Impact0618

June/July 2018 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD

WELCOME to Impact - the magazine of St Chad’s Church, 

Woodseats. Impact is published every two months and distributed 

to over 5,000 homes in S8. 

St Chad’s Church is committed to serving you - the people of 

Woodseats, Beauchief and Chancet Wood. To find out more about 

St Chad’s, visit our website at www.stchads.org or call the church 

office on 0114 274 5086. 

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With the scores tied at 51-51 and in the last second 

of the game – on the buzzer itself – Helen Housby, 

having just missed a crucial chance, was given a 

second go and netted the ball. England had won 

their first ever Commonwealth gold medal, beating 

the favourites and hosts Australia. It is dramatic turnarounds like 

this that gives sport the enduring appeal that it has. 

I wonder what your favourite dramatic sporting moments are? 

Manchester United stunning Bayern Munich in the final three 

minutes of the 1999 Champions League fi nal, perhaps. Or the 

amazing English Ashes victory of 2005. Maybe Super Saturday 

at the 2012 London Olympics when local hero Jessica Ennis won 

gold. Or perhaps it was when you saw your grandson score a 

hat-trick in a local football match, or your daughter exceed her personal best 

in an athletics meeting. 

The actor Michael Douglas once said that he rarely watched movies 

because they were all so predictable, and that only sport could really 

engage him. Sport holds a unique place in our culture. It is one of the few 

areas of life that attracts signifi cant crowds of people with one common 

interest, albeit as a tribalism that isn’t always healthy. In a world dominated 

increasingly on-line and remote, sport still shows us what raw human 

power, agility, skill and training can achieve. Sport gives us transcendental 

moments of beauty, exhilaration and awe, as well as the crushing moments 

when our team gets relegated or one of our heroes is injured. It is one of 

the few areas of life where national pride is seen as a wholesome, rather 

than disturbing, phenomenon. And sport is a mass-participatory activity in 

which old and young, fi t and out-of-shape, able and disabled are able to 

compete, improve and enjoy themselves. 

Perhaps for all these reasons, and more, that cheating in sport is 

considered with such distaste. This week cyclist-cheat Lance Armstrong 

has come to a settlement to pay back $5 million, a small fraction of the 

fortune that he earned whilst racing under performance-enhancing drugs. 

The mighty Australian cricket team have had their ball-altering techniques 

exposed with their captain and coach forced to resign. 

Although the high fi nancial stakes that are in play in modern sport make 

cheating inevitable, and although we suspect that gamesmanship has been 

in evidence for as long as there have been games, we still long for sport to 

show the best of humanity. We want to know that our top athletes are the 

best because of their natural talent and dedication. 

The Christian faith has a realistic view of people – sports stars, along 

with everyone else. We are wondrously made in the image of God, and in 

some way this image is refl ected in the elegance and grace of a sportsman 

or woman. But we have fallen away from that perfection and need to be 

brought back to be the people that God made us to be. Redemption can 

be hard for the fallen sports star – Justin Gaitlin gets booed at every 

race meeting he attends – but all of us fi nd ourselves in need of God’s 

forgiveness, and all of us can receive it through his son Jesus Christ, who, 

to use a sporting metaphor, made the ultimate comeback when he 

defeated death on the cross. 

Rev Toby Hole, Vicar, St Chad’s, Woodseats 

June/July 2018 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD 

Being a Good Sport 


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Nothing could beat the wisdom of Solomon 

Why did the 

teacher jump into 

the lake? 

She wanted to test 

the water! 

Why did the golfer 

wear two shirts? 

In case he got a 

hole in one. 

Where is the fi rst tennis 

match mentioned in the 

Bible? 

When Joseph served in 

Pharaoh’s court! 

Which part of a football 

stadium is never the same? 

The changing rooms! 

Why should you 

be quiet in a 

bowling alley? 

So you can 

hear 

a pin 

drop! 

The boating store was 

having a big sale on 

canoes. 

It was quite an oar deal! 

Why were the 

managers sitting 

around 

sketching 

crockery during 

the football 

match? 

It was a cup 

draw! 

Three fans were 

talking about the 

sad state of their 

town’s football 

club. 

The fi rst fan 

said: “I blame 

the manager; if 

we signed better 

players, we’d be 

a great club.” 

The second 

said: “I blame 

the players; if 

they made more 

effort, we’d score 

more goals.” 

The third fan: 

“I blame my 

parents; if I’d 

been born 

somewhere 

different, I’d be 

supporting a 

decent team.” 

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What’s On 

If you have an event you would like 

to see included in our What’s On 

section, email impact@stchads.org 

Health Walks 

•Mondays - 10am: Graves Park. 

Meet outside the Rose Garden 

Cafe; 

•Tuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at the Visitors 

Centre at Abbeydale Industrial 

Hamlet; 

•Thursdays - 10.30am: 

Lowedges. Meet at the Gresley 

Road Meeting Rooms, Gresley 

Road, Lowedges; 

•Thursdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at the JG Graves 

Discovery Centre off Abbey Lane. 

•Fridays - 10.30am: Graves Park. 

Meet in the main entrance, Graves 

Leisure Centre. 

Call 07505 639524 or visit www. 

healthwalksinsheffi eld.btck.co.uk 

for details about any of the walks. 

June 3 

Pedlar’s Corner Flea Market 

Abbeydale Picture House 

10am-3pm 

A mixture of general fl ea market 

stalls and specialist antiques, 

vintage, retro, arts, crafts, makers 

and salvage stalls. 

June 3 and 17 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway 

Abbeydale Road South 

1-5pm 

The regular open days at 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway. 

