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Bishop Auckland Football Club held its annual end-of-season presentation night at Heritage Park on Saturday 7th May. For the first time it was

End-of-season presentation night at Heritage Park

a full club event as both reserves and ladies teams were present along with the first team. The Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Cllr Lee

Show-stealer Andy Johnson, who picked up four awards on the presentation night with Manager Steve Riley, left, and Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Cllr Lee Brownson.

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Durham County Councillors have voted to dismiss all 2,700 Teaching Assistants in the county in order to tear up their current contracts and offer new, reduced terms.The decision, which has caused widespread dismay among teaching assistants, was taken at an Extraordi-nary meeting of the council on Monday 16th May. Earlier in the year teaching assistants voted over-whelmingly by 99.7% to turn down Durham County Council’s new terms, which will see some classroom assistants lose 25% of their current salary when they are forced onto term time contracts only.In papers submitted prior to the decision being taken, Council officials reported that independent legal advice suggested there was “a risk of equal pay chal-lenge” and that Teaching As-sistants should be moved to a “salary based on 37 hours per week / term time only

from as soon as possible.”There was some opposition with Liberal Democrat, Cllr Owen Temple saying: “Legal opinion is just that, opinion. It is certainly not sufficient grounds for us to desert a group of valuable, low paid, largely female employees who deserve our careful consideration. “This is a sad day for democracy,” he added, pointing out that around 40 Labour councillors were absent from the meeting.One teaching assistant said: “I stand to lose £300 a month from my pay packet as a result of this decision. We were hoping to buy our house this year, but that won’t happen now. I don’t know how we’ll cope finan-cially. We’ve been badly let down by this council.”Of those who attended, 57 councillors voted to approve the plan, 18 voted against and 4 abstained.The new contracts are set to be imposed from January 2017.

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Brownson, presented the various awards to the winners.There is no doubting who stole the show as centre forward Andy Johnson claimed all the awards after a stunning season of goalscoring, finishing with an impressive 38 goals.As well as rewarding John-son’s talents with the ‘Sup-porter’s Player of the Year’, ‘Player of the Season’ and ‘Top Goalscorer’ awards, Andy is now also the proud owner of the Heritage Award.The evening itself capped off a great season for the club, with the Two Blues finishing in 7th place in the Northern League having quickly improved on a variable first half of the season.Rob Bowron, Director of Football at Bishop Auckland FC said: “We were honoured to have Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Lee Brownson as our guest for the evening and would like to extend our thanks to him for being with us.

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Victims at the heart of Police Commissioner’s second termVictims of crime and anti-social behaviour will have top priority throughout Ron Hogg’s second term of office, he announced at his swearing in ceremony on Monday 16th May.Emphasising this commit-ment, Mr Hogg said that he will now be known as Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner for County Durham and Darlington.Speaking at the ceremony to swear the oath of office at Durham County Hall, Mr Hogg said: “I will be working closely with partners in the public and voluntary sectors to ensure that the needs of victims are foremost as they progress through the criminal justice system.”He added: “Services should be customised to the needs of individuals. “For example, I want to bring in specific support services for victims of hate crime, and for those with mental health problems.“I have added the word ‘victims’ to my job title to emphasise how important they are, and I expect that local people will hold me to account for this.”Ron also indicated that he would continue to chal-lenge the Government to ensure that funding for policing in County Durham and Darlington is sufficient to meet local needs, and

that the threats of child sexual exploitation and cy-bercrime would also be key areas in his second term.The ceremony was attended by over 50 people including Council-lors from County Durham

and Darlington, providers of support services for victims, senior officers from the Police and Fire and Rescue service. The mini-police were on hand to help make sure the event went smoothly.

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be followed by the Annual Council meeting where, along with normal council business, the next Mayor will be elected. The Meetings will be held at the Four Clocks Centre, Newgate Street from 6pm.For more information call the Town Council at the Four Clocks Centre on 01388 609 852.

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course helps attendees to apply for suitable jobs by identifying their strengths and preferences.“We’ll also be providing expert advice about what to put on application forms and – just as importantly – the pitfalls to avoid.“Anyone wanting further information, or to book their free place at our workshop, should email employability@cdhg.co.uk or call us on 0191 349 7657.”

