Probus News Magazine - October 2023

What’s inside

Defibrillator campaign

Page 4

Church update

Page 10

Jubilee Lamp update

Page 17

How to contact us...

By email: editorprobusnews@gmail.com

By hand: Articles for Probus News can be left at Trudgian Farm Shop in Probus Square, or Treviglas Cottage, Treviglas Lane, TR2 4LH.

Management Team

EDITOR: John Denyer 07824 555519 editorprobusnews@gmail.com

CHAIRMAN: Sheila Bing 01726 883400 sheila.bing@outlook.com

First day at school photos

Page 22-25

Art Exhibition

Page 26-28

Local sportgirls football

Page 46

Plus: Viv’s fundraiser, PTA, PHCS, PEAT, bowling club, golden anniversary, Archie’s amazing pumpkins and lots more. Front cover: (a different) Archie’s first day at Probus Primary School taken by his mum Hannah.

Submission deadlines for articles, adverts, alterations and other items for the magazine is the 10th of every month.

Publication dates

November Friday 27th October

December Friday 8th December

January No edition published

February Friday 2nd February 2024

March Friday 1st March 2024

April Thursday 28th March tbc

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Probus Defibrillator Campaign update

WEmade it! Thanks to the incredible generosity from our readers, we have raised £3,893.80 to purchase three new defibrillators (plus cabinets) for the village. Donations came in from far and wide including from these local businesses and organisations:

A&H Ducting Services Ltd

Roseland Kennels and Cattery

Probus Knit And Natter Group

Probus Old Cornwall Society

Probus Over 60s Luncheon Club

Probus Comrades Club

Probus Parish Players

The Hawkins Arms

The Chaos Group

Cllr Karen Glasson’s Community Chest

In total we received 54 direct donations from individuals, some of whom were anonymous, as well as cash donations made in the buckets at Trudgian Farm Shop, Probus Filling Station, The Spar Shop, Probus Comrades Club and The Hawkins Arms.

All money received has been transferred to Probus Parish Council who has already ordered the new equipment, and will make up any shortfall, as well as cover the VAT. We’ll give a further update once it is installed and operational.

THANK YOU ALL!

Annual General Meeting

Probus Comrades Club

WEDNESDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2023 AT 7:45 PM

Everyone welcome - come along and find out about your village magazine.

Are you curious, or perhaps interested in getting involved in the production or delivery of the magazine? We are always looking for help with interviewing, reporting/story gathering, editing, layout and graphic design. If you have skills we could use, or are interested in learning new skills, then we can help.The AGM is an opportunity to meet with the committee, without obligation, to find out what we do. You’ll find us welcoming, open for new ideas and very keen to get younger age groups involved - vital for protecting the long-term future of our village magazine.

Viv’s charity fundraiser

Viv is raising funds for the Merlin Centre who do such good work supporting so many people in Cornwall.

YOUare invited to a Halloween hog roast and auction in aid of the Merlin Centre on Friday 20th October, 7pm at Probus Comrades Club.

Viv says that this will be the last fundraising event before she leaves for her 12-day 450 km cycle challenge. It starts in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam travels along the Mekong delta and ends at the famous Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia. Viv has completed several charity cycling challenges in the past, and this definitely looks the most challenging of all.

She invites you to come and support her, support the Merlin Centre and have a fun night in the process. Look out for Viv’s posts on Facebook to see the list of auction items.

This will be a ticketed event at £20 per head which includes delicious food and dessert, an auction and entertainment.

Please note that all monies raised will go directly to the charity as the cost for Viv’s cycle ride across Vietnam is selffunded.For tickets, call Viv on 07868 708062.

Acoustics Night (Comrades Club) Tim Joyce 07412 126774

Badminton Club Pauline Partridge 01726 882649

Bees (swarms/issues/questions) Tony Paddock 07486 295414

Bowling Club

Church Bell Ringers

David Meggs 07850 945626

Liza Deards 07888 684425

Churchwarden Andy McCartney probus.churchwarden@gmail.com

Comrades Club Bryan Trebilcock 01726 882747 Cornwall Councillor Karen Glasson 07980 975527 cllr.karen.glasson@cornwall.gov.uk

Cycling – Probus Pedallers Dave Light 07966 683852 or Colin Brown 07484 740249

Dance Classes Children (4Real) Angie Smith 07825 234855 contactus4real@gmail.com

Football - Saturday Club Steve Flack 07956 049727

Probus Youth FC - Juniors Eric Bendelow 07917 008491

Probus FC - Seniors (First Team) Graham Smith 07968 478970

Friends of Probus Church Richard Heath 07849 315432 geotechrich@gmail.com

Grampound Road Cricket Club The Club House 07800 915578 grampoundroadcricketclub@gmail. com

Hawkins Arms Graham and Phil 01726 882208 www.thehawkinsprobus.co.uk

Historic

Kids

Other village pages: Probus Cornwall, Probus Super Mums!, Probus News Magazine, Probus Swap and Sell

Probus Primary School PTA

IT’Sbeen a busy ‘back to school’ month, a lot of smiling new faces enjoying their first days at school.

