Posted in Arts, Music, Sport, Young people on Thursday January 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Bad news unfortunately on both the upcoming Dance classes:
Dear all
Sadly I have just been informed that the dance classes we had previously advertised will not be going ahead as planned due to unforeseen circumstances.
I have contacted Community Sports to ask if there can be a replacement but probably won’t hear anything back until late next week.
I’ll keep you informed.
Thanks Katy
Posted in Arts, Memorial hall, Music, Sport on Monday December 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Arts, Memorial hall, Music, Sport, Young people on Monday December 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Sport on Thursday December 25, 2014| 1 Comment »
Posted in Badminton, Memorial hall, Sport on Sunday December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Worried about eating too much and not getting enough exercise over the next two weeks? Well, while regular bookings of the Hall break for Christmas, there may be the possibility of booking badminton outside the normal hours. If you are interested contact Cheryl on 390617 or email parwichMH@gmail.com.
Posted in Local government, Memorial hall, Sport, Young people on Friday December 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Memorial hall, Sport on Friday December 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Services, Sport on Thursday November 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Opening date for £60,000 leisure centre upgrade
A £60,000 upgrade of the fitness suite at Derbyshire Dales District Council’s Ashbourne Leisure Centre is to be unveiled on schedule. From this coming Monday, 1 December, existing and new members will be able to use the new facility – an extension of the centre’s former fitness suite, featuring new equipment – followed by an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday 5 December.
The District Council successfully won the upgrade funding from Derbyshire County Council’s ‘Aiming High Fund’ to create an inclusive fitness centre of excellence, giving better access, equipment and environment for people with varying disabilities. A condition of the grant meant the funding had to be spent and the project completed by the end of December this year – and work started on 10 October.
It’s a welcome boost for the District Council following a blaze at the Ashbourne centre at the end of July. Investigations by experts and insurers means the centre’s pool will remain closed until the new year. (more…)
Posted in Sport on Friday October 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Last night the ladies of Parwich netball club said a fond farewell to Wendy Birds who has played for the team for almost 40 years. Wendy has played with the likes of Rosie Dunn, Janice Wigley, Pauline Laycock, Karen Wigley, Olivia and Edwina Flower, Deb Ryde, Paula Lynam and the current set of beauties. Wendy has been a versatile and elegant player who has proudly worn the black pleated games skirt with the RBL emblem on it and now the lycra skorts and tight fitting bibs currently sported by the team.Of the current team some were taken under Wendys wing when they made their first appearance aged just 11 yrs old. Now an age limit of 16 applies to play in the leagues but Wendy has held her own on the court with all those who have had the privilege to play with her.Last nights farewell took place at the Red Lion in either Hognaston, Hollington or Kniveton or possibly all of them. Wendy tried several times to retire over the last year but her plea to be released was ignored by Captain Flower. Finally the risk of injury and the call of long weekends with Larry have forced the us to accept that Wendy must move on although she is still able to join us on our nights out when we celebrate winning the league yet again!If anyone is interested in knowing more about Parwich Netball team and its position in the world rankings please get in touch through the blog team. We currently have a vacancy for a good WA!Thanks for everything Wendy and it won’t be the same without you to keep us calm and focused and remind us to watch Newsnight.Nia
Posted in Bowls, Sport on Saturday September 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
I know you are all wondering how the Bowls Club finally did this year, well it was mixed fortunes. The suspense you can cut with a knife, it beats the hell out of the Scottish Referendum results.
In the Matlock Tuesday League two teams are promoted and relegated. Fortunately we were not involved with the latter. I perhaps should point out at this stage that there are only two divisions in the League and we play in the lower of the two so thankfully nobody can get relegated from this league! Anyway there were times this year when little Parwich was riding high at the top of the division. We did not last there very long, but at least we can tell the grand children how we achieved national immortality for a week or two. So having been at the giddy heights of division toppers we inevitably could not sustain the required momentum and we slid down the league. Our final position was fourth. Our best result for donkey’s years. I think that the main reason for our fall down the division was that we did not invest during the transfer window and the players we have are two old!
