Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category

Wild in the Streets

Posted in Out & About, Sport on Wednesday October 8, 2008| 1 Comment »

Whether you are an Upard or Downard, you will be interested in the feature length documentary “Wild in the Streets” by Hollywood film-makers Jimmy Zalcman and Peter Baxter that is to be premiered in Ashbourne’s Empire Cinema on Friday 17th October.  This film explores Ashbourne’s Shrovetide Football.  To see a trailer for the film go the the official Wild in the Streets website.

Tickets will be available through the Coach & Horses, Nigel’s Butchers or members of the player’s committee.  Is this also something for parwich film to show?

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Tennis Club Notice

Posted in Societies, Sport on Wednesday September 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Nia, even though Colin B is definitely wrong in suggesting you are unbalanced, it took me a little while to interpret your email about night becoming day.  I hope this makes sense:

Parwich Tennis Club‘s regular Club Night is moving to

Sunday Afternoons at 2pm

Starting this Sunday (28th September) the weekly club drop-in sessions are on Sunday afternoons from 2pm.  Anyone is welcome to come to play and check out the Club.

Hope to see lots of you there.

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Groundhog Day at Tennis Club Mixed Doubles Tournament

Posted in 2008, Posts of Note, Societies, Sport on Monday September 22, 2008| 10 Comments »

Photos have been added to this post (Tues 23rd Sept)

Thanks to Val S for another literary masterpiece as well as champion tennis player.

I knew I was in trouble when I woke to the sound of Cher from my bedside radio….yes I KNOW our love won’t pay the rent but neither will it get a tennis tournament and end of season BBQ organised…..

Glynis (aka Drummond G) called, she’ll get rolls, beer and stuff, the Linnells are on sausages (obviously) and Colin B is organising the tennis; I get to clean and scrub two rusty dirty barbeques and plan some stuff for the annual dinner, my cup overfloweth.

All ready by 1pm. 24 highly motivated players were confronted by yet another cunning competition format, this time devised by Colin B……….And when I’m sad, you’re a clown …….. ….24 players – 3 Drummonds, 3 Smiths, 3 Linnells, 3 Beesleys, 2 Coates, 2 Yarletts, 2 Watsons, a single Fentem, a Chadfield (well done Sandra!) a Bunting, the vicar, a bloke called Richard and me – making 12 couples…I got you to hold my hand……

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Tennis Mixed Doubles on Sunday

Posted in Events, Sport on Friday September 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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PARWICH TENNIS CLUB ANNUAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEKEND

Posted in 2008, Posts of Note, Societies, Sport on Monday September 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

(SECOND ONLY TO WIMBLEDON) – SATURDAY

The day dawned – surprisingly brightly given the recent dampness.

This was the penultimate event of the Tennis Club’s year, the climax of their competitive year, the pinnacle of competitive ambition, the epitome of competitive standards. At stake was the honour of having your name in gold leaf on the pavilion honours board for eternity.

This is a day for finely tuned athletes, the light of foot, the stern of heart, those who care and the masochists who routinely subject themselves to ritual humiliation on an annual basis.  This is not a day for the lily-livered, for those who play for enjoyment or those with the good sense to recognise their limitations. Today we were gladiators!

There were two competitions – ‘one for the ladies’ and ‘one for the gentlemen’.

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Tennis Mixed Doubles Competition

Posted in Events, Sport on Saturday September 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »


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Parwich tennis drama

Posted in Sport on Sunday August 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »

At Parwich tennis club yesterday our redoubtable mixed doubles second team took on Darley Dale, hoping to add to our single win so far this season. We got off to a flying start when one of our opponents didn’t turn up, meaning that we were awarded three of the nine sets before a ball was even hit. Despite our affable demeanour, we were determined to dispense with the perception that we are purely social players, by setting about the task of clinching victory with a degree of grit that you can no longer find on our resurfaced courts.

