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Happy New Year Esher & Claygate!

2020 - well that has a nice ring to it! I wonder what this

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Sudoku & Digi-Search Surrey Artist Collection Computer Tips Crossword Puzzle Gardening with Selina What’s On in January What’s Cooking?

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For all you creative people, don’t miss ‘Crafting Live’ at Sandown this month. It sounds amazing and there is a special Buy 1 Get 1 Free on tickets if you quote the code on the advert see page 9 for the low down.

Local thespians are busy; Cobham Players will be presenting ‘Alice in Wonderland’ between 9th - 11th January, and The Cat’s Grin Theatre Company are also taking to the stage on 11th Jan with a firm favourite ‘The Wizard of Oz” See page 24 for details on both. And from the other side of the curtain, Auditions will take place on 2nd Feb for The Barn Theatre’s production of ’Sister Act’ which is due to take place in the early summer see our inside back cover for more on that…

And finally, another event for your new diary! 10th - 16th February, if you’re free and you fancy a little visit to Denbies Wine Estate near Dorking, there will be a treat in store as 6 popular artists who exhibited there last year return with a new exhibition entitled ‘A New View.’

Wishing you a great start to this New Year!

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An established member of the community in Esher and the surrounding area for a decade now, the family-run business also pride themselves on their involvement with many local groups and organisations.

Mr Uddin, helps to organise a number of donations to good causes in the area. These include donations of food to parish churches and financial donations to the community centre in Claygate.

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What a lovely gesture.

"We also support Cobham and Esher Rugby Clubs and the Metropolitan Police who work out of the station at Imber Court," The list goes on, and Mr Uddin said that Esher Tandoori hoped to distribute a selection of their dishes to many in the area who could benefit from a good hot meal this winter.

I think this shows a real commitment to the community.

We should be proud to support Esher Tandoori!

So next time you fancy a curry why not give them a call as a way of returning support and gratitude.

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Goodbye Windows 7 Without meaning to sound like a scratched record… On January 14th 2020 Microsoft will officially end extended support of Windows 7.

Yes very soon now Windows 7 will not receive any software support or updates.

But what does this actually mean for you?

In very simple terms, it means that your Windows 7 device will become less and less useful if you use the device for any internet connected activity. For example, if you use the machine for online banking, your bank will stop you gaining access to your online accounts, as they view your computer as being a security risk to their systems. Bit by bit this will become widespread and most online shopping systems will block your ability to carry out transactions with them for the same reason.

We are not saying your machine will suddenly stop working on the 14 January. Your files and photos will still be accessible, the machine will power on as before, but you will be at greater risk to security breaches, and your ability to communicate and collaborate with others will be much reduced.

What can you do about this?

1: Upgrade the software on your machine to Windows 10 (the worlds most used operating system). This does carry a cost of £130 for the software alone, and your machine may not be designed to work efficiently with Windows 10. Typically we find machines older than 5 years of age are best replaced, rather than being upgraded Or 2: Replace your computer with a new Windows 10 machine.

With costs as low as £250 for new machines this is probably the most economical route and you get a brand new, up to date machine, with a full warranty.

We can transfer all your data from the old to the new machine and ensure the new machine is ready for the years ahead, with minimal disruption for you.

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The website can be accessed via our usual website www.tecres.co.uk or directly via our sister website www. shop-it.co.uk. All stock quantities reflect exactly what we have in store for collection or shipment.

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1 Behaved badly (5,2) 2 Small amphibians (5) 3 Taverns (anag.) (7) 4 Bowman (6) 5 Ascend (5) 6 Run-of-the-mill (7) 7 Dodge (5) 13 Turbulent swift-flowing stream (7) 15 Defamation (7) 16 Insanity (7) 17 Russets, pippins, etc. (6) 18 Menacing animal sound (5) 19 ‘The final frontier’ (5) 21 Arab country (5)

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Safety in the Garden

By Selina Botham

Award winning local garden designer Selina Botham continues to looks at issues of safety in the garden.

This month taking a look at paving choices and some important safety consideration.

As well as beauty, a garden designer will consider safety too and slipping or tripping on the surface materials can be reduced by careful material choice as well as sensible design.

