Caring sister Saoirse wins cash reward Town Talk
A SNODLAND girl has won a Young Carers award and a cheque for £100 for looking after her autistic brother. Nine-year-old Saoirse Twomey lives with mum, Leanne Manser, and five-year-old Tadhg at Nor- man Road. As well as being autistic, he also has global development delay, a sensory process- ing disorder, learning difficulties and is non-ver- bal. He attends Milestones, a special needs school at New Ash Green. Saoirse knew nothing about her prize until she
was called up in assembly at Snodland Primary School and was presented with the award and cheque by acting head teacher Holley Blount. Saoirse was runner-up in the Young Carers cat-
egory of an annual awards event for young chil- dren, funded by estate agents,Ward & Partners. Ms Blount read out a speech written by
Five-a-side date
THE Snodland five-a-side football tournament, resurrected last year after a break of more than 10 years, will be played on June 22 and 23. Last year’s event, organised by Snodland Town Football Club, at- tracted 96 teams toPotynsSports- ground. The tournament will be open to
Under 7s through to Under 18s, plus men’s teams. The Under 7s and 8s will be non-competitive. See the next Town Talk for de-
tails or call Dave Jeal on 07799 118222, email info@matrix-
telco.co.uk or call Jason Cook on 07429 167491, email jason-
william@virginmedia.com.
Dementia support A NEWgroup for people suffering from dementia is being held at Christ Church Hall, Malling Road. Dementia Cafe meets from
10am to 1pm on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. This is an opportunity for people withmemory loss and their carers to support each other and chat in a relaxed atmosphere. The cost is £1.50 per session. Just come along, or call Sue Brooks 01634 241350 or June Wright 01634 241005 for details.
Leanne, who nominated Saoirse. Leanne said: “She is a brilliant sister who is al-
ways loving and caring towards Tadhg. She helps me with many things, such as cleaning him, dressing him, taking him out and keeping him occupied while I prepare dinner. “Saoirse is my rock and both Tadhg and I
would be lost without her. She is an amazing lit- tle girl, full of love for her brother even though, at times, she would be within her rights to moan. “We don’t get to do many things together, due
to Tadgh’s special needs, but I want her to know and realise how much I appreciate what she does, even though, at times, I can be grumpy. “I know if Tadhg could speak he would want to
say a great big thank you to Saoirse and tell her that he loves her.” Saoirse and her mum are pictured right.
Maths
champions (from left): Katie Hutson, Charlotte Bezant, Abigail Cartlidge and Eleanor Lurgio
Girls’ skills add up to success
FOUR Year 6 girls from St Katherine’s Primary School, Snod- land, beat teams from 14 primary schools to win a mathemat- ics competition. The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust competition was held
at Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone. St Katherine’s maths teacher, Christine West, was full of praise for team members Katie Hutson, Charlotte Bezant, Abi- gail Cartlidge and Eleanor Lurgio. She said: “I was absolutely delighted with the children. It was
a long day, from 9.30am to 3pm, with just a break for lunch, but they were just so committed to it. We are thrilled for them. “At the end of the afternoon all the scores were added up and
the results announced in reverse order and we were delighted that the winners were the team from St Katherine’s.” Abigail and Eleanor took part in a similar event at Oakwood
Park last year in a mixed team. The four girls were chosen be- cause they are gifted and talented in maths. Lydia Sutch, of Invicta Grammar School, told Town Talk this
was the first year the school had run this competition and it was the second round of schools taking part. The final takes place in March. She said: “The students took part in a number of different rounds as part of the competition.”
Share memories of war service
SNODLAND Historical Soci- ety is compiling files about Snodland people who have served in the forces.
The society particularly
wants to talk to people with experience of the two World Wars and the Boer War, or whose family members served in them. Society chairman, Andrew Ashbee, said: “We are asking for information about them, such as service records, pho- tographs, memories, family, work, school etc, with a view to producing written ac- counts, which could also be posted on ourwebsite, if fam- ilies are happy to do this. “We have basic information
on casualties at
www.snod-
landhistory.org.uk, but it is much harder to obtain infor- mation about survivors.” Andrew added that any
help would be gratefully re- ceived. He can be emailed at
aa0060962@blueyonder.co.u k or contact him at Snodland Museum inWaghorn Road.
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