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St Luke’s Church receives cheque worth £13,845

Durham County Council-lors, Pauline Crathorne and John Lindsay have sup-

Mayor of Ferryhill, Cllr Pauline Crathorne and Councillor John Lindsay present St Luke’s Church will a cheque worth £13,845 which will help replace the crumbling wood work at the main entrance of the church.

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Ferryhill Methodist Church is holding a number of Easter services throughout this month.On Sunday March 20th (Palm Sunday) at 10.30am, Deacon Sue Peat will lead the All Age Worship service. In the evening, at 6pm, Reverend Andrew Robinson will lead the Holy Communion.On Thursday March 24th (Maundy Thursday) at 7pm a united service with Windlestone Church will take place and will be led

by both Deacon Sue Peat and Reverend Andrew Robinson.On Friday March 25th (Good Friday) at 10:30am, Reverend Andrew Robinson will head another service.On Sunday March 27th (Easter Sunday), Reverend Sue Wigham will lead the Holy Communion. During the evening, there will be a service with Mrs Dorothy Emmerson.“Everyone is welcome to attend,” said a spokesper-son.

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There will be a weekly advice club held at St Aidan’s Church Hall begin-ning on Monday 4th April at 10am-12pm and every Monday thereafter.The idea is to help people get online and access help via the internet or provide

teaching to those who just wish to know more about computers. A spokesperson said: “If you wish to join please call in to St. Aidan’s Church Hall any Monday to book your place. Alternatively, you can ring 01325 301937.”

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ported St Luke’s Church, Ferryhill to the sum of £13,845 - funds which will

go towards replacing the crumbling woodwork at the main entrance and fire doors to the Parish Centre. This popular venue for many community projects was opened in 1985 and, despite continued regular maintenance, the hard wood timber had suffered from the harsh weather over the past 30 years.The glazing above the main entrance had become quite dangerous being held in only by the mastic sealant.Church Warden, Harry Slater, approached 4Together Area Action Partnership for funding. Councillors Lindsay and Crathorne agreed to fund the project in full from their neighbourhood budget funds. A spokesperson added: “Hopefully this project will make the building more secure. We hope that the new framework will last considerably longer than the old frames with much less maintenance cost for the church.”

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at 9.45am with a short sermon by the Vicar of St Luke’s followed by a speech from the Mayor of Ferryhill, Councillor Pauline Crathorne. The flag will be raised at 10am after which refresh-ments are available in the upstairs conference room in the Town Hall.The event will be attended by local councillors and children from schools throughout Ferryhill.

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North-East based charity Veterans at Ease will be partnering with Ferryhill Methodist Church for its monthly ‘Handbags and Sandbags’ event.The event, which will be held on the 1st Friday of each month joins the church’s regular coffee morning but will enable regular visitors to find out about the work of Veterans at Ease.It is also a drop-in for

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Thank you to all who came to the Stuart Trotter’s All About Picture Book Exhibition last week and making it a great success. I hope you found Stuart’s illustrations inspiring and the work of the pupils and students just as impressive.

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Holly, a Year 3 pupil at Cleves Cross Primary School, with her winning design: a front cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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Children at Cleves Cross Primary School recently enjoyed an exhibition, organised by children’s picture book illustra-tor, Stuart Trotter and Approach Too, which spanned from 29th February to Friday 4th March.The exhibition promised to provide opportunities for local children and young people to showcase their amazing talent and artwork to the public.Holly Richards, a year 3 pupil at the primary school said: “We met a famous illustrator called Stuart Trotter, he told us about his job and how he draws

the pictures for Rupert Bear. I found this very in-teresting and I think his job sounds awesome.“He told us that we could create our own front cover of a children’s story book and that the best ones would be picked to go in an exhibition with some of his pictures from real books!“I really wanted to have a go but I wasn’t sure what an exhibition was so I had to talk about it with my mam and dad when I got home later. It was so hard to make my mind up what to draw. I finally picked The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe because I was enjoying this story at

school. I had to draw my picture three times before I was happy with it, and then I handed it in. I felt nervous and excited all at the same time. I wished and wished it would be picked! Then, finally, I got an invitation to the opening of the exhibition while I was at school. My picture had been picked! I was so happy and couldn’t wait till home time to tell my family. I walked to the opening of the exhibition with some of the other children from my school who had pictures in the exhibition with our head teacher, I told her about my picture on the way. The exhibition was fab-u-lous! “I loved seeing all the pictures that the other children around Ferry-hill had made along with Stuart’s pictures from his books and there with them all was my picture! I felt so proud. I really hope lots of other people saw the exhi-bition and enjoyed looking at the lovely pictures.”

