IMPROVED FORM: Carlton saw off Belper to secure their third successive victory (Photo: Louis Lardi).
Goals from Daniel Gordon, Josh Rae and Anthony Dwyer saw Carlton Town win a third away match on the spin, this time 3-1 at Belper Town.
Gordon and Rae had put the Millers two goals ahead before Alex Steadman pulled one back from the penalty spot.
But Dwyer struck to secure the win and move Carlton up to 17th place in the table, still seven points clear of the relegation zone.
Loughborough beat Sheffield and Goole won away at Daventry so it’s still very tight at the bottom of the table, but Carlton’s wins have meant both Sheffield and Daventry have been dragged into the struggle to stay up.
Local businesses in Arnold will be shelling out to dress up their shop fronts as part of a creative Easter competition taking place in the town centre next week.
On Thursday, March 24 various shops, from florists to jewellers, will be taking part in the competition to be crowned the best dressed Easter themed window.
EASTER MAKEOVER: Arnold Town Centre
The Mayor of Gedling Councillor Meredith Lawrence and Vice Chair of the Arnold Local Area Forum Councillor Sandra Barnes will be judging, along with Mrs Pat Daniels from the Arnold Art Society, who will cast her artistic eye over the entries. Judging will take place from 10am in Eagle Square in Arnold Town Centre on the day.
12 businesses are competing this year, including last year’s winners Barnardo’s, who are hoping to retain their winning status for a second consecutive year.
The competition was organised by the Local Arnold Area Forum and supported by Gedling Borough Council’s Economic Development team as part of ongoing work to raise the profile of the local businesses in the local shopping precincts.
HONOURED: Winner of the Campaigning Women award, Joy Bamling (left) and winner of the Woman of the Year award Lesley Rhodes (right) are pictured at last night’s awards evening
Some of Gedling borough’s most inspirational women were honoured at special awards night in Arnold last night.
10 awards in total were handed out to women from across the local area who had done amazing things in their communities over the past year.
WINNER: Deputy Leader Cllr Michael Payne presents the Young Inspiration award to Ashlea Pringle, who attends Carlton Le Willows.
The Mayoress of Gedling, Wendy Lawrence, hosted the event which took place in the at the Civic Centre in Arnold.
The awards night was organised as part of a month of celebrations taking place over March to coincide with International Women’s Day.
One of the winners on the night was Joy Bambling. Joy was honoured for organising Arnold in Bloom over the past 15 years.
She said: “I’m shocked and very pleased. The awards are a good idea and it’s nice to meet other women who work in the community”
Woman of the Year winner Lesley Rhodes was rewarded for her work with the Gedling Play Forum; she was full of praise for her team of volunteers.
She said: “I’m really surprised and honoured to win this award, but I wouldn’t have got it without my fantastic team of volunteers who together give over 90 hours a week of their time to make our events happen.”
And the winners were…
Women in Business Award: ANITA STRONG for Knitworking Women in the Public Sector Award: SARAH LLOYD WAIS Pet Project co-ordinator Women in the Voluntary Sector Award: LOUISE COOKE for Sharewear Clothing Scheme Campaigning Women Award: JOY BAMLING for Arnold in Bloom Women Who Care Award: JEANETTE BUCKNELL a volunteer at Carlton Pentecostal Church Women of Influence Award:CHRISTINE DRAKE for service to multiple organisations in Colwick Still I Rise (a personal journey overcoming adversity)Award: JULIE MALONE from New Writers UK Young Inspiration Award: ASHLEA PRINGLE for her work in the Gedling Youth Council, specifically with the Anti Bullying campaign during ABW 2015 Women’s Organisation Award: We R Here, crisis and bereavement counselling and support Woman of the Year Award: LESLEY RHODES for her work in the Gedling Play Forum
Nottinghamshire was overlooked for any infrastructure investment in Wednesday’s budget according to the county council, while Manchester and London reaped the rewards.
Chancellor George Osborne announced a raft of investment in road and rail schemes, including £80m for Crossrail 2 in London, £50m for HS3 between Manchester and Leeds and £161m for M62 motorway upgrades around Greater Manchester.
There were also new Enterprise Zones announced for Cornwall, Leicestershire, Dudley and Sheffield and new Devolution deals for Lincolnshire, East Anglia and the West of England.
But the council say there is nothing in the budget for Nottinghamshire.
Pictured: Councillor Alan Rhodes
Councillor Alan Rhodes, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “Due to previous promises over economic growth not materialising, the Chancellor announced that there will be a further £3.5b cut in Government spending by 2020 and once again, we are bracing ourselves for that to translate into further, damaging cuts to funding for local council services.
“With more than 40% of the Council’s reducing budget already being spent on social care services for the elderly and disabled, it is inevitable that some of the services will, once again, but adversely affected by future cuts. Yet again, another opportunity to address the funding crisis in social care has been missed.
