Community, Parish Council & Village
… then come along to Orpen Hall car park, 9am – noon, Saturday 16h October, and help Bergholt Heath YFC raise funds for a memorial in the village to the club’s former chairman Peter Redhead who sadly died this summer. All age groups from under-8 to under-18 will be taking part and will be pleased to receive donations in exchange for cleaning your car.
These are the themes of two upcoming concerts being given by the West Bergholt Concert Band. The Best of British concert, in aid of Colchester Garrison Riding for the Disabled features a wide range of British Classics from Colonel Bogey March to Bohemian Rhapsody. Tickets will be available on the door at St Botolphs Church, Colchester, on 20th November at £6 adults, £4 concessions and starts at 7:30pm.
Their Christmas Concert at St Mary the Virgin, West Bergholt takes place on 11th December at 7:30pm with tickets priced at £6 adults, £5 concessions, and will feature many Christmas Classics including The Bells of Christmas, Happy Holidays/White Christmas, Mary’s Boy Child and many more.
The under 8’s played a very entertaining game at home against Bures. Richard Frost scored the pick of Bergholt’s 3 goals with a shot from the edge of the area into the top corner of the net.
The under 12s gained revenge for their poor performance and result at home to Coggeshall last week, winning the reverse fixture away 6-1. After trailing 1-0 at half time with another inept half, stern words from the manager seemed to do the trick and after “watching the game on TV” as one parent put it at half time, they worked harder to win the ball, got their passing going, and ran out comfortable winners. Bergholt Heath’s goals were scored by: Antonio Sabini x 2, James Holden x 2, Gianni Sabini and Jamie Bowden. The Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’ was Matthew James.
Our under 13 team did not have a match scheduled this weekend.
The under 15s scored their first goal of the season, by George Lowe, but unfortunately still lost away to St Edmunds 11-1. However due to continued absences through injury, they only fielded the minimum 8 players.
Our under 16s team also lost away, to Brightlingsea 3-1 despite having taken the lead. Joshua Claydon scored yet another goal for Bergholt.
The under 18s were beaten at home by Gt Bradfords 6-0. Nothing more to say about that one.
Fixtures for Sunday 17th October:
U8 v Gt Bradfords KO 10.30
Heybridge v U12
U13 v St Clares ‘B’ KO 10 (Essex Cordell Cup)
Brightlingsea V U15
Colchester Athletic v U16
Feering Falcons Blues v U18
The upcoming 90th anniversary & Wilkin’s of Tiptree were key topics for the October meeting.
Pat Moran, president, welcomed members and visitors. The federation sport’s quiz will be for sale next month. A secretary for 2011 has to be found by the annual meeting next month when the WI Adviser, Val Stone attends. Next year is our 90th birthday and a luncheon has been arranged in February 2011 at the Balkerne Rooms Colchester Institute. A £5 deposit should be paid in November. A coach will be booked.
The WI 2011 programme is complete and a special 90th cover has been organized.
Wednesday 8 December will be the celebration of Christmas at Chelmsford Cathedral. Times 2.45pm and 7.45pm.
Mr Chris Newenham representing Wilkin’s products from Tiptree spoke about the history and future plans. Members were surprised to hear Christmas puddings and boxes of tea are stocked in the shop. A visit to the orchards will form part of our annual outing next year.
… with West Bergholt Concert Band on Saturday 16th October, 2:30-4:30pm in West Bergholt’s St Mary the Virgin Church.
A distinguishing feature of the West Bergholt Training Band is the regular Music Workshops, which the band holds. They are free and are open to all woodwind and brass players. There is no audition but you will need to read music. Members of the concert band will also be playing so you will have the opportunity to play interesting music with more experienced musicians.
The session will include a range of musical styles from jazz to light classics, pop songs, music from the shows.
The enjoyment does not end there. There is the opportunity to join the Training Band which meets on Friday evenings at the Heathlands School in West Bergholt. For more information on the bands have a look at our website, www.wbcb.org.
If you play a woodwind or brass instrument and would like to have an enjoyable afternoon of music, make a note for 2:30pm, 16 October, St Mary the Virgin Church, West Bergholt.
Find out more about quilting, art, lace, patchwork and many more crafts at an exhibition being held on 16th October in the Methodist Church & Hall between 10:30 and 5:30. Admission is £1 and refreshments will be available with proceeds going to church funds. The hospice will be selling craft books for their funds.
On the related subject of donations the recent house-to-house collection for ‘Action for Children’ raised a staggering £845.13p – well done to all.
The under 8s didn’t have a game as their scheduled match against Coggeshall was postponed as Coggeshall could not raise a team.
