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Didsbury People
Didsbury wordsmith Nicholas Royle tells us about his new novel “First Novel” (it’s actually his seventh)
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If Tooth be Told...
Sitting Comfortably? Advice from the professionals on warding off back pain
Didsbury Arts Festival ‘13
Didsbury Dentist Nicola Owen answers your questions on all things dental
Book Reviews What’s on the Community Index bookshelf this month?
Healthy Kids, Happy Parent! Healthy Spirit advise how to keep your kids fighting fit
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New fringe event announced this year
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Carrot, Parsnip & Ginger Cake
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Didsbury Dinners Recipe
February In Your Garden A guide for the green fingered
Introducing .. Sports
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Geoff Garnett’s debut feature on local sport
Meet the team Publisher
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Deborah Grace
Nicholas Royle is an author who specialises in disturbed psychologies and the troubling overlap between fantasy and reality. His latest work First Novel (this is in fact his seventh) is no exception, with enthusiastic reviewers describing its macabre appeal as ‘compelling,’ ‘noir-ish,’ and ‘queasy.’ A senior lecturer in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, Nicholas runs independent publishers, Nightjar Press, and is an editor for Salt Publishing. He also works as a fiction reviewer for The Independent and the Warwick Review. First Novel is published by Jonathan Cape.
Tell me about your new novel.
A creative writing lecturer with one forgotten novel to his name is trying to write a second. Witnessing a possible murder, he finds himself drawn into a mystery, but how much does he really care? This is the story of a man who can’t choose or even distinguish between opposites, between left and right, hot and cold, right and wrong. It’s as if everything is the same to him. Having said that, there’s both dark and light in the novel. I wanted to catch something of the atmosphere of south Manchester.
How closely do you identify with your protagonist, Paul Kinder? He is, after all, a creative-writing tutor at a Manchester university, as you are, yourself.
There’s a bit of me in him, but not much of him in me. This is a man who can spend hours staring out of the window or stroking and sniffing the books on his shelves. Fairly typical for a writer, a bibliophile with a gift for displacement activity. In that regard we are very much alike – and we both have
a collection of mannequins – but I don’t hang out in car parks at Cheadle Royal!
Many of your characters display troubled – indeed pathological – tendencies. Can you explain your fascination with extreme personalities?
I have always been drawn to obsessive characters and to the dark side of human behaviour. It’s more interesting and certainly more fun to write about.
Do you think that creative writing, as an academic discipline, can be successfully taught? Surely individuals either possess the ability to write or not?
I agree, but if someone possesses the ability, if they have the spark, a good creative writing tutor – just like a good editor – can help them to write better. If someone doesn’t have the spark, however, you can’t give it to them. I get enormous excitement and satisfaction from working with talented writers, whether it’s at MMU or through Nightjar Press and Salt.
Who or what has been your greatest inspiration? Just life itself and the compulsion to probe the mystery of existence. In fiction, the late English novelist Derek Marlowe and the American writer Steve Erickson, author of Days Between Stations, Arc d’X, Zeroville and others.
If you hadn’t become a writer what might you have done instead? I might have remained a waiter at Pizza Express, or become a hair model.
Do you have any tips for aspiring writers?
Always carry a notebook and pen. Always read your stuff out loud at least once before considering it finished. Make sure you have the basics right – if you can’t punctuate around direct speech, find out how to.
Please finish the sentence, ‘I love Didsbury because …’
… of Mary & Archie on Burton Road, and the Art of Tea on Barlow Moor Road – and the Didsbury Bookshop. Fletcher Moss, Stenner Woods, the river, and all the lovely people.
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Nicola Owen and her team have been offering quality dental care at The Dental Health Centre for over 20 years in Didsbury village. • New patients welcome. • Cosmetic and routine dental treatment. • Emergencies usually seen same day, even when patients are not registered at the practice. • Special care for nervous patients. • Please contact reception to book your appointment.
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will heal and become stronger. Your dentist or hygienist should be able to demonstrate an effective way to clean your teeth and gums. I often ask Nicola Owen and her team have been offering quality dental care at The Dental Health Centre for over patients to bring their brush 20 years in Didsbury village. to their dental appointment • New patients welcome. and show them how to use it • Cosmetic and routine dental treatment. • Emergencies usually seen same day, even when patients are effectively. not registered at the practice. • Special care for nervous patients.
