It is with deep regret that we report the passing of a great servant of the community in the early hours of Sunday morning. Ian Huckerby was well known to many people in the village for his 24 years of unstinting service as Youth Manager at Berkswell Cricket Club. He was deeply admired and respected by many children, parents and players at the club and on a wider level through his sterling work with youth players at Warwickshire County Cricket Club. To many cricketers, Ian’s contribution to their lives went way beyond cricket itself and his loss has been deeply felt. BalsallCom.Com will be publishing an in depth tribute in due course and residents are invited to contribute their reflections.
In the meantime we are able to report Ian’s funeral will take place at Oakley Wood Crematorium next Friday, 3rd February 2012.
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Steve Wake reports on Berkswell & Balsall’s Warwickshire Cup Quarter Final victory over Silhillians on Saturday 21st January 2012:
Silhillians – 17 Berkswell & Balsall – 34
Berkswell eased into the Warwickshire Cup semi-finals with an emphatic victory at league rivals Silhillians. After completely dominating most of the first fifty minutes in cruising to a 27-0 lead, B’s allowed the home to fight-back in the second half. 17 unanswered points from Sils saw a comfortable lead reduced to a nervous one, before B’s reasserted their advantage in the final quarter.
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Balsall Common’s thespian group Centre Stage are holding their annual family pantomime ‘Pinocchio’ at the Heart of England school from next Friday 27th January 2012.
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Steve Wake reports on Berkswell’s hard fought victory over Barkers Butts on Saturday 14th January 2012 in their West Midlands Division 2 South encounter. Berkswell’s remarkable season won official recognition as their first XV have flown up the table having begun the season with a 15 point handicap, punishment meted out for their involvement in a mass brawl during a game last season:
Barkers Butts – 7 Berkswell & Balsall – 8
As the score suggests, this was a tight, tense affair, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire’s latest rugby Team of the Month Berkswell coming out with the narrowest of victories. There wasn’t a great deal between the sides; Barkers were probably the more creative and had more of the possession, but the Berkswell pack were well on top in their duel with the Barkers front eight and were always able to provide both a barrier to the Butts attack and an attacking option when in home territory. A red card for Berkswell Flanker Mark Connors meant that the visitors had to play the final twelve minutes with only fourteen men and Butts squandered three kickable penalties during the final few minutes. Eventually the single point lead was enough for Berkswell to secure their second victory at their local rival’s ground this season – having already beaten Barkers in the Warwickshire Cup.
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Property advisors and consultancy firm Frank Knight have compiled videos using Google Maps to show an eagle’s eye view of the proposed HS2 route from London to Birmingham. Here we share the section from Balsall Common to Hampton in Arden. The video picks up on the disused Kenilworth to Balsall Common line, before passing Balsall Common through Lavendar Hall fisheries and onwards to Hampton in Arden:
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Friendship Clinic Nepal
24 year old Katherine Allen, a Coventry staff nurse who grew up in Balsall Common, has returned home to host a free awareness event this Saturday evening (7th January) at the Jubilee Centre on Station Road, to showcase the important humanitarian work of the impressive charity Friendship Clinic Nepal.
Katherine has just returned from a 3 month tour of duty, which included one month working at a clinic in a rural village helping sick and impoverished people in the jungle area of eastern Nepal. The charity, which was founded in 1996, has successfully delivered numerous projects aimed at improving the health and well-being of the local population of Meghauli, projects which among other things, have included the installation of toilets and clean water wells in every home, hundreds of life saving operations and the establishment of schools and children’s homes.
“I was lucky enough to learn a great deal about the charity whilst assisting the clinic’s founder Hari Bandhari write their annual report, and left feeling hugely inspired by their work!” says Katherine.
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Steve Wake reports on how Berkswell’s incredible run of victories in the Midlands West Division 2 (South) came to an end with a narrow defeat on the road to Old Laurentians on Saturday 17th December:
Old Laurentians 13 – Berkswell & Balsall 10
This was a close game in which Berkswell played below par and missed several clear chances. In the end it proved to be Old Laurentians (OL) first half scores which sealed their victory. Berkswell pulled back to within three points early in the second half, but couldn’t take any of their further chances. OL’s had second-half opportunities of their own, but also failed to turn them into points. On a cold, windy day, both sides struggled with their kicking and for once the visitor’s forwards couldn’t turn their dominance into points
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