Some materials are worse than others, either slippery or uneven because of the nature of the material. Do choose carefully as I am sure you can imagine, especially in icy January, how important your choice of paving materials will be.

The worst issues for slippery surfaces tend to be with decking or with very smooth surfaces like smooth sawn stone or polished concrete. These surfaces should never be laid in north facing positions or where there is heavy shade, since water is more likely to linger and algae is more likely to grow. Algae growth makes surfaces especially slippery, so paving/deck should be regularly cleaned to prevent algea build up. In rain and or ice the risk of slipping will be increased.

My advice is to choose a sandblasted finish for a modern look or a more traditional looking riven stone surface as long as your landscaper avoids using heavily riven slabs.

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Avoid deck except for south facing areas and never use decking right next to your main doors from the house. Surfaces like composite decking get slippery when the boards get worn and because the plastics are impermeable, water can sit on the surface and so can be slippery when wet or icy. Some wooden decking is made slip resistant with inlays of a non slip material and this is the most slip resistant if decking is needed.

Porcelain is another impermeable material, so take care to investigate the slip resistance when it is wet.

Gravel is slip resistant if it has been laid well, but do avoid bigger smooth stones as they can be unstable and therefore hard to walk on, especially if laid thickly (think Brighton beach!). If you don’t clear fallen leaves, even on a gravel path, the surface will become slippery in wet conditions. The important thing to appreciate is that all paving can get slippery, so regular maintenance is a MUST for any surface.

Selina Botham is an award winning garden designer based in Claygate. If you would like to improve and make the best of your garden and need some professional help contact Selina for an initial garden consultation on 07894 553 202 or see her web site for further ideas www.designsforallseasons.co.uk and her facebook page Selina Botham – Designs for all Seasons.

Head teacher mounts silent appeal

Pupils at a Walton school were tickled to discover their head teacher had vowed to remain silent for a day - and then the fun began. The attempt by Shellie Bradford to keep schtum from the morning bell to going home time was “harder than I imagined” she said. Even her mum doubted she could do it. With pupils trying to trick her into responding, and colleagues resolutely not speaking to her, she said it was agony at times.

Shellie maintained her sponsored silence to raise funds for Princess Alice Hospice, a place she had initially been reluctant to visit – until it changed her outlook on life and death.

“I never shut up,” she said. “I love talking, I knew it would be hard but didn’t quite appreciate just how hard!

All the children (staff and parents too) thought it was highly amusing, the thought of me staying quiet all day.

My mum had no faith in my whatsoever!”

Her vow of silence raised a fantastic £821.99 and a big cheer from the pupils.

Her imaginative fundraiser was inspired by her visits to the Hospice over the years.

She said: “I’ve been visiting Princess Alice Hospice for a few years now, sometimes face painting at the summer fete and enjoying the festivities at the Christmas fair. If I’m

honest I’d always felt really apprehensive about going in there, but this year, over the holidays I spent some time there visiting a friend, keeping her company, while her dad was there. As I spent more time at Princess Alice Hospice, I became calm and found a real sense of peace there.

Everyone’s so welcoming and kind and I could see families around me being supported but given time and ‘normality’ in a really hard time.

“One afternoon when I was there, I saw a huge family in grief after losing someone a few moments before; at that moment I turned to my friend and said: ‘Do you know, one thing that has come from me visiting here, is that I no longer fear death.’ It was an overwhelmingly calm feeling.

That is why I felt such a need to show my support.”

Her sterling efforts lasted 10 hours - from the moment she woke up at 6am, until 4pm.

She said: “We had full on lessons in the morning, maths, English and so on. I did a lot of writing messages on a whiteboard and signing, facial expressions too. The afternoon was my planning and prep time but that was just as hard because none of the staff would talk to me in the office. I actually felt quite lonely and a little sad. It made me feel how isolating it must feel for people who are unable to communicate.”