Our fortunes in the Matlock Thursday League were not so good. We got promoted! Disaster! The Club had been there or thereabouts all season, but with no real danger of promotion, however some of our last results and those of other teams meant that we finished up third. Now of course were this the Tuesday League it would have been ok, (only top two promoted) in this League, however, some dipstick playing with the rules means that the top three go up. What a mess. We will inevitably have to invest heavily in new players during the close season. Having not achieved much joy in getting new players locally, going further afield is a must. I’m not sure if they play Crown Green Bowls in Clacton or the Isle of White, but we will certainly need to strengthen the squad.
I have not heard anything about indoor bowls yet, but I will let you know when I do. Until then have a good Christmas.
John B.
Posted in Events, Local government, Memorial hall, Music, Sport on Monday September 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Katy at Village Games says “the teacher says it is very much free style and will be adapted to the participants which turn up however saying that is aimed more at the parents and children (mummies and daughters dancing together etc) rather than an experienced dancer, however that’s not to say we could not introduce a further session, should there be the interest in the village.”
Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday September 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
Now is the time to say goodbye. Now is the time to yield a sigh. Now is the time to wend our way. (Until next year anyway.) It would have been nice to end on a winning note, but you can’t win all the time.
Matlock Tuesday bowls League.
An update on this league is that we managed to move up a place from fifth to fourth, our best result for quite a few years. We also won the same number of games as the team who came top. Not bad for our little Club.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Bakewell – 11 September.
Bakewell are second in the league and last week they beat the team at the top. Things did not auger well, and so it proved. As you know we sometimes don’t do very well in the doubles games and unfortunately this week was not good. We were behind 63 – 27. Our singles players did manage to retrieve the situation a little, but it was not enough to get us near to winning the match.
The final score was Bakewell 125, Parwich 103. As you readers of this fabulous weekly sports report will know we were in third place and the top three are promoted to the giddy heights of the top division. After this week’s result we will be lucky to stay there.
So that’s it for another year. Still desperate for new players and if we get promoted we will need them even more. We may get another invitation to play indoor bowls at Ashbourne Bowls Club on Monday afternoons. If we do I will let you know and you will be welcome to join us.
John B
Posted in Badminton, Sport on Wednesday September 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Badminton continues three evenings a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Contact Cheryl on 390617 or email parwichMH@gmail.com if you want to play.
Note, the 6 to 7pm slots are available regularly on Wednessays and Thursdays throughout September.
Posted in Memorial hall, Over 60s, Pilates, Sport on Monday September 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The over 60s Pilates class resumes today:
Posted in Events, Local Links, Memorial hall, Music, Sport on Sunday September 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Katy at Village Games says “the teacher says it is very much free style and will be adapted to the participants which turn up however saying that is aimed more at the parents and children (mummies and daughters dancing together etc) rather than an experienced dancer, however that’s not to say we could not introduce a further session, should there be the interest in the village.”
Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday September 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
So we managed to finish on a winning note in one league this week and the win in the other league keeps us on course to still get promoted. The difference this year has been the two new members we had, Sue and Tony A. Would that we could get a few more NEW MEMBERS.
Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Home – Ashwood Park – 2 September.
Last match of the season in this league and we wanted to end on a high. With some great play from Harry B and John B this was achieved, they won 21 – 5. Another win was Dennis and Clara E who sorted out the opposition 21 – 16. Although we lost the other two games our scores were such that we came out on top 76 – 63. We were fifth in the league before this match and our score will ensure that we stay in that position, up a place from last year. What will we do on a Tuesday evening? Watch the inevitable repeats on the idiot’s lantern.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Whitworth Park – 4 September.
Now the very scary thing is that three teams get promoted from this league and we are third, and after today’s result we should stay there. Our doubles teams winning well two of the three games and giving us a ten point lead 58 – 48. In the singles we won 5 out of the six games, with Sue A scoring best 15 – 5. The final score was 85 – 50. Because we were one player short (11 instead of 12) we had to accept a 3 point penalty. Thankfully this did not affect the final score which was Whitworth Park 98, Parwich 140. Only one more match to play, against the team who are second in the league. Should be interesting.
John B.
Posted in Badminton, Sport on Wednesday September 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Badminton continues three evenings a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This week, all the Thursday evening slots are available. Contact Cheryl on 390617 or email parwichMH@gmail.com if you want to take advantage of this.
Also watch this space for information on what regular slots will be available throughout September.
