Sports awards for town’s youth
MORE than 400 people packed into Maidstone Leisure Centre for the 21st Youth Sport Achievement Awards. The awards, organised by Maidstone Council’s community de- velopment team, recognise a wide range of sports including adap- tive rowing, athletics, boxing, cricket, football, gymnastics, korfball, powerboat racing and squash. The awards evening included visual displays by two local clubs
– Cascade Dance andWestree Boxing. Guest speaker was Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport and
the Olympics, who opened the awards by saying: “For any young person growing up and getting involved in sport, this is going to be a fantastic decade. “These awards encourage the next generation of young children growing up in and around Maidstone. It gives them recognition and encourages people to get involved with them.” There are 11 categories for the awards and five training grants,
Club of the year: Pegasus Gymnastics Club
Lodge care home extension still on THE proposed extension of Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home in Harrietsham is still going ahead. In January 2009, per- mission was granted to add another 23 bedrooms to make a total of 49 at the care home in Chip- pendayle Drive. Charing Healthcare’s al-
most identical application to rekindle the plan was given consent byMaid- stone Council’s planning committee.
Open your doors
for heritage days RESIDENTS with places of his- torical interest – such as a wind- mill, working oast – or a collection of vintage cars, are being asked to open their doors for this year’s heritage open days. Maidstone Council wants peo-
ple to explore places of heritage in the borough between Septem- ber 6 and 9. Maidstone Museum will be open, aswell as churches, the Town Hall and the Arch- bishop’s Palace. Call Christine Dier on 01622 602748 or email christinedier @
maidstone.gov.uk.
with a variety of local sponsors including TheWeald of Kent Rotary Club, Golding Homes, Kent County Playing Fields Association and Maidstone’s Dream – “Bring a Medal Home” project.
Sport achievement award winners
Gold: James Hall (Oakwood Park Grammar School and Pega- sus Gymnastics) Silver: George Duggan (pictured) (Athletics, Maid- stone Grammar School) Bronze: Louis Hunt (Westree Amateur Boxing Club) Team of the year: St Francis School Girls’ Football Team Club of the year: Pegasus Gymnastics Club Primary school of the year: Loose Junior School and Rose- acre Junior School, Bearsted Secondary school of the year: Bower Grove School and St
Simon Stock Catholic School
Outstanding Youth Service: Bethan Cooper (Gymnastics Pe- gasus)
Outstanding Personal Achievement: Lauren Leth- bridge (Gymnastics)
Disability Sportsperson of the year: Kelsie Gibson (Adaptive Rowing, Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club)
Service to Sport Award: Lee Owen (Westree Amateur Boxing Club)
Training grants were awarded to George Duggan, Lauren Leth- bridge, Lee Owen, Louis Hunt and the Leeds and Broomfield under 13s cricket team.
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