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Lib Dems win byelection THE Wokingham Liberal Democrats were literally jumping for joy as they won an historic landslide victory in the Wokingham Borough Council Emmbrook by-election last week. Candidate Imogen ShepherdDuBey, who has stood for election on four previous occasions, picked up 59.7% of the votes at the election on Friday (16) following the resignation of Conservative councillor Chris Singleton. Cllr Shepherd-DuBey, who also holds a position representing Emmbrook on Wokingham Town Council, vowed to push for resources and infrastructure for any new developments in the area, improvements in transport links, and appropriate funding for Wokingham’s schools.  Full story page 5

Hare Hatch loses high court case A GARDEN centre in an ongoing dispute with the council over the use of its land lost a high court hearing earlier this week. Hare Hatch Sheeplands learnt that it can only carry on with with a plant growing nursery, a butchers, a coffee shop and a farm shop. But the centre’s owners have said they are considering their options as a result of the verdict, arguing that the judge ordered the council to re-draft the document saying “the injunction must be understandable.”  Full story at wokingham.today

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Praise for head who quit school EXCLUSIVE

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk A WINNERSH headteacher, who this week resigned over mounting funding pressures, has been praised for her bold move. Mary Sandell, who became head at The Forest School, in Robinhood Lane, in September 2014, announced on Monday that she would be stepping down due to the sheer amount of cuts her school was facing.

In a statement released to parents and students on Monday, Ms Sandell said that, at 59, she felt she was “far too old for the high levels of stress involved in running a school in today’s economic climate.” She said: “The situation with regard to schools funding, both nationally and locally, is bleak; in common with other head teachers, I did not enter the teaching profession to make cuts that narrow the curriculum, or to reduce the number of teachers and increase class sizes, and yet  Continued on page 9

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HEALTHY eating will be on the menu at Foundry College in Budges Gardens, Wokingham, this summer thanks to a local garden centre. Twyford-based Hare Hatch Sheeplands has donated a wide range of vegetable seeds to the college which is about to start tending a newly acquired

allotment close to Wokingham Railway Station. It has also donated sunﬂower and herb seeds, given the college a £25 voucher to spend and has offered 25% discount on all future purchases. Earlier this month, staff and pupils from the college collected their seeds and were given

Services for Women’s Day of Prayer CHURCHES across the borough will come together for a series of special services to mark the annual Women’s World Day of Prayer. The ecumenical event, which is also open to men, will this year use material prepared by women from the Philippines. Held on Friday, March 3, the services are part of a global initiative. St John the Bosco church in Woodley hosts a service from 10.30am, while Woosehill Church in Chestnut Avenue will hold a service from 7.30pm. Entry is free and refreshments will be served.

Easter journey AS SHROVE Tuesday comes around, Christians in Twyford are being invited to join up with other churches for a an

advice on developing the plot. Foundry College is a pupil referral unit for young people from within the borough who are aged between ﬁve and 16. Teacher Juliet Sherratt said: “It’s great for the children to be invited to Sheeplands. It is a positive experience which will help their self-esteem and

ecumenical Lent course. Called Church and Kingdom, it will take partipcants on a journey to Easter Sunday and explore what it means to be a Christian in the church. The sessions take place from 7.45pm on Tuesday evenings at St Mary’s Church in Station Road, Twyford. For more details, call the church office on 0118 934 4792.

Thieves steal camping gear CAMPING equipment has been stolen during a burglary in Wargrave. Between 9am and 11am on Wednesday, February 8, the garage of a property in Wargrave Hill was broken into. The resident was home at the time and upon hearing a noise in the garage, locked an internal door which may have disturbed the offenders. Anyone with any information should call Thames Valley Police on 101.

it has taken them out into the community.” Tomatoes, swedes, runner beans, cabbage and parsnip were among the seeds given. “We were really pleased to welcome them and to be able to help the college on an ongoing basis,” said Sheeplands general Manager Andy Sherwood.

Car window broken THE WINDOW of a car was smashed in Finchampstead last weekend. Between 9.50am and 10.15am on Sunday, February 12, a neighbour heard the window of a car parked in a communal parking bay being smashed, and called the police. The rear driver side window had been smashed, but it is not known if anything was stolen from inside.

Jewellery taken JEWELLERY has been stolen from a house in Winnersh. Between 3pm and 11pm on Sunday, Febraury 12 someone used a spade from the garden of a property in Reading Road to force open a door. The offenders searched the house before making off with jewellery and cash. Anyone with any information should call 101.

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Music festival’s Marvellous plans to grow to meet demand EXCLUSIVE

By SUE CORCORAN news@wokinghampaper.co.uk ORGANISERS of the Marvellous Festival at Dinton Pastures want permission for hundreds more music fans a day at their weekend event this summer. The increase would bring the total allowed each day under their licence to 7,000. But Marvellous say they will sign up to agree a 6,200 a day limit for this year to make sure the festival works well with higher numbers. Last year they were allowed up to 5,000 people a day, including 500 staff, band members and others, for their first tribute band festival at the park. Before that weekend, people living near Dinton on the Hurst/ Winnersh border were worried about possible traffic, parking and noise nuisance. But the organisers and Wokingham Borough Council officials reported few complaints during or after the weekend. Festival goers and neighbours gave it a thumbs up. Sales director Helen Freestone, 45, of Lea Heath Way, nearby, said: “We came to the festival. It was great, brilliant. More please. It had a great vibe and was family orientated.” Two complaints came from residents three-quarters of a mile away in the centre of Hurst. One woman said she had no peace all weekend. Another, Lou Robinson of Tape Lane, said afterwards: “They (the organisers) were quite shocked that we did hear the music. The sound travelled and it was a nuisance.” She asked for improvements for this year’s festival which is on July 29 and 30. She has welcomed proposed repositioning of the 2017 stages. “They have listened and done something about it. Let’s see what the outcome is,” she said. Steve Stanton of Marvellous said this week: “We want to increase the capacity of the ground. It doesn’t necessarily mean numbers will go up.” At the moment ticket bookings were at the same level as last year. “We want to adjust the licence, having seen how it went in the first year. “We were very cautious. We had ample, excess, parking. Far more people came on foot than expected

and we had far more camping space than we needed,” he added. “Last year we sold out on the Saturday, selling 4,500 tickets.” The licence number then meant they couldn’t sell ‘walk up on the day’ tickets. On the Sunday they sold 2,200 tickets. Marvellous are asking Wokingham Borough Council for a licence for 7,000 people a day, including 500 staff, bands and complimentary tickets. For this year, under the separate annual contract signed with the council, Mr Stanton is suggesting limiting numbers to 6,200, including 500 staff, bands etc. “This is to make sure there is no congestion problem in the roads and that the car parking and numbers in the arena work well,” said Mr Stanton. He said sound levels last year had been well within the set limits. However following comments about the sound travelling, layout changes are being proposed. “We don’t want anyone to be upset,” he said. This year he suggested the second stage would be on the other side of the arena and point towards the motorway, instead of Hurst. The main stage would be angled slightly more towards Black Swan Lake, away from Hurst. Times for music performance would be unchanged, he is proposing. The licence, provided it is granted, would show an end time of midnight, but in fact there would be an 11pm finish. The later time was to allow for unforeseen circumstances. This year the music had finished at 11pm as planned. There would be music until 11pm at the July 28, Friday evening event which was limited to campers and invited guests. The festival was a family event, with, new this year, a big top circus including acrobats but no animals. Following the event’s great success last year, many people were emailing requesting their favourite bands for this year, said Mr Stanton. Mr Geoff Manning of Wards Cross, Hurst has been concerned about possible wet weather making it difficult to get cars out of the car parks. He says the ground can easily become boggy. “If there are more people it would just exacerbate the problem,” he said.

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Car crashes into wall near borough council offices A CAR crashed into a wall near Wokingham Borough Council‘s offices last week. At around 10.30pm on Thursday, February 16, police and paramedics were called to the scene of the collision in Shute End after a silver car had crashed into a wall. Witnesses told The Wokingham Paper that the car had reversed up Station Road before colliding with the wall. A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police confirmed that officers and

paramedics attended the scene and the driver was treated at the scene for what were described by the ambulance service as minor injuries. The spokesperson said: “Thames Valley Police was called shortly after 10.30pm on Thursday to a report of a single vehicle collision involving a car and a wall in Shute End, Wokingham. “Ofﬁcers and the ambulance service attended the collision. The driver was treated by the ambulance service. Details were exchanged.”

Dog walker mugged in car park A WOMAN has been mugged as she prepared to walk her dog at a park in Finchampstead at the weekend. Between 3pm and 3.30pm on Saturday the victim, a woman believed to be in her forties, drove to Simons Wood, on Wellingtonia Avenue, to walk her dog. As she tried to park her car, the only space available was next to a small black hatchback car, which may have been a Vauxhall Corsa or a Ford Fiesta. The woman noticed three men stood next to the vehicle, and as she exited her car and went to remove her dog from the back seat, she felt a shove to her back. The victim then fell into her car. Nothing was said to her and she didn’t say anything back. When she stood up to see what had happened, she saw the black car driving out of the car park with the men in it. She then discovered her handbag and dog lead had been taken from her shoulder.

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Thankfully, the woman did not suffer any injuries during the incident. The offenders are believed to be three white men, aged between 18 to 20. They were all thought to be wearing jeans. PC Zoe Eele from Bracknell Local CID said: “The location is a busy dog walking site and as the car park was full, we are hoping there may have been witnesses to this incident. “If anyone witnessed the offence or saw the black vehicle or the three men prior to the incident, please call Thames Valley Police on 101 quoting incident number 43170049568.” Alternatively, information can be given to the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

Rum tasting night A WOKINGHAM pub is planning a rum tasting event on Monday night. For £10, guests can try different rums, enjoy some tasty snacks, and learn about the history of the drink. Tickets should be booked in advance from the host venue, The Hope and Anchor in Station Road.

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Single lane Peach Street for 15 weeks from Monday THE NEXT phase of Wokingham town centre’s regeneration gets underway next week as one lane of Peach Street is closed to traffic. The temporary road closure will last for around 15 weeks and enable contractors Dawnus to safely demolish buildings on Peach Street between the former Clintons Cards building to the shops just before, but not including, The Redan bar. In order to put the safety barriers in place for the demolition works, Peach Street will be completely closed overnight, from the junction

with Easthampstead Road to Market Place, from 10pm on Sunday until 6am on Monday. Due to the SGN works taking place at the level crossing on Easthampstead Road the following westbound diversion route will be in place via Easthampstead Road, Waterloo Road, Old Wokingham Road, Easthampstead Road, Heathlands Road, Nine Mile Ride, Sandhurst Road, Finchampstead Road, Molly Millars Lane, Barkham Road, Station Approach, Reading Road and Shute End.

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It’ll open someday … Road project delayed again By PHIL CREIGHTON news@wokinghampaper.co.uk THE OPENING of one of the first new distributor roads in the borough has been delayed yet again, meaning it will open almost a year behind schedule. The Shinfield Eastern Relief Road was due to open last summer but a series of delays have seen the date pushed back. Now, another series of setbacks – including a groundwater problem affecting road stability – means that, although there is still no firm opening date for the road, the contractors are planning for a spring finish. In a statement, Hochtief highways director Dan Wiscombe said: “We understand that the delay to completing the Shinfield Eastern Relief Road is extremely frustrating for the local community, businesses and road users and we apologise for any ongoing inconvenience this is causing. “We have brought in significant extra resources to address these issues and are committed to ensuring that the project is finished as soon as possible given the challenges faced.” The company said that the challenges include cold weather, drainage problems and unforeseen issues with the handover process. Now Hochtief are bringing in additional staff which they say are experienced in specialist excavation techniques and will help get the work finished. The statement ends: “The programme has now been revised and work is due to be completed in Spring 2017. As soon as we are in a position to do so, we will publicise the road opening date.” The challenges according to Hochtief: n An unforeseen ground water issue at the northern end of the relief road has affected the stability of the road construction, meaning that the road is unsafe to traffic until this issue is resolved. After thoroughly investigating the issue, an additional 570 metres of drainage is being constructed. Extra resources have been brought in to ensure the drainage installation process is as

Sign of good hope … the Shinfield Eastern Relief Road was originally meant to open six months ago, but it is still under construction. A new opening date has yet to be set

fast as possible. n Planned work at Arborfield Road (A327) required extensive changes such as flood resilience re-modelling. This has resulted in a new road alignment, embankment height and an increased length of surfacing to join the new road to the existing road, which have all required additional de-sign work, consents and planning permissions. n Exceptionally cold weather delayed some of the works which involved concrete and surfacing activities. n Quality issues arising from unforeseen events during the handover and sign off process, which need to be resolved prior to opening the road to ensure that safety and highways standards are fully adhered to. Wokingham Borough Council's executive member for highways and transport, Cllr Malcolm Richards said the road couldn't be opened until all of the problems had been addressed. He said: “We share the public’s frustration with the delay for this scheme. We’ve raised our concerns with the University of Reading and its contractor Hochtief, who are delivering the project. This has led to them increasing their resources to tackle the outstanding work around Arborfield Road, Shinfield Road and the Black Boy Roundabout. “We do not have control over the contract. Our input is solely as a highway authority. We review and challenge the

construction methods of a third party while the road is being built to make sure the finished highway meets the quality benchmarks needed before we can adopt it. We have the long term interests of our residents and commuters in mind to ensure standards are maintained and disruption is kept to a minimum. We are working with Hochtief and the University of Reading to get the project finished and open. “With a complex project like this there are always unforeseen problems. Current issues include water seeping up through the surface of the relief road. We cannot allow traffic to use this new section until we are absolutely sure this has been fully addressed. “When the final resurfacing of Arborfield Road is done, work will concentrate around Shinfield Road, with the new relief road then opened.” Peter Hughes, chair of Shinfield Parish Council, said: “The residents of Shinfield Parish are absolutely fed up with the ongoing saga of the roadworks for the Eastern Relief Road, which in any case does little to improve access for our residents to Reading or the motorway, and now will be a year late. It is a disgrace, whatever the excuses are. “This, coupled with continual poorlymanaged roadworks throughout the parish, which are as yet unfinished, means we have to suffer for years to come.”

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ONE of the borough’s four MPs has vowed to push other local authorities to take more housing. John Redwood, whose constituency including parts of Wokingham and West Berkshire, revealed in a blog post that he thinks the current solution – which sees the borough have to build 856 houses a year from 2013, while Bracknell needs to be build 635 and Reading 699 – needs addressing. “Going forward there needs to be a fair division of the [housing] requirement,” he said. And Mr Redwood added that Brexit should also have an impact on the housing total. He wrote: “The total numbers needed in the future also should take into account any change of migration policy

designed to lower the numbers of additional people coming to live and work in the country as a whole. “The current high numbers of new homes is partly the result of adding 330,000 extra people each year to our population, as we wish anyone coming to live and work here to have access to decent housing. “If the government sticks to its target of a substantial reduction and takes the necessary measures on leaving the EU, could the targets be lowered?” Mr Redwood also noted

that if the Grazeley town is built, the 15,000 homes would provide more 17-and-a-half years’ worth of housing targets. He asked: “Is it feasible to say no to building on any other large sites throughout such a long time period? Or might Grazeley add to the build rate? “If other sites are granted on appeal or run over from past grants of planning, then we need to build even more infrastructure to take care of a faster build rate than present plans.” Mr Redwood promised to write to local authorities for clarity on these issues.

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Lib Dem landslide sees Imogen steal Emmbrook from Tories EXCLUSIVE

Jubilant Liberal Democrats celebrate their byelection win in Emmbrook Picture: Gemma Davidson

By GEMMA DAVIDSON The only journalist at the count gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk WOKINGHAM’S Liberal Democrats were literally jumping for joy as they won an historic landslide victory in the Wokingham Borough Council Emmbrook by-election last week. Candidate Imogen ShepherdDuBey, who has stood for election on four previous occasions, picked up 59.7% of the votes at the election on Friday, following the resignation of Conservative councillor Chris Singleton. Cllr Shepherd-DuBey, who also holds a position representing Emmbrook on Wokingham Town Council, vowed to push for resources and infrastructure for any new developments in the area, improvements in transport links, and appropriate funding for Wokingham’s schools. More than 2,600 Emmbrook residents took to the polls to decide who out of Ms Shepherd-DuBey, Kevin Morgan (Conservatives), Chris Everett (Labour) and Phil Ray (UKIP), could best represent them on the Borough Council. Following the landslide victory, in which she picked up 1,575 votes, Wokingham Liberal Democrat leader Lindsay Ferris said the result sent a clear message to the people of Wokingham. Cllr Ferris said: “I would like to thank the residents of Emmbrook

Thieves wake residents RESIDENTS of a house in Wokingham awoke to find their house had been targeted by would-be burglars overnight. Between midnight and 8.30am on Sunday, February 5, someone broke into the house in Emmview Close by forcing the chain on the front door. It is not believed that anything was stolen. Anyone with any information should call 101.

Offices targeted OFFICES in Swallowfield were targeted by thieves earlier this month. Overnight Friday, February 3 into Saturday, someone went into the business park off Basingstoke Road, forced open a side window of a building and searched inside. The offenders may have been disturbed as nothing was stolen. The following night, someone broke into an office in Swallowfield Street, taking keys for plant machinery and onsite containers. Other containers on the premises were damaged by forcing the padlocks. Anyone with information on either of these incidents should call the police on 101.

Shed damaged in raid who have voted today. This result shows that they want a change, and we are determined to bring them change.” Cllr Shepherd-DuBey said: “It hasn’t really sunk in, it has been a long time coming.” Kevin Morgan, who picked up 879 votes, said he was ‘disappointed’ by the result, but vowed to stand again. He said: “I gave Imogen a hug and wished her well. I am beaten, but I am not out. “I love Emmbrook and I truly believe in what the Conservatives

stand for in Wokingham – you don’t always get to see what goes on behind the scenes. “The plan was to stand in 2018, but when Chris resigned it brought it all forward. I will run again in 2018, we will regroup and come back stronger.” In another big shock of the evening, UKIP candidate Phil Ray picked up 3.9% of the votes, beating Chris Everett for Labour by 25 votes. Speaking before the result, he said: “We are realistic, we are here to find out if we are third or fourth.

“This is our first election since the EU referendum, so it will be interesting to see where we stand and what the reaction is from residents.”

RESULTS Imogen Shepherd-DuBey – Liberal Democrat: 1,575 votes (59.7%) Kevin Morgan – Conservatives: 879 votes (33.3%) Phil Ray – UKIP: 104 votes (3.9%) Chris Everett – Labour: 79 votes (3.0%) Turnout: 39.67%

Party’s anger over ‘fake’ election leaflet A LEAFLET that was designed to look as if it had come from the Liberal Democrats but was actually from the Conservatives has been criticised by other political parties for confusing Emmbrook residents, writes Phil Creighton. On Thursday night last week the yellow background leaflet was delivered through doors in the ward, ahead of the polls opening the following day. One side contained three boxes labelled ‘Fact 1’, ‘Fact 2’ and ‘Fact 3’, while the other featured a What They Say/What They Do pointers, such as ‘their candidate lives outside the ward’ and ‘they accepted [councillor expenses] increase including backdated to April 2016’. One of the headings was ‘Can you trust the Lib Dems to prioritise Emmbrook?’ All election leaflets have to

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contain an imprint declaring who the election agent is and on whose behalf the communication had been made. For this leaflet, it stated it was promoted by Fraser McFarland on behalf of Kevin Morgan, but did not make clear that he was the Conservative candidate. The leaflet was condemned by Cllr Prue Bray – the election agent for Liberal Democrat Imogen Shepherd DuBey. She told The Wokingham Paper: “It’s smeary. It’s full of half-truths to

try and create an impression in people’s minds. They [the Conservatives] have always done it, but now they’re sinking even lower. “My first impression when I saw this was they’re desperate and it shows them in their true colours.” Cllr Bray said that the leaflet had the opposite effect to the one she thinks the Conservatives had intended. “The only reaction is outrage that the Conservatives put this together.

People didn’t realise [at first] it wasn’t from the Liberal Democrats, some thought it was from Labour,” she added. “It hasn’t even got the word Conservative in the imprint. “We would not stoop to this level – I would never do anything like this. It’s attacking Imogen’s character and I’m not sure it’s legal either. “I’m getting advice on that.” We contacted Fraser McFarland – the promoter of the leaflet and Wokingham Conservatives office manager – for a comment, but none had been received as we went to press.  Tony Johnson’s take on the leaﬂet is on page 15

OFFENDERS prised a panel off of a shed in Arborfield in a bid to get inside. On Sunday, February 5, someone attempted to break into the garden shed in Valon Road by prising off a panel, but nothing was stolen. Anyone who saw anything suspicious should call Thames Valley Police on 101.

Attempted break-in THIEVES attempted to break into a house in Earley but failed. At some time between 10.30am on Friday, February 3 and 4.30pm the following Sunday, someone broke the living room window of a property in Gardner Place. It appears that they were not able to get in though, and nothing was stolen. If you saw anything suspicious at that time, please call 101. If you ever suspect a crime is taking place, always call 999.

Jewellery taken JEWELLERY was stolen from a house in Earley earlier this month. Between 5.30pm and 8.45pm on Sunday February 5, someone forced open the kitchen window of a property in Plympton Close. The offender searched the house and made off with a purse and jewellery. Anyone with any information should call 101.

