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DEATH IN THE SUNA NUMBER of people have beenpaying tribute to a young womanfrom Cheltenham who has sud-denly died in Ibiza.Expressions of grief and shock

at the death of Cara Keirl havebeen posted on Facebook in arush of emotion and sadness atthe news.Cara is understood to have been

28 years old and from Chel-tenham, but was last reported tobe living in the Bristol area.It is thought Cara had been a

hairdresser who did her trainingand learned her skills in Chel-tenham.A tribute page to her called RIP

our Cara xxx has been set up onFacebook.The Facebook page simply says,

Cara was “a beautiful bubbly ladywho is going to missed so muchby her family and friends” and en-courages people to share bothmemories and photos of her.One of the postings was from

Kate Simmons who said: “She

brought happiness to everyone'slives and could make you smile inthe darkest of times. RIP my beau-tiful bestie, missing you so muchxxx.”The Foreign and Common-

wealth Of5ce issued a statementsaying: “We con5rm the death ofa British national in Ibiza on June9th. We are providing consular as-sistance to the family at this dif5-cult time.”The Foreign and Common-

wealth of5ce has not released anydetails about what happened toCara Keirl on the Spanish holidayisland.

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A DISPUTE over the purchaseof kittens led to Cheltenhamman Geoffrey Fitzgeraldpunching a woman neighbour“as hard as he could” and dis-lodging two of her teeth, acourt heard on Wednesday(17th) of this week.Fitzgerald, 51, of London

Road, Charlton Kings, had soldthe kittens to his neighbourLaura Reese but they had al-legedly not been paid for,Gloucester Crown Court wastold.The pair were outside their

Fats in London Road whenFitzgerald assaulted her on July26th of last year, said prosecu-tor Caighli Taylor.Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to

assaulting her causing actual

bodily harm and was subse-quently sentenced to 20 weeksjail, which was suspended fortwo years.Fitzgerald was also ordered to

do 200 hours of unpaid workand to pay £750 compensationto Ms Reese.Judge Jamie Tabor told

Fitzgerald that he needed toEnd work and cut down on hisdrinking.”You were in disputewith your neighbour,” he said.“I have no doubt there was atleast some irritation on bothsides. On the day in questionyou had been drinking. Youlost your temper. You struck awoman.“You hit her as hard as you

could in the face, dislodgingtwo of her teeth, and causing

her quite unnecessary injuryand suffering. It was disgracefulbehaviour that you should beashamed of.”Defence solicitor James Burke

said Fitzgerald accepted thatthere was bad feeling betweenhim and Ms Reese over somekittens that were never paid for.He said Fitzgerald is facing

eviction from his home butcould stay with his mother,whom he helps to care for.Mr Burke said: “I suggest he

is a somewhat vulnerable man.This was not the best environ-ment for him.”He pointed out that it had

been only a single blow to MsReese, but the judge retorted“Yes, but a nasty one to a vul-nerable female.”

POLICE are investigating allega-tions of abuse at Gloucester-shire's Dowdeswell Courtduring the 1970s and 1980s.Former Dowdeswell pupil

Malcolm Millard said he was“severely beaten” after staff dis-covered boys sent a letter tosocial services about the abuse.Gloucestershire Police and

Crime Commissioner MartinSurl guaranteed the claim

“would be looked at”.The abuse allegations cur-

rently being investigated centreon Dowdeswell Court nearCheltenham, and nearbyBadgeworth Court.Clouds House in Wiltshire is

also under investigation. Allthree schools are privately run.It has been claimed the owner

of Dowdeswell Court andBadgeworth Court, AnthonyHurley, oversaw a regime ofterror, with some claiming theabuse there was “horriEc”.Mr Millard told the BBC that

staff regularly intercepted letterssent by pupils fromDowdeswellCourt, but a group of boys“crept out of the school atnight” to post a letter to the au-thorities.

“Four weeks later the letterhad come to light and I wasquickly drafted out ofDowdeswell School straight tothe ofEce ofMrHurley at Badge-worth and severely beaten,” hesaid.“I was threatened that if I

ever, ever wrote to the socialservices in any regard again, Iwould know about it.”Mr Hurley died in 2003. He

appeared in court in 2000 on al-legations of cruelty and sexualabuse of children, but wasdeemed unEt to stand trial.Martin Surl described Mr

Millard's claims as “absolutelyshocking”.He said: “These youngsters

were crying out for help and atthe time it appeared weren'tgetting it.”Mr Surl said he guaranteed all

allegations would be looked atand urged others to comeforward.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Constabu-lary are appealing for witnessesto come forward following an in-cident in Springbank Way, Chel-tenham.On Friday 5th June at around

3.30pm a man and woman werearguing in or near a car parkedclose to the school when thewoman was assaulted.Police would like to hear from

anyone who witnessed the argu-ment and they would particu-larly like to hear from the driverof a car who shouted 'Oi' fromthe car window as he drove past.Please call 101 quoting inci-

dent number 324 of 5th June2015 and ask to speak to PC 2287Hayward.

Appeal for witnessesfollowing incident inSpringbank Way

Woman punched in face over moggies

images released ofrecovered silverwarePOLICE have released images ofdozens of items of silverware re-covered during a burglary investi-gation in Gloucestershire.OfEcers carried out a warrant at

an address inWoodmancote nearCheltenham after the theft victimdiscovered one of her stolenitems on an online auction site.A 43-year-old man was arrested

and released on bail pendingfurther enquiries.Images of the silverware -

which includes cutlery, trinketboxes, tankards and condimentsets have been released in anattempt to identify any other po-tential victims.They can be seen on the Police

Pinterest site and Constabularywebsite.Anyone recognising any of the

items as being stolen is asked tocontact Force Crime Ops Consta-ble Kirsty Iliffe on 01242 276899.

Following last week’s story...AbuSe letter ignoreDA man who sayshe was abused ata boy's boardingschool says letterto social serviceswas ignored

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REBECCA Minnock, who onthe day she abducted herchild Beeing towards Chel-tenham, tried to manipulatethe press with a “publicitystunt”, Judge Stephen Wild-blood said.Ms Minnock, 35, handed

herself in to police in Oxfordon Friday, after more thantwo weeks in hiding withEthan.Mother and son disap-

peared from their home inHighbridge, Somerset, on27th May - the day a judgeruled Ethan should live withhis father.JudgeWildbloodQC spoke

in open court before he helda private hearing aboutEthan’s future.He said: “Huge amounts of

time, effort and money werespent on the case and it issimply unfair for a party toattempt to use the press in anattempt to deny anotherperson justice.“Not only is it absurd for

anyone to try to ‘play thepress’ in that way, becausethat inevitably backAres, butit is also an utterly irrespon-

sible way to behave from thepoint of view of the welfareof a child.”He said that during the

two-year custody battlebetween Ms Minnock andEthan’s father, RogerWilliams, it had “been foundthat themother positively in-vented allegations againstthe father on two occasions”.He added: “The father has

not at any time embarked onanything like the publicitystunt in which the mother’sfamily has engaged.”

Ethan was reunited withhis father on Friday (12th)evening.Ms Minnock’s mother

Louise, 52, and Louise’spartner Andrew Butt, 56,were jailed on Friday (12th)for contempt of court afteradmitting withholding infor-mation about her where-abouts.Butt, who drove Ms

Minnock and Ethan to Chel-tenham on the day they dis-appeared, told the court lastweek: “The plan was to keepher away for as long as possi-ble and to generate as muchpublicity as possible.”

While in hiding withEthan, Ms Minnock gave in-terviews by telephone to twonational newspapers.Judge Wildblood said he

had to ensure there wereno more attempts byMs Minnock and her familyto “manipulate publicopinion”.Ms Minnock has been

engaged in a two-year legalbattle with Ethan’s fatherover contact with their son.In February, a district judgefound she had fabricated al-legations againstMrWilliamsin order to “frustrate contact”between him and Ethan.

