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Friends Of Collingham Station
News
- The line has a new logo courtesy of Lincolnshire County Council
- We are involved in a new Stakeholder Board for the Nottingham-Lincoln railway line, chaired by East Midlands Trains’ chief executive, Tim Shoveller, which is building partnerships to get new improvements, including:
- increasing maximum line speed to 90 mph, about double the current average speed!
- replacement of the level crossing gates at Swinderby Road and Station Road by 2011
- removal of the Cross Lane level crossing, and its replacement by gates which will allow crossing by walkers, cyclists and horse-riders
- the construction of a 30 space car park in the field behind the Newark-bound platform.
- We are an informal group, most discussion is by email, but we always welcome new members. Contact details are below.
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About us
Collingham is a busy station with the highest usage, apart from Newark Castle, on the line between Lincoln and Nottingham..
| Station | Total Number of Journeys Generated | Increase | |
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| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | ||
| Hykeham | 21,162 | 23,262 | 9.9% |
| Swinderby | 4,760 | 7,200 | 51.3% |
| Collingham | 31,772 | 46,548 | 46.5% |
| Newark Castle | 345,128 | 413,900 | 19.9% |
| Rolleston | 7,434 | 5,734 | -22.9% |
| Fiskerton | 10,824 | 9,036 | -16.5% |
| Bleasby | 5,140 | 4,614 | -10.2% |
| Thurgarton | 2,938 | 2,102 | -28.5% |
| Lowdham | 23,066 | 33,376 | 44.7% |
| Burton Joyce | 7,782 | 5,760 | -26.0% |
| Carlton | 18,938 | 17,344 | -8.4% |
| Total | 478,944 | 568,876 | 18.8% |
This data is from the annual statistics of the Office of the Rail Regulator.
We came into being in 2005 when Central Trains cut the timetable savagely, which led to a packed public meeting in Collingham. As a result Central Trains not only reinstated the lost services but added more.
Our main roles are:
- to ensure that the station remains an attractive place, and also
- to campaign for an improved train service.
Successes so far:
- 5 more trains every weekday compared with 2 years ago;
- Collingham station formally adopted by our group;
- Close links with East Midlands Trains to sort out problems, and
- Involvement in franchise discussions.
For the future, we want to:
- get funding to put planters along the platforms, behind the fences,
- establish CCTV protection, and
- improve the train service, including to and from Newark Northgate.
We are keen to increase the number of committee members (duties are not onerous – most discussions are by email!) particularly if you are a daily commuter (either to Nottingham or Lincoln).
If you have anything to report to us, whether about good or bad train performance or about damage to the station environment, do contact us:
Bob Imrie,
Chair of Friends of Collingham Station
4 Rio Drive,
Collingham.
Telephone: 893799. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The launch of our station adoption:
The launch of our station adoption on the 8th September 2006 was a great success – the weather was good, and there were no heavy goods trains while the speeches were under way!
Jim Bamford (Notts County Council) said he was delighted that we had got this far, and he was hopeful of further developments – his feeling was that all trains should stop at Collingham.
Nigel Carlisle (Central Trains) said that his company was delighted to support Collingham, and although he couldn’t promise what Jim wanted, there would be gradual improvements, as the rest of the network improved.
Patrick Mercer OBE MP congratulated us on our initiative and warned the rail companies that they upset Collingham at their peril. He said it was vital that communities kept up the pressure on government to ensure that decisions are made locally, not in London.
Photo: From left to right, Alan Walker (of Decent Chaps), Jim Bamford (Notts CC),
Nigel Carlisle (East Midlands Trains), Bob Imrie (Chair of FoCS)
and Patrick Mercer OBE MP.
History of the line
The Midland Railway opened its line between Nottingham and Lincoln on Tuesday 4th August 1846. Royal assent had been given in June 1845, and by the following month, the route had been staked out. The engineers were Robert Stephenson and Frederick Swanwick.
t seems likely that some track through Collingham was in place by December 1845 but there was bad Winter, including some Trent flooding, which delayed completion of the line. In May 1846, contracts for all the buildings on the line were put out to tender (although none was completed before the line was open). We know that a train was seen at Collingham that month because the Nottingham Journal of 22nd May 1846 reported that
On three several days last week, some evil-disposed person laid pieces of wood and iron on portions of the railroad at Collingham, by which considerable damage had been done to the engine, and the life of the driver considerably endangered.”
However, the engine couldn't have been seriously damaged because it was used on 29th May to haul the first train to Lincoln.
The first train along the whole line was reported by the Nottingham Journal to have happened on Wednesday 1st July, but the first passenger train, albeit a special, was run on 3rd August when a 20 carriage train pulled by two engines travelled over the line, starting at Derby. Passengers included the Mayors of Derby and Nottingham, George Hudson (the famous York railway pioneer) and other directors of the Midland Railway. At Nottingham, gates blocking the Lincoln line were thrown open, and the train progressed, to the music of the band of the 4th Dragoon Guards. On arrival at Lincoln, (which newspaper reports of the time suggested was in just over 2 hours, meaning that the train would have travelled at over 60mph, which seems unlikely!) church bells throughout the city were rung, and shops were closed for an official holiday.
First services consisted of four trains each way on weekdays, and two on Sundays, but Bradshaw's January 1847 timetable shows six trains each way, with three on Sundays.
Royal Mail was carried over the line almost immediately, with a stop at Collingham being added in October 1848. One of the mail trains was derailed near South Scarle on 6th June 1928 because of faulty track. It crashed at about 60mph and one person was killed and 16 others injured.
It is also known that there was a considerable fruit and vegetable trade carried on via sidings in Collingham Station Yard although it seems likely that this dried up early in the 1900s.
There was a proposal in 1963 to close the line, because of falling receipts at the village stops, but this threat reduced with the building of the connection to the mainline at Newark Northgate which allowed services to Lincoln from the mainline.
Over the last few years, services through Collingham were operated by Central Trains and were gradually run down, leading to a fall in passenger numbers, with only seven trains per weekday in 2005. However, Central Trains were forced to reconsider after they were heavily criticised at a public meeting in the village. In the Summer 2006 timetable there were 13 trains each weekday, and after East Midlands Trains took over, this increased to 19 a day, with annual usage has increased to over 30,000 a year, having been down to 22,000 in 2005.
With thanks to information in “The Railways of Newark-on-Trent” by Michael Vannis (Oakwood Press 1999).
