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November 2016
Christmas shoebox appeal
PREPARING to cut the birthday cakes at Forest Town and District U3A.
Happy birthday U3A FOREST Town and District U3A celebrated its first birthday with the cutting of not one, but two birthday cakes as the group now has 160 members. The celebration included a speaker; displays of craft, family and local history; and members of the play-reading group dressed in costume. The U3A group is open to anyone who is retired or semi-retired, and new members are always welcome. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of a month at St Alban’s Church, Forest Town, at 1.45pm, for around two hours. People who are interested in finding out more about the group can initially attend as a visitor, listen to a speaker and talk to existing members during the coffee break. More information about the group is at http://u3asites.org.uk/forest-town l IF you have a news item, report and photograph you would like to share with NewsJournal readers, email news@news-journal.co.uk
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MANSFIELD man Stuart Brown is urging residents to back a Christmas shoebox appeal — to help homeless people in the area and their pets. The aim is to collect donations of shoebox-sized boxes filled with essentials, which will then be distributed around the area. The Mansfield Homeless Christmas Shoebox Appeal is part of the wider Homeless Shoebox Appeal running across the UK. Donated items could include gloves, socks, toiletries, sanitary products, dried foods and more. The appeal is also asking for boxes (Continued on page 5)
Knockout competition THE chance to meet boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard at a new venue in Mansfield, The Civic Quarter (formerly the Lindhurst Rooms) in the Civic Centre, is the prize in this month’s easy-to-enter NewsJournal competition. p See page 2 for details of how to enter.
JOHN RADFORD with Faye Marsh and Harvey Simpson before their helicopter ride prize.
Sky high with Stags
TWO youngsters and their mums enjoyed the experience of a lifetime when they were flown over Mansfield in a helicopter by football club chairman John Radford. Ten-year-olds Faye Marsh and Harvey Simpson, of Farmilo Primary School, Pleasley, won the private helicopter trip as part of a competition during a visit to the school by Mansfield Town FC’s owner. The helicopter ride started from a field adjacent to Stags’ proposed new training site on Woburn Lane, Pleasley. Faye said: “That’s probably one of the best experiences I’ll ever have in my life. John Radford is a kind man who cares about Mansfield.” Faye’s mum, Julie, added: “It was an absolutely fantastic experience and a very generous gesture by Mr Radford.”
Countdown to Christmas fun LIVE music is set to ring through the streets of Mansfield at the Christmas Lights Switch On event. Entertainment on Sunday, 20th November, which promises to be bigger and better than before, will begin with live music that will continue throughout the day, including from Pleasley Colliery Welfare brass band, The Red Hot Band offering a jazz and swing sound, and a gospel choir. Families can take part in activities such as a circus skills workshop, Christmas face-painting, a Peter Pan finger-puppet workshop at the Four Seasons Buzzy B Club and a Tinker Bell fun trail run by Mansfield Business Improvement District (BID). The Buttercross area at the side of Mansfield Library will host arena family fun shows at 11am, noon, 1pm and 2pm. There will also be a Children’s Christmas party in the Market Place from 2.30pm, with music, games and prizes, before the main stage show at 3.30pm. Acts include Adele tribute Katie Markham and Soul Rhythm, a five-piece band that will play pop hits and Christmas classics. They will be joined on stage by Millie Harrison and Jasmine Allsop, from Year 8 at the Ashfield School Vocal Ensemble, who will lead a singalong of the festive song, Walking In The Air. Stars from the Palace Theatre’s panto, Peter Pan, will be part of the event, which will mark the (Continued on page 5)
THERE is still time to nominate your unsung sporting heroes in the Mansfield Sports Recognition Awards 2016. Mansfield District Council, in association with the Armchair Club, is seeking nominations in ten categories before the deadline of 11th November. People’s achievements between 1st November 2015 and 31st October 2016 will be recognised. The categories are: l Junior (18 and under) sportsperson of the year. l Junior team of the year. l Junior disabled sportsperson of the year. l Junior sports leader of the year. l Club of the year. l Sportsperson of the year. l Disabled sportsperson of the year. l Team of the year. l Coach of the year. l Volunteer of the year (including referees, officials, administrators). The nomination form is at www. mansfield.gov.uk/sportsawards or available from sports clubs and leisure centres. For information or tickets to the awards ceremony, contact sports development officer Shaun Hird on 01623 463371 or shird@mansfield.gov. uk
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