• Please contact reception to book your appointment. With a normal tooth brush I teach patients to push the Also introducing our NEW Dental Phobia Centre bristles in between the teeth HTo finally overcome your dental fear HSpecial care offered Nicola Owen is principal and wiggle them as they clean Nicola Owen and her team have successfully managed dentist The Dental phobic at patients for many years the spaces. With an electric Health Centre in Didsbury, brush I tell them to gently 1b School Lane, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6RD established t:which 0161 445 5459,she e: contact@didsburydentalhealth.com adjust the direction of the w: www.didsburydentalhealth.com over 20 yrs ago. bristles and push gently in To contact Nicola, between each tooth so that the email contact@ spaces aren’t missed. didsburydentalhealth.com or call 0161 445 5459
A Post War Half Century Christmas Letters 1962-2011 During the second half of the last century the Wedells began to send a Christmas letter to their friends and relations, telling them about their lives during the year. The publication of these diaries, unedited and end-to-end, provides a fascinating slice of contemporary history as experienced by one family during a post-war half century.
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Book Reviews
themselves, are persuaded to allow him to build one for them in the new, modernist style, the only appropriate one for a bright Future. And so he does in Mesto, the provincial town where the Landauers live. It is a wondrous creation in steel and glass, simple and streamlined, a house where everything is apparent and secrets cannot exist.
The Glass Room Simon Mawer
In 1929, on their honeymoon to Venice, the Landauers, an affluent Czech couple, meet an ambitious architect and, wanting a new home for
But soon it will harbour secrets of a personal nature when both the husband and the wife drift into less than casual affairs. The glass room, in the heart of the house, divided into a dining room and a library by a glowing wall of onyx, will witness their betrayals and those of others in the course of the next decades evidence will decide whether they live or die …
Malkin Child
Written to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the infamous Pendle Witch trials, Livi Michael’s fictionalised account recreates a dark period of history when, seven years after the Gunpowder Plot, superstition and paranoia fuelled a widespread belief in witches. A neighbourly grudge would find its expression in malicious gossip and, very quickly, rumour would become incontrovertible, damning fact.
Jennet’s family all believe they are witches. Other folk think they are, too. But 1612 is a dangerous time to be a witch. When her family are imprisoned and put on trial at Lancaster Castle, Jennet’s
Told through the eyes of a young girl, Jennet Device, Michael’s story of witchcraft and betrayal is both shocking and genuinely poignant. A bubbling cauldron of poverty, ignorance and politics provides a potent brew allowing local magistrate, Roger Nowell,
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when the couple and their children flee the Nazi invasion because of the husband’s nominal Jewishness. The house, which remains throughout the book the main character, will be inhabited in different guises by the Germans, the Russians and the Czechoslovak Communists before the moving denouement of 1990. This clever device allows the author of this riveting Booker Prizeshortlisted book not only to remind us of the checkered history of Europe in the twentieth century, but also to interest us in the fates of those who were unwillingly drawn into its vortex. Theo Andrews to exploit a vulnerable child and put treacherous words in her mouth. This is a story about telling stories; about the power of language and the importance of finding your own voice rather than submitting to other people’s lies. What is most intriguing is the presence of supernatural elements in what is, largely, a naturalistic, historical tale. Michael’s characters really do cast spells (albeit with doubtful efficacy!) and they have recognisable animal familiars. To what extent the book’s ‘magic’ is real or imagined is, tantalisingly, left to the reader to decide. Recommended for readers aged nine plus. A chilling tale for dark, winter nights! Deborah Grace
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Healthy kids, happy parent!
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good diet, plenty of fresh air and exercise plus lots of love and attention will generally keep your child healthy, bright and happy. However, a good diet isn’t always easy to maintain in a child and assumes that your child enjoys eating leafy green food and oily fish on a regular basis.