“To make matters worse, with that pain comes none of the gain that other areas of the country are getting through expenditure on vital infrastructure improvements and devolution of Whitehall-held budgets and powers.
“I am extremely disappointed that funding for projects such as the extension of the Robin Hood Line to Ollerton, funding for faster east-west rail services from Nottingham to Birmingham and desperately-needed new Enterprise Zones have once again not been forthcoming – despite the Chancellor previously saying that he supported them.”
But Councillor Rhodes pledged to keep on lobbying Government to get a better deal for Nottinghamshire residents and businesses.
He added: “A North Midlands Devolution deal offers us the best chance of getting the economic growth, jobs, affordable housing and infrastucture improvements our area desperately needs – and we continue to work with other Councils in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to try and put the resources and finance into local hands.
“In the meantime though, we will continue to lobby Ministers and local MPs for funding for individual projects – we cannot and will not allow Nottinghamshire to be left behind while resources go elsewhere.”
WARNING: Police say there has been increase in cold callers in Gedling South
Police are warning pensioners in Gedling not to open their door to people they are not expecting after an increase in complaints about bogus cold callers in the area.
The cold callers have been targeting the homes of elderly residents in the area and quoting for various types of work and then demanding money upfront. Once the fraudsters have the money then no work ever gets completed.
PCSO for Gedling South, Thomas Packer said: “Confirm the identity of anyone who calls at your home who you don’t know. Beware of bogus officials. Not sure? Don’t open the door.”
If you have any information about these bogus callers, please contact Nottinghamshire Police on 101
Police have today offered the following crime prevention advice:
Ensure you lock your doors and windows even when you are in.
Fit good quality locks to your exterior doors.
If you have an intruder alarm make sure you set it when you go out and when you go to bed.
Leave a light on when it’s dark, make use of timer switches and consider leaving a radio on or investing in a fake TV device.
Register your property for free on the national property database www.immobilise.com Immobilise helps Police to reunite stolen items with their rightful owners in the event of them being recovered.
Protectively mark your valuable property with your name and postcode preferably using a visible property marking kit such as Cremark or SelectaMARK and don’t leave valuables such as laptops on view.
Take your keys to bed with you; don’t leave them in door locks or window locks, or in view of windows and doors.
It has been a successful month-and-half for Mapperley Park Badminton club writes Andy Shaw
1st Ladies ended their season with a 5-4 victory over Beeston Fields. Meaning they finish the season with a 3-3 record and maintain their division 1 status for another year.
The 2nd ladies have completely turned their season around with four straight victories over Byron (7-2) Crusader (8-1) Rushcliffe Arena (Walkover) Chilwell (5-4) Captain Julie Whitby has done a great job in getting the right results after a difficult start.
The 3rd Ladies are in with a chance of promotion after winning their final two games of the season again Beeston Fields (5-4) and Southwell (6-3) ending the season with a 5-2 record. Captain Sarah Thomas has carried on the great work by previous captain Maxine Day in bringing the youngsters through, with Rhia Simmonds, Laura Jones and Aylish Magee all excelling.
The 1st mixed ended their up and down season with two defeats. A 9-0 away loss at Roll Royce was not helped by serious injury to Ruth Wear in the first rubber. We wish her well in her strive to be fit for the new season. An understrength side missing Captain Steve Smith and Andy Shaw then lost 8-2 at home to Forest. The 3rd mixed ended a pretty disastrous season with an 8-1 loss at home to St Giles.
After starting the season with three straight losses, the 4th Mixed recorded 3 straight victories, ending their season with a 6-3 win at home to Unity. Andy Waplington and Captain Kara Gokova continuing their good form, taking a maximum.
5th mixed have a had a very good season, looking odds on for promotion, until an unavoidable forfeit away against Redhill. Dave Hall and Lisa Crouch have come in from Kimberley and showed their experience in what is a relatively inexperienced mixed team. Their latest result was a hard fought 5-4 win over Carlton. With Dave and Lisa taking a maximum. A win in their rearranged fixture against St Giles could see them enter the promotion mix.
After securing their first win of the season in men’s Premier, the 1st men’s (missing Steve Smith) suffered a tight 5-4 loss away at Byron, which would have guaranteed their status in the top division. James Watkins and Andy Shaw taking two. They ended the season with a tough 9-0 loss at home to Bingham. Their fate is now in the hands of the league as to whether they relegate one or two teams.
The 2nd men’s recorded a vital victory at home to Carlton, which should preserve their division 2 status, Harry Brownlee and Con Truong scoring a maximum. Four straight losses for the 3rd men’s looked like resigning them back to division 3, but victory over Unity (6-3) with Gurj Singh and Andy Waplington taking a maximum gives them hope with one match remaining away at East Leake.