In October, we’ve got our spooktacular halloween disco for KS1 and KS2 with fun, games, and a disco; followed by the Probus Pumpkin Path open to all village residents with a trail around the village during the half term!

In early November, we’ve got our ‘bonfire bingo’ in the village hall; open to all village residents and always guaranteed to go off with a bang! Look out on our social media for how to get your booklets and book your table!

We are actively seeking volunteers who can help the PTA with match funding; please reach out if you can help.

Chris Dutton, Chair, Probus Primary School PTA Probuspta@gmail.com

Art Exhibition thanks AHUGE

thank you goes to all the volunteers who helped with this year’s Art Exhibition. We raised £2615.33, plus a charity match of £500, making a grand total of £3115.33.

Special thanks to Chris the curator, Andy, Caroline, Issy, Neil, Eleanor, Beryl, Ann and all the ladies and gents who provided copious amounts of tea, coffee and cake! The finale with the Mevagissey Male Choir was fantastic.

Vanessa McGill

Golden couple

CONGRATULATIONS

to Suzy and John Game who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 10th September. Best wishes on your very special golden anniversary.

A message from the curate

The bible tells us to “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances”. Giving thanks is not so much a transactional response to God complying to a certain rate of service expected from him. It is instead a way of life for those who trust in God and know that whatever happens, he is good.

I expect that with the wet summer we’ve had this year, many in the farming community may see reason for their harvest celebrations to be somewhat muted. Many others will also be in situations this October where there seems to be little to be thankful for. Can I still encourage you to say a ‘Hallelujah’ anyway? It may have been a bad year in some respects, but we can still recognise that we have agood God and give thanks accordingly.

Rev’d Paul Salaman

THIStime of year tends to be when our churches have their harvest festivals (Probus’ is on 22nd of October with a harvest supper in the evening). No doubt the farming community around Probus will have already collected their harvest long before this depending on their crop but the tradition of a community coming together at a single point in the year to give thanks for what they have gathered throughout the year goes back to biblical times.

Back in those days there was very little control a farmer might have over the quality of their crop. There were no pesticides, fertiliser, irrigation or drought-proof varieties and consequently they would dig, plant and pray. There would be no guarantees and only modest expectation and so if a good crop was produced then there was a good reason to give thanks for answered prayer.

But what if there was a poor harvest? Well, the equivalent of our harvest festival was still celebrated even so.

Church services

Sunday 1st 9:30 am Connect

11 am Holy Communion

Sunday 8th 9:30 am Alternative Holy Communion

Sunday 15th 9:30 am Connect.

Sunday 22nd 9:30am Harvest Festival with Holy Communion

6 pm Harvest Supper

Sunday 29th to be confirmed

Other events

Coffee mornings: Tuesdays 10:30 am12 noon. Fridays 9-11 am

Youth Club: (Years 7 - 13) First and third Sunday evenings 6:30-8 pm

Little Lights baby and toddler group. Every Thursday 9.30-11 am

Cash draw 2022

PROBUS

News magazine is a nonprofit organisation that aims to publish a high-quality village magazine full of local news, events, photographs and articles of interest. It is delivered free to each household in Probus eleven times a year.

Produced and delivered entirely by volunteers, our only income is from advertising, a grant from the parish council and the annual cash draw (held just before Christmas). The cash draw is a vital part of our yearly revenue and goes some way towards covering our printing costs.

Cornwall Councillor update

For the last three years, we have included a book of tickets in the November edition, asking those that wanted to support us to do so. It worked! You supported us magnificently, for which we thank you.

This year, we will do the same again, so look out for your tickets in the November edition. The draw itself will be held in early December at Probus Comrades Club and the results announced in the December magazine. We sincerely hope that, once again, you will support your village magazine.

Council’s draft budget is now available and you can have your say on the Cornwall Council website. I am happy to discuss anything of concern. There is financial support available to residents who are struggling and if you would like me to assist with this please do get in touch. Karen’s contact details are on page 16.