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n From Front page my hand has been forced, and I see no immediate easing of the situation. “Consequently, I feel unable to deliver the quality of education the boys at The Forest so clearly deserve.” Local campaigner Annabel Yoxall, who this week is taking her fight for fairer school funding to Parliament, said she was saddened by the news. She said: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of Mary Sandell's resignation. “Mary has been a brave and proactive voice in the campaign to make sure Wokingham Borough’s schools get more funding. Her support has been essential for our success.” Concerned parents took to social media to express their sadness at Ms Sandell’s imminent departure, with many sympathising with her reasons. Rachel Lester said: “Sadly I think this is only the beginning! Cuts to resources has such a huge impact on education. How can any school provide a service they are proud of when the very foundation on which they are building it (financial stability) is not there .... whilst I understand the need to be resourceful simple educational tools are often not available or are not being

replaced. Financial implementation surrounding statements or lack of is adding to an incredible burden on teaching. “Many joined the profession to teach not to spend their time juggling finances and finding innovative ways to make up the short fall ... A sad indictment of how the educational system is going!” Claire Saul added: “Shocked and saddened to hear this. She is fabulous, such an asset to the school.” Wokingham Borough Council’s executive member for children’s services, Cllr Charlotte Haitham Taylor praised Ms Sandell for the work she had achieved at the all-boys school. She said: “Across the Wokingham Borough, we have brilliant schools that excel by all benchmarks – in academic terms, according to Ofsted inspectors and in the allimportant eyes of parents who continue to want their children educated here. “Mary Sandell took on the leadership of The Forest School at a time of national challenges. We are grateful to her and all our headteachers for the sterling work they do for our children

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and young people, with the challenges and opportunities that we have in the borough. “But this success is despite long-standing central government practices that have left our schools at the back of the queue for funding for many, many years – and we believe these systems are long overdue a review. “Funding for our schools is allocated nationally according to a procedure which is based on various factors including the level of disadvantage in the area. The borough’s assessed level of disadvantage is low, and this has and continues to affect funding. “Benchmarking across neighbouring authorities and nationally confirms that we have been the lowest funded unitary for government grant funding for the key sources of schools funding for some time. “We might even continue to be in the future, despite our continuing efforts to lobby our local MPs and the Secretary of State for Education on this critical issue.” Cllr Haitham Taylor also added that she was ‘keen to dispel’ misinformation recently given by the NUT over funding levels, and pointed out that £1.8million worth of council support for school services was due to be allocated in 2017/18. She said: “We know that some schools are finding the current funding allocations more challenging than others and parents are feeling anxious. “However we are also keen to dispel the misinformation and misinterpretation that both unions and others have been spreading about figures and staffing levels in our schools, this has only led to undue alarm in our community.” But councillor for Bulmershe and Whitegates, and leader of Wokingham Labour Andy Croy, whose party has lent its support to the fairer funding campaign in recent months, said the problem went further than the council, and called on Wokingham MP John Redwood to do more to support local schools. He said: “On January 20th John Redwood visited The Forest to discuss school funding with the Head Teacher. “On February 20th the headteacher resigned. “That tells us everything we need to know about the credibility of John Redwood’s failing attempts to get more funding for Wokingham's schools. “Redwood should be fighting for a bigger cake, not re-slicing a too-small cake. He needs to be banging on the doors of the Treasury, not pussyfooting around the Education Minister.” Wokingham Liberal Democrats’ spokesperson for education, Beth Rowland said: “I am sad that Ms Sandell has felt that her only option both to draw attention to, and because of the funding crisis in all of the borough’s schools. “Having spoken with her some weeks ago I know that she was very concerned that she was facing cutting the curriculum in her school to enable spending to be kept within budget. “This can’t be right for pupils in Wokingham schools, Wokingham is the worst funded authority in the country, something had to be done to correct this. “I appeal to parents, pupils and residents to help the campaign being organised by parents to change this. Please sign the petition that is available both in paper copy and on the Wokingham website.” n THE campaign for fairer funding in Wokingham’s schools will be marking a National Day of Action with a stall in Market Square this weekend. Campaigners will be collecting signatures for their petition and sharing information about the campaign from 9am on Saturday. For more information on the petition, and to sign, visit http://bit.ly/2gOXNIP. n For more on this story, log on to our website, wokingham.today

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By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk A BRIDE-to-be is looking forward to a healthier future after shedding nearly eight stone in weight. Caroline Hobley, who lives in Wokingham, struggled with her weight since her teens, peaking at a size 24 in 2015 after several failed attempts to slim down. The pharmaceuticals planner said that her boyfriend finally gave her the motivation she needed, by promising to marry her if she lost two dress sizes and kept it off for six months. Caroline explained: “I was always overweight, but it grew worse when I hit 16 years old: I became more and more obese. I’ve gone up and down over the years, and did the usual cycle of weight loss followed by even more gain. “Back in 2008, I lost two dress sizes on my own by watching my calories and a lot of exercise. It took nearly two years to go from a size 22 to a size 18, but I felt stronger and fitter than ever. But, inevitably, I gained all the weight back and more as I suffered injuries and a particularly large love of food with an even bigger appetite.” In 2013, Caroline decided that she needed to do something drastic, so suggested her plan to boyfriend of three years, Ed. She continued: “I thought I would achieve the same results as before, in the same time scale, which meant we would have been together long enough to know if we were going to stay that way. But I grew another dress size.” It was at this point that Caroline decided to sign up to Weight Watchers after a friend’s barbecue in 2015 proved to be the final straw. She said: “After eating an inordinate amount of crisps and dips, and a barbecue, I still had it in me to carry on picking at all the desserts. “I got home, watched my girth unfold in front of the mirror and realised that I could not do this alone and I needed to stop. “A week before my birthday I joined Weight Watchers.” Caroline says that the best part of losing eight stone is the reaction she has received from friends and work colleagues, as well as the untold benefits to her health. She said: “I hadn’t seen a friend for a year, and I got a

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done over the last year and a half. I know my self-control is limited if the food is nearby, so I ban things. “My advice to anyone struggling with weight loss is to try. It does take willpower and strength, but by making those simple choices, and as my Weight Watcher Coach says “tricking your mind” with smarter choices, filling your belly with good food and treating yourself wisely, weight loss is possible. I plan my food daily – I try not to go a day without an idea of what I’m going to eat. It avoids the last minute “what do I eat, I’ll listen to my belly” thoughts that ultimately end up in convenient and unhealthy choices. “Funnily enough, my job title has Planner in it, and I do it constantly! “My next challenge is going to be maintenance of this loss, and that does worry me. That is why I don’t think I could ever be without the support of Weight Watchers. I will always need to control my eating, and that is something I will have to live with, unless someone can invent chocolate that aids weight loss!”  For more information on Weight Watchers visit www. weightwatchers.com/uk

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Friday, February 24 Wokingham Borough Council. Planning Site Visits 8am. Civic Offices, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN

Monday, February 27 Earley Town Council. Amenities and Leisure Committee Meeting. 7.45pm Council offices, Radstock Lane, Earley RG6 5UL. Wokingham Borough Council. SACRE (Standing advisory council on religious education). 6.15pm. Civic Offices, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN

Tuesday February 28 Woodley Town Council. Planning committee. 7.45pm. The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JZ

Wednesday, March 1 Finchampstead Parish Council. Roads and Road Safety. 7.30pm. FBC Centre, Gorse Ride North, Finchampstead RG40 4ES. Ruscombe Parish Council meeting. 7.30pm. William Penn Room, Loddon Hall, Loddon Hall Road, Twyford RG10 9JA. Wokingham Town Council amenities committee. 7.30pm. Town Hall, Market Place RG40 1AS. Wokingham Borough Council. Planning committee. 7pm. Civic Offices, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN

Monday, March 6 St Nicholas Hurst Parish Council meeting. 7.30pm. Hurst Village Halls, School Road Hurst RG10 0DR. Wokingham Without Parish Council meeting. 7.30pm. Howard Palmer Room, St Sebastian’s Hall, Nine Mile Ride RG40 3BA.

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To advertise email advertising@wokinghampaper.co.uk A MAN has been jailed after breaching the conditions of a suspended sentence. Carl Anthony Edward Waite, 33, of no fixed abode, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on January 16 where he pleaded guilty to two counts of theft, and admitted committing a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence. Mr Waite was charged with stealing food, worth £70.50, from Tesco in Shinfield Road on January 13, and with stealing steak, worth £90, from Co-Op in Wokingham on June 19 last year. Mr Waite, who had been handed a 12-month suspended sentence on September 9 for 12 other theft charges, was committed to prison for a total of 144 days. He was also ordered to pay a surcharge of £115. A MAN from Wokingham has been found guilty of a public order offence. Daniel Lee Thatcher, 37, of Easthampstead Road, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on January 16 where he was convicted of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress towards a man in Wokingham on April 11 last year. Mr Thatcher had denied the charge. He was handed a conditional discharge for 12 months, ordered to pay a £20 surcharge, and £300 costs.

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From the courts speeding. Guy Alexander Davis, 23, of Troutbeck Close, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on January 16 where he denied driving at 56mph in a 30mph zone in Reading on December 13, 2015. The hearing was adjourned until March 7 for the trial at the same court.

He was also made the subject of a restraining order preventing him from going to the Co-Op in Market Place, Wokingham, until January 15 next year. A MAN and a woman from Earley have admitted stealing from Asda. Cristian-Florentin Alexandrescu, 28, and Dumitra Andreea Mitrache, 24, both of Tamarind Way, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on January 16 where they were charged with stealing items worth £1,007 from Asda on December 30 last year. Appearing at the same court again on January 26 for sentencing, both defendants were ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid community work within the next 12 months. A MAN from Twyford is due to appear in court charged with

A WOMAN from Wokingham has pleaded guilty to driving and public order offences. Jane Chen, 51, of Alexander House, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on January 19 where she pleaded guilty to driving without third party insurance in Sturges Road on October 6 last year. For this offence she was fined £50 and ordered to pay costs of £85. Her driving licence was also endorsed with six points. Ms Chen also pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour on the same day. She was fined £50 and ordered to pay compensation of £70. Two further charges were withdrawn in court. A MAN from Finchampstead has been found guilty of drink driving. Stephen Robert Barraclough, 52, of Fir Cottage Road, appeared

at Reading Magistrates’ Court on January 23 where he was convicted of driving in the Tesco car park, in Finchampstead Road, Wokingham, on August 31 last year, while over the alcohol limit. Mr Barraclough had denied the charge. He was fined £120, ordered to pay a surcharge of £30 and costs of £110, and he was banned from holding a driving licence for six months. A WOMAN from Wokingham is due to appear in court charged with theft. Brydie Maria Green, 25, of Outfield Crescent, is due to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court on March 23 where she is charged with trespassing at Reading Rowing Club, and stealing three mobile phones, a laptop, bank cards, keys, purses and wallets to the value of £1,770 on June 5 last year. Ms Green denies the charge. A MAN from Shinfield has pleaded guilty to criminal damage. Casey Jamie Sean Jinks, 18, of Frensham Green, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on January 25 where he admitted causing damage to a ground floor window of a property in Valon Road, Arborfield on January 6 this year. He was discharged conditionally for 12 months, ordered to pay compensation of £150, and a surcharge of £20.

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needed to be with their local friends. She was writing to the area’s MP, Prime Minister Theresa May, about her concerns. She fears the start of 30 hours working parents’ free care from September would limit the numbers Happy Hours could take. Happy Hours received just over £4 per hour for a child (on the 15 free hours) but the cost of providing it was £6. “Children not receiving funding are subsidising the government funded children,” she said. The pre-school had to do much fundraising as well. Wargrave Pre-School manager Melissa Davies said: “We may have some spaces. Generally we don’t take children in the half term before they go to school as there isn’t enough time for them to settle in. But we would look at children on a case by case basis in special circumstances.” The Wokingham Paper’s inquiries confirmed there are other providers in the area who are full. Cllr Charlotte Haitham Taylor, executive member for Wokingham Borough children’s services said: “We’ve a legal duty to ensure there are sufficient childcare places for children in their area, where practicable, and that free entitlement is indeed free. “A few childcare providers have shut in Charvil and we’ve helped them where we can, but as they aren’t run by us their decision to close is beyond our control. “Parents finding it difficult to find a place should contact our Wokingham Information Network for help. “There were ten funded children at Charvil. A new provider has opened two miles away with some funded-only places and we’re talking to another provider hoping to open soon. “We’ve also had other enquires from would-be providers looking to open in the borough and we’ll help them where we can to open if they decide to go ahead.” A council spokesman said Wokingham Early Years settings received one of the lowest funding rates for three and four year olds. The national funding formula gave Wokingham significantly less per child than other areas. Sonning’s vicar, the Revd Jamie Taylor, said the PCC was closing the hall in December because it was not financially viable. Projected losses for the hall over three to five years from autumn 2016 were £8,000-10,000 a year. He added: “That would undermine the work of our church.” They had given all hirers over a year’s notice.

From left: Fiona Smith and Paul Williams from David Wilson Homes present a cheque for £35,712.62 to Victoria Lyons from Dementia UK

Cheque this support out! A DEVELOPER which is building homes in Wokingham and Spencers Wood handed over a cheque worth more than £35,000 to a dementia charity earlier this week. David Wilson Homes Southern, which is currently creating Montague Park and Croft Gardens, chose Dementia UK as its 2016 Charity of the Year, and managed to raise an incredible £35,712.62 for the organisation. The money was raised through a series of initiatives, including a charity sports dinner at the Madejski Stadium last November, which raised £15,000 alone. Paul Crispin, managing director at David Wilson Homes Southern,

said: “We are thrilled to announce that we have managed to raise more than £35,000 for our charity of the year for 2016, Dementia UK. “We understand the importance of supporting charities and communities and strive to give back whenever we can. “Dementia UK was chosen as our charity of the year in January and since then our staff have been working to raise funds for the cause, with the main event being a sports charity dinner. “We were delighted to be able to present the cheque to the team and hope that this money will support them with the fantastic work they do.” Dr Hilda Hayo, Chief Admiral

Nurse at Dementia UK, said: “We are tremendously grateful to David Wilson Homes for making Dementia UK their charity of 2016, and all of their hard work and generosity in raising over £35,000. “We know that living with dementia can be an incredibly hard and lonely experience, and this amazing donation will go towards providing more families with Admiral Nurses so they do not have to face dementia alone.” David Wilson Homes Southern recently announced their charity of the year for 2017 as Swings & Smiles, a charity that supports children with special needs.

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PARENTS are struggling to ﬁnd pre-school or nursery places for their children following the closure due in May of a long established pre-school. The closure will follow the finish of three other local early years groups. One existing group’s manager warned of a crisis for young children’s education in the area. Yellow Brick Nursery, Ladybirds Pre-School, and Little Steps Nursery, all in Twyford, have closed. Now Charvil Pre-School is closing on May 26. It was given notice to leave Jubilee Hall by its owners, the parochial church council of St Andrew’s Church, Sonning. The pre-school says it cannot find a suitable hall to move to. They are closing before their December deadline to move because parents, hearing the group was threatened, did not sign up children to start there. The pre-school chair Johannes Burger is one of the parents hunting for places. “There is a shortage of places in the area. Our son Owen, who is three in May, is due to start in April,” he said. Johannes and his wife Louise, of Balme Close, Charvil, had found three providers in the area already full and unable to take Owen. “We’re on a waiting list, we could possibly get somewhere. Other Charvil parents are on waiting lists too. Many of our pre-school’s 12 families are having problems. Among them are people who can’t find somewhere for the six or seven weeks of the summer term before their child starts school,” he said. “I feel it is Wokingham Borough Council’s duty to find places for the children.” He said parents wanted to use the 15 government funded hours of care. However some private nurseries required attendance for more than 15 hours. Some parents could not afford the extra time. At Happy Hours Pre-School, Twyford manager Kate Cromar, said: “We’re full to bursting after Easter and have just two spaces for September. I just don’t know where they are all going to go.” Other providers in the area were full. “There is a crisis for places in Twyford and Charvil area,” she added. Wokingham Borough was suggesting local children should go to Woodley, but children

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By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk ONE of the country’s leading transport operators is on the look-out for a new cohort of talented apprentices. Network Rail’s Western route is on the hunt for 43 new apprentices for its engineering apprenticeship scheme for September’s intake. The company is currently undertaking the biggest investment on the Western route since the Victorian era, upgrading signalling to improve reliability, paving the way for bigger, faster and greener electric trains with The Greater West electrification programme and taking on the biggest engineering project in Europe with the construction of Crossrail.

The latest round of Network Rail’s apprenticeship scheme opened to applications last month for the September 2017 intake, offering opportunities for young people and those looking for a career change to earn whilst learning, gain valuable qualifications and skills, and build a career in engineering. Apprentices complete the first 20 weeks of the scheme living and learning at Network Rail’s Westwood training centre in the West Midlands, partaking in a mix of academic work and handson practical experience. The youngsters then join the team at a local distribution unit to learn and gain experience from experts in their field, as well as completing various

technical and leadership training modules at Network Rail engineering training centres around the country to prepare for a career at the top of their profession. For this intake, apprenticeship opportunities on the Western route based at distribution units in Reading, Bristol, Didcot, Truro, Newbury, Par, Plympton, Gloucester and Westbury are available. Apprentices are guaranteed a job upon completion of the three-year course and more than 83% of those who started on the scheme a decade ago are still working for the organisation today. Network Rail’s Western route managing director Mark Langman, who began his career as an apprentice

Breakfast seminar focus on financing AN insight into using crowdfunding to finance a business was shared at February’s Wokingham Positive Difference breakfast meeting. The event, held last Friday at The Bradbury Centre, Rose Street, Wokingham saw Sharon Cook from Choice Business Loans give a presentation on crowdfunding as a way of raising unsecured business finance. Ms Cook explained how crowdfunding mechanisms differ and how they can suit certain businesses and products. Wokingham Positive Difference

is a networking group which brings together business leaders, local government and charities from the Wokingham Borough. The next breakfast will be on Friday, March 17 at 7.30am when Graham Mountford, Chair of Reading Business Improvement District (BID)., will speak. It will be held at the Bearwood Lakes Golf Club, Bearwood Road, Sindlesham, Wokingham. Places cost £16 and can be booked by logging on to www. businessbiscotti.co.uk/wokinghampositive-difference

in 1986, said: “Our advanced apprenticeship scheme is a great source of pride for everyone here at Network Rail. “The scheme has provided a springboard to many successful careers in the rail industry and provides a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the historic work we are undertaking on the Western route to modernise Brunel’s railway as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan. “There has never been a more exciting time to be a part of the Western route team, and I look forward to welcoming our new apprentices to the route in September.”  For more visit www. networkrail.co.uk/careers/ apprenticeships/

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T was late May 2016, The Right Hon Member for Tatton, Mr George Osborne, published an ofﬁcial HM Treasury analysis stating UK house prices would be lower by at least 10% (and up to 18%) by the middle of 2018 compared with what is expected if the UK remained in the European Union. So, eight months on from the Referendum, are we beginning to show signs of that prophecy? The simple answer is yes and no. Good barometers of the housing market are the share prices of the big UK builders. Much was made of Barratt’s share price dropping by 42.5% in the two weeks after Brexit, along with Taylor Wimpey’s equally eye watering drop in the same two weeks by 37.9%. Looking at the most recent set of data from the Land Registry, property values in Wokingham are 0.51% down month-on-month (and the month before that, they had barely grown with an increase of only 0.24%) – so is this the time to panic and run for the hills? Well, let’s consider the other side of the coin. As written many times in my blog, it is dangerous to look at the short term. The heady days of Wokingham property prices rising quicker than a thermometer in the desert sun between the years 2011 and late 2016 are long gone – and good riddance. Yet it might surprise you during those impressive years of house price growth, the growth wasn’t smooth and all upward. Wokingham property values dropped by an astonishing 0.91% in March 2012 and 0.69% in November 2015 – and no one batted an eyelid. You see, property values in Wokingham are still 8.12% higher than a year ago, meaning the average value of a Wokingham property today is £510,300. Even the shares of those new homebuilders Barratt have increased by 43.3% since early July and Taylor Wimpey’s have increased by 37.3%. The Ofﬁce for Budget Responsibility, the Government Spending Watchdog,

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recently revised down its forecast for house-price growth in the coming years – but only slightly. The Wokingham housing market has been steadfast partly because the wider economy has performed better than expected since Brexit. There is a robust link between the unemployment rate and property prices, and a flimsier one with wage growth. Unemployment in the Wokingham Borough Council area stands at 2,600 people (3.1%), which is considerably better than a few years ago in 2013 when there were 3,400 people unemployed (4%) in the same council area. Inflation is the only thing that does worry me. Looking at all the pundits, it will get to at least 3% (if not more) in the latter part of 2017 as the drop in Sterling in late 2016 renders our imports with higher prices. If that happens then the Bank of England, whose target for inflation is 2%, may raise interest rates from 0.25% to 2%+. However, that won’t be so much of an issue as 81.6% of new mortgages in the UK in the last two years have been fixed-rate and who amongst us can remember 1992 with Interest rates of 15%. Forget Brexit and yes, inflation will be a thorn in the side – but the greatest risk to the Wokingham (and British) property market is that there are simply not enough properties being built thus keeping house prices artificially high. Good news for those on the property ladder, but not for those first-time buyers that aren’t! In the coming weeks in my articles on the Wokingham Property Market, I will discuss this matter further.  As always, all my articles can be found at the Wokingham Property Market Blog www. wokinghampropertyblog.co.uk Erica Townend is a director and co-owner of the Martin & Co estate agency in Wokingham and has been aligned closely to the world of property for almost 20 years. Opinions expressed in this column are her own.

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Libraries plan DIY approach to borrowing A REVOLUTION is coming to Wokingham, as libraries prepare to turn over a new leaf. From April, Wokingham Borough Council is introducing a self-service scheme in six of its libraries, with the aim of making it easier for people to check-out and return books. As a result, it is hoped to open libraries for longer each week. The self-service kiosks will be installed at Wokingham, Woodley, Lower Earley, Twyford, Finchampstead and Winnersh libraries. The council said that the changes have been designed to build on the success of Wokingham libraries which they say have bucked the national trend – they are seeing an increase in the number of people using them. Last year they received more than 470,000 visits, and this figure is expected to be met or exceeded in 2017. As well as offering traditional library services, they also offer other Wokingham Borough Council services, employability support for young people, and a wide range of events for adults and children. The borough council’s new Library Offer, agreed last summer, aims to make the spaces more flexible and easier for people to use. And for those who struggle with new-fangled technology or hate finding an unexpected item in the bagging area the council said that staff will still be on hand. There will be closures to Lower Earley library next week, Woodley from March 8-14 and Wokingham from March 15-21 to enable the new technology to be installed. “These changes aim to improve our services to residents, give people more choice about how they use them,” said Cllr Pauline Jorgensen, executive member for resident services. “It also means they can open for longer at a time when many other local authorities are reducing their library services.” Events already due to take place when the libraries are closed will be cancelled, rescheduled, or moved to a different venue; although some will still continue on the ground floor of Wokingham Library. The Elevate Employment and Skills Hub on the ground floor of the Wokingham Library will still be open during the brief closure with advice, guidance and support for people looking for work or training: For appointments call (0118) 974 6900 or email: elevate@wokingham.gov.uk When the libraries reopen they will offer a new range of self-service facilities alongside those services people are used to seeing.

