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training or movement geared toward stimulating the muscles and CV system without unduly stressing them. • Passive recovery: using an external stimulus to enable the muscles and CV system to recover. When it comes to addressing the recovery and performance equation, lifestyle factors (sleep, nutrition, hydration, stress, etc.) are probably the most significant factors to consider, as so many of us are stressed at work (and home!), eat and drink poorly, and don’t get enough sleep. should include carbohydrates and protein – both 1-2g per kg Sleep S leep Sleep is the period in which the of body weight. biggest physiological and psychological restoration takes place; the harder your training program, and the more stressful your life is, the longer your sleep duration should be. Research suggests that sleep deprivation can have a significant negative effect on athletic performance and recovery because it affects the whole body and all its systems.

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Capes can be found with slits for arms or sleeves, and the beauty of this is you can throw a cape over whatever you are wearing, especially if it is classic knee length. On the high street, Zara has a fancy tiered cape for £77, and also offers lovely mid-thigh length capes in classic shades of black or beige. They fasten at the neck and are reasonably priced at £49.99. Not a huge investment for a look that will update any wardrobe.

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genuinely planet safe options. I want to talk about something that as a mum, was one of my parenting staples. Wet wipes! They have a multitude of uses and saved the day for me on more than one occasion, but knowing what I do now, I’d never have used the ones I did. They are one of the worst! A recent study discovered that 90% of wet wipes contain plastic. This also refers to the so-called flushable toilet wipes – please don’t flush them, despite what they say on the packaging. Wipes cause no end of problems in the sewer systems and also leak microplastics into the water! So what can you use instead to tackle these parenting emergencies? Well never fear, there are quite a lot of alternatives! Go back to a simpler time and just use damp flannel squares for sticky fingers and faces. Have a search online –

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Growing Growing with with your your children children Spring is fast approaching and I wanted to explore the joys of growing with children. As I have mentioned before, kids love to be involved and get their hands on the ‘doing’ of life. Truly there is no better way to give children a sense of autonomy and responsibility than the growing of plants from seed, and now is the perfect time to prepare to grow your own garden with your little ones. You can get outdoors and prepare a small plot in which to plant up vegetables, for instance, or you can indeed ‘bring the outdoors in’ by growing houseplants from cuttings. No matter how you do it – or how nervous you may be – why not give it a go?

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from the wind and creates a perfect nursery for your new plant babies. Once sprouted, you can then re-pot into individual pots and watch together as shoots, leaves and eventually flowers emerge. For primary aged children you may like to make a project of it – taking pictures, drawing, plotting growth on a graph, comparing growing conditions inside and out, in the sun and in the shade. In fact, there are endless ways that the simple acts of sprouting seeds can offer massive educational value to your children, as well as create a bonding experience and, who knows, a new hobby for the future? Older children and teens are becoming massively environmentally aware, so providing a small plot for growing food could be a great way to nurture their growing interest as well as teach valuable life skills – and who can resist fresh potatoes or carrots straight from the garden for lunch? Simple root vegetables, salad To advertise call 01242 510500

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what they do and what sort of people they’re looking for. Find a few possible companies and write to them to ask if you can work shadow one of their employees. Ensure you use a polite and professional tone, and show some enthusiasm when getting in touch so that the employer knows you’re keen to get some first-hand experience. Sometimes it can be hard to find opportunities, but persevere and ask your college or university careers advisors for help if you need it.

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M Miles iles o off smiles… smiles… “It’s cricket with a smile.” Those are the words of Jim Hyland, who is talking about indoor cricket in Gloucestershire, something he h a s b e e n a b i g s u p p o r te r o f f o r many years. The indoor version of this country’s number one summer game has been very popular around the county for some three decades now and its popularity shows no sign of waning. Why would it? Playing indoor cricket means you can play the great game pretty much all the year round, particularly the cold winter months, and as Hyland says: “What can be better than that?” Hyland is the Gloucestershire Cricket Board’s indoor cricket coordinator and is a key player on the pitch as well as off it

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fan despite his Tottenham connections – he was working as a behaviour support manager at a school in Peckham before heading west to Gloucestershire just over 18 months ago. And although he has only been back in the full-time game for less than two years, the fans’ favourite who is well liked by everyone at the club certainly because he also plays for Whitminster in Division Two of the Cheltenham League. The Cheltenham League is made up of 24 teams split evenly over four divisions, while the Gloucester/Stroud League boasts another 17 teams who compete across two divisions. There are also another 20-plus teams competing in Bristolbased competitions.

