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Groby & Field Head Spotlight • MID-<strong>JUNE</strong> <strong>2024</strong> • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@grobyspotlight.co.uk<br />
Groby & Field<br />
Head Spotlight<br />
PO Box 8, Markfield,<br />
Leics. LE67 9ZT<br />
Telephone<br />
01530-244069<br />
Email us at: info@<br />
grobyspotlight.co.uk<br />
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www.grobyspotlight.co.uk<br />
3,500 copies distributed 11 times<br />
a year (no issue in July) to homes<br />
and businesses in Groby, Field<br />
Head and The Brantings.<br />
Printed in Ellistown by Norwood Press.<br />
The Spotlight is a monthly<br />
compilation of articles, press releases,<br />
events, general items of interest and<br />
news items submitted to us by local<br />
residents, groups, associations, sports<br />
clubs and local authorities.<br />
The opinions expressed by<br />
contributors are not necessarily those<br />
of the Spotlight Production Team. The<br />
inclusion of any group or organisation<br />
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necessarily imply a recommendation<br />
of its aims, methods or policies.<br />
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Spotlight.<br />
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Letter<br />
Constituency change<br />
AS A RESIDENT of Groby, after the Parliamentary Election<br />
Constituency changes in July 2023, Labour Party members<br />
in Groby, Ratby and Markfield became members of the<br />
Bradgate Branch of the Mid Leicestershire Constituency<br />
Labour Party.<br />
I was pleased to hear that Robert Martin from Ratby has now become our<br />
Labour Party Prospective Candidate for the forthcoming General Election.<br />
John Wallace<br />
Tennis courts in city parks<br />
to reopen after £420k<br />
transformation<br />
TENNIS courts that have benefitted from a £420,000<br />
transformation are being reopened at seven parks across<br />
Leicester city.<br />
In total, 28 parkbased<br />
tennis<br />
courts have been<br />
renovated ready<br />
for summer,<br />
spread across<br />
Evington Park,<br />
Humberstone<br />
Park, Monks Rest<br />
Gardens, Knighton Park, Aylestone Hall Gardens, Abbey Park and Rushey<br />
Fields. Improvements that have been made include new asphalt surfacing,<br />
repainting, replacement nets and new entrance gates.<br />
Leicester’s renovation programme has been carried out in partnership<br />
with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), with funding from the Government,<br />
the LTA Tennis Foundation and Leicester City Council.<br />
A partnership with a UK-wide, not-for-profit community company called<br />
We Do Tennis will ensure the courts are maintained, and will see a range<br />
of activities phased in across the park sites, including tennis coaching and<br />
weekly organised, free sessions for people of all ages, where rackets will<br />
be provided.<br />
Under the new arrangements, We Do Tennis will also run a booking<br />
system for the courts. They will be bookable at a cost of £42 a year<br />
for a family of six, or on a pay and play basis of £6 per session. This<br />
follows a successful pilot at Victoria Park which has seen 382 household<br />
memberships sold and over 2,000 casual court bookings made.<br />
The new booking system is being implemented gradually across the<br />
seven sites from 3rd June, with the introduction of <strong>online</strong> booking available<br />
through the LTA website. Income from the booking system will go back into<br />
the upkeep of the courts.<br />
The same concessions currently on offer in city council leisure centres will<br />
apply, meaning that city residents with disabilities, or who are on meanstested<br />
benefits, will not be charged to book.<br />
We Do Tennis and the city council will also work together to provide free<br />
park tennis sessions, offering an hour of free tennis each week at each of<br />
the seven sites, with equipment provided. Free sessions will typically be<br />
offered on a Saturday or Sunday at 10am.<br />
Volunteers who would like to support the free sessions can sign up on the<br />
free park tennis website. No previous tennis experience is necessary.<br />
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CHURCH<br />
INFORMATION<br />
St Philip & St<br />
James, Groby<br />
Rector - Rev Ed Bampton<br />
0116 2396520<br />
Curate - Rev Riffat Zamurad<br />
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES<br />
Tues 9pm:<br />
Compline (Facebook)<br />
Weds 9.30am: Communion<br />
Thurs 9am: Prayers via zoom<br />
Sunday worship:<br />
8am Communion,<br />
9.30am Morning<br />
worship,<br />
6pm Evensong.<br />
Telephone<br />
church service:<br />
0333 0164 757<br />
Room no. 10336316 Pin no. 1920<br />
facebook.com/StPandStJ<br />
achurchnearyou.com/church/5501<br />
United Reformed<br />
Church, Groby<br />
Minister – Rev Paul Ellis<br />
Tel: 0116 2926218<br />
Church Enquiries - Sue Lawrence<br />
Brooks Tel: 0116 231 2866<br />
susanbeverley46@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Sunday morning worship: 10am.<br />
Our worship includes monthly Holy<br />
Communion.<br />
The church<br />
building has a<br />
loop hearing<br />
system,<br />
wheelchair<br />
access & baby<br />
changing<br />
facilities.<br />
A catch up recording via our<br />
YouTube channel.<br />
If you have any spiritual support or<br />
prayer requests please text your<br />
name to 07807 036944 and we<br />
will call back.<br />
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES<br />
Mon 9.30-11.30:<br />
Noah’s Ark, parent & toddler<br />
group, (full)<br />
Churches Together<br />
in Groby<br />
JOINT WEEKLY<br />
ACTIVITIES<br />
St Philip & St<br />
James, Groby<br />
Thurs 10.30am-<br />
12 noon:<br />
Fair Cuppa @ Groby village Hall<br />
Fri 9.30 - 11 am:<br />
CatCH parent & toddler group<br />
@ URC<br />
Alternate Fridays 7.30pm:<br />
Urban Saints, Children in Years<br />
5 - 11 @ URC<br />
Sat 10.00am-12 noon:<br />
Tasters, Coffee, hot cobs and<br />
children’s activities @ URC<br />
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