Row Farm in Winkfield Row, Bracknell opened its gates to the public on Sunday 11th June 2017 for Open Farm Sunday. The farm takes part in the annual national event which was founded in 2006 and witnesses 1500 farmers across the UK opening up their farms to demonstrate farming to 1.8 million people on one day a year.

Row Farm's Open Farm Sunday attracted over 1000 visitors over the six hours the farm was open. Visitors enjoyed tractor and donkey rides. Visitors were able to meet the animals, feed the chickens, hunt for eggs, pet the lambs and ducklings, talk to the bee keeper, play on the bale tractor 'racetrack', enjoy the ice cream van and BBQ. Thames Valley Police were meeting the community and families got to sit in a police van and dress up as police officers. PartyBales, bale & event hire specialists were also on hand with their straw bales demonstrating farm diversification.

Radio 2's Breakfast Show presenter Chris Evans came along with his family to the farm to enjoy a family day out. Chris used a number of farming facts that were placed around the farm during Open Farm Sunday for his radio show on Monday morning.

'Open Farm Sunday at Row Farm was a huge success again this year and it was fantastic that the local community really got involved and supported the event'. Alison Frost, Row Farm's Open Farm Sunday Organiser.

Row Farm looks forward to opening its doors again next year to support the national farming event.

 

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Papplewick School | It was safe to say that Papplewick’s Got Talent, on Friday, 9th June, was another rip-roaring success, with over 70 boys auditioning and a very strong final with eight top-drawer acts.

The annual event at Papplewick School in Ascot is always popular and highly creative. The acts this year ranged from a classical Year 5 music trio to a Year 6 boy bringing skipping to the masses. There could only be one winner though - and Phoenix Ogilvie Robertson and Luca Judge, both in Year 5, took the title with their interpretation of ‘Bad Guys’ from Bugsy Malone, splurge guns and all!

Second place was taken by some of the mighty Year 2s, who brought us ‘Little Men’ from Les Misérables, ably led by Balthazar de Clermont-Tonnerre, Sebastian Cunningham Day and Hugh Turner-Linke. Third place was James Choi from Year Six with his skipping act, which was the crowd’s favourite.

Headmaster Tom Bunbury said: “Well done to all involved – once again, it’s clear from this year’s outstanding performances that Papplewick definitely does have talent!”

Next Open Morning:   Saturday 4th November 2017 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m   Visit:  www.papplewick.org.uk 

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Pupils across RBWM, including those from a disadvantaged background, have performed well at Key Stage 4 as the confirmed results show above average attainment in many key areas.

The new Progress 8 measure saw Charters and four other schools (Newlands, Furze Platt, Cox Green and Windsor Boys) achieve above the national average with a further four schools maintaining progress above the floor standard.

KS4 pupils in the borough collectively ranked as equal 22nd out of 150 areas for Progress 8 results, placing them in the top 15 percent in the country. A good performance was also recorded for children from a disadvantaged background with our pupils from the borough ranking 25th out of 150.

Cllr Natasha Airey, cabinet member for children’s services, said: “I am always pleased to hear when children and young people perform well but it’s excellent to hear that our pupils from more disadvantaged backgrounds are also making good progress and I look forward to seeing these results continue to improve further in the future.

Read more: Charters KS4 Pupils Score Above Average

 

 Pictured: Tony Woodcock and the FA Cup at Eliane Sunningdale

Harry Harris held a signing of his new book King Conte, recounting Antonio Conte's sensational first season as manager of Chelsea in which he won the Premier League, at  Elianes's  Cafe in London Road, Sunningdale, last week.

Eliane’s was the first stop on a whirlwind day of book launches/signing sessions for the launch of “King Conte”

The FA Cup was rushed off to make a mid afternoon appearance at Waterston’s in the Kings Road along with Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris and Gary Chivers turned up.

