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Friday 4th December 2015Shildon & District Town Crier Issue 744 Page 1
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of our wonderful communityAt the heart
Friday 4th December 2015Issue 744
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Wednesday 25th November saw the annual Shildon Children and Young People’s Action Network (SCYPAN) Young People’s Awards take place at the Shildon Civic Hall.
Shildon Youth recognised at community awards
Funded by livin, Hays Travel, the Variety Show, Shildon Town Council and Darlington Chair Cover Hire, the Awards Evening is to recognise and reward the young people of the
town for all their hard work and dedication.The evening was exception-ally well attended with 250 invited guests including the families of those nominated for an Award.Also in attendance were Shildon Town Mayor, Cllr Matthew Burdess, local councillors and repre-sentatives from a range of local children and young people’s voluntary and community sector groups.Derrick Robinson, Chairman, SCYPAN said: “It was a truly amazing night which recognises and rewards the young people of the town. “Each year we receive more nominations and all the young people are winners. “Thanks go to all of those who nominated the young people as well as the young people themselves. “A big thank you also to Sunnydale Campus, St. John’s, Thornhill and Timothy Hackworth Schools and local organisations
Shildon Town Mayor, Matthew Burdess, with the award-winning cast of Les Misérables from Sunnydale Campus Greenfield Community College.
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A Santa Safety Hunt has been organised by the Shildon Community Safety Group in order to instil safety tips in the minds of the town’s youngsters.Youngsters in the town’s three primary schools will receive a sheet to complete in order to win a prize.The competition involves checking shop windows along Main Street and Church Street in order to find 14 Santas and their safety tips. The children will then match the tip, on the sheet, to the shop in which
they found the nugget of safety information.Tips include the following: “Never give your mobile number to people you do not know” and “Say no to strangers. Yell & Tell!”Those who have completed the hunt by the Monday 14th December deadline, can return the form to Gemma at Shildon Town Council Offices for the chance to win a Christmas-sweet tree.The three winners will be announced in the Town Crier in the following weeks.
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Passed away In Memoriam
Birthdays
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Santa’s Postbox has moved from its traditional place at the Council offices to the office of Shildon Alive.
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and all your family xx
Happy 7th birthday SonHave an amazing day
Kyle Stoker7th December
Love you lots,Mam & Dad
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To a special BroHappy birthday
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Love,Ethan & Ella
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Happy 65th birthday to my husband, Les
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Friend,Aileen
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Aged 73 yearsDearly loved Wife of George
William Thompson.Devoted Mother of Angela
and Gary,Dear Mother-in-law and a
much loved Gran and Great Gran
November 29th peacefully in hospital of Shildon
Relatives and friends please meet for service
in St John’s Church, Shildon on Wednesday 9th
December at 11.30am.Followed by cremation at
Durham.In heavenly love abiding
Donation in lieu of flowers, if desired, to the British
Heart Foundation, care of the family
Laura Wendy Thompson (nee
Linton)
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The Shildon Christmas Market will be open for business on Friday, 4th December, from 10am until 5pm along the length of Church Street.“Get your Christmas spirit flowing by visiting the second Chamber of Trade’s Christmas Market,” said a spokesperson, “which will see the celebration of the first full year for the Shildon Loyalty Card scheme. “Browse the many stalls for the ideal Christmas gift, featuring Christmas wreaths, hand made gifts, jewellery and much, much more. “There will be entertain-ment with a piper, Sunny-dale Campus School Choir performing traditional Christmas favourites, along with street entertainment, a stilt walker and specialist food purveyors. “So come and get your fill of Christmas cheer.”The Market will also be supplemented by the annual Christmas Proces-sion which will take place
from 4pm on the same day.“Meet at the Bus Station at the end of Church Street at 4.15pm ready for 4.30pm,” added the spokesperson. “Meet Santa and his guests who will lead the proces-sion along Church Street to the Town Square for the official ‘Turn On’ of the Christmas Tree Lights. “There will be Carols per-formed by Timothy Hack-worth School Choir.”From 5pm at the Shildon Civic Hall there will be free family entertainment featuring Mr Twister, a chil-dren’s disco, face painting, nail art, a roundabout and of course, Santa will be in his grotto to meet the children.Table top sales will also be held in the Civic Hall from 5pm – 7pm supporting local organisations.Meanwhile, the town’s young people may have noticed that Santa’s Post Box has mysteriously appeared outside the office of Shildon Alive and is now available for the posting of letters to Santa.
