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Senior councillors have been branded the Laurel and Hardy of Horsham politics over their plans to demolish Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.

Cllr Robert Nye, leader of Horsham District Council, and Cllr Jonathan Chowen, Cabinet member for leisure, were depicted as the comedy duo on protesters’ placards at the weekend.

But campaigners find the proposed closure far from funny. They collected 2,656 petition signatures on Saturday, bringing the total up to 4,444 – with the power to add many more before the council meets this month.

The council’s Cabinet last month agreed to omit the centre from the next leisure contract, which will start in December next year, but the issue will be debated by the full council on December 21 (6pm).

The Resident understands that Conservative councillors have been taken aback by the storm of protest over the proposal since our website, www. the-resident.co.uk, was first with the news on Tuesday, November 15.

The petition was started by Sheila White, from the 50+ club which uses the leisure centre, and has been backed by other groups including Horsham Joggers.

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All I want for Christmas in 1 day Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre celebrated Christmas early this year with a Discovery Open Day for disabled children and families.

More than 80 youngsters plus over 100 friends and family attended the event, which organisers said was the biggest open day ever held at the under-threat centre.

Children met Father Christmas and enjoyed a wide range of activities, including Christmas cooking, arts and craft, trampolining, a bouncy castle, athletics and badminton.

The event was made possible by funding from West Sussex County Council’s Short Breaks for Disabled Children programme, which also funded the new Discovery Sensory Room at the centre.

It was free of charge for families

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Centre manager Emma McCormick said: “I’m really proud of all the staff and the work they have put in to build up these activities. We’re amazed at the turnout this time – it’s been the biggest and best so far.”

Parent Natalie Biegstraaten said: “The discovery days have given my son an opportunity to try out activities that any non-disabled child in our country could take for granted.

“We are immensely grateful to Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre and to Aiming High for enabling our son to enjoy his life so much more.”

The next Discovery Open Day will take place on Sunday, February 26. For more information or to book, phone the centre on 01403 211311.

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The future of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre isn’t looking bright, but staff and centre users are carrying on as usual.

The clubs and activities for children are as busy as ever, from toddlers in Dinomites to schoolchildren in Time Out. Staff are also busy with children’s parties, whether they involve bouncy castles and musical bugs or go karts and trampolines.

Facilities for disabled children and adults are also a huge hit. The new Discovery Sensory Room, equipped with sensory poles and a vibrating ball pit, and the You Can Do It gymnastic and trampoline classes are popular.

Nothing has changed in the popularity of the sports facilities since the leisure centre opened 25 years ago.

The gym is always busy, with professionals using the free weights and amateurs popping in for a quick jog on the treadmill.

Classes such as spin, body pump and the increasingly-popular Zumba are a great way to keep fit and have fun at the same time.

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Horsham District Council has defended the consultant who wrote a controversial report on the future of leisure services, including Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.

Opponents of the centre’s closure, including Liberal Democrat district councillors, have criticised the report and argued it did not adequately address important issues.

But a council spokesman said: “Hywel Griffiths has extensive experience of public sector cultural and customer service management and of national, regional and local strategic cultural planning and development.

“He has over 30 years’ experience working with the public sector, either in senior positions or as a consultant, leading award-winning teams in leisure, housing and direct services.

“As a leisure planner he wrote the first National Sports Facilities Strategy and contributed to the South East Regional Recreation Strategy, as well as a number of local cultural and leisure strategies, and he has many years’ experience in strategic leisure planning and management.

“He has worked for the Sports Council (now Sport England) in its national facilities planning team and London and South East regional office.

“Hywel has carried out work for a number of local authorities, including Basildon, North Cornwall, Reigate and Banstead, Hart, Tower Hamlets and Worthing.”

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Campaigners take to the streets Continued from Page 1 On Saturday, an all-day relay between the Carfax and the leisure centre helped publicise protesters’ opposition to the proposed closure.

Tony Johnson, chairman of Horsham Joggers, told The Resident: “I was delighted by the response from people who use the centre and supported the relay at short notice.

“Many of the clubs that use the centre were unable to help due to prior commitments but sent their support for the action.

“The relay teams were given an amazing amount of support from shoppers in the town and by car drivers sounding their horns as the teams ran along Guildford Road.

“The response from residents in the town centre was overwhelming.

Volunteers taking signatures often had queues of people waiting to show their frustration at the council’s proposal to close the centre and their failure to take notice of the support for the centre.

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“The Leisure Futures Study, the report that the council are using as the excuse to bring this about, has fooled no one. It is a poor attempt to twist

figures to suit their agenda.

“The petition will continue to give people the opportunity to show the council that the residents of Horsham are adamant the centre should remain.”

Petition forms are available at the leisure centre and at shops including Up and Running, Queen Street.

Mr Johnson is also urging residents to write to their district councillors.

A list of these is available at www. horsham.gov.uk Cllr Chowen and Natalie BrahmaPearl, the district’s director of community services, have been invited to a public meeting organised by Broadbridge Heath Parish Council.

This will take place at St John’s Community Hall, Church Road, Broadbridge Heath, on Monday (8pm).

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You have to admire bureaucracy and consultancy in finding ways to deliver bad news at this time of the year.

By December 21, many who are campaigning to save Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre will be deciding who should be getting coal in their stockings this year.

In a season when we might expect Rudolf’s nose to be glowing red, it turns out the flashing red crystal is blinking for a sports centre.

Let us hope no new reports are waiting in the wings for any more of Horsham’s buildings whose sell-by date is clearly more than a few hundred years past.

We are told there will be no fairy godmothers to fly in to the rescue.

This leads me to wonder if there is an expectation that the review and consultancy was nothing more than a pantomime to begin with.

For which the audience must cry “They’re behind you!” when asked “Who is really interested in using Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre?”

Clearly we are expected to communicate through the power of metaphors and symbolism of pantomime, which might explain why Mother Hubbard of finances has discovered the cupboard of reserves is running low.

Let us be wary of the magic beans that may be offered in exchange.

There is no doubt there will be an environmental impact when the beanstalk is cut down – and I bet no one is producing that report anytime soon.

No fairytale can be compared to the real-world issues that face users and members of communities which are to be affected in this season’s waving of the consultancy wand.

Let us treat people like grown-ups and involve them directly – not dismiss them with sweeping statements of metaphors and children’s tales.

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Great ambassadors for young people Sam Allsop Junior Reporter

“Like elastic, ready to expand” – a resident at the Y Centre wrote these well-chosen words for a rap dedicated to the National Citizen Service (NCS) scheme.

The NCS’s purpose is to encourage 16-year-olds to grow as people, help the community and have fun. And when the Y Centre celebrated the achievements of these young people, there was no shortage of praise.

The scheme in Horsham was conducted over the summer and consisted of a residential at Hindleap Warren, camping at Pease Pottage and fundraising for Age UK. David and Jean Grainger, parents of participant Zara, spoke of the confidence she had gained after a summer of outdoor activities, fundraising and team-building.

Jordan Longford, another young person involved, told The Resident how he enjoyed the experience, saying: “It was a laugh.”

David Standing, chief executive of Sussex Central YMCA, said the scheme provided an opportunity for young people “that they wouldn’t otherwise have” and spoke of the important “inter-generational work” that they took on.

By setting up a stall in Swan Walk, running a fun day and completing a

sponsored bedtime walk, the participants raised £292.98 for Age UK, who will use it at the Suzanne Green Day Centre, Hamilton Road, Horsham.

Elizabeth Lawrence, day services manager at the centre, received the cheque and said residents’ perceptions of today’s youth improved when they met the young people involved.

Horsham MP Francis Maude, who was present at the celebration evening, said of the scheme: “From everyone’s point of view, it’s been a really good experience.”

Mr Maude spoke of the scheme’s “great success” in Horsham and how, from the DVD depicting highlights, it all seemed “incredibly good fun”.

The future looks bright for the NCS scheme, with Mr Maude suggesting the target volunteer number will triple from 10,000 to 30,000 young people next year.

Jason Anderton, learning and engagement co-ordinator at Sussex Central YMCA, had an equally optimistic viewpoint.

He said: “I was so pleased to see people from the community turn up to celebrate. I wanted the young people to realise the significance of being the first ever in Horsham to have done this scheme.

“I can’t wait for next year’s scheme as we have learned so much.”

But the final word has to go to Ollie Hill, who said the one overriding result of his time volunteering was

“friendship”.

If you can get a teenager to admit that, you know you are on the right tracks.

To find out more about next year’s NCS scheme, phone Mr Anderton on 01403 213412, email jason.anderton @sussexcentralymca.org or visit www.sussexcentralymca.org.uk

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Abuse victims Christmas and the New Year can be a harrowing time for people living in fear of violence or abuse at home.

Support services always notice a sharp increase in the number of calls made to helplines, but the Horsham District Community Safety Partnership is urging victims of domestic abuse not to suffer in silence.

Sexual and domestic abuse accounted for seven per cent of total crime recorded in West Sussex last year. Four in five of the recorded abuse victims were female, but many male victims are believed not to report abuse.

Chief Insp Mark Trimmer said: “The most telling sign of an unhealthy relationship is a person living in fear of a partner who is controlling and belittling.

“Victims of such treatment will often feel desperate, helpless and even self-loathing. Domestic abuse is not normal behaviour and it is not acceptable. Get help and don’t put it off.”

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Parents consulted over new school A public consultation is under way over plans to develop a free school in Southwater.

Horsham Churches Together and educational trust Oasis, who aim to establish a secondary school, will submit an application to the Department for Education early next year.

They say the school would have an open admissions policy and be inclusive of pupils from all backgrounds.

Jo Elvidge, co-moderator of Horsham Churches Together, said:

“Around 1,000 pupils a day are bussed out of Southwater.

“We would like to see these children have the option to attend a school in their local community.

“The need for an additional secondary school in the Horsham area has also been identified due to the projected growth in pupil numbers and Southwater has been identified as the desirable location.”

Steve Chalke, founder of Oasis Global, said: “We are extremely excited by the opportunity to work

with Horsham Churches Together to develop a free school in Southwater.

“Working together, we will be able to offer young people the depth of education, breadth of support and spectrum of opportunity that they deserve, as well as playing a major role in continuing to develop a safe and vibrant community.”

Horsham Churches Together and Oasis say they will engage in extensive consultation with residents, in particular the parents of potential pupils.

Footballer badly hurt in car crash A Horsham footballer sustained serious head injuries when the car he was driving hit a tree.

An air ambulance took George Magnus to the neurological ward at King’s College Hospital, London, following the crash on the A24 at Warnham at about 10.20am on Saturday.

The 19-year-old, a former pupil at The Forest School, made his debut for Horsham FC as a 15-year-old and has also played for Loxwood this season.

Horsham manager Hugo Langton

said: “I am distraught for George and his family, but if his attitude to recovery is anything like his attitude to football then he will be up and about again in next to no time.”

A statement on the football club’s website, www.hornetsreview.co.uk, said: “The club was shocked and saddened by the news. His condition is said to be serious, but his family remain positive that he will make a speedy recovery.

“The thoughts of everyone at Horsham FC go out to George and his family at this worrying time.”

Councillor seeks new ST@RT on bus route The race is on to find replacements for at least some of the bus services being axed by West Sussex County Council.

As reported by The Resident last week, campaigners have almost certainly lost their fight to save the 86, which serves Horsham, Southwater, West Grinstead, Partridge Green, Shermanbury, Cowfold, Bolney, Ansty, Cuckfield and Haywards Heath.

The service was one of more than 60 highlighted by The Resident in May as being earmarked for the axe in September or October, due to subsidy cuts.

Campaigners won a stay of execution, but a county council committee last week recommended the subsidy be withdrawn in April.

Cuts including the end of the 86 subsidy are likely to be approved before Christmas by Cllr Pieter Montyn, county council Cabinet member for transport.

Cllr Andrew Dunlop, district councillor for Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead, told The Resident: “This news will be very disappointing for all those who have campaigned tirelessly for the retention of the 86.

“It is now even more important to accelerate work to identify alternative solutions to our local community’s diverse range of transport needs.

“I am committed to work closely with the parish councils to ensure

by April practical arrangements are in place, to ensure residents can continue to go about their business and that the vulnerable are not cut off.

“I chaired a meeting in Cowfold Village Hall, attended by West Sussex County Council, Cowfold

Parish Council, West Grinstead Parish Council, the leaders of the 86 bus campaign group and a Sussex-based social enterprise company called ST@RT. “All of us attending the meeting were impressed by ST@RT’s successful record and practical, downto-earth approach. I certainly came away more confident that we can do something meaningful.

is unlikely to ‘beThere a one-size-fits-all solution ’

“Our villages have a diverse range of needs and there is unlikely to be a one-size-fits-all solution.

“The meeting agreed to undertake an urgent survey of residents to establish as clearly and comprehensively as possible what those needs are.

“I hope residents will take time to respond to this survey, which will be distributed in the next few weeks, as the more detailed information we have, the better targeted will be the community transport solutions that ST@RT can begin to look at.

“We also need to find a specific solution for the schoolchildren and college students who currently use the 86 to travel to Cuckfield and Haywards Heath.

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Cuts to county youth services Cuts to the youth services budget in West Sussex will be phased over four years, not three.

Cllr Peter Evans, the county council’s Cabinet member for children and families, said his decision would allow more time for people who want to run their own youth provision.

He said: “The county council is facing the worst financial situation in its history and there is simply no alternative to reducing our spending by £79 million.

“We cannot spend money that we will not have due to the national reductions in grant support for local authorities. That means having to make some hard choices.

“The Cabinet has stressed throughout that it will do its utmost to protect the most vulnerable people in West Sussex.

“I have nothing against clubs where young people can socialise and take part in activities. But we have to face some harsh economic facts and simply cannot afford to continue with the old model.”

Warning over Euro collapse One of the MEPs for Horsham district has warned there may not be a Eurozone come Christmas.

Liberal Democrat Sharon Bowles, who represents the South East in the European Parliament, said: “We are potentially facing the demise of the Euro by Christmas and if that happens it will wreck our economy.

“Contrary to what the Eurosceptics say, the issue now is not whether the UK remains in the European Union but how we contain the Eurozone crisis.

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Students were locked in jails but were cheered by students in Years 10, 11 and 12 when they broke out.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas IN the run up to Christmas, the Horsham District Community Safety Partnership is reminding the local community how to enjoy the festive season safely and responsibly.

Timely tips have been put together to make sure that Christmas goes as safely as possible.

