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Torpoint Community College Year 10 student, Jago Deighton, has recently won gold at the Trampoline and Tumbling British Championships.

Jago, who started trampolining at the age of eight at the Torpoint and Rame Community Sports Hall, is no stranger to winning medals. So far in his sporting career he has won the British Championships four years in a row and attended competitions all over the country.

Jago said: “I love trampolining but it is the icing on the cake to have a gold medal to show for all of my hard work.”

Duke of Edinburgh Gold for hard-working Leanne Torpoint Community College student Leanne Andrews has recently achieved her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award.

Leanne has worked extremely hard over the last 18 months, taking part in activities such as volunteering for her local youth club in Torpoint, being a crew member in the Tall Ships Race and more recently, completing a four day expedition in the Brecon Beacons.

Lynn Trotter, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Manager at the College, said: “Everyone at Torpoint Community College is extremely proud of Leanne and her achievement. It is a tough

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By Maggie Cardew (Rame Peninsula Branch RNLI)

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Just days before the end of their 2014 season patrols, local RNLI lifeguards at Tregonhawke beach, Whitsand Bay, rescued a woman and three children after they got swept off their feet in the large swell and into the path of a strong rip current.

The incident, which happened on Saturday September 13, saw the team of lifeguards respond immediately, working together to rescue the four casualties, saving the lives of two who were in significant danger of drowning.

Senior lifeguard Andy Wrennal swam out with a rescue tube bringing two of the children back to shore, while Aidan Hetherington paddled out on a rescue board and rescued the third child.

At the same time, lifeguard Daniel Holley paddled out on a rescue board and reached the mother, who was in great distress and struggling to keep her head above water, before manoeuvring her onto the rescue board and returning safely to shore where they were joined by lifeguard Joe Saunders who had the first aid bag.

All casualties were assessed and moved to the beach lifeguard unit for further treatment - with paramedics arriving on the scene assisted by Tamar Coastguard, Paul Gunning, the local RNLI lifeguard supervisor, said: “Two of the children were found to be suffering from the signs of near drowning, and lifeguards used their casualty care skills to treat them accordingly.

“It’s been fairly calm in recent weeks due to the high pressure, but the increase in wind last week created some large surf at Whitsand Bay this weekend. There were some

MoD police rescue stricken swimmers Two swimmers have been rescued by Ministry of Defence (MOD) marine police after they abandoned their sinking boat on the River Tamar on Wednesday morning, September 24.

Two officers on routine patrol on the river in a rigid inflatable police boat were alerted by Brixham Coastguard to two people in the water near the Tamar Bridge possibly needing assistance The police boat responded and found the two men at Saltash Quay on the slipway.

One was standing on the slipway and the other lying face down, half out of the water. The police officers helped the prone man to stand and he was then taken to hospital by ambulance as a precautionary measure.

The men said they had been forced to abandon their boat on the river when it began to sink due to a missing bung and they had to swim to shore.

Neither was wearing life jackets, although there was one onboard their boat.

The MOD police recovered the men’s boat to Devonport Naval Base for collection by the owner.

After the dramatic rescue - RNLI lifeguards at Tregonhawke, Whitsand Bay, involved in the beach rescue: Rear from left: Andrew Wrennall, Aidan Hetherington.

Front Daniel Holley, Joe Saunders.

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extremely powerful waves and one set unfortunately caught this family off guard, and as a result they were pushed into a strong rip current outside of the bathing area.

“The lifeguards responded very quickly and were extremely professional in their response”.

Whilst 2014 RNLI Lifeguard patrols at Whitsand Bay have now ended, the local Rame Peninsula Branch fundraising support and events continue throughout the year - more about the autumn plans in next month’s edition.

Looking back over recent months, we’re delighted to report that our summer fundraising events have been hugely successful.

The RNLI Flag Day collections in mid August - you might have seen

some of our collectors at Millbrook, Kingsand & Cawsand,Cremyll, Torpoint or on the Torpoint ferries - raised a tremendous £1300 for the charity which exceeded the amount collected last year by several hundred pounds. RNLI appearances at Torpoint Lions Fayre and Mount Edgcumbe Fayre also helped to raise the profile of our charity’s work in the local area, as well as important funds.

To all those who have seen and supported us over the summer months, thank you for your kind donations to the RNLI, and we hope we can depend on your continuing support.

If you would like to know more about supporting the RNLI locally/join your local RNLI Branch, please contact Peter Harrison Tel: 01503 230216.

Schools join forces to combat illegal drug taking among young people Secondary schools in the South East Cornwall Learning Partnership (Torpoint, Liskeard, Saltash, Looe and Callington) are working together to combat substance misuse and illegal drug taking by young people.