A critical moment came in the second round, when Drummond and Harrison were losing 8-3, with the victor being the first to win 9 games. Refusing to be defeated, they duly won the next five games, leaving their opponents aghast at the prospect of losing the tie break, which they duly did. We staggered off the court to muted applause, since we had kept everyone else waiting so long, but it did help us secure a victory overall by 6 sets to 3. If we had adjourned to the Sycamore, which sadly wasn’t yet open, the drinks would surely have been on our opponents.

The tennis season is far from over – on Saturday-Sunday 13th-14th is the Club Singles Championship (members only). Then the Mixed Doubles Championship will be held on 20th-21st Sept – this is a semi-open competition in which only one of the pair needs to be a member. And do support club nights on Fridays from 7.30 – 9.00 pm!

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2012 here we come!

Posted in People, Sport on Sunday August 24, 2008| 1 Comment »

Parwich was outstandingly represented in the Bradbourne Fell Race – a hard & wet 6 mile run, crossing the stream twice & up exceptionally muddy banks.  The nearest fells maybe a couple of hours drive away, but it “felt like fell running”.   Parwich runners included Paul & Alex D, Graham J & Nia L, George & Charlie S, Rannoch, Thayer, Bertie & Lexie L – 5 of the 6 members of the Linnell family ran this punishing course, with Ed as official photographer.

When asked, Graham said his tactics for the race were to focus on a nice woman’s backside & follow it – “I found a good one this year”.  His wife said “It’s never going to be mine!!”  Comments from the younger athletes ranged from “easy” to “very hard”.  However ‘son of’ says “Mine’s a Chicken Tikka Masala with Naan”.  Graham who failed in the challenge is buying alot of curries tonight.

The guts and determination by all the runners was inspiring (not quite enough to make me want to join in).  To see our younger runners, 4 of whom were between 7 & 11, having the attitude ‘I’ll give it a go, I will do this’ should bode well for 2012, let’s hope it becomes infectious.

 For more photos & Graham’s reaction to the realisation that the curry is on him ….. (more…)

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Nominations wanted for Derbyshire Dales Sports Awards – by Tuesday

Posted in Sport on Thursday August 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »

2008 Derbyshire Dales Sports Awards

Following the success of the last two years’ Sports Awards, we are pleased that details of the 2008 event have now been unveiled. This is an important opportunity to celebrate people across the Derbyshire Dales who have made a significant contribution to sport in a variety of ways whether as a player, coach or volunteer.  We would like to find these people and reward them for their contribution to sport.

There are two documents which can be downloaded, one detailing the criteria for nominations, including the 14 different categories that can be nominated, the second is the actual nomination form which can be used to provide information on you and the person, team or club you are nominating, telling us why you think they should be honoured.

The Derbyshire Dales Sports Awards feed into the Derbyshire Sport Awards and the winners at the district level will automatically be entered into the County competition. The winners from the County Awards will then be considered at the East Midlands Sports Awards.

The closing date for all nominations has been extended to Tuesday 26th August 2008 – they would really like to see some more nominations coming in.

A presentation evening will be arranged in the Autumn to celebrate the Awards and winners

Sports Award Nomination Form
Critera for Nominations

Thank you to Debbie W for alerting us to these awards – She says

Hi to all you sporty people out there! (cricket, tennis, bowls, running, pilates, shooting, netball, football, horse-riding…) There is still time to enter. Good luck.
Any offers of a personal trainer willing to get this volunteer development officer into shape gratefully received! Possibly Nia, as I think I need a sort of boot camp approach!

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Fell racing in Bradbourne, Sunday August 24.

Posted in Events, Out & About, Sport on Sunday August 17, 2008| 8 Comments »

Never mind “Team GB”’s antics in the Olympics – come and watch “Team Parwich”, or better still come and be a part of “Team Parwich”, in the BRADBOURNE VILLAGE FELL RACE next Sunday 24 August at 10am.

