Look Local Issue 1238 Thursday 6 October 2022

Driver jailed for 8 years after killing scooter rider

A driver who fled the scene after killing a scooter rider in a Shef field crash has been jailed for eight years.

Scott Cooney's (pic tured) Land Rover hit Mark Jenkins' Piaggio scooter on 2 June 2021, throwing the rider from his vehicle.

South Yorkshire Police said Mr Jenkins, 58, died a week later in hospital.

At Sheffield Crown Court, Cooney, 48, of Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, admitted causing death by dan gerous driving and fail ing to stop at a crash.

He was sentenced on Friday to a total of eight years and three months in jail, and disquali fied from driving for 11 years.

'Considerable speed' The crash happened on Mortimer Road, with a post-mortem exami nation concluding Mr Jenkins died from the "catastrophic injuries" he suffered in the colli sion.

Cooney, who also plead ed guilty to failing to provide a specimen, was described by officers as being "unsteady on his feet and slurring his words" at home while he was arrested.

PC Paula Townsend, of South Yorkshire Police, said: "Other motorists reported [Cooney] was driving at considerable speed and was seen sev eral times to cross over the white lines onto the opposite carriageway, forcing other motorists to take evasive action.

"Cooney refused to provide a specimen of breath so that we could determine whether he was over the limit, but other evidence gathered showed that he had been purchasing quantities of alcohol at various loca tions across Sheffield throughout the day."

Award winning film director and Kes star talks to students...

Local GP practices are working together to offer patients eve ning and weekend appointments in Sheffield.

The new enhanced service will be introduced on 1 October and patients will be able to see a GP, nurse or other health professional at a time which is convenient for them.

Patients will be able to book ap pointments outside normal prac tice hours between 6.30pm and 8.00pm Monday to Saturday in 11 locations across the city with more patients benefitting from appoint ments closer to home.

Appointments can be made through the patient’s own practice. Services will include vaccinations, health checks and screenings.

GPs are working together in ‘pri mary care networks’ to offer this service. Primary care networks are small groups of GP practices that work together in different ways to provide services for the patient need in their area. Patients will be able to get an appointment at the dedicated practice site in their network, which will either be their own practice or one close by.

Primary Care Sheffield is deliv ering the service for most of the practices in the city although 13 practices are delivering it them selves. For more information visit your own practice website or ask at reception.

Dr Zak McMurray, GP and Medi cal Director at NHS South York shire said, “Good access to general practice is important to everyone

so we welcome these changes in Sheffield.

“Previously patients could access evening and weekend appoint ments at four hubs across the city and appointments were made by a GP on the same day or with a day or twos notice. From 1 Oc tober there are nearly three times as many locations to access these appointments meaning more pa tients can see a GP or other prac tice staff on evenings and week ends closer to their homes.

“For the first time patients will also now be able to book evening and weekend appointments, up to two weeks in advance, greatly im proving access to general practice appointments for people across Sheffield.”

Proposals to move an area of Barnsley into Sheffield

A minor change to the boundary between Barnsley and Sheffield is be ing proposed. The review of this boundary is referred to as a Principal Area Boundary Review.

Both councils agree that it would be sensible for the new Oughtibridge Mill development to be part of Sheffield rather than Barnsley. To make the change, as required by law, the councils asked us to draw up formal proposals and consult on them.

A six-week consultation on the proposals will run until 7 November 2022.

Comments can be made by e-mailing reviews@lgbce.org.uk or writing to: Review Officer (Barnsley/Sheffield) LGBCE PO Box 133 Blyth NE24 9FE

No Eurovision for Sheffield

Sheffield will not be holding the Eurovision contest for 2023 af ter Liverpool and Glasgow were chosen from a shortlist of seven cities.

Cllr Ben Miskell, Economic De velopment and Skills Policy Com mittee Deputy Chair for Sheffield City Council said:

'Massive congratulations to Glas gow and Liverpool – the final 2 left in the race to host Eurovision.

'Getting to the final 7 showed we really mean business here in Shef field – loads of cities wanted to host this and it was amazing to see Sheffield and South Yorkshire get behind this bid. Over the last few months we have showcased the very best of Sheffield – the love of music that runs through our veins, our stunning Outdoor City, and of course our people.

GOLD AWARD FOR SCHOOL

Royd Nursery Infant School

been successful in achieving the Artsmark Gold Award!

The Artsmark is a nationally recognised award and cel ebrates excellence in deliv ering culture and creativity across the whole curriculum.

The class teacher and Art Cur riculum Team Leader, Mrs Musgrave commented “The Artsmark sets out quality prin ciples for schools to embed in their provision of Art includ ing; striving for excellence and innovation, being authentic, creating a positive and inclu sive experience and being ex citing, inspiring and engaging.

“Before her maternity leave, Mrs Musgrave worked closely with staff to instil the seven quality principles of the Arts mark at Royd and as a result, we have implemented a num ber of experiences, over the past few years, to further en

hance our already strong arts curriculum. These include an nual art week, choir, skill-spe cific training for staff, visitors such as trained artists, dancers and musicians as well as creat ing a rock band with the sup port of Rock Steady to name but a few.

Deputy Headteacher Mr Sly added “The Artsmark jour ney has been indispensable for Royd. We have used the ‘Self-Assessment Framework’ to provide children with the best possible art and cultural learning experiences. This has enabled our children to broad en their knowledge and expe riences of the world including other countries, cultures and time periods. To support this, we have worked with profes sional artists, musicians and dancers and strong working relationships have been devel oped. Through experiences of industry professionals visiting Royd, children have developed

an understanding that through the arts there are endless job opportunities and careers. Children have developed their leadership skills and have driv en their own learning. They have further developed their leadership skills by taking on roles in performances linked to dance and music. There have been many other benefits where children have develop ment of teamwork, creativity and self-confidence. Further more, there are many opportu nities for children to steer their learning.”

Miss Jones, Executive Head teacher of both Royd Nursery Infant School and Deepcar St Johns CE Junior School fur ther added “We are delighted to have received the Artsmark Gold Award. I am delighted that staff and children have been recognised for their hard work and commitment. I am really proud of their achieve ments”.

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Topping out for Sheffield’s flagship hotel development

Sheffield City Centre’s flagship Radisson Blu development celebrated an important construction milestone this week with the building’s structure topping out.

Work on the Radisson Blu development site, which forms part of Sheffield City Council and Strategic Development Partner Queens berry’s Heart of the City programme, has been gathering momentum in recent months and now the building’s steel frame has reached its pinnacle – eight storeys from the ground.

The 154-room high-end hotel will be posi tioned between Burgess Street and Pinstone Street. The contemporary new building un der construction will complement and adjoin the carefully retained Victorian façade along Pinstone Street.

Construction of the Radisson Blu hotel is ex pected to be completed towards the end of 2023.

Award winning film director and Kes star visit College

...Continued

Barnsley College and Barn sley Sixth Form College students were treated to a fascinating insight into the world of film and literature by award winning film di rector Ken Loach and Kes star David ‘Dai’ Bradley.

Ken and David visited the College to speak to the di verse group who are studying a range of subjects, including A Level Film and Media; Lev el 3 Film and TV; and GCSE English alongside Sport, Es port, Travel and Tourism or Public Services, about their studies of the novel A Kestrel for a Knave by local author Barry Hines, which was writ ten more than 50 years ago and turned into the iconic Barnsley-based film Kes.

The students explored the topic of education and exam ined how the themes of the film are timeless and still rel evant today. Ken also spoke about ‘wasted talent’ and how the main character in Kes, Billy, was seen as an un skilled person who wouldn’t go very far in life, but the au dience sees Billy has a talent.

Organised by English tutor Dawn Wright, the visit al lowed students to listen to Ken speak about his life in both film and politics, before answering questions posed by the students. David sup

ported Ken in answering some of the questions that related to acting and life on set.

Dawn said: “This event has been an amazing opportunity for our students to enhance their English skills whilst hearing from two iconic fig ures. The students heard how Ken used his skills to write a script and bring it to life in a film and developed their re search and summary skills to learn about Ken’s life, his po litical beliefs and why he uses social realism in his work.