Council expected to approve 4.94% council tax rise By PHIL CREIGHTON news@wokinghampaper.co.uk WOKINGHAM’S Council Tax bills are expected to rise by 4.94% plus the parish/town councils precept if a budget is passed next week. The rise will see the average Band D property pay £1.23 extra a week and will be debated at a council meeting on Thursday, February 23. At a press conference attended by The Wokingham Paper, the council said that the budget it has prepared is balanced and, according to deputy leader Cllr Julian McGhee Sumner, the leadership are “really proud we haven’t cut any services”. The budget has been drawn up as the council prepares for a complete withdrawal of the central government grant is has been receiving.

This will go in 2020 and, to help get ready, the council said it needs to save £19 million in the financial year 2019/20. In a statement, the council said: “Rather than a slash and burn budget, the borough council is instead undergoing a radical reorganisation to reduce running costs and is proposing a financial plan based on efficiencies, innovation and a focus on priorities that are supported by the public.” Cllr McGhee Sumner said: “Although we are facing severe financial challenges, we are proposing a balanced budget that means we can protect services that residents most value. “We are continuing to focus on protecting vulnerable people and investing in prevention services with £76 million dedicated to this area.

“Both of these areas received strong support in the budget engagement process we undertook last year and continue to be our central focus. “We are also streamlining our organisation even further, with an investment in IT that will allow us to reduce staff costs and provide a better service to residents.” The council said that its budget will include finance for a number of projects including the reopening of the Ryeish Green Sports Centre, redevelopment of Carnival Pool and Bulmershe Leisure Centre, improvements to Barkham Bridge and a new primary school at the Matthewsgreen development. It is also pledging to invest £90 million in highways, £46 million on schools and £23 million in affordable housing.

Parish councils set precept rates WOODLEY once again has the highest parish council precept for the coming finanical years. The precept is a bolt-on to the borough’s council tax bills, with residents in each parish or town paying different amounts. The town and parish councils are not funded directly from central government and the precept guarantees their existence. While Woodley’s is the highest, coming in at £106.71, residents in Swallowfield will be paying less: their figure, already the lowest, is just £19.19 for the financial year starting in April. Ruscombe is the next lowest council, asking its residents for £20.47 to run its services for the year ahead. It too has reduced its preceoppt this year. Winnersh and Wokingham Without have both frozen their precepts. Sonning has raised its rates by £1.

Council

2016/17 precept

2017/18 precept

Arborfield & Newland

£69.73

£75.31

Barkham

£29.39

£30.35

Charvil

£28.33

£28.89

Earley

£66.54

£69.14

Finchampstead

£21.86

£22.17

Remenham

£70.08

£71.92

Ruscombe

£20.62

£20.47

St Nicholas Hurst

£23.98

£28.49

Shinfield

£66.30

Sonning

£43.00

£44.00

Swallowfield

£19.20

£19.19

Twyford

£22.89

£26.02

Wargrave

£77.44

£80.23

Winnersh

£28.36

Wokingham Town

£49.74

£52.23

Wokingham Without

£46.80

Woodley

£105.65

£106.71

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Police and Fire precepts

Part of the Council Tax bill is a payment to the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority. These are proposed to be rises of 1.99% each, meaning that a Band D property will expect to pay £170.28 towards the police and £62.49 for the Fire service.

Budget surplus

It is expected that the current financial year’s surplus will be £823,338, which will be shared between the Council, the police and the fire authoirty. Assuming the final figures are correct, £700,000 will be returned to Wokingham Borough Council, £90,226.56 will go to the police and the fire authority will receive £33,110.99. These figures are provisional.

Independent cllr plans to vote against budget THE NEW independent councillor for Arborfield has pledged to vote against the budget when it is debated at Wokingham Borough Council tonight. The meeting, at its Shute End offices, starts at 8pm. Cllr Gary Cowan said that we should be worried about the council borrowing so much in the current financial climate. He said: “If all goes well we will under spend by £1.5 million, but equally if it does not we shall overspend by £16.5m. It seems that the finance department believes in the likelihood of an overspend of some significance. “I do not believe the budget is safe and by safe I mean lawful as in very simple terms the level of borrowing is nothing more than financial speculation.”

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What the parties say about the budget We asked the four main parties for their views on Wokingham Borough Council’s financial plan for the year ahead. Here they reveal their thoughts, share their concerns and suggest ways forward. But what do you think? Send your views to letters@wokinghampaper.co.uk Conservatives Liberal Democrats Cllr Keith Baker Wokingham Conservatives

N the newspapers the other week, I was amazed to see Reading Borough Council complaining about their supposed impoverished finances. I felt compelled to write to the paper to point out that in 2017/18, the Government grant per head will be £81.70 for Wokingham and £236.55 for Reading – nearly three times the Wokingham number. This is the context of our Budget for this year. It is where the 21st Century Council project comes in. This is a fundamentally different method of operating, which will result in £2million of savings next year and £4million of savings in future years. We as Conservatives know that it is our duty, even in

times of financial difficulty, to invest in our services, and so invest in our residents’ future security and wellbeing. This Budget includes a total of £152.8million of new capital investment in the Borough for 2017/18 that will benefit all communities across the Borough. Leisure is a key component in the Health & Wellbeing Agenda that provides facilities that residents can use to keep them fit and well. We are approaching 100 hectares of new country parks paid for by developer contributions. At the same time, a capital budget has been put in place to upgrade or rebuild existing leisure centres. Our Budget is providing £14million for a significant

increase in primary school capacity, and the first new secondary school for many years has been built. Highways are also receiving a real boost, with £18million for new roads and enhancements to existing ones. It is a time-honoured Conservative principle that public bodies should spend within their means, whilst protecting and expanding the services that people need most. This is a Budget that achieves that, protects vital services and demonstrates the continued ambition and leadership of this Council.

Labour Cllr Andy Croy Wokingham Labour

HIS budget is six million pounds short. In 2011, 2012 and 2015 the Tories accepted one off payments from government in exchange for not raising Council Tax. The cumulative effect of the freezes is to place Council Tax revenue £6m lower than where it should be. That is £6m short every single year. Seven years of Tory government have left the council with increasing responsibilities and greater risks but ever less central government funding. The continuity-austerity of Theresa May has will see not only see massive cuts to local schools funding but also cuts to the range and depth of services provided by the council.

Cllr Lindsay Ferris, Wokingham Liberal Democrats

ITH the introduction of this Budget, Wokingham Borough Council will move from a medium risk, medium borrowing Council to one that is a High Risk, High Borrowing Council. Wokingham Borough Council is planning over the next three years to borrow considerable sums of money to cover the costs of Town Centre regeneration and other infrastructure projects. WBC is projected to borrow a further £82M alone this coming year and by 2019/20 this will have grown to £191M. At that time the Council’s external borrowing (or debt) is estimated to total £271M, and this does not include any internal borrowing requirements.

The Liberal Democrats believe that to increase the Council’s debt by such a huge figure, particularly at a time of uncertainty is extremely risky, if not bordering on dangerous. It would only take a down turn in the Economy, a delay in the Town Centre Regeneration, or other project to lay the residents of Wokingham open to these risks that would arise from any increased costs, loss of projected income, and/or increased interest charges. It is not the Council, or the Councillors who are the final resort to cover any additional costs, it is you the Council Tax payer and residents of Wokingham Borough. To give you an idea of the potential scale of this risk, a £271M debt would require all current Wokingham Borough Council Tax Payers to pay

in the region of £4,230 each (based on Band D) to cover this debt! Whilst it is unlikely that the total figure would be unpaid by the Council, any deferment in income, or increase in costs that arises could put a substantial debt into the General Fund (which is paid for by Council Tax). If that were to happen the residents of Wokingham Borough would pick up the tab, resulting in an increase in Council Tax whilst at the same time there would be reduced funds available to support our important services. A double Whammy. We call on the Conservative-led Administration to explain to residents how they would deal with such a potentially dangerous situation.

referendum is going to be the Councils default policy moving forward then surely it is vital that the Councils budget priorities are in line with Council Tax payers wishes. Feedback from the Councils budget engagement sessions held in 2016 showed respondents gave the most support for “protecting vulnerable adults and children” with terms such as ‘fundamental’, ‘a must’ ‘non-negotiable’ being used by 50% of respondents. To quote from the published summary: “No other priority was perceived to have this level of fundamental importance.” Is spending £32.5 million on Wokingham Town Centre regeneration and £5.3 million for Bulmershe Sports Centre in 2017/18 viz-a-viz £152,000

on Enhancing Provision for Children and Young People with Disabilities or £10,000 on Bungalows for People with Profound Multiple Disabilities taking account of Council Tax payers wishes? I would suggest not. If only the Council Executive applied the same level of financial ingenuity and tenacity in support of Care Services as they do for Development Projects I’m sure a budget could be put forward that much more closely aligns itself with the wishes of the average hard pressed Council Tax payer. Who knows it might even convince people they have their best interests at heart and not those of property developers.

UKIP And it will only get worse. The council’s own analysis describes the outlook as ‘bleak’. Wokingham Borough is scheduled to receive cut after cut after cut, year after year. The Tories have gambled our financial future on lop-sided property speculation in Wokingham Town centre – costing another £1m in interest alone. While Wokingham Town sees £80m of cash thrown at it, Woodley gets a paltry few hundred thousand. The Tories’ latest gamble – the so called 21st Century council – will involve the loss of skilled and experienced employees who will apparently be replaced by better IT and existing employees doing more work. We are told an untested

IT system and overloading remaining worker with work will not result in loss of services to residents. Implausible as it sounds, this is the plan. Local Tories have been unable to impress on MPs or ministers the need to reverse the decisions to choose austerity. Or perhaps, despite their protestations, they support their Party’s slash and burn policy? In the midst of this economic uncertainty, one thing can be relied on – Tory councillors voted themselves another pay rise.

Phil Ray, Wokingham UKIP

HAT a difference a couple of years make. From boasts in 2015 (a general election year) that the Conservative led Councils financial probity required a 0% rise in Council Tax (ignoring the fact that a rapidly expanding and ageing population will require increasing investment in services for them) to Council Tax rises in 2016/17 of 3.94% and 4.94% 2017/18 (proposed). These came after the realisation dawned that the Conservative government our Tory Councillors worked so hard to get elected really were going to hang them out to dry. If, as it appears, increasing Council Tax by near enough the maximum allowed without calling a local

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Alternative truths and nothing but

TONY JOHNSON

THERE is something frightening about having a leader rail against ‘alternative facts’ peddled by the media and then have self same leader lie about events. At his rally in Florida at the weekend, Donald Trump told his faithful that the media “don’t want to report the truth”, instead making up stories to fill pixels, column inches and airtime. At the same rally, he insisted that a terrorist attack had taken place the previous evening in Sweden. If you count potential entries in the Eurovision Song Contest as weapons of mass destruction, well, maybe. Otherwise, all was quiet that night. The media is here with a mission to inform, particularly at local level. Our reason for existing is not to make up alternative facts but to hold up a mirror on what is going on. Sure, some things get distorted, but on the whole we do what we do well and do it with integrity. It belittles us all if our leaders accuse us of lying when all we are doing is trying to get to the heart of the matter. So it is with sadness that we note some alternatives truths being delivered in a leaflet on the eve of the Emmbrook byelection. Dressed up in Lib Dem yellow, the leaflet failed to mention it was from the Conservatives. Election leaflets, from all parties, should be honest, accurate and fair. That this one isn’t is a matter of concern. Let it be the last one on our patch – you deserve better.

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HEY were delivered in the last day or so of the Emmbrook campaign and examples of “that” leaﬂet have been sent in, so one’s duty bound to put its concerns in context and give it a proper send off. Sorry. Up.

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Apparently the 5.30am delivery woke one postal voter and this wasn’t appreciated. One of the tellers outside the Polling station discovered later in the day when that voter’s thoughts on the matter were made painfully clear at high volume and short range. You couldn’t make it up. But hopefully that’s all on Emmbrook leaﬂets. Unless of course you know differently. caveat.lector@icloud.com

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HY is it so difﬁcult to make progress in life?” the thirty-something lady asked me. She was a mature student, but asking the same question as everyone else in the room: “Why is life so hard?” For one lad, his mum had died when he was a baby. For the girl next to him, her whole life seemed a complete mess. Why? I’d been asking a group of students what question they would like to ask God, if they had the chance. Everyone has questions about life. The problem is that, so often, we try to drown them out by putting our energies into careers, relationships, children, holidays, volunteering… or whatever. There was a beggar 2,000 years ago whose life was desperate, with no way to drown out the fact that he was blind, lonely and destitute. In Luke 18 we’re told that Jesus of Nazareth visited his town. The beggar started shouting, crying out for Jesus to heal him. They told him to shut up; he was an embarrassment. But he kept on shouting: “Have mercy on me!” Jesus asked him: “What do you want me to do for you?” Pretty obvious, you might think! But when the man said he wanted to see, that’s when Jesus healed him. Jesus still meets people where they are today. Not to provide a quick ﬁx, but to offer forgiveness for the sin that lurks inside each of us, spoiling relationships and souring life. Jesus is God, and His death and resurrection offers the only way to restore our relationship with the God who made us. Instead of asking “Why is life so hard?” perhaps we should follow the beggar’s example and cry out “Have mercy on me!” Helen Hotchkiss is a member of Christ Church Wokingham, which meets at St Crispin’s School

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The betrayal of tolerance

What has happened to my lovely town?

UST when there seemed to be a glimmer of hope at the end of the economic tunnel leading from faraway Europe to North America someone tried to block the exit. ‘Yikes’ – my youngest daughter might exclaim. Do we need to do this? It would seem to be done on behalf of the liberal democratic elite in the name of Tolerance. Perhaps I am wrong. But let’s be clear for many people tolerance is a ruse; an easy way to avoid engaging in anything that suggests unkindness. Tolerance is most often Indifference. Now liberal sentiment wants to vilify the most powerful figure in the world – someone who wants to be our friend. We prefer to reject this supposedly evil demagogue rather than work with a bête noir who with the right diplomatic support has the potential to bring about a better world. Tolerance is uncritical. This is why it is easy and fashionable. We can protest about many things that challenge ‘liberal’ belief and be indifferent about how it might affect our lives or the lives of the next generation. There was once a battle to stop embryo research. To some the opposition seemed evil. The battle was lost when a 14 day rule was conceded. Now some scientists demand an extension. When we reach the limit of this extension we will ask for another unless that extension answers all the questions – which is unlikely. Unfashionable intolerance buys time to discover the mistakes we have yet to make but it takes courage for individuals to challenge fashionable tides.

Vilifying the wrong cause

The cause of Tolerance always needs something to vilify. Child abuse for example is an obvious target and it is an easy one. Child abuse is so obviously evil in that it marrs the life of vulnerable people from an early age. But as we read the media does anyone ask why this subject takes over so much space or air time? Institutions fail us repeatedly but the nuclear family is vilified as unreliable. The cause of Tolerance points the telescope at selected injustices and turns up the megaphone. It’s interesting that there has been a move by student unions to select its speakers. You might have thought these student gatherings would be the heartbeat of fermenting thought but they’re not. They have become predictable. Wouldn’t it be more interesting to hear an intellectual debate against kindness rather than the usual pro-tolerance agenda? What illuminating insights might arise? But with regard to the Speaker’s outburst, visiting international leaders are occasionally invited to address the Houses of Parliament. If the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santo and Xi Jinping the Chinese President are invited why not Donald Trump? Barack Obama made a speech in Westminster Hall. This is the President who subsequently told Brexit Britain to join the back of the queue with regards to access to US markets. One figure almost as vilified as Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, said by expressing his opinions the Speaker had abused his position. The Speaker is a position of neutrality whose job it is to manage the Commons and not incite it. This is intolerable. One of the arguments against Europe was the slide into an increasingly anti-democratic super state. We are becoming a Tolerant totalitarian state. n What do you think? Send your thoughts to letters@wokinghampaper.co.uk

I came out of Marks and Spencers today, and tried to turn right, only to be faced with a sign “no pedestrian walkway”. I thought “ What have they done to my lovely town?” The whole of that side of the road was inapproachable and most of the shops closed. I went into Bookends,only to see that it was closing for good on Saturday, February 18. This bookshop made the impossible possible. I once needed a book of recipes for a close relative who had had a kidney transplant, and the relevant book was found straight away.This is only one example of many difficult requests I had made over the years. Every time I went in there I came away satisfied. I know we have to live with the times, but this whole town has been cruelly massacred. There used to be a Heelas on the corner where Clarks is now (for how long?). There was a brilliant ironmonger, a wonderful proper market with real livestock, a fantastic historical Rose Inn, which served the 60’s special: Prawn cocktail, steak, and black forest gateau! We lost our Woolworths, and have now a Poundstretchers and have so many restaurants of all nationalities and specialities it is confusing. The town itself does not now have any character and has lost what made it unique. Do we really need so many eating places, coffee houses,estate agents? I don’t think so. Finally the loss of Elms park, so valiantly fought for by so many people, to another supermarket. Even the new railway station, built at a vast cost to us taxpayers causes confusion to the roads leading in and out. and left and right! I reiterate: “what have they done to my lovely town?” Francine Twitchett, Wokingham

Secrets and housing numbers I was amused to read Cllr Bowring’s letter in The Wokingham Paper (February 16) stating that there was nothing secret about the Grazeley housing plan as the council made it public in September 2016, before going on to state that WBC bid for government funding for it in July 2016.So if we accept the councillor’s dates it was in fact secret for three months. More interestingly Cllr Bowring states that 856 houses per year need to be built in each of the next 20 years to meet demand as if it’s a fact because the number was calculated via OAHN. The Objectively Assessed Housing Need figure is not a fact it’s a guesstimate. Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 – that’s a fact. Ireland will win it in 2017 – this is a guesstimate based on the fact that they have the most wins in the contest and using past performance as a guide this is a reasonable assumption. As Cllr Bowring will know financial analysts regularly produce forecasts of the growth rate in the economy. This month HM Treasury produced a report on thirty eight of these forecasts in a publication called Forecasts for the UK economy: a comparison of independent forecasts. The estimates for change in GDP ranged from minus 1.3% to plus 2.6%. This is a wide variation considering that each of the organisations will have based their assumptions on essentially the same raw data. The average is 1.5% yet only one of the 38 organisations came up with this figure. Thus it all comes down to interpretation, assumptions, guesswork and timing. The government’s Planning Advisory Service points out in its National Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) that “assessing housing needs is not an exact science. Many of the questions we address have no definitive answer, and answers may change”. Timing is crucial. I can’t find the OAHN document on the WBC website but as the 856 number has been bandied around for some time it is reasonable to assume assembling the report took place early last year and critically before the EU referendum. The Brexit result makes a massive difference. Many

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Whatever Cllr Keith Baker may choose to claim about Cllr Gary Cowan’s exposure and The Wokingham Paper’s reporting of various council shenanigans (Your letters, February 16), both parties were man enough to act with openness and honesty, which is more than can always be said of the current state of the current Shute End regime and their assorted fait accompli presented

under the guise of consultation and concern for public opinion. Talk about nice little earners – the council can, on a whim, lawfully create a collection of in house companies without any input on the part of electorate, appoint themselves directors and award themselves allowances and expenses, arrogantly brushing aside the views of the

analysts are expecting migration from the EU to fall as the UK will be seen as a less attractive destination, especially so with the drop in value of the pound relative to the Euro. And the new PM has stated she wants to cut immigration. Thus if the report had been produced post Brexit its forecast for housing numbers should have been significantly less than the current 856 guesstimate. Why does this report predict that 200 more houses are required each year compared to the previous one for the decade to 2016? In the intervening period the Office for National Statistics stated that Wokingham’s growth rate for the preceding decade was amongst the lowest in the south east at only a third of the regional average. It seems the OAHN report is more subjective than objective. Cllr Bowring mentions that many other local authorities used the same unnamed consultants. This implies a national / multinational company with a lack of local knowledge. Does he recall that the original (and since withdrawn) planning application for Elms Field included a Travel Framework report published in November 2013 by a multinational company? As you would expect the document featured a picture of a local building on the cover. Which one? Er, the General Post Office *in Dublin; yes the one made famous as the scene of the 1916 Easter Uprising. The consultants did however remember to use the Find (i.e. Dublin) and Replace (with Wokingham) feature within their software application. Copy and paste does reduce the cost of producing multiple reports but should only be used for generic factors not local specifics. Finally we must consider unconscious bias. The client, WBC, clearly wants a high figure because it needs the maximum number of houses built as the developer contributions subsidise its inefficiency. Did this come across when the client briefed the consultants? Suppliers like to please their clients to

Independent Remuneration Panel (nice work if you can get it), while at the same time denying the most vulnerable the services and support they deserve. As for Cllr Baker’s apparent comparison of Cllr Cowan to Donald Trump –may I remind him of the idiom ‘People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones’! J W Blaney, Wokingham

obtain future commissions; did this subconsciously affect their assumptions? In conclusion WBC is gambling on the reliability of one consultancy’s report to shape the future of our borough not just for 20 years but forever. Once green fields are built on they can never be brought back to their current state. Surely on an issue of this importance more views should be sought. Peter Humphreys, via email

Child refugees I write in response to Keith Taylor MEP’s letter of February 16, calling the Prime Minister’s decision to stop accommodating “child” refugees under Lord Dubs’ amendment “shameful”. I wholeheartedly support the Government’s action and was disgusted at Mr Taylor and Lord Dubs’ virtue-signalling. The “refugees” in Calais should stay in France, or whatever EU country accepted them in the first place, and I note Lord Dubs has not suggested – say – that Lords would pay tax and NI on their £300 per day allowance to assist in the cost of accommodating said “refugees”. The UK gives an enormous - 0.7% of national income! - amount of foreign aid, and aid in their home countries is the best way to help these poor. Another excellent way forward would be to trade freely with non-EU countries, supporting localcountry jobs, which is why I am delighted we will leave the shameful EU tariff area and stop discriminating against African and other third-world suppliers. (A subject on which Mr Taylor, on a fat EU salary, is noticeably reticent.) I am also worried at the impact on Wokingham schools of “refugees” who lie about their age. These “children” are often 18 years old or over, and I do not want to see Wokingham families suffer the fate of poor Maria Ladenburger. (Murdered on October 16th 2016. Ignored, amazingly, by the BBC). Peter Lucey, Wokingham

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Send your thoughts to letters@wokinghampaper.co.uk Now that was a great result… What a great result for the Lib Dems in Emmbrook last Friday. Lib Dems have now won two seats from the Conservatives in Wokingham since the 2015 General Election: Hawkedon in May 2016 and Emmbrook in February 2017. Labour were pushed into poor third and fourth places respectively. Jeremy Corbyn is clearly not helping them in Wokingham. Schools, the National Health Service, Brexit and the way the Conservatives run Wokingham Borough Council will be factors in what will be a straight fight between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives in 2020. Clive Jones, Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate in the 2015 General Election