Headteachers and staff in SECLP schools are concerned about the potential damage these substances may cause to the health and wellbeing of students and care deeply that young people are given information about the latest research and best available advice. Each school has comprehensive and well thought through drugs education programmes. Strategies including providing education within the curriculum are clearly important to deter young people from using illegal drugs During the autumn term, schools in the partnership will be working with Devon and Cornwall Police to arrange for police trained passive drugs dogs and their handlers to take part in special assemblies in each school. These assemblies are designed to warn students about the use of recreational drugs and explain the harmful effects they can cause and so help deter young people from using them in the first place. They will also provide information about how passive drug dogs are used by the police. All schools have, at some stage, had to deal with infringements of their drugs policies. The work with the passive drugs dog is all part of carefully considered and planned preventative strategies to help ensure

the schools remain drug free zones/ communities.

Chair of the SECLP, Headteacher at Torpoint Community College, Andrea Hazeldine said “It is vital that young people are made aware of their vulnerability if they participate in illegal drug use and substance misuse. Giving students the best life chances is central to the values of each Headteacher within the partnership. By working closely together, SECLP is committed to sharing resources, joint policies and excellent practices in all our schools in order to combat such behaviour”.

All the schools in the Partnership work closely with Devon and Cornwall Police, who support schools and colleges with both education and enforcement in respect of recreational drug use. This involves educating young people on the effects of drug use, preventing young people from becoming involved or becoming victims of drug use and the deterring and detection of drug use by young people. PC David Thompson, Youth Intervention Officer for the area, is keen to support these schools as they continue to develop shared approaches.

The initiative has been welcomed by Jane Black, Cornwall Council’s Head of Service for Learning and Achievement who said: “It is really pleasing to see Headteachers working with local agencies to help young people to an understanding of safe behaviour to ensure their healthy and successful future outcomes”.

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The Gwithti opens in October The Gwithti, which translates as The Storehouse in Cornish, is a community recycling project run by parents of students at Torpoint Community College as well as the Co-operative Trust Partner Schools at Antony and Millbrook. The Gwithti will be located at Torpoint Community College.

Students from all three schools have been collecting recycled materials since April this year to furnish the store and are always looking for support including, increased parental involvement, contributions of recycled materials from individuals and businesses and for community groups to use the store for its recycling needs.

The grand opening is set for Monday October 6 which is a ‘Learning for Life Day’ organised at the college when students will be learning about recycling through Science and Design Technology projects.

The Gwithti is situated in Room 50 of Torpoint Community College. Access to the store will be from an external entrance situated to the top left of the main drive. The Gwithti will be open from 3.30pm to 4.30pm on Wednesdays and Fridays during term time.

Mrs Goodman, PE teacher and Cooperative Trust Champion at the College, said: “It has been great to see the students working together to collect items to set up the store. We really hope that the community will use the store on a regular basis when it opens.”

If you would like to support in any way, or you require further information, please contact Mrs Goodman at goodman.c@torpoint.cornwall.sch. uk or call the college on 01752 812511.

Torpoint sea cadet unit, which was highlighted in the May 2014 issue of the Tyhee Times.

Membership of the RNA isn’t restricted to those who have served in the Royal Navy. The Torpoint Branch has associate members who are ex-Merchant Navy, ex-RAF and some who haven’t been in the Armed Forces but support the principles upon which the RNA is founded.

Branch meetings are held at Torpoint Comrades’ Club, usually on the last Friday of each month. The meeting is followed by a social activity such as horse racing, games nights, quiz evenings and much more besides.

Special events take place during the year, including the annual Trafalgar Night dinner and Black Tot night. Trafalgar Night, of course, is in celebration of Nelson’s famous victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, whilst Black Tot night commemorates (and commiserates) the demise of the Royal Navy daily issue of the rum ration.

The Chairman of the Torpoint and Rame Peninsula RNA is John (Jan) Creek. If you would like to know more about the RNA – and perhaps become a member yourself – please contact Jan on 01752 813360.

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September was children’s cancer awareness month and the Torpoint Town Partnership was asked to take part in CLIC Sargents’ campaign to Paint the Town Gold and this was one of the ideas they came up with.

Something that would not only get people talking, but present an opportunity to raise some funds for the cause, by getting people to pay £1 and guess how much ribbon was used.

A proportion of the money raised went to the winner, some to the church and the majority to CLIC Sargent.

A table top sale was also organised and collections made on the ferries on September 27. In total, including bows, 227 metres of ribbon was used. Congratulations to Margaret Newcombe for the closest guess. In total over £775 was raised for the charity. Thank you for all the help and donations to support this worthy charity.

The Torpoint Events Company have once again done a magnificent job with the blooms that have adorned the main road throughout the year.

This year’s display commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the First World War. Judging took place for the Cornwall in Bloom competition throughout July and August with the winners to be announced at the awards ceremony in Truro on Thursday October 30.

