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Community News
The folk dances run by local folk dance band Lys St Georges continue this spring as follows:
Thursday 6 March Thursday 13 March
Thursday 20 March Thursday 27 March
Thursday 3 April
They are all in Westwoodside Village Hall, starting at 2.30pm and lasting till 4pm.
There’s a small admission charge of £3 for each dance. For more information contact Kate Billmore on 01427 753363 or Peter Barnard on 01427 873937.
Owston Ferry Heritage Society will hold their AGM Wed 12th March 7.30pm Coronation Hall. Members and new members welcome. AGM business will be followed by cheese & wine.
Haxey & Westwoodside Heritage Society's next meeting is on Thursday, 13th March at 7.30pm in Westwoodside Village Hall. Eveline Van Breemen of North Lincolnshire Museum is coming along with a talk titled "Boggins and Ploughjags". A subject firmly rooted in the Parish's history. Everyone welcome, £3 to include refreshments.
ISLE PLAY IT music
group based in Epworth is having an ‘open afternoon’ for those interested in joining our group or just interested in hearing what we do.
Thursday April 3rd 1:30 to 3:00 Epworth Imperial small hall, Chapel Street DN9 1HJ.
We play a mix of instruments, mainly woodwind and cater for adult beginner level through to more advanced.
This term our theme is ‘Marching into March.’
We have learnt a variety of well known marches plus a newly composed one ‘Marching through Epworth’s Isle’
Interested in coming to listen to what we get up to or keen to join?
Contact Fiona Law 07960 262110
Haxey Parish Council News
Postal Address: The Foreman Carter Centre, Westwoodside Playing Field, Westwoodside, DN9 2DX Telephone: 01427 752228 / 0784 220 1877
Website: www.haxeyparishcouncil.gov.uk
Local power cuts/outage
If you experience a power cut or power outage please ensure that you log this and call 105. This will give a true record for Northern PowerGrid to hopefully take action.
Precept 2025/26
Haxey Parish Council have set band D properties to remain the same as 2024/25 at £23.13 which will provide a precept of £39,790.54
Isle Group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Wildlife in the Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds By Gill Walsh Thursday March 6th 2025 at 7.30pm
On Thursday March 6th 2025 at 7.30pm Gill Walsh will be coming to talk to us about the wildlife she has seen and photographed when she has visited the Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds. Gill gave us an excellent talk a few years ago about her travels around Lincolnshire and so this should be something to look forward to.
For your diary our future meetings will be:April 3rd - Wildlife of Florida by Matthew Capper
May 1st - An evening with Matt Cox
We meet at Belton All Saints Centre (Church Hall), Stocks Hill, Belton, DN9 1PE Everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a member of the Wildlife Trust, so please come along and join us. Entrance fee is £2. There will be refreshments available and a raffle. For further information about the local Trust group and their meetings please contact Tony Lee on 01427 753831 or Chris Trinder on 01427 872051. Details about the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust can be found on their web site.
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Community News
MISTERTON SENIORS' LUNCH
&
ENTERTAINMENT
60 residents sat down to a three-course meal, followed by games and entertainment in the Methodist Hall (Saturday 18 January). The annual event is provided by a team of volunteers and this year was funded by Bassetlaw District and Notts County Councils, with donations of food from Misterton’s butcher, Wayne Howe, and his team, and Linroyale. A vote of thanks was given by District Cllr Hazel Brand to the nine volunteers, one of whom provided transport to and from the venue, and those who had contributed. Entertainment was by the choir Take Note from Haxey. The choir meets on Sunday evenings at 7.00pm in the Memorial Hall in Haxey and is open to singers of all ages and abilities.
COUNCIL GRANT HELPS FUND
NEW CRICKET SQUARE A £200
grant from District Cllr Hazel Brand’s community fund has helped to clear and re-seed the grass cricket square at Misterton’s sports ground. The grant was made to Misterton Phoenix Cricket Club and received by Mike Robertson, Chair (pictured with Cllr Brand). After the demise of a previous cricket club, Mike and other volunteers have raised a new club from the ashes – hence named Phoenix – and has an active membership of young and old, male and female.
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Misterton Primary and Nursery School
Misterton Primary and Nursery School have been in many sporting events this term and have represented the school in district and county sporting fixtures.
Misterton Primary and Nursery children were successful in going through to the finals in the athletics district event and came fourth in placing. They all had an award in assembly today and the children and staff shared how proud we all are of their achievement.
Another sporting fixture was the Nottinghamshire County cross-country event and again our children went through to the final where three of them ran last Saturday at Worksop College. It was a pleasure to join the families and cheer them on over the finishing line.
Football starts back soon and training is underway as the first games are set on the calendar for March 2025.
1st Isle of Axholme BP Scouts
February 2025
The cubs have certainly hit the ground running this year! Starting with a session at the Brick Barn in Milestone Ranch, Ewan even commented on how good their teamwork skills were! We then had a night walk, utilising Matthieu’s expertise in astronomy. Unfortunately, the sky had other ideas so we didn’t get to see any stars, but it was still a lot of fun and clear that our cubs already know a lot in this area!
We then started out first aid badge, thank you to Elite Medical Cover, who taught the cubs some basic first aid skills. Our last session was an introductory lesson to boxing, lead by Tiff and her team, a new venture in boxing specifically for children and ladies (unorthodox boxing).
Scouts have been building up their teamwork skills with patrol activities like First Aid challenges and bridge-building. We have been working towards badges in Home-making and Cycling. Along with building up the basic scouting skills of the newer Scouts, we have been building our older Scouts towards their higher awards and getting them ready to graduate to Senior Scouts.
The Beavers are a great group, full of fun and enthusiasm. They have done loads of crafts, played a lot of games and learned about working together. We are also getting much better at lining up!
We will be on parade at the Founder’s Day parade at St Andrew’s Church, Haxey on 23rd February, so be there if you can!
Sections all meet at the Westwoodside Village Hall: Monday (Cubs, Scouts and Senior Scouts) meeting at 6pm (Cubs), and 7pm (Scouts & Senior Scouts), and Tuesday evening at 6pm (Beavers). Remember, we are still looking to recruit more leaders/ helpers for all sections. Please get in touch if this is something you would like to do.
All enquiries about Scouts or Beavers should go to Gregor on: gagibb79@aol.com and Cub enquiries should go to Matthieu at: matthieu_maloigne@mentor.com.
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