Christmas market and procession
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The Council proposes to make an Order under Sections 84, 87 & 89 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which is to introduce a 40mph speed limit on the following: (a) C35 Middridge Lane from a point 20mts west of its junction with Larch Ave., easterly to a point 22mts south east of its junction with the Unc. 42.9; & (b) Unc 42.9 from its junction with the C35 Middridge Lane northerly for 32mts. A copy of the draft Order and plans may be inspected at Shildon Library and at County Hall, Durham during normal opening hours and via the council website. Any person who wishes to object to the proposal should send their grounds of objection in writing to Loraine Holding, Legal Assistant at County Hall, Durham or by email to [email protected] by 04/01/16 (ref: 7109).
Dated: 3 December 2015
Colette LongbottomHead of Legal & Democratic Services
County Hall, Durham DH1 5UL
(C35 MIDDRIDGE LANE AND C189 SPOUT LANE, SHILDON)(40MPH SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2002 (AMENDMENT No. 1) ORDER 2015
Proposals for a poll seeking residents’ views on a North East devolution agreement will be considered by coun-cillors next week.Members of Durham County Council will be asked to agree arrangements for the poll, including how and when it will be carried out and how it will be funded.Proposals for the poll, and the reasons behind it, are set out in a report to full council, which meets on Wednesday 9th December at 10am.If agreed, a postal poll will take place, giving all those registered to vote the op-portunity to provide their views on the proposed North East devolution agreement.The poll would be funded from the council’s revenue contingency budget and the questions and accompany-ing consultation documents will be drawn up by Durham University.The proposed devolution agreement was negotiated with Government by the North East Combined Au-thority, which is made up of the seven councils covering Gateshead, Newcastle, North and South Tyneside, Northumberland, Sunder-land and County Durham.It would see decisions about transport, investment, funding, skills training, business support, housing and strategic planning being made in the North East instead of in London.It would also bring an ad-ditional £30m a year over the next 30 years, which would be pumped into the regional economy through investment, job creation, transport improvement and more targeted skills training.The proposed devolution agreement which has been
signed is conditional on further public consulta-tion, the Government’s spending review, legislation passing through Parliament and agreement by each of the seven councils in the combined authority.The results of the poll in County Durham will not be binding but they will help to inform the county council’s decision.Cllr Simon Henig, Leader of Durham County Council, said: “When we agreed, following public consulta-tion, to form part of the combined authority in April 2014, it was on the basis that the key deci-sions would be made by the combined authority’s leadership board, made up of all seven council leaders and mayor.“The Government has since made it clear that any de-volution agreements will also involve the creation of a regional elected mayor to oversee and be accountable for those decisions.“In addition there are issues, unique to County Durham, which require consideration – including the fact that our transport, health, police and fire services do not follow the same geographic bounda-ries as those in other parts of the combined authority area.“We therefore felt it was important that the people of County Durham were given the opportunity to have their say on this proposed devolution agree-ment.”Details of the anticipated cost of running the poll and of the proposed questions, background information for residents and timescales will be presented to full council when they consider the report next week.
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The Brownies, four of whom are pictured above, had a great time at the newly desig-nated youth group wing accommodation in Finchale Training College.
Brownies bake Christmas goods at Finchale Training College
The young girls at the 4th Shildon St John’s Brownies had a fantastic weekend residential trip at a new venue in Durham. The Brownies used the newly designated “youth group wing” accommoda-tion in what was Finchale Training College (soon to be re-branded as Finchale).The girls had a great time, and worked in their Brownie sixes, making many edible Christmas goodies including
mini Christmas cakes, and candy cane elves, reindeers and sleighs. One Brownie said of the experience: “It was great having a bedroom rather than having to sleep in a dormitory. At least I could go to sleep in the night time.”In further news, a Commu-nity Christmas Fair - organ-ised by Shildon Rainbows, Brownies and Guides - was held at the Old Shildon Club
on Saturday 14th November, and proved to be a success, raising £380 which will now go towards transport and residential holidays in the next year. A spokesperson said: “Shildon Rainbows, Brownies and Guides, would like to thank Old Shildon Club for the use of their premises when we held our Community Christmas Fair.We would also like to thank all those who came and supported us.