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By Rev Lynn Parker Parish Priest for Torpoint, Antony, Sheviock and Maryfield

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God’s harvest is for all

The summer holidays are over and we are back to work, back to school and back to our clubs and organisations. It would seem that September and October are the months for getting back into routine.

And there is something to be said for routine, knowing where you are and what you are doing. The year goes on in a familiar fashion.

The church year is a bit like that, we have within it the seasonal markers that will come and go, harvest, advent, Christmas, lent, and Easter.

Each season adding to the tapestry that makes up the life of the church.

We are currently thinking about harvest. A time when it’s traditional to decorate the churches with home grown produce, lots of flowers, sheaves of wheat and loaves of bread.

A time when we sing hymns reminding us of the beauty of creation, and we thank God for a good harvest and plenty to eat.

But unfortunately nowadays not everyone has enough to eat, and we need to be aware of those in need, both locally and around the world. That is why the local churches all collect food to be passed to the local food bank or Salvation Army or organisations like the Shekinah Mission. All groups who are looking out for the needs of others by cooking them meals or giving them food parcels.

God encourages us all through the bible to look to the needs of others, and harvest time is a particularly good season to do this.

Proverbs 22:9 Whoever is generous will be blessed because he has shared his food with the poor.

So as we reflect and give thanks for the produce growing in the fields, our supermarket shelves full of a vast array of foods, both seasonal and those shipped in from far away countries, our larders full of food and our stomachs satisfied, let us also reflect on the fact that God’s harvest is for all, and do our bit to make sure that everyone gets their share.

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Local children’s charity, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) are calling for the ladies of Saltash and the surrounding area to come together for their Moonlight Memory Walk and this year there is even more reason to bring along friends and extended family.

The charity is delighted to announce that the age restriction on the walk has been lowered so that young ladies from the age of 14 can join this night time fundraising walk around Saltash and make it into a real outing for all the girls in the family.

This will be the second year that the ladies only sponsored walk has happened in Saltash after a very successful first event last year which saw 350 ladies take part and £30,000 pledged to the charity which supports life limited children and their families.

Sarah Stott, events fundraiser for CHSW at Little Harbour says “We are delighted that we will be able to welcome young ladies from the age of 14 to the We’re back, sorry we missed last month, due to unforseen circumstances.

Since our last article we have had a busy time. Firstly, congratulations to Linda McCallam, who joined our ranks at the July meeting and it seems Linda is going to be a great asset to our club with her enthusiasm to volunteer for our events.

July was a busy month in our calendar, with our Summer Fair, which was held at Torpoint Community College. We were blessed with a lovely day, despite a gloomy forecast and the school grounds were packed with people enjoying the various stalls and arena events.

At this point we would like to express our sincere thanks to the college and the caretaker for their help and for the use of their grounds, which we will hopefully carry on using this facility annually. Plans are already being made for next year’s fair, watch this space.

A very successful coffee morning was held at ‘The Congers’ (Cawsand Congregational Hall) on July 30.

It was well attended and the ‘customers’ said the coffee was excellent. Coffee maker Dave Rosson was ably assisted by dishwasher Rob Gibson.

event this year, I really hope this encourages lots of mums and daughters and granddaughters to take part as it is a very special event and one that can mean a lot when you can share it with someone.”

The Moonlight Memory Walk is happening on Saturday October 11 and ladies will start walking the 4 mile circular route as the clock strikes 10pm.

Before the walk there is a beautiful candle lit Memory Ceremony where there are a few moments to remember loved ones, there will also be some words from the Little Harbour team and after a warm up the walk will begin.

If you are interested in taking part in this special event, registration is open now on www.chsw.org.uk/moonlight and only costs £10, participants are then encouraged to raise as much sponsorship as possible. Photograph shows: Ladies from the event in Saltash last year.

On September 6 Torpoint had the honour of hosting The Gorsedh. It was a fantastic day which kept the Lions busy with delivering and helping to place about 300 chairs around the arena at Thanckes Park, also assisting with directing and parking cars and then clearing and returning the chairs after the event.

Congratulations to Mayor Mike Pearn and members of the town council who all worked hard to make this a memorable day.

Our treasurer, Lion Malcolm Jeavons and his wife Lyndsey have had to leave Torpoint, due to family commitments and we wish them well for the future. They will be greatly missed.

Lion Malcolm has been our treasurer for 10 years and we would like to offer him our sincere thanks for being such an excellent and hard working treasurer.

Lion Malcolm will be a very hard act to follow, we are extremely grateful to Lion Richard Pymm who has stepped in to take over the books.

Santa’s engineers are busy servicing the sleigh in preparation for its travels all around the Rame Peninsula and ‘The Elves’ are in training to be sure of their fitness to complete their busy schedule.

