November 2011 Bulletin - Biggleswade Rugby Club

TEL: 01234 843905 ADVERTISING: advertising@biggleswadebulletin.co.uk BIGGLESWADE BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2011 15Ho, ho, ho, Santa RunOn your marks, get set and hoho ho for Keech!Keech Hospice Care is invitinglocal people to give Santa a run forhis money this December by donningthe famous red suit andwhiskers and joining them fortheir annual Santa Run.The Santa Run is a 5km fun runtaking place in three parks acrossthe region:Sunday 27th November 2011,11am, Fairlands valley Park,Stevenage.Sunday 4th December 2011 –11am, The embankment,Bedford.Sunday 11th December 2011 –11am, Wardown Park, Luton.The events raise vital funds orthe charity, which provides invaluablehospice care for children withlife limiting illnesses acrossBedfordshire and Herfordshire andfor adults in Luton and south andcentral Bedfordshire.It’s a chance for everyonetaking part to really kick start thecountdown to Christmas bydressing up as Santa and joininghundreds of others for a couple oflaps around the park. The runstarts late morning so not too earlyfor those recovering from aChristmas party the night before!At only 5km, the course is suitablefor all ages and abilities soparticipants can enter alone, with ateam of friends or work colleaguesor make it a family day out.Jacqui Shepherd, FundraisingDirector at Keech, said: “TheSanta Run is designed so thateveryone can get involved andraise money for charity and have asack full of fun in the process!Keech is open around the clockover Christmas – our care does notstand still over the festivities.Patients and their families may notbe lucky enough to get home forChristmas.“By taking part in therun, you’ll help us to continue tosupport our families for whomChristmas may not be such afestive time of year.”“We’ll provide the Santacostume – which you can keep: allyou have to do is sign up.”Entry costs £15 for adultsincluding your very own santa suitto wear on the day and £5 forchildren including festive headboppers. All participants mustregister in advance. To find outmore or register for the event, callthe events team on 01582 497940.Builder’s nine new sitesFIve star housebuilder, DavidWilson South Midlands, hasannounced it will be launchingnine new developments over thenext six months proving its continuedcommitment to the localhousing market.The division currently operatesthroughout the entire SouthMidlands region which coversNorthamptonshire, Bedfordshire,Buckinghamshire and Cambridge -shire and has developments thatspan from Peterborough to MiltonKeynes.Its current portfolio stands at15 new homes developments butrenewed confidence in theperformance of the local housingmarket has resulted in thedeveloper starting work on no lessthan nine new schemes.These new developments willbring 929 new homes to the regionand with a total sales value of£176.5 million, David Wilson isconfident that the property marketthroughout the region is likely tooutperform some other parts of thecountry.“Many househunters are startingto realise that now is a goodtime to buy because prices arelower than in 2007 and interestrates are rockbottom. Thisrenewed confidencein them a r k e t h a shad a positiveeffect on then u m b e r o fhomes we areselling and Iam confidentthat we well placed to continue tooutperform the national standard,”said Chris Hatfield, ManagingDirector at David Wilson SouthMidlands.“We would not be making thissignificant commitment to themarket in this area unless we wereconfident about its prospects in themedium-term.”“By building these developmentswe will be bringing newjobs to the region. We will also becreating well-designed, competitively-pricednew homes whichlocal people need.”The nine new developmentsinclude schemes in Bedfordshire,Buckinghamshire, Northampton -shire with the first of the developments,The Steeples in Calvert andRichmond Park in Northampton,due to launch in october.