Southwold U13s 27 - Hadleigh 0

After last Sunday's wake-up call against a superior Colchester, it was good to have the chance to shine again. Despite the usual slow and ponderous start, Southwold finally kicked-in when Felix Alred put us over the line. The game was clearly not going to be an easy one with ferocious tackling scuppering many of our attempts to break their lines of defence and the muddy conditions inevitably slowing us down. Unusually our handling also let us down, but i am reliably informed that it was the ball's fault! Towards the end of the first half, one of Ben Felton's probing kicks over their encroaching backs bounced kindly over the try line for Jon Utting to give us our second score.

The second half saw a much more coherent attack from Southwold and our pack in particular began to dominate. Jack Cullis won scrums against the head, our flankers tackled anything around the fringes and Jasper Pryor and Christian Trash turned over ball as they do! Joe McKay finished off the best run of the day which started in our half and must have gone through 10 pairs of hands before he powered over the line.

We were then on a role and, but for more crunching tackles, would have run in many more. We had to suffice with a well worked try in the corner from Ben Felton and a well deserved try from Jasper Pryor at the very end.

Support play was better but there is still room for improvement. Our drift defence and rucking also improved from last Sunday but still needs work. But we shone because the pack gave the backs plenty of ball and for this reason this weeks Man of the Match is shared by Jack Cullis who hooked everything and Tom Yallop who had his best performance for the club so far.


Southwold U14s 48 - Hadleigh 7

The current U14 Sharks squad returned to winning ways this weekend after last weeks defeat at the hands of Colchester. All 17 players on the day showed true commitment to the squad and the coaching staff, in what from the outset looked like a tough fixture. After watching the excellent U13’s win their fixture, the pitch was ready for the U14’s to get back to their free flowing rugby and hopefully repeat a win for the club. As the teams lined up it was evident that the Hadleigh pack seemed to be somewhat larger than the Southwold forwards, but the Sharks were ready for this challenge today. From Hadleigh’s early possession, Jens was first to shine with his excellent steal of the ball from their large number 8. Sam at prop was soon in the thick of the action as he ran on to a short ball and carried on at pace, proving difficult for the opposition to put down. The ball flowed through quick hands but Hadleigh’s early defence was strong. Michiel then had a fine run after taking the ball under pressure, and soon made 30m up the pitch.

The first score then came from Hadleigh after being awarded a penalty within the Wold 22. A quick tap was taken and the number 8 seemed to waltz through the defence without a finger being laid upon him. Scoring directly under the posts, the conversion was simple and Wold were 7-0 down. Southwold then took the ball down the right flank with Sam C. Jake picked up from the resultant maul and his fine strong run was ended with a penalty to Wold. Alex then received the ball from the quick penalty and powered over the try line, duly converted by Chris. The scrum was working well and Cairns was winning good ball against the head. His solid second row of Tim and Michiel worked tirelessly to drive forward at every opportunity. The pack also seemed now at ease in tackling the larger forwards opposite them, turning over the ball continually. Woody playing at full back then took the ball well from a kick and dodged defenders well to set up another attack. There then came a period of constant pressure from Southwold as Chip distributed the ball quickly to Callum. He in turn then controlled the attacking play with Jacob E making a side stepping break down the pitch. Jacob B supported well to take the ball on towards then line, and Chip dived over to score a well deserved try just before the half time whistle.

The second half saw Keiron on for Sam C on the wing and he was soon in the action taking a high ball well and running at the defence. Play flowed from side to side as Wold looked for open field and Jacob E soon found the space and avoided tacklers as he crashed the ball over the try line as inside centres do so well. The next attack again started by turnover ball by the scrum, saw Darius touch down in the corner followed by a fine conversion by Chris. Southwold were soon on the attack again as Chip made a sublime run down the wing. His dummy fooled the Hadleigh player allowing him to straighten his run and with Jake in support, he timed his pass well allowing Jake to bend his run past the defending players and touch down for another fine try.

It seemed that Hadleigh had now tired and tried to kick their way out of trouble. Woody was always keen to retrieve the kicks and then look for his supporting wings and Sam seemed to be on Callum’s shoulder just at the right time for some lovely off loads. As the ball worked its way through both forwards and backs, Chris sped through to avoid tackles and score a self converted try. Zak, carrying an injury then entered the game replacing Jacob B following a fine performance of carrying the ball and tackling hard. Then came probably the move of the match, as Southwold attacked from just inside their own half. All the backs were involved as the ball flowed through Keiron, Woody, Jacob, Chip, Chris and Callum. Callum then fed Darius who was stopped short of the line, but Alex was on hand to pick up the loose ball and dive over for his brace of tries. It was a team try that had all the coaches and parents applauding.

Hadleigh were not giving up and they battled well to try and stem the speed of the Southwold attacks. As Southwold loaded one side of the backs from a scrum, Callum went open and found Keiron. He avoided the tackle well and when stopped short reached forward to touch down only to be penalised for a double movement. Keep it up Keiron, the score will come soon, The final score of the game came down the left flank as Darius finished off a good move to claim his second try. Chris was unlucky with the conversion attempt.