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WHAT’S Friday 3rd (weekly)

Weds 8th (1st Weds monthly)

on

Hersham Village Market, open every Friday from 10.30am - 12noon in All Saints Church Hall. If you’re looking to buy local food that’s delicious & fresh, high quality hand crafted gifts, or home grown plants, then you really should visit us! www.hershamvillagemarket.org.uk Elmbridge U3a, Monthly Meeting at Claygate Village Hall, Church Rd KT10 0JP from 2pm. For more info or to join: 0208 979 2737 or members@elmbridgeu3a.org

9th - 11th JANUARY

Cobham Players presents Alice in Wonderland at Cobham Village Hall, Lushington Dr, Cobham KT11 2LU from 7.30pm & 2.30pm Saturday Matinee. All your favourite WonderIand characters are here in our pantomime! Visit www.cobhamplayers.org.uk

Friday 10th JANUARY

Winter Walk & Talk - A familiar favourite at RHS Wisley, Surrey GU23 6QB from 1pm to 3pm. Not everything in the garden is sleeping in winter. Join RHS Garden Wisley’s enthusiastic Curatorial Team on a walk & talk around the garden. For more info or to book www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/whats-on The Cat’s Grin Theatre Company presents The Wizard of Oz by Frank L Baum in an

Saturday 11th original adaptation by Don Brown at Vera Fletcher Hall, 4, Embercourt Road, Thames Ditton KT7 0LQ from 2.30pm. Suitable for 4+. Cash bar. Tickets £8.00. Box Office: www.

JANUARY verafletcherhall.co.uk / 08456 528 529. www.catsgrin.co.uk

Philomela presents An evening of Song at All Saints Church, 14-16 Market Place, KT11 1JP

Saturday 18th from 7.30pm. Music for Mind, Conductor Wendy Norman. Philomela performs works by JANUARY Pergolesi, Holst, Elgar, Gershwin & more. Free entry with retiring collection in aid of Mind.

Tuesday 21st (monthly)

Tuesday Tree Walk - Autumn Walk at Claremont Gardens, Portsmouth Rd, Esher KT10 9JG from 11am - 12.30pm. Join our expert tree guide Hilary for a guided walk around Claremont. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/claremont-landscape-garden/whats-on

Friday 24th JANUARY

Irving Undead written and performed by West End actor James Swanton at Vera Fletcher Hall, 4, Embercourt Road, Thames Ditton KT7 0LQ from 7.30pm. In life, he was the greatest actor of the Victorian age. He is remembered only for inspiring Bram Stoker to write Dracula. £15. Box Office: www.verafletcherhall.co.uk 08456 528 529.

Tuesday 28th

Kingston & District Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance Group meet at Marion House, Girl Guides Hut, Tadworth Ave, KT3 6DJ, 2.00 - 4.00pm. In addition to our main function of keeping in touch with local & national issues concerning pensioners, we arrange a variety of speakers to entertain us. This month’s speaker: Carol Harris: ‘Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance expedition’. Brenda Denby, 0208 398 6054/brendadenby@live.co.uk.

(monthly)

If there’s an event in February that you’d like mentioned, please contact Ros (details on p.3) before Friday 10th January.

All entries appear on a first come, first served basis. Details of the above event are correct at time of print.

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baked meatballs with tomato & mascarpone ingredients method ½ tbsp olive oil 300g pack reduced fat British beef meatballs 200g pack swiss chard 3 garlic cloves, crushed 680g bottle Cirio Passata Rustica 2 oregano sprigs 2 tbsp mascarpone (Serves 4)

1. Preheat the oven to 180ËšC, gas mark 4. Heat the oil in a large ovenproof casserole dish, sautĂŠ pan or frying pan over a high heat. Add the meatballs, season and fry for 5 minutes until browned all over. Meanwhile, strip the chard leaves from the stalks.

2. Finely slice the chard stalks and add to the pan with the garlic; fry for a minute. Pour in the passata, add the oregano sprigs, then season (you may want to add a pinch of sugar too). Transfer the uncovered pan to the oven for 15 minutes.

3. Remove the pan from the oven and stir in the mascarpone. Tear the chard leaves into large strips and stir into the sauce. Return the pan to the oven for 5 minutes, then serve with couscous or pasta, if liked.

cooking tip For a one-pot meal, stir a pouch of ready-cooked freekeh or can of drained butter beans into the sauce along with the chard leaves, before baking for the final 5 minutes.

Prep: 10mins. Cooking: 30mins Recipe & Photo reproduced by kind permission of Waitrose. Over 5,000 recipes can be found at www.waitrose.com/recipes

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES January / February 2020

Do you love reading?

