Halloween Half Term Owl Hunt

22 October, 2014 by tinacarney

It only seems a few weeks ago that the bunnies and the chickens

hid themselves around Bagshot for Easter

– well now the owls have decided it’s their turn!!

Bagshot Halloween Owl Hunt 2014!!!!

During the October half term week – 48 owls will be in the windows of shops and businesses in Bagshot Village Centre. Can you help to find them all? At the moment they are preparing for flight, as there are still a couple of checks to be carried out but hopefully they will all be out and about by Monday tea time. Entry forms are available from ALBOE and Howlands in the High Street or you can write 1 – 48 on a piece of paper and write the names of the owls next to the numbers. You can then hand it back into ALBOE (with a £1 entry fee please), which goes towards the prizes and printing costs. Any surplus donations will go to Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue. Make sure your name, email address and contact number are on your form before you hand it back. Closing day in 4pm Friday 7th November and winners will be announced at about 4pm on Saturday 8th November at the end of the ALBOE Re Opening day. The new Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue fundraising corner will also be unveiled that day!!

Look out for more details in Facebook, or send an email to events@bagshotvillage.com

Bagshot ………. a great place to live

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Aircraft noise meeting with Heathrow Airport and NATS

5 October, 2014 by stef

Things are moving fast! A new meeting with Heathrow, to be chaired by Michael Gove, MP has been
organised for residents of the 3 Villages area to be held on Friday 10th October at 7.30pm at the Pavilion, College Ride, Bagshot.

Names of those attending representing Heathrow Airport and NATS are:

Matt Gorman, Sustainability & Environment Director, Heathrow
Mark Burgess, Head of Air Traffic Management & Flight Performance, Heathrow
Ian Jopson, NATS

Please come along and make the most of this opportunity to discuss concerns. You can confirm by email to info@aircraftnoiselightwater.co.uk but it’s not essential.
The Ascot meeting is still going ahead on Oct 13 at the Racecourse at 7.30pm and 3 Villages will make a representation but the meeting on 10th will ensure our local voices are heard.

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Aircraft noise – trial maybe cut short

2 October, 2014 by tinacarney

http://www.thevillager.co.uk/news/bracknell/articles/2014/10/02/104172-breaking-heathrow-airport-shortens-flight-path-trials-following-protests/

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St Anne’s Harvest Festival

27 September, 2014 by stef

Harvest Festival at St.Anne’s Church Church Road, Bagshot Sunday 5th October at 10am
Your gifts of pasta, rice, tinned fruit, tinned meat or fish, coffee, sugar, breakfast cereals, cooking sauces, will go to the Besom food bank, helping those in real need in this area.

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Bagshot Tennis Club Annual Finals Tournament

24 September, 2014 by stef

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After many weeks of qualifying rounds, the annual tennis finals were played at Bagshot Tennis Club on Sunday 21st September in glorious sunshine.

The club hosted around 100 members, parents and players with a junior tournament in the morning, followed by Ladies Singles, Mixed Doubles, Parent and Child Doubles, Men’s and Ladies Doubles and Mens Singles. Hotly contested matches saw all but the Mixed Doubles go to three sets.

A free Barbeque, cakes, a table tennis competition and some great tennis kept everyone engaged all day.

Winners were Juniors – Henry Lawson, Mens Singles – Teige McCarthy, Ladies Singles – Ollie Fenton, Parent and Child Doubles – Gren and Tim Gale, Mixed Doubles – Tiege McCarthy and Nicola Parsons and Mens Doubles Teige McCarthy and Chris Baller.

Many thanks to Howlands Estate Agents in Bagshot who sponsored the event.

Bagshot Tennis Club is a rapidly growing tennis venue with one of the strongest coaching teams in the county, in Jason Jokhoo and Megan Emmett. Jason our head coach has run large tennis venues and produced top 10 UK players and Megan was a top 20 UK player and played tennis internationally. Both have a wealth of experience in both adult and junior tennis.

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New look for Bagshotvillage.com

24 September, 2014 by stef

Without wishing to state the obvious, Bagshotvillage.com has a new look. A few different things have led to this:

Firstly we wanted to better integrate our website, Facebook Page, Twitter tag and email list.

Secondly, the technology we were using to run the site (Joomla) was taking too much technical effort to keep it running and was costing too much for hosting.

Thirdly and probably most importantly, we needed a simpler way of updating the site to allow more people to contribute to the site.

It’s not all done and we need to check through all our content to make sure it’s correct. So, let us know what you think and tell us about any errors you’ve spotted.

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Windlesham Parish Walks Go Online

24 March, 2014 by stef

Thirty years ago the Windlesham Society set up a footpaths and bridleways sub-committee with the aim of producing a series of leaflets describing walks in the parish which covered all the public rights of way in Windlesham, Lightwater and Bagshot. The publication costs of the 18 walks in the series were met by Windlesham Parish Council. They proved very popular with the public and were updated and re-printed over the next 15 years to take account of changes in land use, new development etc.

Now the walks have again been revised by former parish councillor and retired journalist June Green, who was a member of the sub-committee, and they are being published on the parish council’s website so that they can be downloaded and enjoyed by residents.

The walks are all circular and range in length from just over a mile to four and a half miles. They are illustrated with maps and colour photographs, and in addition to a clear description of the route to follow, they contain historical and other details of interest relating to the area.

June said: “I know many people enjoyed using the original walks leaflets; now there are many newcomers to the area who might not be aware of the rich rights of way heritage we have in Windlesham parish. All the walks are easy to follow and not too strenuous, and most can be tackled by all members of the family. I hope a new generation of walkers will download them from the website and set off to explore the area.”

Tim Price, Clerk to the Windlesham Parish Council, is very pleased that the leaflets are available again. He said: “ The Windlesham Walks were always very popular and the revised leaflets have been produced to a very high standard with colour photographs. They are much more easily obtained now that they can be printed directly from the website. It would be interesting to hear from people who use them”.

The first four walks are now available online and can be accessed by going to www.windleshampc.gov.uk and clicking on the “Windlesham Walks” tab on the main menu. Other walks will be added as they are completed.

For further information contact Tim Price, clerk to Windlesham Parish Council, 01276 471675 or June Green, 01276 453692.