Nine Mile ride cycle path The long and repeatedly promised cycle path down the Nine Mile Ride from California Crossroads in Finchampstead to the new Bohunt secondary school is a hot topic here since local Borough Councillors were unexpectedly informed that it would not now be in place for September 2017. I am as deeply concerned about this as many of my residents are, particularly those either with children at the school, expecting to send them this September or in future years. I wish to assure residents that all four Borough Councillors are working on this matter with urgency and as of Tuesday evening we now expect to be able to provide a positive response for next week’s edition of the paper. Cllr Ian Pittock Finchampstead South

Cycle routes and Nine Mile Ride When cycling is discussed in your letters page, it is often for complaints about cycling on pavements. This is because most of the pavements in Wokingham borough are too narrow for people on bikes to share with people walking. People with young children, and the frail, can find sharing a pavement with people on bikes particularly difficult. For this reason, I welcome Wokingham Borough’s recognition that the pavement on Nine Mile Ride is too narrow to be converted to a cycle path. There are already many examples across Berkshire of poor cycle paths which do not make cycling safer, so we can do without another. Rather than providing a poor quality cycle path, which would discourage people from both walking and cycling, the Council is proposing to upgrade a trafficfree bridleway. This will be wider and peaceful, with the disadvantage of being isolated. If parents of children attending Bohunt School find this isolation unacceptable, then traffic calming and speed restrictions would provide the only costeffective way of encouraging people to walk and cycle along Nine Mile Ride. Peter Howe, Reading Cycle Campaign www.readingcyclecampaign.org.uk

Who will protect the whistleblowers? In sharp contrast to the UK Government’s new approach to whistleblowing, the European Parliament has just voted in favour of whistleblower protections. The vote builds on a draft law created by Greens MEPs. In the UK, we have a Government looking at handing down chilling and draconian punishments for those who would seek to expose wrongdoing, while in the European Parliament there is cross-party support for enshrining whistleblower protections in law. The disparity is striking. Whistleblowing is essential to ensuring the accountability and integrity of the public and private sector. It’s the only way in which otherwise secret information can be brought to light, and it is often the best way, at least for now, to uncover wrongdoing, corruption, and downright immoral behaviour. Recent scandals uncovered by whistleblowers include illegal mass surveillance, industrial scale tax avoidance and the sexual abuse of children by

Brexit and what should have happened The answer to “what should have happened”, SHOULD have happened well before our Referendum. There has been serious disquiet about the bureaucratic monster called “Brussels”, for some time and in several member countries. {At this moment ignore the referenda and Elections} We must therefore turn to EC Member Leaders such as and in particular Frau Merkel, and ask why they did not see the danger signs [of the collapse of their EU dream] certainly after Brexit was decided by us, and take IMMEDIATE action – taking the long overdue review of Brussels? A full review of Brussels should cut it down to size and so on, and restore national control to Members where they feel it should not have been taken away. As an example, the disastrous Human Rights Act, and our need to return to common law plus a few tweaks to ensure “not guilty until

proven” is Law. However, if you commit a crime, subject only to our principle of Appeal, once found guilty means punishment. No “ambulance chasing” lawyers allowed! That review and reorganisation should be carried out in ONE YEAR, viz could have been nearly completed by this summer, but could still be completed in 2017. The probable result? A further referendum this year could provide a large majority for WE STAY IN! Feelings today. I won’t raise the issue of the Euro and the effects of it not being the right currency for some countries, but just to state that political integration is a prerequisite for common currencies. The EU note! In this country today, we have “unhappiness” from a range of sources, many of whose motives are unlikely to be of national interest, but sadly also from those who feel an affinity with Europe – including the writer. Many younger people probably feel Brexit

peacekeepers. The biggest leak in history to date, revealed by the Panama Papers, reinforces just how important whistleblowers are for facilitating in-depth journalistic investigations in the public interest. We need to ensure there are safe ways for people to provide information and they should be protected when doing so, not vilified and victimised. Another fundamental point brought sharply into focus by the UK Government’s proposals, is that we must reverse the current trend of clamping down on freedom of

is not right, not really understanding what continued membership could have led to. Personal view. I have lived and worked in Europe, made friends and business acquaintances in Germany, France, Spain, Holland and especially Italy – a country and peoples I love. I like each country to retain its language, culture and have control over its destiny – Europe is still the most wonderful world centre of history, culture, Music, Art, Architecture, let alone “countryside”. I supported Brexit, knowing from wide experience that we can meet any challenges in this world. It is a great shame that there is so much negative feeling towards it. BUT, maybe if those who feel Brexit to be wrong, I say “Get out there and sort out Europe” before it collapses – you may even dispel the anti EU feelings in other countries. I am of course talking to MPs and business leaders.

information and freedom of expression, and granting ever greater rights to government and corporations to silence dissent. Far from being unnecessary “red tape”, EU-wide legislation supporting whistleblowers is long overdue and essential for protecting the genuine public interest. This remains just as relevant for the UK, even as it edges towards Brexit. Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP for the South East

Have they not heard of Leadership? We can do it! Politicians supported by self important civil servants, got us into the mess we are in. I mention civil servants, because who else could have set up the two year exit procedure? Who else could have allowed the Brussels of unelected, overpaid and spoilt “clerks”, protected from any financial constraints, to come into existence? {Budgets – which means proposed expenditure – have not been approved for years} I am sure our excellent PM would not be put out if the result caused a great outpouring of happiness and relief in the country. She would share in the achievement and then be able to address other desperate issues in this country, for which she is well suited. By the way, I am apolitical and support no Party. Reg Cliﬞon, Wokingham

State should look aﬞer the elderly The state should look after the British elderly citizens in United Kingdom. The elderly are suffering day after day and Theresa May looks away she does not care taxpayers money is being spent like water and going overseas for aid while our citizens in Britain go with out. This is not justice yet again for the British people. Victor Rones, Berkshire Advocate for justice

Save the wild side of Chalfont Park Thousands of local residents in Lower Earley will have walked or driven past the wild south western corner of Chalfont Park in Lower Earley over the last 40 years. This three acre south facing, steeply sloping and free draining site has been untouched over that time and is now covered by self-seeded semi mature trees making it unique locally. As well as this many local residents are well aware that the site is a peaceful haven for a vast array of birds, mammals and invertebrates with many being in decline nationally and locally.

The site is viewed as a locally treasured asset which forms a green hub for wildlife that is enjoyed throughout the wider area. That is the good news! However, the bad news is that the site (which is known in Planning circles as Area DD) has been designated for development all this time and the even worse news is that Wokingham Borough Council is now actively seeking to redevelop it for housing or a care home. Such action would be devastating for local wildlife and appears to

VOLUNTEER CORNER n Are you a good listener who would like to spend some spare time helping local people? If so, becoming a volunteer Community Navigator could be for you. Navigators provide non-judgemental, independent guidance to help people find their way to the right community and voluntary activity or group. Their role is to listen and to help people help themselves. As a community navigators, you will be part of a team of volunteers who work with individuals to identify their needs and signpost them to appropriate sources of support in their communities. You will receive all the appropriate training and support needed to fulfil the role.

run counter to the Council’s own biodiversity plans and policies on its website. Who knows how safe the rest of Chalfont Park would be in the longer term if this smaller potion is lost for redevelopment. Most people would agree that Lower Earley does not need any further hard development and this will be resisted locally. However, all residents would welcome a commitment to this and other green sites being managed for the benefit of local wildlife and as

amenity land for the benefit of local residents. This would sit well with the Council’s plans to promote biodiversity and community wellbeing at every opportunity and do much to enhance Lower Earley for all of us. May I take the opportunity to urge any like-minded readers to contact their local Councillors and make the case to protect the entire Chalfont Park from steadily encroaching development. Dave Green, Lower Earley

With Helena Badger The next training is to be held on 1 and 8 March, so please contact us ASAP if you are interested in finding out more. n Pact is a national charity which supports people affected by imprisonment. They provide practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families, and to prisoners themselves. Their service works with women in prison and the community with the most challenging and complex needs and they support women back into society within the Thames Valley area. The Women’s Services Project (in partnership with Thames Valley CRC) is designed to provide support to female offenders across the

Thames Valley area, to encourage full integration and to promote social inclusion. Pact are looking for a Women’s Project Volunteer Mentor. The role will involve supporting facilitating drop in sessions, carrying out 1:1 mentoring support, attending appointments with service users, supporting with correspondence and form filling etc. The volunteer should have previous experience of dealing with vulnerable people, be able to respect confidentiality and have excellent interpersonal skills. Travel costs will be reimbursed. n ABC To Read is a registered charity which recruit, train and support community volunteers to give help to

primary school children who need a little extra 1-1 help with reading. Volunteers will visit a local primary school on a weekly basis and works with children individually seeing the same children on each visit, talking and reading and playing games with them. The volunteers are supported by a field worker who is available to provide ideas and act as a link between the charity and the school.

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Reading FC: Premier push or cosy in the Championship?

T’S been acknowledged that Reading Football Club are contenders for promotion to the top tier of English football, but are the players ready, or should they weight until next season? The evidence against a promotion push is weighty. Reading last ascended into the Premier League for a single-season spell in the 2012/13 season. It was 11 games before Brian McDermott could secure a win, and he eventually left the club in March, with Reading’s relegation being sealed after a goalless draw at QPR in April. The only time they were in the Premiership before that was for a two-season term from 2005 to 2007; in the 2005/06 season they finished eighth with 55 points, but then were relegated in the 2006/07 term by a Fulham victory on the last day of play. Also, they’ve struggled to find consistent form in the Championship since the first spell up above, finishing in a range of places; competing in the play-offs in fourth place, to fighting for survival in 19th – not including first place in 2012/13. The club has also had a torturous programme of squad rebuilding in the past two years, after the departure of many of their senior players in the pre-2015/16 summer: Adam Federici, Jem Karacan, and Alex Pearce – all long-serving players – left the team, leaving Steve Clarke with the job of structuring a whole new XI. This means that the current team may not be as competent, or unified, as the previous Championship winners such as Adam le Fondre, Mikele Leighterwood, and Ian Harte. However, as I write, the club has won six of their last 10 league games – including a late 3-2 victory over Brentford two weeks ago – and they’ve been fighting around 3rd /4th place for several months. Unless their form takes a downturn, they seem set on finishing in the play-off zone. These regular victories and key results suggest a good deal of strength in the starting XI. Furthermore, the team will get a large sum of money in return for ascending divisions. The Championship play-off final has the most expensive victory in sport: the minimum up for grabs is £170 million. If Reading could stay up for at least one season then they’d get £290 million! If they secured automatic promotion, (first or second place) they’d get less, but still north of £130 million. This money could surely be invested into athletes of the calibre needed to succeed in the top flight, and Jaap Stam is developing a tough mentality about the players. After painfully losing two games to Derby and QPR in early January, the club bounced back; winning three games on the trot, and keeping several clean sheets. They haven’t lost since, either. Reading clearly do have the potential to gain promotion, and the potential to stay up there, but so did the 2012/13 team.

Bulmershe students, (left to right), Kwadwo and Yogi hard at work constructing their vehicle Picture: Chris Forrest

By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk STUDENTS from schools across Wokingham borough pitted their wits against each other in a Rotarysponsored technology competition earlier this month. A total of 84 students from eight local schools descended on Bulmershe School, in Woodlands Avenue, on February 9 to test their design and construction skills. Tasked to send a batterypowered vehicle along a length of pipeline and remove some debris, the 21 teams battled it out using the materials supplied, discussing plans and putting together a portfolio of designs before moving onto the construction phase. The teams were divided into three age groups: Foundation (11-14 years), Intermediate (14-16 years) and Senior (16-18 years). For each group, the complexity of the challenge increased with age. The Foundation teams had to design their vehicle to move along the pipeline and push the debris to the far end while the Intermediate teams had to reverse the vehicle back to the starting point after the debris removal. The task of the Senior teams was more complex because their vehicle

had to collect the debris and bring it back to the starting point. A creative challenge for all teams was to decorate their vehicles with the logo of a chosen charity. A team of judges toured the teams’ work tables throughout the competition, taking note of and awarding points for aspects such as planning and teamwork, design analysis, development, construction and testing of vehicles, with additional points being awarded for each team’s design portfolio. The final phase of the contest involved judging the performance of each vehicle on the assigned task within each age category. The winning teams in each class were: Foundation – Crosfields School; Intermediate – Bulmershe School; and Senior – Forest School. The winning team members were each presented with a £10 John Lewis voucher by the Mayor of Woodley, Cllr Jenny Cheng and the Wokingham borough mayor, Cllr Bob Pitts. A spokesperson for the Rotary clubs of Reading Maiden Erlegh and Loddon Vale, who organised the event, said: “There were some really ingenious designs, some of which performed the assigned debris clearance within a fixed time.”

VEHICLES were the topic of the day at a day nursery in Wokingham last week. Children at Bright Horizons Day Nursery and Preschool, in Molly MIllars Lane, took part in a muddy play session where they learned about diggers, before washing the toys and tidying up after themselves.

Nursery manager Jackie Rumbold said: “Washing the toys helped to teach the children the value and importance of looking after your things. “We encouraged the children to get their hands dirty and have some fun.”

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Homes ﬁt for the Queen By PHIL CREIGHTON news@wokinghampaper.co.uk A NEW development in Wokingham’s town centre is opening by royal appointment … kind of. Queen’s Gate is the name for a new retirement complex currently being ﬁnished just by Wokingham town centre. Built by retirement home specialists McCarthy & Stone, the site is a mixture of 32 oneand two-bedroom apartments close to Elms Field and the railway station, making it perfect for those who want to make the most of town centre living and enjoy the occasional day trip. The site’s name was chosen to honour the Queen’s 90th birthday and dotted throughout the complex are pictures from throughout her reign. The development aims to fuse the best of both worlds for retired people: the comfort and privacy of their own home, and the services of a concierge, along with opportunities to socialise

and mix with other residents in specially fitted communal areas. Plans include fish ‘n’ chip nights, a New Year’s Eve party and movie nights. The plan is to create a community of its own, making people happy in the process. Each home has a large living area and a separate kitchen area complete with integrated appliances as standard. A number of special finishing touches make the development suitable for those with mobility issues: the oven is at waist-height, and a microwave is also carefully positioned to avoid bending over. The two-bedroom apartments include an ensuite shower room, while the main bathrooms are spacious and have walk-in showers. Light switches in the bathroom and main bedroom have been illuminated so they can be seen in the dark. Electrically operated windows take the strain out of opening them. Bedrooms have a walk-in wardrobe and there is also a cupboard complete with a

Rooms with a view … Queen’s Gate has been built near Wokingham station to provide 32 retirement properties for people who want to enjoy independent living

washing machine/dryer. Underﬂoor heating is standard as is a clever video door entry system ensuring you can check who is coming to see you, while there are also smoke detectors and intruder alarms to protect you. Lifts are in place to make it easy to go between ﬂoors. Prices vary according to the home selected in the development and 60% of properties have already been sold. They start at £312,950 for a one-bedroom and £399,950 for a two-bedroom. There is also a service charge which pays towards the costs of running the complex including cleaning communal areas, maintaining the gardens and running a 24-hour monitoring service Visitors can stay over in a special ‘hotel’ style room for £25 a night Queen’s Gate’s showhome are currently open and welcomes visitors. For more details, call 0800 201 4106 or log on to www. mccarthyandstone.co.uk

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Mike Townend, director of Martin & Co’s Wokingham branch, said: “This is a great property for commuters and, being close to several good schools, great for those starting a family as well. “Its large master bedroom is a really unique selling point and we’re sure that anyone buying it will enjoy watching the stars go by at night. “It’s well worth viewing.”  For more details, or to arrange a viewing, call Martin & Co’s Peach Street ofﬁce on 0118 334 2389 or log on to wokingham. martinco.com

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Everystepcounts

HEALTH MATTERS

Personal ﬁtness with Chris Hunt with Nicola Strudley

One small step for man

O last week I gave you some little gems that you could implement straight away, some ideas and tips that you could add into your routine that would without doubt propel your results and your progressions even further. How have they worked out for YOU? Was your week more productive due to your Sunday evening ritual? How has your personal mission statement gone? Have you seen the sunrise this week and how did it make you feel? How did it feel to be proactive rather than reactive? Have you increased your water intake up to the level of 1 litre for every 23kg of bodyweight? Finally, did you have a think about approaching a coach like me to help with all the above? For the record I have taken on a new client online since last week due to this article and I just know for sure that they have made a wise decision. Pete, let’s own 2017 buddy. This week I want to give you a client case study from two weeks ago. For privacy reasons, let’s call him David. David came back from his holiday, he was a bit demotivated, his mind-set wasn’t on point and he felt that he wasn’t giving his program 100%. You see, David loves training and giving it his all and when he can’t give it his all, his self-esteem suffers. He feels down, deflated and just not himself. I have a great relationship with all my clients both local and online and it isn’t

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hard to pick up on these things especially when you treat them all like family. I suggested paring back his routines and focusing on each pillar of positive change. We came up with six FOCUS areas that David needed to work on for the next week. I literally guaranteed that if he did this, he would be in a completely different place the same time next week. Check out the action points that we agreed David would focus on:  Training – We agreed David would complete a simple 10 minute home workout at lunch each day as he is at home every lunchtime.  Nutrition – Bread makes David feel sluggish and bloated so we said he would have no bread for the next week.

 Sleep – David was struggling to get to sleep each night so we decided that he would have a 10 minute window of no electronics before bed. He could read, write, meditate but 100% he could not use any electronics for just those 10 minutes.  Mind-set - David was struggling with getting himself energised and motivated so I asked him to create a personal mantra. His mantra would get his head in the game whenever he needed it. For the record….. my mantra is “I will, I can, I must.”  Morning Ritual - Mornings were quite sluggish so we decided to spend a couple of minutes each day identifying his most important task otherwise known as his MIT.  Environment - Finally to own

his environment was key and he was feeling sluggish at night. David agreed that he would take a 5-10 minute walk around the block each night after dinner. A simple task that actually helps the digestive processes anyway. Guess what happened? Do you think David felt better about himself the next week? Was David in a better place both mentally and physically? SURE HE WAS. You don’t need to make massive changes to what you are already doing but if you make a few key positive changes in key areas such as the ones I personally go on about every week I promise you will change for the better. It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to take a great leap forward and then fall backwards. Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets. Right now today, look at the six areas I highlighted above using David as an example and see if you can make some simple changes. For me right now, I am trying to add some serious muscle so I am training hard, giving my body lots of time to recover and adapt and also drinking 2 pints of whole milk every day without fail. Those 660 calories are part of my Nutrition pillar. What pillar are you going to focus on if any? Your life is a result of the CHOICES we make. If you don’t like your life or present situation, it’s about time to start making better choices. OWN this week, OWN your pillars.

Parents keep up campaign on meningitis vaccine THE PARENTS of a two-year-old who died from meningitis and septicaemia a year ago, have hit out at the government on the lack of action to protect children like their daughter from the most feared of childhood diseases. On February 14, 2016, Neil and Jenny Burdett faced the most devastating decision that any parent could be asked to make – whether to turn off the life support machine that was keeping Faye, their terminally ill daughter, alive. The images of Faye in hospital then caught the imagination of the world, and as a result the parents gave their support for a parliamentary petition, calling for the Men B vaccine to be extended to at-risk children. It attracted 823,000 signatures and led to a parliamentary debate. Despite the passionate argument made by the Burdetts, other families, medical professionals, MPs and charities, the health minister judged that she would not extend the Men B vaccine due to it not

being cost effective. “To us, as a family who had lost our precious daughter to this preventable disease, this decision was both insulting and devastating,” said Mr Burdett. “Faye was just six months too old to receive the Men B vaccine when it was introduced in September 2015. Any parent would be devastated at the loss of a child, but to do so, knowing that it could

have been prevented is crippling. This was further compounded by the fact that we didn’t know that we could have taken Faye to get this vaccination privately. “We are determined to make sure that other parents know more about meningitis than we did when Faye died. The fact that such a small amount of information about the vaccine, the signs and symptoms and the need to take urgent action, could have saved her life and the fact that we did not know this, will haunt us forever.” One year on from the death of Faye Burdett, children continue to die from Men B. During the debate the minister promised a review of the framework used to assess the cost effectiveness of vaccines used to immunise against Men B. She also promised to undertake a national awareness programme to help protect children. Meningitis Now, a charity that works on the issue, said that neither of these two promises has been delivered.

Rachel Robinson, acting CEO at Meningitis Now, said: “In the absence of the Men B vaccine being extended outside the tight constraints set down by the Department of Health, it is, as Neil and Jenny have said, crucial that parents and carers take responsibility for their children’s health and make sure they know the signs and symptoms of meningitis. “It is also important that parents and carers trust their instincts if they are concerned that their child may have meningitis and are more confident in challenging and questioning doctors if they are unhappy with the initial diagnosis.” Meningitis Now also asks parents to treat the often cited ‘look out for the rash’ and ‘glass test’ advice with caution and not to rely on this symptom alone.  For more on the charity’s work, visit www.facebook.com/ MeningitisNow

Everyone is entitled to learn about healthy living

EALTHWATCH Wokingham Borough recently supported a local group called CLASP (Caring, Listening and Supporting Partnership), to run a ‘Healthy Living’ project for their members. CLASP are a self-advocacy group for people with learning disabilities in Wokingham Borough. Everyone is entitled to information about how to live healthily. There is a lot of information available from the NHS, Public Health, from GPs. However the information is not always presented in a way that everyone can easily understand. There is new legislation called ‘Accessible Information’ which requires health providers to identify those patients that might need information in a different format and to provide that information in a way the patient can understand it. At the last CLASP AGM the members decided they wanted to run a Healthy Living project. The project ran for 10 weeks and had a different theme each week. Week 1 of the project was an introduction, it focussed on what members already knew about healthy living and what they wanted to learn. Week 2 was called Exercise and Wellbeing, it focussed on the importance of good posture, of the need for exercise and type of exercise you could do whether you were mobile or had mobility issues. Week 3 focussed on Sleep and the importance of sleep to a general feeling of wellbeing. Week 4 looked at Mental Health. The group explored the ‘Health Mind Platter’ which included activities like Focus Time, Play Time, Physical Time, Down Time Week 5 explored Christmas Food and Drink. The group learnt that the average person consumes 7000 calories on Christmas day. This got the group thinking about the food choices they made. Week 6 looked at Healthy Weight and Setting Goals. The group learnt about the importance of ﬂuid in their diets, the importance of fruit and vegetables and not snacking on junk food. Week 7 focussed on Hygiene. The members learnt about the importance of oral and physical hygiene as well as hygiene in the home. Week 8 looked at the accessible exercise that is available in Wokingham and signposted members to Wokingham Active for people with Additional Needs (WAAN) Team. Week 9 investigated Food Labelling and how it can help inform our choices. Members learnt about the trafﬁc light food labeling system and the Government’s updated Eatwell Guide, which shows how much of each food group we should consume each day. Week 10 was evaluation week. It summarised all of the things the group had learnt over the previous 10 weeks. All members received an easy read Healthy Living folder. Finally, the project also highlighted some important issues for example. There are lots of differences with the Annual Health Checks and not everyone is having them. The Health Action Plans are not being used to record the Annual Health Checks.

