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Manchester City, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United lined up for Hallam FC pre-season friendlies in Crosspool

Premier League champions Manchester City will send an under-18 team to Sandygate on Monday 16 July as part of Hallam FC’s pre-season preparation.

The Countrymen are also due to play Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday 24 July and Sheffield United on Monday 30 July. For these types of fixture, the Owls and the Blades often send a team of youngsters or reserves.

At a Sandygate pre-season fixture in August 2011, Hallam edged out a young Sheffield Wednesday team 3-2.

Hallam FC proposed pre-season schedule 2012:

Sandygate games in bold. Check with Hallam FC for confirmed details before you set off.

Tuesday 3 July Worksop Parramore (a) 7.45pm
Monday 16 July Manchester City (h) 7.45pm
Tuesday 24 July Sheffield Wednesday (h) 7.45pm
Saturday 28 July Harborough Town (a) 1pm
Monday 30 July Sheffield United (h) 7.45pm (provisional)

Hallam FC beat a SWFC XI 3-2 in August 2011
Hallam FC beat a SWFC XI 3-2 in August 2011
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Former British champion sets up Crosspool taekwondo club

A new taekwondo club is to start in Crosspool
A new taekwondo club is to start in Crosspool

A former British taekwondo champion and European bronze medallist and his wife are setting up a new taekwondo club in Crosspool.

Champions Taekwondo will take place 6–7pm every Thursday from 14 June at Benty Lane scout hut.

It is run by Scott and Joanne Graham, who are Crosspool residents with children in local schools. Joanne explained: “We offer a safe and friendly learning environment with the emphasis for children being on the fun aspect of learning, allowing them to progress without pressure.”

Taekwondo is an ancient Korean martial art, with a focus on kicking and self defence. Practitioners can expect to gain greater degrees of fitness, flexibility, concentration and confidence, which can be important for childrens’ development.

Adults and children, from beginners to advanced, are welcome. The first lesson is free then it is £4.50 per lesson afterwards.

For more information contact Scott on 07970 597 800 or Jo on 07539 935 279 or email championstaekwondo@hotmail.co.uk.

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Bell of St Columba’s to ring out again

St Columba's: bells to ring out this morning
St Columba’s: bell to ring out this morning

Update 5 June 2012: sadly some technical problems arose, meaning the bell wasn’t able to ring on Sunday. The bell expert has been brought back in to fix it. We’ll let you know when it is working again.

After years of silence, the bell in the tower of St Columba’s church in Crosspool will ring out once again this morning.

The peal will take place just before 10am to mark the queen’s diamond jubilee.

Priest–in-charge at the church Reverend Frances Eccleston is planning on the bell getting more use from now on: “We hope to ring a brief peal on the bell before our 10am service on Sunday morning most weeks.”

The St Columba bell sits in the church tower behind four concrete panels. It was cast in Loughborough in 1901 before being set in the tower in December 1955.

St Columba’s church

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Crosspool Festival 2012 programme

Crosspool Festival 2012 programme (PDF, 676KB)
Download Crosspool Festival 2012 programme (PDF, 676KB)

We’re excited to confirm the programme for this year’s Crosspool Festival, which runs 7–15 July.

The Festival Committee – Frances, Sally, Chris, Pat, Eileen, and Roger – say:

We have events old and new in this years programme — so please join in, try something new, and come together with neighbours and friends to celebrate and have fun. Whatever your age we hope there will something here for you to enjoy.

You can download a PDF of the programme (676KB) or view it on the Crosspool Festival 2012 web page.

The prize-winning cover designs are by Amelia Cocken, Lydgate Infant School [front] and Ines Reynolds, Lydgate Junior School [back].

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Summer 2012 Crosspool Clarion out soon

The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion has been printed and will soon be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households.