“It was a pleasure to welcome Ken and David into College and speak to the students about their experiences. Ken’s words were profound and I’m hoping some of the students could see themselves in the character of Billy in so much as everyone has a talent and can achieve. As a College, we all work together to encour age our students to see their potential and achieve their aspirations.”

Ken Loach added: “I re ally enjoyed visiting Barns ley College. The great thing about film is it can be a com munication between people and it’s really encouraging when you meet people and you find the communication is being seen as you intend ed.”

David Bradley commented:

“It was lovely to be at the College, with my dear friend Ken, to hear how socialism and ordinary stories are told. There are some wonder ful stories that never get out there; funny, poignant, mov ing and those with difficult endings. Like in Kes, it’s very difficult to showcase social issues in a drama, but Ken brings them to life so beauti fully. For Ken to come to the College and speak with the students was wonderful and it was great to see him.”

Barnsley College offers a range of English and Maths qualifications. If you want to improve your job pros pects, improve your reading, writing, numeracy and Eng lish speaking skills, or sim ply help your children with their homework, then our range of Maths and English qualifications are designed to help your reading, writ ing and numeracy skills.

Courses are offered from en try level to GCSE and many are free, subject to eligibility. For more information visit www.barnsley.ac.uk/essen tial or contact our Informa tion Team by emailing info@ barnsley.ac.uk or call 01226 216 123.

BRASS BAND ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Stannington Brass Band has won a contesting double for the second time in its history.

On 17th September the band with Musical Director, Sam Fish er beat 15 other bands in the First Section at the National Finals of the Brass Band Championships of Great Britain in Cheltenham. This success follows their vic tory earlier in the year when they scooped first prize at the York shire Area Championships.

Musical Director, Sam Fisher commented “The band have been an absolute pleasure to work with and worked excep tionally hard in preparation for the contest: they deserve to be National Champions. I’m very proud to be their Musical Direc tor and wish to thank each and every player for their efforts pub licly. Onwards and upwards!”

In 2016, the band achieved simi lar success when crowned win ners at the Area and National contests in the Second Section.

In 2023 the band will be com peting in the higher brass band echelons of the Yorkshire Cham pionship Section where they will be up against some worldrenowned names such as Black Dyke and Brighouse and Ras trick brass bands.

Labour candidate blasts govt. for breaking promises on buses

Marie Tidball, Labour’s parliamentary candi date for Penistone and Stocksbridge, told La bour party conference that the Government had given “half” of what was promised, and pledged that, if elected as the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, she would continue to fight for a world-class public transport system.

Changes to local bus routes, like the Super tram Link SL1/SL1a and 57 service, provide further evidence that the Conservatives don’t understand why good public services matter, and that they will never provide the investment the constituency needs.

In her speech she said:

“Only on Saturday I spoke to a mum in Oughtibridge who was worried about the cuts to these services – and how her 14-year-old son was going to get to school.

“Labour will put people back in control of the buses and at the centre of

our bus services – mak ing them greener, fairer and more reliable buses.

“So that people – young and old - in rural ar eas are not isolated. So that children can get to school. So that our shift workers can do the jobs we rely on them for safely at fares they can afford.

“Every single one of us has the right to use buses to travel to work and see our families and friends without using a car. Pub lic transport is funda mental to achieving so cial justice and tackling the climate emergency.

“In Penistone and Stocksbridge buses are a lifeline which connects our families and our communities.

“But the Conservatives just don’t get it. We were promised a ‘London style transport system’ through their ‘Bus Back Better’ scheme.

“What we got was a bar gain basement budget: getting half-what they promised. Worse still,

South Yorkshire didn’t receive a penny of Bus Improvement Funding.

“A kick in the teeth for local people who feel like the current Tory MP has only, and I quote “put her head above the parapet” when it’s too late.

“As the MP for Penis tone and Stocksbridge I will help to secure the public transport system that our communities deserve and our planet needs”, pledged Marie Tidball.

“Every single one of us has the right to use buses to travel to work and see our families and friends without using a car. Pub lic transport is funda mental to achieving so cial justice and tackling the climate emergency.

"As the MP for Penis tone and Stocksbridge I will help to secure the public transport system that our communities deserve and our planet needs”

Lib Dems Frustrated as Bus Service Removed

The latest changes to bus services have seen the 135 service from Sheffield to Chapeltown no longer operating, leaving just the 86 service on the A61 corridor. Residents of High Green are now left with a one-hour journey on two buses just to get to Hillsborough.

The only remaining service is the M92 which oper ates just four return journeys a day at two-hour in tervals from Harley to Hillsborough Interchange.

Local Liberal Democrat Councillor, Alan Hooper said “Once again the residents of High Green have been ignored in this latest restructuring. What choices are they left with if they don’t have their own transport? The hourly 135 service has been under threat now for a number of years, mainly due to its unreliability. How many hours are passengers supposed to wait in the hope of a bus turning up? Some have even resorted to walking to Hillsbor ough where they work; now they’ve no choice”.

Fellow Liberal Democrat Councillor Ann Whitaker added “If you live in Ecclesfield there are numerous buses on the A6135 route to choose from. On the A61 route just one; and it doesn’t go to Hillsbor ough Interchange. Elderly residents cannot be ex pected to walk the half mile from Penistone Road to Hillsborough and back carrying shopping. The first time the 86 meets the tram is at Shalesmoor!”

It seems, once again, that the bus companies are giving up routes, and South Yorkshire PTE and the South Yorkshire Region are powerless to revisit the crumbling bus service to ensure it at least meets the basic needs of local residents.

Liberal Democrat Councillor, Mike Levery said “It’s time for Oliver Coppard, Labour’s South York shire Mayor and the South Yorkshire PTE to sort this out. At the very least, if there is only the 86service operating on the A61 corridor, then it must a) start from High Green and follow the same route as the no 1 service to Chapeltown, b) Leave Penis tone Road at Leppings Lane to enable travellers to access the tram at Middlewood Road and c) con tinue to Hillsborough Interchange.”

“Only twelve months ago, the previous Mayor, Dan Jarvis, introduced the Enhanced Bus Partnership which was supposed to improve bus services! The Liberal Democrats have been promoting franchis ing bus services for years as a far more effective alternative, which is the system Manchester are operating. Even if Oliver Coppard acts on this im mediately, the bus users of South Yorkshire have at least another two years of misery before this can be brought in.”

Plans for factory expansion given go-ahead

A catering equipment manufac turing firm in Ecclesfield, Shef field has been given the go-ahead for expansion despite objections over noise and disturbance to wildlife., writes Local Democra cy Reporter Lucy Armstrong for Yorkshire Live.

After 23 years of trading

Furniture Clearance Warehouse is closing its doors. The owner, David Perkins has successfully run the business for over two decades, but is now ready for a change.

Furniture Clearance Warehouse

Sheffield City Council planning committee approved the extension of an industrial and warehouse unit by Welbilt Uk Ltd on Provin cial Park industrial estate in Nether Lane.

started out in 2000, in a tiny store on Attercliffe Road, across the road from the Banners building, selling a range of items from TVs to exercise equipment, toys to pots and pans. The shop was an immediate success and within a couple of years gave

to bigger premises in the old Co-Op building on The Moor behind Redgates. The business traded here happily and successfully for several years until the council decided the building was required for other purposes.

The firm manufactures professional catering equipment including ov ens and fryers. It currently stores finished products elsewhere and wants to bring everything back on one site. A report by Welbilt’s plan ning consultants Arcus described the firm as an “award-winning, global leader in the manufacture and supply of professional catering equipment”.

It said that the expansion has the immediate potential to create 60 new jobs. The council received objections from 16 neighbouring

households in Mellor Lea Farm Drive and Chase.

One objector wrote: “Destroy ing the existing mature woodland, which currently acts a noise buffer, would adversely affect wildlife. New planting of trees would have little effect as a screen for decades.

Another objector commented: “The noise levels are already unaccepta ble with a constant drone night and day, disturbing sleep at night and the spoiling the enjoyment of relax ing in the garden. Not to mention

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the disruption it would have on the wildlife in this area.

