2012-06

June/July 2012 

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WELCOME to Impact – the magazine of St Chad’s Church, 

Woodseats. Impact is published every two months and distributed 

to over 5,000 homes in S8. 

St Chad’s Church is committed to serving you – the people of 

Woodseats, Beauchief and Chancet Wood. To find out more about 

St Chad’s visit our website at www.stchads.org or call the church 

office on 0114 274 5086. 

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House 

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Office 

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School 

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When I think of the time in my life that I felt proudest, 

there could be a number of occasions: Getting my 

degree from university (being the first in my family 

to have studied past school), qualifying as a solicitor 

and being ordained as priest all were moments when 

I felt very proud (though probably not as proud as 

my parents!). But the time when I was proudest was 

undoubtedly when at the age of 14 I won the school 

200m sprint. 

I was not a natural athlete by any means, and all 

the way through childhood had been the boy that noone 

wanted to pick in sports teams. My school form 

captain had selected me to run the 200m (against 

some of the best sprinters in my year) not because 

he had any hope of me winning but because if I was 

going to come last somewhere it might as well be 

in an event where no-one else from my form had a 

chance of winning. 

Adolescence, however, is a strange thing and somewhere between being 

selected to run and taking part my body changed dramatically. Limbs grew 

longer, muscles developed and suddenly I was running 200m in 25 seconds 

and 100m in 12. On the day of the race I burst out of the starting blocks 

and beat the favourite by a whisker. Not exactly Chariots of Fire, but for a 

14-year-old lacking confidence and having grown used to being known as 

the brainy boy with two left feet for a moment it really was a case of being 

top of the world. 

The headlines this summer will most likely be captured by those like 

Usain Bolt and (hopefully) Jessica Ennis. But for many athletes simply 

being there will feel remarkable. I am hoping that there will be at least a few 

medals won by rank outsiders. 

The Olympic motto is citius, altius, fortius, meaning swifter, higher, 

stronger. For the gold medallists that means being swifter, higher and 

stronger than anyone else, but every competitor will try to be swifter, higher 

and stronger than they have ever been before. Watching personal bests 

being broken is as enjoyable as seeing the medals being won. 

I will be going to London to see the Paralympics in 

September. It will be here that some of the true heroes of 

sport can be seen – those for whom citius, altius, fortius 

has meant huge personal determination and almost 

superhuman feats of will and perseverance. I hope that 

all of us can find inspiration this summer in seeing the 

achievements of the outsiders and the disadvantaged as 

well as the victories of the favourites. If that is the 

case then the Olympic Spirit will well and truly be 

seen. 

Rev Toby Hole, 

Vicar, St Chad’s Church, Woodseats 

Swifter, higher, stronger 



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What do goal-scorers 

and magicians have in 

common? 

They love hat-tricks! 

Why 

can’t a 

bicycle 

stand 

up 

on its 

own? 

Because it’s too tyred! 

Why should bowling 

alleys be quiet? 

So you can hear a pin drop! 

What did the wicket keeper say to 

the ball? 

I’ll catch you later! 

Why are babies good at football? 

Because they do a lot of dribbling! 

A struggling golfer 

goes into the pro shop 

and looks around 

frowning. 

Finally the pro asks 

what he wants. “I 

can’t find any green 

golf balls,” the golfer 

complains. The pro 

asks, “Why do you 

want green golf balls?” 

”Well obviously, 

because they would 

be so much easier to 

find in the bunkers!” 

Why did 

Cinderella get 

kicked out of the 

netball team? 

She kept running 

away from the 

ball! 

How do 

footballers 

stay cool? 

They stand 

next to the 

fans. 

Why can’t cars play football? 

Because they only have one 

boot! 

Fun and Laughs 

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What’s On 

Send details of your event to impact@stchads.org or write to: Impact, 

St Chad‟s Church Offices, 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB. 

AEGON British Tennis Tour 

Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre 

Health Walks 

World ranked players compete 

lMondays – 10am: Graves Park. 

alongside 

Meet at the 

local 

Animal 

Sheffield 

Farm car 

players. 

park; 

lTuesdays Call 0114 – 283 10.30am: 9900. Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at Abbeydale 

February Industrial Hamlet; 5 

Book lThursdays Sale – 10.30am: Lowedges. 

36 Meet Crawshaw at the Community Grove, Beauchief Wing, 

10am-12pm 

Lowedges Junior School. 

Good & Call quality 0114 second-hand 203 9337. books 

for June sale 3 in aid of the Alzheimer‟s 

Society. Roundhouse Donations Activity of paperback Day & Big 

novels Lunch or biographies in good 

Heeley City Farm 

condition are welcome (but not 

11am-3pm 

larger 

Celtic crafts 

books 

at 

due 

the 

to 

Roundhouse. 

space 

limitations). 

Bring something to share for a picnic 

lunch. Entry is free. 

February 5 

June 17 

Free Environmental Activities 

Living History Tours 

Millhouses Abbeydale Industrial Park Hamlet 

10.30am-12.30pm 

11am-4pm 

Obstacle Join Mr Tyzack course and and his stream cast of 

dipping Victorian activities Living History for 8 - characters 13 year as 

olds. they bring to life the hamlet’s past. 

Call 0114 263 4335. 

10.30am-12.30pm 

Nature quiz trail, stream dipping 

and June bug 24 hunting activities for 8 - 13 

year Edwardian olds. Picnic 

Bishops’ Call 0114 House 235 6348. 

10am-5pm 

February Kite flying, 20 croquet, punch and judy 

Why and barber Not Try shop A Bike harmony. 

