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AFTER laying morethan four miles ofbrand new, bigger,sewers across Chel-tenham, Severn TrentWater’s £5 million in-vestment to helpprevent sewer (ood-ing for the town isnow complete.

While the watercompany will be backlater in the year to dosome work in theLansdown Crescentarea of the town, thelast sewer for thismajor project was laidsuccessfully inRoman Road, and the

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AFTER laying morethan four miles ofbrand new, bigger,sewers across Chel-tenham, Severn TrentWater’s £5 million in-vestment to helpprevent sewer (ood-ing for the town isnow complete.

While the watercompany will be backlater in the year to dosome work in theLansdown Crescentarea of the town, thelast sewer for thismajor project was laidsuccessfully inRoman Road, and the

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road was of=cially reopened totraf=c at the weekend. SevernTrent’s Wayne Ellis, explains:“I’m delighted to announcethat the main part of our workin Cheltenham is now com-plete. It’s been a massiveproject and investment for us,but an essential one. Asanyone who has experiencedsewer >ooding will tell you, it’sa horrible thing to happen,and it’s our job to stop it. Ournew sewers now mean thathundreds of our customers arenow better protected from therisk of sewer >ooding.”Severn Trent Water and its

contract partners NMC-Nomenca, who began thework back in June last year,have also been praised for theirengagement with residents,businesses and the wider com-munity during the past 12months, byWarden Hill Coun-cillor and Deputy Mayor ChrisRyder.Chris commented: “Severn

Trent Water and their contrac-tors carried out major work inWarden Hill in 2014 to reducethe risk of sewer >ooding.Many local families had beenbadly affected with terribleconsequences to their homesduring the >oods of 2007. Res-idents and businesses werepleased that the work was

carried out so ef=ciently andeffectively. They were tidy andconsiderate when workingoutside homes and shoppingareas and always kept us in-formed.”Cheltenham’s new MP Alex

Chalk also commented: “I’mdelighted that Severn Trenthave =nished these mainte-nance works, so that Cheltoni-ans living and working aroundRoman Road, the Suffolks andelsewhere can now get back tonormality. I would encourageSevern Trent to do everythingthey can to continue tosupport traders in the Suffolks,as they get back on their feetafter a tough year of reducedfootfall and trade.”Wayne Ellis added: “We

know our work in Cheltenhamhas sometimes been disruptiveand hasn’t been without prob-lems along the way, but evenwhen we encountered issues,we’ve tried to keep everyoneinformed. We can’t thank localresidents and businesses

enough for being so under-standing and patient.“We planned the work to

make sure we avoided bigevents in the town and havetried to engage with andsupport businesses whereverwe’ve been. We’ve helped tosponsor the Cheltenham half-marathon, funded businessevents and advertisements andsent our teams into work withlocal schools and communitygroups. We couldn’t haveachieved what we havewithout the fantastic supportand understanding shown byeveryone in Cheltenham –thank you so much.”Although the main project is

now complete, Severn Trenthas con=rmed that they will bereturning to Cheltenham inJuly to carry out a separatepiece of work in LansdownCrescent.For help with water or sew-

erage services, customers cancall Severn Trent 24 hours aday on 0800 783 4444.

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THE family of Adam Tharia,who sadly passed away onSunday 24th May after he wasfound hanging from a tree inRobert Burns Avenue, Chel-tenham on Thursday 21stMay, today Wednesday 27thMay paid the following tributeto him.“Adam was the most won-

derful son, brother, grandson,nephew, cousin and friend. Hewill be missed by so many. Theboy we knew and loved was anoutdoorsy teenager who lovedskateboarding and going out

with his friends. He lovedanimals and was great with hiscousins.“Adam was intelligent and

worked hard at school, andhad a particular interest inhistory and politics. He waswell thought of by his teachersand peers alike.“Although in some ways

Adam was independent andcarefree, he seemed quiet,sensitive and serious in others.As Adam's parents, wevalue the importance of chari-ties promoting good mental

health in children and youngpeople.“Our beautiful boy will be

with us forever.”

Family pay tribute to Adam tharia

A TEST at Hatherley Brook inBenhall Park con=rms that theblue-green algae discoveredearlier this week, has cleared. TheEnvironment Agency also testedthe lakes at Pittville Park andHatherley Park and the resultswere clear.The positive news comes after

the blue-green algae was found atHatherley Brook. Although therehasn’t been a reason for concernin any other areas, the councilhad asked the EA to test the lakesas a precautionary measure.

Janice Peacey, communityranger has been putting upposters in the parks, remindingpeople to keep themselves andtheir pets out of the water. Shesaid: “We are pleased that thetests proved the water to be freeof blue-green algae and we aregoing to be monitoring it closelyto make sure that there are nosigns of it re-forming. If we areconcerned that there are signs ofit coming back, we will notifythe EA.“Not all blooms produce

harmful toxins but at a certainconcentration in the water, theycould potentially be harmful. Wedon’t know whether this algaedid produce toxins but we re-minded people to keep them-selves and their pets away fromthe water as a precaution. Wewould ask that people continueto do this as part of the council’sdog exclusion order.”The council operates a dog ex-

clusion order which means thatdogs are not allowed into anylake or watercourse in theborough. This is to ensure thesafety and wellbeing of wildlife.

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“We can’t thank local residents and businessesenough for being so understanding and patient”

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A DAREDEVIL student fromCheltenham has reachednew heights after taking partin a tandem skydive to raisemoney for Queen ElizabethHospital Birmingham(QEHB).Adam Jones, who studies

business management at theUniversity of Gloucester-shire, has so far raised £570through the sponsored jumpwhich took place at HintonSkydive Centre near Brack-ley on Saturday (23rd May).“I chose to skydive

because I wanted to pushmyself and do something alittle crazy,” says Adam. “It’sdif@cult to describe the in-credible feeling of freefallingfrom 13,000ft, but now I’vegot the daredevil bug I’m onthe lookout for my nextchallenge!“My initial fundraising

target was £500, so to havesurpassed that @gure forQEHB is incredible. I’ve beenoverwhelmed by every-body’s support and wouldlike to say a huge thank youto everybody who made adonation.”

Adam decided to raisemoney for QEHB after hisdad suffered a heart attack in2014, experiencing @rst-hand the incredible workthey do. During his skydive,he experienced around 45seconds of freefall to reach

speeds of 120mph before de-ploying the parachute at5,000ft to glide safely backto ground.Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Birmingham Charity is theof@cial charity partner ofQEHB. All donations made

to the charity enable thehospital to develop newtreatments, fund state of theart equipment andprovide better facilities thatgo above and beyond whatNHS core funding alonecan provide.

Cheltenham skydiver raises cash for charity

By todd haslewood

AT approximatelymidday yesterday (27thMay) two cars collidedon Andover Road,causing emergency serv-ices to shut the road forthe duration of the after-noon while the rubblewas cleared.The extent of the in-

juries of the passengersand drivers remains

unknown, but one localresident said that heheard “a loud screech oftyres and a huge bang. Irushed out to see whathad happened and onecar was upside down,with the other one losinga wheel.”Police are yet to

comment on the situa-tion, but expect more in-formation soon on theincident.

Serious smash near Suffolks


THE annual extravaganzathat is the Suffolk’s StreetFair sizzled in the balmyweather last Bank HolidayMonday.A record crowd enjoyed

everything from stilt walkersthrough to numerous livebands and acts, togetherwith sampling a range of de-licious treats from a varietyof stalls selling localproduce, drink and craft-work.Most of the shops in The

Suffolks were also open anddoing a Ane trade. Someeven brought their restau-rants onto the street en-abling the throng to ordertakeaway food even quicker.Rashel, Manager of The

India Lounge said: “We lovethis event every year. It’s allabout community and en-gaging with local residents.It’s great for the area andalways delivers a fun day outfor everyone.”

The all-day event is also ahighlight on the social cal-endar for many of the localswho use the fair to meet upwith friends and neigh-bours. And happily this yearit didn’t even rain!

