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John's 35-year passion for scouting
By Staff Copy
Scouting veteran
John Evett has been presented with an award for his services to town cubs and scouts over the years.
Mr Evett was
a scout himself and has served the area for many years.
He became an assistant scout leader in March 1972 and then became
scout leader in the area.
Working his way up, he held a warrant as assistant District Commissioner for the Scouts from
1975 to 1977.
From 1977 to 1993 he was the group scout leader of Waverley and then from 1994 to 1997 he became the assistant District Commissioner for Cub
Scouts in Kenilworth.
No stranger to awards, Mr Evett has been presented with two long
service awards as well as the Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service, which he received in June 1989.
He officially
retired from Scouting at the age of 65 in 1997 in accordance with the age limit rules which were in place at the time.
However,
Cub leaders were quick to accept an offer from him to continue organising Cub Scout football and he did that come rain and
shine for a number of years.
To say thank you, Mr Evett was presented with an award by the town mayor Coun Spencer Harrison
at the Lions Show on Saturday.
Lesley Plant, one of the organisers of the presentation, said: “This is our way to
say thank you to John for all his hard work in scouting over the years, but especially for keeping our cub football activities
going, always properly managed and always encouraging the real Scouting ethics of fun and participation.
“We hope
our small gift will be a happy reminder of many great occasions and most of all how much John’s support has been appreciated.”
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Green ideas for business? Pupils
urged to compete
By Staff Copy
Young entrepreneurs
in Kenilworth
are being sought by the cream of the town's business community.
Prizes including
Swatch vouchers, golf lessons and Leicester Space Centre tickets are offered to schoolchildren of all ages who can put forward
innovative business ideas.
Two major competitions have been organised to tie in with this year’s Kenilworth Business
Exhibition.
The chamber of trade wants to find a Young Entrepreneur and a Green Entrepreneur.
As part of this year’s
theme of positioning business within the community, the Chamber is introducing the two competitions for young people and schools
in Kenilworth.
The first part is The Green Entrepreneur Competition. Open to Key Stage
one and two youngsters, the aim is to come up with an idea for a green business; a product or service that will be good for
the environment and the community.
Key Stage one youngsters are being asked to come up with a green idea – whether
this is to reduce, reuse or recycle.
They must produce a storyboard with a maximum of 10 pictures.
All work on display
must be the children’s own efforts.
For Key Stage two youngsters the subject is the same, a green idea – reduce,
reuse or recycle. They must produce a Power Point presentation or one A2 poster maximum 10 slides.
Entries should be submitted
electronically where possible and as with Key Stage one, all work must be the children’s own.
Prizes for both categories
are as follows.
Best Team Prize: Young Enterprise will
donate enterprise training for one year group in the school for the overall winning team.
Individual prizes, first prize
will be an individual Swatch voucher for every winner, donated by Sylvesters Jewellers.
Second prize is tickets for Leicester
Space Centre donated by Power for Health and third prize is a ceramic painting session donated by Dragon Ceramics.
The
Young Entrepreneur category is for Key Stage three and four youngsters. - individuals or maximum team of four to six children.
The
criteria is to devise a business proposition with a green element.
Presentations need to be made on Power Point or report
format with a maximum 10 slides or 10 pages. Entries should be submitted electronically where possible.
The prize for the
best team will be team golf lessons donated by Kenilworth Golf Club and Individual prizes for Best Business Proposition are
as follows.
First, individual Swatch voucher for every winner, donated by Sylvesters Jewellers; second, individual Elf
Stationery vouchers; and third, cinema tickets donated by Power for Health
All entries should be submitted by September
12.
This year’s business exhibition will be on September 25 from 3pm - 8pm at the DeMontfort Hotel, Abbey End, Kenilworth.
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Estate agents are getting on their
bikes
By Sundari Sankar
Traffic diversions
and warmer weather have encouraged a team of Kenilworth estate agents to get on their bikes.