No-one would suggest that stuffing your child full of vitamin pills is the solution either, but a balanced diet topped up with a good quality multivitamin can give reassurance to parents that their child is avoiding any obvious nutritional deficiencies. When choosing a multivitamin for your child, buy one that contains the Government recommended levels of nutrients for children, ideally sourced from food rather than synthetic and one that does
Events at HealthySpirit Free Easibirthing Group Taster Session Saturday 16th February 3.00pm-4.30pm Booking essential
Toning and Mantra Chanting Circle Saturday 9th February 11.00am-12.00pm Donations gratefully received.
Lemurian Healing Circle Saturday 9th February 2.00pm-4.00pm. Cost £6
not contain sugar or artificial sweeteners such as aspartame or saccharine or any other unnecessary additives.
Academic performance is an area of child health where nutrition has a major role to play. A study of primary school children has confirmed that supplements of the omega 3 fatty acids ( found in fish and flax seed oils), could take them from the bottom of the class to the top in just two school terms. The results of The Durham Trial state that more then 40% of the children could benefit from essential fatty acid (EFA) supplements. The study which involved a dozen primary schools, concludes that children given these ‘brain food’ supplements register dramatic improvements in reading age and numeracy. Omega 3 fatty acids are crucial for normal brain development but these EFAs are seriously
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Laughing Yoga
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Every Monday 11.00am12.30pm and every Wednesday 11.30am-1.00pm. Cost £8
lacking in modern diets and deficiencies are thought to be common. The Food Standards Agency recommends salmon, trout and mackerel for those people who are looking to increase their intake of fish oils. However, it also recently warned that some fish can contain high levels of toxic chemicals such as mercury and dioxin. It is therefore advisable to choose the purist fish you can afford or alternatively try cold pressed organic flax oil which is a good alternative for vegetarians. At Healthyspirit we have a comprehensive range of good quality, naturally sourced supplements suitable for all the family. Please call into the shop and ask to speak to one of our qualified nutritionists for more information on which supplements may help your child’s health.
Infinite Chi Kung Every Wednesday 10.00am-11.00am Cost £6
Meditation Groups
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Are you Sitting Comfortably?
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hether sitting in a comfy chair at home or in an office chair, the principles behind healthy sitting are the same: The spine should be fully supported and in a balanced position. 1. Sit right back in the chair,
making sure your bottom is right back.
2. Pull the shoulder blades back and down, pushing them firmly back into the back rest of the chair. 3. The back rest of the chair should be angled back by about 15 degrees – having the chair bolt upright puts too much
pressure on the lower back.
4. The feet should be firmly
supported on the floor or a foot rest BUT the knees must be lower than the hips – if the knees are higher than the hips you are forced into slumping the lower back.
Computer Use 5. When sitting correctly,
with the WHOLE spine fully supported, the keyboard and mouse should be within easy reach, keeping the shoulder blades supported, the upper arms more or less vertical and the elbows at the same height as the fingers on the keys – this is how you get the correct height of the chair.
6. The back of the neck should be long – feel it. Put the top of the computer screen level with your eyes. Breaks 7. Don’t sit
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Community Clubs, Societies & Groups Acting For Fun Central Didsbury 431 4794 Didsbury Amateur Dramatics www.celestaplayers.co.uk Didsbury Civic Society www.didsburycivicsociety. org.uk Didsbury Cricket Club www.didsburyccsports. co.uk Didsbury Dinners http://didsburydinners. wordpress.com For general enquiries/ Community growing group: didsburydinners@ yahoo.co.uk Community cooking group: community. cooking@yahoo.co.uk Didsbury Good Neighbours Every Tuesday, 1011.45am coffee morning. Didsbury Sure Start Centre, Didsbury Park 07749 504298 www.didsburygood neighbours.com Didsbury Ladies Probis Club Meets on alternate Monday afternoons in East Didsbury. Please call Joan Woodall 0161 434 2532 for more information Didsbury Village East Residents Association www.dvera.co.uk Didsbury Village Women’s Institute www.didsburyvillagewi. co.uk Manchester Flower Lovers’ Guild First Monday of the month for flower demonstrations.