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Inthecommunity News from your clubs and societies

Cheese, wine, quiz questions and gardening Arboﬁeld Gardening Association

EBRUARY 9 was our AGM, which was followed by wine & cheese, etc., before our exciting four-part challenging quiz (not all gardening questions either) . Prizes of cyclamens were awarded to the winning team and there was a rafﬂe afterwards. Most of the committee were re-elected. We had 36 registered members last year and attendance had varied throughout the year (14 – 26, an average of 19 members per meeting), the Spring Show and Container Gardening meeting attracted most members (26). Members of the committee and others, who happily move chairs and tables for the meetings and labour in the kitchen, were thanked in particular for their participation. We had been contacted by many other associations during the year and invited to their events, including the Royal Horticultural Society, the British Red Cross, Hurst Horticultural Association, Twyford Horticultural Association and the Berkshire Group of The Hardy Plant Society. We were also asked to participate in the Reading Town Meal. In particular we are formally invited to attend the Shinfield/Swallowfield meetings, which are held on the second Thursday of the month and is the reason we all voted in September to change our own meetings this year to the fourth Thursday of the month. Hopefully some of them will join us in our Arborfield meetings also. Our affiliation to the RHS gives us one free group-entry to any of the RHS gardens and reduced entry to Shows. It also ensures we are insured for any unfortunate events our members may suffer, while participating in AGA activities. Membership in AGA also allows us to take advantage of the lower prices for common garden requirements obtained by bulk purchases at both the Shinfield and Wokingham Trading Stores, just by producing out membership cards. Our next meeting is Back to the Fuchsia – a talk by Christine Leary on Thursday, Marc 23. All our events are advertised at various popular locations throughout the local area. So keep your eyes open and do come along if any appeal. We will be very happy to welcome you. Happy gardening! Catherine Breen, Chair

Flooding conference

The Environment Agency is inviting all Community Flood Groups to join them for the largest debate on Flood and Coastal Erosion in the UK. The event will take place in response to some of the worst flooding the country has seen in recent years and will host 1,500 fellow professionals and groups to exchange a broad range of perspectives on innovation and best practices in Flood and Coastal Risk Management. Clare Dinnis, Deputy Director, Flood and Coastal Risk Management at the Environment Agency and Chair of the Advisory Committee, said “Community flood groups and local authorities see the whole picture of what affects an area from planning policy through to emergency response and community support. They provide an important link with individuals and are often the first point of contact with those affected the most.” A series of seminars aimed at Community Flood Groups and an exhibition are free to attend for all. There is also an in-depth technical conference running alongside the event. The event takes place at The Telford International Centre, from March 28-30.  www.ﬂoodandcoast.com

Members of Woodley, Wokingham and Earley Learning Disability Day services at Optalis with some of the Hug in the Mugs they have created to encourage others

Optalis day services

GROUP of people with learning disabilities together with colleagues from Woodley, Wokingham and Earley Learning Disability Day services at Optalis have seen their community project go from strength-to-strength. The group, called Focused Friends, came up with an innovative way of reaching out to local people who may be experiencing loneliness by providing them with a Hug in a Mug. The idea behind the project was simple: ﬁll mugs with various treats – tea, cookies and chocolate, add a note

of best wishes and deliver them to people in need who might be feeling isolated. Once the treats had gone the mug would be a constant reminder that they are not alone, along with the good wishes and an unpressured stepping stone to linking with the wider community. The Focused Friends decided together where the mugs would be distributed and what would go in them, as well as collectively designing and arranging the printing of the mugs and pens. The ﬁrst 50 mugs were then delivered to people living on their own within the Wokingham Borough. After running the project for

almost a year with fundraising and donations, the Focused Friends group then received money following a successful bid from the Partnership Board Learning Disability Development Fund. The Hug in a Mug project was trialled by linking with Wokingham Community Hospital. Last Christmas and Easter the group raised more funds to enable the two Older People’s wards to beneﬁt from similar gifts. The group did the same in Christmas 2016. Ward administrator Sally Maloy said: “Generous gifts from donors like you enable us to give patients a Christmas to remember.” Jennie Grieve, from the Learning

Disability Partnership Board, said: “We are very pleased to have supported the Hug in a Mug project. “The Focused Friends group has worked hard to get their idea off the ground. “It’s been great to see them get involved and thinking about how they can make a difference to other vulnerable groups. Well done Focused Friends.” Kelly Story, Senior Support Worker at Optalis Day Service in Wokingham said, “Receiving the funding has been absolutely amazing and we are all very grateful. This is the ﬁrst stage of the project which will eventually enable us to give 200 people in our local area a Hug in a Mug.”

GOOD ADVICE

Cancelling a phone, TV, internet or mobile contract

OU should check the terms and conditions of your contract to ﬁnd out what your cancellation rights are. You’ll probably have to pay a fee to cancel a contract if you’ve decided you don’t want it anymore. However, you might be legally entitled to cancel the contract without a fee if either:  you signed up less than 14 days ago (i.e. you’re within a ‘cooling off period’)  the price of the contract has gone up If neither of these apply, you probably can’t cancel the contract without having to pay a fee – contact the company or check your terms and conditions for details. Your legal right to cancel the contract for free depends on whether you signed up over the phone, in person, or online. You can cancel the contract for

free if you signed up less than 14 days ago over the phone or online. This is called a ‘cooling-off’ period. If you’ve already used the service (e.g. you made calls on a phone), you’re likely to be charged for what you’ve used. Contact the business and say you want to cancel the contract because you’re still in the cooling-off period. You’ll probably need to give them details such as your account reference number – check any documents or emails you have from the company. If you post a letter or send an email asking to cancel within the cooling-off period, the contract will be cancelled from the date you post the letter. You don’t have the legal right to a 14-day cooling-off period if you signed up in person (i.e. you met someone from the company in person

and signed a contract). It’s worth asking anyway – they might let you cancel if you’re conﬁdent and ask for a ‘goodwill gesture’. Your provider has to give you 30 days’ notice if they’re putting up the price of your contract. You have the legal right to cancel the contract within those 30 days without having to pay a fee. Contact the company and say you’re cancelling within the allowed 30 days’ notice of a price increase. You won’t be able to cancel without a fee if either:  you signed up to the contract before 23 January 2014, or  you were told at the start of the contract that the price would be going up, for example if you signed up for a 18 month contract but the ﬁrst three months were at a discounted rate

You might have unknowingly entered into a contract and are being charged regularly. This can sometimes happen with promotions or games you sign up for through text messages or mobile apps. This is called a ‘continuous payment authority’ and can also happen when you sign up for a free trial of something that then starts to cost you money. The best thing to do is contact your bank to cancel the direct debit or credit card payments.  You can get help, information and advice from your local Citizens Advice or visit www. citizensadvicewokingham.org.uk or contact Citizens Advice Wokingham at Second Floor, Waterford House, Erftstadt Court, Wokingham RG40 2YF. Tel: 0300 330 1189. email: public@citizensadvicewokingham. org.uk

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If you are in a WI, Mothers’ Union, a friendship group or an action group then send us a report of your meetings and we’ll print them in here! Share your reports by emailing news@wokinghampaper.co.uk Rotary Young Musician Competition

A feast of fun: a variety night (above) and guests speakers Pauly Zarb, Eliza McClelland. and Anthony Mann have all appeared at the Easthampstead Rotary Club meetings in recent weeks. The club welcomes new members

Easthampstead Rotary Club

Joshua Franklin with Rotarian Dennis Turner, President of Rotary Club of Loddon Vale Katie Weller with Rotarian Alan Howe of the Rotary Club of Reading Maiden Erlegh

THE LOCAL heat of the Rotary Young Musician Competition was held earlier this month. Supported by the Rotary Clubs of Loddon Vale and Maiden Erlegh, the competition welcomed eight instrumentalists and six vocalists to compete in the contest at St Joseph’s College, Reading on Sunday, February 5. The musicians were all competing for a place in the District and Regional stages of the competition, which culminates in a national ﬁnal later this year. The 14 performances, which featured piano, violin, ﬂute, clarinet and alto saxophone as well as vocal renditions of classics by Mozart, Brahms and Purcell, were judged by a team of three musical experts, Frances Jones, Gillian Fullbrook and Jeremy Bache. Joshua Franklin, from Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, won the instrumental competition with his performance on Concertino by J B Singelée and Thriving from a Riff by Charlie Parker on the alto saxophone. The runner-up was pianist Jackie Rao, who performed pieces by Scarlatti and by Brahms. Vocalist Katie Weller, from Tilehurst, Reading, won her class singing pieces by Franck, Schönberg and Schwartz. Nerea Hopkins was the runner-up, after performing songs by Purcell, Reger, Sonnheim and Ebb and Kander. The winners and runners-up will now go on to compete in the Thames Valley Rotary district competition on March 11. Last year’s national winner was vocalist Isabel Irvine who progressed from the local competition supported by the two Rotary Clubs. GEMMA DAVIDSON

T Easthampstead Rotary Club, we have fun helping others ... and sometimes we just have fun together ... and sometimes we have fun together with other local Rotary Clubs! We recently invited the author Anthony Mann to a meeting but were entertained instead by his alter-ego Mel Rees, who had his audience in stitches with hilarious tales from his childhood and – more recently – his fatherhood. His topic ‘My Family and Other Set Backs’ perhaps says it all. An only child, he said he was doomed to be a trainspotter until one day on the platform he ‘noted’ a beautiful young girl, later his wife. Romantic rides in the Ford Popular with vacuum-driven windscreen wipers which slowed sluggishly as you drove uphill and flapped frantically when you sped downhill. Then the trials and tribulations of bringingup his three children – notably (he jested) his eldest daughter who, having gained a degree in philosophy, then went to work at Monsoon in Farnham. And, yes, the high fence not to keep the dog in, but to keep the children who’d left home, out! “Ah yes, I remember it well” Not only the reaction from many among the audience that night, but also one of the unforgettable moments from our ‘Bright and Breezy’ music hall evening before Christmas: an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza featuring cats, cockneys – one with a large marrow! Christmas carols, Mr Bean making his sandwich, our Hermione and Maurice lookalikes (and soundalikes), a Master of Ceremonies ... oh, and an opera singer! We Easthampstead Rotarians certainly know how to have fun ... and in style. A couple of weeks ago, we shared a wonderfully entertaining evening with other Berkshire Rotary Clubs in the company of Eliza McClelland. Actress of stage and screen, Eliza comes from a theatre family and has worked all her life in film, television and theatre. LAMDA-trained, Eliza has worked all over the UK. Her theatre work includes The Clandestine

Marriage at the Bristol Old Vic, Home and Beauty and Dr Faustus at The Oxford Playhouse, Private Lives and Top Girls at The Leicester Haymarket and Noises Off and Peer Gynt at The Everyman Cheltenham.

She has enjoyed touring nationwide performing Shakespeare, Wilde, Coward, Maugham and Ayckborne. She also starred in the one-woman show Female Parts at Worcester, which later transferred into The Arts Theatre, London. Eliza’s television work includes Constance Kent, Peak Practice, Casualty, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Tickets for the Titanic and many more. She has done countless commercials and hundreds of radio plays. Like many actresses, Eliza sat in theatre dressing rooms chatting, drinking coffee and stitching. This sparked a love of beadwork and quilting. Her designs are inspired by the places she has visited on tour, and include a huge patchwork quilt of offcuts from theatre costumes. Her talk was truly a ‘seamless’ tapestry of stories, poems and jokes that created a sparkling evening enjoyed by all. And this week we welcomed Pauly Zarb, a lover of music since the age of four, and with a professional career in music now for over 20 years. Originally from Australia, he has performed in many venues, festivals, theatres, concerts and schools and has toured extensively in Australia, America and now Europe. From the Tamworth Country music festivals in Australia, to the Kentucky Bourbon Festivals in the US, to the Queen’s Jubilee in UK. After a 10-year stint in the US, Pauly now resides in Wokingham. Pauly is a multi-instrumentalist creating a one man band experience. His instruments include keyboards, guitar, kick drum, hi-hat, flute, pan pipes, tin whistles, accordion, harmonica, didgeridoo. Pauly also has had many years performing piano bars in Australia, USA, and on Cruise ships in Scandinavia. His performance was fun and uplifting. A dynamic performer with a real zest for life. Easthampstead Rotary Club meet most Monday evenings at the Coppid Beech, Bracknell. For more information email pavonbergen@gmail.com. PETER VON BERGEN

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THEWOKINGHAMPAPER Thursday, February 23, 2017

Youngsters play to help hospice

Talkin’ about my generations Four female generations are the focus for EBOS’ latest play. GEMMA DAVIDSON plays the generation game

PLAY following four female generations of a family is set to run in Crowthorne next month. Charlotte Keatley’s My Mother Said I Never Should, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, will be staged by the East Berkshire Operatic Society (EBOS) at the end of March at its Pinewood Theatre, in Old Wokingham Road. The play, which most recently starred Maureen Lipman in a West End adaptation, was first commissioned on February 25, 1987, and its themes of mother-daughter interaction still strike chords with audiences across the country. The story follows Doris, born illegitimate in 1900, who exchanges her budding teaching career for marriage and motherhood. When the war is over, her daughter Margaret marries an American and has Jackie, who becomes a 1960s rebel. When Jackie finds herself as a single mother, it is decided that baby Rosie will be brought up as Margaret’s own. Or at least, that is the plan… The award-winning play is a moving exploration of the relationships between mothers and daughters, and the consequences of breaking the most sacred taboo of motherhood. It delves into the choices we make which determine the course of our lives, and how it is never too late to change.

THE latest play by a youth theatre company will see all proceeds from ticket sales donated to charity. Bezerk Productions, which regularly stage shows at The Oakwood Theatre in Woodley, will be performing Hospital Food, by Eugene O’Hare, with proceeds going to the Duchess of Kent Hospice in Reading. Performed over three nights, with three different casts and directors, each performance promises to be a unique experience from start to finish. The story follows 10 teenagers, aged 14 to 17, who are resident in a teenage cancer unit. All of them are undergoing various conventional treatments for different cancers at different stages of progression. Their shared illness bonds them and they support each other as they reveal their fears and hopes for the future while confronting, head on, the very real prospects of untimely death. The teenagers have a special

room called The Retreat where they can have peer meetings without adult intrusion – a place to go where it is calm and where their thoughts can be intimated to each other without fear. What is discussed in The Retreat stays in The Retreat. This play is not just about a teenage cancer ward, or just a room called The Retreat. It’s about being a teenager, having others control your life, growing up, trust, keeping secrets, leaving things behind and a part of you dying and moving on. As well as performing on the night, every cast member will be shaving their heads for charity, and a raffle on each night will be supported by local businesses. Hospital Food is at The Oakwood Centre, in Headley Road, from Wednesday, March 1 to Friday, March 3 at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £7.50. To order visit www. berzerkproductions.com. GEMMA DAVIDSON

Race is on to ﬁnd talented young dancer The themes of prejudice within families, the influences of men over women, and how the roles of women have changed over the year, are all touched upon in this touching play which spans from the 1900s all the way up to the 1980s, in just a couple of hours. Director Jenny Brown said: “The play allows our actors to explore all sides of their abilities. It shows how emotional issues are passed down from generation to generation and how this affects the characters’ present and future possibilities. “The actors have had to explore the childlike qualities in their character roles as well as the complex anxieties of adult life. We have discovered the tension in the relationships through improvisation and role play.

“This play has given each actor an opportunity to develop their skills and techniques in performance, creating an intimate piece of theatre in which we hope that the audience will feel able to enter into. “The audience will quickly learn that the story line is non-linear and jumps forwards and back in time but with the assistance of sound effects and projection hopefully they will not get ‘Lost in Space’!’ My Mother Said I Never Should opens at the Pinewood Theatre on Thursday, March 30 and runs until April 1. Performances start at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10, rising to £11 from the beginning of March. To book visit www. ticketsource.co.uk/ebos or call the Box Office on 0845 450 5301.

TALENTED youngsters from Wokingham are on the starting grid after winning the chance to dance at Silverstone this summer – but the hunt is on for one more star to step forward. Members of Steppin Out Stars of Tomorrow have been chosen to take part in Formula 1 celebrations in July. Seventy five students aged nine and upwards took part in the auditions for the dance event held earlier this month and 59 of them have been selected to represent the borough at the big event on July 15. But there is one place left to fill. The theatre school’s principal Shelley Fitzgibbon said of the auditions: “The competition was very tough and I made the process as fun and enjoyable for my students as possible.

“It was an amazing day to see such local talent!” Local schoolgirl Megan Prosser was one of the lucky 59 to have been selected. The 11-year-old said: “When I was chosen I felt so proud of myself. To be part of something so big is going to be really amazing and I can’t wait!” The school has just one more place and is welcomes auditions. To take part, call Shelley on 07970 034488 or e-mail a video of the child dancing, no longer than two minutes in a commercial, street or Jazz style with a supporting document saying why they would like to take part. Entrants must be nine or over by May 30 to audition. The lucky winner will be announced in The Wokingham Paper in the next few weeks. To send a video, email shelley@ steppinoutstars.co.uk

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Rescue animals

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Can you offer these adorable animals a loving forever home? Each week, we team up with the folk at Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre in Nelsons Lane, Hurst, to try to ﬁnd new homes for the animals currently in their care. NUGGET

Garth Hill students take to the stage for Hairspray ANDI SUE MORRISON reports on a recent school production

REFORMING arts students at Garth Hill College pulled out all the stops for their rendition of the popular production Hairspray during the week. The refreshing musical about an enthusiastic Maryland teenager in the 1960’s was perfectly executed by the lively and entertaining cast and crew. Beloved tracks from the original musical were performed with just as much exuberance and energy as

the performances source material; with songs, such as Good Morning Baltimore and You Can’t Stop The Beat being sung and preformed to a remarkable standard. The audience were in awe as the talented leads, Gemma Clarke and Abby Pounce- whom played the leading role as Tracy Turnbladbelted out a string of moving and brilliant numbers. Poppy Ridell, who played the wise and soulful Motor mouth Maybelle was also exceptionally talented in her role, particularly as she performed the emotional number ‘I know where I’ve been’. Other notable members of the

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Four-year-old Nugget has had a rough time recently. He was adopted, but sadly returned a week later for being a bit aggressive to a visitor. He sadly then ruptured one of his cruciate ligaments and had to undergo surgery to repair this, and has been recovering with DBARC for the last few weeks. He is now ready to find himself a loving home, but is still on restricted exercise – which can be gently increased over the next few weeks with a view to him being back to full health in a month or so. All during his surgery and convalescence here he has been a model patient, with not a snarl or a growl to anybody at DBARC or at the vets, even though he has obviously been in discomfort. Nugget is a typical feisty terrier boy – and is looking for an owner who is used to terrier types. He can be a little off with some dogs initially, so his adopter must be ready to help him with this and not give up on him. He would benefit from training classes, which he would love as he is a bright little chap so would love to use his active brain. Terriers are not for everybody, but people who love them adore their energetic natures - we are sure a terrier lover will be along very soon and snap this lovely boy up!

MIDNIGHT

After living as a stray for a while, Midnight has now come to DBARC to find herself a loving home! Not much is known about her background, so a home with no young children is what we feel is best for her. She can be a little shy when first meeting you, so will need calm and patient owners. A sweet cat, we will have her vaccinated, neutered & chipped before she leaves the rescue.

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Benny has sadly come to DBARC because his owner is moving and is unable to take him with them. He is a sweet cat - but can be very shy at first, so is best not homed with children under 12 years. He is not keen on other male cats - but may be OK with a female. We hope little Benny finds himself a loving home very soon.

COULD you offer a forever home to any of these animals? If the answer is ‘yes’ then please get in touch with the centre on 0118 934 1122 to make sure the animals have not already been reserved. The centre is open everyday between 11am and 1pm, and 2pm and 4pm. For more information, and to view other animals in need of a forever home visit www.dbarc.org.uk.

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Livemusic Friday, February 24 ASCOT – Jagz, Station Hill SL5 9EG. The Room DVD Release. Details: 01344 878100. ASCOT – The Stag, High Street SL5 7HP. Serious Chord Squad. Details: 01344 621622. BAGSHOT – The Cedar Tree, High Street GU19 5AG. The Trojan Beats. Details: 01276 473160. BINFIELD – Binfield Club, Forest Road, RG42 4DU. Sticky Plums. Details: 01344 420572. BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, Market Place. The boys 18th birthday bash. Details: www.facebook. com/theacousticcouch BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. The Average Chalky White Band. Details: 01344 303333. CAMBERLEY – The

Carpenters Arms, Park Street GU15 3PE. KGB. Details: 01276 63676. CAMBERLEY – The Royal Standard, 115 Frimley Road, GU15 2PP. In Too Deep. Details: 01276 27641. EMMBROOK – Sports and Social Club, Lowther Road RG41 1JB. Wokingham Music Club presents Pete Lincoln, lead singer of Sweet. Details: wokinghammusicclub. co.uk FARNBOROUGH – The Alexandra, Victoria Road GU14 7PH. Steve Brookes. Details: 01252 519964. FINCHAMPSTEAD – Memorial Hall RG40 4JU. Stuart Henderson’s Remix Jazz Orchestra Details: www.remixjazzorchestra. co.uk FRIMLEY – Ye Olde White Hart, High Street GU16 7HU. Said & Done.

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HOLDING A GIG, QUIZ OR GAMES NIGHT? SEND DETAILS TO EVENTS@WOKINGHAMPAPER.CO.UK WOKINGHAM – Spin Nightclub, Alexandra Court RG40 2SL. Frisky Fridays. Details: 07415 354056. WOKINGHAM – The Roebuck, Market Place RG40 1AL. Disco night. Details: 0118 979 6486.