CORNWALL

Snowy Mountains

THANKS

to Debbie Coates (née Keam) who sent in this drawing. Originally from Wagg Lane, Debbie emigrated to Australia and now lives near Canberra. During a recent visit to Probus, she took a photo of the church and decided to draw it while on a weekend camping trip in the snowy mountains of New South Wales.

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Probus Parish Council Grants

Expression of interests

Probus Parish Council is now accepting expressions of interest from non-profit or charitable organisations who are looking for grant funding.

The funding will be available to support the projects that benefit the local community and will not be issued retrospectively.

The expression of interest should be submitted to the parish clerk before 31st October 2023 via email clerk@probusparishcouncil.gov.uk or posted to Lee Ho, Ashdown Close, Sticker, PL26 7EU and include the following information:

• Name and status of your organisation

• A brief description of your project

• A summary of why you are seeking additional support

• Lead person name and contact details

The council will review the details and, if you are eligible, invite you to submit a full application. We will contact you if further information is required.

If you have any questions please contact the clerk on 07749 626021 or via email clerk@probusparishcouncil.gov.uk

Do you have a problem?

Why not contact one of your local parish councillors for advice?

Alison

Cook

wwwprobusparishcouncil.gov.uk

Rachel Tofts Carne View Road 07432 566055 racheltofts@probusparishcouncil.gov.uk

There is currently one parish councillor vacancy. Please contact the clerk or any of the above for details.

Jubilee lamp update

INlate August, we were lucky to be invited to visit GTJ Engineering’s workshop in Tresillian where they had almost completed repairing Probus’ Jubilee Lamp.

You will of course recall that the 126 year old lamp was severely damaged by a vehicle, almost a year ago, and needed specialist repairs.

Glyn Jones the owner of GTJ Engineering stepped up to take on the repairs. He explained that because the main upright of the lamp was made from cast iron, the repair process was challenging. You can’t easily weld cast iron, so it had to be heated slowly in their huge forge before welding, after which it had to be cooled down in a very controlled manner to avoid cracking.

Similar complex repairs were also needed for the arms and the lamp itself. Bending the white acrylic sheets to form the complex curves required ‘out of the box’ thinking by Glyn and his team, and the end result is magnificent.

The jubilee lamp will be reinstalled once modifications are made to the mounting as well as the granite base that’s being handled by Ed and James Faull (pictured below).

Once done, it should be good for another 126 years!

Shaun Beresford

First day at school

ANOTHERcohort of Probus children started school for the very first time in September. Others moved up a year while some moved up to ‘big school’. Thanks to all proud parents who sent us their photographs.

This page - clockwise from top right: Rosie and Arthur, Archie, Bronte, Caspian, Bethan with little brothers Ruairi and Furgus clearly excited at the prospect. Your time will come soon enough boys!

This page - clockwise from above: Eddie, Harriet, James with younger brother Lucas below, Olivia (going into Roseland Y7), with little sister April.

Page 24 - clockwise from top left Lexi, Lexie and Lola, Livie, Jenson, Mia (starting Roseland Y7) and Jenson.,

Page 25 - Rose (starting Roseland Y7) with younger sister Alice, Saffee, Brodie (starting Roseland Y7) with younger brother Casey, Henry, Arthur and last but not least, a very excited Samuel.

Probus Art Exhibition

By John Denyer

ANOTHER

successful Probus Art Exhibition was held in Probus Church in September and raised over £3,000 for Probus Church.

Well done to all those involved in organising and curating this event, those that helped set everything up, those that served tea and baked cakes and those that helped clear everything away. Thanks also to the many talented artists and craft persons who submitted the paintings, drawings, photographs, models, wood carvings, wood turnings, glass art and other artworks.

The exhibition opened on Thursday 8th September with a preview evening, attended by over 100 people and finished in style on the evening of Sunday 10th with a concert from the Mevagissey Male Choir. They put on a splendid concert in the church, that then continued (unofficially) over a pint (or two) in the Hawkins Arms afterwards.

Here is just some of the artwork on display that caught the editors eye.

Clockwise from above: Martin Knight Calm as the Sea, Roger Gluyas detail hand carving, Helen Perrott, The First Piece of Coral, Nina Worrall Highland Cow, Cathy Stringer Having a Laugh, Carol Bailey True Red, Vanessa McGill, Caroline John (seated) and her sister Isobel on the preview night.

Clockwise from above: Vanessa McGill

Fused glass hand painted mackerel, Jon Arnold’s hand turned pens, Sue Hiscutt From Hayle to Godrevy, Vanessa McGill’s Liquid Sunshine, Joyce Stanton Probus Church Lamellyn, Frankie Durose St Anthony’s Head.

