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Town help to benefit others PIONEERING work in Bognor Regis will help benefit claimants around the country later this year. Arun and Chichester Citizen’s Advice was invited by the government’s Department for Work and Pensions to pilot a new national service for the troubled universal credit system. Luca Badioli, the Citizen’s Advice chief executive, said: “The DWP has now contracted Citizen’s Advice to deliver
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issues.” Two concerns identified by Citizens Advice locally were the initial level of sanctions on claimants in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. “We reviewed the situation recently and we are happy to see that the universal sanctions levels are reducing. We continue to monitor these,” said Mr Badioli. The other concern centred around EU nationals experiencing delays by being
required to pass a habitual residence test to provide their entitlement. Many of Citizen’s Advice’s earlier concerns had been at least partly addressed by the government, he said. More than 500 Bognor Regis residents were claiming universal credit as the new year began. The number of claimants has soared from about 300 in its initial six months. See page five
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Religious centre is planned by uni A MULTI-FAITH centre has been proposed for students in Bognor Regis. The University of Chichester wants to create the facility in an existing building at its site in Upper Bognor Road. It has asked Arun District Council for consent to allow the work to take place. James Baird-Parker, the university's planning agent, says in a statement: "The proposals for 71 Upper Bognor Road are to re-develop it into a multi-faith centre for prayer and reflection for use by all students and staff members of the university. "There is a need for this on the university's Bognor Regis campus. The current faith centre is not fit for purpose. It is the size of a small office space. "In addition, there is no dedicated Muslim prayer room with washing facilities and, following the development of the tech park, the campus is now busier and the demands for such facilities are greater. The proposed development will allow the university to meet these needs in an accessible central location on the campus." It will also be the base for two members of the university's chaplaincy staff. The building which is earmarked for the multi-faith centre is a Grade II-listed building of two storeys. It was built as a house around 1830. But, for many years, it was known as the health centre of the university, and the previous teacher training college. Various staff members occupied it. They included the resident nurse and it has
been used as student accommodation and, latterly, as offices. Repairs which cost ÂŁ35,000 were carried out on the exterior and interior of the health centre by 1993 and student accommodation was created some six years later. An arson attack occurred on March 25, 2006. Repairs were carried out later that year before permission to turn the building into student rooms was given in 2008. "Despite the somewhat various uses during its life span, 71 Upper Bognor Road is still an integral part of the university's campus and, to this end, works are to be carried out to this listed building including installing IT facilities, electrical works, general refurbishment works and garden maintenance," says Mr Baird-Parker. As part of the proposal, the university intends to carry out minor alterations to the outside of the building. The university is also seeking consent to create a steel gateway through a modern repair on the boundary wall and repair the Bognor rock either side of the repaired area to enable new allotments to be reached. Mr Baird-Parker adds: "This will involve the removal of three courses of Bognor rock from below the modern brick repair. "But this will be retained and utilised to repair the wall either side of the new gateway. This will be returning to the wall to a better state which will complement the Bognor rock construction more than in its current state."
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Monty wants to turn clutter into money at charity outlet MONTY the Dog will be appearing at a Bognor Regis shop next weekend. The mascot of the RSPCA's Mount Noddy animal rehoming centre will be making a guest appearance at the charity's shop in the town centre. He will be present at the premises at The Arcade's High Street entrance from 10am-2pm on the next two Saturdays. His mission will be to give away 1,000 collection bags during the two days to help people declutter their
homes and get their new year off to a charitable start. Nick Yates, a spokesman for The Arcade, said: "Many people will have made charity-related resolutions for 2019 so we wanted to help them to achieve this. "We are hoping that the wonderful people of Bognor Regis will be bringing back donation bags brimming with clothes and household items that can be sold to raise funds for the local RSPCA centre."
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Robber jailed for off-licence raid f The new dementia friends A DOZEN dementia friends have been trained for Walberton and its surrounding area. The individuals attended a free onehour information session as part of a national campaign to tackle the stigma and lack of understanding around dementia. The session was run by dementia friends champions Peter and Cheryl Rolt. Peter said: "I was so pleased to see people showing their support for people with dementia by coming along to the session and becoming dementia friends. "We need to create more communities and businesses that are dementia friendly so that people affected by dementia feel understood and included." The dementia friends programme is run by the Alzheimer's Society charity. It is the biggest initiative to change people's
perception of dementia and aims to transform the way the nation thinks, talks and acts about the condition. The charity wants there to be four million of the friends with the knowhow to help people with dementia feel understood and included within their community. There are currently 850,000 people living with the condition in England. Dementia friends champions are volunteers who talk to people about being a dementia friend in the area where they live. Peter and Cheryl signed up to be champions earlier this year and attended a day-long course about how to deliver the sessions. Cheryl said: "I signed up to be a dementia friends champion because prior to the opening of our new care home we both wish to make the villages
dementia friendly. "I'm so proud to be part of a growing network of people helping to create dementia friendly communities across England." Christine Sherrington, the dementia friends' regional support officer, at Alzheimer's Society, said: "Whether you attend a face-to-face session or watch the online video, dementia friends is about learning more about dementia and the small ways you can help. "From telling friends about the dementia friends programme to visiting someone you know living with dementia, every action counts." Cheryl will be the home manager at Walberton Place Care Home in Yapton Lane, which is set to open next month. Her husband is the customer relations manager of its operator, Country Court Care.
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DNA TESTS on a baseball cap worn during an armed robbery led detectives to a Yapton man. The result of the forensics tests was a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for Jason Weyer for carrying out the raid at an off-licence in Bognor Regis. Weyer, 49, of Foundry Road, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court following a two-day trial, police have reported. Investigating officer Jon Berisford, of Sussex Police's community investigation team, said: "We welcome this sentence and we hope it highlights how serious this offence was. "The increase in resources allows us to prioritise the offences that cause the greatest harm to our communities, such as burglary and organised crime. "We were able to utilise all of the tools available to us to identify the DNA from the baseball cap allowing us to respond to the increasingly complex policing challenges we face. "The sentence available to the judge
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` Foodbank help KIND-HEARTED customers at Tesco stores in Bognor Regis donated thousands of meals to people in need for Christmas. Shoppers gave 5,027 meals for the town's foodbank at a special collection last month. Emma Revie, chief executive at the Trussell Trust, which runs the foodbank, said: "Our foodbank network has spent the last month making sure that people referred to them with no money for food don't go hungry this Christmas." Tesco's chief executive, Jason Tarry, said the company had topped up the value of the donations by 20 per cent.
