11^th-15^th August 2008 

Despite the  unsettled weather  young people from South Petherwin Parish and surrounding parishes including, Launceston, St Thomas and North Hill were able to join in a week of sport and activities. On Monday 11^th  Aug  the NCDC Skatepark arrived for the morning at  South Petherwin community school playground. Over  thirty children and adults were able to have a go on their bikes or a skateboards. One mum learned to skateboard and commented,  I, loved it, let alone the kids�. Walter Tucker (7yrs) a younger parishioner said,  I really enjoyed going over the ramps. Meeting my friends again!

The Police Respect and Responsibility van was also on site and proved a great success. The  young people played on the various computer games, took part in a quiz and had their mobile phones security checked. P.C Dave Buckland, Youth Intervention Officer for North Cornwall was pleased with the day, excellent venue and hospitiality. The  Young people were really keen and interested. Look forward to returning with the van again.  Sharon Chinn , PCSO   and  councillor Phil Parsons were pleased that the Skatepark and the Respect and Responsibilty van worked well together, Councillor Parsons said,  we would like to run the two events again in the autumn as they were so successful.

On Wednesday afternoon a number of young  parishioners  enjoyed  football training and a  game at the school grounds. PC.Matt Kingdom,a trained football coach,  was part of the Launceston Police Outreach team, lead by Sharon Chinn, PCSO, Lawrence Hambrook, PCSO, Steve Edgser, PCSO and Simon Brooks. Following a number of basic team exercises and warm ups, two teams, Red and Green  were picked. Scott Sanders (9yrs) was the star player and led the Green team to a 7-6 victory over the Red team. PC,Matt Kingdom and Sharon Chinn were pleased with the turn out and enthusiasm of the young people. Sharon Chinn commented, �This was the first time this kind of event was run outside of Launceston. It was well attended and  good to be working with the support of a number of agencies including the Parish Council and the local School.  Councillor Phil Parsons thanked the PSCO's and PC, Matt Kingdom for their  help and assistance in making this such a fun and successful event, despite the rain.  

Finally on Friday evening at 6.30pm two  Kwick Cricket matches were played at the school grounds, as the  cricket field conditions were unsuitable.  Roger Gerry, South Petherwin Cricket Club(SPCC) Youth Manager and Steve Gerry, Club Player  took  a number of  parish young people through their warm up exercises. Then explained   the basic rules of Kwick cricket. Two team captains were selected, Nathan Godby (13yrs) and Jack Quinn (13yrs). The first game finished with Nathan�s team winning by 284 runs to 278. Despite a number of outstanding performances by Jack Quinns team members, including, Catlin Sanders, Josh Gerry and Sarah Godby, they lost by 287 runs to  297runs. Beth Godby (10yrs) said,  It was very good event and I would want to do it again.  Roger Gerry was encouraged by the number of locals young people attending, everyone enjoyed the evening, shame we could'nt play  at the cricket field, but pleased to see so many local young people, hopefully they may yet play for South Petherwin. I Hope this event can be run  again in the future�. Councillor Phil Parsons thanked all those taking part, especially  Selina Hooper for keeping the score. Commenting on the weeks events he said,  Despite the wet weather   each event has run and been well supported by the young people who have said it was fun and they would like to do it again. I would like to thank all those who helped to make it such a success including Sharon Chinn, PCSO, NCDC Skatepark officers, South Petherwin Community School, Roger Gerry (SPCC) and South Petherwin Parish Council. Hopefully we can run  events like this in the future.