Ashby 20 in Packington Sunday 20th March 2016 – Road Closures

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Screen Shot 2016-02-23 at 23.10.13Road Race comes to Packington

Sunday March 20th 2016 from 10am – Some Road Closures, & prolonged Clockwise-One-Way-Only Roads, as 1,500 Runners loop anti-clockwise through the village, 3 times!  Delays notice for Ashby 20

Full race details – click here

The 1,497 runners entered in this 20-mile race come from Ashby at 10am, down Mill Street into Measham Road about 7 minutes later, and loop round twice via Swepstone, Heather and Normanton to run through our village again, first at about 10:55 am, then the leading runner comes inbound, past the Bull and Lion and up High Street in Packington towards Ashby, after 18+miles, at around 11:45am. Go Cheer!

The finish is at Bath Grounds, Ashby, after 20 whole miles, with the first finisher likely to be there in under two hours, minutes before noon.

The Route Map and schedule of Road Closures is shown below:

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Redburrow Lane Closure in March 2016 – Details

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Screen Shot 2015-03-25 at 21.21.25TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE OF  REDBURROW LANE, from PACKINGTON to NORMANTON

Packington Post has learned more detail of what appeared to be a proposed total closure of Redburrow Lane during the whole of March 2016. The Leics County Council (LCC) Press Release is reproduced below, followed by further details helpfully provided to Packington Post by the responsible Senior Technician at LCC, Mr Martin Chattin. 

Press Release from LCC:

LCC Highways (LCCH) has agreed to the temporary closure of Redburrow Lane, from the junction with Normanton Road, Packington, to Main Street in Normanton le Heath.

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The road will be closed from 07:00 hours Wednesday 2nd March 2016 for up to 31 days.

This will safely allow LCCH to carry out repairs to an existing culvert and associated highway works, including carriageway patching.

During the closure the alternative route will be :- From Main Street Normanton le Heath, via Ashby Road, to Normanton Road Packington,  & Vice Versa.

For further information, contact LCCH tel: 0116 305 0001

Further Details given to Packington Post:

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Cricket Club Fun Quiz Night – Saturday 16th April 2016

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2016 Quiz FlyerThis year’s Packington CC Fun Quiz Night will be held on Saturday 16th April 2016 at Packington Memorial Hall, 7-30pm for an 8-00pm start. Entry is for teams of 4 players, and the cost per team is £12 – yes that’s right, £3 per head for an evening’s entertainment, you can’t say fairer than that!!

We will have the usual mix of questions.  As ever there will be a licensed bar to help oil the wheels & cogs of your brains as you attempt to answer the questions. It’s all light-hearted though, we aim to keep the emphasis on the “fun” aspect of the evening!

All proceeds from this event go into the Cricket Club’s funds to help pay for ground and equipment maintenance, club insurance, etc.

So to book your team’s place, phone Giles Bee on 07950 574204 or email gilesbee@hotmail.co.uk.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

2016 Packington Big Breakfast – Saturday 5th March

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Packington’s Big Breakfast Again in 2016!

Saturday 5th March 2016 9 am to 1 pm

Hospice Hope has been chosen as the charity to benefit from this year’s Big Breakfast at the Packington Memorial Hall on Saturday 5th March, from 9am through to 1pm.  This fantastic event, which is now in its fifth year, is a chance to forget any New Year’s Resolutions or diet plans and enjoy a full English breakfast for a great cause in a friendly, social setting.20150228 Big Breakfast labelled exIMG_9157w500h479 
The event is the brainchild of Mike Coke, who initiated the first Packington Big Breakfast in 2012 and raised funds for a Children’s charity, and again in 2013 for a national cancer charity.  150 breakfasts were dished up then, but it was felt that the idea could be put to better use for local projects.  So in 2014, over £1,400 was raised to provide Packington with its own defibrillator and in 2015 another 300 breakfasts raised £1,400 to send a local boy with muscular dystrophy for specialised treatment in Scotland.
You don’t have to live in Packington to support the event – but it is heart-warming that the village does turn out in full for a good fry-up!  A full English is only £6 (£3 for children) or just have a bacon/sausage bap for £3.  They also do takeaways!  No need to book, just pop along to the Village Hall in the centre of Packington. During the morning there will also be a chance to buy tickets for the big Packington Raffle, with its valuable prizes.

As you can expect with an event that is serving up a cooked breakfast every minute for four hours, the Big Breakfast is heavily reliant on volunteers.  Please help – Mike would love to hear from anyone who would be interested in helping out with taking orders, money, making drinks and plating up the food – his contact details are below.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 5th March between 9am and 1pm.

If you are able to volunteer, even for just an hour, or for more information about the event, please email:  mike.coke@talktalk.net or ring him on 01530 560430.

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We’re grateful to Hospice Hope, for what they do, and for providing the text of this Post on our Packington Post website. Read more  About Hospice Hope