` Court referral MAGISTRATES have sent a former Bognor Regis town councillor to crown court for sentencing over child pornography offences. Dan Barnes is set to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on January 18 after his latest appearance at Worthing Magistrates' Court on Monday. Crown court judges have greater sentencing powers. He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to making an indecent photograph of child (category A), making four indecent photographs of a child (category B), making 180 indecent photographs of a child (category C), possessing 23 prohibited images of a child, distributing three indecent images of a child and possessing five extreme pornographic images with an animal. Barnes, 40, of Storrington Road, Thakeham, resigned from Bognor Regis Town Council in January, 2018.
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A review of Post news from 2018 January A SCHEME worth £350,000 to upgrade the entrance to Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital was given the go-ahead. The money was raised by the hospital’s Friends charity and would see improvements to the landscaping areas which are seen by tens of thousands of patients, staff and visitors each year.
April A LACK of buses could leave residents in North Bersted stranded after a councillor said she had failed to get a service up and running again. Cllr Ann Rapnik had tried to restore the number 61 Stagecoach service through Stroud Green to prevent people being ‘trapped in their own homes’.
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THOUSANDS of residents showed their support for a new ice rink in the town. They called for the attraction to be included in the town’s regeneration plans run by Arun District Council and signed a petition in support of it.
RESIDENTS in Pagham joined together with experts to devise new coast protection proposals. The latest scheme, set to cost more than £200,000, involved installing three groynes along the most vulnerable stretch of coastline.
June March BOGNOR REGIS would become a national centre of learning after a string of courses were announced for the University of Chichester’s new technology park. It was announced the town’s £45m development would offer a host of modern apprenticeships.
BUSINESSES united to demand action to restore opening times at Bognor Regis’ tip after they began to lose business. Traders at the Arun Business Park said they were missing out on trade because drivers weren’t coming into the site due to the lengthy queues for the tip.
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PROTESTERS failed to stop plans for thousands of homes to be built in Pagham and North Bersted. It meant plans for 20,000 homes to be built got given the green light by councillors as part of Arun District Council’s local plan.
PROUD Hazel Latus was presented with the BEM after being honoured by the Queen. Hazel, left, received her medal in a ceremony held by the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex, Susan Pyper, for her longstanding work running the Regis Centre.
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THE community were left shocked after a transport charity suddenly shut its doors. Sammy’s Community Transport announced that it had made its last journey after 47 years, after facing funding issues.
THOUSANDS of residents turned out to pay their respects on the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. A comprehensive schedule of events across the Bognor Regis area ensured those from the town who died in the conflict were remembered by all ages.
September A COUNCILLOR called for action to be taken to improve safety at one of Bognor Regis’ busiest roads. Steve Goodheart said the northern section of London Road needed work such as speed humps, a pedestrian crossing and bollards to reduce the risk of a serious accident from happening.
Royal backing for uni AN OFFICIAL opening like no other saw Bognor Regis in the media spotlight in October. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the town to celebrate the launch of the £35m tech park at the University of Chichester campus. Their 50-minute visit on October 3 supplied the crowning glory for a prestigious development which has placed the university into the national league for higher education for the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths subjects. The development at the Upper Bognor Road site also has world-class facilities for film and animation studies. One of the stars of the occasion was former Bognor Regis school pupil Louise Grainger, 20. She showed the royal couple the benefits of the campus having one of only two special tensile testing machines in Europe. Louise, who hopes to work with a Formula One team, said on the day: "I'm really happy to have this tech park on my doorstep. "To get on a mechanical engineering course, you
usually have to travel quite far and to have this here is amazing. I can't believe how good the facilities are." Other students were also given the chance to demonstrate their knowledge to the royal couple on their first visit to the county since they were given their titles after being married earlier in the year. One of the university's lecturers is Max Tyrie. He previously worked as an animator on the Amazing Spiderman franchise, the first two Kingsman films and the Walking with Dinosaurs TV series. He compared the royal visit to a red carpet premiere of a big budget Hollywood movie. "It was fantastic and very enjoyable. Harry is a big fan of animation. It is something he is very enthusiastic about. "He was interested in how we start to teach animation because it is a very complicated subject matter," he said. The royal couple travelled to Bognor Regis by car from a public walkabout in Chichester and left for a similar event in Brighton.
December FEARS a traffic-calming plan for North Bersted would make congestion worse were expressed by parish councillors. Brian Knight, chairman of Bersted Parish Council, said the scheme to ban right turns out of the Bognor Regis Retail Park into Rowan Way would add more vehicles to that stretch of the road.
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From page one The current total of 537 is set to increase further as claimants are switched from existing payments such as jobseeker’s allowance. Universal credit has been dogged by controversy nationally but the town’s Jobcentreplus has launched joint sessions with Citizen’s Advice to make the change-over as smooth as possible. Job centre service manager Karen Brooks said: “We have begun to invite Citizen’s Advice in from 10am1pm on Wednesdays to work with our clients. “We are also hosting events from 10am-midday on Tuesdays where different partner organisations like Citizen’s Advice, the town’s Foodbank and My Sister’s House (women’s support centre) come in and meet our clients and can talk to us as well. “I didn’t realise how valuable those organisations are to us. We are not experts in some of the fields they deal with – like domestic abuse and homelessness – and they have been brilliant.” From next April, Mrs Brooks said that co-operation was set to increase further as more and more claimants began to be switched to universal credit. People on employment support allowance and income support, comprised of many separate elements, will begin to be slowly moved across. Communication with the partner agencies and with clients was also key to maintain the current successful migration rate of claimants of 97 per cent. This compares favourably to the high 80s and low 90s percentages of Jobcentreplus offices in the same regional cluster.