THE council is halfwaythrough its 2015 pro-gramme to help control theurban gull population.This year for the Arst

time, the eggs will be re-placed by dummy eggswhich the birds will con-tinue to sit on. This meansit is unlikely that they willlay again during the breed-ing season and so the gullpopulation will not grow. Inprevious years, the eggshave been oiled to preventthem from hatching.Sarah Clark, public and

environmental health teamleader, says: “We havevisited the properties ofpeople who have com-plained about problemswith gulls throughout theyear, and do our best tocontrol the urban gull pop-ulation with the budget thatwe have.“This year we have been

fortunate to have an in-creased budget in order toreplace the eggs - egg re-placement means a reduc-tion in the number ofhatchlings. There is nothingwe can do about live birds,but gulls are at their mostnoisy and aggressive whenthey have young in the nest,so they are less of a nuisanceif the eggs don’t hatch.”Cllr Andrew McKinlay,

cabinet member for devel-opment and safety, says:

“Many residents and busi-nesses are affected by urbangulls in parts of Cheltenhamduring the spring andsummer, because of the nui-sance they cause. I’mpleased that we’re Andingnew ways of working tohelp manage the gull popu-lation.”The council also coordi-

nates an Urban Gulls FocusGroup, which is open to in-terested residents. If youwould like to attend, pleasecontact Helen Down on01242 774960 or [email protected] budget for 2015 has

been increased from £5,000to £13,616 to allow themove to dummy egg re-placement. The additionalfunding has been used tobuy the dummy eggs and tohire cherry pickers to collectthe dummy eggs at the endof the season. The council isalso carrying out a one-offsurvey of the gull popula-tion to measure changes inthe number of gulls andreview practices.Further information

about urban gull controlcan be found on thecouncil’s website and toreport a nest, please contactthe environmental healthteam on 01242 775178 oremail [email protected]

Cheltenham’s urbangull ‘egg replacement’programme is underway

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CHELTENHAM'S new MP haspledged to get tough on the town'spotholes, as he organises a“summit” to get to grips with theproblem.In the lead up to this year's elec-

tion, Alex Chalk outlined hisaction plan for his Arst 100 days asCheltenham’sMP, which includeda promise to tackle the blight ofpotholes.Now the town's man in West-

minster has summoned theCounty Council’s Highways supre-mos to Cheltenham to see theproblem for themselves.

On their initial visit to Chel-tenham later this month, MrChalk will be taking the Highwaysteam on a tour of the town'spothole hotspots, highlightingsome of the worst affected areasacross Cheltenham, and demand-ing decisive action.He will then host a “pothole

summit” at the end of June, wheremembers of the public can bebriefed about the work alreadybeing undertaken to repair thetown’s roads, and voice theirconcerns directly to the

County Council.The meeting is scheduled to

take place in theMunicipal OfAceson 26th June from 6-7.30pm, withall Cheltonians welcome toattend.

It remains to be seen how thiswill translate into real improve-ments, but Mr Chalk says he is de-termined to keep up the pressureon transport bosses at Shire Hall.Speaking to the Standard, he com-mented: “The state of our roadscauses misery for drivers and cy-clists alike on a daily basis in Chel-tenham. It’s only right that weshould continue to bang the drumon this. Last year the Governmentincreased the funding available forpothole repairs by 18%, but we areyet to see real improvements here.I feel we have been overlooked,and that’s why I wanted those re-sponsible to come here to see thesituation for themselves. I wouldalso encourage concerned resi-dents to come along to the Mu-nicipal OfAces on 26th June, sothat we can highlight to transportchiefs the strength of local feelingon this issue.’’

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POLICE in Gloucestershireare investigating a series ofdistraction thefts targetingelderly women shoppers atsupermarkets in the county.Five incidents, each involv-

ing similarmethods of opera-tion, have been reported inCheltenham, Stroud andGloucester since January.The latest happened at a

supermarket in Abbeydale,Gloucester at about 4pm onThursday 7th May, when a71-year-old woman wasasked by a stranger for direc-tions as she was putting herhandbag in her car.The following day, she re-

ceived notiAcation thatseveral thousand pounds hadbeen withdrawn from twobank accounts and subse-quently found that bothbank cards had gone fromher purse.The victim believes that

someone went into herhandbag while she was

helping the stranger with di-rections.Theman shewas talking to

is described as 30 to 34 yearsold, about 5ft 5ins tall withdark hair. He had a foreignaccent.Police are investigating a

possible link between this in-cident and four others on24th January, 10th Februaryand 11th March in Chel-tenham and on 22nd April inStroud. In all the crimes:

• A lone elderly female wastargeted (the victims wereaged between 63 and 83).

• two offenders were workingtogether - in one case a manand woman believed to beeastern European, in anothertwo men aged 30 to 50 yearsold.• offenders were seen onCCTV ‘shoulder surAng’ thevictim to get a card PIN.

CCTV images have been re-leased of suspects believed tobe involved.Anyone with information

which could help theenquiry is asked to call 101,quoting incident 84 of 20thMay 2015.


THE RSPCA is appealing toDnd the owner of a trap aftera domestic cat got caughtand injured by one in Chel-tenham.Steven Davies, the RSPCA

animal welfare ofDcer whohelped the cat, said: “It wasquite a sight to behold - thecat was found by a memberof the public wanderingdown the road with thishuge mechanical trap on hishead and was clearly in dis-tress.“The cat was taken to the

vets where he was success-fully removed from theclutches of the trap. Thank-fully the cat escaped withminor injuries and has nowbeen returned to his worriedowner but this could havehad a very differentoutcome.“We are now just looking

to locate the owner of thetrap so that we can speak tothem and offer them someimportant advice on settingtheir traps properly, as theymay not be aware of it but

they could be breaking thelaw.”RSPCA’s Head of Wildlife

Adam Grogan added: “Thereare strict legal conditions onsetting these types of trapsand not setting them in theright way canmean that youare committing an offence.These traps should be set insuch a way to prevent themkilling or injuring a domesticanimal and so people shouldthink carefully before usingthem.“Generally speaking

however, cats should not getcaught in fenn traps if theyare being set properly. Thoseusing the traps should befully aware of the legislationregulating their use and ofcodes of practice that shouldbe followed to ensure thatnon-target species are notcaptured.“These traps should be set

inside real or artiDcialtunnels and the entrance tothe tunnel should be re-stricted so as to avoid inci-dents like this.”

Anyone who has anyfurther information aboutthe owner of the trap or ifyou think you might be theowner of the trap, pleasecontact the RSPCA on the in-spector appeal line, in conD-

dence, on 0300 123 8018.The RSPCA is a charity and

relies on public donations toexist. To help us please textHELP to 78866 to give £3(texts cost £3 plus one stan-dard network rate message).

THE tenth Cheltenham BeerFestival will take place onSaturday June 6th.The annual one-day festi-

val will be held at the OldPatesians Club, EverestRoad, Leckhampton. Thefestival features beers fromall three Cheltenham brew-eries (Battledown, PrescottAles and Cotswold Lion)whilst other Gloucestershirebreweries will help toprovide a local Eavour.As well as featuring 30

cask ales, this year the festi-val will for the Drst timefeature a ten tap craft kegbar providing beers fromsome of the most innova-tive brewers in the country.Beer festival co-ordinator,

Leigh Norwood said:“Having a craft keg bar willallow us to provide craftbeers from some of theleading lights in the beerworld at the moment in-cluding the likes of excitingLondon breweries ‘TheKernel’ and ‘Beavertown’.The success of new pubs

like the Sandford Park Ale-house in Cheltenham

which has an incrediblerange of craft keg beers hasshown that there is amassive appetite for thesebeers. Another factordriving us to lay on the craftkeg bar is that we felt weneeded to do something toset us apart from the manybeer festivals that are due tobe held across the countythis year.”As well as beers there will

be nearly 20 different cidersand Perrys, a Pimms Bar, abarbecue and music fromlocal musicians.

The festival has been or-ganised by the Friends ofCheltenham Samaritanssince 2006 with the sole aimof raising much neededfunds for CheltenhamSamaritans. Last year theevent raised more than£10,000.Advance tickets are avail-

able to buy now fromFavourite Beers, the special-ist beer and cider shop onHewlett Road in Fairview,Cheltenham and cost £8.00.They will also be availableon the day for £10.00.

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Cruel cat trap A PARKING permitscheme is due to be intro-duced in St Paul's, Chel-tenham.It follows a review by

Gloucestershire CountyCouncil to address thelack of spaces for resi-dents.Some roads in St Paul's

will soon become permitholder only, includingBrunswick Street, MarleHill Parade and St Paul'sRoad.The scheme will run

Monday to Sunday, from8am until 10pm, in theareas closest to the towncentre, and from 8amuntil 8pm in areas furtheraway.Hudson Street and

Manser Street have beenleft out of the plans, whilepay and display parkingwill soon be introducedon roads close to TheBrewery for non-permitholders.Work on the project

will start at the beginningof June, with the painting

of lines and new signsbeing installed in thearea.A two week 'amnesty

period' will follow therollout, during whichwarnings will be issuedinstead of Dnes to thosewho park without apermit.New shared use parking

zones will also see non-permit holders limited toa maximum stay of threehours on some of thestreets closer to the Uni-versity of Gloucestershire.Plans showing zone

boundaries and thechange in restrictions canbe found under the 'con-sultations' tab of thecounty council's website.

