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Pencaitland fireworks raises £5,981.50

According to Pencaitland Primary’s Parent Teacher Association, 2011’s fund raising enjoyed unprecedented success with over 2,000 people attending the fireworks display held last weekend.

The PTA attributes its success to good organisation and planning from the team headed up by Ian Archer and the record turnout which was helped by a clear evening.

PTA Chair Charlotte Taylor gave a big thank you, “to all the parents and teachers who helped run the event – we couldn’t have done it without you.” The PTA estimates that ticket sales have raised the unprecedented sum of £5981.50 which will contribute towards much needed resources and equipment at the school.

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Pencaitland PTA Annual Fireworks event Saturday 5th November

Tickets for the annual Pencaitland Fireworks show are now available from the school office, Spar shop, Post Office and Granny shop.

Ticket prices are £5 Adult, £3 Child, Family £13 (Family is 2 adults and up to 4 children). Under 5s go free.

Gates open at 6.15pm on Saturday 5th Nov.

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Church plans fundraising events to reach £70,000 target

As many villagers will know, parts of Pencaitland Parish Church are in a parlous state. In an effort to address the problems before they get any worse members of the church, along with Minister David Torrance, have launched a programme of events to help to raise £70,000 to make the building wind and watertight before the onset of winter.

Click here to find out more about how you can help raise the funds to make the village's church wind and watertight.

The great news is that, as of the 1st October 2011 the appeal has raised £47,000 towards the target.

A number of local events are planned over the coming months to boost the funds raised by the appeal. They are listed below in date order and further details, including ticket availability, will be posted on the church’s new website.

Meantime, if you want to know more about how you can help save this historically important building take a look at the appeal pamphlet [PDF].

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World’s Biggest Coffee Morning raises £700 for Macmillan Cancer Support

When the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning came to Pencaitland no-one, let alone organisers Lynn Donohoe and Patsy Spalding, could have anticipated just how well attended it would be.

The venue for the Macmillan Cancer Support fundraiser was Pencaitland’s Bowling Club with teas, coffees and a variety of home baking all helping towards raising a figure in excess of £700, to help in the charity’s work.

As Lynn Donohoe explained, “It was a great success. We couldn’t have hoped for a better turnout. We opened at 9am and between then and 11am we were absolutely packed.”

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Join the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ at the Bowling Club

Macmillian Cancer Support is running a UK-wide fundraising coffee morning on the 30th September and you can take part. Pencaitland’s Bowling Club is the venue for this year’s event and it will be open from 9am to 1pm.

What is the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning?

Be part of the World's Biggest Coffee Morning at Pencaitland's Bowling Club, 30 September

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support’s biggest fundraising event. They ask people across the UK – and sometimes further afield – to hold a coffee morning, where donations on the day are made to Macmillan.

Last year 43,000 people signed up to hold a coffee morning, raising over £8 million.

This year they want to raise even more money to help change the lives of people affected by cancer. Find out about how Macmillan helps.

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Tree collapse takes out Pencaitland school fence

The gusting winds which began in earnest on Monday afternoon have thus far left little obvious mark on the environment, other than large piles of leaves. However, sometime during the evening of the 12th September one of the largest trees overlooking the western edge of Pencaitland Primary collapsed taking out a chunk of the perimeter fence as it fell.

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Pencaitland Youth Football Club Open Day – 6 August

Ian Archer and the team behind the Pencaitland Youth Football Club are running an open day for new kids wanting to take part.

As Ian explains, “I’m sure you are missing your fix of football on a Saturday morning so luckily, ahead of the new season starting when the school summer holidays are over, we are having an open day to encourage more kids born in 2004/2005 to join the club.

New PYFC trials - 6 August 2011

Hopefully many of the current squads can come along and show the newcomers how it is done. We’ll have the usual mix of fun games and 4v4 matches.

Hope to see you and your kids on the 6th – note starts at 10am, not our usual 9am start.”

So if you have a boy or girl born on 2004 & 2005 come along to a fun morning of soccer 4’s on Saturday 6 August 2011 from 10am to 12 noon at Pencaitland Park.

PYFC aims to have the new 2005 age group up and running from 20 August and also has additional spaces in its 2001 & 2003 age groups. If you are interested in finding out more about these age groups, please contact Jim.

To confirm your place please contact Jim McAvoy at jimmcavoy1@btinternet.com or phone 07896 244 207.

For more information on the club, please visit the website www.pyfc.org.uk

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Pencaitland Community Council Minutes – 29 June 2011

To view Pencaitland Community Council minutes just click the link below and you can open it using Adobe Reader. Alternatively right-click the link and ‘save as’ to your PC desktop.

Pencaitland Community Council Minutes – 29 June 2011

You can view past minutes by visiting this page.

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Community Council Chair steps down after life of public service

Janet Bassett has stepped down as chair of Pencaitland Community Council after a lifetime contribution to village life.

Janet was a founder member of the Community Council, first as a member of the original steering group in 1975, then as a member when it was created in 1976. She was later vice-chairman then in the eighties became chairman, a post she has held for more than 20 years.

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Pencaitland Youth Football Club’s Annual Tournament 2011

If you were one of the many parents in attendance at this year’s Pencaitland Youth Football Club tournament you may enjoy the pictures below.

Everyone at the PYFC had a great time and wanted to pass on their thanks to all those who helped out and gave donations for the fundraising and tombola.

This coming Saturday is the PYFC’s final game of the season before breaking for the summer and resuming when school restarts after the break.

There are plans to also run a kids and parents session this weekend so everyone can see just how difficult it is to hit those little goals. Please come suitably dressed if you want to join in. Shin pads if you have them are recommended – getting caught up in the middle of the swarm can be pretty painful without them.

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