Etchingham

CRICKET FIELD: The result of the voting on the cricket field project was announced at the Parish Council meeting on Thursday February 21, and a resolution was made on the next course of action. If you were not at the meeting the result of the vote was 94 yes and 125 no not at this time. The Parish Council will now look at what other options are available will make an alternative proposal in due course, the details of the voting are on the village website www.etchinghamvillage.co.uk .
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PARISH MAGAZINE: The deadline for the April/May edition of the parish magazine has to be a bit earlier than normal, please make sure you get all your information to Phillipa by this Monday (March 4).

WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER: Etchingham Church will be hosting the Women’s World Day of Prayer today (Friday March 1). The service begins at 10.30am and representatives will be present from all the local churches. All are welcome is true of the World Day of Prayer - men, women and children; all are invited to take part in the service and learn more about this year’s theme which is: ‘Come -Everything is Ready’, the host country is Slovenia. Refreshments will be served after the service; come and join us and sample traditional Slovenian Medenjaki -Honey Biscuits.

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LENT LUNCH: Etchingham Church will be holding a Lent Lunch on Friday March 15 from midday to 2.30pm in the Parker Hall , Parsonage Croft. There is no charge for the cost of the lunch but a collection will be made for charity.

Please sign your name on the form in the church or contact Annette Childs- Telephone 01580 819382, or just turn up on the day and you will be made very welcome.

GRAND IRISH CEILIDH: Come, watch and dance, St. Patrick’s Grand Irish Ceilidh, with the Catsfield Steamers, Etchingham Village Hall, Saturday March 16. There will be a bar, doors open 7.15pm, showtime 7.45pm, tickets £10 each from Jarvis Butchers, wegottickets.com or Etchingham Music Festival, PO Box 100,Etchingham TN19 7US www.etchinghammusicfestival.co.uk

PUBLIC MEETING: Etchingham Conservative Branch Association is holding a public meeting tomorrow, Saturday March 2, 12.30pm in the Parker hall, Parsonage Croft. Our County and District Councillors will address the meeting and all residents are most welcome to attend.

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MOTOR ENTHUSIASTS CLUB: Robertsbridge and District Motor Enthusiasts Club are holing their inaugural meeting on Tuesday March 12, 8pm at the Ostrich, Station Road, Robertsbridge. All motor car enthusiasts are welcome to attend. If you don’t own a vintage or classic car, but have an interest, then please go along to the meeting and see what they are proposing.

SPEEDWATCH: The Speedwatch operators continue to run as many sessions as possible with the currently reduced number of available operators. The number of volunteer operators is currently reduced, due to some operators not able to as many sessions because of health issues or work commitments, and other operators moving away. So we could do with a few more volunteers to enable a useful number of sessions to be run each month. It is not complicated to volunteer as an operator and you do not need to commit to a lot of time, if you can only do an hour occasionally it is just as useful as being available for several hours a week. If you are interested in considering joining our volunteer team contact [email protected] or phone 01580 819532 for details, or take a look at the Community Speedwatch website https://www.communityspeedwatch.org

PLAYGROUNDS: Etchingham Recreation Ground Trust (ERGT) is the charity responsible for Queen’s Garden and the Viper site. ERGT are working on fund raising for repair and replacement of equipment. There are a couple grant applications in progress that if successful will help build the total. You can generate funds for ERGT whenever you shop online and it does not cost you anything extra. You register at Give as you Live https://www.giveasyoulive.com/join/ergt then whenever you shop online you sign in to the Give as you Live website first and use the link on the site to access the retailer you are purchasing from, there are over 4,000 online retailers available so your favourites are bound to be there, a small percentage of your purchase will be donated to ERGT, the amounts are quite small but if lots of people remember to use the system for every purchase it will soon add up to a useful sum of money. You will find more details of how to use Give as you Live on the ERGT fundraising page of the village website www.etchinghamvillage.co.uk/playgrounds/give-as-you-live EVERY PENNY COUNTS. There is also a fundraising page online where you can make a donation https://www.everyclick.com/etchinghamplaygrounds if you are a tax payer please remember to fill in the Gift Aid form when you make your donation so that ERGT get an extra 25% from HMRC. If you want to make a donation but do not have the ability to do it online, you can a payment with cash or a cheque payable to Etchingham Playgrounds and deliver it to the Parish Office at Parsonage Croft, or in a sealed envelope clearly marked ‘playground appeal’ at the Post Office. The target to be raised is £25,000, at the time of writing just over £660 has been raised, with some more donations and gift aid waiting to be approved, so quite a way to go yet. If you have any fundraising ideas, and more importantly, time to help organise fundraising, email [email protected] . The annual safety inspection for 2018 has just taken place and as expected it was not good news, more items may now have to be taken out of use.

CHURCH SERVICES: Church Services for March, all Sunday services are at 11am, this Sunday March 3, Canon Patrick Sales; March 10, (Family Service) Reverend Sally Epps; March 17, Reverend Christopher Channer; March 24, Reverend Iain Morrison; March 31, (Mothering Sunday) Reverend Sally Epps.

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CHURCH CONTACT: Churchwardens, Mary Barnes 01580 819142 and Geoffry Lucas 01580 819439. For Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals and Pastoral Matters contact Reverend Sally Epps 01435 882301 [email protected]

CHURCH OPENING: The Church is open every day for visitors from 11am to 4pm.

HURST GREEN: As you will be aware there is not currently a Village Voice correspondent for Hurst Green. If you are connected with with a Hurst Green group, or organising an event in Hurst Green, I am happy to add the details to the Etchingham column if you send the information to me. Or, even better, perhaps there is someone in Hurst Green who would like to take on the Hurst Green column, if you want to know more you can contact me or the Battle Observer.

SENDING INFORMATION: Thank you to everyone who has sent me information for this column during 2018, please keep your contributions coming in during 2019. Get information for this column to me as soon as possible. There are several ways to get your info to me, but email is preferred because there is less chance of errors during copying. I need information by 10pm on Monday to be sure it will be in time for inclusion, I can sometimes add extra items on Tuesday morning, but this cannot be guaranteed. You can deliver to 2 Park Farm Close, telephone 01580 819532 or 07484 635014 or email [email protected]