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Gardeners dig deep for prizes
YOUNG horticulturalist Mark Archibald was among the winners at the first ParkWood plots’ “grow your own” show. The plots, which opened in Febru-
ary behind Christ Church, inWallis Avenue, have 34 raised beds. Show categories included: longest runner bean, tastiest tomato and ugliest veg. Best in show was Jan Friday, for
her red onion, and eight-year-old Mark (pictured) won three cate- gories, including best set of vegeta- bles.Healso picked up the top prize of garden vouchers, donated by Cllr Christine Edwards-Daem, who judged the entries with Linda Thatcher, of Christ Church. Atrophy to recognise “outstand-
ing contribution to the community” was presented to PaulWilliams by Tad Taberer, from Rethink, for his work on the plots and other projects. Community developmentworker
Aimee Bartlett said: “The plots have provided a fantastic opportunity for local people to learn about growing theirownfruit, veg and flowers. Plot holders have listed many benefits,
Young gardener Mark Archibald
including meeting people, tastier food and saving money.” The plots are the result of a Fu- sion/Rethink project and the brain- child of Park Wood Men’s Group. Rev Houston provided the land and the plots were developed with a grant from Groundworks. They are available to local people for £5 pa. Anyone interested in funding the
work or joining the waiting list should call Aimee at Fusion, Park Wood Parade, on 01622 691177.
News School achieves good rating
A JUNIOR school in Peel Street, Maidstone, urged by Ofsted to im- prove its standards has now been judged to be a good school. An inspector who went to North Borough Junior School found that the school had tackled the weak- nesses identified in the last inspec- tion, and the staff, with strong leadership, hadworked together to raise pupils’ achievement. Most pupilswere achievingwell, particularly in reading and maths, and disabled pupils and those with special needswerewell supported. Teaching was found to be good,
and in some cases outstanding. Pupils learned well as the work
they were set was challenging and theywere excited by the topics they studied. Behaviour was good and pupils felt cared for and safe. The governing body was also
found to have made improve- ments, with governors rigorously monitoring pupils’ progress and providing excellent support. The school missed out on an out- standing rating as it was felt that childrenwere not given enough op- portunities to act upon the feed- back theywere
given.Afew pupils did not do as well in writing as in reading and maths, and occasion- ally, work set in other subjects was too easy.
Club cricketers honoured
THE Mote Cricket Club honoured two of its veteran officers when presen- tations were made at the annual dinner to Micky Back and Bill Hickling. Micky, aMote player and member formore than 50 years, served the
club in many capacities and recently retired as president. Bill, who played both cricket and rugby at The Mote, was honorary treasurer for seven years. Highlight of the season was promotion won by
the 4th team, but both the 1st and 2nd teams had to work hard to the last weekend to retain their status in their Kent League Divisions. After 20 seasons playing as an all-rounder, current
club chairman Glen Aukett (pictured) announced his retirement from1st team cricket but said he would be available to play in the 2nd XI in 2015.
Maidstone Town October 2014
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