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Open mic night will help Wokingham’s needy AN OPEN mic night will be held in Wokingham next week to help the borough’s newest charity.

Wokingham In Need, which is hoping to raise enough funds to buy a Portacabin to enhance the work of the Salvation Army in Sturges Road, is holding the fun event on Saturday, October 10.

Starting at 7.30pm and taking place at Kings Place in Station Road (the home of Kings Church), everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy sharing their talents.

Entry is £5, guests are invited to bring a bottle and snacks will be provided.

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.A POPULAR author will be exploring our identity at a special evening event next week.

Quench Bookshops is welcoming Amy Butcher Pye on Monday.

It will take place at The Grange Coffee House in Holme Grange Craft Village from 6.30pm to 8pm.

During the evening, the author will talk about her latest book, Finding Myself In Britain.

Tickets cost £5 and includes free tea or coffee plus a slice of cake.  For more details, call Ali Ceaser on 07962 869128 or email ali@ quenchshops.com.

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FESTIVAL

Raise your glasses to Hurst Rocktoberfest

BEER and music will be combined at a fun festival taking place in Hurst later this month.

Three live bands have been booked for the Hurst Rocktoberfest, which aims to bring the best of a Bavarian Bierkeller to the borough.

Beers will be provided from local breweries including Binghams, Loddon and Rebellion, while organisers are also promising wines and cocktails.

Live music comes from The Scoundrels, Evolution and Dirtbag.

The fun starts at 6.30pm on Saturday, October 17. Tickets cost £15 and include a hog roast. There is an optional dress code of Bavarian Bierkeller – with the best dressed man and woman receiving their entry money back.

It takes place at St Nicholas School playing fields in School Road, Hurst and is organised by the school’s PTA.  For more details, log on to www. hurstrocktoberfest.org.uk.

Kitty Pimms sitting on the hoop (above) and dancing with feathers (top right) . Pictures: Paul King

Youngsters were also entertained by Mountain Entertainment and a visit from a Minion.

The Sunday market is one of a number of special events organised by the Town Team as part of its mission to boost business in the borough.

The next event being planned is a Christmas market, which will be held from 10am on Sunday, December 6.

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Comic look at marriage anniversaries

First acts for next year’s Brush up on your Music Club announced Spanish at this Circle

AMATEUR actors from the Twyford and Ruscombe theatre society will be back in action next weekend.

The group will present JB Priestley’s comedy When We Are Married from Thursday, October 8 to Saturday, October 10.

Set in the early 1900s, the play follows three couples as they gather to mark their 25th wedding anniversaries: but not all the marriages are as comfortable as they first appear.

The play will be performed at the Loddon Hall at 8pm. Tickets cost £9 or £8 for concessions.  To book or for more details, log on to www.twyrusdrama.org.uk or call 0118 328 2825.

CLUB

THE first acts of 2016’s Wokingham Music Club have been announced.

The year kicks off with a visit from Queen II on Friday, January 15.

On March 18, the Jogantics will perform, while the hugely popular Acoustic Strawbs return for an event on Friday, September 16. Musician and comedian Richard Digance will be visiting on Friday, October 21.

Tickets for these gigs are already on sale, as are seats for this month’s gig, which sees The Police Academy perform on Friday, October 16, supported by Sea of Teeth.

Gigs take place at Emmbrook Sports and Social Club in Lowther Road.  For more details or to book tickets, log on to www.wokinghammusicclub.co.uk.

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VISITORS to Wokingham’s Super Sunday market were wowed with an aerial acrobactic display.

The dance display was just one of many entertainments on offer at Market Place for the fun event, held last Sunday.

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THE next meeting of the Reading and Wokingham Spanish Circle will take place on Friday, October 16.

The group will host an interactive discussiom about growing up in Spain during the Franco regime.

The event will be facilitated by Jenny Martin.

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THREE charities were the worthy recipients of a £25,000 donation by a Twyford-based company on Tuesday.

Support services and construction group Interserve awarded £13,000 to Camp Mohawk in Wargrave, £7,500 to Wokingham-based Just Around the Corner (JAC) and a further £5,000 to Building for the Future (BFTF) through the Interserve Employee Foundation (IEF).

BTFT will use their grant to add the finishing touches to a community centre where disabled children can play safely and their families can meet and support each other.

Sarah Barnard, Centre Manager at BFTF said:”The support which Interserve has given Building for the Future at Our House, in terms of funding and man-power, has transformed our outdoor area into a welcoming entrance space which really sets the tone for visiting families.

“The on-going support of Interserve, not only in maintenance, but also in improvements and enhancements

to Our House will enable us to extend the use of the outdoor space and develop our facilities for disabled teenagers, giving them a much needed haven where they can chill out with friends and family, or just have some time to themselves.”

Camp Mohawk will use the funds to resurface its driveway and to install drainage between the camp’s swimming pool and the main site to enable construction of a roof and changing facilities.

Chris Wilcox, Centre Manager at Camp Mohawk said: “Over the years the IEF have provided Camp Mohawk with a huge amount of support. This generous support has not only been financial but as a support services organisation.

“We have several projects – both small and large – on the go at any one time and to have IEF assisting us every step of the way has been invaluable, and we owe them a huge debt of gratitude.”

Finally, JAC will use the funds to fit out loft spaces at its Rehoboth Centre to make them more energy efficient with insulation, LED lighting and heat source pumps and will also

expand its learning spaces.

Sam Milligan, Development Director at JAC said: “Interserve has committed a lot of time into planning their project work with us and brought a huge amount of professionalism, experience and an amazing attitude with them.

“It is difficult to express how much the support, work and help the IEF have provided us means to everyone involved.”

Tony Sanders, chariman of the IEF visited the three charities earlier this week to present them each with a cheque and to express his gratitude of the work they do.

Mr Sanders said: “The IEF has grown and developed a strong relationship with these local charities over the last three years with Interserve staff having worked more than 600 volunteer days at Camp Mohawk, JAC and BFTF during that time.

“We hope that the award of these grants – and our pledge to give at least another 150 days of staff’s time over the next year – demonstrates Interserve’s ongoing commitment to these charities, which make such a huge difference to the local community.”

READING East MP, Rob Wilson has gone on record to say that the UK will cope with the 400 refugees a month that will be brought into the country.

Speaking to The Wokingham Paper, Mr Wilson said: “I’m part of the interministerial team that is working on how we manage and support refugees.

“We’ve literally just started identifying refugees in the camps in Syria and the countries around Syria.

“I expect we will be bringing about 400 [refugees] a month from now onwards. That is manageable because we’ve

had lots of offers from local authorities around the country.”

Mr Wilson was speaking a week after Wokingham Borough Councillors unanimously passed a motion pledging to do its bit to welcome refugees to the area.

He added: “We are putting all the things in place to make sure that all the people are supported, not just for a week, or a month, or a year, but supported on an ongoing basis.

“The plans are being led by the Home Office, they are very robust and I think the country will be able to cope.”

The British Government has taken the view that it is wrong to encourage people

to embark on a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.

“It’s both unmanageable and dangerous because you have now hundreds of thousands of people just coming onto land in Greece and other parts of the Mediterranean and it’s just not manageable,” he continued.

“These countries are finding it very difficult.

“That’s why what we’re doing is saying, ‘Right, you stay in the refugee camp, we’ll come to you there and we’ll provide the help and support you need there by spending a lot of money and effort there. But also we’ll also settle you properly in the UK as well.

“That means people should go to the refugee camps and not just turn up and take those dangerous journeys. So we’re trying to stop the problem at source rather than bring it to the doorstep of Europe”.

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LIBRARY

Take first steps in drawing

BUDDING artists are invited to join a new course launching next week at Wokingham Library.

The Denmark Street venue will welcome Lyn Ebbett as the tutor for the first steps in drawing classes, which launch on Monday, October 5.

The session will look at using a sketch book to develop drawing skills and runs from 2pm4pm.

Places cost £5 and should be booked with the library. n For more details, call 0118 978 1368.

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Wokingham Town Mayor Cllr Philip Mirfin with Natalie Hill, fundraising manager for Macmillan Cancer Support

Men invited to breakfast

MEN are invited to a special breakfast meeting which will take place in Sonning later this month.

The Reading Churches Mens Group will gather at Reading Blue Coat School on Saturday, October 17 to hear a talk by Nathan Beard.

He will be exploring the theme Living Dangerously: A Life of Adventure, Faith and Purpose.

Guests also enjoy a full English breakfast at the event, which starts at 8.15am. Places cost £10. n For more details, call John Broady on 0118 954 3879 or email j.broady1@ntlworld.com.

Members of Saint Sebastian Wokingham Band entertained guests at the Town Mayor’s fundraising concert. Pictures: Kevin Sutton It’s all smiles from the friendly bar staff, resplendent in brightly coloured bowties

Lee Woodward , Natalie Hill , Sian Moorehouse and Mayor, Cllr Philip Mirfin at the concert on Saturday.

CHARITY

Mayor’s concert hits all the right notes ST SEBASTIAN’S Wokingham Brass Band pulled out all the stops to make the Town Mayor’s charity concert a hit, writes Vivienne Johnson.

The event took place at the Wokingham Theatre on Saturday night and raised funds for councillor Philip MIrfin’s charity of the year, Macmillan.

For the evening Cllr Mirfin requested traditional Yorkshire brass band music.

He said: “I asked for Yorkshire

competition band music because it reminds me of the sort of music I would hear on a Sunday afternoon when I was a young boy.”

The programme consisted of old favourites such as Georgia On My Mind

by Carmichael and Gorrell, Finlandia by Sibelius, It’s not Unusual and The Dam Busters march.

“The event was very successful”, added Cllr Mirfin.

“St Sebastian’s band played beautiful music, they really entertained the audience.”

Saint Sebastian Wokingham Band is a familiar sight within the borough, comprising 25 musicians under the leadership of musical director Lee Woodward and band master Matt Butchers. Solos were played by Kevin Barker on cornet and Damon Emes on flugelhorn.

MUSIC

Celebrate best of British

WOODLEY Concert Band will present a celebration of the best of British music next weekend The group will be at Waingels College for the concert, which will include music from My Fair Lady and Downton Abbey.

The evening concludes with a Last Night of the Proms-style finale including Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia.

Tickets cost £12, £10 for concessions and £5 for under 16s. It takes place from 7.30pm on Saturday, October 10. n For more details, log on to www. woodleyconcertband.org.uk.

REGENERATION

Will the Big Apple remain in new look Carnival Place?

By JOHN WAKEFIELD news@wokinghampaper.co.uk WOKINGHAM’S new leisure centre has taken a step forward after announcing plans to start negotiating with businesses keen to move in.

Last Thursday evening, Wokingham Borough Council’s executive approved the start of pre-let negotiations for the leisure unit located on the ground floor of the new multi-storey car park at the Carnival Pool site.

In a statement released on Friday, the council said it is in discussions with a number of interested parties including American Amusements Limited (AAL) – which currently runs the existing Big Apple bowling alley – about moving into the new unit once it is completed during the first phase of the project.

Councillors are also pledging that existing services will remain open during the extensive works which include building a new multi-storey car park.

Earlier this month when the South East Reserve Forces Cadet Association’s (SERFCA), currently based at the Carnival Pool site, received planning consent for a brand new facility in Elizabeth Park.

Councillor Philip Mirfin, executive member for regeneration and communities, said: "It’s exciting to see this all come together as it will allow us to start delivering the town centre our residents deserve.

“Over the coming months people will start to see things happening around the Carnival Pool site as we carry out a series of ground investigations and surveys.

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some works on the old Wellington House car parks as these will be used next year to provide temporary public parking while the new car park is built.

“We are making sure we manage all the surveys and works carefully so they don’t impact on car park and leisure users which will remain open throughout."

Further details on alternative parking will be released by the Council early next year once a build contractor is in place and the detailed construction programme has been agreed.

The new multi-storey car park at the Carnival Pool site has been enabled through the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnerships Growth Deals funding which helps support projects benefitting the local area and economy.

CHILDREN

Help dogs with fireworks

Grab bargains at baby sale

WITH firework season about to blast off, help is being offered to dog owners wanting to look after their pets.

Author Toni Shelbourne will be sharing tips and information on helping canines cope with the loud

PARENTS of under fives looking to bag a bargain can enjoy visiting a baby and toddler market this weekend.

It will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at the FBC Centre in Gorse Ride North in

bangs that fireworks cause.

She will be speaking at Brownlow Hall in Warfield on Sunday, October 11 from 6.30pm.

Tickets cost £12 and includes refreshments. n For details, call 07747 862614.

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Nearly new goods such as prams, clothes, cots and toys will be available to buy at the event, which runs from 2pm to 4pm.

Entry is £1 for adults.

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ON SATURDAY, residents from The Parks in Bracknell gathered together for the world’s biggest coffee morning in aid of cancer support charity, Macmillan.

Lisa Coombe, a resident in The Parks, organised the event, The Parks Community Association kindly donated the use of the brand new community centre, which opened in June of this year, for the event, while residents, friends and family all donated cakes and baked goods. More than £300 was raised and the event was deemed a success!

The remaining cakes were packaged up and delivered to Bracknell ambulance station and fire station for emergency services staff working the weekend.

Picture: Bob Swann

AN ABUNDANCE of cake was enjoyed at Wokingham town centre’s newest estate agents Martin & Co as visitors to the Peach Street agency kept bringing more and more treats to enjoy.

Director Mike Townend was delighted. He said: “We made £162 and a bit of change, which we’ve given to the Town Mayor’s charity appeal, which is also Macmillan.”

STAFF from Microsoft’s SMSG Readiness Programme enjoyed plenty of cakes at its coffee morning last week.

Organiser Pooja Shemar was delighted with the response.

“My organisation matched the amount, so I raised £220,” she said.

WOKINGHAM-BASED MoneyMaxim put on a fantastic spread of cakes for their coffee morning, raising £51.25.

Managing director, Mark Bower said: “The Macmillan Coffee Morning is a great opportunity to have some fun tasting the team’s best bake off

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Mums at the Duke’s Head pub in Wokingham made a scrumptious display of cakes for their coffee morning. Picture: Paul King

FUNDRAISING

Borough put the kettle on, we’ll all have tea coffee HUNDREDS of cakes were consumed to help fight cancer.

The tasty treats were served up across Wokingham borough as part of a national coffee morning held last Friday.

Served with coffee, the event has helped Macmillan Cancer Support raise at least £2million –the total raised as we went to press.

Guests donate a sum of money for their cup of coffee and cake, with proceeds going towards the charity.

The event is backed by Paul Hollywood, Lorraine Pascale and Amanda Holden.

And The Wokingham Paper team even joined in the fun with our own coffee morning held in our office last week.

CHESTNUTS Pre-school raised £211 at their coffee morning. Pictured enjoying a ‘double espresso’ are Rosie, Lola, Felix, Ben and Nayan WOKINGHAM’S elderly residents enjoyed a slice of cake with their tea and coffee at Alexandra Grange Care Home in Oaklands Drive, raising a total of £44 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Adriana Fernandes Bowyer, lifestyles leader at the care home, said: “It was a lovely day, the café was buzzing with activity and our residents thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful selection of our cakes donated by the local community and our team members.”

ALL ages gathered at Swallowfield Parish Hall for a fun coffee morning last week.

The big event raised more than £1,600 and is an annual occasion for the villages.

Organiser Mrs Stephens said: “I’m delighted, absolutely delighted.

“The amount we raised was staggering.

“We’re already planning for next year.”

The hall was donated by Swallowfield Toddler Group, something for which the organisers say they are “eternally grateful”.

creations whilst at the same time raising money for a very worthwhile cause.

“As one of our team members’ family has recently seen the great work the charity does first hand, it gave us an additional spur to help them continue to deliver their invaluable work.”

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Hamlet with laughs

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SHAKESPEARE’S famous tragedy is being giving a comedy makeover next weekend.

The Russell Players will be presenting Macbeth as you’ve never seen it before: with jokes.

The play is performed at Swallowfield Parish Hall in Swallowfield Street on Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10.

Tickets cost £5 and can be bought from Swallowfield Stores or The Crown inn in Swallowfield.

Alternatively, call 07710 500491.

SPORT

Try lawn bowling IF YOU’VE ever fancied having a go at bowling, an open day later this month will be the perfect introduction.

Whiteknights Indoor Bowls Club will be holding the trial on Sunday, October 11 and it’s open to all ages.

The event runs from 10.30am to 2pm and there’s no need to book. Visitors will need to wear flat-soled shoes such as trainers.

For more details, call 0118 986 0759.

MUSICAL

The one that I want FANS of the cult musical Grease should make their way like Greased Lightning to the Shinfield Players Theatre on Saturday, October 10.

The theatre will be holding a special screening of the 1970s musical which stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Audience members will be encouraged to sing along to the film’s soundtrack which includes You’re The One That I Want.

Fancy dress is welcomed and tickets cost £8, £6 for concessions and £4 for children. The fun starts at 7.30pm. n For more details, log on to www.shinfieldplayers.org. uk or call 0118 975 8880.

MARKET

Italian food in focus A TASTE of Italy can be bought in Woodley next Friday.

The town centre will be converted into a large Italian market, stocked with a range of Italian delicacies including breads, oils, cheeses, meats, cakes and more. It takes place from 9am to 3pm at the Crockhamwell Road parade.

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Get squiggling AN OPPORTUNITY to join in the latest craze comes to Finchampstead next week.

The Library will be holding a colouring-in session for adults on Wednesday (7).

The sessions offer a chance to relax while colouring pretty pictures. Both books and penciles will be provided and it’s free.

It runs from 10am to noon in the Library, which is situated in the FBC Centre in Gorse Ride North. n For more details, call 0118 908 8176.

HISTORY

Remembering Guy THE Arborfield Local History Society will be hosting an interesting talk on the gunpowder plot on Monday.

Colin Oakes will be leading the discussion at the village hall from 7.45pm.

Entry is free for members, £2 for guests.

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AN INSIGHT into the world of journalism will be one of the highlights of a careers fair for teenagers next week.

Phil Creighton, publisher of The Wokingham Paper, will be one of the speakers at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre on Wednesday for the borough’s annual careers fair.

More than 60 different exhibitors will be attending the event, which will include demonstrations, information and professionals offering advice.

Companies taking part will include the National Grid, RAL Space Research, Rockwell Collins Aviation, NHS, Fire and Rescue Service, Thames Valley Police and Wokingham Borough Council.

Representatives from the electrical, hospitality, IT, engineering, construction, science, finance, health, sport, hair and beauty sectors will be present, as well as many more diverse businesses.

And Mr Creighton will be one of a series of experts on hand to talk about different careers. Other talks will include focuses on civil engineering, gap years and volunteering and a chance to discover how to get an apprenticeship.

Cllr Charlotte Haitham Taylor, executive member for children's services at Wokingham Borough Council, said: "The Wokingham Borough careers fair is a great opportunity for young people to learn about different career paths and work opportunities.

“With a large variety of local and national employers present, young people thinking about their future can ask questions to experienced and knowledgeable professionals. It is also a chance for businesses to show potential candidates what working for their company is like."

It’s also too late for businesses to book a stall at the fair. Any businesses who wish to exhibit can contact Elevate centre manager Sandie Evans on (0118) 974 6900.

The event is open for 10 secondary schols from 9am-2.30pm and the general public from 4pm7.30pm. n For more details visit: wokingham.elevateme.org.uk.

COMMUNITY

Volunteers wanted, no experience necessary A new recruitment fair is coming to the borough – but it’s looking for volunteers. HELENA BADGER explains more

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OULD you like to make a difference in your local community?

The Wokingham Volunteer Centre is holding a Volunteer Recruitment Fair on Saturday, October 10, from 10am-1pm at the Bradbury Centre, next to the Rose Street Methodist Church in Wokingham.

Around 25 local charities will be attending on the day and it is an excellent opportunity for people to meet with representatives from these organisations and find out exactly what they do and how to help them.

Whether you want to give something back to local community, try something new prior to a career change or build your CV; if perhaps you want to find a way to boost your self-confidence and make new friends, then volunteering is great to try.

There really is something for everyone and the groups coming to the Recruitment Fair have some fantastic and varied roles on offer.”

Members of the public will be able to speak directly to the charities that help in these areas and find out about the essential role volunteers’ play.

Organisations attending include:

REGENERATION

Driving is just one way in which you can help the borough as a volunteer

The Link Visiting Scheme – a befriending service for isolated, elderly people in the Borough Me2Club – a buddying scheme for children and young people with disabilities to enable them to attend out of school activities Daisy’s Dream – provides support to children and their families affected by bereavement Homestart – provides advice and support to new parents who are going through difficult times Cats Protection – helps rescue and rehome stray and unwanted cats Healthwatch Wokingham – gather information and campaign on behalf of Wokingham Borough residents on all health issues

More Arts – champion arts, culture and heritage across the Borough Norwood — supports vulnerable people with learning disabilities Adviza – supporting people with their employment and life choices Holt Copse Conservation — a local conservation group, Thames Valley Partnership and the New Leaf projectwork with ex-offenders by providing mentors British Red Cross — provides emergency aid at home and further afield Bracknell and Wokingham College – provides support to adults with literacy and numeracy COATS – provides services and companionship for the elderly

WAHS — charitable trust that offers affordable accommodation for the over 55’s Lend and Play Library – provides a toy hiring service for families across the Borough Thames Hospice Care Charity shop — fundraises for the charity which provides nursing care and emotional support for adults with long term illnesses Keep Mobile – provides transport for elderly and disabled clients CCA — a Christian charity committed to helping local people who are in need ABC to Read – supports local primary school children to read Wokingham Transport Scheme — provides transport for local elderly people to essential medical appointments Green ‘n’ Tidy – provides a basic gardening scheme for vulnerable elderly and disabled across the Borough.

So come along to the Bradbury Centre on Saturday 10th October.

This event is free, so please do drop in and discover how rewarding volunteering can be.

There is no need to book, but if you would like more information before the event, please contact me or Christine Knox on 0118 977 0749 or email at volunteer@wok-vol.org.uk Helena Badger, is volunteer development coordinator at the Wokingham Volunteer Centre

PLANTS

Meeting moved Green fingered way to celebrate the borough AN EXTRAORDINARY meeting to discuss plans for up to 1,500 new homes on Hogwood Farm was postponed.

Wokingham Borough Council called the meeting for Wednesday to discuss planning application O/2014/2179 for the homes and accompanying infrastructure and facilities at the site.

However, the normal process for ensuring all those residents who had objected to the application were aware of the committee meeting had not been followed, and therefore the meeting will now be held next month.

In a statement the council’s website, it said: “We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.”

The application will now be discussed at a meeting of the Planning Committee on Wednesday, October 14.

Wokingham in Bloom members celebrate their Silver Gilt award.

MEMBERS of Wokingham in Bloom and their supporters got together on Tuesday September 29 to celebrate winning Silver Gilt in the annual Thames and Chilterns in Bloom competition.

Horticulturalist Kate Dagnall and Parks Manager Garreth Bartle were the two regional judges who, despite torrential rain, judged the flowers of Wokingham.

Judge Kate Dagnall said: “We’ve seen Incredible Edible, a school, a pond and flowers in the town centre. There have been all shapes and sizes of gardens and flowers in what we have seen today and despite the rain it has been really enjoyable”.

Deputy Town Mayor, councillor Gwynneth Hewetson who attended the celebration said: “The overriding impression of Wokingham in Bloom was how many people were involved and have stayed involved over the years.

“It would have been lovely to win Gold but I think the biggest win is that people want to improve the town they live in.”

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CRIME

Quad bike stolen A QUAD bike was stolen from a locked garage in Binfield last weekend.

Overnight Friday into Saturday, someone broke into a locked garage in Terrace Road North and stole a green Polaris quad bike. The bike was then taken out over neighbouring properties and fields.

Elsewhere in Binfield, someone tried to remove slate from the roof of a property in Howe Lane on Sunday. The offender had cut the chain on a road gate and driven across the fields, before attempting to break into a barn.

If you have any information which could be useful to police investigating these incidents you should call 101.

BURGLARY The supermoon that appeared over the country was a hit with many of you this week. It combined a lunar eclipse with a blood moon – a rare phenomenon. Reader Clive Hollingshead photographed this triptych of the moon over Sindlesham, taken at about 11pm, 3am and 4am. Clive is a member of the Wokingham and East Berkshire Camera Club, which meets on the second, third and fourth Thursday of the month at the Cornerstone in Norreys Avenue.

MOTORISTS

Wrong in 60 seconds – 4 motorists caught driving up Station Road

Shinfield homes hit TWO houses have been targeted by thieves in the same road in Shinfield this week.

Between 2.10pm and 2.30pm on Tuesday someone broke into a house in Cirrus Drive by smashing a window. The offender started to search the house, but appears to have been disturbed and ran off without taking anything.

However, another house in Cirrus Drive was also broken into on the same afternoon after someone smashed a conservatory window, making off with electrical items and jewellery.

If you saw or heard anyone acting suspiciously in the area around the time of this incident you should call the Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 101.

If you suspect a crime is in progress always call 999.

BREAK-INS

Satnav stolen It took less than a minute for Wokingham Paper reader Steve Ross to snap four drivers going the wrong way up Station Road via his dashboard camera on Monday night

EXCLUSIVE

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk DRIVERS heading the wrong way up a one-way street have been caught on camera in Wokingham, leading to concerns that the junction is not properly signposted.

Shocked driver Steve Ross caught no less than four vehicles heading the wrong way up Station Road on his dashboard camera in less than one minute on Monday evening.

The direction of the road recently changed when the Station Hill development was completed, meaning there are now two lanes of traffic heading down the hill from the Reading Road towards Barkham Road, with traffic heading up from the hospital forced left towards the station.

But a lack of ‘no entry’ signs at

Drivers approaching Wokingham Railway Station from Reading Road are now forced to turn left – but this arrow is the only on-road indication to motorists Picture: Gemma Davidson

the junction has led to a number of vehicles not realising the change, and heading into the path of on-coming traffic.

Posting on social media

site StreetLife, Mr Ross said: “Unbelievably in the space of 20 seconds you can see four vehicles going straight across from Barkham Road and straight up Station Road,

instead of turning left into the Station Link Road.

“Looking at the video, I can see that a couple of these “drivers” tapped their brakes, when they saw the on-coming vehicles, but they still soldiered on regardless!

There happened to be a PCSO on the Barkham Road side of the crossing, but he looked a bit dumbstruck, just as I was!

“Many other people are also expressing concerns and pointing out that someone to put up the ‘No Entry’ signs. It has got to be corrected ASAP.” Wokingham Borough Council’s executive member for planning and highways, Cllr John Kaiser said: “It meets all safety regulations but we will continue to monitor it to make any improvements over and above.” n Have you seen people driving the wrong way up Station Road? Have you ever driven up there by accident? Email news@wokinghampaper.co.uk.

FILM

Still Alice is go

POLICE

Seven arrests at Chinese restaurant following immigration raid

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk

SEVEN people, including five Indonesian nationals, have been arrested following an immigration raid on a restaurant in Wokingham.