It is run over two laps of a 3 Mile beautiful course, one of the most picturesque courses in the calendar – entry fee is £3 on the day.

There are also English Junior Fell Championship races for U8’s, U10’s, U12’s, U14’s, U16’s & U18’s – entry fee just £1. The U16 & U18 races will be held in conjunction with the main race and the other 4 junior races from noon.

You never know, you could be running alongside the great Roberto!

– Post supplied by Graham J.

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Second Pilates Class – 5 spaces available.

Posted in Sport on Saturday August 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Our Pilates class has proved so popular that we are running a second session from September. It will take place in the Parwich Memorial Hall from 7.15-8.15pm on Wednesdays. There are 5 more spaces left for this class.

The teacher is Tricia Durdey who trained with the Pilates Foundation. She is based in Wirksworth where she has a Pilates studio .

The costs of the classes are £7 per session payable in advance for a half termly block. Concessions are available.

The class is for beginners and all levels of fitness or decrepitude can be catered for!

If you are interested please ring Rebecca on 390318

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Pikehall harness racing: photo gallery.

Posted in 2008, Events, Photography, Pikehall, Posts of Note, Sport on Friday July 25, 2008| 1 Comment »

Thanks to Kevin S. for taking these photos yesterday evening, at Pikehall’s latest harness racing event.

As always, please click on each image to enlarge it.

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Alice Beasley’s Dressage Success

Posted in People, Sport on Thursday July 10, 2008| 3 Comments »

Alice’s recent double victory at Sheepgate Equestrian, Linclonshire (26th to 28th June) is reported in today’s edition of Horse & Hound.  Thank you to Patti (the justifiably proud mother) for the following:

Alice has now qualified Raffels (Freddie) for the Regional Dressage Championships at both Prix St George and Intermediare 1.  She recently also took out her new young 6 year old horse V.I.P. (known as Zippy for the fast rate of knots he goes around the field at play) and he won both his competitions.  Next week she is heading to Hartpury (Gloucestershire) to compete in a Premier League.

Congratulations Alice, it is fantastic to see you are now fully back to competition fitness, and all the best for the Hartpury Festival of Dressage.

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Parwich News Telegraph?

Posted in Farming, News, People, Planning, Sport, Wakes on Wednesday July 9, 2008| 1 Comment »

In stark contrast to last week’s issue, today’s issue, 9th July 2008, of the Ashbourne News Telegraph is positively brimming with Parwich stories.

  • p. 4 An excellent whole page feature on Parwich Wakes along with photos and the results of the Carnival judging
  • p.6 A further near full page feature on the new Annunciation Window (the Graham Window) in Parwich Church
  • p.10 The report on Ashbourne Young Farmers’ annual rally and field day at Chatsworth again contains some familiar names: well done Ben Chadfield in the junior tractor driving
  • p.21 A short report on the submission of the planning application for our new Memorial Hall (see also p.44 and our recent post)
  • p.23 Debbie is back from the States, and issuing a call for volunteers to help in various capacities at Carsington Water (see Volunteer Centre’s website)
  • p.44 Public notice issued by the PDNA announcing the consultation periods for the planning applications for the Memorial Hall rebuild and an extension to Station Road Farm, both in Parwich (see Planning pages at PDNPA web site)
  • p.53 Parwich Hill Race results in full colour (see also the time sheets)
  • p.54 Congratulations to Robert Cundy of Bradbourne whose bird came first in the Ashbourne Flying Club race from Hullavington (Wiltshire)
  • p.54 Summer Football results update

As always let us know about anything we have missed (especially any Alsop, Ballidon & Pikehall stories).

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Parwich Hill Race Time Sheets (2008)

Posted in Sport, Wakes on Monday July 7, 2008| 3 Comments »

Thank you for your patience.  Here are the full time sheets for the 2008 Hill Race, click on the relevant category to access the time sheets as pdfs:

Again well done to everyone who entered and thank you for the hard work of the Carnival & Recreation Committee and all the helpers that made it such a successful event.