June 10 

Fun in the Park 

Graves Park, Woodseats entrance 

1.30-5pm 

An afternoon of fun and games 

for all the family to enjoy. Bring a 

picnic and friends. 

For more details about this Hope 

18 event contact Steve on 07989 

290957, Glyn on 07913 252587 or 

Martin on 07979 383179. 

June 17 

Nether Edge Farmers’ Market 

Stalls, entertainment and various 

activities will be held in the streets 

around the old Nether Edge 

Market Place. 

June 23 

PALS Summer Fayre 

Church House, Abbey Lane 

11.30am-2.30pm 

The PALS Summer Fayre will this 

year be held at St Chad’s Church 

House with live entertainment, 

pizza and hot dogs, a bungee run, 

bouncy castle, face painting and 

family games, all in aid of Abbey 

Lane School. 

Admission is 50p for adults, 

children are free. 

June 30 

The Sheffield Chorale 

Holy Trinity Church, Millhouses 

7.30pm 

Call in for a Cuppa 

at Church House, 56 Abbey Lane 

10am to 12noon 

on the last Saturday of each month 

Bring & Buy (new items) 

Handicrafts and Home Baking 



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Send details of your event to impact@stchads.org or write to: Impact, 

St Chad‟s Church Offices, 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB. 

Thursdays – 10.30am: 

Lowedges. Meet at the Community 

Wing, Lowedges Junior School. 

Call 0114 203 9337. 

The Sheffield Chorale presents A 

National Very British Council Rivalry for with Divorced, works by 

Single Elgar and Stanford. Widowed 

Tuesdays 8-11pm 

Norton June 30 Country Club 

Club Book offering Sale friendship and social 

activities. 36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief 

10am-12pm Call Magdalen on 0114 

2394326. Good quality second-hand books 

for sale in aid of the Alzheimer’s 

January Society. 30 Donations - February of good 5 

AEGON 

condition 

British 

paperback 

Tennis 

novels 

Tour 

or 

Graves 

biographies 

Tennis 

are 

and 

welcome. 

Leisure Centre 

World ranked players compete 

July 1 

alongside local Sheffield players. 

Pedlar’s Corner Flea Market 

 

Abbeydale 

Call 0114 

Picture 

283 9900. 

House 

10am-3pm 

February A mixture 5 of general flea market 

Book stalls Sale and specialist antiques, 

36 vintage, Crawshaw retro, Grove, arts, crafts, Beauchief makers 

10am-12pm and salvage stalls. 

Good quality second-hand books 

for July sale 7in aid of the Alzheimer‟s 

Society. Escafeld Donations Chorale of Summer paperback 

novels Concert or biographies in good 

condition St Andrew’s are welcome Psalter Lane (but not 

larger 7.30pm books due to space 

limitations). A concert with Escafeld Chorale 

featuring tenor Tim Peters and 

February George Parsons 5 on the organ. 

Free Environmental Activities 

Millhouses July 8 Park 

10.30am-12.30pm 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway 

Abbeydale Road South 

Obstacle course and stream 

1-5pm 

dipping activities for 8 - 13 year 

olds. 

Call 0114 263 4335. 

Call 0114 230 8842. 

February 12 

Free Environmental Activities 

Millhouses Annual visiting Park loco event and 

1.30-3.30pm 

free exhibition of members’ model 

Nature engineering quiz trail, work. stream dipping 

and bug hunting activities for 8 - 13 

year July olds. 11-14 

 

Disco 

Call 

Inferno 

0114 263 4335. 

The Montgomery, Surrey Street 

7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 

February 12 

2.30pm 

Free 

Woodseats 

Environmental 

Musical Theatre 

Activities 

Ecclesall 

Company 

Woods 

presents 

Sawmill 

a high-energy 

10.30am-12.30pm 

musical set in the 1970s to get 

Nature your feet quiz tapping trail, stream and give dipping you a 

and night bug to remember. hunting activities for 8 - 13 

year olds. 

July Call 140114 235 6348. 

Abbeydale Singers Summer 

February Concert 20 

Why St Mark’s Not Try Church, A Bike Broomhill 

Greenhil 7.30pm Park 

10am-2pm 

Rediscover July 22 your cycling skills in 

Greenhill Abbeydale Park. Miniature The rangers Railway will 

provide Abbeydale a bike, Road helmet Southand 

instruction. 1-5pm Meet at the Bowls 

Pavilion, The regular Greenhill open days Park. at 

Booking 

Abbeydale 

is essential. 

Miniature Railway. 

Call 0114 283 9195. 

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Football star’s new life o 

Signing a professional football 

contract at the age of 18, playing 

in the Premier League with the 

likes of Rooney and Gerrard 

and winning the FA Cup reads 

like a childhood’s dream. And so it was 

for Linvoy Primus, whose dream fast 

became a reality when Charlton Athletic 

came knocking on his door with a key to 

fame and fortune. 

But by the age of 27, a year into his 

contract with Portsmouth FC, Primus 

realised something was missing from 

his life, a hole that even the love of avid 

Pompey supporters could not fill. 

“My wife got invited to church and 

initially I went along to make up the 

numbers, but then I heard about 

Jesus, you know, that you could have a 

relationship with him. And it was probably 

after about six weeks of asking difficult 

questions that I finally realised that I’d 

filled my life with all these different things 

and by filling my life with everything I had 

really taken God out of the picture…I 

realised the one thing missing from my 

life was Jesus and I needed to start 

having a relationship with him. 