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Bishop Auckland Town Hall wil be the venue for “Tell A Tale Tots” afternoon every first Thursday of the month from 1.30-2.30pm

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Volunteers prop up Kynren preparations

With less than two months until the launch of Bishop Auckland’s live action night show Kynren – an epic tale of England, the effort to create and source some 2,500 props is stepping up a pace.The Eleven Arches’ 30-strong Props Team, made up of volunteers from the local community, is in the process of making around 1,400 items to feature in the summer show.Among the many items that the team is tasked with creating are flails and hammers to be used during the Georgian Renaissance scenes, Roman shields and drums, quivers, crowns, spears and slaves’ cuffs. Every effort is being made to ensure that every detail of Kynren is historically accurate: Roman helmets are being created using vac-uum-forming with a mould from a real Roman helmet that was used in the Oscar-winning film Gladiator, and one volunteer spent over six hours painstakingly mixing paint to create the perfect imperial red for 90 Roman shields.In addition to the creation of props, Eleven Arches is calling on the good nature of the general public to donate or lend historical props for use in the show.So far, the public have

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On the bank holiday weekend from Friday 27th May to Sunday 29th May, the Wannasee Festival will take place at Bishop Auckland Football Stadium.The event will be packed with world class tributes to the world’s greatest artists and includes camping, a licenced bar, food stalls, rides, kids entertainment and street artists.There are limited early bird discounted tickets available. Also, the Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Lee Brownson still has exclusive VIP ‘Help for Heroes’ tickets to attend the festival on Saturday 28th May (12.30pm-9.30pm). All sale proceeds from these tickets are in aid of the Mayor’s chosen charity, Help for Heroes. The special tickets are limited and priced at £20 for adults and £10 for 14-17 years. Under 14’s go free of charge if accompa-nied by an adult.The tickets must be pur-chased before 5pm on Wednesday 25th May and include reserved seating

in the covered stand and exclusive access to the upstairs function room. There is also a compli-mentary buffet served at 4pm and 7.45pm as well as access to a private bar.In addition, the ticket allows free entry to the Friday evening (6.30pm-9.40pm) which features top local groups JD & The Woodsmen, The Scandals and the Ultra 90’s Show.Tickets are only available from Bishop Auckland Town Council at Four Clocks Centre, Newgate Street or by calling 01388 609852. Free and secure parking will be provided. For regular ticket prices, visit wanna-seefestival.com.

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Old-fashioned fun at Auckland Castle this May half-termTraditional family fun will take centre stage at Auckland Castle this May half-term.Parents and children are being encouraged to leave technology behind at the former palace home of Eng-land’s only Prince Bishops between Saturday 28th May and Sunday 5th June in favour of old-fashioned outdoor pursuits and arts and crafts.With the weather warming up and summer only just around the corner, Louise Strong, Auckland Castle’s Events Manager, says: “It’s the perfect time to re-discover the joy of being together as a family.“Whatever the weather, we have lots of fun family ac-tivities happening at Auck-land Castle to keep kids of all ages happy.”All the May half-term activi-ties are free with admission to the castle.The ‘Labyrinth’ activity will take place from Saturday 28th May to Sunday 5th June from 10am to 4pm. A spokesperson said: “Lose yourself in Auckland Castle’s new labyrinth located on the bowling green and see if you can work out the meanings of the symbols placed around its route.”Gardens games and a ‘Symbols Trail’ will also take place on the same dates and times.On Saturday 28th May, Sunday 29th May and Monday 30th May from 11am-12 noon and 2pm-3pm a ‘May Day Kings and Queens Crowns’ arts and crafts activity will take place. A spokesperson said: “Have some right royal fun by creating your own regal crown or tiara. Suitable for all ages.”Another crafts activity will take place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June from 11am-12pm and 2pm-3pm and will give children the opportunity to create their

own family shield!Pollard’s Boar Hunt will take place on Wednesday 1st June from 12pm-1pm and is recommended for children under ten. The trail leaves the castle re-ception and is not suitable for pushchairs.A family tour will take place on Thursday 2nd June at 12 noon, 1pm and 2pm where visitors can hear the stories of power and wealth surrounding the Prince Bishops and discover the secret symbols positioned around the castle and their meanings, before creating a symbol of their own to take home.Last but not least, Auckland Castle’s Pitmen and Prelates exhibition will take place on Friday 3rd

