v THE HERALD - Your Community Magazine v 30th March 2023 • The HERALD • Page 59 Fred Hurst 023 8084 2191 or 07761 467217 • Grass Cutting • Garden Clearance • Hedge Cutting • Fallen Trees Cleared • Mini Digger Hire with Operator • Property Clearance • Small Demolition • Tractor Flail Cutting FULLY INSURED v FREE QUOTATIONS ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ • HEDGE CUTTING • FENCING • PATIOS • TURFING • GARDEN CLEARANCES & MORE For a FREE quotation please call 023 8122 4550 or 07548 355262 AUTUMN LEAF GARDEN WORKS History of Furzey Gardens e Volunteers at the Healthy Haven Garden behind the Waterside Medical practice are entering the ‘Beautiful borders’ competition at the Gardeners’ World Spring Fair at Beaulieu, on Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th April. Please go along and see the garden and you will be able to chat with one of the volunteers and see what they do throughout the year. If you just want to see the Garden Fair it is best to buy an a ernoon ticket as the day tickets are pricier but include the Motor Museum. See you there! Totton&District Gardeners’ Society hold their meetings at Totton 3 Score Club Hall on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from February to November, starting at 7.30pm. e next meeting takes place on Wednesday 12th April for a talk by Julie Baker, titled ‘History of Furzey Gardens’. New members are warmly welcome, for more details please ring Mary on 023 8029 2761. Haven at Gardeners World Spring Fair Hythe and Dibden Cricket Club Looking Forward to New Season Hythe and Dibden Cricket Club are looking forward to the start of the 2023 season and are seeking new players, members and volunteers to join them. Based at Jones Lane in Hythe, Hythe & Dibden are a local community club with a welcoming family atmosphere. Formed in 1948 following the amalgamation of 2 clubs, Hythe and Dibden Cricket Club have been at Jones Lane ever since and now o er a variety of options to get people enjoying and playing cricket from 5 years up! e Club have 4 adult Saturday sides playing in various leagues across the south coast and also play Sunday friendly games. ey are proud to be a founder member of the Tony Woodhouse Trophy which aims to introduce colts into adult cricket. Hythe and Dibden also have a ladies so ball cricket team. So ball cricket is a game for absolutely everybody, no matter your skill level, tness, or age. It’s about getting out playing with maximum fun and minimum fuss - no pads, no hard ball, no heavy bat and no headscratching rules! For the younger generations, Hythe and Dibden’s junior section is a thriving hive of activity with teams playing at under 9’s, 11’s, 13’s and 15’s. e colts are currently training on Mondays, from 6pm, at Noadswood School and will be moving outside to Jones Lane in May. e colts section is very important to the Club with several of their current rst team players having graduated from their colts section. All Stars Cricket is returning for 2023, an initiative from the England and Wales Cricket Board, providing a fantastic rst experience for all children aged 5-8 years old. For just £40, they’re guaranteed 8 weeks of jam-packed fun, activity and skills development. e programme is designed to introduce children to the sport, teaching them new skills, helping them make new friends and have a great time doing so. Every child that registers will receive a backpack full of goodies which will be delivered to your front door. Your child’s pack will include: Backpack, cricket bat, cricket ball and personalised t-shirt with your child’s name. All Stars Cricket sessions start Saturday 6th May at 10am. Ensure that you book your place for a summer of big moments! To register please visit: ecb.co.uk/play/ all-stars and search for Hythe and Dibden Cricket Club. e Club are also looking forward to their 3rd Dynamo sessions on Tuesday evenings. Dynamos Cricket provides a fantastic next step for all those graduating from All Stars Cricket and the perfect introduction for all 8-11 year-olds new to the sport! Complementing junior cricket, Dynamos provides children with a more social o er focused on developing fundamental movement skills and applying them in an exciting game of countdown cricket. ey know how important it is to look like the heroes of the game, so every child who registers will receive their very own Dynamos Cricket New Balance t-shirt, personalised with their name and number. Dynamos will run for 8 weeks and cost £40, sessions start Tuesday 6th June at 6.30pm and can be booked via: ecb. co.uk/play/dynamoscricket. So whatever age you are or whatever ability level Hythe and Dibden Cricket Club have something for you down at Jones Lane! Even if it is joining them as an associate member for £10 per year to enjoy watching cricket in the sun whilst you sip a nice cool drink! For more information please visit: hythedibdencricketclub.co.uk A Musical Medley with Ann Turner and Friends Ann Turner and Friends are presenting a concert entitled ‘A Musical Medley’ at 7.30pm on Saturday 22nd April in St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dibden Purlieu. e concert is in support of Hope Gardens in Tamil Nadu, South India. Hope Gardens is the charity linked to the Christian facility, Rhema Garden, based in Cumbum, Tamil Nadu. e concert will be of a range of vocal music, solos and ensembles, drawn from musical theatre and piano duets drawn from a wider range of musical genres. e charity has been supported by the members of St Andrew’s church for more than 20 years. Hope Gardens provides support to the area surrounding Cumbum and wider a eld in South India. ere are three main areas supported by the charity. Hope for children which, among other things, provides sponsorship for some children to enable their education to continue; they provide education for disabled children in an on-site facility and meals are provided a er school for some children in the area and safe spaces for them to study a er school. Hope for churches provides a bible college for theological training which prepares people to work in ministry in the local community where they will identify and support needs in those communities. is also enables pastors and their families to go out to churches and work in the local communities building sustainable programs which help people to become more self-su cient. Finally of the three main projects is hope for communities. Under this headline is the provision of health care which is supported by a medical centre in the gardens and medical support going out into the surrounding area to provide a ordable rst class medical support. ere is provision of education and empowerment; as an example, there are now six sewing institutes empowering women. en the centre itself aims to be self-su cient and this provides employment, revenue and training opportunities for a number of people. ere is no charge or tickets for the concert but there will be a retiring collection which will be used totally in support of the charity. Why not go along to an entertaining evening and support a very worthwhile cause.
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