“Weeks later I had an encounter with 

God where I was healed. I got hit by his 

power and at that moment I said ‘God 

whatever you want me to do I will do 

because I know you are real, I know this 

is it.’ And I really believe that it was this 

surrender that allowed him to do things 

through me that were way beyond what I 

could imagine.” 

Primus believes that it was no 

coincidence that this realisation 

marked a dramatic improvement in his 

performances on the pitch. Eyes opened 

to a deep understanding of how God 

saw him, Primus was freed from the 

burdening pressures of results and a 

desire to please ‘every single fan’. 

“It was understanding who God said 

I was and changing my thinking to how 

God thought that brought real peace, 

real freedom and a new lease of life. 

I stopped worrying about the results, I 

started to think that as long as I gave 110 

per cent for God, whatever result it was at 

the end of the game, at least I’d done my 

all for God, so it took a real pressure off.” 

But even these improved performances 

on the pitch, didn’t shelter him from 

changing room banter. 

“It was difficult at first, it really was. 

They didn’t understand where I was 

coming from. They had a perception of 

Christianity which was…Christians wear 

sandals and socks, Bible bashing, never 

playing on a Sunday and stuff like that.” 

However, over his ten years at Fratton 

Park, Primus noticed a gradual ‘softening 

to Christianity’ and by the end of his 

career he saw five fellow players and 

staff members also become Christians. 

“After about a year, the lads’ attitude to 

me was different; they stopped ganging 

up on me and they started coming to me 

individually asking me for prayer. Harry 

(Redknapp) allowed us to start prayer 

meetings before games and gradually 

over the years guys just wanted to meet 

and pray together. It was great!” 

Retiring in 2009, due to a knee injury, 

Primus stayed on at the club in an 

ambassadorial role whilst continuing his 

work with ‘Faith and Football’, a charity 

set up with teammate Darren Moore in 

2002, which aims to make a difference 

in local communities through providing 

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on and off the pitch 

In 2013, Primus joined the Christians 

in Sport staff team part time, supporting 

professional footballers like himself. 

Three years later, he returned to the 

staff team in a full-time role, which he 

continues to this day. 

“My role is to support Christian pros 

up and down the country and to work 

alongside club chaplains on the ground, 

which has been great because they are 

there with these players day in day out.’’ 

But in true Primus style, he is quick to 

divert any credit away from himself. 

“Believe me I wasn’t a superstar – I 

was ‘Little Linvoy’ from Stratford East 

London – that’s it. If I was your A-list 

footballer who played at the biggest club 

or won everything and everyone knew 

me – I could understand why those doors 

open but I know it’s God, I truly know it’s 

God, because some of the relationships 

that I’ve had with past players, who are 

in positions of influence now allow me 

to just pick up the phone and speak to 

them. And I know that’s God. I know 

that’s not me. And that’s the nice thing 

about it, that, as much as I think I’m in 

control, I’m not at all. I’m more dependent 

on him than ever and I love it.” 

His playing career has not only 

helped him to now support others on 

a professional level but also closer to 

home. His daughter, Atlanta, 16, is a 

junior football international and is having 

to face the same battles he had to 

during his career. 

Linvoy admits that today’s young 

elite athletes, are under increased 

pressure to conform to a certain 

way and believes that’s why 

Christian support networks, 

from club chaplains, church 

leaders and Christians in Sport are 

needed now more than ever. 

“It’s harder nowadays for these young 

players to stand up for what they think is 

right. If we can guide them through in any 

way, that’s our responsibility as mentors 

and role models.” 

So there you have it. A man who was 

living every young footballer’s dream, but 

through offering to surrender it all, God 

went on to use him in a way far beyond 

what he could ever have imagined. 

To find out more about Christians in 

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Listening and Encouraging 

I 

first became involved in 

sports chaplaincy work at the 

World Firefighters Games in 

2004 which were held here 

in Sheffield. I was invited to 

be part of the team and become 

a chaplain for the rugby sevens 

tournament, golf tournament and 

body building competitions. 

I loved the whole experience, 

so when I was asked in 2011 if I 

would consider becoming chaplain 

of Sheffield Eagles and part of the 

Sheffield Sports Chaplaincy team 

I jumped at the chance, then in 

2014 was asked to lead the team. 

Sheffield Sports Chaplaincy 

exists to provide pastoral and 

spiritual care for people of 

all faiths or none within the 

sporting community across the 

city, including amateur, semiprofessional 

and professional. 

Life at times can throw things 

our way and we may feel 

we need to talk to someone 

outside our club or organisation, 

confidentially. This is where a 

chaplain comes in. The chaplain’s 

role is independent; confidentiality 

is crucial and will be kept at all 

times, with the exception of the 

usual safeguarding and 

legal requirements. 

A chaplain 

is there for the 

club; a neutral 

person to 

discuss things 

with providing 

a listening ear, 

an encouraging 

word and 

supportive 

act. This 

neutrality 

is helpful 

both to 

the club/ 

organisation and to the individual 

seeking pastoral care and 

support. I am involved in Sports 

Chaplaincy work at Sheffi eld 

Eagles, Sheffi eld Wednesday 

and other clubs and it is a real 

privilege to serve and help where 

I can. 

Other sports clubs the Sheffi eld 

Sports Chaplaincy team currently 

serve on a regular basis include 

Sheffi eld United, Sheffi eld Sharks, 

Sheffi eld FC, Sheffi eld Boxing 

Centre, Sheffi eld and Hallamshire 

County FA, Star Snooker 

Academy and Evolution Gym but 

we are available to any club that 

contacts us or wants support. 