Your local Library Direct Home Service volunteers visit people who are no longer able to visit the library. As well as bringing the Library to people’s homes, a visit from a Library Direct volunteer provides social contact. Flexible commitment of weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis.

Keep fit while helping people

A local healthy walks group are looking for volunteer walk leaders for a few hours once a week. As well as ensuring walks are friendly, safe and well run, walk leaders are also ambassadors for walking, showing people that walking really can make a big difference to their lives.

Do you have a Category D1 Driving Licence?

A new community transport service are looking for a volunteer mini-bus driver, supporting a wide range of people in the Elmbridge, Runnymede and Spelthorne areas, to access activities which include getting to the shops or going on day trips.

Meals on Wheels - Drivers Needed

Drivers with their own cars are needed in Cobham and Claygate areas to collect meals from a central area and deliver to clients’ homes. As well as delivering meals, the volunteer would report back any concerns they have for the client.

Hospice Ward Volunteers

A local Hospice requires Ward hospitality volunteers to assist and support staff and patients at mealtimes by preparing trays, serving meals, supporting patients with their meals and clearing away. Shifts available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 12 – 2pm.

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Volkswagen UP CAR REVIEW BY TED MACAULEY

As urban living closes in and its restrictions on movement tighten up, the urgent need for ease of movement is more intense and frustrating than ever.

And that calls for a rescue, a competent means to master the growing restrictions that are making our day-to-day lives such a hardship.

The answer, I promise, comes in the petite shape and practicality of a city car that can satisfy all the needs and defy the demands and pressures of our crowdedout conditions.

And it is a case of Up and at ‘Em. Volkswagen’s painstakingly developed city car, as worthy a transport benefit as you can get, cheap and cheerful. Namely the Up....

It is to my mind the finest all-rounder and value-formoney motor you could enjoy in the well-populated city car class, a fine tribute to the superb German company’s efforts to give us ease of travel where it is most needed.

The irritating nose-to-tail crawls in endless jams are eased by the Up’s simplicity of a drive with its light steering and dead easy straightforward controls. It is such a comfy and cosy and versatile carrier of the tallest of leggy drivers any journey, around town or on a longer motorway trek, can be no bother.

The cabin itself is airy and generously proportioned

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offering an atmosphere in which you may relax whatever the snail pace surroundings. It is so cleverly and thoughtfully designed the back-seat passengers,too, may sit back and take in the views without feeling cramped. It is kind to the purse and wallet,too.Running costs are attractively modest...with fuel thirst running at around 60 mpg.

The car was facelifted from 2016 with new colours on the outside and with its innards offering even more technical advances and functional infotainment. Top of the list of improvements comes in the form of a brand new turbo petrol engine which boosts it pep and leaves rivals like the Skoda Citigo and Seat in its wake.

It offers a temptingly tasty choice of four petrol options... either a 60bhp or 75bhp non turbo power unit or a 90bhp or 1115bhp turbo version. Which ever one appeals they share the same buzzing and throaty response to the demands of your right foot.

Overall this small and affordable little beauty, a real all-rounder that defies any attacks on its prospects, is Up,Up and Away among the vast array of city car challengers. And just the job for a first time owner hunting down a bargain.

Specficiation: Price range £9,825 - £25,640. My choice: 1.0T 115 BHP GTI three door costing £14,315. Mpg 58.9. Speed - 0-62 in 8.8 secs.

music ON THE GREEN

Lunchtime Concerts Christ Church, Esher

Weds 15th January 2020 Sofia Gomez Alberto – violin Arthur di Francesco – piano After graduating with distinction from Zaragoza Sofia Gomez Alberto moved to London in 2017 and currently studies at the Royal College of Music.

Passionate about chamber music she regularly plays with various ensembles in Europe and the UK, including at the Wigmore Hall.

A keen chamber musician French-Spanish pianist Arthur di Francesco also studies at the Royal College of Music, plays across Europe and has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.

Their programme for Music on the Green can be expected to be full of musical fireworks and virtuoso performances, featuring lively keyboard dances by the Argentinian composer Ginastera as well as the famous Gypsy Airs of Sarasate.

An invigorating occasion to help celebrate the New Year.

