ISSUE 15 - APR 2010
Spring Has Sprung!
100 year old daffodils at Bosmere Hall, Picture by Gary Rayner
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Editorial From The Editor... Hello and welcome to the April edition of the Stowmarket and District Flyer, everyone at the Flyer hopes your Easter was fun and exciting. I enyoyed a few days off work and got away for some R and R, luckily my team of employees held the fort for me and made this possible and I want to take this chance to say thank you to them for that.
Gary Rayner, Editor of This is the last month of the competition to win an the Stowmarket Flyer Orange Mobile Phone with ÂŁ60 Credit loaded on it for you to use and we want you to have a chance to win this.
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Needham Market Raft Race
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Town 102 Music Review
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Flyer Sports News
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What's On
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Local Trader's Guide
Have a super month and please do get in contact with us with any questions you might have.
Find a Trade Guide! pg 6
Daycare
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Interior Design
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Aerial Specialists
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Dental
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Life Coach
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Birthing Help
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Driving Schools
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Mobility
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Blind Makers
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Eating Out
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Photography
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Boutique
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Electricians
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Plumbing & Heating pg 5, 15
Estate agents
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Roofers
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Car Repair
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Fashion
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Storage
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Car Rental
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Fire Consultancy
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Telecoms
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Carpeting
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Furniture Fitters
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Web Design
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Catering
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Furniture Repairs
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Weight Loss
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Cinema & Theatre pg 2
Garden Centre
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Windows & Conservatories
Cleaning Services pg 16
Gift Shop
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Computer Lessons pg 4
Health, Beauty & Fitness
Computer Repairs pg 10
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Local News Major New Development Brings Much Needed Housing And Hundreds Of New Jobs To Suffolk The scheme located at Great Blakenham, near Ipswich, will deliver a total of 350 new homes, a wide selection of community facilities plus provide land for a primary school, railway station and appropriate commercial enterprises.
Godfrey Spanner, Managing Director of Onslow Suffolk, the developer of the scheme said: "Our team are delighted that we are now able to get this project underway. It means that jobs will be created and new services made available." He continued: "Some people think we at Onslow are only interested in building these houses, taking the profits, then disappearing. They are wrong! Our main priority is, and always has been, the delivery of SnOasis, the world's first indoor winter sports resort, as promised. " Site work started on Monday 29th March 2010
Old Newton Sports and Social Club
Located on land formerly known as the Masons Cement Works and the adjoining MOD site, it will consist of: 203 private houses ranging in size from 2 to 5 bedrooms, 34 apartments each with 2 bedrooms, 93 affordable houses with 2 to 4 Football - as the season approaches its end all 3 teams bedrooms and 20 affordable apartments with one bedroom have provided entertaining performances throughout the accommodation. season, come along and see the remaining matches. Cricket - we are promised a brilliant summer!!!. We are keen As well as new infrastructure to include footpaths, cycle ways for new players and will soon be holding practice sessions for and a bus route, the site will be extensively landscaped to the coming season. The new all weather pitch is laid and roll provide a selection of attractive open spaces and play areas on warm afternoon and evenings. Interested in playing? for communal activities. Come along to the club. Darts - The winter leagues are all but finished BUT summer Seen by the Government as an efficient use of the land and leagues start soon. We need new players of all standards for meeting identified housing requirements, this regeneration of our teams, again come along to the club to discuss (plenty a long defunct brownfield site will virtually double the size of of friendly competition particularly on a Friday night). the village. Undoubtedly, it will bring benefits to the existing Crib - (is it a sport?) New players needed for the season that local community and its businesses by delivering essential will start in September. An old game with a lively social side. services to an area long overdue for revitalisation. All at Old Newton Sports and Social Club in Church Road, Old Newton.