RSPB Langford Lowfields Nature Reserve
The Poor Close Allotment Association
You will find the allotments to the South of the recently purchased extension to the Collingham Cricket Club.
A brief history:-
The land that now forms the allotments was bequeathed to the village in 1699, for the benefit of the poor. Produce and rents derived were distributed twice a year to the needy. Later the income from rents was used to help finance the Baptist School in North Collingham and for other charitable purposes…
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Collingham Community Orchard
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We would like to invite everybody in Collingham to participate in the official planting to take place on Sunday 20 November at 2.00pm at the orchard site (off Swinderby Road and Crew Road). Please bring yourself, a spade and as many family and friends as you can, as we have ten trees and 100’s of bulbs to plant that afternoon.
‘Community Orchards can offer:
Places for quiet contemplation and centres for local festivities; they act as carbon sinks, reservoirs for varieties of fruit, and refuges for all manner of wild life.
Ways of reinforcing local distinctiveness, as people band together to save vulnerable old apple, pear, cherry, damson and plum orchards and local varieties of fruit.
They should be accessible at reasonable times.
They may be owned or leased by a community group, voluntary organisation, parish council or other tier of local authority.
Local people can share the orchard harvest or profit from the sale of its produce, taking responsibility for any work done.’
(Community Orchards Handbook – Common Ground 2008)
September 2010
Collingham Parish Council, at a meeting held on the 13th May 2010, unanimously agreed to a proposal by 2020 Green Vision (Collingham’s environmental group) that the recently acquired piece of land between Swinderby Road and Crew Road should be managed as a Community Orchard on behalf of the village.
The next step is to put forward a management plan to the Parish Council, raise funds, plant and maintain this orchard with a mixture of fruit trees and bushes. As with all community orchards, access will be available at all times and indeed the character of this space will be enhanced by the trees and the wildlife they attract.
If you want to know more about Community Orchards, of which there are over 300 in England including one in Southwell, please visit the Common Ground website at http://www.commonground.org.uk.
We would very much wish to involve the local residents of Collingham in the planning and execution of this orchard and invite anybody interested to contact Derek Middlemiss on 892821 or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
As soon as we have an outline management plan agreed with the Parish Council it is our intention to hold a public meeting to seek your comments, ideas and support.
Derek Middlemiss
Update January 2011
The New Year begins with plenty of exciting news concerning the Collingham Community Orchard.
Following the unanimous approval of the scheme by the Parish Council and their kind donation of a piece of land for the planting of fruit trees, we have gained the support of the local residents who live close to the orchard site. A public meeting held in November was met with a positive and encouraging response, a platform from which we can build a wider community project. This year will see the first trees planted, some this spring and more in the autumn.
Until relatively recently, orchards were a familiar sight across the country, and not just in rural locations. Fruit was grown for a local market, but post war changes in shopping habits and the decline of a mixed agricultural economy, meant that they fell victim to replacement by other crops or development, their shadow remaining in the naming of housing developments like Damson Way or Bramley Close. With this loss went the mature trees fragrant with spring blossom, numerous local varieties of fruit which failed to meet the supermarket criteria for uniformity or transportability and a rich and varied flora and fauna which thrived on the mix of nature and nurture unique to orchard management. Community orchards across the country are now working to reverse this decline.
If you would like further information or like to get involved contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 01636 892596.
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Collingham Young Farmers
Who are we?
Collingham Young Farmers is a youth group for people in the rural community aged 10-30.
They meet every Tuesday and have a variety of speakers and arrange several club visits. Meetings are run by the members for the members and there are several activities for them to get involved in. Young farmers also organise several events to raise money for worthy causes.
Events
The highlights of the county year are Newark show – this is a chance for members to promote young farmers to the general public. Members also enter exhibits and stock-judging. The County Rally held in the summer involves members from across the county competing against each other in fun activities. This year competitions included beat the goalie, sumo-wrestling, girls shaving boy’s faces and the infamous water race. Young farmers also organise several social functions throughout the year; clubs hold dinner dances and parties. The two main county dances are the Autumn Dance and the County Ball. Mr YFC, Miss YFC and the Ambassador of the Year are revealed at these two dances.
Competitions
Competition is a major part of Young Farmers, this is what you can get involved in:
• Football
• Hockey
• Swimming
• Pool
• Darts
• Debating
• Call my Bluff
• Quizzes
• Theatre and Dance performances
Area and National
Members also have the opportunity to compete in competitions with other clubs in the U.K. This year Notts YFC will be competing at the national finals in the Hockey and Volleyball having successfully beaten teams in the East Midlands. Members also have the opportunity to travel the world through the National YFC Discovery programme.
JOIN THE FUN
So, if you’re aged 10-30, want to meet new people and are looking for fun contact Lauren Clark lauren@nottsyfc.co.uk 01636 672633.
FIND NOTTS YFC AT COLLINGHAM PLOUGHING MATCH ON SATURDAY 18th SEPTEMBER 2010.
 Notts YFC – 1st and 2nd at the East Midlands Area Competitions day in Skegness 2010. |  Lauren Clark – Miss Nottinghamshire YFC and Chris Brown – Ambassador of the Year |
 QUIZ CHAMPIONS – Notts YFC members beat the NFU in the annual quiz. | |
 Notts YFC Members, pictured with their trophies at Newark Show 2010 | |
Collingham Youth Club
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Collingham youth centre has now been open for nearly a year and has seen plenty of changes. My name is Valentine Marshall and I am the Worker in charge for the centre. Together with my assistant Hannah Jorden we open the centre to all young people 13 – 19. We now have a regular attendance of young people but are still hoping to expand the membership. Following the successful grant application we have purchased a pool table, table tennis set, Nintendo Wii along with accessories and a new play list of cd’s. Together we are working towards providing positive activities for young people. The current programme runs from now until March. We are always interested in new ideas and interests and would like to enrich our programme to meet your needs. If you are within the age range why not come down and meet us! The programme designed by the young people is displayed outside the club. |
Positive Support Group for ME/CFS
We meet every Wednesday from 2pm til 4pm. Contact details are Sophy Wynne at 07772 232083.
Email: sophy.wynne@hotmail.co.uk
Phoenix Community Hall
Click on the link to find out more about the Scout and Guide Headquarters in Collingham and Phoenix Hall
Phoenix Community Hall.