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Coffee morning raises over £200 Everyone in the Torcare Nursing Home and at Porte Rouge got together on September 26 to enjoy a ‘MacMillan Coffee Morning’.

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Over the morning families and residents came and went and any cakes not sold were offered around the homes in the afternoon to enjoy with a cup of tea.

Between Porte Rouge and ourselves the residents, relatives, staff and visitors have raised over £225 which will be donated to the Fund.

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New Commanding Officer for HMS Raleigh HMS Raleigh has a new man at the helm with Captain Robert Bellfield relieving Capt Bob Fancy as the Commanding Officer of the Royal Navy training base in Torpoint.

Capt Bellfield joined the Royal Navy in 1983 and has spent the majority of his 31-year career at sea. He is a surface Warfare Officer specialising in anti-submarine operations. Capt Bellfield has spent the last nine months in Bahrain as the Deputy Commander for all Royal Navy maritime operations in the Gulf and the Middle East.

He was welcomed to HMS Raleigh by a guard of honour made up of trainee sailors. Capt Bellfield said: “It is an absolute privilege and honour to Command HMS Raleigh.

“The training conducted at HMS Raleigh is the very bedrock of the Royal Navy and sets the foundations for the first class professionalism for which the Royal Navy is so rightly renowned. I have recently witnessed Royal Navy sailors operate at the very highest operational level in the Gulf alongside our international partners and I am thoroughly looking forward to delivering the training, across HMS Raleigh’s broad spectrum of activity, for young sailors joining the best navy in the world.”

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Capt Fancy left HMS Raleigh after two years in charge, moving across the River Tamar to take up post as Captain (Submarines). He said: “As with all commands this has been a huge privilege. HMS Raleigh currently trains all Naval Ratings and Officers, and all Royal Marine recruits at some stage during their initial training. On top of that it trains a plethora of phase two and three trainees as well as a significant number of cadet forces. In all nearly 21,000 members of the Naval Service pass through our gates every year and are trained by a military and civilian team of exceptional quality and professionalism.”

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Gorsedh Kernow celebrates the Celtic

“We stand here today looking out over this mighty river, the Tamar, the territorial boundary between Cornwall and England,” proclaimed the Grand Bard of Cornwall, Maureen Fuller, while delivering a rousing and emotionally charged speech penned especially for the Gorsedh Kernow Torpoint Bardic ceremony, held in the warm sunshine on Saturday September 6 in the glorious setting of Torpoint’s Thanckes Park.

“This historic boundary was first recorded in 936AD when King Hywel of Cornwall and King Athelstan of Wessex agreed the high water mark on the Devon side of the Tamar to be the border between Cornwall and England in perpetuity,” she said, “and to the Cornish it marks the Great Divide between the two nations.”

Thanking the Mayor, Cllr Mike Pearn MBE and councillors of Torpoint Town Council for their warm welcome, Mrs Fuller stood alongside delegates from the Welsh and Breton Gorseddau and reminded the gathered crowds of the sacrifice made by Cornishmen and women who fought on foreign fields so that we might live in peace.

“We remember all Cornishmen who fought, whatever their rank, and the families they left behind,” said Mrs Fuller, “and we recognise and salute them all for their bravery and sacrifice.”

“In Cornwall we have continued to fight for recognition of our nation,” said Mrs Fuller, “and we need our difference and distinctiveness to be recognised by all, which is why we are delighted that, just 12 days after we came to Torpoint for our Proclamation ceremony, Danny Alexander MP

announced that the Government would include the Cornish as a group protected by the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.”

“To be officially recognised as Cornish has its merits of course, although this is something the Cornish have known all their lives,” said Maureen Fuller, “and no record exists of any formal annexation of Cornwall to England, so it is time for things to change.”

The Convention will put the Cornish on an equal footing with other minority groups in the British Isles and will encourage

public bodies to ensure they are treating Cornish people fairly and proportionately.

“We saw the Cornish flag flying on the Queen’s barge Gloriana so we need to see it flying with all the national flags every time they are flown in the British Isles,” said Mrs Fuller,“and I would like to see lots more Cornish flags flying in Kernow, demonstrating our nationality and distinctiveness.”

“The Convention, by recognising our identity, will give us confidence to promote and develop Cornish culture and showcase it to others.”

Highlighting the lack of knowledge about Cornwall’s past

among today’s children, the Grand Bard looked forward to a brighter and better informed future for young people.

“We will press for the inclusion of Cornish history in the national curriculum so that all children in the British Isles are taught the history of all the constituent nations.” continued Mrs Fuller.

“Education will foster tolerance towards all the minorities living in this British multi-cultural society and encourage them to live together in harmony.”