Runaway mother “utterly irresponsible”

THE bell ringers at Chel-tenham Minster held aPudding Party on Satur-day 13th June to raisemoney for the BellAppeal, launched on 25thApril by the Mayor. 30members of the Chel-tenhamBranch of ChurchBell Ringers ate their waythrough 15 puddings andin the process raised over£150 for the fund toreplace the bells of Chel-tenhamMinster.Liz Coke (third from

right), the Tower Captain,at whose house the event

took place, said: “This hasbeen a great chance tomix with ringers fromother local towers and getpeople really feeling in-volved in the appeal. Itwas extremely kind ofeveryone to donate apudding and the eveningwas a great success.”The cost of the new

bells and all the buildingwork will be approximate£400,000 and donationscan be made throughtheir website, www.chelt-minsterbells.org.uk/dona-tions.

Cheltenham Minster bellringers take the cakeRebecca Minnock with son Ethan


THE CRYPT SCHOOL An Outstanding Grammar School

Ofsted 2012 Podsmead, Gloucester, GL2 5AE

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WITH A MIXED SIXTH FORM

OPEN MORNINGS

For Year 5 parents and their sons

Tuesday 23rd & Wednesday 24th June, 2015

Brief Introductory talk by the Headmaster followed by Guided Tours Please contact the school office to book a time

for the tour of your choice : 10.00 a.m. or 11.30 a.m.

INSIGHT Gloucestershire re-cently hosted an Open Dayat their Resource Centre inCheltenham showcasing awide range of technology toenable people living withsight loss to be more inde-pendent.Over 50 people came to

look at how to use smartphones with adapted soft-ware, electronic magniBersfor reading text and withsome products able toconvert text to speech.Insight supports peopleliving with sight loss in avariety of ways and byhosting this OpenDay it pro-vides an opportunity forpeople to try items to see ifthe equipment will work forthemwithout any obligation.Communications OfBcer,

Monica Farthing said: “Theworld of technology is ad-vancing and no one should

be left behind just becausethey cannot see fully. Every-one relies on being able touse a mobile phone, access-ing the internet and beingable to read their mail.Insight aims to supportpeople to be, as independ-ent as possible and ourOpen Day’s offer a platform

to make this possible.”If you know anyone

living with sight loss or areyourself, please get in touchor pop along to Insight’s Re-source Centre, 81 AlbionStreet, Cheltenham. 0124222 11 70, Monday – Friday9am – 1pm. www.insight-glos.org.uk

Visually Impaired open Day a success

New £6M facility for disabled in Pittville

CRIMESTOPPERS hasbeen alerted to a smallnumber of calls wherescammers have been im-personating their call han-dlers and asking forpeople’s personal informa-tion, including their bankdetails.The charity has been

warned about a group ofscammers who havemanaged to falsely use theCrimestoppers number ontelephone displays in a bidto make the calls seemgenuine. The scammersare calling people sayingthey are “Crimestoppers atthe Home OfBce” and di-recting them to theCrimestoppers website toclarify the number. Theyare then asking for per-sonal details, includingbank detailsCrimestoppers has

never, and will never,make cold calls tomembers of the public

asking for any personaldetails, so if anyone doesreceive a call fromsomeone asking for per-sonal information andclaiming to be fromCrimestoppers, pleasereport it to Action Fraudon 0300 123 2040.Roger Critchell, Director

of Operations forCrimestoppers, said: “Weare currently talking toour phone serviceprovider to attempt toresolve the situation overthe false display of ourtelephone number andhope this can be rectiBedas quickly as possible.“I would emphasise that

it is business as normal forthe charity and people canstill contact us on 0800555 111 to pass on anony-mous information aboutcrime, but we wanted tomake sure people wereaware that we will never,ever contact them askingfor personal details, soplease do not hand anyover if you are contactedby someone claiming tobe Crimestoppers.”Tony Butler the Chair of

the GloucestershireCrimestoppers Board, said:“We are not aware ofanyone in Gloucestershirereceiving one of these callsbut we are asking thepublic to be on their guardshould they receive a callsupposedly fromCrimestoppers. We askthat you do not give thecaller any information,but contact Fraud Actionon 0300 123 2040 and tellthem about the call.”

Crimestoppers warns public againstscammers impersonating the charity

FINAL Bnishing touches arebeing completed on a £6million accommodation foryoung people with disabili-ties in the centre of Chel-tenham.Bradbury Gardens, Bve

buildings on the site inPittville will provide a varietyof specialist accommodationfor 25 young people studyingat National Star College.The new development will

replace existing outdatedrented accommodationwhich was previously atOverton House.

The specialist facilitiesinclude ceiling trackinghoists, ensuite bathrooms, as-sistive technology, togetherwith height adjustablekitchens and baths.The charity, National Star,

has been fundraising forthree years towards its devel-opment but still has £80,000to go for furnishings andmore equipment.It was designed by Chel-

tenham-based CoombesEveritt and constructed bySpeller Metcalfe.David Ellis, chief executive

of National Star, said: “Brad-bury Gardens has been a realpartnership with supportersand funders to enable thevision to be delivered.“It will play a crucial role in

enabling young people todevelop essential 'life-skills'and help equip them withthe practical skills and conB-dence that they need to livemore independently in theirfuture lives’.’To support the project

contact the fundraising teamon 01242 524478 or atwww.nationalstar.org.

A NUMBER of Stagecoachservices throughout Chel-tenham are trialling a bookswap whereby members ofthe community and passen-gers of the buses can leavebooks for others to takehome and read, giving thetales a second life.Local bus operator, Stage-

coach West, is introducing abook swap on the its serviceswith Cheltenham in a bid togive books a second homeonce they’ve been read, topass on beloved storiesrather than become buriedin bookcases and boxes inattics. Passengers who like toread will be able to pick up abook themselves while on

the bus, and even leave abook or two of their ownbehind as a swap.The company came up

with the idea followingcompany research, whichfound any newspapers on-board, including the Metro,are snapped up almost im-mediately and that passen-gers are more likely to passthe time by reading if there’smaterial available to them.Anyone can take and

donate books on-board thelisted services as long as theyare in good condition. It’snot a stipulation that pas-sengers have to swap a bookin order to take one, butcommon courtesy is advised

in that people only take onebook at a time.Rupert Cox, Managing Di-

rector for Stagecoach Westfor, commented, “We’reexcited to introduce thebook swap and hope thatour passengers will take partin both leaving books onboard and taking books toread as well. Books can bequite expensive these days,so rather than throwingthem away, it’s nice to passthem on to someone elsewho can read them andenjoy them. They’re morethan welcome to bring thebooks back once they’re Bn-ished with them and swapthem for another.”

Bookworms on Buses


FOLLOWING the comple-tion of Severn TrentWater’smassive sewer project, hun-dreds of residents and busi-nesses across Cheltenhamare now better protectedfrom the horrible conse-quences of sewer Fooding.But it’s fair to say that the

Blacksmith Lane allotmentowners have ‘allot’ morereason to celebrate thanmost.As part of the company’s

£5million project, a brandnew sewer needed to be in-stalled through the allot-ments. Ian Woodward,programme engineer forSevern Trent, explains: “Aspart of the work to reducethe risk of sewer Fooding inthe area, one of the newsewer pipes needed to belaid in the allotmentgrounds. Obviously theowners were fairly con-cerned at Erst, as they’veput a lot of time and effortinto their allotments. Butwemanaged the work to Etin with the allotmentowner’s needs, carrying out

our work during the wintermonths and getting theirexpert advice ahead ofdoing any excavationwork.“Once we Enished laying

the new sewer pipe, ourcontract partners, NMC-Nomenca, made sure theyreturned everything backto how it was – well, betterthan it was! Additional

work included a new path,new paving stones and abrand new replacementshed. The allotmentowners and the local ParishCouncil are delighted withthe way we’vemanaged thework and the end result.We’d like to thank every-one at the allotments, andthe residents of FawleyDrive, Studland Drive and

South View Way for theirpatience and understand-ing as we carried out ourimprovements.”Although the main

project is now complete,Severn Trent has conErmedthat they will be returningto Cheltenham in Julyto carry out a separatepiece of work in LansdownCrescent.