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Police pledge to tackle yobs A SENIOR police officer has told Bognor Regis residents he is taking the latest outbreak of anti-social behaviour (ASB) seriously. Inspector Steve Turner said his officers were well aware of the incidents which had occurred in the town around Christmas week. Extra resources were being allocated to clamp down on the situation. "I can assure you that you will be seeing an increase in our patrols in the upcoming weeks, alongside the criminal investigations that continue. "I am taking this very seriously and I can assure you that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated and we are taking immediate, robust action to prevent this issue from continuing. "This includes one individual who has already been arrested for a spate of criminal damage and for several other offences," he wrote on social media. "Another three identified individuals are also to be arrested for the spate of criminal damage." Insp Turner, of Sussex Police's Arun prevention team, said his officers were also looking into reports of a supermarket trolley being pushed off the top of Fitzleet multi-storey car park onto the ground. Enquiries were taking place to establish the facts around the reported incidents. These included looking at all available CCTV footage of the area in Bedford Street. Insp Turner has urged residents to remain calm in the face of the yobbish behaviour and not to take matters into their own hands, nor use social media to
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incite others to do so. "Instead, I ask you to look to assist us with our investigations by reporting incidents of anti-social behaviour. "In addition, in order for us to continue an investigation, we need people to come forward with information such as descriptions of suspects, photographs and CCTV footage. "Although we do patrol hotspot areas, if we do not see this behaviour we need to rely on members of the public to aid us with both our investigations and the locations of where such problems are occurring. "We are also unable to continue our enquiries if the victims do not support our investigation. "Without lines of enquiries to pursue and with no victim, we are having to file investigations." Sussex Police would continue its close working partnership with Arun District Council to deter the anti-social behaviour, said Insp Turner. Police officers would use their powers of powers of arrest and stop and search where they thought it was necessary. "We believe that the vast majority of the public support us and our work. "We thank those who have shown support to the officers who work incredibly hard every day to keep Arun as safe as we possibly can," he added. Reaction to his comments was mixed on social media. Earlier last year, serious concerns were raised by Bognor Regis residents and traders about a spate of anti-social incidents around the town centre.
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DELIGHTED Felpham couple Sarah Deadman and James Ross are the proud parents of a Christmas Day baby. Oscar Richard James Ross was born at 11.11am on December 25 at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester. He weighed 9.13lbs. Sarah and James said: "Words cannot describe the emotions we have felt seeing this little man into the world on Christmas Day."
Choirs looking forward to an exciting year of performing MUSICSMART choir members around Bognor Regis are tuning up for a busy year ahead. The community choirs are flourishing as more people realise singing can be good for their wellbeing. The exciting programme for 2019 includes SingSing ladies' choir taking part in the May 5 spring celebration at St Nicholas Church in Middleton. Coda Community Choir has its summer concert on June 29 and Felpham Community Singers will be performing a mix of songs from around the world on July 12. Several performances will also be held
in care homes and community events. MusicSmart business partners Hilary Bishop and Paula McGovern will be staging Singing Saturdays from 10am3pm on March 16 and May 11 at the Gordon Centre in Canada Grove. The cost is £17 to include refreshments. Hilary said: "Our choirs and workshops are for everyone and we love our Singing Saturdays. "We sing some wonderful songs and it's a chance for singers from different choirs to get together." Booking is essential: 01243 842150 or 07501 923735, info@musicsmart.co.uk or musicsmart.org.uk
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` Traffic-calming RAISED road surfaces could be installed near a Bognor Regis school. West Sussex County Council has been consulting about its plan for a series of raised traffic-calming features in Frith Road. In a statement, its director of law and assurance, Tony Kershaw, says: "Frith Road is a narrow residential road and provides the main route to The Regis School. "The road is subject to a 20mph speed limit. The proposed features are intended to discourage traffic from using Frith Road as a shortcut and to encourage compliance with the 20mph speed limit." The council wants to put in a speed table feature at the junction of Frith Road, Westloats Lane, Gravits Lane and the access road to The Regis School. It will be 65mm high and all ramps will be 1m long. Three pairs of speed cushions are also planned for Frith Road. Each will be 3m long, including ramps of 600mm and 1.7m wide.
` Warm month TEMPERATURES stayed above freezing in Bognor Regis last month. Readings from Andrew Goodwill's weather station in his back garden showed the lowest reading on his thermometer was 0.5C in the early hours of December 14. The warmest day was December 3 with a relatively balmy 15.4C or nearly 60F. Total rainfall during the month was 39mm and the windiest day was the December 7 when the wind reached 24.4mph.
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Pam's charity box for hospice stolen THIEVES have stolen a Felpham woman's Christmas charity collection box. The mean individuals took the box, raising money for St Wilfrid's Hospice, from the front garden Pam Evans had again lit up with thousands of festive lights. Mrs Evans said: "These people are the lowest of the low. "That's all they can be to steal from a hospice. How much has been stolen is quite irrelevant. It's the fact it has been stolen at all which is important." Mrs Evans has been inundated with donations and offers of help since news of the theft began to spread. "It's all very nice of people but it doesn't bring the box back or wipe out what has been done," she said. Mrs Evans lit up her front garden in
PANTOMIME time in Climping is almost here again. Its village hall will be resounding once more to the traditional sounds of the seasonal entertainment when Arundel's Nineveh House Players present their version of Hansel and Gretel. They will be presenting the tale for three days - January 10, 11 and 12. Their press officer, James Clevett, said: "This year's panto is being held to raise funds for the Aldingbourne Trust charity. "The Players in the main are traders from the Nineveh House Antiques Centre in Tarrant Street and their many supporters. This will be their eighth pantomime."
Mornington Crescent from November 30 for the tenth year in a row. She put up 6,120 lights to form an illuminated festive tableau and invite donations. She emptied the box of £382 in donations two days before it was stolen beteen 9.30pm last Friday and early the next morning. It was screwed on to a 6ft wooden pole of which 2ft was dug into the earth. "I don't think it was youngsters who did this," she said. "Whoever was involved must have had a car. The box and the pole were very heavy to carry." "I've had hundreds of visitors here and I think those who stole it came to have a look around, saw the box and came back later when the streetlights were out." She has reported the theft to the police and spoke to them again on Wednesday.