Cheltenham Beer Festival 6th June

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CHELTENHAM’S Iconic Daf-fodil restaurant has ofFciallyopened their new style deli-catessen – The Chefs Pantry.An exciting new addition toThe Cotswold food scene,the pantry not only stocksthe Fnest artisan producebut also everyday groceries.The Chefs Pantry only

offers ingredients sourcedand used by The DaffodilChefs alongside freshlybaked bread and locallysourced organic milk. MarkStephens, the co-owner ofThe Daffodil, has beendreaming up the Pantry foryears and is delighted that ithas now come to life.Customers can choose

from a selection of artisancheeses, single origin choco-lates, seasonal vegetables,British Charcuterie and evenfresh live lobster and crabfrom the Pantry’s bespoke100-gallon crustacean tank.Mark Stephens said: “I’m

hugely excited about thisnew venture. It does in a

sense bring the Daffodilkitchen right to the front ofthe business allowing cus-tomers to purchase every-thing from stock saucesmade by Tom Rains our Ex-ecutive Chef and his teamthough to hot smokedsalmon prepared here onthe premises.” He alsoadded: “For me though, thearrival of our live lobster andCornish crabs is somethingI've really been looking

forward to. It’s a Frst in theUK outside London.”The Chefs Pantry is now

open six days a week from

11am to 8pm. The urge topop in and pick up supperon the way home from workwill be very hard to resist!

Lobsters at the ready

Take centre stage at Glos Uni Media CentreFROM becoming a presenterto making recordings in themusic studio, an OpenStudios event at the Univer-sity of Gloucestershire isgiving visitors the chance toget a taste of life behind thescenes at the Media Centre,and even receive a mementofrom the day.The state of the art centre

at the university’s Parkcampus in Cheltenham isgiving staff, students and thepublic a warm welcome onWednesday, 3rd of June aspart of Festival Fortnight.Festival Fortnight is an op-

portunity to showcase andcelebrate the achievements ofstudents, and give the localcommunity the chance tocome and Fnd out moreabout what happens at theuniversity.Tom Soper, Subject Group

Leader and Course Leader forPopular Music at the Univer-sity of Gloucestershire, said:

“This is a fantastic opportu-nity to get hands on experi-ence in theMedia Centre andFnd out how television, Flm,radio and music are reallymade. You don’t need tohave any experience at all,and there will be plenty ofopportunities to get involvedand ask our staff and studentsquestions.”The Open Studios at the

Media School feature fourevents, and where possiblefootage can be sent as amemento afterwards:

Film Production: two Flmshoots with 4pm and 5.30pmstart times.Guests can help to shoot a

scene and Fnd out about theediting process.

Television Production:Three live TV shows, with4pm, 5pm and 6pm starttimes.A live mini magazine/chat

multi camera show whereguests can sit in as a presenteror interviewee.

Popular Music: Eight studiorecording sessions with 4pm,4.20pm, 4.40pm, 5pm,5.40pm, 6pm, 6.20pm,6.40pm start times.A short live recording

session where guests arewelcome to perform them-selves. Students will engineerand produce the session,explain the process andanswer questions.

Radio: A rolling three hourmusic and chat show broad-cast starting at 4pm.A taster of presenting a live

music and chat show.Most of the events during

Festival Fortnight are free andopen to the public. To Fndout more about the OpenStudios and other events,please visit www.festivalfort-night.info.

ON 22nd May All Saints’Academy welcomed vol-unteers from the GuideDog Charity along withLauren Pitt who has herown guide dog calledGoldie as she is registeredas blind.The visit involved a

presentation by thepuppy walker volunteersEmily Williams andSandra and Richard Nash,explaining what thecharity does and how itbeneFts blind people.Lauren Pitt, 23, youth

ambassador for TheGuide Dogs for the Blind

Association gave hertouching story of becom-ing blind, coping with thereality of her situationthrough to her receivingguide dog Goldie.Students have been

asked to collect plasticmilk bottle tops, thesewill then be collected inand given to the GuideDog Charity, these arethen recycled and thecharity gets money forthem.Students had the op-

portunity to meet the 2puppies and Goldie at theend of the presentation.

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CHELTENHAM - it’s with regretthat I have news on an impend-ing re-launch of V nightclub,‘Club of the Chavs’. It’s the cock-roach that just won’t die; nomatter how much repellant wekeep spraying at it.What do we know: it has new

management, a new name, and atotally captivating idea that in-volves turning it into a sportsbar/nightclub hybrid. ImagineSports Direct with a tequilaboard and you’re halfway there.New Manager, Mark Stancer

beamed: “A lot of sports barsclose at about 12 but the beautyabout this one is we carry onwith the entertainment downhere right through until two orthree o'clock in the morning, sopeople can stay in.”Oh yes I can envisage the

scene now. It’s 4am; footie-lovinglouts are pouring out onto ournewly paved high street. They’rechanting chav’d up tunes,blind drunk from their cans ofStella, looking for a brawl withanyone that can’t explain why

Burger King is nolonger available onthe other side.It’s an ordeal

Cheltonians simplyshouldn’t have toput up with.It’s the one building in Chel-

tenham that’s in urgent need ofa demolition order so it can bequickly forgotten. All of its pastrevelers could then be politely di-rected to the Gloucester nightbus? Once in G-city they’ll enjoya plethora of colourful clubs forthem to ‘Lst pump’ in – orthrough.It wasn’t so long ago the club

was revitalized with a £1million injection ina bid to ditch itslowbrow clienteleand pitch itselfas Chel-tenham’s

biggest, newest,glam nightclub.Alas all we

learnt was thatCheltenhamclubbers couldn’tbe fooled. V was

still a chav-infested cesspit. Afterall, if you put lipstick on a pig,it’s still a pig.It’s high time (in my opinion),

the club shuts its doors forever. Afurther £300,000 injection fromthe club’s new management isunlikely to shake off its years-oldreputation. Even harder will it beto encourage classier crowds tograce their dance Moor.Also let’s talk about their re-

launch effort. Firstly, they’vedecided on the name ‘Hidden’for their revamped venue.Whoever championed this nameshould be given a bloody lessonin irony; unless of course they

really did want toreiterate myview that I’dlike the club to

remain hidden?

And then there’s the act thatthey’ve lined-up for this Satur-day’s launch event. They’vebooked (sorry, rebooked) CalumBest to cut the red ribbon.Call me out of touch, but I

thought perhaps even the drollsof this town would prefer not toselLe and grope the same Z-listerthey booked just a few weeksago?My readers will know I take

my clubbing and drinking seri-ously – and thank God the teamat MooMoos are single-handedlypropping up this town with ournightlife entertainment. Withoutthem I would be lost.This weekend I’m looking

forward to a tweet, a selLe, andmaybe even an autograph on mychest from Joey Essex. I just hopethat when I stumble out ofMooMoos, fresh frommy VIPbox, I don’t have to witness any-thing coming out of Hidden.

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The views, opinions and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments on these articlesare theirs alone, and do not necessarily re�ect the views, opinions or positions of The Cheltenham Standard

Venting spleen Local man about town, Tom Thurlow lets loose

A PACKED Lily Ginsin Cheltenham saw afashion show witha difference onTuesday 19th May allin aid of a goodcause.Burlesque dancer

Missy Malone was asurprise edition to ashow already packedwith the latestdesigns from BodegaWomen’s Wear fromWorcester and Chel-tenham, @ The Bou-tique fromCirencester, CupidCouture and renowned de-signer Melissa Antonious.Music was provided by well-known local act - Tommyand the Fuse while magicianRichard Parsons had theprosecco drinking guestsamazed with his display ofmagic.All was in aid of The HollieGazzard Trust, a charityfrom Gloucester set up byNick Gazzard following thedeath of his daughter Hollie,who was stabbed to death

while at work at Fringe Ben-eLts & La Bella Beauty Salon,Gloucester. The charitiesaim is to promote thedangers of knife crime,reduce the level of domesticabuse and to help, supportand fund young hairdressersin Gloucestershire through apartnership with Gloucester-shire College.Nick Gazzard and familywere pleased with the turnout. “We raised £600 on thedoor and we have not gone

through donations yet so weare extremely happy.The show was fantastic andwe would like to thank allinvolved, Unique Media Cofor setting it up, to the de-signers and our presenter –Steve Mitchell. All havegiven up their time for usand the trust and have pro-duced something amazing.”For more information aboutthe Hollie Gazzard Trustplease visit the websitewww.holliegazzard.org