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Local Business News Budget 2010 Stamp Duty Probably the most commented item in the Chancellor's last budget before the election was the measure giving stamp duty relief to first time buyers who will be exempt from paying the 1% stamp duty on properties up to £250,000 - a maximum saving of £2,500- for the next two years. To qualify as a first time buyer HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have stated that the buyer (or all buyers in the case of a joint purchase) must not at any time owned a property anywhere in the world. The property must also be the buyer's main or only home thereby excluding buy-to-let investors. In addition individuals who have previously been gifted or inherited a property cannot be considered first time buyers and are therefore also excluded from the relief. Commentators are of the opinion the relief is hard to police as the onus is on the buyer to declare that they have not previously owned property. HMRC will issue penalties for a false declarations.
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Local Business News New Life Mobility. Helping Make Life Easier
Life coaching with Guiding Hands
A local company with national ambitions
Who am I ?
New Life Mobility is a local company with national ambitions. Local Suffolk businessman Steve Cackett is the owner and founder of the mobility business. The business which is located in the Tower Ramparts Shopping centre in Ipswich supplies a wide range of mobility products which help older people or people with mobility difficulties to live their life to the full and not miss out on activates and the day to day tasks other people take for granted. The company has been so successful and is gaining such a good reputation branches could soon be opening nationwide. From Scooters to tin openers New Life Mobility stock a wide range of products from mobility scooters to can openers, all of which are designed and testWho do YOU want to become ? ed to help people. They stock products from the world's leadAs the lighter spring evenings start to open out before us we ing supplier's mobility products such as Days Healthcare, Pride have a sense of revival, that inner strength pushing its way out Mobility, RMA, Z-Tec, Sheerlines and Promedics. Apart from one through the winter cobwebs, showing us a glimpse of all of of Suffolk's largest range of mobility scooters, New Life Mobility the possibilities that lay before us this summer. also stock a range of Electric Rise and Recline Chairs, Bath If you had the chance to change your life for the better what lifts, three and four wheeled walkers, wheelchairs, walking aids, would choose ? rainwear, shower stools and a wide range of everyday items. A great difference in quality of life z To become happier ? I met up with Steve and he said; z To become more relaxed ? "We are dedicated and experienced in working with the z Or just to be YOU ? elderly and disabled and we have first hand experience that Each year have you tried and never seemed to get very far helps us advise y on products to suit the customers' needs" with such goals like those mentioned above ? Steve continued; "Understanding the needs of people and Has frustration kicked in and halted your efforts ? understanding that the small things in life can make a great Each month I will aim to share a tip for the month with you, difference in quality of life is what makes us stand out. helping you to make your life a little easer. “We understand the elderly are sometimes vulnerable and that they can occasionally get confused and that is why we Tip for the Month do not employ or use high pressure sales people in the store Noticing the positive in your life - Find a moment in your day or to visit you at home." where you can sit on your own undisturbed. If you purchase a large item from New Life Mobility, it will be Make yourself a gratitude list each day, you could list up to delivered to you free of charge within Suffolk, Norfolk and 20 things that you are grateful for, if you can discover more North East Essex. Deliveries can be arranged for other destifrom your day, then great. nations, please phone Steve for details. By doing this you are finding the positive side in every Shopmobility Service situation that you may come across in your day. New Life Mobility funds the Shopmobility service Until next time, Stuart operated from The Tower Ramparts and ensures that equipment lent to users is well maintained and insured at no Please feel free to phone us and arrange your own personal life changing care package on: 07826 483643 cost to the members of the scheme. Welcome to my new monthly column. My name is Stuart Boulter. I manage a successful company based in North Norfolk called Guiding Hands, which you may have seen advertising in your local monthly editions of the Stowmarket Flyer for quite a while now. We cover all of the Norfolk and Suffolk area specializing in alternative therapy's, one of which is Life coaching. We aim to visit all of our clients in the comfort of their own homes at a time that is convenient and relaxing for them, thus enabling you to gain the benefit of our special tailormade care packages that are made just for you.