Greenhil June 29 & Park June 30 

10am-2pm 

Hi De Hi 

Rediscover Abbeydale Picture your cycling Houseskills in 

Greenhill Fri 7.30pm, Park. Sat 2.30 The & rangers 7.30pmwill 

provide 

Abbeydale 

a bike, 

Theatre 

helmet 

Company 

and 

presents Hi De Hi a new stage show 

instruction. Meet at the Bowls 

based on the popular BBC TV series. 

Pavilion, Tickets are Greenhill £10 for adults Park. and £8 for 

Booking under 12s. is essential. 

& Call Call 0114 07725 283 551722 9195. 

Beauchief Abbey holds holds a a variety 

variety of services of services and anyone and anyone is 

is welcome welcome to to attend. attend. For For more details 

see details the see Abbey the notice Abbey board. notice 

board. 

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June 30 

Hallam Sinfonia 

Ecclesall Parish Church 

7.30pm 

Hallam Sinfonia in concert with 

conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa. 

July 1 

Run in the Park 

Graves Park 

3k fun run 10am 

10k race 11am 

Two runs in aid of Weston Park 

Hospital Cancer Charity. 

Entry is £5 for the 3k fun run and 

£10/£12 for the 10k race. 

& Call 0114 2265370 or visit www. 

wphcancercharity.org.uk/ritp. 

July 7&8 

Cliffhanger 

Graves Park 

Cliffhanger is one of the UK’s largest 

outdoor outdoor-pursuits festivals. 

The family-friendly weekend includes 

a live music stage plus 5k trail race 

and a 50k cycle sportive and the 

British Bouldering Championships. 

& Call 01433 639378 or visit www. 

cliff-hanger.co.uk 

July 14 

Sing The Olympics 

St Oswald’s Church, Abbeydale Rd 

7.30pm 

Hallam Choral Society performs a 

collection of songs which represent 

different aspects of the London 2012 

Olympic Games. 

July 15 

Traditional Skills 

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet 

11am-4pm 

Local craftspeople share their skills 

and there’s the chance to try lacemaking 

or wood-turning and join the 

blacksmith at his forge. 

There will also be Living History 

Tours: ‘Sheffield Steel: Best in the 

World’ with Benjamin Huntsman and 

Henry Bessemer. Entry: adults £3; 

Children free. 

& Call 0114 272 2106 

What’s On 



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St Chad’s 

1912-2012 

" 

Scarecrow Competition 

Scarecrow’s name: 

Help to celebrate 

Scarecrow invasion! 

____________________________________ 

Your Name: 

____________________________________ 

Address:_____________________________ 

____________________________________ 

Contact no:___________________________ 

Please return to St Chad’s Church Office, 

9 Linden Ave, Sheffield S8 0GA by July 14 

On Saturday July 21, the front 

gardens of Woodseats and Beauchief 

will be “invaded”, not by aliens, but by 

scarecrows - hundreds of them, we hope! 

Now’s your chance to be creative and let 

your imagination run riot. 

You’re not too young, or too old, to 

be involved. Your scarecrow can be as 

plain and simple as you like, or as fancy 

- it’s up to you! If you’d like to enter the 

competition, and maybe win a prize, just 

complete the form on this page and take 

it to the Church Office by July 14. 

And remember, you don’t have to 

compete - if you’d rather, just make a 

scarecrow for the fun of it. It’ll make you, 

and other people, smile! 



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100 years of St Chad’s 

GOOD NEWS! We’re 

delighted that Rev 

Roly Bain, clownpriest 

and co-founder of 

“Holy Fools”, will once 

again be spreading joy 

and laughter in our part of 

Sheffield. 

And there will be lots of 

opportunities for you to meet 

him and enjoy his clowning 

around! 

He’ll be joining the parents 

and children of Abbey Lane 

School at their Summer Fair on 

the afternoon of Friday, June 

29. 

You might bump into him 

again if you’re out shopping 

the following morning - Roly 

will be doing a “walk-about” 

in Woodseats from 10 am 

onwards, before he joins us all 

at our Garden Party on the field 

A celebration for 

St Chad’s couples 

Within the last 100 years many couples 

have wed at St Chad’s. 

As part of our centenary we are holding 

a service to celebrate the many long 

marriages which were blessed here as well 

as the recent marriages not yet celebrating 

their first anniversary. 

The service will take place on June 

9. For more information please contact 

Yvonne Smith at St. Chad’s Church Office, 

9 Linden Avenue, Woodseats, Sheffield 

S8 0GA, phone 0114 274 5086 or email 

office@stchads.org. 

Clowning around 

behind Church House between 

11am and 2pm. 

There will be a Pie and Pea 

Supper in church between 6.30 

and 9.30pm that evening to 

which everyone is welcome. 

Entertainment will come in 

the form of a Big Quiz and, of 

course, Roly will be there, too. 

Please phone Church Office on 

0114 274 5086 for tickets and 

details. 

Do join us again in church 

on Sunday, July 1st at 10am 

for the culmination of a 

weekend of fun, fellowship and 

thanksgiving when Roly will 

be speaking and, no doubt, 

he’ll have us “roly-ing in the 

aisles” too! Last time he visited 

there weren’t any spare seats, 

so do come early to avoid 

disappointment!. Watch out for 

posters giving more details. 

Here are some of the events 

planned to celebrate our centenary: 

May 20 - Church Picnic and Open Air 

Service at Chatsworth Park 

June 9 - Marriage Celebration Service 

July 21 - Scarecrow event 

June 29-July 1 - Visit by Roly Bain the 

Clown 

September 14-16 - Flower and Art 

Festival 

September 29 - Salvation Army band 

7-9pm 

October - Community Project TBA 

November - Riding Lights Group TBA 

December - Living Advent Calendar 

December 7 - Sheffield Folk Chorale 



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Reaching the 

summit 

In January this year, I 

trekked to the summit 

of Mount Kilimanjaro 

in Tanzania with 

Compassion, a Christian 

charity through which 

you can sponsor children 

living in 26 of the world’s 

poorest countries. 

