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                     ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR FROM BOWBURN  2013                                

Bowburn Panto season has arrived and on the 30th of December Bowburn Community centre host ALLADIN from 2pm tickets are only £1 each for all seats and are available from the centre .

(07.07.12) Quiz Night

 Friday 30th November there will be a quiz £1/team member at Crowtrees WMC ALL money raised will go towards the Bowburn Interchange which will be delivered around the 10th December

(05.09.12)  Fun Day 

Bowburn Fun day has being hailed a succes by locals with over 20 stalls and attractions a meeting will be held shortly to attract more volunteers and look towards next years .

(09.07.12)  Fun Night and Drama Bowburn

Bowburn FunNight .-Friday at Bowburn Community Centre a special Drama from the children 'Cry From The Heart' is inspired by the story of iconic figure nurse Edith Cavell, the first woman to be featured on a colliery banner in a clearly identifiable way. aswell as Spennnymoor Brass Band,Bar and Bingo doors open at 6pm and tickets are priced at £3 for adults and £2 for children so please get yourself down and support the children .

08.07.12)  Gala Day Bowburn

Bowburn will be expecting a large turnout following the banner on Saturday into Durham after going up and down the colliery streets buses will be leaving at around 9.15am from the medical centre on a first come first served basis £1 return for adults and 50p for children leaving Durham around 4pm.

(07.07.12)  Medium Psychic

Don't miss an audience with Debra Chalmers Medium Psychic. Tickets £9 available from Debra 07557351717 thats at Bowburn Hall thursday 4th october .

(06.07.12)  Medium Psychic

Durham Youth Darts.- Presentation including our very own Bowburn lad Jack Bell night to be held at Willington Victoria Club Sunday 22nd July start about 7pm. Going to have a fun race night organised and anybody welcome free entry . Raffles n tombola hopefully. Even daft dart knock out on the night. Fetch all family members and support Youth Darts.

(05.07.12)  Freestyle Dance Class

Coxhoe Beginner freestyle dance class.- age 3+-Every Wednesday 5PM-5.45PM Coxhoe W.M.C. Other classes available ring Chantelle Knox for more details 07525743222

 

(04.07.12)   Open for charity

Open for charity. Bowburn 'Volunteering for All: The Sequel’ Event.-10.00 – 3.30, Tuesday 17th July 2012 @ Bowburn Community Centre Are you part of a group or organisation that involves volunteers? Then this brilliant event is for you! It will include interesting and informative workshops, packed full of information that everyone needs to know if they work with volunteers!If you only attend one volunteering event this year, make it this one.Key Note Speaker: Justin Davis Smith, Chief Executive Volunteering England.The workshops:* Equality & Diversity in Volunteering * Mental Health & Volunteering * Ex Offenders as Volunteers * Young People & Volunteering The event is FREE to attend but booking is essential. A lovely lunch will be provided and there will be plenty of good practice information for you to pick up on the day. you can contact the Volunteer Centre at CAVOS on 01388 811115 to book.

(03.07.12)  Elvis 

Coxhoe Rockabilly, Elvis classics.-Swing and fabulous foot-tapping songs from the 50s.Wednesday 18th July, 2012 2:00pm PresentsTickets only £4(Limited seats available) Available from the Active Life Centre @CoxhoeRaffle during the interval.Complimentary refreshments will be served after the concert.At the Active Life Centre @Coxhoe (formerly Coxhoe Leisure Centre)Linden Grove, Coxhoe, Durham DH6 4DWTel: 0191 377 1789

(13.05.12)  Fun Day Bowburn

  Bowburn will be holding it very own FUN DAY ON sATURDAY sEPTEMBER 8TH 11.00AM-3PM between the commmunity centre and youth club 

(30.04.12)  Pact Meeting Bowburn

Pact Meeting.-Police and Communities Together. Come along and share your views at Bowburn Community Centre on the 16th May 2012 6:00 pm.

