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The Burton Joyce Neighbourhood Plan has taken an important step towards completion after it was submitted to Gedling Borough Council for independent examination. Read more on page five.
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Triathlon comes to Lowdham and Gunthorpe
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Neighbourhood Plan a step closer to completion
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New pavilion being constructed at Poplars Sports Ground
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We are proud and excited to bring you the first edition of the Burton Joyce & Lowdham Local News - a new newspaper that will serve the local community.
The Burton Joyce & Lowdham Local News is a monthly publication and is being delivered door-to-door to 5,000 homes and businesses in Burton Joyce, Lowdham and Gunthorpe, along with copies for the villages of Bulcote, Caythorpe, Hoveringham, Thurgarton, Bleasby and Gonalston.
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The Burton Joyce Neighbourhood Plan has taken an important step towards being reality after it was submitted to Gedling Borough Council for independent examination.
Burton Joyce Parish Council and a group of volunteers have put together the plan, which will influence any future developments that may take place in the village over the next 15 years.
The process started in April 2016 when an application by the parish council to designate the Parish of Burton Joyce as a neighbourhood plan area was approved by Gedling Borough Council.
A consultation period took place at the start of this year where local residents were able to give their views. This included a drop-in session in the village and an online questionnaire.
The vision of the plan states: “In 15 years’ time Burton Joyce will be relatively unchanged. The village’s identity and strong community
spirit, its natural beauty surrounded by greenbelt and safe environment being maintained.
“With a broad range of local facilities and pedestrian-friendly centre, it will be commercially attractive to existing and new businesses. Appropriate development, sensitively located and of quality, will be in keeping with the size and character of the
village, meeting the community’s demographic needs.”
The committee behind the plan said: “The aim is to reflect the wishes and aspirations of everyone. The production of this plan has not been easy. It has taken several years and lots of meetings but we think the effort is worth it to get a say in how Burton Joyce should grow over the next 10 years.”
Jessica Sherrin, parish clerk at Burton Joyce Parish Council, said: “A great deal of time and effort has been put into the whole process - by the steering group team led by councillor Terry Hazard and our consultant Helen Metcalf – in both the consultation with residents and writing the plan itself.
“The end result is a comprehensive and professional set of documents, which we are proud to be submitting for examination.
“The parish council gives its grateful thanks to all those involved in this mammoth effort so far.
“We look forward to completing the final stage of the process – the referendum.”
After the examination, the Neighbourhood Plan has to be voted on by residents of Burton Joyce.
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Over 3,000 triathletes descended on Nottingham for the popular Nottingham Sprint Triathlon and Outlaw Half Nottingham.
The main event consisted of a 1,900m open-water swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run, which started and finished at the National Watersports Centre.
It was an early-morning start with the swim in the lake at Holme Pierrepont beginning at 6:10am. Competitors then cycled through East Bridgford and over Gunthorpe Bridge towards Lowdham.
They went through Southwell and Thurgaton before returning to Lowdham and crossing Gunthorpe Bridge again.
Competitors then ran through Hawksworth and Thoroton before making their way back to the National Watersports Centre.
The event featured some of the best athletes in the world, including Olympian Will Clarke
The Nottingham Sprint Triathlon offered the opportunity for some to qualify for the Great Britain Age-Group team. Meanwhile, others were taking
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Lucy Charles and Sam Pictor won the Outlaw Half Nottingham in glorious conditions on a lovely weekend in Nottinghamshire.
Lucy said: “I really enjoyed it. Great course, great crowds out there. I knew it was going to be close for the record.
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Women in Burton Joyce and the surrounding areas are having better births thanks to a birth preparation method created by the Maternity Innovator of the Year, as named in prestigious industry awards held last month. Sian Gilmartin, from The Daisy Foundation, created a unique peri-natal support method that has helped tens of thousands of parents to prepare for positive birth and build their confidence.
Sian took the joint-title alongside Rachel Gardner of Sheffield charity Forging Families at the MaMa Conference awards in Glasgow. Katy Mogg has been teaching the Daisy method in the local area for over a year and has seen first-hand the amazing transformation Daisy classes can have on women.
Katy (pictured) said: “I see women who are utterly terrified of birth in the first class become calm and confident in just the space of a few classes and go on to have the positive birth that are right for them. It is so rewarding and makes this just the best job in the world.