On Monday 30th November, The Royal British Legion (RBL) held a meeting at Shildon AFC to discuss the reformation of the Shildon branch.A spokesperson comment-ed: “It was a good turn out and we would like to thank all those who came and showed an interest.“Also thanks to those who were unable to attend but sent apologies. “A massive thanks to Norman Smith at Shildon AFC for allowing us to use his facilities and giving up his own time for us to
be able to progress with this. We would like to thank Keith Laws, County Chairman, and David Bell MBE, Membership Support Officer, for coming and providing more information and support. “Also Luan Carnall, a PTSD councillor from Founda-tions for her attendance, support and offer of her time if people need someone to talk to.“We are proposing to hold another get-together on a date to be arranged after Tuesday 16th December. If anyone has a suggestion for
Meetings for The British Legiona date please let us know, except on Fridays.”Anyone interested in further information can contact [email protected]. There will be an email address for the branch at a later date.The RBL has also opened a Facebook page under the name ‘Shildon Military Veterans’ (soon to be the British Legion). An Armed Forces back-ground is not required in order to join.
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A blue ford Kuga motor vehicle, parked in Auckland Wynd, was entered between 9.30pm on Wednesday 25th and 9.30am on Thursday 26th of November. The interior was subject of an untidy search, and a vehicle handbook and iPod Nano were removed from the glove box before the scene was vacated. Any information regarding this incident should be passed to the Officer in the case PC 2056 Lamb via tel-
ehpone number 101. Police are also appealing for anyone with informa-tion concerning the theft of a black Honda CM200 motorcycle, from a rear yard in Albion Avenue between 1.30am and 8am on Friday 27th November, to contact the OIC PC 165 Uzzell via telephone number 101. Those re-sponsible scaled a six feet high wall in order to gain access to the vehicle, which was subsequently recovered nearby.
Appeal for information on thefts
The Elm Road WMC Leek Club recently raised £375 which was donated to Auckland Park Ward in Westfield Road, Bishop
Auckland. The ward was suggested as a recipient by Vince Clarkson, whose mother-in-law was a patient there.
Elm Road WMC raise funds for ward
There will be a second-hand book sale throughout December, organised by The Co-operative Funeral-care on Church Street.There will be a number of second-hand books on offer between the hours 10am and 2pm, and all are priced at 20p each. Proceeds from the sales
will go to the Co-operative Group Charity Partner and The British Red Cross, to help in the joint campaign to target loneliness and social isolation in the area. “Call in and browse through the books and help us to help others,” said a spokesperson.
Book sale at Co-op Funeralcare
A Shildon man was sen-tenced to four years in prison after judges found him guilty of brandishing a knife with intent to cause more harm than was done.Jonjo York, 22, was in a dispute with a relative, which involved a wheelie bin thrown at the defend-ant, and a 12-inch knife that York used in response.The knife injuries on York’s relative were not severe but Judge Howard Crowson, presiding over the case at Teesside Crown Court, said: “When one wields a knife like that, there is a
risk of real serious harm, and even death. The knife was wielded with deliber-ate intent to cause more harm than it caused.”Peter Kilgour, mitigat-ing, said: “York showed remorse immediately by making a telephone call.”There was also, he added, an “element of provoca-tion” which triggered the knife attack.It was revealed that York, who has no current fixed address, has been charged in the past for injuring with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Four years for knife threat man Santa and his Elves (aka Leticia Guest and Emily Callaghan get ready to welcome the
children to their grotto at St John’s Christmas Fayre.
Santa joins community at St John’s Christmas Fayre
Air rifle possession unlawful
“Saint John’s Christmas Fayre was a wonderful celebration of Shildon as a community,” said County Councillor, Trish Pember-ton as the crush of the crowd surrounded her.With a record turnout and over 35 stalls, the Fayre, which took place on Saturday 28th November, was packed with people of all ages.
Paul North, 33, of Busty Terrace, Shildon, was stopped by police as he was being driven in a car by his partner, Laura Turnbull, on the A688, at Spennymoor, on the afternoon of 16th November. He told the officer that a BSA .177 air rifle, with telescopic sight, was in the boot. On checking, it came to light that, as North had recently been released from imprisonment, he was banned from owning a weapon for a period of five years. In interview, North told police that his partner had bought him the air rifle for shooting rabbits, squirrels and vermin, on land he had permission to visit.He stated that he didn’t recall being informed that
Children queued for Santa whilst parents browsed the crafts and bargains or enjoyed a mince pie and coffee. Raising over £3000 for the church, Rev. David said: “The money will be rein-vested in Shildon through our youth and children’s projects, through Shildon Alive, through keeping our building in a good state of
he could not own a weapon for five years when he was given lots of information on being released from prison. In mitigation, his solicitor stated that the offence was borne out of ignorance
repair and much more.”Opened by Shildon’s Mayor Matthew Burdess, the Mayor’s charity stall did a roaring trade as prizes were won and conversation shared. “This is commu-nity in action,” said Mayor Matthew, “and a privilege to be a part of.” Rev. David thanked everyone for their hard work and commitment.
and that the defendant had given the police his full co-operation. Magistrates ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the air rifle and North was fined £280, including costs.