Officers from the Home Office stormed the Szechuan Inn in Bean Oak Road at around 6.40pm on Wednesday.

The seven arrested include a 43-year-old man who was working in breach of his multi-visit visa, a 23-year-old and a 30-year-old Indonesian who had overstayed their multi-visit business visas and two women, aged 23 and 25, who had both

WOKINGHAM Borough has been blighted by burglaries in the last week.

Between 4pm on Friday (25) and 8.30am on Saturday, someone forced the passenger side door lock of a van in Frensham Green, Shinfield, and stole a sat nav from the glove box.

During the same evening, a Citroen Berlingo Enterprise van was broken into in Halls Lane, Shinfield, and a satnav was stolen.

At some time between 4pm on Friday and 11am on Monday someone stole a trailer parked in the driveway of a property in Norreys Avenue, Wokingham, but not locked.

Between 8am and 12.15pm on Saturday, a motorbike was stolen from Clements Close in Spencers Wood, while a bicycle and a helmet were stolen from the chalkpit at Braybrook Road in Wargrave.

Finally on Sunday, someone broke into a house in Albany Park Drive, Winnersh, by smashing the patio doors. It is not known what was stolen.

Anyone with any information about any of these incidents should call 101. If you suspect a crime is in progress, you should always call 999.

The Szechuan Inn in Bean Oak Road was raided on Wednesday. Picture: Paul King

overstayed their multi-visit visas.

Two Malaysian men, aged 29 and 44, were also arrested after outstaying their six-month visitor entitlement.

All those arrested were transferred to immigration detention pending removal from the UK. Carla Johnson, head of the South Central Home Office Immigration Enforcement team, said: “There will be no slowdown in our efforts to tackle illegal working in Berkshire.

Using illegal labour is not a victimless crime. It defrauds the treasury of much needed funds, undercuts businesses who ply an honest trade and cheats legitimate job seekers out of employment opportunities.

“There are simple checks employers can carry out to ensure their employees have the right to work in

the UK. Those who choose to ignore the rules will face the consequences.

“I would urge people with detailed and specific information about suspected immigration abuse to contact us.”

The business was served a notice warning that financial penalties of up to £20,000 per illegal worker arrested will be imposed unless the employer can demonstrate that appropriate right to work document checks were carried out, such as seeing a passport or Home Office document.

If proof is not provided this is a potential total of up to £140,000.

WOKINGHAM Film Society’s next screening takes place on Thursday.

The group has chosen Still Alice, a film that saw Julianne Moore win a best actress Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. Adapted from a best-selling novel by neuroscientist Lisa Genova, Alice Howland (Moore) is a successful and happily married linguistics professor with three grown children whose life is thrown upside down by a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s. Alice’s struggles to fight the inner decay and make the most of her remaining time are certainly heart-wrenching, but are made strangely uplifting and ultimately life-affirming by Moore’s virtuoso performance.

The screening takes place at the Bradbury Centre in Rose Street from 7.30pm and all are welcome. n For more details, or to order tickets, log on to www.wokinghamfilmsociety.com

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ARBORFIELD

Honours for borough’s bravest officers Centre to stay open

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk THE BRAVERY and hard work of Wokingham’s finest police officers was recognised at a commendation ceremony on Wednesday night.

Chief Inspector Rob France, commander of Wokingham Local Police Area (LPA), handed out the awards to constables and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) for their dedication, quick-thinking and compassion in the line of duty.

Among those commended were PC Julie Susel and PCSO Craig Beales who were honoured for their actions and effective use of first aid at the scene of a serious collision.

The officers removed an unresponsive man from his vehicle and commenced CPR until his heart restarted, which ambulance staff confirmed saved the man’s life.

Officers Det Con Barry Johns, PC Marcus Burrows and PC Matthew Jones were commended for outstanding teamwork in relation to a burglary in progress in Woodley. The team caught two men loading a stolen safe into a previously stolen vehicle, and secured forensic evidence that led to the identification of a third offender.

A complex investigation revealed links to other offences and all three men were convicted, receiving custodial sentences totalling thirty-two years.

PC Monika Taranczewska was also recognised for her dedication to safeguarding vulnerable children, keeping them safe and reducing the

PC Monika Taranczewska with Inspector Rob France.

TWYFORD PC Julie Susel receives her commendation from Chief Inspector Rob France. Pictures: Paul King

demand on other police resources.

PCs Adam Whelpdale and Ali Robinson were commended for providing excellent support and compassion to a vulnerable girl who was the subject of sexual exploitation and had attempted to end her life, while PCSOs Jackie Daniels and Jason Staveley were recognised for their quick-thinking and actions in preventing a young girl from coming to serious harm.

PCs Tin Wong, Chris Roberts and

Gemma Matthews, and PCSOs David Bradbrook and Nicola Shepherd were commended for their quick-thinking and teamwork while responding to an incident involving a male threatening suicide.

Deputy LPA Commander Insp Mike Graham was also awarded with a long service medal.

Ch Insp Robert France said: “Policing is sometimes a testing and challenging profession and it takes a special person to take on the

PC David Bradbrook with Rob France.

unique nature of the job.

“These ceremonies provide a great opportunity to recognise our officers and staff for the extraordinary things they do on a daily basis making Wokingham a safer place in which to live.

“I am very proud of those who have been commended and hope you agree that all the recipients have displayed characteristics and values that represent the finest traditions of British Policing.”

DRIVING

Six points for driver who frightened horses

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk

A FINCHAMPSTEAD man has been fined £383 and given six points on his licence for driving without due care and attention.

Ian Thatcher, 39, of McCarthy Way was found guilty of one count of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road/in a public place without due care and attention.at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, September 17.

The charge relates to an incident on Sunday, November 16, 2014, at approximately 8.45am when Thatcher

MEMBERS of a community centre in Arborfield are ‘ecstatic’ after a decision to close the centre was reversed.

More than 570 people signed a petition online calling for the community centre to remain open once the barracks close.

Centre users were shocked to be told last week that the centre would close on Wednesday (30) after centre manager Sue Johnson was made redundant.

However, Ms Johnson’s job has now been reinstated, and the community centre is safe once again.

Isobel Bowman, one of the residents who organised the petition, said on Wednesday: “We are all ecstatic, we are so pleased the the people who make the decisions at Aldershot have realised what an asset the centre is not only to the army families, but also to the wider community.

“We were only expecting about 200 signatures so to get nearly 600 extra voices behind us really shows how much the community centre is valued.

“What we want people to realise is that the centre is available for everyone to use, all of the groups, the fitness and dance classes, they’re all open to the people of Arborfield to use.”

carelessly overtook two horse riders near a roundabout in Barkham.

The victim, a 49-year-old woman, was riding her horse with her friend, a 65-year-old woman, towards Coombes Woods.

Both riders were wearing fluorescent clothing and signage stating the victim was wearing an HD CCTV headcam and recording the ride.

As the pair approached a roundabout on Barkham Street, a Vauxhall Vivaro van, driven by Thatcher, began to overtake the horses on the approach.

A red Ford people carrier turning into Barkham Street was caused to

make a sudden stop as the Vivaro was on the wrong side of the road.

Thatcher tried to force his way past the horses to overtake them at the junction, leaving only an arm’s length between the van and the victim and her horse.

Thatcher was also seen holding his mobile phone in his hand during this manoeuvre.

No one was injured during the incident, but the victim and her friend were left shaken and said that if they had been less experienced riders or on younger horses this incident may have been worse.

Investigating officer, PC Laura

Wright, rural crime officer for Wokingham Local Policing Area, said: “We have had a number of incidents on our rural roads in the past few years where horses have been involved or injured and this conviction just goes to show that the police will take seriously any allegation it receives against motorists.

“The hat cam evidence available in this case has assisted towards the conviction of a man showing complete disregard to other road users.

“If you would like to discuss further safety advice with either myself or PCSO Suzanna Carr then contact us via the Thames Valley Police 101 number.”

CHARITY

Appeal has wings MEMBERS of the Royal Air Forces Association, Wokingham and Woodley Brandch and Cadets from 2499 (Wokingham) Squadron, Air Training Corps commemorated the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain by collecting money for the RAFA Charities Wings Appeal.

After the collection on Saturday September 19, Wokingham Town Mayor, Councillor Philip Mirfin met with members of the ATC and retired RAF members who had been collecting for the Wings Appeal.

He said: “It was really nice to meet everyone and to give support on the special anniversary day”.

Tony Morgan, Honorary Welfare Officer of the Royal Air Forces Association said: “This year’s collection was particularly poignant as we commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The money raised will provide welfare support to Royal Air Force serving personnel, veterans, their families and widows.”

High Street shortlist TWYFORD’S high street has been deemed one of the best in the country, as it has been shortlisted for a national award.

Nominated by the Twyford Village Partnership, the high street has been shortlisted in the village category of the Great British High Street 2015 competition, up against Brigg, in Lincolnshire, and West Kilbride, in North Ayrshire.

Wokingham Borough Council’s economic development officer, Andrew Nicholls said: “It’s really impressive how businesses, traders and the wider community have all come together in Twyford to make the village centre and high street an attractive and vibrant place for people to visit and enjoy.

“It’s also fantastic how these partnerships have helped local charities and community groups so the whole community benefits – well done Twyford in making the shortlist!”

This year’s competition saw a record 230 applicants and now, for the first time, the public has the chance to vote directly for their best-loved high street online. Between now and November you can cast your vote for free at thegreatbritishhighstreet. co.uk.

Voting closes in November.

FORUM

Transport in focus A FORUM dedicated to the borough’s transport issues will take place on Monday, October 12.

Organised by Wokingham Borough Council the Wokingham Without and Crowthorne community forum will meet at St Sebastian’s Memorial Hall, Nine Mile Ride at 7pm.

The council said that the area will see significant development in the years ahead, with the South Wokingham Strategic Development Location set to bring about 1,850 homes, a new primary school, sports and community facilities.

The forum will be chaired by Wokingham Borough Council executive member for strategic planning and highways and is open to all local residents.

DEBATE

Budget cuts meeting RESIDENTS are invited to the first of five budget consultations to be hosted by Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) on Wednesday.

The drop-in session will be at the Salvation Army Hall in Chalfont Close, Lower Earley between 7pm and 9pm where residents will be given the chance to have their say on a range of proposed budget cuts.

Members of WBC will be keen to hear suggestions on how it can save £4 million in the coming year.

The next meeting will be held at St Crispin’s School, London Road on Monday, October 19.

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FUNDRAISING

Winnersh fete helps new neighbours A CHEQUE for £620 raised at the Winnersh Summer Fete was presented to Guide Dogs late last month.

Representatives from the Berkshire-based charity attended the September meeting of Winnersh Parish Council to receive a donation from the proceeds of this year’s fete and give a talk on the work of Guide Dogs.

Winnersh resident Jenny Pape, who attended with her dog Kashmir, said: “I only wish I had realised what a fantastic difference having a guide dog would make – I would have got one years before!”

Council chairman John Southgate said: “We are very pleased to give this donation to such a deserving cause, especially as Guide Dogs now have a base in Winnersh on the Winnersh Triangle Business Park.”

The other half of the money raised will go towards Dementia UK.

From left: John Southgate, Janice Burns with Quiz, Ann Worrall, Jenny Pape with Kashmir

ARGICULTURE

Get set to enjoy family fun at ploughing ON your marks, get set, plough!

That’s the instructions that will be heard when the Henley Ploughing Match roars into life this Sunday.

The annual contest is being organised by the Henley & District Agricultural Association for this Sunday and takes place in Dunsden.

As well as the field contest, there will be a display of tractors, log chopping contests, terrier and ferret racing, a poultry auction and a country market.

Bee keepers, lace makers, spinners, weavers and wood turners will all give demonstrations of their crafts and there will also be cakes, sweets

and country clothing to buy.

Tickets cost £5 or £3 for concessions, under fives get in free.

The event starts with a blessing of the plough service at 9.15am and there will be free parking.  For details, visit www.thehenley show.co.uk or call 01491 413619.

READING BLUE COAT SCHOOL Independent Day School • Boys 11-18; Girls 16 -18

Join the adventure!

Open Morning

Saturday 3 October

Nurturing every pupil’s development

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HE nurture and development of every pupil as a well-rounded individual lies at the heart of all that we do at Reading Blue Coat School.

This is most evident in the pupils who leave the School, not only with a handful of impressive A-Level results, but also having accomplished excellence in the arts and in sport, having learned invaluable life lessons and having made lasting friendships along the way.

The School is situated in a beautiful 46-acre site by the Thames in the village of Sonning. The new dedicated Psychology and Geology building

complements other recent additions to the school’s impressive facilities, including the 23-classroom Richard Aldworth Building. Upcoming projects include a new Design Technology building and a new IT suite.

There is a buzz and excitement about academic life at Blue Coat, where our friendly and supportive environment enables pupils to flourish and thrive.

Academic achievement is valued highly and the school has enjoyed strong results in recent years. Learn more about our results and university destinations on our website at www.rbcs.org.uk.

Pupils are also encouraged to

participate in a wide range of co-curricular activities, and the school offers generous provision in a wide variety of sports, music, drama, public speaking, the CCF, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Young Enterprise and a wide variety of additional activities.

Blue Coat is an independent day school for boys aged 11-18 and girls aged 16-18.

For further details, please contact Mrs Jane Jarrett or Ms Audrey Fernandes in Admissions on 0118 944 1005 or admissions@rbcs.org.uk.  Further information is available on the school’s website: www.rbcs.org.uk.

READING BLUE COAT SCHOOL An Independent Day School for Boys, with a Co-Educational Sixth Form

Sixth Form Open Evening Tuesday 13 October 5 - 8 pm

Tours start between 9:30am and 11:00 am

Please register online at www.rbcs.org.uk

Please register online at www.rbcs.org.uk

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Business MOVE

Kitchen store invites you to play darts A GAME of darts will help a trade merchant celebrate the opening of its 150th store.

Benchmarx Kitchens and Joinery, a trade-only supplier of high quality, pre-assembled kitchens, will open the Wokingham branch with a special allday event on Monday.

Located on Fishponds Road, off Molly Millar’s Lane, the branch will raise funds for charity partner, Macmillan. Visitors will be offered a free breakfast as well as being given the opportunity to sign up to the ‘Challenge Chizzy’ event, which will be taking

place on October 20 at the branch.

This event will see darts champion, Dave ‘Chizzy’ Chisnall, who is currently seventh in the world, take on eager challengers in a darts tournament.

The contest will see who can reach 150 points

on the dartboard first, in honour of Wokingham being Benchmarx’s 150th branch.

Along with the pride of beating the darts champion, winning contestants will also be given a mystery prize.  www.benchmarx kitchens.co.uk

PROPERTY

Joy for estate agency as it joins regulatory body WOKINGHAM’S newest estate agents is celebrating after joining the lettings industry’s main professional and regulatory body.

Martin & Co is now a member of ARLA, the Association of Residential Letting Agents.

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ARLA is recognised by government, local authorities, consumer interest groups and the media as the leading professional body in the private rented sector.

Martin & Co Wokingham was opened recently by the Mayor of Wokingham Borough, Cllr Parry Batth, and is part of the national Martin & Co network.

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Join us for a buzzing night at the Bees We’re passionate about boosting business in the borough – and we want to tell you how while you enjoy a brilliant night of ice hockey

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HE Wokingham Paper and Bracknell Bees would like to invite you to a special Business Club evening for our existing customers and prospective advertisers.

Twenty pairs of tickets are on offer to Berkshire business owners and advertising or marketing decision makers in companies looking to promote their brand

locally to thousands of people each week.

Bracknell Bees Premier League ice hockey games attract an interesting demographic for local businesses, with a strong emphasis on family and under-18s but also a strong core of local business people and SME owners.

The core of this base is from Bracknell and Wokingham.

With strong community, local press and radio relationships in place as well as a large social media following and reach, the club’s sponsors also

benefit from a broader reach throughout the week to maximise their return on investment.

To sample the great advertising opportunities on offer to your business from the Paper and the Bees, we would like to invite you to enjoy a game from the hospitality suite on Sunday, October 11, as the Bees take on local rivals the Guildford Flames in the Premier League.

The event runs from 5.15pm to 8.15pm and places are limited.  For details or to register, log on to www. wokinghampaper.com/event/beesevent-2/

OPENING

New all-day social hub will bustle throughout the day

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk A NEW twist on the traditional hotel restaurant is being trialled in Sonning.

Coppa Club, which has just completed its soft launch in the Thames-side village, is an all-day social hub that aims to challenge and alter people’s normal perception of what a hotel restaurant should be.

The aim of new owner Hugh Osmond, the founder of pub chain Punch Taverns, is to create a vibrant, fresh, accessible and affordable all-day venue that everyone feels they can use as they like, when they like to eat, drink, relax, work and party.

Overlooking the river Coppa Club brings together under one roof all those elements that make the best restaurants, bars, cafés, co-working spaces, members clubs and even hotel lounges so enjoyable.

The team has cherry picked the best bits – from atmosphere and decor through to pricing and menus – and blended them together while expelling the stereotypical rules and hang-ups that apply to them all individually.

If well-received in Sonning, Osmond has dreams to branch out the concept into both urban and rural locations over the next few years.

Tiffany Renwick, who is overseeing the project, said: “The creation of Coppa Club has been triggered by the change in the way people are living their lives and the way they want to eat, drink, work and socialise. Lifestyles that once used to be

The Coppa Club in Sonning offers something for everyone from busy mums meeting for a coffee to business people working away from home and space for dates and memorable dinners

the preserve of a few Hoxton hipsters have now become the norm for many of us.

“It is predicted that 40% of the UK’s workforce will be freelancers by 2020.

That fact is coupled with a surge in home working, which is up by more than 55% since 2000. On the back of this shift in employment culture and the UK’s ever growing love of dining out, Coppa Club aims to be a place that is totally relevant to people’s lifestyles and embraces the way we can now work remotely and flexibly as well as the way we want to socialise, eat and drink.

“Coppa Club serves consistently great food inspired by the freshest Italian ingredients. Food will be served from early morning through to late at night, at affordable prices, delivered by passionate people who really care about service and true hospitality.

“The menus have been carefully designed so that no matter the time of day or week, there is

always something to take your fancy.”

Sitting in a 3,000sq ft space adjoining, but entirely separate from, The Great House in Thames Street, Coppa Club has been intuitively zoned to create areas that guests can use to suit their mood and truly use as they like. Every last detail has been meticulously considered, tables are the right height to work at as well as eat at, power for laptops and chargers are everywhere and red-hot Wi-Fi is available, even in the riverside garden, to ensure that guests can effortlessly use the space.

Tiffany continued: “Coppa Club has been designed to meet people’s needs from breakfast and brunch through to afternoon tea, cocktails, dinner and beyond. From mums meeting for a morning coffee, professionals who want somewhere to work remotely, long lost friends celebrating together over a boozy lunch to a couple on a first date, there is somewhere for everyone to feel comfortable. Where a ‘traditional’ restaurant may be dead quiet at 4pm, Coppa Club is a place for everyone and will be buzzing throughout the day.”  For more information about Coppa Club, visit www.coppaclub.co.uk.

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By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk SIR Michael Parkinson and Theresa May MP joined hundreds of volunteers, staff and well-wishers of the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service to mark the official ground-breaking of its new hospice building last week.

Sir Michael and Mrs May are patrons of the charity, which was set up by Alexander’s parents Fiona and John in 2007, after their eight-year-old son died of a rare brain tumour.

The couple have campaigned tirelessly to set up a hospice service to serve children and their families across Berkshire, and last Wednesday’s ceremony marked the beginning of a new chapter in the journey.

Fiona said: “It’s a day of mixed emotions for us, but we are very proud of our family, the wonderful team at Alexander Devine past and present, and also our patrons, Sir Michael and Theresa May, who took a leap of faith in the beginning and have stuck with us.”

Sir Michael, who fulfilled a

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by Fiona Devine.

Inset: A special cake was made

childhood dream of operating the digger, said: “Today is not about me, it is about Fiona and John and the incredible work they have done.

“Fiona has grown tremendously as a person. When she first started the campaign to build the hospice, she was very shy, very unsure of herself, and understandably so, her and John had been through a terrible time.

“Now she is one of the finest public speakers I know.

“It’s a great honour to be here today, it is a very special day.

Out of something so terrible

that happened to this family, something wonderful has come about, and I am very proud of them.”

The new £5 million hospice will be located in Woodlands Park, just outside White Waltham, and will feature six en-suite bedrooms, a hydrotherapy pool, sensory room, a music room and a creative learning zone.

The service will also encompass a palliative care outreach team which will provide a ‘hospice at home’ service.

The charity currently provides direct care for more than 50 local families, funding nurses, respite care and bereavement support.  For more visit www. alexanderdevine.org.

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Council to apply for parking powers PARKING powers could be placed in Wokingham Borough Council’s hands.

Last Thursday evening, the council’s executive voted to apply for civil parking enforcement powers.

Now the Department for Transport (DfT) will be approached to seek approval for the plans, which will see the Council introduce what is says will be a more consistent management of on-street parking, resulting in a reduction in traffic

disruption, improved road safety, reduced parking contraventions and generally improve environmental impacts related to road traffic.

At the moment, parking violations are covered by Thames Valley Police, not by the council.

In the briefing paper that the executive considered, the council noted that: “[Parking] is considered as a low priority for them and they apply little resource to it. This is partly due

to the fact that Wokingham is the only borough in the Thames Valley police area that has not taken on these powers. This results in a large number of complaints to the Council about illegal parking and the abuse of parking restrictions as drivers feel they will not be caught.”

If the DfT approves the plans, it is expected that it will take between 18 months and two years for the council to take charge of the borough’s parking enforcement.

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STUDENTS

Safety and survival tips given to freshers

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk STUDENTS moving to Wokingham borough to attend the University of Reading are being assured they will be in safe hands by Thames Valley Police (TVP).

Officers will be routinely patrolling the university campus, offering crime prevention advice and answering any questions the new students may have during the first few weeks of term.

There will also be additional patrols on duty for the various welcome events at the university, as well as in town centre bars and clubs.

TVP has issued the following safety and crime prevention advice to new students to help keep themselves and their property safe:

Laptops

Do not leave laptops unattended around the campus. Ensure that, where locking facilities are available, they are appropriately secured to desks and are not on display to passers-by. Avoid leaving laptops in your vehicle and, if they are, they are kept switched off as thieves may be able to detect wireless signals even if well hidden.

Bicycles

Ensure bikes are secured with good quality locks and within view of the many CCTV cameras around the university. Avoid using quick release mechanisms

if you have a good quality saddle. The University and Thames Valley Police will be conducting operations throughout the year to combat cycle theft in and around the campus.

Personal safety

Always walk in well-lit areas and with friends where possible, especially if you have been drinking.

Let other people know where you are going and keep a phone with you for emergencies.

Respect your neighbours

There are many residential properties around the university, please respect the community by keeping noise to a minimum when going to and from the campus.

Drugs

Remember that the police and the university do not tolerate drug use. In addition to a criminal record, the university will impose additional sanctions on you which may affect your ability to complete your studies if you use any illegal substances.

If students would like further security advice or information then they can contact a member of the neighbourhood team via the Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 101.  Students are also encouraged to sign up to Thames Valley Alerts to receive local crime and safety messages. These can be found at www. thamesvalleyalert.co.uk.

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That’s 1Life! Families flock to fun day FAMILIES in Woodley flocked to Bulmershe School for a Fun Day out as 1Life got together with Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) on Sunday.

Tom King, from WBC and head organiser of the event, said: “This is a family fun day showcasing WBC and 1Life partnership and promoting services, an active lifestyle and healthy eating.”

There was lots to see and do with giant games of Twister, Jenga and Connect 4 to enjoy, an inflatable assault course and a climbing wall to

try out and some health checks.

Goals Soccer Centre also provided mini taster sessions of football and rugby and Reading Swimming Club ran sessions in Bulmershe Leisure Centre swimming pool.

Several charities also supported the day including WheelPower, a national charity supporting wheelchair sport.

WheelPower had a London to Brighton challenge where people were invited to ride a static bike as fast as they could.

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Reading Rugby Club were giving free taster sessions of tag rugby for smaller children, Woodley United Football Club were offering penalty shot practice and local martial artists were demonstrating their skills.

“This is a really popular day,” said Mr King.

“We have to thank Bulmershe School for the use of the field and Goals who let us use the pitches.”

Abdul Rehman, Wazir Hussain, Rob Wilson, MP, Arif Kiani and Mohammed Mehraban celebrating Eid Picture: Vivienne Johnson

MORE than 2,000 worshippers attended the Aisha Masjid and Islamic Centre in Woodley to celebrate Eid al-Adha last Thursday.

Reading East MP Rob Wilson, who was invited to the celebrations at the London Road centre, said: “I came to support Eid, and wish everyone well and a happy Eid.” Secretary of Jamme Masjid Trust, Fasil Mushtaq said: “This is one of the biggest gatherings of the year for us. We have over two thousand worshippers attend us today over three services.

“It’s a day of celebration and about 90% of people will have the day off work or school.”

Muslims across the world celebrated Eid al-Adha, or the Greater Eid, which is the second most important festival in the Muslim calendar.

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FOOD

Restaurant up for curry ‘Oscars’

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Author Harry Dunn with his new book Picture: Paul King

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We know whodunnit WOKINGHAM Library welcomed a local author for a talk and signing last week – and now its Woodley counterpart is preparing to do the same.

Harry Dunn visited the Denmark Street library last Thursday to talk about his new book, Forever Evil.

It’s the second in his new series of Jack Barclay novels and is proving hugely popular with readers.

The author will be at Woodley Library tomorrow (Saturday) from 11am, where he will once again sign copies.

The events have been organised in conjunction with Woodley’s Chapter One bookshop. n Chapter One’s planned book signing with Terry Wogan on Friday, October 9, has been cancelled.

A tweet on Saturday shared the bad news.

A LOCAL chain of restaurants is celebrating after one of its branches has been nominated for a national award... Again.

Miah’s, which has a restaurant in Spencers Wood, is up for the British Curry Awards for the fifth year in a row. And manager Jamshed Miah is hoping this time they will go from being in the Top 100 in the UK to a trophy winner.

The awards are dubbed the Oscars of the curry world and even being nominated is a prestigious accolade.

“We’ve been nominated because

we've been quite consistent,” Mr Miah said. “We also present a different kind of Indian cuisine. We have an evolving menu offering what we think of as Miah’s style.

“The chef enjoys doing what he does, and our customers like it too.

“This year is our fifth year we’ve been shortlisted. We hope it’s the year we will be top!”

The restaurant that has been nominated is the Garden of Gulab on Wokingham Road near Earley. As well as the Spencers Wood branch, there are restaurants in Reading and Pangbourne. n For more details, call Miah's on 0118 966 7979 or visit www.Miahs.co.uk

DRAMA

A question of morality for EBOS’ latest production A GRITTY urban drama is the focus for the latest production from EBOS (East Berkshire Operatic Society).