The team of chaplains we have 

so far consist of people from 

many different denominations and 

backgrounds. 

Sheffi eld Sports Chaplaincy 

is part of a new charity South 

Yorkshire Chaplaincy and 

Listening Service which provides 

chaplains and trained listeners 

for the workplace and also 

delivers training on ‘listening 

more effectively’ and supportive 

conversations. 

If you would like to know more 

about us and the work we do 

or you would like to discuss the 

possibility of having a chaplain at 

your club or organisation please 

contact me on: chaplainbaz@ 

gmail.com. 

For more information please 

check out www.sycls.org.uk 

Baz Gascoyne 

Director of South Yorkshire 

Chaplaincy & Listening 

Services 



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World Cup Quiz 

1. Which two countries were the 

fi rst to co-host a World Cup? 

2. Name this 

Brazilian, who was 

the fi rst player 

to play in three 

consecutive World 

Cup fi nals? 

3. Who won the fi rst 

World Cup in 1930? 

4. In which year was the fi rst 

World Cup to feature 32 teams? 

5. Who was the fi rst player to 

be sent off in a World Cup fi nal? 

a) Marcel Desailly b) Franz 

Beckenbauer c) Pedro Monzon 

6. In what year was the fi rst 

Women’s World Cup? 

7. Who were the fi rst African side 

to make the quarter-fi nals of a 

World Cup? 

8. Russia 2018 will be the fi rst 

World Cup to have what? a) All 

former winners taking part; b) 

Video Assistant Referees (VAR); 

c) Vanishing spray 

9. The fi rst World Cup penalty 

shootout took place in 1982 

between which two sides? 

10. USA v Switzerland at the 

1994 World Cup was the fi rst 

World Cup match to… a) be 

played indoors; b) be decided 

by a golden goal; c) have three 

players sent off? 

• Answers on page 15 

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It’s Time 

t 

Every Wednesday 

from 9.30-11.30am 

Yes, our community ‘village’ 

show is back again, this year 

on Saturday, September 8. 

It’s an excellent chance to 

‘Have a Go’ at something new, 

show off your many talents, challenge a 

friend or neighbour to join in and have 

some fun entering one or more of the 

schedule’s 40+ categories. These are 

listed under the headings of Vegetables, 

Fruit, Floral, Preserves and Baking, 

Handicrafts, Art and categories for 

children too! 

The full schedule is here in Impact, and 

Here’s how little it costs 

to advertise in 

Adverts are priced 

at the following rates for 

one year (six editions): 

1/8 page: £110 

1/6 page: £155 

1/4 page: £225 

1/2 page: £445 

Full page: £915 

Call St Chad’s Church office on 

0114 274 5086 

or email 

impact@stchads.org 

for more information 

Vegetable Section 

1. 3 potatoes any variety 

2. 3 onions 

3. 3 carrots 

4. 2 leeks 

5. 6 tomatoes 

6. 6 runner beans 

7. 3 mixed veg – not otherwise in 

schedule 

8. 3 bulbs garlic 

9. 3 beetroot globes 

10. 1 green cabbage 

11. 3 courgettes (similar length, max 

25cm) 

12. 1 cucumber 

13. Heaviest vegetable 

14. Longest courgette 

Fruit Section 

15. 10 soft fruit on a plate 

(blackberries, raspberries, 

blackcurrants, gooseberries) 

16. 5 fruit on a plate – not otherwise in 

schedule 

17. 3 rhubarb stems 



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to Get Sowing... 

Have A Go 

Growing, Making 

& Baking Show 

2018 

September 8, 

St Chad’s Church 

available on our website at www.stchads. 

org. 

It is a great day and open to those who 

want to enter, and those who just want to 

‘have a look’. 

In the last edition of Impact we added 

some free courgette seeds, it is now 

time to get sowing. Look out for the 

fun, courgette-inspired categories in 

the schedule this year. You and your 

courgettes could be the proud owners of 

a red First certifi cate or even the much 

sought after ‘Best in Show’ medal! 

However many categories you want to 

enter, there are lots of expert instructions 

on the internet if you are ‘Having a Go’ 

for the fi rst time. 

Remember – Saturday, September 8 – 

a ‘must do’ for your social calendar! 

THE SCHEDULE 

Floral Section 

18. 1 vase of 3 dahlias 

19. 1 chrysanthemum – spray 

20. 3 gladioli – any variety 

21. 1 single rose 

22. Miniature fl oral arrangement (must 

not exceed 15cm overall) 

23. Floral arrangement (must not exceed 

60cm overall) 

24. 1 vase mixed garden fl owers 

25. 6 pansy or viola heads on a plate 

Preserves and Baking Section 

26. 1lb jar fruit jam 

27. 1lb jar lemon curd 

28. 1lb jar chutney 

29. Victoria Sandwich 7 inch 

(6oz self raising fl our; 6oz caster 

sugar; 6oz butter; vanilla essence; 3 

eggs; raspberry jam; NO dusting) 

30. 4 sweet biscuits/cookies one variety 

31. 4 pieces of tray-bake 

32. 3 fruit scones 

33. Baked item containing courgette eg 

cake, scone, biscuits 

Handicrafts Section 

34. 1 embroidery item 

35. 1 item knitted or crocheted item 

36. 1 item sewn item 

Art 

37. Single photograph – theme ‘Growth’ 

38. Single photograph – theme ‘The 

Adventurous Courgette’ 

39. Single hand produced picture 

(pencil, pastel, oil, charcoal or water 

colour) 

Children’s Section 

(Age ranges: under 5, 6-8 years, 9-11 

years) 

40. Animal made out of fruit and/or 

vegetables must include courgette 

41. Picture, paint or crayon. 

42. Decorated gingerbread person (plain 

biscuit may be purchased). 