There were plenty out there on the paddock that gave Man of the Match performances but Sam shone out today. Prop is a position that seems thankless, but Sam ran all game and was always keen to take the ball at pace from Chip and Callum. Iron Men for the day again could have gone to numerous players, but Alex and Jake tackled some larger opponents continually. Idiots of the Day, jointly Woody for doing his best not to score and Darius for trying to dance around players when touching down was easier.

What will have impressed all the coaching staff today would undoubtedly have been the performance of the whole squad. The U14’s forwards proved, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that it is forwards that win matches with the backs deciding by how much. The team were more vocal this week and this only makes the game easier to control by the play makers at 10 and 12.

Saturday 29 January
LADIES 1s v Chelmsford (F) (H) 10.30 (W) Cancelled
LADIES 2s v Wisbech Town (L) (A) 1.00 2-2 D
LADIES 3 v Dereham (L) (A) 12.45 0-1 L
LADIES 4s v Norwich Dragons 3s (L) (A) 10.30 6-0 W
LADIES 5s v Pelicans 3s (L) (H) 12.15 (S) 1-0 W
LADIES 6s v Herlings (L) (H) 10.45 (S) 2-2 D
GIRLS Dev. v North Walsham (L) (A) 10.00 2-0 W

MENS 1s v Holcombe (L) (H) 2.15 (W) 3-0 W
MENS 2s v Cambridge Nomads (L) (A) 12.30 4-0 W
MENS 3s v Bourne (L) (H) 12.15 (W) 7-0 W
MENS 4s v Sudbury (L) (H) 4.00 (W) 1-5 L
MENS 5s v Norwich Dragons 2s (L) (H) 1.45 (S) 4-0 W
MENS 6s v Sudbury 4s (L) (A) 2.15 6-0 W
MENS 7s v Bury St Edmunds 4s (L) (A) 10.30 3-1 W
BOYS Dev. v Norwich City (L) (A) postponed

Sunday 30 January
U18 GIRLS v Pelicans (EHB Cup) (H) 12.00 (W) 3-4 L (aps)
U14 BOYS - East League (Cambridge) v Cambridge City 0-4 L,
v Saffron Walden 3-4 L, v Ipswich 1-5 L

Two keen gardeners have hit upon a novel solution for publicising Open Gardens events in their county - a website specifically aimed at town and village Open Garden event organisers not only locally but across the UK.

Frustrated by the difficulty of finding Open Gardens event dates, the couple thought it seemed the obvious solution and were surprised that it had not been done.

The website benefits organisers of events and also those who attend town and village Open Gardens weekends. Whilst some website directories already exist, they are aimed at bigger events where organisers can afford to resource their advertising. For the humble town or village Open Gardens event, getting event details publicised has presented a challenge until now.

The website supports the smaller organisers, those volunteers who bring together gardeners and gardens, plant enthusiasts and hobbyists, Hosta lovers and Pelargonium fanciers - the melting pot of Middle England that is Open Gardens.

Simple to use and with a clever search facility, the site allows people to find out about Open Gardens events just down the road or indeed at the other end of the country if you fancy a garden visit whilst on holiday.

Contributing information is also very simple - fill in some details, press a button and your event is there for all to see, and easily updated when required.

Even if an event has passed, organisers should get it on board anyway ready for next year.

Go to www.opengardens.co.uk for more information.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has joined with Gable Events to launch the sixth East Anglian Dragon Boat Festival. The 2011 Festival takes place on Sunday 8th May at Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad in Lowestoft and is one of the largest and most eagerly anticipated team events in the region. Up to 50 crews representing companies, organisations, clubs and groups of friends from all over East Anglia are expected to battle it out over the 200m race course watched by several thousand spectators.

Dragon boat racing has an ancient Chinese history and the Festival is a re-enactment of a tragic event that took place more than 2,000 years ago in the kingdom of Chu. Legend has it that falsely accused of treason and exiled by jealous rivals in the government, despairing warrior poet, Qu Yuan, threw himself into the Mi Lo River. Local fishermen rowed out to save the drowning poet and tried to rescue him from vicious fish by beating the water with their paddles. But their attempts failed and every year in Hong Kong a Tuen Ng (Dragon Boat) Festival is held as a mark of respect for the fishermen’s frantic efforts and to commemorate the tragic death of Qu Yuan. The dragon boat’s fierce looking dragon’s heads were added later to ward off evil spirits and in Hong Kong special dumplings are eaten to represent the dumplings that were thrown in to the river to stop the fish eating the mighty Qu’s body.

According to the Chinese calendar, 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit which bodes well for participants in the Dragon Boat Festival as it is considered the luckiest sign in the calendar. It also symbolises great ambition, talent and diplomacy, so the winning teams should be gracious in their victories! No previous experience is required to take part in the dragon boat racing, just plenty of team spirit so why not take up the challenge? Thankfully, you don’t need the physical strength of a Steve Redgrave or the athleticism of a Jessica Ennis to be successful as teamwork and timing will win the day. The dragon boats, racing equipment and qualified helms are provided and each crew is guaranteed a minimum of three races. The Festival offers a full day of fun on land as well as water with plenty of activities on the bankside to entertain teams and spectators between races. The event is supported by BBC Suffolk and BBC Radio Norfolk, Waveney District Council and the Lowestoft Journal.

