News All fete fun
PONY rides, a bouncy castle and a beer tent will be on offer at Hunton Fete on Saturday, June 18. Activities start at 2pm following
a peal of the bells at St Mary’s Church. Entertainment will also in- clude Applause Rural Touring’s “Octopot”walkabout performance, led by a quirky chef and his red and white checked serving trolley.
Hospice run MORE than 700 experienced and fun runners braved the cold weather to turn out for Maidstone’s biggest road run in aid of the Heart of Kent Hospice. All three routes started and fin-
ished at Cornwallis Academy and took the runners through the coun- try roads around Linton, Boughton Monchelsea and the surrounding villages.
Mencap event MAIDSTONE Mencap members are busy preparing for the most im- portant event in their fundraising calendar – the annual Grand Sum- mer Fayre on Saturday, June 18. It starts at 1pm at Cobtree Hall,
Mote Park (School Lane entrance off Willington Street). Entrance is free and the event will include arena events, side shows, carousel and big prize raffles.
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New pavilion marked by smiles and charity
HUNTON Wanderers’ Cricket Club celebrated the official open- ing of their new pavilion with a match that raised smiles and £700 for charity. The match was held to raise funds
for a good cause in memory of a for- mer chairman in front of the smart, traditional-style clubhouse. Taking the tournament title was Hunton’s own celebration T20 team, beating challenges from the Hunton Leg- ends and the Blue House club, in the fund-raiser for the British Lung Foundation. The charity gamewas organised by Lesley Matthewson, with her son Tom, inmemoryof her late husband Paul, a former club chairman, who died in 2014. The matcheswere um- pired by Stuart Chilmaid, the chair- man of the Kent Association of Cricket Officials. Afterwards, Hunton Wanderers’ chairman Simon Taylor presented Lesley with a plaque to mark the oc- casion. Kent county councillor Paulina Stockell,whois the member for Maidstone rural west, declared
The new HuntonWanderers pavilion is a perfect backdrop for cricket
the pavilion open by cutting a yel- low ribbon. The facility has been funded by Sport England, the parish and county councils and the cricket club itself. Club chairman Simon Taylor thanked all those involved in the three-year project at the King George V Playing Fields, aimed at increas-
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ing local participation in sport and community activities, while Mrs Matthewson said: “We’re really chuffed to have raised £700 today. Paul would have been so proud of the new pavilion.” Wanderers are affiliated with the
KentVillage Cricket League and the Kent Regional Cricket league.
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