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doesn’t regret the way his life has panned out. “I think I’m better off for it,” he said, “and I’m so happy now. I learned a lot when I wasn’t playing full-time. I wasn’t in a bubble, I had to cook my own food, I had to wash my own kit. “I had to earn respect and get a job and I think that will stand me in good stead when I stop playing football.” It certainly should. While obviously good at football, Addai has a winning personality, one that makes him easy to interview, and he has a ready laugh. But while he’s good fun to talk to, he’s very serious about his football. “Yes, I am,” he said. “I’ve learned so much since I joined the club – different demands, different styles of play. I was out of the professional game for so long and I used to train just on Tuesdays and Thursdays.” Full story online. District Combination knockout competitions. And the good news is that they are “alive and well”. So says Bob Ellis, the president of the Cheltenham and District Combination. “It’s still a special part of the rugby calendar,” added Ellis.

Spring S pring iin n their their step step You’d expect trampolinists to have a spring in their step and that’s certainly the case at Aspire Springers. That’s because there is a real feelgood factor at a club that was formed back in 2004 and these days is based at Bentham Domes. The club have some 220 members and cater for people of all ages and abilities. For full versions of all these stories and more, visit www.thelocalanswer.co.uk

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Now Now Jonjo Jonjo Jr Jr is is top top of of the the class class Jockey Jonjo O’Neill Jr has come a long way since the days when he used to bunk off school so that he could go to the Cheltenham Festival. In those days it was very much a watching brief for the now 22year-old, but this year he will be one of the main men at Cheltenham Racecourse when the four-day extravaganza gets under way on Tuesday 10th March. “I’d have been about 13,” recalls the former Cheltenham College pupil. And, yes, the school did find out that he was at Prestbury Park when he shouldn’t have been, but this is a story with a happy ending! “After that the school let me go to the Festival as long as I’d done all my work in the morning,” continued Jonjo. “I’d get a taxi at 1.15pm and I’d still get there for the first race at 1.30pm because all the crowds had gone in.” These days it’s fair to say he’s very much top of the class and the crowds will certainly be watching him as he looks to build on the remarkable success that he has had over the past year or so, success that includes a winner at last year’s Cheltenham Festival. It was always likely that Jonjo Jr was going to enjoy a career in racing in some capacity. His dad remains one of the great names in the sport and after a fabulous riding career he is still training winners at the age of 67 from Jackdaws Castle in the heart of the Cotswolds. Young Jonjo was born in Cumbria where his dad was training at the time, before heading south to Gloucestershire with his fam ily around the turn of the century when they moved to the training base that is still home for them today. Jonjo Jr was a pupil at Cheltenham College Junior and Senior School and became a boarder from the age of 12. “I had to,” he told The Local Answer with a laugh. “I would

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never have got any of my school work done if I hadn’t because I always wanted to be out with the horses. “So even though I lived only half-an-hour away I became a boarder. I loved it though, it was great fun.” And while the horses and jumps racing was a big part of his life even back then, it wasn’t the be-all and end-all for him because he threw himself into school life and was actually a more than decent rugby player, someone who was good enough to play openside in the school’s 1st XV. But while he loved the rough and tumble of the great game that is rugby, he was never truly converted and when the Cheltenham Festival came around in March there was only one thing on his mind. “I just remember all the Irish coming over to Cheltenham,” he said. “There’d be swarms of them. “There were people everywhere, all going to the racing, it was amazing.” Jonjo’s dad is one of Ireland’s most famous men, of course, but Jonjo Jr considers himself English “except when it comes to the rugby, I’m Irish then!” The Irish are a big part of what makes the Cheltenham Festival

so special and Tuesday 10th March can’t come around quickly enough for all racing enthusiasts. “That half-hour before the first race on the Tuesday is really special,” said Jonjo. “You’ve got the Supreme Novices, the Racing Post Arkle Challenge and then the Champion Hurdle. “That’s all the best and speediest horses from England, Ireland and France. “They’re all running in the first three races, it’s scintillating.” And Jonjo, who is leading the way in the race for this season’s conditional jockeys’ title – he rode the 2018 Gold Cup winner Native River to victory at Newbury at the start of February and at the time of writing had just reached 50 winners for the season – knows what it’s like to win at the Cheltenham Festival. “I was very lucky to win on Early Doors for Joseph O’Brien in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle,” said Jonjo. “Winning at the Cheltenham Festival is something everyone wants to do and for it to happen to me was absolutely amazing. “Any win is very hard to get but especially at Cheltenham.” Jonjo is eligible to ride in that race again this year, of course. Full story online.

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We have been lucky enough to have exhibited work by some of the most exciting and talented printmakers. This exhibition includes some of our favourites. Wednesday to Saturday, 10am-4pm. www.thechapelarts.com 4-7 4-7 MARCH MARCH BOMBSHELLS Meet the bombshells, six women on the edge – of greatness, of love, and their sanity – and delve into each character’s life as they bare their most urgent wishes and thoughts. 7.30pm. £7-£12. Cheltenham Playhouse, 47-53 Bath Road, GL53 7HG. www.cheltplayhouse.org.uk. 4 MARCH MARCH OFFICIAL OPENING WITH DAME ESTHER RANTZEN DBE Lewis Carroll Lodge, St Margaret’s Road, Cheltenham. 12-3pm. Call Louise on 01242 802839 to register your attendance.