Furniture Clearance Warehouse Due to Close Its Doors

Members of the committee who had been on a site visit prior to the meeting were enthusiastic about the plans. Coun Peter Price (La bour, Shiregreen and Brightside) said: “It’s one of the most uplifting visits I’ve been on. It was amazing.

“When people talk about we don’t make anything any more in Shef field, they ought to visit this fac tory. It produces 200-300 electric ovens per day, almost all of them

for export, mostly to America, all produced on that factory site.

“The problem, we learned then, mainly is that they store a lot of the stuff outside the grounds." Coun Price said the firm will no longer need to transport products around the city.

He also said the changed layout and new buildings, plus trees on the site, will act as a noise baffle between the factory and surrounding homes. He said: “I think it’s an excellent ap plication and I fully support it and wish them all the best.”

Furniture Clearance Warehouse Due to Close Its Doors

After 23 years of trading Fur niture Clearance Warehouse is closing its doors. The owner, David Perkins has successfully run the business for over two decades, but is now ready for a change.

After 23 years of trading Furniture Clearance Warehouse is closing its doors. The owner, David Perkins has successfully run the business for over two decades, but is now ready for a change.

In 2006 the company moved again to the old Doors and Floors Galore warehouse on Attercliffe Road and traded for around a year before the

Furniture Clearance Ware house also known as SWAG, first started out in 2000, in a tiny store on Attercliffe Road, across the road from the Banners building, selling a range of items from TVs to

times bigger than the original store and focusses solely on selling furniture. This also saw the business change names to Furniture Clearance Warehouse. Although all these years later, customers still refer to them as SWAG.

a closing down sale starting Monday 19th September. This is by no means a business that is going bust, merely an owner who wants to dust of his passport and get to know his family in the daylight hours.

the business to relocate, this time to a much larger location on Coleford Road in Darnall, where they are currently based. These premises are 50

Furniture Clearance Warehouse started out in 2000, in a tiny store on Attercliffe Road, across the road from the Banners building, selling a range of items from TVs to exercise equipment, toys to pots and pans. The shop was an immediate success and within a couple of years gave to bigger premises in the old Co-Op building on The Moor behind Redgates. The business traded here happily and successfully for several years until the council decided the building was required for other purposes.

In 2006 the company moved again to the old Doors and Floors Galore warehouse on Attercliffe Road and traded for around a year before the the business to relocate, this time to a much larger location on Coleford Road in Darnall, where they are currently based. These premises are 50

The business predominantly sells living room, dining room and bedroom furniture. Selling end of line, over stocks and exdisplay from the big multiple furniture stores. There is something to suit every budget.

exercise equipment, toys to pots and pans. The shop was an immediate success and within a couple of years gave David the confidence to move to bigger premises in the old Co-Op building on The Moor behind Redgates. The busi ness traded here happily and successfully for several years until the council decided the building was required for other purposes.

The owner, David has decided after working long hours and weekends for the last 23 years to start a new chapter. With no one to take over the reins of the business, it will begin

The sale will continue into the new year until all stock has gone. During this time all customers will receive their furniture and all orders will be

The owner is grateful for all the support and custom over the years and is looking forward to the next chapter.

Sale starts Monday 19th September at 10am - all stock reduced.

In 2006 the company moved again to the old Doors and Floors Galore warehouse on Attercliffe Road and traded for around a year before the premises were flooded in the 2007 floods. This prompted the business to relocate, this time to a much larger location on Coleford Road in Darnall, where they are currently based. These premises are 50 times bigger than the original store and focusses solely on selling

furniture. This also saw the business change names to Fur niture Clearance Warehouse. Although all these years later, customers still refer to them as SWAG.

The business predominantly sells living room, dining room and bedroom furniture. Selling end of line, over stocks and exdisplay from the big multiple furniture stores. There is some thing to suit every budget.

The owner, David has decided after working long hours and weekends for the last 23 years to start a new chapter. With no one to take over the reins of the business, it will begin a closing down sale starting Monday 19th September. This is by no means a business that is going bust, merely an owner who wants to dust of his pass port and get to know his family in the daylight hours.

The sale will continue into the new year until all stock has gone. During this time all customers will receive their furniture and all orders will be fulfilled.

The owner is grateful for all the support and custom over the years and is looking for ward to the next chapter.

Sale starts Monday 19th September at 10am - all stock reduced.

times bigger than the original store and focusses solely on selling furniture. This also saw the business change names to Furniture Clearance Warehouse. Although all these years later, customers still refer to them as SWAG.

The business predominantly sells living room, dining room and bedroom furniture. Selling end of line, over stocks and exdisplay from the big multiple furniture stores. There is something to suit every budget. The owner, David has decided after working long hours and weekends for the last 23 years to start a new chapter. With no one to take over the reins of the business, it will begin

a closing down sale starting Monday 19th September. This is by no means a business that is going bust, merely an owner who wants to dust of his passport and get to know his family in the daylight hours. The sale will continue into the new year until all stock has gone. During this time all customers will receive their furniture and all orders will be

CLOSING DOWN SALE ALL STOCK REDUCED

The owner is grateful for all the support and custom over the years and is looking forward to the next chapter.

Sale starts Monday 19th September at 10am - all stock reduced.

EVERYTHING MUST GO

CLOSING DOWN SALE ALL STOCK REDUCED

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Artist

is helping to raise funds for the food bank charity the Trussell Trust, by giving art lovers a rare chance to own an original work or print from just £100.

Launching on 1 October, Wad sworth is making one hundred pictures available to buy online –individually priced from £100 to £3,000 - with 10% from the sale of each original artwork and 50% of the proceeds from every print sale going to the charity.

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5 Stocksbridge & District WI are meeting at Christchurch Community Hall Manchester Road Stocksbridge. 7.15 for 7.30 start. We will be pre paring our Remembrance Poppies and snapping up some bargains in another swishing event. Visitors are always welcome. Details on 07939941818

11 -15 The Secret Tent Tues day 11th - Saturday 15th Oct Curtain at 7:30pm Tickets £9 | Concessions £8 (Tue & Wed only) EPPiC Theatre, Well Lane, High Street, Ecclesfield, Shef field, S35 9TP tickets@eccles fieldprioryplayers.co.uk

Tel: (0114) 240 2624 Ecclesfield

Priory Players Productions

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Sheffield born portrait artist Lor na May Wadsworth launches ini tiative to sell 100 pictures to raise funds for food bank charity, The Trussell Trust

Renowned Sheffield born por trait artist Lorna May Wadsworth

With the much sought-after art ist’s work regularly selling for thousands of pounds, this is a rare chance to buy an original piece or limited-edition print for a frac tion of the usual price, whilst supporting a worthy cause.

Make your own ‘mobile’

some will be available for you to use. This is aimed for all ages, and families are especially welcome.

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6 High Green W.I. are meet ing at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th October in the Church Hall, behind the Methodist Church in Wortley Road. The event is a “Musical Evening” with Chapeltown and District Amateur Operatic Society. Competition is a “Musical Pro gramme”. All members and visitors welcome.

13 Chapeltown WI will meet at 7.30pm in Chapeltown Methodist Church when they will hold their AGM. This will be followed by a fish and chip supper. The competition is for a hand made picture of Au tumn leaves.

13 Stocksbridge & upper Don 50+ group will meet 2pm - 3.30pm in Stocksbridge Library. New members wel come.

Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October 10am to 4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, Packhorse Lane, S35 3HS. A free exhibition hosted by Fine Artist Joanne Jenkins and student amateur artists, It will showcase art work that is eclectic in both subject mat ter and media with the theme based around ‘METALLIC’ Re freshments will be available on both days

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for our work days and what might follow. Wadsley Church Hall, Worrall Road. 7.30pm. www.walc.epizy.com Free refreshments.

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The Wadsley and Loxley Com moners are holding a Crafty Woodland Fun event at the end of half term.

Come and enjoy some half term fun on Wadsley and Loxley Com mon on Saturday 29 October.

