May ’09
No. 81
The Stoker Stoke Golding Village Magazine including
Dadlington Matters
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Ruth
Jane
Note from the Editors
. Jane & Ruth
The Stoker Team Editors: Ruth Fisher (01455 212489) and Jane White (01455 212416) Production Team: Denis Cash, Ann Edginton, Penny James, Andrea Lawton, Simon Rees-Jones, Alan Taylor, Rachel Terheege, Jill Webster. Please send articles for the May issue of The Stoker to: The Editors, c/o 21, Hinckley Road, Stoke Golding by 15th May If you can submit articles on disk, memory stick (Microsoft Word) or by e-mail it makes our job much easier. (500 words maximum please). If you send photos by e-mail please keep the file size small - no greater than 150 Kb. All correspondence, including e-mails, must include your full name, home address and home telephone number.
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Play Tennis In Stoke Golding Stoke Golding Tennis Club provides opportunities for people of all ages to play tennis. Members of the tennis club have access to the court at Saint Martin’s Catholic School on evenings, weekends and school holidays from May to September and at any other time that the net is up. Membership fees are just £10 for adults and £5 for juniors and students. There will be four FREE tennis coaching sessions for adults on Mondays 11th and 18th May, 1st and 8th June, 7.00 – 8.30. Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to have a go for the first time or improve your tennis skills at no cost. Non-members welcome. No need to book, just come along. A children’s tennis summer school will take place from Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th August with one hour’s free coaching each day for junior tennis club members (4 – 15 year olds). Places must be pre-booked. For more information on the tennis club contact Sarah on 212823 or Val on 212722.
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Emma’s Success As the breeder of ‘Tom’, I was particularly pleased to hear of Emma's success. Many local people will remember his full brother ‘Danny Dimples’ with whom both Matthew and Rebecca, my son and daughter, had so much fun and success. He is still competing at Pony Club level and enjoying life at the age of 24. Ann Morris from Mulberry Farm has 2 half brothers, Dundee and Rocky, to these 2 ponies, both by the same sire. Last year they won several trophies between them, giving her great pleasure of ownership. As she said, "Ron would have been so proud of them all", as indeed I am. I still own Tom's mother. She lives in Allesley, shepherding thoroughbred yearlings so they do not get into too much mischief, although she is a diminutive little critter of only 12 hands. Although I no longer breed ponies, I do enjoy seeing all the local equestrians, in whatever sphere they enjoy their equines. It is to be hoped that the ‘powers that be’ do not take away the ruralism of our area and make it impossible for us all to take pleasure from this harmless pursuit. Linda Mayne We have just heard that ‘Rosa’, Tom and Danny's Mother died in her sleep a few weeks ago. (Ed)
Wildflower Project The WI wildflower project along the verges of the footpath extending from Wykin Lane alongside the cemetery is beginning to "bare fruit". Already many primroses have appeared in full bloom as well as a tiny cowslip - and a red campion is slowly emerging. Further up the path the pond has calthus flowers. Watch out for more, now spring is here. Sue Mitchell
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