Bookings for this hall can be made by contacting Jane Wilson at jgow.jrw@virgin
Collingham Crawl and Canter 2010
The fifth annual Crawl and Canter took place on Sunday 16th May. Once again the sun shone on us and although the wind was chilly, it was considered good weather for a run round the village.
First home was Dave Lay who completed the course in 17minutes 20 seconds. The first lady back was Ellie Betts of Collingham and the juniors ware led in by Billy Onions for the boys and Holly Fender for the girls.
The organisers would like to congratulate all those who took part, and thank all those who gave assistance to make the event successful.
A particular thank you to our sponsor, the Grey Horse, Collingham.
If anyone would like to help with organising this event next year, please contact Charmaine on 01636 893667.
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Collingham Football Club
Website Address: http://www.collinghamfootballclub.co.uk
Chairman
Mike Goodwin
15, Station Road
Collingham
Newark
Notts NG23 7RA
mick.goodwin2@btinternet.com
Meets at Collingham Football Club on the 1st Monday of every month at 7.30pm
Introduction
Collingham is a large village close to Newark (5 miles) and the city of Lincoln (8 miles). It has excellent communication links as it is situated north of the A46 – A17 and A1 intersection and has regular train and bus services. The village has benefited from the road between Lincoln and Newark (A46) becoming a dual carriageway in 2004 but still suffers from large amounts of HGV traffic travelling through the centre along the A1133. It is also an affluent village with a good retail offering and thriving local businesses. These include a dentist, doctor’s surgery, newsagents, supermarket, hairdressers and two nursing homes.
A village plan led by the Parish Council (PC) has identified a desire for more retail space and (more importantly to Collingham Football Club - CFC) an enhancement of parking provision. This is currently lacking in the centre of the village and the land identified for this is at the back of the doctor’s surgery and is currently leased by CFC. The potential loss of this recreational green space will directly impact upon the junior section of the club as all of the 7-a-Side junior football teams use this pitch to compete in the Newark and District Junior Football League. The lease for this expires in 2008 and the PC has indicated that this lease is unlikely to be extended.
CFC is the only football club in the village. It has two senior pitches, one 60 x 40 junior pitch and two areas used for coaching and general training. The main pitch adjacent to the clubhouse is floodlit and has a metal perimeter fence supported by advertising hoardings. This pitch is used by both the adult Collingham Sunday football teams who compete in the Newark Alliance League. The facilities are also hired by Newark Town FC who are a semi-professional outfit playing in the Central Midlands Football Alliance. As a result FA Vase and FA cup matches are played on the ground each season. This season CFC – to boost revenue streams and promote ladies football - have adopted Lincoln Ladies FC who play in the Women’s FA Premier Northern League. Furthermore, CFC has a skittles team that has its own alley adjacent to the clubhouse and hosts a number of regular activities like the bingo and the Buffaloes Association.
Proposed Station Road Redevelopment
CFC currently has two senior pitches and one mini soccer pitch. The pitches are served by a clubhouse with two changing rooms, associated showers and referees facilities. The clubhouse bar serves a good selection of beers, non alcoholic retail goods and has a pool table and darts board. The bar facility is supplemented by an upstairs lounge which has a well equipped if dated kitchen and good sized dance floor. This function room is hired out for a number of events and brings in much needed revenue to the club.
A recent audit by the Nottinghamshire FA with regard to Grant Aid for a facilities overhaul has stated that Station Road is at ‘critical mass’ with regard to the space allocated for pitches and amenities making expansion of the current playing membership very difficult. Therefore, the option of retreating from the lease agreement will be resisted unless suitable alternatives can be found.
The ‘Redevelopment project’ will update the current club facilities and provide new changing rooms for both the junior and females sections. The provision of a floodlit 60 x 40 Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) for training purposes is seen as imperative to the success and expansion of CFC juxtaposed with clever pitch management. A small scale pitch condition survey has recently been completed and it indicates that the pitches are well drained and in reasonable condition for the amount of use they get. Investing over £5,000 per annum on pitch maintenance has been fully justified and beneficial especially during the recent dry period (18 months). This is consistent with the cancellation of very few matches in the last three years. An increase in the annual maintenance budget/programme could improve the condition and carrying capacity a little but the cost of this is beyond immediately available resources. It is therefore proposed that the current annual maintenance programme will continue and a major programme will be considered as demand grows.
CFC has a large junior membership with 5 teams playing in the New Newark Youth Football League. It also has three feeder groups of players from Under 5’s to Under 7’s. Additionally, there is a girls section (and small ladies section) which it is hoped will develop into teams competing at all age levels especially now that CFC is home to Lincoln Ladies FC. CFC has two Sunday league teams that compete in the Newark Football Alliance. It also caters for veteran’s games (over 35’s) on a structured basis. The facilities at Station Road are also booked for Nottinghamshire Schools representative matches, Coca Cola sponsored tournament finals, and Junior League (Lincoln and Newark) representative matches.
Newark Town currently hire the facilities so that they can compete in the Central Midlands League. This is level 7 of the football pyramid and requires clubs to have fenced off playing areas and floodlighting capability. The club also annually holds two major charitable events; Children in Need and raising funds for a local cancer hospice. CFC also hosts an annual JFC tournament of which some of the proceeds are donated to charities. To date CFC has contributed over £25,000 to worthwhile causes.
Fleet Magazine
Collingham and District Community and Churches Magazine
Editor: Marcia Parkin Tel No 01636 892331 email m.parkin@virgin.net
Correspondance to the Secretary: Viv Claxton, 10 Peterborough Rd, Collingham, Newark, NG23 7FP
Collingham Beaumond House Fundraising Group
Visit the Beaumond House website here, where you can donate or download the latest newsletter, or you can keep up with Beaumond House on Facebook
Beaumond House Community Hospice
Fundraising Office
34 Millgate
Newark
Notts
NG24 4TS
01636 706802
carla.brown@beaumondhouse.co.uk
Hill Holt Wood
‘Proving the value of ancient woodland in the 21st century’
Founding Director Nigel Lowthrop
Contact via website address: http://www.hillholtwood.com/
2020 Green Vision
A group dedicated towards a greener future for Collingham and its communities.
See our developing website at: 
Try our walks around Collingham - click on the image for a printable PDF…
If the graphic links don’t work, please use the links below.
‘The best of local produce and crafts!’
Contact Noel Barrowclough 01636 893379 for further details.
(You will need Adobe® Reader® to read this document, you can download it from the “Useful Information” page, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.)