You can make mobiles and wood land puppets from materials you can collect on the common or

The Wadsley and Loxley Com moners will be on the flat part of the common, by the picnic bench. This is easily accessed from both the Long Lane and Rural Lane Car Parks, just follow the main paths though there will be a map posted on the entrance to the common.

The event starts at 10.30am and runs until 12 noon.

Do check on the website as if the weather is bad the event may be cancelled or held on a later day. www.walc.epizy.com

Nothing is off the menu in this frank, revealing and very funny all new show

Prue Leith | Nothing In Moderation | Sheffield City Hall |Oval Hall | Tuesday, 28 February 2023

In her first ever live show, Prue will take au diences through the ups and downs of being a successful restaurateur, novelist, businesswoman and Great British BakeOff judge - feeding the rich and famous, cook ing for Royalty and even poisoning her clients.

In the second half she will be joined on stage by Clive Tulloh, who will put questions to Prue from the audience, that they’ve always wanted to

ask, making the show a unique night to remem ber.

Prue Leith said: “I’ve never done a stage show before and at 82 I’m probably nuts to try it, but it’s huge fun, makes the audience laugh and lets me rant away about

FRiday

7 Friends of St Nicholas’ Church, High Bradfield, Harvest Barn Dance at Low Bradfield Village Hall, https:// e-voice.org.uk/friendsofbrad fieldchurch

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9 Wadsley and Loxley Com moners - ‘Muck In’ Day (prac tical work on the common), 10am-noon, meet at Long Lane Car Park or Rural Lane Car Park. ww.walc.epizy.com. Tools supplied, bring gloves, families very welcome.

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13 Stocksbridge & District His tory Society Meeting – Christ Church Hall 7PM – ‘ DAHN ROOAD’ & LIVING IN THE 50s - Speaker Dennis Pindar . Ev eryone Welcome to meeting.

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14 SVP guide walks Glen Howe Park – 2pm meeting at the car park on Damasel Lane saTuRday

15 Jumble Sale. 11.00-1 .00pm. Great bargains at rock bottom prices. Grenoside Scout and Guide HQ, Saltbox Lane, S35 8QS. 50p. Donations accepted from 9am or contact grenosandg@gmail.com. No electricals thanks.

16 Wadsley and Loxley Com moners - Fungi Walk on Loxley Common led by Alan Smith, meet at 10am at Rural Lane Car Park. This is a round walk, lasting around 2 hours, but you can return to the car park at any time. www.walc. epizy.com. FREE but dona tions welcome. No booking required, just turn up. Fami lies very welcome.

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17 Wadsley and Loxley Com moners - The Commons and the Lakeland Partnership - an illustrated summary of WALC’s involvement in the Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Partner ship which will be coming to a close this winter. Here we will run through the origins of the project, the funding ar rangements, the partners and volunteers we met, the col laborations we built, and how we spent our grant. Think ... conservation management, wildlife recording, archaeol ogy, local history research, notice boards, new tools

18 Friends of Wortley Hall Gardens next meeting will be on Tuesday 18th October at 7.30pm and will be a talk by Will Thompson on Japa nese gardens New members welcome, admission is £2.50, free for friends of Wortley Hall Gardens. If you are inter ested contact Barry on 0114 2830056

18 Stocksbridge and Deep car Townswomens Guild are holding a tea/coffee, cake & bingo with raffle, meet ing at Christchurch Stocks bridge cost £5 proceeds to Stocksbridge community care group. Contact 0114 2882393 or 0114 2883674 for tickets or more info.

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Join Bolsterstone Archaeology and Heritage Group at 7.30pm for our Annual General Meet ing, followed by a talk on the ‘Early Gardens at Brodsworth’ by Colin Merrony (which will start about 8pm). We meet in the hall at Christ Church on Manchester Roadin Stocks bridge, and the talk is also available on Zoom (members only) - please contact bah gevent@axelafa.com for the link. Refreshments available. All welcome.

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the restaurant trade, publishers, TV and writ ing, and sing the praises of food, love and life.”

Tickets for the show will be available on presale on 30 September 2022 and on general sale 03 October via www.shef fieldcityhall.co.uk/.

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20 Friends of Wisewood and District - AGM, come along and find out what the group is doing in your local area, how they are hoping to cre ate a community garden and their future plans. Wisewood Methodist Church, 6.30pm, Free raffle and refreshments after the meeting. Facebook page ‘Friends of Wisewood and District’

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21 Coffee and cakes 10.3012noon St Saviours Church, Mortomley Lane, High Green, Good company, all welcome saTuRday

22 St Nicholas’ Church, High Bradfield, Macmillan Cof fee morning, 10am to 1pm, raffle, cakes, sales, cards, all proceeds to The Palliative Care Unit, Northern General

22 Our next indoor “Car Boot” at The venue. Doors open at 8am. All welcome.

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24 Halloween craft Club at the Inman Pavilion, Moorland Drive 336 1EG 10.00 - 11.45 am Lots of spooky things to make! only £2.

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26 Don Valley Probus will meet on Wednesday October 26th at 10.00AM in Christ Church Hall, Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, with a presentation by David Tem pleman, “Industrial Times and Tutors”. Our meetings are always relaxed and take

place on alternate Wednes day mornings throughout the year, and we look forward to welcoming our regular mem bers, visitors and new mem bers. For more information, please call Stephen Clarke on 07593 792967.

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27 Talk by Will Tomson at Christchurch Stocksbridge. “Gardening with Wildlife” En try £4 includes refreshments, Students and children free. For more info see www.cre ativecultivation

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29 Wadsley and Loxley Com moners - ‘Birds in Autumn’, a walk on Loxley Common led by John Robinson, meet at 9am at the Rural Lane Car Park, off Worrall Road. FREE but donations welcome. www.walc.epizy.com. Walk will last around 2 hours, but you can return to the car park at any time. No dogs please.

29 High Green Methodist Church are holding their Au tumn Fayre starting at 11am. Stalls include cakes, books, bric-a-brac, gifts, fancy goods, tombola etc. Ploughmans lunches and drinks available. All welcome. Please note this a week earlier than usual.

29 Wadsley and Loxley Com moners - Crafty Woodland Fun, for all ages but families very welcome, come along and make mobiles and wood land puppets from natural materials. Meet at the picnic

benches on the flat part of the common, just up from the steps from 10.30 to 12 noon. The event will be signposted from both the Rural Lane and Long Lane car parks. www. walc.epizy.com - please check if bad weather. FREE.

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23 Don Valley Probus will meet on Wednesday November 23rd at 10.00AM in Christ Church Hall, Manchester Road, Stocks bridge, with a presentation by Bryan Pentelow, `My Mother was a Skiver`. Our meetings are always relaxed and take place on alternate Wednesday mornings throughout the year, and we look forward to wel coming our regular members, visitors and new members. For more information, please call Stephen Clarke on 07593 792967.

OnGOinG MOndays

Men’s Activity and Games Session Stocksbridge Com munity Leisure Centre Mon day afternoons 1-30pm to 3-30pm Cost £1 (includes free refreshments) Activities will include a range from Badminton, Table Tennis, Indoor Curling, Dominoes, Card and Board Games, Quiz Contact Andy Walker 07723

for children of all ages with Autism Spectrum disorder. Every 2nd and 4th Monday at 1pm. Community Cam pus, Pack Horse Lane, High Green. For more informa tion look on Autism Hope Sheffield website or Face book page.

Millhouse Green Male Voice Choir meet every week at 7.30 p.m. at Millhouse Green Insti tute, A629 Manchester Road, Millhouse Green. The Choir is now practising for their next concerts in April and June. If any male singer would be in terested in joining the Choir, then contact 07901851992 for further information.

WEdnEsdays

Everyone is welcome at the Tea and Chat group - 1:00-3 :00pm every Wednesday af ternoon at St Leonards Church Wortley. Pop in for a drink and a chat. Contact Joan for more details: 0114 2887435

ThuRsdays

Open House Community Café Everyone is welcome at Open House, our new community café - 1:30-3:30pm every Thursday at Holy Trinity Thur goland Church. Pop in for cof fee, cakes and a chat. Contact Hannah for more details: han nahosandoval@gmail.com

The South Yorkshire Bonsai Society, meeting on the 4th

Services

STOREY Brian (Big Red)

Aged 74 years, on 13th September.