On the 1st day of Christmas Drink driving has been the cause of over 50% of fatal collisions in Sussex during the festive season in the last three years.

Sussex Police is conducting regular roadside checks, don’t risk it and visit the Sussex Safer Roads website http://www.sussexsaferroads.gov.uk for more on road safety.

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Gill Ross, director of the local branch, said: “We are always looking for new volunteers to help the branch maintain its 24/7 service to the local community.

“People will not only have a chance to find out about the work we do but will also be able to meet some of our listening volunteers to get a firsthand account.”

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Beware date rape and drugs being secretly added to your drinks.

Take time to check on elderly relatives and neighbours this Christmas – make sure they’re safe and check that they have a working smoke alarm. If not, you can call (free phone) 0800 328 6487 and ask for a free ‘home fire safety check’.

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The skill and dedication of young first aiders at Tanbridge House School was recognised when the school received the St John Ambulance Schools Mark Award.

Tanbridge House is the first school in the South East to get the award, which recognises the hard work of the school and the amount of students who are trained in first aid.

Pam Leadbeater, teacher of the three Tanbridge first aid clubs, was

presented with a special award in recognition of her dedication in training 637 students during the last school year.

She said: “I have lots of pride in knowing I am teaching students and staff at Tanbridge to support and save lives in the community. I couldn’t have done it without the support and help of my students.”

Youngsters were presented with certificates for the regional round of the St John Ambulance First Aid competition.

The winning Tanbridge House team – Jade Barnett, Ellie Brant, Laura Johnson, Jonny Kimber and

Cameron King – received the regional round plate and certificates for finishing fifth nationally.

Senior members of the first aid team received certificates for completing the St John Ambulance Young First Aider course.

Year 11 student Hannah Ramsay said: “I love learning first aid as I know I will be able to help anyone if needed.”

Becci Grzegorzek said: “First aid has given me the chance to improve my people skills. I would like to thank Mrs Leadbeater and my peers for helping me.”

and shopping street Horsham district will benefit from an infrastructure and development package announced by West Sussex County Council.

Broadband speed and availability is set to be improved, particularly in rural areas, while West Street, Horsham, will receive £500,000 to make it even more attractive to businesses and shoppers.

Another £75,000 is going into a scheme being developed by Horsham District Council and the Brinsbury campus of Chichester College, near Pulborough.

This will provide new facilities to help smaller food producers win contracts to supply the type of quantities needed by farm shops, restaurants and national food chains.

Cllr Roger Paterson, district council Cabinet member for the local economy, said: “This is terrific news.

It will give the Horsham district’s economy a very welcome boost at just the right moment.

“While our local economy has done well to weather the 2008 recession, we must continue to make these kinds of forward-looking investments

in order to remain one of the strongest district economies in the UK. “This funding will ensure that Horsham provides an even more rewarding visitor experience in West Street and that our local food producers continue to grow their markets.”

Cllr Robert Nye, leader of the district council, said: “This is very good news indeed. It is worth noting that these potential benefits cover a number of different geographical parts of the district.”

Cllr Lionel Barnard, deputy leader of West Sussex County Council, said: “The state of the economy is causing concern locally as well as nationally, so we have acted quickly and decisively to bring forward this kick-start package of projects.

“We are supporting schemes that will have a significant and long-term benefit for the economy of West Sussex.

“This is being financed by capital funding – money from sources such as the sale of surplus land or property, specific government grants towards new infrastructure and borrowing.”

Girls take a lot from China Twenty-four girls from Millais School visited China as part of a long-standing student exchange, writes Grace Jeffrey.

The girls were guests at TIFERT College in Tianjin, where they lived for 10 days alongside Chinese students.

The girls experienced first-hand

what it would be like to be a student in China by attending English lessons in a number of schools.

Sophie Jones, 15, said: “Going to the Great Wall of China was a great experience, with beautiful views, but the steps were so big that it was quite tiring.

“We also visited the Forbidden City, which had very intricate buildings and was most pretty.

“The streets in China are incredibly busy and a lot of people travel around on bikes.”

Laura Chapman, 15, said: “One of the best things for me was talking to Chinese students about the differences between our two countries.

I also had some interesting experiences, such as eating chicken neck and claw!”

The students stayed in China for an extra day because of bad weather, but all agreed it was a fantastic experience.

Aid in Horsham on AIDS Day Representatives of AVERT and Keysource, Horsham, sold red ribbons in the Carfax on World AIDS Day. AVERT, the international charity based in Brighton Road, is asking our readers to take the AVERT AIDS Challenge at www. avert.org/world-aids-day.htm, www.twitter.com/AVERT_org and www.facebook.com/avertAIDS For more information about the charity, visit www.avert.org

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Chance to run on Olympics track Action Medical Research, the Horsham-based charity, is asking people to help raise money by taking on the Gold Challenge.

Those who raise most cash will be among the first to run on the London Olympic Games track – even before the stars of athletics compete there next summer.

Organised in partnership with the British Olympic Association, Paralympics GB and Sport England, the Gold Challenge is a national initiative in which participants take on Olympic and Paralympic sports to raise

money for charities.

There are three challenges to choose from, plus a youth and family option, so anyone aged at least seven can join in.

In April, the highest fundraisers nationally will have a once-ina-lifetime chance to run 100m in the Olympic Stadium, watched by friends, family and a crowd of 20,000.

Jo Pickard, head of national events at Action Medical Research, said: “The Gold Challenge is a great way to get into the Olympic spirit at the same time as helping a local charity.

There are many different sports you could do.”

Action Medical Research funds research into many serious diseases and conditions that affect babies and children in the UK. This includes work around premature birth, cerebral palsy, meningitis and epilepsy, as well as some very rare and distressing conditions that severely affect children.

For more information or to register for the Gold Challenge, phone Gemma Rooke on 01403 327444 or visit www.action.org.uk/gold

Santa sweeps in Father Christmas arrived in Southwater with a horse and carriage, the Christ’s Hospital School Band and Dame Trot (Michael Neilson) from Jack and the Beanstalk at The Capitol.

Youngsters visited Santa in his grotto at Beeson House and all received a balloon courtesy of Southwater Parish Council.

A stage in Lintot Square, sponsored by Coco’s Style of Southwater, featured demonstrations by local groups, while live music was provided by The Collector and Half Hour Hotel. The funfair and market stalls were also popular.

A candlelit procession involved

children from local schools, the village’s Christmas lights were switched on and carols were sung around the Christmas tree, accompanied by the Horsham Youth Concert Band.

Cllr Tony Bull, chairman of Southwater Parish Council, which organised the event, said: “It just gets bigger and better every year.

“It is fantastic how local businesses get involved, supplying prizes and financial contributions. And let’s not forget Horsham District Council’s estates department, which is always most supportive.

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Cllr Louise Goldsmith, leader of West Sussex County Council, was responding to the public consultation on plans to save about £670 million a year by 2016-7, with the loss of 2,000 jobs.

She wrote: “As a council leader, I think it is my duty to champion the importance of local news reporting.

“A locally representative media is a cornerstone of the democratic process, particularly with regard to election coverage and subsequent decision-making and governance.”

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Forest’s recognition for school old boys The Forest School welcomed back old faces as this year’s school leavers returned for the annual awards evening.

Joining them was award-winning engineer Craig West, who left Forest in 2003 and returned to offer words of inspiration to the young men.

Head teacher Siobhan Denning said: “It is always such a special event that celebrates every pupil’s achievements.

“It was wonderful to have Craig return to the school and offer such words of encouragement to the boys as they begin the next stage of their lives.”

Winners at The Forest School’s awards evening

Former Forest head teacher Frank Newby with Stanley Amoah, winner of the Frank Newby Award for Outstanding Progress

A hole lot of money Celia Denny, from Horsham, organised the Xmas Starts Here charity golf day at Camberley Heath GC. Attended by 60 of her friends and business colleagues, the event raised £2,858 for the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) and £450 for the Royal Marsden

Cancer Appeal.

Mrs Denny, wife of former Mannings Heath professional Mike, and Jonathan Powell, vice-president of the IJF’s trustees, made a presentation to the winning team, led by Mark Smith from Southwater.

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All they want is a donation of food that can be passed on to a homeless shelter.

Co-owner Ben Davis said: “Christmas is about giving and receiving gifts, and there is no better feeling than giving gifts to people who are vulnerable.”

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A Horsham woman visited Downing Street to hand over letter, addressed to Prime Minister David Cameron.

Leah Miller was one of five Crisis volunteers who delivered the letter, signed by 2,097 volunteers, which demands that homeless people are given the legal right to meaningful written advice from councils.

The 21-year-old is an intern in the charity’s policy and campaigns team, based at Tower Hamlets.

Volunteer Matt Brown said: “I hope this letter will make David Cameron think about what more he could do.”

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build another running track.”

That being the case, it must be possible to publish these figures and explain exactly how these funds will be available.

He follows this up with: “If there is a real groundswell of opinion among all of the residents of the district, I am very sure that we could provide that running track.”

Prior to making any decision on demolishing a facility, the council should have canvassed that opinion and understood exactly what they were planning to do and what funds would be required.

Just providing a running track is not the issue. Along with the track goes equipment, long jump pits, throwing cage, changing rooms etc.

How much is this going to cost compared to the £1.5 million to repair the structure of the existing facility?

Jim Rae asks us to step back from the “rattling of sabres” and “look at the bigger picture in relatively quiet reflection” (The Resident, December 2).

I would be more than happy to do this. Unfortunately the council are not being very forthcoming with the “bigger picture”.

You are quoted as saying you can understand why people are unhappy at being asked to move.

How would you feel if you were told that your house was to be demolished but were given no details on what options were available?

That is the situation that the users of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre are in.

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Open letter to Cllr Jonathan Chowen, Horsham District Council Cabinet member for leisure There are various quotes in the press about satisfaction rates with sports provision in Horsham being higher than any other local authority bar one.

But now you are looking to demolish a centre that has several unique facilities within the district, I am not sure you will sustain your ranking!

You seem to be saying that the only use of the Tube that you can think of is to store Cruise missiles (The Resident, December 2).

This facility is one of the only indoor athletics areas for miles around that currently houses the ability for athletes to train indoors, for not only sprinting but also long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus and shot putt.

The area is also regularly used for trampoline coaching and children’s activities, and has the ability to be used for archery.

Your comment suggests either a lack of vision, that suggests you should not be involved in the decisions around the future of the centre, or a lack of comprehension around the strength of feeling.

The council seem hell-bent on closing the facility while having not fully thought through the implications and what else will need to be done.

Robert Nye is quoted as saying: “There is no doubt in my mind that we would have sufficient funds to

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So, Cllr Jim Rae reckons there are no fairy godmothers (The Resident, December 2). Possibly not, but I can think of one or two councillors I would describe as ugly sisters.

What happened to the money the council received from Tesco when they moved to Broadbridge Heath? Why was none of it set aside for maintenance?

And why does Cllr Rae imply that £1.5 million (actually the figure quoted is between £1.3 million and £1.5 million) is needed in one go? That figure would be spread over five years.

He talks of keeping an aged building going. Aged? The building has only been standing for 25 years! If we thought all buildings had such a short shelf-life, we’d be knocking down most of Horsham.

Mr Rae moves on to the carrot – a suggestion of “quality sporting facilities throughout Horsham district, looking forward another few decades”.

We don’t want facilities spread throughout the district when the

majority of the population lives in the north of the area. We don’t want to add to pollution, travelling from pillar to post from one venue to another.

That, Mr Rae, is the beauty of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre. Everything is on one site.

I have no political axe to grind.

For my sins, I actually voted for Conservative leader Robert Nye in the local election in May. Perhaps I only have myself to blame, but then I don’t recall seeing anything about knocking down the leisure centre when Conservative councillors were canvassing for votes.

Cllr Rae ended his letter by saying he would leave it to us to decide the future of the sporting provision in Horsham district.

If only the council would leave it to us to decide. My money would be on the people of Horsham district deciding to keep the leisure centre at Broadbridge Heath.

Let’s hope this isn’t a done deal and that the decision hasn’t already been set in concrete.

Sheila White Great Daux, Warnham

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Do we want this drama?

Back in the early days, Theatre 48 occupied old MoD buildings for rehearsal and storage space.

Fast forward a few years and Tesco appeared on the scene, wanting to buy this land. This was granted on the proviso they built alternative accommodation, for life, for those that occupied these MoD huts. Which they did.

Many years later, Horsham District Council decided to put a gym in this centre. We lost our rehearsal room and were given the Town Hall instead, which we also lost a few years later.

We kept our purpose-built workshop on the side of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre and this remained home to all our set, props and costume, and still does today.

There has been much comment made by the council regarding consultations with the groups and organisations that use this facility. We have not been consulted, we have been told.

We have battled for over five years to get the leaking roof of our workshop repaired, to no avail.

Umpteen buckets have to be strategically placed around the room and regularly emptied, and materials have been ruined.

Photos have been sent to the council, people have even been out to inspect, yet the best we’ve ever received is some tarpaulin and some guttering erected inside the building!

We have long suspected that, when our current five-year lease came up for renewal in 2012, the

Resignations are needed council did not want us to sign a new one.

But what happened to “for life”?

In legal terms, that’s a 125-year lease. Theatre 48 may be old, but we’re not that old yet.

I understand the building is tired, in desperate need of repair and that this costs money – something that isn’t easy to come by in these economically challenging times.

But surely if a building is well maintained throughout its life it has a longer shelf life than 25 years.

What will we do without our workshop? Is the council planning on helping us find an alternative?

We don’t know.

We are all concerned that this is the beginning of the end for us and maybe for other community groups.

Toyah Moore Comptons Lane, Horsham

Treat leisure centre with respect I worked at the leisure centre for 13 wonderful years and made many friends of both staff and customers.

Every time it rained, buckets were placed in strategic places because water poured through the roof.

Maintenance issues grew but were ignored. Perhaps if the council had kept up with the maintenance, they wouldn’t be faced with this £1.5 million they seem so surprised about.

Who are these consultants? £6,000 – that’s a few days’ pay to them! What possible informed decision could they come to in that short length of time?

Surely the fact that there is a leisure centre near new-builds is an incentive for potential homebuyers to buy and is essential towards a good infrastructure. It is one of the best reasons to keep a leisure centre, not demolish it.

To say the leisure centre is surplus to requirements is ludicrous.

There has always been a leisure centre in Horsham town and Broadbridge Heath, even when the town was half its (current) size.

If anything, we need more facilities to accommodate our growing population!

Don’t pass out, Horsham District Council, but adding a swimming pool to the site would be a great income booster.

