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 Council confirms garden village plan for more than 15,000 homes  ‘Choice is big garden village or lots of little developments’  If not Grazeley, could be Twyford, Hurst, Shinfield or Arborfield

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THE CALL has gone out for Wokingham folk to help Santa ensure that every child has a present to open on Christmas Day. We have teamed up with The Giving Tree appeal in a bid to ensure this is a happy Christmas for children who might otherwise be left out. The idea is simple, but it sparkles with the true spirit of the festive season. Just visit one of the many special Giving Trees around the borough, choose a gift tag, buy the present and then return it. Volunteers will then get your present to a local charity, which then ensures it is given to a child whose stockings might otherwise be empty on Christmas morning. This year’s Giving Tree was launched at Tesco in Wokingham on Sunday – and we were there.  Find out more – and where your nearest Giving Tree is – by turning to page 12 now.

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A WOKINGHAM pub is the best in Berkshire. Again. The Queen’s Head, in The Terrace, scooped the award from the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) for the second year in a row. Earlier this autumn, CAMRA members and regulars watched as former Wokingham town mayor Cllr Peter

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A CHANCE to sort out Christmas shopping before December gets BRIMPTON Parish Council and underway is coming to Earley next neighbouring Aldermaston have weekend. both said no to plans to incorporate The Town Council is organising a their villages into the proposed Christmas Market at the Radstock Lane new Wokingham parliamentary Community Centre constituency. Organised in association with Writing in the Aldermaston parish Radstock Social Club, which runs Past Mayor Peter Lucey, Carol Williams, Terry Burrows (CAMRA) & magazine, Charles Brims from Brimpton from the community centre, the Council said: “The Parish Council will event will provide an opportunity for object to this proposal on the grounds early Christmas shopping with many that our parishioners look to Newbury interesting stalls selling seasonal gifts for shopping, leisure, medical services, and crafts, as well as providing fun and work, etc. games for children. “Very few us ever go to Wokingham And there will be one Christmas (many don’t even know where it is!); shopper that everyone will be pleased and, equally, most people in Wokingham to see: Santa Claus is coming to Earley have probably never heard of Brimpton. town. We believe it is important that we have The event runs from 10am to 4pm an MP who lives locally, understands on Saturday, November 19 and Sunday, the issues facing rural villages in West November 20. Berkshire, and so is able to represent us Entry is free and free parking is available. properly.”

Hope and Anchor also came along to join in the celebrations. The Queen’s Head also appears in the 2017 edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, hailed as the UK’s Best-Selling Beer & Pub Guide. Mr Burrows said that this was the 44th edition of the Guide and that it contained details of some 4,500 pubs across the UK.

Aldermaston Parish Council also noted: “we strongly oppose this change as we have virtually no affinity with Wokingham.” The deadline for consultation is December 5, and submissions can be made by visiting www.consultation. boundarycommissionforengland. independent.gov.uk

Enjoy the Acorns at lunchtime Pete Cousins A MUSICAL lunch will be held at Wokingham Town Hall today (Thursday). The Acorn Singers will be performing at the Market Place venue from noon for the lunchtime show. The event lasts for an hour and entry is free. Afterwards, refreshments will be available. The event will include an opportunity to give a donations to the town mayor’s chosen charity for the year, Soulscape.

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L’Ortolan keeps its Michelin Star A SHINFIELD restaurant has retained its Michelin Star for the 15th consecutive year. L’Ortolan’s management said that the award is testament to the team’s hard work and commitment, but it will not rest on its laurels. Owner Peter Newman said: “It is always a nervous wait for the announcement from Michelin and we are all overjoyed that we have once again retained our star. It is a true

reflection on our incredibly dedicated team here at L’Ortolan, and we continue to push the boundaries of modern French cuisine. “I would like to thank Head Chef, Tom Clarke and the team for all their hard work and commitment over the years. It's a great honour to be awarded the star and although we have retained the star for 15 years now, we never become complacent as it isn’t guaranteed from one year to the next.”

Man dies after being hit by car All Saints CofE (Aided) Primary School pupils celebrate a recent Ofsted report that found its early years provision to be outstanding

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By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk THE EARLY years provision of a primary school in Wokingham has been deemed as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. All Saints CofE (Aided) Primary School, in Norreys Avenue, was inspected between September 21 and 22, and was awarded an overall rating of ‘good’, having been previously deemed as requiring improvement in 2014. The team of inspectors, led by Julie Sackett, observed 27 lessons or partlessons, and received 75 responses to its online parent questionnaire. In the report, which was published on November 1, the inspectors praised the early years leader, Sally Keenlyside, for the way she responds to children’s individual needs and interest ‘with extreme skill’, and noted how teachers and other adults in the early years team emulated her strong example. The inspectors observed that ‘children make exceptional progress from starting points which are often much lower than typical levels’. They also noted that the proportion of children achieving a good level of development in the early years had increased substantially since the previous inspection, leaving them well

prepared for the next stage of their education. The glowing report also noted that ‘children in early years are excited about school and clearly have a wonderful time while they learn. They make exceptionally rapid and sustained progress during early years.’ Elsewhere in the school, the inspectors praised the headteacher, school leaders and governors for raising expectations of pupils’ learning and behaviour, challenging and eradicating ‘a culture of low expectations and complacency’, and had substantially improved teaching, learning and assessment, meaning children make faster progress in reading, writing and maths. Parents who responded to the online questionnaire also praised the school’s leadership, stating that they would recommend the school, and felt their children were happy, safe and wellbehaved in school. Headteacher Jacqui Kearney said: “We are now officially a ‘Good’ school with an ‘Outstanding’ Early Years setting. This is a fantastic moment in our school’s development. “It is all down to the hard work to everyone with us on our journey during the last three years, with their continued support and teamwork. “It has been a real team effort

involving our whole school family. And it is of course, only the start.” Wokingham Borough Council’s deputy executive member for children’s services, Cllr Richard Dolinski called the improvements in the school’s teaching ‘remarkable’. He said: “We’re thrilled for All Saints. The inspectors praise the school’s leadership, rising standards, improved teaching, governance and the way the pupils take pride in their achievements and determination to do well. In early years, they highlight remarkable improvements in teaching quality and in children’s progress.” And the school’s chair of governors, Caroline Blackman echoed the sentiments, highlighting the report’s emphasis on the strong relationships built within the school. She said: “It’s most satisfying to see that the hard work of Jacqui Kearney and our dedicated team has been recognised in the Ofsted judgements of ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ in early years provision. “I’m especially pleased the report also picks up on the strong relationships and mutual respect that characterise our inclusive school. “Governors share our headteacher’s high expectations and will continue to work to improve our school further.”

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INQUEST: Health problems didn’t stop sportsman ofﬁciating

Respected ref kept on until his final whistle By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk

A WELL-respected football referee, who had been ofﬁciating in the game for more than 67 years, died from a number of health problems, an inquest has heard.

Youth and school football referee Brian Wratten, who died on May 16 aged 82, had been admitted to the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) presenting symptoms of pneumonia after years of cardiac and respiratory problems. The inquest at Reading Town Hall on Tuesday heard how Mr Wratten, who lived in Windmill Close, Woosehill, developed fungal sepsis following his admittance on May 3 this year, and examinations of his abdomen revealed a blockage in his bowel caused by a previous hemicolectomy surgery. Dr Jerome Cockings, an intensive care physician at the RBH explained to the inquest how Mr Wratten’s condition appeared to improve and deteriorate as each day passed, and that the patient and his family had been ‘keen’ to proceed with surgery to his bowel despite being a high-risk. The coroner heard how the surgery to remove ‘many adhesions’ in Mr Wratten’s bowel had gone well, and any holes created in the tissue were repaired, but Dr Cockings confirmed that surgeons ‘can only go so far’ before the body is required to heal itself. The inquest heard how Mr Wratten’s poor circulation, previous heart

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condition, ‘extensive’ pneumonia and sepsis all attributed to the wounds simply not healing properly, leading to leakage in the bowel lining and, ultimately, his death. Mr Wratten’s two daughters Vivien Davies and Caroline Forbes both attended the inquest to hear the evidence surrounding their father’s death. Mrs Forbes said: “I think with hindsight we can see that he was a very ill man. We were never given false hope and it all seemed to happen very quickly at the end. We were given plenty of guidance and treated with respect. What surprised us was when we heard there was going to be a post-mortem as there were discrepancies over the actual cause of death. “When he went in, he was being

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treated for pneumonia, so to hear he died from a bowel condition confused us.” Mrs Davies agreed: “Dad had written a letter to his GP complaining of abdominal pain, so I wasn’t sure if this had been overlooked when he was admitted to the hospital.” Dr Cockings reassured Mr Wratten’s daughters that their father’s bowel condition was aggravated by his critical illness, and was a fairly common sideeffect. After hearing the detailed medical evidence, the coroner Peter Bedford summarised that while Mr Wratten had enjoyed a very active lifestyle, he had suffered numerous episodes of poor health in the weeks leading up to his death, and the problems with his bowels were the ‘ultimate insult’. He concluded that Brian John Wratten died from recognised complications of a necessary medical procedure, on a background of extensive natural disease. Paying tribute to him shortly after his death, Dick Sawdon Smith, from the Reading Referee's Association of which Mr Wratten was president and former membership secretary and treasurer, said: "Brian was a remarkable guy, he just loved refereeing. "You would think he would take it easy but he carried on refereeing and was an FA tutor. "He just kept going and giving and just a great lover of refereeing, young people and football in particular.”

Annette Honeyball, Brendan McKibbin, Kathryn Tibble-Taylor, James Marshall and Andy Keast at the launch of a partnership between First Days and London Irish Picture: Gemma Davidson

Scrum on down and help charity RUGBY fans will soon be able to make a donation to charity while they enjoy watching their favourite sport thanks to a partnership between London Irish and a Woodley-based family charity. The club has teamed up with First Days, in Headley Road East, to collect children’s clothes, toys, equipment and furniture which will then be distributed to families in need across Berkshire. An eye catching pink bin will be seen popping up at home games and local events where people can drop off their high quality donations. Andy Keast, Head of Community at London Irish, said: “We have a reputation as a family-friendly club which is why it made sense to support a family charity such as First Days. “I came along to see the what the

charity does and was blown away by how many referrals they receive, somewhere in the region of 20 requests a week. “A lot of the players have young families so this is a charity which resonates with them, and we’d love to do whatever we can to support them.” Kathryn Tibble-Taylor, Operations Director at First Days said: “We are delighted to be the new charity partner for London Irish Rugby Club. Its an exciting time, London Irish have a large fanbase with a family focus. Working with them will help us raise awareness about our services to those who need it, as well as gaining the support to continue the work we do.”  To ﬁnd out more about First Days visit www.ﬁrstdays.net.

Blue cheese wins Wokingham to top honour welcome Squid A LOCAL cheese has been named the best in the country at the first Great British Cheese Awards. Barkham Blue, which is made by family-run Two Hoots Cheese, picked up the accolade for Best Blue Cheese at the awards bash at The St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on Tuesday, October 25. More than 7,500 people voted in the awards, which were launched earlier this year with the specific aim to recognise, promote and reward excellence in the artisan cheese industry. Owners Sandy and Andy Rose, who have been making cheese on their farm on the Hampshire/Berkshire border since 2003, said they were ‘delighted’ with the win. They added: “We would like to thank all those that helped Barkham Blue reach the finals with their nominations and votes. Barkham Blue was up against some serious competition from the other worthy finalists in this category so this award was totally unexpected. “We were absolutely delighted and very proud to hear that we'd won the award of Best Blue Cheese, it’s very satisfying to think that all the hard work is appreciated. “None of this would be possible however without the ladies in the dairy, Nia, Mary and Lesley that help us on a daily basis to produce such a wonderful, consistent local blue cheese.”

THE OPENING date has been announced for a new Thai restaurant for Wokingham’s town centre. Taking over the unit vacated when Cleaver left Wokingham, Giggling Squid will be serving Thai cuisine in The Plaza, off Denmark Street, from Wednesday, November 30. The chain was established in 2002 and promises to bring a combination of bold Thai flavours and authentic cooking techniques to the borough. The new restaurant will cater for up to 135 people, and food will be prepared on site. On the menu will be lunchtime tapas to delicious curries, street food, salads, rice and noodles, with an emphasis on the sharing culture of Thailand. For children there will be a dedicated “little tapas for little people” menu. This will be the 19th branch of Giggling Squid and the first for Berkshire. It will open daily from noon. Owned by Thai-born Pranee Laurillard and her husband Andrew, the Giggling Squid chain takes its name from a nickname given to one of their three children. It was founded in the basement of a tiny fisherman’s cottage which is now the Brighton restaurant. For more details on the planned restaurant, or to get a sneak preview of the menu, visit www.gigglingsquid.com.

Shinfield murder investigation to reopen after 20 years THE family of a woman whose body was found burning on a pile of rubbish near Arborfield are set to make a reappeal for information, 20 years after her murder. The body of Vera Holland,

47, who lived in St Barnabas Road, Shinfield Rise, was discovered by firefighters who were extinguishing a rubbish fire close to the Thames Water pumping station off the A327 between Arborfield and

Shinfield on Saturday, November 16 1996. Ms Holland was last seen two days earlier, buying a takeaway in Shinfield Rise. Her body was discovered wrapped in a carpet among a pile of logs and tyres. No-one

has ever been charged with her murder. Thames Valley Police is appealing for information as the anniversary of Vera’s death looms, and her family are expected to release a statement later this week.

‘The houses are coming and we have to make plans for them’ Open ﬁelds in Grazeley could be turned into homes under a new plan devised by Wokingham borough council and its neighbouring councils

IF A PROPOSED garden village for Grazeley doesn’t go ahead, the council has warned that it may be forced to build in Twyford, Arborﬁeld, Shinﬁeld or Hurst. Yesterday evening, Wokingham Borough Council confirmed that it has joined forces with other local councils to submit a bid to the Government for a potential settlement on the borders of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham borough. Plans for the site, which the council said would see MORE THAN 15,000 homes built on it, were leaked last month. But Wokingham Borough Council’s leader, Cllr Keith Baker, said yesterday that his executive team are considering a number of options for providing the housing, which goes above and beyond the 17,000 homes already planned for the borough by 2036. A final decision on how the housing should be provided will be made in May 2019. The Council said that if successful, the councils’ joint bid could secure around £250million of funding for vital infrastructure such as improved M4 junction, dual carriageway on the A33, a possible new railway station in the settlement. Government backing, they add, would also add support when creating the scheme. But Cllr Baker warned that if the council didn’t build the homes in Grazeley it would have to consider building elsewhere as the “houses are coming” and the council had to make provision for them. The council said that other options include:  A small number of large developments (similar to the current Strategic Development Locations currently being built in Wokingham Borough) in places such as the Twyford area, the Arborfield/ Shinfield border or the Wokingham town / Hurst border, or;  A more diffused approach with a large number of small developments, infilling existing housing areas across the Wokingham Borough, affecting almost all towns and villages and effectively removing any gaps between some villages and

towns. In a statement released by the council Cllr Baker said: “It is important that people understand the situation we are in. “The choice we are facing is not: lots of homes in a garden settlement or nothing – the choice is: lots of homes in a garden settlement or lots of homes somewhere else including SDL locations. “The houses are coming and we must plan for them the best we can in order to protect what is most important in the region and to ensure the homes are accompanied by the right schools, parks and public green spaces, transport links, health centres, sport centres and pitches and other community facilities necessary to maintain our high quality of life. “There are advantages and disadvantages of seeking to provide all the housing we have to provide in a single location and we need to understand and weigh up those pros and cons. “By submitting the garden settlement EoI we are trying to keep all our options open, because without government support and funding, it would be extremely difficult to deliver a successful new development on the scale envisaged in the Grazeley area; particularly if we wished to implement the key infrastructure first.” The leader of the Wokingham Liberal Democrats, Cllr Lindsay Ferris said he was suspicious of the council’s reasons for releasing the plans now. Speaking to The Wokingham Paper, he said: “The council, along with all the other councils, had to submit their plans by July 31, that was the deadline set by the Government. “But whereas the other councils were open and honest with their residents about what they were planning, Wokingham appears to have kept it quiet for three-and-ahalf months. “It strikes me as strange that they would release these details now bearing in mind the Liberal Democrats released information on the 15,000 homes back in October, and have submitted questions about the plans to be discussed at the Executive meeting on November 24.”  What do you think about the plans? Send your thoughts to letters@ wokinghampaper.co.uk

Focus on arts centre at Society’s AGM ONE OF the region’s best known arts venues will be the focus for a talk next week. The Wokingham Society will welcome David Tinker when it gathers on Wednesday for its AGM and open meeting. Mr Tinker will explore the history of South Hill Park in Bracknell. Peter Must, chairman of the society, said: “Everyone knows South Hill Park as an excellent cultural centre, but its previous history was very diverse. “High ranking occupants, architectural experiments, mysterious deaths, apartments and ghosts, together with broadcasting, wartime and high tech functions are all included in a mix to create a surprising scenario.” The illustrated talk takes place at Wokingham Town Hall in Market Place from 7.45pm. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. For more details, log on to www. wokinghamsociety.org.uk

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by George Frideric Handel Sunday 4th December at 4.30 pm (Doors open at 4.10 pm) at All Saints Church, Wokingham RG40 1TN Ellen Boylan (treble), Michaela Parry (alto), Edward Hughes (tenor) and James Oldfield (bass) with the Gandolpho Players, led by Eleanor Harrison, Richard McVeigh (organ) and the choir of All Saints Church Wokingham. Conductor: Richard Smith

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House broken into during fireworks show A HOUSE in Wokingham was broken into while the owners were at a fireworks display last weekend. Three houses in Sewell Avenue were targeted by thieves between Friday and Sunday, with one taking place while the occupiers were enjoying a fireworks display. During one of the burglaries, the offenders forced a panel in the back door before searching the property and stealing jewellery. Elsewhere, a garage in Church Road was targeted overnight Saturday into Sunday. The offenders attempted to break in by levering open the door, but they were unable to gain access. Anyone with information regarding any of these incidents is urged to contact the Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 101.

Airways band to give Last Night concert

THE BRITISH AIRWAYS BAND will be giving their Annual Concert at Wokingham Methodist Church on Saturday, November 19. The finale will include a tribute to the popular Last Night of the Proms concert. Starting at 7.30pm, tickets cost £10 and include interval refreshments. For details, or to book, call Tony King on 0118 978 5185.

Redwood presses for action on A329m WOKINGHAM MP John Redwood has told The Wokingham Paper that he is pushing Highways England for a solution to traffic woes on the A329m. He said: “I have pressed for a solution which increases the capacity of the junction given the pressure of traffic on it. “I have also asked them to come up with a cheap and quick fix to improve the current positon in the meantime, given the problems created by their last intervention.”

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Blind veteran, 91, to march to Cenotaph By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk A 91-year-old Second World War veteran from Woodley is set to march to the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Sunday. Charles Miller served on HMS Emperor on D-Day as part of the Normandy Landings, for which he received the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur. This weekend he will be marching to the Cenotaph for the second time with more than 100 other blind veterans supported by Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision impaired exService men and women. Charles said: “Marching to the Cenotaph last year with Blind Veterans UK was a wonderful experience that I’ll never forget. I have so many memories from when I was in the Armed Forces and Remembrance Sunday has always been a very important time of year for me.” Charles joined the Royal Navy in 1943 at the age of 18, training at HMS Collingwood and later serving in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean on HMS Emperor working closely on the ship’s parachutes and dinghies as a safety equipment worker. He said: “I went back to see HMS Collingwood again this year and it is all so different now. When I was there in 1943 we all slept in wooden huts. I remember one night we heard the sound of planes flying over and all of a sudden there was this incredible bang really close by. The Germans had dropped a bomb on one of our huts and we had heard the explosion. “It all happened so quickly. There was nothing that could have been done to stop it. Everyone sleeping in that hut must have died. It was such a terrible thing but we all just went back to sleep and got up for work the next day. You just had to get on with it.” Charles was aboard the HMS Emperor on D-Day, June 6 1944, when he sailed up the English Channel and saw the Germans attack a submarine that eventually sank. He said: “We lost 14 Navy pilots during the war. It was horrible to see shipmates go down with the plane. During Remembrance I always think about those I served with and I’m so pleased that Blind Veterans UK have given me this opportunity to pay my respects. “My father served in the Navy during the First World War and my father-in-law played football with the Germans during the Christmas Truce in 1914 so I will be thinking of them. It will be such an honour to march again with other blind veterans to the Cenotaph.” Earlier this year, he received the Legion d’Honneur for his efforts in the largest seaborne

invasion in history. He left the Navy with the rank of Naval Airman First Class in 1946. Many years later, when Charles was 71, he had a cataract operation which went wrong, and began to experience age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of sight loss in older people. Charles said: “I noticed my sight was getting worse because I kept having to move my chair closer and closer to my TV. I loved watching the football and going to see my team play. I still go now but I listen to the radio commentary to follow what’s going on. Of course it’s not the same. You live a completely different life when you go blind.” Fortunately Charles was a member of the Royal Berkshire Blind Society in Wokingham and they put him in contact with Blind Veterans UK. Charles continued: “I went to the Blind Veterans UK centre in Brighton for a day with my daughter and it was a really great experience. My father was a carpenter and I used to do a bit of woodworking myself but since losing my sight I’ve been afraid of cutting off my fingers! The staff at the centre were wonderful and helped me to give it a go again.” Blind Veterans UK has also given Charles support through specialist equipment adapted for people who have sight loss. Charles has a machine which will scan his bank statements and letters and read it back to him. He has also received a mobile phone that he can use to keep in touch with his family. He said: “Blind Veterans UK has looked after me really well. My specially adapted mobile phone is really important to me because I live alone. All of my children live really close but having the phone helps me to feel a bit safer.”