The amateur group will present Orphans, a play

that questions loyalty, family and morality at its based in the Pinewood Centre this weekend.

The play is performed tonight and tomorrow at the Pinewood Theatre off

Old Wokingham Road in Wokingham Without.

Tickets cost £11 and curtain up is at 7.45pm.

For more details, call the box office on 0845 450 5301.

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Foragers enjoy a magical mushroom mystery tour A NEW foraging group which meets at a garden centre in Hare Hatch enjoyed its first exploration last weekend.

The group, which was born out of a chance discussion at Hare Hatch Sheeplands, covered a three-mile route from the garden centre to Bowsey Hill in Wargrave and back before enjoying some refreshments and talking about their finds.

Sheeplands owner Rob Scott, who led the group with foraging enthusiasts Dawn Morris, said: “It was a very successful first

outing and we will certainly continue to meet on an informal basis."

One of the foragers, Matt Taylor, who lives in Springfield Park, Twyford, said: “It was a thoroughly enjoyable morning.

“We found edible mushrooms, toadstools and nettles plus plenty of blackberries, some sloes and rose hips.” n Anyone wishing to join the group can obtain further information from info@ hhsheep.co.uk.

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Safety starts with the design, not the driver YET AGAIN, another change to Wokingham’s road system is our front page story.

Yet again it seems that the new layouts that are being introduced are confusing road users.

Yet again it seems that an accident is waiting to happen.

This week, it is the change to the road layout to Station Road that is causing confusion.

An eagle-eye reader spotted four cars attempt to drive the wrong way into the Station Road – thankfully no accident was caused but it could have been a nasty smash-up.

To have one car go the wrong way is a misfortune, but to have a quartet in quick succession suggests not carelessness but something wrong with the road layout.

Just as in the Coppid Beech roundabout, all it takes for an accident to happen is a momentary lapse in concentration or to have a visitor unfamiliar with our market town or our borough’s roads.

And let’s be honest – driving to the station from Barkham Road is confusing. First you have the Oxford Road turning, then the railway bridge and finally a sharp left rather than the straight on that was used for years.

What is the answer?

As with the Coppid Beech roundabout, an urgent safety review is needed and some measures taken.

No entry signs at the bottom of Station Road would help. Having no entry painted on the road is another way.

But there is no easy answer.

While you can’t legislate for stupidity, it will be a lapse in concentration that causes an accident. And no stone should be left unturned as we seek to find a solution – before it’s too late.

CHURCH NOTES

One more step…

A few years ago our family had a wonderful holiday in Denmark and one of the most unusual things we did was to visit the island of Aebelo.

This island can only be reached by wading through the sea for 1½ km. In the guide books, pictures showed the water coming up to people’s ankles, but unfortunately we arrived just before high tide.

We were faced with a dilemma – we weren’t quite sure where to go and we weren’t sure how high the water would get. Should we set off anyway, wait until later, or give up?

While we were deliberating, we saw a couple striding towards us through the water. “Do your speak English?” “Yes” came the reply. “Do you know the way to go?” They assured us that the water wouldn’t get any deeper as we were already in the deepest part and that all we had to do was to follow the markers through the sea.

We decided to go for it and set off, following the other couple and we were encouraged by their example as we could see that the water didn’t get any higher. So, following the markers, one by one, through the sea we reached the island.

The markers didn’t go by the most direct route and we couldn’t see them all at once but just a few ahead, but by following them we reached our destination. It was fun, it took quite a long time, and we did get a bit wet, but it was enjoyable wading through the sea.

It occurred to me that our small journey was a bit like life.

Sometimes we need the encouragement and example of others to give us the courage to set off on a new venture. Often we can’t see our final destination or even see very far ahead at all, but if we faithfully follow the “markers” and keep to the path we will reach the other side.

As a Christian I believe the “markers” to be God’s word, the testimony of other Christians and the tradition of the church. If I keep to the path by living my life according to God’s guidelines then I will reach the potential that God has for me.

Happy travelling, The Revd Catherine Bowstead is the minister of Wokingham Methodist Church

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How to save £4million Your front page article in last weeks paper stating that the Council are stumped on how to save £4M from this years budget and want ideas from the public got me thinking, here are a few suggestions: The Conservative dominated Council could have helped themselves by increasing Council Tax 1.99% this year which would have raised around an additional £2.5 million in revenue for 2015/16. In the run up to the May elections they chose not to, I guess they didn’t think it would be a vote winner.

How about spending less with suppliers? A quick look at the invoices spreadsheet on the Council website shows that from January through to August 2015 the Council have spent £8 Million on Consultancy and Professional Services with £5.6 Million going to a single company. I’m sure some more fat could be trimmed in areas like this; how many reports do the Council need?

Or, of course they could simply slash services being provided to some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

So, increase revenue and reduce supplier costs or cut services. It will be interesting to see which of these solutions they opt for.

Phil Ray, Winnersh We’ve also had some comments on Facebook: Stop spending money on stupid projects that are not thought through enough x ie the errors made on the new cycle path to Reading xx Joanne Sanderson Cycle paths who uses them ? Nobody they all ride on the road !

Gary Purser Get rid of them three men [in the photo] for a start I’m sure they are over paid !

Gary Purser Leave the parking to TVP Benjamin Rogers My Journey. How much have we outsourced to friends on that? http://www.myjourneywokingham. com/ Kazek Lokuciewski Take a look at Streetlife - Wokingham. There is a discussion about this topic with some extremely interesting numbers and strong comments. You could be shocked.

Rick Daniow

Well done to Jessy’s

The new gluten free restaurant Jessy’s was one of our biggest stories on Facebook this week – an incredible number of you are excited about the Denmark Street restaurant opening and shared our news story with your friends.

We went on Saturday, usual opening day issues but great food and the gf brownies are yummy Tracy Douglas

Syrian refugee children really need our specialist care We must prioritise specialist care for Syrian refugee children… they really need it Of an estimated 12 million Syrians displaced by war, more than half are children, tens of thousands of whom will be fleeing alone.

Their parents may have been killed or been separated from them. They may have lost their brothers and sisters or other family members. They have no one to turn to.

The UK’s decision to offer sanctuary to hundreds if not thousands of these children is right; it would be morally indefensible not to. We will then have a solemn responsibility to protect the fragile lives of these traumatised children while they are in our country’s care.

Our Government should urgently prioritise specialist, tailored care required by the unique circumstances of refugee children. These children need, and deserve, a decent place to live with the right people and support in place for as long as they need it.

Firstly the Government needs specialist staff to immediately identify the type of support these

children need; some will need help for trauma or mental health. They need to ensure that children stay in sensitive, loving foster homes whilst they live in the country, and that each foster carer has been specially trained to nurture them and meet their needs.

That will mean they stay in appropriate accommodation too. Shockingly, many unaccompanied and potentially trafficked children end up staying in bed and breakfasts without much support. As a result, two-thirds go missing from care, putting them in danger from traffickers or predatory adults.

Secondly, we must ensure that every child is treated as a child – not an adult. Most of these children will be travelling undocumented so officials must judge if they are under 18.

Finally, we need to make sure these children are supported in their transition to adulthood.

We are worried that the period after the age of 18 is a particularly vulnerable time for unaccompanied young people as they lose support from children’s services.

At Barnardo’s we have specialist staff that could provide the critical ‘triage’ that newly arrived children and young people will need. We also have trained foster carers to look after unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

As Syrian children are coming to the UK direct from refugee camps they may have been picked up by traffickers in the camps, or as they move across Europe.

Trafficked children and young people are supported by our independent advocates in 23 local authorities in England. Advocates walk with children every step of the way through what can be a frightening time – navigating the care system to have a secure home and immigration processes to have the right to stay.

The government and local authorities should draw on such experience and expertise in putting together the package of support to help refugee children.

Our hope at Barnardo’s is that the people of the UK can support these children in a meaningful way, helping them to overcome their experiences escaping from war so they can imagine a safe future.

Javed Khan, CEO, Barnardo’s

You spoke well, Mr Jones

The price of fuel

The Wokingham gentleman spoke well at Bournemouth at the Liberal Democrats conference on housing.

Clive Jones spoke with vigour that with council houses that are sold the councils should get back 100% not 25% as they do now.

As I said in an earlier letter there are many people in Wokingham and other areas who can not afford to buy but Mr Redwood MP cannot see that.

He must be told by the Liberal Dems in Wokingham.

Victor Rones, Bracknell

On Facebook we revealed last week that the cheapest place to buy fuel in Wokingham borough is Asda Lower Earley, with a price cap of 105.7p a litre. This pleased some of you: Love Asda good to their customers Christine Caddoo For all the complaints about the store you can’t fault them on the price of their fuel Andrew David Long

Thank you

I would just like to thank the anonymous kind person who posted my car keys in to Wokingham Police Station last Sunday, saving me a lot of grief and heartache.

Once again, many thanks Mrs Truman, via email

Peach Street road closures

Plans to close Peach Street next month for resurfacing works has not gone down well with you. Here’s a couple of typical comment from our Facebook page: Oooh, I can hardly wait, said no one. Ever.

Helen Parker Why don’t we just close the borough to traffic and be done with it!

Craig Wingfield

GOOD ADVICE

What do I need to know about taking on a lodger?

Wokingham CAB look at a recent issue they have come across and give an answer I have a mortgage which is becoming more difficult to pay every month so I am thinking about taking in a lodger. I had a bad experience years ago when I was a lodger myself and wonder if it is really worth the hassle of doing it now. If I get a bad lodger can I evict them easily?

Taking in a lodger can be a good way of bringing in some extra income or to help you cover a shortfall in your mortgage.

A lodger is someone who lives with you as part of your household sharing some of your home, such as the bathroom or kitchen. Lodgers sometimes receive extra services such as meals, cleaning or laundry.

However, before taking in a lodger, there are a

number of important things that you should think about first.

As you have a mortgage, you may have to get the lender’s permission before renting out part of your home. You should check your mortgage contract to see what your lender requires. If you need permission, write to your lender explaining your situation and ask for their consent.

It’s best if you and your lodger sign an agreement, so that the rights and responsibilities for each of you are clearly set out. You may be able to get a licence agreement from a legal stationer by post or online.

These generally contain standard clauses which can be adapted to suit your needs.

It’s also a good idea to draw up an inventory of the furniture and fittings provided in the lodger’s room.

An inventory can help prevent disputes about any deposit paid when the lodger moves out. It can be useful to take photographs to accompany the inventory to

show the condition of the items.

You also need to be aware of your responsibilities.

You need to make sure the accommodation is in a proper condition and that any furnishings and gas/ electricity fittings are safe.

As to eviction - the lodger will be an excluded occupier and will have few legal rights. However, the lodger will have the right to stay to the end of any fixed term (usually six months) or unless you give notice due to a break clause in the agreement. At the end of the term you only need to give the agreed notice, which will have to be reasonable.

On the other hand the lodger cannot leave before the end of the fixed term or before any notice ends unless you agree to it.  You can get help, information and advice from your local Citizens Advice Bureau. Visit www.adviceguide. org.uk or contact Wokingham CAB at Second Floor, Waterford House, Erfstadt Court, Wokingham RG40 2YF. Tel: 0844 499 4126. Alternatively, email: public@ wokingham-cab.org.uk

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ISCHIEVOUS – such a wonderful word.

Conveys all sorts of naughtiness.

Often testing the bounds of authority. Generally creating trouble, usually not too serious.

In this case, it was a Councillor’s description of a developer, referring to the routing of construction traffic for the North Wokingham Strategic Development Location at Matthewsgreen Farm.

So why should you be concerned?

On first glance, it’s about who and what to believe. Look closer and you’ll see other threats to your peace and safety in this borough.

I’ve listened to a number of people about that construction traffic route. Some say that, at a crowded public meeting in Emmbrook, there was a promise to use the Twyford Road. Others say that some people’s hearing or memory needs assistance.

As to what was actually said, if you were facing 200+ angry residents, what would you say and how much would you want to remember later? There’s no recording of the meeting, so it’s one person’s word against another’s.

The planning meeting records show that the Developers’ senior staff stayed silent when the Councillor talked of the Twyford Road promise. If you were on the Developer team, just about to get the planning permission you’d been years working towards, would you speak out? If you did, you’d be risking the application being sent back for review (at best), perhaps of being kicked out entirely.

Later, when the Developer’s top management became involved, they’re reported to have said that the only economic and practical access is along Old Forest Road and Toutley Road.

When this came out, it put the Councillor in a difficult position.

Should he strongly denounce the Developers, risking them stopping further discussion, or should he say nothing and so lose the confidence of the residents who he’s a duty to represent?

Tony Johnson

THIS stunning fireworks display won a Sonning-based company the prestigious Fireworks Champions competition last month.

Sonning Fireworks, who stage many pyromusical performances around the Berkshire area (and sent us this fantastic picture), received 57 per cent of the public vote at the competition, held at Eastnor Castle, in Herefordshire, on Saturday, September 5.

Judging by this spectacular picture taken on the night it is clear to see why the company, made up of three former Reading Blue Coat students and their chemistry teacher, won over the crowds.

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O there I am, jogging along the road - sweaty, hair frizzed, red-cheeked and generally looking like I’ve been dragged through a hedge several times.

Suddenly I spot ex-X Factor star Danyl Johnson on the other side of the road walking his little dog Darcy.

I know Danyl from different events but really hope he hasn’t seen me. Alas, alack, he has.

He takes his earphones out and crosses the road.

I grit my teeth as I remove my earphones.

“Danyl,” I cry. “Good to see you. …Er, I am surprised you recognised me!”

Danyl rightly looks puzzled then says “Of course I did. You look just the same! “ We chat and I put on a brave front, we say cheerio and immediately I am crestfallen.

I have met Danyl mostly at events where I am fully made up and wearing my best. So an hour of make-up and careful fashion choices mean nothing?

In other words, I am vain.

I guess I am mature enough to admit it.

I never go out without make-up unless running and if I popped to the local shop for milk, I’d have at least some foundation and mascara on.

Of course, the older you get the more artificial help you get and I look back at pictures of my teenage self and am amazed I did not really appreciate that I looked fine without slap or that beautiful young, glowing skin I see now on youngsters (is it a better diet maybe? I don’t know but they do look healthier than I ever did).

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Sisters are a cut above for charity shave “A close family friend is currently undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer which was the main reasoning behind my charity choice.”

Good on you girls because that’s a few months of bravery not a few minutes like me on my run.

But is it art?

Sisters Hayley and Leah Randall are brave to shave their hair for cancer charities.

So what I am getting round to saying is that I have nothing but amazing admiration for the two Wokingham sisters who were up for the chop in their effort to help cancer charities.

The duo had their hair shaved off at Toni & Guy’s Wokingham branch last Friday, raising nearly £3,000 in the process.

Leah, 17, and Hayley Randall made the brave move to support Target Ovarian Cancer and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

“Like so many others we have lost loved ones to cancer,” said Hayley, 24.

I was at an arts forum the other evening and was quite astonished at how many creative folk believe local councils should up their spend on arts and culture.

A few were berated for their comments but I kept quiet.

If they have not picked up on the fact real and vital services are suffering and that the arts, while vital in its own way, will suffer then I have not the energy to tell them.

But this is the reality authorities and government have with people who live on their own planet and are not a proper part of the community.

Keep it snappy, Jeremy

Quirky fact of the week: Anyone can learn to talk in sound bites in, oh, around a day or two. Just ask Jeremy Corbyn.  This may not be a blog but I do have one I made earlier if you are interested – hilarymscott.wix.com/hilaryscott

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Mischievous Truly a cleft stick – and thus the “mischievous” comment in this paper on June 5.

It made me recall a time in 2001 when the CEO of a global client instructed me to change a partnership contract. After a few seconds thought, my response was “I can’t”. Then, that my boss couldn’t, and even that a full board meeting probably wouldn’t.

Instead I asked for 48 hours to come up with something we could actually deliver on. Very uncomfortable at the time, but some great outcomes later.

Delivery to promise is always going to be important to people.

This is why the Council and the Developers sign an agreement as part of the planning permission. Although complex, it puts it all in writing, so it’s clear as to what’s specified and thus compulsory. Also as to what’s omitted and thus optional.

In this case, the routing of construction traffic isn’t specified in the planning Decision Notice on WBC’s website. Nor is there a Traffic Order. There’s no sight of the signed WBC-Developer agreement either.

If traffic routing was so important to the residents and the Councillor, one wonders why this was left as optional for the Developer to choose the route they prefer. Was the matter “unknown”, thus down to ignorance? Was the matter “unimportant”, thus down to indifference? Was it perhaps “un-negotiated”, thus down to ineptitude? Or was it “unthinking error”, thus down to incompetence?

So whether it’s ignorance; indifference; ineptitude; or incompetence, as regards the local mischief, one suspects that someone, somewhere, might have been “economical with the actuality”.

However, don’t hold your breath on “the truth” emerging soon.

Meanwhile, the threat remains that this can happen on your street or in your area, if you’ve the misfortune to find yourself living anywhere near a development site or the path of the construction lorries.

Locally, it’s much more likely that morale will continue until the beatings improve.

Now I wonder where Diogenes left that lamp of his?

Tony Johnson has negotiated contracts and managed development and delivery for large scale technology projects, including the infrastructure for Europe’s first 3G Mobile Network. He is currently practicing writing, photography and drawing.

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IANA BRIMBLECOMBE MBE, founder of the Hurst-based animal rescue centre, has passed away aged 95.

‘Mrs B’, as she was affectionately known by friends and staff at the centre, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, September 20.

Formally known as the Wokingham Animal Rescue Group, the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre (DBARC) was set up in Mrs Brimblecombe’s back garden, before moving to the site in Nelson’s Lane, Hurst, in 2003.

Born Diana Molloy in 1919 to Sylvia and General Roy Malloy of the Royal Marines, The Commandant at Chatham, Diana’s love of animals was evident from an early age, often finding herself ‘confined to barracks’ for smuggling injured animals passed the sentries.

In 1939, Diana ‘came out’ in society as a debutante, being presented to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, at Buckingham Palace.

While most young ladies of privilege would have subsequently devoted themselves to a life of ease, punctuated with social events, Diana spent the following years working in factories and driving ambulances for the war effort.

Having moved to Wokingham to stay with her aunt, Mrs Pelly of Claire Court in Glebelands Road, Diana met and married Bill Brimblecombe, and quickly turned their home in Crescent Road into a sanctuary for sick and injured animals.

Diana took her first official animal welfare position as Honorary Secretary of the local RSPCA, before the family moved to Cornwall in an effort to ease Bill’s ailing health.

Diana returned to Wokingham a few years later to look after her elderly parents, and having moved into Britton’s Farm in 1960, she set

A painting of Diana Brimblecombe with a canine friend.

about indulging her passion for animal welfare in earnest. The centre was formally organised under the banner of The Wokingham Animal Rescue Group in 1969, and became a registered charity in 1988.

In 1998 Diana was honoured with a Civic Award, and in 2001, she was awarded an MBE by the Queen for her services to Animal Rescue.

In her formative years, Mrs Brimblecombe stayed in constant

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contact with the shelter, despite handing over the reins in 2003, keeping involved in the shelter’s annual calendar and open days.

A tribute to Mrs Brimblecombe posted on the shelter’s website read: “DBARC is sadly mourning the loss of Mrs Brimblecombe, our founder and inspiration, who died on Sunday 20 September 2015.

“She passed away very peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving

family, just a few weeks short of her 96th birthday.

“Mrs B”, as most of us affectionately called her, was a truly unique lady, who dedicated so much of her life to helping animals, and who also inspired so many other people to do so.

“She was an amazing person, and she will be sadly missed and very fondly remembered by the many, many people whose lives she touched.

“DBARC, the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre, stands as an everlasting tribute to her, and all of us who are involved in the charity are committed to continue to give care to animals in need, always remembering with great fondness the remarkable lady who gave her name to the charity, and so much time, love and energy to the animals that came into her care.”

Local residents paid their respects and shared their memories of Mrs Brimblecombe on The Wokingham Paper Facebook page.

Lorraine Hall wrote: “I remember when my cat Tiger went missing and someone took her to Diana’s place which was then by Brimblecombe’s coaches at the back of Meadow Way in Wokingham where we lived.

“Tiger was fatally wounded but she kept her remains for several weeks until we thought to check with her, we were very grateful....R.I.P Diana x” Pat Tucker wrote: “ A dedicated Animal Lover who inspired many.”

And Shan Woodley posted: “Remember her well – nice lady and did such good work.”

Mrs Brimblecombe’s funeral will take place at noon on Wednesday, October 7 at Easthampstead Crematorium. Donations will be gratefully received to DBARC, Macmillan nurses or Marie Curie Cancer Care.  A memorial page has been set up in honour of Diana Brimblecombe. To leave your message of condolence visit www. diana.brimblecombe.muchloved.com.

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Three ways you can give something back to the borough  No 1 Club is a social club for adults with mild learning disabilities and it meets once a week at the Sindlesham Baptist Church Hall on a Thursday evening between 7pm and 9pm.

They are looking for Club helpers during that time to socialise with the members and help them with their activities. They are happy to consider volunteers to help on a rota basis for example two evenings per month.

These take place once a month on Wednesday mornings and last no longer than two hours.

After the meetings, the role includes writing up the minutes and circulating to the board.

Key skills for this invaluable role are attention to detail, an interest in the work of the Volunteer Centre and an appreciation of the need for confidentiality.

 The Trustees of Wokingham Volunteer Centre need a volunteer to take minutes at their monthly meetings.

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support and a listening ear.

They need befrienders who will be responsible for visiting an elderly local resident on a regular basis.

This can be as frequently as you choose and will be up to you to arrange with the person you are visiting.

This scheme can be hugely rewarding and makes such a difference to the person you are visiting. .  Finally please save the date and join us for our Annual Volunteer Recruitment Fair at the Bradbury Centre, Rose Street, Wokingham, on

Saturday, October 10, 10am – 1pm.

Around 30 local charities will be there to tell you about the fantastic work they do to make Wokingham Borough a better place to live – and how you can get involved.

These are just three of the roles we are recruiting for, but we have more than 100 different roles on our books.

To find out about these or any other roles, call us on 0118 977 0749, email wok-vol@btconnect.com or visit www. volunteercentrewokingham.org.uk

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LOVE eating food.

That’s my problem.

And for most of us all this wonderful stuff is available in tens of thousands of formats and formulations in the supermarket.

What’s more, most of it – apart from some fresh produce – is so cheap. You can buy a filling pizza for just £1.

What a curse food has become.

What went wrong?

Everyone is banging on about sugar as the scourge of our increasingly obese society; its evil grip on us highlighted by TV personalities and pressure groups while other members of the unholy alliance, salt and fat, sit in the shadows along with lesser-known suspects.

It is so easy for us to justify eating, whether consoling or rewarding ourselves and even easier for stressed, time-poor parents to cave into the demands of a manipulative child when rushing down the ‘guilt lanes’ of supermarkets or at the checkouts where more sugar traps await.

Food is a palliative remedy, albeit a forlorn one, for people trying to offset depression.

But if the temptation can overwhelm us what about the satisfaction of fighting back and deciding that flavour-enhanced processed foods, delicious though they seem, will not hold dominion over us?

It’s too easy to demonise profit-hungry food companies.

Safeguards

We need safeguards, certainly, but at the individual level do we surrender to the belief that we cannot stand against this presence that subtly allures us to premature illness and death?

Shouldn’t we ‘man-up’ a bit?

Food manufacturing is surprisingly complex.

I’m amazed simply watching the wife making bread mixtures in the kitchen.

Salt isn’t added simply for taste or preservation. It also has functional purposes such as improving texture and other properties.

So we can’t do away with it yet.

However, if your chief reason for buying certain foods is because salt or sugar levels generate a taste to your liking then it is your preference that drives the direction of the industry.

It’s a cheap way for them to make the foods people will buy.

I never understood why I enjoyed Chinese food so much until someone whispered ‘monosodium glutamate’.

So, in our better-educated, digitallyconnected, social-media savvy age who is ultimately responsible?

Industry, government or us?

Where will the funds come from to cover the eye-watering NHS budgets that are predicted for treating the future consequences of our national eating disorders?

Is the risk that we are ignoring the real culprit?

We actually buy more than we can eat and throw away more than almost any other country.

The clamour now is for health professionals, government, schools, retailers and manufacturers to get together to beat obesity with better food formulations and responsible marketing.

But if we choose to indulge will it matter what this group achieves?

We will still get fat.

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Last week we introduced the story of This week MikE ChuRChER Wokingham’s savage ritual ofreviews bull baiting. the Wokingham Remembers articles This week, the works of Arthur Heelas and of the past four months and discusses Dennis Ayres help us discover the reasons some of the factors which contributed why bull baiting became so popular and to the of lost Wokingham and itsas a how it making gradually its importance environment. major local blood sport. By MIKE CHURCHER

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VER the past months the Wokingham Remembers page was has ACK in 1661, George Staverton been providing anpoverty early picture worried about the stricken of how a small market town and a inhabitants of Wokingham and few villages on the edge of a forest is today wanted to do something about it. ranked as one of the country’s leading He was receiving a rental income communities. from his house in Staines and decided religion, transport, thatEducation, upon his death thisindustry, money would social structures, national politics andon purchase a bull which would be killed local government are all important St Thomas’s Day every year and the meat pieces in building the great distributed to the local poor.Wokingham jigsaw.

Herewas nowon is the a summary of our This day 21st December, contributions to dateChristmas and a few and ideas on just four days before the next round articles. represented theof start of the festival of giving to family Education, and friends.

Education, George decided St Thomas’s Day was Education the perfect moment when good meat Today’s Wokingham is renowned as should be provided for the poor, but first one of the country’s centres of excellence the bull needed to be baited to for education; this is partly due to strong avoid being too tough to eat. school performance and the motivated The poor of the day were, parents who live in one of the most for the most part, the highly educated communities in the UK. elderly and one of the many If we look into the history of humiliations provided by the Wokingham’s schools we can see onset of age was the absence how education is woven into its DNA. of a full set of teeth.

Prior to the Great War, Wokingham At the time when George’s was surrounded by manor houses and bequest became a reality in 1661, it members of the landed gentry who was believed that baiting would make the wanted to be close to the levers of power; meat tender and therefore edible; there i.e. the royal households of Windsor. was not the slightest consideration that In turn these upper echelons while it was being kind to the poor, it was possessed a serious sense of duty also cruel to a humble beast and being a responsibility to ensure theirin the hours prior to its early death.

At a time community received at least a basic when society was not even education.

