Community Yearbook

3 Thursday, 21 January, 2021 Team Kennet mark 20th anniversary TEAM Kennet athletics section celebrated its 20th anniversary. And the club marked the occasion by launching its new running vest and T-shirt with a group photo of juniors and coaches. In 2000, Team Kennet Triathlon Club was reborn under athlete Nick Bull and chairman at the time Dennis Hub ard. The club changed to its current position offering triathlon and athletics to juniors and seniors, and after six years Hubbard moved away, with Bull taking over the running of club to this day. The club has gone from strength to strength and now boasts nearly 450 members, with more than 50 volunteers. Team Kennet was the second club in the UK to gain the special Club Mark Achievement and also helps fund the popular Newbury Parkrun. Over the years the athletic section has achieved a great deal and has become one of the strongest junior clubs in the UK, winning more than 60 Junior League matches. The Juniors have twice won the Wessex Young Athletes League – which covers six counties– and won the Oxford YA Junior League twice. In 2018, the club had its first junior world- ranked number one– Ben East– with a new UK record and new distance landmark achieved with a throw of 70.66m. Altior ruled out SEVEN Barrows trainer Nicky Henderson announced that Altior , one of jump racing’ s biggest names, would not run in the Unibet Silviniaco Conti Chase at Kempton. Altior was suffering from an abscess on his withers and it could be another week before he can have a saddle on his back. It was hoped the 10-year-old would bounce back in the race, having seen his 19-race winning run ended by Cyrname in Ascot’s 1965 Chase in November. Targets including the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase and the Ladbrokes Desert Orchid Chase also came too soon. Altior was aiming to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham for a third straight year.

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Dad’s special delivery Pc’s posthumous award Pc Harper’s bravery was recognised with a certificate

A POLICE officer who was killed on duty in West Berkshire was given a posthumous honour by his colleagues. Pc Andrew Harper died after being dragged along the A4 by a vehicle on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at the cross- roads of Ufton Lane and Lambdens Hill, near Sulhamstead. He had been attending reports of a burglary in Bradfield Southend. The 28-year-old had married his childhood sweetheart Lissie just four weeks before he died.

from his colleagues at the Police Federation Roads Policing Awards at a cere- mony. Mrs Harper received a stand- ing ovation as she took to the stage to receive the award on her husband’s behalf. The National Chair’s Certifi- cate was awarded for Pc Harper representing“ the very best of Roads Policing and policing in general” by the national chairman of the Police Federation John Apter.

MUGA plans scrapped enough, he also had to remove the umbilical cord which had become wrapped around the baby’s neck. Mr Sim said: “Jade was 11 WEST Berkshire Council abandoned its plan to reopen Newbury’s Faraday Road football ground as a multi-use games area (MUGA). Instead, the ground, which was previously home to Newbury FC as well as boys and girls junior teams, will be turned into flats as part of the plan to redevelop the London Road Industrial Estate. The council said it wanted to reopen the ground as a MUGA, featuring two five-a- side pitches, 4m-high secure fencing and eight floodlights, but it scrapped that plan because it was“ unpopular” and would have cost £130,000. A NEWBURY man described the moment he safely delivered his baby daughter by the side of the A339. James Sim and his wife Jade were on their way from their home in Clifton Road to the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital to have their second child. But baby Aria had other ideas – and decided she couldn’t wait to meet the outside world. Mr Sim, 35, had to stop just before the Star Inn pub in Kingsclere, where his wife gave birth in the back seat of his Audi two-and-a-half hours after her first contraction. If that wasn’t traumatic

days overdue so we were expecting her to go into labour, but we had no idea it was going to happen so fast. “She had her first contraction at 8.30am and I started getting ready casually because we thought we had plenty of time. “We had to battle through the

Newbury traffic and when we got to Kingsclere Jade shouted that she was coming. “I could see the head was showing, but the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck so I had to use my fingers to get behind the cord and pull it over her head.”

Vigil for bush fire victims

A VIGIL was held in Newbury town centre in solidarity with those affected by the fires in Australia and floods in Indonesia. Around 50 people attended the event in Market Place, where a minute’s silence was held after speeches from local climate change campaigners. The fires in Australia destroyed entire villages, caused thousands of people to leave their homes and killed one billion animals. The vigil was also for those affected by the floods in Indonesia, which are reported to have killed at least 66 people and displaced more than 36,000 in Jakarta, the capital. Both the fires in Australia and

Greggs help for homeless

Newbury Soup Kitchen founder Meryl Praill said: “With the colder weather, these vouchers will give a bit more flexibility for someone in need of a hot drink or hot meal outside our usual meal sessions or charities who open throughout the week. “Matthew Groves, manager of the Greggs store, supports Newbury Soup Kitchen every week, organising food donations for our sessions. “He always goes above and beyond his role as manager to help where he can.”

NEWBURY’S Greggs store helped a local charity feed rough sleepers. Newbury Soup Kitchen has been giving out £10 food vouchers to rough sleepers for Greggs Bakery in Northbrook Street. The vouchers were donated by Newbury Christadelphi- ans, who are based in Lower Way, Thatcham. The Christadelphians support Newbury Soup Kitchen throughout the year with other projects and donations.

floods in Indonesia have been linked to the climate emergency, and scientists predict more wildfires and extreme floods will occur as global temperatures rise. Elliott Clarke, four , at the climate vigil in Newbury’s Market Place

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