17/11/08 - FOX GREEN REMEDIAL WORK

Fox Green Flooding

The council have responded to complaints and installed drainage to ensure that the green is open to the public all year round. The pond has been cleaned out, this hopefully will contain the water from the flooding area

16/11/08 - CRICKET FIELD RESTORATION WELL UNDERWAY

Elmton with Creswell Parish Council conducted a survey to ascertain the cultural and sporting needs of the residents of our parish. We are now acting on the results. Area’s that were highlighted in the survey were better playing fields, sporting facilities and a cricket field. We lost the cricket field shortly after the pit was closed.

The council’s priority was to install a fence around the perimeter of the field. This had the benefit of securing the playing area from the attentions of unwanted guests. Work has commenced on replacing the cricket square and cricket practice area. The football field will be situated adjacent to the cricket square in the cricket outfield. The cricket square and cricket practice nets area have been marked out and excavated, filled with the special loam, seeded and rolled. The outfield area has been cleared and rotovated. The next stage is the stone burying machine before the whole area is seeded in the New Year

09/11/08 - BONFIRE NIGHT

It rained all day and most of the night but it did not stop the residents with their families turning out to enjoy the fireworks display at the Social Centre. At the Social Center after the fireworks display the bar staff where in character (hubble, bubble, toil and trouble) to serve the public with their favorite tipple, there was also a disco/entertainer for the children

7/11/08 - FORMER OLYMPIAN LAUNCHES EVERYDAY SWIM AT CRESWELL

Customers, children and staff at Creswell Leisure Centre enjoyed a fun day with swimming legend Duncan Goodhew MBE, as he launched the centre as the Everyday Swim Site for the East Midlands. Goodhew, who attended the revamped leisure centre’s first birthday party back in 1992, joined a group of old age pensioners in the pool for a leisurely swim who were all happy to meet and chat with him, before taking a tour of the leisure centre. The leisure centre is set to receive £30,000 from the Everyday Swim scheme to help refurbish the changing facilities and produce a marketing strategy. Creswell was chosen as the East Midlands site because of the good working relationship with the team at the centre who are open to new ideas and are very enthusiastic. The age of the centre also fitted the bill for some minor capital works and operational changes.Duncan said, “Swimming is the best all round form of exercise. As we become older swimming is an excellent way of increasing all important quality of life. 14% of inactive people say the one sport they would like to do is swimming. Every Day Swim has a crucial part to play in getting inactive people to become active”. Bolsover District Council Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion, Councillor Ann Syrett said, “It was a real pleasure to welcome Duncan back to Creswell after all these years. For a relatively small facility, Creswell Leisure Centre has big ambitions and to be chosen as the East Midlands site is a very proud moment. We see this as an ideal opportunity to improve the facilities we have and the activities we provide to help both the young and old keep active and enjoy swimming for years to come.”

The aims of Everyday Swim are to:
• Increase participation in the project areas by 2% per annum.
• Closely monitor what works, what doesn’t and why in achieving this target.
• Demonstrate real change to encourage others to emulate successes.
• Share the learning across the country to ensure the benefits of the project are felt beyond the project areas

For further information about the Everyday Swim Site please telephone 01909 721371 or email enquiries@bolsover.gov.uk

OCTOBER 2008 - PUMPKIN CARVING COMPETITION

The Parish council donated a £5 Token to each entry, £10 token to the two winners, one from the Infant school and one from the Juniors.

The pumpkins were grown in his allotment and donated to the Infant school and the Junior School by Parish councillor S Smith.

P Richardson handed out the tokens to the school children and presented the Infant School their silver gill certificate from the Britain in bloom competition held earlier in the year.

19/05/08 - Dancebiz 2008 We Have Talent

It was a full house at Dancebiz 2008 dance show which was held at the Acorn Theatre, Worksop. The show was a massive success, the Creswell Disco Diva's performed sensational magical routines. The 33 performing dance crew aged from 4 through to 18 danced with a passion and devotion even through the heat of a very hot May 'summer' evening they all made their parents/guardians very proud. The Diva’s had fantastic support from the costume team which brought glitz and glamour to Worksop!   All of the Diva's were presented with a small gift from the principal, Angela School of Dance and a rose from Elm Tree Florist, but the best gift is the support they all receive from the parents/guardians.

It goes without saying that the Dancebiz 2008 was so successful because of the dedication of the volunteers, the hours and hours the volunteers put into the whole show was phenomenal.

The support doesn’t stop now, the DVD production team and the Photographic team from Lazypics (yet more volunteers!) are busily putting the Dancebiz 2008 DVD together. Want to be a Diva? For more information regarding classes at Creswell give Angela a call on 07899-041-549 or email at angelaschoolofdance@googlemail.com

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