Mark Ireland’s Marathon Escalator
April 5, 2011 by Mark Knapper
Filed under Latest News, featured
Mark from Valley Road, Codicote is training hard for this year’s London Marathon on Sunday, 17th April. Mark has very generously agreed to give all money raised to the John Clements Sports and Community Trust and for every £10 YOU donate he will add 20% and with another 28% Gift Aid this would raise £14.80 [...]
The Queen and Sport in the Community
January 19, 2011 by Mark Knapper
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In case you missed the Queen’s Xmas speech this year, you will find it had relevance to the importance of our project and sport in the community.
Importance of sport in the community – the Queen’s Speech Xmas 2010.
The King James Bible was a major co-operative endeavour that required the efforts of dozens of the day’s [...]
Movement on the New Sports Centre
November 29, 2010 by Mark Knapper
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Those of you who were able to come to the Open Day on the 30th October in the Peace Memorial Hall will have got an update on the project. Since then there is more progress to report — but first the Open Day
Just over one hundred people (and five dogs!) came to meet the Parish [...]
Codicote Table Tennis going from strength to strength
April 15, 2010 by Mark Knapper
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At the end of season Closed Championships for the SHAW League, Codicote’s two leading players, Tom Parker and Alex Kinchin-Smith, made an immediate impact in their first season of entering.
Tom won the Handicap Singles and Alex narrowly lost the final for all players outside the Premier division – a fantastic achievement for the two players [...]
IT’S ALL GOING ON AT THE SOCIAL CLUB
March 31, 2010 by Mark Knapper
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Whilst all eyes are on the progress of fundraising for the new John Clements Sports & Community Centre, of course the life of the existing Social Club marches on relentlessly.
The last few weeks have seen a whole range of events geared both at entertaining those in the village and raising money for the new Centre.
Of [...]
Fundraiser: Dinner With The Semi-Tones
January 5, 2010 by Mark Knapper
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AT LAST THEY’RE BACK (well some of them!)
Friday 5th and Saturday 6th March 2010
3 course dinner and an evening of light entertainment
£20 per ticket (over 18’s only) available from Monday 25th January (Box Office: 07826868714) or at ‘the Clubhouse
Limited numbers, so book early to avoid disappointment !
All proceeds to The John Clements Sports & Community [...]


On 12th April 1976 John Clements was tragically killed while attempting to rescue children trapped in a hotel fire in the skiing resort of Sappada in northern Italy.