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and very much appreci-ated”.Donations can be left at the Scout Hall on Siemens Street, during the follow-ing times: Tuesday 7-9pm; Thursday 6-7.30pm; or Friday 5.45-7pm.Alternatively, contact Group Scout Leader, Malcolm Turnbull on 07908 155097 to make arrange-ments for their collection.Also, if anyone would like to buy raffle tickets, contact Sue Allison on 01388 814820”.

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The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), in partnership with County Durham Community Foun-dation (CDCF), is making available £150,000 for a grants fund to support the community and voluntary sector of County Durham and Darlington.The fund will support

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Last end heartbreak for Ferryhill pair

Having fought their way through a couple of testing preliminary rounds, Kev Weallans and Jim Maddison travelled to York to rep-resent Ferryhill IBC in the area finals of the National Over 60’s Pairs Indoor Bowls Championships, against a pair from Hornsea.The match started well and by end eight they were eight shots up and looking comfortable.However, suddenly the pair lost their way. Scoring only once from the next eight ends they found themselves two shots down and time running out.A late rally produced four shots with only two in reply and so at the last end the scores were level.Lead man Jim Maddison put in four great woods and with the skips to play, Ferryhill were holding two shots. Unfortunately the Hornsea

skip kept his best four until last and took the shot. Skip Kev Weallans was just off target in his attempt to pull back the shot and the pair eventually lost out by two.There was more bad luck for Ferryhill in the Premier League in their efforts to secure a place in the playoffs as the road show moved to Gateshead for the last round of fixtures.Their opposition for the day was to be Great Aycliffe but on the eve of the fixture Aycliffe declared they were unable to field a team. The two points were subse-quently handed to Ferryhill who now found themselves in third and holding a playoff place. Of the other three fixtures, two had a direct bearing on Ferryhill’s chances.Lady luck was definitely not on their side, however, as both results went against them leaving them fifth - only one point outside of the playoffs.

However this was a great achievement for a small club like Ferryhill compet-ing against the best in the region. Ferryhill were looking for maximum points to enhance their title chances when they entertained Spennymoor in the Durham & District triples.This fixture is always a very close affair and it turned out to be just that as only two points separated the sides overall.H Wilson’s rink for Ferryhill produced a late rally taking nine shots from the last five ends to win by three.Ray Jones did likewise. His rink took ten shots from the last six ends to edge home by two. However, this was not enough to earn the aggre-gate score points as the third rink were beaten by seven shots. Final scores: H Wilson 12-9 H Hall; J Gleghorn 9-16 G Black; R Jones 13-11 B Raine. Fer-ryhill 4-4 Spennymoor.

Ferryhill Town youth u7’s entertained Darlington Spaire lads on a cold Sunday morning. The snow fell but it wasn’t enough to put off a very enthusiastic set of kids! Ferryhill opened the scoring when a flowing passing move involving Max, Ben and Jayden resulted in Jayden slotting the ball in left footed to make it 1-0.Spaire lads fought back and scored a great goal, lobbing Jude in goal who wasn’t tall enough to reach it. After halftime, Ferryhill got theirs and Jaydens second of the match, he took and

scored directly from the corner, something he has been practicing. Spaire lads fought hard and were only denied by some good solid defending by Ben, Zak and Jude. Final score 2-1. In the second game on came Cole, Logan , Finn and Archie but Spaire lads were just too strong, 1-8 the final score, Jude getting Ferryhill’s consola-tion goal. The supporters went away happy after seeing some great football and team work.Next week is away against Primrose Hill.

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Preparations for Mains-forth Cricket Club U11’s 2016 season begin with a five-week indoor coaching program at Ferryhill Com-munity Hub, starting on Sunday 13th March.The sessions run from 10am to 12pm mid day and all equipment is provided. The club U11’s side is the

entry level to competitive cricket for primary school children and no previous experience is required. The cost of each session is £3 and they are organised by ECB qualified coaches. Anyone interested in booking a place or in more information, contact Tom Stoddart 07850 187698.

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Ferryhill Celtic travelled to Pelton Crown on league duty and it was a hard fought game for the title favourites. After a tough start, half way through the half, a Chris O’Hare cross found Luke Thompson who volleyed home to give Celtic the lead. Shortly after, however, Pelton Crown drew level to make it 1-1 at half time.The second half had a more promising start for Celtic as

Dave Eltringham chipped the keeper for his second goal in two appearances to restore Celtic’s lead. Shortly after, a Shane Todd cross caused chaos in the box resulting in an own goal and a final score of 3-1 to Celtic.Leaders, Framwellgate also won 3-1 but have a free weekend, so Celtic could take top spot if they win the Ferryhill derby against the Hub this weekend. Kick off on Sunday is 10.30am.

Ferryhill Celtic return with 3-1 win