43. Victoria Sandwich (6oz self raising 

fl our; 6oz caster sugar; 6oz butter, 

vanilla essence; 3 eggs; raspberry 

jam; NO dusting) 



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Why I’m a board games geek! 

Each year in June the 

National Boardgames 

Expo is held at the NEC 

in Birmingham. People 

come from all over the 

UK and overseas to play games, 

to take a look at new games 

in development, or to pick up 

something that they have wanted 

for a while. 

Besides the thousands of 

different games available to view 

or buy, what makes the Expo so 

much fun is that you can sit down 

at one of the gaming tables with a 

bunch of complete strangers, from 

all walks of life, and be drawn 

together in that moment to play! 

Whether in competition against 

one another or in cooperation as 

part of a team, games have the 

ability to bring the young and old 

together. 

Ok, it’s true, when it comes to 

board games I am a geek! 

But in my defence…. 

Playing games helps us learn, 

develop and live healthier lives. 

Games are fun, they provide pure 

escapism, and in some small part 

they help us to keep in touch with 

our youth. Games require thought 

and problem solving, they often 

need skill and diplomacy, and 

many games require you to make 

diffi cult decisions, to calculate 

risk and to quickly evaluate 

different situations. Playing games 

promotes empathy and helps us 

learn how to trust others. 

It may often be diffi cult, due 

to the time pressure we are all 

under, but making time to play 

games with our kids, or with our 

friends, is a perfect way to get 

closer to the people we love. 

There are also proven health 

benefi ts to playing games. Games 

help the brain retain and build 

cognitive associations well into 

old age and this in turn reduces 

the risk of cognitive decline, such 

as that associated with dementia 

and Alzheimer’s. Games also help 

us lower our blood pressure by 

reducing stress. In children, games 

help develop logic and reasoning 

skills, improve critical thinking and 

boost spatial reasoning. Games 

can also increase verbal and 

communication skills as well as 

attention time and the ability to 

concentrate and focus for longer 

periods of time. 

Everyone has heard of 

Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit, but 

if these are not your cup of tea, 

there really is a game out there 

for everyone. The Expo this year 

will have over 200 exhibitors and 

5000+ games on show! So take 

the time to dust off old games or 

invest in new ones. With games 

you can rampage through cities, 

build the pyramids, establish trade 

routes across the known world 

or venture into space from the 

comfort of your living room… 

Enjoy! 

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Fun In The Park! 

Sunday June 10 :: 1.30-5pm 

An afternoon of fun and games for all 

the family – Meet us in Graves Park, 

Woodseats entrance, on the field 

behind the playground. Bring a picnic 

and friends and we’ll do the rest. 

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Services at St Chad’s 

Sunday Services 

Sunday 

Sunday 

Services 

Services 

Sunday Services 

The 9am Service 

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Weekday 

Weekday 

Services 

Services 

Weekday Services 

Weekday Services 

Morning Prayers 



Morning Prayer 

Evening Prayers 



Monday to Thursday at 9am 



• Monday to Thursday at 9am - a half-hour service 

of prayer and Bible readings in church 

Monday to Thursday at 5pm 

• Monday Friday at to 9am Thursday - up to at an 5pm hour of prayer, blessing 

for Monday the community to Thursday and at prayer 5pm ministry if requested 

The Thursday 10am Service 

The Thursday 10am Service 

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of church 

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Other Services 

Other Services 

Prayer and Praise 

Prayer Prayer and and Praise 

Sunday, February 13 at 7.30pm 

Sunday, 

Sunday, 

February 

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7.30pm 

7.30pm 

Ash Wednesday Service 

Ash Wednesday Service 

Wednesday, March 9 at 7.30pm 

Wednesday, March 9 at at 7.30pm 

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You don’t have to be a 

gardener or golfer to 

know that spring has 

been a long time coming 

but it does now seem 

that spring is just ‘round the 

corner’. There are many sights 

and sounds of spring which herald 

its approach. Spring fl owers 

such as daffodils, primroses and 

snowdrops are just some which 

appear as the weather warms 

up. There are also many sounds 

of spring such as birds singing 

in earnest and for better or for 

worse the sound of rotavators, 

lawn mowers and hedge trimmers. 

One of the things that has 

changed over the years has been 

the sound of children playing out. 

A few years ago a friend showed 

me a video he had made of his 

young children playing outside 

the post offi ce on Abbey Lane. 

It was taken in the 1980s using 

what was then a state of the art 

video recorder which I am sure is 

now in the Science Museum and 

probably was about the size of a 

shoebox. 

The video was taken from 

outside the post office looking 

down Abbey Lane and the thing 

that surprised me most was that on 

the whole of Abbey Lane there was 

only one car and that was parked 

outside what is now the Poseidon 

Fish and Chip shop. Not only was 

there one parked car but there 

were no other cars whatsoever 

travelling up or down the road. 

It looked a little like one of those 

dystopian films where society has 

collapsed and almost everyone 

has disappeared. I am sure that 

Abbey Lane wasn’t unusual in 

this and had my friend videoed 

anywhere in Woodseats the result 

would have been the same. 

I guess it’s no surprise 

then that when we were younger 

we would play out on the street 

all day. The street would be our 

football pitch, cricket pitch and 

roller skating rink and we would 

rarely be interrupted by a vehicle 

of any sort. 