The Gorsedh Kernow Bardic ceremony was the focal point for

Bards make their way to the Bardic Circle at Thanckes Park

an eventful Esedhvos Festival which had been organised over many months by Cornish bards working closely with members of the Torpoint local organising committee, headed up by Mayor Cllr Mike Pearn.

Local photographic exhibitions sat alongside winning entries from the 2014 Gorsedh competitions, including many from local schools which were highly commended by the panel of experienced judges.

“The work submitted from all the competitors, but especially from the children, was outstanding,” said the Mayor, “and we were delighted to have them on display throughout the Esedhvos week.”

Further highlights included the launch of ‘Bards of the Tamar Valley,’ the fifth in a series of highly collectable publications about bards of the area, along with another new book ‘Placenames of the Tamar Valley’ by local bard Dr Ken George, explaining over 250 names gathered from a detailed Ordinance Survey map of the area.

A one day Conference, open to all, was held on Friday September 5 with the ambitious theme of ‘Brand Kernow’ and a range of speakers from Tom Fidler of the Association of Celtic Students, to Anna Pascoe, business performance manager, Cornish Orchards to well known comedian Kernow King, who was invited to speak to delegates about his experiences of using social media.

The final day of the Esedhvos Festival concluded with the Festival Evensong service in Cornish, attended by the Bishop of Truro Tim Thornton and with a lively sermon delivered by the Rev Steve Wild.

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Aled Davies rep Archdruid of Wales, Per-Vari Kerloc’h Grand Druid of Brittany, Grand Bard of Cornwall Maureen Fuller, Cllr Mike and Mrs Valerie Pearn, Dep Grand Bard Merv Davey

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Rame Gig Club take to King’s Troop entertain the crowds the Thames to raise funds for Ellies Haven Rame Gig Club, the Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing Club based in Cawsand, sent two crews to London to take part in the challenging Great London River Race.

The race took place over 22 miles along the Thames from Millwall to Ham House, Richmond on Saturday September 27 watched by tens of thousands of spectators.

Rame were rowing in aid of Ellies Haven, the local charity based in Looe.

The club’s best two gigs, Penlee Point and Minnadhu were taken by road with the crews on the Friday of the race weekend, in preparation for the race the following day.

The costs of entry and travel was funded by the individual rowers, who are all passionate about helping local charities, and Ellies Haven is no exception.

Gill Gibson, vice chair of the club said:”We are determined to do this charity proud and raise much needed funds for this extremely worthwhile cause. Both crews dedicated additional time and efforts in a gruelling training regime, in addition to their racing training and regatta commitments. We intend to hit this race hard to achieve a high placement.”

She said they were hoping to complete the course in under three hours.

The rowers involved were: Penlee Point Crew - Don Seymour, Rachel Peters, Pearl Griggs, John Gibson, Norman Benson, Liz Bailey, Cheryl Hurrell and Ross Byles. Minnadhu Crew - Gill Gibson, Laura Hoskin, Hayley Hoskin, Aaron Barnicoat, Rob Hayward, Emma Crossfield and Frankie Graziono.

Ellies Haven is a charity that plans to offer holidays to families with children who have long term or life limiting illnesses. The founders of Ellies Haven are Julie and Nigel Libby, who have sadly lost two children, Ellie and Thomas, to early deaths as a result of complex medical conditions.

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Rame Gig Club was formed in 1992 and has taken part in many charitable events over the years, raising funds for charities including Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, St Luke’s Hospice, and many more.

Hundreds of people flocked to Thanckes Park to see a special display by members of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery. Six members of the Troop rode through the town to the park where they gave a demonstration of their horsemanship. The Mayor of Torpoint took the salute and plaques were exchanged on behalf of the Town Council and the King’s Troop, who were taking a well-earned break from ceremonial duties at Mount Edgcumbe in September.

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FROM THE MAYOR’S PARLOUR What a month September has been for visitors to the town! From September 1 to September 7 we had The Gorsedh, with Bards from all over Cornwall and as far afield as Australia. Then it was the visit of The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery who paraded through the town while on their summer break at Mount Edgcumbe for the town to salute and thank them all their hard work for the country.

