Community Yearbook

19 Thursday, 21 January, 2021

SEPTEMBER

Newbury Weekly News

Racecourse woes

Spider bite fright

Izzy hits big time WHAT a year it was for athlete Izzy Fry. Despite a much-disrupted season, the 20-year- old former Park House School pupil still managed to make waves on the big stage. She reached number one in the British women ’s under-20s cross country rankings in March and clocked a new personal best of 16:02 in the Senior Women’s 5,000m at the British Championships in Manchester. “Turning up at the British Championships and having an empty stadium was very strange,” she said. “My race was quite late so it was pitch black, with the floodlights on and really silent. It was quite eerie. But just being able to race with those girls and to get a PB was great.” Looking at her recent successes– fourth at that championships, fourth in the 5,000m European Junior Championships last year and gold in the European Cross Country Championships with her GB teammates in Lisbon in November – it is hard to believe she only started focusing on the longer distance 12 months ago.

A BEENHAMman needed hospital treatment after being bitten by a spider. Antony Mayne was“hot, clammy and not really with it” when his mother called for an ambulance and the 33-year-old was rushed to hospital in Basingstoke. His sister-in-law, Gemma Leach, a veterinary nurse, warned others to be vigilant. “He was bitten last week and every day it was getting worse and worse,” she said. “He went to West Berkshire Hospital and was told to get some Piriton, but by Saturday his mum feared the infection was going into his blood as he was hot, clammy, off his food and not quite with it really. “He had a high temperature and a high heart rate and so she called an ambulance.” He was sent home from hospital with strong antibiotics after doctors confirmed he had been bitten on his right shin by a spider. FOR the last 41 years, Glyn ‘The Watch Man’ Moyse has been a familiar sight to those visiting Newbury Market. Whether you needed a new watch, batteries, a repair or just a chat, he was always there come rain or shine with a smile on his face. However, he called time on four decades as a trader to enjoy his retirement and spend time with his wife. A number of regular customers turned up to wish him well on the day, while his fellow traders presented him with some gifts in recognition of his long service.

THE coronavirus pandemic resulted in Newbury Racecourse reporting a 68- per-cent drop in turnover in the first six months of 2020. The racecourse was forced to cease all of its racing, hotel and conference and events trading activities on March 17, after holding three race- days before the lockdown. Racing resumed behind closed doors on June 11 and three racedays were held in the first half of the year, bringing the number of racedays to six, compared to 11 in 2019. Total turnover in the six months to June 30 was down 68 per cent compared with

the same period in 2019, £7.57m to £2.45m Loss before interest, tax and exceptional items was £1.64m, compared with a £300,000 loss the year before. Losses after tax were £1.68m

compared with a £221,000 loss in 2019. The racecourse had to furlough staff and went through a restructure programme, resulting in 19 employees being made redundant.

But on Monday the hospital called him back in for daily intravenous antibiotics, after his blood test results showed such a serious infection. “It was really, really nasty and it looks awful,” Ms Leach said. “Eventually he was admitted to hospital and he had to have surgery on his leg on Thursday. “They are potentially planning for more surgery in a few days and he could still lose his leg.”

Tributes to Terence

and chains, including Mothercare and BHS. He also created other London restaurants, including the Soop Kitchen, Quaglino’s and Mezzo. However, it was for his fashionable furniture, interiors and homeware that he was best known. In 2005, he was named as the most influential restaurateur in the UK.

TRIBUTES were paid to British designer, restaura- teur and retailer Sir Terence Conran after he died at his Kintbury home. He “passed away peacefully” at Barton Court, aged 88. Sir Terence was best known as the founder of Habitat and later helped found the Design Museum. His empire went on to span restaurants, architecture

Time’s up for Glyn

Emma’s national title EMMA Davies was crowned national under-12 10-mile time trial champion after a stunning performance on the A4. The Newbury Velo rider outpaced the fastest riders in the country in her age group to take the title in a time of 31mins 05secs. The competition was staged by Newbury Velo, attracting 350 of the UK’s fastest riders and it was Dan Bigham of Rib le Weldtite Pro Cycling who stormed to victory in the main event, adding to his 2017 and 2018 national titles.

Sharkey slams river pollution

Mr Moyse started selling digital watches at the market with his brother Ian in 1979. He said: “I’ll miss my customers – some of them have known me since virtually day one – and I’ll certainly miss the cama- raderie between the traders.”

Lambourn is a chalk stream, one of the rarest habitats in the world. “The River Kennet is a chalk stream, some of the rarest river habitat in the world.” Mr Sharkey is a lifelong fly fisherman.

the Lambourn and Kennet. Thames Water said sewage discharges only happen when there is no alternative and the system was designed to prevent flooding inside and outside homes. Mr Sharkey said: “The River

SINGER Feargal Sharkey criticised Thames Water for “dumping” sewage into West Berkshire rivers. In a series of tweets the former Undertones frontman said that the company had spent 2,237 hours polluting

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