6 MARCH MARCH – 1122 JJUNE UNE SISTERHOOD Photographer, filmmaker and artist Danielle Salloum is passionate about raising awareness about issues from human rights to the environment. Her latest exhibition highlights extraordinary and diverse women from Trinidad and Tobago and Cheltenham, both locations where she has strong links. Free. The Wilson, Clarence Street, GL50 3JT. cheltenhammuseum.org.uk 110-13 0-13 MARCH MARCH THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

From the roar of the crowd, to the thrill of the action, The Jockey Club opens its doors for four of the biggest days in sport as over 260,000 people flock through the gates when Jump racing’s top protagonists take to their greatest stage. Four days of extraordinary await as Champions return to retain their crown, while others battle to steal the limelight. A week of drama and high emotion, with moments of pure theatre thrown in for good measure. The Festival 2020 is set to have it all. For tickets please visit www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham

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Bring your little one for some outdoor fun! A chance for pre-schoolers to engage with nature and explore our Forest School site (with large covered area for wet days)! Children can enjoy bug hunting, creating mud pies, craft activities, storytime and more! Batsford Arboretum, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9QB. Full details at batsarb.co.uk 14 14 MARCH MARCH SUN RECORDS: THE CONCERT The record label that bought you Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and much more. Revisit the recording studio and the songs of Rock ‘n’ Roll America. Featuring authentic musical instruments, starring multi-talented cast of singers and being the official show of Rock ‘n’ Roll music. Full details: cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 17-21 17-21 MARCH MARCH SOME MOTHERS DO ’AVE ’EM Hilarious mishaps and DIY disasters are bringing the house down, quite literally as Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em hits the road with Joe Pasquale as the loveable accident-prone Frank Spencer. Full details at everymantheatre.org.uk

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Rachmaninov loved this beautiful choral work above all his other compositions. Within the atmospheric surroundings of Tewkesbury Abbey and with the Cheltenham Bach Choir’s wonderful sound, this will be a compelling concert. Conductor: David Crown. Tickets £20 (£8 student/child) www.cheltbachchoir.com SANDFORD PARKS LIDO 2020 SEASON The lido re-opens for the 2020 season! A great day out in the heart of Cheltenham, the lido is a children’s paradise with slides, a children’s pool and a paddling pool. The 50-metre

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The members of First Church Christ, Scientist, Cheltenham, warmly invite you to explore this subject in a free talk to be given by Heike Arneth on Tuesday, 31st March at 7.30pm in The Church building on Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3AW. Heike is a practitioner of Christian Science healing, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship and speaks to audiences worldwide. Free entry, all are welcome. God’s law of good is ever active.

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4-5 APRIL APRIL 4-5 MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION Layouts, refreshments, children drive yourself Thomas. Raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. St. Margaret’s Hall, Coniston Road, off Windermere Road, Hatherley, Cheltenham GL51 3NU. 10am-5pm. Full details at www.cheltmodrail.org.uk 11 APRIL APRIL 11 THE BIG EASTER EGG TRAIL Come and join the Easter Bunny to find the clues around the park and win some Easter chocolate. A joint event to support Cobalt and Maggie’s. Entry £2.50 per child. 1-4pm. Sandford Park Café, Cheltenham GL53 7PU. EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA AT SANDFORD PARKS LIDO Join us on Easter Saturday for a funfilled day for all the family. Meet the Easter Bunny between 11am and 1pm! There will be a variety of games and activities for both adults and children, such as egg and spoon races and ‘hook-a-duck’ in the paddling pool! The pool will be open as usual between 11am and 7.30pm. Free event. All ages welcome. Sandford Parks Lido, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham, GL53 7PU. www.sandfordparkslido.org.uk

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P Poetry oetr y ssociety ociety rreleases eleases aanthology nthology A new book celebrating the county of Gloucestershire through the medium of poetry has been published. ‘Poetry from Gloucestershire’ is an anthology of photographs and poems compiled by members of Cheltenham Poetry Society (CPS). “We hold an annual writing retreat at Dumbleton Hall every May,” explained CPS member Sharon Larkin, “a day concentrated on thinking about and writing poetry. “At last year’s retreat, the poets took Gloucestershire as their theme and we decided to compile poems we had written on that theme into a book.” ‘Poetry from Gloucestershire’ features poems about places around the county, and Sharon – who edited the book alongside CPS Chair Roger Turner – explains how they put the book