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Local News Stowmarket Operatic & Dramatic Society Stowmarket Operatic & Dramatic Society is pleased to announce that - like the Phoenix rising from the ashes - Mr Cinders is about to light up the Regal stage at last and "Spread a Little Happiness" across the area.
Stonham Barns Garden Centre Update
Originally cast last July, planned for December, postponed due to the arson attack on the theatre and partially recast not once but three times when first one of the brothers then the male lead had to be recast due to family commitments and one of the replacements had to leave due to revised work conditions, the current cast plus choreographer Keely Taylor and Musical Director Kate Jewell have worked extremely hard under the direction of Anne Lilley to keep the show on the road. As can be guessed from the title the story is a role reversal of the original Cinderella where the adopted son Jim (Matt Bendall - in the third part he has learned) is put upon by his Aunt, Lady Agatha Lancaster (Pauline Taylor) and her two foppish sons, Lumley (Michael Jewell) and Guy (Jon Wray the second part he had learned). His Uncle, Sir George just wants a quiet life!
A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at The Garden Centre, Stonham Barns where you can browse around the outside shrub and Perennial beds before entering the extensive under cover sales area. You will find a large selection of seasonal basket and bedding plants, potted plants, citrus and unusual conservatory specimens, a range of containers, garden tools and much more. We now have a new Conservatory shop with a beautiful range of silk flower and vase arrangements, a real treat.
A series of adventures, mishaps and misunderstandings follow We also have a "Countryfeeds" section which includes a but in the end all three young men get their girls, Jill (Jo comprehensive range of Animal feed and bedding for Birds Chadwick), Minerva (Karen Long) and Phyllis (Lynda Phillips) to Hamsters to Horses. If not in stock we can get it for you. A and all ends happily. popular range of Purina Proplan and Burns Holistic dog and cat food, Pet accessories and treats. One interesting fact to emerge is that Clifford Gray the composer is buried in Ipswich Old Cemetery. His memorial bears We are open seven days a week. the inscription 'Spread a Little Happiness' which is the title of one of the songs from the show. Do come along to the Regal Theatre, Stowmarket (Box Office 01449 612825) "All this and more at Stonham Barns, between Tuesday May 4th and Friday May 7th at 7.30 or on 7 days a week, all year round" Saturday May 8th at 2.30 or 7.30 and let Mr Cinders 'Spread a Little Happiness' for you.
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Needham Market Raft Race Needham Market Raft Race Needham Lake, Sunday 4th July 2010 Races start at 2pm. Time will whistle by till Sunday 4th July when the 2010 Raft Race kicks off with a "World Cup" theme. It's time to start getting a team and raft together for the big day. Will you choose to dress up as one of the World cup nations? Maybe America as it's Independence Day? Or perhaps, a football themed raft? The Tracey Cadman Challenge Cup, new this year, will be awarded to the fastest raft in the Time Trials; regular Raft Race competitors will remember Tracey's unswerving determination to win as she entered in every Raft Race, her commitment to the Raft Race and support for charities and the Needham community. We will still have the usual prizes and Fancy Dress Competition. Why not use the Raft Race as a way of raising money for your favourite charity?
hold fund-raising stalls at the Raft Race for no charge. Please register your stall with Julie or Robin Kett on the number above. There are a limited number of places for local businesses to have a stand or advertise at the Raft Race in return for a sponsorship fee. This is a free family event which is well supported by the community of Needham Market and the surrounding area. For more information on sponsorship opportunities please call Jean Pittaway on 720189. Needham Market's annual Raft Race would not be possible without the generous support of local council grants and business sponsorship, for which we continue to be extremely grateful.
BDi Creations BDi Creations are holding their second annual Dashing Dog Competition from the 1st May until 10th May The winner will receive a ÂŁ250 photography voucher and a trophy Please call in to our studio at the Old Fox Yard or phone 01449 770311 to book an appointment...