Wokingham alsoconsiderate had a to children, the poor orclass, the disabled, powerful professional a strong George actually(including making a bequest churchwas community the non-of great generosity. conformists) and together they shared

a strong belief in thegoes importance of ‘No good turn teaching. unpunished’ The result was with the skills, the

These were the times, but what motivation and the finance available, started as a simple charitable bequest, there developed a culture of education bull baiting became an annual ritual which still holds strong to this day. which entertained thousands of visitors Wokingham transport to Wokingham every year for nearly two Transport is probably the single centuries. most in Wokingham’s Theimportant reason forfactor its longevity was not development, in both itspopularity, rail and road only its unquestionable but systems. also that George’s annual gift meant the Futurewas articles spectacle free.will look at the introduction of the railways and the Dennis Ayres, in his 1993 article on

major impact they had on the town and we have a start withevent the the ritual,already points made to a commercial road system by mapping out the course of which took place at the back of Broad the old Forest Road.alehouse in 1779.

Street’s Half Moon While building of thetaken M4 had a It was the recorded to have place major influence the introduction just the once andonceased probably of the high techitbusinesses which now surround because did not make money.

Wokingham, it isofthe whichevent The strength theA329M bull baiting 1975 cut off the Road and in Wokingham wasForest that being free,its it took natural connections place every year andbetween thereforeEmmbrook grew in and the villages of Hurst and Binfield. The popularity. love and hate relationship withitour rail There is even evidence that became andbeneficial roads continue to this day! so to the traders in the town that additional money was provided for Wokingham’s military the purchase of a second bull, thereby heritage further spending throughout encouraging 2015 is the bi-centenary of the theAs day.

Battle of Waterloo, there have article, been a As indicated in last week’s number articles Day commemorating this St of Thomas’s in Wokingham world changing event. became not so much the first The areaday hasof always for giving,been but noted an excuse its contribution to the nation’s military for drinking, gambling and capability, with Arborfield’s REME, riotous behaviour.

RFA and Remount connections andwas the The old tree which Sandhurst and Colleges all theWellington centre point of Market situated very nearby.

Place, just next to the old Even the DukeHall of Wellington took to Town had become a great living invantage Stratfield Saye, which today point for young boysis only 30 wanted minutesan away from Wokingham’s who aerial view of the town centre. spectacle.

Wokingham’s On one occasion a bull broke free and rammed theculture tree, causing a number benefactor of children fall out, much to the The areato around Wokingham was amusement of an inebriated audience. surrounded by many remarkable Even more money was made by individuals and they were instrumental in gambling with cock fighting events which building the much needed infrastructure took place at the back the existing Red which underpinned theofestablishment of Lion pub in Denmark Street. a strong community.

We will later be telling the story of the Walter family and their contributions to the building of Wokingham but in April first weekly issue, we told the story of the much loved Arthur Hill, the 6th Marquess of Downshire.

Although one of Britain’s wealthiest landowners, Arthur Hill doubled as the chief of the local Fire Brigade and was a major financial contributor to this part of Wokingham’s public services.

Later articles will illustrate the demise of these great manors and their incumbent social system and the rise of

Bull baiting was a popular –and free –pasttime in Wokingham for more than two centuries.

Pictured inset left: The fighting dogs were a mastiff type breed unlike the bulldogs we see today

Wokingham Railway Station viewed from Wellington Road looking towards St Pauls Church.

its replacement: local government.

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Beforewould we believe in the and idea fighters slug ittoo outmuch for money that development a evenWokingham’s women joined in the event,was often solidly experience, May’sold article just forsedate the purpose of settling scores. toldWhile the story of early the rioting in the town in the days, the King and centre during theCorporation time of the 1857 General the Wokingham members Election. would join in on the occasion, a dark turn events a common of Such events beganwere to take place. sight in theThe town and this shortreported and bloody battle Parish Register in 1794 between the Whigs and the Tories also that an Elizabeth North was ‘found dead, highlighted the Bush and Rose hotels in dreadfully bruised after bull-baiting’ and Market Place as the headquarters of these that ‘a man had been taken from bull two feral groups. baiting without hopes of life’.

The story was also able to reflect Another reference from 1808 reads upon the national scene and the corrupt “Martha May, 55 who was hurt by fighters nature of general elections before the after bull baiting”. The fighting, the introduction of the private ballot. gambling, the damage to people’s lives Future articles will include further and property was dragging Wokingham tales of anarchy and revelry in this old through the mud. It had to be stopped. market town.

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Market There are watershed moments inwith Place history which mark the moment great theof tree that change in a society and the Great of wasWar popular 1914-1918 is one such time. with boys as Therefore a number of centenaries a vantage between 2014 and 2018 will point for the commemorate the great lossesbull of war baiting. which scarred the people of Wokingham Picture: for the rest of the 20th century.

Berkshire May’s edition followed the story History.com of two brothers from Langborough Road in Wokingham town. One of our

historians, Sarah Huxford, also took us on a journey to the old battlefields in search of their graves. story The slow death ofThis Bull reflects only a microcosm of the losses Baiting in Wokingham around the county of Berkshire, but The the small, but powerful group affirms importance of the warsof in the local leaders of known as the Wokingham development our local character.

Corporation (the early Council) decided Wokingham and as early as 1784 that its members should the Royal Forest boycott the event, which was all they Looking at today’s community, it is to could do because they had no powers difficult visualise just how rural preventtothe occasion taking place.the areaInonce and inTaplin part explains 1786,was William wrote tothe sometimes fragile relationship between the Reading Mercury condemning the the old and newof Wokingham; vicious nature bull baiting;few he was areas insurgeon the UK have witnessedlikely such to a local and therefore extraordinary andwho change in the have operatedgrowth on those had been profile of its population. hurt during the consequent fighting.

Although of Wokingham’s Supporters bull baiting history were not about has always been intertwined with to give up easily.

A number of baiters the surrounding villagesand by providing discovered his address attacked him a“most market place formaliciously agriculturaland andcruelly violently, commercial produce,and it was also a Forest assaulting, beating dangerously Town.

The term ‘forest’As did not mean a wounding” Dr Taplin. the opposition cluster of trees, but system of laws increased so too dida its defence withlaid the down for the protection of battleby ofroyalty wills culminating in proposed their hunting grounds. legislation which was presented to These onerous rules restricted local Parliament in 1802. people from using large parts of the land Parliament enters the for sustenance and in part led to debate the Sir Richard Hill MP was in full support rise of local highwaymen and general of the ban on baiting during the lawlessness.

AsBull a result, theand subsequent debate ofof May 20th 1802 expressed Black Act 1723 came down heavilyhis on abhorrence about Blacks’ the cowardly attacksin these ‘Wokingham and resulted on these defenceless creatures. either their transportation or execution.

In opposition William Windham arose

The story was told in June, and also commemorated the 800th anniversary ofstating the Magna Carta, signed at nearby the issue was in decline and Runnymede 1215.

Parliament in had more to worry about than the killing of livestock (he had been Shining a light on Secretary of War and more focused on the Wokingham’s ‘Dark Ages’ Napoleon at the time).

His most telling To bring was us uphis todescription date the August argument of the state articles are of focused on the kids who are of society the time. nowThe entering theirled summer holidays. ‘lowerinto orders’ difficult lives Whatwere better way were to uselived this in month’s which short, poverty editions than to tell the stories the and often pain.

Who were theyofhe argued, Romans, thefrom Celtsthese and the Saxons to remove lives something influence on the areasmall before Wokingham which added some colour to their was even a existence? twinkle in old Wocca’s eye? miserable David Nash Ford a set of Banning was theprovided “thin end of the articles and puzzles which makes wedge” which would enable the “Puritans, history fun for the young and no doubt Methodists and Jacobins” to further will also catch the interest of the parents impose upon the people their “gloomy, who will be looking over their child’s austere and discontented designs”. shoulder.

The Bill failed.

Here’s to the next round of articles!

In Wokingham bull baiting ended Thanks go out to our contributors: Steve officially in 1821 and, from then on, every Bacon, Jim Bell, David Nash Ford, Sarah St Thomas’s Day the bull was walked Huxford, Roger Long, Trevor Ottlewski ceremoniously through the town on its and Peter Shilham for all their continuing way to humane slaughter. contributions.

Despite occasional outbreaks of All this work is provided by our clandestine bull baiting, the Cruelty to local historians free of charge and Animals Act of 1835 finally brought an can be found on the front page of the end to this savage ritual in Britain.

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Celebrating life Down Under are (from left): Theo Impey, Beatrice Mohan, Florence Mohan, Adam Harris and Ava Sefton

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Meat, greet & eat Down Under GORSE Hill Schools welcomed families by organising an Australian, Meat and Greet themed back to school barbecue.

Jac Pluves, spokesperson for Gorse Ride Schools PTA said: “Instead of being a fundraiser, our aim was to celebrate and nurture a positive school community right at the start of the school year.

“In addition to feasting on the

traditional barbecue food, the children were able to create some Aboriginal artwork, try a game of cricket and find native Australian animals on the Walkabout Trail.

“We’re already looking forward to the Hawaiian Luau planned for September 2016.”

The event was held to mark the start of the school year, on Friday September 11.

FARLEY HILL

Here is the news PUPILS in Year Five at Farley Hill Primary School have spent this term studying newspapers – and to help them, Wokingham Paper publisher Phil Creighton visited the class yesterday.

Mr Creighton showed some old newspapers from his collection, including vintage editions dating back to the Second World War and reprints from the days when newspapers were black and white and read all over.

He also showed some old comics and talked about how journalists write stories, showing his kit bag: a notebook, pen and a camera.

As part of the talk he emphasised the need for students to write stories that covered who, how, what, when, where and why … and also wow.

In the interactive session, the pupils asked Mr Creighton questions about his work as a journalist and helped write a story.

The class will be writing their own news reports next week and we’ll be featuring some of them on our Press Pack page in weeks to come.

“It was a thoroughly enjoyable visit,” said Mr Creighton.

FUNDRAISING

Buzz in to the Hive for a fun night out The Bracknell Bees is inviting PTAs, youth group leaders and fundraising managers to a fun taster evening to showcase how it can work with them to create a fun way to raise funds.

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THE Bracknell Bees’ recentlylaunched joint community fundraising initiative known as the Bees in the Community (B-I-C) Programme is off to a flyer with several local schools and groups already having enjoyed top class ice hockey while fundraising for themselves at the same time.

To help promote the initiative and its benefits further, the Bees say it would like to invite school and group fundraising managers to a special complimentary evening as the Bees take on the Milton Keynes Lightning in the English Premier League on Sunday, October 18.

At the game, guests will be entertained in the Bees hospitality suite by the Bees management and made aware of the benefits of the initiative.

The scheme gives local schools, Scout troops, Guides, Cadets, sports clubs and other youth and community groups the opportunity to fundraise for their organisation while enjoying the action-packed family atmosphere of a Bees game.

With more than 75 organisations and over 4,000 people of all ages having attended Bees games as part of group parties over the past two years, the club has formalised the programme to continue to promote the Bees while giving something back to the community.

As well as the split revenue tickets, the package also includes group photos, on-ice presentations and autographs from the players.

Bees Chairman Andrew Cross said “I’m really excited to launch the B-I-C programme as it will really generate excitement for ice hockey in local schools and in the wider community.

“With the success that we’ve already had in attracting groups to the Bees games we felt the launch of a programme to be a logical step, and one that will hopefully pave the way for many more families to experience our great sport”. n To register your interest log on to www.wokinghampaper.com/ event/bicevent/

Find out how to raise funds for your group while enjoying brilliant ice hockey

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HE Wokingham Paper and Bracknell Bees would like to invite you to a special Bees in the Community evening as the Bees take on the Milton Keynes Lightning in the English Premier League.

We are offering complimentary tickets to the game on Sunday, October 18 to local school or group fundraising managers

interested in participating in the Bees in the Community joint fundraising programme.

To understand more about the joint fundraising initiative, the club invites all interested PTA members, PE departments, and group leaders or fundraising managers on Sunday 18th October as the Bees take on the Milton Keynes Lightning in the Premier League.

The event runs from 5.15pm to 8.15pm. Place are limited. n For more details or to register your place, log on to www. wokinghampaper.com/event/ bicevent/ Wokingham Paper publisher Phil Creighton with Year Five pupils at Farley Hill Primary School yesterday

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‘Light’ poems under the spotlight for competition

TO celebrate the 21st birthday of National Poetry Day on October 8, Wokingham’s libraries will be holding an adult poetry competition based on the theme of ‘light’.

The competition will be judged by local author and poet Claire Dyer who will present first, second and third place prizes during Wokingham Library’s National Poetry Day Celebration Evening.

The competition is free to enter to over 18s and limited to six entries per person. Poems should be no longer than 40 lines.

The closing date for entries is Thursday, September 24. Email your entry to heather.

The Taiwan dyson@wokingham.gov.uk Excellence SERVICE Showcase comes to Westfield from October 15-19. Enter our CROWTHORNE Methodist Church is holding contest and youa harvest supper on Saturday, September could win26. £100 The family-friendly event will people tosee spend when gather for a fish, chicken or sausage meal, you visit the followed by a selection of puddings. show.

It starts at 5.30pm and places cost £10 for adults, while children go free.

The church, in Dukes Ride, will hold its harvest service the following day, at 10.30am.

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VOLUNTEERS and supporters of Incredible Edible Wokingham got together to hold a Thank You Picnic in Elm’s Field on Saturday.

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By VIVIENNE JOHNSON– combining innovation concept of innovalue There is no alternative prize and no cash value. The prize is vjohnson@wokinghampaper.co.uk with added value – and all brands showcased non-exchangeable and non-transferable. have been recognised by the Taiwan Excellence The editor’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be AN EARLEY woman has gone the extra mile for charity entered into.

Awards.

Hair today, gone to a fantastic charity cause! by shaving all her hair off.

Joanne Murdoch, who helps at the Sue Ryder store in Wokingham Road, did not just raise cash when she lost her locks yesterday [Thursday] - they will be turned into a wig to be used by children who have undergone cancer treatment.

Ms Murdoch said: “I do a fair bit of fundraising [for Sue Ryder], it’s normally a tombola or something like that. you I wasoff looking around for something CAN er these adorable animalsthat a was a bit different. loving forever home? Each week, we team up “Everyone I was mad when I Animal decided to with the folkthought at Diana Brimblecombe shave my head. in I just want Lane, to support a cause Rescue Centre Nelsons Hurst, to trythat to fiI love.” nd new homes for the animals currently in Ms care Murdoch timed the head shave to coincide their with the afternoon school run and the charity shop aimed to make the event extra special by organising a children’s lucky dip and a raffle.

HUNTER She said: “Tracy Millward, the shop’s manager and Josie Heayns, the assistant manager are making the day very special. There will be a raffle or tombola in the shop and a children’s lucky dip.

“My hairdresser, Lucy Slater Hair and Beauty, donated her services free of charge.”

The hair will be donated to the Princess Trust Fund, while Ms Murdoch has set a target of £1,000 for Sue Ryder, which helps people with

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Village to gather for church’s harvest supper

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Film club gets comfy FILM fans who attend the Reading Film Theatre (RFT) have had their say on the club.

Results of a survey have been published by the group, which meets in the University of Reading’s Palmer Building.

Most people were happy with the club, but a plea for comfier seats has been acted upon.

However, requests for food and drink to be served in the cinema have been declined.

The RFT returns for its autumn season on Tuesday, September 29.

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Joanne Murdoch had her head shaved for the Sue Ryder charity. The hair will be used to create a wig for children undergoing cancer treatment.

life-changing illnesses. She has set up a Just Giving page and has collectively raised more than £700 so far.

To donate to Ms Murdoch’s hair cut challenge, visit the shop, call 0118 926 9844, visit her Just Giving Page on www.justgiving.com/joanne-jojo-murdoch or text to jolo87 and amount to 70070.

LILY

Like Hunter, Lily’s owner could no longer look after her due to ailing health, and was heartbroken when they had to give her up. Lily is a beautiful six-year-old ginger short haired neutered house cat, who loves nothing more than a brush and a cuddle. She is quite shy and gentle, and is very clean - she has no problems for residents and businesses at using her litter tray at all. She is looking for a quieter all times, however there may be home with no noisy children! Ideally she needs an short periods of between five indoor home, or if allowed must this be a is very and 10 outside minutesitwhen not quiet area as she has alwaysiflived indoors.isCan you possible the survey mapping offer Lily the home that she deserves? specific area.

Market Place revamp gets underway HUNTER

INVESTIGATIONS into how to make Wokingham’s Market Place Hunter sadly found himself more pedestrian-friendly haveat DBARC as his owner is too underway ill to care for him anymore, so the difficult been this week. decision was madesurveys to put him up for adoption.

Topographical have He taking is a two-year-old neutered been place along Peach beagle, who is very friendly, enjoys his walksand andacross loves playing with his The Town Council project Street, Denmark Street  Could you offer a forever to any of these ball.

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COMEDY

Greggs, you’re invited to the party

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Merseybeats mingles with the Miniskirts MUSIC fans took a trip back in time this week as funfilled musical Dreamboats and Miniskirts twisted and shouted its way to the Wycombe Swan Theatre.

The sequel to the smash hit Dreamboats and Petticoats, the musical picks up where the previous left off, following the kids of St Mungo’s youth club in Essex as they travel to Liverpool to crack the Merseyside scene of the early 1960s.

Fans of the original show will be familiar with the characters – Bobby, Laura, Ray, Donna, Norman and Sue – who are now a little bit older, but not much wiser when it comes to the wheelings and dealings of the music business.

Having enjoyed success in the hit parade with their debut single Dreamboats and Petticoats, sweethearts Bobby and Laura have failed to recreate the magic and are being pressured to find the next big track by their record company.

But Bobby has other ideas, and ends up joining rock group The Conquests, enlisting the help of old rival Norman who is busy playing happy families with his now pregnant wife Sue. Bobby convinces the band to record a great new song he has written, only for Laura, who is launching her solo career in the adjoining studio, to ruin his plans, and his amplifier, by revealing that she cowrote the hit. Will the lovebirds be able to move past this deceit and rekindle their romance?

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Music has a special way of evoking memories, smells and sights of days gone by like nothing else.

Ask me what I was doing 15 years and I could tell you the song that was on the stereo. Which is why these musicals remain so popular, you don’t go for the acting or the storyline: you go to see your favourite songs being played again live on stage. Not all of us were lucky enough to be around when The Beatles rocked The Cavern Club, so this is the next best thing.

If you were there or not, the 60s remain one of the most iconic eras in modern history, from the music to the fashion, the breakthroughs and the break-ups, to the sexual revolution and the empowerment of women, themes the show touches on, even if ever so lightly.

From the costumes to the set design, the show ticks all the boxes aesthetically, but it is the music that is the main draw. With every character either singing or playing an instrument (or several in some cases!), the talent of the cast is unquestionable. The audience is brought right into the action, and it is clear from the off-set that everyone is here to have a good time.

Cheesier than a bag of Wotsits, this show won’t leave you pondering the innermost workings of the human psyche, but it will leave you on a high for the rest of the night as you rush home to dig out your old records, cds or mp3s to either relive those hazy, crazy days, or to just imagine what could have been. n Dreamboats and Miniskirts is running until Saturday (3) at the Wycombe Swan Theatre. Tickets start at £18.

To book visit www.wycombeswan.co.uk or call 01494 512 000.

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Lee Nelson – now wearing a suit –will be returning to Reading for an adults-only comedy show next week

Cheeky chappy Lee Nelson – the lad with the infectious grin and disarming sense of humour –returns to the Thames Valley next week.

And there’s good news for the staff of his favourite sandwich shop. PHIL CREIGHTON finds out more

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HERE’S something infectious about Lee Nelson. The comic’s cheerful disposition is heartwarming. His natural charm means that he’s disarmingly enduring.

And it means he can get away with murder on stage.

The comic is returning to Reading next week for his second date this year and he is delighted to speak to us about his show.

“It’s not every day you get to speak to the Workingham Paper,” he says as part of his welcome spiel.

It started with a charming “Wassup!”, led into a “Fantastic mate!” when asked about how his day was going. “All good, sun shining!”

Yes, he speaks with exclamation marks: it’s part of his sunny-side-up nature.

When we tell him that The Wokingham Paper team has enjoyed cake this morning, you can hear his eyes light up from the other end of the phone.

“Cake! That’s gotta be the one,” he says about the nature of his rider when he’s touring. “I’ve got my Red Bulls and my M&Ms – and sometimes I like to be a bit cheeky and ask for a single colour.

“Depending on who’s coming, I will ask for some extra Red Bull. There’s nothing sweeter than a little party in the dressing room.”

But Lee also is up for a party and a bit of a laugh.

The comedian, who’s appeared on BBC Three, recently upstaged Kayne West when he sneaked on to the Glastonbury stage for an impromptu rap battle – more of which in a moment.

When we tell him of venues he could go to after the show, including the famous Purple Turtle, he is delighted.

“Sounds like you know what I’m talking about, you know all the right places,” he jokes.

He’s also up for arriving early and exploring some of Berkshire’s finest culture. But this being Lee Nelson, don’t expect to see him popping into Wokingham Town Hall or exploring

Woodley’s Oakwood Centre.

“I like visiting different Greggs. The layout of the sandwiches is a bit different, the pricing is a bit different. I noted a seven pence difference in the price of a sausage roll in Glasgow,” he said.

Greggs recently changed its policy and now no longer sells sliced bread baked in store. This is news to a shocked Lee. “I think this is a tragedy – possibly a national emergency,” he says, before realising that his beloved sausage rolls, baps and sandwiches

have been left untouched.

“Oh, they’ve just stopped selling bread? That’s alright then. Fair play to Greggs,” he says, reassured that his sandwich habit can continue unabated.

Hot on the heels of his success on the Glasto stage – where he rap battled Kayne West – we wonder if Lee would want to come to The Hexagon a day early and crash the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s set.

He sounds really excited at the prospect, the smile evident even down the end of the phone line as the cogs start whirring.

“The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra? Oh gosh, I’ve gotta get in,” he says.

“I’ll give it a go. In an orchestra you’ve got the blokes at the front who’ve spent 10 or 20 years learning the violin. You also get a couple of slackers at the back with a triangle or a tambourine.

“Sorry fella, you don’t belong. I reckon I can do that.”

This tour is called Suited and Booted and in it Lee swaps his baseball caps and trendy clobber for a suit.

“I’d look a bit of a ’nana not turning up in one,” he said, revealing that wearing the suit “just felt right, it felt good” and that he’s wearing it to please his Nanna.

After telling him to “get a little smarter” he gave all his clothes to a charity shope, something he says he’s looking forward to seeing others wearing in years to come.

“I got me suit from Top Man. I took one look in the mirror and said this is the one,” he explains how he then walked out of the store with the security guards calling his name.

“I was using all my fitness,” he recalls. “Top tip to anyone shoplifting: smoking ain’t gonna make you healthy, give up the ciggies.”

Of course, he’s joking. At least we think he is. And it’s all done with such charm that even his Nanna would forgive him.

Now… about that after-show party.

“I’d like to officially invite you, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and everyone a Greggs to my aftershow,. It’s happening!”

With an offer like that - and an evening of jokes “I’ll tell a few gags for as long as I can,” he promises and that suit, it’ll be a fun, if surreal, night out. n Lee Nelson: Suited and Booted is at The Hexagon, Reading on Thursday, October 8 from 7.30pm.

Tickets are £22 and the show is for adults only.

To book, call the box office on 0118 960 6060 or log on to www.readingarts.com

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The acoustic couch

Everest is an epic trek, but view is poor

Beating a path to success

Kim Taylor-Foster

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Upcoming music with Jody Mc

On Sunday, Theacousticcouch held its chill out event. Here JODY Mc reflects on a fun day out

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ILMS based on true events have an in-built pull.

There’s an added frisson to the story – and when it’s a story as staggering as the one depicted in Everest, there’s an even stronger compulsion to see (a version of) what really happened.

With a true story, we can put ourselves in the positions of the characters much more easily than many of the standard movies we see, and the emotions elicited in us by the film are all the more real; they’re stronger – making for a visceral viewing experience. If it’s done right, that is.

Everest is a dramatised version of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, which saw two separate expeditions hit by extreme weather that in turn saw a number of them perish.

Presented as an oldfashioned disaster movie, director Baltasar Kormákur takes his time establishing characters and setting up the tragedy to unfold, and an ensemble cast of names including Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson and Jason Clarke echoes the likes of 70s disaster classics The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.

So far, sounds good.

However, with at least an hour before anything remotely thrilling happens, it may feel like your time investment is wasted when what transpires is some kind of seen-it-allbefore mountain peril movie.

This kind of film is reliant on its visuals – but in standard 3D, the film is dark and frequently indiscernible – particularly when the storm hits.

It’s difficult to keep track of who’s who, since everybody is wrapped up in hats, coats and warm stuff and shrouded by dark, stormy scenes and snow, making it difficult to feel any sustained tension.

It’s not without its impressive shots, though. There are moments where man is strikingly dwarfed by the landscape and appears so fragile in the unpredictable natural world, helping us to see both the stupidity and sagacity of why these thrill-chasers do what they do – a question the film explicitly poses.

With some heartstring-tugging moments between Jason Clarke’s character and his pregnant wife, played by Keira Knightley, and some similarly affecting bits between Robin Wright and Josh Brolin, there are certainly involving, engaging and emotive moments here but, in summary, Everest offers us nothing new.

He is the half brother of Wu Tang legend artist Dirty O.B. During this musical tête-à-tête this crazy yet delightfully charming guy collaborated on the introduction to the track, bringing yet another twist to an already banging piece.

Any time now and our media girl Suman – who created the images on this very page – will complete the final strokes.

Editing is almost complete for the

video and bittersweet cacophony will officially become art.

I cannot tell you enough about how talented the recent graduate of Royal Holloway, Vicky Escott is!

Her original Chorography left me breathless.

Vicky, assisted by Poppy Lawrence who is a current Rhu student, capture the emotion and bring together what we hope will be a masterpiece of emotion.

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Make anchor at the Hope tonight IF YOU’RE looking for something to do locally this evening why not join theacousticcouch in supporting live music in Wokingham?

The Hope and Anchor public house in Station Road has switched its weekly live music night to Fridays during the

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covers and I’m sure you will be hearing some of his slick original work too.

From 8pm tonight, come and join the atmosphere. I know it will be awesome and I’ll partake in a tipple or two.

I think the Hope and Anchor is the beacon for live local roots music.

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Br – who recently played at the last couch event and will be joining me to host our next event – will charm you through an evening of classic clever

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DITING is well underway and I’m excited to announce the first official music video release from borrowedbeats by theacousticcouch. And it’s a double hitter out the park as its the first official single release for Jodyrule.

Borrowedbeats is another project being launched as part of the venue opening in December in Bracknell Berkshire.

The project is aimed at bringing talents from respective artistry together like we’ve done with Bittersweet cacophony.

The composition was created

by Jodyrule and can be found on soundcloud, free to download.

The music and lyrics– sung and written by Jody – were taken in 2011 to North London producer Amarta project.

Together they created a 1:49 twist of reality and despair yet revelation, with a twist of genius on Amartas part.

In the same year Jody had the rather brief and surreal meeting with an outfit known as o.b.e.z.