You can hardly ever go swimming at a decent time of day at Pavilions pool without half a dozen classes going on because of the ridiculous promise the council made.

Cllr Jonathan Chowen says the Tube is underused. It is not underused but specialised.

It is used daily for trampoline courses, for classes all day Thursday for the 50-plus club, all

weekend for children’s parties, for athletics clubs and athletes who travel many miles, for under-fives’ activities, for the after-school club, for holiday day care, to name a few.

The over-50s club is unique – there is nothing like it in the area.

The after-school club and holiday club enable parents to work, knowing their children are safe and being entertained.

The gym is always well attended.

Many members attend on a daily basis. It is part of their daily life.

The place is an institution, to be treated with respect, not thrown aside. I don’t know anywhere that offers an extremely diverse choice of clubs, courses, classes etc, and I have worked in the leisure industry for a very long time.

You don’t decide to demolish a facility without having accommodated all these clubs and services.

building were not dealt with as and when they occurred over a period of 25 years.

Our elected councillors have clearly scraped the barrel to find convincing reasons for depriving Horsham of a unique sporting facility, without any public consultation. That is nothing less than shameful.

Those responsible should resign immediately and allow the electorate to cast their vote on such an important and emotive issue.

The massive public outrage at the proposed demolition of Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre is fully justified.

I can recall the fanfare of publicity when the leisure centre was opened just 25 years ago. Now we are told the centre is in urgent need of between £1.3 million and £1.5 million for essential repairs to the roof, mechanics and fabric of the building.

This raises the crucial question as to why any defects in the

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Time to bid for centre cash proportion of this money to safeguard the future of a much-valued leisure centre and the Blue Star Harriers, one of the liveliest and best-run athletics clubs in the South?

A quarter of a century seems a very short time for the leisure centre to have decayed to the point where demolition is regarded as the only answer.

In a reply to a question from the footballer Rio Ferdinand, the Prime Minister is quoted as saying: “Because the government is returning the Lottery to its original good causes, including sport, there will be an extra £135 million that will mean more sports facilities.”

Couldn’t a determined attempt be made to secure a small

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The team of Mo Bros at Sony Centre from left: Chris Wright, Rob Page, Phil Cowey, and Dipesh Patel

Staff and customers at the Sony Centre in Swan Walk have raised £940 for Movember, an international campaign to raise money and awareness for male cancers.

Store manager Rob Page, assistant manager Chris Wright, Phil Cowey and Dipesh Patel have spent the month of November as so-called ‘Mo Bros’, growing moustaches and organising fundraising activities for the cause.

The team at the store held raf�les with prize giveaways including a Sony PlayStation 3, an iPod Dock and

a video MP3 Walkman.

Mr Wright said: “We have been stunned by the generosity of the Horsham public in helping us raise this money. Frankly, it’s been really touching, and we’d like to thank everyone who came in and supported us.

“We thought that our goal of £1,000 was a bit optimistic, so to collect just £40 short of that is amazing.

“Throughout the month we spoke to many people who had been affected by the different cancers and it was nice to talk to people and hear

that what we were doing was making a difference to others.

“It was a bit of fun but with a serious message behind it. If us looking a bit silly for a month is what it takes to raise awareness for this great cause, then that’s �ine.”

Now that the month is over, the chaps have shaved off their moustaches. Mr Wright added: “I was considering keeping mine at one point.

But my partner wasn’t too happy about that!”

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“Through their actions and words, they raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often-ignored issue of men’s health.

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Boris Johnson dropped in to the Greets Inn in Warnham for a hearty, traditional country meal recently.

The Mayor of London was in the area visiting family. Duncan Entwistle, owner of the Greets Inn, said: “It was nice to meet such an effervescent character and hugely recognisable public �igure. He certainly seemed to enjoy his sausage and mash lunch, with us!”

The pub and restaurant has recently had a facelift, thanks to a group of ‘locals’ who frequent the village watering hole.

Regulars joined owners Natalie and Duncan to give the historic building a make-over.

They painted the building throughout, installed new lighting, improved the ‘snug’ area and revamped the bar, all in just 24 hours.

Mr Entwistle said: “The enthusiastic support we received to assist with our make-over was just incredible and testimony to the high regard in which the Greets is held in the village.

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Hotel group smashes Three weeks left for businesses to fundraising target dress for success

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Exclusive Hotels, which runs South Lodge Hotel in Horsham, has raised over £112,700 for charity throughout 2011.

At the beginning of the year the hotel group set a target to raise £30,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support and £30,000 for the hospitality industry charity, Springboard. The campaign marked the company’s 30th anniversary.

The fundraising �inale was a gala dinner, held at South Lodge recently, at which the MC for the evening was BBC journalist and newsreader, Michael Buerk.

Jonathan Pratt, a specialist on BBC’s Bargain Hunt, also held an auction and at the end of the evening cheques were presented to the two charities.

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‘Absolutely Fabulous’ fundraising effort by hair salon

Staff and customers at Studio 2 hair salon have raised over £1,300 for Marie Curie Cancer Care at a fundraising evening.

The event, which was named Absolutely Fabulous, began with a performance by the Street Urban Dance Company and was followed by a styling showcase by stylists Tom and Chris and an auction.

Guests received fashion advice from House of Colour’s Emma Rogers and The Greets Inn provided food.

Owner of Studio 2, Mandy Masters, said: “We wanted to put on a really spectacular show to celebrate the talents of our team, have fun with our clients and support our chosen charity Marie Curie.

“This is by far the biggest event we’ve put on and we are so grateful for the support of everyone who took part”.

by Exclusive Hotel chefs including Tony Tobin (chef and proprietor of The Dining Room in Reigate), Mark Tilling (UK Chocolate Master 20062010 and Squires Kitchen), current chefs Lewis Hamblet of South Lodge and Michelin starred chefs Michael Wignall (Michael Wignall at the Latymer, Pennyhill Park Hotel), Richard Davies (The Bybrook, Manor House Hotel) and Matt Gillan (The Pass, South Lodge Hotel) and students from South Downs College prepared the canapés.

Events during the last 12 months included a sponsored bike ride in July, which stopped at all the group’s hotels, a pop-up restaurant, cake sales, fun runs, a calendar and sponsored dog walks.

Exclusive Hotels’ managing director, Danny Pecorelli, said: “The Gala

Dinner was a fabulous evening and I would like to personally thank every single member of staff, friends of Exclusive Hotels and our sponsors for their support and enthusiasm.

“The whole experience has been a fantastic journey and I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of spirit – everyone who has touched the campaign in any way, large or small has driven us towards this truly remarkable total – I am so proud of what we have accomplished.”

CEO of Macmillan Cancer Support, Ciaran Devane, said: “Macmillan wish to thank all those who have supported or taken part in the various events that have helped achieve the incredible fundraising total this year. “£24 pays for a Macmillan nurse for one hour – £47,758 is needed for one year, £544 will keep a Macmillan Information Centre open for one day, £156 pays for the Cancer Line to operate for one hour and £3,333 is the amount needed to provide a Family Support Worker for one month. So as you can see, this fundraising is truly critical and will make such a difference to so many lives.”

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The temperature might have dropped this week, but the competition to put together the best Christmas window display is hotting up.

Over the last three weeks, businesses across Horsham town centre have been getting their windows ready as part of Dressed for Success – a competition which invites the public to vote for their favourite display.

There are three weeks left to vote, and those who vote could win a £300 hamper of vouchers to spend in Swan Walk or a £50 voucher, courtesy of

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All types of businesses are taking part, including retailers, non-retail premises, coffee shops, property agents, pubs, bars and restaurants.

Many display ‘Vote 4 Us’ window stickers as part of their displays, wear branded staff badges and hand out voting forms and cards to customers.

The council is encouraging shoppers to check out the displays next time they are in town and visit www. horshamunlimited.co.uk to place their vote. The closing date is Saturday, December 24.

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Beales of Horsham are please to announce the arrival of a new ladies fashion brand, Fransa to the concession floor.

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Entertainment

Former Lost Boy is found by Seasonal Gig Guide The Hawth for starring role sounds Horsham Area Gigs are sometimes cancelled or changed at short notice.

To avoid disappointment please contact the venue.

Friday 9th December

Zu with Special Guests Sabbath To Hell - Black Sabbath Tribute Band at The Malt Shovel, Horsham Papa George at The Tanners Arms, Horsham Saturday 10th December

Jellyhead at The Malt Shovel, Horsham

James Hood Entertainment Editor

james@the-resident.co.uk

A 14 year-old boy from Horsham has landed a lead role in panto this year.

Daniel Haynes-De Vita auditioned in June for a role in Peter Pan at The Hawth in Crawley. Now he will star

as one of the boys cast to play either Michael or John Darling in rotation.

But it’s not a debut appearance on stage for Daniel. The budding star has already appeared at The Hawth in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and played a Lost Boy in a production in Horsham.

Daniel and the rest of the cast are working hard in rehearsals, preparing for opening night, which is

tonight (Friday December 9).

Kerris Peeling who plays Peter Pan is getting flying practice in, comedian Jon Clegg has been updating his joke book to get mums and dads laughing and Nigel Havers is getting ready to face some serious booing and hissing when he takes to the stage as Captain Hook.

For tickets call 01293 553636 or visit www.hawth.co.uk

Reoffender at The Bedford, Horsham

Nigel Bagge at The Tanners Arms, Horsham The Okee Dokee Band at The Hen and Chicken, Southwater Twisted Ego at The Red Lyon, Slinfold Sunday 11th December

Carols, Mince Pies & Mulled Wine Round The Christmas Tree With The Pleasure Singers at The Tanners Arms, Horsham Tuesday 13th December

Open Mic Night With Dave Toye & Friends at The Coach House, Cowfold Wednesday 14th December

Open Mic Night with Terry at The Tanners Arms, Horsham Thursday 15th December

Open Mic Night with Michael Quick From Makss at The Malt Shovel, Horsham The Long Goodbye at The Tanners Arms, Horsham

T Slammers at The Cricketers Arms, Wisborough Green Friday 16th December

High-Octane-Junkies at The Bedford, Horsham Loz Netto Band at The Malt Shovel, Horsham Mcmurdo Sound at The Tanners Arms, Horsham JOE90 at The Queen’s Head, Horsham

DD’s Christmas Showcase: Fresh Like Dexie - With Lime - Randem Tandem - Father Dangerous at The Shelley Arms, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham Saturday 17th December

Chinchilla Zilla at The Malt Shovel, Horsham Southern Nights at The Tanners Arms, Horsham

Listings kindly supplied by facebook.com/HorshamAreaLiveMusic

Daniel Haynes DeVita (left) and Thomas Ball

The young cast of Peter Pan

It’s festive fun for the whole family in Cinderella ‘spin-off’ Two local writers have put together a special adaptation of classic Cinderella for panto season this year.

Dennis Manning and Darren Worsfold were presented with a prize by Sir Michael Caine at the Leatherhead Drama Festival. Now, this Christmas, they are starring in the play they have produced as the Ugly Sisters.

In the spin-off Cinderella dreams of meeting a Prince who will whisk her away from her life with her evil stepmother and the ugly sisters.

But, is the Prince all that she thinks he is? And what about poor Buttons will he ever get the girl? Well, wonder no more. As all will be revealed if you go along and see the show.

According to Manor Theatre, it’s a production full of music and comedy, with plenty of laughs for the kids and the grown-ups!

Cinderella is showing at North Heath Hall, St Marks Lane in Horsham on Friday, December 16, at 7:30 pm and Saturday, December 17 at 1:00pm, 4:00pm and 7:30pm.

Bar and refreshments are available for all performances with a few added surprises for the children.

Tickets are just £8.00 per adult and £6.50 for concessions. A family ticket

Danny Randon Music Reporter

Christmas draws ever closer and the same old Christmas songs are constantly flooding out of shop speakers from all corners of the high street. But not to worry, the alternative Christmas playlist has arrived! Below are seven superbly festive hidden gems to relieve you of holiday tedium...

‘Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)’ by Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler This season sees the release of a Christmas album by Ash frontman Tim Wheeler, and his girlfriend, acoustic musician Emmy The Great, and this is the best track. I’m a big fan of both musicians, but you can feel a real sense of togetherness between Tim and Emmy on this track, which makes it all the more enjoyable.

‘God Only Knows’ by The Beach Boys While it is not directly Christmassy, this track just makes me think of the film ‘Love Actually’, which is something I just have to watch every Christmas. It’s a song about love and its importance, especially at this time of year. The bells jingling in the verse make a nice addition to the song too. ’30 Days’ by Never Shout Never Christmas songs can be incredibly corny sometimes, but this sugary sweet acoustic number has just the right amount of cheesyness laced into its lyrics and calm guitar tones.

I love the stripped-down nature of the song as well, but at the same time it just makes you want to bounce around with excitement.

‘Christmas TV’ by Slow Club If you haven’t heard of Sheffield folk rock duo Slow Club, it’s probably because they’re one of the most overlooked bands on the indie-folk scene. ‘Christmas TV’ is heartfelt, it’s sensitive, and, most of all, it’s a realistic song; you can really relate to it, which is something that I really respect.

‘Run Rudolph Run’ by Lemmy Killmister, Billy F. Gibbons & Dave Grohl Featuring members from legendary bands such as Motorhead, ZZ Top and Foo Fighters, this superb cover has to be the heaviest and hardest rocking Christmas tune I’ve ever heard. It’s just as fun to listen to as the original track, yet loud to a face-melting extent, and perfect for a festive headbang!

(2 adults and 2 children) is £25.00.

Book either online via the website at manortheatrehorsham.com or call 07771 524491.

You can also buy tickets from the

Non-Stop Party Shop in the Carfax, Horsham. You can even get a family meal and panto deal with The Flaming Grill Pub Co. across the road from the show.

‘One More Sleep ‘Til Christmas’ by The Muppets There are so many fantastic festive films on TV over the holidays, but one of my personal favourites has to be ‘Muppets Christmas Carol’. This song is such a jolly and uplifting tune for the whole family to enjoy, and, as well as the film as a whole, is ridiculously underrated. Listening to this brings back so many memories.

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Local produce, all freshly home cooked

Restaurant Menu Sizzling Fajitas Stir fried peppers, onions & spices, served on a sizzling skillet with four soft warm flour totillas, guacamole, sour cream, zingy salsa & nacho chips.

Choose either, steak £9.95, chicken £8.95 or veggie £8.25 Pie of the Week Please see our specials board for this weeks homemade pie.