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Hundreds turn out to make town's first parkrun of the year a success ELEANOR RADFORD spent her 29th birthday on the run in Bognor Regis. Eleanor was delighted to celebrate the start of a new year in her life and for everyone else at the town's latest parkrun. She was among 310 runners taking part in the 232nd staging of the free 5km run around Hotham Park. She said: "I take part in parkrun every week that I can. It is a fantastic community at Bognor Regis parkrun. I would not want to miss coming here and seeing the friends that I have made here. "I am really lucky I can take part on my birthday. "Everyone is so friendly here. I wouldn't miss it for the world. All shapes and sizes and ages are welcome here. "I usually have a tussle with a particularly fit 86-year-old gentleman!" Tangmere resident Eleanor, a nurse at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, began her parkrun experiences at her former home town of Crawley. When she moved, she transferred her allegiance to the Bognor Regis run and has never looked back. She finished in 42min 27sec and has taken part in some 65 runs, 37 of them in Bognor Regis, and volunteered 27 times. New year's day was also a day of parkrun celebration for loyal volunteer Sylvia Endacott. The local historian, who describes herself as well retired, was thanked for helping out on 100 occasions. Her role on January 1, as it often is, was to hand out tokens to the finishers to enable their finishing positions to be scanned along with their personal barcodes to
determine their times. The Bognor Regis resident said: "This is something I have anticipated doing but it is the most enjoyable thing I do. "It's all about the involvement with people, being out in the fresh air and getting some exercise. It's the complete package." Sylvia estimates she has carried out 12 of the 13 regular volunteer roles which are needed to stage the parkruns at their usual time of 9am on Saturdays. "Everyone here is so friendly and cheerful," she said, "and we get a lot of tourists. We've had people here from New Zealand, America and Scotland. "They are all really impressed with Hotham Park and so parkrun is a good advertisement for the town as well. It's a fantastic event." Sylvia has been a volunteer for about two years and has participated in some of the parkruns as well. She also helps out at the junior parkruns at 9am on Sundays at The Arena Sports Centre off Westloats Lane. One of the youngest runners taking part in the new year parkrun was Charlie Bean, 11, of Bognor Regis. He is the youngest age at which participants can run on their own. He said: "I enjoy the fresh air and getting outdoors. I like being on my own because I get a lot further up the field of runners and can do faster times. I'm not really a sporty person but I like the challenge of trying to finish in faster times." His mother, teaching assistant Michelle Bean, 36, ended her run with a knee injury. "I've finished some 15 of the parkruns,"
she said. "It's something fun to do as a family. It's all about the community spirit. Everyone is friendly. It doesn't matter if you are first or last." The first male runner home on Tuesday was Sheffield athlete Phil Radford in 17:09 on his first time in the run. In second place, in 18:44, was trainee solicitor James Mapley, 22, of Felpham. He said: "This is about seeing so many like-minded people all doing something positive and getting themselves out and about on Saturday mornings. "My friend got me to come along on Christmas Day and I was second then. It was really impressive to see 250-odd people running then and it's just as impressive today." He just beat Mitchell Campbell, 22, of Barnham, to the finishing line by two seconds. Both achieved personal bests. Mitchell, who is studying for a ship science degree, said: "Parkruns are great because they are free and they get everybody out doing exercise. I've run about 50 of them and I'm off to do the Chichester run as well this morning." Anita Watkins was the parkrun director on the day. She said: "I wouldn't even run for a bus before I became involved with the first parkrun here in May, 2014. "The best thing about these runs is the community. People had made so many friends here - and we seem to be getting more and more popular."
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f The start of the 232nd Bognor Regis parkrun
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Comics on trial with new play at the festival theatre ‘A HISTORICAL courtroom thriller with jokes’ is how Ian Hislop sums up his new play, Trial by Laughter. His co-writer, Nick Newman, adds: ‘I think we’d describe it as The Madness Of King George meets A Few Good Men…’ ‘Meets Crown Court’, finishes Ian. Ian Hislop is the editor of Private Eye and team captain on BBC’s Have I Got News for You. He went to school in Sussex with Nick Newman, who also works at Private Eye and is pocket cartoonist for The Sunday Times. Their joint writing credits stretch from Spitting Image to their acclaimed WW1 play The Wipers Times, seen at Chichester
last year. They have once again taken inspiration from real-life events for Trial by Laughter. William Hone, the forgotten hero of free speech, was a bookseller, publisher and satirist. In 1817, he stood trial for ‘blasphemy and libel’. The only crime he had committed was parodying religious texts and being funny about the government and monarchy. Along with his great ally, the political cartoonist George Cruickshank, Hone fought for freedom in one of the most remarkable legal cases of its time. ‘In an age of ‘fake news' and increased censorship, free speech and press freedom are
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REGULARS at a weekly coffee morning in Aldwick enjoyed a carol concert by the Rose Green Infant School choir. The 36 young singers entertained 35 adults at the Willows session last month. They were warmly applauded for their selection of carols by those present at the Willowhale Community Centre. They enjoyed mince pies, sausage rolls, cakes and biscuits as well as Christmas crackers. The Willows takes place at the centre in Pryors Lane from 10am to mid-day.
This is a selection of events around our area to ensure the season of goodwill was celebrated
WELL-KNOWN carols were featured in a community singalong on a new Yapton estate. Some 50 people from the Emerald Gardens estate and the congregation of St Mary’s Church gathered around the mosaic in the estate, which shows the village’s history. The singers, of all ages, were led by accomplished guitarists, the Rev Richard Hayes, the rector of St Mary’s, and Rob Newey. Mr Hayes said it was a good opportunity to bring together new and established residents to welcome the good news of Jesus’ birth and to ask those present for their ideas about how the church could be involved in building community spirit.
A SELECTION of Christmas carols were performed by the Bognor Regis Community Choir at the second event held by the town’s community gardeners. The occasion, held just before Christmas, saw more than 50 people go along to the Sunken Garden for the festive occasion. The Forest Knights were also on hand to provide warm drinks. It was the second event of its kind to be held by gardeners at the town centre site. Tania Wreford, one of the residents who went along, said: “The carol singing event was a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the Sunken Garden for what it is – a community asset. It was lovely to get together with others from the local community to sing carols on a lovely crisp evening.” Choir member Emma Eberhardt said: "It was a well attended event, simple but with such a lovely community feel." The next event by the gardeners will be the Forest Knights' return on February 20 for bushcraft activities.
TWO CHARITY events ended the last term at Felpham Community College. The final day was the annual nonuniform day for Bognor Regis Foodbank and Stonepillow. Both charities were given £500 towards their work providing help for vulnerable and homeless people. As well as students and staff paying to
leave their uniforms at home, Year 10 students co-ordinated a food collection for Stonepillow. Another collection was arranged for the foodbank, above. Mark Anstiss, the college’s headteacher, said: “These final activities at the end of a successful term were organised as a last opportunity in 2018 to raise some money and supplies for worthwhile causes.”
CHRISTMAS cheer was served up to care leavers in Bognor Regis. The two-course dinner was dished up at a youth centre in the town – one of three around the county – and proved to be a resounding crisis. The meal was served up by the West Sussex meals on wheels provider, apetito. John Figgins, head of catering services at West Sussex County Council, said: “I’m overjoyed and proud that our meals on wheels partner apetito supported us by stepping up to the role of corporate parent by supplying this initiative for such a large number of our care leavers for free.” About 100 care leavers enjoyed the meal. A care leaver is a person who has spent time in foster or residential care or another arrangement away from their family before the age of 18 and who continues to be looked after by local authorities and other organsiations. Apetito also provided Christmas dinners to some 400 of its 700 regular customers around the county.