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The Children’s Hill Race

Posted in 2008, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Friday July 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Our latest roving reporter Nia is back by popular request:

Fast on the heels of Children’s sports night comes another nerve testing night for parents. First we have to start carbo loading the evening meal for 4 days beforehand and on the night it is a fine balance of eating the right sort of food (slow energy release….) at least 2hrs before they set off. Try getting an over excited child to eat at 5pm when all they want to do is practise their sprint starts and elbow barges!

There is now a great entry from the infant class with the girls all having `gentleman’s` agreements to run together. The boys have a slightly more win at all costs approach. The junior class have a good idea of each others’ potential and have their eyes firmly on the opposition. With no money but fabulous trophies and shields going to the top 3 local boys and girls there is a lot at stake.

The starting line up was buzzing with excitement. Surely Alexander D must be 17 by now or he has been down the gym a lot as no 14 yr old should be that tall and long legged! Little girls holding hands and swearing to help each other ascend the big hill. An interesting collection of running clothes was on show. The full well turned out runner look was on full show, the `I’ve just got back from school and I’m not changing` look made a real come back and then there were the carefully put together racing princess outfits.

On the word GO the children surged forward, trampling over each other in the rush to get to the front. Worried parents were already questioning their parenting skills as they watched their offspring whiz down the road and head ever upwards as the rain clouds gathered menacingly overhead.  (more…)

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Wakes Friday Finale at Legion

Posted in British Legion, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Wakes Week finishes with Friday night’s Race Night at the Legion.

7pm The Ball Race (Kiln Lane) where all the balls people have (and hopefully are still) been buying this week are pitted against each other.  Come along to find out if you have won.

7-30pm Thoroughbred Ferret Furlong and the Legion Grand National – four races through the evening.

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Hill Run – a visitor’s perspective

Posted in Sport, Wakes on Wednesday July 2, 2008| 3 Comments »

Thank you to Mark Ashworth for supplying the following:

We came to Parwich to see Peter and to have a rest – as usual.  We have managed the former, but the latter was disrupted by my (self-inflicted) entry into the Hill Race.  It sounded innocuous enough, but proved quite a challenge for this Veteran (it seems that one becomes a veteran earlier and earlier these days).  The experience has increased my respect for Parwich’s hill, and also for the organisation of this event.  (more…)

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Parwich Hill Race – the results & a few photos

Posted in 2008, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday July 1, 2008| 2 Comments »

As ever the Parwich Hill Race 2008 was a success, a tribute to the Carnival & Recreation Committee and to the competitors.  We will have more detailed information to follow but here are the results and a few photos:

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Wednesday – Parwich Strongest Man

Posted in Events, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday July 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Whether you plan to impress or be impressed come along to:

click on poster to enlarge

Click here to access the full Official 2008 Wakes Programme as a pdf

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Children’s Sports Night

Posted in 2008, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Tuesday July 1, 2008| 4 Comments »

Many thanks to Nia for the following (I can only second her thanks to the Wakes organisers, who are putting so much work into the smooth running of the Week.  Each year I enjoy Wakes more than the last, how do they do it?):

Finally the weather was on the side of the children as they all gathered on a beautifully prepared race track (well it had been until Sunday evening and then the moles got to work… ). The crowd were in fine vocal form and the children put in final practise sessions and honed their techniques for the wheel barrow and 3 legged races.

As in previous years it was always going to be difficult to spot the winners without TV aided photo finishes, so there were numerous spotters on the final tape to ensure that the first 3 over the line received the all important brown envelope and that everyone else was placated with a sweet. Many of the children had been told that if they wanted to go on the fair they needed to win money to pay for it so there was a lot at stake as the children lined up and waited for Dennis to utter the `GO` word.  (more…)

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More Photos of Campsite Fun

Posted in Photography, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday July 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Many thanks for the anonymous CD of photos in a plain brown envelope put through my letter box.  Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more ……..  However, back to this post.

