Helsby Golf Club Captain Martin Mann and Lady Captain Sheila Fenwick undertook a marathon charity challenge playing 4 rounds of Golf in 4 countries on 21 June 2010 (the longest day of the year) in aid of the Club charity Powered Wheelchair Appeal.

They had a superb day which started with them teeing off in the dark at 3.25am at Cairndhu Golf Club in Northern Ireland! The subsequent rounds were played at Wigtownshire Golf Club in Scotland, Padeswood & Buckley Golf Club in North Wales and they finally arrived back on home turf at Helsby Golf Club at 7.30pm.

The approximate amount raised (Still to be confirmed) is around £7,500.00 - £8,000.00 for the Powered Wheelchair Appeal which supports deserving local less abled youngsters. The money was raised by sponsorship and also had many donations including £1000 from Frodsham & Helsby Rotary and other generous donations from local businesses in Helsby & Frodsham - many thanks to all involved.

A school reunion is being organised for the now 60 year-olds who attended Helsby County Grammar School for Girls, leaving in 1968 (6th Form) or 1966 (5th form).

Ruth Croxall has organised various walks over the weekend of 30th, 31st July - 1st August, with the main event being a lunch at Forest Hills Hotel on 1st August. Please confirm your place as soon as possible. The Forest Hills Hotel will pass on Ruth’s details to those enquiring, so please ring The Forest Hills Hotel:

Tel 01928 735255

On 21st July, two residents of Meres Edge in Helsby, are cycling from London to Paris in order to raise money for Action Medical Research (a charity that helps prevent illness in babies and children in the UK.)

Paul Hindle is 36 and a school teacher at a Primary School in Widnes. His neighbour Paul Rogers is 40 and is a police officer based in Warrington.
For the event, they will be cycling 300 miles in 4 days and aim to raise £1200 each.
It is part of an organised charity event and they will be amongst approximately 600 other cyclists completing the trip.

Paul Rogers has been interested in cycling for a long time and regularly cycles to and from work in Warrington whereas Paul Hindle has never been a cycling enthusiast, but became recently "hooked" over the summer.
They both admit to being on the large side (16 stone plus) hence they are travelling by the name of "Two Fat Blokes and Their Bikes"!
If anyone would like to offer their support and sponsorship to this very deserving charity please follow the links below.

www.action.org.uk/sponsor/hindle
www.action.org.uk/sponsor/twofatblokesandtheirbikespjr

We are a group of Kingsley residents with a common interest in the environment and in our community. We believe that to face the challenges of Peak oil and Climate change we need to reduce our consumption of fuel and energy and live a more sustainable lifestyle based on building a strong and resilient local community.

At present we have 3 groups of local residents working on a number of projects, as well as a Steering committee over-seeing the Transition Initiative itself.

Frodsham Youth Association, a small but important local charity successfully bid to Connexions Cheshire and Warrington for £40,000 to upgrade and modernize the building on Fluin Lane in Frodsham. About 100 children and young people use the building per week. The building is open 4 nights per week and offers a very important service to children and young people in Frodsham and Surrounding areas. Recent attempts by the Management Committee to recruit more adults to become involved have not been successful. In order for this important resource to continue adults from the local community do need to come forward to give the project sustainability.

The under 16's and under 13's at Helsby FC currently compete in the Mid Cheshire Junior Football League. In order to raise some much needed funds to cover the increasing cost of running junior football, we held a race night on Friday 16th April 2010. It was a very successful event, securing funding for next season 2010/2011. We would like to give a special thanks to all the local businesses below who supported this event with generous and kind donations towards the raffle and auction prizes.

Buildings development work funded by Western Cheshire PCT and Mersey Deanery has been ongoing as Helsby Health Centre since January 2010 and has recently been completed almost a week ahead of schedule.

The development includes the provision of an additional Consulting room and an Educational / Seminar room, a new Disabled Toilet facility and some residual improvements to the Entrance foyer and Reception Desk.

The Practice now has 6 Consulting rooms and provision of the Educational/Seminar Room will particularly benefit the ability of the Practice to function more effectively in its role as a GP Training Practice.

Overall the additional space created and the associated improvements will serve to enhance the level of services available to patients and will greatly assist the Practice in planning and developing services in order to continue to meet the needs of an ever increasing number of patients.

