New Milton Advertiser 4th Dec 2020

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Cricket

Commonwealth Games hopeful Heaps thankful for funding support

Bashley’s Baker tops chart after eight- wicket masterclass

TEENAGE Bashley Cricket Club leg-spinner Ethan Baker topped the Hampshire recre - ational cricket bowling charts after his eight-wicket spell in the Southern Premier League Cup victory over Hythe & Dibden CC in August. The 14-year-old’s remarka- ble figures of 8-15, which sent Hythe crashing from 72-1 to 99 all out, represented the best individual bowling return produced in Hampshire dur - ing the pandemic-shortened season. They also propelled him into the national top 20 list of bowling performances. Bashley CC’s seconds went on to win the Southern Pre- mier League Cup Division 2/3 grand final, beating Ports - mouth & Southsea CC in a thrilling final. NEW Milton Falcons have had their best year at the representative cricket trials with more girls selected for county or district cricket teams than ever before. Captain of the women’s team, Izzy Hill, earned a call- up to the Hampshire Cricket U17 team; Leah Cutler, Reagan Thomas and Katie Jones have all secured places in the county U15 team; while Emma Mills, Izzy Lloyd-Jones and Izzi Pugh have all made the U13 squad. In addition to these county representatives, New Milton dominate many of the district squads with six girls in the Hampshire South U15 squad,

ABOUT £135,000 is being pumped into a complete revamp of New Milton Football Club’s nearly 30-year-old chan- ging rooms. New energy-efficient heating, ventilation and hot water systems – replacing those which have been in place since the Fawcett’s Field facility was first built in 1992 – form a substantial part of the project, with extensive refurbishment also set to be carried out. The cost is around £16,000 over the £120,000 the town council had originally allocated for the scheme from its 2020/21 budget. But estates and facilities manager Mark Jeffries told members the extra expenditure could be met by utilising general savings made between April and September. He said: “The building is 28 years old and has had no upgrade or redecoration during this period. This is an opportunity to upgrade the building for the next 30 years.” Speaking during a recent online meeting of the finance and general purposes A MILFORD-based wheel- chair table tennis player hop- ing to represent England at the 2022 Commonwealth Para Games has thanked Dorset re- cycling company Eco Sustain- able Solutions for its support. Simon Heaps is a former England international and European champion who switched to the para side of the sport after losing his lower right leg to diabetes last year. Now aged 65, he retired from senior level competitions in 1979 but returned to play in 2016 before his diabetes worsened. One of his first tournaments as a wheelchair player was the 2019 BPTT Nottingham Para Open Grand Prix, where he won two silvers, in singles and doubles. He made his Great Britain Para debut at an international event in Costa Rica in December 2019, when he was 40 years older than the next oldest team member. The table tennis star does not receive funding, and relies solely on fundraising to compete on the international stage. The money he raises pays for travel, accommodation, entrance fees and helps finance his training. Heap’s newrelationshipwith Dorset firm Eco Sustainable

“As a competitor, youwant to plan your campaign of events around best performance not just what you can afford. Sponsorship backing is vital to enable me to go that extra mile and be the very best I can be, so I’m really grateful to Eco for their support.” Eco’s commercial director, Peter Hardy, said: “What Simon has achieved, both in his earlier years and since moving to wheelchair sport in the face of adversity, is truly inspiring. He is a very positive competitor and we are thrilled to be partnering with him through a shirt-sponsorship agreement.” Eco Sustainable Solutions employs 45 people at three sites across Dorset, processing local, natural organic waste each year which is put back to good use as compost, soil improver, fertiliser, landscaping products and biofuels. Over the past decade, Eco has invested more than £10 million in preventing carbon emissions by diverting organic waste from landfill and transforming it into sustainable alternatives. To donate to Heap’s fundraising campaign, visit his GoFundMe page at bit.ly/2PX5hJd

Ethan Baker

Falcons soar through representative trials

seven in the Hampshire West U13s, 10 in the Hampshire West U11s and four in Hampshire South U10s. This means the club will have a total of 34 girls playing girls representative cricket in 2021. New Milton Cricket Club started hosting girls’ teams four years ago. Coach Kevin Smith said: “I am extremely proud of all the New Milton Falcons girls that trialled, to have so many girls at all levels is testament to them and the club’s unswerving support to women and girls cricket.” For more information or to join, phone Kevin on 07920 466892.

Simon Heaps in his new Eco Sustainable Solutions-sponsored shirt

Solutions will help the player fulfil his dream of competing at the Commonwealth Para Games in Birmingham. Heaps said: “Age is no

barrier to me as long as I have my upper body strength and am in tactical control of the wheelchair. At the same time, elite level sport

entails expensive travelling and competition costs. The support from Eco is fantastic and will make a huge difference.