Our favourite was a simple 

game called ‘kick can’. In essence 

we would stand a can on a grate 

in the middle of the street and 

nominate one person to be ‘on’. 

One of us would then kick the 

can as far down the street as we 

could and then we would all run 

and hide. The person who was 

on would then have to seek those 

who were hiding. Once they had 

spotted someone they would 

shout out their name and then run 

back and put his or her foot on he 

can. If someone could get close 

enough without being spotted and 

kick the can again then everyone 

would be released and so it 

would start again and probably 

continued until it was too dark to 

see the can. 

So much has changed over the 

years, most of it for the good but 

I do miss the sound of children 

playing out. 

Steve Winks 

Child’s Play 



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The World’s Oldest Football Club 

Sometime 

during the 

mid 1990s 

a work 

colleague 

asked me if I fancied 

going to watch a 

Sheffield football 

local derby. No, 

not Wednesday v 

United but Sheffield 

FC v Hallam FC. 

Non-league football 

played with loads 

of passion under 

lights at Sheffield’s 

then new home 

in Dronfield at the 

back of the Coach 

and Horses pub. I thoroughly 

enjoyed the game and have been 

a frequent visitor over the years. 

I turned my back on professional 

football several years ago 

because of the way money and 

TV has dominated the game. So 

back to the roots. 

In the year 1857 William Prest 

and Nathaniel Creswick founded 

the first football club in the world. 

Two pioneers who developed 

new rules and laws for a game 

to play with friends of all ages 

in the community. Starting in 

1857, football became a strong 

social and emotional basement 

for the citizens of Sheffield – and 

is today the world’s greatest 

game. The oldest club in the 

word then looked for someone 

to play against! Hence Hallam 

FC was born and the oldest 

local derby created. Incidentally, 

Hallam, who play at Sandygate 

Lane, Crosspool, have the oldest 

football ground in the world. 

Sheffi eld FC were never able 

to turn professional, unlike their 

city rivals Wednesday (formed 

in 1867) and United (formed 

in 1889). Throughout history, 

Sheffi eld FC has always played 

football at amateur level. When 

the fi rst professional league 

was founded in 1885, the club 

wasn’t strong enough to compete 

with the newly-formed and paid 

pro-teams and so decided to 

set up the fi rst offi cial amateur 

competition in football. 

Club, as they are known in 

the area, are proud of their 

status as true amateur club, and 

have developed a grass roots 

environment with more than 

12 teams – from an under 14 

girls’ team to an over 35s men’s 

team – a place for every football 

enthusiast, living within the 

region of Sheffi eld. To preserve 

this heritage and the nature 

of football,the club founded its 



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own foundation in 2010 and will 

never invest in future players, but in 

different local and global projects to 

spread the true values of the game. 

Sheffield FC are at football’s top 

table and have gained the FIFA Order 

of Merit. There are only two football 

clubs in the world with this standing. 

One is Real Madrid, the other is 

Sheffield FC. 

Over the years all the great teams 

have helped the club to celebrate its 

anniversaries and last year hundreds 

of Cologne FC fans turned up at the 

small ground to recognise Sheffield 

FC’s place in history. The club’s 

ambition is to return from Dronfield 

to their original ground in Sheffield at 

Olive Grove. 

I have watched the club three 

times this season in the Evostick 

League. The scores have been 4-3, 

3-2 and 4-4. Lots of goals and lots 

of excitement, some skill and loads 

of endeavour. At this level, you 

occasionally see an ex-professional 

displaying their skills or young 

professionals, on loan, gaining some 

experience. Most players, however, 

are locals, who were not good 

enough for the professional game, 

but who enjoy playing for modest 

expenses against others of the same 

mind. 

Attendances range between 150 

and 350. There are some local 

derbies still, although Hallam are 

now two levels lower. Stocksbridge 

FC and teams from Derbyshire help 

promote some healthy rivalry. 

If anyone is interested in finding 

out what football is like, outside the 

pampered professional realm, then let 

me know. You could be in for a treat! 

David Manning 

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Saint Paul famously 

remarked - “Bodily 

exercise profiteth little.” 

When I look in the 

mirror after a workout I 

can see what he was getting at… 

But Paul used the language of 

sport as a metaphor for Christian 

living; scattered throughout his 

letters to growing churches are 

references to running, shadowboxing, 

actual boxing and 

wrestling, perhaps even the 

struggles to the death of gladiators 

in the arena. 

Paul makes the point that 

athletes do two things 

– they accept and 

abide by the rules 

of any contest 

they enter, and 

they take on 

a rigorous 

training 

schedule 

covering diet, 

sleep and 

exercise. 

Everything 

is focussed on 

an event that may 

be over in seconds, 

like the 100 metre sprint – 

or on building up the reserves 

of stamina demanded by the 

marathon. 

What’s it all about, asks Paul, 

why do they put themselves 

through it? 

There was a prize, of course, for 

the winner – but not a gold medal, 

nor a trophy to display on the 

mantelpiece. 

Competitors in the Greek or 

Roman games received a crown 

of laurel leaves, which quickly 

dried and faded. 

Of course, there was also the 

prestige of winning, and the 

handshake and “Well done!” from 

the governor, or whoever was 

presenting the prizes. 

Paul says there’s a lot more 

than a crown of leaves in store 

at the end of a Christian’s life: a 

“Well done!” from Jesus, the King 

of kings himself – and a prize we 

can’t even guess at. 

Not the prize of eternal life, or 

a place in heaven – no effort of 

ours could be enough for that, but 

Jesus has already won that for 

those who believe by his death 

and resurrection. 