At 5,895 m (19,341 

ft), Mount Kilimanjaro is 

the highest mountain in 

Africa, the fourth highest 

of the world’s Seven 

Summits, and the highest 

freestanding mountain in 

the world. The trek was 

therefore a challenging 

and life changing 

adventure! 

Our group of 18 trekked 

for six days on the Rongai 

route to the summit. Our 

day on Kilimanjaro began 

with a morning wake up 

and cup of tea from one of 

our guides, and a bowl of 

warm water for washing. 

After getting dressed, we 

headed for the communal 

mess tent for breakfast. 

After breakfast, we 

packed up our belongings. 

The majority of these 

went into a larger kitbag, 

which our porters carried 

to the next camp along 

with all our food, water, 

and tents. We carried 

only a day bag, as we 

collectively set off for the 

next camp. Our guides set 

the slow pace, known as 

‘pole, pole’, in order to aid 

acclimatisation, for which 

we were also encouraged 

to drink four to five litres 

of water a day. We ate 

lunch en route or at the 

next camp. On arriving 

at camp, we set off on a 

short acclimatisation walk 

to let our body sample the 

stress of a higher altitude 

before descending back 

to camp. While eating 

dinner, we were debriefed 

by the Chief Guide, before 

heading to our tent to 

sleep! 

The final and most 

demanding part of the trek 

took place by torchlight, 

as we set off at 11pm, 

up a zig-zag trail through 

loose volcanic scree for 

seven hours to the crater 

rim at Gilman’s point 

(5,685 m). The summit, 

Uhuru Peak (5, 895 m), 

was a further three-hour 

round trip, passing close 

to spectacular glaciers 

and ice cliffs. 

Trekking to the summit 

of Mount Kilimanjaro 

was a physically and 

emotionally demanding 

challenge, but I believe 

God gave me the strength 

to achieve it. Dr Hans 

Meyer, a geologist from 

Germany, who in 1889 

was the first climber 

to reach the summit, 

describes my feelings 

when he wrote, ‘...I don’t 

think that I would that 

night have changed 

places with anybody in the 

world.’ 

Helen Fisher 



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You could be forgiven for 

thinking that, with multiple 24 

hour sports channels 

and more opportunities to 

see and participate in sport than 

ever before, we are the most 

sports-mad generation that ever 

lived. That could be so, but it 

would take something to beat the 

obsession with sport that governed 

the ancient world. 

Track and field events, swimming, 

wrestling and chariot racing (as well 

as the more gory displays that took 

place in the Coliseum) dominated 

the daily life of Greek and Roman 

citizens. So many words in use today 

come from Greek and Latin sporting 

terms: marathon, arena, agony and 

antagonism (from the Greek agon, 

meaning contest), and of course 

many of the events in the modern 

Olympics are direct descendants from 

the ancient games. Even sporting 

hooliganism was not uncommon – 

the ancient city of Byzantium was 

largely destroyed by the rival Blue 

and Green chariot teams who rioted 

after one contest. 

So it is perhaps unsurprising to see 

St Paul, who would have regularly 

found himself in cities dominated by 

amphitheatres and arenas, using 

sporting images and metaphors to 

get his point across. 

In his letter to the Church in Corinth 

he talks about his determination to 

succeed in his task of bringing the 

Gospel to all in terms of training 

for the games in order to win an 

everlasting crown. He does not, 

he says, run aimlessly or engage in 

shadow boxing. On the contrary he is 

as disciplined as the most obsessive 

athlete in order that he will not find 

himself disqualified for the prize. 

To the church in Galatia, Paul again 

uses the race metaphor – describing 

their sliding away from the gospel 

as like a runner who suddenly finds 

themselves cut in and overtaken by 

someone else. You were running a 

good race, he complains, why have 

you let someone else snatch it from 

you. 

And then at the very end of his 

life, imprisoned and facing death, a 

more contemplative Paul writes to 

his young friend Timothy to say that 

he has now fought the good fight, 

finished the race and kept the faith. 

You can detect in those remarks 

a sense of relief, exhaustion and 

satisfaction. He knows that he will 

soon be executed by those same 

Romans for whom murder itself was a 

sport, but though for his executioners 

it would look as though he had lost 

the fight, for Paul the finishing line is 

in sight and the victor’s crown is his. 

The race is not always to the swift, 

says the book of Ecclesiastes. For 

Paul, as for many of us, the life of 

faith is a marathon that calls for 

training and perseverance but with 

the certainty of glory at the end. 

Toby Hole 

Running a good race 



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Off-Road Running 

It was about 20 

years ago when I 

first hit the Peak 

District hills! 

Since that time I 

have run up and down 

countless hills and 

mountains, in countless 

parts on the country and 

in all sorts of weather! 

Sometimes in a group, 

sometimes by myself, 

sometimes in a race 

and sometimes just with 

my dog! For me there’s 

nothing better after a 

busy day, or at the start of a day, 

when it’s still misty and still, to put 

on my old running shoes and head 

towards Burbage, Stanage or White 

Edge and go for a run. If you get 

the timing right, it can be really quiet 

and peaceful. If you get the timing 

wrong it’s full of hikers that you have 

to navigate round. And what I like 

best is running in the cold and wet, 

splashing through the marshes and 

getting muddied up! For me it’s miles 

better than running on pavements 

and tarmac dodging cars at 

junctions. The Peak District is God’s 

natural gym, albeit without changing 

rooms, showers and coffee! 

You may remember the news 

a few years ago when thousands 

of fell runners competing in a two 

day mountain event were reported 

stuck in treacherous conditions in 

the Lake District. I was up there 

being battered by the rain and wind, 

careering down flash waterfalls, but 

we made the end of the first day and 

were disappointed when we couldn’t 

do it again the second day! 