Posted in Memorial hall, Over 60s, Pilates, Sport on Monday September 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Pilates Classes restart at the Memorial Hall today. From Monday 1st September the evening classes begin:
The over 60s class does not start until next Monday because of the Village Lunch:
Posted in Local government, Memorial hall, Music, Sport on Wednesday August 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Katy at Village Games says “the teacher says it is very much free style and will be adapted to the participants which turn up however saying that is aimed more at the parents and children (mummies and daughters dancing together etc) rather than an experienced dancer, however that’s not to say we could not introduce a further session, should there be the interest in the village.”
Posted in Badminton, Sport on Tuesday August 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Badminton continues three evenings a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This week, because of people on holiday, there are extra slots available. Contact Cheryl on 390617 or email parwichMH@gmail.com if you want to take advantage of this.
Also watch this space for information on what regular slots will be available in September.
Posted in Pilates, Sport on Tuesday August 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Pilates Classes restart at the Memorial Hall next week. From Monday 1st September the evening classes begin:
The over 60s class does not start until a week later because of the Village Lunch:
Posted in Local government, Sport, Young people on Thursday August 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport on Wednesday August 20, 2014| 2 Comments »
I would like to thank all those who helped in the organisation and marshalling of this years Parwich Panoramic ‘Five’, it was a great success with over 90 runners. Impressively, £500 was raised, and will be split two ways, half being donated to the Parwich Memorial Hall and half donated to the Royal British Legion. Lets look forward to even greater successes next year.
Rannoch Linnell
Posted in Local government, Sport, Young people on Tuesday August 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday August 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
Only one league match this week because of the Greenaway Competition, and judging by the result of the one we played it was just as well.
Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Away – Matlock Golf Club – 12 August.
Perhaps what we should have done was to challenge the opposition to a round of golf instead of bowls; we surely could not have done any worse. We only managed to win one game and that was our redoubtable pair Edith and Rick and even they struggled. From being second in the division a few matches ago we are plummeting down the table at a great rate of knots. The final score was Golf Club 69 Parwich 43. At least we played well up until the middle of the season. I can’t believe we have only three matches left and then that’s it until next April.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Greenaway Charity Competition – 7 August.
As I mentioned last week this Competition is to try to raise much needed funds for the Greenaway Centre in Darley Dale. The weather is usually very kind to us and this year was no exception, it only rained very lightly for a short time. Our members have done well in past years, and have won the shield on quite a few occasions. Not to be this year though. You are given a partner for the Competition so it is very much the luck of the draw. Both Rick M and Ian J and Val K (playing together) were knocked out in the semi – final. Better luck next year hopefully. The Charity however will benefit from a shed load of money thanks to the Bowlers digging deep.
We are playing our Round Robin Club competition this Sunday, starting at 10.30 at Parsons Croft. You are welcome to join us any time during the day.
John B.
Posted in Sport on Wednesday August 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We have received the following update from DDDC:
An investigation into fire damage to the plant room at Derbyshire Dales District Council’s Ashbourne Leisure Centre has revealed that the pool will have to remain closed for the rest of the Summer.
The pool hasn’t been available since a blaze broke out late on Saturday 26 July, although all “dryside” facilities – including the fitness suite, sports hall and squash courts – have remained open as usual.
Various contractors, insurance assessors and specialists have now completed their inspections. Exact cost and timescales are not yet known, but the replacement of two damaged filtration units is the biggest time issue facing the District Council. A DDDC spokesperson said: “Once the insurance company has approved the works, like-for-like replacement could mean placing an overseas order and a lead time of several weeks. We are trying to source a faster alternative, but the likelihood is that we’re now looking at the autumn at the earliest before the pool is back in use.” At one stage the blaze – thought to have started outside the building – spread to the roof, but fortunately the centre’s new changing village, currently nearing completion, was not affected.
Derbyshire police arrested a 16 year-old and two 18 year-olds following the fire. The teenagers have been released on bail.
Posted in Sport on Monday August 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Katy at Village Games says “the teacher says it is very much free style and will be adapted to the participants which turn up however saying that is aimed more at the parents and children (mummies and daughters dancing together etc) rather than an experienced dancer, however that’s not to say we could not introduce a further session, should there be the interest in the village.”