Refreshments at 7.15 for 7.30 start. Visitors welcome £5 St Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton M21 0TJ Anne 881 6591, collierann@btintnet.com flowersnorthwest.net Friends of Didsbury Park www.friendsofdidsbury park.co.uk Friends of Fletcher Moss Park Alan Hill 215 0971 awhill@globalnet.co.uk Friends of Marie Louise Gardens www.marielouisegardens. org.uk South Manchester Camera Club www.smcc.org.uk Didsbury Over 50s Group 247 2323 South Manchester U3A Meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 2pm, Emmanuel Church. Contact Edna 434 2509 South Manchester Dance School 107 Clyde Road West Didsbury, 445 5308 West Didsbury Bookgroup Meets every four weeks at 7.30pm. Lively mixed group of all ages. Call 445 4483 leaving your name, address & landline West Didsbury Residents Association Pam Siddons 445 5406 www.westdidsbury.org.uk
Arts & Crafts The Classroom on School Lane Learn new a new craft 24 School Lane www.classroomschool lane.com
Wendy Levy Art Gallery 17 Warburton Street Didsbury, 446 4880
Music & Entertainment Jazz Tuesdays at 8.45pm at the Slug and Lettuce, 651 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury. creativespaceinfo. blogspot.com Pub Quiz Dog and Partridge Every Monday 9.30 Cash Jackpot 667 Wilmslow Road Tel: 0871 951 1000 Stax of Soul Wednesdays 9.30pm-12 Thursdays DJ Pip Rolfe Weekend warm up till 1am One Lounge Bar 1 Lapwing lane www.oneloungebar.co.uk 448 0101 Therapy at Sanctuary Bar Thursday night DJ 7–midnight every week. 653 Wilmslow Road
Social & Support Groups Didsbury Social Group didsburysocial@live.co.uk www.didsburysocial. jigsy.com Social Circle Social and activity group. Walks, meals, weekends away, quiz nights, live music, dancing, theatre, comedy Tel: 0161 434 0098, or 07767 686 177 www. social-circle.co.uk New Family Social UK charity for LGBT adopters, foster carers and their children. Meets every two months in south Manchester. newfamilysocial.co.uk email: nwdevelopment@ newfamilysocial.co.uk
I N D E X15 Useful Numbers Didsbury Library 227 3755 Environment on Call 954 9000 Mersey Valley Countryside Warden Service 905 1100 Manchester City Council 234 5000
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Plans for new Fringe programme announced!
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ocal artists, people and organisations are invited to take part in Didsbury Arts Festival 2013, being held from 22 to 30 June.
This year’s annual showcase of local talent promises to be more exciting than ever with the introduction of a brand new fringe programme – ‘DAFringe’ - to run alongside the main DAF line-up. The move will allow more artists to organise their own events and choose their own local venues. DAFringe events will take place throughout DAF week at venues ranging from shops, bars and restaurants to nursery schools, visitor centres – and even park benches! More information and artist submission forms for both the DAFringe and DAF main programme are now available on the DAF website. The deadline for artist submissions is 13 March 2013. Meanwhile, DAF organisers are keen to hear from individuals
and organisations willing to support this year’s events. Volunteers are needed to help out during Festival week. Local businesses are invited to support the event by providing venues or through sponsorship and donations of goods and services. Festival organisers are also looking for volunteers to join their team and to take on roles in a variety of areas, including fundraising, marketing and event and artist co-ordination. They would particularly like to hear from anyone interested in managing the festival’s visual arts programme and writers programme. An assistant festival director is also being sought to work with the festival director in liaising with sponsors and local stakeholders and in organising the festival programme. Since its launch in 2009, Didsbury Arts Festival has become a fixture on the local calendar. Last year’s DAF Diamond Weekend, held in
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September, saw 3000 festival goers flocking to Didsbury’s bars, churches and other venues to enjoy a four-day celebration of local talent. DAF Director, Maria Stripling, said: ‘Last year’s DAF Diamond Weekend brought together some of the best artists – not just from Didsbury and Manchester – but from all over the UK. As DAF continues to go from strength to strength, our aim is to build on the success of previous festivals by creating fresh opportunities for artists and encouraging more diverse and exciting art forms.’ Anyone wishing to discuss ways in which they would like to get involved should contact: info@didsburyartsfestival.org Visit the DAF website at: www.didsburyartsfestival.org The DAF AGM will take place on Thursday 7 March, 7- 9 pm at the Albert Club, Old Lansdowne Road, West Didsbury.