One good thing is that you won't have to miss one moment of footballing action as we've chosen a day when there are no World Cup matches. Entry forms are available from Julie Kett on 721430. The whole family will have great fun watching on the day. There will be a range of delicious food available and activities and stalls to enjoy. Local charities, clubs and voluntary groups are welcome to
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Mid Suffolk Link Chernobyl Childrens Lifeline Mid Suffolk Link Time passes so quickly it is hard to believe that the Charity Shop in the High Street has now been open for more than a year! The Easter Bunny Chocolate Bingo held on March 13th was once again a great success. Many thanks to all who came and supported us. We raised just over ÂŁ1500 at this event which is a great addition to our much needed funds. We will be holding another Bingo evening later this year with a different theme so watch out for our notices in this Newsletter. On 18th May Bramford Golf Club are holding a fund raising event for us. In the evening they will be holding an auction of sporting memorabilia to help raise funds. If anyone has anything they could donate for the auction it would really be appreciated. We are constantly amazed at the quality and diversity of the donations that we receive in our Charity shop. As a children's Charity we are particularly pleased at the large selection of children's toys and clothes we are able to offer. Whatever you are looking for whether it is a book, a piece of jewellery, an old 78 or even a brand new evening dress it always pays to drop in and see us as our stock changes on a daily basis. As the visit of the children approaches again this year we are once more appealing for donations of clothes and toys. These children really do arrive with nothing except the clothes they travel in so if anyone has anything that they could donate to these children 21 girls and 3 boys, all aged 8 , we would be very grateful. Summer and Winter clothes are appreciated as although they visit us in the summer they return home to winters that often are as cold as minus 30 ! Donations can be dropped at the Charity Shop in Needham Market High Street (please state they are for the children) or call me on 01449 760343 if you need to arrange a collection. Thank you to all who support us. Elizabeth Parker - Link Chair
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Horoscopes New Life Mobility cont’d from page 7...
This is a vital service to many shoppers with mobility issues who otherwise would not be able to support their local shops or enjoy a meal with friends in Ipswich Town Centre. New Life Mobility is located in the heart of Ipswich Town centre right by the bus terminus and rear entrance of the Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre. Along with the retail side of the business, they also have a dedicated service department that carries out repairs and servicing, so if your scooter or other mobility products need a repair or service please give them a call for a competitive quote. For more information you can visit The Shopmobility Centre at their showroom in The Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre in Ipswich or call 01473 286000 for further advice. They understand that because of illness or lack or mobility some of our existing or potential customers cannot get in to the store and with this in mind a FREE "NO OBLIGATION" in home demonstration of any of the larger products and aids is available.
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Town 102 music review Single Review Diana Vickers - Once (Out 19th April) I don't know about you, but I find it really quite difficult keeping up with the reality TV conveyor belt. Several times a year, the small screen make stars out of ordinary people who think they can sing, only for them to be dumped into the pit of rejection several weeks later. Very few manage to clamber out and carve a career out of it. Diana Vickers is the latest X Factor starlet who's trying to make a go of it - she made the semi-finals in the same series that gave us Alexandra Burke and JLS. Her debut single 'Once' is written by the multi award-winning and amusingly-named Eg White, a partnership that I think will give her a great chance of overshadowing her better-known rivals. 'Once' is very much unlike anything in the charts at the moment - her trademark breathy
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vocals, which epitomised her performances on the X Factor (along with her bare feet), infuse with the poppy-electro verses and a rocked-up chorus, forming something that sounds refreshing, yet oddly familiar. While the beeping noise at the start may sound like a lift door is going to close in front of you, the subject matter - "I'm only gonna let you die once" - alludes to the possibility that this might instead represent a life support machine. This chorus line is also annoyingly catchy - you'll be humming it for days after hearing it just a couple of days. She'll be performing at The Waterfront Norwich on 16th May, two weeks after the release of her debut album 'Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree'. If 'Once' is a sign of things to come, then I can't wait for more. By Town 102 Breakfast Club presenter - Jeremy Durrant
Other singles out soon: Paolo Nutini - Candy (19th April) Follow-up to the Scottish crooner's ska-ridden '10/10'. Natalie Imbruglia - Scars (26th April) The former Neighbours star returns with a new album in May. Lee Ryan - Secret Love (3rd May) Former Blue heart-throb, and a change in direction with the release of a dance single. Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish (10th May) The cartoon band's second single from acclaimed album 'Plastic Beach'. Katie Melua - The Flood (17th May) She'll be performing at Thetford Forest this summer.