“I couldn’t be prouder that Sian has been recognised in this way. Daisy teachers all over the country are seeing the difference that can be made to families when they feel confident, happy and relaxed in birth and parenting.”
Katy, a mother-of-two, teaches eight classes a week including parent, birthing, tinies and wrigglers. She juggles running
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“The fact that Daisy teachers are mums too means that they know what it is like in those tough first years of parenting and I think that is the magic ingredient in Daisy classes,” Katy added.
Parents are flocking to Daisy Birthing classes for their unique mixture of active-antenatal teaching and unconditional non-judgemental support. Daisy Birthing is a ground-breaking active antenatal class that blends yoga-inspired movement with breathing techniques, birth hypnosis and traditional antenatal education to help women build their confidence as they prepare for labour. The Daisy Foundation is empowers all women to make informed choices that are right for them and their family.
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A new pavilion is being constructed next to the bowling green at the Poplars Sports Ground in Burton Joyce.
The Poplars Sports Ground is home to Burton Joyce FC, Burton Joyce Cricket Club, Burton Joyce Archers and Burton Joyce Bowls Club.
The exciting project was made possible thanks to a generous donation to the Burton Joyce Parish Council by the bowls
club and planning approval subsequently followed.
Burton Joyce Parish Council said that “grounds staff have been working hard ready for delivery of the pavilion later in the spring”.
The wooden pavilion is set to be completed at the end of June.
The sports ground comprises a state-of-the-art 3G all-weather seven-a-side pitch which converts
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New pavilion being constructed at Poplars Sports GroundSeveral members of the Notts Gymnastics Academy made the journey to the Echo Arena, Liverpool for the 2018 British Championships. The team of young athletes returned home with an incredible total of 16 medals and numerous individual titles, providing great hope for the continued success of gymnastics in Nottingham.
Raekwon Baptiste, aged 15, led the medal charge with an amazing display of strength, power and excellent lines as he dominated the Men’s Artistic Under-16 British Championships. Rae counted just one major error across all six
routines, placing his hands down on landing of the hugely difficult double twisting double backwards somersault on the floor exercise. Recovering from an unexpected fall on his first apparatus, Rae showed maturity and composure beyond his years and delivered five other near-faultless routines to claim the all-around title, along with the individual apparatus golds on rings, parallel bars and high bar, with a solid routine on the pommel horse rewarded with a bronze medal.
In the Men’s Artistic Under-18 competition, 18-year-old Pavel
Karnejenko finished third in the all-round competition and was left to rue two errors on the pommel horse.
Pavel had fought back gallantly to take the lead heading into the final rotation. However, another fall on the final element on an otherwise superb parallel bars routine saw his grasp on the title slip away.
An ongoing ankle injury had hampered Pavel’s preparation, but there was some consolation in the final result, as he collected a silver medal for his efforts on floor and rings, with his high bar routine producing the highest score of the day for the gold medal.
Thirteen-year-old Liam Jury vaulted his way to a bronze medal in the Men’s Artistic Under-14 Vault final and recovered from a sluggish start to his all-around competition to finish a creditable 14th place.
Team-mate Alex Yoshina-Cash, aged 13, produced a near-perfect competition and earned himself a 10th place finish among the best 13 to 14 year olds in Great Britain, qualifying for the pommel final in the process. Oliver Kettleborough, aged 15, lit-up the arena with his unique style and eccentric choice
of leotard and 'Notts Blue' hair dye in the Men’s Disabilities Masters competition. The focus was very much on his gymnastics after the final piece of apparatus though as Oliver came up just short of the top spot on the podium with an incredible effort to take the all-around silver medal.
Oliver also celebrated gold on floor, rings and vault, with a silver on high bar. These results were made all the more special as Oliver was competing against athletes up to 10 years older than himself and the fact that he has only just recently recovered from a long injury lay-off.
Ramiyah Kofi (13) performed two near-perfect vaults as she won silver in the Women’s Artistic Junior Women’s Vault final, with a strong showing in the all-around competition earning Ramiyah a top-12 finish in Great Britain.
Thea Dane (14) had a flawless first British Championships having only qualified at the back end of 2017. An 11th-placed all-around finish was her reward and her stunning floor routine resulted in
Thea narrowly miss out on a medal, finishing fourth in the finals.
The academy was admirably represented across all four days of fierce competition by Isla Lees (13), Summer Hill (12), Tom Morley (17) and James Hodgson (19).