Being out in the wind and rain, the 

ice and the snow, facing whatever 

conditions God throws at you adds 

to the excitement, challenge and 

fun of any run or race. For me it’s 

about being closest to nature, that 

means facing the elements, and 

Darren and new running partner Cassie 

being away from the lights and 

noises of the city. It provides a 

great sense of release and feelings 

of peace and tranquillity, even 

though I’m bounding down hills and 

dodging boulders and rocks! Quite 

often I take time out (you spend a 

lot of time looking down watching 

your steps when felling running) 

to admire the simple beauty of 

creation. It’s not the Himalayas or 

the Alps, but the Peak District has its 

own unique beauty. And it‘s at these 

moments when I feel the closest to 

God. It’s not complex or particularly 

overwhelming. It’s just in the 

simplicity and stillness on the side or 

top of mountain, in the drizzle and 

cold, in the morning mist, when I can 

feel the sense of a creator God. 

Not everyone can run up and 

down mountains to find that special 

place of peace and tranquillity, 

where they can meet with God. It’s 

certainly worth trying if you can! But 

I am sure there are places you can 

escape to? Maybe it’s a stroll in the 

woods or the park, or simply sitting 

on a park bench or deck chair in the 

garden. If this is your place then I 

highly recommend it. 

Darren Coggins 

PS: If you are interested in fell 

running then check out the Totley AC 

at www.totleyac.org.uk 



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What connects the word 

Pancration and the Greek 

Royal Navy? Give in? 

Answer: The Olympic Games. 

The modern Olympic Games is 

the major international sporting 

event in which thousands of 

athletes participate in a variety of 

competitions, from more than two 

hundred countries. 

The original Olympic Games were 

held in Olympia from the 8th century 

BC to the 4th 

century AD, there 

were no winter 

games for obvious 

reasons. 

Originally most 

of the participants 

would be people 

from the military 

whilst in the 1896 

games everyone 

would be amateur. 

This has changed 

over the last 

few decades 

to include 

professionals and 

now because 

of the dedication needed to be 

amoungst the best in the world most 

athletes are now semi-professional 

and professional. 

The ethos of the games is to help 

build a peaceful and better world by 

educating young people through sport 

without any discrimination and in the 

Olympic spirit which requires mutual 

understanding and all within a spirit of 

friendship, solidarity and fair play. 

Contrast this with the ancient 

Olympics which was far from any sort 

of spirit of fair play. For instance, take 

Pancration. This was an event held 

in the ancient Olympic games and 

means ‘all powerful’. It was a type of 

martial art which was a combination 

of wrestling and boxing. However 

it definitely was not a sport for 

gentlemen – cast off any images of 

Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams of 

‘Chariots of Fire’ fame. In Pancration 

there were very few rules and 

everything and anything was allowed. 

This included biting, dislocating 

joints and gouging each other’s eyes 

out. This ‘sport’ was so brutal that 

occasionally a contestant would die 

during the event. For some reason 

this was the event that was said to be 

the most popular of the games. 

And what has any of this to do with 

the The Greek 

Royal Navy? We 

are so used to the 

events being open 

to all that it seems 

impossible now 

that there could be 

any qualification 

based on 

nationality alone. 

In the first games 

of the modern 

Olympics in 1896 

there were four 

swimming events, 

one of which was 

for members of the 

Greek Royal Navy! 

It was a one hundred metres free 

style event and the record was about 

two minutes and twenty seconds, 

which is a full minute more than the 

open one hundred metre event of the 

same games. 

People now may complain about 

the cost of staging the modern games 

or about issues such as performance 

enhancing substances but at least 

nobody dies and when was the last 

time that anyone from the Greek 

Navy won a swimming event? 

Answers on a postcard please! 

Steve Winks 

Olympics past 

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World moves 

Young chess star Sam 

Cobbold jetted off to 

Romania in April 

to represent 

England in a world chess 

championship. 

Sam, from Beauchief, 

took part in the World 

Schools Individual Chess 

Championship, competing 

in the under-13s category. 

Sam and his family 

attend St Chad’s and he’s 

a member of the church’s 

B4H Sunday morning group 

and Rooted Thursday night 

boys group. 

A pupil at Silverdale 

School, he plays chess at the 

Sheffield Area Schools Chess 

Association. 

As Impact was going to press, 

Sam was still competing in Romania 

where he had travelled with mum 

Emma. He told us he was enjoying 

the red hot weather - while the UK 

was experiencing its wettest ever 

May - and was pleased with his how 

he was playing. 

Do you enjoy playing chess? 

Woodseats Chess Club meets on 

Monday evenings and is inviting people 

to join. 

Club member Peter Hulse said: “We 

aim to be the friendliest, biggest and 

most successful chess club in the 

region and we want to promote chess in 

Sheffield and its schools.” 

The club meets on Monday evenings 

at Laycocks Sports Club, Archer Road 

and whether you are an International 

Master or beginner, you are welcome to 

join them! 

Go to www.woodseatschess.org. 

uk for more details or contact Peter 

at peter@hulse.plus.com or call 0114 

2748512. 



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It was announced recently that 

the 1981 Oscar-winning film 

Chariots of Fire is to be brought 

back to the big screen ahead of this 

summer’s Olympics, following a 

digital re-mastering of the film. 

The film tells the true story of 

several runners training to compete 

in the 1924 Paris Olympics. The 

main character in the film, Eric 

Liddell, is the favourite to win the 

100m race. However, following 

an announcement that the semifinals 

were to be held on a Sunday, 

Liddell felt compelled to pull out, as 

a result of his conviction to keep 

the Sabbath special. Instead he 

focussed on the 200m and 400m, 

his less favoured events. He 

won bronze in the 200m, but his 

personal best in the 400m was 

modest by international standards. 