Writing to his young 

friend Timothy, Paul 

sees life as a 

relay race, each 

generation 

handing on the 

baton to the 

next. 

Run like 

someone who 

wants the 

prize, he says, 

live your life 

with purpose and 

passion. 

Like an athlete 

in training, accept that 

some things will be off limits 

for you – but recognise that God 

will only deny us things which 

would do us harm. 

Accept the disciplines, the 

training, that make a strong 

contender: prayer, bible study, 

meeting for worship and teaching 

with other believers. 

Encouraging each other along, 

cheered on by a countless crowd 

who have run this race before us, 

our eyes fixed on Jesus, the coach 

and the prize-giver – this is Paul’s 

picture of the Christian life: it’s for 

participants, not spectators. 

Ken Goodier 

This Sporting Life 

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All Out in Rome 

At 7am on October 18, 12 vicars 

and ordinands met at Gatwick 

to travel to Rome to play the 

Vatican at cricket. On hearing 

the news, most people respond 

– ‘The Vatican! Do Italians really play 

cricket?’ The truth is that as a rule they 

don’t – nor do they even understand what 

cricket is. But the Catholic Church draws 

in people from all nationalities and the 

Vatican team – known as St Peter’s XI – is 

composed of priests and seminarians from 

England, Australia, India, Sri Lanka and 

Africa. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s 

(ABC) XI is a team that was started four 

years ago after an invitation from the Pope 

to play St Peter’s XI. This year it was our 

turn to tour Rome and we were invited to 

play two 20twenty games, one against 

Rome’s own cricket club – Capanelle - and 

the second against a Vatican team. 

The cricket was a huge success for the 

ABC XI. Our match against Rome cricket 

club was a hard fought affair. Rome 

batted fi rst and started steadily eventually 

making 145 in their 20 overs. I bowled the 

last few overs at the end of the innings and 

was particularly happy getting the wicket 

of their opening batsman, caught on the 

boundary in the last over for 98! ABC XI 

started scoring runs quickly, but we were 

losing wickets just as fast. After five overs 

we were 40-4, when the experienced 

batting of Jez Barnes and Chris Lee put 

on a great 100 run partnership to see us 

home with two overs to spare. 

A couple of days later, we returned to 

the one cricket ground in Rome to play St 

Peter’s XI. Although the Catholic team 

had spent much of the previous day trying 

to feed us up like Christmas turkeys, we 

turned up raring to go. I was asked to be 

12th man during this game, although this 

was disappointing, I never felt anything 

but part of a close knit group of players. 

We won the toss and asked to bat. Chris 

Kennedy batted wonderfully to score 103 

off 52 balls, hitting the St Peter’s bowlers 

to all parts of the ground. With good 

support from Chris Lion (41) and a cameo 

from Chris Lee (11), we finished on 176-3 

after 20 overs. Amazingly, all our runs 

were scored by vicars named Chris. The 

total was a formidable one and it turned 



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out a bit too much for the St Peter’s 

boys who eventually finished on a very 

respectable 137-8, meaning the Anglicans 

won by 39 runs to retain the ‘Ut Unum Sint 

(That They May Be One)’ cup. 

It was a huge privilege to be asked to 

be invited to be part of the tour. Alongside 

playing cricket, we were asked to spend 

time with the opposing team with the aim 

of walking together in our sport, our lives 

and in our worship of God. This involved 

more formal functions such as a reception 

by the British Ambassador to the Holy 

See, to informal times of being given tours 

around St Peter’s Basilica and the Pope’s 

residence as Castel Gandolfo. During one 

of these trips, the manager of the Vatican 

team, Father Eamonn O’Higgins, spoke 

powerfully about the special relationships 

between Catholics and Anglicans. He 

went on to reflect that in walking together 

we needed to acknowledge the wounds 

caused between us in the past if we are 

going to find healing in the future. In 

particular it was hugely humbling to be 

invited into one of the seminarian colleges 

for Solemn Vespers with the trainee priests. 

Very graciously we were brought into an 

intimate space and were able to experience 

an integrity of worship in a different style 

and language than we were used to. 

A lot of people 

(possibly quite rightly) 

think cricket is a pointless 

sport and because of that 

it would be easy to think 

such a trip was frivolous. 

However, globally there is 

a vast amount of evidence 

that sport can play an 

important part of bringing 

people together and 

healing wounds. Whilst, I 

am under no illusion that a cricket match 

isn’t going to heal the wound that Father 

Eamonn spoke about, what is encouraging 

is seeing the respect, graciousness and 

love between the two teams. As part of 

the trip we were able to visit the Anglican 

Centre in Rome. Here, we heard about 

how four years of cricket have been 

instrumental in the Catholic Anglican 

dialogue of recent times. We may not be 

doing the diplomacy or the theology, but 

in simply playing cricket together we are 

beginning to live out the practice of what it 

means to walk or even bowl together. 

Our differences are still present and 

need to be recognised, but it is amazing 

that in the 500 years since the reformation 

began, the Anglican and Catholic churches 

have never been closer. This year, Pope 

Francis attended a service at All Saints 

Anglican church in Rome, also an Anglican 

service was conducted in St Peter’s 

Basilica for the first time ever. Most of 

this dialogue has arisen out of the deep 

friendship between Pope Francis and 

Archbishop Justin. 

I just hope, in a small way, playing 

cricket has been part of the healing of that 

deep wound. 

Rev Dan Christian is Associate Vicar 

at All Saints’ Church, Ecclesall 



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100 Years On 

Sunday November 11 

will mark the 100th 

anniversary of the 

signing of the armistice 

that brought to an end 

the fi ghting of the First World 

War. At St Chad’s we will be 

remembering and honouring 

those from Woodseats who died 

during that confl ict. 