We have included the Odd Fellows Parade photos from the CD with others to create a second slide show of the Parade, The ones of the Campsite Sports are below:

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Tuesday’s Hill Race.

Posted in Sport, Wakes on Monday June 30, 2008| 1 Comment »

7pm – Local Mother’s Race for the Paula Lynam Trophy.   

7.30pm – Junior Hill Race – 14 years old and under.
Local Children are defined as those who were, or still are, eligible to attend Parwich School.

The Hauliers Trophy for the outright winner and individual trophies for the first 3 places.
The BMAC Trophy for the first Girl (outright) and individual trophies for the first 3 Girls.
The Russell Trophy for the first Local Boy and individual trophies for the first 3 local Boys.
The Foden Trophy for the first Local Girl and individual trophies for the first 3 local Girls.

8pm Senior Hill Race – entry £3

The Harley Lowndes Cup for the outright winner and individual trophies for the first 3 places.
The Nick Frank Memorial Trophy for the first Lady & individual trophies for the first 3 Ladies.
The Russell Trophy for the outright Veteran.
The Wainwright Cup for the first runner to the top of the Hill.
The Slater Trophy for the first local runner and individual trophies for the first 3 Locals.
The Frank Steeples Trophy for the first local Lady and individual trophies for the first 3 local Ladies.
The Chambers Trophy for the first local Veteran.

Draw and presentations after the completion of the last Race. 
Individual trophies for the Junior and Senior Local races were kindly donated by Janet Gosling.

Click here for the full results

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Monday Night – Children’s Sports

Posted in Events, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Sunday June 29, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The Wakes Children’ Sport (fingers crossed for the weather) will take place at Nether Green at 6-30pm.  It is open to any children upto and including 11 years old who want to take part.

Click here for details of the events.

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Parwich Hill Race

Posted in Events, Sport, Wakes on Friday June 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Hill Race is on Tuesday 1st July this year.  There are three main events with runners competing for the following trophies:

7-00pm Local Mothers’ Race

  • The Paula Lynam Trophy

7-30pm Junior Hill Race

For children 14 years old and under.  Local children are defined as those who were, or still are, eligible to attend Parwich School.

  • The Hauliers Trophy for the outright winner and individual trophies for the first three places
  • The BMAC Trophy for the first Girl (outright) and individual trophies for the first three Girls
  • The Russell Trophy for the first local Boy and individual trophies for the first three local BoysThe Foden Trophy for the first local Girl and individual trophies for the first three local Girls

8-00pm Senior Hill Race (Entry £3)

  •  The Harley Lowndes Cup for the outright winner and individual trophies for the first three places  (more…)

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Children’s Sports on Monday

Posted in Events, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Thursday June 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Weather permitting Children’s Sports takes place on Monday 30th June
at 6-30pm at Nether Green.

Don’t be a  enter

the &  spoon race instead

The Sports are for any children who wish to take part.  For those who have competed in previous years here is a reminder, and for those that haven’t competed before here is the events list:  (more…)

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Sycamore Darts Win

Posted in British Legion, News, Pikehall, Pub, Sport on Wednesday June 4, 2008| 1 Comment »

As always here is the round-up of what the Ashbourne News Telegraph says this week:

The finals of the Ashbourne Town Darts League were held at the Empire Ballroom last Friday.  The Sycamore Inn Team won the Division Three Cup, congratulations!  

Parwich Legion’s Team were also finalists, just missing the Division One Cup.  Commiserations, and best wishes for next year.

Parwich’s Andrew Robinson provided ‘Word of the Week’ in the current issue, very evocatively describing their recent journey to the island of Colonsay, and reflecting more broadly on God as a source of confidence on our journey of life.  (The Hebrides are always stunning at this time of year).