Torpoint Town Council intends to purchase a defibrillator. If you know where any defibrillator is already in situ, please let us know, so we can pass it on for public information. The reason we are going to purchase one is that following a cardiac arrest (heart attack) the chance of survival decreases by 23 per cent per minute. It is therefore very important medical treatment starts as soon as possible. The UK Resuscitation Council suggests an automated external defibrillator should be available wherever medical treatment is more than five minutes away. In practical terms this means the whole of the UK. It is proposed that a Dog Exclusion Order is applied to Defiance Field in Antony Road, Torpoint. The Order and plan can be inspected on the council’s website at www.torpointtowncouncil.gov.uk, or by calling 01752 814165, between 9am and 2pm Monday to Friday, or sending an email request to admin@ torpointtowncouncil.gov.uk Representations in respect of this Order may be made within 28 days of the publication of the Notice, which took place on September 26. The Council will be considering any representations received when deciding whether or not to make the Order. Representations should be sent in writing to Mr C Harris, Town Clerk, Torpoint Town Council, 1-3 Buller Road, Torpoint PL11 2LD or email admin@torpointtowncouncil.gov.uk CLIC - Cancer and Leukaemia in Children raised over £417 at the table top sale. Val would like to thank her team and everyone who supported this worthy cause and also thanks to the people who did the collection on the ferry, sold the gold ribbon and guessed the length of ribbon around St James’ Church where a total of £358.21p was raised making the grand total of £775.74p. Well done to all involved. The length of the Gold ribbon competition around St James’ Church was 748 feet (227m) and the nearest guess was by Margaret Newcombe and she kindly donated her prize money back to CLIC. Thank you Margaret!!

Mayor’s Diary Thursday August 21: Attended Ron Widdicombe’s Memorial service at the Cornerstone Church. Ron was five times Mayor of Torpoint, a Caradon Councillor and well respected in the town.

Thursday August 21 HMS Raleigh to witness the Royal British Legion bikers bringing the RBL ‘Wreath of Respect’ to stay overnight in the church before going around the country.

Monday August 25 The Torpoint & District Twinners: A Taste of French at the Council Chambers due to the weather conditions. A good time was had by all.

From Monday September 1 Gorsedh Week: Monday:Display at the Library: ‘Torpoint at Sea‚‘ put on by the Torpoint Archives.

Thursday September 4: Council Chambers: Launch of the Gorsedh Book Cornish Bards of The Tamar Valley and also Place-Names of Torpoint & District by Ken George.

Friday September 5 Gorsedh Conference with popular Cornish comedian Kernow King and Anna Pascoe, business performance manager, Cornish Orchards and Tom Fidler, Chair of the Celtic Students Association and in the evening there was a Cornish dance with Scoots Kernow & Scoot Lyskerrys Band in the Council Chambers.

Saturday September 6 Gorsedh Day: My thanks to all who helped in any way to make it a day to remember. I would like to congratulate all the competition winners from the Torpoint and district area.

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Sunday September 7 The Gorsedh Church Service at Cornerstone Church. The Evensong was in Cornish and was attended by the Bishop of Truro Tim Thornton, along with the Rev Steve Wild who delivered the sermon (in English).

Friday September 12 Girl Guides 10th Anniversary at the Scout HQ. Keep going Ladies.

Saturday September 13 Royal Naval Association: To welcome all members of the RNA from Devon & Cornwall at the Comrades Club.

Saturday September 13 St Andrew’s Church, Plymouth: Concert by a Choir from Wales Brymbo Male Choir and the Rame Peninsula Male Voice choir to celebrate Jim Parsonage’s birthday.

Sunday September 14 St Andrew’s Church, Plymouth: RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Service.

Wednesday September 17 Visit of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery: what a great show and thank you to all who helped to make it a wonderful evening for the town. (See photos) Saturday September 20 Kings Troop RHA Open Day at Mount Edgcumbe Park :another great show. My thanks must go to Major Colin Charters and his daughter Kat for arranging the visit of the Kings Troop RHA to Torpoint and Mount Edgcumbe.

Tuesday September 23: Presented gifts to the dancers of HI-Kix who took part in the Gorsedh, also Rosie Hortop, Lady of the Flowers, her attendants Megan Devey and Emily Baker and the Banner Carriers Harry Sprague and Joe Southworth. Well done to all and thank you.

Congratulations to all the following: RNLI Lifeguards Andy Wrennal, Daniel Holly, Joe Saunders and Aidan Hetherington for saving the family at Tregonhawke Beach, Whitsand Bay and also my thanks to all lifeguards who are in attendance on our beaches around the coast for their dedicated work.

Miss Katie Royle who saved a six-year-old pupil from choking has been awarded a top national life-saving honour. The frightening incident unfolded during a snack break at Torpoint Nursery and Infant School. Six-yearold Finley Owen was eating a banana and suddenly began choking on it. His teacher Katie Royle, who is first aid trained, immediately moved in and slapped him firmly on the back repeatedly until the banana dislodged from his throat. Miss Royle is to receive a Royal Humane Society certificate of commendation for saving little Finley from choking and in addition to the award she has also won the personal praise of Dick Wilkinson, secretary of the Royal Humane Society.