(28.04.12) Funders Fayre Bowburn

CVS Meet the Funder's Fayre.- This years Funder's Fayre will be held on Tuesday 22nd 10.00-3.00PM so far Funder’s who have confirmed their attendance are; County Durham Community Foundation, LloydsTSB Foundation, Sherburn House Charity, Big Lottery Fund, Greggs Foundation, Sir James Knott Trust and The Area Action Partnerships.Each Funder will deliver a presentation around what they want from applicants and what level of funding is available; they will then answer any questions from the floor. for further information about this event contact James: 0191 384 4801 or Email: admin.cvs@btconnect.com Toy & Train Collectors Fair.- will be held on Sunday Bowburn Community Centre, Durham Road, DH6 5AT 10.00am - 2.00pm Admission: £1.30 Adults, £1.10 Concessions & Children, Family Ticket £4.00 (2+2)bowburntoyfair@hotmail.com

(26.04.12) Neiighbourhood Planning Event Bowburn

Neighbourhood Planning Event.-The Event is being jointly organised by Cassop-cum-Quarrington Parish Council and Bowburn & Parkhill Community Partnership.Event to be held at Bowburn Community Centre at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15th 2012.All Local Community Groups and Residents' Associations are welcome to attend. A Guest Speaker, Mr. Gavin Scott from the County Council, will address the Meeting about the new Neighbourhood Planning Powers.Everyone is welcome to attend .

24.04.12)  Drama Workshop Bowburn

Over 20 local residents, of all ages, thoroughly enjoyed a drama workshop in Bowburn Community Centre on Saturday 21st April, run by arts development agents Jack Drum Arts. The session was set up by Bowburn Banner Group, to see what interest there would be in planning a musical and dramatic evening on the eve of this year’s Big Meeting (the Durham Miners' Gala), about Bowburn's famous Edith Cavell banner. The result was extremely positive and it is now "all systems go" for this exciting project. A series of further workshops will now be held, on Saturday mornings in June and July, and the performance will be on Friday, 13th July. Anyone interested in being involved does not need to have attended this first taster session. Contact Laura Emerson, Jack Drum Arts (01388-765002) or the Banner Group Secretary, Mike Syer (0191-377-1491), for further information.

Bowburn now has its own radio station  (24.04.12)  Bowburn

Bowburn now has its own radio station thanks to Bowburn FC originally set up for the club Bowburn FC decided it would be better for the village and now there is loads of info on there
click on this link to see what everyone is talking about please not that this was a early edition

                                                 BOWBURN RADIO SHOW

Psychic night  (11.04.12)  Bowburn

Thursday night Bowburn Community centre please come along

Referee Success  (31.03.12)  Quarrington Hill

Referee off to Dallas. - Local Lad Craig Dean set of for Dallas last Sunday Morning on a trip of a lifetime after been selected to attend the 2012 Dallas Cup Youth Tournament in the U.S.A. staged over a 7 day period ending on Easter Sunday many of the worlds famous clubs will attend including Eintracht Frankfurt ,Manchester United, Everton Boca Juniors and Paris St Germain to name a few .

Sport Relief  (31.03.12)  Bowburn & Coxhoe

 Sport Relief. -Nine girls from Bowburn and Coxhoe ran a mile for Sport Relief on Sunday (March 25) with youth workers Joanne Eden and Emma Agar. The girls are part of a county-wide running network, which was set up by youth workers concerned about some young people's lifestyles and low self esteem. They now have regular training sessions at Bowburn. This was the first of many runs planned.

Fun Day  (31.03.12)  Cassop

Easter Fayre & Fun Day. - Today 11:00am Cassop Community Centre Kids activities,tombola Easter Bonnet Competition bring your own along plus much more.  