EACH supports families and cares for children and young people with life-threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. They provide care and support wherever the family wishes – in families’ own homes, in hospital or at one of their hospices in Ipswich, Milton and Quidenham. Danielle Gravestock, Corporate Fundraiser at EACH, comments: “This year we need to raise £4 million in donations to deliver our services amounting to £11,000 a day, every day of the year. The money raised through the generosity of the teams taking part in the Dragon Boat Festival is very important to us and will go towards the one-to-one nursing care and support that is so vital to life-threatened local children and their families”. The top fundraisers for EACH will win the charity trophy plus a full day of spa, gym use and lunch kindly donated by the Marriott Sprowston Manor in Norwich.

Carol Lester, Director of Festival organisers, Gable Events, adds; “The Festival is a great chance for companies and organisations to try something completely different, promote themselves to a large local audience, network with local companies and potential clients and raise money for EACH. It is also a fantastic team building opportunity - what better way to get to know what makes your colleagues and competitors tick?! We expect the Festival to be as popular as ever this time around so we recommend teams get their entries in early to guarantee a place”.

For further information and an entry form please visit


www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk/eastanglia or call Gable Events on 01780 470 718.

Contact Jessica Bass: jessica.bass@vitalforchildren.org or call 0208 246 4908 for more information or to book your place.

VITAL will support you with a goodie bag, tips and support in raising the minimum sponsorship, and a big congratulations on completing your challenge.

In addition to the goodie bag If you raise £750, VITAL will reward you with a beautiful 100% organic cotton, fair trade hooded sweatshirt.

Raise £1000 and VITAL will take YOU out to dinner!

*a deposit of £50 must be paid prior to the event to secure your place, this will be refunded when you raise a minimum £300 (per person) for VITAL.

'A Kiss in the Tunnel' is available to buy as part of the BFI DVD 'Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers' - filmstore.bfi.org.uk

This story derives from a popular magic lantern slide show and shows a couple in a railway carriage, going into a dark, Freudian tunnel, taking the opportunity to steal a kiss. As the train emerges into the light the couple move apart in a guilty fashion, and although scarcely enough to make your Victorian grandmother blush, it gives the scene its slight frisson of naughtiness. (Bryony Dixon)

For more information about 'A Kiss in the Tunnel' see www.screenonline.org.uk

Of the forty such patrols in Suffolk eighteen are in Waveney. Public opposition to the termination of this service is strong.

By closing this service in Suffolk it is hoped to trim about £200,000 from the council’s budget. This is a pathetically small amount of money to be weighed in the balance of child safety.

Cabinet members insist that amounts such as this soon add up to the £43m that the council is trying to save, but it is still a pittance, so tiny it is even smaller than the Chief Executives salary.

“Lollipop” men and women, most of them pensioners and not usually prone to demonstrating, have been asking parents to write expressing their opposition to the council.

As Waveney’s only non-Tory county councillor, I have been working with the patrol officers and am pleased to report that we now have approaching 4000 letters.


These letters, along with similar protests from all over the county, will then be presented to Guy McGregor the portfolio holder at Endeavour House in Ipswich.

Council’s plans will be finalised at a Cabinet meeting on 1st February and these plans put before the full council on 17th.

My vote will be to retain the crossing service. You can find how your councillor voted on Suffolk CC’s website.

This Month's Three Fantastic Comics:

A one of a kind comedian, Paul is an instantly watchable performer known for his inventive offbeat observational humour and his playfully engaging delivery. Nominated recently as GQ Magazine’s comedian of the week, Paul is an original and hilarious act who combines left-field one liners with astute observational comedy.



Lively, animated and with impeccable timing, Danny is fast making a name for himself as one of the up and coming comics to watch.



Dan's twisted logic has gladdened Stand Up audiences across the UK and Ireland. He's also performed his accessible but frequently childish surrealism in Dubai and Oman, had his grammar corrected by the Dutch and the Germans.


Sue’s Food – delicious homemade sweet & savoury treats – full bar, available from 7.45pm.

Admittance 18+






Bringing the uplifting authentic sounds of the London-African underground to the mainstream, the nine-piece Zong Zings' musical style is characterised by intricate guitar picking, soaring vocals and driving percussion. Their irresistible rhythms and harmonies combine to create one of the most infectiously danceable forms of music in the world!

In the last two years the Zong Zings have played to packed London audiences and at top UK music festivals - Larmer Tree, Secret Garden Party and Stokefest.

Delicious African Food and Bar







Philip Walmsley is fascinated by the notion of how one mentally maps walking through complex architectural spaces.

Through the play of colour and light Brenda’s paintings evoke the sense of something real and concrete but at the same time constantly shifting and reforming.