East March 2014

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News Award for determined athlete

JUST looking at the activities of Maidstone sportswoman Emma Tuck is enough to wear you out. The 17-year-old from Invicta Grammar School plays netball on Mondays, is on the trampoline three nights a week, dances tap, modern, contemporary and hip- hop three times aweek and has just completed her UKCC Level 1 coaching courses in trampoline and netball. What’s even more remarkable is

that the seemingly-inexhaustible teenager from East Farleigh is only just coming back into form after an- terior cruciate ligament reconstruc-

A CHARITY dinner dance in Bearsted raised more than £1,100 thanks to the generosity of the guests and local businesses. Kent Community Events, which

helps charities and groups organise fundraising and community events, held the event in aid of Kent Young Carers, which is run by Voluntary ActionWithin Kent. Barbara Dunford, managing di-

rector of Kent Community Events, said: “Ahuge thank you goes to all of the local businesses who do- nated raffle and auction prizes.”

tive surgery. She said: “After two years out of

full time national training, I started again on the trampoline and am now back full time and I’m nearly back to the level I was before my injury.” Emma

(left) now trains three to

five

nights aweek at Jumpers Rebound Centre. It came as no surprise to

classmates when shewas presented with the Outstanding Personal Achievement award at the town’s Active Maidstone awards cere- mony.

Emma said: “When my name

was read out as the winner, I was overwhelmed.” Emma plays for Pennies Vespers netball team, which is currently top of the MMNL league’s Division 3. She will be competing in the Na- tional Schools Trampoline Champi- onship at Gateshead on March 22 and has just passed her intermedi- ate tap exam with distinction. She said: “I train at Maidstone

Charity dance Flooding ‘risk to pedestrians’ THE NHS worker told Downs

AHEALTHworker saysKCCmust act now to fix a failed soakaway causing flooding on the A20 in Maidstone. The area beneath the railway

bridge near Haynes garage is regu- larly under water because of a failed soakaway – identified by KCC in November. Fed up with being soaked on his

way home to Huntsman Lane, Vin- ters Park, Les Roberts (57), called KCC but was told nothing will be done until the new financial year.

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Mail: “It’s unacceptable for the county council to say it will have to stay like this until April.” He said he was particularly con- cerned that walkers were crossing to the other side of the road, where there is no pavement, to avoid get- ting covered inwater. Behdad Haratbar, head of pro- grammed work, said KCC was aware of the problem, but nothing would be done until later in the year.

Dance Studios and also help run a junior hip hop crew. I have also re- cently got into a new hip hop crew myself, and we will be performing at R’enc Arts Hip Hop Festival in Brittany in April.” So where does she get her moti-

vation and all that energy? She said: “I’ve always loved tak-

ing part in sport and physical ac- tivity and have always been very competitive. “I get a buzz from performing

and being in a competitive situa- tion. I hope that sport will carry on to be a part of my life in years to come.”

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PLANNING permission was granted for the felling of a pro- tected oak tree at 17 Forestdale, Walderslade. The applicant said the tree’s roots had damaged a shared driveway at the property.

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APROPOSAL for a community orchard on land to the east of Hockers Lane, on the southern edge of Detling, has been with- drawn.

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