Parish Council  (31.03.12)  Coxhoe

  Parish Council. - Parish Council Meeting 4th April at 19:00 at Landsdowne House

Durham Times (31.03.12)  Coxhoe,Bowburn,Park Hill,Quarrington Hill,Cassop,Kelloe

 

Starr Academy Charity Night (31.03.12)  Coxhoe

Remember people fundraiser 2 night at Coxa Club kickin off at 7.30, hypnotist, disco and some cracking raffle prizes! Tickets £4 available behind the bar and a limited number will be on the door x

Bowburn Lad Loses Prize Pheasant  (26.03.12)  Bowburn

A local lad has had his cock Pheasant stolen from the allotments in Bowburn if anyone does have any information please contact the police a.s.a.p.

Bowburn set for Yearly Fun Day  (16.03.12)  Bowburn

A local group of people recently organised a meeting to discuss a fun day in the village and  hopefully it will continue each year getting bigger each year .One committee member said "This year we are hoping to have a few events and stalls but any money raised by the organisers will go into a funday pot so each year the day will get bigger we will try to attract a few firms to help out and try to get local groups involved we are not here to make money but if we do then the money will be put back into a pot for the following year so each year we can get bigger a recent meeting went well and some groups have come forward to say they want to be involved on the day making money for there causes aswell which is only good for the village .If anyone firms groups individuals etc would like to be involved then we will be holding our second meeting at Bowburn Youth Club at 8pm on the 19th April so please come along ".You can also catch up with us on facebook on our page Bowburn Fun Day Sponsored By ?

Local Lad Wins Darts Tournament  (13.03.12)  Bowburn

Local Lad Jack Bell from Bowburn won the International Darts Festival on the Isle of Man recently Jack aged only 13 won the u18s Winmau youth beating Edward Le Bailly 3-1 in the final on the Sunday night on stage in front of a large crowd of around a 1000 people, winning himself the title and a cash prize. This is Jacks biggest win so far and made is family very proud .

Quiz Night  (05.03.12)  Bowburn

This Friday at Crowtrees W.M.C. £1/ENTRY up to 6 players /team in aid of Bowburn and Parkhill Partnership running costs .

Darts Players Wanted (05.03.12)  Bowburn

Bowburn Youngster Jack Bell will be playing Darts for Durham youth v Lancashire youth Sat 17th March doors open 11am @ Willington wmc. Entry £1 on the door. Would you like to play Darts?
Durham youth are always looking for new talent aged between 10
-20yrs contact Jas Bone 07739137771/Graeme Bell 07500989747. Or just turn up on a match day and speak to us.You Could be the next Phil Taylor so why not give it a go?

Coming Up (04.03.12)  Bowburn

Bowburn
80’s Disco Night.- Friday 80s-discoTwo course chef choice hot and cold buffet including cold desserts. Put your dance moves into action and enjoy the music of the 80’s. Fancy dress - optional. Arrive 7:00 pm for buffet 7:45 pm.£10.95 per person.

Bowburn
 Durham Organic Assosiation.- Wednesday March 14th 2012, 7.30pm at Bowburn Community Centre. Group member Alan Teather will give us a talk 'Self sufficiency, Survival and Recycling.

Bowburn
Club Acts.-Crowtrees W.M.C. presents two vocalisits  Saturday night Noel Curtiss and Sunday Night Stan Lee Free Entry.

Bowburn
Lucky Envelope Draw.-Bowburn FC will hold its lucky draw this Sunday in the Oak Tree between 1pm-130pm 50p/ticket from behind the bar jackpot now over £150 .

Coming Up (03.03.12)  Coxhoe

Coxhoe
Coxhoe :Fundraiser for Starr dance academy 7 till 11 coxhoe club... Tickets available now at the  club over 18s... Disco, hypnotist n raffel.. £4 ticket... 31st March

Computer Class(01.03.12)  Bowburn

Computer classes on Monday mornings and afternoons @ £1 per session(plus 50p for tea/coffee &biscuits,if needed) covering all aspects of computer,internet, digital cameras and digital imaging from absolute begineers upward.  Sessions are 10am to 12noon and 1pm 'till 3pm and you can bring your own laptop if you wish.There are usually spaces so just turn up or call in or ring 3770571.