Saturday, February 25 ASCOT – Jagz, Station Hill SL5 9EG. Hidden Agenda. Details: 01344 878100 BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Peach. Details: 01344 303333. BRACKNELL – Bracknell Bowling and Social Club, Church Road RG12 1EH. Voodoo Sheiks. Details: 01344 423494. BRACKNELL – Leisure Centre, Bagshot Rd RG12 9SE. Let There B / DC. Details: 0118 973 7823. BRACKNELL – The Royal Oak, London Road RG12 2NN. Blind Man’s Buff. Details: 01344 422622. BRACKNELL – Crown wood Bar, Opladen Way RG12 0PE. Rock and Roll night. CAMBERLEY – Mr Bumble, London Road GU17 9AP. Replicant. Details: 01276 32691. CROWTHORNE – The Crowthorne Inn, High Street RG45 7AD. NRG. Details: 01344 772241. FARNBOROUGH – The Alexandra, Victoria Road GU14 7PH. Simon Williams. Details: 01252 519964. FARNBOROUGH – The Ivy Leaf Social Club, Cove Road GU14 0HF. Continuum Covers Band. Details: 01252 542962. FRIMLEY GREEN – Frimley Green Working Mens Club, Sturt Road GU16 6HX. Gigabit. Details: 01252 835322. READING – The Palmer Tavern, Wokingham Road RG6 1JL. Street Corner Talking. Details: 0118 935 1504. READING – Grosvenor Casino Reading, Rose Kiln Lane RG2 0SN. Hunks in Trunks & Back to the 80’s (Mark Wright). Details: 0118 402 7800. READING – South Street. Southern Tenant Folk Union. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – O’Neill’s, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Live music. Details: 0118 960 6580. READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. The Scarlet Vixens: Teasing The Turtle Red!. Details: 0118 959 7196. READING – The After Dark, London Street RG1. Success. Details: 0118 957 6847. READING – Oakford Social Club, Blagrave Street RG1 1PZ. Fish Fry. Details: 0118 959 4267. READING – Global Cafe, RISC, London Street RG1 4PS. Sound 4 Movement. Details: 0118 958 6692. SANDHURST – Wellington Arms, Yorktown Road GU47 9BN. The Lee Aaron Band. Details: 01252 872408. SHINFIELD – The Bell & Bottle, School Green. The Jason Hendrix Experience. Details: 0118 988 3563. TWYFORD – The Duke of Wellington, High Street RG10 9AG. Dodging Bullets. Details: 0118 934 0456. WEST END – West End Social Club, High Street GU26 9PL. Rockin Razors. Details: 01276 858501. WOKINGHAM – The Victoria Arms, Easthampstead Road RG40 2EH. The Funk Soul Rebels. Details: 0118 978 3023. WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road RG40 2AD. Tre. Details: 0118 978 0918. 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. WOKINGHAM – The Roebuck, Market Place RG40 1AL. Disco night. Details: 0118 979 6486. YATELEY – The Dog and Partridge, The Green GU46 7LR. Robbie Lee. Details: 01252 870648.

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Thursday, March 2 BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, Market Place. John Otway plus support. Details: www.facebook. com/theacousticcouch FLEET – Propaganda Music Canteen, Fleet Rd GU51 3BU. Smiley’s Heroes. Details: 01252 620198. READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun St RG1 2JR. Strictly Business: DJ Binge. Details: 0118 959 7196.

Friday, March 3 ASCOT – Jagz, Station Hill SL5 9EG. Oye Santana. Details: 01344 878100. BRACKNELL – The Silver Birch, Liscombe, Birch Hill Road RG12 7DE. Dan McHugh. Details: 01344 457318. BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Ppop Rockin 80’s tribute. Details: 01344 303333. EMMBROOK – Sports and Social Club, Lowther Rd RG41 1JB. Wokingham Music Club presents Lewis and Leigh in concert. Details: wokinghammusicclub. co.uk HENLEY – Lovibonds Brewery, Market Place RG9 2AA. Bottlekids. READING – The Progress Theatre, The Mount RG1 5HL. Jazz at the Progress: Ian Shaw. Details: 0845 867 9845 READING – sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. A Foreigner’s Journey. Details: 0118 989 5395. READING – Oakford Social Club, Blagrave Street RG1 1PZ. Fish Fry. Details: 0118 959 4267 SANDHURST – The White Swan, Swan Lane GU47 9BU. The Lee Aaron Band. Details: 01252 872444. SONNING – The Mill at Sonning RG4 6TY. Tim Valentine. Details: 0118 969 8000. TWYFORD – The Golden Cross, Waltham Road RG10 9EG.Steve Carroll and Megan Luna. Details: 07946 342551. WOKINGHAM – Broad Street Tavern, Broad St RG40 1AU. Dacoda. Details: 0118 978 0918.

WOKINGHAM – The Molly Millar, Station Road RG40 2AD. 70s, 80s night with DJ Mally. Details: 0118 977 4548. WOKINGHAM – Red Lion, Market Place RG40 1AL. Ultimate Party Nights. Details: 0118 979 5790. WOKINGHAM – Spin Nightclub, Alexandra Court RG40 2SL. Frisky Fridays. Details: 07415 354056. WOKINGHAM – The Roebuck, Market Place RG40 1AL. Disco night. Details: 0118 979 6486.

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BINFIELD – Binfield Club, Forest Road, RG42 4DU. Free Peace Sweet. Details: 01344 420572. BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. The New Ambassadors. Details: 01344 303333. BRACKNELL – South BRACKNELL – The Golden Hill Park, Ringmead. Farmer, Reeds Hill RG12 Bracknell Jazz Young 7LS. Rick Chase. Details: Musicians: Alex 01344 300233. Hitchcock. Details: 01344 BRACKNELL – The Royal 484123. Oak, London Road RG12 2NN. In Too Deep. Details: 01344 422622. READING – The Palmer Tavern, Wokingham Rd READING – Global Cafe, RG6 1JL. Beaver Duo. RISC, London Street RG1 Details: 0118 935 1504. 4PS. Not The North Band. READING – Oakford Social Details: 0118 958 6692. Club, Blagrave Street STOKE ROW – Crooked RG1 1PZ. Crafty Glances. Billet RG9 5PU. Mick Details: 0118 959 4267 Wilson. Details: 01491 READING – South Street 681048. arts centre. Icebreaker: System Restart. Details: 0118 960 6060 READING – The Purple BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Turtle, Gun Street RG1 Couch, Market Place. 2JR. Sound Jam. Details: Jam on the Couch. 0118 959 7196 Details: www.facebook. SONNING – The Mill at com/theacousticcouch Sonning RG4 6TY. Tim READING – The Purple Valentine. Details: 0118 Turtle, Gun Street RG1 969 8000. 2JR. BBC Introducing WEST END – West End Live: Final Clause of Social Club, High Street Tactius / Kamikaze Test GU26 9PL. The Mays. Pilots. Details: 0118 959 Details: 01276 858501. 7196. WOKINGHAM – Hope and TWYFORD – The Golden Anchor, Station Road Cross, Waltham Road RG40 2AD. The Gas Trick RG10 9EG. Open mic Band. Details: 0118 978 night. Details: 07946 0918. 342551. WOKINGHAM – The WINDLESHAM – The Half Victoria Arms, Moon, Church Road Easthampstead Road GU20 6BN. Gavin RG40 2EH. The Filf. Thomas acoustic night. Details: 0118 978 3023. EVERSLEY – The Golden Pot, WOKINGHAM – The Molly Details: 01276 473329. Reading Road RG27 0NB. Millar, Station Road RG40 2AD. 70s, 80s night with DJ Mally. Details: 0118 977 Free entry, fantastic beers & a great night out! 4548. WOKINGHAM – The Red Lion, Market Place RG40 1AL. Ultimate Party Nights. Details: FRI MAR 3 TUESDAYS 0118 979 5790. WOKINGHAM – GET DANCING TO The Roebuck, A MIX OF CLASSIC Market Place RG40 TEST YOUR WITS 1AL. Disco night. IN OUR FUN QUIZ INDIE, SKA AND BRITPOP Details: 0118 979 6486. YATELEY – The Dog and Partridge, The Green GU46 7LR. Sam Jones. Details: 01252 870648.

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Jazz afternoon with Pauly Zarb. From 1pm. Details: 0118 973 2104. FARNBOROUGH – York Road Social Club, York Road GU14 6NG. Micky Kemp & Brodie Mauluka. Details: 01252 501809. READING – Global Cafe, RISC, London Street RG1 4PS. Readirockrevoltion. Details: 0118 958 6692. READING – Community Hall at Watlington House, 44 Watlington St RG1 4RJ. Readifolk: Airs and Places. Details: 0118 958 6692. READING – The Abbot Cook, London Road RG1 5DE. Sunday jazz with the Stuart Henderson Trio. From 1.30pm. Details: 0118 935 4095. SONNING – The Mill at Sonning RG4 6TY. Jazz In New York: The 1930s. Details: 0118 969 8000.

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What’son Friday, February 24 EMMBROOK – Emmbrook Sports & Social Club, The Club House, Lowther Road RG41 1JB. Wokingham Music Club presents Pete Lincoln, lead singer of Sweet. 7.45pm. Booking essential. Details: www. wokinghammusicclub. co.uk WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Adult storytelling for people with learning disabilities. 1.45pm2.45pm. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road. Coffee and Chat: listening ears, hot drinks, a chance to chat, friendly faces and more. 2pm-4pm. 0118 979 2122. WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Let’s Get Creative: card making with Helen Cook. 2pm-4pm. Details: 0118 969 0304.

Saturday, February 25 BEECH HILL – Memorial Hall RG7 2BE. Pop Up Play Village for children. £6.50 per child, £1 under 12 months. Booking essential. Details: www. popupplayvillage.co.uk CROWTHORNE – Methodist Church,Duke’s Ride RG45 6LT. Camberley and District Silver Band Supper Concert. From 7pm. £12, £10 concessions. Booking essential. Details: camberleyband.org.uk or 07858 447463. EMMBROOK – The Rifle Volunteer, Reading Road RG41 1HD. Charity Quiz

Night in aid of Alexander Devine Berkshire Children’s Hospice Service. 8pm - Teams of 6. Buffet. £5. Details: r.balcon@outlook.com READING – Concert Hall, Blagrave Street RG1 7HE. Reading Phoenix Choir annual concert. Includes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. 7pm. £6-£19.50. Details: www. readingphoenixchoir.com SPENCERS WOOD – St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AP. Show of Shows, a brilliant variety show. 7.30pm. Donations to the Alzheimer’s Society and church refurbishment funds. Details: www. spencerswoodchurch.org WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Teen Writing Group. 10.30am-noon. Vintage style jewellery workshop with Rachel Freegard. £5 and materials charge. 10am-1pm. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOKINGHAM – Sand Martins Golf Club, Finchampstead Road RG40 3RQ. Wokingham Town Twinning Association Dinner: 40th anniversary celebration. £25. Advance booking essential. Details: www. wokinghamtwinning. org.uk WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1TN. Saint Sebastian Wokingham Band and A440 Choir in concert. 7.30pm. £10, under 18s free. Details: www.allsaintswokingham. org.uk or 0118 979 2797. WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church, Reading Road. Phoenix Choir in concert: Brahm’s Requiem. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 979 2122.

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Monday, February 27 BRACKNELL – Bracknell Open Learning Centre, Rectory Lane RG12 7GR. Bracknell Camera Club meeting. Print competition: Time Flies. 7.30pm. Details: www. bracknell-camera-club. co.uk. SPENCERS WOOD – Library, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AJ. Pages In The Wood. 6pm-7pm. Details: 0118 988 4771. SPENCERS WOOD – St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AP. Lent Course. 2.15pm or 7.45pm. Details: 0118 988 5923. SHINFIELD – The Bell and Bottle, School Green RG2 9EE. Shinfield Association Meeting. 8pm. Details: 0118 988 3563. SWALLOWFIELD – Village Hall, Swallowfield Street RG7 1QX. Swallowfield Art Group meeting. 2pm4pm. Details: www.slhsoc. org.uk

www.anvilarts.org.uk 01256 844244 Gangsta Granny. Thurs-Sun. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Fri 3. Mayor’s Spring Charity Concert. Sat 4. Brit Floyd. Sun 5. Peter Knight’s Gigspanner. Sun 5.

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Young Musicians. Mon. East. Wed-Sat 4. Strictly Murder. Fri-Sat. Evgeny Genchev: Conservatoire Concert Series. Fri 3. The Comedy Cellar. Fri 3. FILMS: Exhibitions on Screen: I, Claude Monet. Thurs. La La Land. Fri-Sun. Ballerina. SatSun. Francofonia. Mon. ROH Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty. Tues. NT LIve: Hedda Gabler. Mar 9.

Camberley – Theatre www.camberleytheatre.biz 01276 707600 NT Live: Saint Joan. Thurs. Best of the Fest: Carl Donnelly – Bad Man Tings. Thurs. Comedy Club. Fri. Kast-off Kinks. Sat. Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers. Sun. Jack The Ripper: ‘The Real Truth’. Thurs 2. Young-Choon Park: Piano. Fri 3. Michael Portillo: Life, A Game of Two Halves. Sat 4.

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Tuesday, February 28 EARLEY – Palmer Building, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus RG6 2AH. Reading Film Theatre presents: A Monster Calls (12a). 8pm. £5 members, £8 nonmembers, £7 concessions. Membership £20. Details: 0118 378 7151 or readingfilmtheatre.co.uk. SHINFIELD – School Green. Shinfield pancake race. From 10am. Details: njhunt95@gmail.com WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Storytime for ages 7 and under. 4pm-4.30pm. Family history drop-in. 2pm-5pm. WI Stitch and Chatter. 2pm-3.30pm. UK On-line – Help and support with computers and the internet for beginners. 2pm-4pm. Details: 0118 978 1368. WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Crafts and Laughs. 2pm4pm. Crochet Group. £4. noon-2pm. Details: 0118 969 0304.

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Friday, March 3 EMMBROOK – Emmbrook Sports & Social Club, The Club House, Lowther Road RG41 1JB. Wokingham Music Club presents Lewis and Leigh in concert. 7.45pm. Booking essential. Details: www. wokinghammusicclub. co.uk SHINFIELD – St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Lane RG2 9BY. Women’s World Day of Prayer service. 2.30pm. Details: 0118 988 5923. WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road. Coffee and Chat: listening ears, hot drinks, a chance to chat, friendly faces and

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Saturday, March 4 FINCHAMPSTEAD – The FBC Centre, Gorse Ride North RG40 4EZ. Wokingham Baby & Childrens Market. 2pm-4pm. £1, children free. Details: www. babyandchildrensmarket. co.uk LOWER EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close RG6 5HZ. Open Saturday

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in aid of Gideons. 11am2pm. Stalls, lunches, table tennis, food and more. Details: 0118 931 3124. READING – The Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road Campus RG1 5AQ. Wokingham Choral Society presents Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Come Ye Sons of Art and Funeral Sentences. 7.30pm. £15, £5 students. Details: www.wokingham-choralsociety.org.uk. SHINFIELD – St Mary’s Church, Church Lane RG2 9BY. Music at St Mary’s: Sarah Parkes-Bowen on the flute. Noon-2pm. Free entry, retiring collection. Followed by lunch. SPENCERS WOOD – St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AP. Saturday Sunbeams: crafts, Bible stories, food and songs for families. 4pm. Details: www. spencerswoodchurch.org

Reading – Concert Hall www.readingarts.com 0118 960 6060 Reading Phoenix Choir. Sat. Chopin and Friends: Steven Isserlis, Cello and Sam Haywood, Piano. Sat 4.

Reading – Progress Theatre www.progresstheatre.co.uk 0118 384 2195 Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Until Sat. NEXT SHOW: His Dark Materials. March 23-April 1.

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Windsor – Theatre Royal www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk 01753 853888 Dong Ding Murder Me On High. Until Sat. Blood Brothers. Mon 27-Sat March 4.

Wokingham – Theatre www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk 0118 978 5363 NEXT SHOW: Twelfth Night. March 23-24.

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Marcus in first finals of 2017 Bees flying high … at last! MARCUS WILLIS reached his first finals of 2017 with runs in both the singles and doubles tournaments in Shrewsbury. Taking part in the Great Britain F3 Futures event, fifth seed Willis breezed through to the final of the singles with straight sets wins over Ronan Joncour, John Lamble, Yannick

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work of their opening round before a 10-6 third set tie-break win over Florian Fallert and Tobias Simon in the quarterfinals. A straight sets win over French duo Yanais Laurent and Sebastien Boltz in the semis, but they lost out 6-3, 4-6, 6-10 to fellow Brits Scott Clayton and Luke Johnson in the final.

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Coetzee to stick with Finches JANDRE COETZEE is staying with Finchampstead. The club confirmed the news this week to give them a huge boost ahead of their Home Counties Premier League title defence later this year. Designated overseas star Coetzee took the league by storm during his debut campaign with Finches as the newly promoted side upset the odds to clinch their first top flight title since 2001. The South African bowler was nothing short of sensational with the ball, picking up 58 wickets and he also proved more than useful with the bat, hitting 247 runs from just seven innings at an average of 61.75. Captain Dan Marles revealed to The Wokingham Paper in December that it was “50/50” as to whether Coetzee would decide to stay or not. But Finchampstead will be delighted to secure the services of a player who peaked with figures of 7-16 against Great and Little Tew and took 41% of the team’s total wicket haul.

By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk “WE ARE going in the right direction.” That was the reaction of Bracknell Bees’ player-coach Lukas Smital as his charges celebrated their first four-point weekend of the season with a brilliant pair of wins over Peterborough Phantoms and Swindon Wildcats. Many fans could have easily been forgiven for praying for a maximum of three points given the Bees went to Peterborough on Saturday on an astonishing 23-game win drought over the Phantoms stretching back to 2013. But they finally got the better of the Cambridgeshire side after a penalty shoot-out at Planet Ice to win 7-6, despite trailing 4-1. And they followed that up with a 5-4 win over Swindon at The Hive on Sunday night to close the gap on eighth-placed Sheffield Steeldogs to seven points with seven games to play. “We are still fighting,” Smital told The Wokingham Paper. “They were good performances and it came at the right time hopefully so we’re happy with the results. “There is still quite a gap between us and Sheffield but we are going ahead in the right direction. “We’ve got a tough weekend coming up but we’ve just got to keep fighting for it.” Smital was not wrong about the upcoming clashes with a double-header against EPIHL leaders Telford Tigers this weekend. But they can make the

trip north buoyed by finally breaking their duck at Peterborough last time they were on the road. Phantoms got off to a flying start, racing into a 3-0 lead through goals from Darius Pliskauskas, Owen Griffiths and Petr Stepanek. Luka Basic pulled one back but Peterborough restored their three-goal cushion before the break courtesy of Marc Levers. Bees began the revival in the second period with Carl Thompson finding the net before Rio Grinell-Parke brought the score back to 4-3. Phantoms added a fifth through James Antony White but Shaun Thompson’s goal set up a grandstand third period with the score at 5-4. And Bees levelled up the contest with Basic adding his second of the night, before the visitors incredible went 6-5 up when Shaun Thompson also completed a brace. However, the long wait for a win over the Phantoms was extended as they forced overtime when Pliskauskas rattled in. No more goals followed, resulting in penalties for the second week in a row for the Bees. But this one had a happier outcome as Basic and Smital both scored before Alex Mettam thwarted Pliskauskas. And Smital was thrilled to finally break the run. “We’ve said that every game we’ve played against them, but it finally came,” he said. “It didn’t look so great after the first period but we regrouped, we recovered and got the result. “It was a great feeling.

It think the run it was a combination of both (them and us). “It’s one of those, you go there thinking we have to beat them and maybe you’re too tight, too nervous. “It could be anything. If I knew, I would have avoided it and we probably would have beaten them sooner!” And after losing in the shootout to Swindon the previous week, Bees got their revenge with victory at the Hive. Bracknell led throughout with man-of-the-match Alex Barker bagging a hat-trick while Smital and Shaun Thompson also netted to cancel out strikes from Lee Richardson, Phillip Hill, Jonas Hoog and Tomasz Malasinski. “Collectively we played well,” said Smital. “We stuck with it and obviously we had a little bit of change in the line-up due to suspensions and injuries but all the guys who went out there, I thought they played really well and we got the result. “It was a good feeling and good to see.” He added: “It was a little bit worrying when there was a silly penalty called on us which I didn’t think should happen at that point of the game. “But it was only a matter of time to win the face-off in our zone and we did and we got it out the zone and at that point I think all of us knew we were going to hold on.” It is still a big ask for Bees to overtake Steeldogs and sneak into the play-offs, especially with two games against leaders Telford Tigers this weekend, the second one being at The Hive on Sunday (6pm).

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Ben Fletcher (right) was on the podium at the European Judo Open in Rome Picture: European Judo Union / Photographer: Emanuele Di Feliciantonio

WOKINGHAM judoka Ben Fletcher picked up a bronze at the European Judo Open in Rome. Fletcher, who competed for Team GB at last year’s Rio Olympics, returned to competitive action at the weekend and came away with a medal in the 100kg category. Winner of the Wokingham Senior

Man award at last year’s Wokingham Sports Awards, Fletcher saw off Maximilian Hageneder and Italian Vincenzo D’Arco. But he came unstuck against German Johannes Frey in a four minute bout which sent him into the repechage, where victory over Giuliano Loporchio earned him the bronze.

BASKETBALL

Rockets ready for double-header READING ROCKETS face a doubleheader this weekend after climbing up to second in NBL Division One with a convincing 95-77 win over Westminster Warriors on Sunday. Rockets (15-3), who have now won their last 14 matches, produced a scintillating first half display against rock-bottom Warriors (0-17) to lead 62-27 before they closed out the win. The 62-point haul was also a record-breaking one for Rockets as they notched their highest ever tally in a first half in their 20 season history. And head coach Manuel Pena Garces is keen to keep the momentum building as they prepare to take on two more bottom half teams in Leicester Warriors (613) and London Lituanica (8-9). “Both teams will undoubtedly give us a physical challenge and believe they can win the game,” he said. “It is important we take one game at a time, prepare well for each opponent and be ready for the challenges they are likely to throw our way. “It is about continuing to learn, build and execute in this part of the season and not look further ahead than our next game and that is exactly what myself and my players will be doing.” But Rockets will be confident on the back of their best run in eight years. While Warriors came into their contest with Reading with no wins

all season, they did push Team Solent Kestrels close the night before. But it was Rockets who stamped their authority from the very start when Juan Valerio struck a treble within four seconds. The Spaniard would go on to hit two more three-pointers in the first quarter while Craig Ponder and Ali Sbai each netted twice as the visitors ended the first period 33-19 ahead. And they kept up the relentless pace for the second period with a slam dunk from Chris Hooper before 5ft 2in academy student Bikram Rana bagged three trebles in just six minutes. Fidel Gomez completed the Warriors woe before the break to hand Rockets a 62-27 lead. The hosts did respond after the restart and did in fact comfortably win the second half, but the damage had already been done. But the second half drop off did not go unnoticed by Pena Garces. “I was really happy with the performance in the first 20 minutes,” said the Spanish play caller. “We were outstanding and played some fantastic basketball and this gives me a lot of encouragement. “But for whatever reason, in the second half we didn’t perform as well and giving up 50 points is not something we are or can be happy with. “There is no need to dwell on this at all but it is something we can definitely work on.”