Severn Trent’s new sewers ‘allot’ of effortAWARD winning educationcharity Achievement for Allis hosting a celebration ofthe successful pilot of itsEarly Years programme atThe Pavillion in Cheltenhamon 7th July.19 early years settings were

chosen to take part in theAchieving Early pilot, includ-ing day nurseries and pre-schools in Cheltenham andGloucester. The two yearpilot tracked how well theywere engaging with parentsand carers, how well theirenvironments enabled chil-dren to develop, and the up-skilling of their staff.Recently collected data

shows staff now feel theyhave a deeper understandingof parents’ views which inturn has had a positiveimpact on children’s learn-ing. They also reported in-creased conEdence whendealing with the regulatorsOfsted, which resulted inbetter outcomes, and bettertracking of individual chil-dren’s progress.Achievement for All is the

leading provider of improved

outcomes for the lowestachieving 20% of childrenand young people.Best known for its nation-

wide Schools Programme thecharity uses highly skilledand uniquely trainedcoaches to work with settingson improving the progress ofchildren facing barriers totheir learning. The impact oftheir programmes in schoolshas been profound, and earlyindicators from the pilotshow that similar levels ofimprovement will be felt inthe Early Years sector.Achieving Early lead

Maureen Hunt said, “We aredelighted but not surprisedby the success of this sup-portive and collaborativeprogramme during the pilotphase. We are lookingforward now to workingwith many, many more set-tings across the UK. Ourmission is to enable everychild to be the best that theycan be, regardless of theirbackground, challenge, orneed.”The celebration takes place

between 1:30 – 3:30.

Achievement for All celebratessuccessful expansion into early years

Chris Franklin (Parish Councillor), Ian Woodward (Severn Trent Water), MarcusLaight (NMCNomenca) and Matthew Osborne (Parish Councillor).


BRITAIN'S armed forces, past,present and future will be ho-noured with a show ofsupport on Monday 22ndJune, when a Gag will beraised at the MunicipalOfFces in Cheltenham.Cheltenham Borough

Council will be raising thespecial armed forces Gag at11am, with an outdoor cere-mony hosted by CouncillorDuncan Smith, mayor ofCheltenham. There will belocal dignitaries in atten-dance and members of thepublic are welcome to theevent.Mayor Duncan Smith,

said: “Armed Forces weekgives us the opportunity toraise public awareness of thecontribution made to ourcountry by those who serveand have served in HerMajesty's Armed Forces. In2015, we particularly remem-ber the 75th anniversary ofthe Battle of Britain and the70th Anniversary of Victoryin Europe and Victory inJapan. This week gives Chel-

tenham an opportunity toshow its support for the menand women who make upthe Armed Forces commu-nity; from currently servingtroops to service families andfrom veterans to cadets.“It would be good to see

currently serving and formermembers of the armed forces

and their fami-lies join us for ashort ceremonyto recognise thestart of ArmedForces Week.”The raising of

the Gag marksthe start of aweek dedicatedto recognisingthe work of thearmed services.The week buildsup to NationalArmed ForcesDay, which is onSaturday 27thJune. The Gag atthe MunicipalOfFces will stayraised for the

week of celebration.Anyone is welcome to

attend the ceremony. Pleasecan those attending assembleat the War Memorial at thefront of theMunicipal OfFcesat 10:45am.For more information on

Armed Forces Day visit theirwebsite.

Flying the flag for our armed forces

IF your house is any-where along the path ofthe River Severn just takea look up, as you may seea hot air balloon with acomic at the controls.Trigger Happy TV star

Dom Joly has tweeted apicture of himself overthe river.Dom, who lives near

Cheltenham, tweeted“Ballooning over The

Severn – beautifulmorning.”His top-rated show,

Trigger Happy TV, whichsaw members of thepublic pranked upon isdue to re-appear onChannel 4. But Dom saidthat the new show wouldbe in an entirely newtype of format as the oldshow had out-lived itsown success.

twitter Happy tVCHELTENHAM-BASEDWoodlands Veterinary Clinicis warning dog owners to beon the lookout for a poten-tially fatal disease caused byinfection from the lungwormparasite.Dogs become infected with

the parasite after eatingcommon garden slugs andsnails carrying the larvae.Once inside the dog’s system,the parasite travels throughthe body eventually endingup in the heart. If the infec-tion is left untreated, thedog’s health can rapidly de-teriorate, and can even resultin death.Woodlands Veterinary

Centre recently diagnosed

and treated a young dogwhich had picked up lung-worm. Greg SimpsonMRCVS, director at Wood-lands Veterinary Centre, said:“A dog originally came inwith symptoms that wereatypical to lungworm.However very shortly aftershe become unsteady on herfeet and developed haemor-rhages in both eyes. Thismade me very suspicious sowe carried out an in-housetest for lungworm whichcame back positive. Thank-fully after treatment she isnow on the road to recov-ery.”Greg adds: “Whilst dog

owners should be on the

lookout for any unusualsymptoms in their pet, themore typical signs of lung-worm are respiratory prob-lems and bleedingtendencies. This can bebleeding in their stools,bleeding gums or bruisingunder the skin.“This is the Frst case of

lungworm we have seen inthe practice but we knowother veterinary clinics in thearea have diagnosed dogswith the parasite. Pet ownersshould speak to their vetabout a monthly, preventa-tive worming treatment, aslungworm is potentiallyfatal.”To help raise awareness of

the parasite, Woodlands Vet-erinary Clinic is joining othervets and owners nationwidein support of the national ‘BeLungwormAware’ campaign.A recent survey suggests

that lungworm is nowendemic throughout muchof the UK. In a survey of 150veterinary practices acrossthe UK a total of 952 sus-pected cases were reported(157 laboratory conFrmed),with 81 deaths thought tohave been caused by the par-asite.Routine use of a speciFc

treatment, available fromveterinary surgeons, preventsdogs from developing this in-fection.

DANGER OF DEADLY DOG DISEASE

DO you know an individual,organisation, local commu-nity group or local authoritythat has made a difference toyour local streets?

National charity LivingStreets will be awarding the2015 Charles Maher Awardto one individual or groupfor work considered inspiringand motivating in their localcommunity.The award will be pre-

sented at the Living StreetsSupporters Conference atNCVO, King’s Cross, London

on Saturday, 27th June 2015and was created by LivingStreets to commemoratelong-standing member andcampaigner Charles Maherwho left a signiFcant legacyto the charity.To nominate someone in

your local community pleasevisit: http://www.livingstreets.co.uk/make-a-change

/living-streets-supporters-conference-2015/charles-maher-award-2015-nominate-now. Nominations close at5pm on Wednesday, 17thJune 2015.Living Streets is a charity

which works to promote thebeneFts of walking andmakeBritish streets safe, attractiveand enjoyable spaces.

StreetScene

Monday 22 June 2015, 11am, at the Municipal Offices


CHELTENHAM’S MP, AlexChalk, has hailed Chel-tenham’s local shoppingareas as “clear frontrunners”to win this year's lucrativeGreat British High StreetCompetition. The competi-tion, which was establishedby the The Future HighStreets Forum, gives thepublic the opportunity tocelebrate and nominatetheir local high street, withthe winners given a share ofa £50,000 prize fund topromote their local area.The town's man in West-

minster is encouraging localshops and traders associa-tions to throw their hats inthe ring. Mr Chalk believesthat Cheltenham's retail di-versity is strong and thatwith such a wide array oflocal shopping areas tochoose from, the town has a

good chance of securing na-tional recognition.Speaking to the Standard,

Mr Chalk gave his enthusi-astic support for local tradersacross the town. He com-mented ''Cheltenham has agreat wealth of vibrantshopping districts, from theSuffolk’s, to Bath Road,Montpellier, Sixways andPrestbury Road to name buta few. It is impossible tochoose a favourite, but I

believe with an offering asstrong as Cheltenham’s weshould be clear frontrun-ners. I would warmly en-courage businesses andtraders associations tonominate their local areabefore the competitioncloses on 17 July.''Applications can be sub-

mitted by visiting the fol-lowing link http://thegreatbritishhighstreet.co.uk/high-street-of-the-year-award.