THEfirst meeting of Probus Historic Cornwall Societies (PHCS) 202324 programme was held on 11th September. The chair welcomed members and visitors trusting they had enjoyed the summer break and were looking forward to the new programme. He then introduced our speaker for the evening Gary Mitchell. Gary last spoke to us in 2016 about his father’s boatbuilders story at Portmellon.

This time Gary continued the story with his own experience of building and designing boats. It was facinating listening about the business and traditional skills used in building all sorts of craft from dinghies to vessels weighing 30 tons. Gary’s dad Percy left school aged 14 and did a six year apprenticeship with Roberts & Co in Mevagissey during the First World War. In 1924 at the request of his employers he took over the yard and business. He was 22 years old.

Percy Mitchell designed, built and launched over 300 boats was some achievement.

Gary then went on to tell his own experiences, a six year apprenticeship with a company of naval architects in Poole Dorset returning home to run the family business with his older brother Brian on the retirement of his father in 1967. Many repeat orders were received from satisfied customers. He was also involved in the design of various ships and was approached by the owners of Cyngus Marine, based in Penryn, to design a 32ft working boat for the mackerel fishery to be made in glass fibre! This became known as the GM32 (Gary Mitchell 32ft.) and was very successful and Cyngus Marine expanded the range from GM19 - GM44. Work continued but inevitably tailed off and the yard was closed in 1982.

Boat building continued in Mevaggissey then moved to Portmellon. Gary showed us pictures of boats being constucted and launched on the beach at Portmellon, the stories of how things were done using manual labour and timber work were alarming. The fact

Gary's talk and pictures were relayed to us in a knowledgeable and humorous manner and was well received by all present.

The next meeting will be Monday 9th October when the speaker Frank Argall will be giving us an illustrated presentation based on the Argall postcards and photographs over the last 150 years.

Alan Blake, Speaker Secretary PHCS.

A Cygnus GM32 Coastal fishing vessel.

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Archie, the master pumpkin grower

INa secret location in Probus, ten-yearold Archie has grown pumpkins for the last two years. This year they are bigger than ever, in fact huge. The largest is probably a metre in circumferencepossibly wrecking ball size and likely to be as heavy.

Probus News met with Archie and his mum, Jennifer, to talk pumpkins!

PN: How do you grow pumpkins to be this large Archie?

Archie: I plant the seeds in a compost heap until they grow. You need special seeds, but I can't disclose the next step.

PN: Oh. How do you feed them or is that a secret too?

Archie: Oh, just with water

PN: How big are the seeds?

Archie: About the size of a 20p coin

PN: Do you plant just one seed, or maybe a hundred to hope a few will come up?

Archie: Just two.

PN: Where did you plant the seeds to get the first plant?

Archie: I can't disclose that information.

PN: Fair enough - I suppose everyone would grow them if they knew your secret. Have you seen any others that compare to yours?

Archie: A few, but they are absolutely tiny compared to ours.

PN: How many have you grown this year?

Archie: About five, with a few small ones too

PN: Is this all from just two plants?

Archie: Yes. If we planted four plants, it would have doubled.

PN: So, when will you harvest them?

Archie: In about two months' time, when they have gone completely orange in colour.

PN: Thank you very much for your time Archie.

Are there any other green fingered youngsters (or oldsters!) out there? Please let us know so that we can tell your story.

In fact, we love to tell stories about people who grow, make or create things in the village, or maybe just do something a little different. Don’t worry, we won’t divulge your secrets.

Just make contact with us on editorprobusnews@gmail.com or 07824 555519.

Roseland u3a

THERoseland

and District u3a has secured the services of an art teacher and she will use Tregony Village Hall for provisionally six two hour sessions.

Funding for the hire of the hall and all art equipment will be paid for by a council grant. The u3a will pay the art teacher fees so the lessons will be free to our members but other local residents will be welcome to come along. There is some parking outside the hall and also Roseland Parc will provide parking spaces. Karen the teacher will start with drawing.

October Diary:

Friday 6th October 10 am to 12 pm at Probus Village Hall Patchwork and Craft group.

Monday 9th October 10 am to 12 pm at Tregony Village Hall NEW ART class.

Tuesday 10th October 10:15 am to 12 pm at Tregony Church Hall - Local HistoryThe Prayer Book Rebellion.

Thursday 12th October 10 am to 12 pm Probus Village Hall, Classic film Pink String and Sealing Wax.

Tuesday 17th October 11:30 am at Trelissick Gardens cafe meet Margaret for coffee and refreshments.

Thursday 19th October 2 pm to 4 pm Tregony Bible Christian Chapel for Scrabble.

Wednesday 18th October 2 pm at Roseland Parc for our book club

Friday 20th October 10 am to 12 pm

Patchwork and Craft PVH.