At the starting blocks, an 

American Team masseur slipped 

a piece of paper into his hand 

with a quotation from 1 Samuel 

2:30: “Those who honour me, I will 

honour.” Inspired, he ran the race 

as a sprint from the start - at the time 

the 400m was considered a middledistance 

event - and then managed 

to hold off the American favourites to 

win gold, breaking the 

world record in the 

process. It stood as 

a European record 

for 12 years. 

However, the film 

ends without telling 

the even more 

remarkable 

story of 

Liddell’s 

life after the 

Olympics. 

The following 

year, Liddell felt 

called by God 

to go to China, 

leaving behind 

his successful 

athletics and rugby career, and 

began teaching in a Chinese school. 

In 1937 the Japanese invaded. 

Four years later, following British 

Government advice, his wife and 

children left China. However, Liddell 

stayed in order to help his brother, 

a doctor, at a rural medical mission 

station, which served the poor. 

In 1943 he was interned by the 

Japanese. He became a leader 

and organiser in the camp, where 

food, medicine and other basics 

were scarce and conditions were 

extremely tough. Five months 

before liberation, he died of a brain 

tumour, at the age of 43. Overwork 

and malnutrition had hastened his 

death. 

It is also believed that, in a 

prisoner exchange programme, 

Liddell had declined an opportunity 

to leave the camp. Instead he gave 

his place to a pregnant woman. His 

final words, in reference to how he 

had given his life to God, were “It’s 

complete surrender”. 

Jonathan Millard 

Oscar-winning true tale 



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Services at St Chad’s 

 

Sunday Services 

The 9am Service 

● Traditional in style 

● Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns 

● Includes refreshments afterwards 

● Taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion 

 

the Lifted, 10.30am 11am Service 

● Informal and relaxed in style 

● An emphasis on families 

● Includes music, led by a band 

● Includes Refreshments refreshments served from before 10.15-10.45am 

the service 

 

Weekday Services 

Morning Prayers 

• Monday to Thursday at 9am 

Evening Prayers 

• Monday to Thursday at 5pm 

The Thursday 10am Service 

• Traditional in style 

• Taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion 

• Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns 

• Held in the Lady Chapel at the back of church 

 

Other Services 

 

Prayer and Praise 

A Time to be Still 

• To Sunday, be held February on Monday 13 at June 7.30pm 20 and Monday July 

A service 18, 7.15-8pm of quiet reflection to be held on 

Wednesday • A contemplative June 27 and meditative Wednesday form July of 25 worship from 

7.15 with Wednesday, to 8pm. the theme March Seeking 9 at Stillness 7.30pm with Jesus . 

Ash Wednesday Service 

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St Chad’s has run a Snooker 

Club for about 90 years. In 

1990 Norman Swift joined 

them and was soon asked to run 

both the club and its finances. 

Billiards and snooker tournaments 

were soon organised and the 

biennial ‘Snookathon’, raising money 

for charity, was instigated. 

Thanks to Norman’s financial 

expertise some of the money raised 

from subscriptions was used for the 

upkeep of the table, and although 

other groups use it, maintenance to 

‘match condition’ is entirely funded 

by the club members. 

In 1996 we joined the Sheffield 

Churches Snooker League which 

was then made up of ten teams. 

Unfortunately, over the years several 

clubs have withdrawn, mainly due to 

poor membership and there are now 

only four teams left in the league. 

We have had varying success in 

this league and two years ago we 

finally won the cup. This last season 

St. Chad’s won it again and the 

photograph shows the successful 

team: Harold, Graham, Mark, Nick 

and Dave. Doug and Ron have also 

played for us on two occasions. 

The club meets on Monday 

mornings and evenings where there 

is a light-hearted atmosphere and 

friendly matches. 

Subs are easily manageable, so 

if you, or someone you know would 

like to come and join us you will be 

made very welcome. Our club is 

open to both church and members 

of the local community. For more 

details call the church office on 0114 

274 5086. 

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Spare a thought for Beauchief 

resident Jon Wheat if you 

see him out on his bike in the 

driving rain. He’s in training for a 

massive Sheffield to Paris bike ride 

in aid of the Jessop Wing neonatal 

unit in May. 

Jon has very personal reasons for 

choosing to support the Sheffield 

Hospitals Charity. In 

April 2011, Jon and his 

wife Elisabeth’s second 

son, Theo, was born 

extremely prematurely 

at 26 weeks and 

five days’ gestation, 

weighing a mere 2lb 

10oz. He remained in 

the neonatal unit at 

the Jessop Wing for a 

total of 65 days before 

coming home. The 

whole family is indebted 

to the excellent 

professional care 

provided by the doctors, 

nurses and support 

staff at the neonatal unit for Theo’s 

survival and continuing health. 

This isn’t the first time Jon has 

undertaken a charity bike ride. Jon 

and Elisabeth’s first son, Zachary, 

was also born prematurely, at 31 

weeks and four days’ gestation, and 

spent 26 days in the neonatal unit. 

In October 2009, in recognition of 

the excellent level of care Zachary 

received, Jon completed a 64-mile 

tour of the Peak, raising over £800 

for Bliss, a UK charity that supports 

hospitals and parents in their care for 

premature and sick babies. But riding 

to Paris is clearly a step up! 

Jon admits that it’s going to be a 

challenge. But he will be cycling with 

his brother Phillip and friend Jeff so 

there’ll be plenty of mutual support. 

They are aiming to 

cover the 450-mile 

journey in six days, 

and hope to arrive in 

time to coincide with 

the final stage of the 

Tour de France. 

