Throughout the summer term pupils from Bishop Henderson School, Coleford, Cameley Primary, High Littleton Primary, St Mary’s Timsbury and St Benedicts Primary have been receiving cricket coaching supervised by Lloyd and the festival gave them the opportunity to participate in structured competition.

The winners in the Year Six section were Bishop Henderson with St Benedicts picking up the Fair Play award. At Year Five level St Mary’s Timsbury ran out winners with Cameley Primary collecting the Fair Play prize. Amanda from St Benedicts and Theo from Bishop Henderson were chosen as the top girl and boy from Year Six with Emily of High Littleton and Cameron of Bishop Henderson the Year Five winners.

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A fine spell of bowling from Neil Hucker set Timsbury on their way. Opening the bowling he took advantage of a helpful pitch to record figures of 4-23 from 13 accurate overs. The home side threatened a recovery but then Jerry Thompson was introduced into the attack for his first bowl of the season and the former Wiltshire all-rounder rolled back the years to polish off the Shirehampton innings with 4-19.

Sage and Pippett who had put on 142 for the first wicket the previous week then continued where they had left off and when Pippett who gets married on Friday and who was playing his last game for three weeks was eventually out for 39 the game was as good as won. Darren Wilkins and Greg Passingham both perished in the chase but Sage hit his third half-century in consecutive weeks to finish 59 not out . Score card

Timsbury 2nd XI moved up to second place in the second eleven section with another comprehensive win at home to Shirehampton on Sunday. It was a performance that once again demonstrated the all-round strength of the team with no outstanding individuals but with everyone making notable contributions.

After being put in to bat the home side repaid the invitation by plundering 248 runs losing their final wicket in the last of the 45 overs. For the second week running Callum Stewart was dismissed just short of his half-century for 48 while Declan Murphy’s dream season continues with another important knock of 43 sharing in an excellent sixth wicket stand of 56 with Andrew Girvan whose impressive 36 was by far his best innings of the season. Lusty hitting from Ron Clothier (29) and Paul Cracknell (22) made it a hard afternoon in the field for the Bristol side whose best bowling return came from Sam Phipps (4-53).

Shirehampton were never in the hunt. Skipper Steve Teall and Ian Ettle made early inroads into the visitors reply and after subsiding to 67-7 it needed a late flourish from the tailenders to take them to 150 with their final wicket falling in the last over. Teall who again led the team well finished with 5-47, Ettle had 3-35 and there was a wicket each for Girvan and Aaron Stewart who made a promising debut for the seconds. Score Card

Timsbury’s young B side continue to find the going tough in the Bristol and District A XI League Division 2 losing away to Shirehampton thirds by 110 runs. Batting first the Bristol side were dismissed for 207 with George Sage taking 3-31. Timsbury got off to a solid start with an opening stand of 39 but only Kelvin Hancock (24 not out) offered resistance later as Timsbury were all ot for 97.

On Saturday Timsbury begin the second half of the season at home to Frenchay while the seconds make the journey to Bristol for the reverse fixture.

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Luckily the weather held fine and the visitors were kept entertained in one arena by The Band of Wellington School CCF, a drill display by Shepton Mallett Army cadet force silent drill squad, a Classic vehicle Parade, Land Army Girls, Stardust Majorettes and a Falconry display.  In the other arena there was a Battle Simulation and Skirmish demonstration.

There were numerous stalls manned by local and from afar organisations raising funds for their respective causes and making a donation from that to the RBL fund. These organisations included the WRENS, Guides, Local Churches and the like and all seemed to have had a good day.

Sustenance was available if the form of a Hog Roast, Burgers and Dogs along with W.I. lunches and teas. The latter could be enjoyed whilst listening to the Bath Spa Band who were performing in the Conygre hall.

The one disapointment was the non arrival of the WW1 veteran Harry Patch who due to put in an appearance but on the day was not considered fit enough to travel, not surprising as he has just celebrated his 111 birthday!

The day was rounded off with a 40s style dance in the Conygre Hall organised by the Timsbury RBL Branch. The music was supplied by The New Parkway Showband with interval entertainment supplied by local celeb Fred Wedlock. Once again a Hog Roast was available for those still hungry!

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Ballloons arive at about 5:30pm with the ascent at about 6:30pm.

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Mr Norris said, “ This is a duty I have always been happy to take part in because we should all do what we can to improve the environment. It is also a good way to bring the community together in a constructive way”.