Cheltenham cocktail bar hostsfashion extravaganza for Hollie

THREE new planters and four cyclestands are being installed on SuffolkStreet and the Bath Road this week tohelp improve the urban street scenein the area.Two planters will be installed on

either side of Bath Road on thenewly-constructed build outs oppo-site the Co-op. The third of theplanters and the cycle stands will beinstalled on Suffolk Street next toBath Road.This is part of a number of envi-

ronmental improvements in and nearthe Bath Road under the ConnectStreets scheme, which is a joint ini-tiative of several community groups -notably Cheltenham Connect andthe St Philip and St James Area Resi-dents Association, the Bath RoadTraders Association and the council.Funding for these initiatives is

coming from Gloucestershire CountyCouncil, through its Local Sustain-able Transport Fund, the Lnal ele-ments of Cheltenham BoroughCouncil’s Environmental Fund andfrom the St Philip and St James AreaResidents Association. The Bath RoadCo-op is helping in kind.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cricketis looking forward to itsannual Brewin DolphinCheltenham Cricket Festival,which promises to be biggerand better than ever.Members, hospitality guestsand ticket buyers alike will beable to enjoy an exciting pro-gramme of events and enter-tainment to complement theFirst Class cricket pro-gramme.Brewin Dolphin have been

the Festival’s principalsponsor since 2012 and havebeen involved with Glouces-tershire Cricket for over 16years, supporting the Cluband its on-going develop-ment.Gloucestershire has been

playing First Class Cricket atthe iconic CheltenhamCollege Ground since 1872 –making this the world’slongest running cricket festi-val to be played at an outground. The college’s idyllicsetting has provided a perfectbackdrop for the festivalthroughout its history, andcontinues to be a great attrac-tion for all cricket fans, bothold and new.This year’s Festival runs

from Wednesday 8 July toSunday 19 July and includestwo NatWest T20 Blastmatches as well as two LV=County Championship fourday games. Twenty20 cricketis arguably the most excitingform of the game and, withbig hits and non-stop actionBIG crowds are expected.Supporters are urged to buytheir tickets in advance as T20matches have a tendency tosell out fast at Cheltenham.Cricket Fans can also look

forward to seeing both centu-rions from this year’s Aus-tralian Big Bash League inaction. Hard-hittingbatsman, Peter Handscomb

has joined the Club as itssecond overseas player for2015. The 23-year-old, whomade a blistering 103* off 64balls for the Melbourne Starsvs Perth Scorchers, joins thesquad that will also boastMichael Klinger, the onlyother player to make ahundred in the 2014/15 Aus-tralian T20 competition.

Match Day Tickets costfrom just £15 for adults and£3 for under 19’s when pur-chased in advance or whynot treat yourself to a Chel-tenham Festival Pass and see10 days of First Class*Gloucestershire cricket foronly £100 (a saving of £60).

Under 19’s can enjoy everyday of the Festival (plus do-mestic matches at Bristol) bybecoming a MarshallMember for just £20.The best way to buy tickets

is online at www.glo-scricket.co.uk, where we havewaived booking fees. Alter-natively you can call theticket line on 0117 910 8010.

There’s also a bonus thisyear for cricket and sportingfans alike. On Monday 13thJuly the Lord’s Taverners willbe hosting a charity crickettournament. This is a funday of cricket featuring two

star studded teams includingChris Tarrant, Mike Gatting,Jon Desborough and AndrewCaddick. This “SummerSmash” will culminate in aCharity Sporting Dinner.

The ever-popular Ladies’Day will once again grace theFestival on Thursday 9th Julyin aid of LINC. Highlightsthis year will include afashion display by Lisa vonHallwyl and Beatrice vonTreskow.Visitors can also enjoy off

Leld activities which willinclude free cricket coaching,an inMatable bowling cage,

player autograph sessions, aBBQ and Quiz Night and theBand & Bugles of the RiMes.Gloucestershire Cricket is

also delighted to welcomelocal folk legend JohnnyCoppinwhowill perform livefrom 7.00pm on Wednesday15th July in the CollegeChapel.Bringing the 2015 Festival

to a close, on Sunday 19 July,is an “Old Boys” T20cricket match, hosted byHamish Marshall as part ofhis BeneLt Year. This matchwill feature former Glouces-tershire greats.

CriCket Festival on horizonDate of Match Duration Opponents Tournament

Wednesday 8th July 4 day Northamptonshire LV= County Championship

Sunday 12th July 1 day Kent NatWest T20 Blast

Monday 13th July 1 day - Lord’s TavernersCricket Day

Tuesday 14th July 1 day Hampshire NatWest T20 Blast

Wednesday 15th July 4 day Leicestershire LV= County Championship

Sunday 19th July 1 day - Hamish MarshallBenefit Match

At a glance: 2015 Brewin Dolphin Cheltenham Festival Fixtures:

Liam Norwell GCCC,Edward Mawle, Headof Office, BrewinDolphin, RichardDawson, Head Coach,GCCC, Paul Nurden,Divisional Director,Brewin Dolphin andMichael Klinger, OneDay Captain, GCCC


CHELTENHAM Liberal De-mocrats it seems are at-tempting to Ight back with60 new members followingthe General Election.The party has seen a rise

in support since the poll on7th May, with more than12,000 people joiningacross the UK.Cheltenham Liberal De-

mocrat parliamentaryspokesman MartinHorwood said: “People aredemonstrating their

support for liberalism bysigning up to the party inlarge numbers.“We know that people

still value what we havedone as a party locally andnationally and this liberalsurge is proof.“Already we’ve seen the

new Government do thingsthat prove that a liberalvoice is needed more thanever and we will continueto hold the Tories toaccount locally and

nationally.”Newmember Ed Cook, of

Rosehill Street, said: “I hadnever really been involvedwith politics before, but theelection result motivatedme to join.”“We need a strong liberal

inJuence on our politicsmore than ever, because weneed people sticking up forour human rights and civilliberties and only theLiberal Democrats will dothat.”

Newmembers attended awelcome party with Martinand other local Liberal De-mocrats on Sunday 24thMay.The local Liberal Democ-

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THE Grape Escape, an excit-ing new wine bar and mer-chant on Bath Road inCheltenham held theirmedia and V.I.P launch partylast Thursday 21st before of-Icially opening to the publicon Saturday 23rd May.Owned by Anthony

Davies and Zoe Fisher, TheGrape Escape welcomedguests with a glass ofDeutz Brut Classic NV,which preceded the ribboncutting, ofIcially openingthis exciting new bar

to the spa town.The fun then really began

when following the speechesguests got a glimpse into thetrue heart of The GrapeEscape with a top notchwine tasting event.The knowledge of wine

experts, Anthony and Zoe,left guests captivated as theysampled a mouthwateringselection of red, whites, androsés. This was all accompa-nied by the bar menu oflocally sourced deliciouscheese and meat platters

from CheeseWorks and In-ished off with a sweet offer-ing of cake by Cheltenhambased Mrs Robinson’sKitchen – of course tailoredto a dessert wine!The excitement continued

over the Bank Holidayweekend as customersJocked into The GrapeEscape to discover a newworld of wine, with manypromising to return assoon as possible. Visitwww.thecheltenhamgrape.com to Ind out more.

THE Gloucester-shire Gladiatorsare to pay tributeto one of theirplayers with amemorial Ameri-can Footballmatch this Satur-day May 30th.Students past and present

have joined the team, basedat the University of Glouces-tershire, in organising theevent in memory of JarvisWilliams who died suddenlyfrom an undiagnosed heartcondition playing basketballwhile back home in theUnited States.Thematch, at The Prince of

Wales Stadium will raisemoney for the British HeartFoundation and includes arafJe, a live band playing athalf time, and the UniversityCheerleaders supporting.Former student Cody Lwin

said: “Jarvis was enormouslytalented, and set the bench-mark to other wide receiverson the team, including a 60yard reception against even-tual conference championsBath, and touchdowns

against Bath Spaand Swansea.What most playerswill rememberabout him is in-credible ability andhis talent formaking peoplelaugh. He embod-

ied the attitude we wanted inthe team. Wearing a bor-rowed helmet, a jersey too bigfor him, he never complainedand was happy to just play.“We have organised this

game to pay tribute to him,pay our respects to his family,and to celebrate his life andthe game he loved.”The game is part of the

University of Gloucester-shire’s Irst Festival Fortnight,which celebrates studentachievement with a widerange of events, most ofwhich are free and open tothe public.Kick-off is at 3pm. Standard

entry tickets are £4. Forbooking information pleasevisit http://www.yourstu-dentsunion.com/ents/event/2545/?skin=default&tem-plate=festival.