Some useful website links are given below:
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
- Centre for Alternative Technology.
- Energy Saving Trust.
- Campaign against Climate Change.
- BTCV Green Gym.
- Hill Holt Wood.
- An example of a village trying to go carbon neutral.
- Calculate your own carbon footprint.
- Bollington Website.
- Newark Transition.
If you wish to comment on this webpage or get involved with 2020 Green Vision please e mail info@collingham-notts.org.uk or ring Derek on 892821
Shape Fitness
Join Steve at the Collingham Memorial Hall every Monday 7.30 - 8.30pm
This Fat Burning – Top to Toe workout is suitable for all levels of fitness
£3.80 per session – pay as you go – If you bring along this article you will get your first workout for a £1.00
Should you require any further information or would like to book your place,
Contact Shape Fitness on 0115 9206276
Collingham Scout & Guide Headquarters Management Association
In the 1970s, former farmland in the centre of the village was bequeathed “for the benefit of scouts and guides in Collingham”. It was difficult for any one of the scout or guide groups to take on ownership so an Association was set up, consisting of leaders of the groups plus a number of lay people. The Association owns the land and operates it for the benefit of the scouts and guides.
For convenience, the title deeds for the land were deposited with the Scout Association, which has a secure trust fund for that purpose.
There was already a scout hut at that time, but the land on which it was situated was required for building, so the wooden structure was moved and rebuilt on the new site. A further wooden building was subsequently added, so the hut consisted of a large hall, small kitchen area, toilets, a small meeting room and a small amount of storage. Further storage was subsequently added by means of a second-hand Portakabin placed next to the hut.
Security was poor and there were many vandal attacks, culminating in the blaze (below) on Boxing Day night 2002, which destroyed the building.
A packed public meeting was subsequently held in the Memorial Hall, and volunteers agreed to form a new Association, which would fund, build and operate a new building. The Collingham Scout and Guide Headquarters Association was therefore re-started and became a registered charity. You can find our constitution at the bottom of this page. We received £40,000 as an insurance payout on the burnt out building to get us started.
A lottery application was put forward in 2003 but was unsuccessful for two reasons – they did not consider that we were a priority case, and our initial plan was too expensive. The Association then appointed a new architect, Noel Barrowclough of Studio G in Collingham, and agreed a new design, consisting of a large hall, with a “lean-to” style building containing the kitchen, toilets and small meeting room. A new lottery bid was put in, the rules having changed, but this too was unsuccessful, because the Lottery people had too many bids to satisfy more than a small fraction of them.
We subsequently decided to forget about a lottery bid, and by Autumn 2008 we were a lot closer, having secured two £50,000 landfill tax credit grants, from WREN and from LaFarge, and had more bids in the pipeline. In April 2009, Noble Foods, a local company, gave us £4000 which guaranteed that we could afford to pay for the completed Headquarters.
Construction by Gusto started in January 2009 and and the building was handed over in June 2009. In keeping with that company’s ethos, we have a fairly green build, with rainwater harvesting. Solar water heating and using air-to-air heat pump systems which can provide cooling in the summer, and heating in the winter.
The new building provides, a main hall, kitchen, toilets and small meeting room, and although priority is given to the regular bookings of the scouting and guiding groups, it is available most weekends and some evenings, especially outside term times. Contact Jane Wilson 892693 for more information.
Current rental fees are:
| Main hall | £10 | per hour |
| Meeting room | £5 | per hour |
| Coffee mornings | £30 | |
| Dinner/dance/celebration | £100 |
How you can you help?
• if you have skills which might assist the Association to achieve its goals, or
• if you want to help us financially, or can think of ways in which we can get funding, then we’d love to hear from you.
Contact Bob Imrie, Joint Chair
Address 4 Rio Drive, Collingham
Phone 893799
Fax 893927
Personal email bob@creditlaw.co.uk
Group email csghqma@googlegroups.com
Download our Constitution here: (pdf) CSGHQMAConstitution.pdf
Memorial Hall
Details to be added
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Contact Kathy Martin 14 Foster Road Collingham
Collingham Youth and Community Centre
Currently home to Collingham Youth Club, Pilates Classes, a Slimming Club and an Upholstery Class, amongst other events , this is a superb venue.
Situated on Low Street near the junction with Queen Street in a quiet area of the village, this beautifully maintained old infant’s school is a warm and welcoming environment for your meeting, party or club, with a capacity of up to 80 people.
There are excellent kitchen facilities if required, clean and well maintained toilets with one fully accessible unisex cubicle.
For details of hire charges and availability, contact Keith Brummitt 01636 892446
Collingham Singers
Meet at All Saints Church on Wednesday evenings prior to the Spring Concert. New members should contact Bella Conn (tel no 01636 706291) in the first instance
Collingham 6-A-Side Football League
For details see below or click on the link below. Do not use, the link is broken.
John Blow Primary School
Headteacher: Helen Richardson
John Blow Primary School
Snowdon Road
Collingham
Newark NG23 7PT
Tel No 01636 892485
email: office@collingham.notts.sch.uk
Website: http://www.collingham.notts.sch.uk
he pictures show children at John Blow School helping to plant a couple
of the twenty fruit trees that had been provided for them to form a ‘mini’ Community Orchard for the school.
As the trees are within the school grounds they are obviously not accessible to the general public, but all the produce from them will be free to the children attending the school and in that way it will be moved out into the wider community.
Head Teacher Mrs Helen Richardson said, “This is a fantastic opportunity to give the children a chance to see the whole growing process, experience the wonder of growing trees and harvesting their own fruit.” She also added that the fruit trees were a great compliment to the kitchen garden which was now well established.
The trees were purchased from Pearson’s nursery in the village with funds that had been raised by the school, and with a donation from 2020 Green Vision.
There are also plans in hand to create a true Community Orchard in the village provided a suitable piece of land can be found. Collingham Parish Council and the 2020 Green Vision group are cooperating closely on the project, so watch this space!
Collingham Baby and Toddler Group
Collingham Baby and Toddlers meet every Wednesday (term time only) between 1.30pm until 3.00pm in the Wesley Rooms, High Street, Collingham. £1.00 for the first child 50p for additional children.
Contact Rebecca Howard 01636 892248
Collingham and District Twinning Association
Collingham is twinned with the French town of Villeneuve-sur-Yvonne which is situated about 70 miles south of Paris on the banks of the river Yonne. The town was founded on the south side of the river in 1163 by King Louis VII in order to strengthen his position against possible attack from the nearby Champagne area.
