Town Talk


TWO Snodland residents are celebrating their achievement after running the London marathon. Sarah Shepheard, ofQueens Road, decided


when she was eight years old that she wanted to run in the London Marathon. She completed the 26 miles in 3hrs 33mins


and raised more than £400 for the Heart of Kent Hospice. Sarah, now 21, has a degree in forensic sci-


ence from Teeside University,Middlesborough and is a teaching assistant at Snodland Church of England Primary School. "I am really enjoying it," she said. "There is


not much out there at present for forensic jobs."


Sarah appeared in Town Talk in October


2011 when we featured her outstanding ath- letic skills and reported she had the 2016


Help school


fight cancer SNODLAND Church of England Primary School has entered Can- cer Research UK's Race 4 Life. The event is due to take place


on Tuesday June 30 during the school's Sports Week. All chil- dren and members of the staff will take part, either running or walking.


Organiser Daniel Pring said: "Please dig deep and sponsor us. It is quick, easy and totally se- cure."


Donations can be made at


www.justgiving.com/Snodland- coeprimaryschool. Taxpayers can tick the Gift Aid box which will increase the donation by 25%. Text the number 70070 fol- lowed by SNOD88 for donations of £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 and £10. Mr Pring said: "Events like this


are vital in funding Cancer Re- search UK's life-serving work into preventing, diagnosing and treat- ing cancer. By sponsoring us we can unite and create an army that cancer can't ignore."


Football date


A RECORD 150 teams are taking part in this year's Snodland Town Football Club tournament at Po- tyns Sports Ground on June 27 and 28. Younger footballers play five-a-


side, under 10s and 11s are nine- a-side and under 12s 11-a-side. "We are looking at up to 1,500 players over the weekend," said Dave Jeal, the club's executive of- ficer. "The tournament is growing, is more successful each year and we look forward to welcoming U7s through to U18s as well as men’s and veterans’ sections. "We have more sponsors and volunteers this year and we hope the local community will come and enjoy the weekend – and let's hope we get the weather!"


Chess club’s Nomads defeat champions


SNODLAND Town Nomads Under 14s caused an upset, de- feating unbeaten Division 1 cham- pions, Swale Magpies to win the Express Cabs Maidstone Boys Primary Football League Jack Small Challenge Cup 2-1.


Thematch was played at Maid-


stone United’s Gallagher Sta- dium. Nomads captain James Button hit the winning goal in the dyingminutes of the game. Goal- keeper Tommy Badham was player-of-the-match.


Bowls club competition


SNODLAND Short Mat Bowls Club invited 24 teams from Kent, Surrey and Sussex to take part in its annual charity bowls competition at the community centre, Paddlesworth Road.


President Don Cribben and chair- man Kath Bradley are pictured pre- senting a cheque for £847 to Colin and Audrey Lester, who are volunteers at the RSPCA at Leybourne, this year's charity. The winning team, Burham, was represented by Jim and Jan Davey


and SoniaWatson. The Snodland Club was runner-up with Ray Offord, Joan Tree and Heather Jarrett. Don said: “I would like to thank everyone who took part, including the helpers who worked in the kitchen."


Flats scheme for former stores


A PLANNING application has been made to Tonbridge & Malling Council to demolish Dene Hall, 269 Malling Road, Snodland – a detached house and garage – and replace it with eight single-bed- room flats with associated parking and amenity facilities. The building is at the junction with Brook Street and is opposite


the Freemasons Arms public house. Many years ago it was Ham Hill Stores, owned by Fred and Betty Kent.


latest trophy SNODLAND Chess Club has won the Kent County Chess Associa- tion (KCCA) En Passant Cup after beating PettsWood CC in the final at the Mick Jagger Centre in Dart- ford.


The score was 4.5-1.5 and the Snodland players, Matt Gazes, David Lettington and Neil Miners all won while George Hollands, Rob Thompson and David Fowler drew. In qualifying, Snodland beat


Tunbridge Wells, Swale, Medway and Weald of Kent, lost to Rain- ham and drew with Maidstone. Last year the club won the Tom


Fuller Cup. Secretary Neil Miners said: "We


were delighted to have reached fi- nals day and have won another Kent level trophy. Hopefully we can successfully defend the En Passant trophy in 2016.” Captain George Hollands (left)


is pictured being congratulated by Michael Wiltshire, chairman of KCCA.


Bank plan


THE Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns the Nat West Bank, has applied for permission to in- stall an externally accessed secu- rity door and an illuminated surround at the ATM at 21 High Street, Snodland. The bank closed in January. A spokesperson for RBS told


Town Talk: "We are in the process of doing some final decommis- sioning work of the branch. Once this is finalised, we'll put the prop- erty on the market for sale.”


Runners Sarah Shepheard and Angus Bennison


Olympics in her sights. However, she did very little running at uni- versity but on her return, her love for the sport was revitalized and she re-joined Paddock Wood Athletics Club. She said: “I started training for the marathon in October, building up to five days a week in


Local news for Snodland and Halling Runners report marathon success


January. My first long run was 10 miles and I built up to 20 miles. I enjoyed running all the way – the London Marathon is a completely different race to any other because of the number of people taking part.” Sarah is continuing to run half marathons


and 10k races and hopes to compete in the London Marathon again next year. Angus Bennison, of Tom Joyce Close, Snodland featured in the last issue of Town Talk. He completed the London Marathon and raised £400 for Sense, the charity that sup- ports children and adults who are deaf and blind. He thanked the Co-op, Snodland Working


Men's Club, Snodland Community Group and Andrews Fish Bar for their support. He will be continuing running marathons and half marathons to raise money for Sense.


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