THE world-famous Chel-tenhamMusic Festival hasjust received sponsorshipfrom local house builderTaylor Wimpey for the2015 event this summer.The house builder,

which is building newhomes in the town atSaxon Quarter, is pumping£500 into the two-weekfestival, which involves ahuge variety of classicalmusic played across manydifferent venues aroundCheltenham and the sur-rounding area.

Musical treats this yearrange from George Gersh-win’s swinging Rhapsodyin Blue at the OpeningNight event on Tuesday30th June, to EricWhitacre’s peaceful LuxAurumque in GloucesterCathedral, and from Rach-maninov’s stirring Sym-phony No. 2 to BernardHerrmann’s theme fromthe legendary horror JlmPsycho.Tickets for the festival

are on sale now, andfurther information is

available at www.chel-tenhamfestivals .com/music .Charlie Joseph, Regional

Sales andMarketing Direc-tor for Taylor Wimpey,said: “As a house builderworking in the town, weare delighted to supportthe community in whichwe are building.“The CheltenhamMusic

Festival is known aroundthe world, and we hopeour donation will helpmake this year’s eventanother success.”

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WHAT a week it was for PanAsian restaurant Spice Lodgeas World-renowned Miche-lin starred chef, AlfredPrasad, spent three daysfrom Monday 8th toWednesday 10th June,working alongside andcoaching the restaurant’shead chefs.Chef Alfred Prasad said: “It

has been wonderful to meetMohammed and his teamand impart my knowledgethat I have gained as a chefworking around the globe inthe top restaurants. I thinkall the chefs have gained andlearned evenmore than theyalready knew.”For an Indian cuisine

master such as Alfred to visitthe restaurant and stay inthe hotel rooms at the SpiceLodge was a real privilege forowner, Mohammed Rahman

and for his team. Mo-hammed said: “I am so grate-ful to Alfred for coming andsharing his knowledge andadvice with my head chefs.He is wonderfully talented,lovely man and has prom-ised to return to the Spicelodge in September when wewill be hosting a party forour 10th anniversary.”The Spice Lodge is proud

to offer some of the very bestin Indian, Thai and Asian

fusion Cuisine. They alsohave the facilities to cater forbusiness lunches, privatefunctions, parties andwedding receptions and cancater for up to 200 guests intheir stylish function roomsupstairs. And they also haveovernight guest accommo-dation at the top of theLodge.Up and coming events at

The Spice Lodge include abusiness networking eventin association with GlosBizin August. The restaurantwill also soon be offering aset business lunch menuevery Thursday priced at£7.95 for two courses withfree use of all corporatemeeting room facilitiesbefore and after lunch. Can'tbe bad!To Jnd outmore details go

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<<< ADVERTISING Christ-mas in June may be odd butafter the amazing success of‘Christmas in New York’ atManor By The Lake bookingshave come Kooding in. Thereare however several dates leftso the venue has decided togive everyone a sneakpreview of what is in store onTuesday 30th June between4-7pm.Christmas this year will

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IT may be that the staff at Chel-tenham Borough Council arehiding away in their grand Mu-nicipal OfIces from a veryserious problem – our town isvery quickly becoming A MESS.Many areas of our regency

town are looking worse forwear. Let’s start with the LowerHigh Street. The area hasbecome a no-go zone withbroken footpaths, rubbish lit-tered all over the open pave-ments and a building siteoccupying the majority of thearea. Granted, the buildingwork should come to an end (Ihope) very soon and we shouldbe rewarded with a bigger,better Brewery shopping centrein return for our patience. Butin the meantime we are leftwith a signiIcant part of thetown’s shopping district lookingno better than Gloucester’s East-gate Street.I even read somewhere

that residents of the townhave begun to Jy tip? Oneblatant incident involved a red

3-seater sofa left abandoned onSt James Square - it’s a disgrace!I only hope the owner remem-bered to check down the sidesfor loose change.Then there’s the issue of dog

mess. The number of times I’vesidestepped and narrowlydodged the mess left by doggiesbelonging to the cretins of ourtown is too high to count.You would think if one

decides to take on the responsi-bility of a dog, they might bearcompassion, thoughtfulness,and maturity? Not this lot.They’d rather dash home tocatch the opening credits toMatch of the Day than clean upafter their mutt.And what have

the council done?Diddlysquat. In 4years they’vedished out a

paltry 4 Ines, despite receivingover 600 complaints of dogfouling. This is evidenceenough that the council carriesabsolutely no sense of urgencyto act over the matter.Lastly there’s the unforgive-

able crime of the bloody pot-holes that our town is nowblighted with. In case any of myreaders need to be made aware –I drive a Mercedes. So imaginemy frustration every time Idrive down Leckhampton Road(problem area number 278) andI’m met with some aggressiveholes in the road that make mydriving experience akin tododging landmines in the de-militarized zone.

What is the point in uspaying road or council tax if abasic service like public high-ways aren’t being provided tous in a fully functioning

state?Our town isnationallyrecognised for

being leaders in

culture, in history and also inbusiness – so it’s about time ourimage matched this and theCouncil start to take our town’sappearance seriously. If wedon’t Ill the cracks in now, wemight be Ighting an uphillbattle to persuade visitors torevisit our town when it is inbetter shape.

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NETWORK is failing in its mission toupgrade the West's railway system, andthe Government watchdog is consider-ing imposing hefty Ines for getting itso badly wrong.The OfIce of Rail Regulation said

Network Rail has missed 30 of itsplanned 84 targets, and its projects toelectrify much of the rail network, in-cluding the Great Western mainlinefrom London which is 77 percentbehind schedule.

THE University of Glouces-tershire is working togetherwith the SouthWestern Am-bulance Service NHS Foun-dation Trust (SWASFT) tohelp save lives in the countyby offering communities aspecial deIbrillator package.As part of the Stop the

Heartbreak campaign, localbusinesses and communitiesare being encouraged toconsider purchasing deIbril-lators and specially designedcabinets to house them se-curely.Diane Crone, Professor of

Exercise Science at the Uni-versity of Gloucestershire,said: “This is an excellentopportunity for two largelocal organisations to

work to-gether to enhance thehealth of the citizens ofGloucestershire. The promo-tion of deIbrillators in thecommunity saves lives andthis is important to us all.”Rob Horton, Responder

Manager for SWASFT, said:“We are delightedto be working inpartnership withthe University ofGloucestershireand a number ofother agenciesacross the countyto help save lives.When someone isin cardiac arrestevery second

counts and earlydeIbrillation reallycan make the dif-ference betweenlife and death. ThebeneIt of workingin partnership withother organisationsis that we can worktogether to raiseawareness of thisimportant issueand ensure that asmany automated

external deIbrillators(AEDs) are available at asmany locations as possible,especially in more ruralareas.”

Further informationabout purchasing deIbrilla-tors, including a deIbrillatorpackage which includes theCardiac Science G5 deIbril-lator, a CHT mild steelcabinet, safety kit, wallsignage, training supportand full governance throughthe WebNos Governancesystem, can be obtained byvisiting SWASFT’s websitewww.swast.nhs.uk oremailing [email protected].

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CHELTENHAM’S environmentaland waste management companyUbico are holding an end of seasonplant sale at the council’s nursery.Arle Nursery on Hayden Road will

open its gates on Monday 22nd,Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24thJune, so members of the public canpurchase some good quality colour-ful plants. The nursery will be openfrom 8am until 3.30pm each day.For sale will be tuberous Begonias,

Ibrous Begonias, Geraniums, Impa-tiens, Petunias, Marigolds Africanand French, and a range of otherbedding plants. There will also besome trailing baskets, containerplants and perennial plants such asDelphiniums, Lupins and Foxgloves.MarkWiltshire, horticultural con-

tracts ofIcer at Ubico said: “This willbe the Inal sale of the season. Lastyear’s plant sales that we held wereextremely popular and I am pleasedthat we can once again open thedoors for members of the public.’’Arle Nursery is on Hayden Road,

Cheltenham GL51 0SW.The council can only accept

CASH payments at the nursery.

