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Welcome to the March 2025 issue of the Hatfield Arrow.
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Community News
Hatfield Woodhouse Chapel
The Chapel kitchen refurbishment is now complete so Thank You to Jerry, Graham and Dave from Dream Doors at Armthorpe (please pop in and have a look) it’s amazing how much space we have now
Chapel Services
Monthly Communion Services Sunday 2 March and 4 May @ 6pm Rev J Henry First Monday of the month A bit of a thought a short reflection on Life @ 1.30pm Led by Pastor Liz Worsley
Sunday 13 April Palm Sunday Service by the Grimsby Puppet Power Band @ 3pm All Aged Worship inc Refreshments
Weekly Groups
Tuesday - Pilates 2pm -3pm Board Games Club (over 16’s) 3.30pm-5.30pm inc Refreshments
Monday Coffee Afternoons 2-3.30 each month we hold one for a Charity (we do not meet on Bank Holidays)
January raised £460 for Firefly Cancer Awareness and Support. Thank you to all supporters and helpers
Next Charity fundraisers are
Monday18 March Action For Children
Monday 31 March Worth Unlimited Doncaster Monday12 May Hatfield Woodhouse Gardening Society
Monday 9 June Guide Dogs for the Blind Monday 27 October Royal British Legion Scarecrow Weekend Saturday 1 & Sunday 2
November
Sunday 23 November Christmas Tree Decorating
We are holding a British Heart Foundation Charity Event Friday 14 February 11-3 ( inc Soup lunch) Raffle and stalls and a Weston Park Charity Event Friday 14 November 11-2
We have a box for any DN7 Food Bank and Baby Basic Donations in Chapel and the Hatfield Woodhouse Events Group Community Hut (Front car park) if you want anything just take it if you want to donate just leave something
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Fifty Years of Community Service
Did this catch your eye? No this is not a report on a serious crime in the village rather a celebration of one man’s service to this community.
I think nearly all of Hatfield Woodhouse and surrounding areas know of Colin Hepworth and his wife Elaine. Colin ‘Mr Hatfield Woodhouse’ Hepworth has long been a familiar and loved sight as he pedals around the village doing his village hall and Phoenix group tasks.
Colin has been a faithful and very active member of the village hall management committee ever since he first joined the committee some fifty-two years ago as the football representative. There is some debate as to whether it is 52 or 53 years but the Tablets brought down from the mountain recording this were lost in the old village hall fire!
Many of you will know that Colin stepped back from his role as village hall bookings clerk recently. He has continued to be a valued member of the village hall management committee and hopefully will continue as such for many more years.
The trustees of the hall have for some time wanted to in some way acknowledge Colin’s many years of service without giving the impression he was leaving his role on the committee.
Elaine his wife, provided the perfect excuse. Elaine has for many years fulfilled the role of keeping the village hall ‘spick and span’. She has decided to step back from this role and the village hall committee wanted to acknowledge her services as well.
With this in mind a small presentation ceremony was held in the hall where Colin and Elaine were presented with gifts from the village hall to mark their contributions to the village hall and the greater community.
As a permanent reminder of Colin’s service, the cupboard, always known for decades as Colin’s Cupboard was officially named as such!
The Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers are looking to host a 75th Anniversary Reunion for past members, friends and associates. We have provisionally booked Bessacarr Golf Club, Bawtry Road for Saturday 4th October 2025 (starting at 5pm). If you would be interested in receiving further information please make contact by messenger @DWSingers or email sec@wheatshseafsingers.co.uk and we will be in touch. Alternately fee free to call the choir chairperson, Dorothy Miller on 07703358889 to register your interest. We are really looking forward to a lovely evening with "old friends".
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Hatfield Town Cricket Club
Indoor training has been going amazingly well across all age groups with more children than ever before joining the club and we need to thank all our volunteer coaches for giving up so much time over evenings and weekends to provide so many sessions.
We are now looking for more youngsters to join our Under 9's team. The team is open to boys up to Year 4 and girls up to Year 6, it's a great way for any child to get involved with the sport, learn the basics and start their journey with the club. Training is currently every Monday 6:00-7:00pm at Trinity Academy and we would welcome any child to come along and join in the fun, there's more to us than just playing cricket we make sure all our kids have a great time too! Drop us a facebook message or email us a hatfield.towncc@outlook.com or just pop along on a Monday evening.
We would like to thank Carl Morrell at CM Developments Ltd for his continued support of the Under 9's, it really is appreciated.
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Friends of Quarry Park
Our 2025 programme finally got going after having to postpone our first work party from a freezing morning on 10th January to a crisp but sunny day the following week. 14 eager volunteers turned out to tackle various jobs around the park including cutting back around the perimeter fence of the car park, chopping back the brambles from the zip wire path and its neighbouring path and clearing the encroaching lupins from the top path above 'Quarry Henge'. Many thanks to Ranger Sam for bringing out the 'big gun' - a monster strimmer which made the job much quicker and easier! Six bags of litter and a broken sledge were also gathered up. After all the hard work we more than ready for coffee, tea and hot chocolate and chocolate or jam rolls by Julie - delicious and much appreciated.