Parish Council Clerk Derek Hillyard said, “ Dan offered his help many weeks ago and we are delighted that it coincided with his promotion to a ministerial position in government. We are also very pleased with the turnout from the village which should all go to aid our entry into the Village of the Year contest”.

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The Arrows topped the group with five wins, scoring 13 goals from Brad, Ash, Ebner and Jack and conceding just one. The Blades had a late charge of goals in their final matches but the effort s from Reuben and Nathen were not enough to see them through. Wells dashed their chances with a goal of their own with the last kick of the game as the Blades missed out by one point.

In the semi-final the Arrows faced Purnells and at the end of the six minutes the teams were tied. Two minutes of extra time could not split the teams and so the game went to golden goal. With both the keepers removed it was Timsbury who managed to find the back of the net.

In a repeat of last year’s final the Arrows faced Wells again. In what was a hard but fair match with end to end action both teams had chances. Again extra time came and went without a goal. The keepers were removed and an outfield player was taken off every minute. With only three players each left on Wells looked certain to score only to be denied by an amazing stop from Rico. The ball rebounded out and a quick pass from Zak left Ash with a one on one which he duly converted for his sixth goal of the day to secure the title for Timsbury.

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Mr Hudson trained as a librarian and later moved into bookselling establishing his own Christian bookshop in Bath, Good News Media. Following retirement in 1995 he founded Bibles For Children with the vision of offering every Primary School child in the United Kingdom the opportunity of having their own Bible. Since 1997 over 200,000 children in nearly 1000 Primary Schools have received a Bible.

Mr Hudson said, “ As a local preacher I have always considered hymns to be a big part of worship. I have chosen tunes that people know such as Greensleeves and Finlandia and I have put new words to them. The early response from people has been very encouraging.”

The Book of Hymns and Carols is priced at £1.99 or £2.30 if you want them sent by post. All proceeds will go to Bibles For Children. Contact Mr Hudson at 11, Southlands Drive, Timsbury, Bath BA2 0HB or email bibles4children2@aol.com .

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Pippett showed a welcome return to form with a fine knock of 88 and Sage continued his consistent start to the season with 63 but it still needed a late flourish from Greg Passingham and Darren Wilkins who added 42 in the last five overs to take Timsbury to their final total.

Ryan Edwards (49) then got Hambrook off to a steady start in reply despite a fine opening spell of 1-7 from 7 overs from Jez Hare and Jeffery came in at three to strike a typically aggressive 47 with seven fours and two sixes. The visitors were always in the game, however, and at 164-5 with eight overs left the game was still wide open. Some lusty hits at a crucial period were to prove vital and despite a return of 3-57 from Steve Clothier the home side sneaked home. Scorecard

In contrast Timsbury 2nd XI returned to winning form in convincing style with a comfortable 98 run home win over Hambrook seconds. The strong Timsbury batting line-up imposed itself on the visitors from the start and Hambrook did themselves no favours with some ragged fielding and poor catching.

The in-form Adam Brinkworth who hit his first ever sixes in another quality knock of 39 and Ellis Grubb (28) gave the home side an excellent launching pad and the momentum never eased. Adam Workman who was dropped off a “dolly” before he had scored struck 58, Callum Stewart fell one short of a well deserved 50 and to put the icing on the cake Paul Cracknell hit 31 not out from just 12 balls including 24 off the last over. Declan Murphy was 22 not out as Timsbury finished on 251-4 from their 45 overs.

Hambrook then made a disastrous start losing their first four wickets for just 25 runs, all victims of Timsbury skipper Steve Teall who delivered an excellent spell of 4-21 from 13 overs. Rival captain Colin Carson ensured that Hambrook put up some sort of a fight with a battling knock of 44 but it was merely academic with the Bristol side finishing well short on 153-7.

Timsbury’s young B side were overwhelmed by a strong Winterbourne B side in the Bristol and District A XI League Division 2 losing at home by 213 runs. Batting first, the away side ran up a massive 316-6 and Timsbury could only manage 103 in reply. On Saturday Timsbury travel to Shirehampton with the seconds entertaining the opponents’ second team on Sunday due to the Recreation Field hosting an armed forces celebration on the previous day.

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Congregational Church pastor Ian Brailey said, “ Margaret was a truly lovely lady and a wonderful servant to this church. She was never one to seek the limelight but worked diligently in the background at all the church functions. We all still miss her a great deal”.

Amongst those helping at the coffee morning were Mrs Lamb’s daughter Jennifer and her grand-daughter Emily.

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