Football NewMilton Town to benefit from £135k council revamp

Golf

Bramshaw first in Hampshire to pick up safeguarding award

changed enough to venture nearer to the Needles. The first stop led to plenty of dogfish, strap congers, and a couple of rays. The best of these was a nicely marked thornback skate caught by club president Derek Smith. Harmer and Smith both caught conger eels. After weighing them in, the Commodore’s Cup for the heaviest conger went toHarmer. The day’s fishing was punctuated by several pods of porpoises breaking the surface nearby. After moving to a new spot, a similar variety of species were caught with the addition of a few small whiting and pout. As the tide picked up, the final move was to the shingles to drift for bass. The match was held aboard Art Savage’s boat Private Venture. committee, Geoffrey Blunden, who chairs the amenities committee, shared his excitement at the scheme’s green nature. Eco-friendly aspects include solar panels powering the heating and ventilation system for most of the year. Hot water for the 29 showers and taps would come from four externally-mounted boilers with much-reduced emissions and expected to use around 30% less gas than the current system. There will also be a complete overhaul of the building’s elec- trical systems, which will in- clude installing new LED light- ing in its eight changing rooms, at a cost of just over £11,560. As the revamp was put through during November’s online full town council meeting, Cllr Blunden said: “This project demonstrates New Milton Town Council’s commitment to its environmental sustainability action plan.” The work is set to start in December for completion by February, subject to Covid- secure risk assessments. Cllr

BRAMSHAW Golf Club is the first in the county to be awarded the national SafeGolf accreditation by the sport’s governing body England Golf. The SafeGolf partnership aims to promote a safe and positive environment for all those participating, working and volunteering in the sport. One of its chief aims is to safeguard the children and young people, as well as adults at risk, in the sport of golf. Bramshaw, which is the oldest golf club in Hampshire, has developed an active junior academy and a strong junior section. The club also runs Get Into Golf sessions for adults and juniors, and prides itself on welcoming new members of all ages. The SafeGolf award acknowledges the work undertaken by professionals, management, committees and members to provide a safe and friendly environment in which to learn and play the sport. General manager Andy Rideout said: “Being the oldest

Regional success for Durlston cricketers

EIGHT girls from local prep school Durlston Court have been selected to play for regional cricket teams following recent trials. DelilahRees,ConnieMowat, Ruby Hindell and Rebecca Todd have been selected for U13 Hampshire West; Tilda Mowat, Hettie Puckett and Amy Herbert were called into the U11s squad; and eight- year-old Philippa Todd was selected for the newly formed U10 Hampshire South squad. Durlston’s director of sport,

Angie Sparshott-Thompson, said: “Over the past two years, girls’ cricket has gone from strength to strength at Durlston. All girls in Year 3 to 8 play cricket during their summer games lessons. Additionally, we now have a cricket academy for girls and boys.” Specialist cricket coach Kevin Smith runs these additional sessions which take place throughout the year before school and at lunchtimes.

club in the county sometimes gives a golf club a reputation as being old fashioned. Luckily that couldn’t be further from the truth at Bramshaw. “This award will help us spread the message that Bramshaw and golf is open to all. It’s a great club to learn to play golf. Thank you to all the people who made this award possible, and thank you to England Golf for their support.” England Golf ’s club support officer, Tom Jessamine, who presented the award, said: “I’m delighted that Bramshaw has achieved SafeGolf status and that its efforts to grow the game can be nationally recognised.” Anyone with concerns about the welfare of a player, or the behaviour or practice of a coach, volunteer, organiser, parent or a player at the club can now report it to the lead safeguarding officer at England Golf via safegolf.org Captain Coundon rules for a second year Holding the SafeGolf award is junior organiser Nev James, with general manager Andy Rideout

Online exercise

Fishing

Get fit and help Macmillan patients stay connected

Harmer hooks large boat win ARRAN Harmer won the latest instalment of Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club’s Large Boat Competition.

AT this year’s New Forest Golf Club Seniors Section’s AGM, held remotely to the need to socially distance, Ian Coundon was reconfirmed as senior’s captain for a second year. There were two new additions to the committee with Steve Lupton taking over as senior’s secretary and Hugh Marchant as taking up the position of senior’s press officer; both roles were previously held by Ivor Griffiths, who stood down from the committee after 14 years of dedicated service. Ross Matthews, who stood down as treasurer earlier this year, also left the committee after seven years. The remaining positions on the committee are unchanged with Barry Nicholas (vice- captain), Alan Clark (handicap

