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Issue 1167
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Local News
27th May 2021
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Barnsley College BEAT THE celebrates STREET Armed Forces Day Guards, said: “I think it’s really important that students get a clear understanding of what the Army offers. There are a lot of misconceptions of what the Army does, be that through film and television, or video games. The Army has seven different career streams that cover combat, logistics and support, to HR and finance – and everything in between. “My advice to anyone thinking of an Army career would be to take a look – there is no two days the same and I’ve made friends for life whilst gaining all sorts of qualifications and life experiences I wouldn’t have had the chance to get if I hadn’t joined.”
Barnsley College students were virtually joined by a range of representatives from the British Army, Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Marine Commandos, to celebrate and raise awareness of Armed Forces Day. The main activity of the day was ‘A conversation with the Armed Forces’ guest panellists who discussed everything military and answered questions posed by students. The panel featured Sergeant Jay McIlroy, RAF Motivational
Outreach Team; Mark Oxley, Royal Navy Career Advisor; Lance Sergeant Robert Greeno, British Army Recruitment Coordinator; Valerie Johnson, adult cadet at Army Cadet Force; and Pauline King, Assistant Regional Employer Engagement Director at Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association for Yorkshire and The Humber. Lance Sergeant Greeno, from South Yorkshire, who has been in the Army eight years and is currently serving with the Coldstream
Students were then joined by Royal Air Force veteran Jayne Hellowell, who shared her inspirational journey in the armed forces and spoke about the work that Barnsley Council do to support the Armed Forces Covenant and the armed forces community in Barnsley. Louise Peppard, Senior Strategy Business Manager at Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, shared with the students the Foundation’s Armed Forces Covenant journey and what it is like to have a son in the armed forces.
Speaker Gavin Day, UK Organisational Development Manager at Premdor, talked to students about his 15-year career in the armed forces in the 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment Reservist, the dedicated Regular Army Engineer Regiment of 16 Air Sheffield received an official Assault Brigade. launch ahead of the game’s start Students also had the op- on 16th June. portunity to listen to guest speaker Ronnie Erskine Beat the Street Sheffield, the talk about his career in city-wide physical activity game the RAF as an engineer taking place in June and July, respanning 23 years’ service, ceived an official launch at Shefthe different career paths field Olympic Legacy Park. available within the Armed The event was attended by orForces and shared an inganisers, local dignitaries, counsight into what an RAF cil representatives and Oasis Engineer does on a day-toAcademy Don Valley. day basis. Guests were invited to try out the Students first heard from free game which encourages peoRichard Gettings, an exple of all ages and abilities to get police officer and spokesmoving and to incorporate active person for the Daparian travel into their daily lives, plus Foundation. He was acthere were speeches from Move companied by military vetMore Sheffield and other stakeerans Gareth Stanton and holders. Andy Cunnington, both of whom have been diag- Beat the Street gets underway nosed with Post-Traumatic from 16th June to 28th July and Stress Disorder (PTSD). challenges schools, workplaces The session covered top- and community groups to clock ics to highlight what PTSD up as many active travel miles is, their own experiences as possible during the six weekwith it, life in the military game. and the plans for The Daparian Foundation moving Beat the Street is open to anyone of any age and ability- children forward. and adults alike. More than 450 For more information beeping and flashing sensors about our Public Services called ‘Beat Boxes’ will be placed courses visit www.barns- on lampposts around the area for ley.ac.uk/publicservices or the duration of the game. email info@barnsley.ac.uk. Players simply tap one of these Beat Boxes to start their journey. Walk, cycle, run, scoot, wheel or roll to the next one on the map
within an hour to score 10 points. The further players go and the more Beat Boxes they tap, the more points they will score. Over the course of the six-week competition, the teams that clock up the highest number of points will win vouchers for sports equipment or books and there are ‘lucky tap’ prizes given out to individuals during the game. There are also leaderboards for the highest number of average points, meaning that teams of all sizes are in with a chance of winning prizes. Beat the Street was developed by Dr William Bird, a GP who wanted to get people active and to get communities walking together. Since it was developed in 2010, more than a million people have played the game across 103 towns and cities across the UK and internationally. Beat the Street Sheffield is brought to you by Move More and Sheffield City Council. It is delivered by Intelligent Health, with funding from the National Lottery and Sport England, and local partners. For more information about the forthcoming Beat the Street game, visit www.beatthestreet. me/sheffield or follow @BTSSheffield on social media for more information
Golfer’s Continue their Winning Streak The Gents League Team won their second match of the season against Tinsley Golf Club and with some style. In tricky wet, windy and cold conditions the home players won 3 out of the 4 matches and are well positioned to push for promotion from Division 5. The results were as follows: Peter Finney (3) won comfortably by 4 and 2; Danny Costello (3) won by 3 and 1; and Andrew Finney (0) won by a massive margin of 7 and 5. It was only team captain, Liam O'Sullivan (2) who lost by the margin of 4 and 2. Liam said afterwards "this is another great result and we are putting some good individual and team performances together."
The weather this week affected the mid-week competitions and for the members golfing got going in earnest on Saturday 22 May with the May monthly medal. Craig Allen (8) won with a comfortable four shot margin of victory. Craig scored a fantastic net 59, with 3 birdies on the front 9 and a further one on the back 9. Craig's gross score was an impressive 1 over par. Richard Grimmer (15) was second with a net 63 and Paul Blake (8) was third with a net 64. The same score as Andy Hogg (20), but with a better back 9. Despite the wet conditions underfoot, there was a strong field of nearly 70 players entering the competition.
The gents also competed on Sunday 23 May in a stableford Pro's Prize. Trevor Mosely (11) won comfortably with 41 points. Jonathan Bradley (17) was second with 39 points and Chris Walker (20) was third with 36 points. The Ladies Section competed on the same day for their Jubilee Trophy. Liana O'Sullivan (6) won the strokeplay format by a clear 5 shot margin with a net 72. Helen Moffett (27), the Ladies Captain, was second with a net 77 and Hilja O'Sullivan (21) was third with a net 79. On Saturday evening members of the Golf Club gathered to say a fond farewell to Anita Horsfield. Anita has been a very loyal servant
to the Club, working behind the bar for the last 19 years. The Directors arranged a small gathering on Saturday evening for Anita and she is pictured with the President of the Club, John Yeates, receiving a gift of thanks from the Club. Club Captain, Alan Revell, has chosen The Chesterman Wing as his charity for the year. There will be a variety of fund-raising activities that will include Club Members Matt Sedgwick and Steven Haigh repeating their 10- round challenge.