Pikehall Harness Racing attracts around 2,000 visitors to each meet, with their 2008 season kicking of with a meet on Sunday 15th June, starting at 2pm.

As always do let us know of any other local snippets I have missed.

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This week’s News Telegraph

Posted in News, Planning, Police, Sport on Wednesday May 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »

So far I have only found three snippets in the Ashbourne News Telegraph directly relating to our immediate area:

Indirectly linked to Parwich, there is an article relating to the Ashbourne Volunteer Centre, which is holding a photographic competition to coincide with the National Volunteers’ Week which runs from Sunday (1st June) to Saturday (7th June).  (more…)

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Cricket Season underway

Posted in About this site, Sport on Friday May 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The cricket season is underway with a home match against Duffield tomorrow (Saturday) in Parwich.  Any budding sports writers or photographers are encouraged to send in the results and/or a report and/or photos to parwich@hotmail.co.uk for posting here.  (Apologies if this is already in hand.)

(Note: If you have a post on any topic relevant to Alsop, Ballidon, Pikehall or Parwich, or that is of interest to their residents, just email it to parwich@hotmail.co.uk, and we will put it on the site as soon as possible.  Also if any local groups or societies want their own page or pages here then they can contact the Team at the same email address, or just speak to one of us.)

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Parwich Tennis Club play host to Cromer

Posted in People, Societies, Sport on Tuesday May 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Val & Glynis for sending in this post.

This weekend it was Parwich’s turn to host the annual tour match vs Cromer Tennis Club. (On alternative years Parwich visit Cromer) The weekend started with a friendly get-together in the Sycamore on Friday evening to catch up on the news and events of the past 12 months. Following on from the club’s junior tennis coaching on Saturday, there was a social tennis competition between the two clubs, which lasted late into the afternoon. 

Val Stevenson arranged a near mystical match play to ensure that everyone got to play with all the other players of the opposite sex – in the tennis sense – so mystical in fact that Val herself won!  Good weather and good tennis meant a fun day in which Parwich’s unconventional play often beguiled the more polished Cromer players. For example Chris Harrison’s electric net play!

The day was rounded off with a lively dinner in the Coach and Horses at Fenny Bentley. 

The “Match Proper” for the Burgess Trophy took place on Sunday morning, and turned out as close as ever.  Towards the end, Parwich were 4-6 down with two rubbers to play. Then youngsters Oon Yarlett and Zander Drummond won their set and nail-bitingly Di Bunting and Rob Drummond won the final set.  At 6-6 Parwich had taken the match – won narrowly based on the overall number of games won.

Following the match, chilli, crumble and Pavlova were enjoyed in the Thornton Pavilion, washed down with champagne kindly supplied by Cromer.  Colin Sims toasted both the Centenary of Cromer TC, which they celebrate this year and Parwich TC’s 10th Anniversary, which was last year.  To date the Burgess Trophy has been competed for eight times with both clubs having wond on four occasions!  The ninth match will take place in Cromer in early September 2009, on their beautiful grass courts.

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In the papers 30th April 2008

Posted in Ballidon, News, Planning, Sport on Wednesday April 30, 2008| Leave a Comment »

I have spotted two articles this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph relating to our area, as well as the darts report, but do let us know if there are more. Firstly there is a report on the planning decision by the Peak Park Authority to reject the application for an extension to Station Road Farm. The article focuses on the placing of planning policy above individual circumstance, though it does not mention that the Committee had the discretion to allow such an extension if they saw fit, and that it was a close fought decision. Also it describes the building as a cottage, not mentioning that fact that it is the only remaining working small holding in the Parwich Conservation Area. (See also our report and the minutes of the Planning Committee of 18th April when they come on line).