Service for Canadian soldiers at Bearwood SOLDIERS from Canada will be remembered at a church service in Sindlesham this Sunday. St Catherine’s in Bearwood will be holding the act of remembrance in honour of the Canadian soldiers buried in its churchyard. Bearwood Mansion, now Reddam House School, was a Canadian Infantry Convalescent Hospital during the First World War. Injured soldiers who were well enough to be relocated away from the frontline were moved to Sindlesham to rest and recover from their wounds. Of around 20,000 men treated there, five succumbed to their wounds and were buried in the churchyard of St Catherine’s, just over the road. A further two Canadians are buried there who had connections to Bearwood, but did not die in the hospital. The rector of St Catherine’s, the Revd Samuel Denyer, said: “The people of St Catherine’s have always known about this connection, but the centenary of the First World War seemed a good moment to tell this story to a wider audience.” During the service, which starts at 11am, the Canadian Flag will be presented, the Canadian National Anthem sung, and the stories of some of those soldiers shared.

REME will join in Wokingham’s parade ONCE again, members of REME will form part of a procession to mark Wokingham’s remembrance. Tomorrow, the two minute silence will be marked in Wokingham’s Market Place. A bugler will play to mark the start of act of remembrance from the Town Hall at 11am. Then, on Sunday, the annual civic procession from Market Place to All Saints Church will take place from 2.30pm. Saint Sebastian Wokingham Brass Band will lead a procession headed by the Town Mayor Cllr Gwynneth Hewetson, and including local dignitaries and councillors, uniformed organisations such as Army Cadets, Air Cadets, a REME marching party, Scouts and Brownies. It will go from Market Place to the Wiltshire Road church for a 3pm service, which will be led by the Revd Canon David Hodgson. Cllr Philip Mirfin, Chairman of the Civic Committee said: “Maintaining traditions is one of the priorities for Wokingham Town Council and Remembrance Sunday is a particularly important event in our civic calendar.” Cllr Hewetson added: “Wokingham believes strongly in remembering and honouring not only those who fought in World Wars, but also British Servicemen and women who died or were injured since 1945 securing and protecting freedom today. I feel honoured to be part of the annual Remembrance parade and Church Service this year.”

Bulmershe pupils join Gareth’s TV contest VIEWERS of a BBC Two choir contest may recognise a some local faces, as a Woodley school’s ensemble has been chosen to take part in the series. The Bulmershe Ensemble, from the Bulmershe School in Woodlands Avenue, were selected out of thousands of choirs across the country to take part in the new six-part TV series Gareth Malone’s Best in Britain, which airs on Tuesdays at 9pm. The choir has already gained fame locally, performing at the Woodley and Reading Festivals, as well as the Rotary Club’s Prelude to Christmas annual

carol concerts. In 2015 they won the Reading Mayor’s Let’s Sing competition at the Hexagon theatre, and also achieved national championship success at the Music for Youth Festival. The series will follow a number of choirs as they audition for Gareth, before he selects four to go head-to-head in the contest stages, each representing a different part of the UK. The choirs will then perform in front of a live audience and panel of singing experts, who will vote for their favourite choir to remain. The winning choir will receive the honorary title of Britain’s most

entertaining amateur choir. Gareth said: “I’m thrilled to bring a fresh search for the musical rough diamonds among the British public to BBC Two. Having discovered the best a cappella groups the nation has to offer last year, this series goes one step further, pitting groups from all types of music head to head.” Bulmershe School headteacher Emma Reynolds said: “Everyone at Bulmershe will be cheering them on in this latest venture; they are great role models for the students at school and proof that hard work and dedication reap great rewards.”

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Monday, November 14 Shinfield Parish Council full council meeting. 7.30pm. Shinfield Parish Hall, School Green.

Tuesday November 15 Wokingham Borough Council Executive Committee question deadline. 10am. Civic offices, Shute End RG40 1BN. Wokingham Borough Council Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee. 7pm. Civic offices, Shute End RG40 1BN. Woodley Town Council Plans Committee. 7.45pm. The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JZ

Thursday, November 17 Shinfield Parish Council communication and policies committee meeting. 7.30pm. Shinfield Parish Hall, School Green. Wokingham Borough Council. Executive - Individual Member Decisions: In-year Appointments Outside Bodies - White Waltham Airfield Consultative Committee. 10am. Civic offices, Shute End RG40 1BN. Wokingham Borough Council. Full council meeting. 7.30pm. Civic offices, Shute End RG40 1BN.

Monday, November 21 Charvil Parish Council meeting. 8pm. Charvil Village Hall, Park Lane. Wokingham Borough Council. Community and Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee. 7.30pm. Civic offices, Shute End RG40 1BN.

Tuesday November 22 Barkham Parish Council. Planning meeting 7.30pm. Barkham Village Hall, Church Lane, Barkham RG40 4PL. Winnersh Parish Council Planning Committee. 7.45pm. The John Grobler Room, Winnersh Community Centre, New Road, Winnersh RG41 5DU. Woodley Town Council Strategy and Resources. 8pm. The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JZ

A MAN from Emmbrook has been fined £200 for breaching a nonmolestation order. Mark Douglas, 31, of Emmbrook Road, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on September 27 where he admitted breaching the order on September 23. The order was made by the Family Court Reading on April 14 this year. Mr Douglas was fined £200, ordered to pay a surcharge of £30 and costs of £85. A MAN from Arborfield has admitted breaching a community order. Marius Cojocariu, 29, of Eversley Road, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on September 27 where he admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order on March 12 and April 9 this year. The order was made by Oxfordshire Magistrates’ Court on December 23 last year. Mr Cojocariu was ordered to complete 14 extra hours of supervised unpaid community work within the next 12 months, taking his total to 164 hours. A MAN from Earley is due to appear in court charged with assault. Martin Weissler, 58, of Ryhill Way, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on September 29 where he denied beating a man in Finchampstead on May 23.

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Mr Weissler was remanded on unconditional bail to appear at the same court on November 14. A MAN from Wokingham has been fined £150 for resisting a police constable. Ryan John Bunce, 19, of Longs Way, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on September 30 where he pleaded guilty to resisting an officer in the execution of his duty on August 10. Mr Bunce was fined £150, ordered to pay a surcharge of £30 and costs of £85.

A WOMAN from Wokingham has pleaded guilty to assault. Diana Elaine Poole, 55, of Holmes Close, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 5 where she was sentenced to beating a man in Wokingham on August 15. Mrs Poole was already serving a community order for two earlier charges of assault. She was given an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to carry out up to 40 days of rehabilitation activity. Mrs Poole was also ordered to pay a surcharge of £115, and costs of £85.

A MAN from Finchampstead has been found guilty of assault. Martyn David Powell, 43, of Arnett Avenue, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 5 where he denied beating a man in Wokingham on December 31 last year. The court found Mr Powell guilty, and ordered him to pay compensation of £100; a surcharge of £20; and costs of £200. A MAN from Woodley has pleaded guilty to drink driving. Leo Karl Brown, 27, of Tutor Crescent, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 5 where he admitted driving on September 17 this year while over the alcohol limit. Mr Brown was fined £1,350, ordered to pay a surcharge of £120, costs of £85, and was disqualified from holding a licence for 14 months. A MAN from Woodley is due to appear in court charged with criminal damage. Mohammed Lone, 31, of Wroxham Road, is charged with damaging a DVLA vehicle clamp on August 11 this year. He denies the charge. Mr Lone has been remanded on unconditional bail to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court on December 20 for the trial.

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By SUE CORCORAN news@wokinghampaper.co.uk A CROWD of over 300 people attended the funeral of much loved and respected village butcher David Jennings. The mourners included family, friends and past and present staff. Many customers, including Prime Minister Theresa May’s husband Philip May, attended. Mrs May, who lives in Sonning, called in to the Hurst shop last Friday to apologise for not being able to attend because she was to be in India on the day of the funeral, Monday. Mr Jennings died suddenly at his Woodley home on October 15. He was 57. His widow Jacky said: “We were overwhelmed by the number of people who came [to his funeral]. We weren’t expecting anywhere near that many. It was a comfort with everyone there supporting us.” The service at Easthampstead Crematorium was led by Canon Brian Shenton. The Scripture reading was by Alasdair Macarthur and the family reflections were read by David Orpwood. Customers have told the family how much they treasured the unique experience of shopping at P & D Jennings. “People tell us they came for the chat and felt special when David was serving them. He always wanted to know how their families were,” said Jacky. Tomorrow, Saturday, the shop will be closing for the last time, following David Jennings’ death. His passing was a huge shock to his family, now they have to deal with the additional sadness of

closing the business. “It has been such a big part of our lives,” said Jacky. David’s father, Peter Jennings, now 85, is one of three brothers, all butchers, who ran businesses in Earley, Wargrave, Twyford and Hurst. Peter and David took over the Hurst shop in about 1988, building the new premises there in 1991. David and Jacky had been married for 32 years. “We were very happy together, he was wonderful,” said Jacky. Mr Jennings also leaves his parents, Peter and Eve Jennings, and sons Michael, a computer journalist who is married to Beth, and Stewart, who is doing a PhD at Leeds University and whose partner is Kamalika. David Jennings was a member of Henley Golf Club for 40 years. Mrs May paid tribute to David: “[He] was a pillar of the local community, very well-known and respected; he would always greet you cheerfully, even if you came into the shop at 7am on a Saturday morning! “He will be greatly missed by us, as I am sure he will be by many others.” Hurst’s Wokingham Borough Councillor Wayne Smith said: “David was one of the nicest people you would care to meet. “Always having something amusing to say, it was a pleasure to be in his company. Especially when it came to discussing Manchester United or the Cricket, he was never short of something to say. “Our hearts and thoughts go out to Jacky, his wife and the whole family. It is truly a terrible loss for them and Hurst has lost a great friend.”

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Council plans live stream of Sheeplands debate A DEBATE at next week’s Council meeting will become one of the first to be live broadcast over the internet. Wokingham Borough Council has been filming its Shute End meetings and posting them on the internet for a number of years, but next week it is hoping to stream a debate about a local garden centre as it happens. A petition signed by more than 4,000 local people has triggered the debate, which takes place on Thusday, November 17 from 7.30pm. Due to the interest in the discussion, which revolves around an ongoing dispute between the council and Hare Hatch Sheeplands Garden Centre over planning permission, the council has made provision for the anticipated crowds. Rob Scott, who runs the Twyford based garden centre, said: “This is a valuable opportunity for our supporters to demonstrate the depth of feeling in our favour. “Thousands have signed petitions backing us and I urge them to turn up in force at the debate and make their feelings known. “There will be an opportunity for some people to ask questions, although the council has set a time

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HAD an interesting chat the other day with a Wokingham landlord. She said she had been chatting with an architect friend of hers who said back in the mid 2000’s, the developments he was asked to draw were a balance of one and two bed properties, compared to today where the majority of the buildings he is designing are more two and sometimes three bedrooms. Now of course, this was all anecdotal but it made me think if similar things were happening in the Wokingham property market? This is a really important point as I explained to this landlord, is knowing when and where the demand of tenants is going to come from in the coming decade. Just as important is knowing the supply side of the buy to let equation, as to the number of properties built in Wokingham, Wokingham property prices, Wokingham yields and Wokingham rents. In 2001, there were 57,300 households with a population of 150,200 in the Wokingham Borough. By 2011, that had grown to 60,300 households and a population of 154,400. … meaning, between 2001 and 2011, whilst the number of households in the Wokingham Borough Council area grew by 5.34%, the population grew by 2.76% Nothing surprising there then. But, as my readers will know, there is always a but! My analysis of the 2011 Census results, using the most recent in-depth data on household formation (i.e. ‘one person households’, ‘couples/ family households’ or ‘couple + other adults households and multi -adult households’), has displayed a sudden and unexpected break with the trends of the whole of the 20th Century. There has been a seismic change in household formation in Wokingham between 2001 and 2011.

Looking at figures specifically for Wokingham itself,  One person households–24.2%  Couples/family households –71.0%  Couple + other adults/multi-adult households–4.8% This decline was reflected in large scale shifts in the mix of household types. In particular, there were far more “couple + other adults households and multi-adult households” than expected. It can be put down to two things; 1) increased international migration, and 2) changes to household formation. There is evidence that migrants initially form fewer households (i.e. two couples share one property) than those who have lived in the UK all their lives. There are also changes to household formation patterns amongst the rest of the population, e.g. adult children living longer with their parents; more young adults living in shared accommodation as can be seen in the growth of HMO properties (Homes of Multiple Occupation). So, what does all this mean for Wokingham Homeowners and Landlords? Quite a lot in fact. There has been a subtle shift to slightly larger households in the last decade, meaning smart landlords might be tempted to buy slightly larger properties to rent out – again good news for homeowners who will get top dollar for their home as they sell on. But now with Brexit will household formation swing the other way in the next decade? Who knows? Watch this space!  If you want to find out more about the Wokingham Property Market, visit the Wokingham Property Blog www.wokinghampropertyblog.co.uk or drop me an email to erica.townend@martinco.com Erica Townend is a director and co-owner of the Martin & Co estate agency in Wokingham and has been aligned closely to the world of property for almost 20 years. Opinions express in this column are her own.

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Timico moves to Winnersh A LEADING global technology service has relocated from Central London to Winnersh Triangle, bringing 55 staff to the business park. As a result of growth and a need to expand, Timico Technology Services (TTS) made the move to the heart of the Thames Valley technology hub, moving into an 11,000sq ft office space in the E2 building. The new office features a reception area, creative office space with dedicated collaboration zones, a modern kitchen area, a boardroom with state of the art conferencing facilities and parking for 49 cars. Managing director Nabeil Samara said: “We liked the look of Winnersh Triangle because of the great links to London and Reading, the size of the office space and the amount of

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parking available. It is rare to be able to get all of those things in one place. “We like the idea that our employees have a short commute to work, and we are looking to recruit more local people. “It has been an exciting couple of years for TTS. We’ve grown, not only our client base, but our employee numbers too. Our move to Winnersh

Triangle Business Park is a reflection of our business growth and is the ideal location to accommodate our future business evolution.” The move is a consolidation of TTS’ existing UK sites in London and Green Park, in Reading, and will be home to its commercial, technical and support functions. Mr Samara

continued: “The strategic location of the park means TTS will have access to an exceptional and far reaching talent pool. “Operating from such a great location with good commuter links will help us achieve our business and employment expansion goals in the future.” n To find out more about TTS visit www. timico.com.

THE LATEST addition to Wokingham’s town centre has been revealed: a new Vodafone store. It is the first of the big phone networks to open a branch and it will be situated in Market Place, in the home of the old Specsavers branch. It was vacated when the opticians moved into the former Cargo store in Denmark Street. Vodafone’s branch will open on Tuesday, December 6 and the phone giant said that the new store will have opportunities for customers to try out some of the latest phones and tablets, find out about new products and services and get customer assistance. The company is one of the biggest mobile phone operators in the UK with more than 18 million customers. Kashif Chowhan, Vodafone Retail Regional Manager for Home Counties, said: “I’m really excited that we are opening a fresh new store in Wokingham and bringing our range of products and services to both existing customers and new customers. “It’s been an exciting year for us, so we are delighted to be able to

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The new Vodafone store will open in Market Place on December 6 Picture: Steve Smyth

welcome customers into store to have a chat about anything from the launch of our new Business Premier Plans, to the removal of line-rental charges on Fibre Home Broadband.” He added: “Customers will also experience our new store layout, giving an opportunity to experience our range of live demo products, as well as an extended portfolio of mobile and tablet accessories. “Plus, new customers will be able to take full advantage of our Network Satisfaction Guarantee to trial Vodafone’s 4G network

in Wokingham, giving them the freedom to make sure it’s the right choice for them.” And the company is keen to be good neighbours in Wokingham borough, pledging to actively play its part. Mr Chowhan said: “On a personal note, I’m keen to see the store team actively get involved in the local community. “We are very passionate about our Giving Something Back programme which will allow us to help support local community groups and charities. I look forward to bringing this to Wokingham.”

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Wokingham, get ready to give! By SALLY BRYANT sbryant@wokinghampaper.co.uk THIS year’s Giving Tree Appeal has been launched to offer you the chance to make a local child smile this Christmas. For more than 15 years, generous Wokingham people have dug deep to make sure less fortunate youngsters stay on Santa’s list. The idea is simple, but it sparkles with the true spirit of the season. You choose a tag from one of the many Giving Trees across the borough, buy the gift on the tag and return it (unwrapped) to the tree. Big-hearted volunteers then go to work to get the presents to local charities, which make sure they go to children whose stockings might otherwise have been empty on Christmas morning. Last year, more than 2,000 tags were collected and hopes are high Wokingham folk will be even more generous this time around. Gill Mckernan, from Barnardo’s High Close School, organises the appeal with a team of volunteers, “especially the kind staff at Transform Housing”. They were joined

We’re ready! Volunteers and charities at the launch of this year’s Giving Tree appeal at Tesco’s Wokingham superstore. The appeal matches presents to children who would otherwise do without at Christmas Picture: Sally Bryant

by representatives of the benefiting charities and some of the businesses hosting trees at Tesco in Wokingham on Sunday to launch the 2016 appeal. Mrs Mckernan said: “Last year was fantastic, with over 2,000 tags taken from the

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trees, but I have a feeling that this year could exceed that number. The appeal just gets bigger and bigger each year, with more venues wanting to host a tree. “No child who has asked for a gift through the Giving Tree will go without this Christmas. “Supporting the Giving Tree does not mean spending a fortune. Any present will put a smile on the face of a child at Christmas. All shoppers need to do is choose a tag, buy the gift suggested and return it, unwrapped to the place where

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are currently raising funds to provide a drop-in centre at the Church and Community Centre. This will provide one-to-one support and workshops. “This is just the beginning though”, said Sue Jackson, “and we want to include the whole community’s needs as we progress with this project and others. This is a wonderful opportunity to get involved in helping people in your community.” The reason for supplying you with this information? ..We would like your support.. 

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The firms hosting Giving Trees are: n Tesco – Wokingham n Tesco – Warfield n Tesco – Martins Heron n Dell – Bracknell n Wokingham Borough Council n Newbury Building Society – Wokingham n Zappas – Bean Oak Wokingham n Zappas – Peach Street Wokingham n Zappas – Crowthorne n Zappas – Twyford n Zappas – Fleet n Nirvana Spa/Pulse8 – Wokingham n Premier Research – Wokingham n RSA Security – Bracknell n YOH Solutions- Winnersh Triangle n PricewaterhouseCooper – Reading n Wokingham Library n CenturyLink – Winnersh Triangle n Artizian – Catering Services Hurst n Morrisons Wokingham

The charities The Giving Tree will help: n Barnardos – Various Projects including Young Carers n Barnardos Fostering and Adoption Project n Dingley’s Promise – Early Years Specialists n Transform Housing and Support n Home Start n Women’s Refuge – Berkshire Women’s Aid n ASD Family Help n Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice n Wokingham Crossroads Young Carers Project n Look Ahead Care and Support n Children With Special Needs Foundation n Sebastian’s Action Trust

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launched in September 2015 with the grand opening of new kitchen facilities (following the successful wet room installation), at the Salvation Army Church and Community Centre, Sturges Road, Wokingham. Founded by local resident Sue Jackson, the aim of

Tree and has watched the appeal bring more and more Christmas cheer every year. She told The Wokingham Paper: “I am delighted to be here, it is a wonderful initiative. “I think Christmas has lost some of its religious connotations, so if we can change that into giving then we have done something good, haven’t we?” If you can buy an extra gift to make someone else’s Christmas, find a tree near you and send it with love.

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they collected the tag. “I would like to say a huge thank you to PricewaterhouseCoopers, who have printed the tags and posters again this year, as well as supporting the appeal by buying lots of gifts. “Also to Helen Duncan, Community Champion for Tesco for hosting the launch and to all the businesses for hosting the trees”. Also at the launch was Wokingham town mayor Cllr Gwynneth Hewetson, who remembers the first Giving

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THE new home for a bank that provides food rather than cash was officially opened on Saturday. BBC Radio Berkshire presenter – and borough resident – Debbie McGee visited Wokingham’s Foodbank to declare the new premises open for business. Situated in the old Michael Hardy offices off Broad Street – and the former home of More Arts, which has moved into a Peach Street location for Christmas – the site is larger than its former premises on Rose Street. The proceedings started indoors due to the cold weather. David Atkinson, the foodbank’s manager, welcomed the 50-strong audience for coming, before thanking Ms McGee for her support in coming to open the new premises. Ms McGee, who hosts her radio show on Sunday mornings, praised the people who helped run the foodbank, which provides emergency food parcels for people in desperate need. She said: “I looked at the foodbank’s website and was surprised by the range of services that are available for those who are finding it hard to make ends meet. Thank

The lovely Debbie McGee opens the new branch of Wokingham’s Foodbank, watched byits manager, David Atkinson Picture: Steve Smyth

you to the volunteers who make this possible”. Moving back outside, the celebrity used special ceremonial golden scissors borrowed from Wokingham Borough Council to cut the ribbon and declare the new premises open. Back inside, the Revd Anna Harwood, Chair of Trustees for Wokingham Foodbank, read a Bible passage before leading a prayer of thanksgiving for the new premises and for the volunteers, the donors and supporters and particularly for those who need to come to the foodbank for help. Mr Atkinson added: “When

we first opened three years ago, people questioned the need for a foodbank in Wokingham, but in those three years we have given out 2,032 food parcels to our neighbours in need. “That alone says how much we are needed in this town. “Every foodbank dreams of the day when they can lock the doors and walk away, knowing that they are no longer needed, but with the ongoing changes in benefits already causing an increase in the numbers seeing our help, I don’t think it is going to happen anytime soon.” The Wokingham foodbank

is managed and operated by volunteers, and is dependent on donations of food and finance. Mr Atkinson added: “At this time of year we particularly appeal for support from those who receive a Winter Fuel Allowance, but can afford to share some of it with those who struggle to survive the winter, but, as the new premises has incurred an increase in rent and fuel costs, any financial support is much appreciated. “Our next major event is the Tesco National food collection which happens on December 1, 2 and 3. We hope to see you there.”

