Doncaster Echo - June/July 2023

Celebrating everything good in doncaster and surrounding areas

INTRODUCTION

Hello and welcome to your June/July edition of Doncaster Echo.

The good news is you only had to be at work two Mondays in May thanks to three bank holidays! Last month marked a moment in history as King Charles III was coronated. Whether you are a royalist or not, we hope you all enjoyed the extra day off.

This issue we cover Doncaster Squash Club who are set to compete in a Yorkshire squash competition. We also feature Doncaster

Multicultural Festival, the brand-new festival that will take place on Saturday 22nd of July, 10am till 6pm, at Sandall Park.

As always, our friendly team arise just an email or phone call away to help you with all your advertisement needs and to answer any questions you may have.

We will see you again in August, but for now sit back with a cuppa and enjoy your latest instalment of Doncaster Echo.

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Doncaster Multicultural Festival

On Saturday, the 22nd of July, 10am till 6pm, Sandall Park will host the first annual Multicultural Festival

The event is a collaboration between The Friends of Sandall Park, Voluntary Action Doncaster and The Inclusion Fairness Forum.

The aim is to create a diverse multicultural festival experience for the people and communities of Doncaster. Celebrating our differences, the fun-packed day will bring our communities and individuals together to share cultural interests, skills and traditions to foster goodwill,

friendship and strengthen our community.

It’s a not-for-profit event enabled by funding grants, business sponsorship and donations.

The organisers have been working hard to create a fun, family festival which celebrates the communities and the diverse cultures of Doncaster.

The initial community feedback suggests the people of Doncaster are happy and excited to have a

festival to include their cultures, traditions and the festival ethos.

Entry to the event is free and is bound to be a fun-packed day. Visitors are welcome to bring chairs or picnic blankets to the event and make a day of it.

Sandall Park is one of Doncaster’s biggest leisure and recreational parks. There are 69 acres of beautiful scenery, walks, play areas, playing fields and a beautiful lake which serves as a

house to a host of geese, ducks and other wildlife.

The festival field is home to a large variety of delicious cultural world foods with a food court and dozens of stalls. The main stage and arena will host cultural bands and music, entertaining throughout the day.

For the children, there is a super inflatable zone, free circus workshop with Mr Dan, free children’s entertainment with

Stacy’s offering lots of fun and games, free book giveaway, stilt walkers, mascots, dancers, mini fun fair, pony rides and Zorbs.

And this is just a small selection of what you can expect to see on the day. There is also a Health and Wellbeing zone which offers free workshops and talks throughout the day. Meditation, yoga, elementals, crystal healing, Slavic gymnastics, and men’s health workshops are already confirmed with more to come.

The Craft marquee offers free craft workshops throughout the day and stalls selling handcrafted products.

Plus the Bazaar Marquee will house an eclectic mix of stalls. If you are interested in having a stall or would like to volunteer as a marshal, please get in touch with ceri@ voluntaryactiondoncaster.org. uk or sandallparksecretary@ gmail.com

FROM A POLICE

Day of action in Bentley

This month, Doncaster Policing Team talk to us about a typical day for officers in the North team

“We all need to work together to make our communities the great places to live and work that everyone deserves and these days of action are great examples of that partnership working in action.”

PERSPECTIVE:

Officers from the Doncaster North Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) were joined by specialist teams from around the force and local partners for a dedicated day of action recently. The day started with the execution of a drugs warrant at a property on Bentley Road. Officers discovered 71 cannabis plants, with a street value of around £71,000 inside. A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of cannabis cultivation and possession of a class A drug. He was released on police bail pending further enquiries.

A further two people were arrested throughout the day. A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug driving and a second man was arrested for failing to appear at court.

A van that was spotted driving along York Road with an insecure load was taken to the mobile enforcement site. The driver was wanted for questioning by Doncaster Council’s Enforcement Team and was given a £400 fine for fly tipping last month. The van was seized for having no tax and the driver was given a traffic offence report for having an insecure load and given a ticket for failing to secure a child in a car seat.

Four other vehicles were seized – two for having no insurance, one for having no MOT and one which was on false registration plates after

being stolen. A further two vehicles were given  prohibition notices and seven received advice notices due to the condition of the vehicles. Speeding operations were carried out on Watch House Lane, Jossey Lane, Askern Road and the A19 at Toll Bar, with 15 letters issued to speeding motorists. As well as enforcement, the teams were also busy engaging with the local community with a pop-up police station, activities with local school children and patrols from our mounted section.

PC Karen Stebel, who led the operation, said: “We all need to work together to make our communities the great places to live and work that everyone deserves and these days of action are great examples of that partnership working in action.

“Our activity to tackle concerns in the area does not stop there, and we will keep you updated on our future days of action and our ongoing work.”

Doncaster North NPT was launched in January this year and serves the Adwick, Askern, Roman Ridge, Bentley and Sprotbrough ward areas of Doncaster.

To keep up to date with news from those areas, follow the team on Facebook and Twitter.