Set Top Box Refuse to Tune to English Channels?

Here is a solution from a Helsby Resident, Derek

Like many others in the west part of Helsby after the recent digital TV retune, I could only get BBC Wales, HTV and S4C on programmes 1,2,3 & 4. This was very inconvenient - the English stations were somewhere in the 800 series!

Since the BBC Wales stations are on Channel 46 and the ITV/S4C stations on Channel 55, I retuned the TV but left the aerial disconnected until the auto search had passed Channel 56. The English stations are on Channels in the 60's so they were found.

I now have BBC 1 English on programme 1, BBC 2 on 2, Granada on 3 and Channel 4 on programmes 4. Much better!!

Derek
Helsby Resident

Forest Hills Hotel £709.78 to Breast Cancer Care

On Friday 23rd October Forest Hills Hotel in conjunction with Browns of Chester, held a “Pink Party” to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Tamsin McCabe, General Manager who planned the whole event said “It was a great fun night, plenty of pink cocktails and pink gins to get everyone in the mood! Everyone was extremely generous, and we were delighted to raise £709.78 for the Charity”.

On Friday 13th November. Emma Finigan organised a fancy dress fund raising evening at the Ex-Servicemen's Club in Helsby, in aid of Children In Need.

About 70 people supported the event with many joining in the fun of fancy dress. Many local businesses helped support the event by donating items for the raffle and auction. We would like to thank these businesses who helped us to raise £739.39

Auction prizes - Rouge et Noir, Sure Start School of Motoring, Oswalds Restaurant, Night Owl Entertainments, Pat Whitehurst Holistic Therapy, Steve Webb Models. Raffle prizes - Railway Pub, Helsby Ex-Servicemen's Club, Bargain Booze, Costa Coffee, Tesco, Hair by Design, Helsby Wok, Helsby Spice, Helsby Sher Khan, Helsby Fast Food, Lusso Man, Slim & Trim, Boots/Clarins, Smart Barbers, Lingerie Box, India Garden, Wine Rack, Local MOT. Domino Pizza sent pizza for the buffet table.

Emma would like to send a special thank you to all the support she received from family, friends and work collegues - LETS MAKE IT BIGGER NEXT YEAR. Hope you all enjoyed the fun.

It is the centenary of Helsby Hillside Primary School in 2010

We would be grateful for any photographs or memorabilia to mark this special occasion. Please could you contact the school by email – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or through the school office.

The Courtyard in Helsby are celebrating after recently being awarded the prestigious five star gold award for The Carriage Barn and a four star gold award for The Loft by Quality in Tourism for Enjoy England.

The award recognises the owners’ efforts in providing exceptional quality and exemplary customer service and The Courtyard Helsby is only the second self catering accommodation provider to receive the five star gold award in Cheshire.

We were delighted to be invited along to the opening of the new Italian restaurant at Amoré in Frodsham.

What a transformation - the open plan area with the addition of several windows has created a much lighter restaurant. This is enhanced by the open theatre kitchen and views over the new roof garden which all add to the extra feeling of space.

RSK Group Sponsors Helsby Under 9s

Helsby FC Under 9s team has received substantial sponsorship from the RSK Group which is based in Chester Road Helsby.

Managing director Dr Alan Ryder was delighted to donate the funds and said "RSK has always looked to support the communities in which it operates through charitable donations. Let's hope the new strip helps them to shine in their league!"

Lewis Turton, Manager and coach of the Helsby FC under 9s was equally delighted. Everyone associated with Helsby FC Under 9s would like to thank Dr Ryder and his company, especially the boys and girls, who now have their own individual football strips for the 2009/2010 season.

Helsby Arms Sponsors Helsby Under 13s

Helsby FC Under 13s team has received sponsorship once again from The Helsby Arms.

Manager and coach Mike Mcguire said “I would just like to thank Steve and Carole from the Helsby Arms for their continued support, as this is the second consecutive season they have been our kit sponsor.

Last year was our first season, so the lads did remarkably well to finish 6th in the league. Our aim is to improve on that position this season, but ultimately for the lads to enjoy playing football, whilst in a competitive environment.”