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Stowmarket at the 2010 County Championships (3rd weekend 21st March) Several Stowmarket swimming club swimmers competed in the 400m freestyle on the last day of the 2010 County Championships. 11-year-old Ellena Skoulding took 18 seconds off her time to finish in 5.19.50. In the boys event 13 year old Ruairidh Penman smashed his personal best by 23 seconds to come in 4.54.30. Other personal best times were achieved by Ryan Clay (4.49.07), Toby Upson (4.44.05) and Thomas Borrett (5.21.46). Will Blackaby (16) gained a regional championships qualifying time in his 400m freestyle in 4.22.70. Will then went on to compete in the last individual race, the popular skins event where the best eight 50m freestylers compete in 7 rounds with the slowest dropping out each time. This was Will's first time and reached the 4th round. The rest of the day's competition involved the everexciting relay events with teams in the various freestyle and medley relay races. The 9/10 boys relay team of Alex Harrison, Ollie Pyle, Aiden Coe and Thomas Jordan Pearce won the bronze medal in the 4x25m medley relay. The 11/12 11/12 relay team, L to R: boys relay team of Calvin Calvin Coe, Robert Lancaster, Coe, Robert Lancaster, Liam Kerry, Tom Borrett Liam Kerry and Tom Borrett went one better to win the silver medal in the 4x50m medley relay. The open age group team of Shaun Harrison, David Harrison, Joe Freezer and Will Blackaby won the silver medal in both the 4x50m medley relay and 4x50m freestyle relay events. With the final presentations saw Calvin Coe pick up the 3rd place trophy for the overall 11 year old and coach Sylvia Harrison awarded the Suffolk ASA Coach of the Year trophy marking her 19 years in teaching and coaching. Sylvia said, "she was surprised to receive the award". The Stowmarket team have had a successful championships achieving 159 personal best times, 25 qualifying times for the East Regional Championships to be held in Norwich, numerous places in finals and gained 6th place overall in the championships. www.stowmarketswimmingclub.org.uk
Royal Visit To Stowmarket Club The CAMEO (Come And Meet Each Other) club at The Salvation Army in Stowmarket recently had a visit by Mark Royal, the number 3 in the World Indoor Bowls Player. The club, formed as a Community Project by Lieutenant Colonel Anita Croucher and a team of helpers, is now in its very successful fourth year. Carpet bowls is one of the very www.stowmarketflyer.co.uk
popular pursuits of some of its 70 or so members who were happy to donate over this period to buy a new carpet. From the commencement the club were able to buy a second hand carpet and bowls, and soon purchased another when bowling became so popular. Mark Royal, the owner of the local Bowls shop was happy to deliver the new mat and to bowl the first bowl before the members eagerly tried it out for themselves. Whilst bowling is very popular, many of the members enjoy challenging each other to scrabble and other table top games. Under the guidance of Georgina Turner some members prefer to explore various mediums of art, as well as occasionally doing other crafts.