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Drink-driver convicted BY KELLY WICKHAM kelly.wickham@sussexpost.co.uk A SERIAL drink-driver from Bognor Regis who reversed into a police car spent Christmas behind bars. Police stopped a grey Opel Astra in Vinnetrow Road, Chichester, following a report from a concerned member of the public around 6pm on Saturday, December 8. As one of the officers approached the car from behind, it reversed into the police vehicle, causing minimal damage. The keys were removed from the
ignition and the motorist was removed from his car. He was identified as Piotr Rewicki, a packer, of Essex Road, Bognor Regis. The 60-year-old was taken into custody where he gave an initial breath test sample almost four times the legal limit of 35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. He then failed, following numerous attempts, to provide a second sample which is required by law. Following a search of his vehicle, police discovered three throwing knives and a set of nunchakus on the rear seat. A search of his record revealed Rewicki was already disqualified from
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Cinema's new screen opens AUDIENCES have begun to enjoy the widest range of films ever seen at a Bognor Regis cinema. The Picturedrome's fourth screen, officially numbered Screen Two, has opened to allow extra films to be shown. The £1m extension to the Victorian building was delayed because of the need for extra safety checks. But the owner, Bognor Regis Town Council, and the operator, Picturedrome Electric Theatre Company, finally got the gohead to admit the public to the 102 seats. The first film to be shown, at short notice, was seasonal comedy The Grinch at 1pm on December 21. Adam Cunard, managing director of the Picturedrome Electric Theatre Company, said: "I'm pleased we have finally been able to open the fourth screen at the Picturedrome. "Having the additional screen will enable us to show more films than ever before to provide residents of the Bognor Regis area and beyond with additional choice. We hope our regular audiences will enjoy the comfort of the modern surroundings of the new screen and they will be joined by those yet to experience the latest technology in our historic building. "Our commitment to providing excellent value for money stays unchanged as we start this new year and new chapter in the cinema's history." Post Newspapers was able to experience the new screen in its early days. Reporter Kelly Wickham says: "When you first enter the Picturedrome
cinema a wave of nostalgia creeps over you. It’s like stepping back in a bygone era as soon as you enter the foyer. "A sneak preview to the new screen came with no disappointments. After entering through the foyer, it’s a behind the scenes walk as you pass through what used to be the back of screen one. "A slight alteration, and it’s a new walkway winding its way through to the car park which has been transformed into an elegant new foyer area. Up a small ramp and you enter the new screen, a cross between screen one and two in size but a phenomenal transformation. "The new screen is somewhat magical in contrast to its neighbouring room. It dominates the wall, giving the chance to watch films in wide screen with picture perfect quality. "As you sit down in the leather seats you can’t help feeling like a contestant on Mastermind until you realise the comfort the chairs have to offer. A perfect incline on the floor ends the worries about a tall person sitting in front of you. "The ambience created is a winning combination of modern meets vintage and you feel like you’re in the middle of a 1950s Parisian theatre with all the positives of the latest technology with definition and sound qualities. Elegant sconce wall fittings adorn the room, creating the best balance in light to enjoy any movie. "Halfway through the screening, the snug and cosy seats immerse individuals so well, it is easy to forget where you are in the soothing and relaxing atmosphere."
SADDENED charities have warned more rough sleepers will be on the streets around Chichester and Bognor Regis. The West Sussex Coalition of Providers said it feared more people would die because of funding cutbacks agreed by West Sussex County Council. Its 17 members - who include the Bognor Housing Trust and Stonepillow - have entered the new year faced with receiving much less financial support from the council for their work. Cllr Amanda Jupp, the council's cabinet member for adults and health, has agreed to go ahead with millions of pounds of cuts to spending on housingrelated support and the local assistance network. Nearly 8,500 people benefited from services in the year to last April. A spokesman for the coalition said: "As a coalition of providers, we are very saddened that the cabinet (member) disregarded the warnings and concerns which came from ourselves, seven district and borough councils, the NHS, the police and probation services and was supported by the health and social care select committee. "These cuts will lead to more rough sleepers, more lives lost and remain a deep concern to all members of the West Sussex community. We recognise the strain on county council budgets, which is why we formed the coalition to engage with the council effectively and support them in making an informed decision. "We were clear that these decisions should not be made at the expense of
those who are most vulnerable - people who were escaping domestic violence, homeless, elderly, young, or who have mental and physical ill health. The vulnerable people we support do not have a voice which can be heard by those making the decisions." At present, the county council spends £5.1m a year on housing-related support and the local assistance network. The threat of cuts was raised last autumn soon after the coalition was formed. Its members have been working to try to reduce the impact the cuts will have by showing how the services funded save lives and save public money being spent by other services across the health, housing, care and justice sectors. But Cllr Jupp's decision means the housing-related support budget will be reduced from £6.3m to £4.6m from this April and reduced again to £2.3m in April, 2020. The current contracts for the services will be ended by September 30. The local assistance network budget to provide a financial safety net for families, those in significant poverty and at risk of being homeless will be slashed from £807,000 to £200,000 from this April. Most will be spent on children and families to meet the council's legal duties. Only £50,000 will be for social enterprises. Cllr Jupp pledged the council would work with strategic partners, stakeholders and providers to remodel services. It would also work with district and borough councils to develop a
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f A fourth screen has opened at the historic venue
f Cinema operator Adam Cunard and staff members in the new screen
LABOUR county councillors have called for a re-think on changes to recycling payments they claim could cost Arun and Chichester councils thousands of pounds. The council members have led a cross-party coalition of councillors to demand a fresh look at the proposals. The call-in will see an examination of the decision by county council cabinet member Cllr Deborah Urquhart to cut the amount being paid to district and borough councils in recycling credits. Figures produced by the Labour county council group show Arun District Council will lose £68,300 from the £1,042,220 it received last year. Chichester District Council will see its £889,126 payment cut by £39,265. Cllr Chris Oxlade (L, Bewbush) is leading the call-in. He said: "The loss of money will be damaging for the borough and district councils, who are much smaller than the county councils. "It is right that this decision has been stopped in its tracks until it has been properly looked at." The call-in will see Cllr Urquhart's decision scrutinised by the county environment, communities and fire safety committee at a special meeting to be arranged before it can come into force. The recycling credit scheme has been in place for some years and has helped councils to improve recycling services. From April, the county council wants to keep all the receipts from the sale of recycled material and change the payments made to waste collection councils from its current £67.46 a tonne to the £61.12 a tonne national minimum.