Download Summer 2012 Crosspool Clarion (PDF, 1.7MB)

Download Crosspool Clarion Summer 2012, Volume 9 Issue 2 (PDF, 1.7MB)
Download Crosspool Clarion Summer 2012, Volume 9 Issue 2 (PDF, 1.7MB)
  • Concern over the future of Moor View Farm
  • Report of trip to BBC Media City Centre at Salford Quays
  • New Councillor for Crosspool
  • Barnardos Helper Group
  • Crosspool WI
  • Manchester Rd Surgery Launches Website
  • Book Appeal
  • Hillside Harvest
  • Local School Children Reaping Rewards
  • Neighbourhood Watch Report
  • St Columba’s Community Lunch Club
  • Computer courses
  • Local Equestrian Report
  • Centenary of the First Omnibus Service
  • The Kinder Trespass
  • A Sheffield Bowling Club in Line for Top Award
  • Open Meeting Minutes
  • Babe the Sheep-Pig

Download Summer 2012 Crosspool Clarion (PDF, 1.7MB)

Some back issues of past editions of the Crosspool Clarion are also available to download.

The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crospool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,500 copies delivered to local households.

To read PDFs on your computer, you may need to first download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Former Tapton pupil to feature in Crucible production

Cast from Babe the Sheep-Pig
Cast from Babe the Sheep-Pig

A former Tapton school pupil is appearing in a production at the Crucible theatre in July.

Jess Millward will appear in Babe the Sheep-Pig, a play based on the popular film and book, Babe by Dick King-Smith, on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 of July.

It is the opening production of the Sheffield Children’s Festival 2012 and is also this years BTEC Extended Diploma in Acting at Norton College and so the students will be performing various roles, including Ma the sheep, Farmer Hogget and, of course, Babe.

The play tells the tale of a courageous piglet’s remarkable adventure. After Babe is won by Farmer Hogget, they form an unbreakable bond, and with the help of the old sheep-dog, Fly, she soon learns the herding instinct. When the day of the Grand Challenge Sheep-Dog Trials arrives, the whole farm holds its breath to see whether Babe will triumph, against all odds, to become the hero of the farm.

Jess, a former pupil of Tapton School, will be playing the role of Ma the sheep on Monday 2 and involved in the ensemble on Tuesday 3. She is also involved in the costume side of the production. Jess first started acting in the well known Stephen Hill pantomime.

Tickets are available at the Sheffield Theatre’s Box Office (0114 249 6000) or on their website and are priced at £6 for adults and £4 for students/concessions.

News story written by Ashleigh Fletcher

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Flags go up in precinct to mark jubilee and olympic summer

Flags have gone up oin the precinct
Flags have gone up oin the precinct

If you passed through the precinct this weekend then you’ll see that flags have gone up above many of the shops.

They have been installed to mark the upcoming diamond jubilee and 2012 olympic games and will stay up until the end of the summer.

The flags were funded with a grant from the South West Community Assembly and were bought and put up with the help of Crosspool Forum.

The precinct
Roses, Bamforths and Artisan
Archers and Guidos
GT News and Philip James
Co-op Travel and More Posh than Dosh 3
Shops in the precinct
Spar and Crosspool Pet Supplies
Inspiration Hair and Lounge
Direct Travel
Alex Gage Optician
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Lydgate Reservoir housing plans in doubt

Plans to build new homes on the site of Lydgate Reservoir on Evelyn Road are in doubt following a statement from Yorkshire Water.

The information posted by Yorkshire Water’s Land Use Planning Manager on the consultation website reads:

I have now been informed by my operational colleagues that they are undertaking further investigations with regard to our distribution network in the area. Because of this I am not satisfied that there is in fact a “reasonable prospect” of the site coming forward within the plan period. I would therefore like to withdraw the site at least until our investigations are complete.

I am hopeful that we will have more certainty by the representations stage of the Publication Version and if in fact the site does prove to be surplus to operational use I will then ask for it to be included.

The site was one of 18 in Sheffield earmarked as part of a strategy to build 1,110 new homes.