Free entry and light lunch from 12.30pm Concert from 1.10pm. Retiring Collection

For further info please contact the Parish Office:

01372 462282

Email: office@esherparish.org.uk www.esherparish.org.uk

Music Matters They may not all be paved with gold, but see if you can score a gold star in our city quiz.

QUESTIONS: 1. Which city’s streets did Ralph McTell sing about?

2. Which city did Tony Bennett leave his heart in?

3. New York City is in the state of New York.

Who snag about New York, New York?

4. Who sang about China Grove?

5. George Ezra had success with a song about which Hungarian city?

6. Where was the little mouse with clogs on, according to Ronnie Hilton?

7. Which, now ruined city, did David Gray sing about?

8. Who was Going Down to Liverpool?

9. Which city (capital of the Roman Empire) was sung about by Al Stewart?

10. Which city did Monserrat Caballe and Freddie Mercury sing about?

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It’s a new year so why not use your local library to help you learn a new skill? We have a fantastic selection of books to help you learn to cook, to garden, to speak a new language, to try a huge variety of crafts or to paint or draw, and many other interesting topics. Remember your membership at Esher Library enables you to use the libraries all across Surrey - so if the book you want isn’t at Esher, it can be reserved for you to collect here (for a small fee) or you can visit the other libraries and browse their selections (free of charge). Any books you borrow in this way can conveniently be dropped off here at Esher for us to send back to their home branch.

In addition to all our lovely books, being a library member entitles you to access a world of resources across the internet; free newspapers, an impressive variety of magazines and periodicals, Find Your Past/ Ancestry (in libraries) and much more.

We have several regular free activities for children. Rhymetime for the under 5’s 10am Wednesday and Thursday, 10.30am Saturday and Storytime for over 5’s at 3.45pm Thursday. No need to book, just come along and join in the fun.

We are delighted to welcome local author Malcolm Duffy to Esher Library on Saturday 8 February.

Malcom will be reading an extract from his new book ‘Sofa Surfer.’ This is a first for Esher, Sofa Surfer is aimed at Young Adults so please encourage those of a certain age to come along & support Malcolm & the library. However, it’s not an exclusive event so come along & enjoy listening whatever your age.

Another local author, Mark Bisson, will be coming to Esher in the near future to read from and talk about his book, ‘The cat who lost his confidence.’ As the book’s theme is children’s positive mental health, we are hoping to incorporate discussions/workshops with parents. Again, this is something new for us at Esher to organise. Please express any interest in this event to any member of staff and keep an eye out for further details both in the library and on our website.

We are always looking for events to encourage new members to the library and add value to existing members. To this effect we organised a Story time for adults on Friday 6 December at 10.30am. This was a free event, we invited anyone to come along and listen to extracts from books with a Christmas theme. These were read by members of staff and a volunteer. We ran the event last year, with a disappointing attendance, which we put down to the frightful weather. This year we only had one person attend, who just happened to be in the library. Perhaps we are holding this event on the wrong day or at the wrong time. It is disheartening for people who have put effort into choosing a passage to read and then practising reading it out loud. We are looking for feedback!! We would like to have this as a monthly event so if you are interested please make any comments regarding time and day to the Esher staff. It would be lovely to hold a regular event for adults!!

Wishing you health and happiness for 2020.