Carlton Town took a huge step towards securing Evo-Stik league football next season with a comprehensive 3-0 win at Tividale writes Chris Bailey from Carlton Town Fans website.
The win, Carlton’s second in a week against fellow relegation candidates, saw the Millers rise one place to 18th in the table and maintain the seven point gap to the drop zone. It also meant that Daventry Town have now been dragged into the scrap to stay up as the season nears its conclusion.
Carlton made a bright start with Romello Nangle putting Niall Davie through on the right wing, he then cut in and fired his shot past the left hand post.
On the 14th minute Carlton took the lead with a neat move. Kevin Lusamba’s ball put Nangle through in on goal and the striker rounded the keeper and put the ball in the net past two retreating Tividale defenders.
Two minutes later, Danny Gordon’s shot was saved by the Tividale keeper Tom Turner.
Carlton continued to push forward with Anthony Howell firing in a long range shot. Gordon was then booked for a second tackle.
Tividale attacks were well-marshalled by the Carlton defence for whom Daniel Fletcher was outstanding. However, there was a moment of concern when Kameron Campbell’s mis-header led to Romaine Graham and Matthew Jukes tussling for the ball inside the Carlton area and both ended up on the floor which lead to appeals from Tividale players for a penalty which were dismissed by referee John Roskelly.
Tividale’s most dangerous player on the day, Jukes, then had a chance to level but only managed to fire his shot into the side netting.
Nangle became the second Carlton player to go into referee Roskelly’s book for what appeared to be an over the top tackle on Tividale’s Jacob Barnes.
The half ended with Carlton pressing forward, with Davie’s mazy run ending with a shot being saved by Turner.
The second half was only five minutes old when Carlton doubled their lead. Tividale conceded a free kick on the corner of their penalty area and Carlton’s free kick specialist Danny Gordon fired a fierce strike between the goalkeeper and the near post.
A third goal followed five minutes after that when a shot by Lusamba shot was handled by Tividale’s left back Scott Devlin and Danny Gordon stepped up to score from the resulting penalty.
The Millers then fashioned another chance when the ball was neatly moved down the left wing with interplay between Lusamba and Matthew Newton which resulted with Gordon shooting wide.
Tividale came close in the last 10 minutes of the match, firstly when a Jukes header came back off a combination of the crossbar and post and then when a Howell slip gave the ball to Craig Stevens who shot over the Carlton bar.
Carlton had one last chance when Howell found Kevin Lusamba whose cross was met by Newton but Turner was equal to his effort.
Tividale looked stranded at the bottom of the table but Wayne Scott’s side have given themselves a real opportunity to secure safety over the next couple of weeks.
Residents who use a recycling centre in Calverton are being asked to complete a one-off free registration if they want to continue visiting the site in the future.
Nottinghamshire County Council, who run the site in Hollinwood Lane, is launching the free registration scheme at all 12 of its centres this autumn.
Many of the council’s 12 sites – which are all located close to the borders with neighbouring counties – end up handling waste brought in by users from outside Nottinghamshire, which increases costs.
The council hopes the new scheme will ensure only people from across the county use the sites and help cut down the amount of waste being handled by the facility each year.
Councillor Jim Creamer, chairman of the county council’s environment and sustainability committee, said: “Because of the closeness of many of our recycling centres to the borders of the county, a significant number of users come from outside Nottinghamshire
“In 2014/15, around 85,000 tonnes of waste was deposited at our recycling centres. Stopping out-of-county residents from using Nottinghamshire’s sites should have a significant impact on overall tonnages, and therefore associated disposal costs.
“An additional benefit is that it could also improve waiting times at the centres for Notts residents.”
The simple registration process can be completed online from March 21 at the county council’s website, nottscc.gov.uk/registertorecycle or by calling the customer service centre on 0300 500 80 80.
There will be no physical permit to display but vehicle checks will be undertaken on-site using hand-held devices.
From the autumn, If a vehicle is found not to be registered, the council will be notified and out-of-county users will be advised to use their own local authority sites.
A man from Mapperley was among seven jailed for their involvement in a tit-for-tat case of kidnap and violence.
Sebastian Wojciechowski, 30, of Woodborough Road in Mapperley, was today jailed for a total of eight years for kidnap and causing grievous bodily harm.
The offences began on the evening of Monday, November 24 2014 when Lukasz Kielb drove his friend Kacper Wojciechowski to a house in Rosetta Road, New Basford. There he dragged him into the cellar and, with the help of Mark Duffus, tied him up, scalded him with boiling water, beat him with a knuckleduster and a metal pole, and slashed his arms and legs with knives.
SENTENCED: Sebastian Wojchiechowski
At 6am the next day Wojciechowski escaped the cellar and called 999. He suffered a broken nose and cheekbone, and numerous cuts to his arms and legs, which required stitches.