Zumba  (19.02.12)  Coxhoe

Coxhoe

Zumba-Every Tuesday 8pm-9pm Coxhoe Village Hall

Coxhoe
Zumba -EveryThursday 8pm-9pm Coxhoe Village Hall

Zumba  (18.02.12)  Bowburn

Bowburn
Zumba-Every Wednesday 7pm-8pm Bowburn Community Centre

Zumba  (17.02.12)  West Cornforth

West Cornforth
Zumba-Every Thursday 6.30pm-730pm West Cornforth Community Centre

Wedding Open Day (16.02.12)   Bowburn

Partnership

Bowburn Hall Hotel-Wedding Open Day Monday 20th February for more details ring 01913770311

Partnership Meeting  (16.02.12) Bowburn

Bowburn & Parkhill Partnership Meeting-Bowburn Community Centre Tuesday 21st  February 6.30pm everyone welcome please come along and have your views and find out whats happenning in your village.

Fun Day Team  Look For Ideas  (16.02.12)        Bowburn

Bowburn FunDay/Night could become a reallity as a local group of people have organised a meeting next Thursday night 8pm in the Youth Club to discuss the possibility of holding a event If you would like to go along the more the merrier and why not have your say on what you want on in the village.

Cycling Team Look For Ideas  (15.02.12)        Bowburn

Bowburn based Team Snook Cycling are looking for ideas for charity fundraising rides in 2012. The team raised just over £1300 in 2011 from rides such as a double ascent of the infamous Alpe D’Huez climb in the French Alps, just months before it was used in the Tour de France and the 170 mile Way of the Roses route from Morecambe on the West coast to Bridlington in the East. These rides added to a successful 2010 for the family-orientated team when 3 of its members successfully achieved the Cingles du Mont Ventoux challenge in Provence, a feat managed by only 211 Brits before them since it was created in 1988.

Team member Nina Snook commented “the team began life with a C2C effort in 2009 and since then have followed the life and career of Durham’s Tom Simpson who was the world champion in 1965, the only Brit until Mark Cavendish last year. Simpson died on the Ventoux climb 2 years later and so we wanted to pay our respects to a legend of world cycling who was born in Haswell.”

Snook Cycling will once again complete the Tom Simpson Memorial Ride in Harworth, a ride organised by the local cycling club and that raises money for CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young – later this month and hope to organise other rides including Paris to Roubaix during the summer. The team’s feats can be followed on Facebook, Twitter and their own website: http://snookcycling.wordpress.com

Update  (13.02.12)        Bowburn

As You know f rom previous  notices the website is going through a revamp one of the concerns was updates on the site  we are trying to fix broken links and update pages we have but if you see any please let us know bowburnnews@aol.com we are currently updating the Community Centre part at the moment so you see small differences as we go thankyou for your support once again and please let your friends know and join the forum .

60 Today  (09.02.12)        Bowburn

Congratulations today to Edna Hann on her 60th Birthday .Edna will be celebrating today with the family 

Black Ice Causing Problems  (09.02.12)        Bowburn & other areas

Early morning black ice has caused major problems on the roads this morning as drivers dont relise and think its rain The a66 is shut and a1m is very slow aswell as the a19 rain washed away the grit and has froze so please be carefull.It is expected to be worse tonight .

Man With Mechette  (09.02.12)        Dragonville

News is just coming in that a young man  has entered Tesco with a Machette and pool cue and that customers and staff are coming out of the building  police have arrived at the scene.

Bowburn Pact Meeting  (06.02.12)        Bowburn

• Bowburn PACT meeting

  When: 15th February 2012, 6.00pm

  Where: Bowburn Community Centre, Durham Road.

  Police and Communities Together. Come along and share your views.

