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Former Reigate & Banstead Mayor Dies

Former mayor of Reigate and Banstead, and past council leader on two occasions, Councillor Mrs Joan Spiers sadly passed away on Monday (29 August 2016).

Paying tribute to Cllr Mrs Spiers, Council Leader Cllr Victor Broad said: “I am extremely saddened by the news of Joan’s sudden passing. She will be remembered for her dedication and hard work for the Borough Council as its Leader, as a councillor for 32 years and as Mayor of our borough during 2015-16..”

Reigate MP Crispin Blunt tweeted “Sad news of Cllr Joan Spiers death. Our business like and efficient Borough drew on her qualities during her leadership of Reigate and Banstead”

Cllr Spiers was the elected Ward Member for Kingswood and Burgh Heath from May 1984 until her death.

Former Leader of the Council and former Mayor Cllr Mrs Joan Spiers-1
She was keen to support YMCA East Surrey and the Royal British Legion as her charities during her time as Mayor, raising £28,500 that year for charity

Always keen to help many different groups across the borough, the theme for her mayoral year was ‘Encompass All.’

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Bank Holiday Weekend Football Update

It was a busy and somewhat dismal bank holiday weekend for our local football teams..

In league 2, Crawley suffered a 3 – 1 home defeat to Notts County on Saturday. The Reds will be looking to redeem themselves this evening in their match against Colchester whom they defeated in their last encounter in March,

In the Ryman Premier division, Merstham lost 3 – 0 at Leatherhead yesterday. This comes on top of their Saturday home defeat to Hendon by 4 goals to 3.

Meanwhile, in the Ryman Division 1 South, South Park had a good win beating Guernsey 3 – 0 at home following their 2- nil defeat at Sittingbourne on Saturday. East Grinstead had a poor bank holiday weekend losing 2 – nil at Hastings yesterday and 3 – nil at home to Carshalton Athletic on Saturday.

Slightly better news for Horley Town who lost 3 – nil at Epsom and Ewell yesterday but managed a 2 -1 home win against Hanworth Villa on Saturday.

Finally it was also a bad weekend for Redhill, who lost 4 – 2 at Worcester Park yesterday and 2 – 1 at Balham on Saturday.

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Hope for Isaac

Three year old Isaac has cerebral palsy and last year had surgery in America on his spinal nerves. After the operation and intense physio he has built up muscles in his legs, can now sit in a normal chair and has learnt to climb stairs. His walking is being held back by the muscles in the top of his legs being too tight. “Hope for Isaac” is raising funds for Isaac to have hip adductor release surgery and continued physio.

Jade McSorley from Hope for Isaac came into the Susy Radio studio and spoke to Tess Lewsey – listen to the interview here:

Want to help? Find out more here:

facebook.com/Hopeforisaac/

justgiving.com/hopeforisaac

Join in the Bushtrucker Trial Funday to raise funds for Isaac at South Park Football Club on Sunday 4th September.

bush tucker fun day poster

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Find out more: Party for Patrick 2016

This weekend (27th-28th August) sees the eighth running of the Party For Patrick music festival in Reigate and Louise from the Patrick Evans Foundation had a chat with Tess Lewsey about the origins of the charity and this years event.

Listen here:

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This year’s live music line up includes local 5 piece rock band Flanchford (pictured above) as well as Andrew Maxwell Morris, Fjokra, Van Susans, Lauren Ray, Chasin Vegas, Martin Luke Brown, Milly McCarron, Frankie Furlow and Joe Waller.
Alongside the music there’s food and drink stalls, a bouncy castle & outdoor games, convenient parking, plenty of picnic space, a Crafts Village and much more – and camping is now included with all festival tickets.

For more information and the latest ticket availability go to: www.patrickevansfoundation.co.uk