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A red, black and white Honda 250cc Motor Cross Bike, and a grey Carrera Mountain Bike were stolen between 4pm on Monday 23rd November and 11.15pm on Tuesday 24th November, from a secure garage in Larch Avenue. The property was stolen after the lock to the garage block entrance gates was forced before the door to the garage (including its
Garage theft
frame) were forced and the property removed.If anyone has information concerning those respon-sible for this offence and/or the current location of the stolen items, they are asked to dial the police non-emergency 101 number and pass the infor-mation on for the attention of PC 2049 Chaney, the officer investigating the case.
The bikes, above, were stolen after the locked garage they were stored in was forced open.
Lord Lieutenant of Durham, Mrs Sue Snowdon and Executive Headteacher, Mr David Priestley with award winners from Greenfield Community College Sunnydale Campus.
Sunnydale campus recognises student achievements
Greenfield Community College in Newton Aycliffe and Shildon have been involved in double celebra-tions this week.Mrs Sue Snowdon, the Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, presented certifi-cates and awards on both campuses of Greenfield.The school was particularly proud of the class of 2015 at the Sunnydale Campus who faced some huge
changes in the final year at school as they became part of Greenfield Community College. The superb results demon-strated how they rose to the challenge and raised their expectations, showed resilience and persever-ance and grabbed every opportunity to work harder and achieve more. It was their positive mindset, hard work and de-
termination supported by their teachers that brought about such improved results. The whole year group did so well in their GCSEs but special awards went to the young people on the Sunny-dale Campus listed below.Mrs Snowden praised the students and the school for all their achievements and wished them well in the future.
GREENFIELD SUNNYDALE SPECIAL AWARDS - 2015
Art & Design Caitlin MaguireEnglish Language Ellie LambertGeography Kate BellHistory Abbie HetheringtonICT Meghan JonesMFL Rohan HaighMusic Nathan BrownPhysical Education Ethan TarnPhotography Natalie ComerfordReligious Education Bethany Algie Lee-ShieldScience Niamh EllisonThe Moira Cansfield Award for Excellence in Maths Adam MakepeaceIan Jerred Award for Most Improved Student Progress Lewis CoatsworthThe Hays Travel Award for Best Overall GCSE Results Bethany Algie Lee-ShieldQueen Elizabeth Sixth Form Award Niamh EllisonDeputy Head Boy Lewis CoatsworthDeputy Head Girl Caitlin MaguireMayor’s Award – Community Spirit Nicola StevensAdelaide Accolade Georgia JayeBrussleton’s Best Rohan HaighThe Deanery Legend Nathan BrownHead Boy Nathan BrownHead Girl Niamh Ellison
A Christmas Fayre will be held at the Shildon Spiritu-alist Church at Middleton Road on Saturday 12th December from 10 am till 2pm.There will be plenty of
entertainment on offer, in-cluding a raffle, a tombola and Brick a Brack. Refreshments and cake stalls are also available to feast on throughout the day.
Christmas Fayre
Wilko’s will be aiding the Salvation Army with their annual collection of toys for local children who would otherwise be left empty-handed on Christmas Day.Donations of new, unused
toys can be left at the Wilko’s in Bishop Auckland by the 20th December.If anyone would like more in-formation, they can contact the store on 01388 451530 and ask for Linda Rowland.
