Facilities, local groups, parish council and business information for the village of Timsbury, near Bath
St Marys Church, Sunday, February 24th at 4.00pm.
An informal short service for all the family. There will be some craft activities, some songs to sing, learning about the Bible and cake and sandwiches at the end.
Every third Sunday. Details from Rev. Martin Blewett on 01761 472446.
Workshops in modern calligraphy; lino cutting; textile collage; fused glasswork and silver work. To be held on Saturday, March 2nd at the Conygre Hall. Booking opens February 1st.
Cam Valley Arts Trail. Full details here.
On Tuesday, February 12th Alan Down (the former owner of Cleeve Nursery) will talk about ‘Top Performing Plants for Small Gardens” in the Conygre Hall from 7.30pm.
Timsbury Horticultural Society, non-members welcome at £5 including refreshments. Details from 01761 472187.
High Littleton Scouts Jumble Sale, Saturday, January 26th at the Conygre Hall from 10.00am until 11.30am. Admission 40p. Refreshments available.
Green bin waste collections will resume on Monday, January 28th. Collection days will remain the same as they were before the winter break
People with real Christmas trees who have not yet taken them to one of the Council’s recycling centres, can put them out for collection between January 28th and February 8th on garden waste collection days, even if they don’t have a green bin. They will be collected free of charge. Please cut them up small enough to fit in the lorry and make sure they are free of decorations.
For more information and to sign up for the Council’s green waste collection service click here.
Truespeed Communications Ltd, based at Newton St Loe and backed by Aviva, is planning to bring high speed internet to Timsbury. The company has already provided a service to several villages in the area.
Using fibre optic cables direct to homes and businesses Truespeed promises a guaranteed transmission speed of 200Mb per second. This is sufficiently fast to successfully stream several films at the same time. If required faster packages will be available for business use.
The company will begin to recruit potential customers immediately and will go ahead with the installation when it has a reached an adequate number of requests (30% of households). When it goes ahead installation will make provision for every house in the village whether or not it is connected from the start.
Charge for the service on an 18-month contract is £47.50 each month for broadband and a telephone line. Standard installation cost is £125 for an overhead link from a Western Power or BT pole. The first 30% of households to sign up will receive installation free of charge.
A new telephone number will be assigned but an existing number can be retained for a one-off fee of £15. A range of calling plans will be available and Call Waiting; Caller ID and Voicemail will be charged at £1.25 a month (all three services will be charged at £3.00 a month).
Further details can be found at www.truespeed.com/about/our-story
The company will hold a presentation session at 7.00pm in the Conygre Hall on Monday, January 28th.
In form Timsbury Athletic continued their climb up the Somerset County League Division 1 with a 2-0 away win against lowly Wells City Reserves. Despite dominating the possession the visitors made hard work of the game and were indebted to two clinical finishes by Jem Lutwama.
Timsbury pressed from the start and after Lutwama had shot over the top Rhys Cook saw his shot go just wide. Wells were depending on long range efforts with both Connor Linham and Toby Thompson shooting wide. Home keeper Josh Bond saved from Ebner Heatley and both Lutwama and Cook were wide of the mark.
Lutwama then rounded the keeper but went too far and his centre which found Heatley was blocked by the home defence. At the other end Timsbury keeper Charlie Phillips had to move quickly to deny Tom Fozzard but Timsbury should have gone ahead five minutes from half-time when Lutwama missed from in front of goal after good work by Cook.
The breakthrough came three minutes into the second half and Lutwama’s frustrating afternoon took on a positive note when he latched on to an Ellis Hancock through ball to shoot past Bond. Jesse Bishop shot over for the visitors and Liam Craze saw his lob held by Bond before Hancock hit a terrific shot on to the post.
After 65 minutes Cook set up Lutwama and the prolific striker claimed his 17th league goal of the season. Soon after Bond denied him a hat-trick with a fine save and he made an equally good block to prevent Cook making it 3-0. A late strike from Linham flashed just past the visitors’ goal but generally it was a trouble-free afternoon for Phillips in the Timsbury goal.
Changes are being made to the timetable of the B&NES Council-supported bus service 768 from 6th January 2019 to improve punctuality. There is no change to the level of service.
Copies of a new leaflet will be available for passengers on the bus after the Christmas holiday. The new timetable can be found here.
Ten-man Timsbury Athletic shocked promotion seeking Saltford with an outstanding 4-3 win at home in the Somerset County League Division 1. When the home side lost Lewis Redwood midway through the second half the game seemed there for the taking for Saltford but Timsbury responded superbly. With front runners Jem Lutwana and Rhys Cook running the visitors’ defence ragged they claimed an unlikely victory.
Redwood’s afternoon had begun in a more positive manner when he headed Timsbury in front after nine minutes. The Saltford response was immediate, however , with Elliott Jones firing home the equalizer within a minute. The same player then saw a free-kick hit the home bar while at the other end brave defensive work from Iain Rider foiled Liam Craze.
Saltford took the lead after 34 minutes when a superb strike from Luke Woodley-Marshall flew past Charlie Phillips in the Timsbury goal. A fine ball from Toby Neilson set Cook clear for the home side but the striker screwed his shot wide. Timsbury equalized right on half-time with Ellis Hancock heading home a Cook corner.
Early in the second half Matt Brooks headed just wide for the home side while Cook wasted a free-kick on the edge of the box. Another inspired pass from Neilson then set up Lutwana who made no mistake to give Timsbury a 3-2 lead after 58 minutes.
Redwood was then sent off for a late challenge and Saltford took advantage when a Jones free-kick flew past a motionless Phillips to make it 3-3. Instead of suffering from the numerical disadvantage Timsbury took the game to the visitors and after Cook had hit the post with a cracking drive they took a 4-3 lead. Lutwama pulled the ball back from the far post and Josh Hopkins had the misfortune to shoot into his own goal. Lutwama had a great chance to tie the game up hitting the post with the goal at his mercy but Timsbury held firm for a famous win.
Star Man Jem Lutwama (Timsbury Athletic)
Malcolm Tucker
On Tuesday, February 12th the Society will welcome Alan Down, proprietor of Cleeve Nursery. Conygre Hall, 7.30pm.