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Issue 1019
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26th July 2018
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STEEL VALLEY RIDE A HIT ONCE AGAIN THE Steel Valley Ride, a 31 mile mountain bike challenge covering the dramatic landscape of the Peak District and the quiet roads and bridleways around Stocksbridge, took place on Saturday July 14. The event was held to help raise funds for the Steel Valley Project a countryside management charity in Stocksbridge working to improve the environment for people and wildlife in the Upper Don area. However, this year had an extra special element to it as the ride also helped to raise funds for the British Mountaineering Council ‘Mend Our Mountains’ campaign. Part of this campaign is to raise money to repair the boggy sections on the iconic Cut Gate bridleway, linking Langsett and Howden reservoirs. As the Steel Valley Ride route travelled over Cut Gate, the charity decided to donate a percentage of this year’s entry fees to the campaign, totalling a fantastic £468. Just under 90 riders completed the gruelling 31 mile challenge on Saturday in sunny conditions and soaring temperatures. Some finished in an impressive 3 to 4 hours, whereas others made use of the whole day, but special mention goes to one lady who entered the ride after stopping
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the riders taking part a great experience, playing a huge part in making the event so successful.
Tom Newman, Project Manager at the Steel Valley Project said “Everybody deserves massive congratulations for completing their own challenge, whether it was to finish quickly or just to finish, push their mileage on a bike, or raise money for charity.”
Particular thanks also go to Trek Sheffield for their support throughout the event. They gave up part of their shop on the day to host the Event HQ, and also helped with the creation of a promotional video and donations for participants.
Stocksbridge Mayor, Cllr Julie Grocutt, started off the riders in the morning and then drew two winners for a prize draw to win a pair of mountain biking shoes (donated by Trek Sheffield for the first 50 entrants) and a £50 Trek voucher (donated by Stocksbridge Town Council for the first 100 entrants).
Liberty Speciality Steels and Dransfield Properties Limited (Fox Valley Shopping Centre) also provided parking facilities for the event participants and volunteers.
Congratulations to the two winners, Jonathan Lambert and Rachel Young. All the returning riders received a free water bottle, donated by Trek Sheffield. With such high temperatures, many waived their complementary hot drink and made use of their new water bottle instead! An event of this nature would be impossible to run without support from local businesses and people in the community. The charity is keen to thank all the volunteer marshals who gave up their time and helped to give
The charity has received lots of positive feedback and thanks from event participants about the day, including one person who said “The hills were very hard work, but the amount of variation in terrain, signposting, friendly marshals, feed stop and organisation were brilliant.” Speaking on behalf of the charity, Tom Newman said “It was a great day, thanks to everybody involved and for all your support for the Steel Valley Project and Mend Our Mountains campaign.” For more information on the countryside management work carried out by the Steel Valley Project, please visit www.steelvalleyproject.org
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A NEW chapter opened for the Church of England in the Stocksbridge valley as around 200 people gathered on Wednesday July 18 to give thanks for 128 years of worship in St Matthias Church. Tributes were paid to members of the community who served the church over the years including, most recently, Vera Grand and John Dobson. Sadly, the costs of maintaining the building as a place of worship had become unsustainable.
The Church of England continues to serve the whole Stocksbridge valley through Cornerstone. This includes St John’s Deepcar, St Mary’s Bolsterstone and the Stocksbridge Christian Centre. The Cornerstone clergy are Revd Hilda Isaacson (vicar), Revd Steve Pendlebury and Revd Keith Crookes. The photograph by Ian E Bullock shows Revd Steve Pendlebury Bishop of Sheffield and Revd Keith Cookes being licensed.