The Cornerhouse Breakfast and After School Club, Antony Road has won a Gold Award from Netmums.com. They received the ‘Mums Choice’ Gold Award as favourites in the South West Region for Childcare. Congratulations to the staff, Debbie Marks, owner, Maureen Keise, manager and Bee Davies, play worker. The Cornerhouse Breakfast and After School Club has been up and running for 14 years and their Ofsted Rating is ‘Good’. They offer childcare from age 4 years to 12 years and currently have children from all three schools for before and after school care. Times of opening are 7.30am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm. All Staff are NVQ 3 trained in childcare and playwork along with DBS, child protection, paediatric first aid, child behaviour management and food hygiene.

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WILCOVE - ‘It will be alright on the night’ Fine weather in August ensured that the Wilcove WI annual garden party which was based on a ‘Spanish Fiesta’ theme went well.

Our sincere thanks to all those who supported the event and to Fran our Spanish guitarist who kindly provided the entertainment.

Elvis Presley once said: “Singers come and go, but if you are a good actor, you can certainly last a long time”. That certainly seems to be true of our speaker for September; the very elegant and eloquent thespian and producer Angela Collins who entertained and amused the ladies of Wilcove WI with tales of life behind the scenes in Plymouth’s theatres.

Born into a very theatrical family Angela ‘took to the boards’ in pantomine at the age of 12 and then as a young woman moved into musical theatre and satire. During a long theatrical career Angela played at many of Plymouth’s theatre houses and re-kindled many fond memories of the derelict Plymouth Palace Theatre (Union Street) complete with it’s iconic performers, stunning interiors and infamous theatre critics.

Over the years Angela graduated from the role of performer to that of producer becoming one of the leading lights in the annual production of Plymouth’s ‘Music of the Night’ which was staged each July within the walls of the magnificent Royal Citadel, Plymouth (home to Plymouth based Royal Marine Commando’s).

Described by Angela as ‘a taste of the Edinburgh Tattoo here in the South West’ the ‘Music of the Night’ was launched in 1992 by the Citadel’s Commanding Officer as a charitable event and during its time raised some £600,000 for local and military charities.

One of Angela’s fondest memories of ‘Music of the Night’ was the evening on which the rains fell so hard that both audience and performers donned black bin bags in an attempt to keep dry and over 1,000 costumes including heavy kilts (from the Brigadoon scene) had to be dried off in the Royal Marine’s barrack rooms.

Our thanks to Angela for an enjoyable evening and we wish her well with her current role within the Devonport Playhouse.

In October we will enjoy the sweet treat of a demonstration on cup-cake decoration by Jane the owner of Jane’s Little Cakery. Wilcove WI meets at 7.30pm on the third Tues of the month in Wilcove Village Hall and welcomes both visitors and new members.

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Our new venue, St James Church Hall, proved very successful and all agreed that future meetings would be held there. The President, Rosemary Slee, welcomed everyone and introduced our speaker for the evening, Judith Davies, who had very kindly driven from Tavistock in atrocious weather conditions to give us a talk on ‘Being Low Maintenance’ and ‘Living the Dream of Being Green’.

Judith explained how she and her family live as much as possible not using plastic bags and packaging, using a bicycle for trips to the shops, not having mobile phones or using email etc. Judith gave us lots of tips on recycling including growing our own home-produced food, making our own clothes, using the library instead of buying books and wherever possible encouraging people to learn new skills.

Judith still uses a Singer hand sewing machine, and she brought along to show us some beautiful quilts that she had made. We all learned much more about how we can help with recycling in many different ways.

Rosemary and Sue attended the recent Civic Service and Rosemary thanked everyone who helped at the Lions Fair and also the Committee members who provided the food for the Summer Supper which everyone agreed was a lovely evening - even the weather was kind to us this year! The Walk for Macmillan at Mount Edgcumbe was once again well supported, raising funds for such a worthy cause. The Group Lunch in October will be held at Downderry and discussion took place about our forthcoming 40th Birthday meal in November.

Sue went along to the Croquet session but regrettably was unable to hold onto her winning title this time. Sandra Hocking and Sandra Nicholson went to Denman to take a ‘patisserie’ cookery course which was very enjoyable.

Denman was full and all courses and accommodation were filled which is really good news.

On Saturday September 6 we catered for the visit of the Bards for the Gorsedth in Torpoint, serving coffee in the morning before the Procession to the Lawns, and then providing tea afterwards at the School.

Competition results - Letter X - 1st Betty Tarrant, 2nd Pat Woodhouse, 3rd Rosemary Slee and 4th Sheila Crook Flower of the Month: 1st Betty Tarrant and 2nd Enid Gaved.

Crafthole WI members visited Prideaux Place

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September is usually a busy month, when we catch up with all the happenings of summer. Early in the month, on a gloriously sunny day, we visited Padstow and after lunch, Prideaux Place, a venerable old house built in 1547, where the fourteenth generation of the family still live. Of recent years there has been much filming taking place there of the Rosamund Pilcher books, alas, for German television. The deer in the park are totally unfazed by visitors, and stand close to the rails, magic.