A much loved Dad, Grandad and Great Grandad.

SHELDON Barry

Peacefully passed away on 12th September 2022, aged 83 years. Service and cremation to be held at Grenoside Crematorium (South Chapel) on Friday 7th October at 11:30am.

Family owers only but donations for “The Trussell Trust” can be made on the day or via: www.peacefunerals.co.uk/ tributes-donations

Sybil GORMLEY

Peacefully on 24th September in Barnsley Hospital, Sybil aged 84 years.

Beloved Wife of the late Michael, much loved Mum to Alison & Helen, loving Nana to Matthew & Lucy.

Service at Millhouse Green Methodist Church on Wednesday 19th October at 11.30am followed by cremation at Grenoside Crematorium.

Donations in lieu of owers for Ward 18 at Barnsley Hospital c/o Dyson Funeral Service, Barnsley Road, Penistone. Tel: 01226 762481.

Norma PLANT

Passed away peacefully aged 83 years at the Northern General Hospital.

Dearly loved Sister of Janet and Julie, Aunt, Great Aunt and Great Great Aunt. Funeral to be held at Barnsley Crematorium on 12th October 2022 at 10:50am.

Donations in lieu of owers will be gratefully received by Salvation Army. Enquiries to T W Birks and Son, 100 Manchester Road, Deepcar, S36 2RE. Tel 0114 2885555.

Yvonne MILLINGTON

Peacefully at home on 23rd September, Yvonne aged 85 years.

Much loved Mum of David and the late Philip and Kevin, and their partners Carol, Julie & Joanne. Loving Grandma and Great Grandma and a friend to many.

Funeral service on Friday 21st October at 1.30pm at Grenoside Crematorium, South Chapel.

Family owers only please but donations if desired for Rain Rescue, Wickersley and Doris Banham Dog Rescue, Lincoln c/o Dyson Funeral Service, New Road, Deepcar. Tel: 0114 2883169.

Service at Grenoside Crematorium (South Chapel) on Thursday 13 October at 9:30am.

Enquiries to Jason Heath, John Health & Sons.

Sheila FAWCETT

Peacefully passed away at the Northern General Hospital on 23rd September.

The dearly loved Wife of the late Gordon. Much loved Mum of Jane and David. Devoted Grandma to Matthew, Daniel and Nathan.

Former sales assistant at the YEB.

A private funeral will be held and her ashes scattered at her beloved Lake District.

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Buses chaos

Dear LookLocal

As I've informed Miriam Cates and com plained to Stagecoach, Stagecoach are now not even routing half the 57s on the valley floor to Middlewood. 'Stocksbridge Flyer? Ha! They have found (just as I warned them) that they can't use Langsett Avenue -- the drivers say the buses bottom out (scrape at the bottom of the 1 in 3 hill as it hits the level ground of the main road at Middlewood) -- so they are now sending one of the two 57s per hour up the lu dicrous Oughtibridge/Worrall diversion and call it the 57A!

Drivers also say that they cannot complete the route in the allotted time, as proven by a 57 and a 57A running TOGETHER through Stocksbridge & Deepcar circa 10.30am this morning.

So they are going to need another bus on this route anyway. That would push it in the di rection of more like three buses an hour than two, so gets nearer to the absolute minimum provision Stagecoach should be providing.

If the 57A is to be permanent -- and not a stop-gap until the new 59 service from Hills borough to Worrall and the top of Oughti bridge is established -- this needs to be AD DITIONAL to the two per hour 57s, not a substitute for one of them.

If, as it appears Stagecoach is pitching, there has to be subsidy to run more than two buses an hour, then let's have this out in the open. The local Globe buses (23 & 34) are subsi

dised, yet often have no passengers -- I see the 23 all the time, as it passes my house. So what about subsidy for a service for which there is a demonstrable need? if the 57 route needs subsidy to be commercially viable, let's see Stagecoach make a case for this.

Yours sincerely Steve Moxon

Dear Ms Cates

Due to the abysmal way your government has handled their position during the Johnson era (incidents are well documented) and now Truss has come into power we could be in an even more chaotic financial state after tanking the £, mortgages sky rocketing, cost of living and energy prices rising out of bounds for the average person with only the 1% on salaries over £150,000 benefitting from reduced taxes. Unbelievably the energy companies have not being asked to contribute more. This is tantamount to corruption.

I don’t think there is any more to add, I therefore call for an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government. I expect you to dig deep into your conscience, do the right thing and vote them out when the time comes.

Regards Chris Dearns

Fox Valley

Rubbish glass everywhere. not fit to walk take the dogs out ride the bikes. Do not feel safe now to walk our dog. There's either young adults hanging about side of river. Drug users smashing glass in the river and bank side where new fox valley houses are. Then during late nights setting shopping baskets on fire petrol can left there. Rubbish thrown everywhere. Doesn't any of there parents care(probably not) as don't live down there. So it's not causing them any problems on there door step. It's a disgrace. If our dog gets glass in his paws who's going to pay our

100 THANK YOU

I wish to express my sincere thanks to my nearby neighbours and good friends for the lovely gifts and flowers on my special day.

Also to Rachel and her volunteers at the Christ Church meeting place for the wonderful party they gave me to celebrate my 100th.

Bless you all

Buses

Joan Ward

I agree with the comments made by Alistair Nicoll; Tory bashing by Councillors in the letters page of a local newspaper is not productive at all. Cllrs Ridler and Grocutts comments where unhelpful and they should be spending more time taking action against these cuts rather then creating excuses as to why they cant. If the work to change legislation to bring the buses back into public ownership (and run them as a service, rather than a business) is so lengthy and time consuming; then this should be their priority. In the meantime a safe cycle route needs implementing for the incoming winter months.

Funding available

To all residents of Bolsterstone, Deepcar and Stocksbridge

If you think we, the public, should have more say with how our money is spent, then read on!

You are all invited to vote to choose the projects (put forward by local groups) which you think will serve our community best.

There is a pot of £60,000 and almost a dozen groups have applied for some of it. It is over-subscribed.

You choose which projects will receive funding by taking part in the presentation evening, and, at the end of it, voting. All residents and people who work in this area aged 8 and over are eligible to vote.

This all happens on Tuesday, 11th October at The Venue.

Each group applying for funding will have a table in The Venue and be on hand to explain their need for funding and answer questions from 6.00 to 6.25 that evening. At 6.30 prompt the 3 to 5 minute presentations begin. After hearing them all, we each score them according to our priorities.

It’s important to say that everyone intending to vote needs to be present to hear all of the presentations.

The results will be announced at the Town Council meeting to be held on Thursday, 13 th October, 6.30pm. The meeting is open to the public.

Barbara HorsmanStocksbridge Community Forum

Think the community police should be paying regular visits down there. Its getting worse as the dark nights are drawing in. Absolutely sickening destroying our lovely paths and bike tracks. About time they were stopped.

Thank-you Anonymous

We are now stuck

No SL1 buses not running to Sheffield from Stocksbridge to middlewood. No 57 buses also not running on Manchester road. So why are they not doing a circular bus. There’s lots of disabled. Older generation people on our route that rely on walking a short distance to the bus stops. The bus company is taking there freedom away. You have now got to walk up hills in the bad weather to get a bus. And at least a mile away for buses. Its bad enough trying to carry shopping when you have not got a car. Was OK going to Hillsborough to do a bit of shopping then only a short distance for walking home. Would it not make sense to do circular then back down main Manchester road Stocksbridge instead of going back up Bocking hill? Now there’s nothing for us. In the winter they cannot get up our hills. So change this route now. At least our older generation can have a bit of quality to life going out. Now they cannot get out at all. Hope people read this and contact your local M.P. Miriam Cates.

Concerned disabled resident.

Threat to our national heritage

Regardless of your political leaning please take a second to look at the government’s recent minibudget and the catastrophic effect it will have on local, regional and national natural areas previously protected by law.

