Students come to garden centre's rescue
A TEAM of students have come to the rescue after a garden centre sprang a leak.
When a pipe burst, flooding the meeting room at Long Lane Garden Centre, site manager Julie Groom called on John Dando, bricklaying tutor at Warrington Collegiate.
With help from a team of students, he mended the drain and lay flags to create a meeting room and lunch area.
Julie said: “The students are very enthusiastic, really polite and pleasant, which has been perfect for our clients.
“Once again we can’t thank you enough for coming to our rescue. We do hope to work with the college more in the future which I feel will benefit us both and build on the great relationship we have already established.”
Tennis club to celebrate 115th birthday with charity event
A TENNIS-a-thon is being held to raise money for The Steve Prescott Foundation.
Padgate Tennis & Bowling Club celebrate its 115th anniversary on April 25 with a 12-hour tennis extravaganza to raise as much money as possible for the charity, set up by the late rugby league player.
The tennis-a-thon will take place from 7am until 7pm and entry will be £5.
Players must play a minimum of 30 minutes on court and sponsorship forms can be found by visiting ptbc.org.uk.
The club will also be holding an open day from 1pm with free tennis coaching, bowls and tennis round robin competitions, exhibition matches and a prize raffle.
The open day is free of charge, except raffle tickets which are £1 per ticket and food and drink will be available.
The club will end the open day at 5pm with a BBQ which is ticket only and will run until the end of the tennis-a-thon.
For tickets for the BBQ email padgatetennis@yahoo.co.uk.
Event to mark St George's Day
A DAY of fun activities is being held to mark St George's Day.
The Longford Neighbourhood Service Centre will be holding its annual St George's Day event on April 25 from 10am until 3pm.
There will be a bouncy castle, tombola, badge making and Punch and Judy all free of charge and anyone can attend.
For more imformation call Roy Or James on 01925 414631.
Young girl to donate hair to charity
A YOUNG girl is having her hair cut so that she can donate it to charity.
Brooke Quinn, aged eight, has been growing her hair for more than a year after she decided to donate her hair to the Little Princess Trust after a family member was diagnosed with cancer.
She was also inspired by pop star Jessie J and will have her hair cut at a Padgate salon on April 23.
To donate, visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com/BrookeQuinn or justgiving.com/Brooke-Quinn.
Beat holiday boredom with inflatable session
A FAMILY inflatable session is being held at Orford Jubilee Park.
The session is open to children aged eight to 15 to help beat Easter holiday boredom today, Thursday, and on Saturday from 4pm until 5pm.
There must be one adult to every three children and all children must complete a 25 metre competence safety swim before the session to decide if they will be allowed on the inflatable.
Children must be accompanied in the pool by an adult at all times.
The event costs £3.15 per adult and £2.10 per child and for more information call 01925 572504.
School raises hundreds of pounds for charity
A SCHOOL has raised nearly £400 for charity, St Oswald’s Primary School in Padgate has raised £390 for charity Nugent Care’s Good Shepherd Appeal to help children and young people with disabilities.
Pupils brought in cakes to sell, held raffles and created a whole range of games, quizzes and challenges for children.
Riders complete charity bike ride across Spain
A GROUP of riders have completed a gruelling challenge that has seen them cycle across Spain.
Woolston Riders Martin Finnegan, aged 47, 52-year-old Mick Skerrett, Wayne Buckles, aged 49, 47-year-old Stuart Hardman and Terry Reid, aged 48, spent six days cycling 600 miles in a bid to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
After a year of planning, the group, who are all from Warrington, flew out to Lisbon before cycling to Mojácar in southern Spain, where they arrived on April 3 after cycling 100 miles a day.
They have so far smashed their £2,000 target and have raised more than £4,000.
To donate please visit justgiving.com/WoolstonRiders.
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