Jon says: “Theo’s 

stay in hospital was 

at times terrifying 

for us, particularly 

on the number of 

occasions he stopped 

breathing and had to 

be resuscitated. But 

there were always 

positive steps as well, 

such as Liz being able 

to establish breastfeeding – with 

support from staff on the unit and 

a lot of perseverance! We are very 

lucky that Theo and Zachary are now 

happy, healthy boys.” 

Jon is aiming to raise over £1000 

for the Jessop Wing neonatal unit 

this time. If you wish to donate, 

please visit www.justgiving.com/ 

sheffield2paris. 

Amy Hole 

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Youth worker on a roll! 

I 

was very pleased when I was 

asked to write this article about 

sports and in particular a bit 

about the sport I love. 

For those who don’t know, I’m a 

keen roller hockey enthusiast and 

enjoy playing as often as I can. 

Although being a youth worker and 

father of two, time seems to be 

difficult to find these days. So what 

is roller hockey? The easiest way 

to describe it is ice hockey on inline 

skates. We play at what used to 

be the old Silver Blades ice rink on 

Queens Road. This rink now has a 

rubber tile floor rather than ice and 

suits inline skates. I also have been 

known to play a bit of recreational ice 

hockey now and again. 

I started playing roller hockey 

around the age of 11. A group of 

Abbey Lane School friends from 

the local area used to play out on 

Mitchell Road every night throughout 

the summer. We started with just 

skates, sticks and a tennis ball and 

progressed to wearing more kit and 

playing in a sports hall. I still play with 

a few of those same school friends 

from Woodseats nearly 20 years 

later and that’s part of the legacy that 

playing a sport leaves. 

Sport is a massively important 

area of youth work and youth 

development. It teaches our children 

and young people some very 

important life lessons such as: - you 

can’t win all the time, and sometimes 

situations will go against us and how 

we deal with it is more important than 

succeeding. Sport teaches patience, 

tolerance and discipline. I can’t help 

but feel that if we had more of these 

attributes on show in society, the 

world we know would be a more 

loving place. 

It’s not just roller hockey that 

I really enjoy, in fact I think 

it’s fair to say that there’s very 

little in the way of sport that I 

don’t enjoy. From cricket to rugby, 

golf, darts, tennis, pretty much all 

Motorsport, in fact I’m struggling 

to think of any sports I don’t enjoy. 

Now I know it’s not like that for all 

people, but I believe there is at least 

one sport out there that each person 

might enjoy watching if not playing. 

Being a player of an unusual sport, 

I encourage you to explore what’s 

out there. Even if you’re not a sports 

fan, you can still encourage others 

to enjoy it. Sport is very beneficial for 

us, it’s good for our bodies, it’s good 

for our minds and it’s especially good 

for growing community and bringing 

people together. 

For me, following Jesus is like 

being on a sports team. There will 

be times when you’re elated with 

many joining around you to celebrate. 

There will also be times when you 

feel like you’re alone (maybe taking 

a penalty in a shoot out), but actually 

God is always with you and playing 

in team sports over the years has 

helped me to understand that. 

Nick Seaman 

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THE BEAUCHIEF SCHOOL OF 

SPEECH TRAINING 

Pupils trained in the art of perfect 

speech and prepared for examination 

and stage work 

BARBARA E. MILLS, L.G.S.M.,A.N.E.A. 

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At the risk of being “sent to 

Coventry” (City?) my personal 

feeling is that football is 

something to endure rather than enjoy. 

However, the history of football in this 

country quite fascinating. 

Out of the 37 clubs which have 

played in the English Premier 

League since its inception in the 

1992/93 season, 12 can trace their 

origin directly to a church - Aston 

Villa, Barnsley, Birmingham City, 

Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Fulham, 

Liverpool, Queens Park Rangers, 

Southampton, Swindon Town, 

Tottenham Hotspur and, last but not 

least, Manchester City. 

The formation of these clubs was 

the response by various individuals to 

the social problems of their day. Anna 

Connell was the daughter of the rector 

of St Mark’s Church, West Gorton 

in Manchester. She was deeply 

concerned about religious and racial 

conflict in the city. 

In his book Thank God For Football, 

Peter Lupson writes - “At that 

time, West Gorton was an area of 

tremendous deprivation. There was 

overcrowding, squalor, poor sanitation 

and poverty, and the ways in which 

the men of the community sought 

refuge from this, was drink and gang 

warfare which was called “scuttling” in 

that era. Anna was grieved by seeing 

these men live such wasted lives and 

wanted to do something for them that 

could reverse the direction they were 

going in”. 

This remarkable young woman 

started a cricket club first. It became 

such a success, the Archdeacon of 

Manchester said, “No man could have 

done it - it required a woman’s tact 

and skill to make it so successful”. 

Then Anna started a football club, 

which eventually became Manchester 

City - they wore long white shorts and 

black shirts with white crosses. Work, 

when there was some, finished on 

Saturday at lunchtime and this gave 

rise to what has become the traditional 

3pm kick-off - no opportunity to go 

straight to the pub from work and stay 

there all afternoon! 

I watched a programme recently on 

BBC2 called “Reverse Missionaries”. 

Three pastors each wanted to 

discover the historical roots of their 

faith. Franklin Small came from his 

Caribbean island to Kings Stanley, 

a Cotswold village where Thomas 

Burchell, a Baptist missionary who 

went to Jamaica in 1822, had lived. 

Franklin was shocked to find 21st 

Century Britain, in his words, “dying 

spiritually”. The village church was 

all but empty, the pub was full and 

the children laughed at him when 

he spoke to them. Franklin was 

saddened that many people were 

lonely, and the young people seemed 

to lead lives without purpose. Soon 

people began to realise that Franklin 

really cared about them. He listened 

to them and he understood their 

needs - in fact he was sharing God’s 

love with them. The community began 

to be transformed in small ways. 