June at 1.30pm. Visitors will be given the opportu-nity to discover the links between the Bishops of Durham and the county’s mining history. “How did the Bishops work with the miners?” and “What did the pitmen and their families think of the Bishops?” will just be some of the ques-tions answered during the interactive family session.Auckland Castle is open every day except Tuesday from 10am-5pm. Last ad-mission is at 4pm. Tickets cost £6 for adults, £5 for concessions and un-der-16s go free of charge. There is no parking on site. Visitors can park at North Bondgate Car Park. For more infor-mation, visit www.auck-landcastle.org.

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A cyclist from Bishop Auckland has been left badly injured after being struck by a hit and run driver on Woodhouse Close Estate, leaving onlookers shocked.The event, which took place at 10.30am on Tuesday 17th May, has been described as “horrendous” by a witness.The hit and run driver, who was in a dark Vauxhall Astra, was being followed by police at the time the collision happened. He was followed along Walker Drive in Bishop Auckland from Crook.Police sectioned off Wood-house Close Estate for four hours in order to investi-gate the scene.One witness said: “We can’t believe what has happened. The guy looked in a bad way. There are often loads of kids about. I’m just so glad they are at school. Imagine if it has been a child?”Another witness added: “The car was going really fast. It just didn’t stop. How can anyone do this to

someone?”A resident of Walker Drive said: “The bike is a mess. I am really worried about the bloke. I hope he is alright.” Later in the day, Facebook was flooded with more people expressing their shock and concern for the 26-year-old cyclist who was taken to James Cook Uni-versity Hospital, in Middles-borough, to be treated for his injuries which include a broken pelvis and foot and head injuries. His condi-tion has been described a serious but not life-threat-ening.A 37-year-old man was arrested later in the night in connection with the incident. It is not known at this stage whether an inves-tigation will be carried out.A police spokeswoman en-courages anyone who saw an Astra prior to the colli-sion to call 0191 375 2159.

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Left to right Sheilah Metcalfe from Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP, Cllr Sam Zair, Ben Thompson, BACC player, and John Thompson, BACC treasurer.

Cricket Club receives funding for changing room facilities

Bishop Auckland Cricket Club (BACC) have invested almost £70,000 on their changing room facilities. As well as £1,440 of their own funds, the club received gants from the Scotto Charitable Trust (£5,000), Durham Cricket Board LTD (£2,595), Ebac (£2,000) and £4,200 from Cllr Sam Zair’s Neighbour-hood Budget. £53,850 came from Sport England.Club Treasurer, John Hudspeth, said: “The funds

have made a big difference to the club and will help them to move forward.”Player, Ben Thompson, said that the investment will hopefully attract more younger people to play

cricket. Cllr Sam Zair said: “It’s been a pleasure to work with the cricket club. “Volunteers have put in time and hard work and it is now all paying off.”

Readers can enjoy Dust of the Street Shining, a theatre performance, at Bishop Auckland Town Hall on Monday 23rd May

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Butterwick Hospice hosts foamy It’s a Knockout event

Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland is once again hosting a fun, foamy, challenging team-building event called It’s a Knockout on Sunday 5th June at Witton Castle Country Park. This is the third year the owners of the park have hosted the event in aid of Butterwick Hospice.As part of the day there will also be a free family fun day for those watching friends and family take part in the event, which is open to the general public.Donations on the gate are welcome. There are only five places available for teams of ten people to take up the challenge of a series of fun, foamy and inflatable games, which are reminis-cent of the 1970’s televi-sion show.Teamwork is the key to

winning the most points and this year organisers are encouraging teams to take part in fancy dress.A spokesperson said: “This could be anything from an 80’s theme, the Wild West or characters from TV and film. So theme your team and, as an extra incentive, the best dressed team will win a prize!”

There is a team registra-tion fee of £10 per person and all team members are encouraged to try to raise £50 each in sponsorship. To book your place go to www.butterwick.org.uk/events/itsaknockout2016 or for more information contact helenkirby@but-terwick.org.uk or 01388 603003.

