Coffee Mornings 2013

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Coffee mornings are a regular feature of life in Whitwell, held at the Community Centre most Saturdays throughout the year. They are run by a different community group each week, allowing them to raise much needed funds.

Please note that the list below is subject to change, groups may cancel and be replaced.

March 30th Whitwell Youth Club
April 6th O.A.P. Association
April 13th Whitwell Residents Association
April 20th Excel School of Dance
April 27th St. Lawrences Church – Sunday School
May 4th Visually Impaired
May 11th Luncheon Club
May 18th Whitwell Players
May 25th Whitwell and District Womens Institute
June 1st Worksop Rotary Club
June 8th Whitwell Scouts and Guides
June 15th Hodthorpe Community Association
June 22nd Welbeck Brass Band
June 29th Friends of Whitwell Primary School
July 6th Whitwell Methodist Church
July 13th No Coffee Morning – Gala Day
July 20th Clowne District Community Transport
July 27th Whitwell Community Centre
August 3rd Whitwell Playgroup
August 10th R.N.L.I.
August 17th Hodthorpe and Whitwell Church Ladies Group
August 24th Hodthorpe Allotment Association
August 31st Whitwell Labour Party
September 7th Whitwell Forward
September 14th Whitwell Residents Association
September 21st Whitwell Junior Players
September 28th Short Mat Bowls
October 5th Luncheon Club
October 12th Whitwell Players
October 19th Whitwell and District Womens Institute
October 26th O.A.P. Association
November 2nd Whitwell Park
November 9th Inner Wheel
November 16th Jayne Lancashire School of Dance
November 23rd Whitwell Cricket Club
November 30th Whitwell Local History Group
December 7th Hodthorpe Community Association
December 14th NORSACA
December 21st Explorer Scouts
December 28th No Coffee Morning

2012 Christmas Lights Parade

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To celebrate the turning on of the Whitwell Christmas lights for 2012 we once again held our popular Christmas Lights parade; Stopping for carols around various parts of the village.

Fortunately this year we didn’t have any rain, and even though it was a bit cold a good number of you turned out and we thank you for that.

After the carols we all went back to the community centre to warm up with some mulled wine and mince pies as well as more Christmas tunes from the brass band and also some songs from Whitwell Players’ performance of Scrooge.

Whitwell Needs You!

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Whitwell needs your help, or rather our younger residents do.  Whitwell has been without a Youth Club for a number of years and a dedicated group of people are trying to change that and they need your help.

A lot of the time consuming work has already been done, a committee is in place along with a constitution and a bank account.  Funding has already been applied for as well.  The only thing missing right now are volunteers to help run it and keep an eye on things.

It’s not going to be a completely structured club, it won’t be all planned activities requiring a huge amount of your time.  The plan is to run a “drop-in” style club where our young people can socialise in the dry out of the cold, get a hot drink and a snack with a bit of light supervision.

The plan is for the club to run on Tuesday evenings between 18:00 and 20:30 (ish) at Bakestone Moor Community Hall (Friendship Hall)

Volunteers will need a CRB check, but this can be arranged or if you chose then you can do the Volunteer Passport which includes training around volunteering, first aid etc.

To sign up you’ll need a form from the community centre.

Community Centre Mangement – AGM

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The AGM for the Whitwell Community Centre Management Committee will be held at the Community Centre on Thursday 26th July at 7:30PM in the Meeting Room.

All residents of the parish are welcome to attend (as they are at the monthly committee meetings).

The AGM will see the audited accounts for the 2011/2012 year presented as well as nominations for the user group representatives (6 required) and individual representatives (4 required).

We encourage anyone with an interest in how the Community Centres are run to attend.

The Agenda can be found here: AGM agenda 26.07.12

Gala 2012 – Photo Competition; Entries & Winners

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After a brief scare shortly before the deadline that no one was going to enter we were inundated with entries for the photography competition this year, which is exactly what we were hoping for.

