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Footballmatch plan to help brave lileOlivia


A CHARITY football match is being held in Snodland to help raise funds for a little girl with a brain tumour. Olivia Taylor, who is 20 months


old,was diagnosedwith the inoper- able tumour in January. She nowlives in Sidcupwith par-


ents Lisa and Matt, but the couple lived in Snodland beforemoving to Lisa’s home town. Matt (32) is a Snodland local and


a number of his friends have pulled together to put on thematch,which will be held at Snodland Town FC on Sunday,April 29. It will see Smurfit FC take on


FOOTBALL PLAYERS WANTED


If your child is passionate about football we would like to hear from you! Leybourne FC is a leading local FA Charter Standard football club.


We pride ourselves on being a strong, family orientated and friendly club that encourages children to develop their current skills under the supervision and guidance of FA registered coaches.


Although we are inviting potential new players to our training sessions in all age groups we are very keen to recruit to the following teams:


Under 5’s – Children starting in reception year September 18 Under 8’s – Children currently in year 3 (especially a Goal Keeper) Under 10’s – for children currently in year 5 Disability Team – Children of all ages


Please contact the chairman Neil Harrison directly on neil.harrison60@hotmail.com to register your interest.


Trosley, andwill raise funds to help her parents copewith the devastat- ing news. “The response has been amaz-


ing,” Lisa (33) said. “We’ve already raised £36,000 since we started in January. “We are hoping to reach £50,000,


and this football match has turned into a really big event, sowe’re sure that we’re going to raise lots of money.


Matt and Lisa Taylor with Olivia at their wedding in August last year


“Matt’s friends suggestedthe idea


of having amatch and it’s just gone from there. We’re so grateful to everyone.” Matt’s stepdad is former Sheffield


United, Leeds United, QPR and England midfielder Tony Currie, and hewill be presentingmedals on the big day. Themoneywill helpOlivia’s par-


ents pay for her treatment, buy sen- sory toys and adapt their home to make her life easier. The youngster suddenly lost her


sight in February, and underwent an operation in March, which it is hopedwill restore it.


“We’re still waiting to see if that


hasworked,” Lisa added. “The con- dition is potentially life-threatening and certainly life-limiting. “This is a rare form of tumour


that does not seem to have any known genetic cause in Olivia’s case, and is just something cruel that has happened for some awful horrifying reason and could happen to anybody at any age. “We have had to take Olivia out


of nursery – which she loved – and she cannot be looked after by a childminder as she needs one-to- one care. She will have many chal- lenging times ahead of her aswell.”


Scouts off to US jamboree


TWO members of the 1st Snod- land Scout Group will attend the 24th World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, America, next sum- mer. Jack Dezant, of Coleridge Close,


Larkfield and Becky Denny, of Charles Drive, Cuxton (pictured), will join 126 Kent Scouts and 14 leaders at the event from July 22 to August 2, 2019. The event is described as the


Scouting Jamboree of the World Organisation of the Scout Move- ment, and is typically attended by tens of thousands of Scouts, aged 14 to 17, fromaround the world. Chloe Biddiss, of Malling Road,


Snodland, went to the last World Jamboree in Japan in 2015.


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