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AN investigation has beenlaunched into why A&E pa-tients at CheltenhamGeneral hospital often haveto wait too long to be seen.The government regula-

tor, Monitor, said it wouldexamine why a nationaltarget of four hours is rou-tinely not met.

It said, GloucestershireHospitals NHS FoundationTrust is “consistentlyfailing” to meet the standardof 95% of patients seenwithin the timeframe.The trust said the target

was only narrowly missedlast month.Monitor regional director

Paul Streat said: “For thebeneDt of local people inGloucestershire, the situa-tion needs to improve soon.“Over the past year we

have worked with the trustand local healthcare organi-sations to identify whatcould be done to improvehealthcare across the area,

but we now need to lookmore closely at what thetrust could do for its patientsin A&E.”The watchdog said the

trust had missed the 95% ofpatients being seen withinfour hours target “for themajority” of the Dnancialyear 2014-2015.It said no decision had yet

been made on whetheraction would be needed,and it is to announce theoutcome of its investigationonce it has been completed.A spokesman for the trust

said a “detailed action plan”had already been imple-mented and the trust “con-

tinued to make goodprogress” and“in May the trust nar-

rowly missed out on thefour-hour wait, havingachieved 93.53%.”Clinical chair of NHS

Gloucestershire ClinicalCommissioning Group, DrHelen Miller said: “There isa joint plan in place whichincludes recruiting addi-tional staff, providing in-

creased access to GP ap-pointments and increasingcapacity within communityservices.“This plan is supported by

signiDcant additional invest-ment in frontline services.”The emergency depart-

ments in Cheltenham andGloucester treat about120,000 patients every year,according to the trust'swebsite.

A&E still has excessive waiting times

VOLUNTEER organisations inCheltenham are gearing upfor Civic Day when they willput on an exhibition of theiractivities in the Cambray areaof town as part of a nationalcelebration of Civic Pride.At the forefront of this initia-tive is the Cheltenham CivicSociety which has activelypromoted the Civic Dayconcept for the past threeyears.A wide range of voluntary or-ganisations will be repre-sented at this exhibitionincluding Carers Gloucester-shire, CCP (County Commu-nity Projects), CheltenhamDistrict Scouts, CheltenhamFestival of Performing Arts,Cheltenham Local HistorySociety, Cheltenham OpenDoor, Cheltenham Samari-tans, Cheltenham Sea Cadets,Christians Against Poverty,

The Cornerstone Centre andthe Cotswold Savoyards.Friends of Pittville will also bein attendance, as will Gard-ners Lane and Oakwood Fed-eration, GAVCA(Gloucestershire Associationfor Voluntary and Commu-nity Action), GRCC (Glouces-tershire Rural CommunityCouncil). Representativesfrom the Holst BirthplaceTrust, the Lions Club of Chel-tenham, Listening Post, ThePlayhouse, Rotary, Volunteer-ing Glos and WEA (Workers'Educational Association) willalso be participating.The Mayor of Cheltenham,Cllr Duncan Smith, willperform the ofDcial openingof the event at 11am andCheltenham's MP, AlexChalk, has promised to lookin at noon. The event, whichwill also feature music and

entertainment, will continueuntil 4pm.“I'm impressed by the rangeand quality of the organisa-tions which have comeforward to take part in thiscelebration,” says Dr RogerWoodley, Chairman of Chel-tenham Civic Society whichis organising the event.“It will enable members ofthe public to learn moreabout the vital role that theseorganisations play, and I hopethat some of the visitors willbemotivated to becomemoreclosely involved with them,”he adds.

For further information :Roger Woodley, Chairman:[email protected], Tel: 01242 260443.Roger Jones, CCS PublicityOfDcer: [email protected],Tel: 01242 515533.

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FILM Production studentsfrom the University ofGloucestershire have won aprestigious national awardfor their short Ilm Animal-gamation.Jamie Munro, Peter

Coulthard, KaylaWalker, JoeHesketh and NadineIbrahim have received theCreativity Award at the Na-tional Kodak Student Com-mercial Awards, seeing offcompetition from Ilmschools across the country.Sponsored by Kodak and

run by Nahemi (NationalAssociation of Higher Edu-cation in the MovingImage), the National KodakStudent Commercial Awardshas been running for 25years and is increasingly oneof the few opportunities stu-dents get to work with16mm Ilm. The productionteam were presented withtheir award at a ceremonyheld in the iconic RegentStreet Cinema, London, byNik Powell (Director of theNational Film and Televi-sion School) and award-winning Ilm director SirAlan Parker whose work in-cludes, among other Ilms,Evita, Bugsy Malone andThe Commitments.Writer/Director of the

winning Ilm, Jamie Munro,

who has just Inished hisInal year on the Digital FilmProduction course, said, ‘Iam ecstatic to have wonsuch a prestigious award andhonoured to have it pre-sented by the legendary di-rector, Sir Alan Parker. Forthe crew and I who workedon the Ilm, winning justi-Ies the saying that hardwork pays off. We utilisedeverything we had beentaught on our course andput it all together on a lowbudget to create somethingof which we are extremelyproud.’Freya Billington, Film Pro-

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HUNDREDS of ukuleleplayers and fans will beJocking to the NorwoodArms in Cheltenham thisweekend as the pub hoststhe sixth annual Ukulelefestival of Great Britain,which celebrates the mosttalented, funny and unbe-lievable ukulele acts in theworld.From 7pm this Friday

19th June the pub on Leck-hampton Road will be thevenue for the festival’s partynight, where those attend-ing will be able to gather tojam and sing with friendsnew and old.On Saturday (20th) the

Norwood Arms will be infull swing with ukulelebands playing from 4.30pmuntil midnight and frommidday on Sunday (21st)there will be an open micsession taking placethroughout the afternoon,as well as a ukulele auctionand a rafJe, before the ofI-cial close of the festival.Throughout the weekend

there will be a number ofguest ales available at thepub, including Midstrum-mers Ale from the localCotswold Lion Brewery,DragonJy from the Fallenbrewery in Scotland, theUsual from the Milk Streetbrewery in Somerset andGreene King’sMagna Carta.Food will also be on sale

with a BBQ, hog roast andsandwich bar, as well ascakes and ice creams fordessert or just an indulgenttreat.Paula Hewitt, manager of

the Norwood Arms, said: “Itis an honour to be hostingthis fantastic festival and Iam sure it is going to be areally fun weekend for

everyone. As well as all ofthe ukulele fans it would begreat to see plenty of localpeople heading to theNorwood for a taste of thelittle instrument, and a tasteof some of our great guestales as well.”

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THE Cheltenham of@ce oflaw @rm Lodders has ac-quired the town’s boutiquefamily law practice, JordansSolicitors.Family law specialists

Barbara Jordan and ErinSawyer, together with theirsupport team of threepeople, will move toLodders’ of@ces on ImperialSquare.The move represents the

creation and introduction ofa new specialist family lawservice for Lodders.Joining Lodders as a

partner, Barbara is one ofCheltenham’s most highlyrespected divorce and familylawyers. An accreditedmember of Resolution andthe Law Society Family LawPanel, she is recognised inthe Legal 500 for her ‘deter-mination and focus’. Barbarais a member of the Profes-sional Negligence LawyersAssociation.Family lawyer Erin Sawyer

moves to Lodders Chel-tenham as a solicitor. With afocus on pre and post nuptialagreements.The new family team will

be part of Lodders’ privateclient team, led by the @rm’ssenior partner Martin Green,

who explains: “This is a sig-ni@cant move for Lodders aswe create an all-new andhighly specialist familyteam.’’Barbara Jordan adds: “The

whole team is very muchlooking forward to moving

to Lodders. This is an oppor-tunity to be part of adynamic @rm that hasquickly established a reputa-tion for @rst class clientservice and legal excellencesince it opened in 2013.’’The creation of Lodders’

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staff and an ambition togrow by adding talentedlegal professionals with com-plimentary specialisms tothe team. Not two yearssince launching in Chel-tenham, the @rm has nowmore than trebled in size toa total of 17 people.’’He @nally added: “I am

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THE rain last Saturdaywas constant, unrelent-ing and rather rude.