The collective is a charming sum of 100 people with different skillsets under the leadership of a man known as Menace.

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THEWOKINGHAMPAPER Friday, October 2, 2015

GIG GUIDE Catch some live music near you Friday, October 2 ASCOT – Jagz, Station Road.

Thin White Duke - David Bowie Tribute. Details: 01344 878100.

BRACKNELL – The Boot Inn, Park Road RG12 2LU. The Capo Thieves. Details: 01344 454532.

BRACKNELL – The Cannie Man, Hanworth Road RG12 7WX. Murphy James.

Details: 01344 307620.

BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Fleetwood Bac. Details: 01344 303333.

BRACKNELL – The Crown Wood, Opladen Way RG12 0PE. Murphy James. Details: 01344 867374.

CAMBERLEY – The Four Horseshoes, Frimley Road GU15 3EQ. Tre. Details: 01276 63842.

FLEET – The Harlington, Fleet Road GU51 4BY. Counterfeit Quo. Details: 01252 811009.

FLEET – The Fox and Hounds, Crookham Road GU51 5NP. Keely and the Dealers.

Details: 01252 663686.

READING – The Turks, London Road RG1 5BJ. Caddy Cooper. Details: 0118 957 6930.

READING – The Hop Leaf, Southampton Street.

C’nERGi. Details: 0118 931 4700.

READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk. Bullet For My Valentine. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. The Wurzels.

Details: 0118 959 5395.

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Snakes! The Musical. Deep Fat. Details: 0118 959 7196.

SANDHURST – The Village Inn, Yorktown Road GU47 9DX. The A45s. Details: 01252 873220.

WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road RG40 2AD. B R James. Details: 0118 978 0918.

WOKINGHAM – The Molly Millar, Station Road RG40 2AD. 70s, 80s, 90s night with DJ Pumba. Details: 0118 977 4548.

WOKINGHAM – The Red Lion, Market Place RG40 1AL. Feel Good Fridays. Details: 0118 979 5790.

YATELEY – The Royal Oak, Reading Road GU46 7UG. England’s Dreaming.

Details: 01252 872459.

Saturday, October 3 BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Black Market. Details: 01344 303333.

BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead. Simon Mayor and Hilary James. Vanquish: Imaginarium. Details: 01344 484123.

CAMBERLEY – Mr Bumble, GU17 9AP. Regrade. Details: 01276 32691.

CROWTHORNE – The Prince, High Street RG45 7AZ. Platinum Floyd. Details: 01344 772241.

BRACKNELL – The Royal Oak, London Road RG12 2NN. From The Ashes. Details: 01344 422622.

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Horse, The Street GU51 5SJ. Gigabit. Details: 01252 616434 FLEET – The Falkners Arms, Falkners Close GU51 2XF. Groove Republic. Details: 01252 811311.

FLEET – The Fox and Hounds, Crookham Road GU51 5NP. Forty45. Details: 01252 663686.

FRIMLEY GREEN – The Rose and Thistle, Sturt Road GU16 6HT. Up2NoGood.

Details: 01252 834942.

READING – The Turks, London Road RG1 5BJ. Highwasters.

Details: 0118 957 6930.

READING – The Jazz Cafe, Shooters Ways, Madejski Stadium RG2 0FL. Madison Heights. Details: 0118 968 1442.

READING – The Walkabout, Wiston Terrace, off Friar Street. Caddy Cooper.

Details: 0118 953 0000.

READING – South Street arts centre. Adam and Elvis single launch. Naach GhanaDetails: 0118 960 6060.

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Snakes! The Musical. Thirsty Network presents Flesh/ Nobodies Birthday. Sound Jam. Details: 0118 959 7196.

SANDHURST – The Rose and Crown, High Street GU47 8HA. Charlie Chandlers Little Rock. Details: 01252 878938.

WEST END – West End Social Club, High Stret GU26 9PL. The Funatics. Details: 01276 858501.

WINKFIELD – The Squirrels, North Street SL4 4TF. Just Uz. Details: 01344 882205.

WOKINGHAM – The Molly Millar, Station Road RG40 2AD. 70s, 80s night with DJ Mally. Details: 0118 977 4548.

WOKINGHAM – The Red Lion, Market Place RG40 1AL. Ultimate Party Nights.

Details: 0118 979 5790.

WOODLEY – The Thatchers Tavern, Fairwater Drive RG5 3RG. Uptown Traffic.

Details: 0118 926 7846.

YATELEY – The Dog and Partridge, The Green GU46

7LR. Ashley Stone - a Touch of Swing. Details: 01252 870648.

Sunday, October 4 BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead. Creative Control Band Night. Wilde Sundays.

Bewarethisboy. Details: 01344 484123.

BRACKNELL – The Crown Wood, Opladen Way RG12 0PE. Jam session: Martin Deadman acoustic. Details: 01344 867374.

FLEET – Prince of Wales, Reading Road South GU52 7SY. NRG. Details: 01252 614284.

READING – Abbot Cook Pub, Kings Road RG1 5DE. Stuart Henderson Trio. From 1.30pm. Details: 0118 935 4095.

WEST END – West End Social Club, High Stret GU26 9PL. Open Mic Night. Details: 01276 858501.

Monday, October 5 BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead. Blues and Boogies. Details: 01344 484123.

Tuesday, October 6 PLAYHATCH – The Flowing Spring, Henley Road RG4 9RB. Open Acoustic Jam Night. Details: 0118 969 9878.

SHERFIELD-ON-LODDON – The Four Horseshoes, Reading Road RG27 0EX. Equinox with Leslie Haworth. Details: 01256 882296.

STOKE ROW – Crooked Billet RG9 5PU. Gary Potter Quartet. Details: 01491 681048.

Wednesday, October 7 READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. BBC Introducing Live: Luke Paulo and The Grapefruit + Buildings On Fire. Details: 0118 959 7196.

WINDLESHAM – The Half Moon, Church Road GU20 6BN. Gavin Thomas. Details: 01276 473329.

Thursday, October 8 CAMBERLEY – Mr Bumble, GU17 9AP. JAM Night.

Details: 01276 32691.

CAMBERLEY – The Bear, Park Street GU15 3PQ. Mister Sister. Details: 01276 684999.

CAMBERLEY – The Royal Standard, 115 Frimley Road, GU15 2PP. Open mic night. Details: 01276 27641.

CROWTHORNE – The Prince, High Street RG45 7AZ. Robbie Lee. Details: 01344 772241.

FLEET – Propaganda Music Canteen, Fleet Road GU51 3BU. Will.I.An. Details: 01252 620198.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Spear of Destiny.

The Melvins + Big Business.

Details: 0118 959 5395.

Friday, October 9 BAGSHOT – The Cedar Tree, High Street GU19 5AG. Up2NoGood. Details: 01276 473160.

BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Back2Soul Mojo Launch Night. Details: 01344 303333.

CAMBERLEY – Mr Bumble, GU17 9AP. Brobed Stils.

Details: 01276 32691.

CAMBERLEY – The Four Horseshoes, Frimley Road GU15 3EQ. Jen Merchant.

Details: 01276 63842.

CAMBERLEY – The Royal Standard, 115 Frimley Road, GU15 2PP. Platinum Floyd - CANCELLED. Details: 01276 27641.

FLEET – The Fox and Hounds, Crookham Road GU51 5NP. NRG. Details: 01252 663686.

SANDHURST – The Village Inn, Yorktown Road GU47 9DX. House Fetish. Details: 01252 873220.

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BINFIELD – Binfield Club, Forest Road RG42 4DU. The Berries. Details: 01344 420572.

BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead. Dan 2as Fantasticas: The Lyric Guitar Trio. Rage Rebellion Details: 01344 484123.

CAMBERLEY – Mr Bumble, GU17 9AP. The Lord John Band. Details: 01276 32691.

CROWTHORNE – Crown Wood Community Centre, Openladen Way RG12 0PE. Murphy James. Details: 07707 681202.

CROWTHORNE – The Crowthorne Inn, High Street RG45 7AD. Charlie Chandlers Little Rock.

Details: 01344 530615.

EVERSLEY CROSS – The Frog and Wicket, The Green RG27 0NS. Back to the 90s.

Details: 0118 973 1126.

PLAYHATCH – The Flowing Spring, Henley Road RG4

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Saturday, October 10

9RB. Autumn real ale festival: Baron Manfred von Landlord and His Flying Circus. Details: 0118 969 9878.

READING – The Turks, London Road RG1 5BJ. Faze 3.

Details: 0118 957 6930.

READING – The Walkabout, Wiston Terrace, off Friar Street. Caddy Cooper.

Details: 0118 953 0000.

READING – Pavlov’s Dog, St Mary’s Butts RG1 2JN. Marky Dawson. Details: 0118 951 9001.

READING – Salisbury Conservative Club, Kings Road RG1 4HX. Flying Visit.

Details: 0118 926 5804.

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Embeepee presents Martin Luke Brown. SoundJam. Details: 0118 959 7196.

READING – South Street arts centre. John Spiers. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – Grosvenor G Casino, Rose Kiln Lane RG2 0SN. Robbie Williams v Kylie Minogue. Details: 0118 402 7800.

BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Back2Soul: Something Borrowed. Details: 01344 303333.

SANDHURST – The Rose and Crown, High Street GU47 8HA. Sound Mined. Details: 01252 878938.

SANDHURST – Wellington Arms, Yorktown Road GU47 9BN. Custard Cream.

Details: 01252 872408.

WEST END – West End Social Club, High Stret GU26 9PL. The Weiners present music from The Everley Brothers.

Details: 01276 858501.

WHITE WALTHAM – White Waltham and Shottesbroke Social Club, Hurst Lane SL6 3JJ. Midnight. Details: 0118 934 3785.

WINKFIELD – The Squirrels, North Street SL4 4TF. Highside. Details: 01344 882205.

WOKINGHAM – The Molly Millar, Station Road RG40 2AD. 70s, 80s night with DJ Mally. Details: 0118 977 4548.

WOKINGHAM – The Red Lion, Market Place RG40 1AL. Ultimate Party Nights.

Details: 0118 979 5790.

YATELEY – The Dog and Partridge, The Green GU46 7LR. Lou Taylor. Details: 01252 870648.

Sunday, October 11 BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead. Creative Control Band Night. Wilde Sundays.

Bewarethisboy. Details: 01344 484123.

BRACKNELL – The Crown Wood, Opladen Way RG12 0PE. Jam session: Martin Deadman acoustic. Details: 01344 867374.

PLAYHATCH – The Flowing Spring, Henley Road RG4 9RB. Autumn real ale festival. Details: 0118 969 9878.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind. Details: 0118 959 5395.

Tuesday, October 13 PLAYHATCH – The Flowing Spring, Henley Road RG4 9RB. Mind reading and magic night with Ian Raven.

Details: 0118 969 9878.

READING – The Global Cafe, London Road RG1 4PS. Jam in Reading with the Mark Burton Quartet. Details: 0118 958 6692.

STOKE ROW – Crooked Billet RG9 5PU. Evan Christopher’s Django A La Creole. Details: 01491 681048.

Wednesday, October 14 READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. BBC Introducing LIVE: Fella + The Papers. Details: 0118 959 7196.

Thursday, October 15 WOKINGHAM – The Red Lion, Market Place RG40 1AL. Musicians Night with Pauly Zarb. Details: 0118 979 5790.

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Spring, Henley Road RG4 9RB. Autumn real ale festival. Details: 0118 969 9878.

READING – The Turks, London Road RG1 5BJ. Rob & The Retros. Details: 0118 957 6930.

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Influences: The Drum and Bass takeovers. Details: 0118 959 7196.

READING – South Street arts centre. The Purple Zeppelins. Wokin’ Man Noise Unit LP Release Show.

Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. The Small Fakers.

Details: 0118 959 5395.

WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road RG40 2AD. Bricks Build Houses.

Details: 0118 978 0918.

WOKINGHAM – The Molly Millar, Station Road RG40 2AD. 70s, 80s, 90s night with DJ Pumba. Details: 0118 977 4548.

WOKINGHAM – The Red Lion, Market Place RG40 1AL. Feel Good Fridays. Details: 0118 979 5790.

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Friday, October 2, 2015 THEWOKINGHAMPAPER

READER COMPETITION

Win your chance to meet The Drifters

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EGENDARY R&B vocal group The Drifters will be giving a special performance at Henley Business School on Wednesday, October 7.

The group – famous for timeless hits such as Saturday Night at the Movies, Save the Last Dance and Under the Boardwalk – will be guest stars at a talk by the college’s MBA Music and Creative Industries programme, entitled SuperBrand to SuperFan. We have teamed up with the Henley Business School to give away one of those prizes that money cannot buy.

We have ten pairs of tickets available for readers win and have the chance to meet The Drifters at this once in a lifetime event.

You can meet the legendary band, enjoy some songs and find out more about what makes them tick.

To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is answer the following question. But you’ll need to be quick as the closing date is Monday.

Which of the following is NOT a song by The Drifters?

A. Save the Last Dance B. Under the Boardwalk C. My Girl Send your answer, along with

your name, daytime contact number and email address to news@ wokinghampaper.co.uk by 5pm on Monday, October 5.

Terms and Conditions The closing date for entries is 5pm on Monday, October 5 2015.

The competition is open to residents of the UK aged 18 and over. Staff of XN Media, their families and any associated companies are not allowed to enter.

Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

One entry per person. Multiple entries will not be counted.

The winners and their guests must arrange their own transportation to and from the venue, Henley Business School, Greenlands Campus, RG9 3AU. The winners and their guests will need to be at the venue by 4.30pm. The performance starts at 5pm, with the meet-and-greet to be held immediately afterwards.

The names of the winners will be submitted to the event’s organisers and only those named (plus their guest) will be allowed entry.

Winners will be notified by telephone on Tuesday, October 6 so please ensure a valid telephone number is provided.

There is no alternative prize and no cash value.

The prize is non-exchangeable and nontransferable.

The editor’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

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What’s on Friday, October 2 FINCHAMPSTEAD – Library, FBC Centre RG40 4ES. Storytime for ages 3-5. 11am-11.30am. Details: 0118 908 8176.

WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre.

Woodley Theatre presents: Lovesong. 7.45pm. £10, £8 concessions. Details: www. woodleytheatre.org or 07939 210121.

LOWER EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close RG6 5HZ. Times4Us Ladies evening. 8pm10pm. Details: 0118 931 3124.

LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Shared aloud reading group.

10.30am. Details: 0118 931 2150.

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Cribbage and card games club. 10.30am Local history surgery: drop-in advice with a local expert. 10am-noon.

Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOKINGHAM – 30 Rose Street RG40 1XU. John Redwood MP constituency surgery by appointment. Details: 020 7219 4205.

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT – Pinewood Theatre, The Pinewood Centre, Old Wokingham Road RG40 3AQ. EBOS (East Berkshire Operatic Society) presents Orphans.

7.45pm. Details: www.ebos. org.uk

Saturday, October 3 BRACKNELL – K2 Building, The Kerith Centre, Church Road.

Launch of Create Hope: an evening of entertainment with magic, updates, stories and live music. 8pm-10.30pm. Details: createhope.co.uk CHARVIL – Village Hall. Tabletop Sale. 2pm. Free entry.

EARLEY – Earley Home Guard Social Club. Motown tribute night. £8.

No under 12s. Details: www. ehgsc.co.uk or 0118 926 5936.

FINCHAMPSTEAD – FBC Centre, Gorse Ride North RG40 4ES. Wokingham baby and children’s

DUNSDEN – Bishopsland RG4 9NR.

Henley Ploughing Match. 9.15am. £5, £3 concessions, under fives free. Details: 01491 413619.

HURST – Dinton Pastures, Davis Street RG10 0TH. California Speedway. Details: 0118 932 1071.

KNOWL HILL – Bird In Hand Country Pub, Bath Road RG10 9UP. Quiz night. 8pm. Details: 01628 826622.

WOKINGHAM – Broad Street Tavern, Broad Street. Pints Of View discussion group: a hotchpotch of people from any church or no church. Bring an opinion, something you read, or to hear what others have to say. 8pm.

Details: 0118 979 0098.

WOKINGHAM – St Anne’s Manor Hilton Hotel, London Road RG40 1ST. Wedding fair. Fashion shows 12.30pm and 2.30pm. Free entry.

11am-3.30pm. Details: 01276 451498.

Monday, October 5 CROWTHORNE – St John The Baptist Church, Waterloo Road RG45 7PB. Autumn talk series: Genesis 1:11, Making Sense of the Mythology, a series by the Revd Canon David Holt. 8pm.

Details: 01344 761521.

FINCHAMPSTEAD – California Ratepayers’ Hall, Finchampstead Road, RG40 3RL. California Gardeners’ Club meeting Iain Pentney: Mediterranean Plants.

Contest: a vase of autumn foliage.

7.30pm. £2. Details: 0118 979 3730 or 0118 978 1432.

FINCHAMPSTEAD – Library, FBC Centre RG40 4ES. Board games club. 2pm-3pm. Details: 0118 908 8176.

SPENCERS WOOD – Library, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AJ. Storytime for ages 3-5. 4pm.

Details: 0118 988 4771.

TWYFORD – Library, Polehampton Close RG10 9RP. Twyford Author book group. 2.30pm-3.30pm.

Details: 0118 934 0800.

WARGRAVE – Library, Woodclyffe Hostel, Church Street RG10 8EP. Writers forum. 10.30am-noon.

Storytime for ages 3-5. 4pm.

Monday Bookworms book group.

2.15pm-3.15pm. Details: 0118 940 4656.

WOKINGHAM – Grange Coffee House, Holme Grange Craft Village. Quench Bookshops present an evening with Amy Boucher Pye. 6.30pm-8pm. £5, includes coffee. Details: 07962 869128.

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. First steps in drawing: using a sketch book to develop drawing skills. £5.

2pm-4pm. Knit, Stitch and Natter.

2pm-3pm. Details: 0118 978 1368.

Tuesday, October 6 TWYFORD – Library, Polehampton Close RG10 9RP. Reminiscence Club. 10.30am-noon. Details: 0118 934 0800.

WINNERSH – Library, The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane RG41 5ND. Chatterbooks for ages 7-11.

4.15pm-5pm. Details: 0118 979 7519.

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Rhymetime for Babies. 10.30am-11am.

Rhymetime for toddlers. 11am11.30am. National Careers Service: Advice sessions to help you with career planning, CVs and interviews. 9.40am-3.40pm. UK Online: Help and support with computers and the internet for beginners. 2pm-4pm. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOODLEY – Coronation Hall, Headley Road RG5 4JZ. Woodley Flower Club meeting: Autumn, with Alan Gould from Henry Street Garden Centre. 7pm. £5.

Details: 0118 969 5697.

WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Chess and Scrabble Club for adults. 2pm-3pm.

Details: 0118 969 0304.

Wednesday, October 7 FINCHAMPSTEAD – Library, FBC Centre RG40 4ES. Colouring for Adults. Free. 10am-noon. Details: 0118 908 8176.

AT THE THEATRE

Basingstoke – The Anvil www.anvilarts.org.uk 01256 844244 The Illegal Eagles. Fri. Blair Dunlop.

Fri. Basingstoke Variety Show. Sat. Carmen. Sun. Philharmonia Orchestra.

Wed. Jackson Live. Thurs. Hampshire OctoberFest. Fri 9-Sun 11. Robert Cray Band. Fri 9. Thank You For The Music.

Sat 10. The Rails. Sat 10.

Basingstoke – The Haymarket www.anvilarts.org.uk 01256 84424 Wishbone Ash - SOLD OUT. Fri. Simon Weston: My Life, My Story. Sat. It’s A Wonderful Life. Wed-Sat 10.

Bracknell – South Hill Park www.southhillpark.org.uk (01344) 484123 Comedy Cellar. Fri. Simon Mayor and Hilary James. Sat. Vanquish: Imaginarium. Sat. Wilde Sundays. Sun. Creative Control Band Night. Sun. Blues and Boogies. Mon. Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Tues-Sat 10. Yoshio Hamano & Yuki Ito: Conservatoire Concert Series.

Fri 9. Comedy Cellar. Fri 9. Dan 2as Fanastictas: The Lyric Guitar Trio. Sat 10. Rage Rebellion. Sat 10. Cinderella

Ballet Cymru. Sun 11. Mission Improvable Comedy Night. Sun 11.

FILMS: Ricki and The Flash. Fri-Sun. True Story. Fri-Sun. Le Nozze Di Figaro (Live). Mon. 13 Minutes. Tues.

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles. Wed. The Importance of Being Ernest (live).

Thurs. Absolutely Anything. Fri 9-Sun 11. Inside Out. Sat 10-Sun 11.

Sherlock Holmes and the Ripper Murders. Until Sat. Sunset Boulevard.

Wed-Sat 10. Brian Blessed: Absolute Pandemonium. Sun 11.

Camberley – Theatre

High Wycombe – Swan

www.camberleytheatre.biz 01276 707600 Henning Wehn - Eins, Zwei, DIY. Fri. Bye Bye Baby. Sat. Jacqui Dankworth and Charlie Wood - Just Me Just You. Thurs. Baroque by Candlelight. Fri 9. The Box: Alice Mary Cooper. Fri 9.

Mungo Jerry and Band. Sat 10.

FILMS: Whiplash. Tues.

Didcot – Cornerstone www.cornerstone-arts.org 01235 515144 Mark Thomas. Fri. Jeremy Hardy. Sat. Frisky and Mannish: Just Too Much.

Sun. The Forest. Wed. Baccala Clown: Pss Pss. Thurs. Simpson and Flemons.

Fri 9.

Guildford – Yvonne Arnaud www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk 01483 440000

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READING – Reading University Great Hall, London Road. Trinity Concert Band presents Music of Our Time: John Williams, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Nigel Hess and Eric Whitacre. £12 on door, under 16s free. 7.30pm. Details: 0845 226 3047.

WARGRAVE – Library, Woodclyffe Hostel, Church Street RG10 8EP. Saturday storytime for ages 3-5.

10.30am-11am. Details: 0118 940 4656.

WOKINGHAM – Cantley House Hotel, Milton Road RG40 5QG. Robbie Williams tribute night.

7pm. £25. Details: 0118 989 5100.

WOKINGHAM – Methodist Church, Rose Street. Plant sale; refreshments available in Bradbury Centre. Morning..

WOKINGHAM – Norreys Church, Norreys Avenue. Litter pick organised by Norreys and Wescott Neighbourhood Action Group. 10am-noon.

Details: Robertson_marian@ btopenworld.com WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Teen writing group for ages 11-18. 10.30amnoon. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT – Pinewood Theatre, The Pinewood Centre, Old Wokingham Road RG40 3AQ. EBOS (East Berkshire Operatic Society) presents Orphans.

7.45pm. Details: www.ebos. org.uk WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre.

Woodley Theatre presents: Lovesong. 7.45pm. £10, £8 concessions. Details: www. woodleytheatre.org or 07939 210121.

WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Harry Dunn author talk, plus booking signing. 11am-noon.

Saturday storytime for parents and children. 11am. Details: 0118 969 0304.

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Henley – Kenton www.kentontheatre.co.uk 01491 575698 Henley Literary Festival. Until Sun. An Evening With Dementia. Thurs.

www.wycombeswan.co.uk 01494 512000 Dreamboats and Miniskirts. Until Sat. Tree Fu Tom. Sun. Psychic Sally: On The Road. Thurs. Carmen. Sun 11.

Maidenhead – Norden Farm www.nordenfarm.org 01628 788997 Tom Hart Dyke: From Captivity to a Castle.

Fri. Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In. Wed. Andy Hamilton: Change Management.

SOLD OUT. Thurs. Don Weller, Sax. Fri 9. Lucy May. Fri 9. Michael Law Easy To Love. Sat 10. The Real Thing. Sat 10.

Sunday Stories at the Farm. Sun 11.

Emaline Delapix. Sun 11.

FILM: The Man From UNCLE. Sat. Mistress America. Sat-Sun. Gemma Bovery.

Sun, Tues. The Wolfpack. Tues, Thurs.

ROH Live: Le Nozze Di Figaro. Wed. The Importance of Being Earnest. Fri 9.

Vacation. Sun 11.

LOWER EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close RG6 5HZ. Chalfont social afternoon: thanks for the memory. £1. 2pm. Details: 0118 931 3124.

WARGRAVE – Library, Woodclyffe Hostel, Church Street RG10 8EP. Crafts and Laughs. 1.30pm3.30pm. Details: 0118 940 4656.

WINNERSH – Library, The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane RG41 5ND. Storytime for ages 3-5.

10.15am-10.45am. Details: 0118 979 7519.

WOKINGHAM – Methodist Church, Rose Street. Wokingham Flower Club meeting: Colour My World with Sue Aston. £5. Details: 0118 973 2265.

WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. National Careers Service. Advice for your CV and career planning. 10am-5pm.

Details: 0118 969 0304.

Thursday, October 8 FINCHAMPSTEAD – St James Church Centre. Finchampstead Mothers Union meeting: The Children’s Society. 2pm. Details: 0118 973 0133.

LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Storytime fior ages 3-5. 2.30pm3pm. Details: 0118 931 2150.

TWYFORD – Loddon Hall, Loddon Hall Road RG10 9JA. Twyford and Ruscombe Theatre Group present When We Are Married.

7.45pm. £8, £9. Details: 0118 328 2825 or log on to www. twyrusdrama.org.uk.

WOKINGHAM – The Bradbury Centre, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Wokingham Film Society presents: Still Alice. £6.50. 7.30pm. Details: wokinghamfilmsociety.com WOKINGHAM – Cantley House Hotel, Milton Road RG40 5QG. Robbie Williams tribute night. £25. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 978 9912.

WOKINGHAM – The Cornerstone, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UE. Wokingham and East Berkshire Photographic Club meeting.

Internal PDI Competition round

Newbury – The Corn Exchange www.cornexchangenew.com 0845 5218 218 James Acaster: Represent. Fri. A Celebration of Neil Diamond. Fri. The Apollo Big Band. Sat. Shibori Fabric Dyeing. Sat. Faustus. Thurs. Barb Jungr: Love Me Tender, the Songs of Elvis. Fri 9. Sunset Boulevard. Wed-Sat 10. Julian Dean and Gareth Richards.

Sat 10. Skirt Pattern Making. Sat 10.

Bolshoi Encore. Sun 11.

FILM: Everest. Fri-Thurs.

Newbury – The Watermill www.watermill.org.uk.

01635 46044 The Ladykillers. Until Sat 31.

Reading – South Street www.readingarts.com (0118) 960 6060 Sean Hughes: Mumbo Jumbo. Fri. Adam and Elvis: Single Launch. Sat 3. Naach Ghana. Sat. Green Ginger presents Outpost. Tues. Steve Day: Faces The Deaf Sentence. Wed. Sunspots. Thurs.

The Purple Zeppelins. Fri 9. Workin’ Man Noise Unit LP Release Show. Fri 9.