Donation appeal
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Community volunteer, Nicola fundraising for Project PeruAn award-winning young community volunteer is heading to South America in July to take part in Project Peru. “This is a trip that has been running for seven consecu-tive years and has been very successful in helping the City of Iquitos,” ex-plained Nicola, who was recently named County Durham Young Volunteer of the Year at the Durham and Dales Awards for Sport and Physical Activity.Project Peru is a small, voluntary UK-based charity offering food, clothes, shelter, education, health and fun to those who live in its children’s refuge in the desert shanty towns, and giving ongoing and practi-cal support to those who live in extreme poverty in the local community.“In previous years,” said Nicola, “students have built classrooms, food kitchens and many other facilities. “This year the trip will also include helping out in a local girls centre. “Our time there is to be spent setting up arts and crafts workshops and or-ganising sports.“I am very grateful to
have been given such a wonderful opportunity and I cannot wait to see the world from a new perspec-tive. “From this trip I hope to experience another way of life, meet new people and grow as a person.“However, most important-ly, I want to help create a sense of community in the deprived area of Iquitos.”In order to participate in Project Peru, Nicola is required to fund her place on the project and she has already made a start. “To fund this trip I must raise £2000 by April 2016,” she explains.
“I made £193.66 at St. John’s Church Christmas Fayre on Saturday (28th November) and I am also planning fundraising events such as coffee mornings and bag packs. “Any donations or help with fundraising would be very much appreciated.”Nicola can be contacted through her mum, Tracy, on 07891 461958 or by email at [email protected] also has a gofundme page where donations can be made directly online. It can be found at: www.gofundme.com/Nicola-ProjectPeru.
AS the national Christmas drink-drive campaign gets under way, police in Durham are warning mo-torists they can be tested at the roadside for drugs as well as alcohol.In March this year new legislation allowed police to use a ‘Drugwipe’ kit to take a mouth swab and test any driver they suspect to be impaired through the use of cocaine and cannabis. If the sample gives a positive reading they can be arrested there and then, with a further reading then taken at an independent laboratory.Since the introduction of the new legislation officers across Cleveland and Durham have arrested 136 drivers after they gave a positive reading.“This is the first Christ-mas campaign since the introduction of the new drug testing equipment, and the figures suggest it is a serious problem,” said Chief Insp Mick Robson, from the joint Cleveland and Durham Specialist Op-erations Unit (CDSOU).“Drugs can stay in your system a long time and if you are caught, the conse-quences can be huge.”The new law sets limits at very low levels for a total of 14 substances, including some prescription drugs.However, the limits set for medicines exceed the normal prescribed doses.Motorists convicted of drug-driving will be
banned for at least a year and can be fined up to £5,000 and be sent to prison. The penalty for causing death by danger-ous driving under the in-fluence of drugs is up to 14 years in jail.“Throughout the month the CDSOU will be staging regular roadside check-points and will arrest anyone found to be unfit to drive. Testing is also rou-tinely done following any collision, even if no-one has been hurt.“As we head into the festive season we want people to enjoy them-selves but to stay safe. And that means if you are heading out onto the roads, don’t be tempted to have anything which will affect your ability to handle a vehicle,” said Chief Insp Robson.Across both force areas across the three years from 1st January 2012 to 31st December last year, there were 21 fatalities, 69 people seriously injured and 422 slightly injured as a result of road traffic col-lisions involving a drink or drug impaired driver.Backing the campaign Ron Hogg, Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham said: “Driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs puts lives in danger, not only the driver’s, but those of other road users and pedestrians. “Be responsible and always make alternative plans to get home safely.”
Keeping the roads safe this Christmas
Nicola Stevens is raising funds so that she can travel to help children living in extreme poverty in Peru.
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Crib a first for Shildon
In a first for Shildon, a crib, pictured, was erected outside Saint John’s Church on Friday, 27th November.The figures, handmade by Christian Palestinians
in Bethlehem, were given in memory of Mrs Mabel Trotter by members of her family. Mabel died on Christmas Eve 2014 and the family
were keen to see her memory honoured. The stable was made and donated by a local crafts-man who preferred to remain anonymous.
for being part of the 2015 Awards.”This year’s winners were: Arts Creative Award: Lauren Atkinson; Arts Performing Award: Cast of Les Misérables, Sunnydale Campus Greenfield Commu-nity College; Sports Award: Nicola Stevens; Young Person’s Choice Award: Owena Saunders; Com-munity Champion Award: Timothy Hackworth School Council (Ben Hopper, Jessica Costello, Brendan Haigh, Ethan Ingram, James Plews, Kristian Welch, John Taylor, Ashton Houlahan, Rachel Jones and Millie Sanderson); The Schools Awards went
to, for Sunnydale Campus Greenfield Community College: Sophie Story; St. John’s C of E (Aided) Primary School: Anthony Scott; Timothy Hackworth Primary School: Casper Dowson and Thornhill Primary School: Harrison Taylor.Finally was the Chloe Clark Special Achievement and Recognition Award. This year the nominations for this award were so difficult to choose between it was felt that all the nominees deserved to share the award. The joint winners were: Mia Day, Matthew Harnett and Caity, Connor and Keira O’Brien who proved themselves an in-spiration to all.