Sausage’s & Mash - £7.95 Three locally sourced free range sausages. (Please ask at bar for todays variety) . Served on creamy mashed potatoes with a rich red wine & onion gravy & peas.

Curry of The Week Please see our specials board for this weeks homemade curry Beer Battered Fish & Chips - £8.95 Beer battered fish cooked to order with chips, peas or mushy peas.

Served with tartare sauce & lemon wedge.

(Please ask what type of fish is being served today). This may contain small bones The All Day Breakfast - £7.25 Two rashers of back bacon, two free range fried eggs, sausage, mushrooms, fried tomatoe, baked beans and toast.

Traditional Ham, Egg & Chips - £7.95 Locally sourced free range home cooked ham.

Served with two free range eggs & chips.

Homemade Lasagne - £7.95 Deep dish traditional homemade lasagne. Served with garlic bread and salad Vegetarian Dish Please see our specials board for this weeks homemade veggie option.

Scampi - £8.75 Breaded wholetail scampi, with chips & Peas, or mushy peas with Tartare Sauce & lemon wedge Sunday Roasts also available!

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Remember his name – Lane shines in Steptoe on stage James Hood

Review

Steptoe and Son

It’s high praise indeed when the writers of a classic 70s TV sitcom like Steptoe and Son attend a show based on the same programme in little old Horsham.

“Didn’t they do a wonderful job” came straight from the horse’s mouth, when comedy legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson spoke after opening night of Jack Lane’s latest production.

And they were not wrong. In fact, it’s an understatement. Both Jack Lane who played Albert Steptoe and Michael Simmonds, who played son Harold, shone.

And despite an elaborate set (more about that later), it was hard to take your eyes off the rag and bone men – a sure sign of a confident stage presence.

Lane, who had the tougher job of

the night playing the ailing 70 yearold, didn’t break character for a second. With a consistent grimace and those shaky hands he shuffled round the stage looking like he could keel over at any moment – and all this with not a single line from an hour an a half of dialogue missed.

If this is the kind of dedication to a role we can expect from the young actor, then stardom on the stage or screen beckons and would be richly deserved - remember his name.

But while all this was going on, Simmonds was far from a supporting role. His terrific timing, interaction with his on-stage father and likeability made him a pleasure to watch.

Much like his counterpart, he acted his (probably very tatty) socks off, with such ease on stage that I actually forgot (until I started writing this review) he is not a full time actor, and therefore deserves much credit for his performance.

Equally as impressive as the twoman cast, was the attention to detail

Jack (right) and Michael (back left) are joined by writers Galton and Simpson Photo by Stephen Candy

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on display in Albert’s living room.

The set was filled with nostalgia, and items that many fans of the TV show will remember.

Underpinning it all was an original script, taken from two Christmas specials, aired in 1973 and 1974.

Combine that with these two born entertainers and the result is comedy gold.

Steptoe and Son, the Christmas Special is on at The Capitol until Saturday, December 17 (excluding the 12th and 13th). To book, visit www. thecapitolhorsham.com or call 01403 750220.

Photo by Splaat Media

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Join us on

Box Office 01403 750220 www.thecapitolhorsham.com

Spring 2012 Theatre Season Now Booking…

THE SOLDIERS Sunday 15 January 7.30pm Following the release of their latest album, Message to You, The Soldiers embark on a new UK tour. Tickets Selling Fast!

HORRIBLE HISTORIES Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians Thursday 26 - Sunday 29 January The Birmingham Stage Company return to Horsham with two fantastic shows live on stage. Using actors and ground-breaking 3D special effects, these shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children.

A NIGHT OF DIRTY DANCING Friday 3 February 8pm Not the West End and touring musical, but the brand-new sensational, box office smash hit. Take a trip back to the summer of ’63 and relive Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey’s sizzling performance in the ultimate coming of age romance.

THE VOICE OF ROY ORBISON

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT Thursday 15 December 7.30pm Dressed In lavish period costume, and in front of an evocative candlelit setting, The Locrian Ensemble perform favourites including carols, string medleys of familiar Christmas tunes, and seasonal surprises. This is the ideal way to get into the true spirit of Christmas.

CINEMA Friday 9 - Thursday 15 December HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (U) NEW YEARS EVE (12A) Digital Fri, Tue, Wed, Thu 4.15pm & 6.30pm Daily 5pm & 7.45pm Sat 10.15am, 12.30pm & 3pm Sat & Sun 2.15pm, 5pm & 7.45pm Sun 1.30pm, 3.45pm & 6pm Box Office Babies Thu 10.30am Mon 5.15pm & 7.30pm Now Booking….

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (12A) Showing from Friday 16 December

Saturday 4 February 8pm A superb production featuring the sounds of ‘The Big O’. Hear all your favourite hits including, Only the Lonely, Wake Up Little Suzie and Peggy Sue.

ABBA THE SHOW Friday 10 February 8pm Barry Walker’s Smackee present in music and costume, over 2 hours of all that was best from one of the world’s most popular hit recording groups.

JACKSON LIVE Saturday 11 February 8pm Back by popular demand! Amir Sharma’s portrayal of Michael Jackson in his prime has to be the most vocally and visually accurate tribute to The King of Pop. Don’t miss it!

CHRIS AND PUI ROADSHOW 2012 Monday 13 February 11am & 2pm CBeebies favourite double act are coming to town! Giggle along with Chris and Pui in their new roadshow packed with fantastic songs, games and a few surprises!

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Up close and personal at the panto This week The Resident caught up with the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk before it was curtain up at The Capitol - Oh yes we did!

This year’s panto at The Capitol is in full swing. The stars are in town for the two-week stint on stage and the seasonal spirit is high.

In Jack and the Beanstalk, the cast will be going up into the clouds, but for now you might even spot them around town.

They’ve even popped into the Resident offices to chat with us about this year’s show. And here’s what they had to say.

To book contact the box office on 01403 750220 or visiting the website at www. thecapitolhorsham. com

“I last flew into Horsham as Peter Pan and now I am twinkling in as the fairy! I’m really enjoying being back in the town”

“Having just moved to Horsham, it’s great to play my local venue! Oh yes it is!”

“This is my fourth panto appearance at The Capitol and now I have the chance to slap my thigh!”

Michael Neilson is Dame Trot

Amanda Sim is Jack

“The Capitol is not just the jewel in my crown!”

“Am looking forward to silly times as Jack’s brother...although I am not very good at working in the dairy!”

Paul Bentley is King Michael

Sarah Jane Honeywell is Fairy Twinkle

Joseph Pitcher is Silly Billy

“Having spent most of the year filming Tracy Beaker it’s great to have a live audience - and be boo’d at!”

Connor Byrne is Fleshcreep

“Oh I get to marry Jack - a rehearsal really as I have just got engaged in ‘real’ life!”

Hannah Robertson is Jill

Showing on the big screen Happy Feet 2 in 3D

New Year’s Eve

Elijah Wood, Pink and Robin Williams lend their voices to the sequel in the animated penguin flick series. Mumble and Gloria’s son Erik is reluctant to try dancing, as most penguins in Emperor land do. Adventure and plenty of dancing ensue in a 3D movie that’s fun for the whole family.

An all-star ensemble cast which includes Zac Efron, Josh Duhamel, Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher and Jessica Biel come together for New Years Eve. It’s a romantic comedy with intertwining stories of a group of New Yorkers as they navigate their way through romance over the course of the celebrations.

For more information or to book tickets visit www.thecapitolhorsham.com or call The Box Office on 01403 750220

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Events NOW AVAILABLE

Horsham’s Handmade Regency

Gingerbread Taste this Saturd ay 10.30 -

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Table Top Sale

10th December

10th December

Table top sale at Southwater Church Hall, Church Lane from 10am-3pm. In aid of Orion Explorer Scouts. Contact Sally Eve on 01403 734368 to reserve table (£10 each). 50p entrance, which includes a cup of tea/coffee and biscuit.

A non-profit local produce/craft event in Partridge Green. Dark Star Brewery beer tasting, stalls featuring brownies, Sussex cheeses, candles, vintage accessories, cupcakes, manicures, Christmas cakes, mince pies, mulled wine, handmade cards and much more. Partridge Green Village Hall from 11am till 4pm. Free entry.

Live music with ‘The Embers’ at Southwater Sports Club, Church Lane, Southwater.

8pm start, free to members, £1 for nonmembers. New memberships available.

Call 01403 730345 for more information.

10th December

10th December

Fairtrade Christmas Market

13th December

A Christmas Market will be held at Mannings Heath Village Hall from 11.00am to 1.00pm. Lots of lovely stalls including homemade cakes, Christmas floral decorations, homemade pate and bread, bottle stall, grand raffle and many more.

Fairtrade Christmas Market in St Johns Catholic Church Hall, Horsham from 10am–4pm. Fifteen stalls offering a variety of Fairtrade Christmas gift goods from around the world. Now in the sixth year this popular event is organised by Horsham Fairtrade Town Action Group.

‘Phantom of The Opera’. 7.30pm at Sullington Parish Hall. Tickets are £5, available from ‘The Card Centre’ in Storrington or on the door. For further info call Ken on 01903 740745 or Malcolm on 01798 812407.

Organised by The Rotary Club of Storrington.

14th December

RAFA Club Coffee Morning

15th December Wildlife walkabouts

15th December

Royal Air Force Association 665 Horsham & Storrington Branch are holding a coffee morning every Wednesday from 10am12pm.

All are welcome, please bring a friend.

Needles Farm buildings, Three Acres, Horsham.

RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve’s regular gentle ramble is an ideal introduction to the reserve and its varied habitats and wildlife. An informal nature walk, taking in the seasonal delights on the brooks or the heathland trail. 10am–12pm. Every Thursday.

Costs £4 per person (£2 for RSPB members).

Horsham & Crawley Samaritans are holding a series of Open House events to welcome potential volunteers to their Centre at 21 Denne Road, Horsham, the next one being on Thursday 15th December from 6-8pm.

For more information call 01403 276276 or email horshamsams@gmail.com

17th December

17-18th December

18th December

Horsham Chamber Choir combine with the vocal ensemble Cantilena for a concert of carols and readings at Sedgwick Park House, Horsham. Tickets are £15, including wine and mince pies. Mulled wine will be served from 7pm, concert starts at 7.30pm. For tickets email cantilena. info@gmail.com or phone Sarah Russell on 01403 266725.

Santa will be in his grotto at the South Downs Light Railway over the weekend.

For more details visit www.sdlrs.com or telephone the information line on 07518 753784. There will be plenty of spaces for ‘on the day’ visitors. Located within the Pulborough Garden Centre.

The Annual Community Carol Service at The Salvation Army, Booth Way, Horsham, at 10.30am. Featuring The Salvation Army Band, Singers, Children and Youth – and ‘Kids Alive’ featured in the presentation – Stable Manners.

10th December

Christmas Market

Beer and Bunting

Live Music with The Embers

Storrington Film Night

12.00

From a Shelley family recipe

Only £1.50 From Horsham Museum

A Concert of Carols

Santa’s Grotto at SDLRS

Samaritans Open House Event

Community Carol Service

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Events

Add your event to our online Events page, free of charge at www.the-resident.co.uk/events 18th December Cash Prize Bingo

20th December

Winter Family Fun Day

20th December

At The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham RH12 5PJ. In conjunction with the British Heart Foundation. 18+ only £1 Registration = 4 Cards; £8 / 6 Cards; £11.50. Members & Non Members welcome. See www.theholbrookclub.co.uk for more information.

Mini fun day at RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve. Try Christmassy crafts, play a silly game, or follow the winter trail!

Costs £3 per child (£1.50 per Wildlife Explorer member); Adults must accompany (£1 per person, free to RSPB members).

11am - 3pm.

The next presentation from the Mary How Trust Film Society will be Jane Eyre (PG) at West Chiltington Village Hall; screenings at 3pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00, including membership. Tickets on the door or call 01798 877641. For more info see www.maryhowtrust.org

5th January

14th January

15th January

The popular annual Bridge Drive will take place at 1.30pm for 1.45pm. An afternoon of bridge at West Sussex Golf Club is accompanied by tea and a grand raffle.

Tickets are £12.50 per person; £50 per table. Visit www.maryhowtrust.org to book your place.

A musical festival with Salvation Brass takes place from 6pm at The Salvation Army Centre, Booth Way, Horsham, RH13 5PZ. It promises to be a great evening of music and much more. Free admission, but please call 01403 254624 for tickets.

Opening day of Storrington Museum’s exhibition on the World Wars from 10am-4pm.

Lady Emma Barnard will be there at 11am to formally open it. There will be a memory wall, highlighting memories from local people, photographs, interpretative paintings and some items rarely to be seen in a local museum. www.storringtonmuseum.org

Mary How Trust Bridge Drive

Mary How Trust Film Society

Musical Brass Festival

World Wars Exhibition Opens

17th January

Parkinson’s UK Horsham AGM

Parkinson’s UK Horsham Branch hold their AGM at 7pm at Lavinia House, Denne Road, Horsham. Dr Ashwani Jha - London Institute of Neurology will be speaking on personalising treatment for Parkinson’s.

For more info contact Carol on 01403 263882.

20th January

Charity Film Night

THE

SHELLEY ARMS Christmas Entertainment

Saturday 17th Dec Christmas Party Night Disco Thursday 22nd Dec Kids Christmas party 4-6pm. £4 per ticket. Includes party games, food and a present from Santa.

New Years Eve Party Night Disco (free entry, discounted drinks, open till 2am) Billingshurst Macmillan Support Group are holding a film night at 7.30pm at The Village Hall, Billingshurst. Tickets available from Mallards or on the door.

The film for January will be My Week with Marilyn

See facebook page for further details

Old Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath www.shelleyarms.co.uk Tel: 01403 253406

16th December 2.30-5.00 Tea Dance + Sing Along 17th December Fish and Chip Supper + Christmas Quiz, Cash Prize New YeArS eve GrAND New YeArS eve DiSCo ANYThiNG BriTiSh Theme holland’s Way, Warnham, horsham, rh12 3rh 01403 211747 - 07833 553148 (Steward)

Guests welcome

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Christmas shopping at

A market town historically, Horsham today offers a wide range of great value products, unique arts and crafts together with fabulous local produce.

Thursday and Saturday - mixed market on the Bishopric by the iconic Shelley fountain Saturday - Local Produce, Arts & Crafts market on the Carfax Sunday - the best of the best on the Carfax and FREE PARKING Both markets will be held during the Christmas week from Tuesday 20th December. See www.horshammarkets.co.uk for more information.

mybabylove www.mybabyloveonline.co.uk Pirate Blanket - £34.99

Button Becky Handmade brooches using recycled material.