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GOLF MATTERS With Bearwood Lakes’ JON DRY

Conscious learning + subconscious access to skills = success

Aaron Fara picked up the overall gold, defeating Frey in the final. Taking to Instagram, Fletcher said: “Wasn’t fighting at my best but ground out some good wins. “First time back at this level for a while and a bronze medal to show for it. Quick turnaround now for the GP in Dusseldorf this weekend.”

SHOOTING

Amber back in action BINFIELD shooter Amber Hill began her season with a sixthplaced finish in the Qatar Open. Hill, 19, won this event last year but could not repeat the feat, although she did make the final. London Olympics bronze medallist Danka Bartekova won the gold and with it her first World Cup event win since 2014. Although she missed out on the $6,000 first prize, Hill did at least collect $1,000 for her final placing. “It is a steady start to the year for me,”

To achieve success in any sport it is crucial to spend time working on technique

W said Hill. “Making the finals of my first competition of the season and finishing in sixth and going home with some dollars.”

GYMNASTICS

Duo reach finals PINEWOOD GYMNASTICS duo Yasmine Taite and Lucie Colebeck both reached the final of the World Cup event in Baku, Azerbaijan. Although neither collected a medal, Taite and Colebeck both battled through to the finals day. World Championship silver medallist Colebeck qualified for the tumbling final in first place and received an award for the highest score of the weekend with 68,000 points in her preliminary run. Colebeck ended the competition in sixth place, one behind club-mate Taite with Russian Anna Korobeinikova winning gold. “First competition of the year didn’t quite go how I wanted in the finals after qualifying in first,” said Colebeck. “However, receiving the AGF trophy for getting the highest execution score in the female tumbling competition was a lovely outcome.”

HAT is Conscious Learning? To achieve success in any sport it is crucial to spend time working on technique. This can take hours of practice working on certain points of your golf swing to get rid of any incorrect movements which you may have developed. You are therefore consciously thinking about the movement you desire as you ingrain the muscle memory needed to take it to the course. This is known as ‘block practice’, which involves repeating the movement time and time again until it becomes subconscious. For those of you who have passed your driving test, think back to your ﬁrst lessons and how you learnt to use the clutch and change gear. This is now a subconscious skill, which many of us take for granted. A successful golf swing is no different. When you think of a day you played well the swing feels easy and ﬂows naturally. At this point the swing is a subconscious skill, providing success! I have put together a 30-minute short game practice session as an

example of how you can use this formula to achieve success on the golf course.

Block Practice Work from one area and focus on technique without a speciﬁc target in mind (15 mins). Move a few yards away from where you were just practising and now choose a target and play shots to that point, thinking less about the process of hitting the ball and more about the objective (5 mins)

Skills Test Choose 9 points around the green and play a shot from each spot and record how many shots it takes you to get the ball in the hole from each of the 9 locations. By recording this data it allows you to track your progress in a competitive situation (10 minutes). This practice technique can be adapted to all aspects of the game and also to any other sport you might play. Give it a try and let me know how you get on! Give these tips a try and let me know how you get on. If you would like any more information on club ﬁtting please get in touch with us at Bearwood Lakes.

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RUGBY

Foxley tries hand Rams victory Redingensians Rams 25 Bury St Edmunds 21

Sonning’s victory over West Hampstead 2nds means they are still in with a chance of going up a league Picture: Steve Smyth

HOCKEY

Sonning’s slim promotion hopes still alive after win SONNING were made to work hard to keep their slim promotion hopes alive with a 3-2 win over West Hampstead 2s. Sitting third in the MBBO Regional 2 table, goals from Ian Gallagher, James Manser and Ollie Waddington earned victory over the second bottom side. Although still a long shot, Sonning have now closed the gap on the top two to seven points with a game in hand. At the other end of the scale, SONNING 2s boosted their Division 1 survival hopes with a 2-2 draw against fellow strugglers OMT 2s. With a game in hand, Sonning are a point from safety after goals from Josh Harvey and Ned Squire. SOUTH BERKSHIRE 2s are now one point ahead of Sonning after a big 3-1 win against Phoenix and Ranelagh 1s thanks to goals from Mike Baylis, Tom King and Peter Tailby. Sam Fox-Harvey jumped to the top of the scoring charts with a brace as SOUTH BERKSHIRE 1s thrashed rock-bottom West Hampstead 3s 6-2. Daniel Ray and Will Simpson also netted two each as South Berks moved up to fourth. SONNING 3s face a continued battle at the foot of Division 3 after being hammered 5-1 at home by bottom side Staines 3s. Looking for the win to pull clear of their opponents, Sonning could only manage a solitary goal courtesy of Chris Priestley. SOUTH BERKSHIRE 3s remain fourth after a 2-2 draw against Aylesbury 2s with Duncan Clarke and Tom Scott on the score sheet. Paul Kaplanski netted a hat-trick as SOUTH BERKSHIRE 4s cruised past Ramgarhia 2s 9-2 in Division 5. Max Cable, James Gibbs and Greig Scott all scored braces in the rout which keeps Berks in fourth. SONNING 4s’ struggles continue with a 1-0 loss against Phoenix and Ranelagh 2s. Elsewhere, SOUTH BERKSHIRE 5s were beaten by Marlow 5s, SONNING 5s beat Reading Rascals and SOUTH BERKSHIRE TERRIERS played out a goalless draw against Oxford 8s.

Women

There was a reduced schedule in the women’s league with this week used to play fixtures postponed earlier in the campaign. Trysports Premier 1 leaders SONNING 1s were the big winners, opening up the gap at the top to eight points with just five games to play as they saw off SOUTH BERKSHIRE 1s 2-0. SOUTH BERKSHIRE 2s earned what could turn out to be a big point with a 1-1 draw at Bicester 1s. The draw leaves Berks seven points from safety in Premier 2. Elsewhere, SOUTH BERKSHIRE 3s drew 2-2 at Harlow High Wycombe, SONNING 4s drew 0-0 with Gerrards Cross 2s and SONNING VETERANS lost 3-2 at Witney 3s.

OLLY FOXLEY scored two tries as Redingensians survived a late scare to see off Bury St Edmunds and climb up to seventh in National League 2 South. A brilliant first half show saw Rams go in 18-0 up with Foxley and Jacob Atkins both scoring tries. And when Foxley got his second shortly after the restart, the game looked to be as good as won, only for the visitors to rally late on and came away at least with a bonus point. Within minutes of the start, Rams pushed towards the Bury try line and after strong runs by some of the forwards, they paved the way for Jordan Souter to tee up Foxley, who notched the first try of the afternoon. And Mike Tewkesbury’s men slowly clicked through the gears as the half wore on, extending their lead with a brace of Atkins penalties. But he then took his form with the boot to his hands, intercepting

Rams’ Olly Foxley celebrates his try with Jak Rossiter Picture: Tim Pitfield

the ball on his own try line and bursting a full 80 yards before dabbing down. Maku Koroiyadi reduced the deficit three minutes after the restart, but the Suffolk side had a mountain to climb again when they fell 25-7 down as Foxley latched onto Atkins’ chip.

That proved to be the end of the scoring for the bonus-point seeking Rams and instead their focus had to turn to ensuring victory, rather than scoring an extra try. Shaq Meyers and Donovan O’Grady both crossed for Bury St Edmunds to set up a nervy few

minutes, but Rams held on. Redingensians have no game this weekend. RAMS: Foxley, Rossiter, Bryant, Souter, Corrigan, Atkins, Illingworth, Marris, Henderson, McDonnell-Roberts, Hoy, Taylor, Amor, Nightingale, Stapley (c). Reps: Drew, Baker, Thompson, Vooght, Guttridge.

Bracknell sting Hornets with second half blitz Bracknell 29 Hornets 13 BRACKNELL produced a storming second half to blitz Hornets and notch a fourth straight win. Daniel ap Dafydd’s men trailed 10-6 at the break but tries after the restart from James Ingle, Lachy Valentine and Peceli Nacamavuto completed the turnaround and sealed a 29-13 victory. Bracknell were awarded an early penalty and duly converted it through the boot of Chris Laidler. Another Laidler kick opened up a 6-0 lead, but it was the visitors who would go in at the break ahead after a converted Sam Taylor try and Oscar James penalty turned the tables at 10-6. But whatever ap Dafydd said at half-time clearly worked as the hosts shot out of the traps. Captain Ingle was the first man to cross after a catch and drive from the line-out before Valentine

crashed over after a series of rucks. But due to missed conversions, the game was still in the balance at 16-10 and even more so when James pulled back another three points. However, with Bracknell enjoying possession and territory they duly racked up the score with a couple of Laidler penalties and a converted Nacamavuto try securing the points. The win sees Bracknell sit ninth in the National League 3 South West table with a trip to Lydney on Saturday. BRACKNELL: Williams, Lamin, Mirza, Goodison, Plant, Valentine, Haddad, Ingle (c), Franklin, Laidler, Bayliss, Nacamavuto, Sanderson, Burch, Yates. Reps: Staples, Bailey, Slade.

n CROWTHORNE had an afternoon to forget with a 23-5 loss at Chesham. The defeat sees Chesham leapfrog the Crows in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premier table with neither side in action this weekend.

It was a happy scoreline for Bracknell - Picture: Jayne Whitelegg

Exiles are ‘itching to get back out onto the pitch’ London Irish v London Scottish Greene King IPA Championship Madejski Stadium Saturday – 3pm DAVID PAICE says London Irish want to reward the fans by putting on a show against London Scottish on Saturday. The Exiles have just three regular home league games to go as they look to qualify for the play-offs while also maintaining their perfect record to date.

And club stalwart Paice, 33, says the supporters deserve another good display in the Exiles derby. “After two weeks without a game the lads are itching to get back out onto the pitch,” he said. “The supporters have been absolutely fantastic this season both home and away and it makes such a difference to have superb backing in the stands. “We want to repay them for their support with a strong performance this weekend.” Irish could seal qualification for the end of season play-offs with victory over Scottish, a side they beat 62-12 back in October. And with 14 wins from 14 so far,

Nick Kennedy’s men will be strong favourites to continue that run at the Mad Stad. “14 wins out of 14 in the league hasn’t come easily and we’ve had to work extremely hard to put together this sequence of results,” said Paice. “The Championship is such a physically demanding competition and it’s important that we remain focussed on one game at a time between now and the end of the season. “London Scottish will be keen to avenge the defeat sustained against us in the autumn so we will have to be fully prepared for the inevitable reaction.”

There could be a new face in the line-up this weekend following the arrival of Tonga international Tevita Koloamatangi. The back-row has been brought in to bolster the squad until the end of the season and the 28-yearold could be thrown straight into action. There was also news of a departure from the club this week with Darren Allinson joining Premiership side Bath. The scrum-half will stay with the Exiles until the end of this campaign before linking up with Todd Blackadder’s side in the summer, bringing to an end a sevenyear stay.

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READING FC

Blow to Royals promotion bid after Terriers’ late goal Huddersfield Town 1 Reading 0 By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk READING’S automatic promotion hopes were dealt a severe blow with late defeat to third placed Huddersfield on Tuesday night. In the first of two huge games for the Royals this week with a trip to second placed Brighton and Hove Albion to come on Saturday, they looked set to take a precious point from their trip to West Yorkshire. Ali Al-Habsi saved a first half Rajiv van La Parra penalty, while Roy Beerens struck the crossbar but the deadlock was finally broken with eight minutes to play when Philip Billing fired in to settle the tight tussle. The defeat leaves Reading eight points off the top two, but manager Jaap Stam was keen to take the positives. “I think we played well,” he said. “We had a very good spell, especially in the first half where we created a couple of very good chances but the ball didn’t go in and you don’t have the luck. “Of course they could have gone 1-0 up from a penalty but Ali made a great save and in the second half we could’ve had a penalty, but it’s not given.” He continued: “We’ve worked very hard, we’ve played, at times, very well, stayed patient going forwards and created chances. “In these games you know that the difference between the teams is not very big because they’ve got a quality team. “You’ve got to try and at least score one and try to defend well and not give anything away. They had a couple of chances in the first half but in the second half the only one they had, they scored. “We defended well. It is a pity that you don’t have at least a point in these games.”

After having no game at the weekend, Stam (pictured) made just one change from the side beat Brentford more than a week previous with Roy Beerens replacing John Swift. Captain Paul McShane also returned to the squad, taking his place among the substitutes while Huddersfield made nine changes from the side which held Manchester City to a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup at the weekend. The hosts began well, keeping the ball well and threatening a breakthrough when both van La Parra and Elias Kachunga fired off target. But Royals rallied and worked their way into the contest, coming within inches of taking the lead when Beerens’ strike brushed the fingertips of goalkeeper Danny Ward to help it onto the crossbar. However, it was Town who were handed the clearest chance to go in ahead at the break when referee Tony Harrington pointed to the spot after Izzy Brown went down under the challenge of Tyler Blackett. Up stepped van La Parra, but Al-Habsi guessed right and brilliantly tipped the ball behind.

While one of Huddersfield’s loanees won the penalty, two of Reading’s borrowed players almost combined for the opener when Jordon Mutch’s saved effort fell to Lewis Grabban, but his follow-up struck the face of goalkeeper Ward before being cleared. Both teams continued to probe after the restart with Danny Williams denied by Ward before Nahki Wells fired just wide. Royals felt they should have had a penalty of their own when Williams rolled the ball into the path of Grabban, who went down as Ward slid out towards him, but the referee was unmoved. Clearly chasing maximum points, Stam threw on Swift, Yann Kermorgant and Adrian Popa but it was Huddersfield who would grab the win. With just eight minutes to play, Tommy Smith’s deflected shot fell kindly into the path of Billing to volley home. Kermorgant and Liam Moore both came close to rescuing a point at the death, but it was not to be. And Stam was left to rue his side not being awarded a second half spot kick. “If you look at the reaction of the opposition sometimes, it was very obvious he did something,” said the boss. “He (Ward) came towards the ball, he dived in there but the referee has not given it. “That’s his choice and it’s frustrating.” READING: Al-Habsi, Gunter (c), Moore, Blackett, Obita, Williams, Kelly, Mutch (Swift 71), McCleary (Popa 61), Beerens, Grabban (Kermorgant 70). Subs not used: Jaakkola, McShane, Evans, Meite. Yellow card: Kermorgant (90+2) HUDDERSFIELD: Ward, Smith, Hefele, Schindler, Lowe, Billing, Mooy, Kachunga, Brown (Payne 38), van La Parra (Lolley 66), Wells (Quaner 87). Subs not used: Coddington, Whitehead, Hudson, Cranie. Goal: Billing (82) Yellow card: Hefele (90) Referee: Tony Harrington Attendance: 19,894

WOMEN’S FA CUP

LADIES FOOTBALL

Man City tie for Royals

Page-Smith brace nets win

READING WOMEN will face WSL 1 champions Manchester City Women in the fifth round of the FA Cup. With 16 teams remaining, this is the first round top flight clubs have to enter and it could not have been a tougher draw for Kelly Chambers’ charges with a trip to face City. The tie will take place on the weekend of March 18/19. Meanwhile, Royals goalkeeper Mary Earps (pictured) has been called up to the England squad for the SheBelieves Cup in USA.

Earps, 23, will fly out to Philadelphia on Saturday with the rest of Mark Sampson’s squad and faces competition for the number one shirt from Karen Bardsley (Man City) and Siobhan Chamberlain (Liverpool). England face France on March 1 before the hosts USA and then a final group game against Olympic champions Germany. Molly Bartrip has also been called up for international duty and will be part of the England Under-23 squad which will travel to Spain.

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Winchester Flyers Reserves 1 Woodley United Ladies 3 ROSIE PAGE-SMITH struck twice as Woodley secured their second win in succession with victory in Winchester. Playing uphill on a sloping pitch in the first half, Woodley struggled to get their game going and trailed at the break to a Catherine MacDonald header. United’s best chances arrived when Ellen Surtees had a shot cleared off the line before Page-Smith

struck the post. But the second half was a different story as Woodley battled back, sparked by substitute and recent signing Tiffany Newland. And three goals in a 10 minute spell completely turned the contest as a Page-Smith brace and Becky Lowes goal secured victory. WOODLEY: N. Haines, Ali, Barrett, Edwards, M. Haines, Hall, Lowes, Page-Smith, Stringer, Surtees, Vaughan. Subs: Newland, Sawyer.

n WARGRAVE LADIES remain in eighth place in Southern Women’s First Division after a 1-1 draw at Barton Rovers thanks to a goal from Jodie Penny.

HELLENIC PREMIER DIVISION

Moles buried by Robins’ single strike Binfield 0 Bracknell Town 1 THREE games, three tight defeats. It was an all too familiar feeling for Binfield on Monday night as they suffered their third defeat by a single goal against rivals Bracknell this season. TJ Bohane’s first half strike was all that separated the pair and the good news for Roger Herridge and his charges is they will have at least two more chances to try and clip the Robins’ wings this season in cup competitions. A crowd of 289 turned out at Stubbs Lane as Bracknell looked for the three points they needed to at least temporarily return to the top of Hellenic Premier Division table and they were treated to a highly competitive contest. Having faced Wootton Bassett just two days earlier, Herridge made three changes to his side with Jeff Brown, Chris Dean and Luke Hayden all starting with Grant Kemp, Alex Walton and Liam Whyte dropping out. What proved to be the only goal of the contest arrived around the quarter of an hour mark when

Carl Davies knocked the ball on to Bohane, who smartly backheeled past Mo Nyamunga for his 32nd goal of the season. Binfield’s leading marksman Liam Ferdinand had the chance to quickly equalise and grab a 32nd of his own, but he dragged a shot wide. Nyamunga, who was forced off injured during the weekend win over Wootton Bassett, was certainly the busier keeper, thwarting Bohane and Kensley Maloney. Seb Bowerman and Bohane continued to look dangerous after the break while substitute Bradley Pagliaroli and Jon Bennett both tried their luck for the Moles, but one goal proved to be enough. There could be more bad news for Herridge after star centre-back Gary Smith was forced off injured in the first half. Binfield travel to Tuffley Rovers on Saturday while the date their Senior Trophy final showdown with Bracknell has been confirmed as Tuesday April 11 in Windsor. BINFIELD: Nyamunga, Broome, Brown, Smith (M. Walton 43), Luis (c), Bayley, Dean, Knight, Hayden (Pagliaroli 59), Bennett (White 75), Ferdinand. Subs not used: A. Walton, Whyte.

HELLENIC PREMIER DIVISION

Binfield beat Bassett Binfield 3 Royal Wootton Bassett Town 1 BINFIELD moved back into the Hellenic Premier Division top seven with a 3-1 success against Royal Wootton Bassett Town on Saturday. Jon Bennett (pictured on the ball) opened the scoring but a Daniel Bailey strike levelled matters before the break. However, second half finishes from Liam Ferdinand and substitute Luke Hayden swung the game the way of the Moles. Roger Herridge said he had some selection dilemmas following the previous weekend’s brilliant cup win over Newport Pagnell Town and he rang the changes with five new faces in the starting line-up. Mo Nyamunga, Gary Smith, Harrison Bayley and Jon Bennett all returned having been cup-tied while Liam Whyte was promoted from the bench with Liam Vaughan, Chris Dean, Sean Moore, Jake White and Jeff Brown all dropping out. And the Moles got off to a good start when Bennett fired in a brilliant opening goal. The striker had plenty more opportunities to double the tally, as did talisman Ferdinand, but the game would be level at the break when Bailey found the net. However, Binfield quickly went back in front on 55 minutes with Ferdinand firing in.

But the game was well in the balance when goalkeeper Nyamunga was forced off meaning right-back Jack Broome had to take the gloves in goal with 12 minutes to go. However, Broome handled well and the game was killed off in the final minutes when Hayden notched his 10th goal of the campaign. “Got the job done, but should have been home and hosed by halftime,” said Binfield boss Herridge. “But the lads stuck to the task and got three more goals and three more points.” BINFIELD: Nyamunga (White 76); Broome, Smith, A. Walton, Luis (c); Whyte (Dean 70), Knight, Bayley, Kemp; Ferdinand, Bennett (Hayden 68). Subs not used: M. Walton, Pagliaroli.

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HELLENIC DIVISION ONE EAST

Finch see off scare to bag all three points Sandhurst Town 2 Finchampstead 4 FINCHAMPSTEAD survived a scare to see off neighbours Sandhurst and climb up to third in Hellenic Division One East. Finches came flying out of the traps with Freddie Barron breaking the deadlock seconds after kick-off. And after Kylo Atkinson’s (pictured) brace had put the visitors 3-0 up by half-time, the game looked as good as won. But Sandhurst battled back to within one goal thanks to two strikes from Sean Delfosse. However, substitute Sam Gore sealed the 4-2 success, Finch’s biggest winning margin since November. Jon Laugharne made just one change from the side which lost to Wokingham and Emmbrook the previous weekend with Atkinson coming in for Sam Dunn. And the change paid off immediately as Finches took the lead inside a minute when Barron chipped in following Atkinson’s pass. The lead was doubled on 16 minutes when Barron and Atkinson swapped roles with the latter firing in. At the other end, Neil Griffith had to be on hand to deny Richard Hughes’ effort before Finch again took the upper hand with some fine passing play. Chace Jewell was denied by a good save before momentum was halted when Sam Green was forced off and had to go to hospital

READING INVITATION CHALLENGE CUP

following a clash of heads. But a third goal did arrive before the break when play resumed with Atkinson heading in from close range to notch his fifth goal of the campaign. The Fizzers looked much brighter after the restart and they pulled one back on 53 minutes when an unmarked Delfosse tucked in. And the same man netted again five minutes later to put the contest firmly back in the balance as he headed in a Michael Stepney freekick. Finches regrouped but were thankful to see another Delfosse header flash past the post before they put the game to bed when defender Gore strode through in added time for his side’s fourth. Laugharne’s charges host Rayners Lane on Saturday (3pm). FINCHAMPSTEAD: Griffith, Malone, Wright, Green, Thompson, Barnard (c), Atkinson, Barron, Swabey, Blatchford, Jewell. Subs: Gore, Ennis, Campbell.

