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Pembrokeshire’s own powerboating team, Daisy and Sam Coleman, who are sponsored by Milford Waterfront. The team, Coleman Racing,
Local team: Daisy and Sam Coleman MILFORD HAVEN will host
the Welsh Grand Prix for the adrenaline-fuelled Powerboat P1 National Championships this year. Centred around the new Milford
Waterfront development, it will be the only venue in Wales to welcome the powerboat racers in 2017. Held between July 14-17
claimed the P1 Superstock National Championship title in Bournemouth last year and were the first team in the series’ history to podium at every event. They will be using Milford Waterfront as their base for training and testing throughout the winter, as well as hosting experience days in the coming year with a variety of boats and jet skis on show. Having a race event on their training ground gives the pair a great advantage. Neil Jenkins, Destination
this year, it’s expected to be an action packed weekend that will complement
Pembrokeshire’s
established reputation as a host of world-class events, which includes Ironman and Red Bull Cliff Diving. The racers will use Milford
Waterfront as their base, providing spectators with superb opportunities
for watching the race and enjoying the exciting build-up of activities, events and hospitality. The marina, town and surrounding areas have a range of places to stay as well as restaurants and cafes so the huge crowd the event is expected to draw will be well catered for. The race is set to feature
Director at the Port of Milford Haven, said: “Attracting world-class events is a key part of Milford Waterfront’s strategy and we’ve worked closely with Welsh Government and Pembrokeshire County Council to bring the P1 National Championships to Pembrokeshire. "This will be an outstanding event which will help in drawing
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Powerboat championship held in Milford international attention to
Pembrokeshire and Wales. We are looking forward to working with local businesses and community groups in the run up to the event to maximise the economic benefit and to ensure racers and spectators leave wanting to come back.” Milford Waterfront is a Port
of Milford Haven development that received a resolution to grant planning consent from Pembrokeshire County Council in 2015 for the future development on the marina. This will create new, exciting attractions and revitalise the existing waterfront destination by adding a mix of local, regional and national brands within the leisure, retail, residential, office and dining sectors. It is envisaged that as well as
creating around 600 long term jobs, it will provide a boost to the local economy through increased local spending and an uplift in visitor numbers.
Tousands donated by Cleddau Lodge Bid to refresh Public Engagement Strategy
to OAP Lunch and £1,850 invested in two defibrillators for Letterston. Further donations had already been
made to Pembroke Swimming Club (£25), Pembrokeshire Short Mat Bowls (£25), the Royal British Legion (£50), Crossroads (£200), the local scouting group (£200), the Maisie Moo Foundation (£200) and three half-marathon runners who successfully raised money for the Wales Air Ambulance, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The Cleddau Lodge RAOB has
THE CLEDDAU LODGE RAOB
(Letterston) has donated thousands of pounds to charitable causes and community groups following their annual senior citizens dinner and presentation, which took place on Saturday, January 7. The event saw a cheque for an
incredible £6,000 presented to the Wales Air Ambulance and a further £500 donated to Guide Dogs for the Blind. These two charitable donations
meant that, collectively, Cleddau Lodge donated a total of £12,400 in 2016 and early this year to charities and community groups - £3,000 had already been donated
donated a staggering £78,500 to local and charitable causes since 2008. The Lodge would thank everyone in
Pembrokeshire for their ongoing support and generosity. Invitations will be circulated in
Letterston shortly for community members to receive training on how to safely use defibrillators.
COUNCILLORS have reviewed
a number of consultations in a bid to refresh the Council’s Public Engagement Strategy, which is up for review. The Corporate Overview and
Scrutiny Committee considered the matter at its meeting on Thursday, January 19. One of the key points raised from
the meeting was the need for the council to be prepared to listen and change its direction should the outcome of the consultation be different to what was intended. The council heard two
presentations of good practice but Cllr Owen James asked why these approaches weren’t considered in the Haverfordwest sixth form consultation period. Mrs Sarah Worby, Corporate
Communications Officer, said: “The engagement should help to inform whether we then need to move on to a formal consultation stage or not. In some cases there will be statutory guidance that says you must do formal consultation when making a change and examples of that would be planning, licensing, 21st Century Schools guidance so we’d always have to do that. “We also need to undertake
consultation where there is a legitimate expectation that we will do so. So, if you consulted on something in the past, we would expect you to do it again in the future. “There is also an element of
fairness - are we being fair? Anything that shows up from the consultation stage that shows it is likely to be controversial - lots of questions - then we need to move ahead to a formal consultation stage. “At the formal presentation stage,
we would be presenting options. It can be a single option, but emerging best
practice is more than that so we gather feedback on those options and we’re gathering evidence to help inform the development of an integrated impact assessment. “What comes out of the
consultation must be conscientiously considered by the decision-maker so when Cabinet make a decision, they have the integrated impact and have used it to inform their decision they make at the end.” Cllr Owen James said:
“Engagement and consultation are different animals. [With] consultation, you need active listening skills so you can understand what it is that concerns people, whereas [with] engagement I would say you need more traction and direction.” Mr Mike Cavanagh, Head of
Cultural Services, gave a presentation of the consultation carried out when changes to the libraries across the county were considered and highlighted a number of lessons learned, including the need to be prepared to listen and change direction of travel. He added that although it took up a
lot of time, it was very much worth it and appreciated by the public. Cllr Mike John said: “A key point
would be [being] prepared to listen and change direction depending on what results you get and that is something that could have been done a lot more with other things.” Cllr James added: “I remember
looking at this [libraries] previously and it was a job very well done. Why wasn’t this attitude and approach undertaken with the education in Haverfordwest?” Cllr Michael Williams said that the
report mentioned that some members were ‘hard to reach’ and pleaded with officers to talk to local members so they would know what is going on in their wards.
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