Enjoy a wheely fun event! Enthusiastic supporters of disability charity Optua will be pedalling for pounds in a great cycling event in May. The 'Wheely Fun' cycling event is being held for the first time on Sunday 23rd May and is a fun cycle through the quiet roads, lanes and cycle paths from Hill View in Claydon to Red Gables in Stowmarket and back - a round trip of 18 miles. People can also start from Stowmarket and do the reverse route or turn round halfway at Alder Carr Farm if they wish to do a shorter route. The route generally follows the Sustrans Route 51 Cycle Route. This will be a great opportunity to have a fun family day out, get fit, raise money and discover the lovely Mid Suffolk countryside. At just ÂŁ10 entry for up to a family of four to enter, the event also provides a great opportunity for people to raise even more money through being sponsored to take part. Colin Poole, Optua's Chief Executive said: "We're hoping to get as many people as possible to take part in this event. Families can sign up to cycle together and make a day of it, or groups of cyclists might want to be competitive and see how fast it can be done! We're hoping everyone will enjoy cycling through the Suffolk countryside whilst raising money to help run our key services for local disabled people." Optua has also recently signed up to the Government's cycle-to-work bike scheme to encourage staff to be healthy and green too. Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Sport are also supporting the event with information stands about cycling and helping promote cycling safety messages - something which Optua's community brain injury services very much support. Anyone interested in taking part can call Optua on 01473 836777 or go to www.optua.org.uk/cycling_event.asp for more information. If you would like a day out but don't cycle, come along as a volunteer to help as a marshall.
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What's on Rev Up For Hospice's Motorcycle Run
Lavenham Village Hall March Dates For Your Diary Sunday 25th April - 10am-2pm Lavenham Farmers' Market Free Entry
The second St Elizabeth Hospice Motorcycle Run will take place on Sunday May 9th.
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Monday May 17th 2010 - 'The History of Scouting in Stowmarket' (Centenary Year)By Barbara Cutting. Hundreds of bikers from Suffolk Monday June 21st 2010 - The Inportance of Suffolk in the Evolution of the English Language.By Charlie Haylock. are expected to sign up to Time: 19..30 raise money for the charity. We Meet at The Salvation Army Hall, Violet Hill Rd, Stowmarket. Members £1, Non Members £3. They will set off at 10am from Cost: For Further Information About The Group, Telephone 01449 Ipswich through Suffolk and 615665. back to the Orwell Crossing Truck Stop on the A14 where entertainment and refreshments will be laid on.
May Ball
1st May 2010 - 7.30pm to Midnight Cedars Hotel
It will be a 25-30 mile scenic route through the countryside. Last year's motorcycle run attracted 700 riders and raised £6,500 for the Hospice and it is hoped that amount will be matched this year. The event will be supported by Rob Day and Derek Barker, of Suffolk Advanced Motorcycling, a charity which aims to improve riding standards, and Ray Walters, owner of Orwell Motorcycles in Ipswich. Mr Barker said: "We hope the 2010 St Elizabeth Hospice Motorcycle Run will be well supported. People will be keen to get their bikes out at that time of year."
Tickets are now on sale at reception priced at £15 and include buffet and live music. Black Tie dress code, everyone welcome and all proceeds go to the Chilton Meadows Residents Social Club. Please support the event.
Stowmarket Youth Club Tuesday 13th & Wednesday 14th April - Decorate Youth Shelter at Cedars Park. Music Workshop - Spit Some Bars at Childer Road 10am 4pm FREE.
The Hospice's community fundraiser Rachael Mittell said: "We were overwhelmed by the amount of people who took part last year and wanted to raise money for the Hospice. The bikers were so generous and there was a great atmosphere on the day. Thank you all so much and we hope you will be back this year along with some people taking part for the first time." It costs just £5 to take part and bikers can get sponsorship if they like. St Elizabeth Hospice provides specialist services for patients in East Suffolk who have an illness from which they will not recover. It is an independent charity and relies on the support of the local community to raise money towards the £5.9 million annual running costs. For more information or to sign up contact Rachael Mittell on 01473 723600 or email: fundraising@stelizabethhospice.org.uk
Last Call For Midnight Walk Women wishing to sign up to St Elizabeth Hospice's Midnight Walk are reminded the closing date to register is April 23rd. To be part of a great night out visit www.midnightwalkipswich.co.uk
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