Despite Wojciechowski claiming he didn’t know his assailants a police investigation was launched.
Instead of reporting Kielb to police, Wojciechowski took the law into his own hands. He enlisted the help of his three brothers, Bartlomiej, Sebastian and Grzegorz, and brother-in-law Marcin Borowczak, in an act of payback.
At 12.35pm on Sunday, December 21, 2014 the brothers, travelling in a Fiat Ulysee in Bobbersmill Road, Bobbers Mill, rammed the back of the Rover in which Kielb was travelling. They dragged him from the vehicle and bundled him into the boot of their car, before driving to an area of wasteland off Alfreton Road where they subjected him to a violent assault.
They forced him back into the boot but as they approached the main road they were met by police.
Kielb suffered life threatening head injuries, which later required stitches, as well as an open fracture to his hand, which required surgery.
It was through questioning by detectives that the full extent of the offences was revealed. Kielb and Duffus were subsequently arrested and charged for their involvement.
All seven men pleaded guilty to the following charges at previous hearings and, on Friday (11 March 2016) at Nottingham Crown Court, were sentenced:
• Twenty-year-old Lukasz Kielb, of Atherton Rise in Aspley, and Mark Duffus, 39, of Beckenham Road in Radford, were each jailed for four years for false imprisonment and four years for causing grievous bodily harm, to run concurrently.
• Twenty-two-year-old Kacper Wojciechowski, of Nottingham Road in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Grzegorz Wojciechowski, 24, of Langtry Grove in New Basford, Sebastian Wojciechowski, 30, of Woodborough Road in Mapperley, and Marcin Borowczak, 36, of Langtry Grove in New Basford, each received jail terms of four years for kidnap and four years for causing grievous bodily harm, to run concurrently.
• Bartlomiej Wojciechowski, 28, of no fixed address, was jailed for three years for causing grievous bodily harm.
All but Duffus will be deported once they have served their sentences.
Detective Constable Emma Pollard said: “We can’t be sure what motivated this campaign of violence, but what we are sure of is each and everyone’s involvement, thanks to a thorough investigation.
“This really was a team effort — from the member of public who raised the alarm in Bobbers Mill and the officers who chased down the fleeing men, to the detectives who scrutinised CCTV and interviewed the suspects.
“The use of plastic sheeting in the cellar during Kacper’s torture, followed by a thorough wipe-down, meant any evidence of the attack was invisible to the naked eye. But this clean-up job was no match for the forensics team at Key Forensic Services. They were able to ascertain, through use of specialist blood seeking equipment and spatter pattern analysis, the exact location and nature of the attack.
“Let’s not forget it wasn’t just CCTV that bore witness to this violent lunchtime assault in Bobbers Mill, it was a number of passers-by. While the attack was between known associates, we cannot underestimate its proximity to law-abiding members of the public and the psychological impact it may have had on them.
“Seven very violent men have now been removed from our neighbourhoods, making the streets of Nottingham a safer place to be.”
Mellish Ladies made the long trip to face Scunthorpe Ladies away after recording their first win of 2016 against the same opponents two weeks earlier.
The game started badly for Mellish with Scunthorpe scoring straight from the kick off but missing the conversion to lead 5-0. Mellish Ladies regrouped and took play back upfield but Scunthorpe turned them over and spent the next 20 minutes in the Mellish half. Mellish Ladies defended well and with a more dominant scrum shut Scunthorpe out, eventually forcing some territory and after another strong scrum the backs shifted the ball through the hands and Jess Wade crossed in the corner to tie the scores at 5-5 with the conversion being missed. Scunthorpe Ladies finished the half in the Mellish 22 but couldn’t break down our defence and we went into the 2nd half with the scores tied.
Scunthorpe started the 2nd half with a kick that didn’t go 10 so Mellish Ladies opted for the scrum. From here the clean ball the forwards gave the backs allowed a swift exchange of passes to Jess Wade to run in her 2nd try of the game but the conversion was missed (10-5 Mellish).
Mellish Ladies clearly sensed the balance had shifted in the game and the platform given by the work at the breakdown allowed our shape and structure in the backs to cause further in roads and Jess Panayiotou crashed through the Scunthorpe defence to sprint clear and dot down to give Mellish a 15-5 lead. Shortly after Jess Panayiotou doubled her try count with another fine break after some sharp hands from the backs created her the space to score under the posts with the extra’s added by Jess Wade (22-5 Mellish). Scunthorpe then enjoyed a purple patch of possession and after a few silly penalties given away they crossed for their 2nd try of the afternoon but missed the extras (22-10). Mellish regrouped and after some good work in the loose by the whole team offering support on the shoulder, the ball was shipped wide for Jess Wade to race away from just inside the Scunthorpe half to cross for her 3rd try of the day to leave Mellish 27-10 in front at the final whistle.