Now we are looking forward to the next month or so, and the activities leading up to Christmas.

Foremost of these is the Autumn council meeting in Truro.

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one visitor to this event, held in the Hall for Cornwall. This is a chance to catch up with the latest news from both the county, and nationally. To end the afternoon there is always an interesting speaker.

The annual Harvest tea will take place on October 15 in the village hall.

In early December a carol service will be held in Truro cathedral. This annual service moves around the county year by year, to give everyone a chance to take part. As this venue is sure to be popular, our community bus has been booked for the day.

One of our members, Ann Blythe, has been very ill and in hospital for a considerable time, and we are glad to hear that at last she is on the mend. Peggy Pengelly has also been very ill, but seems to be improving. We hope to see both of them in the not too distant future.

Sybilla Davis(Designs), gave a talk on Cross Stitch, a craft with which she has been involved for twenty years.

Half Danish Sybilla has been influenced by that country’s enthusiasm for this type of embroidery and her speciality is designing kits for places and houses, for example Lanhydrock and Trerice, her first project. From early designs on graph paper, she now uses computer programmes. We were given basic instructions and handed around samples of different canvas for us to compare.

We asked Sybilla to judge our two competitions and ‘Flower of the month’ was won by Dorothy Luker, with a spray of beautiful pink fuchsia, while Betty Heapy won the ‘E’ competition, with a most accomplished piece of cross stitch called Elegance.

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This month, instead of a Speaker, we provided our own entertainment. We took the country of Italy and in turns spoke of its various aspects. These were geography, archaeology, architecture, religion, fashion, flora and fauna and, keeping the best till last, food and drink. By the end we felt mildly enlightened about this beautiful part of Europe.

Birthday posies in the form of small arrangements made

by Pam were given to Ann and Di. Teas were served by Janet and Sue. Reports of the anniversary lunch and the summer croquet party were given by Rosalee and Janet respectively and arrangements were made for our coffee morning next month.

The next meeting will be on Friday October 17 at 2.30pm at the Congrational Hall when Jane Squirel will be our speaker on the subject of bats. Our meetings are open to all and visitors are most welcom

PENSIONERS’ VOICE Members of the Maker with Rame Pensioners’ Voice were welcomed back after the summer break by the chairman, Steve Michael as they met in the Community Hall, Kingsand, on the afternoon of September 11.

After the customary hymn and prayer, Mr Michael mentioned that the coffee morning held on September 5 had raised £206. He pointed out that this sum was less than usual because there had been fewer goods for sale on the White Elephant stall, and that money had also had to be spent on raffle prizes. He asked, therefore, that bric-a-brac should be unearthed for the next sale, and raffle prizes donated.

In the few days since the coffee morning work has begun on the kitchen in the Community Hall. It is being gutted, rebuilt larger and refitted.

Members were worried about the effect this upheaval would have on the meeting, but were agreeably surprised. The main hall is functioning as normal, and even tea-making can take place on strategically placed tables. Because of the uncertainty of the building mayhem no speaker was booked for the meeting, but members thoroughly enjoyed a few games of bingo organised by the Chairman, Earlier Mr Michael had reminded members of the Birthday Party on October 25. To provide the usual meal without use of a kitchen would have been

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impossible, but our ever-resourceful committee has arranged with Fish Ahoy to supply fish and chips for all, with Mrs Pam Michael nobly volunteering to provide the sweet course. Music will be played on the keyboard by Mr Brimble.

For those who need it, transport can be arranged. The party will be held from 4pm to 8pm, and members wishing to attend are warned that they must book in advance at £3 a head, wine included, as numbers are essential for Fish Ahoy.

There are still one single and two double places left for the trip to Birmingham and the Christmas Market on the weekend of November 14 (Fri-Sun) at £79.99p. Please see Mrs Michael if you are interested.

Despite any difficulties tea was served as usual, and the raffle drawn.

Mr Michael thanked the committee for making light of the inconvenience caused by the building work. The lucky bingo winners departed with their trophies, chocolate for a line and an excellent chicken dinner for a full house. The chairman closed the meeting at 4pm, reminding members that the next meeting will be on October 9 to which anyone over the age of 50, would be made most welcome.

Record-breaking Rame art exhibition This year the Rame Peninsula Art Exhibition broke all records by selling 27 paintings resulting in a profit of over £1300.

This success was due to the magnificent response from local (and not so local) amateur and professional artists.

Much of the increased income came from the generosity of some exhibitors who responded positively to our call for donating the entire proceeds from some of their artwork to the show.

As a result of this a cheque for £1200 has been presented to the Kingsand Institute Committee toward the refurbishment of the interior of the building.

Organisers of the exhibition thanked everyone who participated and helped to make the event such a great success.

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