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Norreys homes shut by police over antisocial behaviour By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk

working initiative between the Bracknell and Wokingham policing team’s anti-social behaviour officer, Wokingham Borough Council and the TWO properties in Wokingham have been served Bracknell neighbourhood policing team. closure notices by Thames Valley Police and PC Maryann Shaw of the Early Intervention Wokingham Borough Council. Policing Team stated: “The closure orders A full closure order was granted for a property are designed to reduce anti-social behaviour in Norreys Avenue by Reading Magistrates’ Court suffered by other residents in the area. This type on Wednesday, October 26, but revealed after we of behaviour will not be tolerated and we will had gone to press last week, and a partial closure continue to work with partner agencies to tackle order was granted for another property in the these types of issues.” same street under the Anti-Social Behaviour Cllr Julian McGhee Sumner, WBC’s Executive Crime and Policing Act 2014. Member for Health and Wellbeing, said: A partial order was also imposed on a property “Wokingham Borough Council work closely in Mount Lane, Bracknell, by the same court last with partners to reduce and prevent anti-social Thursday. behaviour in its communities. A WOKINGHAM salon used The action was taken after reports to police of “The closure orders will bring relief to its recent refurbishment as an criminal behaviour and disorder associated with communities that have suffered anti-social opportunity to help the town’s the properties and surrounding area. behaviour over a sustained period of time. I would homeless and needy. The orders are in place for a period of three like to place on record our gratitude to members H2O – Hair To Order – off Rose months from the date of issue and excludes of the community who have bravely stood up to Street, has just reopened after a anyone from entering the property, including the the perpetrators of this behaviour.” £95,000 refit. And the big-hearted occupants, for the full closure order, and anyone Anyone affected by anti-social behaviour company has donated its old except the occupant and authorised persons for can contact the 24-hour Thames Valley1 Police towels to charity. blueprint_advert_190x137mm_TKT5119_07B_PRINT_READY.pdf 22/03/2016 18:14 the partial closures. enquiry centre on 101 and ask to speak to the local Wokingham In Need (WIN) The closure orders were the result of a joint neighbourhood team. accepted the towels on behalf of

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Thousands raised by Wokingham’s big bang! By PHIL CREIGHTON news@wokinghampaper.co.uk

2016 in fireworks READING Blue Coat School held a display last Thursday night. Produced by professional display company Sonning Fireworks, it was set to music and looked back on key events during the year.

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THOUSANDS of pounds hav been raised for charity thanks to the borough’s big fireworks night. On Saturday – Guy Fawkes Day itself – a record number of people descended on the town hall to take part in the annual torchlit procession to Cantley Park. The marchers were accompanied by the Saint Sebastian Wokingham Band, and headed up by Milly Allen, the winner of a drawing competition, and the borough and town mayors. The procession walked down Milton Road towards Cantley Park where they were able to enjoy a funfair and food stalls before the bonfire was lit and the fireworks were let off. The event is teamwork between a host of local charitable organisations including Lions, Unicorns and Rotary Clubs and all profits go towards a mixture of local charities. The final total is not yet known but chief organiser Alan Rouse said it was likely to be a record amount. He told The Wokingham Paper: “It was excellent. We had more people than ever before, raising more money than ever before. “The weather was a bit cold but good. It was the first year that the field wasn’t muddy. “We used a new company, who set the display to music. It was a continuous 20-minute display and we were very pleased.” “The procession was brilliant, with more torches than ever before. People were rammed shoulder-toshoulder.”

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It’s a time for giving, so let’s get on with it IT SEEMS daft to be talking about December 25 before we’ve stopped to remember, but sometimes you have to plan ahead. Yes, Christmas is coming and with it a host of fun, feasts and fantastic (and not-so fantastic) presents. But what about those who do without? While we’ve already featured the Operation Shoebox scheme that helps provide presents for those in developing countries abroad, we also need to remember those closer to home. That’s why we’re delighted to be backing this year’s Giving Tree appeal. Just visit a tree, choose a tag, buy the present on the tag and return it to the tree. It’s so simple, but it will make the world of difference to local boys and girls who would otherwise have nothing to look forward to on Christmas Day. Santa does his best to be everywhere, but sometimes even the best present givers need a bit of a helping hand. So, what are you waiting for? This is a time of giving, let’s get on with it!

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In praise of Wokingham Decor Although I think Brexit is a mistake I accept the referendum went against us. We will therefore leave the EU but not without parliamentary scrutiny and considered (ie on the facts not party dogma or public opinion based on untruths) decisions based on the terms negotiated. Putting it through by royal prerogative or statutory instrument is NOT democracy. We should respect our independent judges and their decision for without them we the people will be the losers. Ruth Smith, via Facebook

I have lived in Wokingham since 1971 and shops have come and gone, but there is one “ treasure “ that keeps going. It is the one I always used to go to when I couldn’t find something anywhere else. Now I go there first for shopping, advice and a chat. Which shop, you may ask … Wokingham Decor, of course. Support your local shops… Glynis Ormsby, via email

Cyclists and cycle paths Given the amount of money spent on narrowing local roads and painting cycle tracks on roads around Wokingham, we still have the majority of cyclists illegally using the footpaths rather than either the road or designated cycle path. We regularly get the cry that motorists do not take care when there are cyclists on the road, but the problem for many people is not the cars but the bikes hurtling along the narrow pavements. This is bad enough for the middle aged, but for young mothers with toddlers and for the elderly it is extremely frightening. Recently an elderly neighbour was struck by a cyclist along the Wilderness Road, she being knocked to the ground and the cyclist carried on without even checking to see if she was alright, thankfully several motorists, who saw what happened stopped to help, she is now very nervous when walking along the local roads. As the previous writer stated, when will either the local authority or the police deal with this problem? Maybe it is time for legislation to compel ALL cyclists to be registered and be insured? Brian Wedge, via email

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TO MARK All Soul’s Day last week, St Paul’s church in Reading Road held a beautiful and moving All Souls’ Day Service. Pupils from Holme Grange School made special Mexican memory boxes, each one dedicated to a different person including loved ones and celebrities such as Victoria Wood. The church and the churchyard were also lit by candlelight.

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If only £7,500 were all that we pay Borough Councillors. The letter from Mr Bello (letters, November 3) is interesting in that it is obvious that the gentleman has never looked at what many Councillors actually receive in payment from the Borough, in other words from us, the tax payers. The £7,500 mentioned is defined as a “retaining fee” or members basic and is supposed to offset any loss of earnings if the person has to attend meetings during the day and while understandable for someone still working, it is not so understandable for the MANY Councillors who are now retired. Unfortunately the £7,500 is just the tip of the iceberg as further payments are made to Councillors depending on what committees they are on, plus out of pocket expenses AND mileage payments, so the actual payments can be considerably more than just the £7,500, some Councillors receiving over £15,000 a year plus expenses and mileage. The payments made to Councillors can be seen on the website at: wokingham. moderngov.co.uk/ecSDDisplay. aspx?NAME=SD227&ID=227&RPID=626143 Here you will see that there are many receiving FAR more than just the starting £7,500! While there are Councillors that are hard working there are others who are anything but. There is one Councillor who has nothing to do with his ward, seems to do little within either council, who ignores all emails and voice mails from residents (Town and Borough) and seems completely incapable of even acknowledging that he has been contacted, let alone do something about the problems. There are a number of Borough Councillors who are only in it for the money So, contrary to Mr Bello’s comment, “good value for the money”? on the whole I would have to say NO. David Anderson, Earley

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Firework pictures brightened up one reader’s week I sat on several committees and also visited residents to help solve their problems, not for financial gain, but to put something back into the community in which I lived. Tony Kalisz, via email

What lovely pictures A thank you to The Wokingham Paper for publicly showcasing the artwork produced by the young people who entered the Wokingham Fireworks competition. They are to be congratulated on their undoubted talent and thanked for bringing a little ‘sparkle’ into the all too often drab world of grown-ups. Well done to them all! J W Blaney, Wokingham

John Redwood vows to vote for Brexit in Parliament On our website, wokingham.today, we published a story last week revealing that if there is a Parliamentary vote on leaving the European Union, John Redwood will vote in favour, despite his constituents voting to remain in the EU during the recent referendum. Here’s what you thought about it: I think John Redwood going against his constituency is a selfish act and he should be removed from his position as MP… We voted to stay, he is our voice in parliament – so he should consider what the majority of his constituents want. Redwoods blog is ridiculous also, is Nigel Farage and Rupert Murdoch your puppet master John? Redwood will NOT be getting my vote in the next election. The man (if you can call him that) does not speak for me! Im not leaving, via website Several things are wrong here: 1. [Brexit support being closer to 50/50 was] only at meetings Mr Redwood attended. I can say the same at the meetings I attended only Remain voters turned up. I therefore guess only like minded people turned up at his meeting. I do not remember seeing any notices to say please come speak to local MP about the Brexit vote. 2. As the representative of Wokingham he should be representing the opinion of the voters for this region which voted for Remain despite his personal opinion. In fact many Brexit folks are going to find that their MPs who want to Remain will vote for Brexit. Therefore Mr Redwood is being unfair to his electors. 3. The court case is not about stopping Brexit but ensuring that due process is performed. My conclusion is that Mr Redwood has a biased and blinkered view. Peter Dennis, via email

Our front page report last week looking at a report into the ongoing traffic issues on the A329m caused quite a reaction from you. Here are some of your thoughts from our Facebook page: I think we all knew that without the benefit of a report! It was blatantly obvious from the start to anyone with half a brain that making the motorway into one lane is going to bottleneck the traffic. The idea of sheltered lanes for the M4 is great, but only with an extra lane as well. The crazy thing is this road was built with the wide central reservation so an extra lane could be added in the future, so it’s not as if there isn’t room. Let’s stop kidding ourselves here, extra signage isn’t going to help because the many drivers changing lanes late and causing problems know EXACTLY what they are doing. They do it every single day! They are just too impatient to stay in the correct lane. And 50mph won’t help, because in the rush hour traffic, you don’t even get to 50mph! Tim Marotto, via Facebook I stopped using this road on the Thursday and Friday after they did this. It was taking me an extra 30 to 45 minutes to get to Reading from Wokingham. I agree a lot of the problem is caused by driver’s switching lanes at the last minute. They should put a barrier up so they can’t. That won’t cost £17million. Put it up for six months. Then people will drive properly. The signs that are there now give plenty of warning. People just ignore them because they think the traffic in the left lane is going to Newbury and they will have time to get over for London. Susan Chatterton, via Facebook I have regularly been stuck in half hour traffic jams trying to get from Coppid Beech to Winnersh turn off – it is so frustrating as it was obvious from the outset this would happen. Trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot (showing my age there) Mabel Hahner, via Facebook Mmmm … No drivers = no vehicles = no traffic = no delays. Logical. Adrian Roberts, via Facebook

Will Wokingham M&S be axed? On Tuesday, Marks & Spencer said it will axe up to 60 stores over the next five years, but won’t reveal which ones will close. We asked your opinions on our Facebook page: I think it just be food too. The rest of the shop is small and I can never get what I need. Except food :) Edwina Nash, via Facebook Wokingham originally opened as a food store till it slowly brought in clothes and homewares. Maybe it should go back to what it had intended to be – food. Susan Grindley-Smith, via Facebook

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PICTURE OF THE WEEK Continuing our series of images from the recent Love Wokingham comptition, here we present John Massey’s winning entry, taken at the Bikeathon earlier in the year. It really captures the joy of the event. We love receiving your pictures for this slot – send them to news@ wokinghampaper. co.uk

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’M back, I was expecting to be on this page last week but in all honesty I was floored by the flu, then it was half-term and I completely lost track of time. When the doctor said “it’s flu” I wasn’t entirely convinced but as the days turned into nights and my chest wall rattled while my breath rasped I had to admit defeat and head for my bed. After my prescription medicines had finished and I was still left feeling slightly grimmola I pottered over to Niki McGlynn for some reflexology and I am glad to say I am really feeling the benefits of it. Now I can appreciate that reflexology might not be for you however I am a fan. It involves lying on a blanket for an hour listening to gentle music which is enough to relax anyone, while Niki does her thing and afterwards I feel relaxed but energised. Niki also makes the balm she does reflexology with and I happen to think it’s great. Look her up www. thecomplementarytherapyclinic.co.uk.

Winter treats Niki will be at The Winter Event at Brown Bear Bakery TODAY (Thursday, November 10), between 11am and 5pm together with Mungo from Black Mountain Roast and his amazing Espresso Martini chocolate he developed with Chase Vodka and NomNom Chocolate, Myddfai Luxury Welsh Toiletries, Ouch Paper Cuts, Hunter Gatherer, Which Glasses Are Which, Shirleyz and many more exciting and innovating businesses. The event is in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity and there will be plenty of HeadSmart Brain Tumour Symptom cards for everyone to take one. Hope to see you there.

TONY JOHNSON Dewey defeats Truman

HIS was the headline in the Chicago Daily Tribune’s ﬁrst edition on November 3, 1948. The election of the 33rd US president was over. Or was it? Two days later, this picture shows a victorious Harry Truman proving that the result isn’t final until all the votes are counted. His retort was simple : “That ain’t the way I heard it” At the time, Harry Truman was the Democratic candidate and Thomas Dewey was his Republican opponent. Storm Thurmond was the third “Dixiecrat” candidate. The Chicago Tribune’s opposition to Truman was long standing. The Tribune’s stance was unashamedly Republican, along with 85% of all US newspapers. So strong was their opposition to his politics that a Tribune editorial called the serving president “a nincompoop”. In print. By any stretch of the imagination that headline was a colossal blunder. Fifty years later, a Tribune retrospective on the paper’s most famous error described things. The Editor had had to send the first edition to print early, as presses were running slowly due to a strike and he’d made the headline decision based on opinion polls and the view of his leading political commentator. The retrospective ended: “The headline might well have been quickly forgotten but for a chance encounter two days later in St Louis. Truman, traveling by rail to Washington, stepped to the rear platform of the train and was handed a copy of the Tribune early edition. He had as low an opinion of the Tribune as

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it did of him. Truman held the paper up, and photographers preserved the moment for history.” For politicians, as for newspapers, there’s a time when one has to make a decision and live with the consequences. Wind the clock forwards to November 7, 2000, for the 54th US presidential contest between George W Bush (Republican) and Al Gore (Democrat). It’s well-known that Gore called Bush to concede the election and the game was over. But was it? The outcome hinged on Florida. Based on exit polls and Bush leading Gore by 100,000 votes with 85% counted, television networks declared that Bush would win. However, that last 15% were in largely Democratic wards and as night turned into morning, 100,000 had narrowed to just 2,000. The networks withdrew their declaration and Gore called Bush to retract his concession. When the counting finished, the margin of victory was just 300 – making a recount mandatory. Because of the way votes were recorded and counted, also because some of the voting

Brain tumour symptom cards machines hadn’t clearly punched right through the ballot papers, depositing a tiny piece of paper called a “chad” into the waste bin, some ballot papers were in doubt – as to which candidate had actually been voted for. The recounts ground on. “Hanging chads”, where the chad hadn’t detached from the ballot paper, became a matter of national debate and, later, legal dispute. Missing ballot papers, alleged long after the event to have been found in the Gulf of Mexico, threw even more doubt into the minds of the electorate. But that was to come later, as the case of Bush v Gore was decided on December 12 in the US supreme court and George W Bush won the case, the state, the election and the country. In Opera, the show isn’t over until the fat lady has sung. In Bridge (the card game) an opening bid of “one No Trump” declares a hand strong enough to win. But a skewed distribution, plus a game call of “four hearts” thrashes even a sound opening. In the 2016 presidential election, it appears that the voters have just kicked “big politics” out. Immigration servers in Canada promptly crashed, allegedly due to the number of US citizens wanting to move north. Meanwhile in Britain, one wonders if overseas ownership of a certain a golf resort in Scotland might just give Nicola Sturgeon an edge in US UK EU negotiation? Keep on BrexIn’  Chicago 50 Years later: www.chicagotribune. com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodaysdeweydefeats-story-story.html

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Just as the clocks go back … Hasn’t it got autumnally wintry really quickly? Blimey, as soon as the clocks went back the cold set in, the fog dropped, we’ve had a frosty morning and everyone’s thoughts have turned to winter soups and stews, warm clothes and Christmas. There I’ve said it! Christmas is next month and, while I don’t go over the top, I do enjoy the planning and, of course, the calls from people asking where they can ﬁnd something a bit different, individual or quirky. If you have a look at my blog you will ﬁnd gift guides and solutions for all ages and budgets. One thing I can’t get excited about is the Elf on a shelf. I think it’s odd and very strange. The adults do daft things with an elf and then tell the children the elf did it. I don’t get it. Then the adults have to tidy up whatever it is the elf has done. Why? I’ve been told it’s fun .... I’m not convinced having something that looks like a cross between Pinocchio and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s Childcatcher is for me.

Don’t phone and drive Last week I was on Talk Radio with the breakfast boss Paul Ross talking about mobile phone usage and driving following the sentencing of Tomasz Kroker who killed an adult and three children whilst looking at his phone. If you have not seen the video released by Thames Valley Police I strongly urge you to watch it. It carries a *WARNING*. “This post contains footage, photos and content that viewers may ﬁnd distressing. Thames Valley Police worked with the family to produce this video to highlight the potentially catastrophic consequences of using a mobile phone whilst driving”. As harrowing as it is to watch I feel it is essential viewing to highlight how a moment can wreck lives. Please drive sensibly.

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RECEIVE a free copy of a glossy magazine aimed at anyone in their ﬁfties or older. I’m not sure why. I don’t read Hello or The Tatler nor do I read OK Magazine, Mirror or Mail or any number of other titles that would keep me up-to date with the fashions of the famous. Am I weird? I’m not interested in regular updates about a glamorous world I shall never inhabit. How did I get on the mailing list? It must be age alone. Anyway, this magazine that shall remain nameless has Celebrity in its DNA. It’s all about their lives and views; what they wear, what they eat, where they go, what constitutes entertainment for them, their manias and phobias, passions and hobbies.

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Wokingham people John’s drive to mark 90 years of Route 66

Give me a break When I want to circulate with the crème de la crème I can visit downtown Wokingham anytime I please. Whatever window this publication purports to open it’s not about life or about how real people live. If you take the content of this magazine seriously it means you don’t have a life or valid views or if you do they are so banal, so anodyne you need to read about the glitzy ritzy to be happy and informed. Gosh, you didn’t vote Leave did you? Don’t tell the neighbours. I bet they voted Leave too as a protest against the Establishment but they’re not going to admit it to you. Keep your independent thinking in the closet and read celebrity-focussed magazines as a cover.

Vicarious living Well here I am once again revealing my true colours. A curmudgeonly mean-spirited little man wanting to deny the readers of Wokingham a bit of fun and frisson between the pages of a glossy. Well, no I’m not. I am simply making a one-curmudgeonly-man stand against all the values this magazine and magazines like it represent. I expect teenagers to be fascinated with celebrity but not me. Anyway, returning to my story, earlier this year this unnamed magazine published a so-called ‘wise list’ based on 50 celebrities who, one way or another have, apparently, done or thought things that contribute to the value of all our lives. All of us includes you, unless you happen to be a celebrity reading this column. If so, deepest apologies Mr Clooney. No the magazine targets you – the unwashed little Arthropoda that crawl out of the woodwork to bathe in the light of this sagacious publication. Incidentally, if that does include you, what class of Arthropoda do you belong to: insects, arachnids, myriapods or crustaceans? My call is to stop worshipping the god Celebrity. Did you know the over-50s represent nearly half the population? Some are rich others live on the margins in poor accommodation struggling to make ends meet. Many will have inevitably dealt with tragedy and disappointment. They don’t need to watch TV news to appreciate they exist. Many have lived through it all. Death, divorce, illness, family breakup, lost careers, failed businesses. This is experience. This is wisdom. Most of us learn from our mistakes and can therefore teach from our errors. Many who survive to be washed up on the rocks of old age have power and wealth and therefore inﬂuence. Who better to help the disadvantaged whether they are over 50 or under? Put down your glossy and pick up your purpose. What are your reading bugbears? Send your thoughts to letters@wokinghampaper.co.uk

Lower Earley resident John Powls in Arizonia, one of many stops of America’s famous Route 66

HIS Friday marks the 90th anniversary of the most famous road in the world. Forget the A329m, forget the M25 and don’t even think about the A4... this is Route 66, for many years an integral part of the American Interstate Highway System. And one Lower Earley resident decided that the anniversary is so significant it deserved marking in style. In September 2014, John Powls undertook the drive of a lifetime: over the course of three weeks he drove the entire length of the road, which ran from Chicago to California, taking in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, covering a total of 2,448 miles. Although no longer a main road, it is still an important part of Americana, offering a glimpse into the past and stationed by many ‘mom and pop’ stores – family-run businesses that were the cornerstone of the American

dream for many years. John said that his epic solo road trip was the fulfilment of a long-held ambition to drive ‘Main Street USA’. And, in the process, he gathered enough material to fulfil another of his long-held ambition – to produce a collection of poetry responding to the magnificent and varied landscapes of America using the Route 66 road trip as the narrative thread. The result is a new book that is published this week: Route 66 – Open Road For Promiseland. It features images from Carol Ballenger (a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society). This is not John’s first forray into writing. He is a long-established writer with a broad ambit encompassing journalism, drama and contributions to other artists’ books. He is also a landscape poet influenced by the Romantic tradition and inspired by Dartmoor and his native

VOLUNTEER CORNER  FLOREAT MONTAGUE PARK is brand new school in Wokingham with a unique educational vision. The are looking for a volunteer to help on a 1:1 basis with a child with SEN to support them in their learning and play. Activities would include: discussions with the learner, playing games, singing songs etc. The volunteer would need to work closely with the teaching assistant to support the child in a consistent way. A passion for working with children, especially special needs children is a must. A positive attitude and a calm and friendly persona is important. A knowledge of the EYFS curriculum would be useful but not essential as training will be provided.