Then he shared his second passion - 

football - by organising, and playing in, 

weekly matches. New relationships 

began to develop and several families 

came to church for the first time. We 

don’t know what fruits his visit will 

have borne, but he certainly sowed 

seeds. I’m sure that the football 

team’s still going strong, too! 

Chris Laude 

• Gorton Football Club in 1884 

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Let’s Go Steelers! 

Sheffield Steelers are the most 

successful ice hockey club in 

Great Britain. 

I have been a passionate supporter 

since their inauguration 20 years ago 

- travelling with my family throughout 

Great Britain and Europe. 

Our first European trip saw 1,000 

Steelers fans descend onto the 

Dutch town of Tilburg. Always loud 

and proud, with horns, drums, 

banners and balloons, led 

by our own trumpeter 

we gave a rousing 

rendition of On Ilkley 

Moor Bah Tat, to the 

obvious amusement 

of the Tilburg 

contingent. 

We left behind 

a huge banner 

signed by all our fans 

to commemorate the 

tournament. 

Hameelinna, Finland 

was the next stop. Our hotel sat on 

the shore of Lake Aulanko, where it is 

reputed Sibelius was inspired to write 

Finlandia. The reserved Finnish fans 

were mesmerised by the 400 Steelers 

fans who slapped, drummed, cheered 

and danced. The local children soon 

game to join in the fun. When the 

tournament ended there were hugs 

and kisses all round. 

Our most scary trip was to the 

Russian town of Omsk in Siberia.A 

city trapped in a 1950s time warp. 

Old cars, buses and trolley buses 

navigated the potholed roads. Our 

hotel had 2’6” beds, linoleum floors, 

fibre glass curtains and triple glazed 

windows, newly painted with lead 

based paint! The shower disgorged 

water, first black, then a sludgy brown 

settling to a mustard yellow! The rink, 

a huge concrete edifice, held 7,000 

fans, with armed soldiers at attention 

on the stairs. 

Steelers fans distributed sweets, 

scarves, all manner of things to the 

children. The team gave away their 

chocolate supplies and even had a 

whip round for the cleaner who had 

been unpaid for three months. 

Russia versus a mainly Canadian 

Steelers team, not good news. There 

was a bench clearance, the locals 

hurled bottles and cups of tea onto 

the ice, raising their fists 

chanting Russia, 

Russia! whilst the 64 

Steelers fans sat quietly 

in their seats! 

Next trip was to 

southwest France. 

We stayed in Biarritz, 

playground of the 

rich and famous in 

the 1920s. The faded 

elegance reflected in the 

Art Deco casino where we 

sipped our coffee on the terrace, 

watching the Atlantic surfers. 

The rink and fans at Anglet were 

both cold and unwelcoming, good job 

the sun shone! 

Bolzano in the Italian Alps and a 

hair raising journey up and down 

mountains, round hairpin bends in 

the dark and snow. Don’t trust the sat 

nav! The Christmas market, set in 

the town square, was picture postcard 

perfect. The Steelers won against the 

odds and then went onto the final in 

Grenoble, winning the bronze medal! 

Our latest trip was to the quiet 

uninspiring own of Hernning in 

Denmark. In sharp contrast, the Tivoli 

Gardens in Copenhagen, ablaze with 

Christmas lights, was stunning. The 

historic Royal Palaces, whose guards, 

bedecked in scarlet tunics, appeared 

as if they had stepped out from a 

Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale! A 

beautiful city. 

The jigsaw of my life contains many 

pictures and memories of my time with 

the family of travelling Steelers fans. 

Where to next? 

Let’s Go Steelers! Let’s Go! 

Chris Brown 



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My memories of sports day 

from my childhood are 

of gloriously sunny days 

and the freshly mown grass laced 

with the sticky tar used to mark the 

racing lanes. 

I also have vivid memories of my 

headmistress pinning a ribbon on my 

blouse so I must have won a race at 

some point as only the winners were 

awarded prizes then! So, have things 

changed for our children in their 

sports day today? 

Working at Abbey Lane primary 

school, I find that sports day is 

preceded by days of watching the 

weather forecast and hoping it stays 

dry as risk assessments have to be 

completed and wet grass can mean 

cancellation and many disappointed 

children as well as parents. 

We have been fortunate in being 

able to use the field at St Chad’s 

for sports day these last few years 

and, as a first aider, it’s a relief to 

not have to worry about the grazed 

hands and knees from our previous 

hard playground surface – that goes 

for the parents’ races as much as the 

children’s races! 

Whereas I remember sack races, 

three-legged races, obstacle races 

and the much revered relay race that 

included a lap of the big field, sports 

day today includes individual races 

like the potato and spoon race, the 

beanbag on the head race and 

skipping races but also has timed 

team challenges such as dribbling a 

ball using a hockey stick, throwing a 

ball into a target hoop and bouncing 

on a space hopper over a mini jump. 

These all require coordination and 

skill but also highlight other aspects 

of sport that will be much in the 

public arena this summer with the 

2012 Olympics being held in London. 

Some people complain that all the 

competitiveness has gone out of 

sports in schools today but I would 

say that competitiveness is still there 

and is still as important. What has 

changed is the range of opportunities 

on offer so that all children can be 

included and compete in some way. 

It’s the taking part that matters and 

always doing your best – whatever 

that is. 

The seven Olympic and 

Paralympic values of respect, 

excellence, friendship, courage, 

determination, inspiration and 

equality will be displayed on all our 

television screens and newspapers 

this summer but you will also find 

them in the more humble setting of 

the school sports day. 

Beth Turton 

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Where’s that 

from..? 

Off his own bat 

Meaning - to achieve by one’s own efforts. 

