Kegworth Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
KEGWORTH COMMUNITY LIBRARY. Today and every alternate Wednesday after, we will be playing games in the library.
Board games, card games, jigsaws and more. Come along during library opening hours (2.30pm – 4.30pm) and join in.
If you’ve got a favourite game at home that you’re particularly good at then bring it along and see if anybody can challenge you !
On Saturday, March 18, following its success during our first anniversary celebrations, we have another coffee, cake and cards sessions (10am – 12.30).
This will feature the delightful greetings cards from Kegworth Cards, who are very generously giving 15 per cent of the takings to the library to help with our running costs.
On Wednesday 22 March at 7pm, why don’t you come and try EmbarrasSING, our fun singing group for adults who thought they couldn’t sing but are now finding out they maybe can!
A great variety of songs, backed by our great new sound system, make an evening that is proving very popular and enjoyed by all. Just £2.00.
Visitors have been very impressed with our new Book Shop.
All the books are in excellent condition, some being brand new and therefore unread. Please support your local library by popping in to browse the amazing stock on offer and all are just £1.
Urgent! Now that work is underway on the East Midlands Gateway (Strategic Rail Freight Interchange) the developers, Roxhill, have identified several parcels of land with no known owner that fall within the development.
We have the details and maps deposited at the library by Roxhill’s solicitors but we only have them for a limited time, so if you think you may be affected please come down to the library and take a look.
FAMILY DAY FOR ASHTON KING. Support is being canvassed for a special Family Day being organised in Kegworth next month to raise funds for an 11 year old boy who suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
Ashton King, born in Kegworth but now living in Barton in Fabis and a pupil at East Leake Lantern Lane school, is a very popular young boy but who struggles every day to do the things most people take for granted.
In an effort to make things better for him funding is taking place to allow an adaption at his home to make caring for him easier.
His mum Katie says presently she has to check on Ashton every hour during the night in case he has a seizure and which means he cannot sleep downstairs.
Mum says the need is for a through-the-floor lift so her son can go upstairs and move around the house freely.
The council will give some help towards the required work but not enough for all the adaptions needed.
His mum says Ashton is a warrior and who makes her heart burst with pride and she is appealing for help to make it possible for her to make his fight a little easier.
The Family Day event is on April 9 at Kegworth Village Hall from 12noon to 4pm and will include an Easter Egg Hunt, an Easter theme for stalls and games, a raffle to be drawn on the day add a colouring competition, entry forms for which are available at the Kegworth Post Office and a Cryptic Quiz, with forms at £1 also available from the Post Office.
There is also a Fun Run on the day and details on this can be obtained from Anita on 07902 413431 or email on anitaking@virginmedia.com
TICKETS SOLD OUT. The ‘OneKegworth’ group who are behind the Summer Big Weekend event held in the village in June, have sold out of tickets for their latest fundraising project., the visit of one of Europe’s top Abba Tribute bands, ‘Abba Sensation” who will be appearing at the village hall on Friday this week, March 17.
The band are hugely popular and reproduce the stage show of the legendary Swedish Super Group, and normally play to packed Theatres throughout the United Kingdom and at festivals all over Europe. This summer they will be breaking new ground as they perform a series of sold out concerts at the 800 seat Zia Theatre on the Greek Island of Kos.
Now chair of One Kegworth and local resident behind the fund raising group, Julie Cooke ssays they have joined the ‘sold out’ tag and every ticket for Friday’s event has gone.
Says an excited Julie: “We are totally sold out of tickets for the performance. Doors will open at 6.45p.m. and it is advisable to arrive early,” adding there is adequate free car parking available right next to the venue.
ANNUAL QUIZ. The annual monthly winter quiz has just been completed at Kegworth Cricket Club pavilion. Eleven teams took part with the result based on a league table. Kegworth Tennis Club were the winners by just one point from joint second placed teams Kegworth Cricket Club and Third Again. Over five winter months some 400 questions were posed.
Quiz setter and Question master David Buxton thanked all competitors for taking part at a buffet at the end of the final session. There is room for one more team of four when the quiz returns in November on the second Wednesday monthly through to March.
ONE WEEKEND. Getting more involved in the village than ever, the OneWeekendKegworth group are progressing their Kegworth Bookmark Fiction Competition 2017 in which they are seeking ‘story’ submissions of up to 50 words.
The theme of the competition is “Kegworth: what do you love about Kegworth? what makes it special? What are your Kegworth memories?” and entries can be in any style as long as they fit with the theme.
Submissions will be judged and four winners will have their stories published on a personally illustrated bookmark. The winning stories will be printed on to bookmarks and distributed around Kegworth.
The Competition has been launched and has a closing date of April 20 with the winners to be revealed on May 3. Entries must be no more than 50 words and can be poetry, fiction or non-fiction.
Entry to Bookmark Fiction is free of charge. and limited to 5 per person and entries must be entirely the work of the entrant. The competition is open to children and adults - categories: Under 7, 7-10 , 11- 17 and over 18!!
Entries will be read and judged anonymously and entrant’s names and contact details should not appear anywhere on their submissions. The submissions must be free of all personal information about the author, including such as age or address.
All entrants must agree to have their work published on a bookmark to be distributed around the Kegworth and surrounding areas.
Entries by email must be emailed as attachments to hello@ONEWEEKENDKEGWORTH.co.uk with ‘Competition Title’ submission’ in the subject line. Submitting entries by post or in person can be delivered to the Kegworth Community Library, Kegworth Parish Council Office or Kegworth Primary School . Entries must be typed on the submission form in A4 with contact details, including name, contact number, address , category (age) and email if you have one, on a separate sheet of paper.
Printed bookmarks are being kindly sponsored by Kegworth Plan Group.
CHARITY COFFEE MORNING. A coffee morning is being held in aid of Rainbows and the Air Ambulance on Saturday this weekend, March 18 at Kegworth Methodist Church from 10am to 12noon.
All the usual stalls will be there as well as toasted teacakes, tea and coffee. “Admission is free so why not come along and get a bargain,” is the message from the organisers.