It was a cold easterly wind that greeted our intrepid volunteers for the February work party but it didn’t deter them. We had an amazing 21 turn out including 3 new recruits, and our Ranger Sam. Work Coordinator Pete outlined our tasks and safety protocols and off they went. Slabs were laid underneath two more benches; work continued in the car park cutting back the bushes and brambles so people don’t scratch themselves or their cars, and another bug house was constructed. The pallets for this were generously donated by Junction 4 Pallets, and very smart it looks too! We have enough pallets to build another bug house at a later date. Other tasks included removing a burnt out scooter from the big dip, further clearing of the lupins and brambles from the top path and collecting 4 large bags of litter!
Afterwards we gathered at the picnic table for hot drinks, Valentine's cakes and caramel slices expertly baked by Debra and Julie. I think the newcomers particularly enjoyed that part of the proceedings! They seemed to enjoy the morning so hopefully we will see them again.
Huge thanks to our wonderful volunteers for great start to the New Year. Following on from the mindless destruction of our flag pole last year, shortly after we were awarded the Green Flag, our shiny new pole has now been installed and the flag is flying once again.
Work parties are usually held on the first Friday of each month, weather permitting. Tasks include litter picking, clearing paths and cutting back vegetation. Equipment is provided but please ensure you wear suitable clothing and footwear. The next events are scheduled for Friday 7th March and Friday 4th April 10am – 12 noon, meet at the picnic table. Full details will be published on our Facebook page ‘Friends of Quarry Park’ or you can email us at thequarrypark@gmail.com or call us on 07546 595144.
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Hatfield Community Library
At last, the Christmas jigsaw has been finished! Due to the tenacity, commitment, and sheer unwillingness to give up that the jigsaw has been conquered by the effort of Family History members, Friday night singers, Tuesday gamers, Monday Bridge players, I suspect an odd Yoga person, (a few children-say no more!) and volunteers. Well done all of you. Join us at the library or alternatively, borrow one of our many jigsaws.
Saturday March 8th 5pm. Read 2 Write Group present “The Ghost of Mr James” read by John Deighton. Enjoy an evening of Ghost stories in the library. £5 to include light refreshments.
Coffee Mornings - Saturday March 29th 10am Scouts Saturday April 26th Thorne Rural Lions.
Warm Place.
The library is a designated warm space so please come and join us for a hot drink and biscuit if you want to get out of the house and keep warm. You can read, use your devices, chat, have a game of something and possibly use the computers if they are available.
MONDAYS - Wriggle, Rhyme and Storytime 10-11am. (free activity) Bridge Club 1pm. Free activity Newcomers are welcome.
Gentle Hatha Yoga 7:00-8:30pm Work at your own level. £6 a session
TUESDAYS - Games café 10:00-12:30 Join us in the library to play a variety of games including Mahjong.
If there are other games that you would like to play, come along and start a group. Refreshments are provided for the small charge of £1. Come to observe to see if you would like to join in. Free activity. PCSO drop in from 10am-11am Tuesday February 11th and Tuesday March 18th. This is a chance to talk about your concerns or ask about things happening in your community in a friendly relaxed atmosphere.
Readers’ groups. Last Tuesday of the month 2-3:30 and on the last Friday of the month at 10:30. We read a variety of books. Books are provided by the library. Free activity. Refreshments £1.
Gentle Hatha Yoga 6:00-7:30pm. £6 per session.
WEDNESDAYS - Art Class 10:00-12:30 Tuition from an artist is available to help beginners and experienced artists. New members are welcome. (£30 for 4 weeks) Refreshments £1
Gentle/chair yoga. 3:30-5pm £6 This is a lovely session for people who have trouble getting up and down off the floor or have some health problems.
Friday sing- a- long 6:30-7:30. Come and join us for an enjoyable hour (or so) of singing popular songs. We do have a charge of £4 which includes refreshments.
OTHER SERVICES
Computers. Library members can use the computers with no charge for two hours. It is worth joining the library to be able to do this. Joining is free. If you are interested in your family history, you can use Ancestry or Find my Past to research your family. It is quite an addictive pastime once you get started. Printing/photocopying/faxing. Lots of people are coming to the library to use our printing and photocopying services from their devices, or emailing them to us, for a reasonable charge. If you are a library member, you can use our computers to print items. Or you can email your printing job to us to print off for you. We also print for non-library members. Find us on Facebook @hatfieldcommunitylibrary Tel. 01302 842064 Our phone number will soon change as we have been converted to up-to -date system. The new number will be 01302 734546. Both numbers can be used at the moment. Email. hatfieldcommunitylibrary@gmail.com
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