Whilst writing this, the children are on holiday from school again and before we know it, it will be the six weeks holiday again. You can relieve all those stresses with a FREE Sports massage at the Basildon sporting village. (see Page 13) Leisure Island Fun Park are offering 2 free tokens for rides, a fantastic day out and only 20 mins away at Canvey Island Seafront. (see the inside back cover.)

We have a lovely strawberry flan recipe, sponsored by Cakes by Leslie Edwards. Please email in your recipes with any photo’s and we will pick one to print in our next magazine.

Dawn’s New Slimming World Class has now started at Lincewood School Laindon on a Thursday at 7.00pm please contact her on 07881818504 for more details.

Essex County Cricket Club has match updates for you and a Competition to win more Twenty20 tickets.

Thank you to everyone that entered our competitions, we have a full list of winners on page 26. For those of you who were lucky enough to win, hope you all enjoy your prizes.

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Kids Quiz Page 8

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Neighbourhood Watch Page 12

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Are you worried about your child’s posture?

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You can sit around and blame the government or you can take some positive action now with your own children. Let’s not patronise our children but make time to talk and listen to them, help them to find active pastimes and to value their health. Go online and show them pictures of curved spines due to poor sitting positions, bones crumbling due to arthritic degeneration or the devastating effects of multiple fractures due to osteoporosis. How about appealing to their sense of vanity? Would they be happy having a permanent curvature of the spine when they are older? Have no doubt, this could be what they are risking if they are carrying their

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Mixed fortunes for Essex so far… Onwards to Twenty20 Essex have witnessed mixed fortunes so far this season, now the attention switches to the Friends Life t20 campaign. The eight games start on Friday 3rd June and the Essex public, judging by ticket sales, are getting excited!

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May Essex secured a draw, part in thanks to the downpour that bought a premature end to the game versus Derbyshire. The run shortage came to a welcome end on Thursday 19th May when Graham Napier hit another worldrecord. This time he notched a world record 16 sixes whilst totalling 19 fours. A batting wicket provided for an entertaining draw however the game will always be remembered for Napes and his six-hitting capabilities!

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Back to the action – Essex completed the latest round of Clydesdale Bank 40 matches on Sunday 22nd May with the visit of the Unicorns. The hosts won the toss and elected to field, the visitors posted a respectable 183. The focus now switches to the fast-paced Friends Life t20 action – with bumper crowds Essex suffered a stuttered start and found expected there will be no better place to be. themselves 35-2 with new signing Owais Shah scoring 13 runs. A fine partnership of 149 runs by Mark Pettini (88) and Matt Walker (71) gave the Eagles a comfortable eight wicket victory and set the Eagles up for the rest of the Clydesdale Bank 40 season!

In the early LV= County Championship action runs have been difficult for Essex, especially in the first innings of games, where the all important batting points are on offer. Reece Topley, 17 set the stage alight with two back-to-back five wicket hauls in his first two professional games. In the middle of

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