Ice causes Problem on local roads (06.02.12)        all areas

There has been lots of small bumps in the area this morning caused by snow turning to ice it is expected to melt as the day goes on but please take care and break gently

Youth Provision (04.02.12)        all areas 

all evening provision is open to any young person aged 13 to 19 years -

 Monday - 6pm till 8pm shincliffe youth club held in the WI hut -

 Tuesday Bowburn youth club 6.30 till 8.30 -

 wednesday - coxhoe youth club 7 till 8.30 held in the youth room within the leisure center -

 Deric youth bus will be in Q HIll 4.30 till 5.30 after half term on a wednesday evening -

 Thursday - Bowburn Job club 1pm till 3pm age 16 to 21 welcome - kelloe youth club held in the primary school in Kelloe 4.30 till 6pm - Bowburn lads group 6.30 till 8pm and Coxhoe girls group 7 till 9pm -

 friday coxhoe youth club 7 till 8.30pm -

Christ The King(25.01.12)        Bowburn

The Anglican Church (Christ the King) is celebrating Candlemass on Thursday 2nd FEB @19.30 Martyn,Bishop of Beverley will be there,and there will be a bit of a party and fireworks after.All Welcome.

Updates(24.01.12)         Bowburn

Our apologies for the interupted updates the problem has now been fixed and you will see a difference hopefully over the week as changes occur we would like anyone to send there stories, celebrations,report incidents etc to bowburnnews@aol.com where we will expect daily updates very soon.So although you may have been dissapointed latley with the site hopefully this will be sorted and once again on behalf of the team we must aPOLOGISE

 Race Night (14.01.12)    Bowburn

Bowburn football will be holding a race night on the 27th of this month at the Oak Tree Pub 1st race 7.30pm and there will also be a female singer tickets are available from Gary Hutchinson vicky Dunn and Joanne Ridley at £1 this is guaranteed to be a sell out and with only 100 tickets on sale it will be first come first served you can also buy a horse £2 or sponsor a race at £5 .

                                               Happy New Year(01.01.12)

On behalf of the team here at www.bowburn.net we would like to wish everyone all the best for the new year.

Annual Feast of Title(15.11.11)

Christ the King Church are having their annual Feast of Title on Sunday 20th November at 3.30pm therefore there will be no service at 11am this Sunday. All are welcome to attend this service which is followed by a supper and a few fireworks. We are honoured to welcome the Bishop of Whitby to this fabulous occasion and we hope to see you there as well.

New Slimming World Coming Soon(10.11.11)

New swimming world for the Bowburn and Shincliffe communities starting Tuesday 10th January at Shincliffe W.I. Village Hall and will be held weekly at 7pm.

AAP MEETING NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT(03.11.11)

There's an AAP meeting (Area Action Partnership) in Coxhoe Village Hall, 17:00 on the 15th November. Bowburn's part of the East Durham Rural Corridor: they have grant money to allocate, and if you want to see the money allocated to Bowburn (and not, say, Sedgefield), get yourself across to the meeting & have your say!Any views on this:click on our forum pages.

Free School asks for support from Village(03.11.11)

http://www.durhamfreeschool.org/
They're looking for people who'll put their names down to support it!

Leisure centre asks for support(03.11.11)

Click on the links to find out more on the future of the leisure centre its our closest centre and needs our support.

:
http://www.futureleisureincoxhoe.org.uk/

AKA http://www.facebook.com/flic.org

Again, they'd love your support and input.

School Wins Award story from our friends at the nothern echo(06.10.11)

A VILLAGE school has won an international award for the second time.

Bowburn Infant and Nursery School, in Bowburn, County Durham, has been given the British Council’s International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.

The school has links to Belgium, Germany and Latvia through the Comenius Project and Nepal through the Global Schools Partnership.

Internationally-themed days are held in school throughout the year.

Trish Fay, from the school, said: "I am very proud of our achievement. Our children have learned so much about other cultures and countries while having fun at the same time.