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THE unofIcial cheese rollingevent took place again atCoopers Hill on BankHoliday Monday organisedby rebel cheese rollers, afterplans for an ofIcial contestwere axed in 2010.Several thousand specta-

tors turned out to watchdaredevils chase an 8lb(3.5kg) wheel of doubleGloucester cheese down the1:2 gradient precipice.All four races were won by

cheese-chasers from theBrockworth area, who onceagain chased real cheese.In 2013, in a bid to make

the race safer, revellers had tochase a foam imitation of a

double Gloucester 656ft(200m) down the hill atBrockworth.The fake fromage was then

dropped again in favour ofthe real McCoy.In total, four 8lb (3.5kg)

and three smaller 3lb (1.5kg)cheeses were used - made bySmarts Cheese, which hasbeen producing them for theevent for over 25 years.The winner of the Irst race

was Chris Anderson, fromBrockworth, who won asecond double Gloucestercheese bringing his tally toIfteen cheeses in ten years.The secondmen's race was

won for the third year

running by local veterancheese chaser, Ryan Fairley,25, from Brockworth.“I took a bit of a tumble... I

had a plan where I was goingto go but it didn't happen.”The women's race was won

by Irst timer Keavy Morgan,16, also from Brockworth.In 2009, the ofIcial event

was scrapped after more than15,000 people turned up,prompting safety fears overnumbers at the Coopers Hillsite.Every year since then un-

ofIcial races have been or-ganised during the latespring bank holiday by localenthusiasts.

No fake fromage at Coopers Hill

TWO Graphic Design stu-dents from the University ofGloucestershire have beenshortlisted for the PenguinRandom House DesignAward 2015.Charley Ward, 21, and

Daniel Strello, 22, have seentheir entries beat more than1,200 designs to be in theInal round of judging forthe Adult Non-Fiction CoverAward and Children’s CoverAward respectively.Charley took on the chal-

lenge of designing Freako-nomics by Steven D. Levitt& Stephen J. Dubner andwill be judged by, amongothers, founder of MindCandy and creator of MoshiMonsters, Michael ActonSmith. Daniel designed acover for Nina Bawden’sCarrie’s War and his judgingpanel will include illustratorCathy Cassidy and writerand illustrator Ed Vere.Now in its ninth year, the

Design Award offers stu-dents on an Art or Designcourse at HND or degree

level exposure toand guidance fromsome of the pub-lishing industry’sleading lights withthe challenge todesign a cover for aselected adultIction, adult non-Iction or children’sbook. John Brewer,Course Leader inGraphic Design atthe University, said:“I’m ecstatic thatCharley and Danielhave been short-listed for this presti-gious award. Thecompetition isreally Ierce and while we’vehad success in other awards,we’ve never gone so far inthe Penguin design award –I’m absolutely delighted.”On hearing she had made

the shortlist Charley said: “Iwanted to do the Penguinaward as one of my univer-sity projects and after reallyenjoying designing mycover I decided to give it a go

and enter it. I can’t believe Iwas shortlisted but I am sochuffed. It is an amazingand boosting feeling to havesuccess like this with a pieceof my work and this is deI-nitely something I will beproud of.”Daniel said: “I entered the

Penguin award as part of myUniversity module. Thenews of being shortlisted

was quite a surprise due tothe popularity and standardof work entered. I aim tocontinue utilisingmy designskills within the design in-dustry in the future. Thiscompetition will assist in thetransition from student tothe start of my designcareer.”Charley and Daniel will

Ind out if they have wonone of two £1,000 cashprizes and one of two designplacements with the UK’sbiggest book publisher whenthe winners are announcedon 24th June.

MANY don’t know aboutthe beautiful scenic routesthat bus drivers get towitness every day, so in abid to share their viewsand entice the commu-nity to visit new places,local bus drivers will soonIlm their bus journeysand the surroundingscenery.Over the coming

months, drivers of Stage-coach West are looking toIlm their scenic orunusual routes in a bid toshow those within thecounty just how beautifultheir local area is.All Ilms will be up-

loaded to a YouTubeaccount for people towatch, in a bid to getmembers of the commu-nity to go further thanthey normally would andride the bus to differentlocations for a day trip,taking in the scenery ontheir way.Rupert Cox, Managing

Director for Stagecoach

West, commented: “Oneof the joys of riding thebus is the chance to reallytake in the surroundingviews, which you mightmiss if you are driving ordistracted. We could all dowith taking a few minutesa day just to focus onwhat’s around us and ap-preciate our beautifulregion which we oftentake for granted, particu-larly as we have some ofthe best views within thecountry. We’re Ilmingthese routes in order toshare these views to thosewho aren’t able to witnessthem personally, and en-courage local people tostep out of their usualcomfort zone to venturefurther aIeld.”

Bus drivers plan tofilm their scenic routes

Two University students shortlistedfor prestigious Penguin design award

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editor’sDeskI s it me or has the Royal

Mail service in the towntaken on the guise of the

lesser spotted sloth?Nearly one in 10 Mrst class

letters are now delivered late byRoyal Mail.Hundreds of thousands of

Mrst class letters and packets are not being delivered ontime in Cheltenham despite a huge increase in the priceof stamps, new Mgures have revealed.The poor performance came despite Royal Mail

pushing through controversial increases in the cost ofsending letters and small packets such as those contain-ing DVDs at the end of April, which were heavily criti-cised by pensioner groups locally.The local Royal Mail ofMce proudly displays the ben-

eMts of working for them.• Want a part time job with hours from 8.30am to1.18pm working from a local delivery ofMce?• Enjoy working outdoors and are looking for a role withbeneMcial exercise?• Like working as part of a team to deliver customer sat-isfaction?Hmm.It doesn’t mention that you will probably be

delivering mail late, inviting scorn from just abouteverybody in the town. Don’t get me wrong I love mylocal ‘postie’. It’s not actually his fault. It’s the fault ofthe system and the onset of automation.Just like ‘Bobbies’ we need postman and postwomen,

not faceless pieces of kit that either just sort or allocate.Ask any ‘postie’ and they’ll tell they’re woefully short-

handed. And who’s’ to blame? Well of course it’s theRoyal Mail Management.My Mrst class post doesn’t arrive until at least 11.30am.

And of course there’s no second post to look forward toanymore these days. Again it’s not the posties fault. Heor she can’t walk/run any quicker. Give them back theirbikes I say. Or is that now a stupid health and safetyissue. What nonsense. That’s like being unable to bakebread because the oven might be hot.We all love our posties. They’re cheery, conscientious

folks who do a great job in all weathers around thetown. Let’s have them back on bikes and have more ofthem so that we can see Mrst class letters appearing againat breakfast, not brunch.

Eric Barton, Editor

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CARLUCCIO'S has beenlooking to open in Chel-tenham for a long time andnow it has a new restaurantright in the heart of the townopposite Cavendish Houseon Regents Street (on the siteof the old Mothercare).In a cascade of Italian Nair

the opening saw the greatand the good of the townturn out for an evening ofprosecco-splashed excitementas the London-based giantopened its doors to the mediaand local businesses in a VIPsoirée.The Italian food chain's

chairman, Simon Kossoff,

said: “If I picked six townsthat would be right for Car-luccio’s, Cheltenham wouldcertainly be on my list.” Healso added: “We have been

targeting Cheltenham for aslong as I can remember. It’staken ages to get to this pointof actually being open forbusiness.”

Italian stallion finally opens its doors in Cheltenham


BUSINESS

A TOPGloucestershire businesschief has said he would be infavour of Britain exiting the EU.Lord Bamford, chairman of

construction equipmentcompany JCB (pictured), saidBritain could exist on its ownoutside the European Union.Lord Bamford, of Daylesford,

speaking to the BBC said: "Weare the Mfth or sixth largesteconomy in the world,anyhow, so we could exist onour own, quite peacefully andquite sensibly, andwe could ne-gotiate as our own country,rather than being a 28th nationin Brussels, which is what weare at the moment.’He made his comments as

JCB reported £303 million inunderlying earnings for 2014,down from £313 million theyear before.The Mrm's overall sales, worth

£2.5 billion, were six percentlower than those of 2013.Lord Bamford together with

his family, including his wife,Carol, who runs the Daylesfordorganic estate near ChippingNorton is worth an estimated£3.1 billion, placing them 29thon the most recent SundayTimes Rich List.