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Carrot, parsnip
Recipe by : Erika Nagae and Erika Van Steensburg, The Black Cat Cakery
and ginger cake You will need : 250g/9oz/1¼ cups light brown muscovado or demerara sugar 225g/8oz/approx 1 cup sunflower oil 200ml/approx ½ pint apple concentrate or rice syrup Zest and juice of 2 oranges 1 tsp vanilla extract 550g/1lb 4oz/5 cups plain flour 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp bicarbonate soda ½ tsp salt 225g/8oz carrot, grated 550g/1lb 4oz parsnip, grated 225g/8oz golden raisins, soaked in hot water 2 inches stem ginger (peeled and chopped) 225g/8oz sliced almonds or chopped walnuts (if desired) For the icing... 250g/9oz sunflower spread 500g/1lb 2oz icing sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 3 inches stem ginger
Instructions : 1. Heat oven to 175°C/350°F/gas mark 4. 2. Grease tin or line with greaseproof paper. Use either a rectangular tin (13 x 9 x 2 inches/33 x 23 x 5 cms) or a round tin (11 x 2 inches/28 x 5 cms).
3. Beat sugar, oil, apple concentrate/rice syrup, orange juice, orange zest and vanilla until blended. 4. In a separate bowl mix all dry ingredients (apart from carrot, parsnip, raisins, stem ginger and nuts) until well combined.
Recipe reproduced from Didsbury Dinners: The LowCarbon Community Cookbook, with kind permission from the editor Amanda Woodvine.
5. Mix wet and dry ingredients. Once blended add carrot, parsnip, raisins (drained), stem ginger and nuts (if using). Mix until well combined. 6. Pour immediately into prepared tin and bake for 60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. If the cake is not cooked in the middle but is burning on top, cover top with baking foil until cooked throughout. 7. Once baked, transfer to a wire rack. If using a round tin leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool for a further hour. 8. Once the cake is fully cooled, prepare icing, if desired. Beat sunflower spread, icing sugar and cinnamon until smooth. 9. Peel and grate stem ginger, collecting juice. 10. Add juice to icing little by little until the icing is smooth but not too runny. Enjoy!
Didsbury Dinners is an 80-
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Unwanted Christmas gifts welcome at Oxfam
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efore you bin the Rudolph jumper your Aunt Agatha bought you – think again! Oxfam in Didsbury will be delighted to find new homes for your unwanted Christmas gifts.
Every year the charity shop welcomes donations of books, clothes, jewellery and brica-brac collected in the great post-Christmas clearout. This year, as part of the charity’s national GRRR! Campaign, Didsbury Oxfam is urging people to Give their unwanted presents to the charity to Resell, Reuse and Recycle in the New Year.
Gifts that can’t be resold in shops or online are sent to one of the charity’s sorting centres where they may be reused in other countries or recycled into useful materials such as cardboard boxes or mattress filler.
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Didsbury Oxfam shop manager, Wendy Elliott, said: “Donations are the life blood of Oxfam shops. Throughout the year we offer people the opportunity to change countless lives around the world by converting their unwanted goods into cash and this is especially the case for those redundant Christmas gifts. ‘Your precious donations will make a massive difference to Oxfam in raising as much money as possible for our work fighting poverty around the world.” For more information call 0161 434 5380 or visit the shop on 778 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury.
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Freewheeling!
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Love your local indies for Valentines Day, great presents and great savings with your TAG! card in Didsbury and Chorlton. Get yours online or from TAG! independents. For that special someone : •
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February in your Garden Making your garden more accommodating for local wildlife...