The Z List Dead List with Iszi Lawrence.

Sat 10. John Spiers. Sat 10.

one. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 977 5670.

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Beading group. 10.30am-12.30pm. Home Educated Book Group for ages 7-14. 10.30am-11.30am. Teen Book Group for ages 11-18. 50p.

4.30pm-5.30pm.Art History Lecture: Dalila Castelijn Giovanni Bellini: Genius of Venetian Painting. 2pm-4pm. £5. National Poetry Day celebration evening: Poetry Competition prize awards with local author and poet Claire Dyer and readings from Wokingham Library Poetry group. 6.45pm-8pm. National Careers Service: Advice sessions to help you with career planning, CVs and interviews. 9.40am3.40pm.Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Children’s Chess Club for ages 8 upwards. 3.30pm-5pm.

Details: 0118 969 0304.

Friday, October 9 BRACKNELL – Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Murder Mystery Night. 7.30pm. £49. Details: 01344 303333.

FINCHAMPSTEAD – Library, FBC Centre RG40 4ES. Rhymetime for under fives. 11am. Details: 0118 908 8176.

LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Pass The Book Club. 10.30am11.30am. Details: 0118 931 2150.

SWALLOWFIELD – Parish Hall, The Street RG7 1QX. Russell Players present Geoff Bamber’s Macbeth and The Fat Lady Sings In Little Grimley (Or Is It Swallowfield?). £5. 7.30pm. Details: www. russellplayers.co.uk TWYFORD – Loddon Hall, Loddon Hall Road RG10 9JA. Twyford and Ruscombe Theatre Group present When We Are Married.

7.45pm. £8, £9. Details: 0118 328 2825 or log on to www. twyrusdrama.org.uk.

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Local history

surgery: drop-in advice with a local expert. 10am-noon. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOODLEY – Town Centre. Italian Market. 9am-4pm. Details: 0118 921 6920 or www. woodleytowncentre.co.uk.

Saturday, October 10 LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Dad and Baby Rhymetime.

10.30am-11am. Details: 0118 931 2150.

SWALLOWFIELD – Parish Hall, The Street RG7 1QX. Russell Players present Geoff Bamber’s Macbeth and The Fat Lady Sings In Little Grimley (Or Is It Swallowfield?).

Details: www.russellplayers.co.uk TWYFORD – Loddon Hall, Loddon Hall Road RG10 9JA. Twyford and Ruscombe Theatre Group present When We Are Married.

7.45pm. £8, £9. Details: 0118 328 2825 or log on to www. twyrusdrama.org.uk.

WOKINGHAM – Kings Place, Station Road. Open mic night in aid of Wokingham In Need.

7.30pm. £5, bring a bottle.

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Dad and Baby Rhymetime. 10.30am-11am. Teen Writing Group for ages 11-18.

10.30am-noon. Poetry Writing Group. 10am-11.30am. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOODLEY – Christ Church, Crockhamwell Road RG5 3LA. Walking group meets. Come dressed for the weather. 10am.

Details: www.christ-churchwoodley.org.uk or 0118 926 8143.

WOODLEY – Waingels College.

Woodley Concert Band presents Best of British.

7.30pm. £12, £10 concessions, £5 under 16s. Details: www. woodleyconcertband.org.uk WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Star Wars themed Saturday Storytime. 11am11.30am. Details: 0118 969 0304.

Reading – The Hexagon

Sonning – The Mill

www.readingarts.com (0118) 960 6060 Bullet For My Valentine. Fri. 50 Shades of Burlesque. Sat. Ministry of Science Live. Sun. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Tasmin Little. Wed. Lee Nelson: Suited and Booted. Thurs.

Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like You’ve Never Been Loved. Fri 9. The Astor Big Band presents The Glenn Miller Story. Sat 10.

www.millatsonning.com (0118) 969 8000 Round and Round The Garden. Until Nov 21. Mr Laurel. Oct 20. Big Girls Don’t Cry. Sun 11.

Reading – Concert Hall www.readingarts.com (0118) 960 6060 Ben Fogle: Call of the Wild. Thurs.

Reading – Progress Theatre www.progresstheatre.co.uk (0118) 384 2195 Jazz: Gabriel Garrick’s Expansions Quintet. Fri 23. The Two Sisters with Hilary James, Janey Giraudo and Simon Mayor. Fri 30.

Shinfield – Shinfield Players www.shinfieldplayers.org.uk 0118 975 8880 Murder Mystery Supper. Fri, Sat. Grease Singalong. Sat 10. Playing Away. Nov 18-21.

Windsor – Royal www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk 01753 853888 The Marriage of Figaro. Fri-Sat. Absent Friends. Tues-Sat 10. The Johnny Cash Roadshow. Sun 11.

Woking – New Victoria www.ambassadortickets.com 0844 871 7645 Puttin’ on the Ritz. Until Sat. Sing-a-long-a Frozen. Sun. Richard Alston Dance Company. Tues. Dara O’Briain: Crowd Tickler. Wed. Roy Orbison and Friends.

Thurs. Abba Mania. Fri 9. The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular. Sat 10.

Wokingham – Theatre (0118) 978 5363 www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk And Then There Were None. Oct 20-31.

Woodley – Theatre www.woodleytheatre.org 07939 210121 Lovesong. Until Sat. Bell Book and Candle.

Nov 24-28.

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6. Mark one is surprised to see at the end of the sentence (11)

8. Leading place for a fight? (11) 13. Such a boy can undertake a short trip (6) 10. The man going round ring for weedkiller (3) 16. Blow in the bird (6) 12. Bristly beard disheartened 18. Flourishing while in full Andrew North (3) activity (5,6) 14. Tackle our hardship (6) 19. Fruit for carpenter on stage (6) 15. Dangerously ragged sword (6) 20. Insensitive, not having the right angle (6) 16. Pocket charge for medicine (6) 21. Move quickly when somewhat disgruntled (3)

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QUICK CROSSWORD: Across – 2 Hacksaw; 7 Nova; 8 Apex; 9 Tankard; 10 Case; 12 Epic; 15 Sun-up; 17 Chases; 18 Silage; 19 Nudges; 21 Suborn; 22 Names; 23 Turf; 26 Anne; 28 Amateur; 29 Bold; 30 Inca; 31 Stipend.

Down – 1 Cola; 2 Hate; 3 Census; 4 Status; 5 Wade; 6 Yeti; 10 Coconut; 11 Slander; 13 Platoon; 14 Cleanse; 15 Seven; 16 Pious; 20 Safari; 21 Serene; 24 Up on; 25 Fads; 26 Arid; 27 Nick.

Battlefront; 10 Hoe; 12 Awn; 14 Rigour; 15 Dagger; 16 Potion; 17 dhol; dolt; doom; dout; duomo; hold; holm; holt; homo; hood; Ingest. hoodlum; hoot; loom; loot; loth; loud; LOUDMOUTH; lout; ludo; modulo; mold; molto; mood; moot; moth; mould; moult; mouth; outdo; thou; told; tolu; tool.

Down – Carob; Undue; Booty.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: Across – 2 Kid; 5 Wyvern; 7 En bloc; 9 Vociferated; 10 Hazard; 11 (2) Across – Aisle; Depot; Stain.

Down – Aides; Sepia; Eaten.

Helena; 13 Errand; 16 Puffin; 18 Going strong; 19 Quince; 20 Obtuse; 21 Run. NONAGRAM: Down – 1 Sylvia; 2 Knifed; 3 Dearth; 4 Jordan; 6 Exclamation; 8

QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Marine mollusc shells; 2 Hugh Hefner; 3 The Cross of Lorraine; 4 George III; 5 Sizewell; 6 Emmerdale; 7 Rex Hunt; 8 Gerhard Schröder; 9 Virgin Media; 10 A tropical fish.

(1) Across – Crumb; Rodeo; Beefy.

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CORES of bereaved people and their families and friends attended the first memorial walk recently organised by Funeral Directors A.B. Walker & Son. The walk took place at Dinton Pastures Country Park in Berkshire and was aimed at providing ongoing support for those who have been bereaved.

Melissa Walker, Head of Bereavement Care at A.B. Walker & Son, said: “We know that for many people the funeral is the start of their emotional journey. We wanted to offer those who had been bereaved the chance to be with others who have lost a loved one. We are committed to supporting the community.”

The walk is just one of the events organised by Reading based Funeral Directors A.B. Walker & Son to support those who have been bereaved.

Every year it holds an annual service of remembrance at Reading Minster of St Mary the Virgin, St Mary’s Butts.

The family business has set up The Link Bereavement Care Group which has provided a bereavement course for more than 100 people who have lost loved ones.

The group was set up in partnership with the charity Cruse Bereavement Care and the programme is free of charge.

The courses, which started two years ago, were originally set up to support clients of A.B. Walker & Son. They proved so successful that the service was opened up to the wider community. Anyone in Berkshire who has been bereaved in the past year, and feels they can benefit, can apply to go on the six-week course.

Melissa Walker has completed an intensive course, held

by Cruse Bereavement Care, to qualify as a professional bereavement counsellor.

Other A.B. Walker & Son staff have volunteered and gone on a four day training course to be facilitators for The Link. They include pall bearers and funeral arrangers.

After the course the bereaved are invited to stay in touch and join a Link Up social group which meets once a month.

“People like to share their stories,” said Melissa.

“They can feel they are not alone, and their feelings are normal, which has resulted in close bonds forming in the groups.”

In December those who have been on a Link course will be invited to go on a trip to Winchester to visit the Christmas market and Winchester Cathedral.

A.B. Walker & Son is one of Berkshire’s oldest family businesses. It was established in 1826 and is now run by the fifth generation of the family. The business has been supporting bereaved families for nearly 200 years. There are branches in Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, Henleyon-Thames, Thatcham and Caversham. n Anyone from Berkshire who has been bereaved in the last year and feels they would benefit from The Link Bereavement Care Group can email Melissa Walker: melissa@abwalker.co.uk

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Robertson reigns supreme as England defend Trophy

By LEWIS RUDD lrudd@wokinghampaper.co.uk

GRAEME ROBERTSON is celebrating once again after guiding England to glory in the Oldfield Trophy.

Robertson, from Wokingham, saw his side defeat rivals Wales to win the Disabled Golf Association competition for a third successive time.

“I couldn’t be more delighted,” said Robertson.

“It had been a hard-fought match, played in the right spirit.

“Commiserations to the Welsh, but the real winner has been disabled golf.

“The team represented what the Disabled Golf Association is all about, different disabilities, golf abilities and parts of the country – with 10 selected from the Order of Merit and two captain’s picks.

“My thanks also go to Glenbrae Golf for their ongoing support.

“We look forward to welcoming the Welsh to come across the (Clifton Suspension) bridge to play for the trophy again next year.”

Kitted out in Glenbrae Golf uniforms, there was nothing to separate the two countries at the end of the first day with the scores tied up at 3-3.

It was hosts Wales who started the following day in a positive manner, but

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A Saintly move as Walking Football sessions are to be held for over 50s WALKING Football is to be introduced to the borough.

In collaboration with the SHINE programme at Wokingham Borough Council and Woodley Wanderers, Woodley Saints are to run sessions for those over the age of 55 or post-operative patients aged 50 or over.

There is no upper age limit.

A slow paced version of the game, Walking Football is designed to help men and women maintain an active lifestyle.

The sport is now being recognised

by medical experts as being eminently suitable for the second stage of post-operative recovery, provided patients are given the necessary approval. Players are prohibited from running or jogging in the sport, with the game being non-contact, meaning tackling is not allowed.

To register an interest and to indicate a preference for indoor or outdoor sessions, contact Cornelius O’Kane on 07764 450 834 or email chairman@woodleysaints.com

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It was a tight game throughout, but it was the home side who prevailed by just three shots to end what has been a successful campaign on a victorious note.

Wokingham end on a winning note WOKINGHAM brought their season to a close with a narrow 100-97 victory over Chippenham in a mixed friendly.

The winning England team with the Oldfield Trophy

Commissioned for what is now an annual international between the two countries and forged by traditional blacksmiths at the Oldfield Forge, the Trophy comprises a daffodil, rose and putter bedded on a block of solid black granite.

It is made up stainless steel, copper and brass donated by a local recycling centre in Brecon.

Team England were organised by JOININ volunteer Sue Robertson, who said: “Huge thanks go out to all that were involved – The Vale Resort for staging the event for all participants; our volunteers and Oldfield Forge for designing and making the trophy.”

The Wales team was formed The two countries battled it out at The Vale Resort in Glamorgan of members of the Welsh Disabled Golf Association (DGA).

The opposition, meanwhile, was picked from the Order of Merit run by the Association, a pan-disability, not-for-profit organisation, where membership is free.

For more information visit www.disabledgolf.org.uk there was still very little between the rivals, with the contest the closest it has ever been as the match entered the singles competition.

Again, no quarter was asked or given from either team, but it was the final group out for the English who secured the win on the 18th hole at The Vale resort in Glamorgan.

“What started as a wet day ended as a wet day for Wales as misery reigned yet again, with the final match ending with just one point separating the two teams,” said beaten captain Paul Furnish.

“A match which was enjoyed by all at a great venue and Wales look forward to claiming a victory next year.”

BASKETBALL

Rockets in spot of injury bother ahead of Leopards clash READING ROCKETS have a number of injury concerns ahead of a National Trophy clash at Essex Leopards tonight (8pm tip-off), writes LEWIS RUDD. Head coach Manual Pena Garces takes his charges to the reigning National Basketball League (NBL) Division 1 champions sweating over the fitness of guard Dian Ivanov, the Bulgarian who picked up a groin problem last weekend.

Anerican point guard Antonio Robinson and English forward David Ajumobi too saw their game time restricted last time out due to knee and ankle knocks respectively, but both are expected to feature at some point over the weekend.

Rockets head to the Brentwood Centre

looking to preserve an unbeaten start to the season. Despite recording successive victories last weekend, it was mixed fortunes for the club, who comfortably beat Kent Crusaders 99-66 in the National Trophy at Rivermead during a game which saw captain Danny Carter score a career-high 42 points.

Carter played a vital role again when Rockets hosted Lancashire Spinners in the opening round of the Division 1 campaign.

With the side trailing 81-85 and just 56 seconds remaining the forward popped up with the basket needed to force overtime, where six unanswered points, which included a spin score, jump shot and a dunk from D’Montre Edwards saw Rockets

eventually wrap up a 99-95 triumph.

“It was a really good weekend for us and we won two very difficult games, but they were both really important in their different respects and there were lots of lessons for us to learn going into this week too,” said Pena Garces.

“Friday’s game against Essex will be a really tough one, especially as they are the reigning champions of Division 1 and I think having just lost to Kent, they will want to put that right very quickly so we will have to be well prepared against their new look team to try to counter this.”

Rockets also host Greenwich Titans in the National Cup at Rivermead on Sunday (5pm).

EXCITING TIMES London Irish captain George Skivington on Exiles’ ‘different’ approach — Page 34

RESULTS (Wokingham skips first): Gerry Deeves 19 shots S.Latimer 15; Roger Webb 17 J.Devonshire 11; Jill Thorne 22 G.Harvey 12; Paul Graham 10 M.Parker 22, Colin Alabaster 15 B.Porter 17; Barry Woolley 17 A.Dickens 20.

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ICE HOCKEY

MIlan Kostourek celebrates hitting the hosts’ third goal of the night

Four-some Bees keep up the winning habit at home Bracknell Bees 4 Basingstoke Bison 1

By LEWIS RUDD lrudd@wokinghampaper.co.uk LUKAS SMITAL praised his side’s desire and determination after Bees preserved their 100 per cent start to the season on home ice.

Frantisek Bakrlik, player-coach Smital, Milan Kostourek and Matt Towalski all netted as Bracknell outscored their near neighbours to record a third successive win at the Hive.

And while happy to see his charges notch up another comfortable success, Smital was delighted to see Bees produce what he felt was the most disciplined performance of the campaign to date.

He said: “It is always good to see a strong game and we are starting to play some more consistent hockey.

“Okay, it is still early in the season but these are all good signs.

“As long as we keep a tight defence our team is always capable of scoring goals, not all the time but the threat is there.

“I thought our penalty kill (on Sunday) was strong and we killed off a five-v-three, which was pretty good.

“I just thought our desire in general was good and I am pleased we played a disciplined game of hockey for 60 minutes.”

Having seen off an early powerplay, Bracknell broke the deadlock via an unassisted strike from in-form Bakrlik in just the third minute.

Having now struck 15 times in front of the home faithful already this term, the supporters did not have to wait long for Matt Towalski was on target for Bracknell

Lewis Turner (left) keeps an opponent in check

Bees’ man-of-the-match Alex Mettam denies Basingstoke’s Alan Lack Pictures: Bob Swann

goal number 16 to arrive.

Making it 2-0 was Smital, who broke away to extend the advantage – and the contest was still less than 10 minutes old.

Both teams were to fall into penalty trouble as the game progressed, but neither team was able to make the most of having the extra man.

Chances too were now at a premium, but the next opportunity to fall for the Bison, in the 28th minute, saw Ciaran Long half the deficit.

And it was a tidy finish by the player, who danced his way past numerous challenges before catching Alex Mettam in the Bees’ goal by surprise.

The assists went to former Bracknell forward Ryan Watt and Stuart Mogg.

Opposite numbers Joe Baird (slashing) and Lewis Turner (cross-checking) took turns in the sin bin, but subsequent powerplays failed to yield any more goals.

It was here when Bracknell were also punished for having too many men on the ice, so found themselves having to tackle a five-on-three, which they killed off admirably.

One of Bees’ strengths this season has been their work going forward, and their attacking arsenal combined to great affect once again later in the second stanza when Antonov and Towalski combined to tee up Kostourek to restore the two-goal cushion.

The third period would see both teams cancel each other out for long spells, but from a sudden burst of energy the home side killed off any faint hopes of a Basingstoke comeback.

Finishing off a move involving both

Kostourek and Antonov was Towalski, who rattled in a third goal in as many games fourteen minutes form time.

According to his coach, racking up points is just deserves for Towalski, whom Smital thought “was great” for Bracknell on Sunday and is “picking up from where he left off last year”.

The man of the match awards went to Mettam for Bees and Stuart Mogg for the Bison.

Coach Smital is now preparing his side for the visit of Manchester Phoenix tomorrow night (6pm), where a fourth straight win at the Hive is very much on the agenda “We just need to focus on our own game and if we execute our plays like we did on Sunday than this is going to be a tough place for anybody to come here and we want it to be like that on Saturday,” said Smital.

“Every game is going to be hard for us, but if we approach it right it is going to be uncomfortable for anyone coming here.”

Bees are then on the road at Telford Tigers on Sunday (5.30pm).

Ryan Watt lashes out

Former team-mates Lack and James Galazzi collide as Sam Waller makes the hit (below)

Kostourek gets up close and personal with a rival player

Additional reporting by Fiona-George Smith.

English Premier Ice Hockey League P W OW OL L F Milton Keynes 7 4 1 0 2 28 Guildford 6 3 1 1 1 22 Peterborough 6 4 0 1 1 21 Basingstoke 6 2 2 0 2 20 Manchester 6 4 0 0 2 21 Swindon 7 3 0 0 4 23 Bracknell 6 3 0 0 3 26 Sheffield 6 2 0 1 3 20 Telford 6 2 0 0 4 19 Hull 6 0 0 1 5 10

A 21 13 13 16 17 29 23 26 20 32

Pts 10 9 9 8 8 6 6 5 4 1

Towalski celebrates his goal

A Phantom menace: Bracknell lose to Peterborough again as woes on the road continue Peterborough Phantoms 3 Bracknell Bees 0

going to script once again when Darius Pliskauskas, twice, and Milan Baranyk went close for the home side.

But Bees soon began to ask questions BEES’ wretched run against of their opponents, with Milan Peterbrough continued on Kostourek flicking a wrist Saturday night when the shot narrowly over the bar visitors were shut out in before player-coach Lukas Cambridgeshire, writes Smital flashed a shot past JOHN SLATER. an upright following a Reigning counter attack. play-off champions the The Phantoms, Phantoms won all five however, quickly wrestled fixtures between the two back control of the game teams last term and have Josh Tetlow and took the lead not long not tasted defeat against after.

Bracknell in almost two years.

It was, however, from a Bracknell And proceedings appeared to be

powerplay when the deadlock was broken.

Stealing possession over on their own blueline and making a dash for opposition territory saw Pliskauskas tripped by Smital and the awarding of a penalty shot. The same player assumed responsibility and confidently beat Alex Mettam in the visiting goal for a 1-0 lead.

And they gave Bees very little time to recover, as just seconds had passed when Jason Buckman pounced on a loose puck and lit the red lamp for a second time.

Frantisek Bakrlik, Kostourek and Smital would later keep Peterborough netminder Janis Auzins busy, but the

latter stood firm and helped his side take a two-goal advantage into the second session.

Bracknell continued to look for a way back into the game after the interval, but the closest they would come to a breakthrough was on another powerplay, where leading point scorer Bakrlik was off target when set up by Callum Fowler.

Carl Thompson would later go close when picked out by Smital, but the young forward was unable to provide the necessary finish and another opportunity while their hosts were shorthanded went begging. Any hopes of a comeback, though, were dashed early in the third stanza when Marc

Levers bundled the puck home amid a goalmouth scramble.

Further chances came for the Bees via Callum Fowler and David Savage, but neither were able to convert once again on what was a disappointing night for the away side, who slipped to a third straight defeat on the road this season in the process.

There was, though, to be a small victory recorded by Bracknell when James Galazzi floored opposite number Greg Pick with a single punch when the pair dropped the gloves at centre rink.

Both were hit with two-plus-two penalties for roughing.

Josh Tetlow was man of the match.

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Wokingham go in search for an equaliser

THEWOKINGHAMPAPER Friday, October 2, 2015

LONDON IRISH

‘Different’ approach is exciting – Skivington

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk

Lily Lamming (right) nips in to steal the ball from an opponent during the Trysports Premier 1 clash

HOCKEY

Pusey pounces to secure Sonning 2s bragging rights

By LEWIS RUDD lrudd@wokinghampaper.co.uk A BRYONY PUSEY goal was enough to secure Sonning Ladies 2s the points and bragging rights from a narrow 1-0 success over Wokingham Ladies in Trysports Premier 1.

Victory at Berkshire County Sports last Saturday moved the hosts up to third in the standings, where they sit level on points with second-placed Bicester.

The 2s, though, could go top this weekend, but in order to do so must dislodge the early pacesetters, who happen to be none other than club-mates Sonning 1s.

They boast a 100 per cent record after Wendy Doolin and Kristin Cooper struck to secure the side a 2-0 success at Oxford 2s.

Wokingham, meanwhile, sit bottom of the table and are still searching for their first goals – and points – of the new campaign.

In Division 1, Sonning 3s got off to a disappointing start to the new term, suffering a heavy 6-1 loss on home soil to Oxford Hawks 4s.

It was a day to forget, however, for Sonning 4s, who shipped 15 unanswered goals on the road at Milton Keynes 3s in Division 3.

But the 5s were handed an automatic 5-0 loss having been unable to field a side for their Division 6 opener against Abingdon 3s.

Wokingham 2s are also searching for a first win of 2015/16.

Hosting Kidlington 1s at Cantley Park, the hosts fell to a Shelley Hopper goal and a 1-0 reverse.

Tash Sweeney in possession for Wokingham

Bryony Pusey (no.17) holds her stick aloft after hitting the winner for Sonning

The club’s third string did find the net, twice, but were still outscored by Wychwood 2s in Division 5, who held out to secure a 3-2 success. n WOKINGHAM VETS were sadly no match for Woking Pitts in the Wessex Supervets Fixtures Alliance.

It was the Surrey side who were the team celebrating come the final whistle, having racked up a 6-2 victory.

PRE-SEASON RESULTS: Windsor 2s 6 Wokingham Men’s 3s 2; Oxford 2s 3 Sonning Men 5; Sonning 2s 7 Oxford 3s 1; Oxford 7s 3 Sonning 5s 3.

Fixtures – Saturday, October 3

TRYSPORTS PREMIER 1: Wokingham Ladies v Bicester Ladies; Sonning v Sonning 2s; DIVISION

1: Abingdon Ladies v Sonning 3s; DIVISION 2: Abingdon Pilgrims v Wokingham 2s; DIVISION 3: Sonning Ladies 4s v Harlow & High Wycombe Ladies; DIVISION 6: Thame Ladies 3s v Sonning Ladies 4s; WESSEX SUPERVETS FIXTURES ALLIANCE: Southampton Cockburns v Wokingham Vets

Men’s Hockey

MBBO REGIONAL DIVISION 2: Wokingham Men v Milton Keynes 2; Marlow 2s v Sonning Men; MBBO DIVISION 1: Sonning 2s v Wycombe 2s; MBBO DIVISION 2: Oxford Hawks 4th v Sonning 3s; MBBO DIVISION 3: Wokingham 2s v West Hampstead 4th; MBBO DIVISION 4: Sonning 4s v Reading University Knights 5s; MBBO DIVISION 7: Marlow 5th v Wokingham 3s; MBBO OPEN DIVISION 8: Thame 2s v Sonning 5s; MBBO DIVISION 9: Sonning 6s v Sonning 7s

Little was given away in this challenge

GEORGE SKIVINGTON is excited by the new look London Irish squad and admits Tom Coventry’s approach is “definitely different” to the previous regime.

New Zealander Coventry took over the Exiles this summer, following the departure of Brian Smith earlier in the year and has overhauled the squad ahead of the Aviva Premiership opener against Leicester Tigers on October 18.

“There are some really exciting players here now,” captain Skivington (pictured) told The Wokingham Paper.

“We’ve got a real big prospect of a year ahead of us and it’s just about ironing out new combinations and us all feeling each other out in a game scenario rather than just training.”

Coventry has previously had spells with Waikato Chiefs in New Zealand and also the Samoa national team, and the skipper says those experiences have been apparent in pre-season training.

“It’s definitely different,” continued Skivington.

“There’s been a big focus on running fitness and the conditioning side of things so we are definitely flying fit and obviously there’s a bit more opportunity to play rugby.

“Those guys have all come from the Super Rugby background and over there they tend to play fast and hard and quick so obviously that influence is rubbing off on us and it’s pretty exciting.

“I’ve been around a fair while now but I’m really enjoying the type of rugby that we’re hoping to play.”

Skivington is entering his fourth season with London Irish, during which time the club have never finished higher than ninth, but he feels this year could be different.

He said: “Even before I came I was signed by one set of the coaches and turned up with a different set and then we tried to build something and half the squad left and then obviously the director of rugby left and it’s been a bit higgledy-piggledy.

“It’s very hard to build any sort of consistency on the pitch when everything is chopping and changing around you and I think the plan now is to build for the future and everyone who is here wants to be here and the coaches are determined to change everything around.”

Skivington will lead out Exiles against Harlequins at The Stoop tonight (7.45pm kick off) in the second of a two part Cunningham/Duncombe Series clash, with Quins triumphing 22-17 in the first meeting last week.