FORMER Regular InfantryNCO veteran Rob Stiff,from Cheltenham, was aproud onlooker as his em-ployer, digital servicesgroup Atos, pledgedsupport for the ArmedForces community in aspecial ceremony at TheTank Museum, Bovington.Joe Hemming, Chief Op-

erating OfMcer of Atos UKand Ireland signed the Cor-porate Covenant alongsideLieutenant Colonel JohnGodfrey, commandingofMcer of the Royal WessexYeomanry, a South West-based Army Reserve ar-moured unit with aSquadron at Old Sarum.

The agreement will seeAtos commit to the Corpo-rate Covenant, supportingthe Armed Forces commu-nity in a number of ways,including offering jobs toyoung, old and injured vet-erans in Cheltenham andacross the UK.The agreement commits

Atos to a range of initiativessuch as promoting Atos asan Armed Forces-friendlyorganisation and support-ing the employment of vet-erans.

Rob, 38, is an ex RegularInfantry NCO and now aTroop Corporal in theRoyal Wessex Yeomanrywho has spent over 21years in uniform both inthe UK and overseas in-cluding Afghanistan,

Northern Ireland, Kosovo,Canada, Botswana, Jamaicaand Belize.

Rob joined Atos threeyears ago as a senior projectmanager. He said: “I canregularly work from homewhich has been excellent asit gives me a balancebetween work and homelife which I didn’t havebefore.’’On the agreement, Mr

Hemming added: “Thecommitment and dedica-tion shown to our countryby the Armed Forces is in-credible and, as a business,we want to do all we can atAtos to support them intheir future career.“Men and women in the

Armed Forces Communityhave done so much todefend our country. Atoswant to show appreciationfor all they have done byproviding them with op-portunities to make a newstart while still having theNexibility to be involved inthe Armed Forces.”

Lieutenant Colonel JohnGodfery, commandingofMcer at The Royal WessexYeomanry said: “It is vitallyimportant that we recog-nise those who lay theirlives on the line in theservice of their Countryand do everything possibleto assist them to help us. Itis both exciting and re-warding to see Atos UKleading the way in ac-knowledging the immensebeneMts that Reservists andformer service personnelcan bring to the privatesector and therefore agenuine honour to co-signAtos UK’s CorporateCovenant with them at TheTank Museum.”Atos will also be an active

participant in Armed ForcesDay on 27th June as well asLondon Poppy Day on 8thNovember, which thecompany has previouslysupported, contributingtowards the phenomenal£1.25million raised in2014.

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SUe holderness andChristopher Timothy to star ina brand new production ofBernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’sProfession to open at theeveryman Theatre,Cheltenham before going ona national tour.

Vivie Warren, a youngCambridge graduate, ishorrified to learn that hereducation and entireluxurious life-style has beenfinanced by her mother’scareer in the world’s oldestprofession!

Due to its frank portrayal ofMrs Warren’s profession, thisrarely performed andground-breaking play wasoriginally banned in englandby the Lord Chamberlain.Written in 1894, it was notallowed a publicperformance for the nextthirty years and during its firstperformance in New York, thepolice stopped the play and

arrested the cast!George Bernard Shaw’s

period drama is full of insightand humane understanding,with moments of comedy aswell as pathos and ranks asone of his masterpiecesalongside Pygmalion; SaintJoan and Man and Superman.The role of Mrs Warren isconsidered to be one of thegreatest female acting rolesand this production exploresthe choices women of thetime were forced to make. Itis arguably one of the earliestfeminist plays. Previous starnames who have played MrsWarren include FelicityKendal and Coral Browne. Inthis sumptuous productionSue holderness (Only Foolsand horses and The GreenGreen Grass) stars in the titlerole, alongside ChristopherTimothy (All Creatures Greatand Small; Doctors; Dial M forMurder).

Sue holderness comments:“I’m very excited to be back atthe everyman in Cheltenhamand to be taking Mrs Warren’sProfession on tour to somegorgeous venues. It’s such aterrific play and Mrs Warren isa wonderful character to play.I seem to be type cast as anold tart!!”

The cast also includes emilyWoodward as Vivie,Christopher Bowen as Praed,Ryan Saunders as FrankGardner and RichardDerrington as ReverendSamuel Gardner.

The production ispresented by the everymanTheatre Company and isdirected by Paul Milton, theeveryman Theatre’s CreativeDirector with design byDawn Allsopp.

Paul Milton, Director said:“We are thrilled that theCheltenham everymanproduction of Bernard Shaw’s

Mrs Warren’s Profession willget the chance to be seen byaudiences around thecountry. With such highquality actors as Sueholderness and ChristopherTimothy in the cast, I amconfident that it will play topacked houses – not only inCheltenham but also inSalisbury, Oxford, exeter,Cambridge and, of course,Malvern where Bernard Shawpremiered so many of hisplays.”

Mrs Warren’sProfessioneveryman Theatre, regentstreet, Cheltenham,GL50 1HQfriday 19th – saturday27th Juneevenings: Tue – sat 7.45pmMatinees: Thu & sat 2pmTickets: £13 - £28 availablefrom the Box office on01242 572573

WYChWOOD is one of the UK’sbest loved family festivals set inthe beautiful surroundings of theGloucestershire countrysidefrom 29th – 31st May. Across theweekend the festival willshowcase timeless heritageartists including UB40 - AliCampbell, Astro, Mickey Virtue,Boney M, The Undertones andThe Proclaimers plus festivalfavourites Craig Charles andAndy Kershaw. New and upcoming music will comecourtesy of London promoters,Smashing Blouse in theecotricity Big Top, whereGhostpoet, Lucy Rose and Darliaare all set to perform.

On top of the music expectan innovative and packed

programme of activities andevents for all the familyincluding yoga, crafts, comedy,children’s workshops, craft beerfestival and Wychwood’s famousheadphone disco for late nightrevellers!

Families will be thrilled asBAFTA Award-Winning, JustinFletcher a.k.a Mr Tumble takesover the main stage Sunday plusWychwood’s very ownChildren’s Literature Festivalreturns, in association withWaterstones.

Wychwood offers a diverseprogramme of music andentertainment for all the family,a brilliant variety of food stallsand is a festival not to be missedthis summer.

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MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION

The Brewery is playing host to itsthird annual Burger Festival andfollowing a fantastic response lastyear, it has been extended acrossthe whole month – with a host ofburger-related offers, deals anddiscounts.

From Monday 1st June untilTuesday 30th June 2015, allparticipating burger-servingrestaurants in The Brewery willprovide customers exclusive BurgerFestival offers, along with loads ofcompetitions to take part in. There’sthe chance to win family meals,family games of bowling, vouchersand lots more!

Locals are also urged to vote fortheir favourite Brewery burger fromthe Facebook page, with each voterentered into a prize draw for thechance to win their favourite burgerto enjoy with a friend.

Throughout the month, offersinclude 25% off at Chiquito whenyou buy two burgers, 20% offburgers at Frankie & Benny’s, 20% offfully loaded burgers at harvesterand 2 cheeseburgers for £12 atAprès. You can also get your handson a free bottomless soft drink fromNando’s when you buy a ChurrascoThigh Burger with two sides, a halfprice child’s burger with admissionat The Play Farm, as well as the fabpackage of a beer, burger and 2games of bowling for just £19.95 athollywood Bowl.

On Saturday 20th June 2015 treat

your dad to some Father’s Day funwith mouth-watering burgersampling from all burger-relatedrestaurants, costume characterappearances and hollywood Bowl’sinflatable bowling lane for you topractice your skills. Throughout theday there will also be live acousticmusic, a bouncy castle andentertainment for all the family. Youcan even grab a free ice cream – fora small donation to The Brewery’scharity of the year; the Guide Dogs.So get on down to The Brewery tokick-start your summer and say anearly happy Father’s Day to Dad!

The Brewery’s Third Annual Burger Festival

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Magnet respectively.Major Malarkey will

need all of the three milesfour furlongs as he is anout and out stayer havingwon over further at Chel-tenham in April whereasTwirling Magnet has speedas well as stamina and israted only 3lbs belowPacha Du Polder.He does however make

the odd jumping error andwould have to reverse theAintree form where he Gn-ished sixth. It is not im-possible by any means ashe will be suited by Strat-ford’s sharper track.Other interesting con-

tenders at this stageinclude Paint The Cloudstrained by WarrenGreatrex and likely riddenby Sam Waley-Cohen.This horse ran ex-

tremely well in the Bet365

Gold Cup at Sandown re-cently and won this Strat-ford marathon last year.Up and coming eight-year-old Current Event isalso sure to have his sup-porters but may not relishthe longer trip.The Champion Hunters’

race goes off at 8pm withthe meeting starting at5.55pm. With goodground anticipated thereshould be competitiveracing all round.