Secondly congratulations are due to Ballidon’s Felicity Edmeston who is near to qualifying for the British Development Squad senior endurance team. There is a good photo in the paper of Felicity and her horse Floriferouz. “Following wins last year in 50-mile and 75-mile competitions she recently finished 11th in a 75-mile competition at Sangatte, France, and later this year will be facing her first 100-mile ride.” Felicity will be organising an endurance ride at Biggin on Saturday 17th May, with some nine classes, starting on Hartington Moor between 9 and 11am. All the best wishes for Felicity, especially as a recent accident to her horse has delayed Alice Beasley’s start to this year’s Dressage season.

Finally there was an article that attracted my attention, though not directly related to our villages (yet?), namely that Ashbourne Radio will appear on the airwaves at 96.7fm from Monday 26th May. (Their web address is http://www.ashbourneradio.co.uk/, though the site does not seem to be on-line yet.)

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Pilates

Posted in Sport on Wednesday April 23, 2008| 4 Comments »

Tonight was our first session of Pilates in the Memorial Hall, very relaxing.  Now just remember girls navel to spine as you inhale & then let it all hang out!  Or is it the other way round?

The 6pm class is full but if you are still interesting in joining we need a couple more people and a 7pm class can then start (ring Rebecca on 318).  Thank you Trish for a great introduction.

  

Sorry not the best picture – I’m just learning, maybe we’ll have to try again next week!

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“How to get mugged by Parwich Tennis Club, and enjoy it!”

Posted in People, Societies, Sport on Tuesday April 22, 2008| 4 Comments »

(Thanks to Graham for supplying this post.)

The Grand opening of the superb hard play area on Sunday morning was followed by an equally auspicious event in the afternoon – “The Chairman & Presidents day” organized by the Parwich Tennis Club.

Flushed with success playing for the football team in the opening round robin competition in the morning (oh yes, they really were that desperate), Glynis suggested I would be welcome to turn my hand to an equally alien game of tennis in the afternoon for the open competition which marked the club’s Chairman and Presidents competition. Having already lost all sense of reason, and been subject to anaesthetising levels of public humiliation, I figured that there was little left to lose in terms of personal dignity. After all, it was a pretty miserable day, and the highlight left for me on Sunday was a pre-dinner pint of Pedigree or three, so I hastily agreed. After all, I already had my trainers and track suit on, so I didn’t even have to go home to change.

The enthusiastic members of the tennis club convened at 1:15pm to be addressed by one Lt. Col. Linnell (Nia), who explained and subsequently orchestrated the order of events with the usual cool efficiency of an Officer and mother of four. The format of the competition would be another round robin, this time with 19 players whose ages ranged from 12 to 50, where each player would face 14 short matches of “short tennis”, with the winner being the one who racked up the most points during their respective matches.

This is going to be like taking candy off a baby, I thought – half of the competitors were youngsters, and the rest seemed so nice that when confronted by a ruthless winner (me), they would surely crumple in the face of such determined opposition. And besides, they were so welcoming, and happy that I had joined in, the only difficulty seemed to be coming to terms with my waltzing off with their first prize.

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Fun & Games at the Grand Opening

Posted in 2008, Events, People, Posts of Note, Societies, Sport, Tom Chambers on Sunday April 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Parwich sport has never had it so good, as dozens of fans crowded together supporting this impressive occasion. The ground was hard & the conditions were cold but we witnessed drama, mental resilience & the breathless physical fitness of so many.

We may not have had the hordes of celebrities who were present last night at Calzaghe’s fight, we were just more selective choosing Dr Sam Strachan (aka Tom Chambers) to open the occasion. One of his more memorable & very astute statements was “may every ball be in” as he manfully cut the recycled red ribbon to the hard play area. Di who opened the proceeding stated that she “particularly enjoyed the kiss” from heart throb ‘Sam’ of Holby City fame.

Three teams were competing for the accolade of champion of champions, the single sex team of the Netball players and the mixed teams of footballers & tennis players.

For further tales & photo click below.

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Parson’s Croft and Sports Facilities.

Posted in Events, Services, Societies, Sport on Saturday April 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Do you or your family use the sports field and area on Parson’s Croft?

