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34 The Link Magazine • August 2006 Place your '- classifieds
Forest and football can go together say junior league
Formal football at Shaw Forest Park could become a reality if Swindon Council, the Shaw Forest Protection
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No upper age limit Group and the North Wilts Youth & Minor Football League can come to an agreement.
- No claim discount of up to 65%
The July Link reported the Shaw
- Courtesy car'
Forest Protection Group concerns
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- Save over £40 on similar cover with about Swindon Council's plan for
traditional breakdown organisations the flat open space already pre-
- Includes Roadside Service, Vehicle pared in the park. The North Wilts
Recovery Service & Home Service
Youth & Minor Football League
For more information pop into your local
Age Concern at have applied to the council to lease
Age Concern Swindon pitches and Shaw Forest has been
1 Milton Road
Swindon suggested.
At a meeting between league
GE Wilts, SN1 5JE officials and members of the pro-
or call us on:
0845 71 2 5816
4 rate^ar^a MIN. tection group in July, league secre-
I,aies a y e opn 1— to )wn. 1 tloys a we9k.
tary Margaret Rivers, from Shaw,
said, "every weekend about 5,000
seven to 18 year olds play in our
league and we're now the fifteenth Hope to agree use of Shaw Forest, right, Uoii I i and Margaret Rivers.
p o largest in the FA. We have 367 Left, Kevin and Karen Prictor, and Phil Rivers
teams within 30 miles of Swindon
needing pitches and 60 new teams Football mum Karen Puffett, Don Rogers, former Swindon
will be joining in September. from Peatmoor, said "I did the pro- Town star and president of the
"Swindon Council's provision test against the stadium proposal junior league, said he was im-
Approved Driving Instructor for junior football is very poor and two years ago, but football for chil- pressed by the forest site. "It's a
pitches expensive to hire. Children dren is different. I think the forest perfect place which would not
`PA!'1-PLUf REGLrTERED 1I
are not allowed to play alongside group and junior football can work cause anybody any problems.
* Theory Test Tuitio adults, nor use the same changing together." "Swindon has lost so many play-
facilities. There is a desperate need If successful in securing use of ing fields and the council is not
' * Training Pack Available for more pitches and we're search-
114'1 the pitches the league would have doing enough to provide more for
ing for sites we can lease and take to raise money and seek grants to its children."
L* Block Booking Discounts
responsibility for. for changing rooms. League chair- • The Link has put the junior league
* Refresher Courses "We're very concerned about man Kevan Williams said, because in touch with Equion who will
providing football for less advan- of the lack of services to the site, manage the new playing fields at
Call Liz on 01793 486112 taged children so that they can join any building would have to be eco- North Swindon Learning Campus.
Ask about free lesson teams and participate." friendly and be designed to blend Players wanted
into the forest park setting. He
Shaw Football Club is looking for
added that it could also open to
players to join squads playing at
provide refreshments to park visi-
Don't iet a scratch on your tors. under 8s (boys and girls in Year 2
car put a ent in your pocket! or 3 from September) and also at
under 12 and under 15 age groups.
Netballing all The teams train on the Green-
Stone chips, scratches and bumper scuffs
can now be repaired same day, at your summer long down School astro-tu rf and will be
convenience and at a fraction playing in their respective age groups
of 'Body Shop' costs. Ferndale Netball Club which in the North Wilts Youth League.
meets at Greendown School in For detailsabout joining, call:
3 Bumper scuffs ,rh/psAway
Grange Park is training through- Under 8s - Gerald Kent,
3 Scratches We paint the chips - not the car out the summer holidays in tel: 613576 or 07736 901382;
3 Alloy wheels repaired preparation for the league sea- Under 12s - Kevin Prictor,
3 Mobile service son starting in September. tel: 525680;
Coach Joy Blake would like Under 1 5s- Dave Parsons,
For a Free, no obligation quote, to hear from experienced play-
please call Sven Giesbers on tel: 870310.
ers and anybody returning to For details on other age groups
01793 881883 or the game, or who wants to learn. call club secretary Karen Prictor
0784 ► 096883 Call her on 872237. on 525680.
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