Doncaster Squash Club to compete in Yorkshire squash competition

Doncaster Squash Club are extremely proud to have recently secured a second year in the hugely competitive, professional Yorkshire Premier League of Squash

It’s a great accolade for a club in Doncaster and leads to several great opportunities, usually given to the more prestigious teams such as Sheffield Lawn Tennis and Racquets Club, Queens in Hull and the legendary Pontefract. But where did Doncaster Squash Club start and why?

Doncaster Squash Club is one of the older ones in the Doncaster area and has been about since the 1970s. At one point the club was small but booming and attracted some great competition and players. However, with the decline of the sport in the late 90s the private enterprise dwindled and the member base grew older as the club did. Although still boasting two competitive teams in Yorkshire and S and D leagues and attracting local national level players and master’s players, the sport and club dropped off the Doncaster sporting scene.

The Club remained open and ticking along as a private member’s club until about 2015/16 when again numbers dropped. It wasn’t until 2017 when

two local men, David Cooke and Les Close, got together and looked to transform the club and the sport (firstly), but also to support young athletes in the area and create a community hub and a professional squash team with internationally ranked young players from across the globe; including our very own Yorkshire. Dave’s interest came from a performance and fitness perspective, with him already running a sports performance centre and gym offering everything from wellness to athletic performance. Dave had left the Army as a commissioned officer in 2014 and was forging his new career.

Les’s interest came from a desire to help youngsters and Doncaster people get on in life and, in particular, promote the sport he loved and has been involved in for over 50 years. Les’s passion for helping people and creating opportunities and Dave’s desire to coach to afford people the opportunity to be their best, lent themselves well to becoming and forming a Community Interest Company and creating a community centre for health and wellness, open to all, focussed around squash.

There are also opportunities to help closer to home and the pair have created opportunities for long-term members and team players to take their own sport forward and develop themselves as well as give back. They have funded coaching courses, spinning and fitness qualifications and refereeing courses, and the ability to create the opportunity for others to share their passions is one that is relished

and is an important milestone for the club and the community.

The last two seasons since Covid have seen Dave, Les and the Squash community really push the sport and promote the unique opportunities within.

Doncaster Squash Club are already making great steps, having recently hosted Doncaster’s first ever “3k” PSA Squash Tournament, an event usually hosted by much more well-known and established clubs. However, they stood proud and hosted the strongest teams for many years, seeing 16 world ranked athletes come to the club and high volumes of streaming on Squash TV. This is only the start of what it wants to deliver, and they hope you can see

that this is an exciting time to get involved. In May we also hosted a PSA satellite tournament which saw another 16 world class athletes coming to Doncaster to compete.

In contracting players and securing events, the club will continue to resource this and ensure they can fund every opportunity presented, but that’s not all! The mission is to want to develop a club which opens squash to all, not limiting on age, ability or status and continue to place Doncaster on the map for the sport. With the success in the recent Commonwealth Games, this will offer opportunities to many young people and give them a safe and encouraging space to perform and train.

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We all love a fun fact of the day, here are some you might not know:-

1. Most people fall asleep in seven minutes.

2. Did you know you use 200 different muscles in the body to walk?!

3. Did you know the Eiffel Tower grows taller every summer and shrinks back in winter?!

4. Number four is the only one with the same amount of letters!

5. Weird but true – The opposite sides of the dice always add up to seven!!

6. The Nile is the longest river in the world and is 6,600 km long.

7. Amazon is the biggest river in the world and carries one-fifth of all the river water on Earth.

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HOROSCOPES

June/July

Aquarius

(20th Jan-18th Feb)

You are beginning a lifestyle change and it is taking its toll but hang in there, it’s going to be worthwhile in the end.

Pisces

(19th Feb-20th March)

Be careful with your spending this month, blowing all your money at the start and having none left for the rest of the month is not wise.

Aries

(21st March-19th April)

Plans may have changed in the last month, but you have some exciting events coming up and you will have lots of new memories that will last forever.

Taurus

(20th April-20th May)

A memory from the past will begin to keep you awake at night. However, don’t panic, revisiting the past can sometimes give you the closure you need.

Gemini

(21st May-20th June)

This month brings many celebrations, enjoy spending time with your loved ones and making memories that last forever.

Cancer

(21st June- 22nd July)

Your friendships are going to begin to change a little, not to worry, its just time to reflect on who the true ones are.

Leo

(23rd July-22nd Aug)

You need to have a think about your future. Are you happy with the way things are at the moment? If not, only you can make a decision to change.

Virgo

(23rd Aug-22nd Sept)

A huge, dramatic change is about to happen in your life in the upcoming weeks. You will need to remain calm and not rush into a big decision.

Libra

(23rd Sept-22nd Oct)

You are trying too hard to go above and beyond in every element of your life, take each one a step at a time, you can’t be brilliant at everything.

Scorpio

(23rd Oct-21st Nov)

You aren’t in the mood for company or to listen to gossip. You have too many important things on your mind.

Sagittarius

(22nd Nov-21st Dec)

You are doing a great job at focusing on your health and well-being, keep up the good work! It is really starting to show.

Capricorn

(22nd Dec-19th Jan)

You have a massive life-changing decision to make this month, whatever you decide will have an impact on your life forever.