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homeless reduction strategy for the county. The coalition's members say they do not believe the changes can be carried out within eight months. They wanted a 12-month extension to their contracts to ensure stability while they created a West Sussex homelessness reduction strategy, changed services to meet the needs shown in the strategy, identified new funding and procured the services. After the county budget was agreed, Cllr Jupp said: “The consultation provided the opportunity to meet with the coalition of providers, the district and borough councils, as well as those people who would be affected by any change in funding. Therefore, we have decided to continue to invest in these services but just not to the same level that we have to date. “We have already begun the detailed conversations with our district and borough councils, and the voluntary and community sector organisations that provide many of these services, and we will continue to work together on developing new ways of delivering this type of support. “I fully recognise the vital services provided by those who are funded through housing-related support. The phased reduction of this funding...is to enable us to work with these providers, and other partners, to find solutions which continue to meet the needs of our residents but also deliver the savings that we have to make.”
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MARY POPPINS RETURNS Cinema: Picturedrome Tickets: www.picturedromebognor. com Genre: Family, fantasy, musical TAKING place 20 years after the original, the story takes us back to Cherry Tree Lane to reunite with Michael and Jane Banks. The siblings are now all grown up and Michael has three children of his own, but after a personal tragedy, they face the threat of losing their home. Poppins’ surprise entrance sparks an unmissable adventure that traverses the most wondrous of worlds to help the Banks family overcome the trials and tribulations of reality.
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The greatest Elvis show in the world The World Famous Elvis Show comes to the south The World Famous Elvis Show New Theatre Royal Portsmouth 20-24 Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth PO1 2DD 02392 649000 www.newtheatreroyal.com info@newtheatreroyal.com February 2 ELVIS PRESLEY was an American singer and actor, regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and often referred to as the 'King of Rock and Roll' or simply 'the King'. Showtime, in association with LPM Productions, is presenting The World Famous Elvis Show. Starring and produced by world-renowned Elvis performer Chris Connor, the show includes his 12-piece live band The Steels and backing vocals by The Sweet Harmonies. This magnificent two hour theatre production respectfully and authentically presents Elvis at his very best, recreating two popular Elvis Presley concerts. You will simply feel that you have been transported back in time. If you were not lucky enough to see Elvis live, you will walk away from this concert feeling that you have! Many Elvis fans are left emotionally moved
when they leave the show. There is only one Elvis Presley. However, fans all around the world are talking about Chris Connor, who is remarkably so very close to Elvis in looks and voice and mannerisms. Connor was voted by the first ever worldwide Elvis Presley fan poll as ‘The Greatest Elvis Tribute in the World’ awarded in Memphis.
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Shakespeare comedy comes to Chichester Twelfth Night - Minerva Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP 01243 781312 www.cft.org.uk January 15–26 FLUTE THEATRE'S unique production of one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies has been performed across Europe and makes its UK premiere at the Minerva Theatre. Viola is saved from drowning with a bucket of freezing water and welcomed into Illyria by a mysterious clown who leads us all on a melodious and dreamlike odyssey. With nothing but instruments, costumes and props that may have been washed up on a beach, the cast of seven actors are swung between characters, between actor and musician, and between love and madness by this whirligig of a play. The result is a painfully funny and hopelessly romantic version of this classic, exploring the ecstasy and grief of falling in love for the first time. This is for anyone who has ever been in love, or is fed by a love of music.
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Picturedrome Cinema listings from Jan 4
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AQUAMAN (12A) Fri/Sat: 1.15pm Sun: 12.15pm Mon - Thur: 5.30pm
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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG) Fri - Sun: 9.45am
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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (PG) Fri/Sat: 10.30am Sun: 9.30am
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ANDRE RIEU LIVE NEW YEARS CONCERT Sat: 7pm Sun: 3pm
Chichester Cinema listings from Jan 4
New year, new films Cinema: Chichester Cinema at New Park Tickets: www.chichestercinema.org
MARY POPPINS RETURNS (U)
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THERE are rich new year pickings for those lovers of remarkable films, this week kicking off with a contemplative Turkish film by director-writer Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter’s Sleep) with The Wild Pear Tree, a characteristically thoughtful and intelligent drama featuring Sinan, a recent college graduate who returns to his hometown as he ponders what next to do with his life. He now realises the extent of his father’s gambling and of the debts he has accrued around town. Sinan also sets to work on an ambitious, personal novel about his town alongside a sense of family, human relationships, memory, art and mortality. For sheer contrast, look no further than The House that Jack Built, Matt Dillon mesmerising as Jack, aka Mr. Sophistication, a brilliant engineer, would-be architect and unhinged serial killer whose walk-in freezer is rapidly filling with corpses. With Uma Thurman and Bruno Ganz. Whatever your feelings are on director Lars von Trier, he is never, ever boring.
The Northern Lights Show South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre Sir Patrick Moore Building, Kingsham Road, Chichester PO19 8AE 01243 774400 sdownsplanet@btconnect.com www.southdowns.org.uk January 13 JOURNEY north to the frozen wastes of the Arctic Circle and watch electrified particles from the Sun spiralling down into the upper atmosphere, where they generate the wonderful colours of the Aurora Borealis or 'Northern Lights'. Come to the Planetarium to understand how eruptions on the Sun cause displays of the Northern Lights, and how these are visible from the ground as faint glows, coloured arcs or, at their most spectacular, coloured rays and bands of auroral light dancing back and forth across the night sky. Find out the best times to see the Northern Lights, where the best places are to see them, and when they might once again be visible from southern England.
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One of the most astonishing true stories is told by Three Identical Strangers. Three 19-year-old men in 1980’s New York, all adopted as children and complete strangers to each other, discovered they were triplets and had been separated at birth by a prominent Jewish adoption agency. How they found one another and how they dealt with their new identities is nothing short of remarkable. Returning are three films: The Wife, starring
Jonathan Pryce and Glenn Close, another high wire act. Who to believe, the literary Nobel-prize winning husband or the wife? Leave No Trace follows a father and his young daughter, who live an ideal existence in the Oregon wilderness, a small mistake turning their lives upside down and King of Thieves, with Michael Caine and other veteran actors having a ball as retired thieves. They Shall Not Grow Old is director Peter Jackson’s (Lord of the Rings) restored footage tribute to the men who signed up to go to war, their lives in the trenches transformed from black and white to vibrant colour, and with the recorded voices of those who served. Unmissable. There’s one last chance to see Degas: Passion for Perfection from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridg,e for the artist’s Paris street scenes. All seats are reservable on the cinema's plush red seats. Bar. Box office: 01243 786650. Chichester Cinema at New Park, New Park Road, Chichester PO19 7XY.
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12pm The Wife (15) 2.15pm The Wild Pear Tree (12A) 5.45pm Disobedience (15) 8.15pm The House that Jack Built (18)
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Proposed solar farm at Lidsey Farm
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Solafields is proposing to build a solar farm of up to 10MW at Lidsey Farm, located on low-grade agriculture land approximately 1km east of Lidsey Road/A29, with direct access from the A259 relief road.