Due to the tide, members decided to fish west of Christchurch Bay until the tide

A FITNESS instructor from Barton started online exercise classes during the second national lockdown in a bid to raise money for Christchurch’s Macmillan Unit. Mel Rayner hosted the 20-minute session free of charge, with the agreement that anyone who missed a class would donate £5 to the Macmillan Caring Locally supported unit located at Christchurch Hospital. The unit offers specialist palliative care to patients with any advanced, progressive, incurable illness with difficult symptoms or problems. In total, the unconventional fundraising idea raised £210. When Mel contacted Macmillan, Matron Lou Pennington explained that

many of the patients miss having a daily newspaper to read, and due to the current pandemic, they were feeling more isolated. With that in mind, Mel paid the money into an account at Town Common News on Fairmile Road. The proprietor, Onat, kindly offered to deliver them daily free of charge. However, when the money runs out, the deliveries will stop. To keep the patients up to date, Mel will host 30-minute exercise classes online each month, starting at 8am tomorrow (Saturday). After that, classes will be hosted on the first Saturday of each month. To view the sessions, visit melsfitnessfusion.co.uk. On making a suggested donation of £4 you will be forwarded a Zoom meeting code to use to take part in the workout. Additionally, anyone wishing to complete the workout at their own time can request a recording of the session. The session will be cardio- based sessions which aim to burn 350 calories in each workout. Any instructors interested in hosting additional classes throughout the month to help raise money for Macmillan should contact melsfitnessfusion@gmail.com

Seniors captain Ian Coundon

secretary), Young (treasurer), Richard Hammond (competition secretary and Graham “Rocky” Fearis (trophy curator, sickness liaison and senior’s webmaster) continuing for another year. Rob

Derek Smith fin ished second

Results: 1, Arran Harmer, 110 points; 2, Derek Smith, 87 points; 3, Jane Hopkins, 64 points; 4, Malcolm Gerrish, 47 points; 5, Alec Harmer, 35 points; 6, Roland Blomfield, 11 points.

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Winner Arran Harmer

61.62; 3, Andrew Bingley and Yvonne Moor- es, 61.36.

and Eryl Hardwick, 65.31; 3, Mike Thacker and Arthur Whittaker, 59.18. (30/11) BBO Team results. Match 1 - Hogs 15 VPs: (Mike Caruana, Jo Phillips, Keith Kensley, and Su Kensley) vs Jaguars 5 VPs: (Roy Fenton, Pat Butler, John Lee, and Moya Abbott). Match 2 - Goldfish 12 VPs: (Ann Var- row, Colin Christmas, Lin Abbott, and Hugh Gallacher) vs Cheetahs 8 VPs: (Pat Carru- thers, Gerald Moore, Pam Appleby, and Mike Thacker). Turner Bridge Club (24/11): 1, Glyn Hopkins and Sally Saun- ders, 62.04; 2, Dee Jones and Tim Macaire, 56.48; 3, Emma and Colin Jolly / Judi Martin and Sonia Jeffery, 54.63.

Lymington Bridge Club (25/11): 1, Penny Salter and David Hey- wood, 66.67; 2, Julia Wood and Tony Lowe, 61.11; 3, Sam Campbell and Rose Kennard, 60.65. (26/11) N/S: 1, Sara and Keith Charles, 65.74; 2, Julia Fauvel and David Beckingham, 59.26; 3, Pat Maycock-Elliott and Tony Elliott, 56.25. E/W: 1, Mr and Mrs Robot, 64.81; 2, Graham Foster and Yvonne Moores, 58.80; 3, Heather Graham and Peggy Bennet, 56.25. (27/11) N/S: 1, Sue Boyt and Julia Wood, 61.62; 2, Muriel Frend and Moyà Abbott, 58.59; 3, Vanessa Ainsworth and Frank Price, 54.55. E/W: 1, Sue Clarke and Marion Wicks, 65.15; 2, Marilyn Holmes and Gaynor Johnson,

Daniel reels in the rest to claimWin-Sum spoils

Highcliffe Duplicate Bridge Club (Greystones)

(23/11) BBO Team results. Match 1 - Jag- uars 14 VPs: (Roy Fenton, Pat Butler, John Lee, and Moya Abbott) vs Antelopes 6 VPs: (Beryl Williams, Brenda King, Jasmine Ma- mode, and Kate Pocknell). Match 2 - Hogs 18 VPs: (Jo Phillips, Mike Caruana, Su Kensley, and Keith Kensley) vs Goldfish 2 VPs: (Ann Varrow, Colin Christ- mas, Lin Abbott, and Hugh Gallacher). (25/11) Stepbridge Pairs: 1, Mike Caruana and David Charlton, 67.69; 2, Mike Hardwick

LYMINGTON & District Sea Fishing Club held the fourth Win-Sum League match of the eight-match competition at Warren Edge in Southbourne in perfect fishing conditions. Ben Daniel added to his victory in the previous round by winning overall. He also claimed the longest round fish pool and the longest flatfish pool with a 52cm

smoothhound and a 29cm plaice respectively. Eight club members signed on with five catching fish. The species caught included scad, sole, plaice, smoothhound and blonde ray. The competition is based on the length of fish caught. Results: 1, Ben Daniel, 218 cm; 2, Chris Ellis, 141 cm; 3, Billy King, 78 cm; 4, Paul Watson, 77 cm; 5, Pete Chamberlain, 42 cm.

The online exercise classes raised £210 for Macmillan