Robertsbridge

Robertsbridge Village Market: Tomorrow Saturday 7th February will see the first market of 2015. It looks like a great line up of food and craft stalls are booked in. The return of the regulars plus a few new ones. There will be the usual produce etc. and then there will be handmade children’s clothes, some exciting new savoury foods and some sweet temptations just in time for Valentines Day next week. Age UK East Sussex will be there for the morning to promote the group and to answer any questions on local services. Please spread the word to all of your friends that may not see this column what a great morning this is. Please contact Sally on 01580881944 for enquiries.

St. Marys Salehurst: the services being held this week on Sunday 8th February will be starting with Holy Communion in the Mission Room, Fair Lane at 9am. Then the Sung Eucharist will be at St Mary’s at 11am.The children’s club will take place in the Vestry during morning service. Feel free to go along and find out more. Last Sunday saw Rev. Christopher Channer conduct the Candlemass service. The children and the junior choir helped to explain the meaning of the ceremony and candles were distributed to the congregation. A big thank you to Rev. Channer and all those that supported him.

Jazz Club: is on Thursday next week 12th February. The Paul Kimber Trio will be performing between 8pm – 10.30pm. Tickets available from Judges in advance for £8 or £10 on the door on the night.

Half Term activities: These 2 activities available at Robertsbridge Community College on Monday 16th are for age 9years and up. There is a One Day Cookery event where your child can make and bake a Swiss roll and prepare a range of fillings. This is from 10am – 12 noon and costs £12 for the session plus an extra £2 for ingredients. Take a drink and your own container to bring home the goodies. The other one is Science Challenges with Science Magic. This is from 10am – 2pm and cost £15 for the session. Your child will be able to do Magic Experiments and make egg parachutes. Take a snack and plenty to drink. On Tuesday 17th there will be Trampolining and Indoor Ball Sports Competitions for all ages up to 14, with under 5`s requiring supervision from an adult. This session is from 10am – 2.30pm and costs £15 with a second child at £10. Experienced and qualified coaches run this. A packed lunch and plenty of drink is required.

Robertsbridge Hall: are holding an Indoor Sale on Saturday 28th February between 10am – 12 noon. There will be books, toys, bric-a-brac, jigsaws and much more for sale. A few tables are still available so to book yours please ring 01580 880457.

Helping Hands: our Community Friends Scheme for Robertsbridge and Salehurst has been running now for just over a year. In this time the volunteers have done 365 tasks, with the most popular request being for transport. The scheme links local volunteers with village residents who may need some help or just a friendly chat. Remember it is not just for the elderly. We can all find ourselves in need of some help at some point in our lives, regardless of age. Please contact 07726592739 if you need some help or if you would like to volunteer your time and skills. More volunteer drivers would be very welcome.

DARTS: Our poor season continued with a 3-4 home defeat against Mountfield Club ‘A’ last week. Keith Stone, Stuart Miller and Alan Apps were our victors while Michael Stone/Keith won the Mens Pairs and Frankie Taylor/Stuart won the Mixed Pairs. There were 100+ scores for Keith[140,121,100], Michael[140,120,108,100], Alice Hodges[139] and Frankie[100]. We won pushpenny 4-1 with wins for Dave Fortsch, Michael Stone, David Goodsell and Ted Goldfinch. Tonight we are at Mountfield Club against The Millers in the League Knockout Cup 8p.m.

LADIES DARTS: We staged a remarkable comeback at The Bear II on Monday losing 5-0 after the singles and only one game away from defeat when we found our form winning all three doubles through Carol Apps/Steph Goldsmith, Jackie Danaher/Eileen Morgan and Alice Hodges/Carol but we lost the first trebles match however Jackie/Steph/Alice and Eileen/Jackie/Carol won as we lost 6-5. There were high scores for Eileen[119,95], Alice[100,92,73], Jackie[97,70] and Steph[92,82]. Monday 9th we are away to The Bear I 8p.m.

STOOLBALL: The A.G.M. will be on Monday 23rd February 2015 @ Robertsbridge Club commencing at 7.30p.m. The Club would welcome any new players. Once again we have to thank Nick Coombs of Whatlington Garage for his continued sponsorship.

Sandie Madge & Sue Paine

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