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any of us think year-on-year about how our gardens could become more wildlife friendly and February seems like the ideal time to build this into our planning. There are a few vague statements that populate the back of our minds about bee colonies being threatened and the need to leave a bit of mess in the garden for overwintering insects and animals, but I doubt many of us actually know a great deal more than that. I certainly didn’t until I read a couple of articles by accident. One was a report from the UN environmental programme that highlighted the fact that 71% of crops providing 90% of food worldwide are bee pollinated (which is quite amazing) and another from the British Bee Keepers Association (BBKA) which looked at the dramatic fall in honey yield in Britain during 2012.
summer last year has hampered the normal process of queen bee production and the affect on winter colony survival levels. Obviously there isn’t a great deal we can do about our weather but there may be a few small things we could do to help in our gardens. If you’re stuck for a present for someone, you could always ‘adopt a beehive’ (www. adoptabeehive.co.uk) which is a scheme to raise funds for research and education into good bee husbandry. Alternatively, there are a whole range of everyday plants that are ‘Bee Friendly’ – i.e. rich in pollen and nectar, that
Taken together, these facts are quite worrying – the BBKA are currently monitoring whether the rain and cold of the
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Community Index Sport
Sandy looks for sunny times
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idsbury Golf Club’s new Captain Sandy Jones (pictured) hopes to be called ‘Sunny’ Jones rather than ‘Hurricane’ Sandy during his year of office. Sandy has been a member of the club since 1976 when he gave up his amateur soccer career and has given valuable service on the club council for several years.
Soccer is still a big part of his life as both he and his wife Kate, who was the club’s Ladies Captain a few years ago, are season ticket holders at Bolton Wanderers. Kate is actually a Man United supporter at heart and it took her a while to realise that their holidays occurred when there was an international break. His chosen charity for his Captain’s Year is Macmillan Cancer Support for East Cheshire. The former chartered surveyor’s current handicap is
15 and his best was 11 and he plays golf two or three times a week (or half the time that Kate plays!).
His favourite hole at Didsbury is the 200yard par three 11th because you need to be straight and also to get the distance right on the two-tier green. Sandy said: “If I had to choose three players to join me in a four-ball they would be Sam Allardyce for everything he achieved at Bolton, Harry Redknapp for his great football stories and Luke Donald so that he could pick up a few tips from me on how to improve his swing! “But it promises to be a great year ahead at Didsbury which is a club always ready to be innovative with great practice facilities and an excellent course and several great current offers for membership,
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Bedians get their reward
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edians FC, who field four teams in the Lancashire and Cheshire AFL each Saturday, were able to celebrate after receiving a grant for £8,500 from the Sports Council.
The club, who are based at Millgate Lane in East Didsbury, secured the grant for their commitment to developing and encouraging football for the 14-25 years old group. Their first use of the grant was to buy state-of-the-art
goalposts which follow all of the current health and safety requirements for their two main pitches.
Rob O’Connor, the Bedians director of football, said: “The club were delighted to receive the grant and the Sports Council can be assured that the money will be used in our aims to develop soccer for younger players.”
Top award for Toc
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idsbury Toc H RUFC represented Manchester in the Greater Manchester Sports Award Evening next month after winning the Manchester ‘Club of the Year’award.
They were shortlisted for the award and invited to the Manchester Sports Award Dinner held at the Wythenshawe Forum with the other nominated finalists. They were delighted to win the award with Toc President Jeff Burn being presented with the award by Tracey Neville, the former England netball international. The Sports Award Dinner is a
Bedians four teams and officials are pictured with the new posts
Community Sport
Sports clubs are the lifeblood of the local community providing a huge range of opportunities for people of all ages and genders to get into sport.
Officials of Didsbury Toc H with Jeff Burn holding their award showcase of sport and sporting achievements by Manchester sports clubs and players and Toc won ahead of Manchester City Ladies FC and The Wythenshawe Club. It was a memorable evening hosted by former Olympian Katherine Merry and other awards went to current Olympians Jade Jones and Martin Stamper.
They give people the chance to mix in a social environment as well providing vital exercise of body and mind and in many cases make friends for life. Our area is very rich in such clubs and they rely so much on the voluntary efforts of people to run them and these sports articles try to provide an insight into the huge amount of work done by these volunteers on behalf of their local community. If you have any stories about sport by individuals or teams contact Geoff Garnett on either 0161 881 7550 or email ggggarnett@aol.com
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