Monday 23rd October 10am NEW ART class in Tregony Village Hall.

Tuesday 24th October 2 pm to 4 pm

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Thursday 26th October 12 noon Luncheon Group, venue to be arranged For further information, please email caroleannbowling@yahoo.co.uk

Probus Book Club

By Liz Horder

OURbook this month was Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes. A man (Damien Baxter) is dying, he is a multi-millionaire and for all his wealth he is alone in the world.

He receives an anonymous letter from a woman in his past who infers that she has had his child. He has no idea who the letter is from as he had many lovers when he was young.

He decides that he wants his son found so that he can leave him all his money in his will. He makes a list of all the possible women it could be, and has no compunction in asking an old acquaintance, who moved in the same social circle, to help track down his son.

The book is broken down into several parts, following the six women Damien has listed. You follow the trail with the author and it is fascinating to see how the women have all had such different lives to those they expected in the 1960s. It is funny and at times moving.

If you did not experience the 60s you will find it interesting, being about a period when many social changes were taking place. In the upper classes, the

debutantes were no longer presented at court, but the parents of the nobility and wealthy still carried on with the balls and social gatherings to find suitable partners for their children. They could not face up to the fact that their world was changing.

I experienced the 60s through working in Knightsbridge, London, and found the book reminded me very much of some of the people I met then.

Probus carnival parade follow up

WEreceived

more images from the carnival parade after the last edition had gone to print - here are a few. Thanks to Karen and Rachel for sending them in.

Above: Jack and Emma as Barbie and Ken along with little Barbies (twins Nel and Flo) and little Kens (Zac and Ted). Below: Too many kids to name, but all having a great time under watchful supervision of Jason, Len and Stuart.

PEAT

Probus Environment Action Teams

OURdedicated litter picking group meet on the first Saturday of the month. In September, we celebrated our second year anniversary since we started in 2021.

In May that year, Karen Glasson was elected as our Cornwall Council councillor (and has done a great job for residents ever since). When she was canvassing for election, several villagers told her that the amount of litter on the streets was annoying them and Karen promised that, if elected, she would try to start a litter picking group of volunteers. At the same time, Liza Deards and Steve Dalton started with their PEAT environmental initiatives and agreed to support Karen and create a joint approach to start the monthly event.

The village was divided into five routes that covered most roads and initially the team used the equipment that Cormac

provided for volunteer litter picks, but it wasn’t as good as we wanted. Karen then kindly used her councillor community chest funds to buy new equipment with Neil Glasson identifying the best tools available. These have served us well ever since.

The group has been able to meet every month since it began its objective. Every month they collect in total around three full black bags of litter and the same number of recycle bags of plastic, cans and bottles. Our PEAT funds are used to finance incidental costs and to pay for insurance for all our volunteers.

Across the country there are similar groups who meet regularly to remove litter. We cannot expect Cornwall Council to regularly deal with litter in every town and village across our beautiful county. The litter picking team is proud to be doing its part to keep Probus clean and tidy.

Steve Dalton

Just some of the Probus Litter Picking Group at the recent carnival.

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PROBUS

EVENTS DIARY 2023

Secretaries: To publicise your meetings or events, let us know well in advance and we will include details here. Contact details for all groups/clubs/ societies can be found on page 6.

Key: PVH = Probus Village Hall. PCC = Probus Comrades Club.

Acoustic Night Upstairs (at Probus Comrades Club). Last Monday of the month, starting at 7:30 pm.

Badminton Club: Meets at 8 pm every Monday at PVH.

Coffee ‘n’ Chat: Every Tuesday morning 10:30 am to 12 noon at Probus Church. Open to everyone, young and old, church-goer or not. Also held on the first Saturday of each month between 10 am and 12 noon. Coffee, cake and a friendly welcome for everyone.

Friendship Club: MHA Communities

Cornwall is a national charity that runs a friendship club for folk 60+, at PVH on the first Thursday of each month from 10 am to 12 noon. Tracy Beavill 07720

680989 cornwall@mha.org.uk.

Mid-Cornwall Wood Turners: Club nights on 1st Tuesday of each month: Training nights on the 3rd Tuesday in every month.

Mobile library: Friday 6th October, 3rd November and 1st December. PVH car

park between 11:30 am and 12:20 pm.

Over 60s Luncheon Club: Reopens on Wednesday 4th and 18th October and 1st, 15th and 29th November.

Probus Club of Probus: On 12th October, we return to the A30/Carland Cross site for an update on works, including the archeological dig. On Thursday 19th October luncheon at The Falmouth Hotel.