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useful numbers POLICE TRAVEL To report local incidents ......................... 101 National Rail Enquiries .............0845 748 4950 Surrey Bus Services .................01483 506919 DENTISTS Train information ....................0845 748 4950 Crome Dental Clinic ............... 01932 862 600 Fair Oak Dental Practice ........... 01372 463 082 SCHOOLS Hare Lane Dental Practice ........ 01372 452 577 Claremont Fan Court School .....01372 473 624 Meads Dental Practice .............. 01372 464 929 Claygate Primary School .........01372 455348 S3 Dental Practice .................... 0208 398 6322 Cranmere Primary & Nursery Sch ... 0208 398 5580 Summerfield Dental Practice .... 01372 462 266 Esher Church School ...............01372 463931 The Neem Tree Dental Practice . 01372 540 186 Esher Church of England High Sch ...01372 468068 Milbourne Lodge School .........01372 462737 VILLAGE HALLS Rowan Preparatory School .......01372 462627 Civic Centre ............................ 01932 254 750 Shrewsbury Lodge Pre Prep Sch .. 01372 462781 Claygate Centre .......................01372 463 476 Claygate Village Hall ................ 01372 469 221 MEDICAL King George’s Hall ................... 01932 254 750 Capelfield Surgery ....................01372 462501 Esher Green Surgery .................01372 462726 COUNCILS & SERVICE Littleton Surgery ......................01372 462235 Citizens Advice Esher & District..01372 464770 Non-emergency NHS Help .......................... 111 Claygate Village Association .... 01372 463740 Royal Surrey Hospital ..............01483 464002 Claygate Parish Council ..........01372 467000 St John Ambulance ............... 07900 910292 Elmbridge Borough Council ... 01372 474474 St Peter’s Hospital Chertsey ......01932 872000 Elmbridge Museum ................. 01372 474 568 Esher Residents Ass .. info@esherresidents.com CHURCHES Library Services ...................... 0300 200 1001 All Saints Weston ......................0208 398 1849 Surrey County Council ...........08456 009009 Christ Church, Esher ................01372 462 282 Esher Green Baptist Church ......01372 459 800 Esher Quakers Meeting House ...0208 399 4325 VETERINARY SURGEONS Claygate Veterinary Centre .....01372 460107 First Church of Christ, Scientist ..01372 463 058 Medivet Esher-Manor Vets .......0208 398 8005 Holy Trinity Church ..................01372 463 603 St George’s Church, West End ....01372 462 282 CHEMISTS The Holy Name RC Church ......01372 462 451 Boots Pharmacy ....................... 01372 463 912 Central Pharmacy ....................01372 464 064 BANKS Claygate Pharmacy &Travel Clinic 01372 466 116 Barclays ....................................0345 734 5345 Wallis Jones Pharmacy ..............0208 398 2494 Santander .................................0800 030 4321

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ACS

PITCH PERFECT £1.2 million AstroTurf investment increases student and community sports participation at ACS International School Cobham

ACS International School Cobham has invested £1.2 million in an impressive 91.36m x 65.5m all-weather sports surface, suitable for a range of activities including football, rugby and athletics. Replacing its former grass pitch, the new state-of-the-art FIFA-accredited, World Rugby-accredited AstroTurf will ensure that students can compete on the finest pitch surface throughout the changing seasons.

The ACS Cobham pitch also meets FA requirements for competitive games, which means it will be a huge draw for inter-school competition. Not only will ACS enjoy a range of matches as part of the Independent Schools Championships, but the facilties will also attract competition from a number of international and local schools, giving students the chance to hone their skills in a competitive environment.

The sports surface will also enable ACS students to train for prestigious international competitions overseas.

Students in Grade 4/5 and 6/7 teams are representing ACS – and England - in football, track and swimming at the World School Games in Dubai in January 2020 and have started training on the pitch. ACS Cobham is one of the few schools that offers football and rugby training to girls from Grade 1 (age 6-7) and the entire student body from Grade 1-12 are looking forward to using the surface

for a variety of sports.

The addition of the AstroTurf also extends extra-curricular club, leisure and team practice times after classes, over weekends and holidays, and is available for community groups to use. A set of 18-metre tall telescopic floodlights have been installed so that the pitch can be used until 9pm during autumn and winter seasons, allowing teams to best utilise their free time for training.

The official launch of the AstroTurf took place at the Power of Four Cup on 29 November, an under-18 varsity football tournament, where ACS Cobham players were competing with their colleagues from ACS Egham, ACS Hillingdon and ACS Doha, who had made the journey to Surrey from Qatar. The Cobham Cougars went on to win the cup.

The installation of this multi-use sports surface was part of a wider investment at ACS Cobham, where a fund of £1.1 million has been recently announced for the bursary scheme for the academic year 2020/21. All bursaries are awarded on a means-tested basis and, dependent on each student’s individual circumstances, range from ten per cent to 100 per cent of the schools’ fees. Interested families and students can find out more about how to apply for an ACS bursary, the school’s international curriculum or attending an open day by visiting www.acs-schools.com.

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AUDITIONS 2nd February 2020

10:30am

Production dates: 18-21st | 24-27th June

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OPEN MORNINGS Whole School Saturday 8 February, 9.30am - 12.30pm Senior School Saturday 14 March, 9.30am - 12.30pm Additional visitor events also available.

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