North East of England. John said: “The ‘Mother Road’ is an enduring symbol of Americana with a hinterland of iconic images and imagination as vast as its geography. “It has been tackled by authors of the standing of John Steinbeck and the most eminent landscape photographers as well as musicians and movie makers. So, getting to grips with ‘Main Street, USA’ – ‘more than 2,000 miles all the way’ represents a major and exciting challenge for a poet and photographer.” And John will be welcoming fellow Route 66 and poetry fans for a special launch event being held in Dinton Pastures’ Dragonfly Cafe later this month. Taking place on Thursday, November 24, the event will enable you to get signed copies of the book and hear more about his epic road trip.  Route 66 – Open Road For Promiseland is published by Halstar, ISBN: 978 1 906690 64 9. For more details, visit www.halsgrove.com

With Helena Badger  SHORT BREAK CARERS SCHEME aims to link disabled children with carers who can provide them with regular short breaks. The Scheme provides a vital support service to families of disabled children, and beneﬁts the children by enabling them to enjoy new experiences. Most of the children who use the service have a learning disability and/or physical needs. Volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and can be working, retired, unemployed, single or with a partner, with or without children. They will need enthusiasm, energy and some spare time to commit to becoming a regular carer for a disabled child. Training is given in order to help

prepare for the individual needs of the child the volunteer will be looking after.  ROYAL BERKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE (RBFRS) aims to contribute to securing a safe society by reducing the incidence of death, injury and damage to property from ﬁre and other emergencies. They are looking to take on some new volunteers to be based at the Wokingham Fire Station. Community Engagement Volunteers are required to operate as part of a volunteering group delivering Home Fire Safety Checks to vulnerable people in the community. This role helps people live independently and safely in their

own homes. Once the volunteers are trained, they can offer advice on how to keep the home safe and install smoke alarms to some of the most at risk members of the local Wokingham Community. The commitment can be determined by the wants and needs of the volunteer. The volunteer will need to have access to their own transport and be willing to undertake training and a DBS (police check.)  To ﬁnd out more about the event and volunteering in general, please visit our website www. volunteercentrewokingham.org.uk or call us on 0118 977 0749 or email volunteer@wok-vol.org.uk

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Travelling round Europe, floral style The three prizes were drawn as follows:  First prize with ticket No. 76 was Chris Gibson who won £22.  Second prize with ticket 23 was Raj Gulati who won £13.20  Third prize with ticket 36 was Christine Brooks who won £8.80. Tickets can be bought at any time of year and will be entered for the remaining months in the draw year (which are now December to April). Tickets for the rest of the year now cost £5 each and then reduce by £1 after each draw. An Internet random number generator is used to draw the numbers. More details, including how to join the 100 Club, can be found here: www. citizensadvicewokingham.org.uk/home/funding/ JOHN FERGUSON

Wokingham Evening Townswomens Guild

WOKINGHAM Evening Townswomens Guild will

meet on Tuesday 15th November 2016, when our speaker will be Michael Hyde, on the subject of ‘Woodland Trust’. We meet at St Pauls Church Rooms Wokingham at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome. Phone 0118 989 2649 for further details. LIZ WILLIS

Reading Sharks Skater Hockey Club WE ARE running a sponsored skate for charity (The CdLS Foundation) and to help raise funds for our club on Saturday, November 19. We have 30 children, and a few adults, signed up already and previously have raised over £1,000 doing this. Our children will be skating laps of the hall at Bulmershe Leisure Centre; every lap earns them money. Some of our children skated over 200 laps last year. For more on this, visit www.readingsharks. com/news/ MATT LOVEGROVE Ian Starkey from Thames Valley Triathletes with Thrive client gardeners and staff

Demonstrating at Woodley Flower Club’s November meeting were Stephan Carolan and Peter Bodnar

Woodley Flower Club

WOODLEY Flower Club enjoyed a surprise evening on Tuesday, November 1, when the booked Flower Arranging Demonstrator was unwell and had organised for a demonstrator to take her place! Peter Bodnar from Bloomsbury in London is a very experienced florist and professional flower arranger, and brought with him Trainee Demonstrator Stephan Carolan, also formerly a florist, who also showed us two arrangements. The theme of the evening was The Grand Tour (with a bit of sparkle!), and many beautiful flowers were arranged to represent the varied styles of mainly European countries. Peter started with an upright style (British) of very dark Chrysanthemums, followed by Amsterdam – arranged in a picture frame in the style of an Old Master painting; Stephan produced the “rococo” style of Paris with dark foliage and pastel flowers and Peter produced bright yellow “sunshine” flowers for Japan. Stephan, who charmed the audience with amusing anecdotes and information about each of the countries he was interpreting, then produced a colourful Italy. Our Grand Tour found Peter and Stephan back in Britain, with a very colourful arrangement of flowers that would grow in British gardens – even including a representation of his Grandmother’s garden gate. (It was she who introduced Peter to flower arranging at a very early age, when he used to pick flowers from her garden and she would arrange them.) It was a very varied evening, and members were very pleased to take home their raffled arrangements at the end of it. Vice-Chairman Marion Want said in her thanks to the demonstrators: “We were very pleased to be so entertained with such beautiful and varied flowers arranged in so many styles”. Woodley Flower Club are now anticipating their Special Christmas Evening, when the audience will be entertained by the Committee – with lovely flower arrangements and other ideas that can be copied for their own festive season decorating. Members and their invited friends always look forward to their demonstrations. This will be on Tuesday, December 6, in the Coronation Hall, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JZ. There will be more than just the festive

entertainment. Fun includes a raffle of the arranged flowers and useful festive items. A special Everyone’s a Winner! tombola will mean that every ticket wins a prize. There will also be a sales table with silk flowers, ribbons, accessories and Oasis floral foam at very competitive prizes, and the evening will be concluded with mince pies and a glass of wine or juice. This is definitely an evening not to be missed by members, families and friends as well as the many visitors who usually attend this special occasion. Tickets are available at the door and are just £5 for visitors (including mince pie and wine). The demonstration starts at 7.30pm, doors open at 6.30pm so you can browse the sales table, and buy raffle and tombola tickets. For further details of this Christmas Demonstration and Woodley Flower Club please contact Chairman, Brenda Milton, on 0118 969 5697. SHELIA LOBELY

Citizens Advice 100 Club

THE NOVEMBER draw for the 2016-17 year of the Citizens Advice Wokingham 100 Club took place on Tuesday, November 1.

Thames Valley Triathletes THAMES Valley Triathletes (TVT) have presented local charity Thrive with a cheque for £500 – proceeds from their annual triathlon held at Bradﬁeld College near Theale.

The event attracts more than 300 competitors, a large number of whom are new to triathlon and pay a fee to take part. TVT decided to donate proﬁts from the event to charity and chose Thrive after it was nominated by the charity’s CEO Kathryn Rossiter who is a TVT member. Thrive is a national charity that

uses gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people living with disabilities or ill health, or who are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable. The money will be used to enable vulnerable people come to Thrive’s three-acre walled gardens and allotments in Beech Hill.

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Problem with a street or pavements

F YOU have a complaint about the condition of a street or pavement, you should contact the highways department of your local authority. You should tell your local authority if you believe that defective or icy pavements or roads may cause an accident. If you have suffered a personal injury because of the condition of a street or pavement, for example, you have tripped on a paving stone, or slipped or skidded on an untreated icy street or pavement, you may be able to claim compensation. For more information about how to claim compensation for personal injury, see this Citizens Advice webpage

http://tinyurl.com/cawok013 For more information about what to do if your vehicle is damaged by an accident that wasn’t your fault see this Citizens Advice webpage http://tinyurl. com/cawok014 You should also complain to your local authority about problems resulting from street works by utility companies (for example, gas, water, electricity) or cable companies. You should ask your local authority to help if:  They make it hard to get to your property – but try to take it up ﬁrst with the company responsible for the works

 You are worried about noise nuisance or air pollution  The works are dangerous, either when they are in progress, or when they have been ﬁnished  A road or path is not put back to its original condition. The highways department is also usually responsible for the maintenance of street furniture, for example, trafﬁc lights, street lamps, crossing controls and litter bins. However, in some cases, another organisation may be responsible, for example, a bus stop or bus shelter

may be the responsibility of a private company, or a particular street lamp may be the responsibility of the parish council. The highways department should be able to tell you which organisation is responsible. If you need any further advice on this issue you can contact your local Citizens Advice.  You can get help, information and advice from your local Citizens Advice or visit www.citizensadvicewokingham. org.uk or contact Citizens Advice Wokingham at Second Floor, Waterford House, Erftstadt Court, Wokingham RG40 2YF. Tel: 0300 330 1189. email: public@citizensadvicewokingham. org.uk

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Your chance to own one of Wokingham’s oldest homes

Help for ﬁrst time buyers

Kim Willcock, Regional Sales Director at Bloor Homes Southern

FIGURES show that many UK adults will become priced out of the rental market over the next five years, according to Bloor Homes. The latest figures from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) predict that UK rents are to increase by 4.7% year on year, for the next five years. The market survey carried out by RICS found that a shortage of quality homes available to rent, coupled with the three per cent increase in stamp duty on buy-to-let properties, is pushing up rent prices. The Guardian has since reported that the average price for renting in England and Wales has hit a record high of £846 a month. Kim Willcock, Sales Director for Bloor’s Southern division, said: “Rental prices are continuing to increase across the country, which is forcing renters to look into other options.

NE of Wokingham’s oldest houses is being offered to the market through Richard Worth. Situated on Rose Street, the Grade II* home was built in 1482 and still has many of its original features including exposed beams, solid oak floor boards and gorgeous fireplaces. Built over three levels, it offers flexible accommodation and four bedrooms. Downstairs, an entrance hall leads to an L-shaped study area that overlooks the courtyard garden. The living room is a spacious 14ft 5in by 21ft 6in, leading to a lobby and spiral staircase. The kitchen area is 10ft by 13ft 1in and leads to a breakfast room, 10ft 8in by 9ft in, that has an exit to the garden.

“This increase, coupled with other factors, means that many are finding that buying a new home is a more affordable option than renting. “Mortgage rates are at a record low and a range of Government initiatives are enticing people to buy their own house, and pay their own mortgage off instead of their landlord’s. “We have seen a rise in people getting on the property ladder by taking advantage of the Help to Buy scheme. “The rental market simply can’t offer this type of incentive, so it is increasingly making financial sense for people to buy rather than rent.” Latest figures from Halifax show that more buyers are realising this, as the number of first-time buyers has increased by 10%over the first half of 2016.  For more information on buying a new home, visit www.bloorhomes. com

Like father, like son The master bedroom has an ensuite shower room and is a roomy 15ft 9in by 10ft 6in. It also boasts a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and a built-in wardrobe. The second bedroom is 8ft 4in by 11ft 11in and leads to a galleried mezzanine and vaulted bedroom ceiling area. This is a distinctive and unusual feature in modern housing and reﬂects the heritage and character of this unique property. The third bedroom is 8ft 2in by 9ft and has a built in wardrobe, while the fourth is 10ft 5in by 9ft and overlooks the rear garden. Outside, there is a good sized cottage style garden, which has been laid to lawn. Surrounded by mature hedging and also

featuring a brick paved patio area, this is an oasis in the middle of Wokingham’s town centre. There is off road parking for two cars in a gated area, and a single garage to the side. There is also residents parking on Rose Street. And being in the town centre means that it’s close to the train station, the Lion 4 bus route stops outside on its way to Bracknell and all the local facilities and amenities are within walking distance. It is in Council Tax band F and offered to the market for £725,000. For more details, or to arrange a viewing, call Richard Worth on 0118 979 6796, visit its ofﬁces in Rose Street or log on to www. richard-worth.co.uk.

Neil and Jake Ridings on site at Emmbrook Place

WHEN Jake Ridings embarked on a career in construction at a new homes location in Wokingham, he could have no better role model than the man leading the build – his Dad. Jake is one of the new intake of apprentices recruited by Bovis Homes and he has been assigned to the company’s Emmbrook Place development as an apprentice carpenter. It’s a real family affair as Jake’s father, Neil Ridings, is the site manager. Neil has been managing the site near Matthewsgreen Road for six months. He said: “It’s great to have Jake join the team at Emmbrook Place. “He has always been keen to pursue a hands-on career and I had no hesitation in recommending a career

in construction, and with Bovis Homes, to him. “He did well to win a place on the scheme too. Many don’t make it as Bovis Homes is looking for the best youngsters with the right qualities.” Jake said: “I’m really enjoying my time with Bovis Homes so far. I’m playing an active part in building the homes here at Emmbrook Place and learning skills which will serve me throughout my career.” Emmbrook Place will see the development of 760 brand new homes, as well as new shops and a primary school, at the site to the north of Wokingham.  For more information visit www. bovishomes.co.uk/new-homes-atwokingham/matthews-green/

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Let Cleaver help you manage your properties well

F YOU want to rent out your house but don’t want the hassle of managing it yourself, you need to speak to Cleaver Property Management. The Wokingham-based company is an independent, family-owned specialist in property management and residential letting for a wide variety of properties throughout Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex and Wiltshire. It aims to provide an outstanding service, acting diligently and efficiently to ensure that clients are happy. Cleaver is different to other firms. It provides a dedicated property manager who will answer questions and liaise directly with clients. An account manager will help with the financial side and all emails and calls will be answered within two working days. And in a fast changing world, you need to be sure you are using the latest products and services: Cleaver aims to help you by keeping you informed of the latest changes. The company is headed by husband and wife team Martin and Susan Cleaver. Martin has worked within both commercial and residential property sectors for over 20 years, working with big names such as PricewaterhouseCoopers. Susan specialises in Cleaver’s accountancy side, ensuring that all aspects of financial management for the company’s clients are effectively delivered. Based just off Finchampstead Road, Cleaver aims to offer the best possible service and has a

number of systems in place to ensure you can have conﬁdence that it will look after your property. These includes regular reports that detail what has been spent on management, debtors and reporting on money due. Cleaver’s reports will help scrutinise and adjust budgets accordingly. Project management reports will look at essential maintenance to ensure the properties are maintained to the highest standards. This includes external painting, roof repairs, internal refurbishment and landscaping, Cleaver wants to ensure that each property is looked after. And this attention to detail is noticed by its clients. One praised the company, saying: “Although we are a small development, Cleaver Property Management has been meticulous in paying attention to detail and in solving servicing issues promptly and effectively. Communication with directors is good and the company’s management style is clear, cut and decisive. Its managers and staff are very reliable, ensuring a high level of service.” And Cleaver is so conﬁdent that its services are the best that it has produced a special report, downloadable from its website, that aims to help you choose your property management company. Called How To Hire A Property Management Company, the unbiased report provides a series of questions to ask when searching. Cleaver also welcomes your questions and queries. For more details, call 0844 499 3411 or log on to www.cleaverproperty.co.uk

What Cleaver’s clients say “Cleaver Property Management has been managing our flats (block of 35) for the past 15 years and we have found them to be very efficient, reliable and prompt in their response to any request. “Their fees are very reasonable compared to many other management companies. “I am happy to recommend them to any potential customer.” MEMBERS of Cleaver Property Management will be taking part in an epic cycle ride next year –and to prepare they’re planning an evening filled with wine. The team, which includes friends and families of the company’s staff, will cycle 135 miles to Amsterdam in May to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis, Help For Heroes, Terrence Higgins Trust and Children with Cancer UK in May. To help fundraise they are hosting an auction at 7pm on Thursday, December 1 at The Grape Escape in

Cleaver Property Management Susan and Martin Cleaver have welcomed a recent move to new offices strengthening the continuing relationship in Wokingham. We manage a number of properties in the town and we plan to grow this over the coming years. Cleaver Property Management is an independent, specialist property managing and residential letting agent, operating for over 20 years. As a family run business, most of our clients have come to us by personal recommendation due to the outstanding personal service our local team of highly trained experts provide. Offering numerous property management services for freehold and leasehold residential properties – we support; Residents Associations, Flat Management Companies, Developers, Landlords and Freeholders. For more information and to book a personal appointment please contact us Telephone: 0844 499 3411 or Email: info@cleaverproperty.co.uk

Property Management Services for Wokingham and beyond. Cleaver Property Management, Ascot House, Finchampstead Road, Wokingham RG40 2NW

Denmark Street. Cleaver is asking local businesses if they would kindly donate an item or a service to auction off. Nothing is too small or too big . You are also invited to join in on the evening, tickets cost £10 and include a welcome drink and food. To donate prizes, buy tickets or to help, call Susan Cleaver on 0118 467 1573 or email susan@ cleaverproperty.co.uk  www.justgiving.com/teams/ Cleaver

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SOCIALLY conscious students at a school in Earley have opened their hearts to the homeless community this winter. Members of the Amnesty International Club at Maiden Erlegh School, in Silverdale Road, held a collection throughout October for non-perishable food to donate to Reading’s Willow House sheltered housing on behalf of the Salvation Army. The students collected a huge amount of food which will help people sleeping rough on the streets. Head of Religion and Philosophy at the school, Sian Jones said: “The support from the whole school community was overwhelming and we thank every single person who contributed to this great cause. As a school, we donated an enormous amount of food and these donations will make a big difference to many people’s lives. “Many thanks to the whole school for their generosity and a special thanks goes to the dedicated members of the Amnesty International Club; another good cause has been supported. Keep up the good work!”

with Theo Hunt

The oasis in the whirling sandstorm

Snuck in

Gone are the days of cycling up to school at 9.30am on a Saturday, grabbing my favourite novels from the shelves and sinking into a chair, sometimes with a few sweets snuck in my pocket. Occasionally I feel a desire to go on that short stroll ‘someday soon’ but things come up and social events beckon (as does the lure of staying in bed). Across the country, library visiting has dropped – just over a third of adults visited their local branch in the past 12 months – but when they do go, the satisfaction is high: 94% of people come away happy. The facilities available to us in the borough are very good and accessible, so why are we using libraries less? Principally, all their services can be found, much more conveniently, from the oasis of our own home. But this is a mirage. The library is an experience to be savoured and used. The oasis at the library is satisfying and fulfilling, but the water at home? It lacks flavour.

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THEO’S THOUGHTS

T’S LIKE an oasis in the middle of a whirling sandstorm. A deep well in a land of no water. It’s a place of refreshment, relief and rest. It’s packed with special events, treats and undiscovered countries It is, of course, what you can discover in a library. The library is an odd creation. We go there to borrow well-worn and much-loved books. We read them and return them before a fine is incurred. Why does it occupy such an endearing and beloved part in our hearts? Why not simply buy a normal book that you can read endlessly? There are no fines, no deadlines, no panic searching for the book the day it’s due back. It’s your own, un-smudged, property and it doesn’t entail the faff of going to the library and running the risk of them not having the final John Grisham novel. In which case you’ve just lost part of your 24 hoursa-day allowance on a wasted journey. Yes, it seems much simpler to buy your own book. My favourite haunt, the Maiden Erlegh School Library, is staffed by extremely helpful and lovely people and it’s always a pleasure to be there. Although possibly not as large, or as well-stocked as others, it has some extremely comfy seats, a smooth set of computers – useful for that extra bit of Maths homework that slipped through the net. But, like the rest of the country, my visits to this sacred hollow have slipped somewhat.

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HEALTH MATTERS

Personal ﬁtness with Chris Hunt with Nicola Strudley

You are what you eat Some may say this is the most important factor, either way your intake needs to be a focus and this pillar is full of good and bad practices. CHRIS HUNT explains

German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche pictured in 1882. Picture: Gustav Adolf Schultze

E all know that NUTRITION is a key determinant of SUCCESS when it comes to reaching our health and ﬁtness related GOALS. I like to think that it is a huge factor and not one to be ignored. I remember a time in my teens and twenties when I could eat anything I wanted; drink anything I wanted and I would never move up in weight, wouldn’t see a bulge around the love handle area or even notice any negative effects at all. Now in my thirties I like to watch what I eat that little bit more. Intake refers to all food and drink that we consume on a daily basis. Our body needs a certain amount of calories each and every day to maintain itself. This value without going into too much detail is called our BMR which stands for Basic Metabolic Rate. This is the amount of energy expended at rest by our bodies. Clearly everyone is different in terms of size, age, sex, weight and body fat levels so each and every one of you will have a slightly different BMR. On top of this every one of you will have differing activity levels each day. This is known as your TDEE or Total Daily Energy Expenditure. A 100kg male who sits at a desk all day will have a different TDEE than a 100kg male who is on his feet all day. Every day I see so many people trying to improve themselves but not really following any set strategy when it comes to Nutrition and Intake. Now already mentioned, it is nice to know your BMR, TDEE and any other magical formula that

is out there but I strongly believe that there is a more simple way to stay ahead of the game. It doesn’t involve calorie counting; weighing food, following FAD diets or adopting some ridiculous regime… it just involves having some simple guidelines that you follow on a daily, weekly and monthly basis that will keep you on track. Trying to educate you on what you should be doing nutritionally would be impossible in this small weekly column however I do have some simple tactics that you can start doing today that will make a difference immediately. Let me make myself clear, these are just a handful of options and even just adopting one or two will make a huge difference to your journey. They include:  Eat protein with every meal. Not only is it more filling, it also helps preserve lean muscle in the body and also helps maintain a healthy metabolism.  Eat until you are content….NOT full. It can take up to 20 minutes for your brains to register you are full and by this time you could have

My simple guidelines that you can follow on a daily basis will keep you on track when it comes to watching your weight. Picture: peter_w / freeimages. com

seriously overeaten. Listen to your body and eat till you are 80% full.  Drink a glass of water before meals. If you trying to lose weight this simple tactic will give you results straight away. To summarise I am going to leave you with a quote concerning the infamous 80/20 rule: “When applied to food, the approach of 80/20 means that you should eat healthy foods 80% of the time and treats/less healthy options can be consumed the other 20% of the time. “ This rule has been adopted by nearly every person I work with. Hint hint… start taking action with this rule today. I would like to leave you with this quote: “Every time you eat is an opportunity to nourish your body” Play the game, follow the 80/20 rule and try to remember to eat less sugar as you are most probably already sweet enough. Have a great weekend guys and make sure this month is a belter when it comes to focusing in on goals.