Champion Hunters Chase eagerly anticipatedHORSE RACING

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By JaMes Daly

RYAN Moore has been insuch demand as a jockeyover the last few seasons andhe continues to impress withhis race reading and strengthin the Gnish.As number one rider to the

Coolmore Stud horses he hasan opportunity to be aboardany of the Grst Gve Gllies inthe betting (as things stand)– four for the Coolmore con-nections and one for theRothschilds – in the Oaks runnext Friday at Epsom.His choice of mount will

surely therefore tell us a lotabout the prospects ofseveral Gllies in relation toeach other.Usually the 1000 Guineas

form is the strongest when itcomes to assessing form forthe Oaks and Moore was

aboard Legatissimowhen shewon the Gllies’ classic nicelyat the beginning of themonth.He was of course also on

Diamondsandrubies whenshe won her trial at Chesterand on Crystal Zvezda whenshe was so impressive atNewbury recently.Add to that just being

touched off at York on To-gether Forever and Gnishingsecond on Found in the IrishGuineas last Sunday and thepicture is somewhat compli-cated for the punter.Arguably he is likely to be

aboard Legatissimo as shelooks the part and has won aclassic.But as the race is over half

a mile further than theGuineas there could be an ar-gument for him choosingTogether Forever who wasclosing all the way to line atYork recently in the Musi-

dora over an extended 1mile2 furlongs and so seems sureto get the Oaks distance andis also likely to act aroundEpsom's undulations.At 8/1 presently her price

could contract quickly if shewere his choice.On the Derby front with

Dettori booked for the sup-plemented favourite GoldenHorn, Moore is likely to beon Hans Holbein after hisother likely mount GiovanniCanaletto was beaten at theCurragh last Sunday.It would of course be no

real shock if Moore were tobring up the Classic doubleat Epsom in early June norwould it be a complete shockif Coolmore decided to sup-plement this season’s Englishand Irish Guineas winnerGleneagles for the BlueRiband event. Indeed inracing it would be par for thecourse.

Moore’s Oaks choice key to the fillies’ classicHORSE RACING

GLOUCESTERSHIRE face astiff test in their openingMiddleton Cup match whenthey visit twice winnersDevon at Topsham BC onSaturday (2pm).Deprived of four players

not being available, VinceWilks, Keith Hinder andDave Howes along nationalsingles champion LeeWilliamson, manager RobGrifGths has given debuts toShaunMorris, Brian Burleighand Dave Smith while at theother end of the scaleGrahamGrifGths (pictured) isplaying in this 199th matchfor the County.

Gloucestershire:Rink One: John Small-wood (Olveston), AndyLocke (Olveston), NigelCansdale (Cirencester), PaulBryant (Olveston).Rink Two: Adam Smith(Dowty), Jack Daniels(Bishop's Cleeve), ChrisRoach (Cheltenham), ChrisDavies (Coleford).Rink Three: Ben Coldrick(Barnwood), Graham Grif-Gths, James Speller, SteveKnight (all Cheltenham).Rink Four: Brian Burleigh(Dursley), Paul Nelmes, NickHolliday, John Roach (allCheltenham).Rink Five: Nathan Kitchen(Cheltenham), Dave Smith

(Cam), Russell Mellerup(Cam), Matt Cuthbert (Chel-tenham).Rink Six: Shaun Morris(Gloucester City), MikeProsser (Gloucester Spa),Pete Stinchcombe (Tetbury),Stuart Hodges (Chel-tenham).

CounTy Ready foR devon TeSTBOWLS

THE County Triples Gnal willbe contested between Chel-tenham and Barnwood afterwinning their semi-Gnalmatches held at Sir ThomasRich’s BC.The rink of Nathan

Kitchen, Steve Knight andMatt Cuthbert (Chel-tenham) up against KenFerson, Mike Manns andSteve Mills (Barnwood)shared the Grst four endsbefore bagging a six followedby a four to move into a 14-

4 lead.That lead soon became 17-

5 with a three on the eighthend and with another fourand two further three’s theystormed into the Final witha 29-9 victory.In the other semi-Gnal the

rink of Ben Coldrick, PatMain and Andy Ewens(Barnwood) made a dreamstart against Jim Muirhead,John Ellis and John Bailey(Falcon) when they scored asix on the Grst end.They then lost the next six

ends to be 10-6 down. A two

halted the slide as theyclawed their way back withfour winning ends to lead15-10.Despite dropping a three

on the 15th end they thenbagged two two’s and al-though they lost a four onthe last end they reached theGnal with a 20-18 win.Both winners will now

meet in the County Finals atPineholt on July 26 and willalso represent the county atthe National Champi-onships at Leamington inAugust.

Cheltenham face Barnwood in triples finalBOWLS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Under-25s against Cornwall in theWhite Rose Trophy provedto be a real thriller at CulmVale BC.With all players apart from

one aged 17 or younger,Gloucestershire are develop-ing into a very promisingteam to watch and theystarted the game very posi-tively building up a 16-6 leadafter Gve ends.Joe Hibbard (Page Park),

Aaron Lloyd (Barnwood),Adam Smith (Dowty) andBen Coldrick (Barnwood)having built up a 9-1 leadagainst David Iddles thenlost their way and foundthemselves trailing 19-12after 15 ends.The other rink of Jack

Williams (Cheltenham Spa),Alex White (Cheltenham),Jack Daniels (Bishop'sCleeve) and Grant Baldwin(Coleford) found themselves15-9 down at 10 ends againstFred Williams.

Their Gghtback came overthe Gnal run in as theypowered their way for a threeshot winning margin 25-22.That left the other rink

going into the last end 23-19adrift needing the shot for atie or two shots for an out-right victory however thelast bowl from Coldricknicked the jack to the Corn-wall bowl and handed Corn-wall a 24-19 win and thematch by just two shots 46-44.A true advertisement to

the sport of bowls was givenby both sides in a thrillingcontest.

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SPORTGloucester a step closer to Europe after thriller

Gloucester 42Connacht 32

GLOUCESTER booked aCnal Champions Cup play-off game with Bordeaux-Begles with a thrillingextra-time victory over Con-nacht.A late Bill Meakes try for

the hosts, after a controver-sial penalty, forced the extra20 minutes.Matt Healy’s 92nd-minute

try gave Connacht the leadbut tries by Darren Dawid-iuk and Jonny May settledthe outcome.The Aviva Premiership

side now face Bordeaux atSixways in Worcester onSunday, with the winnerssecuring the last Champi-ons Cup spot.Gloucester director of

rugby David Humphreyssaid: "We made more mis-takes today than we haveover the last six months butonce again we showed ournever-say-die character.

"We’ve had a lot of tightgames recently and, inclose games, we rely on ourexperienced players tomake big decisions atcrucial times.

"I thought we had lost itand all credit to Connacht,who have had a number ofhard games recently, theywere fully committedthroughout."

RUGBY UNION

AFTER seeing title winningmanager Nick Lockemoveto Cheltenham Saracensand take on the challengeof turning around theirfortunes, CheltenhamCivil Service have ap-pointed the vastly experi-enced John BanCeld astheir new boss.BanCeld has a wealth of

experience in local leaguefootball, both as a playerand manager.He spent more than 24

years at Bishop's Cleeve,playing in their Crst teamfor 10 years before takingan assistant manager roleunder Paul Collicutt.After then taking over

management of Cleeve’sreserve team, BanCeldtook them from Chel-tenham League DivisionTwo right through to theCounty League in just Cveyears.Civil Service chairman

James Nattrass was im-pressed with BanCeld'svision for the club, whoreached the Cnal of the LesJames League Cup lastterm as well as winning

the County League at theCrst attempt.“We had a number of

applicants for the role andsome high calibre candi-dates," Nattrass said."The club have enjoyed

some great successes onthe pitch in recent yearshowever it is importantthat we take a step backand look at some of thewider aspects and Nick’sdeparture brought thisinto sharper focus."The committee and I

were keen to appointsomeone who would addvalue to the club both onand off the pitch andwhen John and Imet I wasimpressed with his ideasand enthusiasm."The committee and I

are really looking forwardto working with him.”BanCeld is currently

working with his back-room team, Neil Bonnerand John Phillips, as wellas the other managers inthe club to Cnalise plansfor pre-season.Anyone interested in

joining the club shouldcontact James Nattrass on07929 378342.

