St Neots Kumon Awards Ceremony

Some of the many students who achieved the National Kumon standard for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

Local students from the Kumon St Neot's Study Centre have gained recognition for their success.  The committed students were presented with awards at a ceremony taking place at St Neots Priory Centre on Tuesday 27 November to celebrate their achievements.  Mayor of St Neots, Cllr Barry Chapman and Mayoress, Mrs Lindsay Chapman presented students with Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates and medals in recognition of their achievements.

Anglia Co-Operative launch Star for a Star 2012

Mayor's Office
St Neots Town Council

News and Crier - Charity Fashion Show donation

Mayor's Office
St Neots Town Council

Hunts Post - Charity Fashion Show and Cancer Research UK St Neots

Mayor's Office
St Neots Town Council

GB Dragon Boat Youth Team and St Neots Cool Runnings

On Saturday 10 November, Cllr Barry Chapman, Mayor of St Neots visited the GB Youth Dragon Boat Team at St Neots Rowing Club during one of their training sessions.

Dan Clarke, Matty Richardson, Cllr Barry Chapman, Nick Clarke

The GB under 18 and under 23 crews used St Neots as a training venue this weekend, St Neots can now be proudly classed as one of the three training venues for the GB under 18 and under 23 squads.

All four of our junior members took part in their first session with the squads and impressed head coach Matty Richardson, Matty is confident that if the guys continue to develop they will have a very good shot at reprersenting GB at the European Championships this coming July in Szeged, Hungary.  Their names are Brandon Sinclair, Jordan Vidler, Talia Melisi and Mollie Baker, all aged between 12 and 16.

Dan Clarke said ''I as crew manager am very proud as to what has happened this weekend, my 4 juniors have been outstanding and proved themselves to be a real asset to our club. The profile of our sport will be raised locally and hopefully this will result in an increase of interest from our towns youngsters. We as a club promise to support our youngsters every step of the way and are confident that we will see them represent Great Britain, St Neots and our club at future international events. As a self funded club we sadly do not have all the facilities that will give the 4 guys and girls the optimum chance of qualifiying for seats in the squad at our disposal, so we will have to travel to accommodate this until we get the much needed funds to purchase the equiptment to be used at our own club.''

We are always looking to recruit new members, if any one is interested they can find out more on our website which is www.coolrunningsdbc.com  We are also starting to seek local sponsorship to develop the club further

If you want more information about dragon boating you can review our sports official website at www.dragonboat.org.uk

Remembrance Sunday - Details of Services in St Neots

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St Mary's Church, St Neots
The Mayor of St Neots will be attending the Remembrance Day Parade & Service to be held on Sunday 11 November 2012.

The Parade will form up in Waitrose Car Park @ 1010hrs ready to march off at approx 1025hrs.  The Parade will march through Tan Yard, New Street, High Street and Church Street.

A short Service and Laying of Wreaths will take place at the Town's War Memorial, Church Walk, followed by a Church Service in the Parish Church

After the Service the Parade reforms in Church Street at approximately 1210hrs and marches to the RAFA Club in Dovehouse Close.

The event is being organised by Keith Ridley, Branch President & Hon. Secretary of the Royal British Legion, St Neots & District Branch.

Please note that there will be a rolling road block in place during the parade so there could be some delays to car drivers in the area.

St Mary’s Church, Eynesbury

The Deputy Mayor of St Neots, Cllr Andrew Hansard, will be laying a wreath on behalf of St Neots Town Council at 10:50am at the church memorial followed by a service in the church.

St Mary’s Church, Eaton Socon

Cllr Roger Harrison will be laying a wreath on behalf of St Neots Town Council at 3:00pm followed by a service in the church.

BBC Children in Need - Mayor meets Pudsey and the Black Cat

Pudsey Bear popped by the Priory Centre today to meet our Mayor, Cllr Barry Chapman.  Word got round and we were soon joined by the Cat from Black Cat Radio.

Pudsey has been visiting local schools and business in St Neots to raise awareness for BBC Children In Need, full details of which can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008dk4b. 

Charity Fashion Show a Sellout

On Wednesday 24 October 2012 St Neots hosted it's first charity fashion show at the Priory Centre.  Local retailers came together to put on two catwalk shows which were a huge success and a credit to all those who volunteered.

A total of £1,673.96 was raised which will be divided equally between Cancer Research UK and the Mayor's charities for 2012/2013.  The show was hosted by Mark Hansard and Pete Revell presenters of our community radio station Black Cat Radio with lighting provided by Sound and Light Partnership.

Retailers showcased their autumn and winter collections from Beales, Beautiful Swagger, Bon Marche, Chanceuse Lingerie, Edinburgh Woollen mill, Goldstraw Goldsmiths, M&Co, New Look, Scope, Specsavers and Wallis.  Hair and make up were created by Benefit, Estee Lauder, Molbys and Saints.

Cllr Barry Chapman, Mayor of St Neots said "A wonderful evening of fun and fashion enjoyed by hundres of people showcasing our local retailers.  Fantastic prizes, free goody bags and much raised for charities.  A brilliant reminder of what is available in St Neots and why we should shop locally."