Posted in Events, Local government, Memorial hall, Oddfellows, Pub, Sport, Young people on Sunday August 10, 2014| 1 Comment »
Because of the weather:
Today’s Village Games are taking place at the Memorial Hall
Sunday 10th August – meet 12.30pm
Posted in Events, Local government, Oddfellows, Pub, Sport, Young people on Saturday August 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Derbyshire Dales District Council will be hosting Parwich Village Games….
Sunday 10th August – 12.30pm – 2.30pm FREE Family Multi Sports.
Please come along and join in the fun.
Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday August 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
Why do people take things so literally, we only wanted to lose the occasional match not to disappear into a losing spiral. Well at least we won one match this week.
Matlock Tuesday bowls league.
Home – Youlgrave – 5 Aug.
When we played at Youlgrave earlier in the year we played in a thunderstorm, one of the few times this year when this has occurred. It even tried to rain here this week, perhaps it would have been better had it done so. Harry B and Val K fought back well to win 21 – 17. Similarly Tony A and Dennis E lost narrowly 21 – 16. After two games only one point in it. The two final games ended 21 – 7 to Youlgrave (enough said) with Rick M and Edith R pulling out all the stops in their usual inimitable fashion to repeat a win for us 21 – 7. We therefore just lost the match by one point 65 – 66.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Chatsworth A – 7 August.
We had been doing quite well in this league until last week’s painful loss, so we needed to get back into the swing of things this week. Our three doubles pairs did us proud winning two games to one and giving us a lead of 56 to 50.
As you avid readers of this scintillating copy will know our singles players do, more often than not, keep us in the match and quite often give us the winning edge. Thankfully they came through for us again this week winning four of the six games and only narrowly losing a fifth. This gave us a score of 78 – 66. The final overall result was 134 – 116 to Parwich. An excellent turnaround from last week. We had dropped down to fourth in the league after the loss so hopefully this win will give us a chance to go up a place.
No match next week in this league as it is the annual charity game to provide as much money as possible for the Greenaway centre in Darley Dale. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather. In the past Parwich players have done quite well in this competition let’s hope the trend continues.
On Sunday we are playing a Club competition – Ladies and Men’s singles. Not sure the weather is going to be good though. See you down at Parsons Croft about 2.00ish. The kettle will be on.
John B.
Posted in Events, Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport, Young people on Friday August 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
To help readers locate the PP5 posts they want, here is a list of all our posts reporting this year’s races (2014 Parwich Panoramic Five) here at parwich.org. Click on the title of the post you want to see it in full.
General
Main Race
Junior Races
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport on Thursday August 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport, Young people on Thursday August 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, People, Sport on Thursday August 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport on Thursday August 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport, Young people on Wednesday August 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Click on the image below to download the time sheets for 2014 the main race as a pdf:
The winners of each class are listed in our post “PP5 2014 Results“. For comparison, last year’s time sheets (2013) can also be seen by clicking here.
Also click on the image below to download the time sheets for 2014 the junior races as a pdf:
Please note there are still lots more photos to follow.
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport on Wednesday August 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We are always pleased to get material from new contributors, a big thank you to David C for these photos of the start last night:
Posted in Events, Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport on Wednesday August 6, 2014| 3 Comments »
What a great evening, well done to Rannoch Linnell for heading up this year’s organising team. With some 90 runners it was an excellent field, with times faster than last year and a close fought race. There are already some photos of the Junior Races and the Main Even posted here at parwich.org, and more are to follow along with the time sheets. In the meantime here are the winners:
Overall Winners:
Congratulations to Chris, who won for the second year running, with a time of nearly a minute faster than last year, and a personal best on the course(we think).
First Female
First Veteran (40+)
First Female Veteran (40+)
First Veteran (50+)
First Female Veteran (50+)
First Local (overall)
First Junior (16 to 18yrs)
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport, Young people on Wednesday August 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Some photos of the Junior Races, though persuading a horse not to join in with the races has interfered with some of these shots.
Posted in Parwich Panoramic 5, Sport on Tuesday August 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Here are the pictures taken by our roving photographer who, as usual, took up position at the top of the steepest hill so all runners would look their best. Well done to everyone!
Click on ‘Continue Reading’ to see the complete set of photos.
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