The under 12s did play their counterparts at Coggeshall, but were on the end of a very disappointing 2-1 home defeat. Jake Adams scored the Bergholt Heath goal and “man of the match” was Leo Tiffney.
The under 13s gained our solitary point this weekend, drawing 2-2 at home to Harwich and Parkstone. Edward Quilty and Fawz Olabooye scoring the goals for Bergholt Heath.
Unfortunately due to several injuries, our under 15 team had to call off its game at home to Long Melford. Speedy recoveries hoped for!
The under 16s team lost 4-0 away to Halstead Town Blues.
Our under 18s team were only able to field 10 men due to college and work commitments, but battled hard only to eventually lose 4-3 away to Bullers. Alex Ponsford, George O’Connor and Dean Bennell were the Bergholt Heath scorers.
Next Sunday – 10th October – fixtures:
Under 8 v Bures KO 10.30am
Coggeshall v Under 12
Under 13 No Game
St Edmunds v Under 15
Brightlingsea Regents v Under 16
Under 18 v Gt Bradfords KO 10.30am (Orpen)
Work has been proceeding apace and the 2nd-3rd October road closure is going ahead as scheduled in order to connect the link roads to the A12 (see website for detail). The new junction will serve an area of redevelopment land to the south of the A12, in the vicinity of the Weston Homes Community Stadium, and will enable the development of
residential areas and other mixed uses. It will form a direct link between the A12 and
the new Northern Approaches Road (Phase 3), and also serve the relocated BP Services and the proposed Park & Ride. The full news update can be downloaded from our website here.
… seemingly alive and well on the River Colne!
West Bergholt Gardeners’ Association members shared the passion of Darren Tansley, Essex Wildlife Trust, in ‘The Search for Ratty’ when they learnt about his project on water vole restoration to the stretch of the River Colne between West Bergholt and Chappel. Darren’s presentation was followed by the Annual General Meeting when eight committee members were elected. This was the first meeting of the 2010-2011 programme of speakers and activities.
A day outing to East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden, Norfolk has been planned for 15 June 2011, stopping off on route at Taverham Garden Centre. Members and non-members were urged to book early so as not to be disappointed. Further information obtainable from the Treasurer at [email protected]
Mike Logan-Wood, Leader of the RSPB Chelmsford and Central Essex Group, will be addressing members at the next meeting on 18 October at 7.30 in the Orpen Hall. He will present on ‘Secret Lives of Garden Birds’. Visitors are also very welcome to attend.
Joining our organisation is easy and inexpensive. Membership subscription is value for money at only £8 per year. The Chair, Valerie Lofthouse, can be reached on 01206 855450 or [email protected] for details on the Gardeners’ Association.
Our under 8’s team is thoroughly enjoying their first season playing football together. Today the goals were scored by Jonah Murray and two from Richard Frost. Well done boys!
The under 12’s lost their first match in the A league this season narrowly losing out to Lexden Saints, current A league champions, 2-1 at home. Both of the Lexden goals were somewhat lucky – a deflected shot wrong-footing the goalkeeper and a speculative high shot that caught in the strong wind. The game was generally very even with both sides having chances. The Bergholt Heath goal was scored by Antonio Sabini with a quick shuffle to the left to create space inside the area and a cool left footed finish into the corner. The Bergholt Heath ‘man of the match’ was Jamie Bowden.
The under 13’s lost 9-2 away to Stanway Rovers, also in the A league. Bergholt Heath took the lead and at half time the match was evenly balanced at 2-2. The second half saw Stanway Rovers bring on some of their “Alliance League” players which made all the difference, with the score running away from Bergholt and the team looking a little demoralised at the end.
Our under 15s are still to get their season up and running in the D league, today losing away to Clacton 25-0. However the manager was unable to field a full team of 11 players.
The under 16’s faired better but still came out on the wrong side of a 2-1 defeat at home to Brightlingsea. Josh Claydon scored the Bergholt Heath goal.
Our under 18’s team were the only winners this week, running out comfortable 9-1 winners away to Tolleshunt D’Arcy. A true reflection of the teams dominance would have been a score well into double figures, however the referee appeared to take pity on the home team, which kept the score down. Alex Ponsford scored a hat-trick, with Ben Brice and Leo Reid scoring 2 each. Ben Rout and Ben Flower completed the scoring for Bergholt.
Fixtures for next Sunday 3rd October:
Coggeshall v U8
U12 v Coggeshall KO 10am
U13 v Harwich & Parkeston KO 12 noon
U15 v Long Melford KO 2pm
Halstead Blues v U16
Bullers v U18