GREAT news for cricket fans. The Sevenoaks Summer Festival event, starring former Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld, sold out so quickly at the original Sackville Theatre that the organisers have moved the show to the larger Pamoja Hall at Sevenoaks School. The evening with 'Blowers', as he is affectionately known, is on Tuesday 3 July, 7.30 start, and £25 tickets are available from The Festival Box Office is hosted by The Stag at 01732 450175 and online via www.sevenoaksfestival.org.uk. See more details below.
Sam Palmer, the founder of the fitness group SLJ in Sevenoaks, explains why we shouldn’t stop exercising as we get older.
RUN, Walk or Push against Dementia returned to Knole Park for a second time to raise money for local dementia services on Sunday (13 May). Are you in one of the pictures from the day?
It's been a great season for the girls at Sevenoaks Hockey Club with two of the teams reaching national finals plus triumphs in the Kent and East Kent tournaments
Are you a cyclist? If so, would you like the chance of taking part in the extremely popular Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100, a closed road event on Sunday 29 July?
IT WAS celebration time to for the Sevenoaks Ladies Masters O-45 team on Saturday when they won the Investec Tier 1 trophy at Lee Valley, Olympic Park. This was the third title they had lifted in four years. Julie Nicholson scored a hat-trick to help Sevenoaks to a 3-1 win against Cambridge in the final. The Sevenoaks O-45 squad is made up of players who normally play for the 3rd XI right through to the 7th XI and put their success down to the fact the majority of them have been playing together for the town hockey club for nearly 20 years.
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TOMORROW is the day (18 April) Sevenoaks gets to celebrate with double Winter Olympic Champion, Lizzy Yarnold, when she embarks on a victory bus tour of the area. The tour will begin at the District Council offices in Argyle Road, Sevenoaks at 9.30am, where the public can wave Lizzy off. The bus will pass through Otford, Eynsford, Swanley and Horton Kirby before finishing in West Kingsdown where the former St Michael's School pupil spent her childhood. On the way there will be a number of stops at local schools as well as at Swanley High Street around 11am. The stops at local
FARNINGHAM Cricket Club is looking for new players for its Women’s Cricket Team. The team, having only been established in the last year, is keen to get off the ground and have facilities to cater for all ages and ability. At the moment the focus is on softball tournaments and games but they are looking to progress into hardball games within the next few years. The club can offer training once a week, as well as games/tournaments and a social environment with events in their clubhouse and bar. If you want to try playing to see if it is for you, Farningham Cricket Club