And just like an unwelcomerelative who turns up atChristmas with their brats andpets in tow, it just wouldn’t goaway with any degree of po-liteness or swiftness. So thatbeing the end of the retrospec-tive weather forecast, wheream I going with this?

Well, it was with great pleasure that I noticed that therotten rain made not one jot of a difference to the turn-out for the Food and Drink Festival on its second day.Hurrah!It’s a fantastic testament to the way that the people of

Cheltenham will turn out for even the opening of an en-velope, if it’s deemed to be a local event.They are a very discerning lot our local residents and it

was heart-warming to see Aocks of them braving the rainon Saturday to support the festival. Mind you, most ofthem seemed to be in the beer tent shying away fromthe H20.It was our metaphorical middle @nger to everything

that the British weather can throw at us. All very blighty’with a bit of Blitz spirit thrown in for good measure.I mean you have to be some kind of stalwart to plod

around the mud with a hamburger or a deep-fried soft-shelled crab in your hand smiling at all insundry.I remember when the Olympic torch came bobbing

though the town to nothing short of mass hysteria. Againit’s about our townsfolk embracing something that’s well-worth supporting and turning up for a once in a lifetimeopportunity. Well done them.However and it’s a small however, I thought that some

of the prices in the festival were a bit rich. I’m all for the£7.00 entrance fee, but paying another £7.00 for a meatkebab was rather greedy by one of the exhibitors. Don’tget me wrong it was a perfectly nice kebab, but it wasn’tyour above average sung to, kobi beef that had been pam-pered all of its life. It was just a beef kebab!

Eric Barton, Editor

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All will be revealed in afollow up with the same wit,charm, and great songs as“Dreamboats and Petticoats.”Many of the songs are fromthe next period in pop historyincluding: All I Have to Do IsDream; It’s My Party; A Pictureof You; Hippy Hippy Shakeand many more.

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After much demand,Sudeley Castle is tohost a glorious nightof opera, in thestunning grounds ofthe castle, on Sunday28th of June from6.30pm, as the‘troubadours’ fromDuchy opera exploresome of the favouritehighlights of the operaworld.

excerpts fromMozart’s Magic fluteand Marriage of figaroas well as Verdi’s AMasked Ball and otherwell-known operaticdelights.

Opera@theCastle is acultural collaborationbetween WinchcombeBusiness forum, radioWinchcombe, CotswoldStyle Magazine, SudeleyCastle and the troubadoursof Duchy Opera to raisefunds for the Leukaemiaand IntensiveChemotherapy fund (LINC)based at CheltenhamGeneral Hospital.

Claire thayers, Chair of

Winchcombe Businessforum says ‘holding thisevent, with such greatpartners, and in aid of afantastic charity, will notonly be a fun night but willshine a spotlight onWinchcombe and thecastle. We hope that it willbecome an annual eventand will ultimatelyencourage people to notonly attend the opera but tosample the delights that thetown has to offer, which isespecially important as the

town has hadmajor road worksand trade hasbeen affected! Weneed to shine thespotlight onWinchcombe’’.

Pack thehamper, bringyour friends, orpurchase foodand fizz on thenight – itpromises to be anight toremember.

For moreinformation visitwww.winchcombe.co.uk,or EventbriteOpera@thecastle and purchasetickets on line.Tickets cost £25 per person(plus booking fee) and areavailable in advance fromhttp://operaatthecastle.eventbrite.co.ukTickets can also bepurchased at Sudeley’sVisitor Centre, orWinchcombe’s TouristInformation Centre or viaLINC direct.

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THE County Triples Dnalwill be contested betweenCheltenham and Barn-wood after winning theirsemi-Dnal matches held atCheltenhamWhaddon BC.The pair of Ken Ferson

and Mike Manns (Barn-wood) who had beenbeaten in the triples semiDnals last month coveredthemselves in glory after athrilling 23-18 win overJohn Roach and LeeWilliamson (Cheltenham).The early stages of the

match saw the Cheltenhampair lead Dve nil beforedropping a six. Back infront with a four the Barn-wood pairing then took a12-10 lead after nine endsby scoring a two and athree.

Barnwood then pulledaway with a two on the11th end and hit a purplepatch when they picked upeight shots over the nextseven ends to carve out a22-17 lead andwith a singleon the Dnal end a place inthe Dnal was guaranteed.In the other semi-Dnal

the pairing of Nick Charl-wood and Nigel Adams(Cheltenham) up againstDave Smith and GeoffWilliams (Dursley) foundthemselves 9-2 behind afterjust Dve ends.

Three endslater theyhad pulledlevel afterscoring afour andthen jumpedinto a Dveshot lead 15-

10. A three on the 14th endput them in the driving asthey led 18-14.Another pair of twos saw

the lead extend to six shotsand although they lost twoon the last end, whichcould have beenmore, theyreached the Dnal with a 23-20 win.Both winners will now

meet in the County Finalsat Pineholt on July 26 andwill also represent theCounty at the NationalChampionships at Leam-ington in August.

Cheltenham ready to faCe off aGaInStBarnWood In SemI-fInal ShoWdoWnBOWLS

CHELTENHAM's GrahamGrifDths joins one of onlyfour other bowlers to reachthe 200 match mark in thehistory of the Gloucester-shire Bowling Association.Joining Paul Nelmes also

from Cheltenham, GrifDthsstarted out bowling inWorcestershire in 1962before moving to Chel-tenhamWhaddon in 1968.Joining Cheltenham in

1990 his Drst appearance forthe county was back in 1970when he played againstWar-wickshire.A year later he won the

County triples along with GDicks and Bob Etheridge andhis career blossomed whenin 1972 hemade theMiddle-ton Cup side against Here-fordshire.In 1973 and 1975 he was

in Middleton Cup side thatappeared at Mortlake andWorthing losing to Yorkshireand Sussex respectively.In his long career, GrifDths

went onto win the CountyChampion of Championsback in 1980 playing forCheltenham Whaddon, theCounty Fours title came in1981 and again in 2005

when playing with his sonRobert who is the currentMiddleton Cup Manager,Paul Nelmes and JohnRoach.His last title was back in

2012, 41 years on from hisDrst triples title, when hepartnered William NotmanandMike Longley to anothersuccess.

BOWLS

G L O U C E S T E R S H I R Ewomen, after their narrowdefeat to Cornwall in theJohn’s Trophy, will belooking to grab a victorywhen they play Warwick-shire at Welford on Avon BCon Saturday, June 20 at1.30pm.A win is a must to keep

their hopes alive of qualify-ing for the quarter-Dnalsnext month.The side sees three changes

with a return for ValWebb, Anne White and

Cynthia Winter-Alsop.

Gloucestershire:Rink 1:Val Ayres (Lydney), PatMacGregor (Arrow), SueOsborne (Kingswood &Hanham), Joy Sheward(CheltenhamWhaddon).Rink 2:Iona Bird (Caer Glow),Jenny Stan0eld (Moreton),Pauline Gunn (Caer Glow),Jacky Howes (Stroud).Rink 3:Jenny Westlake (Arrow),Myra Savage (Falcon), KayGent (Caer Glow), Sue

Latham (Olveston).Rink 4:Val Webb (Victory Park),Anne White (Arrow), ValMolton (Kingswood &Hanham), Rachel Hughes(Royal Forest of Dean).Rink 5:Val Osmond (Ardagh), RitaGerry (Moreton), Julia Stan-nard (Nailsworth), LindsayCollin (Page Ladies).Rink 6:Sally Rolls (Gloucester Spa),Cynthia Winter-Alsop(Wotton), Gill Fry (Glouces-ter Spa), Lyn Hamer(Ardagh)

Quarter-fInal aIM for GlouCestershIreBOWLS

Glos 118 (18pts)Cornwall 102 (4pts)