1.30pm Degas (Exhibition on Screen) 3.45pm They Shall Not Grow Old (15) 5.45pm The Wife 8.15pm Leave No Trace (15) 1.15pm The Wife 3.45pm Three Identical Strangers (PG) 6pm King of Thieves (15) 8.30pm Polina (15)
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BUMBLEBEE Cinema: Picturedrome Tickets: www.picturedromebognor.com Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi IT'S been eleven years since Transformers first smashed onto cinema screens. Since then, our world has been the chosen battleground for five cinematic standoffs between the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons. Now the focus falls on fan favourite Bumblebee in this new eighties-set endeavour. On the run in 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, a teenage girl on the cusp of turning eighteen, discovers a damaged yellow Volkswagen Beetle. But when she starts fixing it up, she quickly learns that her new bug is actually Bumblebee, a robot in disguise, broken by a battle that is only just beginning. As the pair begin to form a strong bond, conflict arrives in the form of an anti-Autobot military man and the Decepticons who threaten Bumblebee's very existence on our planet.
We would like to invite the local community to a preapplication public exhibition taking place:
Date: Monday 14 January 2019
Time: 4.00pm – 7.30pm
Location: Felpham Memorial Village Hall,
17-19 Vicarage Lane, PO22 7DZ
Members of the project team will be available to answer your questions and welcome feedback.
We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition and hearing your views.
info@solafields.co.uk
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PostSport Chi continue to fly! Promotion DARTS: Legends duo Gary Blackwood and Gary Bryant swept all before them to take their first ever Bognor Friday Night Benevolent League Divisional Pairs Knockout crown. In what was an entertaining evening of darts at the Newtown Social Club, close to 100 players took part in competitions across three divisions. Blackwood and Bryant, pictured below, started as they meant to go on in the final against Lee Hellyer and Ricky Clark (Newtown Amity). Scores of 11 and 140 left Blackwood with 48 for the leg, which he hit in two darts. In the second, Hellyer and Clark got the lead and kept it, until Blackwood stole the leg, hitting double 16 again to take the second leg. Leg 3 saw Hellyer again hit a ton to start the leg, but with 138 and 121 from Bryant & Blackwood, they had first chance at the finish, which they missed.
Hellyer missed double top for a 102 out-shot allowing Blackwood a shot at double 10, which he hit, taking the leg and the match 3-0. In Division Two, Andy Chant & Larry Chant (Aldwick Legion), who fired 180s in their earlier rounds, were fancied to beat Colin Ragless & Karl Wingate (Friary 'D') in the final. After the first two legs were shared, leg three saw steady scoring from Chant and Bourne, pictured below. A failure to convert the double allowed the Friary pair a chance of taking the leg. But they couldn't capitalise, missing the finish, and eventually Bourne took the leg. Leg four started again with a 140 from Chant and a ton from Bourne. Wingate and Ragless lost form which gave their opponents time to hit the double, taking the leg and the match 3-1.
The Division Three final was contested by the father and son team of Keith and Daniel Robinson (Chi Snooker Club), pictured below, against Dave Coupland and Gary Harwood (Royal Oak). The Robinson's won the bullseye and keep the lead to the end of the leg, with Keith Robinson hitting 57 in 2 darts. Leg 2 saw Coupland start with 81, but Keith Robinson hit a ton to start, adding a 140 and another ton before hitting the double. The third leg again saw the Robinsons get the lead and keep it, with Daniel hitting the final shot to take the title.
in City's sights as run rolls on CHICHESTER CITY'S unbeaten run rolls on as the league leaders ensured they head into 2019 four points clear at the top of the table. Miles Rutherford's side rounded off a December to remember with a 6-1 crushing of relegation-threatened Arundel at Oaklands Park on Saturday. Goals from Josh Clack, Kaleem Haitham, Scott Jones, Dave Herbert (2) and Terrell Lewis secured the victory after they fell behind to an early Mullets goal. It means Chi picked up 16 points out of a possible 18 in a busy unbeaten December - which included a memorable 2-1 victory away at rivals Pagham on Boxing Day. Rutherford will want to keep that winning feeling going for as long as possible with promotion from SCFL Premier the ultimate aim for Chi this season. They have the perfect opportunity tomorrow when the league leaders visit struggling Loxwood (3pm). -- Chichester City are appealing for witnesses after crooks stole a Mountfield mower from Oaklands Park overnight on Saturday. Anyone with information can call police on 101.
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Winning end to 2018 for Sids SIDLESHAM will want to start the new year as they ended the last after picking up three vital points against Wick. Steve Bailey's side were composed throughout in the SCFL Division One clash and came from behind to secure a 3-1 win. A Joe Manners strike was followed by a late brace for Bradley Dean, which ensures Sids are 12th at the turn of the year. A busy week lies ahead for the Recreation Ground side with a trip to Littlehampton Town tomorrow (3pm) followed by a visit to struggling Mile Oak on Wednesday (7.30pm). Having secured two wins from three, Sids now have nine points separating them and the bottom three. A continuation of that form should keep them clear of trouble, ensuring a successful return to step six football. Fellow SCFL Division One side Selsey will put their fine form on the line against league leaders Steyning Town tomorrow (3pm). Blues have now won five from six, a run that has seen them surge up to fourth in the league. The latest come on Saturday with a 6-1 victory away at Worthing United. A Dan Bassil first half hat-trick, along with a brace for Josh Hall and a Lindon Miller strike, secured the win against the manager-less
Mavericks. It will be a lot tougher test tomorrow against Steyning, who have lost just twice in the league all season. Blues will follow that match up with a trip to Southwick on Tuesday (7.45pm). SCFL Premier side Pagham also face a double header as they look to arrest a poor run which has seen them win just once in six in all competitions. Lions had to come from behind twice last Saturday to secure a 2-2 draw against East Preston, Dan Simmonds and Daryl Wollers getting the goals. Tomorrow sees them welcome in-form Broadbridge Heath to Nyetimber Lane (3pm) before the much anticipated Sussex Senior Cup third round clash with Burgess Hill on Tuesday (7.30pm). It will be the third time the match has been scheduled, with the first being called off just 20 minutes from the end due to floodlight failure. Lions were 2-0 up at the time. In SCFL Division Two, Bosham's revival continues with the Walton Lane side seeking a sixth successive win tomorrow against Brighton Electricity at Withdean (3pm). The Robins defeated leaders Angmering 2-1 last time out, with James Ruston and Alex Barnes getting the goals.