Probus Church Christmas Fayre: Saturday 18th November between 2pm and 4pm. As usual Dave Meggs will be collecting bottles for the bottle stall from the beginning of November. These can be dropped off at the church coffee mornings on Tuesdays or at 71 Carne View Road (note the new address).

Probus Historic Cornwall Society: See page 29.

Probus Knit and Natter Group: Every Wednesday 10 am at PCC.

Probus Litter Pickers: First Saturday of each month at 10 am. Meet at PVH.

Probus Parish Council: Meet now on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Next meetings on 19th October, 16th November and 21st December. Normally 7 pm for planning committee and 7:30 pm for full council. Full details at: www.probusparishcouncil.gov.uk.

Probus Pedallers: Leave from the surgery every Sunday at 9 am. The more leisurely group leaves at 10 am.

Probus Walking Group: Every Wednesday 9 am or 9:30 am start. New members very welcome, but contact Tim Joyce or Terry Hodge first. Every Friday for shorter walks 10 am. New members also always welcome.

If you run a regular group in PVH or elsewhere in the village let us know.

Local sport

Girls’ football

By John Denyer

LASTmonth we took a look at the status of girls football in Probus by interviewing two young players, Perdy and Layla. This month we interviewed Holly and Maisy and round

off with an interview with Jason Chapman who is deeply involved in coaching for Probus Youth FC, but also across Devon and Cornwall while working for Plymouth Argyle Community Trust. Jason talks about the five-year plan for Probus Youth FC.

INTERVIEW with Holly and her mum Isobel. Holly is a student at The Roseland Academy and has just started Year 8.

PN: Hello Holly and Isobel. Holly, when did you start playing football?

Holly: At under 8s I think

PN: How did that come about?

Isobel: A friend’s daughter played for St. Agnes, and she said why doesn’t Holly try it out? So we went along, and she liked it. She really enjoys the social side of football and now many of her close friends are connected through football.

Holly: I trained and played with St. Agnes but then also with Probus. This year I had to choose as both teams played in the same league - I can’t be registered with two teams - so I chose St Agnes as it is an all-girls’ team.

PN: Do you enjoy football then?

Holly: Yes, very much. I really like playing with the girls.

PN: What position do you play?

Holly: I play right wing.

PN: Do you score many goals?

Holly: Not really, although I scored two this summer in a tournament. I prefer to run the wing and pass the ball to the forwards to do the scoring.

Isobel: Holly is fast and good at weaving through other players with the ball.

PN: Do you play at The Roseland Academy?

Holly: Yes, I play in the Year 7, 8 and 9 team with the girls from a year above - the under 9s team. At school, I sometimes play right wing, but also

sometimes as a striker, it depends upon what they need.

PN: I hear you also play for the county.

Holly: Yes, I went through several trials and was selected for the Cornwall ETC (Emerging Talent Centre), and now get additional coaching and games playing for the county.

PN: Do you think you are a good footballer then Holly?

Holly: Yes, I guess so - that’s what people tell me anyway!

PN: Who are your role models in professional women’s football?

Holly: Chloe Kelly, the England midfielder but also Mary Earps.

PN: Yes, the England goalkeeper. I’d imagine she’s a great role model - she’d probably have been a good teacher as she wouldn’t take any nonsense. Did you watch the Women’s World Cup?

Holly: Yes, quite a lot of it. Last winter

Mum took me to Manchester to watch Manchester United vs Manchester City in the Women’s Super League. We were sitting close to several England players and it was good to see them up close.

PN: Would you play for Probus if they had a girls’ team?

Holly: Yes. I still train with Probus one day a week, but if there was a girls’ team here, I would do that too.

PN: So where will you play this season?

Holly: I’ll play for St Agnes for the U14s girls’ team. We play against teams of all boys and some mixed teams - with maybe just one or two girls. I will also play for the school, and for the county.

PN: That’s a lot of driving for your mum Isobel: Yes, we can go all over the county and have also been to Wolverhampton for a tournament.

PN: What’s your keepy uppy record?

Holly: 134

PN: (almost speechless) Wow!

PN: Thank you Holly and Isobel.

INTERVIEW with Maisy and her mum Zara. Maisy is a student at The Roseland Academy and has just started year 7.

PN: How did you start playing football?

Maisy: Well, my dad in heaven, he used to play football, and my pops did too, so I'm just following on really. I used to play for Probus mixed team and then I moved to St. Day girls’ team.

PN: What age were you when you started?

Zara: She was kicking the ball around from the age of two or three with her grandad (we call him ‘pops’) and Maisy still does. He still comes to the home matches with us, and he takes her training when I'm working. He's always been a big part of Maisy's connection with football. Maisy joined Probus U7s when they first formed.