Between the 16th and 19th centuries the prosperity of Villeneuve benefited from its location by the river and its surrounding forests and vineyards, Its harbour was used to store and transport wood and coal to Paris and its own wine trade also bought additional wealth to the town. As a result of the many trading actvities, rich traders built many elegant houses in the town centre. The old town centre is today encircled by footpaths which trace the path of the original medieval walls which surrounded the town. There are many houses in the town dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Today the town has a population of about 5,400 and has an industrial estate on the left bank of the Yonne employing some 800 people and offering many new opportunities for local businesses.
There is an excellent rail-link to Paris with a journey time of about 45 minutes. Villeneuve-sur-Yonne offers an ideal base from which to explore the famous Burgundy region with its many architectural and gastronomic pleasures.
Website address: http://www.villeneuve-yonne.fr
The Collingham and District Twinning Association can be contacted via Tony Yates 01636 707878; e mail: a.yates53@ntlworld.com
New members are always welcome
One of Villeneuves famous gates. The Porte de Sens.
New Collingham Website
The new Collingham Website arose out of the Collingham Parish Plan, published in late 2005. Funded by a grant from Awards for All, the site was built by Glowmedia and populated by a group of volunteers from Collingham Village. It’s aim is to facilitate communication in the village as well as providing a useful source of information on local matters.
The group which created the website content are Derek Middlemiss (Chair), Noel Barrowclough (Sec), Gill Bass (Treasurer), Terry Ozbourne (Parish Council), Andrew Barratt (Business Club) and Neil Bass (Young person representative). New members are very welcome and should contact Derek Middlemiss (info@collingham-notts.org.uk) in the first instance
This site was constructed by Glowmedia using Expression Engine, a web authoring and management tool. For this reason, the ‘skeleton’ of the site is maintained by Glowmedia, but much of the content is added by The Mad Professor and The Gnome. This page is often used to develop ideas for use elsewhere on the site, so if you come here now and again, you may see some very strange things!
University of the Third Age
The national self-help association for older people after full time employment.
The Newark Group, which includes Collingham, holds it’s General Meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Bridge Community Centre, Lincoln Road (behind St Leonard’s Church).
Secretary Geoffrey Foulds 01636 659239
Website: http://www.newark-u3a.org.uk
Wesley Guild
The Wesley Guild re-commences its meetings on Monday September 3rd at 7.30 p.m. in the Wesley Room , behind the Methodist Church.
It will then meet on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. It is a fellowship meeting and has a variety of programmes on all kind of subjects. Further details can be ontained from John Suter on 892137 or Janet Marshall on 892133.
Venue: Wesley Room
Tuesday Art Group
Telephone:
Contact:
Venue:
Slimming Club
Venue: Mayfield Room
Contact Mrs Maurine Mimmack 01636 677314
7pm
Scouts
Contact: Graeme Hood, Old Whitemoor Farmhouse, Whitemoor Lane, Collingham
graeme@thehoodfamily.eu
Tel No 01636 893094
Venue; The Phoenix Community Hall
(left hand side of entrance to Collingham Football Club)
Station Road
Collingham
We meet on Monday nights from 7.15pm to 9.15pm
Neighbourhood Watch
There is currently no co-ordinator for Neighbourhood Watch.
Venue: William Bailey House
Mothers Union
Telephone:
Contact:
Venue:
Collingham Womens Fellowship (Network)
A weekly meeting is held from the 1st week in October to the last week in March at 2.30pm in the Wesley Rooms behind the Methodist Church. The meetings are open to everyone who wishes to join in fellowship, chat over a cup of tea and listen to speakers on a variety of topics.
Lifts can be arranged for people with walking difficulties.
For further information contact
Telephone: 01636 892753
Contact: Mrs Dorothy Snowdin
82 Station Road
Collingham NG23 7RA
email: d.snowdin892@btinternet.com
Venue: Wesley Room
Guides
Contact:Tracey Holland: tracey.holland07@yahoo.co.uk and telephone number: 07747 135747.
Explorer Scouts (14-18)
Contact:
Rodney Cousins
01636 680319
email rodney.cousins@ntlworld.com
Venue: 7th Newark Scout Group, Lovers Lane, Newark
Meet Fridays 1900-2030
Collingham Ramblers
| Contacts: | Anne on 01636 702801 |
| or alternatively: | Nina on 01636 678419 |
| Ramblers Walks 2012: | Walks Programme 2012 |
Try these walks around Collingham - click on the image for a printable PDF…
They have been designed by 2020 Green Vision to encourage the people of Collingham to explore their local environment. They are free to download and are the whole responsibility of 2020 Green Vision. Click on the button below to visit their website.
If the graphic links don’t work, please use the links below.
Collingham Women’s Institute
Click on the WI Logo to download the 2010/11 programme as a PDF file: 
2010/2011 OFFICERS
| President: | Mary Hill | (01636) 892356 | |
| Secretary: | Barbara Bateson | (01636) 892079 | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Treasurer: | Caron Ballantyne | (01636) 893342 | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month
At 7.30pm in the Mayfield Room,
Memorial Hall, High Street, Collingham
Annual Subs: £29.50
Visitors Welcome
Links
The Nottinghamshire Section of the Federation Website
Photographs of the Collingham WI in action!
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Collingham Tennis Club
Contact: Mike Ditchburn Chairman 01636 892763.
rs Venue: Dale Field Club House
New Members always welcome!!
Monday: Coaching for Seniors and Juniors
Tuesdays and Thursdays and Sunday mornings: Social Tennis
Secretary Di Smith, Secretary Telephone: 01636 892540
Coach Graham Woodhall 07812958845
Collingham Lawn Tennis Club website: http://www.collinghamtennisclub.co.uk
Collingham Good Companions
Telephone: 01636 892414
Contact: Mrs Marie Benoy (Treasurer)
Venue: Memorial Hall
Meet 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month 2.20 - 4.30pm
Collingham and District Village Care
Programme 2010/11
December 7th 2010
Christmas Tea and Carols & AGM
Medical Centre
At 5.00 pm
(Annual General Meeting. The annual meeting of an organisation at which routine matters, such as the election of committee and the presentation of reports and accounts are put to the vote of committee members.)