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SCYPAN awards
Brian Joseph Wilson, 41, of Station Street, Shildon, was due before magistrates at Newton Aycliffe to face two charges of burglary
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Friday 4th December 2015 Shildon & District Town CrierIssue 744Page 8
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Town Crier
Shildon & District
The latest Shildon AFC Supporters’ Club lotto numbers were drawn on Sunday evening at the football ground clubhouse on Dean Street. The six numbers out of the bag were: 1, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 15. There were no winners
Greg Upton, Shildon Railway Cricket Club’s 1st team captain, will lead the final practice session of the year at Sunnydale Sports Centre on Friday 4th December from 4.30pm until 5.30pm. The session is open to all pupils of junior school aged and the club charges
of the jackpot, but lucky Liam Stockley once again won the consolation prize of £25.To win the £700 jackpot next week, players are required to choose the matching 6 numbers from 14.
£1 towards the cost of hall hire. Schools will be informed about future coaching sessions in the new year and anyone interested can follow what’s going on via the club’s Facebook page. Just search for ‘Shildon Railway Cricket Club’ on the social media site.
No jackpot winners
Junior cricket practice
Ann Dickenson with the John Hay Memorial Shield after winning the charity domino handicap on Saturday night at Shildon AFC clubhouse.
Ann knocks spots off opposition to win domino handicap
The annual John Hay Memorial Domino Handicap took place at Shildon AFC clubhouse on Saturday evening, 28th November.The tournament is organ-ised by Sue Charlton, the partner of the late John Hay, who was a director
of the football club and passed away during an away match at Seaham Red Star in 2013. A good turnout at the tour-nament raised £87 towards Sue’s chosen charities; the artificial limb service at James Cook Memorial
Hospital, Diabetes UK and Shildon Football Club.Ann, who worked as a vol-unteer with the football club until a recent illness, was overjoyed with her win. “My late husband taught me how to play. He would be proud,” she said.
Shildon AFC entertained local rivals Newton Aycliffe on Saturday 28th November and were beaten 2 – 1 on a cold and windswept after-noon.Kicking with the wind, Shildon created all the chances with Jamie Harwood heading wide and Paul Connor mishitting the target from close range.On 37 minutes a Dan Groves long range effort hit the bar with keeper James Winter beaten.Just before half time Bobby
Moore put Paul Connor through as he beat the offside trap and fired past Winter for 1-0 at the break for Shildon.Half Time: Shildon AFC 1 Newton Aycliffe 0.With the wind behind them, Aycliffe dominated play from the restart and just before the hour danger man Stuart Banks ran through the Shildon defence before finding Zak Boagey who fired low into the bottom corner for 1-1.It was all Aycliffe and on 71
Shildon slump to home loss in local derby
minutes they scored again when a left wing corner by John Campbell, assisted by the wind, went straight into the back of the net.Shildon were very poor in the second half not able to get a single attack or shot on goal.Final Score: Shildon AFC 1 Newton Aycliffe 2.Once again the Railwaymen lost a big game against one of the teams challenging for the title, just like they did against Morpeth Town and Washington.
Shildon AFC Supporters’ Club will be running a bus to Morpeth Town for the top-of-the-table clash on Boxing Day.Recent last minute cancel-lations have meant that the Supporters’ Club will now be enforcing a non-refundable deposit system for travel bookings.Supporters are requested to contact Winnie on 07784 975451 or Russell on 07538 789464 to book their seats for the Morpeth game, however, seats will not be confirmed until the required deposit is paid.
Deposits will be fully refunded in the event the match itself is cancelled.Meanwhile, the Support-ers’ Club will be hosting a stall at the Shildon Christ-mas Market. A spokesperson said: “Come along and visit our stall, which will be open all day and where you can buy a raffle ticket to win a Godfrey’s meat voucher, or grab one of the few tickets remaining for Super Santa Sunday III.“We will also have lots of other goodies that will fit nicely into Santa’s stocking.”
Supporters’ bus names for Morpeth
Shildon AFCForthComing FixtureS
Saturday 5th DecemberAway v Norton & Stockton Ancients
Saturday 12th DecemberAway v Ashington
Saturday 19th DecemberAway v Guisborough