PN: So, before that, were you playing football at school?

Maisy: Yes, every lunchtime.

PN: Who was the manager at Probus then?

Zara: It's always been Nigel Harding. He's currently still manager for that team, but they are now U12s. Two years ago, while still training with Probus, Maisy joined St Day as they had a girls’ team, but it's also where her grandad was from.

PN: Maisy, what was the driver for you to want to move to an all-girls team?

Maisy: I found that the boys didn't always want to pass the ball, especially to a girl. But in a girls' team, they all share the ball much more. It is more of a team sport.

Zara: It became a bit of an issue and even though the coach was very supportive, it was probably an age thing, but some of the boys were just not passing it. Some boys didn't like being beaten by a girl, or tackled by a girl, so we thought long term she was going to need to move to a girls' team. We had heard about the girls' team at St Day where they already had a league running, so Maisy started off

playing in a girls' team with St Day and also in a mixed team with Probus. Every weekend was taken up with football as well as training during the week.

PN: That sounds like a lot of football every week.

Zara: Maisy trained with Probus midweek, then on Saturday morning she did a training session with St Day and then usually had to choose which team to play for on the Sunday. Maisy just took better to the all-girls’ football - the league got bigger, so there were more matches, and eventually Maisy had to choose. Probus Youth FC was totally supportive throughout this journey.

PN: Do you have to travel a lot playing for St Day?

Zara: Yes - quite a lot. It's an hour to St Day, and last weekend we played at Culdrose. Maisy has been quite fortunate - St Day was quite a new team when she joined, and they chose her as captain, and she's been captain ever since, also for the season just starting.

PN: Congratulations Maisy, what kind of captain are you? A bit bossy perhaps?

Maisy: No, not really. If someone is feeling sad because we've conceded or lost, I can pick their spirits up. I'll say 'don't worry, it's fine, we'll play again next week'. I'll also tell my teammates where they need to be, shout for everyone to get into position or mark up.

PN: Do you like being captain then?

Maisy: Oh yeah.

PN: What position do you play and are you left or right-footed?

Maisy: I'm right-footed and mainly play up front. Sometimes if we are a bit short, or we fall behind I'll drop back to defence or elsewhere to help.

Zara: Maisy is fortunate in that she is a good all-round player, but her strongest position is as a striker.

PN: Do you score many goals?

Maisy: I score quite a lot - 20 goals last season.

PN: Wow - you could be in the Women’s Super League with that tally. Do you enjoy watching live football?

Maisy: It depends on who is playing. I support Manchester United and if they are playing say, Wolves, who my pops supports, I'll go over to his house so we can watch it together. We usually watch the England matches together and we watched a lot of the Women's World Cup. I wanted England to win, but I think Spain deserved to win in the end.

PN: Who is your favourite England player?

Maisy: I don't know who it would be in the girls’ team, they are all good, but in the men’s, it would be Marcus Rashford.

PN: Do you like talking about football, players and tactics with your grandad?

Maisy: Yes, [laughing] and if I'm not doing my best, he'll shout across the pitch a lot. He's very vocal.

Zara: Her other grandad, her dad's dad, who unfortunately passed away this year, would ask about every game Maisy played. He used to manage Truro City back in the day and was always encouraging Maisy to work on her left foot to make it as good as her right.

PN: And is it?

Maisy: Not quite, I have scored with my left foot, but my right is still stronger.

PN: Wow - a two footed striker.

Zara: A week after her grandad died, Maisy scored with her left foot and came off the pitch saying, 'That was for my grandad'. Football is emotional for us. It's almost like it's in the blood. When she was little, I never encouraged it, and with Ryan [Maisy's father] not being here unfortunately, she just started kicking the football around on her own. My dad said, ‘let’s just see how she gets on’. I love football myself and played a little as a child, but never got into playing for

a team, so it's lovely that Maisy enjoys it so much.

PN: Do you play other sports?

Maisy: Yes, I'll give everything a go. I've been in the school team for netball and cross-country. If it's school sports day, I usually do the 400 metres.

Zara: In addition to the training and playing football with St Day, about a year ago Maisy was invited to join Plymouth Argyle development side - it's a trial-based thing - like a pathway for emerging talent that Plymouth Argyle run. She's now been invited to move up a level. She's also been selected to go to an international tournament in France during May half term next year with St Day. This brings 208 boys and girls teams together from all over the world. St Day girls entered last year and came second.

PN: So, your first international Maisy, perhaps as captain too?

Maisy: I hope so.