But the second row forward feels his side showed enough in that game to pick

up the win this time around.

He said: “There were plenty of positives. We made a few mistakes and weren’t too pleased with our discipline but with all the mistakes we made we only lost by five points.

“We’ve had a real focus on correcting the small mistakes we made and fingers crossed we’ll deliver that tonight.”

While Irish are taking on Harlequins, the England national team will be preparing for a crunch clash with Australia at Twickenham in the World Cup and despite defeat to Wales last week, Skivington feels Stuart Lancaster’s men can reach the quarter-finals.

“I’ve got a feeling England will beat Australia and things might just swing their way a little bit,” he said.

“I’m still fairly confident they’ll sneak out their group with a bit of luck.”

A lot was made of captain Chris Robshaw’s late decision to push for a try rather than take a kick at goal and a draw with Wales, and Skivington admits he wouldn’t have made the same call.

“I personally would’ve gone for the (three) points but I think it’s difficult to pin a game down on one decision.

“I think you’ve got to take your hat off to Wales. They stuck in there, stuck to their systems and delivered something pretty special at the end which none of us could’ve predicted.

“But I think England will identify all those issues and I think they’ll be better for it this week.”

LONDON IRISH TEAM TO PLAY HARLEQUINS: Fenby, Lewington, Griffin, Mulchrone, Ojo, Noakes, McKibbin, Court, Paice, Cross, Skivington, Sheriff, Narraway, Gilsenan, McCusker.

RUGBY WORLD CUP

Cowan called up for Springboks clash

Sonning goalscorer Bryony Pusey

BLAIR COWAN has been called up to the Scotland squad for the World Cup. The London Irish loose forward has been selected to replace the injured Grant Gilchrist and will start for Vern Cotter’s men against South Africa in Newcastle tomorrow (4.45pm kick off).

He joins Sean Maitland, who crossed the line to score a try for Scotland in their 39-16 win over USA. In the same group, Ofisa Treviranus will lead out Samoa for their crunch clash

against Japan in Milton Keynes tomorrow having played his part in his country 46-6 defeat to South Africa.

Jebb Sinclair was rewarded for his substitute against Ireland with a start against Italy for Canada.

The Canucks took a shock 15-13 lead only for the Azzurri produce a late surge to take a 23-18 victory.

Meanwhile, Asaeli Tikoirotuma was selected to start for Fiji against Wales last night.

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RUGBY

Price score in vain as sloppy errors cost Bracknell

Injuries hurting battered Rams, but we fight on says Tewkesbury Taunton Titans 41 Redingensians Rams 6 MIKE TEWKESBURY is sweating on the fitness of a number of his Rams ahead of the visit of Worthing tomorrow (2pm).

Centre Steve Bryant and hooker Ben Henderson both picked up shoulder injuries during the loss at Taunton Titans last Saturday, while backs Harry Stapleton and George Drury (head) also had to leave proceedings early over in Bristol having picked up knocks.

“It’s not surprising we are suffering all these knocks,” said head coach Tewkesbury.

“This league is far more physical then Division 3.”

The loss at Taunton was Redingensians fourth of the National League 2 South season.

And with no points or wins to their name this term, it is the worst start to a campaign for a Rams side in 23 years.

Props Ed Whelan and George Banks, along with centre Will Hopkins – all newcomers to the side, performed admirably on their debuts for the club.

A constant upheaval of the team, however, resulted in the away side struggling to settle during the contest.

Yet despite the result, Tewkesbury was still full of praise for his charges.

He said: “The courage of the boys and their desire to compete was immense.

“Everyone gave me 100 per cent.”

The scoreline was perhaps a touch flattering on a Titans side who were up against opponents plagued by both injury and unavailability.

But they did not take long to put their first points on the board, with just 65 seconds of the game played when Taunton spread the ball wide to Jack Clayton, who went over in the corner.

Hopkins, though, reduced the arrears through a penalty but then missed the chance to nudge Rams in front from

Tonbridge Juddians 28 Bracknell 7

another dead ball situation.

The away side was dealt a blow moments later when stand-in skipper Bryant was shown a yellow card.

And it was here where the hosts began to pull away courtesy of two quick tries from Eoghan Grace and Sam Prior to leave Redingensians trailing 17-3 in the 23rd minute.

The away side did manage to close the gap once more when kicking over another penalty – not long after rattling an upright with another attempt from the tee.

Despite matching their guests up front, Tewkesbury could only watch on as his side failed to make any inroads, spurning several opportunities due to a lack of precision in both kicking and passing.

The coach, though, would have been left even more frustrated soon after when Rams were unable to capitalise after Prior had been sent to the sinbin.

Instead, the Titans pushed further ahead when Gary Kingdom kicked over a penalty in the 47th minute.

Surrendering a two-man overlap would then result in the away side falling even further behind as Jack Widmore raced up the other end and crossed the whitewash.

Now playing for just pride, Redingensians proceeded to start playing their best rugby of the match, with Samir Kharbouch of the back row impressing in particular.

But it was all to prove in vain, with two late converted tries from Pryor and Webb, along with a yellow card for Will Morrison, resulting in yet another miserable afternoon for the league’s newcomers.

It was also around this time when Stapleton and Drury had to leave the field through injury, and both will need to be assessed ahead of the clash with Sussex side Worthing – the latter more

In a boost for the stricken Rams, captain Andy Amor is expected to return for the game with Worthing on Saturday Picture: Paul Clark

so. Despite losing all four games to date, and tomorrow’s opponents winning three, Rams are targeting the fixture as the opportunity to finally break their duck for the season.

Jack Harrison, a fly-half, has been drafted into Tewkesbury’s squad for the game.

The 22-year-old, a Reading University student, has represented England Under-16s in the past In a boost for the club, however, flankers Craig Nightingale and centre Dan Barnes return, as do front row pair Matt Weller and Jack Steadman.

National League 2 South P W D L F A Taunton Titans 4 4 0 0 158 61 Old Albanians 4 3 1 0 151 62 Cambridge 4 3 0 1 113 77 Bishop’s Stortford 4 3 0 1 112 76 Redruth 4 3 0 1 115 82 Clifton 4 3 0 1 141 113 Canterbury 4 3 0 1 104 54 Worthing 4 3 0 1 118 79 Southend Saxons 4 2 1 1 115 108 Old Elthamians 4 2 0 2 101 108 Dorking 4 1 0 3 81 126 Bury St Edmunds 4 1 0 3 79 132 Barnes 4 0 0 4 87 109 Chinnor 4 0 0 4 86 144 Redingensians 4 0 0 4 47 127 Launceston 4 0 0 4 30 180

BP 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 0 0

PTS 20 18 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 10 7 6 3 3 0 0

Regular captain Andy Amor is also in contention.

RAMS (v Taunton): Foxley, Poole, Bryant, W.Hopkins, McDermottroe: Stapleton, Brown, Whelan, Henderson, Baker, Taylor, Kerschbaumer, Kharbouch, A.Hopkins, Guttridge.

Reps: Crame, Banks, Morrison, Amor, Drury.

BERKS, BUCKS AND OXON CHAMPIONSHIP

Carnie and Short lead a try-fest, but Crows are hit by late sucker punch Crowthorne 35 Slough 35

CROWTHORNE’S wait for a first win of the season continues after the league newcomers were denied victory in dramatic fashion last weekend.

Thanks to a stunning second-half fight-back, the Crows, boasting a 35-21 advantage with just minutes left on the clock, looked odds on to break their duck.

Frustratingly, however, the hosts were unable to see off their guests, with visiting Slough having the necessary time to run in two late scores and snatch a point, extending their opponents’ winless run to three games in the process.

Despite defeat to Risborough last time out, Crows coach Alex Stewart was confident of a positive reaction at Arborfield Garrison.

Yet what he was to witness during the early exchanges was some ill discipline

Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premier Division P W D L F A BP Abingdon 3 3 0 0 103 55 2 Milton Keynes 3 3 0 0 83 60 1 Gosford All Blacks 3 2 0 1 139 30 4 Tadley 3 3 0 0 147 59 2 Risborough 3 2 0 1 20 81 0 Slough 3 1 1 1 95 78 2 Alchester 3 1 0 2 74 59 4 Chesham 3 1 0 2 67 100 1 Wheatley 3 1 0 2 26 86 0 Crowthorne 3 0 1 2 67 81 2 Hungerford 3 0 0 3 34 92 2 Chipping Norton 3 0 0 3 34 108 0

PTS 14 13 12 9 9 8 8 5 4 4 2 0

from his charges, which saw Slough kick over a penalty for a 3-0 lead following some back chat to the referee.

Crowthorne, though, would soon recompose as a group and were now gaining the upper hand in both the scrum and the line out.

Yet they were to fall further behind on 16 minutes when the visitors notched up the first try of the afternoon.

Undeterred, the home side produced

an immediate response; outside centre Rhys Carnie finishing off some strong forward play to dab down for a try converted by Dougie Charman.

But the joy was short-lived, as an open contest saw Slough put two more tries on the scoreboard to open up a 18-7 half time lead.

Coach Stewart used the interval to reshuffle his pack, and the changes were to reap their rewards as the Crows ran in a blitz of tries after the restart.

Skipper Sam Short led the charge by crossing the line twice. He was also joined on the scoresheet by lock George Watson before man-of-the-match Carnie doubled his account for the day.

Charman also had the range, clearing the posts with all but one of the conversions.

Stunned and now trailing 35-21, Slough appeared to be chasing a lost cause.

But what they did have in abundance

was experience, and were to use this to great affect, producing the resolve needed to breach their opponents twice more, as another penalty helped them clinch three points from the jaws of defeat.

The result leaves Crowthorne ninth in the standings. They are without a game this weekend, but a development side will be in action against Farnborough.

The first team return to the field at Tadley on October 10. n A HAT-TRICK of tries from Jess Irvine could not prevent Crowthorne Ladies from going down 35-19 at Windsor.

Most of the damage was done during the first half, where the hosts racked up three converted and unanswered tries.

Through some strong scrummaging and Irvine’s work going forward, Crows made a fist of things after the break, but another two Windsor scores left meant the effort was all in vain .

INDIVIDUAL handling errors and poor decision making proved costly as Bracknell crashed to defeat at The Slade.

The Lily Hill men were looking to record a second successive victory in National League 3 London and South East – but in order to do so would have to overcome opposition who sit top of the standings and had won the last two meetings between the sides back in 2011/12.

Bracknell dominated possession during the early exchanges, yet almost fell behind when Tonbridge were awarded a penalty, but the kick dropped short of the posts.

The following 10 minutes were spent by both teams trying to lay a marker, but it was the visitors who were to fall behind soon after.

Receiving the ball out wide from a ruck, full-back Sam Monaghan decided to come inside and release winger Nick Ramsey, who used his strength to brush off numerous challenges before scoring close to the posts.

Ben Cooper added the extras and the Juddians led 7-0.

However, the advantage was soon wiped out. From the resulting kick off the hosts failed to gather the ball and Bracknell were quick to pounce; Joe Price going on to score a try which was converted by Lewis Dennett.

This, though, was as good as it got for the away side who, following a spell littered with errors and included the opposition dropping the ball twice when set up to score, were breached for a second time on 36 minutes.

Racing over the line on this occasion was lock forward Tom Morris. Cooper again cleared the posts with the conversion.

It would remain 14-7 going in at the break, but the second half was largely one to forget for Bracknell.

There was little between the two sides during the first 15 minutes, but an interception on the halfway line by Tom Nicoll would result in the same player racing up the other end to score Tonbridge’s third converted try of the afternoon.

Losing a man to the sin bin would also have its consequences for the away side as the league leaders, following a succession of stoppages, wrapped up the bonus-point win with just nine minutes left to play.

Finishing off a clinical move was Monaghan, who was to dab down following determined work between Tom Nicoll and Lee Campion.

Cooper was again accurate from the tee and another five points were safely in the bag.

Bracknell will now be looking to make amends by recording back-to-back wins on home soil when welcoming Guernsey to Lily Hill Park tomorrow (2pm).

BRACKNELL: Mirza (c), Silvester, Challenor, Brambley, Kronman, Bailey, Devereux, Valentine, Lawless, Dennet, Bayliss, Price, Brember, Burch, Mackay. Reps: Plant, Ngungutau, Faamatuainu.

National League 3 London and South East P W D L F A BP PTS Tonbridge Juddian 4 4 0 0 179 64 4 20 L.I Wild Geese 4 4 0 0 155 100 4 20 Westcombe Park 4 4 0 0 109 69 2 18 East Grinstead 4 3 0 1 101 65 4 16 Shelford 4 3 0 1 112 64 3 15 Hertford 4 3 0 1 166 61 2 14 Guernsey 4 2 0 2 143 103 4 12 Gravesend 4 1 0 3 90 120 3 7 Colchester 4 1 0 3 79 92 1 5 Bracknell 4 1 0 3 62 115 1 5 Chichester 4 1 0 3 86 150 1 5 Wimbledon 4 1 0 3 65 105 0 4 Westcliff 4 0 0 4 62 164 1 1 Eton Manor 4 0 0 4 51 217 1 1

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THE WOMEN ARE GOING UP!

Helen Ward celerates her goal at Berkhamstead

‘Legend’ Chambers will take this club forward

EXCLUSIVE

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk

Goalscorer Rachel Rowe goes on the offensive for the Women at Watford

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

Bruton: Promoted Royals can be up and Mackem Watford 1 Reading Women 3

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk LAUREN BRUTON is hoping Reading can follow the example set by Sunderland after securing promotion to WSL 1.

The newly-promoted Black Cats have taken the top flight by storm this season and were in the thick of the title race until the last few weeks and boasting the top scorer in the league in Beth Mead.

And after beating Watford at Berkhamstead in Sunday’s early kick-off, Royals will join them next year thanks to third placed Yeovil Town failing to beat Oxford United, which would have kept their promotion hopes alive and make Reading wait.

But after losing 1-0, Royals’ top flight dreams were realised with a top two finish secured with three games still to play.

And vice captain Bruton admits the achievement caught the team by surprise.

She told The Wokingham Paper: “I have been saying for the last couple of days that it still hasn’t sunk in!

“We didn’t really expect it on Sunday.

We went into the game, we knew we had to win every single game up until the end of the season and when we realised we got promoted we were all together so it was a nice celebration at the end.”

Many feared this day may not come after losing star striker Fran Kirby during the season, having scored 11 goals in five games, but two players among the goals in recent weeks set Kelly Chambers’ side on their way at Watford.

Melissa Fletcher broke the deadlock on 16 minutes with a sweetly struck volley before fellow Wales international Helen Ward rounded goalkeeper Shayla Burgess to fire in shortly after the restart.

Despite dominating possession, Reading were made to work for the win after the Lady Hornets netted from the spot through Ellie Mason, after the striker was felled in the box by goalkeeper Grace Moloney.

But Royals rallied, sealing victory through Rachel Rowe’s fine long-range effort.

Bruton, 22, spent time in the top flight of the Women’s Super League during her time at Arsenal but made the decision to join Reading two years ago and is now

Jubilant Reading players clinched promotion to WSL 1 with victory over their Watford counterparts Pictures: Nigel Hoyle

relishing the chance to compete against the top sides every week again.

“That is the reason why I play football,” she said.

“I was at Arsenal for a number of years, pushing on trying to get into the starting 11, but due to injury it didn’t happen and I’ve moved on and now I’ve got a load of games under my belt.

“Playing the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal in the Continental Cup really helped us and for me personally, I can’t wait to get started next season, hopefully again being a regular.

“We know next year is not going to be easy and from now pushing on until next March we need to work hard as a group, get a couple more players in and hopefully next season we can make teams fear us like Sunderland have done when they’ve gone up.”

Doncaster Rovers Belles remain top of the table by three points having played a game more than Reading and while the win over Watford secured promotion, Bruton insists the squad remains fully focused on finishing the season with the WSL 2 title.

She said: “Now we’ve got promoted it was such a great feeling but we are in the driving seat to win the league and it would be a great way to end the season

with the trophy.

“We’ve got three games left and we just need to win every single game and that’s what we’re aiming to do now.”

First up is Millwall Lionesses this Sunday at The Den (2pm) and Bruton, who is hoping to get a start after playing 45 minutes on her return from injury against Watford, knows how tough the test will be.

She continued: “We’re on a good run at the moment but I know Millwall, especially going away to Millwall, is obviously going to be a difficult game and they will put us under pressure.

“Hopefully our run can continue and fingers crossed we can get the win.”

JON HORTON hailed the achievement of “legend” Kelly Chambers after she guided Reading Women to promotion to WSL 1 with a 3-1 victory over Watford.

Royals can begin planning for life in the top flight of women’s football with three games still to play this season and general manager Horton was keen to praise the work done by Chambers as well as former boss Jayne Ludlow, who left the club to take the Wales national team job at the end of last season, as well those working behind the scenes.

“To see the rewards of all the hard work that’s gone in has been fantastic,” Horton told The Wokingham Paper.

“There are staff that put a lot of hours in.

“Not just the first team but our academy right the way through to the first team that have made it possible.

“We have players in that first team that have come through that academy system but all the backroom staff from medical staff to administrative staff, the volunteers we have week in, week out at Farnborough, the promotion is for them as well because everybody puts a lot of hard work into it.”

Reading’s departure from Berkhamstead after beating Watford was delayed due to random drug testing after the game so players, fans and staff all gathered in the club house to discover the result of Yeovil Town clash with Oxford United.

And, after 22 agonising minutes of stoppage time due to a head injury, Oxford sealed the win which secured Reading’s fate.

Horton, who also works as a goalkeeping coach for Chambers’ side, continued: “A lot of thanks also need to go to Jayne (Ludlow) for the work she put in that first season in WSL for us.

“She laid the building blocks for the success that we’ve got this season.

“Kelly has taken that on, built on that and done an absolutely fantastic job and it showed in the Continental Cup when we competed with WSL 1 teams that

training part time, we can compete with those that are training full time.”

He added: “Kelly is a Reading legend as it were on the women’s side.

“She played for the club, she helped the club build from its roots, to being involved with the men’s side and being directly linked with them so that we get the funding.

“She has a hands on approach with our academy, right down to our Under-10s, our youngest age group.

“She also works with the junior academy and senior academy along with the development team and then obviously running sessions for the first team.

“She works tirelessly and it’s just rewards for the effort she’s put in that she will be only the second (female) manager in WSL 1.

“It’s a fantastic achievement and very much deserved.”

The club’s position as a WSL 1 club next season is still subject to meeting the appropriate licensing criteria and Horton explains that process is already underway, which could include players going from training two evenings a week to full time.

“We’ve had several meetings in the build-up to these last few weeks with the FA, with club officials in the hope we would get promoted so work had already started,” he said.

“We are going to have to look at the structure.

“We are in discussions with club officials on how we do that in the same vein as the men, who have done it very prudently, so that we are commercially viable going forwards.

“There are a lot of opportunities for us going forwards, media coverage in WSL 1 is massive in comparison to WSL 2 so we are going to look very closely at the structure of our staff here and then also what we can do to fund and support possible full time training of players.

“Whether that be the whole squad or part of the squad is yet to be decided but it’s definitely something we’ve started looking at already in preparation.

“It’s going to be a busy off-season for us.”

READING: Moloney; Jane, McGee, Davies, Scott; Walkley (Watts 68), Roche; Bragg (Jones 76), Rowe, Ward; Fletcher (Bruton 45).

Goals: Fletcher (15), Ward (51), Rowe (80).

Attendance: 261 Women’s Super League 2 P W D L P Doncaster Belles 16 12 3 1 P Reading Women 15 11 3 1 Yeovil Town Ladies 16 8 4 4 Everton Ladies 15 6 7 2 Oxford United Women 16 7 3 6 Aston Villa Ladies 16 6 4 6 Durham Women 16 5 2 9 Millwall Lionesses 16 2 6 8 London Bees 16 3 3 10 Watford Ladies 16 1 1 14

F 50 52 34 31 23 25 20 17 18 12

A 15 13 21 18 32 24 31 31 46 51

Pts 39 36 28 25 24 22 17 12 12 4

Jon Horton (left) believes Reading boss Kelly Chambers (right) has done a fantastic job in guiding the club to promotion this season

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Hot-shot Blackman keen to stay on the goal trail when title favourites ‘Boro come to town Reading v Middlesborough Madejski Stadium (3pm)

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk

NICK BLACKMAN says Reading will aim to impose their own game on Middlesbrough, despite the Teesiders coming to Madejski Stadium on the back of seven successive wins.

Aitor Karanka’s men are among the title favourites in the Championship but the Royals are hoping to have their own say at the top of the table come the end of the season, currently sitting third after back-to-back away wins.

And while Blackman is fully aware of the threat Middlesbrough pose, he feels Reading have the qualities to cause

problems of their own.

“Middlesbrough are up there so it will be a difficult game,” he said.

“But any team can beat any team in this league so every game is tough, but it’s one we go into full of confidence.

“We take notice of their strengths and weaknesses but we want to go out there and impose ourselves on the opposition.”

Blackman has already surpassed his tally of goals for last season but he insists his good return up front is the result of hard work by the rest of his team-mates.

He said: “Everyone is enjoying their football at the moment and we’re getting some good results.

“I’m enjoying having a run in the team and being part of something that looks exciting going forward.

“It’s nice to hear your name sung by the fans, but it’s about the team. We have to pull together and to stick together and make sure we get the right results.

“Everyone in the squad gets on well off the pitch, which is massively important for team spirit so it’s good to see that at the club.

“This is definitely one of the strongest teams I’ve played in, but we know we can improve on certain aspects which will make us even better.”

Blackman is facing a battle to preserve his spot at centre forward following the return of Orlando Sa this weekend after serving his three game suspension.

Opposition: Like Steve Clarke, Aitor Karanka has also spent time working as an assistant manager to Jose Mourinho and the Spaniard is wary of what Clarke’s

READING FC

Norwood calls for calm as another away win is secured Burnley 1 Reading 2

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk OLIVER NORWOOD insists Reading are not getting ahead of themselves despite climbing up to third in the Championship table with victory at Burnley.

Many are tipping the recently relegated Clarets to bounce straight back up to the Premier League but early goals from Nick Blackman and Lucas Piazon (pictured) set Steve Clarke’s men on their way to another away win.

Despite a second half Tendayi Darikwa strike, Reading held out for a 2-1 win thanks in no small part to Norwood’s goal-line clearance.

“It’s always nice to come back to Burnley to see a lot of friendly faces and a lot of people I know,” said the Burnley-born Norwood.

“It would have been nice to score, it would have put the icing on the cake, but I’m just glad we got the three points.

“It was tough. We were under the cosh for quite a lot of the game.

“We started really well, two quick goals again like we did at Bristol, although we’re a little bit disappointed we didn’t really play as well as we would have liked.”

Steve Clarke made two changes to the side which beat Bristol City in the last league game with the injured duo of Stephen Quinn and Matej Vydra (both knee) replaced by Piazon and the returning Hal Robson-Kanu.

And Royals did not wait long to assert their authority on the match.

Within 25 seconds Danny Williams saw an effort blocked as the tone was instantly set.

The deadlock was broken after just four minutes and, naturally, it was Blackman who found the net.

Seemingly enjoying a new lease of life this campaign, the former Sheffield United man latched onto a fancy flick from Robson-Kanu before firing across Tom Heaton and into the bottom corner for his eighth goal of the season.

And the lead was doubled before 10

minutes were on the clock as Clarke’s rampant Royals broke forward again.

This time it was a well-worked team goal culminating in Garath McCleary picking out the marauding Chris Gunter down the wing.

He teed up Piazon perfectly to sweep home his first goal in English football on his first Championship start.

As the second half began to wear on, Burnley inevitably upped the pressure but Reading’s determination was typified by last ditch blocks on the line first from Jordan Obita and then Norwood.

Reading’s backline, though, was breached with 20 minutes to play when Darikwa found acres of space at the back post to volley in Scott Arfield’s cross for his first Burnley goal, but the visitors held on.

“Burnley are a very good side in the Championship and I think they’ll still be up there come the end of the season,” added Norwood.

“It was two teams going at it and luckily we’ve come away with the 2-1 win.

“Burnley made it difficult because of the intensity they played with.

“They’ve got good quality, they get the ball forward quickly and they pinned us in.

“It was a tough afternoon, but we found our feet, got the two early goals and it’s a fantastic away win.

“We just need to keep our feet on the ground now and keep working hard.”

He continued: “It has been nine games, and it’s still early days so we’re not getting carried away.

“But we’ve got a very good dressing room and good managerial staff who won’t let us take our foot off the gas, so we’ll just keep going about our business, going under the radar and that’s how we want it this season.”

READING: Bond; Gunter, McShane, Hector, Obita; Norwood (Cooper 90), Williams; McCleary (John 82), Piazon (Tshibola 71), Robson-Kanu; Blackman.

Subs not used: Al-Habsi, Taylor, Fernandez, Hurtado.

Goals: Blackman (4), Piazon (9) Yellow cards: Gunter (88), Williams (90+4)

in-form Royals can produce tomorrow.

In his pre-match press conference, he said: “It will be very tough. Reading are a very good side.

“It is not a coincidence that since last season when Steve was appointed that they improved a lot. They have some really good players, especially up front.

“They are definitely contenders for automatic promotion and a play-off position with us and eight or nine teams.”

Boro have lost just once in their 12 matches in all competitions this season but are unbeaten on the road since April.

Past meetings: The two sides have met 27 times since their first clash way back in 1927, with mixed results.

The majority of the meetings have ended level with Middlesbrough claiming nine wins to Reading’s eight.

Royals can go into tomorrow’s game with good recent memories against Boro, unbeaten in three and having conceded no goals.

The last meeting ended 0-0 at Madejski Stadium in January, after a Simon Cox goal saw Reading seal a 1-0 win at Riverside Stadium.

Middlesbrough’s 3-0 win in 2013 is their only victory against the Berkshire club in the last seven meetings with arguably the most memorable game in that time coming in 2011 when Ian Harte, Hal Robson-Kanu and Shane Long all found the net to cancel out a Leroy Lita brace in a 5-2 win for Brian McDermott’s men.

Predicted Reading XI: Bond; Gunter, McShane, Hector, Obita; Norwood, Williams, Piazon; Blackman, Robson-Kanu, Sa.

Oliver Norwood Picture: Phil Creighton

BURNLEY: Heaton; Darikwa, Duff, Keane, Mee; Boyd, Arfield, Jones (Taylor 86), Kightly (Barton 56); Vokes, Hennings (Long 56).

Subs not used: Gilks, Lowton, Anderson, Ward.

Goal: Darikwa (67) Yellow card: Keane (52) Referee: Tony Harrington.

Attendance: 15,226

Brighton Middlesbrough Reading Hull Birmingham Cardiff Burnley Ipswich Derby Wolves Nottm Forest Sheff Wed QPR Fulham Leeds Huddersfield Charlton Blackburn Brentford Rotherham Bolton Preston MK Dons Bristol City

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UNDER-21s

Kelly’s late stike secures Reading a point from thriller LIAM KELLY struck a stunning last gasp free kick to earn Reading Under-21s a share of the spoils against Chelsea.