If so, there is a great opportunity for you to play a part in its management.

We are holding a preliminary meeting next Saturday 26th April at 10:00 a.m. to see if there is interest in forming a group to look at various issues.

This group would consider topics related to

  • Maintenance
  • Promotion
  • Development

If it goes ahead, the group will make recommendations to the Parish Council on matters related to the whole area.

So if you are a user, would like to be a user or are an adjoining resident, why not have your say?

We hope that the group will be Positive and Proactive, ensuring that this wonderful facility is available, and continues to develop, for years to come.

– Paul Drummond
– Di Turnbull

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Grand Opening & Sports Fun

Posted in Events, Societies, Sport on Saturday April 19, 2008| 1 Comment »

Tomorrow                      Sunday 20th April                         Tomorrow
Grand Opening of the Hard Play Area
11am

by Holby City Celebrity Dr Sam Strachan (aka Tom Chambers)

Followed by some interesting sports matches

Local umpires include our experts Don & Amanda
ready to see that fairness & gamesmanship prevails
Watch out for the Red Cards!

Everyone Welcome to come along & watch the fun.

Refreshments available

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Future upkeep of Parson’s Croft

Posted in Services, Societies, Sport on Sunday April 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Following the previous post on the successful resurfacing of the hard play area and the community work day, Di Turnbull has sent us further information:

P.A.R.C. stands for Play Area Resurfacing Committee. It was set up purely to organise the resurfacing of the hard play area. It is a sub-committee of the Parish Council. After the opening on the 20th April, recommendations for the maintenance and upkeep of the area will be forwarded to the Parish Council and then P.A.R.C. will disband.

We are hoping to have a preliminary meeting during April for anyone who has an interest in managing, maintaining and promoting the whole of the Parson’s Croft sporting area – a new ‘Field Management Committee’. This would involve all user groups – cricket, tennis, bowls, football, netball etc.- Parish council reps. and adjoining residents (or any residents for that matter), who would like to play an active role in this fantastic facility. We are so lucky to have it and would like to keep it in tip-top condition.

Di also added the following discussion point:

A couple of years ago, I set up a fundraising section on the Tennis Club website, which has clickable banners. These have tracking codes embedded and earn the Club commission on sales. It has been working fine so far but could be much more widely used. For some time I have been wondering how to open this up to the whole village, as I’m sure many people buy internet goods, who are not aware of this scheme. There are lots of banners on the site and it’s just a matter of clicking through the link to the merchant. There is a ‘Fundraising Sitemap’, which shows all the companies and their commission rate. Then there are the two links pages, split into categories – one with general companies and another for sports gear.

If enough funds were raised, this may be an opportunity to benefit all user groups/villagers in relation to the Parson’s Croft area.

(Pheadair’s note: We have not addressed the issue of using PARWICH.ORG to generate income yet and we see extending community involvement as our first priority, though a few people have already made suggestions and it is planned that we will participate in the Memorial Hall fund raising. Do add your thoughts.)

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More Pilates?

Posted in Events, Sport on Sunday April 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Due to the level of interest being shown in the new pilates class that is starting in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday 23rd April, it may be possible to run a second class from 7-8pm.  At the moment we need a few more people to make this second class viable, so if you are interested please ring Rebecca on 318 as soon as possible.

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This afternoon – Bowling Club Open Day

Posted in Events, Societies, Sport on Sunday April 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Don’t forget this afternoon from 1.30pm there is the Bowling Club Open Day.  It is your chance to find out more about bowling – bowls & refreshments are available.

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Close fought victory for Bowls Team

Posted in News, Societies, Sport on Wednesday April 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Despite the cold, the showers held off and the setting sun was visible at Ashwood Park in Buxton last night. The Tuesday Team had a close run match taking two games out of the four. However they won the match with an overall score of 74 to 72. Congratulations on a very promising start to the season.

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