Visit my website for more selection. www.rebeccaemily.co.uk

Just Bev Soaps Handcrafted Bath Delights by Bev Scott-Hughes - £10 www.justbevangelicsoaps.co.uk

Laura’s Flowers Hand made Christmas table decorations.

From £4.50 each.

Grate British Cheese All ranges of cheese.

Cheddars 250g - £6 Wide selection available.

Garlic Wood Farm Delicious hand-made sausages and burgers made to our own recipes.

All our bacon and hams are smoked over oak for a delicate traditional flavour. www.garlicwood.co.uk

Fruit and Veg Local farming produce.

Brussell storks from £1.25

Just Brownies Bake your own gift jars. Just add egg, butter and love. £8 each. www.justbrownies.webs.com

Richard Harman Horsham Oak - Two Door Plasma TV Unit - £410 Visit our website at www.horshamoak.com

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Carfax Market Eco-boards A wide variety of chopping boards.

Pictured - £15 each.

Grate British Cheese Stiltons, Cropwell Bishop, hand made Stiltons from £2.25 per 100g

Knits Unique Tea cosy - £30 Visit our website for more knitted gifts, all can be made to order. www.knitsunique.moonfruit.com

Juli Stone Traditional and contemporary stained glass, made to order. Courses also available. Commissions: window and door panels, wall hangings, fused panels, painting, staining and restoration.

Noky’s Kitchen Authentic locally sourced ingredients, ready to eat Thai meals and sauces.

Wimblehurst Chocolates Hand crafted chocolates and confections using fresh ingredients.

Christmas selection box - £40 Fishmongers All caught fresh off the coast of Folkstone, quality seafood - wet fish to shellfish.

Recycled Metal Sculptures Our recycled metal art pieces are sourced from all over the world and are all individually handmade from many types of old and weathered metals, including recycled tin and drink cans, old oil drums, scrapped cars and factory offcuts.

Email: InfoChiAfrica@ gmail.com Robin on a shovel - £7.50

Simply Olive Oils Christmas Hamper from £15 www.simplyoliveoils.com

Connoisseur Coffee Hand roasted, ethical, sustainable and delicious.

Large variety of flavoured and unflavoured coffee beans ground to order. www.connoisseurcoffee.co.uk Prices from £2.50 per 100g

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Bishopric Market

PM Footwear Full range of footwear available.

Pocket Money Prezzies Hello Kitty watches, friendship bracelets and design your own slap watches.

Little Black Olive Goodie bag - 1 Regular artisan loaf + 1 wedge of sussex cheese + 1 pot of ‘mediterranean mix’ (olives,marinated garlic cloves, feta-stuffed pepper) - £4.95 Christmas version now available.

Stencil art Large range of art available and commissioned work accepted.

Pictured 60x40cm - £60

RSL Designs Hand made fair trade hats, scarfs, gloves, jumpers and jackets.

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A picturesque part of Sussex Wisborough Green is conveniently placed on the A272, helping allow easy access to Petworth, Midhurst, the Horsham area and Mid Sussex, while Billingshurst station facilitates rail travel to the coast and London.

The River Arun is close by, while walkers can enjoy the beauty of the South Downs and neighbouring wooded high ground.

Mention of cricket at Wisborough Green conjures up a picture of a quintessentially English scene – a classic rural village ground, surely one of the finest to be found

anywhere, surrounded by mellow cottages and mature trees, near the Grade I listed parish church of St Peter Ad Vincula.

The cricket club was formed in about 1840, early records referring to a club dinner in the nearby Three Crowns.

A wealth of familiar names from the world of cricket, showbusiness and other spheres have graced the ground. The Nawab of Pataudi played several times in the 1950s and the legendary Jim Laker appeared in the first Lord’s Taverners game a few years later.

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A history of the Pulborough area Readers who have read the 1951 science fiction best seller Day of the Triffids or seen the BBC TV dramas will recall that the area around Pulborough features heavily in the story by John Wyndham.

The attraction of the Pulborough area is easy to see―the joining of the Rother and Arun rivers occurs nearby and the rich flood plain provides bird and animal life with copious foodstuffs: a magnet for hunters both man and beast.

You can get remarkably close to the birdlife in the hides at the RSBP reserve but the more dramatic view can be seen from the hill overlooking the valley, on the lane opposite the church.

For in front of you is the lush floodplain of the Arun abundant with fish and wildfowl, one of

the main reasons Pulborough has been attractive for over 200,000 years.

The evidence for the earliest settlers are the flint tools they left behind, and locally found examples can be seen at Horsham Museum. However, the most recent and internationally important discovery was found near Pulborough, near Beedings Castle―a Victorian Gothic house.

Back then the view would have been open, marshy and cold, with herds of mammoth, bison and woolly rhinoceros.

The hunting camp is still undergoing extensive research and this 35,000 year old site might be that of the last Neanderthals, or very early evidence of modern man. Only in the future will the true importance of this Pulborough site become known.

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Love nature?

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... visit Pulborough Brooks Wild Sussex at its Best Pulborough Brooks is a fantastic day out for people of all ages, with lots to see and do throughout the year. The visitor centre includes a café with covered tea-terrace and a gift shop.

OPEN DAILY (except 25/26 Dec) 9.30am – 5pm (café until 4.30pm). Find us off the A283 between Pulborough & Storrington. Parking and entry to visitor centre is Free, charges apply to the nature trail (free to RSPB members).

Tel: 01798 875851.

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Stane Street might be the best known Roman road, going north of here to London and westwards to Chichester, but there was also a Roman road going eastwards to Barcombe, near Lewes, that saw Pulborough develop a Roman settlement.

It is this junction with a northward and eastward direction that finds echoes in the modern day development of the village.

For Pulborough is a remarkably elongated and spread out village with many a visitor thinking they have gone into another village as they travel northward up to the historic church and then along to various recent retail developments, or skirt the river Arun along a terrace as you go from Storrington to Stopham, past historic Parham covered in a previous trail.

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It was the Saxons, who followed the Romans, who gave Pulborough its name, meaning Pulla’s hill or the hill by the pool.

By the time the Domesday Book was written in 1086, there were two churches, two mills and 100 households rich enough to be recorded.

The early settlement was built around the parish church, and two manor house sites can be seen at Old Place, now an empty moated site, and New Place where part of a medieval building still survives.

While medieval buildings may be the most obvious sign of the wealth and history of the area, the most real treasure is the most

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unassuming church just the other side of Pulborough, at Hardham.

For in the small white-washed church, forgotten by speeding traffic, lies a medieval treasury of wall paintings that use the rather humble expression, bacon and egg pallet, to tell Biblical tales, including Adam and Eve having a bath.

Another series of medieval paintings can be seen at the very heart of West Chiltington in the parish church.

To get there though requires the technique of the maze lover as the village has expanded out from its core, so it is a real sense of discovery when you find the church.

Seasons Greetings Simon, Michael and Lucinda would like to wish all their clients and friends a very Happy Christmas.

When it comes to marketing and selling property, Comyn and James know what it takes to succeed in a difficult market having opened and succeeded in a period of prolonged recession. With 50 years of combined experience in the property market in West Sussex, London and further afield we fully recognise that each client’s requirements are different. Instead of a “one size fits all” approach merely relying on property websites, we offer a proactive service designed to present each property to its most suitable market – be it local, national or international. Our success during this last year speaks for itself.

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Garden machinery and much more Station Road, Pulborough Telephone: (01798) 872506 Email: mike@burgessandrandall.co.uk

Once you are in West Chiltington though you are in another area ripe for discovery as the very narrow roads lie on the medieval tracks that crisscross the region, exploiting the woodland.

Here the almost ravine-like roads, banked by tall trees, give an almost haunted Hollywood appeal to the landscape.

This aspect is mirrored not in the landscape but in the

signature Well’s cottages. Between 60 and 70 of these cottages exist today in the most ambitious development by the sculptor, turned potter turned developer.

Although mocked at the time by the 1930s Town and Country Homes reported: “In every detail this little colony of true English homes is a work of art. Its beauty is so captivating that motorists stop their cars to admire.”

Love nature?

Enjoy it with us ...

... visit Pulborough Brooks Wild Sussex at its Best Pulborough Brooks is a fantastic day out for people of all ages, with lots to see and do throughout the year. The visitor centre includes a café with covered tea-terrace and a gift shop.

OPEN DAILY (except 25/26 Dec) 9.30am – 5pm (café until 4.30pm). Find us off the A283 between Pulborough & Storrington. Parking and entry to visitor centre is Free, charges apply to the nature trail (free to RSPB members).

Tel: 01798 875851.

www.rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks

Registered Charity in England & Wales No: 207076, in Scotland: SC037654. Picture Credit: Pulborough Brooks by Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)

Co-owners: Marcel Hoad Martin Spurrier

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As you approach Steyning from Horsham having driven through Partridge Green and Ashurst you will, probably unnoticed, cross the line of an old Roman road when still a mile short of your destination.

If you had been making the journey on a cold winter’s day a hundred years ago you might also have heard, away to the right, the sound of skates on the ice of the Squires Pond (Wiston Pond).

The journey to Steyning was one which people from all the outlying villages would make every Wednesday for the market. Many people will remember the cattle and horse sales down at the station. And many more will remember the ‘Steyning Stinker’ – often ironically called the ‘Steyning Flyer’ – the train which ran from Horsham to Shoreham via Steyning. It carried animals to and from the market and many children to Steyning Grammar School or away to more distant schools. The line was closed during the Beeching cuts and couldn’t be easily revived now because the by-pass occupies much of the same route.

The market hadn’t always been at the station. Long before that it was held each week in the High Street. Cattle would be tied to the railings on the Church Street corner and sheep would be penned in the High Street. And, then twice a year, all the streets and surrounding fields would be heaving with people and animals as the Fair came to the town with cattle being walked there from as far afield as Wales. If those same people visited the town today they would recognise most of the buildings in the main streets – 120 of them are listed as buildings of historical importance. They might look a little smarter now than they did then as people have spent more on their upkeep

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but, structurally, they are little changed.

Church Street, which takes you down to the 11th/12th century Church and to the Museum of local history and the library, is particularly charming and unexpected.

The Church may be a little adrift from the centre of the town but should not be missed. When St. Cuthman built the first wooden church there in 700 AD it was at the centre of a small community.

By the time the construction of the present Church was well under way in 1100, Steyning was already recognised as a market town and, not long afterwards, was given the full status of a borough with the right to send two members to parliament. The Church was built to serve this community and, in common with most churches, has had its charms added to by changes over the centuries.

As you head to the Church you will pass Brotherhood Hall, one of the many timber-framed buildings in the town and the home of a part of Steyning Grammar School, the town’s very respected state comprehensive. Above its gate you will read that it was first endowed in 1614 and now, very nearly 400 years later, it is still the school to which local children go when they move on from their primary schools.

Some of the shops have plied the same trade for hundreds of years and the High Street has so far escaped the scourge of national retail chains. Even one of the banks (although now a national name) is in the same building which its predecessors started trading in almost 200 years ago. Most of one’s everyday needs and much more besides can be found in the High Street. Even the games Steyning people play are of long standing. Cricket has been played there since 1722, though the first recorded fixture was rained off !

Image and article courtesy of Steyning Museum

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A beautiful, rural location

Deceptively spacious family home Guy Leonard & Company is delighted to bring to the market a deceptively spacious four bedroom family home set in a good size corner plot and adjoining farmland to the side and rear.

The accommodation in brief comprises good size entrance hall, kitchen, dining room, which leads through to the conservatory, spacious sitting room and cloakroom to the ground floor, with four bedrooms and re-fitted family bathroom on the first floor. Externally there is an attached garage and generous gardens, which back and side onto farmland.

The property is offered for sale with no onward chain at a Guide Price of £335,000 for the freehold For further information or an appointment to view, please contact Guy Leonard & Company on 01903 742354 or visit www.guyleonard. co.uk

Lavender Cottage stands in a very attractive and accessible rural location to the north of Ashington village with access to the A24 within 1 mile.

Dual carriageway access to Worthing to the south, and Horsham (about 10 miles) to the north and Gatwick and the M23 national motorway network is excellent. The surrounding area provides good hacking on small lanes and bridlepaths.

The recently completed house replaces a former bungalow and stands in the corner of the land. The house was erected by Border Oak in their traditional timber framed style with a clay tiled roof with cast iron gutters, exposed timbers and traditional features. The ground �loor is laid with re-claimed York stone which with the under-�loor mains gas-�ired heating provides a warm and practical environment.

The accommodation comprises porch, spacious entrance hall with oak staircase, sitting room with double doors onto the south facing paved terrace and garden, open �ireplace with Ulefos woodburning stove, kitchen/dining room glazed double doors onto the south facing terrace and garden, range of �itted units comprising oak work surfaces and drainers either side of a deep glazed sink.

Study, utility room, cloakroom.

Staircase rises to a �irst �loor landing, bedroom 1 with vaulted ceiling and doorway to en-suite bathroom with slate stone tiled �loor with Victorian style bath and corner shower. Family bathroom, 2 further bedrooms.

Outside, the house is approached from the lane through a 5 bar gate over a tarmacadamed drive which continues to generous areas of hard standing. Herbaceous �lower beds to the front with reseeded lawn to the rear. The building comprises a singe 4 bay barn (60” x 30”) with 3 open fronted bays with wooden cladding, 1 bay fully enclosed to provide a useful workshop.

Beyond is a large fenced vegetable garden with raised sleeper edged beds with box hedging and mains water standpipe. Beyond this is a very productive orchard with Apples, Pears, Damsons, Plums, Greengages and Cherries. The land is divided into 3 level grass paddocks all stock fenced and with water connected. In all the property extends to about 11.4 acres (4.16 ha).

Guide price £895,000. Batcheller Monkhouse have been appointed as sole agents. Please telephone: 01798 872081 or email sales@batchellermonkhouse.com for full colour illustrated particulars or download them directly from www.batchellermonkhouse.com

Walking distance of the village Guy Leonard & Company is delighted to bring to the market a modern three bedroom detached bedroom bungalow with an attractive south facing garden and situated within walking distance of village centre.

The property has been extended and improved by the present owners to provide �lexible accommodation with a superb dining room accessed from the kitchen, three good size

bedrooms, bathroom and separate cloakroom. It bene�its from a garage, south facing rear garden, upvc double glazing and gas heating to radiators.