The current administrations ‘race to the bottom’ is exemplified by this move. I am writing to implore any and all to let your MP know that the suggestion of more soulless business parks (and the subsequent tax loopholes) are nothing but thinly veiled threat to our nations natural heritage whilst conveniently lining the pockets of those at the top.

I won’t deign to examine the effect on CO emissions, climate change, natural diversity or the individual’s mental well-being as I feel this are only incendiary in our polarised society.

The good news is that the RSPB have seen that a huge hurdle in our day-to-day lives is to find the outlet, information or time required to voice our protestations.

Simply go to the RSPB website, provide some basic information and they will source the email address of your local MP as well as draft a fully customisable email which is ready to send. It takes minutes and is free.

Thank You

Chapeltown WI would like to thank everyone who supported the Macmillan coffee morning on Saturday 1st October. A total of £757. will be donated to the Macmillan funds.

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At the time of writing over 75,000 people have used this invaluable service, please add your voice to this effort and help protect a finite aspect of our culture that is non-negotiable.

Your local MP (regardless of their uselessness) needs to know your position.

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WALK ON THE WILDSIDE

October is one of the most colourful times of the year.

Flowers such as sedums and rudbekias are still blooming and the leaves on trees and shrubs are beginning to change to fiery colours like red, yellow and orange. For many wildlife about to go into hibernation

– bumblebees, butterflies and hoverflies - late flowering pe rennials are a lifeline.

As you prepare your garden for winter keep in mind that wild life is vulnerable in autumn – so clean and refill bird feeders, leave out water and plant berry bear ing shrubs for next autumn.

Many species including ladybirds and other insects, hibernate in old seed heads and plant stems. Birds eat seeds and rosehips in the winter and larger creatures, such as hedgehogs, hibernate in piles of twigs and leaves. So try to resist tidying up your outside space too much.

A few autumn jobs can make your garden more wildlife friendly and help provide food and shelter in the spring…

• Plant bulbs – to flower in the spring so they can provide food

for bees coming out of hiberna tion

• Leave your borders – instead of tidying and cutting back leave your borders to rot down natu rally, it’s great for wildlife

• Create a pond – one of the best habitats for wildlife but make sure there are plenty of shallow areas for wildlife to climb in and out. If you have limited space, then a container pond is a good alternative.

If you are growing your own fruit and veg then now is the time

CHILDMINDER VACANCY

pick your pumpkins and squash es. Test to see if your pumpkins and winter squashes are ripe by pressing the skin with your fin gernail … it shouldn’t feel that it will pierce. Harvest them with as long a stalk as possible and store somewhere cool and dry. Apart from being fantastic food, they pumpkins and squashes are vi sually stunning. They are won derful for creating beautiful au tumnal displays for windowsills, front steps and window boxes.

A couple of stand-out varieties are … Crown Prince, a bluegrey variety of pumpkin that has

orange flesh inside - delicious when roasted and used in soups; and Celebration, a lovely orangeyellow variety of winter squash that is acorn shaped and works well in soups, stews and Sunday roasts. Now is also a good time to think about your soil. If it’s heavy clay you can dig it over so the winter frosts can break the clods down. Or sow green ma nures on unused areas to protect the soil over winter.

October is often a time spent clearing up after the Summer and preparing for the Winter and Spring ahead and as the RHS says … Although we had some warmer days over September, the autumn is now definitely here for real, and it feels colder. It's a beautiful time of year, with the trees changing colour. Some times it may seem pointless rak ing, when the wind blows even more leaves onto the ground, but just think of all the lovely leaf mould you can make! It's also time to start preparing for early frosts. Top three jobs this month – move tender plants, including aquatic ones, into a greenhouse or conservatory; cut back peren nials that have died down; and divide herbaceous perennials.

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Successful Lady Captain's Day

Sunday 2 October saw a suc cessful Lady Captain's Day completed at Stocksbridge Golf Club. Lady Captain, Heather Evans, hosted golf competitions for both the Ladies and Gents in glorious autumn sunshine. In the Ladies Medal competition, the winner was Sam Wood (45) with a net 73. Liana O'Sullivan (4), matched Sam's score, but lost out on countback. Heather's Vice-Captain, Terri Moffett (26), was third with a net 77.

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As part of Heather's day, a small er section of Ladies competed in a 9-hole challenge. Jose Wright (18) won with 18 points. Iris Haley (24) was second with 11 points. Val Pickford (26) and Su san Rushworth (28) shared joint 3rd place with 8 points.

In the Gents Lady Captain's Day Prize, Joe Marsh (22) won the Stableford format with 37 points. Nick Broomhead (15) was second with 36 points and Ash Jowitt (10) was third with 34 points.

64. After 9 holes Ben must have been thinking about breaking the course record, being 1 under par gross and with six 3's on his card. His good form continued on the back 9, with a further 7 pars. Sandy Murphy (10) finished sec ond in Division 1 with a net 67 and Eddie Steele (13) was third with the same score, but losing out on countback. The Division 2 winner was Phil Beaumont (20) with a net 67. David Harvy (14) and Rob Wakefield (22) both had net 70s, but Dave took second place on countback.

41 points. John Methley (19) was second with 40 points and Martyn Bradwell (19) was third with 38 points.

The very next day, John Sykes won the Dragons Section Past Captains Day with a score of 40 points. Second place went to Alf Pearson with 36 points and third went to les Wright with 34 points. John is pictured with the other past Captains and holding the winner's shield with current Captain, Steven Haigh.

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The previous day the Gents com peted for the October Monthly Medal in some very windy and occasionally wet conditions. The Division 1 and overall winner was Ben Stringer (2) with a net

Earlier in the week, the Dragons Section competed for the last of three Summer Cup competi tions. John Sykes (16) won the latest round with an impressive

Lastly, the Gents competed for a Mid-Week Pros Prize Stableford on 29 September. Trevor Mosely (10) won with 40 points. Nigel Eggenton (9) was second with 39 points and Gary McLoughlin (26) was third with 37 points.

Busy weekend for Penistone runners

Many Penistone runners were in action at the week end in a number of events across the country.

Three athletes took part in the London Marathon. First back for the club was Ian Sutcliffe in a time of 3-28-23. Ian was also inside the top 100 for the men’s over60 age category placing 91st. Next in just a few minutes behind was Ian Walker in 3-32-40 fol lowed by Matthew Cold well in 3-42-47. All the runners were rewarded with good times having trained hard for the event for a few months.

Penistone were repre sented by a single team at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay in the lake district. The event is run over four legs with runners running in pairs. The team placed 38th in the Open category in a total time of 5-31-01.

The team got off to a very strong start with the first pairing of Damian Kilpin and George Parr giving the

team 12th place after leg one.

Subsequent legs were run by Ian Charlesworth/ Paul Fryers (leg 2), Sarah Walch/Becky Timms (leg 3) and Steve Sanders/Tom Fryers (leg 4).

Kelvin Bowskill ran round Locke Park in Barnsley continuously for one hour and in the process raised £80 for Friends of Lock Park.

Up in Northumberland Andrew Taylor completed the Kielder 10k race in 5948.

Ruby Sanderson was fourth lady at the Holme Valley Trail Half Marathon.

At the same race Keith Gordon claimed first place in the men’s over70 cat egory.

At the Stairway to Heaven race Lesley Parker was first in the ladies over45 cat egory and Heather Lindley also grabbed first place in the ladies over55 category.

There was a second place for Dawn Godley in the la dies over60 category.

At Long Eaton Lucy Clough placed second in the Erewash Aquathlon.

The race involved a 400m swim followed by a 5k run.

On the parkrun scene Pe nistone footpath runners had the first three runners at the Penistone parkrun.

George Parr was first back followed in by clubmates Gareth Irvine and Tom Fryers. Sisters Lauren and Millie Lees were first and second girls at the Duk eries junior parkrun and Monty Hallam claimed third at the Hillsborough junior parkrun.

Star performance from Ta dek

The weekend also saw a number of Penistone Gram mar School pupils compete in the English Schools Fell Running championships at Giggleswick School. Tadek Kunicki-Holda put in an excellent performance to place third in the year 8 and

9 boys race. He completed the tough hilly course in 21-11. In the same race

Flynn Rogers placed 55th in 26-34. Samuel Thomp son placed 79th in the boys year 10 and 11 race in a time of 42-37. In the year 10 and 11 girls race Mil lie Powell finished in 21st place in 36-47.