YOUTH SOCCER

Sumas U14s score three times in 19 minutes WOKINGHAM AND EMMBROOK Under-14s scored three times in the final 19 minutes to rescue a point in an eight-goal thriller against Camberley Town Rebels. The Oranges found themselves 4-1 behind despite a James Starkey strike, but they rallied to earn a share of the spoils with Ollie Vickers and Kai Evans (2) bagging the goals. A poor first half display saw Wokingham struggling in the East Berkshire Football Alliance Division 6 clash, even though Starkey put them in front as he converted Evans’ cross. Two goals in two minutes swung the game Camberley’s way and their 3-1 half-time lead was no less than they deserved. A fourth goal duly arrived eight minutes into the second half but, sparked by the athleticism of substitute and man-of-the-match Milo van Vliet (pictured), Oranges set up a grandstand finale courtesy of a long-range Vickers shot and fine Evans finish. And the comeback was complete with the final kick of the game when Evans tucked in from the penalty spot after Vickers was brought down.

n CAPTAIN Ryan Annets was on the score sheet as Wokingham and Emmbrook U16s beat Woodley Saints Panthers 2-0. Sumas found the breakthrough in the local derby after 13 minutes as Annets volleyed in at the back post. Panthers had more possession after the restart but after Casey Starke saw an effort saved, Max Studer followed in to double the advantage and seal a third win in a row.

Sumas come top in local derby with Woodley

Wokingham and Emmbrook 1 Woodley United 0 By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk THEY MAY have lost the battles, but Wokingham and Emmbrook certainly won the war. There were two lengthy delays during this Reading Senior Cup clash with neighbours Woodley as both of Sumas frontmen Matt Booth and Tom Williams were forced off, the latter taken to hospital with a nasty season-ending shoulder injury. But a late Elliott Rushforth strike settled the tie and sent Wokingham on their way towards another memorable run in this competition. Woodley boss Michael Herbert admitted before this game he already had an eye on a potential semi-final showdown with Bracknell Town, but it was clear from the off they would have to work hard to get past Sumas. Almost 100 fans piled into Lowther Road and they nearly saw an early opener when Ben Broadhurst missed the target after 12 minutes, while at the other end Carl Prestidge also could not test the keeper. Woodley had the ball in the net on 20 minutes when Charlie Oakley finished well, only for the linesman’s flag to cut short his celebrations. The game developed into a real cup tie with a midfield battle encapsulated by Joe Barley’s crunching challenge on Rushforth. Any hopes of developing some

rhythm after the restart were quickly halted when Booth clashed heads with United skipper Idris Kamara and although the Sumas man was bandaged up following a deep cut, he was forced off. When the game got back underway it was looking like Woodley would be the side to break the deadlock with Oakley forcing Woodward into a good stop. But on the hour mark they were an even lengthier delay as Sumas’ top scorer Williams collided with goalkeeper Alex Reed and dislocated his shoulder. More than an hour later and after the ambulance had been and gone to cart Williams away to hospital for treatment, the game resumed but was quickly stopped again when Oakley had to hobble off with injury.

But there was eventually a goal when Rushforth latched onto a Tom Skidmore pass and fired in from 12 yards with 14 minutes to play. Woodley looked for an immediate response when Prestidge got in again, but missed the target while late Liam Wilson and Jake Nicholls efforts were blocked. Sumas move through to the quarter-finals to face Henley Town but they have league action first, hosting Holyport on Saturday (3pm). SUMAS: Woodward; Carter, Giles, Lawrence, Broadhurst; Rushforth, Gibbs, Day (c), Goddard; Booth (Duffelen), Williams (Skidmore). Subs not used: Best, McNelly. WOODLEY: Reed, Greenwood, Hooper, Nicholls, I. Kamara, Barley, Prestidge (Wilson), Morgan (Thomas), Oakley (A. Kamara), Jones, Beckett. Subs not used: Kang, Turner. Attendance: 97

ROUND-UP

HELLENIC FLOODLIT CUP

Ref justice as Woodley crash out Woodley United 2 Lydney Town 4 (after extra time) WOODLEY scorer Jake Nicholls slammed the performance of the officials as Woodley United crashed out of the Hellenic Floodlit Cup on Tuesday night. Nicholls (pictured), who drew Woodley level in the second half, took to social media after the game claiming his side were undone by “one of the worst refereeing displays I’ve seen”, something echoed on Twitter by manager Michael Herbert. There were four changes from the side which lost to Wokingham and Emmbrook with Abdul Kamara, Luke Turner, Danny Horscroft and Liam Wilson all handed starts while Aaron Hooper, Dave Morgan, Charlie Oakley and Matt Jones dropped out.

Woodley went in 1-0 behind at the break but a quick-fire second half double from Nicholls and Greg Beckett completely swung the tie the way of the hosts. Smelling a potential second upset in succession against higher division opposition having knocked out Royal Wootton Bassett Town earlier this month, Woodley were

Finch march into semis

halted by a controversial penalty call. Lydney duly equalised from the spot on 67 minutes and despite the introduction of Ryan Tye, the scores stayed level at full-time. And it was Lydney who went back in front just four minutes into extra time, sparking another change from Herbert as Teddy Thomas was thrown on in place of Liam Wilson. But the Gloucestershire outfit sealed the win five minutes from time to book their spot in the quarter-finals. Woodley face another busy week following the double cup exit with a trip to Sandhurst Town on Saturday before another away league trip at Bicester Town on Wednesday night.

FINCHAMPSTEAD RESERVES marched into the semi-finals of the BTC Intermediate Cup with a 4-2 win over Reading YMCA, who compete in a higher division. Division Two Finchampstead fell behind to the side from the league above as Luke Maskell broke the deadlock. But Finches levelled before the break through Alex Woodhead and second half goals from Nick Payne and David Powell put Finch in control. Sam Larking pulled a goal back with five minutes to play, but a stoppage time James Payne (pictured) strike sealed the win and fired Finch into the last four. HARCHESTER HAWKS are out after losing 3-1 to Westwood United Reserves, despite a late David Panter goal but ASHRIDGE PARK are also into the last four following their thumping 7-1 success over Highmoor Under21s. Mark Shoosmith led the charge with

WOODLEY: Reed, Greenwood (Kang 61), Nicholls, I. Kamara, Barley, A. Kamara, Turner, Horscroft, Beckett, Prestidge (Tye 78), Wilson (Thomas 98). Subs not used: Briggs, Hooper.

COMBINED COUNTIES DIVISION ONE

Penalty helps Eversley stage comeback Eversley and California 2 Staines Lammas 1 LEWIS ROBSON netted from the penalty spot as Eversley and California came from behind to beat Staines Lammas in Combined Counties Division One.

Staines started brightly and took the lead with their first big chance when a long throw into the box was latched onto. But the Boars equalised before the break when Robson made no mistake from the penalty spot. And Phil Ruggles’ men turned the screw after the break, eventually breaking

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down the door when some good work down the left led to an own goal. Eversley held on for the win which keeps them sixth in the table ahead of a trip to Cobham on Saturday. EVERSLEY: Lusty, Allston, Brown, B. Hutchings, S. Hutchings, Kamara, Maslen, Miller, Obodo, Robson, Smith. Subs: Cox, Exton.

Jackman and Peter Jones earned them a 2-2 draw. It could have been worse for Newbury, who sit three points off the top, had Joshua Stevens not netted in the 87th minute. WOODLEY UNITED RESERVES lost 3-2 at home to Woodcote Stoke Row, despite battling from 3-0

four goals while Alex Malinov (2) and Adam Shoosmith also netted in the rout. In league action, HURST caused a huge shock by taking a point off Premier Division title-chasing Newbury. Hurst went into the game with just three points all season, but goals from David

down, with Adrian Vazquez on the score sheet while BERKS COUNTY lost 4-0 to Cookham Dean. BARKHAM ATHLETIC and WARGRAVE both drew their respective Division 2 clashes while an Asa Povey hat-trick helped WOODLEY UNITED A to a 4-2 win over Newbury Reserves in Division 3. Ryan Tye was also on target for United and in the same league HURST RESERVES drew 2-2 with Maidenhead Town Reserves. In Division 4, goals from Dan Saunders, Christopher Searle and Matt Swain (2) earned BERKS COUNTY ROVERS a 4-0 win against HARCHESTER HAWKS RESERVES. HURST A won by the same score against Taplow United A thanks to goals from Charlie Scope (3) and Blake Brown-Koroma while there were defeats for TWYFORD AND RUSCOMBE, WOODLEY UNITED B and WARGRAVE RESERVES.

Results and fixtures RESULTS Saturday, Feb 18 FOOTBALL Hellenic Premier Division Binfield 3-1 Royal Wootton Bassett Reading Invitation Challenge Cup Wokingham and Emmbrook 1-0 Woodley United Hellenic Division One East Sandhurst Town 2-4 Finchampstead Combined Counties Division One Eversley and California 2-1 Staines Lammas Thames Valley Premier Division Berks County 0-4 Cookham Dean Hurst 2-2 Newbury Woodley United Reserves 2-3 Woodcote Stoke Row RUGBY National League 2 South Redingensians Rams 25-21 Bury St Edmunds National League 3 South West Bracknell 29-13 Hornets Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premier Chesham 23-5 Crowthorne HOCKEY MBBO Regional 2 Sonning 1s 3-2 West Hampstead 2s MBBO Division 1 West Hampstead 3s 2-6 South Berkshire 1s Trysports Premier 1 South Berkshire Ladies 1s 0-2 Sonning Ladies 1s ICE HOCKEY – EPIHL Peterborough Phantoms 6-7 Bracknell Bees (after overtime)

Sunday, Feb 19 FOOTBALL Southern Women’s First Division

Barton Rovers 1-1 Wargrave Ladies Winchester City Flyers Reserves 1-3 Woodley United Ladies BASKETBALL NBL Division One Westminster Warriors 77-95 Reading Rockets ICE HOCKEY – EPIHL Bracknell Bees 5-4 Swindon Wildcats

Monday, Feb 20 Hellenic Premier Division Binfield 0-1 Bracknell

Tuesday, Feb 21 FOOTBALL Sky Bet Championship Huddersfield Town 1-0 Reading Hellenic Floodlit Cup Woodley United 2-4 Lydney Town

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(3pm unless stated)

Saturday, Feb 25 FOOTBALL Sky Bet Championship Brighton and Hove Albion v Reading (5.30pm) Hellenic Premier Division Tuffley Rovers v Binfield Hellenic Division One East Finchampstead v Rayners Lane Sandhurst Town v Woodley United Wokingham and Emmbrook v Holyport Combined Counties Division 1 Cobham v Eversley and California Thames Valley Premier Division (all 2pm) Berks County v Marlow United Taplow United v Woodley United Reserves Wraysbury Village v Hurst

RUGBY Greene King IPA Championship London Irish v London Scottish National League 3 South West Lydney v Bracknell HOCKEY MBBO Regional 2 Marlow 2s v Sonning 1s (1.30pm) MBBO Division 1 South Berkshire 1s v Newbury and Thatcham 2s (TBC) Trysports Premier 1 Sonning Ladies 1s v Wallingford Ladies 1s (10.30pm) South Berkshire Ladies 1s v Oxford Ladies 3s (Noon) ICE HOCKEY – EPIHL Telford Tigers v Bracknell Bees (6pm) BASKETBALL NBL Division One Leicester Warriors v Reading Rockets

Sunday, Feb 26 FOOTBALL Southern Women’s First Division Wargrave Ladies v Alton (2pm) Woodley United Ladies v New Milton Town (2pm) ICE HOCKEY — EPIHL Bracknell Bees v Telford Tigers (6pm) BASKETBALL – NBL Division One Reading Rockets v London Lituanica (5pm)

Tuesday, Feb 28 FOOTBALL Reading Invitation Challenge Cup Holyport v Binfield (7.45pm)

Wed, March 1 FOOTBALL Hellenic Division One East Bicester Town v Woodley United (7.45pm)

Championship P Newcastle United 32 Brighton 32 Huddersfield 32 Reading 33 Leeds United 33 Sheffield Wed 33 Norwich City 33 Fulham 31 Barnsley 33 Preston NE 33 Derby County 32 Cardiff City 33 Ipswich Town 33 Brentford 32 Queens Park Rangers 33 Birmingham City 33 Aston Villa 32 Nottingham Forest 33 Wolverhampton 31 Burton Albion 33 Bristol City 31 Wigan Athletic 33 Blackburn Rovers 31 Rotherham United 33

W 22 20 20 18 18 17 15 13 14 13 13 13 10 11 11 10 8 10 9 9 9 7 7 4

D 3 8 4 6 4 7 6 10 7 10 9 6 11 7 7 10 12 6 8 8 5 9 8 5

L 7 4 8 9 11 9 12 8 12 10 10 14 12 14 15 13 12 17 14 16 17 17 16 24

F 62 54 43 47 45 42 58 52 51 44 36 45 34 46 36 34 30 46 38 33 42 30 36 30

Hellenic Premier A GD 25 37 26 28 35 8 42 5 34 11 32 10 47 11 37 15 47 4 40 4 29 7 47 -2 41 -7 46 0 46 -10 48 -14 38 -8 58 -12 42 -4 46 -13 46 -4 40 -10 49 -13 73 -43

Pts 69 68 64 60 58 58 51 49 49 49 48 45 41 40 40 40 36 36 35 35 32 30 29 17

Thames Valley League P W D L GD Marlow United 18 14 2 2 44 Reading YMCA 15 13 2 0 48 Newbury FC 18 13 2 3 35 Woodcote Stoke Row 18 11 3 4 22 Cookham Dean 20 9 3 8 6 Mortimer 20 9 2 9 -8 Wraysbury Village 21 9 2 10 -13 Berks County FC 21 8 3 10 -16 Highmoor Ibis Res 18 7 4 7 -2 Unity 18 6 2 10 -2 Woodley United Res 20 6 2 12 -28 Taplow United 18 5 3 10 -9 Rotherfield United 18 1 7 10 -25 Hurst 19 1 1 17 -52 * Denotes points adjustment

PTS 44 41 41 36 30 29 29 27 22 * 20 20 18 12 * 4

P W Thame United 27 20 Bracknell Town 26 20 Flackwell Heath 29 19 Thatcham Town 28 17 Highworth Town 28 16 Ardley United 28 16 Binfield 30 14 Brimscombe & Thrupp 25 13 Tuffley Rovers 26 12 Royal Wootton 28 13 Lydney Town 27 12 Longlevens AFC 28 9 Ascot United 28 7 Highmoor-Ibis 24 6 Brackley Town Saints 26 6 Oxford City Nomads 26 4 Henley Town 28 4 Burnham 28 5 *Denotes points adjustment

D 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 2 6 4 0

L 2 3 6 8 8 8 13 8 10 12 12 16 17 13 18 16 20 23

GD 62 63 41 32 25 16 9 19 6 6 0 -14 -22 -24 -54 -30 -53 -82

MBBO2 Pts 65 63 61 54 52 52 45 43 40 39 * 39 30 25 23 20 18 16 15

Hellenic Division 1 East Penn & Tylers Green Headington Ams Finchampstead Woodley United AFC Aldermaston Bicester Town Chalfont Wasps Rayners Lane Sandhurst Town Chinnor Wokingham & Emm’ Didcot Town Res’ Holyport Wantage Town Res’

P 17 16 21 14 19 18 19 18 17 17 18 16 17 17

W 13 11 11 10 10 9 8 9 7 6 5 5 5 0

D 3 1 0 1 0 2 5 2 3 3 4 2 0 0

L 1 4 10 3 9 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 12 17

GD Pts 46 42 24 34 4 33 14 31 10 30 8 29 2 29 -1 29 -3 24 -14 21 -7 19 0 17 -5 15 -78 0

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Slough 1 Amersham 1 Sonning 1 British Airways 1 Marlow 2 Banbury 2 Oxford Hawks 3 Tring 1 Eastcote 2 Oxford 2 West Hamp’ 2 Staines 2

P 16 17 16 16 16 15 15 16 17 16 16 16

W 14 12 10 9 9 8 8 5 3 4 3 0

D 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 0 5 2 2 1

L 1 2 4 4 6 6 6 11 9 10 11 15

F 70 70 51 42 45 60 48 28 29 31 29 13

A 16 31 27 30 39 42 46 45 47 72 55 66

GD 54 39 24 12 6 18 2 -17 -18 -41 -26 -53

IPA Championship

P W D L F A BP London Irish 14 14 0 0 509 223 11 Yorkshire Carnegie 14 12 0 2 443 336 8 Doncaster 15 9 0 6 389 308 9 Ealing Trailfinders 15 8 1 6 353 325 6 Cornish Pirates 14 7 1 6 404 354 9 Jersey 14 6 0 8 348 366 12 London Scottish 14 6 0 8 342 361 10 Nottingham 15 5 1 9 287 411 6 Bedford 15 4 0 11 348 414 11 Rotherham Titans 15 4 1 10 297 426 4 Richmond 15 3 0 12 262 458 5 *London Welsh’s results have been expunged.

Pts 43 39 32 30 28 25 25 15 14 14 11 1

PTS 67 56 45 40 39 36 34 28 27 22 17

EPIHL P W OW OL L PIM F Telford Tigers 42 28 6 3 5 635 194 Milton Keynes 42 24 6 3 9 783 152 Peterborough 44 25 2 2 15 533 172 Basingstoke Bison 43 25 0 1 17 832 147 Guildford Flames 41 16 2 5 18 674 149 Swindon Wildcats 41 10 8 3 20 715 125 Hull Pirates 41 19 0 1 21 731 140 Sheffield Steeldogs 41 8 2 5 26 882 131 Bracknell Bees 41 6 1 4 30 720 94 *Manchester Phoenix’s results have been expunged

A 115 104 126 102 150 149 169 191 198

Pts 71 63 56 51 41 39 39 25 18

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Smital: ‘We must do more to keep clubs on the ice’ By TOM CROCKER tcrocker@wokinghampaper.co.uk

BRACKNELL BEES player-coach Lukas Smital has called on ice hockey’s governing body to do more to prevent clubs from going out of business. The English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL) has been thrown into turmoil in recent weeks when Manchester Phoenix were forced to withdraw from the competition following financial troubles, causing clubs to reschedule fixtures and previous results being expunged. This is not the first time a side has withdrawn from the EPIHL due to funding struggles with Slough Jets pulling out of the top flight back in 2014. And Smital (pictured), who is well aware of the struggles facing clubs after his recent experiences with the Bees, says it is time for something to change before it’s too late. “It’s always sad to see a team go,” he told The Wokingham Paper. “It happened with Slough a few

years ago and now Manchester. “It’s not like we’ve got 50 teams in the country – there’s not enough teams as it is. “It’s always sad when a team pulls out. It just affects the whole league and pretty much the whole country, all the players, all the young lads and everything around it because you’ve got one less team and it needs to be restructured. “Something needs to be done in terms of the governing body needs to step in and there needs to be structure and idea behind what’s happening so that these situations are avoidable before the season even starts.” Bees kept their slim play-off hopes alive with their first fourpoint weekend of the season after ending a four-year win drought against Peterborough Phantoms before also seeing off

Swindon Wildcats. However, their place in the end of season competition could have already been confirmed if the original decision following a league meeting to deny this weekend’s opponents Telford Tigers entry into the play-offs was upheld. “I can’t think anything about it, I don’t make the decisions,” said Smital. “It was voted that Telford would be out of the play-offs then the decision was overturned and that’s the way it is. “Is it right? Is it wrong? I don’t know. I don’t think it happened before in this country. “They just need to be prepared to do these decisions properly when it happens again or when similar circumstances appear so all the teams know where they are in terms of if something goes wrong or if there is some kind of

hiccup during the season.” Following the two wins last weekend, Bees now sit seven points behind Sheffield Steeldogs, who occupy the final play-off spot, with just seven games to go. And two of those games come in the form of a double-header against leaders Telford this weekend, a side who have already rattled in a staggering 25 goals in just four games against Bees this campaign. “At their place it’s tough,” said Smital. “They’ve got such strength in depth in all areas. “But it’s sport and we definitely go there to try and get a result and do what we can. “Unfortunately these guys need four points to clinch the title, so they are going to be going for it. “It’s going to be two teams fighting. “It’s going to be a tough one, but we are definitely going to be prepared to do our best.”  For more from Smital, see page 34

DANNY WILLIAMS claims referee Tony Harrington was “intimidated” by supporters as he refused to award Reading a penalty during their 1-0 defeat to Huddersfield Town on Tuesday evening. The huge Championship clash was locked at 0-0 with around half an hour to play when midfielder Williams slipped the ball in for Lewis Grabban to chase. The striker went down under the challenge of a sliding Danny Ward, but referee Harrington, who gave Huddersfield a penalty in the first half, waved the claim away. Reading went on to lose to an 82nd minute Philip Billing strike and Williams could not hide his frustrations. “It’s a very disappointing result for us,” said the American. “I think the team did very well and I think in the second half we should have been awarded a penalty but obviously the ref got a bit intimidated from the crowd. “If the first one is a penalty for them, I think the second one is a penalty for us. “But it shows that people who make the decision, they still get intimidated from the crowd. “But that’s how it is. We’ve had enough penalties this season but it’s just very, very frustrating in an important game like this.” He continued: “It should be an example of how well a crowd can influence the people who make the decisions. “Hopefully we are going to have that at home as well as Madejski Stadium.” Royals had a let-off when Ali Al-Habsi saved a first half Rajiv van La Parra spot kick at John Smith’s Stadium while at the other end Roy Beerens had an effort tipped onto the crossbar. It looked as though the two would settle for a point apiece, until Billing popped up to volley home from close range and leave Jaap Stam’s men eight points off the automatic promotion spots. But they do have the opportunity to close that gap when they travel to take on second-placed Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday. “I think a draw would have been a fair result,” said Williams. “Both teams played very well and put a lot of effort into the game. “But it went their way and congratulations to them. “It is a bitter one to take, but we’ve showed throughout the season that the character of the team is amazing. “We came back and bounced back from defeats before, so we have to do that against Brighton now.”  For more Reading FC news, turn to page 37 08 9

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