The property is being offered for sale with a Guide Price of £335,000 for the freehold interest.

For further information or an appointment to view, please contact Guy Leonard & Company on 01903 742354 or visit www.guyleonard.co.uk

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A purpose built ground floor studio apartment located at the rear of this small select block backing onto communal gardens.

A 3 bedroom family home built by Gleeson Homes in 2005 with landscaped garden, parking, situated in a very quiet position within a short distance of country walks, Christs Hospital public school and Horsham railway station.

TRAFALGAR ROAD, HORSHAM £375,000

A 5 bedroom extended Victorian semi-detached house, with accommodation arranged over three floors including 27’ sitting/dining room, driveway, 64’ garden, close to schools, railway station, town centre and Horsham park. No chain.

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DORKING ROAD, KINGSFOLD £250,000

A 3 bedroom 1920s half tile hung cottage built for the forestry workers of the local estate, 175’ west facing garden, semi-rural location, stunning views over farmland, offering scope to extend to the rear.

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A 2 double bedroom detached bungalow built in the 1970s presented in excellent condition with refitted high gloss kitchen, conservatory, garage, situated within a short distance of the station and the town centre.

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TRAFALGAR ROAD, HORSHAM From £320,000

A selection of stunning 3 double bedroom town houses built in 2011 by Anbeck Homes, within close proximity of the town centre, park, railway station and excellent schools. 10 years NHBC guarantee. Last 3 remaining.

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A 2 bedroom Victorian terraced house with 71’ rear garden coming to the market for the first time since 1979, requiring complete modernisation, offering scope, situated close to railway station and town centre. NO CHAIN.

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A spacious 4 bedroom, 3 reception room, detached house, built by Bryant Homes in 1999 with 2 receptions, kitchen/breakfast room and double garage, within close proximity of the railway station and Leechpool Woods.

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PLUMTREE CROSS LANE, ITCHINGFIELD Offers in excess of £439,950

An attractive 3 bedroom, 2 reception room, extended detached character lodge in a semi-rural location adjacent to open farmland, well maintained and greatly improved by the current vendor, 93’ garden, garaging.

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JUBILEE COURT, BILLINGSHURST £79,950

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A 1-bedroom ground floor apartment for over 55’s situated on a managerassisted development within reach of the High Street. Inner hall, lounge, kitchen, bedroom, re-fitted shower room, communal gardens and parking.

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An end-of-terrace house offering well-planned and well-presented accommodation. 3 bedrooms (1 en-suite), sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, family bathroom, cloakroom, garage, west-facing rear garden.

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BERRALL WAY, BILLINGSHURST £289,950

A semi-detached cottage-style property situated on the popular Penfold Grange development. Entrance hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, attached garage, driveway for 2 cars, east-facing rear garden.

PETWORTH ROAD, WISBOROUGH GREEN £359,950

A detached 3/4-bedroom split-level bungalow on the edge of this popular village in need of modernisation. Entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, utility, 2 bathrooms, integral garage, garden with superb views to the South Downs.

HIGH STREET, LOXWOOD £359,950

A semi-detached bungalow close to all amenities. Entrance hall, 2 double bedrooms, bathroom, double-aspect sitting room, fitted kitchen/breakfast room, garage, east-facing garden measuring approximately 0.2 of an acre.

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NIGHTINGALE WALK, BILLINGSHURST £369,950

A 3-bedroom detached bungalow re-decorated throughout situated in a quiet residential cul-de-sac. L-shaped entrance hall, lounge/dining room, newly-fitted kitchen and bathroom, double garage, south-facing rear garden.

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BIRCH DRIVE, BILLINGSHURST £399,950

A beautifully presented 3-bedroom detached property with a stunning and secluded 130’ rear garden. Large entrance hall, cloakroom, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, bathroom, garage, front and rear gardens.

EASTON CRESCENT, BILLINGSHURST £427,950

A 4/5 bedroom detached family house. Entrance hall, cloakroom, lounge, dining room, conservatory, kitchen/breakfast room, master with en-suite shower room, bedroom 5/office, family bathroom, double garage, terraced garden.

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THE DRIVE, IFOLD £499,950

A 3-bedroom chalet-style bungalow with a west-facing rear garden situated in a private residential road. Sitting/dining room, re-fitted kitchen/breakfast room, 2 ground floor bedrooms, first floor bedroom, bathroom, garage/workshop.

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HOGWOOD ROAD, IFOLD

An individual 4-bedroom detached bungalow situated in the hamlet of Ifold.

Spacious reception hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen./breakfast room, 2 bathrooms, large loft space, detached double garage, front and rear gardens.

LOXWOOD ROAD, ALFOLD £835,000

A period residence with detached home office/studio annexe and small stable block all set in 1.7 acres. Cloakroom, sitting room, dining room, study/snug, kitchen/breakfast room, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, beautiful gardens.

www.mansellmctaggart.co.uk billingshurst@mansellmctaggart.co.uk

01403 785288 15 Offices in Sussex

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OLD MILL DRIVE, STORRINGTON £259,950

Recently sold. Similar properties required up to around £200/250,000 for first time/investment buyers. Highly competitive fee for all new instructions in December, January & February.

A spacious end terrace town house offering conveniently located within a stone’s throw of the High Street. Sitting room, kitchen, 3 double bedrooms, large bathroom, garage, east facing patio style garden.

GUYHURST SPINNEY, THAKEHAM £288,500

CRESCENT RISE, THAKEHAM/STORRINGTON £325,000

Spacious detached family home. 3 bedrooms (1 en-suite), sitting room with open fireplace, dining room, kitchen, family bathroom, garage and driveway parking, west facing rear garden.

Detached bungalow offering scope for further improvement and enlargement. 3 bedrooms, 2 receptions, conservatory, k/breakfast room, utility area, bathroom, useful loft, gardens, parking.

HILLSIDE ROAD, STORRINGTON £378,000

BREWERS YARD, STORRINGTON £399,999

A detached bungalow which offers scope for enlargement (STPP). 25’ x 13’ sitting/dining room, kitchen, 2 double bedrooms, bathroom, separate W.C, west facing plot of approx 0.21 of an acre.

A period semi-detached cottage in a little known backwater conveniently located just off the High Street. Sitting room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms (1 with ensuite W.C.), bathroom, garage, east facing gardens.

FOX DELL, STORRINGTON £459,950

OAK END, WEST CHILTINGTON £459,950

Detached house at the end of a select cul-de-sac. 4 double bedrooms (1 ensuite), sitting room, dining room, study, kitchen, cloakroom, family shower room, double garage, east facing garden.

STORRINGTON OFFICE

Detached house with stunning views in plot of approx 0.25 of an acre with westerly aspect. 2 receptions, kitchen/breakfast room, playroom, utility room, 5 beds (1 en-suite), 2 baths, cloaks, 2 garages, parking.

CONCORDE CLOSE, STORRINGTON £269,950

A well-presented modern detached family home with excellent accommodation. 3 bedrooms, sitting/dining room, well-fitted kitchen, conservatory, cloakroom, family bathroom, garage, driveway, garden.

HALF MOON LANE, SALVINGTON £359,950

A spacious detached bungalow. Spacious entrance hall, sitting room, conservatory, kitchen/breakfast room, 3 bedrooms (1 en-suite), family bath/ shower room, garage, west facing rear garden.

TRIPP HILL, FITTLEWORTH £419,950

Situated within the South Downs National Park with far reaching views front and rear. 4 beds (1 en-suite), 2 receptions, conservatory, k/breakfast room, utility, cloaks, bathroom, 100ft rear garden.

GOOSE GREEN, NR PULBOROUGH Price Guide £765,000

Detached single storey equestrian property in approx. 2.4 acres. 4 beds (1 en-suite), 4 receps, k/breakfast room, utility, bathroom, shower room, double garage, stabling, paddock, outbuildings.

www.mansellmctaggart.co.uk storrington@mansellmctaggart.co.uk

01903 746000 15 Offices in Sussex

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Ask the Experts 5 bedroom residence in Kerves Lane The Letting Agent

Kathy Taylor Senior Manager Leaders

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Why should I use a Letting Agent to let out my property?

Many Landlords prefer not to use a letting agent and there are many reasons for this, they may live close by to their rental property, they may have plenty of time to deal with the issues that might arise and most commonly, they would rather not have to pay agents fees.

There are however many benefits to using an agent; good agents such as Leaders will have tried and tested procedures for every eventuality, staff will have the knowledge, experience and qualifications to act in the Landlords best interests, they will have IT systems in place to manage accounting, gas certificates, renewals, rent reviews and notices.

Importantly they will be able to advise on all the legislation and legal requirements surrounding letting residential property.

Many agents will use an outside referencing provider with access to the main credit agencies such as Experian and are therefore able to provide comprehensive references on tenants before proceeding. With this, Landlords will then qualify for rent insurance or rent guarantee schemes offered by the agent. An agent with a vigorous qualification process and strict referencing criteria is only going to be putting forward good quality tenants which clearly is in any Landlords best interests and avoids problems further down the line.

Additionally, a major advantage agents have over private Landlords working on their own is marketing power and the majority of agents will subscribe to several different lettings portals, have a regular advert in the local paper, a town centre presence, bespoke, user friendly websites and a constant database of qualified prospective tenants.

It is common place for Tenants to choose to only rent through an agent as this gives them peace of mind that their deposit monies will be correctly protected, maintenance issues reported with will be dealt with quickly and efficiently by trustworthy contractors and that in the event of a complaint there will be a professional body they can turn to.

When a tenancy is fully managed by an agent Landlords benefit from a panel of tried and tested contractors to work on their properties if needed.

These contractors will have been vetted, hold all the relevant insurances for their profession and provide quality work at competitive prices.

The agent will also be the point of contact for the Tenant in the event of things like broken washing machines, noisy neighbours, bin collections and more, something that I’m sure the majority of Landlords would rather avoid.

Leaders, like some other agents, provide a 24 hour emergency service which meant that we were able to help a Tenant who found themselves without heating or hot water last Christmas. I can’t imagine any Landlord who would have welcomed that call as they opened their stocking on Christmas morning!

For advice on any aspect of Letting or Renting contact Kathy Taylor on 01403 217585 or kathytaylor@leaders.co.uk.

Leaders 18a Market Square, Horsham,West Sussex RH12 1EU 01403 217585 www.leaders.co.uk

Henry Adams Lettings are proud to offer this substantial and immaculately presented 5 bedroom, 3 reception room, versatile detached family residence situated down one of Horsham’s most highly sought after roads, Kerves Lane.

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comprises a useful entrance porch, stylish hallway with storage cupboard, delightful open plan lounge area with fabulous working fireplace, sliding bi-fold doors opening out to the rear patio/garden, dining area with double doors leading outside, separate snug/tv/play area, additional reception room/formal dining

room/playroom/cinema room/bedroom 6, a well appointed and highly specified fitted kitchen with solid oak cabinets/units, granite work surfaces, gas range cooker and extractor unit, downstairs WC, utility/boot room with door leading out to the rear garden.

Upstairs the property has a bright and airy galleried landing area, loft access, airing/linen cupboard, contemporary family bathroom with separate shower cubicle, spacious master bedroom with large full length floor to ceiling window over looking the rear garden and fields beyond, en suite shower room, two other well proportioned double bedrooms and a further two additional smaller double bedrooms.

Outside the property is approached via an attractive gravel driveway with parking for several cars, front garden with lawn area and mature hedging/shrubs, side entrance gate to the rear garden, large patio area with steps leading up to the lawn area, large private rear garden laid mostly to lawn with established trees/hedges/shrubs, vegetable patch, storage shed and gate leading to open fields at the rear.

Available unfurnished from January 2012 for a long let, for £2,795pcm.

For more information or to view this property please contact Henry Adams Lettings (Horsham) on 01403 282500 or email horshamlettings@henryadams.co.uk

A small country estate in a rural location A fine Grade II listed period country house, Redlands sits in an attractive yet accessible rural location in the heart of West Sussex between Horsham and the South Coast.

There is good access to major routes and centres including London about 48 miles. The A24 is located to the east providing dual carriageway connections to the A27/M27 to the South and M23 Gatwick Airport, M25 and the national motorway network to the North. Mainline railway stations are available both at Billingshurst (about 5 miles) and Horsham (about 10 miles).

The Estate has been comprehensively restored by the current owner and now offers the main house, which is a mix of period and more modern extensions providing flexible

accommodation of 5 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms set in mature landscaped gardens with attractive lake.

There is also a substantial barn that has been converted to provide 2 double bedrooms and a superb split level open plan living area (currently let). Set away from the house is a versatile range of outbuildings with large tarmacadamed parking areas, some are currently used commercially for office and storage and these include a period building 20.5m x 4.4m, timber clad storage barn 14.8m x 7.3m, fully enclosed with concrete floor under floor heating and incorporating an internal fitted kitchen area, computer room and a second timber clad storage barn 16.6m x 7.7m fully enclosed

with concrete floor incorporating a wine store. Other buildings include 2 ranges of stables and a monopitched fully enclosed 4 bay implement barn/vehicle store 15.5m x 6.9m.

The land lies around the house and buildings providing a wonderful setting and includes attractive pasture fields and a block of indigenous woodland. In

all it extends to about 40 acres (16.2 ha) Guide price £2.35 million Batcheller Monkhouse have been appointed as sole agents.

Please telephone: 01798 872081 or email sales@ batchellermonkhouse.com for full colour illustrated particulars or download them directly from www.batchellermonkhouse.com

SITTONS Solicitors

...for legal advice you can understand

From my home office in Horsham, West Sussex, I offer a range of legal services to individuals from conveyancing (buying or selling your home) to preparing your will and lasting power of attorney or dealing with the estate of a loved one.

I can help guide you through what can be a difficult and stressful time in your life by providing a friendly and personal, professional service. You can be assured of easy, direct access to me and a completely confidential legal service. I take my client care very seriously and always try to go “that extra mile” to establish a strong relationship with clients and other professionals.

What can I do for you ?