Results

Barnsley parkrun

66, Lisa Hinchliffe 28-54; 67, Martyn Goodwin 2857; 72, Daniel Batty 29-18; 81, Susan Hall 30-45; 82, Stuart Smith 30-45; 109, John Spencer 34-55.

Penistone parkrun

1, George Parr 19-19; 2, Gareth Irvine 19-38; 3, Tom Fryers 19-43; 18, Nick Wright 23-51; 22, Suzanne McGill 24-17; 27, Stephen Owen 24-50; 54, John Broom 27-33; 55, Dawn Broom 27-34; 70, Sarah Plummer 29-36; 73, Elea nor Law 29-42; 74, Peter Beever 29-43; 115, Michael Nicholson 48-14.

CHURCH ON SONG TO RECORD TWO WINS

A report by Martin Webb

Knaresborough had made a slow start to their season with 10 points from their first 9 games. Church was still buoyant follow ing their convincing 6-0 defeat of Eccleshill United three days earlier.

A showery afternoon with a blustery breeze and long grass welcomed Church to Knares borough.

Brett Lovell playing up front nodded on a throw-in, and the defender cleared it for a corner.

Goal 1 minute.

A corner from the left was partially cleared to the centre edge of the box. Nathan Keightley set himself and drive the ball first time into to top left corner of the goal.

Knaresborough 0-1 PCFC

Wednesday 28th September 2022

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division

Penistone Church 6-0 Eccleshill United (h)

Scorers for Church - Jordan Coduri 31, 54, Kieran Ryan 39, Eddie Newsome 66, Nathan Keightley 67, Brett Lovell 90

Saturday 1st October 2022

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division

Knaresborough Town 0-3 Penistone Church FC

Scorers for Church – Nathan Keightley 1, Leon Hurles-Brook 18, Brett Lovell

Church with the wind behind them had the better of the first quarter of an hour. Church won the midfield battles and then put Knares borough under pressure.

Goal 18 minutes.

A midfield battle ended with the ball bounc ing in the Knaresborough box. The defence froze and Leon Hurles-Brook brought the ball under control on the left edge of the 6-yard box. He beat 2 defenders and the onrushing keeper with a piece of close control. His shot on the swivel found the bottom right corner of the goal.

Knaresborough 0-2 PCFC

Church continued to press and create open ings. A wicked Jordan Coduri curling corner

from left almost went direct into the goal. The keeper just managed to tip it over. Brett Lovell was then denied a goal-scoring chance from the next corner by a fingertip save by the keeper. Church then played some lovely passing football from defence, through 5 Knaresborough players, Keightley beat the keeper but a goal-line clearance saved the day for Knaresborough.

A sign of Church's dominance was that Knaresborough did not have a shot on target in the first half.

Half-time Knaresborough 0-2 PCFC

Church kicked off into the now stiff breeze and took a few minutes to settle into the game.

Goal 60 minutes.

A low cross from the left eluded the keeper. Brett Lovell finished at full stretch, low to the right of goal.

Knaresborough 0-3 PCFC

An injured Coduri was replaced by Ash Ellis after 63 minutes. Danny Howes was replaced by Reece High shortly afterwards. Tom Bren nan then replaced Ryan Johnson. Church again took a couple of minutes to regroup. Knaresborough had 2 corners in quick suc cession, but could not convert either.

Alfie Broughton replaced Nathan Keightley with 5 minutes to go. Church continued to dominate possession and managed the game well, Knaresborough had two shots on target in the 90 minutes.

Full Time Knaresborough 0-3 PCFC

Another thoroughly convincing away win for Church saw them score at critical moments in the match. Three wins and three clean sheets in a row provide a great platform for the rest of the season.

Assistant manager John Whitehead

“It was an excellent win away at Knaresbor ough following our mid-week win over Ec cleshill.

We told the lads the Wednesday night perfor mance meant nothing if we didn‘t back it up against Knaresborough on Saturday.

We couldn’t really change or rotate our team after our emphatic midweek victory so we went with the same selection. Unfortunately, Kieran Ryan pulled up in the warm-up with a recurrence of his calf injury so we replaced him with Brett Lovell up top and stuck to our game plan. He was fantastic, he worked tire lessly, he held up the ball, flicked it on, made nice tidy little passes and he deserved his goal.

We did what we do well, we were steadfast in defence, we created chances and we were quite clinical.”

Fixtures

Wednesday 5th October 2022

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division

Penistone Church v Emley AFC (h) Kick off 7-45 pm

Saturday 8th October 2022

Toolstation NCEl Premier Division Goole AFC v Penistone Church

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Podium finish for Zak

A yong runner came 3rd in the London TCS mini marathon U17 on Saturday.

Zak Ferguson, 17 who lives in Stocksbridge and is at 6th form at Penistone grammar school, grabbed a podium finish at the London Marathon this weekend.

In a field of 200. Zak stuck with the front group and kicked with 400m to go and managed to get 3rd 200m to go, and held it to the finish.

The history of the Mini Marathon reads like a who’s who of British distance running with everyone from Mo Farah and David Weir to Jake Wightman, Laura Muir, Eilish McCol gan and Keely Hodgkinson having taken part, to name just

All the region's send 6 of their best athletes to compete. Zak was running for Yorkshire & Humberside.

The teenager first started running at 12 with Stocksbridge ju niors when the PE teacher Mr Tee started taking the children to the Sheffield cross country races. Zak had never run before but came 12th in his first race came. Then shortly after he took up the sport and trained every week at the track.

Zak's father Ryan told Look Local

"Hopefully he stay injury free and a successful cross country

‘Pigs’ secure first League win

Stocksbridge 41-15 York RI

A magnificent effort on both sides of the ball helped Globe Holidays sponsored Stocksbridge Rugby to a try bonus point victory over visitors York RI at the weekend.

Superb support play and a flowing back line lead to a total of 7 tries, and a final score of 41pts – 5pts lift ing Stocksbridge to 8th place in the Counties 4 Yorkshire league ladder.

The home team started well, against the slope on a near-perfect surface thanks to Charlesworth Landscapes, and some nifty footwork from flyhalf Jack Spencer saw him cross the whitewash for the first score, the blustery wind made kicking difficult all day.

Try No.2 followed soon after when Slammin’ Sam Whittaker turned the ball over to release the returning, rampaging centre Liam O’Leary, a deft pass gave fellow midfield partner Jack Pearson time to release young flyer Logan Hannah to scorch in at the corner.

The home pack were dominant with Woodcock and ‘clock tower’ Beal leading the way and Smith was just tackled into touch as he sped away for the try line following good work by that man Frith, sniping at scrum half. From an attacking scrum, good ball allowed the backs to produce a training ground move, Pearson fed Spencer who put O’Leary through the defensive line to barrel his way over for the third try, Pearson hitting

the woodwork with the attempted conversion.

Half-time Stocksbridge Rugby 15pts – York RI nil.

Stocksbridge continued their domi nance in the 2nd stanza and the driving maul was gaining territory, allowing the midfield of Pearson and O’Leary room to make dents in the tiring visitor's defence, it was a mat ter of time before Pearson himself crashed over for the bonus point score, managing to convert his own effort close to the posts.

Full-back John Saddington was next on the scoresheet, steaming on to a nice pass from Spencer to outpace the covering defence and leave the visit ing full-back in a heap as he crossed the whitewash. O’Leary turned from hero to villain, spending 10 minutes in the sin bin for a high tackle, and York used their numerical advan tage to cross for their only try of the match.

Stocksbridge came back strong and Beal won a line out, giving that man Frith time to release the backs, and again Pearson ran riot through the visiting defence to score close enough to tag on the conversion too! Coach Lawrence unloaded his bench players or finishers giving Luke Hor ton, wrecking ball Joe Smith, the ev ergreen Ricky Christopherson, Steve Hawksworth and youngster Jacob Crosby some valuable game time and Horton was unfortunate to slip on seemingly fresh air as the try line loomed in front of him. The home side playing a great brand of offload

ing rugby, probably saved the best try till the end when the pack again turned over York possession and Christopherson put the hard-work ing Newton through a gap, he duly offloaded to the supporting Whit taker who, in turn, found the everpresent ‘clock tower’ Beal to crash over for the 7th and last try.

