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Folkestone Rowing Club are holding a regatta on Saturday 22nd April, rowing from 10.30am with other clubs from around the Kent coast and Sussex visiting.

Their Granville Parade clubhouse will be open to non-members all day, with refreshments and BBQ, and Ben Milbury (a four-piece band covering a mixture of soul, pop and reggae from the vintage to the modern) will be performing from 6pm.

The Rowing Club’s regular annual regatta is scheduled for Sunday 9th July with the same arrangements.

As usual on regatta days, parking restrictions will be in force on Granville Parade.

There are eight planters in Sandgate Village.  The Parish Council is seeking sponsorship for each of these planters.  The locations of these planters are:

• the rowing boat at the western entrance to the village on Sandgate Esplanade;
• six rectangular planters by the Sir John Moore Memorial;
• and a circular planter outside the Ship Inn.

Images of locations can be supplied on request. The following criteria and conditions will apply.

1. The cost of sponsorship will be £50 per season (ie May to September).  This cost will include the production and display of the necessary sponsorship sign by Sandgate Parish Council.
2. The format of the advertisement will be along the lines of a standard sample available from clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk with the sponsoring company logo receiving approximately twice the spatial coverage as the Parish Council’s.  The overall size will be A5 landscape.  The company should supply a high resolution jpg file of their logo.
3. Whilst the Parish Council will seek to meet individual company requests, the allocation of planters will be on a first come first served basis.
4. The Parish Council reserves the right to refuse offers of sponsorship on the grounds of taste or decency.
5. The deadline for applications is 2 May 2017 with payment to accompany application.
6. Applications to: The Parish Clerk, Sandgate Parish Council, Sandgate Parish Council Library, James Morris Court, Sandgate High Street, CT20 3RR (cheques to made payable to “Sandgate Parish Council”).

Peter Savage
Deputy Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer
19 April 2017

There will be a Craft Club taking place in Sandgate Parish Council Library on Thursday 13th April 10.00am-12.00. This time the theme is Easter.

Children of all ages are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult. Squash and biscuits will be available for the children and tea and coffee for the adults.

Thank you for all the suggestions which have come from many people drawing upon diverse inspirations including famous ex-residents, location, history and even a previous park keeper. The list has been moderated to produce a manageable list (including the current name Military Road Recreation Ground) for a vote as follows:-

To vote please click against the email address for the name you prefer (or copy and paste the email address into your own email) and give your name and postal address in the email. Only one vote per person or business in Sandgate parish will be accepted.

Closing date for voting Friday 31st March 5pm.

You may also vote in person at Sandgate Library – ask for the parish clerk.

Any queries please email the parish clerk clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk

The Sandgate Creative Writers Group (which meets in the Library on the second Thursday of the month), would like all creative authors and poets to enter the Creative Writer’s Competition.

If you would like a chance to be included in the club’s booklet in August this year and have your work displayed on Writer’s Page in the library, please submit poetry or prose, no more than 450 words in total. Your entry can either be left in the library or emailed to joe.tom277864@tiscali.co.uk.

Your work will be read and judged by members of Sandgate Creative Writers. The top three will be included in the club’s booklet in August this year.

If you have anything over that amount but no more than two thousand words and would like it evaluated please bring it to one of the meetings where members will be pleased to read and discuss it with you.

Thursday, 16th February, 10.00 – 12.00: Arts and Crafts Session in Sandgate Library. Children of all ages welcome and must be accompanied by an adult.

Thursday afternoons – a reminder that the Library is now open until 4.30 on Thursdays. On Thursday 2.00-3.00 pm, we have a TalkTime group: this coming week the group will be reminiscing about life in Britain during WW11. Everyone is welcome.