News in Frodsham

Frodsham Sunday XI's season ended with a beautiful September afternoon and a wonderful game of cricket at Runcorn CC on September 13th. It was the annual Matt Shaw Memorial Trophy 30-over game.

Runcorn batted first, with Matt Williamson 51* and Jim Morrell 38*, playing really well and captain Steve Bebbington hitting a huge 6 from the last ball to see them finish up on 143-5.

A Frodsham man has walked the whole of the Sandstone Trail and back in just 33 hours, raising over £1,000 in a bid to raise awareness about the little known Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS).

Chris Webster decided to undertake this challenge to help educate people about this rare condition, from which his wife Clára suffered during her twin pregnancy.

The Helsby & Elton GP Practice are beginning their 2020 flu vaccination drive, and encourage those eligible to book their appointment now.

The Practice said: "The flu vaccination campaign in England will be bigger than ever this year.

Ex air stewards Paul Jones and Adrian Leary are flying high as their recently-opened Frodsham-based interiors, gift and coffee shop, Me & Mr Jones, proves to be a big success with the locals.

Paul and Ade, a couple in real life as well as in business, worked together for many years as air stewards with Thomas Cook.

For Clipped-in, the group of artists behind Castle Park Art Centre's upcoming exhibition, Beyond Landscape, this has been a very strange year.

The five friends and colleagues, who work across a variety of media, from textiles to ceramics to charcoal, are united by their love of mountaineering, an activity which inspires many of their pieces.

Weaver Vale Housing Trust have informed Frodsham Town Council that they will not enter into a land swap between Green Gates Park and Meadow Court.

It had been thought that the Housing Trust might build 22 homes on Green Gates, which was reopened during the coronavirus lockdown, while a small community hub and park would be created on the Meadow Court site.

After a year of cancellations, Kingsley Players Youth Theatre is now setting its sights on 2021 for its return to the stage, and already have a new programme of productions in the pipeline.

The Players are hoping to perform Evan Placey's Prounoun, a challenging play about love and gender, in February, followed by Alice in Wonderland in May.

It has been discovered that the number of books borrowed from Frodsham Library decreased by nearly 20% between the years 2015/16 and 2019/20, while its budget increased.

In response to Freedom of Information requests by Frodsham Nub News, Cheshire West and Chester council reported that, year on year, withdrawals from the town's library fell steadily from 75,384 to 61,602, with the value of library fines also dropping from £3,424.18 to £2,099.03.

Helsby FC are proposing new sponsorship plans to local businesses.

The plans on offer include:

Helsby FC First Team were at home against Chester Nomads Reserves on Saturday (12th), who they beat 4-3.

Helsby FC's Duncan Cowley said that Helsby were "dominant from the whistle," surging into a three goal lead in the first 20 minutes.