Owner of Newey
Property in Warwick Road, Michael Barnwell, spurred
on his co-workers to dust off their helmets and cycle to cut down on travelling times to appointments and viewings, since
part of the road closed last month.
He said: “We are all very supportive of the new developments in Kenilworth and
are very much looking forward to the benefits the regeneration will bring - but we found that travelling to appointments by
car was becoming very time consuming.
“I like to keep fit anyway, so it made perfect sense for me and all the employees
who could to use their bikes for work. We are finding that we can get to appointments on time and with a lot less stress.
Our customers like it as they appreciate that we are doing our bit for the environment.
“Now that it’s summer,
the weather isn’t an issue, I’m not stuck in a car for much of the day, I’m getting regular exercise - climbing
those hills around Knowle Hill is good exercise, let me tell you - and we are providing a faster service to our tenants and
landlords. Everyone’s a winner.”
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Dore will not refund money to
patients
By Staff Copy
Patients who
have shelled out thousands of pounds on the Dore programme have been told not to expect a penny of their cash back.
Families and
individuals in the area and across the rest of the UK have been sent letters from administrators Kroll stating that ‘due
to the company’s ‘financial position, refunds are not possible’.
Those who have paid by credit card might
be able to claw some of the money back, but for the customers who used debit cards or cash, it may have been lost. In some
cases up to £2,000 has been paid up front.
Some of the Dore treatment programmes cost up to £2,500.
One parent, Mr Turner,
who does not wish to be fully identified, said he was ‘sad and angry’ that the centre had closed down. He said
that his nine-year-old son was six months into the programme and was pleased with his progress.
But the family has paid
out more than £2,000 up front for the course and fear they won’t see any of it back. He also says he knows he is not
the only one that this has happened to.
Another parent, who did not wish to be named, said her child was undergoing treatment
at the centre and said she had borrowed the money to pay for the course.
Staff wages have also been left unpaid, with 100
employees losing their jobs following the announcement in May. Many are still awaiting payment and money owing is reaching
thousands.
All 13 Dore centres in the UK, including the company’s flagship base in Kenilworth,
were closed at the end of May due to financial issues.
The centre provided support and treatment for people with learning
difficulties.
It was first set up in 2000 by Hampton Lucy businessman Wynford Dore who had been inspired by his severely
dyslexic daughter, Susie.
The multi-million pound businessman thought of the idea after Susie tried to take her own life
after her diagnosis.
One in six people have the condition and Mr Dore, working with professors and eminent researchers
around the globe, funded a medical team to come up with a cure for dyslexia and other learning difficulties.
It claimed
to have helped thousands of people worldwide to cope with such difficulties.
Over the last three years Dore had treated
more than 10,000 people in the UK and helped patients in America, Australia and Hong
Kong.
As well as Kenilworth, it had centres in Bromley, Wembley, Bedford, Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Holborn, Kingston-upon-Thames, Langport in Somerset, Manchester,
Sheffield and Southampton.
At present no one is willing to comment and the administrators
have stated they are currently in the process of finding a new buyer.
Have you been affected by the closures at Dore? Contact
the newsdesk on 855061 or:
editorial@kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk
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Schools work hard to put their
green travel plans into action
By Staff Copy
Tackling congestion
and thinking about more sustainable ways to travel is high on the list of priorities for schools in Kenilworth.
Armed with county
council grants to help with plans, most town schools have already produced a School Travel Plan and committed themselves to
looking into more environmentally friendly ways of travelling to and from school.
St
John’s Primary School, Nursery and Children’s
Centre is just one of them. The school has already written a travel plan and plans to spend the grant on a ‘parent waiting
shelter’ erected on the school site to provide cover for parents who have walked to school to collect their children.
Headteacher,
Jan Hamilton said: “Our year six pupils, as part of their design and technology work, designed shelters and came up
with some very good ideas which were incorporated into the final design. Our travel plan has helped us towards our work in
achieving National Healthy
School status.”
