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Welcome to the August 2021 issue of the Hatfield Arrow. I hope everyone is enjoying the Summer, even under these strange circumstances, at least the weather has been good so far! Maize Maze is now open every day and have brand new go karts for young children to enjoy. Entry must be pre-booked. See pages 6 & 7 for more information. Please contact me if you would like to advertise in the Arrow. Prices start from as little as £30 plus vat per year for an entry in the Business Directory or from £25 plus vat for an advert. My contact details are below. Also send me any information you would like to see included in the arrow. This can be news, event details, special celebratory moments or articles that people in the local community would find interesting or informative. The deadline for the September issue is Friday 13th August.
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Community News Hatfield Town Cricket Club
It's been a hectic time at HTCC these last few months with games coming thick and fast for all age groups and it all being managed within the Government and ECB guidelines. The 1st XI set themselves a target of matching last season's 6th place finish in Division 1 and so far they have produced some excellent performances and sit 2nd in the league, having only lost 1st place when their Hooton Pagnell fixture had to be abandoned. It's been a great team effort with everyone contributing at some point of the season. The highlight has to be a hard earned away win at the then unbeaten Ackworth CC. Skipper Dave Barrett top scored with 87* supported by Ellis Pattison 27 and Luke Cockburn 35 as Town reached 187-4. After a positive Ackworth start Town fought back with James Winstanley 4-22 and Ellis 2-14 reducing the hosts to 166 all out and send Town to the top of the league. The 2nd XI have now hit top spot in Division 4 following a victory over fellow high-fliers Bullcroft Main. It was a good day for Shehzad Hussain who hit a brisk 47 before following up with 4-52, Andy Cutts 30 and Phil Decent 28 helped Town to 176-8 who then bowled out the visitors for 100 with Andy Decent 4-20 bowling well in support of Shehzad. The seasons performances, so far, bode well for their move to the Yorkshire South Premier League, Senior Section next season. The Evening League team have also been going well and sit 2nd in the league behind Bawtry who they then beat to reach the cup final for the 2nd season running where they will face Yorks Premier League outfit Doncaster Town CC. The Women's team have been going well in Division 2 with some strong all round performances from the squad, which continues to grow. Special mention to youngsters Amy Jordan and Izzy Chambers backed up by all the squad which see's them currently joint top. The junior teams have all performed admirably with the Under 11's currently joint top of the league and the Under 13's and 15's also in the top half of the table and the young Under 9's sponsored by 'The Arrow' training twice a week as they prepare for more fixtures to come after getting their first win away at Bentley CC. We must give a thanks to all parents and children for bearing with us as fixture dates and training times have had to be continually changed due to illness and school isolations. The coaches have had the thankless task of arranging and rearranging these fixtures and training sessions whilst trying to ensure all the kids get an equal amount of playing time. Well done to them for their perseverance and to the kids for remaining enthusiastic throughout. It's also been good to see them taking advantage of our new training pitch and net on weekends, excellent commitment from them. Hopefully more settled times lay ahead for us all. Thank you all for your continued support.