Protein supplements could help fight heart disease PEOPLE who drink protein supplements could reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a study by the University of Reading, writes GEMMA DAVIDSON. By drinking a whey protein supplement derived from milk, participants of a university study with mild hypertension had an estimated 8% reduction in risk of heart disease and stroke. Those taking the supplement also had lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and healthier blood vessels. The findings could be welcome news for the 18 million adults living with high blood pressure in the UK, which can cause cardiovascular diseases responsible for 155,000 deaths in the UK every year. Ágnes Fekete, the

researcher who carried out the study at the University of Reading, said: “The results of this trial are very exciting. It shows the positive impact that dairy proteins can have on blood pressure. “Long-term studies show that people who drink more milk tend to be healthier, but until now, there has been little work to evaluate how dairy proteins affect blood pressure in particular.” The study looked at the impact of drinking two protein shakes per day for eight weeks on a range of heart and vascular health markers, including blood pressure, arterial stiffness and cholesterol. Those that took part in the double blind, randomised controlled trial drank 56g of protein each day, which is equivalent to protein supplements used by bodybuilders. The research was carried out at the University of

Research has revealed that drinking two protein shakes a day could help with a range of medical issues including blood pressure, arterial stiffness and cholesterol Picture: Sandstein/wikipedia

Reading’s Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, led by Professors Julie Lovegrove and Ian Givens. Professor Givens said: “By giving people a high dose of whey protein, similar to the amount used by athletes, we were able to see a significant impact over an eight-week trial. “We will now be looking to further understand the impacts of milk proteins on other markers of cardiovascular health and over a longer period of time.” High-performance sportsmen and women, including bodybuilders, often take whey protein supplements as part of their training regimes to help them build muscle mass. The study is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and is freely accessible to the public.

Choose wisely campaign

IFFICULTY in getting a GP appointment is one of the things you talk to us at Healthwatch about more than anything else. How many of you would consider visiting the doctor for a cough and cold this winter? Would you request an X-ray if you were suffering with lower back pain? The Local Government Association (LGA), say one in five appointments is for minor ailments, such as runny noses, back pain and colic in children. Figures have shown that last year 40,000 patients went to their GP due to dandruff and 20,000 patients made an appointment to talk to their GP about travel sickness. With an overstretched NHS, the only way forward is for patients to be better educated about how to treat themselves without seeing a doctor. Councils across the country have been behind a drive to improve “health literacy” among patients. Jonathan MacShane, who is on the LGA’s Community Wellness Board, said: “We reckon that an average GP could save an hour a day if people weren’t attending with the kinds of conditions, which they could look after themselves”. In support of improving health literacy, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges recently published a list of 40 treatments that bring little or no benefit to patients. The list is part of a Choose Wisely campaign to reduce the number of unnecessary medical appointments and treatments. The academy says there is evidence that patients often pressure doctors into prescribing or carrying out unnecessary treatments. The NHS is also coming under increasing pressure to reduce over-medicalisation – in other words the medicines and treatments it prescribes. For some time now, GPs have been advised to cut back on prescribing antibiotics to patients. You may have watched the BBC One programme The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs. In it Dr Chris van Tulleken sits in on appointments at a GP surgery to find out how difficult it is to resist patients’ expectations and hand out unwarranted prescriptions, then has a crack at offering alternatives such as bottles of honey and fresh lemons. The Choose Wisely campaign also encourages patients to ask more questions about procedures, with five key questions recommended:  Do I really need this test, treatment or procedure?  What are the risks or downsides?  What are the possible side-effects?  Are there simpler, safer options?  What will happen if I do nothing? So next time you go to make a GP appointment – choose wisely. For more information see www. choosingwisely.co.uk

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and repaired thepast church in the 19th VER the months Wokingham Remembers page century and their plans included ‘tohas an early picture heightenbeen andproviding restore the tower’. They how a small market town and a proposedofadding an extra 16ft to the few villages on the edge a forest is today tower and moving theofbells higher but ranked as one of the country’s leading they abandoned the idea, seemingly communities. because the money ran out. Education, religion, industry, transport, That was just as well social structures, national politics and because they obviously local government are all important didn’t thegreat Wokingham piecesunderstand in building the dynamics ofnow a bell jigsaw. Here is a summary of our tower. contributions to date and a few ideas on towers a theAll next roundmove of articles. little when the bells Education, Education, are rung but it’s not Education normally noticeable. The Today’s Wokingham is renowned as higher the bells are in the one of the country’s centres of excellence tower the more it is moves. for education; this partly due to strong All Saints tower is not asmotivated strong school performance and the as it would parents whootherwise live in onebe of because the most of the large Westcommunities window and highly educated inthe the UK. open archway into nave.ofIt moves If we look into thethe history schools we can seenot aWokingham’s little more than average but how education is woven into its DNA. unacceptably. Prior to the Greatwith War, the Wokingham That’s today, bells 5ft was surrounded manor houses and lower than theyby were in 1860. Had members of themoved landed16ft gentry who the the bells been higher wanted to be close to the levers of power; increased movement would have i.e. the royal households of Windsor. made them extremely difficult to ring. In turn these upper echelons Shortage of money in the 1860s also possessed a serious sense of duty limited the repairs to tower. and a responsibility to the ensure theirIt’s not clear exactly what was adone community received at least basicbut iteducation. seems the renderingalso washad removed Wokingham a then – presumably because was powerful professional class, aitstrong church community the nonunsound – but not (including replaced, ‘hoping conformists) together theythe shared for more timeand before making extra a strong in the importance of effort to belief complete that part of the teaching. work’. The1875 result wasthe with the skills, the By both inside and outside motivation and the finance available, of the tower were in the headlines. there developed a culture of education Someone thought that the ‘unsightly which still holds strong to this day. gallery for the bellringers is a most Wokingham serious blemish totransport the beauty of the is probably the single OldTransport Church’ but rather more seriously most important factor in Wokingham’s a piece of stone fell from the tracery development, in both its rail and road of the West window, and more stone systems. wasFuture loose.articles will look at the Funds were short soand work introduction of still the railways thewas

Brigend that had major impact theycollapsed had on the‘destroying town and we have made a start with the the southalready aisle and a harmonium, roaddisturbing system by mapping out the course of and several monuments’ the old Forest Road.of the church because ‘the body While the building of the M4was had a was restored ... but the tower major influence on the introduction of the neglected for want of funds’. high tech businesses which now surround Reluctantly the Wokingham, it is the A329M which Restoration Committee in 1975 cut off the Forest Road and its authorised natural connections betweenwork Emmbrook secure the free The and the villages of ‘to Hurst and Binfield. stone from love and hate relationship with further our rail and roads continue accident’ to this day!but Wokingham’sregretted militaryspending money ‘for such a heritage temporary purpose’. As 2015 is the bi-centenary of the Fundraising efforts Battle of Waterloo, there have been a were increased – even number of articles commemorating this theevent. Queen contributed world changing £50 has – but the work The area always beendragged noted foron until 1880. its contribution to the nation’s military capability, with Arborfield’s REME,on The surveyors who reported RFAstructure and Remount connections and the the in 1877 commented that Sandhurst and Wellington all restoration could be doneColleges ‘without situated very nearby. altering in any way the appearance of the Duke of Wellington to thisEven venerable and interestingtook tower’. living in Stratfield Saye, which today is That is interesting because only 30 minutes away from Wokingham’s removing the rendering in 1860 town centre. had drastically changed the tower’s Wokingham’s appearance, with the rich brown benefactorwhere culture puddingstone previously there area around Wokingham was hadThe been grey render. surrounded by many remarkable Nervousness about the state of individuals and they were instrumental the tower re-emerged in 1903 when in building the much needed infrastructure the bells were augmented from six to which underpinned the establishment of eight. a strong community. There with We willwas laternothing be tellingwrong the story of the the masonry their proposal for Walter family but and in their contributions to athe new iron frame to fit in the building of Wokingham but extra in April bells, the bell hangers commented first weekly issue, we told the story ofthat the the steel girders support the frame much loved ArthurtoHill, the 6th Marquess of Downshire. would ‘strengthen the tower, as they Although onetoofthe Britain’s would be tyes walls’.wealthiest The mere landowners, Arthur Hill doubled assome the mention of strengthening made chief ofworry the local Fire Brigade a people that the towerand waswas again major financial contributor to this part of unsafe. Wokingham’s public services. What they should have worried Later articles will illustrate the about the great timber beams demisewere of these manors and their supporting the old bell frame, incumbent social system and thebecause rise of

Wokingham Railway Station viewed from Wellington Road looking towards St Pauls Church.

The story was told in June, and also historians, Sarah Huxford, also took commemorated the 800th anniversary us on a journey to the old battlefields of the Magna Carta, signed at nearby in search of their graves. This story Before we believe too much in the idea Runnymede in 1215. reflects only a microcosm of the losses that Wokingham’s development was a around the county of Berkshire, but solidly sedate experience, May’s article Shining a light on The All Saints church tower pictured before restoration in 2005 (left) and as itwars is today. The work was controversial until it was revealed affirms the importance of the in the told the the tower story of theto rioting in the town Wokingham’s ‘Dark Ages’ that used be white. Inset left: a close up of the puddingstone showing some of the damage development of our local character. centre during the time of the 1857 General Tobelow bringthe us up to date the August Below: The temporary canopy that was erected outside All Saints to protect against falling stones West window Election. Wokingham and articles are focused on the kids who are Such events were a common sight in tower, assuming it hadsummer alwaysholidays. been tinder. In some cases the joints of the now entering into their the Royal Forest the town and this short and bloody battle like that.better way to use this month’s cross pieces quite perished,itso Looking at had today’s community, is What between the Whigs and the Tories also Proofthan thattoittell hadn’t came when that these beams were onlyrural heldthe in difficult to visualise just how editions the stories of the highlighted the Bush and Rose hotels in area wasfloor and in part explains the Romans, Celtswere and the Saxonsfor the clockthe faces removed placeonce by the boards’. Market Place as the headquarters of these sometimes fragile relationship between influence on –the area before renovation behind them Wokingham there were The augmentation project not two feral groups. the andWokingham new Wokingham; was even of a twinkle in old Wocca’s remains the pre-1860 render. eye? onlyold gave morefew bells, it The story was also able to reflect areas in theaUK have witnessed such David Nash Ford provided a set of The hymn Abide with me says: prevented serious accident if the upon the national scene and the corrupt extraordinary growth and way. change in the articles and puzzles which makes I ‘Change and decay in all around rotten beams had given nature of general elections before the profile of its population. the young and no doubt see’. Forfun theforcustodians of centuries The rendering removed in the 1860s history introduction of the private ballot. Although Wokingham’s history will also catch the interest of the parents old buildings, conservation and was never replaced, and with the Future articles will include further has always been intertwined with who will be looking over their child’s tales of anarchy and revelry in this old restoration are perennial tasks. puddingstone to providing the elements shoulder. the surroundingexposed villages by market town. began to erode. John Harrison the round Towerof Foreman aitmarket place for agricultural and Here’s to theisnext articles! ‘Pebbles produce, stuck together witha Forest of All Saints Church Wokingham commercial it was also Thanks go out to our in contributors: Steve Wokingham at War rust’ isThe a pretty good description and anJim established authority on Sarah Town. term ‘forest’ did not mean a Bacon, Bell, David Nash Ford, There are watershed moments in of puddingstone over the nextlaid bellringing. cluster of trees, butand a system of laws Huxford, Roger Long, Trevor Ottlewski history which mark the moment of great down by royalty the protection of change in a society and the Great War of andHe Peter fortwo all their continuing 150 years manyfor pebbles fell off. In hasShilham published books: Living their grounds. 1914-1918 is one such time. contributions. 2005hunting this was deemed unsafe and Heritage: 300 Years of Bells, Ringing onerous restricted local Therefore a number of centenaries AllRingers this work is provided by our theThese exterior was rules renovated by reand at All Saints Wokingham people frombut using large parts of the land between 2014 local free of charge andthe ‘on taking off and the 2018 floor,will which was rendering, several tons of loose lookshistorians at the local history behind for sustenance and part led first to thebefore can commemorate the great bewhile foundearlier on thethis front page of the rotten, the beams werelosses foundoftowar be in material had to bein removed bells, year Shire Books rise local highwaymen general which scarredstate the people of Wokingham Wokingham Remembers websitelooking an advanced of decay. the of new render could beand applied. published Bells and Bellringing, lawlessness. As a result, the subsequent forIn thesome rest of the 20th century. www.wokinghamremembers.com cases the wood was eaten The rendering was controversial at all aspects of the activity. Black Act of 1723 came down heavily on May’s editiononly followed storyof Thanks also to Mark Ashwell at away, leaving 4 or 5the inches because by then everyone had grown n For morefor onsupporting bellringing,the visit www. these ‘Wokingham Blacks’ and resulted in of two brothers fromlittle Langborough TradeMark paper’s material, and that better than to love the sight of the rich brown allsaintswokinghambells.org.uk either their transportation or execution. Road in Wokingham town. One of our commitment to this project. its replacement: local government.

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Sacred and romantic music A JOURNEY back to the 19th Century will be the order of the day for a singing concert in Binfield this weekend. Kicking off their new season in style, the Thames Voyces will be performing a concert of glorious sacred music from the romantic era at St Mark’s Church on Saturday. Featuring works by Mendelssohn

and Bruckner, the performance will be conducted by the choir’s music director Nick Austin. Tickets are £14 (concessions £12), accompanied children under 16 free. Tickets are available either at the door or by calling 0118 9677319. n For more information visit www. thamesvoyces.org.uk

Choral Society in action

Get ready for a grand night out HOLD onto your hats as the ultimate girls’ day out is about to land in Shinfield. Ladies’ Day, by Amanda Whittington, tells the story of four ordinary fish factory workers, Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda, whose lives are changed forever when Royal Ascot is relocated to York. Out go the overalls and wellies, in come the

fascinators and glad rags as the ladies set off on their quest to strike it rich. Will they find they fortune, love and happiness, and will Linda’s all-consuming love of Tony Christie win the day? Director Margaret Smith says: “The Yorkshire Post once described Ladies’ Day as Calendar Girls without the nudity. It’s such a fun, uplifting

Can you offer these adorable animals a loving forever home? Each week, we team up with the folk at Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre in Nelsons Lane, Hurst, to try to find new homes for the animals currently in their care

JESSICA POOR one-yearold Jessica was found dumped in a ditch with her four kittens. They were all in a rather poor state when they first arrived at DBARC, but with lots of TLC the little family has come on well and are now waiting for loving homes to go to. Jessica is quite scared, and naturally very protective of her babies. She will need a calm and gentle owner who can give her the time and support she needs to settle in and adjust to her new home. She will be spayed and microchipped before she leaves DBARC, so no more

play, there are poignant moments and every character has a back story to explore, which has been great fun to work with. “Rehearsals have gone well, everyone has settled into their roles really well, and it’s been a hoot. “We’ve had great fun putting it together and we really hope

the audience will enjoy it too.” Ladies’ Day opens at the Shinfield Players Theatre on Wednesday, November 16 at 7.45pm and runs until November 19. Tickets are £8, £7 for concessions, £4 for children. To book visit www. shinfieldplayers.org.uk. GEMMA DAVIDSON

THE first concert of the Christmas season by the Wokingham Choral Society takes place this weekend. Drawing inspiration from Mozart and Haydn, the group will be performing works including Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, overture to The Magic Flute and Ave Verum Corpus interlaced with Haydn’s Te Deum and Insanae et Vanae Curae. Professional soloists will be accompanying the group, including Soprano Nia Coleman, Tenor Bradley Smith and Bass Michael Mofidian, all kept in perfect time by the groups’ musical director Patrick Allies. The performance will also feature The Hampstead Chamber Orchestra,

a new orchestra of leading young musicians brought together by Royal Academician, violinist and orchestra leader, Katie Holmes. The concert takes place at the University of Reading Great Hall, in London Road, on Saturday (12). Tickets are £15 (£5 for under 18s and students) and are available in advance by emailing tickets@ wokingham-choral-society.org. uk; visiting the Information Centre, Wokingham Town Hall; Newbury Building Society, Wokingham; Wokingham Bookends, or www. wegottickets.com. For more information visit www.wokinghamchoral-society.org.uk.

Turning Japanese

Animal Corner

with Gemma Davidson

surprise kittens from this little one! Can you offer her the loving home she so desperately deserves?

RHODES TWO-year-old Rhodes is looking for a home with a female companion. He is neutered, but all rabbits like to have a member of the opposite sex for company. We’d love to get him settled in a new home before winter sets in, could you offer him a forever home?

RIO RIO was found as a stray and taken to a local vets, but sadly no-one came forward to claim him.

The sevenyear-old came to DBARC after a full treatment at the vets, which included blood testing for FelV/ FIV, a dental, vaccines and microchipping. We hope he finds a loving home soon, he really is a sweet little guy who deserves to be sat on a warm lap every evening. Come along and see him, we guarantee he will steal your heart. n Could you offer a forever home to any of these animals? If the answer is ‘yes’ then please get in touch with the centre on 0118 934 1122 to make sure the animals have not already been reserved. The centre is open everyday between 11am and 1pm, and 2pm and 4pm. For more information, and to view other animals in need of a home visit www.dbarc. org.uk

A FILM society in Wokingham will be turning Japanese for its next screening. Members of Wokingham Film Society will be enjoying the sights and sounds of the Far East as they watch Hirokazu Koreeda’s Our Little Sister on Thursday, November 17. The film, an adaptation of Akimi Yoshida’s Umimachi Diary, won awards and critical acclaim across Asia, but has received little exposure since its UK release in April.

The society will be transforming the Whitty Theatre, at Luckley House School, for the themed event, and fresh coffee and tea will be available, along with a licensed bar. Tickets are available on the night for £6.50 (£4 for members). Doors open at 7pm with the film starting at 7:30pm. For more information visit www. wokinghamfilmsociety.com.

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Stars: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz

HE Light Between Oceans is the latest example of a big screen adaptation of a bestselling novel. Michael Fassbender stars in this First World War-era melodrama. It’s clearly something of a departure from the type of stuff the Irish-German actor has been used to of late. Although, to be fair, he’s already proved his versatility in a cross section of roles, having worked ceaselessly since his 2008 breakthrough in Steve McQueen’s Hunger. That’s not to say the character of Tom Sherbourne is any less demanding. Indeed, the subject matter is harrowing, and while Fassbender may not have employed the physicality he’s applied to the likes of Magneto, Aguilar and David, he’s more than matched it here with emotion. Joined by real-life significant other Alicia Vikander, the pair meet following Tom’s return from war. Suffering a touch of survivor’s guilt, he looks forward to taking on a role as lighthouse keeper on a remote Australian island to heal in isolation. However, he didn’t bank on meeting Isabel (Vikander). The two instantly connect and soon enough, she joins him on the island and marries him. Sadly, the couple experience two devastating miscarriages. As Isabel despairs, hope arrives in the form of a rowing boat carrying a baby cradled in her dead father’s arms. Isabel and Tom decide to keep the child and raise it as their own. Years later, while visiting the mainland, they encounter the child’s real mother – and Tom’s conscience can’t handle the discovery presenting him with a heartbreaking dilemma. This period tearjerker borrows from 1950s melodramas, unapologetically depicting a humourless domestic story of love, loss and bad decisions. It asks moral questions and threatens to end tragically, using nature in the film as a signifier of metaphorical storms ahead. Like The Girl on the Train before it, it falls down because of its dependence on stereotypes. Isabel has parallels with Emily Blunt’s character and, though almost a century divides them, both women are driven to the brink by an inability to conceive. It’s difficult to see what Tom – a stoic, contemplative, strong and moral man sees in this naïve, single-minded girl, who seems more driven by her desire to procreate than any love she may feel for her husband. Nevertheless, he loves her apparently unconditionally and will do anything to make her happy. It seems odd that he remains relatively unaffected by the loss of two children – and you wonder whether war has made him numb or whether the film is reinforcing stereotypes – that the man is affected less by such a loss. Given Isabel’s response, you conclude the latter. Ultimately, his decision to keep the baby to placate his wife catches up with him and he finds he can’t live with himself. However, he’s still prepared to do all he can to protect her – even keep his silence and face the death penalty. Rachel Weisz as the child’s real mother is wasted – while Fassbender and Vikander do at least get to flex their acting muscles, Weisz languishes in the inconvenient grieving widow role. Holes in the plot compound our lack of empathy for Isabel, and her selfish actions make her impossible to like, forgive or identify with – which makes what happens to Tom, and Fassbender as it happens, all the more tragic.

THE beautiful and talented artist Katy Hurt plus support from Small Town Blues and Andrew Darling take to South Hill Park next Thursday for some country Americana. Country is making itself heard more and more; you might say somewhat of a resurgence fusing itself with rock, blues and Americana. It's great to see places like Jagz and South Hill Park, Graham Steel Music Company and ourselves supporting live and unsigned music even when saddled with funding cuts, overheads rising and purse strings ever tightening for families. We constantly try ﬁnding ways to bring the best music and most varied music, all as affordable as possible. Though we can’t survive without all of you out enjoying the evenings. So that's South Hill Park on Thursday, November 17 from 8pm. Tickets from South Hill Park in advance or on the door. Get there early, grab a drink and unwind it's going to be a great night.

Get on Fire –it’s hot, hot stuff! I’M SO glad to be able to talk about this video from Streetfight Silence and the mental time we had causing music and art and stuff. And what a cracking video and track from Streetfight Silence and their recent album release ‘machine’ Of course, a couch was a special guest on Start A Fire, the chosen track for this music video. You can catch the band back at the Acoustic Couch on November 26 at our fire fighters charity night. They will headline a talent filled day if music in aid of a great cause.

The raw sound of vulnerability THERE'S nothing better than a captive audience when showcasing an artist in all their vulnerability. The intimacy this (and every) Tuesday night at The Acoustic Couch was quite beautiful. Actually hearing an artist’s work and them having the rooms attention isn’t always easy in a pub. I know all about it – I’m a musician myself, but Tuesday all who came soaked up delightful music from Ivor Game, Steve Cox, the Capo Thieves and Carly Sheen. Theacousticcouch showcase

has been going for two months now and is run by Graham Steel Music Company, with a man at the helm of whom has been a pillar to live music for more than 30 years. The event is a chance for all types of artists to come together and not just musicians, we have photography, sometimes, we even have one of our resident artists of the drawing, painting persuasion. There's something for nearly everyone on most of our event nights and unless stated on its event page strictly over 18 then families are welcome.