Priors
Field Primary School submitted
its travel plan earlier this year. They are involved in a number of schemes including the recent Walk to School Week.
The
school has also signed up to the county council’s Trophy Scheme that rewards the class that have made the most effort
to travel sustainably, this could be walking, cycling, car sharing or even by scooter. The school has also been involved with
the Kerbsafe team and has been been awarded Healthy Schools status
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School has also
been working hard to tackle issues. Angela Scull, headteacher said: “The travel plan has really helped us to focus our
attention on what needs to be done to help with developing our children into healthier young people. They are now very aware
of all the issues around parking and crossing the road safely. It will also help us to ensure that children are increasingly
becoming more active in their walking/ cycling to school.”
Clinton
Primary School is keen to encourage more children to cycle to school
and already offer the pupils the opportunity to take part in cycle training and intend to spend their grant on extending their
bike shed.
The school also regularly takes part in Walk to School Week. Headteacher Jane Bates said: “Clinton works closely with its parents and pupils to support a range of initiatives, including
Kerbsafe and cycling awareness. “
Kenilworth School has had a travel plan in place since 2004. The school encourages many students
to travel to and from school by bus and used their grant funding obtained through the travel plan to improve the upper school
entrance.
Other schools including St Nicholas Primary School and Park
Hill Junior School
are just starting with their School Travel Plan but have already made progress in encouraging sustainable forms of travel.
Hannah
Collett, sustainable travel officer added: “The schools in Kenilworth have worked really
hard on their travel plans and implementing a number of measures to help tackle the problem that traffic generates.
“I
have been really pleased with the schools commitment and effort.”
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About us
We are a football club who
run a number of junior and senior teams for women and men. We are based at Gypsy Lane in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
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Kenilworth Town is an Association Football Club based
in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, UK.
The club was established in 1936 and we moved to our
current Gypsy Lane ground in 1962.
For the 2007 - 2008 season we will be running two senior
men's football teams and several junior sides.
Our senior sides finished the 2006 - 2007 season in
Division Three of the Midland Football Combination League. We will be adding another senior side for 2007 - 2008 which will
play in a lower league.
We run several junior sides for boys and girls from
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If you would like to know
more about Kenilworth Town Football Club please contact us.
Home Ground
AddressGypsy Lane
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
DirectionsDrive into Kenilworth and follow the main road to the bottom of the High Street. At the roundabout (with
a garage in the middle), take the turn for Leek Wooton. After 200 metres turn right into Rouncil Lane. After another 150 metres
turn left into Gypsy Lane. The ground is 100 metres down this lane.
Telephone
The club telephone number is 01926 850 851
Email
The club can be contacted using the contact
form or via email.
Volunteering
Our club is run entirely by volunteers.
Everybody involved in the club from the management committee to the ball boys (who are sometimes the same people!) give their
time freely to the club.
We are therefore always looking for people
who would be prepared to help in any way. This can take as much or as little time as you feel able to give.
You need no special skills to be a volunteer,
and we are looking for both football and non-football volunteers.
If you do feel that you would like
to become involved, either as a volunteer or in other ways then please contact us via email, on 01926 850 851 or come along for a chat on a Saturday afternoon.
Kenilworth Town Football Club are looking for a head coach to work with their men's football team as part of their
football management structure.
Kenilworth Town Football Club are looking for a coach to work with the men's football team.