"Hearing our five to seven-year-old pupils sing in Norwegian and Dutch is amazing."

John Rolfe, from the British Council, congratulated all 800 UK schools to receive the accreditation this year.

Beamish brings fun to heritage day(06.09.11)

Beamish brings fun to heritage day Beamish Museum will put on activities for children at this Saturday’s banner exhibition at Bowburn Community Centre. Gillian Robinson, Assistant Keeper of Social History at the museum’s Regional Resource Centre, assisted by a volunteer, will run “design your own banner” and “dress up as a miner” attractions, as well as taking a mining object handling box, with mining objects that people can handle. “These have proved very popular in the past”, said Gillian, who is also bringing two banners from the museum’s collection. “I’m very much looking forward to taking part in this important heritage event”, she said. The museum’s banners have not been seen in public for many years and will join over 50 others in the exhibition. “Many of these have been here before”, said Mike Syer, secretary of Bowburn Banner Group, which is organising this annual Heritage Open Days event for the fifth time. “However some have not come recently and at least six banners are appearing for the first time. We expect well over 300 visitors again. Many of them will bring cameras to add to their own collections of banner images. Bowburn’s recently refurbished community centre, with its two large halls, is a perfect place to hang so many banners together, with space around them to take pictures. They can also see some of the superb photographs taken by members of Durham Photographic Society, which will also be on show. “We’re delighted that Beamish is going to add children’s activities to these attractions, for the first time. This will surely help more young people to appreciate the heritage of mining communities. “We’re also grateful to the East Durham Corridor Area Action Partnership, whose funding has made this exhibition possible, and to the Durham Miners Association, whose help with transport and by lending several of the banners, has been crucial”, added Mike. The exhibition will be open to the public from 10am till 4pm on Saturday, September 10. However visitors are advised to arrive before 3pm, as some banners may be taken away before the official finish. Admission is free. There will be various stalls, with books and memorabilia on display and for sale, and refreshments will be served from the community centre’s new kitchen. Bowburn Community Centre, which has two car parks, is about 50m north of the traffic lights on Durham Road (A177), Bowburn, and about 500m south of the A1(M), Junction 61. There are regular bus services to and from Durham, and the building is fully accessible.

Bench Stolen (24.7.11)

A bench was stolen from Marlene avenue between 7pm and 7am from a bungalow of a lady of 88yrs old the lady doesnt get out much but when she does she just likes to sit and watch passers by only for enjoyment to be ruined by thoughtless people .

Official re-opening of football field(21.7.11)

Just to let the village know that on the night of Thursday the 21st between 10.30pm and 7.00am my vehicle and another parked outside my property were “tampered with” by metal thieves…! They obviously were looking for copper pipe located in the pipe carrier located on the vehicle roofs.. Locks were cut off and the carriers damaged in their efforts to potentially nick a few quid’s worth of copper..! There is probably more vehicles in the village that had the tube carriers “looked in” but the owners will be unaware..! the incident have been reported to police and an appeal for any one with CCTV overlooking the Philip avenue and Robert terrace area would be appreciated…

Official re-opening of football field(06.7.11)

Ohio band returns to Bowburn to launch football tournament Two new football pitches in Bowburn Park will be officially re-opened on Sunday, July 11. Cllr Dennis Morgan, Chairman of Durham County Council, will formally open the ground, at Bowburn, near Durham, at 9am. After that the “pep band” of The Ohio State University Marching Band Alumni will perform from 9.15 till 9.45am. A youth football tournament will then follow. Bowburn Youth Football Club will compete against Coxhoe Youth FC, in six age groups, for the new Trophy donated by Councillors Williams and Blakey. (The age groups will be under-8s Development, under-8s, under-9s, under-10s, under-11s and under-13s.) 

A guest team will then play the adult Bowburn FC team, which plays in Division 3 of the Durham & District Sunday Morning League. Hot dogs and other refreshments will be available throughout the morning. The tournament is expected to finish between 12.30 and 1pm.