SMARTING from the heavydefeat to Devon in theMid-dleton Cup, Gloucester-shire bounced back to clipthe wings of Cornwall by16 shots at CheltenhamBC.Showing the pride in

front of team manager RobGrifDths the side won fourout of the six rinks with therink of Nathan Kitchen,Paul Nelmes, John Roach,Matt Cuthbert (all Chel-tenham) up against I.Drew produced a stun-

ning comeback that sawtheir opponents wilt at theknees.The early ends saw Corn-

wall take a 9-4 lead andfrom there on in the rinkclosed the gap to nine allafter nine ends.Hitting a magniDcent

purple patch they won 10consecutive ends whichsaw them pick up a four, athree two two’s and severalsingles to jump into a 27-10lead and won 27-12.Not to be out done the

rink of Adam Smith(Dowty), Vince Wilks(Gloucester City), ChrisRoach (Cheltenham ),Chris Davies (Coleford) alsoproduced a high scorewhen up against I.Ball they led from start to

Dnish and from being 9-6ahead they jumped into a20-7 lead after grabbing athree and a four and wentonto win 21-9.ShaunMorris (Gloucester

City), Mike Prosser(Gloucester Spa), PeteStinchcombe (Tetbury),Stuart Hodges (Chel-tenham) up against J.Stafford kept their noses

in front for the Drst nineends before dropping athree to be 9-8 down.A three restored the lead

and with a further threeand two singles theyopened up a Dve shot lead16-11.Back to just one ahead

they held the upper handon the last three ends towin 19-15.Brian Burleigh (Dursley),

Dave Smith, Russ Mellerup(both Cam), Keith Hinder(Dursley) against C.Binnyfound themselves 7-1 down

after Dve ends and then bythe 12th they were still 13-8 behind.The 13th end proved

lucky as they grabbed a Dveand this then followed by athree and a single to move17-13 up. Going into thelast end just one ahead theyheld their nerve, gainingthe shot for a 20-18 win.Ben Coldrick (Barn-

wood), James Speller (Chel-tenham), Nick Holliday(Cheltenham), Dave Howes(Stroud) having taken a 9-4lead over T Phillips saw theshots dry up over the nextDve ends and althoughthey managed two singlesthey trailed 18-11 after 17ends.Winning three out of the

last four ends saw them godown 19-14.John Smallwood (Olve-

ston), Graham GrifDths(Cheltenham), Nigel Cans-dale (Cirencester), PaulBryant (Olveston) upagainst England Interna-tional M Read went 12-7ahead before they wereonly able to score a two inthe next eight ends to be23-14 adrift and in the endsuffered a 29-17 loss.

BOWLS

Griffiths joins select band in200 club

Impressive return to form in Middleton Cup

G L O U C E S T E R S H I R Ewomen, who reached the re-gional Dnals of the WalkerCup last season, seek areturn when they play Wilt-shire at Painswick Falcon BCon Sunday, June 21 at1.30pm.The side includes Dve

players who reached theDnals last season when in atense match against Somer-

set they eventually lost by12 shots.The newcomers this time

around are Myra Savage,Pauline Gunn and SueLatham.

Gloucestershire:Rink 1Val Molton(Kingswood & Hanham)Sue Latham (Olveston)Sue Osborne(Kingswood & Hanham)

Joy Sheward(Cheltenham Whaddon)

Rink 2Iona Bird (Caer Glow)Myra Savage(Painswick Falcon)Pauline Gunn (Caer Glow)Jacky Howes (Stroud)

ReservesRachel Hughes(Royal Forest of Dean),Val Osmond (Ardagh)

BOWLS

County women chasing Walker Cup success


SPORTGloucester’s Galarza winning World Cup fitness race

GLOUCESTER director ofrugby David Humphreys isconJdent Argentina lockMariano Galarza will be Jtfor the World Cup followingshoulder surgery.The 28-year-old, who un-

derwent surgery on hisother shoulder last year, wasinjured in the 35-13 Pre-miership victory overLondon Irish on May 9.The World Cup begins on

September 18, with Ar-gentina's campaign startingtwo days later.“The injury was not as

bad as Jrst feared,”Humphreys said. “He willrehab under the care of theGloucester medical teamand will at some point,depending on his Jtness,link up with Argentinawith a view to going to

the World Cup.“As someone who was

probably a shoe-in for thestarting 15 at the start of theseason, hopefully next yearit will be like having a newsigning.”Galarza's appearance

against Sale Sharks in March

earned the club a two-pointdeduction and a £5,000 Jneas he was ineligible to playat that point.Humphreys admitted the

incident was unfortunateand said: “As a club we weredisappointed to have madean administrative mistake

and it certainly won'thappen again.“From a club perspective,

it was appropriate thepoints should be deductedin the year the offence wascommitted rather than haveit hang over us going intothe next couple of seasons.”

RUGBY UNION

STRIKER Elliot Kennedyhas agreed a deal to re-joinBishop’s Cleeve from rivalsEvesham United.Kennedy who scored

four times in 23 appear-ances for the Robins lastyear re-joins his local clubthat he left in 2012.He spent time at Chel-

tenham Saracens and Slim-bridge before joiningEvesham in November2013 where he playednearly 50 times for theWorcestershire club.Manager Steve Cleal:

“Elliot is a Cleeve lad whohas played in and aroundthis level for the lastfew years despite hisyoung age, he is quick anddirect which can cause allsorts of problems fordefenders at any level

of football.“Bringing him back to

Cleeve gives us anotheroption in the Jnal thirdand he will certainly excitethe fans.”The 23-year-old forward

added: “I’m Looking

forward to it. We have agood young side that arewanting to leant and provethemselves in the league.“I can’t wait to start

playing and scoring goalsto hopefully get thefans and the buzz back

down the lane.”Kennedy was followed

quickly into Kayte Lane bycentral defender LeroyOdiero.The 20-year-old arrives

from Slimbridge havingbeen a big part intheir promotion to theSouthern League lastseason.Odiero has also played

for Cheltenham Saracensand Cinderford Town.“I am really pleased that

we have got Leroy to joinus,” Cleal said.“He is an important

player in both boxes andeven scored against us lastyear so I've tracked hisprogress since then.“I tried to sign him

midway through theseason but he ended up atSlimbridge so to get himnow for next season I'mdelighted.”Cheltenham based

Odiero will be reunitedwith former team mateswhen the squad come backfor pre season training andhe said: “I'm happy tohave agreed terms with theclub, and hoping to con-tribute with the success ofthe season to come.”

Kennedy returns to Cleeve as Cleal makes double signingFOOTBALL

Elliot kennedy

challenger Undraftedis probably running for

place money at best.There is however a big

danger from Ireland in theshape of Dermot Weld’sMustajeeb.This four-year-old colt

dropped back to six fur-longs in a Group Two atthe Curragh last monthand showed a likeable turnof foot to win there.Weld and jockey Pat

Smullen are Royal Ascotmaestros and Mustajeebdid win the Jersey Stakes atRoyal Ascot last year overseven furlongs so we knowhe goes on the track.There is bound to be a

good pace in the race andit is more than likely thatSmullen will sit behindBrazen Beau on Mustajeebwith a view to outstayingthe Aussie colt in the lasthalf furlong.At twice the price of the

favourite, Mustajeb looksthe betting value, particu-larly too with a slight pullin the weights.The Group Two Hard-

wicke Stakes sees running

what many might con-sider the ‘get out’ bankerof the meeting in Tele-scope.Trained by Michael

Stoute and ridden by RyanMoore the horse is sure tostart around 5/4 for themile and half contest.It is, however, no shoe

in and Postponed a yearyounger than Telescopehas been on the up thisseason, Jnishing close upin Group One at theCurragh last month.The step up to the mile

and half will suit Post-poned and at 5/1 presentlyis a bet to nothing to be inthe Jrst three and couldeasily even win. Stablemate of Telescope, SnowSky could also run well at anice price.The Wokingham Stakes

on the same day sees acavalry charge down thestraight six furlongs and isprobably the time toborrow the hat pin.Perhaps Louis the Pious

might spring back to lifecarrying only 5lbs morethan when winning theAyr Gold Cup last season.On second thoughts,better stick to the hat pin!