Our youngest known entrant was just 10 years old and scooped 2nd prize in the Wildlife & Animals category.

Congratulations to our winners and well done to everyone else who entered – maybe next year will be your year.

The Winners

Scenic

  1. Norman Daniels
  2. Steven Hough
  3. Norman Daniels

Wildlife / Animals

  1. Steven Greaves
  2. Eleanor Clay
  3. Karl Austin

Unfortunately we don’t have copies of all of the entries, we’re missing the winners from the Scenic category mostly – If you’re one of our winners and you’d like to see your photo up here then please let us know how we can get a copy.

We’ve tried to present the images as un-altered as possible, although they were scanned in from the prints (with the exception of a couple in digital format that we had) and the scanning software did make automatic adjustments on some.

First Place (Wildlife/Animals)

Steve Greaves

 

Second Place (Wildlife/Animals)

Eleanor Clay

 

Third Place (Wildlife/Animals)

Karl Austin

 

Other Entries

Karl Austin

 

Karl Austin

 

Karl Austin

 

Karl Austin

 

Karl Austin

 

S Hough

 

Mollie Bearder

 

Mollie Bearder

 

Mollie Bearder
Lucie Heaton

 

Amanda Beamish

 

Amanda Beamish

 

Amanda Beamish

 

Amanda Beamish

 

Amanda Beamish

 

Steve Greaves

 

Hannah McClair
Mr & Mrs Haywood

 

Hannah McClair

 

Julie McClair

 

Hannah McClair

 

Tim McDermott

 

Tracey McDermott

 

Tim McDermott

 

Tim McDermott

 

Tracey McDermott

 

Tracey McDermott
Hannah McClair

 

Steve Greaves

 

Julie McClair

 

Pia Godley

 

Gala 2012 – Photographs

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Despite the change of venue and the odd downpour spirits weren't dampened and the 2012 Gala was one of the best we can remember.  Here we have a selection of photos from the day.

Gala 2012 – Venue Change

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Due to the lovely British summer weather we're having the 2012 Whitwell Gala will now be held at the Community Centre instead.  We've inspected the recreation ground today and it's just too wet to be safe.

Unfortunately it does mean one of the displays we had planned won't go ahead – hopefully we'll keep that back as a surprise for next year instead :)

Savage Skills will still be performing their shows and we'll still have all the other stalls and displays.

We'd appreciate it if you could please tell all your friends and neighbours that the Gala has been moved.

Thank you,

Tim & Team

Gala 2012 – Photo Competition

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After the success of last years photo competition at the Gala we'll be running it again, although with a few small changes.

This year the two categories will be:

  • Scenic
  • Animals/Wildlife

We've done away with the age based categories this time and brought in a couple of small rules:

  • Maximum of 3 entries per person, per category.
  • Prints can be a maximum of 10" x 8"

If you'd like to enter then you need to take your entries down to the Community Centre by Thursday 12th July 2012.  The winners will be judged on the day and featured on our website after the Gala.

Good luck, happy “snapping” and we’ll leave you with last years 1st place entry, “Brian” the snail (from Whitwell).

2011 Whitwell Gala Photo Competition Winner

Whitwell Gala 2012 – A Sneak Peak

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It might be Valentine’s Day today, but it's also only 5 months to go until this year’s Whitwell Gala on the recreation ground.

We've got a number of new things planned for this year, along with some of our old favourites, so we thought we'd give you a sneak peak of one of our main attractions this year.

To entertain children and adults alike we've got the fantastic Savage Skills mountain bike display team performing shows throughout the afternoon.  They'll be demonstrating their gravity defying tricks and stunts for your entertainment.  To get an idea of just how good they are, have a look at the video below.

Sam Oliver (Spring 2010) from Sam Oliver on Vimeo.

We hope that has wetted your appetite for this year’s Gala, stay tuned for more news over the coming months – and remember, “don’t try this at home”