The new football pitches were laid last summer, thanks to funding from the Bowburn Regeneration Fund. This fund, created from the sale of land for housing by the former Durham City Council, has already helped other improvements in the village, including a children’s play area in the same park. 

The Ohio State University Marching Band Alumni (also known as The Best Damn Band in the Land, or TBDBITL for short) is playing a concert at Bowburn Community Centre this Friday evening (starting at 7.30pm) and will be marching with Bowburn’s banners through the village, and then into Durham for the Miners’ Gala, on Saturday.

For more information about the football tournament and Bowburn Park, please contact Martin Ridley, manager of Bowburn FC and a leading member of Bowburn PARC (Play Area Regeneration Committee) e-mail: martinrid@tiscali.co.uk tel.: 0794-912-3886 or Secretary Gary Hutchinson if you ae intrested in joining Bowburn F.C. (adults) e-mail:bowburnfc@talktalk.net 

For more information about the Ohio State University Marching Band Alumni and Bowburn’s banners, please contact Mike Syer, Secretary of Bowburn Banner Group e-mail: mike@mandjsyer.demon.co.uk tel.: 0191-377-1491 / 0775-344-1033

www.bowburn.net to get revamped ?(20.6.11)

Due to problems regular visitors will know about it has given us the chance to look at the way it is currently set up do you like it ?do you want a change ? unfortunately we have lost the old forum and a new one is been set up but what do you want to see there? we already have had football and general news as suggestions also do we need to keep old stories do we just want new ones ?do we want smaller blocks of headlines and just keep updating them ?we will still have the main links across the top remember its the village website and we want to hear from you so let us have your thoughts truthfully good or bad we wont me offended and everything will be took into consideration let us know any broken links etc and dont forget to register again in our forum .email us at bowburnnews@aol.com a.s.a.p.

PC problem hits Bowburn.net (08.6.11)

Most of you will have noticed that no updates have been done lately this was due to a problem which has hopefully been sorted with the administrators computer please keep checking for new updates and send all your latest stories to bowburnnews@aol.com sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

Cooperage Re-opens (18.3.11)

The Cooperage has recently re-opened with new Tenants.

Linda Roberts would like to welcome you back to the Cooperage and looks forward to making it a 'Local' once again

Happy Birthday 15/3/11

Happy 23rd Birthday to Steven Guarnaccio 23 today fromall his family.

Parish Plan 15/3/11

Parish Plan. – An Action Plan for the Parish will be written up shortly, based on last year’s questionnaire survey. Residents are invited to drop in at Bowburn Community Centre on Tuesday (March 22), between 6pm and 8pm, to help choose the top 10 ideas coming out of that survey.

Community Centre AGM 15/3/11

Annual meeting. – The AGM of Bowburn Community Association will be held on Wednesday (March 23), starting at 6.30pm. Affiliated organisations are reminded that they should send a representative to this meeting, to be eligible for reduced rates when hiring rooms for their activities.

Bowburns own Billy Snooks Takes Family on Bike Ride article from evening Chronicle 14/3/11

