Codicote’s fantastic sporting achievements continue…

THE CODICOTE SPORTS CLUBS CONTINUE TO PERFORM BRILLIANTLY ACROSS ALL THE SPORTS - WELL DONE TO ALL
Cricket-2011
promoted for a 5th year in a row
nominated most improved ground in the county
Football-2011/12

The 1st team seeking promotion to Spartan League from the Hertfordshire Premier League. Once confirmed this will be the highest level [...]

FUND RAISING UPDATE ON THE NEW SPORTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE,16/04/2012

To date we have raised £376,000 from the following sources:
£171,000 (45.5 % of funding pledges/cash) in or through Codicote contacts;
£110,000 (29.2%) from NHDC;
£95,000 (or 25.3%) from other foundation trusts
£19,000 has been spent on planning fees, marketing and fund raising to give £357,000 currently held in pledges/cash.
In December 2011 we applied for £350,000 from the Sport [...]

A tribute to John Clements from a survivor and donor

“I too was in the fire that night. John stood out from the crowd that holiday before the fire; we all liked him immediately. I remember seeing John Clements climb jnto the balcony above the front door so he could search for the boys left inside. The fire was raging and it was clear to [...]

PROJECT UPDATE - 25/02/2012

This is an update on progress with the John Clements Sports and Community project.
At this stage we have raised £357,000 in cash/pledges and there is no doubt that a lot of this continuing progress stems from the confidence raised by earlier pledges made, which in turn have encouraged other funders to follow. More lead pledges [...]

Garfield Weston Foundation Pledge

We are pleased to announce that the Garfield Weston Foundation has pledged £25,000 towards the costs of the new Sports Centre . The Trustees of the John Clements Sports and Community are very grateful for this support which, together with recent local contributions, raises our funds/pledges raised to £357,000 . An application for £350,000 has [...]

Codicote’s Fantastic Sporting Achievements!

There can’t be many communities with this performance across all the sports this year!
Cricket

promoted for a 4th year in a row and are aiming to make it a 5th
nominated most improved ground in the county

Football

the 1st team finished 5th out of 15 in the Hertfordshire Premier League
the Reserve team won the Reserve Team Cup
the U16 [...]

John Clements Poem

He gave his life at Easter time,
To let our children live
He sent them safely home to us
What more could he give?
We dearly wish to thank him
and shake him by the hand,
But God will take good care of him,
His future he has planned.
Please warm your broken, weary hearts
with knowledge that, but for him
my son, and many [...]

New Sports Hall & Community Centre Funding Grant

We are very pleased to announce that the project for the new John Clements Sports & Community Centre has just been awarded a grant of £50,000 from NHDC under their PACIF grant scheme. Our grant application last year missed out so we are extremely grateful to NHDC for awarding us this sum of money [...]

Mark Ireland’s Marathon Escalator

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 Inaugural Codicote Table Tennis Championship

Last week saw the inaugural Codicote Table Tennis Championships.
There were 16 entrants for each of the Singles and Doubles tournaments with some fantastic table tennis being played - particularly the Singles Final in which Lewis Andrews beat Tom Parker in a great match - 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-3.
Unfortunately for everyone else, Tom & Lewis were [...]

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