COUNTY FOOTBALL

Banfield appointed new bossat County League champions

Outgoing Civil Servicemanager Nick Locke

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CHELTENHAM Swimmingand Water Polo club heldtheir third annual summerball on Saturday.More than 150 guests at-

tended, including 90-year-oldJack Jones and Great Britainwater polo chairman IanElliot.Chris Dean (GB Polo PR

and Finance), Mike Jukes (GBreferees co-ordinator) andPippa Jones (BWPL president)were also present.CSWPC also launched

their Hall Of Fame, inductingthe Crst 20 members.They recognised the con-

tributions of Pippa Jones,who started swimming with

Cheltenham and went on tobe a international swimmerand polo player and is cur-rently the British Water Pololeague president, and JerryBirmingham (ex-GB captainand nine time british leaguewinner with London Poly,who now helps coach atCheltenham).David Taylor won player's

player of the season for theCrst team and Andy McAllis-ter for the Spartans (second)team.An auction was held to

raise money for Kate Readand the Under-19 GBwomen's fund to get to theworlds.Formore information, visit

cswpc.co.uk

WATER POLO

Town’s water polo club launch Hall of Fame

Cheltenham's ladies team

Cheltenham’s first team

James Ross (first teamcoach) receiving framedfinals medals from thedouble win fromcaptain Dave Taylor

Captain Dave Taylor beingpresented with Players’Player award by retired

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CHELTENHAM recoveredfrom a top-order collapse toreach the brink of victorybefore an unbeaten eighthwicket partnership of 86 sawThornbury home at TheShip Field.This was a pitch which

gave assistance to theseamers at the start of bothinnings, but which becameeasier to play as the ball gotolder.Both innings saw a top

order collapse followed by amiddle-order recovery.Will Simmons won the

toss and elected to bat, butwas soon regretting his deci-sion as Cheltenhamslumped to 32-4 after 12overs with Josh Morrisclaiming three of thewickets.

Aled Howell and JamesSchoFeld put on 29 for theFfth wicket before Howellsteered Harry Wormwellinto the gully to leave Chel-tenham perilously placed at61-5.SchoFeld was then joined

by Rob Cooper and this pairgot their heads down andput on an excellent partner-ship of 80 runs in 20 oversto give Cheltenham hope.SchoFeld reached his half

century off 88 balls but wasout next ball when he top-edged a bouncer fromMorris and Richard Trotmanheld the catch at Fne leg.This left Cooper to

marshal the tail, but Morrishad the Fnal say removingSimmons, Elliot Wilson andSam Didcote to Fnish withexcellent Fgures of 7-38from his 10 overs.

Cooper attempted to farmthe strike in the 10th wicketpartnership with DanThomas but was almost im-mediately bowled byTrotman for a well-made 44and Cheltenham were 173all out after 46.2 overs.Batting was no easier at

the start of the Thornburyinnings. Wilson bowled animmaculate line and lengthto pose a real challenge, butit was Matt Jennings whogot the breakthroughhaving Kyp Bridgen caughtat short mid wicket byHowell for Fve and MarcLezar held at slip for a Frst-ball duck to leave Thorn-bury on 17-2.The introduction of Mike

Kelly into the attack broughtinstant rewards as openerDan Lezar (12) was caught atslip by Jennings and Dan

Davis was bowled for a duck.Then Thornbury skipper

Trotman was caught behindby Simmons to leave thehome side reeling on 45-5and Kelly with Fgures of 3-2from his Frst two overs.Sam SummerFeld hit 5

fours in an attractive inningsof 23 but became Kelly'sfourth victim when he wasbowled and when DannySlade (12) cut Jennings toDidcote at point, Chel-tenham were in the drivingseat at 89-7 in the 25th over.But that was as good as it

got for Cheltenham as LukeDavis (61*) and Colin Blick(37*) compiled an excellentmatch-winning partnershipof 86 to win the game withmore than six overs to spare,with Cheltenham lackingthe cutting edge at the endto Fnish the job.

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MICHAEL Klinger markedhis return to Gloucestershirewith a career-best 126 notout to lead his side to a34 run win over Essex Eaglesin the Natwest T20 Blast

at Bristol.Three days after stepping

off the plane from Australia,the skipper took advantageof three dropped catchesand a missed run out to putEssex to the sword in spec-tacular style.

His knock came off 68balls and included sevenfours and eight sixes – fourof which came off the Fnalover of the innings, bowledby Graham Napier, as Glosposted 199-4.In reply, Essex were up

against it after David Paynepicked up two wickets inthe second over of theirinnings. And they wereundone at the end by a hattrick from spinner TomSmith who Fnished with5-39.

Klinger leads County to win over EssexcrickeT: T20 BLAST

pearances for Oldhamlast term, scoring twice.Cheltenham have now

passed the 500 seasontickets sales mark aheadof the early bird deadlineat the end of this month.All Robins fans who

renewed their seasontickets before 2pm lastFriday were entered intoa prize draw and the fol-lowing lucky supportershave all won £100 cash:Sam Draper, Susan Eyre,Alan Shevlin, Ian Partlett,John Jackson, Christo-pher Carter, RobinClarke, Ian Williams,Nicole Thomas, KennethRaybould.

For more informationabout season tickets,visit ctfc.com.

* Scotsman Matt Carson,who became CheltenhamTown's record signing in1958, has passed away inAustralia at the age of 80.Born on October 11,

1934 in Coatbridge,centre forward Carsonjoined the Robins for£1,250 from AlbionRovers in November1958. He went on to playfor Boston United,leaving Cheltenham inJuly 1960.He made his Chel-

tenham debut at BarryTown in a SouthernLeague North WesternZone Fxture on Novem-ber 15, 1958. His Fnal ap-pearance was at homeagainst Gloucester City inthe GloucestershireSenior Challenge CupFnal on April 27, 1960.Like many of the Scots-

men who joined theRobins during the 1950sand 60s, Carson beganhis career in Junior foot-ball north of the borderand played for HozierThistle Amateurs beforejoining Albion in ScottishLeague Division Twoduring March 1956.A 6ft 1in front man,

Carson made seven ap-pearances in the remain-der of the season, butestablished himself thefollowing year with 29goals in 36 league appear-ances as Albion FnishedFfth in the table.He remained at

Cliftonhill for the follow-ing season, scoring 23times from 35 starts in astruggling side and it wasconsidered something ofa coup when Chel-tenham signed the 23-year old in November1958 with a record of 57goals from 86 appear-ances for Albion Roversbehind him.Carson was given an

immediate run in theteam but was unable tosettle and Lewin pre-ferred the more mobileAlan Gibbs for the secondhalf of the season.The following season

he was again given aseries of starts in Septem-ber and October butfailed to convince despitea reasonable return ofgoals and was placed ontransfer list, joiningBoston United on trial fora month in February1960 and returning to theLincolnshire club at theend of the season.Without a club for a

few months during1960/61, Carson returnedto Cheltenham Town andappeared for the reservesbefore joining Kidder-minster Harriers in July1961.He made a total of 23

appearances for theRobins, scoring 13 goals,later playing for Chel-tenham-based club StMarks CA before emigrat-ing to live in Australia.

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Local trainerstarget ChampionHunters’ Chaseat Stratford

FRIDAY evening sees the cul-mination of the HunterChase season with a top classcard at Stratford featuringfour champion hunter chasesthe pinnacle of which is the57th running of the Horseand Hound Cup over threeand half miles.This Champion Hunters’

Chase has been won by manyproli>c hunter chasers overthe years and this year’srenewal looks no less fasci-nating with leading NationalHunt trainer Paul Nichollslikely to run top rated PachaDu Polder a recent second atAintree to the best hunterchaser in Europe On TheFringe.Local trainers Nigel

Twiston Davies and JonjoO’Neill also throw their hatsinto the ring with MajorMalarkey and Twirling

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STRIKER Amari Morgan-Smith will become Chel-tenham Town’s fourth newsigning of the summer onFriday (29th May).The 26-year-old spent

last season at League OneOldham Athletic, where heplayed under Robins bossGary Johnson’s son Lee.A 6ft tall, powerful front

man, Morgan-Smithstarted his career at Stock-port County before drop-ping into non-leaguefootball with IlkestonTown.He then switched to

Luton Town before spellswith Maccles>eld Town

and Kidderminster Harriersin what is now the Va-narama National League.He played under former

Cheltenham manager PaulBuckle at Luton and ap-peared alongside left-backCraig Braham-Barrett, whowas released by the Robinsthis summer, during histime at Maccles>eld.Johnson described his

next addition as a “coupfor the club”, havingalready brought in de-fender Aaron Downes andmid>elders Jack Munnsand Kyle Storer since theend of last season.Wolverhampton-born

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