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marks the start of us devel-oping as a club.“We look forward to 2016/17 in anticipation!”The list of award winners include: Top Goalscorer to Andy Johnson; Supporter’s Player to Andy Johnson; Heritage Award to Andy Johnson; Player of the Year to Andy Johnson; and Young Player of the Year to Craig Foster (in the reserve team). In the ladies, team winners include: Top Scorer to Natasha Napier; Sports-woman of the Year to Tracy Priestley and Sam Moody; Special Recognition to Jill White; Player’s Player to Tracy Priestley and Toni Sidekick; Young Player to Lauren Morgans and Lauren Johnson; and Player of the Year to Leah Currie and Enya Clarke.

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“Lee himself has been an employee of the club in the past, and clearly un-derstands what the football club means to the local community. “The club would like to wish Lee all the best with future ventures when his tenure as Mayor finishes at the end of this month.”Chairman Richard Tremewan added: “We would also like to thank all our volunteers for all the work that goes on behind the scenes in delivering football at each level.“This was highlighted with a special award for ‘Vol-unteer of the Year’ going to Margaret Dixon for her continual catering efforts on match days. “We hope that this evening

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It’s Big, It’s Local, It’s you, It’s me! The Gaunless Gateway Big Local Partnership wishes to appoint a lead organisation to support its work. The Partnership is a community-based proactive organization in South-West Bishop Auckland, made up of the communities of Cockton Hill, Henknowle, Woodhouse Close/Tindale Crescent, St Helens and West Auckland. The Area was one of the Þrst of 150 English areas chosen to develop and deliver a ten-year programme called the Big Local. To help with this the area has £1 million of resources from the Big Local fund which is administered by the Local Trust.

We have been supported up to now by Durham County Council (DCC), as our Locally Trusted Organisation, through the Shildon and Bishop Auckland Action Area Partnership (AAP). However, the next stage in the process is to begin delivering the range of agreed projects and activities laid out in our 2-3 year plan. These activities include a small grants programme, a pilot apprenticeship scheme in partnership with the Castle Development as well as more community involvement and engagement activities through partnership workers. To help us implement the plan we would like to invite a local organisation to act as our Locally Trusted Organisation (LTO) through an open and transparent process.

The core function of an LTO is to enter into a grant agreement with the national Big Local organisation (called the Local Trust) to receive and manage the grant of £1million as it comes through in phases in accordance with the agreed Big Local Plan.

Applications are welcome from organisations from all sectors. Key parts of the role are to manage the Þnances of the programme on behalf of the National Lottery and provide a range of support and assistance to the resident led Partnership Board. Our turn around is quite tight as we would like any appointment to start from the beginning of July 2016 after due diligence checks and take up of references.

Deadline for submissions is Tuesday 31st May 2016

For further details and application pack please email Jeanette Harold, Big Local Representative at Jeanette.harold@continuumcic.co.uk

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BATTC has recently received a cash boost, in the form of £1,000, from Persimmon homes as part of the builder’s Community Champions scheme. Club Chairman Matt Porter said: “This funding is fantastic news for the club and helps us achieve our goal of becoming one of the best clubs in England. The news serves as recognition for the hard work our volun-teers put in on a daily basis and the dedication of the coaches and of course the players.”The Persimmon Community Champions initiative is a national programme where charities and groups can apply for funding up to the value of £1,000 to match money they have already raised themselves. For more, visit www.persim-monhomes.com/charity.

Meanwhile, Bishop Auckland Table Tennis club (BATTC) is holding an open day on Wednesday 4th June for anyone to go and check out the new table tennis centre at Bishop Barrington School. Activities will include the Table Tennis Robot - with prizes for the winning scores - and Table Top Games with the Club’s award-winning coaches and some of the county’s top players providing hints and tips throughout. The Community Open Day will officially start at 10am and run through till 3pm. There’s no need to sign up, just turn up on the day and try a range of table tennis activities for free. For more information, contact Matt Porter 07411 018856 or matt@bishop-aucklandttc.co.uk.