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Boston Park Farm fully reopens….. Boston Park Farm are pleased to announce that the Maize Maze is opening again from 17th July! Get lost around the miles of paths whilst searching for flags and Maizie Maze, who is hiding in a dead end. As well as these all-indoor areas of the farm, including the indoor soft play area, sandpit and bouncy castle are fully reopened. The cafe is also open with indoor or outdoor seating and selling a wide range of drinks, lunches and cakes. New for 2021 is the ‘Snack Baaa’ which serves takeout drinks, snacks, and ice-creams from 11-3 everyday in school holidays. Boston Park Farm is an open farm which is mainly outdoors, the animal trail allows visitors to get up close with a wide range of farm animals. You can pet and feed most of the animals too with food purchased from the café. As well as the newly re-opened indoor play areas there are fabulous outdoor play areas, mud kitchens and a nature trail, as well as a super fun Tractor Track for children to race around, on the go karts. You and your family can have hours of fun exploring everything there is to offer at the farm. The farm also offers birthday parties which include admission to the farm, party food and animal handling. Parties can be booked from 19th July on the website below. Remember to ensure the visitor numbers remain at the right level and keep everyone safe you MUST pre-book your tickets via the website: www.bostonpark.com
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Free Exhibition by Thorne Camera Club During August and September shops in Thorne will be hosting an Exhibition of Work by Camera Club members taken during the past year or so. Make sure you have a look for it as you walk around the town. Members did not put their cameras away, but tried to find interesting things to photograph during the lockdowns and between. Here are shops taking part in the Exhibition this time. Archdales Bakery Bell Brothers Opticians Bulls Eye Hameltons Beverley Jane Occasions Canterbury House Richard Laws D Gravel & Son Parkhurst Opticians The Camera Club would like to thank each of the shops for taking part in our Exhibition and especially, the Club would like to send Thorne Times our grateful thanks for all their support throughout the time the club has been running and during this pandemic. Also Thorne Post Office, Library, and Sainsbury's for displaying our posters. Apologies to all the other shops in the central Thorne area for not contacting them, but as this is the first exhibition we have done this way, we decided to limit ourselves to ten shops taken at random. If it is found to be of interest to the people of Thorne, the exhibition could be expanded to cover more shops. The exhibition will start 16th August and finish 18th September with each shop displaying two images, one facing on to the thoroughfare for the general public to view and one into the shop for the customers appreciation. Several outings have been organised by the Club, thanks to the Programme Secretary and certain members who volunteered, with only a little gentle pressure, to lead the outings. Without these members there would be no outings. On a glorious Bank Holiday Monday, a visit to Temple Newsam gave members the opportunity to visit what is known as the ‘Hampton Court of the North’, a palatial stately home in beautiful grounds. Later came a different kind of visit, to Skipwith Common near Selby. Wild goats, sheep and cattle live on the common as well as the more usual wildlife, although with sociable members chatting, the wildlife may well have had time to hide away. Other activities for members include a portrait shoot, a night visit to York for low light photography, and possibly a trip to Beamish Outdoor Museum in County Durham.
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Hatfield Community Library
It is good to see more people using the library. The Book Groups are now having their meetings in the library as well as the Art Group and Needles and Pins. The numbers are restricted and social distancing is in force but it is lovely to see people face to face and have a conversation without having to grapple with technology. I am writing this article in the library at the moment and we are without computer access and have been for the last three days. Not the fault of DMBC, I hasten to add but a BT fault in London. We have had to revert to the old-fashioned use of pen and paper to record returns and loans. Some-one is going to have a busy time putting it all onto the computers when they are up and running! This month’s article is not about public houses. I would hate people to think I spent all my time in pubs, whereas I only go if I am having a meal. (At this point I would like to thank the proprietors of the Black Bull for their takeaway service which saved me from cooking at some weekends.) We have some new adult books and children’s books in the library. There is a display of adult books on a stand near the Pod (desk). I have included a photo of some of the more popular ones. I am sorry but I have taken out the Tom Woods book “The Quiet Man” which is the latest in his Victor the Assassin series. I will bring it back as quickly as I can. If you have not tried these books and you enjoy thrillers, I would try this series. The Royals are still in the news. One of our new books is “The Windsor Diaries” which was written by a childhood friend of the Queen and Princess Margaret, Alethea Fitzalan Howard. She writes about her memories of the war years and teenage years spent with the Royals. Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne is back in “The Bourne Evolution”. We have a lot of new and new to us children’s books, which are on a display shelf in the children’s library. We also have a lot of old favourites. I have mentioned our selection of non-fiction books which could help children with their school topics. I have just taken some for my grandson who is learning about the Ancient Egyptians. These are some of our History books. Other non- fiction books are also available. Whilst on the subject of books, I must apologise for a mistake I made in the last article. I thought the “The last Detective “series, which was on TV, was based on the books BY Peter Lovesey. WRONG! I had requested the Peter Lovesey book “ The Last Detective” from BIBS (which is the final resting place of last copies) but when I began to read it nothing seemed to fit the TV programme. There was also an absence of an Irish sidekick called Mod which I thought was peculiar. A colleague put me right. The TV series was based on a book,” Dangereous Davies: The Last Detective” written by Leslie Thomas. Gold star to all who spotted that. However, I think it highly unfair that books should have the same titles, but it will teach me to check my information in future. It probably will not be my last mistake, but I will try harder. Staying on the literary theme for this article, I found some poems in book called “Illustrations and Poems Of this and That” by Harold Edwards. It was put together in 2009. Most of the poems are about Hatfield and the surrounding area. One poem particularly appealed to me because of the nostalgia of bygone days. I also think he encourages people to write about life and things or places which have touched them. It does not need to be complicated or rhyme but only to express a feeling. I hope Mr
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Edwards will not mind me passing on his observations. Here it is as written. (in 2 columns to save space) I once knew a village; I knew it well. Cuckoo Lane, blackthorn blooming bright Those moss-grown walls and the old Blue Bell. May blossom a romance of delight Never heard of the Highway Code. The Sabbath was the day for church High Street was just a rutted road All spruced up looking smart For carts, cows, sheep and playing games. With sober faces off we would march There were cottages with quaint old names No need to run there was no haste Home Farm, the old Co-op, No background noise from the motorway Travis School and the cobbler’s shop, Life then was just at walking pace Spiderweb Alley and the Monkey Run A picnic in a meadow, hearing the lark Evening walks lots of fun We did not need a fenced off park Ah yes, I knew a village but alas it has gone Does anyone know what the Monkey run was? The summer events have been booked and listed in the last article. We are still waiting for July 19th to see how the rules have changed then we will know what numbers we can have in the library and booking will open soon after. Schools will break up two days later so I will try to send the information to schools before then and hopefully the children will bring the information home. Booking will be essential. Summer Activities July 22, Technic Lego 10am-12noon Aug. 12 Circus Skills 11am-12noon July 29 Kimmo 11am-12noon Aug 19 Technic Lego 10am-12noon Aug 6 Sam’s Safaris 11am-12noon Aug 26 Balloon Modelling 11am-12noon For information about coming to the library please contact the library. Tel: 01302 842064 Email: hatfieldcommunitylibrary@gmail.com
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Friends of Quarry Park Friday 2nd July saw Quarry Park volunteers meet for our monthly work party. It was a pleasant morning for 15 of us to meet supported by two of the DMBC countryside Rangers. We also welcomed another ‘brand new’ volunteer and our regular numbers are well and truly on the increase. We split into three groups, one group did cutting back and tidying the area at the side of the zip wire. Another group tackled the area at Carrot Corner lowering the hedge so when you are sitting on the bench you have great views across the fields, they also did some cutting back around the other entrances into the wooded area. Then we had our litter pick group who managed three full bags of litter from around the park, they also cleaned all of the information boards around the Park. A job well done by all of our volunteers, thank you! Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 21st July at 7pm at the Methodist Church on Greens Road, Dunsville which will be Covid safe and socially distanced. All are welcome but please let us know via our Facebook Event page or email thequarrypark@gmail.com if you will be attending so we can be prepared for the appropriate numbers. Please bring a mask if you feel it necessary. Tea/coffee and biscuits should be available if Covid restrictions allow. Our next party will be held on Fri 6th August meeting at St Mary‘s Road car park at 10am. If you want to get involved or find out more about Quarry Park please email us on the quarrypark.@gmail.com or message our Facebook page ‘Friends of Quarry Park’
DONCASTER CANCER DETECTION TRUST August is usually the main holiday month, although it will still be different this year for many of us. Whether you are having a staycation or are holidaying abroad, we hope you enjoy the break and change of scenery. We must apologise for the delay in updating our website which we mentioned last month. The problems have finally been resolved and you can read all about the biopsy machine which has been installed in the Urology Department at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. It has been made possible through your generous donations and those of various organisations, clubs and groups who have continued to support us through one of the toughest periods most of us have known. We cannot thank you all enough and you should be very proud of yourselves. We would also like to mention that we have bought 50 bags of toiletries for breast cancer patients at a cost of £1,200. This was made possible through funeral donations in lieu of flowers for a lady who died earlier this year. Our new appeal has been slightly delayed, but we hope to bring you news of it next month. Should you wish to contact us in the meantime our details are: 22 Wood Street, Doncaster DN1 3LW (entrance by the side of Kerry Gough Florists), second floor (lift available), Room 209. Tel. 01302 325029. Email: info@dcdt.co.uk. Website: dcdt.co.uk. At the time of writing further restrictions had not been lifted, but we sincerely hope you all stay safe and well as we look forward to more freedom.
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