Then we start the Christmas season with carol singing, accompanied by the Brownies and light refreshments
February 23rd 2011
Warm, Wise and Well day at the Memorial Hall Approx 9.30 am-2.30 pm
The Village Care Committee meet monthly between September and April. Our thanks go to all the volunteers for their dedication to support the Community. We are always looking for new members.
Co-ordinator available; Monday, Wednesday & Friday ~ 08:30 to 18:00
The table of the current scale of charges can be found by clicking on the link below, these are only valid until 30 May 2011 when new charges may be introduced.
(This is a PDF file and requires Adobe Reader
which can be downloaded from the “Useful Information” page.)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
A Transport Co-ordinator will be available Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 8.30 am to 6.00 pm
If their answer machine is on, please leave a message
The telephone number is 01636 893001
- Where possible, please allow 24 hrs notice of a transport request.
- Passengers must give adequate notice of a cancellation of transport, otherwise charges may be payable.
- Driver availability may mean that longer trips (in time & mileage) will require two journeys and separate drivers, therefore, two charges. The co-ordinator will confirm this prior to the journey date.
- If you have any suggestions/comments on how we may improve our service to you, please do not hesitate to pass these onto the Co-ordinator.
- The Transport Service is only available to patients registered with the Collingham Medical Centre.
PATRON – Mr Ted Medlicott
CHAIRMAN - Mrs Barbara Stocks
Collingham Newark Notts NG23 7LP 01636 892669 | TREASURER
15 Vicarage Close Collingham Newark Notts NG23 7PQ 01636 892767 |
TRANSPORT
01636 893001 | Committee
Mrs Sheila Gilmore Mrs Marion Woodcock Mrs Ronwen Kirk Miss Julie Reid, Collingham Medical Centre, |
Collingham and District Village Care
Our aims and objectives.
The aim of Village Care is to make provision for health related and social needs of people registered with Collingham Medical practice, thereby improving their quality of life. The group was set up 30 years ago when staff at the Medical Centre identified the problems patients without transport were having coming for their appointments. The transport service was set up to include visits to hospital and eventually expanded to include trips to dentists, opticians, shops and hairdresser- in fact anywhere where people find access is difficult. Other activities have been undertaken as Village Care grew.
Funding
We currently receive a small grant from Nottinghamshire County Council to help support the transport service. Donations, bequests and fund raising enable us to continue running our services.
Transport
We have a team of 16 drivers. In 2009/10 we undertook 3052 trips during the year for 189 people. All the drivers and coordinators are volunteers who give hours of their time to support the scheme.
Medical Centre Equipment
A full list is maintained at the Medical Centre. During 2008 a Coagucheck was bought for the Medical Centre. Village Care also paid for new lighting and redecoration of the waiting room area at the Medical Centre. We have supported the Collingham Healthcare Education Centre by representing the patient perspective and the Medical Centre by commenting on the 2008 patient survey and action plan.
Unwanted spectacles
Any unwanted glasses (but not cases) can be handed in at the pharmacy and are collected and taken to the Vision Aid distribution point in Newark for distribution in the Third World.
Village amenities
Village Care supports the care of 6 public benches in Collingham and 1 in South Scarle. The daffodils planted over the years continue to brighten the village and are much admired. During 2008 Village Care purchased a table and four chairs for the children’s corner in the library.
Patient Advisers to Medical Centre
The Collingham Village Care Committee also act as advisers to the Medical Centre. The volunteers act as a conduit between the community and health care professionals.
Warm Wise and Well Day
Village Care together with a representative from William Bailey House organized a fourth event in February 2010. This was attended by 100 people again and the programme of talks and display stands was very well received. The day was sponsored by N Power.
House Numbers
The doctors and other emergency services brought to our attention the great difficulty they have, especially at night, in finding houses without numbers. Our campaign to ensure that all houses are clearly numbered continues. “A number pinpoints your address.” This is a quotation from our local Fire Officer, Mr W Shaw. Thank you to those who have responded to this request. To those who still have not got a number on their property, do this now. Your life may depend upon it. Village Care drivers also need to see where people live, especially when it is dark in the winter.
Special Events
In addition to our committee meeting we will be supporting the special events overleaf. Anyone is welcome to attend and show support for Village Care and meet members of the community.
Constitution
A copy of the Village Care Committee Constitution can be down loaded from the Collingham Medical Centre website: http://www.collinghammedicalcentre.co.uk or obtained from Brenda Williams.
Collingham and District Preschool
Telephone: 07814 613782
Contact: Mrs Lee
Venue: Wesley Room
WebSite: http://www.collinghampreschool.co.uk
Collingham and District Local History Society
Telephone: 01636 893088
Contact: Liz Addingdon
Venue: Memorial Hall
Aims
The society was founded in 1999 as a replacement for the Collingham Museum Committee. Its aims are twofold:
1. To promote an interest in Collingham and district in our area and further afield where there are subjects in common or of interest. This usually takes the form of inviting guest speakers to give talks, going on guided walks or visiting places of interest or putting on an exhibition. The committee organises, on average, four to five of these events a year.
2. To collect and record data, photographs and printed material relevant to Collingham and district, past and present.
The Committee
Consists of an average of six members. We meet in the Jubilee Room on Swinderby Road on a bi-monthly basis.
For general enquiries please contact Liz Addington on 01636-893088.
Membership
Membership is £3 per annum. Talks are free to members, £2 for visitors. Talks are usually held 5 times a year in the Memorial Hall, High Street, Collingham, unless stated otherwise. The hall has wheelchair access.
Members may have to pay their own costs to events held outside the village. These events tend to take place during the summer months when evenings are lighter.
To enrol please see Tracey Anscombe in the Post Office.
Collingham Junior Football Club
Venue: Collingham F.C.
Introduction
Collingham is a large village close to Newark (5 miles) and the city of Lincoln (8 miles). It has excellent communication links as it is situated north of the A46 – A17 and A1 intersection and has regular train and bus services. The village has benefited from the road between Lincoln and Newark (A46) becoming a dual carriageway in 2004 but still suffers from large amounts of HGV traffic travelling through the centre along the A1133. It is also an affluent village with a good retail offering and thriving local businesses. These include a dentist, doctor’s surgery, newsagents, supermarket, hairdressers and two nursing homes.
A village plan led by the Parish Council (PC) has identified a desire for more retail space and (more importantly to Collingham Football Club - CFC) an enhancement of parking provision. This is currently lacking in the centre of the village and the land identified for this is at the back of the doctor’s surgery and is currently leased by CFC. The potential loss of this recreational green space will directly impact upon the junior section of the club as all of the 7-a-Side junior football teams use this pitch to compete in the Newark and District Junior Football League. The lease for this expires in 2008 and the PC has indicated that this lease is unlikely to be extended.
