Gamston resident Lizzy Edge has had a fantastic start to 2019, gaining selection to the GB triathlon youth team for the first time. The teenager, who attends Rushcliffe School, is a member of Rushcliffe AC in Bingham and Nottingham Leander Swim Club at Harvey Hadden, while her triathlon club is 4 … [Read more...]
Connecting people in the heart of Gamston
In the last six months, Connect:Gamston, part of St Luke’s Church, has been running events in partnership with Pierrepont Gamston Primary School. At Christmas, over 100 people raised glowsticks in prayer for the lonely, and on Pancake Day, hard-fought pancake tossing contests were won and … [Read more...]
Gamston-based Kennelgate hold charity dog grooming day
Gamston-based Kennelgate recently held a charity dog grooming day in conjunction the RSPCA. Eight kennel dogs from the RSPCA in Radcliffe were pampered by Kennelgate ready for their special sponsored walk. Daisy, who works for Kennelgate, told the West Bridgford Local News: … [Read more...]
Patients keep cool thanks to Gamston-based pet crematorium
Patients at the Queen's Medical Centre have been beating the heatwave thanks to a Gamston-based crematorium As temperatures across the country soared in the last month,so did the heat inside the city's biggest hospital. Nottingham Pet Crematorium owners, John and Rita Harbury-Carlisle, donated 10 … [Read more...]
Gamston’s Penny Briscoe confirmed as ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced the appointment of Gamston’s Penny Briscoe OBE as Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020. Briscoe carried out the role when ParalympicsGB achieved an historic 147 medals including 64 golds to finish second in the medal table at Rio 2016. More … [Read more...]
Breakfast club a huge hit for Rushcliffe’s Armed Forces Community Covenant
A breakfast club is proving to be a huge hit with veterans and serving members of the forces thanks to Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Armed Forces Community Covenant. Its monthly meet ups at the Goose at Gamston welcome all members and families of current and former Armed Forces based in the … [Read more...]
RNLI’s West Bridgford spring fair raises over £1,000
By Graham Christian The West Bridgford branch of the RNLI held their annual spring fair on the morning of Saturday 24th March 2018. The morning started slightly damp. Two weeks before the fair there had been at least 15cm of snow on the ground, which soon melted only to be replaced with about … [Read more...]
Permission granted for new Gamston hotel
Rushcliffe Borough Council has granted planning permission, subject to conditions, for 27-bed hotel at the site of the current Gamston Lock pub on the A52. The application has been put forward by the Marston’s pub chain. A hotel would be built on the part of the existing car park and would sit … [Read more...]
RNLI off to a flying start
The West Bridgford branch of the RNLI held a one day collection at Morrisons supermarket in Gamston. This collection coincided with an Arctic blast which swept down the country. Despite this, the shoppers were warm hearted and donated £776. Some people regard Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, … [Read more...]
Young Gamston volunteer comes out top in international photography competition
Arran Willott, 20, from Gamston, has been named the winner of the ‘Environment’ category in the annual International Citizen Service (ICS) Photography Competition – seeing off competition from more than 300 photographers from 22 other countries around the world. Arran took the winning shot while … [Read more...]