If you have any information, 

photographs, memorabilia, 

relating to any of the men on 

our war memorial we would love 

you to get in touch. 

Our November Impact 

magazine will have a special 

focus on this anniversary. 

Write to us at St Chad’s 

Church Offi ce, Linden Avenue, 

Sheffi eld S8 0GA or email 

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The Singing Game 

Once upon a time, before 

the coming of the internet 

or social media, the 

playgrounds of primary 

schools all over the UK 

and indeed Europe and America 

rang with the tunes of singing 

games. The words may have 

differed but the tunes were always 

the same. Favourites included The 

Farmer’s in His Den, Oranges and 

Lemons and There Came a Duke 

a-Riding, though there were many 

more. Looking back, the songs now 

seem as mysterious as fairytales 

and the singers possessed of 

ancient authority – which indeed 

they were. 

Singing games and their tunes 

are part of the well of tradition 

from which writers and composers 

still draw. Echoes can be found 

in the works of Hardy, TS Eliot, 

Mozart and Humperdinck. The first 

imitation of the ‘courtship’ type of 

singing game (There Came a Duke 

a-Riding etc), can be found in the 

Bible where the surviving men of 

the tribe of Benjamin were told to 

capture wives for themselves from 

among the girls dancing at the 

annual feast in Shiloh (Judges 21 

in 900BC). So singing games were 

well established in Christian times 

and by the Middle Ages had a place 

beside folk and mystery plays. But 

the Christian church seems to have 

been opposed to secular dancing 

almost throughout its history and 

especially during the Reformation 

and the English Civil War periods. 

For more than 1,000 years, the 

ecclesiastical councils tried to stamp 

out the ‘sin’ of dancing and secular 

music – though with little success. 

The church did however commend 

‘caroles’, if they were danced to the 

glory of God; so it seems religious 

ring dances were composed as a 

substitute for secular ones. By the 

16th century, books of religious 

dancing games were in print; 

though they didn’t really catch on 

with adults and began to become 

the province of children. In the 19th 

century, William Morris led a revival 

of such country pursuits and very 

young children were introduced 

to games such as Ring a Ring o’ 

Roses. Rose Fyleman and Eleanor 

Farjeon wrote singing games for 

children in 1919 but these games 

never took root – they were too 

self-conscious and insipid. 

In the mid 20th century, Iona 

and Peter Opie (social historians) 

collected over 100 singing games, 

their rules, rituals and regional 

variations from all over the UK. 

The games were far from being the 

courtly dances of the 18th century. 

Most ended either in a tug-of-war 

or a general rough and tumble. The 

words of the verses varied widely, 

not only from town to town and area 

to area but actually from school to 

school; and Eleanor Farjeon and 

Rose Fyleman may have been 

quite shocked by some of them. 

Here is a variant of Oranges and 

Lemons which the Opies collected 

in Shropshire: 

‘Itchy and scratchy say the bells 

of the Abbey. 

Three naked lads say the bells of 

St Chad’s.’ 

To me this feels further north and 

rather closer to home! 

I sometimes wonder if there is 

any truth in William Blake’s poem 

Jerusalem and like to think that 

perhaps once upon a time Jesus 

really did come to England and, if 

he did, might he not have played 

singing games with the children 

who toiled in the dark satanic 

mills? Because after all absence 

of evidence is not evidence of 

absence! 

Sylvia Bennett 



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The Swish of the Curtain 

by Pamela Brown 

I 

am at big fan of reading – it 

is my favourite thing to do. 

One of the books I’ve read 

recently is The Swish of the 

Curtain by Pamela Brown. 

The Swish of the 

Curtain is about 

seven children; 

their names are 

Nigel, Vicky, Percy 

(known as Bulldog), 

Sandra, Maddy, Lyn 

and Jeremy. One 

day they fi nd an 

old broken-down 

chapel and decide 

to renovate it into a 

theatre. 

The children call 

themselves the 

Blue Door Theatre 

Company. They put 

on plays and have 

lots of fun. Eventually they decide 

their future has got to be theatre. 

They make a plan; but will they 

go to dramatic school, or will their 

parents stand in the way? 

I really liked this book because 

it was exciting; you never knew 

what play the Blue Doors were 

going to perform next. When I 

was reading it it felt like I was 

actually there watching it all 

happen. 

My favourite part of the 

book was probably when they 

performed a 

pantomime but 

really I liked it all. 

This book is 

a good read 

because it’s 

interesting. It is 

quite long and 

quite thick so it 

might take a bit of 

time to read but it’s 

defi nitely worth it. 

I recommend this 

book to anyone that 

likes reading realistic 

stories, dramatic 

stories and just 

amazing ones. 

This is the fi rst Pamela Brown 

book I’ve read and I’m looking 

forward to reading one of the 

four sequels to The Swish of the 

Curtain. 

Alicia Smith, aged nine 

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CHURCH OFFICE 274 5086 

Linden Avenue, S8 0GA 


If you want to contact the church offi ce and there is no one available, please leave a 

message or send an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible. 

Vicar Toby Hole (Vicarage) 274 9302 

email: toby@stchads.org 

Assistant Minister for the elderly Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

Readers 

Daren Craddock, Amy Hole, 

Pauline Johnson and 

Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086 

email: nick@stchads.org 

Besom in Sheffi eld Steve Winks 07875 950170 

Impact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086 

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Church Wardens Ann Firth 274 5086 

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