Kenilworth Town Football Club are looking to build upon this season’s successful change of direction by recruiting
more local footballers as well as managers, coaches and club officials.
www.kenilworthtownfc.org
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Kenilworth Wardens
Play Cricket ID: 4019
Club Details
NETS AT GLASSHOUSE PARK,
GLASSHOUSE LANE:
Thursdays: 6.30-7.30pm - Girls U13 squad practise (outdoors)
Thursdays: 7-9pm - Mens Nets (Outdoors)
Sundays:
4-6pm
Womens Nets
For more information on Youth Cricket please contact Julian Jackson on julianjackson@beeb.net
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FUNDRAISING
I have a number of Invitation Books available at £20 each. Each contains thousands
of pounds worth of money off vouchers for local cinemas, Warwick arts Centre, local golf courses, Coventry City games, Warks CC Games, Macdonalds, Subway, Pizza Hut,
Hatton Country world, local restaurants, plus many, many more. You can soon recoup the £20 cost just by using a few vouchers.
Let me know asap if you want one!!!!
WARDENS KIT
I have a small number of short sleeved Wardens sweaters available
£15 each (proper woollen ones, none of this fleecey rubbish). Let me know if you want one.
LOOKING
FOR SOME NEW PLAYING KIT?
Kotak is once again selling Wardens kit with the following available:
Senior Kit
(All with Wardens crest unless stated)
Knitted Acrylic Sleeveless Sweater £25
Baseball Cap £6
Cricket Shirt (3/4 Sleeve)
£14
Panama Sun Hat £6
Fleece Jumpers
£25
Blue & Yellow Practise Shirt £14
Vest
£8
Round Necked Practise Shirt
£12
Cricket Trousers £15
Blue Polo Shirt
£14
Shorts £8
Track Suit £40
Most sizes available - please advise of chest
size, waist size, leg size, head size as applicable.
Junior Kit
(All with Wardens crest unless stated)
Junior Cricket
Shirt £10
Junior Fleece Sweater £20
Junior Caps £5
Kotak also has Bats, Helmets, Pads, Gloves, etc available.
Please ask for more information.
Please order direct with Kotak (at nets, after a game, at Friday night coaching etc) or
call him direct on 07905937623
LORDS TAVERNERS DINNER FRIDAY 18th JULY @ KENILWORTH WARDENS
3 course dinner with
Q&A session with Tim Munton plus another guest, and also Auction.
Tickets £25
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NETS AT GLASSHOUSE PARK, GLASSHOUSE LANE HAVE COMMENCED JANUARY 2008:
Dates For Senior Mens nets:
Thursday's 7pm
til 10pm
Sunday's 6 til 8pm
We are also proud to be one of the few clubs in Warwickshire to offer Ladies cricket, giving
our female members the opportunity to play competitive cricket in the Midlands League. Ladies nets commence Sunday 13th January
4-6pm, then change to 5-6pm from 17th February onwards.
All are welcome and if you want to play, watch, umpire, score
or sponsor cricket at any level then the Wardens will be happy to welcome you!
For more information on Senior Cricket please
conatct Stuart Johnson on kenilworthwardens@gmail.com
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For more information on Youth Cricket please contact Julian Jackson on
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ASK In a few words
According to the 2001 census the population of Kenilworth is over 23,000. This is significantly more than it was
in January 1965 when our old station closed. The line between Coventry and Leamington Spa runs through the middle of town and is used today by Virgin Trains and various freight
companies.
Rebuilding Kenilworth station was proposed in the late 90’s and the Local Transport Plan target was to do this by September
2002. For a variety of reasons the project has slipped. The main problem at the moment is the capacity of the line.
The rail industry are planning various schemes to relieve this network bottleneck but at the moment none of the proposals
include running a service to Kenilworth.
This is despite full support from the local authorities and a large
majority of opinion in town.
ASK is a campaign for a rebuilding the railway station
in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK.
ASK What?
We are campaigning for a railway station in Kenilworth and the train service our town deserves.
ASK Why?
So that the citizens of Kenilworth can benefit from a mode of transport that otherwise serves only to cut the town in two.
ASK How?
In a positive manner we will make sure the opinions of those in favour of the station are given
their due weight in the planning process.
ASK Contact us
Write to:
ASK, PO BOX 3652, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2YS
E-Mail:
web@kenilworthstation.org.uk
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