The next instalment is November 22 and the treats don't stop for us even though we are jumping from Hallowe’en and looking towards Christmas! One of my two favourite bass players and friend Andy Prince (Sham 69) will introduce to our stage his new band apache kites along with acts, James Brady, Wolfe Note and Rob Beckinsale. Doors will open from 7pm and donations are accepted for entry. And remember we are a #familyfriendlyvenue #communitythrumusic

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PODCASTS are back! And weekly. Catch our podcast with the Streetfight Silence boys this Sunday; we’ve even split it into three tracks for the busy folk. The podcasts will appear each Sunday and live recordings will take place Monday nights so get in touch if you wish to partake as a listener or as an artist by contacting us through enquiries@ theacousticcouch.co.uk Please don’t forget to check out and share these boys hard work in their tenth year as a band. You’ll find the video on all reputable Facebook profile, YouTube or www.facebook.com/ streetfightsilence

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Friday, November 11 LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Pass The Book club. 10.03am11.30am. Details: 0118 931 2150. SONNING – Reading Blue Coat School RG4 6SU. Ascot Brass Band Concert including a performance from the combined junior choirs in Sonning. £10. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 969 8653. WINNERSH – Winnersh Community Centre, New Road RG41 5DU. Silk Reeling with Tai Chi master Chen Yingjun. 7pm-10pm. £40. Details: 07814 969540. WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road. Coffee and Chat: listening ears, hot drinks, a chance to chat, friendly faces and more. 2pm-4pm. 0118 979 2122. WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre, Headlely Road RG5 4JZ. The Oddfellows social group meeting: Short talk and quiz. £4, members £2. Details: 0118 959 4075. WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Crime Thriller book club. Noon-1pm. Let’s Get Creative: card making with Helen Cook. 2pm4pm. £5. Details: 0118 969 0304.

Saturday, November 12 BINFIELD – St Mark’s Church, Popeswood Road RG42 4AH. Thames Voyces: True Romantics. 7.30pm. £14, concessions £12, under 16s free. Details: 0118 967 7319. BINFIELD – Block B, 2 Bracknell Boulevard,

Cain Road RG12 1LF. Photography exhibition: Between Here And There. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: 0800 028 7338. GORING – St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Off Manor Road RG8 9DS. Reading Bach Choir presents Arise my love - Music from the Song of Songs. 7.30pm. £12, concessions £10, students £8, under 16 £5. Details: 0118 947 8097. LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Five Minute Peace Storytime. 11am-11.30am. Details: 0118 931 2150. READING – The Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road RG1 5AQ. Wokingham Choral Society: Mozart - Great Mass in C minor. 7.30pm. £15. Details: www. wokingham-choralsociety.org.uk. WINNERSH – Library, The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane RG41 5ND. Gaming club for teenagers. 10.30am12.30pm. £1. Details: 0118 979 7519. WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Further Adventures in Coding for ages 9-12. Booking essential. 10.15am-11.45am. Teen Writing Group. 10.30amnoon. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road. An evening of folk and fun with Davaar. £12.50 includes hot meal. Bring own drinks and glasses. Details: 0118 979 2122 WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Five minute peace storytime for ages five and under. Drop-in, free.

At the theatre Basingstoke – Anvil

www.anvilarts.org.uk 01256 844244 The Sons of Pitches. Fri. Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra. Sat. Russell Brand EXPOSED. Tues. Bowie Experience. Thurs 17. Nish Kumar. Thurs 17. Professor Brian Cox Live. Fri 18. Edwina Hayes. Fri 18. Philharmonia Orchestra. Sat 19. The Shires. Sun 20.

Basingstoke – The Haymarket www.anvilarts.org.uk 01256 844244 Kaz Hawkins Band. Fri. Peggy Seeger and Calum MacColl. Sat. The Full Monty. Wed-Sat 26.

Bracknell – South Hill Park www.southhillpark.org.uk 01344 484123 Lee Hurst: Comedy Show Number 9. Thurs. Artree Live: An Evening With Chris Difford. Fri. The Comedy Cellar. Fri. South Hill Park Craft and Design Fair Sat-

Sunday, November 13 BINFIELD – Block B, 2 Bracknell Boulevard, Cain Road RG12 1LF. Photography exhibition: Between Here And There. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: 0800 028 7338. WOODLEY – Shopping Precinct, Crockhamwell Road. Car boot sale. 8am-1pm. Details: 0118 921 6920 or www. woodleytowncentre. co.uk. WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. French Conversation club. Drop-in. 2pm-3pm. Details: 0118 969 0304. WOODLEY – Waingels College, Waingels Road RG5 4RF. Christmas fair. 10am-1pm. Free entry. Details: www.waingels. wokingham.sch.uk

Monday, November 14 BINFIELD – Block B, 2 Bracknell Boulevard, Cain Road RG12 1LF. Photography exhibition: Between Here And There. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: 0800 028 7338.

Sun. Mission Improvable. Sun. Bouncers (Remix). Wed-Sat 19. Katy Hurt. Thurs 17. Marina Koka: Conservatoire Concert Series. Fri 18. The Comedy Cellar. Fri 18. Dane Baptiste: Reasonable Doubts. Sat 19. Wilde Sundays. Sun 20. Creative Control Band Night. Sun 20. FILMS: Little Men. Thurs-Fri. Anthropold. Fri-Sun. Peter’s Dragon. Sat-Sun. The Clan (El Clan). Tues. Alan Bennett’s Diaries Live. Wed. Southside With You. Thurs 17-Fri 18. Bridget Jones’ Baby. Fri 18-Sun 20. Christmas With Andre. Sat 19.

Camberley – Theatre www.camberleytheatre.biz 01276 707600 Ralph McTell. Fri. Talons: The Best of the Eagles. Sat. Alan Bennett’s Diaries Live (12a). Wed. Farnham Rep presents: Triple Exposure. Fri 18. Phillip Dyson: Piano. Fri 18. Vox Skool. Sat 19.

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11am-11.30am. Details: 0118 969 0304. WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG4 5JZ. Egyptology Lecture: Ipuwer and perfect miserya talk with Dr. Roland Enmarch. 2pm4.30pm. £3. Details: www. tvaes.org.uk or 01491 838803. WOODLEY – Bulmershe Leisure Centre, Woodlands Avenue RG5 3EU. Baby and Children’s Market. 2pm-4pm. £1. Free parkng. Details: 07868 305807 or www. babyandchildrensmarket. co.uk

BRACKNELL – Bracknell and Wokingham College, Church Road RG12 1DJ. Bracknell and Wokingham College open event. 4pm-7.30pm. Details: 01344 868600. LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Five minute peace storytime. 11am-11.30am. Details: 0118 931 2150. LOWER EARLEY - Maiden Place, Lower Earley, RG6 3HE. Reading & District Fuchsia Society: Over Wintering Fuchsias with speaker John Nicholass. 7.30pm-10pm. Details: Ann Allen 0118 966 3730 or annallen.39@ btinternet.com WOKINGHAM – Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. SHSG support group: for families and carers of people who self-harm or have suicidal thoughts. 7.30pm9.30pm. Details: search for SHSG Wokingham on Facebook or email SHSG2016@gmail.com

2BB. Five Minutes Peace Storytime. For ages 7 and under. 4pm-4.30pm. Crochet Group with Gaynor White from Barkham Hookers. All abilities welcome. 9.30am-11.30am. £4. WI Stitch and Chatter. UK Online: Help and support with computers and the internet for beginners. 2pm-4pm. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOKINGHAM – Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Wokingham Art Society: paint demonstration with Jake Winkle: Flowers. £4. 7.30pm. Details: www. wokinghamartsociety. org.uk. WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Crafts and Laughs. 2pm4pm. Details: 0118 969 0304. WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG4 5JZ. Friends of Woodford Park meeting. 6.30pm. Details: fowp. woodley@gmail.com

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BINFIELD – Block B, 2 Bracknell Boulevard, Cain Road RG12 1LF. Photography exhibition: Between Here And There. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: 0800 028 7338. EARLEY – Palmer Building, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus RG6 2AH. Reading Film Theatre presents: Hunt For the Wilderpeople (12a). 8pm. Details: 0118 378 7151. TWYFORD – Library, Polehampton Close RG10 9RP. Knit and Natter. 2pm-3pm. Details: 0118 934 0800. WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40

BINFIELD – Block B, 2 Bracknell Boulevard, Cain Road RG12 1LF. Photography exhibition: Between Here And There. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: 0800 028 7338. SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players Theatre, Whitley Wood Lane RG2 9DF. Shinfield Players present Ladies Day. 7.45pm. Details: 0118 975 8880. WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Rhymetime for babies. 10am-10.30am. Rhymetime for Toddler. 11am-11.30am. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road

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Henley – Kenton www.kentontheatre.co.uk 01491 575698 Shappi Khorsandi. Thurs. NYJO: Then and Now. Fri. Michael Portillo. Sat. Spamalot. WedSat 19.

High Wycombe – Wycombe Swan www.wycombeswan.co.uk 01494 512000 Someone Like You. Thurs. Hellfire Comedy Club. Thurs. Dad’s Army: A Salute to the 1940s. Fri. Maximum R ‘n’ B with The Manfreds. Sat. Stick Man. Sun. Shakespeare Schools Festival 2016. TuesWed. Oye Santana. Thurs 17. Hellfire Comedy Club. Thurs 17. Oh! Carol. Fri 18. Solid Gold Rock ‘n’ Roll 2016. Sat 19. Aida. Sun 20.

Maidenhead – Norden Farm www.nordenfarm.org 01628 788997 A Night at the Movies with Claires Court School. Fri-Sat. The Changing Room. Fri. Lee Nelson: Work In Progress. Sat. Sunday Stories at the Farm. Sun. Lucy Porter: Consquences. Sun. The Horne Section. Tues. ROH Live: Les Contes d’Hoffman. Wed. Key Change. Wed. Into the Autumn. Thurs 17. Jarlath Regan: But You Can Call Me Jarlath. Thurs 17. Latin From The North. Fri 18. Artisan Fair. Sat 19. Clare Teal and Her Trio. Sat 19. Ellie Taylor: Infidelliety. Sat 19. FILMS: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children. Sun. The Fencer (PG). Tues, Wed.

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RG40 2AD. Wokingham Folk and Acoustic Club. 7.30pm. Details: Facebook.com/WokFAB. WOODLEY – Shopping Precinct, Crockhamwell Road. Farmers Market. 9am-1.30pm. Details: 0118 921 6920 or www. woodleytowncentre. co.uk.

Thursday, November 17 EARLEY – Palmer Building, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus RG6 2AH. Reading Film Theatre presents: Notes on Blindness (U). 8pm. Details: 0118 378 7151. LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Board games club. 10am-11am. Details: 0118 931 2150. SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players Theatre, Whitley Wood Lane RG2 9DF. Shinfield Players present Ladies Day. 7.45pm. Details: 0118 975 8880. WOKINGHAM – Whitty Theatre, Luckley House School, Luckley Rd RG40 3EU. Wokingham Film Society: Our Little Sister (PG). £6.50. 7.30pm. Details: wokinghamfilmsociety.com WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Art History Talks with Dalila Castelijn: Paul Nash’s paintings. 2pm-4pm. £5. Teen Book Group. 50p. 4.30pm5.30pm. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOKINGHAM – The Cornerstone, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UE. Wokingham and East Berkshire Camera Club: Ken Scott: It’s All In The Mind: An Introduction to Photopsychology. 7.30pm. Details: www. webcc.org.uk.

Reading – South St www.readingarts.com 0118 960 6060 The Horne Section. Thurs. Jenny Eclair: How To Be A Middle Aged Woman (Without Going Insane). Fri. Sounds of Salvation - End of An Era. Sat. Boo Hewerdine + Special Guest Dan Whitehouse. Tues. James Acaster: Reset. Wed. Jonathan Pie: Live. Thurs 17. Third Friday Blues: Giles Hedley and The Aviators + support. Fri 18. Poets’ Cafe Jennifer A. McGowan. Fri 18. Angelos and Barry: The New Power Generation. Sat 19.

Reading – Hexagon www.readingarts.com 0118 960 6060 Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Thurs. Sean Lock: Keep It Light. Fri. You’ve Got A Friend In me: Junior Music Festival 2016. Mon-Tues. Kevin B***** Wilson – Second of the Final Farewell Tours... Perhaps… Wed. Whitney: Queen of the Night. Thurs 17. Ellen Kent Presents La Boheme. Fri 18. BalletBoyz. Sat 19.

WOKINGHAM – King’s Place, 9 Station Rd RG41 4BA. Wokingham & Reading Dyslexia Association Study Skills seminar. 7.30pm. £5. Details: TEXT 07778 776362.

Friday, November 18 WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road. Coffee and Chat. 2pm-4pm. 0118 979 2122 SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players Theatre, Whitley Wood Lane RG2 9DF. Shinfield Players present Ladies Day. 7.45pm. Details: 0118 975 8880. WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Let’s Get Creative: card making with Helen Cook. 2pm-4pm. £5. Details: 0118 969 0304.

Saturday, November 19 CROWTHORNE – Old Gym, Wellington College RG45 7PU. Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra Concert, 7.30pm. £15, under 16s free. Details: www. crowthorneorchestra.com EMMBROOK – Sports and Social Club, Lowther Rd RG41 1JB. Wokingham Music Club: The Faces Experience. Details: wokinghammusicclub. co.uk LOWER EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close. Woodford Singers and The Reading Male Voice Choir concert in aid of Parkinson’s UK Reading branch. £10. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 375 7818. MAIDEN ERLEGH – Library, off Silverdale Road RG6 7HS. Five Minute Peace storytime. 10.15am10.45am. Details: 0118

Reading – Concert Hall www.readingarts.com 0118 960 6060 An Audience with Craig Revel Horwood. Sun.

Reading – Progress Theatre www.progresstheatre.co.uk 0118 384 2195 11th Annual Write Fest. WedSat 19.

Shinfield – Shinfield Players www.shinfieldplayers.org.uk 0118 975 8880 NEXT SHOW: Ladies Day. Nov 16-19.

Sonning – The Mill www.millatsonning.com 0118 969 8000 Blithe Spirit. Until Nov 19. How Sweet It Is. Sun 13 .Storytime: Giraffe’s Can’t Dance. Wed.

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966 6630. READING – Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road RG1 5AQ. Bracknell Choral Society: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony. £15, under 18s free. Details: 07922 662740. SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players Theatre, Whitley Wood Lane RG2 9DF. Shinfield Players present Ladies Day. 7.45pm. Details: 0118 975 8880. WINNERSH – Library, The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane RG41 5ND. Gaming club for teenagers. 10.30am12.30pm. £1. Details: 0118 979 7519. WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Teen Writing Group. 10.30am-noon. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOKINGHAM – Methodist Church, Rose Street. The British Airways Concert Band: Last Night of the Proms. 7.30pm. £10. Details: 0118 978 5185. WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG5 4JZ. Woodley and Earley Arts Group: Clare Butcha: using gauche and pastels for coasts and harbours. £4. 7pm. Details: 0118 969 3311. WOODLEY – Bulmershe Auditorium, Bulmershe School, RG5 3EU. Thames Valley Chorus concert with The Bulmershe Ensemble, Perfect Fifth and Harmony InSpires. 7.30pm.Tickets £12. Details: (0118) 9774257 or www.tvchorus.co.uk YATELEY – St Swithun’s Catholic Church, Firgrove Road GU46 6NH. Yateley Choral Society Autumn Concert: Mozart Requiem. £12, students £5, under 16s free. Details: 01276 682749.

Snow White. Until Sat. Making Memories. Sun. Pride and Prejudice. Tues-Sat 19. Jackson: Live In Concert. Sun 20.

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Bracknell Bees’ David Gaborcik breaks the deadlock against Manchester Phoenix Picture: Kevin Slyfield

Sonning 2nd’s Lorraine Sellwood (left) celebrates scoring during the club’s dramatic 4-3 victory over Oxford 3s – their first victory in Trysports Premier 1 this season Pictures: Steve Smyth

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Sellwood and Mcewen help Sonning 2s to victory By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk LORRAINE Sellwood and Claire Mcewen were both on the scoresheet as Sonning 2s picked up their first win of the season in defeating Oxford 3s. It’s been a tough season for Sonning in Trysports Premier 1 but they finally broke their duck at the sixth time of asking with an entertaining 4-3 victory. Meanwhile, SONNING 1s just cannot stop winning. Now with a perfect six wins from six, the latest victory came at the hands of Oxford Hawks 3s, seeing them off 3-1. Sonning’s title credentials are set to be tested on Saturday, however, when they face third placed Wallingford 1s. And Wallingford come into the game on the back of a draw at SOUTH BERKSHIRE 1s thanks to goals from Tasmynn Mottram and Scarlett Jones. In Premier 2, SOUTH BERKSHIRE 2s are still seeking a first victory after losing 1-0 at Wallingford 2s while SOUTH BERKSHIRE 3s also went down 1-0, to Henley 3s in Division 3. There was better news for SONNING 3s, though, as they eased past Wychwood 1s in Division 2.

SOUTH BERKSHIRE 4s had a memorable afternoon winning 4-0 at Reading 4s while also in Division 4, SONNING 4s beat Wychwood Badgers 1s. SONNING VETERANS’ mixed season continued with a 3-1 defeat at Wycombe 4s in Division 5. Men’s Hockey TOM PULLEN bagged a brace as South Berkshire 3s moved to within three points of top spot with a 2-0 win over Aylesbury 2s. In a congested MBBO Division 3 table, South Berkshire have now climbed up to sixth with their third win of the campaign. And it was no surprise to see Pullen on the score sheet, taking his tally up to seven for the season, the second most for any player in the league. SONNING 3s also enjoyed a winning afternoon, only their second this season, with a 3-1 success against Staines 3s with Kyle Lang, Nick Salter and Sam Westmancoat scoring. Up in Regional 2, SONNING 1s racked up their second straight win with a comfortable 4-1 success as West Hampstead 2s. Sonning are now up to sixth in the

Sonning Men 2nd’s were also victorious at the weekend, defeating OMT 2nd 3-0

table as Ian Gallagher, Alex Littleboy, James Manser and Tom Sampson netted to sink the strugglers. Sam Fox-Harvey continued his fine early season form with a hat-trick as SOUTH BERKSHIRE 1s won an entertaining clash with West Hampstead 3s 8-5. Victory preserves their perfect start to the campaign as Fox-Harvey moved up to eight goals for the season with Neil Bennett, Ben Dudley, Alex Hemley and Will Simpson (2) also scoring. At the other end, SOUTH BERKSHIRE 2s are still pointless after losing 4-2 at Phoenix and Ranelagh 1s while goals from Colm Hanlon, Tim Preston and Ed Williamson helped SONNING 2s to a 3-0 win over OMT 2s. Luke Hadley and Dave Morgan bagged braces as SOUTH BERKSHIRE 4s edged past Ramgharia 2s 5-4 in Division 5. Adrian Tang also scored while SONNING 4s are yet to pick up a point in the same league after losing 3-0 to Phoenix and Ranelagh 2s. SOUTH BERKSHIRE 5s lost to Marlow 5s in Division 7 while lower down the league SONNING 5s, SOUTH BERKSHIRE TERRIORS and SONNING 6s were all victorious. n SONNING HOCKEY CLUB will next week host the Wokingham Primary Schools hockey tournament for the fourth successive year. 12 schools from across the borough will send teams of year five and six pupils to descend on Sonning next Thursday, November 17, for a 7-a-side mixed tournament. The winners will then go on to represent Wokingham in the overall Reading finals early next year.

RECORDING victories over Sheffield Steeldogs and Manchester Phoenix saw Bracknell Bees hurl themselves off the foot of the EPIHL table. Although a run of three successive fixtures ended with a 4-1 loss at high-flying Hull Pirates on Sunday, it was still quite the weekend for the club. Not only did Bees emphatically bury a run of six straight defeats with an impressive 3-0 triumph up in Sheffield last Thursday, but followed this by scoring a vital 3-2 success over fellow strugglers the Phoenix, with this win the first on home ice this season for Lukas Smital’s side. Contributing enormously to a turnaround in fortunes was forward Josh Smith, who scored in all three games and also played a part in assisting as many more. The 19-year-old was to open his impressive account up in south Yorkshire, netting in the second period and adding to Luka Basic’s seventh-minute opener for Bracknell. The visitors were missing regular names such as Carl Thompson, Carl Graham and Rio Grinell-Parke for this midweek encounter, yet it did not stop the guests going on to hit a third later in the session through Oleg Lascenko and record a welcome shutout. With the aforementioned trio available for Saturday’s game with the Phoenix, the full-strength Bees took their newly-found momentum into this basement battle. Manchester went into the contest edging the head-to-head record between the teams this term, but it was the home side who were soon in the ascendancy after quick-fire

strikes from import duo David Gaborcik and Basic secured a 2-0 lead inside the first nine minutes. A goal on the power play, converted by Roman Malinick later in the stanza, halved the deficit, which would remain until almost midway through the third period, when that man Smith was popping up again and lighting the lamp. Phoenix’s response, though, was swift, with their second goal of the night arriving less than two minutes later via Robin Kovar. This set up a nervy finish, but Bees found the steely resolve needed to hold out and break their Hive duck. This meant Bracknell were heading north once more on Sunday looking to seal a third win on the spin, but they would have to do so without player-coach Smital and Martin Pavlicek, who had both succumbed to injury. And the roster soon had their work cut out, as a brace of goals from Andrej Thermar, one coming on the power play, put the Pirates on the front foot. Smith was on hand to cut the arrears in the second session, only for Hull player-coach Dominic Osman to restore the two-goal cushion. As it happened, the third-placed opposition packed too much punch and had the result wrapped up when Stanislav Lascek rattled in a fourth during the final 20 minutes. Things do not get any easier this weekend, either, as up next is a trip to early pacesetters Telford Tigers on Sunday before an M4 derby against Swindon Wildcats at The Hive awaits Bees on Sunday. Both games face-off at 6pm.

EQUESTRIANISM

WBRC seal Dressage Championship spots WOKINGHAM AND BEARWOOD Riding Club (WBRC) have qualified in first place to compete at next year’s Winter Dressage Championships. Amy Dale (pictured), Emma Drury, Katie Mary and Angela Sumner made up the victorious senior side at Wellington Riding Equestrian Centre and will now go on to take part in Bedfordshire in 2017. But that was not the only success for WBRC, who sent four teams to the qualifying event, where

they battled with 27 others and swept the board across both senior and junior events. Alice Day, Megan Day, Charlotte Pedley and Becky Storer were the junior team which won in their age group and qualified for the National Dressage Championships. The senior side of Rebecca Lloyd, Joanne Ridfley, Anna Pestell and Hannah Hibberd placed third to also bring home a rosette.