Next it was a quick stop at Planet Hollywood and then onto the Sanctum Soho Hotel where the limited edition hardback was part of a goody bag, the hardback is only available on ChelseaFan12.com

Read more: Harry Harris Book Signing of King Conte in Presence of FA Cup

 

 Pre-tax profits rise from £4.4m to £5.1m |   Prudent balance sheet management - net debt reduced by £9.8m |  £1.2m p.a. increase in prize money

 Ascot Racecourse has announced its financial results for the 12 months ending December 31, 2016. | Ascot Authority (Holdings) Limited (AAHL) reported a pre-tax profit of £5.1 million.

 - Turnover up 6.7% due to strong performance from both Royal Ascot and Ascot Racedays and increased media rights income;

 - Prize money increased to £12.4m (2015 £11.2m). Total prize money at Royal Ascot was £6.5m and every day was worth at least £1m. These figures exclude QIPCO British Champions Day, an industry joint venture day;

 - Investment in customer experience, including two new facilities; the Lawn Club and the Villiers Club;

 - Profits boosted by a successful Royal Ascot in 2016, with the meeting's ticket income up by 10%;

 - Strong cash generation resulted in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation & amortisation (EBITDA) of £19.0m;

 - The bank loan was restructured during the year. The repayment profile was amended to provide greater liquidity for the business;

 - Net debt at 31 December 2016 was £71.8m (2015: £81.6m);

 - Continued major capital expenditure with the completion of new unsaddling area, enhancements to owners and trainers' facilities and office renovations;

 - 2017 trading to date in line with management expectations - Royal Ascot, with a new enclosure in the middle of the course - The Village Enclosure - set for another strong renewal;

 - As announced in April, AscotBet, Ascot Racecourse's pool betting operation, will launch in 2018.

Read more: Ascot Authority Announces 2016 Pre Tax Profit of £5.1 Million

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CELEBRATING GOOD DESIGN IN OUR AREA |The Society for the Protection of Ascot & Environs (SPAE) has launched an annual Award – called the Good Design Award - to promote, encourage, and celebrate excellence in building design in our area . The winners of the first SPAE Good Design Award have been announced.   

On Thursday 25th May 2017 at the SPAE Annual General Meeting held at Ascot Racecourse the Chairman of the Judging Panel, Robert Adam of Adam Architecture, gave an overview of the nominations for the Award and announced the winners.

Sharing the top Award are:

Englemere - an apartment development designed by Greg Meier and Ascot Design, and built by Millgate Homes in Ascot;

 

Pictured Above:   Englemere designed by Greg Meier and built by Millgate Homes

Windsor Grey Place –a development of eight detached houses built by Shanly also in Ascot.  Jo McDonagh and Fiona Mitchell accepted the award on behalf of Shanly

 

Pictured Above:  Winning Design – Windsor Grey Place built by Shanly

 

Read more: SPAE Good Design Award | Winners Announced

 

 

Royal Ascot 2017 will be broadcast in 175 territories with a reach of 650 million households this week through Ascot's media rights arrangements with Pitch International and Racecourse Media Group (RMG).

Uniquely in Britain, every race will be carried live on ITV1, whilst Irish viewers will see the meeting on free-to-watch television channel TV3.

In the US, the agreement with NBC aligns Ascot with a globally-renowned broadcasting powerhouse, while also doubling the reach of Ascot in that market. Last year NBC was the only network in the US to achieve viewership growth in the US (up 8%) and in the 18-49 demographic (up 3%). Its main NBC channel reaches 97% of US households while its cable sports channel - NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) - is in 78 million homes.

There will be over four hours of coverage daily on NBCSN, whilst the Royal Procession and fashion highlights will feature in the main network's flagship "Today" morning programme.

Nick Luck will front the NBCSN programme from Ascot and also on course will be an array of presenting talent from the Middle East, reflecting the importance of Royal Ascot to that key market.

The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region will be served by live coverage from Dubai Racing Channel, Abu Dhabi Sports, BeIN Sports and Al Kass.

Read more: Royal Ascot to be Available in 650 Million Homes Worldwide

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