Meanwhile, 2012 Olympic bronze-medallist Sam Oldham unfortunately had to withdraw after four apparatus as he suffered a nasty-looking ankle injury on his vault landing.
A special mention must also go to Christine Tse (15) who only recently returned to full training after a broken finger and just in time to
take part in her final competition before retiring.
Academy performance director Adam Folwell was delighted to witness such a strong showing across the pinnacle of competition in Great Britain.
He told the Local News: “The team were obviously gutted for Sam after he got injured.
“Not having either of the Downie sisters available for competition because of recent injury setbacks was very different to normal.
“Much of the limelight and focus is naturally attributed to them.
“Our younger generation have stepped up to the mark though.
“They have shown our strength in depth and I can only see a very bright future ahead for these wonderful young athletes.
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Don told the Local News: “As soon as I was earning my own money - from a newspaper round when I was at school - I spent it all in junk shops.
“I loved the atmosphere and the characters that I encountered in those early days of learning my trade.
“I was always looking for quirky things. If I didn’t know what something was I would ask for information. I still enjoy finding out about things other people don’t know about. I like talking to people and discovering their history.”
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The Nottingham Rowing Club Masters G coxed four of Dave Wregg, Tony Lorrimer, Steve Cuthbert, Peter Stasiuk and cox Claire McCready (pictured above) are celebrating after they won the Masters E/F/G coxed fours event over the 450-metre sprint course.
Their first-round opponents were old rivals Stourport. The crew had a handicap start because of the age difference, which they made full use of and had actually increased their lead after the first minute of the race.
They then cruised to the line allowing Stourport to close the gap, but it was a comfortable win by one length.
The final saw them up against an even younger crew from Hereford who were the winners from the Saturday regatta.
However, the race followed the same pattern as the previous race with the Nottingham crew crossing the line still two lengths ahead.
The crew enjoyed the day’s racing back on the river, reminding them
of memorable river regattas from 40 years ago.
Meanwhile, the club’s senior section went to the Olympic rowing course at Dorney to take part in Wallingford Regatta - one of the UK’s larger club regattas.
The women's coxed four of Madeleine Davy, Chantelle Johnson, Charlotte Bainbridge, Natasha Johnson and cox Sophie Jones (pictured below) won Club Fours after a close race with Llandaff in the final. The women's quadruple scullers came a close
second to Thames and the crew then split in to two double sculls that came second in both the challenge and club events.
The challenge double scull were narrowly beaten to the line by Katie Greves - an Olympic silver medallist in 2016 - and her junior international partner.
The men's challenge coxless four missed out on the final by 0.6 of a second after coming third in their semi-final. The squad now travels to Ghent Regatta to test themselves at international level.
Regatta season gets under way in style for Nottingham Rowing ClubThe first of the season’s sprint regattas took place this spring where amongst the usual races were those deciding the crew-boat - boats of two or four paddlers - selection for Team GB.
Paddlers from across the country came to test their mettle and Nottingham Kayak Club (NKC proved themselves once more to be a premier sprint club.
Despite repeatedly claiming retirement, Hayleigh Mason lived up to her well-deserved fantastic reputation in the back of a K2 with Sam Rees-Clark.
They were selected to represent Team GB in the ladies’ 500m. Sam also won a place in the ladies’ K4 500 metres.
Stelian ‘Norris’ Naftanaila paddled to an impressive victory in his K1 200m race and also won places in the K2 200m and K4 500m crews.
Those competing will take part in the ICF Senior Canoe Sprint Senior World Cups in both Hungary and
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Impressively, Norris and Sam are both under 23, while Norris also bagged a place in the under-23s men’s K4 500m, with Sam winning a spot in the ladies’ K4.
Zyggy Chmiel and training partner Charlie Smith were the fastest U23 pairing over the longest distance, and are justifiably representing Team GB in the K2 1000m.
Norris, Sam, Zyggy and Charlie will be competing at the ECA U23 Canoe Sprint European
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There was even more Nottingham Kayak Club success at the selection races for international individual sprint events.
Zyggy was selected to compete over 1,000m at the U23 European Champions in Italy.
He will also race over 5,000 metres at the Senior World Championship in Portugal.
There’s no doubt there’ll be plenty of Nottingham Kayak Club excitement across Europe this year.
If you want to have a go at kayaking or canoeing, a come-and-try-it session is held every Sunday from 11am until 1pm at the club on Trentside North.
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