Entries from April 2008

April 30, 2008

Weather washes out cup final

JKS will have to wait a while before adding to their silverware collection this season. Last night’s Challenge Vase final at Stratford Town’s stadium against Greenhill was washed out, following a series of very heavy downpours. Another local fixture suffered the same fate, while the match at Chasetown was abandoned after 50 minutes.
Castle Vale FC did manage [...]

April 29, 2008

St Gerards balloon found 70 miles away

     Rutland Water
The first of the 40 St Gerards birthday balloons, released from the school in Castle Vale on 23rd April, has been found 70 miles away on the shores of Rutland Water, in the County of Rutland, bordering Leicestershire.
The balloons were all numbered, and tagged with the address of the school, urging finders to contact [...]

April 29, 2008

Point deduction for Vale FC

  The Midland Combination have deducted a point from premier division side Castle Vale FC for fielding a player while he was under suspension. The club have also received a censure from the County Football Association.
Club Secretary Bill Mort says that the transgression was an oversight by the club, who thought that the player, Craig Nicholls, [...]

April 28, 2008

Polling stations - high time for a re-think

Thursday 1st May is local election day. Last year, Birmingham City Council reviewed where people should go to vote, and made very few changes. All voters in Castle Vale will have to go to one of three primary schools - Chivenor, Topcliffe, or Pegasus, to cast their vote.
So why does the City Council choose primary [...]

April 27, 2008

Vale ‘activists’ open on Wednesday

Castle Vale is holding an Open Day on Wednesday 30th April, from 3-7pm, at the secondary school in Farnborough Road. The main organizations that manage, direct and scrutinise the services and events on Castle Vale, one of the largest estates in Europe, will be displaying their wares, hoping to inform the public about their activities.
The [...]

April 26, 2008

Cup success for JKS

JKs won the Jack Mould Trophy, beating Henley Forest 4-1 in the final at Highgate this afternoon. In three days time, JKS will be playing in another cup final - the Challenge Vase at Stratford’s new ground, against Greenhill. Kick -off on Tuesday night is 7.45pm.
In the premier division of the Midland Combination, two second [...]

April 25, 2008

Hunt the balloon

          (click here for more pics on Photos page)
If you find a red balloon, perhaps in fragments, with a tag attached to it, look carefully - it may be one of the 40 released by pupils from St Gerards School on St George’s Day, the school’s 40th birthday. At 1pm on Wednesday lunchtime, after [...]

April 24, 2008

Striking Unions show united strength in Victoria Square

Strikes by teachers and Council workers hit Castle Vale today, closing two primary schools (St Gerards and Topcliffe), and causing Years 7,8 and 9 to be excluded from the secondary school. The Neighbourhood Office in Spitfire House was closed for the second successive day, following industrial action by members [...]

April 23, 2008

JKS almost there

A tense 2-2 draw against  3rd placed Dosthill at Farnborough Road tonight gave table -topping JKS a vital point in their bid to win the Division Two title of the Midland Combination. JKS now have 58 points with two league games left. Even if Dosthill, the only side who can catch them, win their remaining four games, one more [...]

April 23, 2008

Happy 40th Birthday, St Gerards

      
St Gerards School, Castle Vale, celebrated its 40th birthday, today, on St George’s Day. Vale Mail is very grateful to Ann Nicholls of St Gerards School for the photos, one of which shows the School’s three headteachers. Most will recognise the current Headteacher, David Hird (2006-present day), and of course, Barbara Peel (1992-2006). Older [...]