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CHICHESTER RFC face a tough start to 2019 as they welcome promotion chasing Medway to Oaklands Park tomorrow (2pm). Blues ended 2018 with two consecutive defeats after a promising run in November lifted them away from the bottom of London South One. A fortmight off for Christmas will have given Scott Ashley's Chi side time to rest and recuperate after what was a punishing start to the campaign. But, even with many of their key players back, they will be up against it tomorrow against a Medway side who are strong on both sides of the ball. The visitors have lost just twice all season and are currently third. Chi, though, will take heart from the reverse
match back in September when a depleted Blues side pushed Medway all the way in a narrow 25-20 loss. Blues will expect to make a number of changes from their last match before the festive break, which resulted in a 42-12 reverse to Tottonians. --In Hampshire Premier, Bognor head to Alresford tomorrow looking to get back to winning ways. The Purple and Greens, who are third in the division, narrowly lost to leaders Basingstoke 14-15 before the Christmas break. With tomorrow's hosts sitting in the bottom third of the division, Bognor will be hoping for a bonus point win to keep up the pressure on the top two.
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BOGNOR coach Robbie Blake is urging to keep the momentum going after the Rocks sealed seven points from nine over a tricky festive period. The majority at Nyewood Lane will be delighted with the return from the holiday season which has seen their team go toe-totoe with three Sussex rivals. A 4-1 away win at Whitehawk on New Year's Day, combined with a win away at Worthing and 2-2 draw with Lewes, ensured a successful end to 2018 for the Rocks. The upturn in form has lifted Jack Pearce's side to ninth in the Bostik Premier, just four points behind Lewes in fifth. But coach Blake is urging the side to kick on in the coming weeks - starting this week with a home match against mid-table Carshalton Athletic tomorrow (3pm) before a long midweek trip to in-form Brightlingsea on Tuesday (7.45pm). Speaking to Rocks Radio after the Whitehawk victory, the former Bolton striker said: "The aim is to build that momentum from the start of the season. "That's three unbeaten now with two wins and a draw. We have Carshalton and Brightlingsea next - two big games that we can look forward to. "We only focus on the next match but we're on a good run at the moment. We have to take that forward and keep on pushing and trying
to get as high as we can. "We certainly have the ability and players in the dressing room so hopefully we can start peaking at the right time." The Rocks victory at Whitehawk looks more convincing on paper than it was in reality. A mixed first half saw Bognor go in at the break 2-0 up thanks to a brace from Jimmy Muitt. But Blake admitted he was far from happy with the performance as he felt the Rocks allowed the home side too much time on the ball and far too many chances. It was a different story in the second period with Harvey Whyte and Dan Smith scoring before a late consolation for the Hawks. Blake said he had words at the break, adding: "I don't want to come in and keep on moaning. I just want to get things better and want us to be really really good. "Going up that hill and with tired legs after a busy festive period, I thought we dominated the match in the second half." Blake added: "We have to try and keep a clean sheet, that breeds confidence and gets togetherness for the back four and keeper." Rocks are without any new injury concerns for the Carshalton match, with Gary Charman likely to be fit after being withdrawn early against the Hawks. Corey Heath is close to a return but fellow long-term absentee Keaton Wood is out until the end of January.
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THE Rocks may have turned their form around on the pitch; but now they are looking for your help to boost their fortunes off it. A new year has led officials at Nyewood Lane to issue a new call for volunteers to help the club move forward behind the scenes. Manager Jack Pearce believes with more support from volunteers the club can make great strides when Saturday comes. Pearce said: "Without a benefactor to put money into the club, we rely on our volunteers and they should be assured they are the lifeblood of the club – but we need more of them. "We are in an area with a high amount of retired people and these people have many, many talents. "We want to know if there are people out there who think they can help with a specific area of expertise or in a general capacity." Particular positions the club is keen to fill include a bookkeeper, match secretary, car park marshals and a raffle ticket seller. All positions offer the benefit of free entry on match days. For more details contact club secretary Simon Cook on 07527 455167 or email sajcook2@aol.com
LOOKING back at the Christmas period and it wasn't too bad a return with seven points from nine. We are a bit disappointed with the Lewes game but three points at Worthing and then Whitehawk was great for us. That 2-0 win away at Worthing was excellent, especially given that it was a bit personal given a few of our old boys were in their line-up. But what mattered was it was a better performance where we did the ugly things well. It is true that when you play against players you know then you always want to beat them. It would have been the same for Craney, Ollie and Alex who were playing against us. Winning not only gives us bragging rights but it was an excellent day for everyone, we all really enjoyed it. Against Lewes it was a bit different. In the first half we didn't pick up the pace enough and we went back to the naive way we were playing before. The most disappointing thing was that we got back into the game and then in front. When you are 2-1 up against ten men with ten to play you should always win the game. At that point you really cannot drop points. It's been a real learning curve for the lads at the back. Words have been said and we will move on. But we need to cut those mistakes out if we are to do something this year. It's hard to say what the difference has been. Theo coming in alongside me has helped. I would call him a proper player. He is a bit more vocal and he doesn't mind a tackle. Gary Charman also makes a difference at the back. You can tell when he's in the team as it means that we can always focus on fighting for second ball as he will always win the first header. You saw that at Whitehawk in what was a funny match. It was almost a basketball
game and could have been 5-5 at half time. Dan pulled off a few saves and they missed a few chances while we took ours. It was only after the break that we settled when I got the third goal. I've been on a bit of a drought after starting the season all right so it was nice to get one. With Theo coming in I have been getting forward a bit more recently. If that's the role I keep on being asked to play then I look forward to hopefully getting a few more. I often get asked where I prefer to play. The simple answer is that it makes no difference to me. I feel more pressure at right back as it's a one-on-one duel with the winger which means you're more exposed. When you are in the middle it is a bit more industrial. There is a lot more running and closing down which you do not always get rewarded for. The main thing as a club, though, is to focus on the next match. We must use the good form over Christmas to kick on and get a good result against Carshalton tomorrow. We drew with them earlier in the season. Being at home, we should be looking to win. Then we have the long trip to Brightlingsea in midweek. A draw away is always a good result but with our team we are always capable of winning. The positive thing is that we have good players on the pitch and good ones in the wings too. With Jimmy Wild, Tommy Scutt and Mason on the bench, we have real squad depth. Finally, I want to say a Happy New Year to all Rocks fans. As I'm getting older, seeing in the new year does tend to be a bit quieter especially with a match the next day. I did spend some time with friends, though. Like anyone, it's always good to be around people that you like - that's what's it's all about.
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