• Conveyancing

• Leases

• Transfers of Property

• Lasting Powers of Attorney

• Buy-to-Let

• Co-ownership

• Equity Release Schemes • Tenancy Agreements

• Wills

• Administration of Estates • Re-mortgages

For a professional legal service, contact Shalena Sitton 44 Pollards Drive Horsham West Sussex RH13 5HH

shalena@sittons-solicitors.co.uk www.sittons-solicitors.co.uk 01403 267377

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Horsham Office 34 South Street Horsham RH12 1NR

01403 264962

HORSHAM £595,000 - 5 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms | 3 Reception Rooms | Kitchen | Utility | Garage | Front & Rear Gardens | Close to Millais & Forest Schools | CHAIN FREE

COLGATE £575,000 - 5 Double Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | 3 Receptions Rooms | Kitchen/Dining Room | Utility | Conservatory | Double Garage | Private Gated Development | Secluded Walled Garden | CHAIN FREE

HORSHAM £550,000 - 5 Double Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | 3 Receptions Rooms | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Utility | Conservatory | Garage | 100’ Garden | Close to Millais & Forest Schools

DIAL POST £550,000 - 4 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | 4 Reception Rooms | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Garage | Expansive Garden | Extensive Parking | Excellent Condition Throughout | Views over Village Green

SOUTHWATER £415,000 - 5 Bedrooms | Bathroom & Guest Shower | 2 Large Reception Rooms | Kitchen/ Breakfast Room | Conservatory | Garage | Large Gardens to Side & Rear | Close to Village Centre & Country Park

SOUTHWATER £350,000 - 5 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms | 3 Reception Rooms | Kitchen | Garage | West-facing Rear Garden | Close to Schools | CHAIN FREE

SOUTHWATER £335,000 - 4 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms | 2 Reception Rooms | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Southerlyfacing Rear Garden | Garage | Close to Village Centre and Schools

SOUTHWATER £315,000 - 4 Bedrooms | Sumptuous Bathroom | Sitting Room | Dining Area | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Garage & Parking | Landscaped Rear Garden | Superbly Presented | CHAIN FREE

HORSHAM £300,000 - 3 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms | 2 Reception Rooms | Refitted Kitchen | Excellent Condition | Gas Central Heating | Garage | Parking | Corner Plot | Walking distance of Town Centre & Tanbridge School

Selling houses in HORSHAM, SOUTHWATER and across SUSSEX

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Horsham I £2,795 pcm

Warnham I £1,195 pcm

Downstairs accommodation briefly comprises a useful entrance porch, stylish hallway with storage cupboard, delightful open plan lounge area with fabulous working fireplace, sliding bi-fold doors opening out to the rear.

Accommodation briefly comprises entrance hall, cloakroom, sitting room with feature fireplace, dining room, attractive fitted kitchen, 3 well proportioned bedrooms and a family bath/shower room.

Lettings Department 01403 282500

Lettings Department 01403 282500

Henry Adams Lettings are delighted to offer this well presented 3 bedroom semi detached house in the village of Warnham.

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Horsham I £1,095 pcm

Southwater I £995 pcm

Pulborough I £750 pcm

A 3 bedroom, 2 reception room, semi detached period house with large rear garden, situated down a popular road near central Horsham.

Downstairs accommodation briefly comprises spacious entrance hall, sitting room with feature fireplace (not working), dining room with feature fireplace (not working), modern fitted kitchen with oven/hob, washing machine and fridge/freezer, rear porch area.

A 3 bedroom semi detached house located towards the end of a private close and in the highly sought after village of Southwater.

Accommodation comprises entrance hall/porch area, large sitting room with working gas fire, dining room, sun room with sliding patio doors leading out to the patio/rear garden, fitted kitchen with separate utility area, conservatory, downstairs shower/wet room.

Henry Adams Lettings are delighted to offer this unfurnished, well presented, recently constructed, high specification, 2 double bedroom first floor apartment.

The property comprises car port, private parking for two cars, entry phone system, communal entrance hall, private entrance hall, open plan triple aspect lounge/diner, modern fitted kitchen with integrated appliances, modern bath/shower room.

Lettings Department 01403 282500

Lettings Department 01403 282500

Lettings Department 01403 282500

Wisborough Green I £995 pcm

Horsham I £595 pcm

Partridge Green I £895 pcm

Recently redecorated 2 double bedroom rural cottage situated in the picturesque village of Wisborough Green with fabulous views to the rear of the property.

Accommodation briefly comprises, entrance hall, spacious lounge, 2 double bedrooms, family bath/shower room, kitchen/diner, timber framed garage, large driveway and large gardens.

Recently redecorated and conveniently situated, deceptively spacious one double bedroom flat in the center of Horsham.

Located on the top floor and neutrally decorated throughout the accommodation briefly comprises, telephone security entry, hallway, spacious lounge/diner to the rear with floor to ceiling windows,open plan kitchen.

A 3 bedroom semi detached period cottage located in a rural location on the edge of the highly sought after village of Partridge Green.

Accommodation briefly comprises entrance hall, kitchen, downstairs bath/shower room, dining room and separate sitting room with working fireplace.

Lettings Department 01403 282500

Lettings Department 01403 282500

Lettings Department 01403 282500

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Ifield Wood | £1,800 PCM Four Bed Barn Conversion Unfurnished Available Now

Horsham | £850 PCM Two Bed Semi Detached Unfurnished Available January

Horsham | £850 PCM Christ’s Hospital | £1,425 PCM | Four Bed Detached Unfurnished | Available February

Two Bed Terrace Unfurnished Available Now

Ashington | £850 PCM Two Bed House Unfurnished Available January

Horsham | £750 pcm

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01403 275030 info@pinnaclelets.co.uk

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We are an established and independent Letting Agent and our reputation is built upon our experience and high level of service we provide

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• 2 Double Bedroom Apartment • Open Plan Living • Kitchen with White Goods • Walking Distance of Town & Station • Parking

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bROAdbRIdGE HEATH £950 pcm • Excellent Location • 3 Bedroom House • Delightful Rear Garden • Garage

• Ground Floor Maisonette • 2 Double Bedrooms • Good Size Accommodation • Close to Station • Allocated Parking

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Celebrating 20 years Detached bungalow on the edge of Storrington of success in Horsham By providing a trustworthy, high quality and personal service to local landlords and tenants, Leaders has grown steadily in Horsham from a cold start in 1991 with not a single client on its books - into the leading letting specialist in the area, looking after hundreds of properties, landlords and tenants.

“We are very proud of our Horsham branch which has enjoyed great success over the last two decades and been of service to thousands of landlords and tenants over the years.” says Leaders’ regional director Sussex, Jane Wilkinson “Before opening our branch in Horsham in 1991 we considered many economic and demographic forecasts which lead us to believe there would be a long-term demand for letting and renting in the area. Time has proven our con�idence in the market to be 100% justi�ied; Horsham is still a very popular place to live due to its excellent motorway and train links; its access to London, Gatwick and the South coast; its attractive countryside and its local facilities.

“The lettings market in Horsham remains extremely buoyant, with strong demand for all types of rented accommodation and ongoing interest from investors, and we are looking forward to many more successful

years ahead for our business and our landlords.”

The Horsham branch has been headed up for the last 7 years by senior branch manager Kathy Taylor, who says: “Over the years - as we have developed our excellent reputation in Horsham - our business has grown signi�icantly. 10 years ago we expanded our of�ice in Market Square to encompass the premises next door and since then we have gone from strength to strength.

“We are a very enthusiastic team and take pride in the strong relationships we have built up with landlords, tenants and local businesses over the last 20 years. We are the �irst port of call in Horsham for people looking for somewhere to rent, or for landlords wanting help and advice in letting their property.”

Leaders are also long-standing members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA). As experienced, independent specialists, they are perfectly placed to advise on all aspects of buying to let – from free rental assessments to advice on location, legislation, property type, presenting your property and how to make the most of your investment.

For more information, please call 01403 217585 or email horsham@ leaders.co.uk

Guy Leonard & Company are delighted to be offering for sale a Skandia Hus three bedroom bungalow coming to the market for the �irst time since it was built in 1982.

Internally the accommodation comprises an entrance hall, study/ bedroom 3, a spacious sitting room, conservatory, kitchen with separate dining area, utility room, family shower room and two double bedrooms, with ensuite facilities to the principal bedroom. The property bene�its from an integral garage and separate workshop together with landscaped gardens.

The property is being offered for sale with a Guide Price of £329,950 for the freehold interest.

For further information or an appointment to view, please contact Guy Leonard & Company on 01903 742354 or visit www.guyleonard.co.uk

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Three bed unfurnished house with garage within walking distance of town centre

billingshurst £745pcm let similar required

beare green £950pcm under offer

horsham £1050pcm let similar required

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Three bed unfurnished bungalow available Dec

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Motors Taiwan’s offering of the future? the-resident.co.uk

Olli Nott Motors Editor

LUXGEN is the only car maker in Taiwan to have its own whole-car design and development centre.

Having successfully launched itself as the pioneer for Smart Technology with the LUXGEN7 MPV and LUXGEN7 SUV, the car maker is now setting its sights on the battleground of the medium-large sedan market.

The new design, targeted at the world market, will not only incorporate even more high-tech elements from the future but also deliver an even innovative style. The LUXGEN5 Sedan, equipped with the latest innovative hTC technology, can be considered a milestone in the history of international auto design. The styling and design of the next-generation sports sedan will embody everything that has been developed for future cars.

A first look of LUXGEN5 Sedan will be available at the LUXGEN exhibit during the 2012 Taipei Auto Show.

The LUXGEN5 Sedan is available with a 1.8 litre or 2.0 litre engines. To

Get your socks on before it’s too late!

With last year’s treacherous winter driving conditions still fresh in the memory and the first snowflakes starting to fall, Vauxhall MasterFit retailers have the complete winter product range to help keep you safe and on the move.

A great value Winter Service package at just £129* that comes with a free set of AutoSock Snow Socks worth from £49.95 gives you a smart way to ensure you’re ready to face the elements – all carried out by Vauxhall trained technicians.

AutoSock Snow Socks are the easyto-use alternative to snow chains. A big hit in 2010, the textile covers simply slip over your wheels to get you out of a slippery situation in snowy and icy conditions. From £49.95, these versatile socks will fit any make of tyre, are fully reusable and pack away neatly in your boot. Even if

you’re not quite ready for a service, they are an economical way to stay on the road over the festive season.

As well as the popular AutoSock Snow Socks, Vauxhall offers a range of winter tyres in a variety of sizes, with prices starting from just £45.60. Offering greater grip and stability in cold and wet weather, these tyres reduce braking distances by up to 10 per cent in rain and 20 per cent in snow.

Vauxhall’s peace of mind Winter Safety Check ensures all bases are covered as conditions turn colder.

For just £35, our Vauxhall MasterFit technicians visually check your car for potential safety issues, ensure tyres are correctly inflated, perform any advised software updates and top up all vital fluids. What’s more the Winter Safety Check comes with an Autoglym Winter Care Pack, with all those winter essentials: de-icer,

screenwash, an ice scraper and a HiTech Interior Microfibre Cloth, collectively worth £20.

Safer winter driving is also about the basics, because even replacing worn wiper blades and ageing headlamp bulbs can substantially improve a driver’s visibility. Vauxhall MasterFit retailers can supply and fit both, putting motorists back on the road with the minimum disruption.

“All our Winter products and accessories are designed to give Vauxhall owners outstanding value as well as the peace of mind that their vehicle is ready to face the harsh winter months,” said Belinda Craik, Vauxhall Service Channel manager.

For more details on all of Vauxhall MasterFit’s winter services, contact Stevens Vauxhall in Broadbridge Heath or by visitingwww.vauxhallmasterfit.co.uk.

meet the performance and environmental requirements, more effective turbocharging technologies are used that the 2.0 turbocharged engines can better conventional 2.7 litre naturally-aspirated engines in performance.

LUXGEN partnered with the world’s largest smartphone maker hTC to develop the unique THINK+ system.

The system provided consumers with a new level of convenience in onboard computers. With the imminent launch of the new LUXGEN5 Sedan, the unique THINK+ system will now undergo a major revolution as well.

LUXGEN will become the first car maker to adopt the Android system for the on-board platform.

When an hTC mobile phone is connected to the THINK+ Touch system, all of the mobile phone calls will then be controlled directly through the 9” smart touch screen on the central console. In other words, the user can access Facebook, send and receive emails or look up local sights through the touch screen. There is simply no end to the possibilities of the in car multimedia system, thanks to the unique hTC mode, which will meet the

demand for fast information access from the new generation of users.

The LUXGEN THINK+ Touch system’s five key functions include Multimedia, Phone, Safety, Information and hTC mode. Apart from using the touch screen itself, shortcut buttons are provided below the screen for convenience. The most innovative feature is to access the NAVI GPS navigation function using the hTC mode.

The user can therefore check the map and set routes in the car or on the road. The hands-free Bluetooth system means users can also make calls using the car’s convenient hands-free interface.

As this is a world market offering, I would anticipate many of the car rental companies stocking up on the LUXGEN5 Sedan, so you might get to see them at the airport in the Avis car park!

I don’t want to see it though, it looks like a cross between a Honda Insight at the front, and a Ford Mondeo at the back, and it’s going to be interesting to look at. But if it reaches the streets of Horsham, I’ll be at the front of the queue to investigate.

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Kia features in YouTube top 10 video adverts The New Kia Picanto advert has been named by YouTube as one of its 2011 UK top 10 most popular video ads. The New Kia Picanto advert featuring a tree swinging, dog scaring cat is listed as 6th against the likes of T-Mobile, ASOS, VW’s the Force advert and Google Chrome.

The top 10 videos ads were uploaded to YouTube in 2011 and achieved the biggest number of views from people in the UK. Ranked in order of UK popularity, they are:

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10. Nokia - Nokia N8 Pink - Freedom

John Bache, Database & Digital Marketing Manager at Kia Motors UK Ltd., says of the success “With 48 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube the Kia Picanto advert has achieved great cut through, we are now approaching 4million video views of our uploaded videos for the year confirming to us, this is a great medium that consumers are willing to embrace.”

Commenting on the whole results Dara Nasr, Industry Head of Display for YouTube UK said, “2011 has been a bumper year for online video advertising. Advertisers are increasingly taking advantage of the social nature of online video by creating ads that are likely to be shared, liked and commented on” The Kia Picanto advert can be seen on the Kia YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/kiamotorsuk What is your favourite car advert?

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Angry Langton signals the end for Horsham’s ‘so-called footballers’ Photos by John Lines

Sam Allsop Football

Horsham’s season hit arguably a new low as the Hornets crashed out of the Sussex Senior Cup at County League Littlehampton on Tuesday.

There will be no repeat of last season’s run to the semi-�inals as the Division 2 side won 2-1 in a match of three converted penalties.

Horsham manager Hugo Langton told www.hornetsreview.co.uk: “I want to apologise to everyone connected with Horsham FC for a totally unacceptable and embarrassing display by a group of so-called footballers.

