Codsall Pages August 2013 by Kay Garrison

August 2013

Codsall Pages

YOUR LOCAL GUIDE - BUSINESSES, OFFERS, INFO & NEWS DIRECTORY LISTING OF LOCAL & CODSALL BASED BUSINESSES INSIDE AUGUST 13 EDITION Accountant & Bookkeepi ng Adul t Educa ti on Arts & Cra fts Bi ngo Bl i nds Cafe,Pubs ,Resta ura nt, Takeaway Cakes Car Body Work Care a t Home Carpet & Fl oori ng Chi l dcare Cl eani ng Servi ces Cl i ni c for Ba l a nce and Di zzi ness Computers a nd Repai r Da nce Cl a ss es Devel opments Di sco

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Tips from Your Local PGA Pro at Ledene Golf Centre

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure many of you watched the British Open from Muirfield and saw many of the different challenges it presented and saw all the different types of shots been played by the professionals, this was mainly due to the type of course it was played on. Links golf is a totally different challenge to an inland parkland golf course, with a links course having firm undulating fairways and greens, and as it is based by the coast it is exposed to the elements which makes the fairways play a lot faster and the greens are firmer to play too. The wind was a key factor over the weekend which saw a lot of the players incorporate a punch shot using a 3/4 golf swing. Some of our customers on the range were asking me what a punch shot entails and how the ball will be affected going into a strong head wind. The aim of a punch shot is to lower the flight of the ball and reduce the spin making the ball travel through the wind with ease. To practice this shot you will need to:Choose a lower lofted club than you would normally use, often 2 clubs more, if using a 7 when confronted with a strong headwind go up a club or 2 using a 5 or 6 iron. Position ball towards back of stance in line with the right heel. Grip club lower down the shaft with hands slightly forward of the ball, maintain this angle throughout. Remember to lead with the hands, club and body always work together. Make sure your backswing is abbreviated from a normal backswing, making sure your hands go no further than shoulder height in the backswing and finishing no more than shoulder high during your follow through. (DON'T try to force the ball into the wind). Hopefully by practicing this shot on the range it will help you to control your ball flight better in windy conditions.

Jeremy Nicholls, Ledene Golf Centre, Wood Road 01902 847123 or 07711902149 play@ledenegolf.co.uk

Paul Westwood Developments

Is a local developer with 25 years experience in the local area on spec residential developments We are looking for side gardens and potential redevelopment sites without planning consent to acquire in the Codsall and South Staffordshire area. If you feel your property or part of your property may lend itself to this,please feel free to contact us for a non obligation free land consultation Please call in confidence on 01902 489901 or 07870 341089

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Brian Breakwell Painter & Decorator Semi-Retired with over 40 Years Experience Cheap Rates All Work Guaranteed

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In the comfort of your home call KEVIN HALL (FILEx Commissioner for Oaths)

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Dates for the Diary Every Monday – Baby Bounce & Rhyme – 10-10.30am @ Codsall Library - 01902 842764 Every Friday – Pre School Storytime – 10.30-11am @ Codsall Library - 01902 842764 Friday 16th August – Storytelling with Clr Robbie Marshall – Codsall Library – 10-30-11.30 - Free Saturday 17th August – Bristol City v Wolves - 3pm Friday 23rd August – Wolves v Crawley – 7.45pm Saturday 31st August – Port Vale v Wolves – 3pm Saturday 7th September – Wolves v Walsall 3pm Wednesday 25th – Friday 27th September – Codsall Dramatic Society presents The Memory of Water – 07792 784908 Friday 27th – Sunday 29th September – Pattingham Scarecrow Festival - www.pattingham-church.org If you have any dates for the diary that you would like Codsall Pages to promote then please contact us Tel: 07734 461934 or email: codsallpages@gmail.com

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Visiting Foot Care Service NOW available in this area Nails Trimmed Corns Removed Painful Toenails Verruca Treatment Fungal Conditions Cracked Heels Hard Skin/Callus Reduction

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A Word From Your MP The cost of transport is often one of the biggest burdens on the family purse and the expense of taking the children to and from school can seriously eat into an already tight budget. For many families, it is an expense that cannot be met – even assuming that there is a parent or vehicle available to make the journey. It is for this reason that many parents in South Staffordshire rely on the free home to school transport provided by the local council. It was, therefore, with great perturbation that I learnt of proposals to make it mandatory for parents to pay a contribution towards their children’s home to school transport, if their children were not attending the nearest school within their catchment area. The new plans would have seen some parents pay up to £380 extra per child, per year, an impossible amount for many families in the area who are already making sacrifices due to a shrinking real income. This proposal would also have had a number of residents fearing that they would either have to pay hundreds of pounds extra a year for home to school transport or be forced to move their children to be educated in another county, as in several instances the closest school was outside the Staffordshire boundary. I therefore met with the local authority to voice my concerns, sent a Freedom of Information request demanding to know the cost of such a policy and contacted thousands of residents, urging them to make their voices heard in the matter during the consultation process. I am delighted to reveal that, after receiving a high volume of complaints over the proposal from parents and teachers, Staffordshire County Council has now decided to end the consultation with immediate effect and Ben Adams, the Cabinet Member for Learning and Skills, has recommended that it does not pursue these proposals. I wanted to say thank you to the many hundreds of people who have been in contact with me, supporting my campaign to see the proposed changes on home to school transport rejected. Many people had said to me that this consultation was just paying lip service and there was no genuine effort to take on board the matters raised, but I am pleased to see that the County Council has listened and acted to remove any uncertainty for pupils and parent in announcing that these changes are not to go ahead. Parliament is no longer sitting as, this week, the summer recess officially begins. Over the next six weeks - contrary to the news reports that you will read - I will instead be making a series of journeys within the constituency, where I will be visiting everything from local businesses to community groups. I may even have the opportunity to drive a tractor while helping out on a local farm! I hope that I will get to see some of you on my travels around South Staffordshire or at my new constituency office in Codsall (Jubilee House, 59 Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, WV8 1PL) To contact me call 01902 846616.

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Useful Numbers Russell House Surgery: 01902 842488 Codsall Library: 01902 842764 Codsall Village Hall: 01902 843412 St Nicholas Church: 01902 842168 St Christopher RC Church: 01902 842891 Trinity Methodist Church: 01902 847490 Neighbourhood Police: 0300 1234455 Staffordshire Police: 08453 303132 MP: Gavin Williamson: 01902 846616 Souths Staffs District Council: 01902 696000 Staffordshire County Council: 01785 223121 Parish Council: 01902 842426 If there are any other telephone numbers you think would be useful to the people of Codsall then please contact us 16