Royals took the lead at Stamford Bridge through Rowan Liburd before the hosts stormed into a 3-1 lead.

However, Liburd’s second followed

by Kelly’s stoppage time effort earned Martin Kuhl’s men a 3-3 draw to keep them third in the Premier League Division 1 table.

Royals goalkeeper Lewis Ward had to be in fine early form to thwart some Chelsea pressure, including an effort from Burkina Faso international Bertrand Traore.

At the other end, American forward Andrija Novakovich fired wide before the deadlock was broken just past the quarter of an hour mark.

In-form Liburd cannot stop scoring at the moment and he found the net again, rolling his marker on the left wing before cutting inside and curling a shot into the

far corner.

Ward did well to deny John Swift, who has one Premier League appearance to his name with Chelsea, but the Blues soon levelled the contest.

Bradley Collins had just pulled off a similar stop to Ward’s to deny Liburd a second before Chelsea broke through Charly Musonda, who was tripped in the box by Sean Long and up stepped captain Tammy Abraham to convert the penalty.

Chelsea took the lead shortly after the break through Dion Conroy’s free header before extending their advantage.

Despite Ward making a number of impressive stops, he could do nothing to prevent Kasey Palmer from finding the net on the half-volley.

Liburd gave Royals hope of an unlikely comeback with his eighth goal in six games before Kuhl’s men dramatically snatched a point through Kelly’s free kick, which he whipped over the head of the keeper and into the top corner.

The U21s now take a break with no fixture until October 26 when they play Norwich City at Madejski Stadium.

READING: Ward; Long, Griffin, Shaughnessy (Husin 77), Hyam, Sweeney, Rinomhota (Owusu 72), Kelly, Liburd, Novakovich (Fridjonsson 72), Fosu.

Subs not used: Southwood, Jules.

Goals: Liburd (17,80), Kelly (90+3) CHELSEA: Collins; Aina, Conroy, Clarke-Salter, Wright; Dasilva, Swift; Traore, Palmer, Musonda (Kiwomya 73 (Dabo 90+3)); Abraham (Mitchell 87).

Subs not used: Baxter, Scott.

Goals: Abraham (38), Conroy (54), Palmer (65) Referee: Adam Ricketts Attendance: 1,078

n READING sit top of the Premier League Under-18 South Group after a thrilling 3-3 draw against Leicester City.

Despite Foxes striker Admiral Muskwe bagging a hat-trick, Royals battled back to seal a point in the last minute to keep them ahead of Chelsea on goal difference.

The U18s are back in action tomorrow, travelling to face West Ham (11am kick off).

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Tasty stuff from Bacon wins Barkham bragging rights

Ashridge Park go close during their 2-1 local derby loss to Barkham Athletic, while Hurst Reserves (below) were 5-4 winners over AFC Corinthians Reserves Pictures: Paul King

By LEWIS RUDD lrudd@wokinghampaper.co.uk JONATHAN BAXTER and Matt Bacon struck to secure Barkham Athletic all three points and the bragging rights courtesy of a 2-1 victory over local rivals Ashridge Park.

Rick Swaitek was on target for Park during this Division 2 local derby at Cantley Park, but it was not enough as the side remain rooted to the foot of the table with no points from three games.

Barkham, meanwhile, sit fourth having recorded a first win of the season.

In the same Division, WARGRAVE were hit for six when hosting early pacesetters Westwood United Res. Stuart Moss was on target for Wargrave in a 6-1 loss.

In the Premier Division, HURST saw a two-game winning run come to a crashing end when up against Marlow United.

Liam Bushay, Louis Cordice and Wesley Sutherland all netted twice during a resounding 8-0 success for the visitors, who saw further goals arrive from an own goal and Oliver Flint penalty.

There was also plenty of goals witnessed at The Cauldron, where BERKS COUNTY were the visitors to Reading YMCA. Unfortunately for the guests, however, all seven went to the opposition.

Ryan Adams and Daniel Donegan both struck twice, while Matthew Drake and Jamie Piercy were also on target for the Young Men, who were handed an 18th minute lead through an own goal.

Jack Walker netted what proved to be a consolation for a WOODLEY UNITED RESERVES side beaten 4-1 on home soil

by Newbury.

United were undone by a Conor Lynch hat-trick, with Liam Benham adding an extra coat of gloss to the scoreline.

WINNERSH RANGERS’ wait for a first point or win of the new campaign will stretch into a third game following a 4-2 reverse at Westwood United.

Shane Maskell and Hayden Best notched for a Rangers side who sit bottom of the Division 1 standings following back-to-back league defeats.

WOODLEY UNITED DEVELOPMENT are also seeking a first win of 2015/16, but a run of successive draws was ended at the Alfred Palmer Memorial Playing Fields, where a James Brown brace and Stefan Allen effort wrapped up the points for Mortimer Reserves in a 3-0 success.

In Division 3, a clash in the northern parishes between WARGRAVE RESERVES

and TWYFORD AND RUSCOMBE went the way of the home side.

Daniel Tegg popped up with both goals in a 2-0 victory.

Previously unbeaten WOODLEY UNITED A, though, were walloped 5-1 on the road at White Eagles.

Dawid Nagoda, Lukasz Hryniewicz, Bartosz Pachulski (2) and Mariusz Zienkiewicz were all on the scoresheet as the goals flew in for the Eagles.

Tom Barratt hit what was a consolation for United.

Thanks to a Callum Osborn double and further efforts from Matthew Lamplugh, Adam Sutton and substitute David Worley, HURST RESERVES defeated AFC Corinthians by the odd goal in nine during a pulsating fixture at Cantley Park in Division 4.

Connor Banks fired BERKS COUNTY RESERVES into a 2-0 lead inside the opening 25 minutes when up against Rotherfield United Reserves at John Nike Stadium.

But it turned out to be a frustrating afternoon for the home side, who saw an own goal reduce the deficit before Billy Roberts struck in the 90th minute to tie up the scores.

Earley-based side HAWCHESTER HAWKS extended their unbeaten start to five games, picking up a point from a goalless draw with Maidenhead Magpies Reserves at Laurel Park.

An Asher Price strike in the 51st minute could not prevent HURST A from slipping to a 2-1 defeat when entertaining BERKS COUNTY FC ROVERS in Division 5.

The visitors would secure the win through goals from David Parrott and Christopher Searle.

Matthew Voysey, Mark Cooper and an Andy Miller striker four minutes from time saw Baughurst AFC Reserves edge out WOODLEY UNITED be in a 3-2 victory.

Darren West and John Mailer from the penalty spot got the goals for United.

SONNING SPORTS were also beaten by the same scoreline over at TDK Knights.

Lee Evans and Daniel Fletcher struck in both halves for Sports, who went down to Kobby Duodu and Ibrahim Koroma strikes before Kevin Pitt put the ball in his own net to settle the contest on 80 minutes.

A Ross Latimer-Hodgson penalty proved to be scant consolation for SHINFIELD RANGERS MEN, who were resoundingly beaten 5-1 at The Hop Leaf, for whom Liam Hidson hit four goals.

Steve Lebrecht also netted for the Leaf.

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Woodfield treble is not enough Brad is just four-some A CALUM WOODFIELD (pictured) hat-trick proved to be in vain for a Wokingham and Emmbrook Under-15 Lions side beaten 5-3 by rivals Winnersh Rangers in Division 1 of the East Berks Football Alliance.

A Lions side missing six players for the fixture fell behind on 10 minutes – only to hit back through a Woodfield brace to take a 2-1 lead going in at the break.

The advantage, however, was swallowed up by the Lions in the second half, who netted three times before man-of-the-match Woodfield completed the treble via a mazy run to set up a nervy finish.

Winnersh, though, would go on

to wrap up the points late on through a header.

UNDER-16s EVERSLEY and California once again had to settle for a share of the spoils after playing out a 1-1 draw with Cranfield in the South Division of the Oxford Invitation League.

A Cranfield side who started the contest at a ferocious pace duly took the lead inside the opening five minutes.

But they were unable to extend their advantage against the resolute Boars, who tied up the scores in the second half when Harry Sage finished off some great passing.

George Higgins (pictured) was named man of the match.

Eversley and California 6 Epsom Athletic 0

BRAD SMITH netted four times for an Eversley side who returned to second in the standings with this comprehensive victory.

Hot-shot Smith has now hit an impressive 16 goals in just eight games this season following his latest salvo.

Combined Counties League Division 1 Matt Griff P W D L F A Pts was also on target twice at CB Hounslow United 7 7 0 0 18 1 21 Staines Lammas 8 5 1 2 23 11 16 Fox Lane.

Worcester Park 7 5 0 2 16 5 15 Eversley Eversley & California 7 5 0 2 19 12 15 will be looking Cobham 7 4 0 3 16 15 12 to keep up the Epsom Athletic 8 4 0 4 20 25 12 7 3 2 2 14 16 11 pressure on the Sandhurst Town 7 3 1 3 10 8 10 league leaders, Abbey Rangers Bedfont & Feltham 3 3 0 0 16 13 9 but a stern Frimley Green 4 3 0 1 5 4 9 test is likely Sheerwater 8 2 1 5 11 18 7 to await them Dorking Wanderers Res 8 2 1 5 9 18 7 on Saturday, Farleigh Rovers 7 2 0 5 8 20 6 where they Ash United 5 1 1 3 9 15 4 6 1 1 4 5 14 4 are the visitors Banstead Athletic Dorking 6 1 0 5 8 14 3 to Staines Lammas (3pm). South Park Reserves 7 1 0 6 10 18 3

HELLENIC DIVISION 1 EAST

Greg grabs a hat-trick as five-star Finch hit top spot Finchampstead 5 Old Woodstock Town 1

GREG ALEXANDER fired Finchampstead to the top of the table with a hat-trick at The Memorial Ground.

Freddie Barron was also on target as the side racked up a third straight win on home soil.

Jon Laugharne’s men, despite conceding a consolation to Callum Green late on, lead the standings from Chinnor – the team they defeated last time out – on goal difference.

Yet despite this latest victory, Finch had to wait until after the break for the goals to start flying in, as it was only an Alexander penalty which separated the two sides after the first 45 minutes.

Chances, though, were few and far between during the early exchanges, with visitors Woodstock winning a corner before Harry Swabey saw a burst into opposition territory ended by a tackle up the other end.

The next real opportunity on 15 minutes, however, yielded a breakthrough, with forward Alexander confidently converting from 12 yards after a handball inside the box produced a penalty kick.

With Sam Green and Garry Callaway keeping things tight at the back, a confident Finch were in control of proceedings.

And through this possession, Finchampstead should have had more than just the one goal to show for their efforts.

But Barron was unable to trouble Michael Bawn in the Woodstock goal with one effort while Swabey was also thwarted when connecting with a Matt Wright centre from the right.

Yet for all their dominance the hosts would have been relieved to see Green screw a shot wide following a determined 50-yard run.

Woodstock, though, were also fortunate not to have conceded a second just moments before the interval, but

James Wright in action for Finchampstead, who celebrate a goal against Old Woodstock Town (below) Pictures: Paul King

Bawn came to the rescue once again, this time keeping out another Barron chance.

Finch, though, had need not panic about the number of opportunities which went begging, as Barron was next to add his name to the scoresheet, making it 2-0 in the 56th minute.

With the added cushion between the two sides, the hosts were now smelling blood – almost netting a third just two minutes later when Barron this time slipped in Alexander, who could only fire wide when well placed.

The striker, however, was not to make the same mistake soon after, heading home his second of the game when Swabey pinged over an inviting cross from the right.

At 3-0 the game was all but up for Woodstock, but the Oxfordshire side would not go down without a fight and ‘keeper Josh Baker was called upon to deny Dan Monk from distance.

But all hopes of a comeback were extinguished on 68 minutes when Barron, amid a goalmouth scramble, doubled his goal tally for the game when nonchalantly steering the ball home via

a delicate back heel.

With the points now safely in the bag, the home side pushed forward in pursuit of a fifth – and they would not be disappointed.

Just 10 minutes after Barron had killed off the game as a contest, Alexander completed the treble, and in some style too – driving the ball past Bawn from some 20 yards to round off a flowing Finch attack and add an extra coat of gloss to proceedings.

Despite having an emphatic victory wrapped up, Finch did see their impressive lead receive a minor dent late on when Green exploited a gap in the defence and rob Baker of a clean sheet with a composed finish, but it was not enough to spoil a top afternoon for their opponents.

The new league leaders will be looking to make it four home wins on the spin and preserve top spot when entertaining Wantage Town Reserves tomorrow (3pm).

FINCHAMPSTEAD: Baker, M.Wright (Onreat-Wells), Wing (Winship), Callaway, S.Green, Barnard (c), Barron, J.Wright, Swabey, Alexander (Sharpe), Blatchford.

Sub not used: Axton-Hall. n WOODLEY UNITED, without a game last weekend, are in FA Vase second qualifying round action tomorrow, where they are up against tenants and league rivals Reading Town (3pm).

HELLENIC PREMIER DIVISION

Little Scope for optimism as clinical Thatcham hit sorry Sumas for six Wokingham and Emmbrook 1 Thatcham Town 6

By LEWIS RUDD lrudd@wokinghampaper.co.uk A FIRST-HALF Luke Scope goal proved to be nothing more than consolation as Wokingham and Emmbrook saw their wretched run of form continue on Tuesday night.

The scoreline was perhaps a touch harsh on a home side who produced a display of fight and determination at the Investec Perpectual Triangle.

However, a Thatcham side tipped for honours this season showed exactly why they are favourites to win the Premier Division by netting five unanswered goals after the break during a clinical performance which left their opponents nursing a ninth consecutive defeat in all competitions.

It was the West Berkshire side who broke the deadlock in the 19th minute through Mark James, who headed home from a corner.

But Town were not ahead for long, with a Wokingham side scrapping for points at the foot of the table hurling themselves level through a tidy finish from

Scope. But the break was clearly what the Sumas did not need, as it allowed the visitors to regroup and crank up the gears after the restart.

Once Adam Morris restored Thatcham’s earlier advantage on 51 minutes, there was to be no looking back by the title contenders.

Mark Hughes opened his account for the game soon after before substitute and former Binfield striker Ian Davies came off the bench to make it 4-1.

Another Hughes effort in the 74th minute put the result beyond any doubt, with another replacement, Josh Baines, adding insult to injury by netting a sixth in stoppage time.

Wokingham put their league worries to one side this weekend, but they do take on a familiar foe in Shrivenham in the second qualifying round of the FA Vase at the Triangle (3pm).

WOKINGHAM: Woodward, O’Connell, Wanklyn (Broadhurst), Day, Flatman, Rowland, Yeatman (c), Duffelen, Rushforth, Scope (S.Bateman), Sargeant (Wheeler)

n A 4-2 defeat at Penn and Tylers Green saw Wokingham and Emmbrook Reserves exit the Hellenic Chairman’s Challenge Cup

Wokingham and Emmbrook defender Mark O’Connell slips away from Thatcham striker Marcus Mealing on Tuesday Picture: Paul King

Ferdinand leads rampant Binfield to third straight win Binfield 4 Brackley Town Saints 1

LIAM FERDINAND scored twice and set up another as Binfield racked up a third straight win from arguably their best performance of the season to date.

Danny Horscroft and Aaron Rowland also scored from range during the victory at Hill Farm Lane on Monday night.

The Moles needed less than 10 minutes to take full control of the fixture, breaking the deadlock early on through Horscroft, who drove home a crisp shot from 20 yards when a blocked effort from Ferdinand – the only change from the starting line up which defeated Henley Town 2-1 last Saturday – fell kindly to the midfielder.

Just moments later and the hosts were doubling their advantage through Ferdinand, who opened his account for the evening when receiving a pass from Jack Broome and stroking a shot beyond the Brackley ‘keeper from close range.

Binfield had further chances to extend their lead – but they did not have to wait long for goal number three.

The clock had just struck the 23rd minute when Rowland picked out the top corner from 25 yards. Ferdinand was involved once again, this time setting up his team-mate for the attempt at goal.

Clearly stunned by the Binfield storm which had hit them, the young Brackley side did eventually test their opponents, but Nathan Silver in the home side’s goal was comfortably behind a free-kick from some 25 yards out.

But the shot-stopper was beaten just two minutes later, with Silver powerless to keep out a dipping volley from 30 yards which hit the back of the net via the underside of the crossbar. The hosts would hold a two-goal advantage going into the break.

Shortly after the restart, however, boss

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Royally robbed of a draw leaves Sargeant majorly frustrated Royal Wootton Bassett Town 2 Wokingham and Emmbrook 1

GARRY SARGEANT saw two goals disallowed for a Wokingham side which suffered a crushing last-gasp defeat at 10-man Wootton.

The striker (pictured) saw one effort met by a linesman’s flag late in the first half and then what looked to be a late equaliser for the Sumas chalked off for an alleged infringement by Luke Scope.

Defeat was the club’s 11th in the league this term and eighth on the bounce in all competitions, leaving Wokingham propping up the Premier Division table.

But the visitors started brightly in Wiltshire and were handed a boost in just the eighth minute when Town ‘keeper Curtis Meare saw red for bringing down Scope in the box.

Jake Butler stepped up and made no mistake with the resulting penalty, sending replacement Steve Yeardley the wrong way for a 1-0 lead.

Wokingham were treated to a gorgeous playing surface at the New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground perfect for their passing style of play, but fragile confidence would put pay to a slick showing from the visitors.

But they would have been settled down further had an offside flag not met Sargeant’s ‘goal’ just moments before the break – a decision most of the travelling support felt was marginal.

A Wokingham side down on their luck did hold their lead going into the second half, but Wootton were now beginning to ask questions of their opponents, despite being a man light.

And Town were soon celebrating an equaliser, which also arrived via a penalty kick on 56 minutes; Stephen Olphert keeping his cool to beat Sean

Woodward in the Wokingham goal after Will Day was adjudged to have handled the ball in the box.

Both sides continued to trade chances, but with neither able to add to their tally the game appeared to be heading towards a draw.

That was though, until the 86th minute, where Sam Packer popped up to drive home a shot from 20 yards amid sloppy Wokingham defending to give Wootton the lead for the first time in the game.

The away side, however, refused to give up the fight and thought they had levelled matters when Sargeant popped up to head home a corner from recent signing Jordan Rowland.

But the celebrations were shortlived, with the referee stepping in and calling play back for a foul

by Scope – a decision which was slightly harsh on the centre forward, who was having his shirt pulled by an opponent during the build up and was unlucky not to have been awarded a penalty beforehand.

WOKINGHAM: Woodward, O’Connell, Rowland, Day, Smillie, Payne (Rushforth), Broadhurst (S.Bateman), Butler, Yeatman, Sargeant, Scope Hellenic Premier Division P W D L Flackwell Heath 12 8 2 2 Thatcham Town 10 8 1 1 Oxford City Nomads 12 8 1 3 Ascot United 13 8 1 4 Kidlington 11 7 3 1 Highworth Town 11 7 1 3 Highmoor-Ibis 12 6 2 4 Thame United 12 6 1 5 Binfield 9 5 2 2 Brimscombe & Thrupp 10 5 2 3 Royal Wootton Bassett 12 5 2 5 Longlevens AFC 11 5 0 6 Lydney Town 11 4 3 4 Ardley United 13 4 1 8 Milton United 13 2 5 6 Brackley Town Saints 13 3 2 8 Tuffley Rovers 10 2 2 6 Abingdon United 13 2 2 9 Bracknell Town 8 1 2 5 Wokingham 14 1 1 12

F 39 30 27 23 25 25 26 17 14 18 22 14 17 17 13 20 14 17 11 13

A Pts 20 26 12 25 13 25 14 25 11 24 11 22 18 20 15 19 9 17 14 17 25 17 15 15 19 15 27 13 21 11 33 11 23 8 42 8 21 5 39 4

HELLENIC CHALLENGE CUP Josh Howell (left) congratulates Danny Horscroft after the Binfield midfielder opened the scoring on Monday night Pictures: Colin Byers

Roger Herridge handed weekend signing Jack Gibbs, who arrived from Hartley Wintney, a debut from the bench, replacing Horscroft.

And the former Wokingham and Emmbrook full-back was to impress for his new club, showing some good touches from left back and surging forward to throw over a number of inviting crosses.

Yet he had to watch on as Brackley almost grabbed a second – only to be thwarted by the quick thinking of Silver, who raced off his line to snaffle up a visiting attack.

But Gibbs had a helping hand when Binfield went 4-1 ahead, combining with captain Alex Luis, who went on to square for Ferdinand, who showed his marker one way before opting to shoot with his right foot and netting confidently.

With the points in the bag and back in

the ascendency once more, Binfield pushed forward in search of more goals.

Chris Dean tried his luck from 25 yards, only to see his shot fly over the bar, while Michael Walton was also unable to keep an effort – a header from a corner – down.

Brackley did carve up a couple of late chances of their own, but a combination of Walton’s pace and a flying Silver save ensured the Northamptonshire side would end the game nursing a heavy defeat.

The Moles will be looking a record a fourth win on the bounce tomorrow when Abingdon United are visitors to the Lane (3pm)

BINFIELD: Silver, Broome, Luis (c) (Pearson), M.Walton, Leonetti, Rowland (Withers), Howell, Dean, Knight, Ferdinand, Horscroft (Gibbs).

Subs not used: Dickie, Johnson

n Jamie Connor (Thame United) and Lamin Sankoh (Highmoor Ibis) have both left the club.

Super sub Dickie ruins Hen party Henley Town 1 Binfield 2

SUBSTITUTE Ali Dickie popped up with a 61st minute winner to book Binfield a place in the next round of the Hellenic Challenge Cup. On as an earlier replacement for the injured Lewis Leonetti, Dickie (pictured) was on hand to head home a deflected Josh Howell cross which had dropped kindly for the full back.

Despite finding themselves pressed back at the Investec Perpetual Triangle during the early exchanges, it was the Moles who took the lead against the run of play on 26 minutes when the outstretched foot of Danny Horscroft was enough to divert Chris Dean’s low centre from a free kick beyond the Town ‘keeper.

Horscroft, Howell, James Knight and Dean all had further chances to put Binfield further ahead – but the

lead was to remain by just the solitary goal going into the second half.

The visitors began the brighter side after the break, with Knight striking a post, yet found themselves pegged back when Hellenic Division 1 East side Henley equalised via a free header at the far post on 55 minutes.

The Moles’ response was immediate, with Dickie going close and winning the corner from where he would eventually settle the tie, outjumping the Henley shot-stopper to turn home the loose ball, which had ballooned up in the air off a defender.

Town went close to tieing up the scores once more late on, but Binfield ‘keeper Nathan Silver was on hand to snuff out the danger as the visitors held out for the win.

BINFIELD: Silver, Broome, Luis (c), M.Walton, Leonetti (Dickie), Rowland, Howell, Dean, Knight, Johnson, Horscroft (Ferdinand).

Subs not used: Brad Brown, Reid, Brown, Pearson

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Reading Ladies secure promotion to WSL 1 READING will play in the top flight of the Women’s Super League next season after sealing promotion with a 3-1 win against Watford Ladies, writes TOM CROCKER Kelly Chambers’ side took the lead against the struggling Hornets through a fine Melissa Fletcher strike after quarter of an hour.

Having already beaten Watford twice this campaign, Reading went into the game full of confidence and doubled their tally through in-form Wales international Helen Ward shortly after half time.

Despite dominating possession, Royals were given a scare 10 minutes from time.

Goalkeeper Grace Moloney was adjudged to have felled striker Ellie Mason in the penalty area.

Mason stepped up herself to pull the scores back to 2-1, only for Rachel Rowe to fire in a brilliant effort to restore the two-goal cushion.

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that is a plus.

“We have got a good work ethic – in fact it is professional and exceptional.

JON LAUGHARNE has warned his “We have set high standards and Finchampstead players not to get the players are adhering to them, but complacent after hitting top spot in it is still only the end of September.”

Hellenic Division 1 East.

Greg Alexander hit a hat-trick as The club lead the standings Woodstock were put to the sword following Saturday’s 5-1 thrashing of last weekend, with Old Woodstock Freddie Barron Hellenic Division 1 East Town at The hitting the other P W D L F A Pts Memorial two.

Finchampstead 8 4 2 2 15 9 14 Ground – a third Since opening Headington Amateur’s 7 4 2 1 10 6 14 consecutive win their home account Penn & Tylers Green 5 4 1 0 16 4 13 on home soil.

Henley Town 7 4 1 2 19 15 13 for the campaign, Boss Laugharne Bicester Town 6 3 2 1 13 10 11 Finchampstead Rayners Lane 6 3 0 3 13 9 9 puts his side’s have racked up Wantage Town Res’ 8 3 0 5 13 19 9 recent good run 11 goals in three Chalfont Wasps 4 2 1 1 8 6 7 of form down to games, which have Chinnor 5 2 0 3 11 10 6 an “exceptional” taken the club Holyport 4 2 0 2 10 11 6 and “professional” to first place via Didcot Town Res’ 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 work ethic, but is having scored more Woodley United 5 1 1 3 6 8 4 refusing to get too Old Woodstock Town 5 1 0 4 4 15 3 than closest rivals Reading Town 4 0 0 4 6 17 0 carried away.

Headington.

“We’re top They could because we have preserve their played more games than most other place at the summit with victory over teams,” quipped Laugharne.

Wantage Reserves tomorrow (3pm), “We have played eight games, Penn but Laugharne is focused solely on the and Tylers Green have played five, task at hand.

Henley Town have played seven and He said: “If we had won eight out of Headington Amateurs seven, so if they eight that would be phenomenal, six win all their games in hand we drop out of eight is fantastic, but we have won four out of eight, which is good. to fifth, but we have got the points, so

Finchampstead celebrate a goal against Old Woodstock Town

“We don’t need to get carried away.

We are not giving them any extra motivation or anything like that.

“We are just carrying on as normal, they are working hard in training – we are not doing anything different.

“Hopefully we can get a positive result on Saturday, but Wantage (Reserves) are a decent side and I’m expecting a tough game.”

The manager went on to explain how he believes the squad is benefitting from a number of new players who arrived at the club from teams playing higher up the non-league pyramid over the summer.

Defenders Garry Callaway and Danny Wing were snapped up from Premier League Binfield, while Danny Blatchford has experience of playing with Newbury Town

Picture: Paul King

prior to their voluntary demotion to the Thames Valley League.

“Those boys are used to winning,” added Laugharne. (Calloway) is not club captain at Binfield for 11 years, winning all those trophies they won and watching them grow as they have done if you’re not a top player.

“Binfield have always been, since going up to the Hellenic Premier Division, a top four or top six club.

“Danny Wing was also always a starter there too.

“I don’t know why both of them left, but we’re happy to have them here.

“Their experience is invaluable.”

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