“I’ve stuck by them, and will continue to do so with some, but others have played their last game for me and this football club.

“Not only did they play poorly, but they showed both an inability to listen to instructions and bad discipline.

“I want players who can play with passion and desire, not those who can allow themselves to be bullied off the ball, and I can only give my heartfelt apology to all of our supporters who came to watch us produce that

Ray Freeman (right) celebrates his goal against Cray with Yinka Salami

rubbish.

“I can handle losing when you’ve given it everything but have been played off the park by a better team, but that isn’t what happened.

“I told the lads they had three games to prove themselves, but after that performance I’m going to have to shake it up because it was totally unacceptable.”

Langton’s comments contrasted with the tone he struck after the Hornets’ 5-1 league defeat at home to Cray Wanderers on Saturday.

I can only give my ‘heartfelt apology to

all of our supporters who came to watch us produce that rubbish

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In a pre-arranged question and answer session with concerned fans, Langton said: “I love it here. I want to be the bloke that leads us out at the new stadium.

“Unless the Manchester United job becomes available, I’m going

Cray clear a goalbound effort by Freeman (on the ground)

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nowhere. I won’t leave a stone unturned (in Horsham’s relegation battle). If we go down, we’ll go down �ighting.”

Horsham started positively against Cray. Within the �irst 10 minutes, Ray Freeman saw his goalbound effort cleared acrobatically off the line and further frustration followed as two highly contestable offside decisions robbed the Hornets of �irst-half goals.

The Lardy Army were hardly brimming with festive goodwill towards referee Maurice Taylor’s assistant.

Cray were quick to rub salt into Horsham’s of�icial-in�licted wounds.

The home side defended a corner poorly after 16 minutes and could only watch as Cray captain Mark Willy thumped home from close range.

Despite having the better of the half, Horsham went into the break 1-0 down, but fortune favoured Freeman shortly after the interval as his cross from the left somehow �lew in.

Cray improved greatly in the second half and hit four goals in the �inal 30 minutes.

Leigh Bremner’s clinical �inish turned the tide for the away side before a Danny Phillips double added to Horsham’s woes and substitute Tony Dolby rounded off the scoring with a penalty.

Langton admitted he had been looking forward to ending Horsham’s abject run, saying: “I got out of bed at quarter to seven this morning, buzzing.”

By the end of the afternoon, he may have been wishing he hadn’t set his alarm so early.

Richard and Jake are unstoppable in goal feasts Youth Football

Goal machine Richard Castle scored seven times as Broadbridge Heath U16 beat Hen�ield U16 8-1.

And it was also a memorable weekend for Jake Legrange, who hit �ive as Royal United U16 eased to a 10-0 win against Steyning Strikers U16.

The speedy striker, who also plays for Horsham U16, completed a �irsthalf hat-trick and added two more after the break.

Jacob Waller, Tom Killner-Brown

and Callum McHale scored too, while Luke Polie and Greg Gander added headed goals. Harry Garman and Stanley Rice created havoc on the Royals’ right.

Horsham U16 beat Rye United U16 5-2, despite conceding a secondminute goal from 25 yards.

Harry Smith and Harry Garman both came close before Zak Comber equalised after a driving run by the lively Smith.

Stanley Rice put Horsham ahead with a well-placed shot after a

blistering run and Alex Parsons’ exquisite chip made it 3-1 at half time.

Rye scored again and a �ine save

by Lewis Blaney prevented the visitors from drawing level, but Smith collected the ball near halfway and drove forward before launching a spectacular shot for 4-2.

Only a minute later, the same player slotted into the corner to give Horsham their �ifth. And Smith completed a �ine performance with a brilliant jinking run, setting up Ben Collier to hammer against a post.

Horsham U14 went out of the Sussex Sunday Youth League Cup, losing 2-1 at AFC Brighton and Hove despite Charlie Belton’s goal.

Horsham Sparrows Girls U12 stay top of the league after a 4-1 win against Mile Oak Girls U12 and a 6-0 success against Broad Oak Girls U12.

Daisy Fitton hit a hat-trick against Broad Oak, Bronwen Thomas scored twice and Megan Collis got the other, while Zoe Moore kept a clean sheet.

Sparrows have won 12 out of 12 in

all competitions this season.

U16: Horsham Sparrows 4 (James Cooper, Dan Barna 2, Louie Donnelly) Roffey Robins Wanderers 2.

U13: Broadbridge Heath 4 (Jordan Bell, Joe Kirkham, Cameron McCracken 2) Ling�ield 0.

U12: Horsham Tigers 5 (Joe Murphy 2, Fran Ratcliffe, Zac Massey, Taylor Longhurst) North Holmwood 2.

U11: Roffey Robins United 2 Chesworth Rovers 6 (Tim Bennett, Jack Frankland 2, Harry Bryant 2, Henry Browning).

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Horsham’s bouncebackability Tom Wright

Magic of the Cup Andy Stonestreet www.northwestsussexseagulls.co.uk

The FA Cup remains one of the best-loved club competitions in the world and Sunday saw the draw for the third round.

In years gone by, I would have parked my car and tuned in as the draw was made live on the radio at 12.30pm on a Monday.

Nowadays it’s live on TV, with guests picking out the balls, but it’s still a magical event in the footballing calendar.

It is a time when dreams are made, when your postman can find out he will soon be running onto the pitch at Old Trafford or that Liverpool will be coming down to a shabby-but-loved ground.

It offers the chance of a giantkilling, when a team of part-timers take on and beat the mega-rich superstars.

As an Albion fan, I have seen us cast as the minnows and as the giants taking on the minnows. I haven’t yet seen us as the superstars, but you never know.

I have always wanted a home draw in the third round or a trip to one of the big boys.

In recent years it has been important for us to get a big payday, that trip to Old Trafford or Anfield, as it is for many of the smaller clubs that have made it this far.

It is a chance to earn several hundred thousand pounds which, if spent wisely, will guarantee the existence of a club or help them push up to the next level in the football pyramid.

For the first time in many years, thanks to The American Express Community Stadium, the big payday was less important for us than the chance to rub shoulders with the superstars – and, if we play well enough, beat them.

On Sunday we were drawn against Wrexham, a former Football League side now top of the Blue Square Bet Premier Division, aka the Conference.

When the game is played in early January, Wrexham will be the minnows and we will be the giants.

The Wrexham players will come down to Brighton and could win if they play at their very best and we don’t.

It has happened before and it will happen again. I just hope it doesn’t this time as I’m still dreaming about that trip to Wembley in the merry month of May.

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Photos by Oliver Wilks Sam Bell

Josh Tolhurst Rugby Union

Horsham bounced back to grab their first league win in three outings, against an Ashford side languishing near the bottom of the table.

Silly mistakes prevented Horsham from taking an early lead, but they did find a breakthrough when quick hands following a ruck released Joe Clarke on the wing.

Ashford couldn’t get out of their half and Horsham were constantly searching for their second try. This came when Sam Bell made a lot of ground with a great run and popped it to Jamie Gibbs.

Ashford did start to have a bit more of an impact and made a few quick breaks, but lack of support stopped them from really troubling Horsham.

The second half started much as the first had, with the home side on top. Out of nowhere, Neal Holden set the match alight with a strong run, bursting through tackles for Horsham’s third try.

Ashford were unable to cope and conceded again when Liam Yeates rounded off a brilliant team try on the wing after good work by the forwards.

Horsham were rampant. Holden shot over for his second try, Gibbs scored his second when the backs quickly shipped the ball down the line and Matt Brown rumbled over after a ruck.

The final whistle came as a relief to Ashford, who had been battered for the whole 80 minutes, as Horsham finished with a victory they can be very proud of.

• Horsham tries: Clarke, Gibbs 2, Holden 2, Yeates, Brown. Conversion: Bell.

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Horsham youngsters still unbeaten Youth Rugby Union

Callum Boswell

Duncan Watkins Nick Bayne

Rhodri Martin

Horsham U14 kept up their unbeaten start to the season, winning 46-17 in a robust encounter with newly-promoted Haywards Heath U14.

The Green and Whites made a stunning start with a try in the first minute, George Palmer finishing a move involving Duncan Watkins and Paul Schroter.

Nathan Kennell and Watkins scored further tries, the latter executing a training ground move after Justin Dzomekuh caught the ball from a lineout, to give Horsham a 17-10 advantage at half time.

Driven on by Nick Bayne at scrum half, Horsham created space for their exciting backs to demonstrate their pacy running and well-timed passing, resulting in five second-half tries.

Watkins scored his second after a great offload from Callum Boswell, Rowan Murphy-Hunt scored twice and Palmer completed his hat-trick with two more tries, including a 70yard burst of pace.

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Seahawks prepare to take off

Youth Basketball Horsham Hawks U14 lost 93-68 at Brighton Phoenix U14, but beat Brighton Cougars U14 84-63 and Angmering Cobras U14 59-48.

Hawks produced arguably their best play of the season during a 17-2 run near the end of the game against Cougars.

They have won five out of seven in only their second year at Sussex U14 level, reflecting the talent emerging from the younger age groups.

Scorers v Phoenix: Haylee Miller 25, Max Dodd 21, Adam O’Dell 8, Ethan Belfield 6, Jacob Larby 4, Matt Fuller 2, Aaron Sparrowhawk 2.

Scorers v Cougars: Miller 26, Jonathan Walsh 25, Larby 16, Ola Edgal 5, Holly Merchant (debut) 4, Belfield 2, Elliot Bailey 2, Wesley Dishington 2, O’Dell 2.

Scorers v Cobras: Miller 19, Walsh 14, Larby 8, Edgal 6, Belfield 6, Dishington 4, Bailey 1, Fuller 1.

Youth Cricket

Horsham U12 won one match but lost another in the IDentilam Colts Indoor League at Tanbridge House School.

Horsham (127-2) beat Capel U12 (57-2), Lindfield U12 (107-5) beat Capel (96-3) and Lindfield (99-3) beat Horsham (98-5).

Tom Clark and Zak Cisotti both retired after putting on 60 in five overs against Capel. Clark bowled a doublewicket maiden against Lindfield.

Football

Sussex County League Division 1: Redhill 1 Horsham YMCA 2 (Hillier, Wright).

Div 2: Steyning 6 (De Freitas 3) Westfield 3, Storrington 2 Littlehampton 2.

Div 3: Roffey 1 Clymping 3.

strong believer ‘inI’moura local swimming community working together

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Atlantis and Shiverers swimmers, coaches and helpers in the new Seahawks uniform

Andrew Dunlop Youth Swimming

Horsham-based Atlantis and Shiverers, based in Brighton and Hove, have formed a new combined squad – the Sussex Seahawks Swim Team.

The Seahawks will provide new opportunities for local swimmers to compete effectively at regional and national level, promote standards of excellence and create a culture in which national and international swimmers may develop.

Atlantis and Shiverers will continue to maintain their own identities, with swimmers competing for their home club in all competitions in Sussex.

Seahawks will support its member clubs by establishing performance and development squads, comprised of swimmers from the member clubs

who meet selection criteria.

These squads will hold regular pool and land training sessions, overseen by a joint team of coaches from each member club, as part of their preparation for major competitions.

Swimmers will compete as part of a combined Seahawks squad at the ASA South East Regional Age Group and Youth Championships, Zonal Championships, National Age Group and Youth Championships, British Championships and selected open meets outside Sussex.

Subject to achieving formal approval from the Amateur Swimming Association, the clubs aim to compete for the first time as Sussex Seahawks at the South East Regional Championships next May and June.

They hope other Sussex clubs will also join the team.

Keith Sutton, regional director for

the ASA, said: “I’m encouraged to see the emergence of this combined squad. I hope the Sussex Seahawks enjoy success in helping to raise the standards of competitive swimming in the South East.”

Andrew Dunlop, chairman of Sussex Seahawks, said: “The Seahawks really excite me. I’m a strong believer in our local swimming community working together to extend swimmers’ opportunities and to raise standards of performance.

“Here in the South East we can learn a lot from how other regions organise themselves effectively for competitive success.”

• Eleven Atlantis and two Crawley swimmers, representing Millais and Tanbridge House, competed in the ESSA Secondary Schools Team Championships.

Almost 200 schools from around

Eleanor Morris, Beth Britton, Yasmin Hooker and Jade Stocker, all of Millais School and Atlantis

the country entered the competition and the fastest 16 in each age group progressed to the finals at Southampton.

Millais girls Yasmin Hooker (back), Jade Stocker (breast), Beth Britton (fly) and Eleanor Morris (free) won silver in the junior 4x50m medley relay.

Jessica Emens, 12, helped Stocker, 13, Hooker, 13, and Britton, 12, finish eighth against tough opposition in the 4x50m freestyle relay.

Millais’ Emma Dedman, Beth Hundleby, Sabrina Watson and Bex Lobley finished a creditable 13th and 14th in the intermediate girls 4x50m freestyle and medley relays.

The Tanbridge House boys intermediate team – Sam Carter, Cam Lambourne, Duncan Smith and Josh Trout – were 12th in the freestyle relay and 14th in the medley.

Hough double is not enough for Horsham Martin Read Hockey

Horsham’s four-week winning run came to an abrupt end as they were beaten 4-2 at Folkestone Optimist, the team just below them in the league.

Horsham dominated play in the early stages, but the hosts opened the scoring from a short corner.

The Folkestone goalkeeper pulled off a brace of superb saves, one after regaining his composure to frustrate Ed Jackson from very close range, before Matt Hough equalised.

The score remained 1-1 at the interval, but the Kent side went ahead again early in the second half and a defensive lapse enabled them to increase their lead.

Ian Brown again marshalled the Horsham defence and another outstanding display by keeper Ed Heathcock prevented more mishaps.

Hough found the net again 10 minutes from time, but a controversial decision gave Folkestone another short corner, which they converted to put the game out of Horsham’s reach.

After the goal fest against Brighton and Hove 2nds, Horsham’s passing and finishing touches sadly eluded them this time.

Manager Al Campbell said: “We had plenty of possession but unfortunately couldn’t develop this into goals.”

Horsham, who just hang onto third position on goal difference, will aim to win their final game before the winter break when they entertain lowly Herne Bay tomorrow (3pm).

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The Wheatsheaf

Country Pub and Dining Horsham Road, Ellens Green, Nr Cranleigh, Surrey RH12 3AS

We’re just 10 minutes from Cranleigh and 15 minutes from Horsham The ideal meeting venue! www.wheatsheaf.uk.com 01403 822155