CFC is the only football club in the village. It has two senior pitches, one 60 x 40 junior pitch and two areas used for coaching and general training. The main pitch adjacent to the clubhouse is floodlit and has a metal perimeter fence supported by advertising hoardings. This pitch is used by both the adult Collingham Sunday football teams who compete in the Newark Alliance League. The facilities are also hired by Newark Town FC who are a semi-professional outfit playing in the Central Midlands Football Alliance. As a result FA Vase and FA cup matches are played on the ground each season. This season CFC – to boost revenue streams and promote ladies football - have adopted Lincoln Ladies FC who play in the Women’s FA Premier Northern League. Furthermore, CFC has a skittles team that has its own alley adjacent to the clubhouse and hosts a number of regular activities like the bingo and the Buffaloes Association.
Proposed Station Road Redevelopment
CFC currently has two senior pitches and one mini soccer pitch. The pitches are served by a clubhouse with two changing rooms, associated showers and referees facilities. The clubhouse bar serves a good selection of beers, non alcoholic retail goods and has a pool table and darts board. The bar facility is supplemented by an upstairs lounge which has a well equipped if dated kitchen and good sized dance floor. This function room is hired out for a number of events and brings in much needed revenue to the club.
A recent audit by the Nottinghamshire FA with regard to Grant Aid for a facilities overhaul has stated that Station Road is at ‘critical mass’ with regard to the space allocated for pitches and amenities making expansion of the current playing membership very difficult. Therefore, the option of retreating from the lease agreement will be resisted unless suitable alternatives can be found.
The ‘Redevelopment project’ will update the current club facilities and provide new changing rooms for both the junior and females sections. The provision of a floodlit 60 x 40 Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) for training purposes is seen as imperative to the success and expansion of CFC juxtaposed with clever pitch management. A small scale pitch condition survey has recently been completed and it indicates that the pitches are well drained and in reasonable condition for the amount of use they get. Investing over £5,000 per annum on pitch maintenance has been fully justified and beneficial especially during the recent dry period (18 months). This is consistent with the cancellation of very few matches in the last three years. An increase in the annual maintenance budget/programme could improve the condition and carrying capacity a little but the cost of this is beyond immediately available resources. It is therefore proposed that the current annual maintenance programme will continue and a major programme will be considered as demand grows.
CFC has a large junior membership with 5 teams playing in the New Newark Youth Football League. It also has three feeder groups of players from Under 5’s to Under 7’s. Additionally, there is a girls section (and small ladies section) which it is hoped will develop into teams competing at all age levels especially now that CFC is home to Lincoln Ladies FC. CFC has two Sunday league teams that compete in the Newark Football Alliance. It also caters for veterans games (over 35’s) on a structured basis. The facilities at Station Road are also booked for Nottinghamshire Schools representative matches, Coca Cola sponsored tournament finals, and Junior League (Lincoln and Newark) representative matches.
Newark Town currently hire the facilities so that they can compete in the Central Midlands League. This is level 7 of the football pyramid and requires clubs to have fenced off playing areas and floodlightin capability. The club also annually holds two major charitable events; children in need and raisings funds for a local cancer hospice. CFC also hosts an annual JFC tournament of which some of the proceeds are donated to charities. To date CFC has contributed over £25,000 to worthwhile causes.
Collingham and District Gardening Association
Autumn Show 2011
The results were as shown in the attached (PDF) schedule:-
| For the Results - | |
The History of The Association.
Collingham and District Gardening Association began over 60 years ago during the Second World War in response to the Dig For Victory Campaign. Its name was the Village Produce Association and its aims were:
- the improvement of the local natural environment;
- the improvement of member’s horticultural and vegetable production skills and knowledge through mutual assistance and competition and
- the acquisition of seeds, bulbs etc. pertaining to good gardening production through the strength and financial advantages of joint wholesale purchasing.
The annual subscription was £1 per household. A store was held in David Tingle’s yard where members could purchase most of their gardening needs at a discount. It was very ably managed by Mr Reg Golland. Eventually it became uneconomic and was closed. In order to attract a wider membership the title was changed to its present one and membership now extends to other nearby villages. Its aims remain much the same – improvement of knowledge and skills, organisation of shows and promoting discount opportunities.
These aims are fulfilled by the Annual Programme:
- There are meetings on the first Tuesday in the month from October to May, with speakers and demonstrations on all aspects of gardening.
- There are outside visits in June, July and August. There is a Spring Daffodil Show and an Autumn Show, which now includes WI members.
- Meetings take place in the Mayfield Room at 7.30pm.
- The AGM is in September and the membership is £3 per person.
- A competition for gardens of various categories is held for any village resident.
President is David Lendon
Chair is David Tongue
Treasurer is Nina Young
Secretary is David Jennings. (email: dfjennings@btinternet.com)
Membership Secretary is Marion Tongue (01636 892804).
Programme organisers is Sonia Brodell (01636 892342).
Cubs
Jason Graham (leader) and Claire Martin (assistant). no phone numbers at present as Jason is in process of moving into village
Meet on Wednesday evenings at the Phoenix Community Hall (term time only) from 7 until 8.30
Collingham Croquet Club
Telephone: 01636 892804
Contact: David Tongue
Collingham Croquet Club
In 1988 John ‘Mitch’ Mitchell decided that Collingham had practically every club available but it did not have a Croquet Club. He set about remedying this situation by contacting the nearest Croquet Club to organize a demonstration and ‘have a go day’ on the village cricket field. From this a small committee was formed to find a suitable place to play. The owners of ‘Copper Beeches’ were approached and agreed to let the club use the lawns. With a lot of hard work by the members, Collingham Croquet Club was born. We continue to play at the ‘Copper Beeches’, High Street, Collingham.
Our annual and joining fees are reasonable for both playing and social members. Club days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday but members can play at any time.
During the closed season we meet for Coffee Mornings, Skittles and, of course, our Annual Dinner.
We attribute our success as a club, to the fact that we don’t play in leagues, we play mainly for our own enjoyment and for companionship.
We have, approximately 35 members and are always happy to welcome newcomers.