Final score Stocksbridge Rugby 41pts – York RI 5pts.

The Fox Catering Man of the Match award went to fly-half Jack Spencer with Pearson, Beal and Saddington also producing worthy performanc es in an all-round great team effort. Head Coach Andy Lawrence was full of praise for his charges after wards, ‘this has been coming’ he said, adding ‘we defended well when we had to and played a pretty good offloading game. We can build on this performance. Vice Captain and influ ential 2nd rower Sam Whittaker said ‘we are building week on week and our first up tackling was very strong, particularly in midfield. These are the standards we need to reach con sistently now’.

Stocksbridge will have to wait a cou ple of weeks for their next fixture, as they have a bye week next week. The next scheduled fixture is away at Aireborough Rugby on 15th October, with the next home clash on 22nd October when Nestle Rowntree will be the visitors to Coal Pit Lane, kickoff 3.00pm, all are welcome.

chapeltown rBL progress in cup

utes, and had another chance but were thwarted by a James Birch save.

With 10 minutes to go Jed Phil lips caused confusion in the defence and the ball fell to sub stitute player manager Adam Todd, who chipped the ball in from 40 yards out.

Chapeltown RBL are through to the last 16 of the league cup after a close fought battle with Pre mier division Boynton Sports.

Boynton took the lead with a well worked goal after 25 min

The game could then have gone either way with both teams look ing to avoid penalties. Legion left it late but when Todd found Josh Savage in the 96th minute, the captain made no mistake rifling in with venom from out side the area.

Birch then made a last second save to ensure Legion progressed to the next round.

Oughtibridge wM women reach the fa cup 3rd qualifying round

For only the second time in their history with a deserved win at York RI, Lucy Ridley opened the scoring with her 3rd of the season but York equalised be fore half time. Despite dominat ing the 2nd half Oughtibridge

couldn’t find the net until sub Emily Fowler grabbed the win ner late on. Back to league ac tion this Sunday as they host Notts County Women at the War Memorial, KO 2pm.

Photo by Ciara Fitzmaurice

STEELS FORCE A REPLAY

FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Rd

Stocksbridge PS 2-2Ashington

Match report by Adam Allcroft Stocksbridge Park Steels will need a replay to get past Ashington after drawing 2-2 in the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup.

The Steels got the opening goal when Ross Goodwin’s diving head er beat the goalkeeper. Ashington instantly equalised with Lee Mason finishing at the far post. They would then take the lead with Ben Harmi son finishing at the far post after a well-worked free kick. Stocks bridge would get the replay after Mitch Langton finished following a scramble in the box.

Steels could have been ahead within a minute. The Steels earned a cor ner almost instantly, and this gave Tomas Poole the chance to whip a ball in. He duly did exactly that and found Goodwin, who forced a very impressive save from Karl Dryden.

After this initial chance, Ashington were able to take charge of the game and looked to get the lead. The best chance was when Robbie Dale cut inside the box and forced an acro batic save from Harrison Davison-

Hale. Dan Maguire went clear in the box but his delay in the box allowed the Stocksbridge defence to get back and get the ball away. What enraged the large amount of travelling fans were the two hand ball calls not given their way that could have led to penalties for the away side.

After managing to withstand the pressure, Stocksbridge used their breaks well to create opportunities. One lead to a corner which again almost went in only for Lee Mason to clear it from the line. The Steels also earned a free kick but unfortu nately, Poole couldn’t keep it on tar get and it went over. In the end, de

spite all the chances for both sides, the first half would end goalless.

The second half would start with Ashington having chances. Dean Briggs, a constant presence down the left for Ashington, curled a shot just over the bar. Not long after that, Mason was able to fire a shot off but Davison-Hale was equal to it.

Stocksbridge would open the scor ing. Poole was working hard on the left wing and got himself enough space to put a quality ball into the box. Goodwin was hovering at the far post and flew like a bird as he connected with a diving header which left Dryden with no chance of saving it.

Unfortunately, it was level just mo ments later. Stocksbridge fell asleep at the back and Ashington got down the left-hand side before whipping a ball in. Mason was waiting un marked at the far post and was able to smash the ball into the back of the net.

While Stocksbridge almost got right back in the lead with Luke Rawson being inches away from connecting with a great cross from the right wing, Ashington would be the next goalscorers. Daniel Briggs sent in a free kick from distance and Harmi

son beat his man to knock it on the far post.

Stocksbridge threw everything at Ashington as they looked for an equaliser. They came very close as well when after a corner was initial ly cleared, it fell to Alex O’Connor who listened to the crowd urging him to shoot and drilled the volley onto the post.

Ashington will look back on their big chance towards the end with re gret. Maguire beat the offside trap and with Davison-Hale rushing out, he went for the lob. The ball seemed to hang in the air for ages before it dropped down onto the bar and went out of play.

Stocksbridge took that as an oppor tunity and would get the equaliser. Poole’s corner caused havoc in the box and it would eventually fall to Langton who managed to finish it into the bottom corner and send the home fans into rapture. While both teams would press on to look for the winner, neither team cre ated an opportunity and there will now be a replay at Ashington on Tuesday night.

If Steels prevail in the replay they will face a tough trip to King’s Lynn in the next round.

Tigers take the lead in play-off

SHEFFIELD will take a four point lead into their home leg of the Premier ship Play-Off Semi-Finals after winning 47-43 at Wolverhampton on Mon day.

The Tru Plant Tigers pro duced yet another solid team display to beat a Wolves side who were on a run of four straight wins at Monmore Green.

Things didn’t get off to an ideal start when Jack Hold er and Lewis Kerr conceded a first race 5-1 - but it was Sheffield’s opening pairing who drew the scores back level in Heat Five with a maximum of their own.

Wolves responded with an other 5-1 to restore their four point lead but that was shortly followed by an im pressive run of five succes sive advantages for the Ti gers who opened up an eight point gap.

And despite conceding a third 5-1 in the last race to see their lead halved going into Thursday’s (October 6, 7.30) deciding leg, team boss

really really good team per formance and again it’s great to see all the lads doing their bit,” he said.

“If you’d have offered me a four point lead before the meeting I’d definitely have taken it; Wolverhampton have got a good team them selves and it’s never an easy place to come to.

shine off anything.

“At the end of the day, we’ve come away from home in a play-off semi-final and picked up a win and it puts us in a good position on Thursday.”

Adam Ellis top scored for Sheffield, recording three races wins out of five on his

Justin Sedgmen made some quick starts away from the tapes at reserve while midseason signing Lewis Kerr rode with a real grit and de termination once again.

While Jack Holder and To biasz Musielak both expe rienced steady nights, they were still able to come up

with three crucial race wins

Kyle Howarth was forced to work hard for his points af ter bike problems in his first, while Rising Star Connor Mountain picked up three third places.

WOLVERHAMPTON 43: Nick Morris 14, Sam Mas ters 8+3, Steve Worrall 8, Drew Kemp 5, Luke Becker 5, Leon Flint 2, Ryan Doug las 1.

SHEFFIELD 47: Adam El lis 11+1, Justin Sedgmen 7+2, Jack Holder 7+1, Lewis Kerr 7+1, Tobiasz Musielak 7, Kyle Howarth 5, Connor Mountain 3.

NEW CUP FINAL DATES SET

NEW dates have been con firmed for the 2022 Premier ship League Cup Final.

Sheffield will travel to King's Lynn on Monday, October 17 (7.30) before hosting the deciding leg at Owlerton on Thursday, October 20 (7.30).

A reminder that the Tru Plant Tigers are back in the Steel City this com ing Thursday (October 6, 7.30) as they bring a four point lead into their playoff against Wolverhampton with a place in the Grand Final, to take on Belle Vue, up for grabs.

Photo by Ian Revitt