Tony Hooton urged councillors to invest in more maintenance to look after the town centre flagship amenity. Speaking during the open forum at last night s Winsford Town Council meeting, Mr Hooton praised volunteer John Malam and the Friends of Winsford Town Park, who regularly weed, plant bulbs and tidy litter. My main concern is the small amount of resources put into keeping on top of maintenance. As fast as John and his gang are working, more weeds are growing. It is meant to be a prestige park for the town. I m afraid it doesn t look like it.
Winsford Town Park meant to be a prestige park for the town Picture: Jo Conchie
Grassroots WITH the Shoestrings-chargrill, Chippenham Sunday League set for a shorter than usual one week Christmas break, many teams found themselves with an additional free week as the atrocious weather conditions of the last week meant that a number of games were lost to waterlogged pitches. The only league fixture that survived the rain was at Leafy Lane where hosts Chippenham Icons beat Royal Oak 4-2, to claim a fifth successive victory which move them above Lavis FC at the top of the Division One table thanks to their superior goal difference. Icons opened the scoring through a Jacob Duckett own goal, but they were pegged back when Rich Tandy was on hand to restore parity. Dan Fowler regained the lead for Icons who gained the upper hands on the Oak men, with a further 2 goals from Fowler to complete a first half treble to give his team a 4-1 interval lead, his second being a sublime strike from distance