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Plant’s sinning allows Ivy to climb over Bracknell Bracknell 26 Ivybridge 36 BRACKNELL suffered a fourth defeat on the spin as their difficult season took another bad turn with defeat to Ivybridge. Now with just two wins from nine this season, Bracknell sit 11th in National League 3 South West after failing to recover from a slow start against Ivybridge before losing 36-26. It was looking like a difficult afternoon from the very first minute when Kim Plant was sent to the sin bin for reckless play allowing Ivybridge to open up an early lead. A Ben Watts try and good work with the boot from Billy Pinkus gave Ivybridge a resounding 21-0 advantage but Bracknell pulled a try back before the break through Plant, to make amends for the earlier misdemeanour. The hosts made a livelier start to the second half and scored twice through Leo Bailey, but Ivybridge held on to win by 10 points to deny Bracknell a bonus point. BRACKNELL: Chalenor, Mirander, Staples, Bailey, Plant, Valentine, Webb, Ingle, Conway, Nowak, Mackay, Brember (c), Sanderson, Burch, Slade. Reps: Barry, Rice, Fitch.

n CROWTHORNE grabbed a vital win to topple Tadley 15-3 in Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premier. Facing a side sitting in the top four of the table, the Crows picked up the win to jump up to fifth in the table.

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Rams leave Cinders without a ball Conor Corrigan scored two tries in Rams latest win Picture: Tim Pitfield

Redingensians 41 Cinderford 22 REDINGENSIANS extended their unbeaten run to five games with a convincing 41-22 win over Cinderford in National League 2 South. After a slow start to the season, Rams have stepped up the pace in recent weeks and sit sixth in the table with Conor Corrigan (2), Jacob Atkins, Jak Rossiter and Ross Crame all scoring tries in this latest success. Rams named a settled side from the team which eased past Bury St Edmunds last week and they started strongly, taking the lead through an Atkins penalty. That advantage was extended via the first try of the afternoon when Corrigan profited from good work between Joe Duffelen and Rossiter down the right. Cinderford responded with a converted try of their own thanks to the pacy York. Atkins soon scored another penalty before crossing the whitewash himself and when Corrigan bagged his second try of the afternoon after a 40-yard dash, Rams led 27-7 at the break. The hosts took a while to get going after the restart but Rossiter’s try kept Cinderford at arms length before Crame went over late on. Rams face a tough test on Saturday when they travel to face second placed Old Elthamians.

Irish take bonus point and keep up their perfect start London Irish 41 Yorkshire Carnegie 17

Ben Ransom scored two tries to put the Exiles well ahead in their topof-the-table clash against Yorkshire Caernegie on Saturday

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk ASSISTANT coach Clark Laidlaw was pleased with the way London Irish pushed through to grab the bonus point in their top-of-the-table showdown with Yorkshire Carnegie. With both sides coming in with a perfect record of seven wins from seven in the Greene King IPA Championship something had to give and, after a close first half of the contest, Irish pulled clear to comfortably triumph 41-17. Two Ben Ransom tries and one from Aseli Tikoirotuma put Exiles 27-10 ahead with 15 minutes to play but two tries in the closing moments from James Marshall ensured the hosts picked up maximum points. “We are delighted to get the win,” said Laidlaw. “It was pretty tight for long periods through the middle part of the game but I thought we played reasonably well. “I thought we finished really strongly and to get a bonus point at the end was a real plus.” He added: “At 17-3 I thought we were looking really good. “We missed a couple of opportunities and then gave away that little interception when we looked like we might go up the other end and score so at 17-10 it was really tight. “We managed just to get on top with a couple of penalties and then got that score.” Nick Kennedy made two changes to the side which beat London Scottish with Gerard Ellis replacing injured hooker David Paice while Mike Coman was given the nod ahead of Conor Gilsenan. New Zealander Ben Franks captained the side in the absence of both Paice and skipper Luke Narraway. Joe Ford put Yorkshire ahead with the boot early on but Irish responded to

go ahead when Ransom continued his good recent form, profiting from a neat Blair Cowan offload to cross. With Bell ever-reliable with the boot, Tikoirotuma pushed Exiles 17-3 ahead as he darted to dab down in the corner. However, when Ellis’ pass was cut out by Jonah Holmes, the winger charged well clear unopposed to bring Yorkshire right back into the contest. But two more Bell penalties gave Irish some breathing space, including one inside his own half, before the key try on 65 minutes when Ransom went over again. From there it was a case of trying to chase down the bonus point and Marshall achieved exactly that before he added his second just before the end. “We’ve spent a lot of time on getting our attack shape better,” said Laidlaw.

“We’ve been scoring a lot of mauled tries but I think you’ve seen in the last couple of weeks we’ve been getting a really good platform off our scrums. “We’re able to cause teams some real problems with our scrum attacks so the backs are delighted.” Irish, who sit top of the table and six points clear of Yorkshire, now have a week off before resuming league action at Cornish Pirates on November 19. LONDON IRISH: Bell, Cokanasiga (Ojo 57), Tikoirotuma, Mulchrone, Ransom, Marshall, McKibbin (Steele 63), Court (Elrington 77), Ellis (Gleave 78), Franks (c) (Palframan 77), De Chaves, Robson (Lloyd 67), Coman (Nayalo 59), Cowan, Treviranus. Tries: Ransom x2, Tikoirotuma, Marshall x2 Pens: Bell x2 Cons: Bell x5 Referee: Ian Tempest Attendance: 4,067

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Rockets look to bounce back quickly READING ROCKETS will be looking to bounce straight back from a “difficult” weekend when they travel to Essex Leopards on Friday night. Manuel Pena Garces’ men saw their record slip to 1-3 with an 87-75 loss at Team Northumbria before losing a high-scoring affair 102-96 at Bradford Storm. And the stakes are raised for the clash with the Leopards as they have also endured a poor start to the campaign with four defeats from four. “This weekend was really difficult in terms of results,” admitted Pena Garces. “Our performances against both teams were not where we would like them to be and we have a lot of work to do to try and turn those performances into more consistent ones and then wins. “However, what is positive for us is we are competing and are not far off two very good opponents with the young roster we have. “At this point it is important to reflect where we are and what we need to do to progress as a group.” Although a disappointing weekend there were some fine individual displays with Danny Carter top scoring with 27 points against Northumbria before a 33-point haul from Chris Hooper against Bradford. And Rockets have no new injury concerns ahead of Friday’s huge contest. “It is a big game for both teams,” said Pena Garces. “Essex are yet to record a win in the league but have a roster full of talent and can pose so many dangers if they are allowed to play their game.”

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McCleary at the double Wigan Athletic 0 Reading 3 JAAP STAM hailed his side’s “aggressive” start as two goals in the first five minutes set Reading on their way to a comfortable win. Garath McCleary broke the deadlock with less than a minute on the clock, latching onto a lofted through ball from George Evans to clip it beyond the advancing Adam Bogdan. And the winger doubled his tally minutes later with a fine finish. The win was sealed just past the hour mark when Yann Kermorgant netted from the penalty spot after John Swift was hauled down in the box. Victory lifts Reading up to fourth in the Championship table heading into the international break and Stam was delighted his plan worked to perfection. “They will have known how we want to play and we expected them to press high up the pitch,” said the manager. “So, as a result, we were looking to play that ball in behind into our numbers from midfield and the forward players. “That’s what happened at the beginning of the game and we scored two great goals. “We always talk about it during the week in training, because our wide players can’t stay wide. “They have to make those runs in behind and take up the position of the striker, if they do it creates confusion in the opposition. “We needed to start aggressively, with runs in behind using the pace we have and that’s what we did.” Stam made two changes from the team which beat Nottingham Forest with Callum Harriott and George Evans coming in to replace Dutch duo Roy Beerens and Joey van den Berg. And Royals got off to the perfect start against a Wigan side under the stewardship of Warren Joyce for the first time, netting the fastest goal of the Championship this season. One of the replacements, Evans,

lifted a ball from deep inside his own half into the path of McCleary, who charged beyond the defence and cleverly flicked the ball beyond Bogdan. McCleary’s afternoon got even better when Liam Moore strode out of defence and picked out the Jamaican to cut inside with pace and curl into the bottom corner. The chances kept coming for rampant Reading with Kermorgant seeing an effort deflected just wide before Wigan twice threatened through former Royal Adam Le Fondre. But the killer goal arrived on 63 minutes when Swift was hauled down in the centre of the penalty area as he attempted to latch onto Harriott’s cross, allowing Kermorgant to step up and powerfully dispatch the resulting spot kick. Danny Williams fired over while substitute Yakou Meite had a late goal ruled out for offside on a memorable afternoon for the visitors. “We defended very well,” said Stam. “Games against teams near the bottom of the table can be very difficult but we put 100% work rate into it and got the win we deserved. “When things are going well, it’s even more important to analyse things that aren’t going well because if you do it when you’ve lost, you are analysing things too late. “We always try to improve our game. “Sometimes it goes better than other times, but we’re quite consistent in what we want to do and we’re getting results.” Reading now have a break before hosting Burton Albion on November 19. READING: Al-Habsi; Gunter, McShane, L. Moore, Blackett; Evans, Williams, Swift (van den Berg 77); McCleary (Meite 85), Harriott (Samuel 82), Kermorgant. Subs not used: S. Moore, Watson, Obita, Kelly. Goals: McCleary x2 (1,5), Kermorgant (63 pen) Yellow cards: McShane (33), Blackett (75) WIGAN: Bogdan, Burke, Buxton (Byrne 60), Burn, Warnock, MacDonald, Perkins, Power, Gomez (Wildschut 45), Jacobs, Le Fondre (Grigg 71). Subs not used: Jaaskelainen, Garbutt, Morgan, Davies. Yellow cards: MacDonald (45+1), Power (62), Perkins (69) Referee: David Coote. Attendance: 10,277

Earps left disappointed as Reading Women 0 Doncaster Rovers Belles 1

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk MARY EARPS rued a poor attacking display as Reading Women lost on the final day of the season to already relegated Doncaster Rovers Belles. Royals struggled to create many clear cut chances throughout, although they did have an Emma Follis goal ruled out for offside and two strong penalty appeals turned down. However, at the other end they were in fact indebted to goalkeeper Earps for a number of fantastic saves to deny Belles. But the winning goal arrived with 20 minutes to play when Katrin Omarsdottir broke through and slid home to earn Doncaster their first points of the entire season. “It is really, really disappointing,” Earps told The Wokingham Paper. “I thought our performance in parts was really good. “We moved the ball really well in spells but that’s what happens when you don’t create clear cut chances. “I feel we lacked quality in terms of the final ball. “I felt like we had a lot of possession but we didn’t really do too much with it and we paid the price. “I don’t think it was complacency. “I just think that we weren’t good enough in the final third and we switched off on one piece of play in our defensive third and we paid the price.” Kelly Chambers made just one change from the side which lost 3-2 at Chelsea last week with Kayleigh Hines coming in for the injured Molly Bartrip. And Royals, who won the reverse fixture 4-1 in September, had the game’s first chance. Lauren Bruton, named Players’ Player of the Year prior to kick-off, picked out a brilliant pass for Follis, but the winger slid her effort wide. Harriet Scott tried her luck at the

READING FC ACADEMY

Chirping Canaries on cloud nine as under-18s are thrashed READING UNDER-18s suffered their heaviest defeat of the season with a 9-2 thrashing at the hands of Norwich City U18s. Royals led 2-1 early on but a flurry of strikes from the Canaries handed them an emphatic win. Norwich opened the scoring on seven minutes through Devonte Aransibia but centre-back Ramarni Medford-Smith turned the game on its

head with two goals in 10 minutes. But it was downhill from there for David Dodds’ men with Bilal Kamal and Owen Wallis putting the hosts 3-2 ahead. The task was made greater when goalkeeper Liam Driscoll was dismissed for bringing down the last man and when Kamal completed his hat-trick the game was as good as won. Toby Syme, Alan Fleming (2) and

Anthony Spyrou completed the rout. Reading face Tottenham on Saturday. n READING UNDER-23s have qualified for the second round of the Checkatrade Trophy. Royals played their final group game against Yeovil Town last night at Madejski Stadium, but their spot was already secured following results on Tuesday.

YOUTH FOOTBALL

Wisdom’s fine work in vain for Wokingham A STRING of saves from Ellis Wisdom could not prevent Wokingham and Emmbrook Under-16s from losing 2-1 to champions Ash United Youth. Despite a convincing win over Woodley Saints the previous week, Sumas struggled against a strong

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Ash side with chances hard to come by. At the other end, man-of-the-match Wisdom (pictured) was busy and made several fine stops but could not prevent Ash going ahead as they pounced on a rebound from one of

his saves. That lead was doubled with an hour gone but Sumas quickly pulled one back when Amir Idjer set up Casey Starke to net a brilliant goal. The hosts pushed hard for the final 15 minutes but could not make the breakthrough.

other end with an ambitious effort flashing just over before Chambers’ side had a penalty shout waved away when Amber Stobbs went to ground. Christie Murray almost profited from some sloppy Reading defensive play, swirling an effort over the bar

but the ball did soon end up in the net via Follis. Bruton did brilliantly to charge clear down the right and clip a cross in for Follis, who turned it in, but the linesman’s flag denied her. The late first half chances fell

OPINION

Why Chambers deserves all the credit... IT has been quite a year for Reading FC Women, with the club following up promotion to FA WSL 1 by consolidating their position in the top flight. TOM CROCKER takes a look back at what was a successful campaign.

MISSION accomplished. Reading FC Women have avoided relegation, comfortably, and will be an FA WSL 1 club again next season. Despite a below par display and disappointing result on the final day against Doncaster Belles, there can only be positives heaped on Reading Women and, in particular, manager Kelly Chambers this season. Yes, they would have liked to have signed off with a first home win of the campaign but in truth, the hard work was done in the reverse tie away at

Doncaster in September when a 4-1 success all but sealed their fate. The message from the start of the season was always clear: survival is the only aim. That may on the face of it seem a little unambitious from a team who had just stormed to promotion the season before, scoring 61 goals from 18 games and only losing once. But the step up in class from WSL 2 to WSL 1 is huge and so it proved with Royals and Belles ending the season as the bottom two sides in the division. From a bunch of part-time players competing with and generally beating other part-time players to taking on household international names on a weekly basis and struggling to find a victory. From training once or twice a week at 9pm on artificial pitches to full-time training, every day at the well-renowned Bisham Abbey national sports centre.

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misfiring Royals end on losing note moments later when a cross was met by Omarsdottir again from close range but Earps made an incredible save to somehow tip it over the bar. Reading penned Belles back for the majority of the closing stages but without ever testing goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse. The hosts looked to have been handed a late lifeline when Bruton went down in the box, but she was booked for simulation. Defeat sees Reading miss the chance to climb a place and instead end their first FA WSL 1 campaign with nine points in eighth spot. “It just wasn’t meant to be for us,” said Chambers. “I think we should’ve had a penalty and had a goal ruled offside. “The referee made some bad decisions but that’s football. “We’ll just make sure now that we can enjoy what we’ve achieved this season. “Staying up in this league was always going to be a challenge and we’ve achieved that. “For us, it’s the most successful season so far to date.” READING (ratings out of 10): Earps 9; Jane 7.5, McGee (c) 6.5, Hines 6.5, Scott 7; Rowe 8, Allen 7; Stobbs 7.5 (Estcourt 76 n/a), Bruton 8, Follis 6.5 (Ward 69 6); Fletcher 7. Subs not used: Moloney, Roche. Yellow cards: Allen (68), Bruton (86) DONCASTER: Moorhouse; Barker, Little, Roberts, Pacheco; Simpkins (BakowskaMathews 86), Tierney, Lipka; Humphrey, Omarsdottir, Murray (Sweetman-Kirk 89). Subs not used: Hobbs, Rayner, Newborough. Goal: Omarsdottir (69) Yellow cards: Simpkins (48) Referee: Steven Bates Attendance: 885

Reading Women ‘keeper Mary Earps pulls off one of numerous saves to keep the Belles at bay Pictures: Neil Graham

opener out of nothing as Murray found space but her shot flashed wide with the diving Earps beaten. And that seemed to give the visitors confidence as they enjoyed a good spell of pressure with Earps required to wonderfully tip Kasia Lipka’s effort

wide before Omarsdottir saw an effort blocked deep inside the box. But winger Omarsdottir did not have to wait much longer for her goal, breaking beyond the defence before beating Earps with 20 minutes to play. That lead was so nearly doubled

From travelling miles, some from The club’s biggest defeat was 3-0 at as far away as Wales to Reading for home to the then champions Chelsea, an evening session before although the Blues scored heading into work at 9 twice in stoppage time on o’clock the next morning to that occasion to add some quitting jobs and becoming a gloss to the win. professional footballer. Elsewhere, Doncaster These are all things Reading conceded at least four goals can now continue to get used on eight occasions while the to as they have secured their likes of Sunderland and Notts status as one of the elite 10 County were thrashed 7-1 clubs in the country until at and 5-1 at points during the Kelly Chambers least 2018. campaign. And Chambers have overseen that The fact Reading never suffered a transition magnificently. similar fate is no coincidence A coach first and foremost, as they ground out six draws Chambers is a former captain from their first nine games at Reading and continues to of the season to show how work with the girls’ lower tough they were to beat. age groups and is very much And each time, rather than the heartbeat of the club dwelling on the fact a team having first taken the reins of so used to winning were management with the club in still yet to register a victory, the third tier. Chambers always insisted And she has this season the draws were another point proved her worth among the best by towards safety. ensuring Royals competed and battled Chambers has kept faith in hard in every single game they went the majority of the squad which into. won promotion but also showed

the ruthless streak needed to be a top manager, drafting in England goalkeeper Mary Earps to usurp fans’ favourite Grace Moloney. That decision proved vital with Earps (below, left) rightly being named the club’s Player of the Season after a string of outstanding displays which may well have turned heads of some other clubs in the division. And Chambers is willing to admit her squad may need a little reshuffle if they are to kick on next season, citing more experienced players used to playing top flight football to help along her young side. The fact the manager, still in her early 30s, has juggled the pressure of the biggest season in the club’s history with also giving birth and returning to take charge of a game later that week just adds to the wonder of hers and Reading’s achievements this season. There have been mistakes along the way and the club will have undoubtedly eyed more than just one win all campaign. But one win is all it took to achieve the goal.

Doncaster’s way with Leandra Little heading wide before Earps was called into a fabulous flying save to tip Emily Simpkins’ powerful shot over. Despite being camped in their half during most of the early stages of the second half, Doncaster threatened an

Milton held by Messitt and stubborn United New Milton Town Ladies 1 Woodley United Ladies 1 WOODLEY UNITED ground out their third straight league draw, holding in-form New Milton to a score draw at Fawcetts Field. Having scored 31 goals in just three league games before the weekend, New Milton appeared to be a daunting prospect for Woodley. But United nullified their threat in a brilliant defensive performance with Rosie Page-Smith’s goal earning a share of the spoils. New Milton started brightly, putting Woodley under pressure but fine work from centre-backs Clara Stringer and Gemma Bloor continued the progress from the previous week’s draw against Oxford. United hit the post in the closest either side came during a goalless first half with Ellen Surtees seeing her rebound blocked on the line. And the visitors did take a shock lead on 67 minutes when Eva Thomas picked out Mollie Haines on the wing, who pulled it back for Page-Smith to smash in from 25 yards. The striker nearly doubled the tally minutes later but New Milton did equalise 13 minutes from time when Sarah Cann netted from distance. Buoyed by the goal, the hosts fancied all three points but goalkeeper Bonnie Messitt was in fine form to preserve the draw. Woodley host Banbury United on Sunday. WOODLEY: Messitt, Ali, Barrett (Hall 30), Bloor, Haines, Hamblin, Page-Smith, Stringer (Barrett 65), Surtees, Thomas, Wilkins.

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THAMES VALLEY LEAGUE

Goalie Grant snatches County a point GOALKEEPER Lewis Grant scored a dramatic last-minute equaliser as Berks County drew with Highmoor Ibis Reserves in the Thames Valley Premier Division, writes TOM CROCKER. Mid-table Berks trailed to a Reuel Griffin strike until the 90th minute when Grant popped up to earn a share of the spoils. In the same league, WOODLEY UNITED RESERVES were beaten 2-0 at Mortimer. HURST enjoyed some welcome cup relief with a penalty shoot-out victory over Taplow United in the BTC Senior Cup. Hurst, struggling at the foot of the Premier Division with no points, battled well against Taplow and took the game to penalties thanks to goals from David Jackman and Rory Stagg. And they booked their place in round two to face Woodley Reserves with a 6-5 win on spot kicks. WINNERSH RANGERS’ good form continued with a 6-1 thumping of Mortimer Reserves. Jordace Holder bagged a brace while Hayden Best, Jamie Broadley,

Ryan Kingsbeer (pictured) and Ryan Witt also found the net to keep Winnersh second in Division One. Stuart Moss scored the only goal as WARGRAVE edged past Highmoor Under-21s in Division Two. Struggling Highmoor are yet to pick up a point and Moss ensured that run continued on Saturday. Goals from Kieran Robertson and James Payne came in vain as FINCHAMPSTEAD RESERVES lost 3-2 at lowly Goring United, a result which sees them slip three points off top spot. Greg Rowley bagged a hat-trick as BERKS COUNTY RESERVES thrashed YPFC 8-0 in Division Three. Jack Kennedy, Miles Keeley, George Lloyd (2) and Samuel Vine also scored in the rout for the league leaders. But ASHRIDGE PARK went one better, winning 9-0 at White Eagles Reserves. Alex Malinov and Mark Shoosmith led the charge with three goals each as Elliott Poulter, Adam Shoosmith and Jacob Rebbeck, who was later sent off,

also scored. Division Three was clearly the place to go for goals as they also flowed between WOODLEY UNITED A and HARCHESTER HAWKS, who played out an 11-goal thriller. Jake Brown and Asa Povey (3) scored for the hosts but Dan Leather, David Withers, Craig Wigan (2), David Panter (2) and an own goal swung the game Harchester’s way. HURST RESERVES were beaten 2-0 by Newbury Reserves. Mikey Jones and Arthur Denny both scored three as TWYFORD AND RUSCOMBE smashed BERKS COUNTY ROVERS 8-3 in Division Four. Early goals from Richard White and Andy Benyon set Twyford on their way before Jones and Denny took over. Matt Swain and Ridesh Gurung netted for the visitors. Jordan Brown and Martin King (2) goals helped WOODLEY UNITED B to a 3-2 win over Goring United Reserves while HARCHESTER HAWKS RESERVES lost 9-1 at AFC Corinthians A. Away from the league, WARGRAVE RESERVES beat The Hop Leaf 4-2 in the BTC Junior Cup.