Mariano Galarza

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CHELTENHAM were leftfrustrated by the rain astheir Premier Two homeclash with Weston-super-Mare was abandoned afterthey hadmade a promisingstart with the bat.The start of play was

delayed due to showers andthe match was reduced to40 overs per side.Cheltenham reached 36-

0 from six overs before theheavens opened once againand after resumption, thecontest was reduced furtherto 30 overs each.The home team went on

to reach 83 for one from 14overs when the match wasJnally called off.Mike Kelly made 28,

with James SchoJeld (24)and Kieran Smith (22) un-beaten at the close.Skipper Will Simmons’

men play at second placedPotterne on Saturday.In the Gloucestershire

Division, leaders Chel-tenhamCivil Service tasteddefeat for the Jrst time thissummer, going down by 48runs at Lydney.Jon Kear starred with the

bat for the home side,hitting 83 in Lydney’s 227for seven before they dis-missed their visitors for179. Adrian Bayes topscored for Service with 35.Both Woodmancote’s

match at Gloucester AIWand Hatherley and Red-dings’ home game againstPainswick were cancelleddue to the wet weather.

Saturday xtures: Chel-tenham Civil Service vDumbleton; Hatherley andReddings v GloucesterAIW; Woodmancote vLydney.

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their home ground onTewkesbury Road.All new players are

welcome to attend, butthe club ask that theyconJrm their attendanceby adding themselves tothe Facebook event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1591708241095819/Full changing facilities

will be available and all at-tendees are invited to thebar afterwards for an in-formal drink.

FOOTBALL

Open training session at County League champions Civil Service


SPORT

G L O U C E S T E R S H I R Ebounced back from consecu-tive T20 defeats to beat Mid-dlesex by 41 runs and moveback to the top of the SouthGroup.In a match where skipper

Michael Klinger’s remarkablerun of form came to an end,four players put in careerbest performances as Glosposted 214-4 before bowlingthe hosts out for 171.Benny Howell (57) and

Peter Handscomb (29) bothmade their highest scores inthe Blast while with the ballCraig Miles took 2-24 andDavid Payne returned 5-24.Glos were also indebted to

a superb knock of 75 fromvice-captain Ian Cockbainwho put on 101 with Howellto set up the victory.The visitors lost the toss at

Richmond and batted Arstfor only the second time thisyear.Opener Klinger went into

the game on the back of atremendous run of form thathad seen him score 403 runswithout being out.And he continued where

he left off, cutting the Arstball of the match for four offKyle Abbott.But for the Arst time this

season he was unable to con-tinue his run-scoring ex-ploits as he was Anally out inthe third over of the game –caught at short Ane leg byToby Roland-Jones after top-edging a pull from Abbott.With no Dent or Hamish

Marshall, Peter Handscombopened the innings and re-sponded with his best GlosT20 score of 29 before beingrun out attempting a quicksingle in the 8th over.At 61-2 Howell joined

Cockbain at the crease andafter a measured start thepair set about the Middlesexattack with an assault of

clean hitting.Cockbain brought up his

third Blast 50 of the seasonand second v Middlesex inthe 15th over with a fourstraight down the ground offPaul Stirling.He hit two straight 6s in

consecutive balls off theIrishman to end the overand take Glos to 149-2 withAve to go.Two more boundaries at

the start of the next overfrom Toby Roland-Jonesbrought up the 100 partner-ship off 50 balls but itproved to be Cockbain’s lastcontribution as he edgedone to Balbirnie at shortthird man to depart for 75.His innings, which came offjust 39 balls, included Avefours and six sixes.His departure did little to

slow the Glos run rate asGeraint Jones picked upwhere Cockbain had left off.He struck three fours overcover in the 18th over –bowled by Abbott – and fol-lowed it up with two moreover the same part of theAeld in the next one fromRoland-Jones.In the midst of Jones’

boundary hitting Howellbrought up a deserved halfcentury off 32 balls with sixfours and a six.He was run out by Abbott

in the Anal over for a careerbest 57. But a towering six bythe wicketkeeper from thepenultimate ball of theinnings ensured Glos wouldpost a commanding 214-4.Like Klinger, Middlesex

dangerman Paul Stirlingstarted in ominous fashion,clipping Fuller over point forsix off his Arst ball.He struck another

maximum in the next overoff Craig Miles but becamethe seamer’s Arst T20 victimof the season when hechopped on one ball later for13.

New man Nick Gubbinssettled straight away hittingtwo fours and a six off Fullerto take the hosts to 33-1 afterthree.Having opened the

bowling throughout thisseason’s Blast, Payne wasmade to wait until the Afthover to enter the action.And he made an instant

impact. First Fuller took agood catch at mid off todismiss Nick Compton (8)before getting Gubbins inthe same over, caught byJones off Payne for 28 aftertop-edging a pull. Gubbinsmon T20 debut hit Ave foursand a six in a 14 ball on-slaught.Franklin and John

Simpson began the task ofrebuilding for Middlesex andreached 99-3 at the halfwaystage after the latter helpedtake 21 off a Jack Taylor overwith some fearsome straighthitting.But just as it looked like

Middlesex may get away,Howell picked up the wicketof Franklin (16) in the nextover, caught by Cockbain, tomake it 114-4.Andrew Balbirnie fell

without score in the nextover as the introduction ofPayne again did the trick –Howell taking the catch atshort cover – as Glos closedin on victory.When Miles had Dexter

(2) caught by Jones andAbbott fell to Payne in con-secutive overs, the homeside were Boundering on125-7.Tom Smith, James Fuller

and Payne cleaned up thetail between them to leaveMiddlesex 43 runs shortwith three balls left –Simpson top scoring with74.Next up for Glos is the

visit of local rivals Somersetat the Bristol CountyGround this Friday.

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SATURDAY sees the Gnal day’saction of Royal Ascot.The international Havour of

themeeting is shown nomoreso than in the Group OneDiamond Jubilee Stakes oversix furlongs where Australia’ssprint star Brazen Beau is thefavourite to collect the prize.Only a three-year-old, he

has already taken two cham-pionship races impressively atFlemington, the last of whichwas against older horses.He was getting weight on

that occasion because it was ahandicap but will have nosuch luxury on Saturdaywhen he carries 9st 4lbs.Having said that, the race

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BOSS Gary Johnson hasalready identiGed hisprimary goalkeeping targetfollowing Trevor Carson’smove to Hartlepool Unitedthis week.Johnson is also targeting

two full-backs, a centre-halfand another striker as helooks to further strengthenhis squad ahead of the2015/16 Vanarama Na-tional League campaign.He has so far brought in

Gve new faces and thatGgure could double in thecoming weeks, with a hostof trialists also invited toattend pre-season trainingon July 1.Carson spent one season

with the Robins, winningthe club's supporters' playerof the year award for aseries of superb perform-ances between the posts.Ever present throughout

the campaign, he estab-lished himself as a popularcharacter on and off thepitch and we would like tothank him for his effortsand wish him well at hisnew club.Northern Irishman

Carson, joined Chel-tenham from Bury lastsummer, having spentmost of the 2013/14 cam-paign on loan atPortsmouth.He had another year to

run on his contract atWhaddon Road, but a dealhas been struck with Poolsfor the former Sunderlandgoalkeeper to return to theNorth East.Carson was on the bench

for Northern Ireland's 0-0draw with Romania on Sat-urday.He said he could not

thank Cheltenham's fansenough after making tomove to League TwoHartlepool.A popular Ggure during

his year at Whaddon Road,the 27-year-old hopes theclub can bounce straightback to the Football League

next season.“I'd like to say a massive

thanks to all the fans atCheltenham because theyhave been unbelievable forme,” Carson said.“I'd like to wish everyone

at the club good luck forthe future and also thankCheltenham for not stand-ing in my way of moving.“I made it quite clear I

wanted to come back to theNorth East so I appreciateit.“I'll deGnitely be looking

out for the results and hopethe club can bouncestraight back to League Twoat the Grst attempt.”

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