Lazy days in the sun are the order of the day for most family holidays, but that’s far too dull for the Snooks. Coreena Ford takes a look at what this family is doing to raise money for the region’s children’s heart unit. ADVENTUROUS family the Snooks would rather tackle stages of the Tour de France cycle race when they get together. Dressed in matching outfits – like the Von Trapp family in The Sound of Music – the sporty team took on Mont Ventoux in the French Alps last year, a 14-mile ride up a gradient of 9% that took each rider three hours. And in five weeks the group – who range in age from 27 to 62 – will head to France to ride up the Alpe D’Huez, a mountain with 21 terrifying hairpin bends. The group, from Coxhoe, County Durham, hope to raise hundreds of pounds for the Children’s Heart Unit Fund (CHUF) at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital. Their efforts have come at a telling time for the unit too, which is being reviewed as part of Government plans to reduce heart surgery centres from 11 to six or seven. Andrew Snook, 33, works as a consultant for computer company TSG, which has made CHUF its chosen charity after the heart unit saved the life of its founder Graham Wylie’s daughter Kiera, now 14 months old. Andrew, who has a four-year-old daughter with his wife Stacey, 30, said: “Hospitals like the Freeman perform miracles day in, day out and it’s important that their work is recognised. Hopefully our fundraising will raise more donations as well as awareness of the unit’s work. “Our cycling holidays started a couple of years ago when my cousin Billy, who’s 28, decided to do the Coast-to-Coast cycle ride. “My dad Colin, who’s 62, wanted to do it too ... and in the end, six of us took part and had a great time, even though the weather was awful.” The group – Andrew, his dad Colin, cousin Billy, Billy’s wife Nina, 27, brother-in-law Allan Main, 40 and uncle William, 58 – loved it so much they planned the Mont Ventoux trip, which took place last summer, with all the family wearing matching shirts and caps. And on March 30 they will journey back to France. Andrew said: “We’re all hooked on road cycling now. Last September we travelled in my uncle’s motorhome to Mont Ventoux in Provence to cycle up the Tour de France mountain pass in memory of Tom Simpson. “Tom was a professional cyclist from Haswell, a pit village only a few miles from where we live, and he died cycling up Mont Ventoux in the Tour de France in 1967. He was also the only Briton to win the annual World Cycling Championship. “Needless to see we had many people tooting horns in support, shouting “Allez, Allez!” as we cycled up. “My dad and I went up once. . . but the other four free-wheeled back to the bottom and went up the mountain three times! They were in the saddle for a painful 13 hours to achieve that! We started looking at the other famous mountain stages of the Tour de France and settled on the Alpe D’Huez. “The idea is that we cycle to the top on April Fool’s Day, April 1, have lunch at the ski resort at the top, then rally back down and go up at a more leisurely pace. To sponsor the family, visit www.justgiving.com/andrewsnook

New Secondary School for Bowburn (and other places)?

Do you think Bowburn kids need a better option? Exciting plans are beginning to take shape. Come along to the Community Centre at 8pm on Wednesday 16th March to find out more.

Zumba Comes to Bowburn (01-02-11)

Zumba - Take the 30-minute total body workout provided by the circuit and mix in the high-energy, Latin-inspired dance-fitness moves of the Zumba® programme and you’ve got the Circuit with Zumba®. A unique workout that’s only available at the communnity mondays 6.45pm till 7.15pm tuesdays 10.00am till 10.30am wednesdays 10.00am till 10.30am thursdays 6.00pm till 6.30pm booking is essential The Gymz Durham DL14 7EH Mon 14 Feb to Thu 17 Feb, Mon 21 Feb to Thu 24 Feb, Mon 28 Feb to Thu 3 Mar. Website: www.thegymz.co.uk

Dentist Open (15/01/11)

 Bowburn now has its own dentists thanks to the Burgess & Hyder Dental Group ,the new modern practice is located within the Wellsprings Buisness Centre next to the Pharmacy on the main road .The dentist is open early mornings and late evenings aswell as normal day hours and also  on Saturdays and is in a friendly professional relaxed enviroment .
The dentist offers all nhs Dentistry and is now accepting NHS patients for more information please contact 01913773465 or to book a appointment, or why not visit there website www.burgesshyder.com
www.bowburn.net would like to wish them good luck for the future here at Bowburn.

Village attacked from Space ?(12/01/11)

Well it got you attention not attacks from space but pot holes in the village ,there has been a number of complaints about the potholes around the village especially the ones between Henry Avenue and Halgarth Estate ,where one driver took his car to the garage and it cost £350 to be fixed according to local people . We understand this is a national problem but the size of some of these holes latley is not on and the way the petrol prices are going up people will be forced of the road ,we do pay car tax but what for ?