BERKS AND BUCKS SENIOR TROPHY

Moles topple the Guardsmen Binfield 4 Windsor 2 FOUR first-half goal guided Binfield to a comfortable victory over Windsor in the Berks and Bucks Senior Trophy. Struggling for league form, Moles can take some solace from their cup exploits by following up a big win over Oxford City Development last time out with a 4-2 win on Monday night. Sean Moore, James Knight, Liam Ferdinand and George Lock all found the net to give Roger Herridge’s men a 4-0 lead before Windsor bagged two late consolations. There were three changes to the side which thrashed Oxford in the Hellenic Challenge Cup with Garry Aulsberry returning in goal while Tom Hopper and Grant Kemp were also handed starts in place of Liam Vaughan, Matt Jones and Ben Poynter. And the Moles got off to the perfect start at Stubbs Lane as they looked to book their place in the semi-finals of

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Stand-in captain James Knight was on target for Binfield Picture: Colin Byers

the Senior Trophy. Moore set the tone with a superb

run and shot to break the deadlock in just the second minute before stand-in captain Knight netted his first goal of the season soon after. The domination continued from the hosts with Lock and Ferdinand denied by good saves but striker Ferdinand would not be denied for long, bagging his 19th goal of the campaign. And Lock also found the net before the half was out, squeezing a shot over the line. Kemp and Moore came close to adding a fifth after the restart and despite late goals from Ricky Cannon and Andrew Ingram, the win was already secure. Binfield will travel to face Newport Pagnell Town in January for a place in the final and the Moles will be eyeing a first league win in seven when they host Oxford City Nomads on Saturday. BINFIELD: Aulsberry; Lock (Poynter 82), Hopper, A. Walton, Kemp (Wiggins 68); White, Moore, M. Walton, Knight (c), Broome (Jones 78); Ferdinand. Subs not used: Davies, Hayden.

Glee for Gibbs as Wokingham and Emmbrook 4 Woodley United 3 By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk JACK GIBBS bagged a brace as Wokingham and Emmbrook ended Woodley United’s perfect start to the season with a thrilling win at Lowther Road. Struggling with no home win all campaign against a side with a perfect record of seven wins from seven, it certainly appeared to be a daunting task for the hosts. But two early goals from Ben Broadhurst and Gibbs put Clive McNelly’s men in control – only for the scores to be pegged back to 3-3 after Woodley goals from Charlie Oakley (2) and Greg Beckett. However, Gibbs struck again in the second half, this time from the penalty spot, to complete a memorable derby day win. “It was a proper local derby played in a great spirit,” McNelly told The Wokingham Paper. “Woodley are a very good side and played some good football. “I think we got 140-odd people watching and I think they all went away happy with what they saw.” He added: “To be fair it’s probably a result that’s been coming for a while. “The performances have definitely warranted a better return than we’ve been getting really. “That was proved on Saturday so

COMBINED COUNTIES

Trio put Boars back on victory path Eversley and California 3 Ash United 0 EVERSLEY AND CALIFORNIA jumped up to sixth in Combined Counties Division One with a comfortable 3-0 win over Ash United. After a run of three games without a win, victory was most welcome for the Boars and they sealed it in style. Ash started the better of the two sides with goalkeeper Rick Bowry called into some fine early stops. But Eversley settled and took the

Charity is the winner as team-mates remember Julian Fay

OVER £300 was raised in memory of former Finchampstead player Julian Fay at a charity match on Sunday.

Familiar faces from around the borough gathered at the Memorial Ground for Fay, who died earlier this year, as John Wood and Dave

it’s good.” Sumas came into the game with no wins in five home games since returning to Lowther Road and no victory anywhere in over two months since beating Rayners Lane. So McNelly made four changes to his side which lost against Headington Amateurs last time out with Broadhurst, Ben Findlay, Luke Giles and Gibbs replacing Matt Booth, Sam Duffelen, Michael Flatman and

Read put two teams together in front of an attendance of around 60. Binfield boss Roger Herridge

played the full game for the ‘Reds’, who lost 6-2 to the ‘Blues’ while 74-year-old Neville Batt also made an appearance.

lead through Lewis Robson after neat play by Bradley Brown and Ali Kamara. Brown then doubled the tally less than a minute after the restart as he rounded the keeper before tapping in. And the win was sealed by a fabulous Sam Hutchings strike. Eversley host Cobham on Saturday before a trip to Lingfield on Tuesday night in the Surrey Premier Cup. EVERSLEY: Bowry, Allston, Brown, Exton, B. Hutchings, S. Hutchings, Kamara, Miller, Osler, Robson, Smith. Subs: Lusty, Maslen, Obibi.

READING AND DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE Results: November 6 DIVISION 1: 116 Exiles 2-0 Woodley United, FC Woodley 1-3 Spencers Wood DIVISION 2: Caversham AFC 5-1 Wokingham and Emmbrook INDUSTRIAL CUP: Athletico Forest 0-1 Arborfield, Le Galaxy 3-1 Imaan, AFC Burghfield Res 4-1 WS Hobnob, Theale Falcon 1-1 Charvil Rangers (Charvil win on pens.) TED CAMBRIDGE CUP: Forest FC 0-4 Reading United, Theale 9-0 116 Exiles Res JOHN LUSTED CUP: Caversham Fox and Hounds 4-4 Shinfield Rangers (Caversham win on pens.)

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Finchampstead’s Barron run over thanks to Freddie

brace ruins United’s winning run

Rayners Lane 0 Finchampstead 1

Woodley players are unable to hide their frustration after a Dave Morgan own goal puts Wokingham and Emmbrook 3-1 ahead Picture: Steve Smyth

Elliott Rushforth. As for Woodley, boss Michael Herbert stuck with the same side which edged out Headington 1-0 last weekend. But it was Wokingham who got off to the perfect start in a breathless encounter. Woodley’s Danny Horscroft and Beckett had already missed chances before Broadhurst headed Sumas into a sixth minute lead. That was soon doubled when Gibbs

headed in following a free-kick. But Woodley responded, pulling one back when in-form Oakley turned home Adam Nditi’s cross only for Sumas to go 3-1 up against the run of play when Dave Morgan headed into his own net. There was still time for one more goal before the half was out and it came from the penalty spot as Beckett converted after a foul on Oakley. And six minutes after the restart

FREDDIE BARRON scored the only goal as Finchampstead ended their run of defeats with victory at Rayners Lane. Jon Laugharne’s men came in on the back of three straight defeats but a second half Barron goal was enough to grab the win to lift Finches up to eighth in Hellenic Division One East. Rayners Lane had a couple of early efforts with Dammilola Thomas firing wide before goalkeeper Neil Griffith was called into action. But Finch had efforts of their own with Harry Swabey’s heavy touch costly after a good ball from Chace Jewell. Jewell himself tried his luck before the half was out but was denied by goalkeeper Przemek Mierzwa. But the deadlock was broken on the hour mark when Barron (pictured) found himself in acres of space to tap home. Substitute Rob Dunbar fired over the bar as Finch looked for a second and the visitors suffered a huge late scare when Dwayne Cole-Parker missed the target with a gilt-edged close range opportunity. Finchampstead are in cup action on Saturday, travelling to Woodley United in the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup.

While Wokingham travel to Bicester on Saturday (3pm), Woodley host Finchampstead in the Intermediate Cup (1.30pm).

the game was all square as Beckett drove at the Wokingham defence before teeing up Oakley to notch his second. However, when Morgan hauled down Sam Lawrence, Gibbs took the responsibility from the penalty spot to put Wokingham back in front, despite a touch from goalkeeper Alex Reed. Woodley piled on the pressure in the closing stages but the hosts held on for the win.

SUMAS: Woodward, Bailey, Broadhurst, Carter, Findlay, Gibbs, Giles, Goddard, Lawrence, Skidmore, Williams. Subs: Rushforth, Wheeler, Douglas, East, Marsh. WOODLEY: Reed, Turner, Kang, Nicholls, I. Kamara, Barley, Nditi, Morgan, Oakley, Horscroft, Beckett. Subs: Greenwood, Drew, A. Kamara, Vasquez, Meredith.

FINCHAMPSTEAD: Griffith, M. Wright, Malone, Callaway, Thomas, Barnard (c), Barron, Dean, Swabey, J. Wright, Jewell. Subs: Blatchford, Dunbar, Winship.

Results and fixtures Thursday, November 3 ICE HOCKEY EPIHL Sheffield Steeldogs 0-3 Bracknell Bees

Saturday, November 5 FOOTBALL Sky Bet Championship Wigan Athletic 0-3 Reading Hellenic Division One East Wokingham and Emmbrook 4-3 Woodley United; Rayners Lane 0-1 Finchampstead Combined Counties Division One Eversley and California 3-0 Ash United Thames Valley Premier Division Highmoor Ibis Reserves 1-1 Berks County; Mortimer 2-0 Woodley United Reserves Berkshire Trophy Centre Senior Cup Taplow United 2-2 Hurst (Hurst win on penalties). RUGBY IPA Championship London Irish 41-17 Yorkshire Carnegie National League 2 South Redingensians 41-22 Cinderford National League 3 South West Bracknell 26-36 Ivybridge BB&O Premier Division Tadley 3-15 Crowthorne HOCKEY MBBO Regional 2 (Men’s) West Hampstead 2s 1-4 Sonning MBBO Division 1

South Berkshire 8-5 West Hampstead 3s; Phoenix and Ranelagh 4-2 South Berkshire 2s; Sonning 2s 3-0 OMT 2s Trysports Premier 1 (Women’s) South Berkshire 2-2 Wallingford; Sonning Ladies 3-1 Oxford Hawks 3s ICE HOCKEY EPIHL Bracknell Bees 3-2 Manchester Phoenix

Sunday, November 6

FOOTBALL FA WSL 1 Reading Women 0-1 Doncaster Rovers Belles ICE HOCKEY EPIHL Hull Pirates 4-1 Bracknell Bees

Monday, November 7 FOOTBALL B&B Senior Trophy Binfield 4-2 Windsor

FIXTURES Saturday, November 12

Bicester Town v Wokingham and Emmbrook B&B Intermediate Cup Woodley United v Finchampstead (1.30pm) Combined Counties Division One Eversley and California v Cobham Thames Valley Premier Division Berks County v Wraysbury Village; Hurst v Woodley United Reserves (both 2pm). RUGBY National League 2 South Old Elthamians v Redingensians (2pm). HOCKEY MBBO Regional 2 (Men’s) Sonning v Marlow 2s (10.30am) MBBO Division 1 Newbury and Thatcham 2s v South Berkshire; West Hampstead 3s v Sonning 2s Trysports Premier 1 (Women’s) Oxford 3s v South Berkshire; Wallingford v Sonning ICE HOCKEY EPIHL Telford Tigers v Bracknell Bees (6pm)

Sunday, November 13 ICE HOCKEY EPIHL Bracknell Bees v Swindon Wildcats (6pm)

All fixtures 3pm, unless stated

Tuesday, November 15

FOOTBALL Hellenic Premier Division Binfield v Oxford City Nomads Hellenic Division One East

FOOTBALL Surrey Premier Cup Lingfield v Eversley and California (7.45pm)

Championship Newcastle Brighton Huddersfield Reading Norwich Leeds Birmingham Fulham Bristol City Sheff Wed Preston Brentford Barnsley Aston Villa Ipswich Derby QPR Burton Wolves Nottm Forest Cardiff Wigan Blackburn Rotherham

P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

WD 12 1 10 4 9 2 8 4 8 3 8 2 6 7 6 6 7 3 7 3 7 2 6 4 6 3 4 9 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 6 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 3 4 1 4

L 3 2 5 4 5 6 3 4 6 6 7 6 7 3 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 8 9 11

Hellenic Premier

F A 34 13 25 9 17 18 20 18 28 27 19 17 21 18 23 18 23 19 17 19 22 20 21 16 27 24 17 16 14 15 12 13 17 22 18 20 19 21 25 30 14 25 14 19 16 25 17 38

Pts 37 34 29 28 27 26 25 24 24 24 23 22 21 21 21 20 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 7

Thames Valley League P Reading YMCA 12 Marlow United 12 Woodcote SR 12 Newbury 10 Cookham Dean 12 Berks County 11 Mortimer 12 Highmoor Res 10 Wraysbury 12 Woodley Utd Res 13 Unity 11 Taplow United 9 Rotherfield Utd 13 Hurst 9

W 10 9 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 1 0

D 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 5 0

L 0 2 2 3 4 4 5 4 6 8 6 6 7 9

F 43 45 30 22 26 13 20 21 17 10 9 15 13 6

A 8 15 14 15 21 15 28 22 33 25 12 19 27 36

Pts 32 28 24 19 18 17 17 14 14 13 11 9 8 0

P W D Thatcham Town 19 12 2 Thame United 14 10 4 Flackwell Heath 17 10 3 Highworth Town 17 9 3 Tuffley Rovers 16 8 3 Bracknell Town 13 8 2 Ardley United 16 7 4 Wootton Bassett 18 8 2 Lydney Town 15 7 2 Binfield 15 7 1 Ascot United 16 7 1 Longlevens AFC 15 6 2 Brimscombe 14 6 2 Highmoor-Ibis 13 5 2 Brackley Saints 16 4 2 Oxford Nomads 18 3 4 Henley Town 18 3 3 Burnham 18 3 0 * Denotes points decudtion

L 5 0 4 5 5 3 5 8 6 7 8 7 6 6 10 11 12 15

F A 58 28 57 22 48 19 41 32 35 26 40 17 32 30 36 33 26 26 26 20 32 37 34 31 24 23 21 26 15 52 23 45 26 49 23 81

FA WSL 1 Pts 38 34 33 30 27 26 25 23* 23 22 22 20 20 17 14 13 12 9

Hellenic Division 1 East Penn & Tylers Green Bicester Town Headington Ama Woodley United AFC Aldermaston Didcot Town Res’ Chalfont Wasps Finchampstead Chinnor Sandhurst Town Wokingham Rayners Lane Holyport Wantage Town Res’

P 10 10 9 8 11 10 11 11 10 8 10 10 8 12

WD 8 2 7 1 7 0 7 0 5 0 4 2 4 2 4 0 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 0 0 0

L 0 2 2 1 6 4 5 7 4 3 5 5 5 12

F 39 20 34 20 24 25 14 16 12 15 18 14 19 10

A 5 11 14 6 24 19 19 20 22 13 21 20 16 70

Pts 26 22 21 21 15 14 14 12 12 11 11 11 9 0

Manchester City Chelsea Arsenal Birmingham City Liverpool Notts County Sunderland Reading Women Doncaster Belles

P WD 16 13 3 16 12 1 16 10 2 16 7 6 16 7 4 16 4 4 16 2 4 16 1 6 16 1 0

L 0 3 4 3 5 8 10 9 15

F A 36 4 42 17 33 14 18 13 27 23 16 26 17 41 15 26 8 48

Pts 42 37 32 27 25 16 10 9 3

IPA Championship

P London Irish 8 Yorkshire 8 Ealing Trail 8 Doncaster 8 London Welsh 8 Nottingham 8 Cornish Pirates 8 Jersey 8 London Scottish 8 Rotherham Titans 8 Bedford 8 Richmond 8

W 8 7 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 0

D 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 8

F A BP 284 95 7 242 207 5 215 181 3 191 155 4 182 149 6 174 201 4 208 190 6 175 185 6 187 255 5 181 224 4 179 190 7 91 277 0

PTS 39 33 25 24 22 20 20 18 17 16 15 0

EPIHL P Telford 19 MK 19 Hull 18 Peterborough 18 Basingstoke 17 Sheffield 18 Swindon 18 Guildford 19 Bracknell 18 Manchester 18

W 11 10 12 8 10 7 7 7 4 2

OW OL 4 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 1

L 1 5 5 7 6 8 9 9 14 14

F 70 65 85 64 53 60 61 65 46 45

A 46 53 58 52 39 60 63 71 85 87

Pts 33 27 26 21 21 18 17 17 8 7

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MINIBIKE CHAMPIONSHIPS

READING FC WOMEN

Bailey keeps his Cool to win at Mallory Park

Chambers: We’ll need more experience if we want to progress

WOKINGHAM’S Bailey Stuart-Campbell enjoyed a brilliant end to the 2016 Minibike Championships with a double victory at Mallory Park. With all the various age groups coming together for the final weekend of Cool FAB Championship action this year, Stuart-Campbell, 8, saved his best for last to clinch second place overall in the AC40 Pro class. He began with a storming win just ahead of Casey O’Gorman in the first race, posting a best lap of 37.442 seconds. He soon followed that up by edging out Tamworth’s Evan Belford to win again in race two. Stuart-Campbell also competed in the Junior LC40 second race, placing fourth. Kent’s O’Gorman took the overall AC40 crown with 414 points with

Stuart-Campbell second on 376 while Belford (334.5), Owen Mellor (247) and Ryan Hitchcock (198.5) rounded off the top five. “We’ve been looking forward to racing at Mallory Park all year as it was the final round of 2016 and the first time many of our riders have competed on a full-size track as opposed to a karting track,” said managing director of Cool Motor Racing, Crispin Vitoria. “We had high expectations given how much the kids have improved since the start of the year and they didn’t disappoint. “It was an amazing display of talent and skill and we are certain that some of these youngsters will go on to achieve great things. “We may even have a future world champion in our midst!”

Back-to-back wins saw Bailey StuartCampbell, 8, take the runners-up spot in the 2016 Cool FAB Championships

FOOTBALL

‘Now let’s build a fortress’

n McNelly keen to push on as Sumas finally break Lowther Road duck By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk

Wokingham and Emmbrook took the bragging rights after inflicting a first defeat of the season on local rivals Woodley United Pictures: Steve Smyth

CLIVE McNELLY is hoping Wokingham and Emmbrook can make Lowther Road “a fortress” after shocking Woodley United to claim their first home win of the season. Struggling Sumas have found it tough to adapt to life in Hellenic Division One East following relegation last season. But they finally broke their duck at the sixth time of asking since moving back to the borough with a thrilling 4-3 success over local rivals Woodley, who came into the game with seven wins from seven. “It’s a monkey off our back really,” McNelly told The Wokingham Paper. “Hopefully now we can go on and make this a bit of a fortress as Dan (Bateman) and Matt (Eggleston) have done in the previous years. “That’s what we’re looking for. “The lads are a fairly confident bunch. “Hopefully they can use this now as a springboard and start moving up the table and start challenging for the top two or three places.” Sumas got off to a flying start with goals from Ben Broadhurst and Jack Gibbs putting them 2-0 up. But Michael Herbert’s men rallied, pulling one back through Charlie Oakley. And further goals from Oakley and Greg Beckett, either side of an

own goal, brought the scores level to 3-3 before a Gibbs penalty sealed the game in Wokingham’s favour. “Letting that lead slip was a worry for us,” admitted McNelly. “We’ve still got a bit of a hangover from last season about conceding goals and when it came back to 3-3 from being 2-0 up I thought, here we go again. “To be fair the boys dug deep and managed to get the winner.” He added: “They are a very good side, Woodley. “Certainly they will be up there or thereabouts towards the end of the season without a shadow of a doubt. “They’ve got quality individuals and they play very well as a team.” Gibbs stole the show with a brace having only recently rejoined the club following his release from Binfield. And McNelly is thrilled to have him back, while he also hinted at further additions to the squad. “Jack’s a massive signing for the club really,” said McNelly. “He’s a quality player and a true Suma as (club president) Mark Ashwell would probably say. “We have Will Day the skipper coming back in this weekend as well. “He’s been away after having an appendix operation so that’s another boost and there should be some news of a couple more signings in the week so it’s all looking good.” n FOR a report of the Wokingham v Woodley clash, turn to page 38.

KELLY CHAMBERS says she must bring some more experienced players to Reading FC Women if the club are to progress next season, writes TOM CROCKER. Royals completed their first ever WSL 1 season with defeat to Doncaster Belles on Sunday but had already achieved their goal of avoiding relegation a number of weeks ago. And manager Chambers admits the playing staff must be upgraded if the 2017-18 campaign is going to be a greater success than this one. “Now we need to make sure we recruit and make sure we build on the squad that we’ve got to make sure we come back stronger,” Chambers told The Wokingham Paper. “We’re still four or five years behind the other teams in the league where they’ve been professional for a long time. “Our girls are still behind on that part. “It’s a case for us now to keep building and make sure we’re competing higher up the league when it comes.” She added: “We need more experience in the team playing at this level. “If you look at everyone out there against Doncaster, we’ve got one or two players that have played WSL 1 football. “We haven’t got enough that have experienced that level. “We need to bring in more experienced heads that have been there and done it. “If we can do that, fantastic and we can then build and actually start supporting our young squad with some experience.” It has been a mixed season in some respects for Reading with just one win all campaign. But having competed well in every fixture and picked up some credible draws, relegation never looked likely. “This season has probably been a bit up and down if I’m honest,” said Chambers. “I think we got points on the board early which is crucial. “Obviously they might have been a number of draws but they were still points on the board and I think if you look at the season now looking back you go, it was a tough season but it was a successful one.” n FOR a full report from Sunday and more Reading FC news, turn to page 36.

Royals boss Kelly Chambers will be looking to bolster her squad in the close season Picture: Neil Graham Published by Xn Media Ltd, Crown House, 231 Kings Road, Reading RG1 4LS. Printed at Trinity Mirror Watford © Xn Media Ltd, 2016