PN: Finally, what's your keepy uppy record?

Maisy: Oh, not very good. Maybe six. I need to practice more.

PN: Thank you, Maisy and Zara.

I

NTERVIEW with Jason Chapman.

Jason is Chief Operating Officer of the Community Trust, the official charity for Plymouth Argyle Football Club. His role takes him all over Devon and Cornwall supporting youth development.

As if that’s not enough football for any one person, Jason, who lives in Probus, currently plays for Probus FC, and manages, or joint manages two Probus Youth FC teams - U11s and U13s.

PN: Please tell me about Probus Youth FC and the ‘five-year plan’.

Jason: We have a great bunch of volunteers at Probus Youth FC. We have six youth teams covering a range of years, but not every year group. The plan is that within five years, we will have a youth team for every single year group. Think of it like a conveyer belt of teams, that a child can join at U7s or U8s and stay on all the way through to U16s. That includes girls’ teams alongside boys’ teams. I genuinely believe that within three years we will have a girls’ team in Probus Youth FC.

We have restarted Saturday morning football training sessions at Probus Primary School, and we take children from four years old upwards. Currently we get about 30 plus children coming along, and probably 20 or more of them don’t play for any teams at all. It’s not just children from Probus who join Saturday morning training - we have many children from the surrounding areas too. Probus is probably the hub of the Roseland in terms of youth football teams, many nearby villages don’t have any teams or facilities at all, so kids come from all over to join us.

Each Saturday, we probably get six or seven girls turn up and the interest (in girls’ football) is growing. We could easily attract enough girls to start a girls’ football team right now. It’s taken us a while, but with the Saturday morning

sessions feeding into our strong youth set-up, we’ve created a very good environment for youth football in Probus.

PN: What do you need to move this plan forward?

Jason: What we need is more volunteers, coaches/managers to step up and help us move forward. We need more committee members - the current committee is made up of the youth team managers so we are trying to encourage people who may not even have their own kids involved to be part of it. There are many different non-coaching roles where help is needed.

PN: Can you provide training for potential coaches?

Jason: Yes, absolutely. We can upskill people, especially on the Saturday morning sessions. This is where the journey starts - we need youngsters or adult volunteers, male or female who we can upskill, and train. We’ll even pay for their qualifications. Then they can join the conveyor belt of teams from U7s or U8s onwards. If we had one female coach in Probus Youth FC we could probably generate a girls’ team on the back of it.

We have lots of players at younger ages, but we just don’t have enough volunteers to run those early years teams. While that’s very important, it’s not just the younger teams either - the U11s have a waiting list of 7 players. The U13s have 23 players signed on for an 11-a-side team. It’s quite hard for some of these youngsters to get regular game time, but we don’t discourage them, they are all encouraged to come along to training. Our philosophy is to be fully inclusive, but if we had more coaches, we could potentially have multiple sides in some age groups, where everyone could get regular game time.

PN: What else do you need?

The big need, and this is one that may curtail all of our plans, is land.

We are crying out for land where we can build junior football pitches. There is a single football pitch in Probus, and it is operating at or above capacity shared between Probus Youth FC and Probus FC (Seniors). Several of the youth teams can no longer play home games in Probus because there simply isn’t the capacity for them to get on the single pitch that we have. This season, the Probus U13 team moved to Veryan, and the U9s moved to Grampound Road for home games because they can’t get on the Probus pitch. This is a shame because our philosophy is that every child who lives in Probus should be able to walk to football training or games in the village.

Land is a huge problem for us and very noticeable when we travel away - most teams we visit have multiple pitches that can be used and yet, a big and growing village like Probus has just a single football pitch. For example, Pensilva, near Bodmin Moor, a village a lot smaller than Probus has four or five pitches. Everywhere we go, we are by far the most deprived in terms of facilities.

We need land, somewhere where we can build a couple of junior pitches. They

don’t need to be full sized either - just a piece of land - half or three quarters the size of Probus park.

PN: Thank you Jason.

In summary: After interviewing four girls, parents as well Jason Chapman, it’s clear that girls’ football in Probus is on the cusp.

With girls and women’s football on the rise in the UK and worldwide, there are plenty of young girls who want to play football, and a growing number who will, in time, wish to join a mixed or an all-girls’ team here in Probus. Some existing players are showing talent and desire to play at a higher level too and have had to move out of the village.

To move forward, Probus Youth FC need three things: Parents to become coaches, volunteers to join the committee, and a community minded landowner prepared to give or lease a little land to support future generations of Probus boys and girls. The latter is clearly no small ask, but If anyone can help or to find out more - reach out to Jasonjasonchapman12@icloud.com.

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