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Sixteen-year-old Lee Tinkler from Bishop Auckland Table Tennis Club (BATTC) successfully took park in the Burton Uxbridge 1* on Sunday 8th May and was a runner-up in the Junior Boys Singles. Drawn in groups of four, Lee started by beating Aaron Radford, James Laban and Saif Mohammed Aslam all without dropping a set. In the quarter finals Lee found himself 2-1 and 9-4 down to Mathew Blake from South Yorkshire before pulling it back to take the win with 3-2). The win led to a semi-final with Daniel Allen from Staffordshire and yet again Lee came through in the 5th set to reach the final.His opponent in the final was Chamika Weerasinghe from Kent. The number 17 in England was just too strong for Lee, winning 3-0. In other news, BATTC has this week launched new adult sessions which are open to all adults from total beginners through to league players.

The sessions take place on Mondays and Fridays from 7.30-9.30pm with no obliga-tion to stay for the whole duration. Sessions cost £3 each and will take place at Bishop Barrington School in the newly developed table tennis hall. Bats and balls are provided. For more information check out the club website www.bisho-paucklandttc.co.uk or call Matt on 07411 018856.

Staffordshire success for Table Tennis Club

Lee (left) was runner up to Chamika Weerasinghe.

St Mary’s latest resultsIt has been a weekend of cup finals and tournaments for St Mary’s teams.Three tournaments produced three finalists with two winners, and one runner up while two cup finals both produced runners up in close games.The U11 Kings had a fantas-tic win at the Darlington RA tournament, winning the final against 21st Allstars in a penalty shootout. The shootout went to sudden death with Jonny Robinson scoring and Jack Gallimore saving the next penalty to give St Mary’s the cup.The U9 Kings also had a great win in the Ferryhill Tournament, beating Dar-lington Spraire Lads 2-0, Hartlepool Whites 3-0, Newton Aycliffe Falcons 1-0 and Mount Pleasant Rangers 2-0 in the round robin to qualify for the semi finals. There they demolished Darlington TSC 5-0 and won the final in similar style, beating Spraire Lads 5-1 AET with goals from Noah Fawcett (2), Ben Crinion, James Whales and Cobie Woods.St Mary’s JFC under 13’s performed well at the Annual Blackpool Tourna-ment winning four out of five group games. Their only loss was to Coulton Juniors from Leeds who they eventually met again in the final. After winning 8-0 in the group stages, Coulton thought they were easy winners, but St Mary’s fought to the end with one of their best performances

of the weekend, only losing 1-0. On and off the pitch the boys were a credit to the club, their parents and most of all themselves.The weekend’s goals came from Regan Nixon (6), Jack Purdham (5), Joe Seymour and Joel Manuel.The U10 Kings, who are in the Third Division, played in the TJFA Challenge Cup final and were so unlucky losing after extra time against First Division Grangetown Boys Club.The U16’s played Stockton in the League Cup Final and it was Stockton who came out on top this time.The U16’s also played Stockton in the final game of the season to decide who would take the title of First Division Champions with Stockton needing a win to leapfrog St Mary’s. In a very close game with chances at both ends it was St Mary’s who scored the vital goal to win 1-0 through Cieran Jackson ten minutes from the end.In a fantastic achievement, St Mary’s won six games in the last two weeks to clinch the title.The U14 Aces played their last game of the season away, winning 6-2 to finish their season one point behind league leaders Stockton.The U7 Aces had a fantas-tic tournament away at Middlesbrough on Saturday 14th May and came away as winners.The U9 Kings played a good friendly match against Aycliffe with goals from

Cobie Woods, Dan Walton, Ben Crinion and James Whales.The U11 Aces played the U11 Kings in the Fred Anderson Memorial Match at Heritage Park with the Aces just edging it 2-1.The club now has eight teams at the TJFA pres-entation night as either winners or runners up in their leagues: U7 Kings, U8 Kings, U9 Kings, U10 Kings, U13’s U14 Kings, U14 Aces and U16’s. Additionally, the unbeaten U17’s won the Russell Foster League Division One and three teams reached cup finals in what could be the best season ever for the club.The U17’s play Gateshead Redheugh on Sunday 22nd May in the Russell Foster League Cup final at Sun-derland Nissan while both U7 teams play at Blackpool this weekend.Also on Sunday is the Claire Shaw Memorial Match, to be played at St Mary’s home ground with a 3pm kick off. The game sees over 60’s players partici-pating to help raise funds for Claire’s two sons, Danny and Ben Shaw, who both play for the club.

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