President - John Mitchell
Chairman - John Bates - Tel. 01636 892559
Secretary - David Tongue - Tel. 01636 892804 - davidtongue447@btinternet.com
Collingham Diabetic Drop in
My name is Mornee Gill and my wife Lily and I, with the help of a few friends, run a drop-in for diabetics. We have twenty two on our list at the moment but more and more people are showing interest. As you can see by our pictures we are a happy group who meet for a chat and a cup of tea or coffee and a taste of diabetic food cooked by my wife and her friend Rosie.
Picture of some of the members of the Group
It is a good way of meeting other diabetics and making new friends at the same time and maybe seeing old friends. We meet at William Bailey House, on Windsor Close, Collingham, twice a month (The first and third Monday of each month) between 2 and 4pm.
You can contact us either by telephone (01636) 893797 or by e-mail jimnlily@tiscali.co.uk for further information.
Lily and Mornee Gill.
A picture of Mornee Gill (back left), then Paul Brown (back right) and Mr Ron Rontree our oldest male member at 80
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Mrs joan Dawson, Their oldest member in her 92nd. year
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Collingham Action for Reducing Traffic (CART)
STOP PRESS
Here is the article from the Highways Monitoring Group Meeting held on 9/05/07:
“Interactive Signs (A1133) High Street, Collingham - Request for Progress Report.
The provision of interactive signs has been the subject of a recent review (prompted by the Cabinet Member for the Environment). As a result there has been some delay in finalising works programmes and taking a decision on the type(s) of mobile units to be deployed.
The current proposal for Collingham shows:
One permanent sign (showing to northbound traffic) located near The Green.
One mobile camera (showing to southbound traffic) located near Swinderby Road.
It is expected that mobile signs will be placed on site for a period of two or three months at a time and will be moved according to a (review able) rota.
Further details, including a time implementation, are not available at this time.”
The TRA and CART have been putting pressure on Notts County Council for some time to reduce traffic pressure on the High St. This culminated is a visit by Coun. Smedley, Cabinet Minister for the Environment, to Collingham in late 2006 when she was lobbied by the TRA and CART for traffic calming measures. The above decision is the outcome of this pressure.
Posted 23rd June 2007
CART remit
CART is a group that is dedicated to the improvement of life in Collingham by reducing the impact of traffic, particularly heavy vehicles. It aims to achieve this by exerting pressure on all levels of government to find a way to minimise the effects of traffic on the village environment.
To date we have exerted pressure as follows:
Carried out traffic survey, Submission to County re Bypass, Visit from Councillor Smedley, Inclusion of road measures in Village Plan, Interactive sign to south of village (2008), Noise measurements on High Street which exceed recommended limits, 2 CART members on Parish Council, 2 CART members trained to operate speed gun in Collingham, Contact with the Councillor’s Dobson, Involvement of John Blow in fight for school crossing, Possible Zebra crossing (Val Wright TRA)
New members are very welcome!
Contact: Terry Ozbourne
Email: terry.oz@virgin.net
Telephone: 01636 892508
Cricket Club
Telephone: 01522 868689
Contact: Club Secretary Mrs. Jane Richardson
Venue: Dale Field Club House
Web Site: http://collinghamdistrict.play-cricket.com
Or contact jane@mortonboats.co.uk
Brownies
Telephone: 01636 892693
Contact: Jane Wilson jgow.jrw@virgin.net
Venue: Youth and Community Centre Low Street
Collingham Bowls Club
COLLINGHAM BOWLS CLUB
Venue : Dale Field Bowls Club House
Contact : Club Secretary - Angela Turner 01636 704639
Chairman - Bob Williams 01636 893307
Collingham Bowls Club (CBC), located at Dale Field since 1933, is owned and run by the members for the members. CBC is a friendly club who are always pleased to welcome new members both male and female, whether experienced, intermediate or beginners. All funds to keep the club running are raised from membership fees and from the efforts of the Fund Raising Coordinator at matches and events during the season, with all members assisting in these efforts,
The Bowls Season runs from April to September and during this period members play in various in-Club competitions, ending the season with a Finals Day which is a fun social day. Registration for current and NEW MEMBERS will take place at a coffee morning in the Mayfield Room on Saturday 24th March, 2012 between 9.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon.
We have teams in the Lincoln City Evening, Lincoln City Afternoon, Lincoln District and in the Newark & District leagues. Results in 2011:
Lincoln & District Champions - promoted to Premier League
Lincoln City Third
Lincoln City Afternoon Fourth
Newark League Third
Various Club competitions also take place during the season together with Open Competitions, both home and away, where teams from a number of different clubs compete.
Beginners are always welcome at CBC and help is given in learning the game. Current newer members arrange ad-hoc Roll-Ups for practice/experience at which beginners will be welcome and when they feel ready can consider putting their names down for League matches. For Roll-ups all that is needed is totally flat shoes, woods are available for use in the Club House.
The Club Members enjoyed the Finals of the Club Singles competition with the two semi finals being thrilling and close matches with Mick Dobson-v-Bob Williams and June Bayes-v-Graham Eaton both poised at 20:20, Mick Dobson and Graham Eaton finally winning through to win their semi final and play in the final.
The final, which also kept the 20+ members present enthralled, was won by Mick Dobson who took the title of 2011 Champion of Champions winning 21:18.
Finalists - Mick Dobson and Graham Eaton
Champion of Champions - Mick Dobson
Beavers
Jackie Bingham, telephone 01636 893694, e-mail jackiebingham@btinternet.com, Assistant Leaders: Sarah Holmes on 01636 893202 and Chris Cobb on 01636 613277
Meet from 5.30 until 6.45 at the Phoenix Community Hall (term time only) on Wednesdays.
Angling Association
Chairman Mr Malcolm Nicholson 9 Temperance Lane Collingham Newark NG23 7LU
Telephone: 01636 892340 | The Honorary Secretary Mrs J Wilson 93 Braemer Road Collingham Newark NG23 7PN Telephone: 01636 892700 |  |
Collingham Angling Association, Established 1900
The success and growth of the association is a result of many hours of hard work and tireless effort by local anglers with a common interest.
The backbone being developed by residents in the village and surrounding area and the support of local farmers.
Our playground is the Tidal Trent below Cromwell weir and some of the local reclaimed gravel workings.
The aim of our game is to promote fair angling and protect the country side, improve our skills to catch more fish and enjoy ourselves with fellow anglers !!
Website http://www.collinghamaa.co.uk
Adult and Children’s Dance Class
Venue: Memorial Hall
4-6pm