Six of the 12 poets with poems in ‘Poetry from Gloucestershire’ (L-R: Gill Wyatt, Robin Gilbert, Annie Ellis, co-editors Sharon Larkin and Roger Turner and Catherine Baker.

together. She said: “We asked the poets to send a selection of poems they had written about Gloucestershire, and s elected poems for inclusion in the book – poems

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which gave good coverage of the county as a whole. “We then worked with poets individually to polish the poems and sought out photographs to accompany some of them. There are some keen photographers in Cheltenham Poetry Society, so that wasn’t too difficult! “It covers the length of the county from Alderton and Tewkesbury in the north to Berkeley and Chipping Sodbury in the south, and Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Cotswolds. “There’s even a trip on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and a glimpse of the Severn Crossing.” ‘Poetry from Gloucestershire’ will be officially launched at The Suffolk Anthology Bookshop on Tuesday 24th March, where some of the poets involved will be reading their work. Full story online.

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Margot Robbie reprises her role as Harley Quinn in the latest instalment of the DC extended universe. Set post-break up between Quinn and the Joker, the film depicts her fall from grace and the discovery that more people want her dead than she had thought. What DC seem to be doing well in the past year with the likes of Joker (2019) is making audiences fall in love with the villains as well as the heroes. Robbie brings such fresh energy to the character of Harley Quinn, and the film really benefits on the whole as a result. It’s refreshing to see a new group of antiheroes take centre stage – superhero films are in a time of new starts and ‘Birds of Prey’ stands on its own two feet and keeps faith in the DC Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn universe alive. Picture: DC Films Full review online.

by Jodi Picoult A Spark of Light, the number one Sunday Times Bestseller, is a fantastic page-turner, tackling the controversial issue of abortion and the prochoice/pro-life debate with beautiful elegance. The story begins at 5pm in a women’s centre in America and both those inside and outside the clinic have a story to tell. A gunman, guided by his own personal agenda, has taken everyone inside the centre hostage. We are introduced to an array of characters who each tell their own story – a doctor, a nurse, patients, an anti-abortion campaigner, the gunman and a hostage negotiator. A thrilling book from start to finish, you are kept on your toes wondering what will happen right up to the very last page. Full review online.

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L Local ocal singer singer on on growing growing up up with with music music Singer-songwriter Issy Winstanley has loved music for as long as she can remember. Born in Birmingham, Issy moved to Cheltenham when she was eight years old and says she grew up with pretty much non-stop music. “All my life I’ve been listening to loads of different stuff,” she said. “I’ve got a massive family and they all like different types of music so I’m into a bit of everything.” Growing up with such a varied number of musical influences meant that when it came to song writing, Issy has always had plenty of ideas. “I’ve always been coming up with melodies,” said Issy, “I first started putting songs together when I was 10. “Then I was probably around 13 when I started writing songs

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down – but they weren’t very good!” Now aged 18 and adept at both guitar and piano – though she insists she wouldn’t call herself a guitarist – Issy says her love of song writing has never wavered. She says she enjoys ‘fusing’ genres and cites artists like

Fleetwood Mac and Beth Neilson Chapman as major influences. She continued: “Lyrically I think I take a lot from folk music. But I also grew up listening to a lot of commercial radio. “I want people to think about my lyrics but I also want my songs to be easy to listen to.” And when it comes to performing – chances are you’ll be able to find her busking or gigging in Cheltenham on any given week – Issy likes to try and help local causes whenever she can. “I love performing,” she added, “I always take any opportunity to get on stage. “If I can use a show to help fundraise for a good cause then I try to. “I’ve played shows for charities like Emmaus and CCAA in the past.” Full story online.

N New ew exhibition exhibition honours honours amazing amazing women women Danielle Salloum is a photographer and filmmaker. Born in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, Danielle and her family moved to England in 2004, and settled in Cheltenham. She attended Cheltenham Ladies’ College, before going on to do an Art Foundation Course and then Press and Editorial Photography at Falmouth University in Cornwall. “Through my degree,” said Danielle, “I developed an innate sense of passion towards portraiture and documentary photography.” After university, Danielle returned to Cheltenham and joined The Wilson Arts Collective. She moved back to Trinidad last year but kept in touch with the group, leading to a new

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exhibition which will open this month. ‘Sisterhood’ features the stories of an array of women from Trinidad and Tobago, from lifestyle bloggers and environmental activists, to the country’s

first female President, Paula May Weekes. “These women were speaking but not necessarily being heard loud enough,” said Danielle. “I contacted them, inviting them to be part of my exhibition and every single woman agreed. “I then met, photographed and heard the stories of each of these amazing females and got to know them personally. “It is a true life experience to meet a person, hear the details of their personal journey and witness how incredibly strong and happy they have become because of or in spite of it.” The exhibition opens at The Wilson on Friday 6th March, to coincide with International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March. Full story online.

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