Sporting success

Emma Calvert is pictured with Sue Wilkinson, her keyworker with just some of her recent medals.

She got 3 gold medals at the Winsford swimming gala on April 2, for 200m, 100m and 25m breast stroke.

And at the swimming gala in Sunderland she did really well too - gold in 100m breast stroke, gold in the medal relay and in the freestyle relay, silver in the 200m breast stroke and in the 50m freestyle.

Sean Daniels did well too with 5 medals in backstroke, freestyle and men's relay. The Penguins swimming club that Emma and Sean both belong to won all the relays - what a team!

Emma also proved she's a good all rounder at all sports as she won 3 silver medals at table tennis at Crewe - for individual, double and mixed double.

Pete Edwards, Kathryn Hodkinson and Sean Daniels all did well there too, thanks to Ann Calvert for the news.

Jodie Bowyer is pictured too with 6 medals as well!

3 are for table tennis at Crewe Leisure Centre on 16 & 17 April. She got 1 silver for singles, and 2 bronzes for ladies doubles and mixed doubles.

Jodie said it was the first time she'd ever played - she thought she was going to watch when she went with Ann Calvert and her group, including Emma and Sean. She ended up playing and really enjoyed it though she said it was frustrating when she couldn't hit the ball properly!

Her other 3 medals are 2 gold and 1 silver for swimming in the Winsford gala. The golds were for 25m and 50 m freestyle and the silver was for 50m backstroke.

Jodie says: "I love swimming, that's were I met my fiance Richard. Its a stress reliever too for me and calms me down and it helps me get over things. I take my mood out on the water and I feel a lot better after. I go faster when I'm in a mood!"

Charity Collections

On March 18 which was Red Nose Day, Tim Hughes from Firdale helped raise money when he busked in Morthwich outside Quality Save.

Local Band the Weavils are old friends of Tim's and were delighted to see him in the audience. They invited Tim to play percussion with them for a couple of numbers.

Tim was keen to do so and was able to showcase his natural sense of rhythm. The crowds in town showed their appreciation and a total of £342.22 was raised. The Weavils often appear at Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival More information on them can be found at www.weavils.com.

If you get the chance to hear them play, don't miss it! Thanks to Maureen from Firdale for the news.

Also on March 18 Karen Morrey, Sarah Clarke and Patsy Scott from the Old Fire Station went out with collecting boxes and very fetching daffodil costumes to collect for Marie Curie cancer care.

They stood outside H Samuels jewellers and collected two full boxes from generous passers by.

Karen says: "It was a lovely sunny day and it was nice to help the charity. We might do it again too, I'd like to."

Big Screen Tuesdays at Weaverham

Last Tuesday was the first of our 'Big Screen Tuesdays at Weaverham Community Centre Cinema, arranged by Gill from Firdale.

There was a grand turn out of over 20 from Dane Walk, Firdale and the Old Fire Station and we all had a fantastic time - thanks Gill!

The film we all watched this time was Toy Story3 and here's what our guys had to say: Annie says: "It was a nice film actually, I liked the bit where they put the toys in the box!"

Phillip says: "It was alright, it was nice relaxing watching a film."

Pete says: "It was good watching the film, my favourite bit was when they escaped."

Kurt says: "I liked the escape too, it was good."

Sue says: "I give it 9 out of 10, it was good."

Ricky says: "I give it 10 out of 10, I enjoyed it."

Ian says: "I really enjoyed the film, the best bit was where all the toys fell into the crusher."

Derek says: "It was good today, I liked the bit when they all got in the box."

Kevin says: "I've not been in the community centre before, I've only walked past, I liked it."

Karen says: "Today was alright. My favourite film to see would be Dracula!"

Next week is going to be Madagascar, the week after that is Mamma Mia, watch this space!

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