Derived from - the game of cricket and 

its unique set of rules. The phrase first 

appeared in Cricket Scores written in 1742 

by Henry Thomas Waghorn, a celebrated 

statistician and cricket historian - “The bets 

on the Slandon man’s head, that he got 40 

notches off his own bat, were lost”. Runs 

were known as “notches” and could be 

scored in various ways - “extra” runs if the 

other team bowled “wides” or “no balls”; 

“byes” when the batsman ran without first 

hitting the ball; and “overthrows” when 

a fielder threw the ball at the wicket and 

missed, giving the batsman time to run 

again. All these counted towards the batting 

score, but it’s the runs which the batsman 

scored “off his own bat” which gain the kudos 

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Her Fearful Symmetry 

by Audrey Niffeneger 

ISBN 978-1439165393 

The story begins by 

introducing Elspeth, who 

has a terminal illness, 

and her partner Robert. 

They live in an apartment, 

owned by Elspeth, which 

overlooks the Highgate 

cemetery in London. 

Elspeth is one of a 

pair of identical twins. 

Her sister Edie lives 

in Chicago with her 

husband and their two 

identical twins, Valentina 

and Julia. We are 

told there is some dark reason why 

Elspeth and Edie are estranged. 

Before she dies, Elspeth bequeaths 

the apartment to her nieces with the 

proviso that they live there for a year 

before they decide whether to sell it 

or not; and that their parents are not 

to visit the apartment during that year. 

In the apartment upstairs lives 

a crossword-puzzle writer called 

Martin who suffers from an obsessive 

compulsive disorder. His wife has 

left him and he is unable to leave the 

apartment. 

Once the characters are introduced, 

the story unfolds. It tells of Robert’s 

grief and how he visits the cemetery 

at night in secret. It relates the 

attempts to help Martin cope with his 

problems and how the twins adjust to 

life in London. 

We soon realise that the apartment 

has another occupant besides 

Robert and the twins as Elspeth’s 

ghostly presence both is felt and 

acknowledged. Events then happen 

quite quickly and become more 

and more absurd and unbelievable. 

The characters of the twins never 

really develop; they seem pale and 

insignificant, despite each trying to 

assert their differing personalities. 

This in turn makes 

it ripe for the 

haunting Elspeth 

to frequent their 

lives with her own 

very strong life 

force. The dark 

secret of the rift 

between Elspeth 

and her twin is 

discovered. 

The historical 

aspect of the 

book, the writer’s 

knowledge of 

Highgate cemetery 

and its tombs and 

mausoleums is 

well written and 

interesting. The attempts to get 

Martin to conquer his agoraphobia are 

very plausible and often humorous. 

Unfortunately the plot becomes 

less and less believable and quite 

disturbing, especially the way 

relationships between the characters 

develop. The ending almost seems 

to have been written by somebody 

else, it just fizzles out and is very 

unsatisfactory. 

I was more than a little disappointed 

with this book. I enjoyed the “Time 

Traveller’s Wife” by the same author 

but I think this book was a poor follow 

up. 

Vicki Harris, a member of the St 

Chad’s 3rd Age Ministry’s Book Club 

Book Review 



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Olympic Facts 

after following God‟s calling since the 

age of 16. Through illegal house 

churches It’s nearly he helped time... spread The opening 

Christianity ceremony through of the China, London whilst 2012 

evading Olympic the Chinese Games authorities will soon be who 

saw taking him place. as a dangerous criminal. 

You After may his conversion, be fed up with Yun the fasted Olympic for 

100 hype days or can’t on just wait a to bowl see of rice, 

the world’s top praying sports for men a chance to 

and women in glance action, at but a Bible; his 

everyone’s eyes family will were soon concerned 

be on London for and his the sanity. UK. To be 

Here are a few found facts with a Bible would 

and figures about 

have 

London 

meant serious 

2012... 

consequences and 

When will the punishment. London God 

Olympics take honoured place? this fast and 

The 2012 Summer prayer sending Yun a 

Olympic Games Bible. will He be immediately 

held in London 

from July 27 to read August and 12, memorised followed 

by the 2012 Paralympic chapters from Games the Bible. from 

August 29 to September 

With few resources 

9. 

observed Yun‟s faith and obedience 

to God. They realised that he was not 

a How criminal, many just times a committed has London Christian 

and hosted came the themselves Olympics? into a deep and 

loving London relationship hosted the with Olympic Jesus. Games 

Miraculous in 1908 and and 1948. loving interventions 

helped Yun for example jumping over 

a 

How 

ten foot 

many 

wall; 

countries 

walking through 

are expected 

the 

to take part in the London 

open doors of a high security prison 

2012 Olympics? 

unobserved and walking after his legs 

It is expected 205 nations 

were so severely 

to take 

broken 

part in 300 

(he was 

events 

told 

at 

he would be the crippled Olympic for Games life after in this 2012. 

punishment). 147 nations will take part in 

Whatever the Yun Paralympic experienced, Games. God 

repeatedly demonstrated his 

faithfulness How never many leaving sports, him or venues his 

family to cope and alone. athletes We are will there? 

probably never There experience will be 26 this sports, kind of 

persecution 34 venues, and but this 10,500 book athletes is testimony taking 

to part the in incredible the Olympics power and of 20 God sports, and his 

Holy 19 venues Spirit. and 4,200 athletes in the 

Paralympics. 

Sian Mann 

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Registers 2012 

Funerals 

March 

15 Clifford Hugh Newton (88) 

20 Isabella Malcolmson (89) 

26 Gladys Bailey (92) 

26 Raymond Albert Twigg (89) 

April 

2 George Brian Greenwood (97) 

5 Mary Swift (86) 

11 Rev Ronald Finch (96) 

20 Alan John Stenton (87) 

30 Muriel Finch (94) 

For Weddings and Funerals 

You don’t have to be a churchgoer to 

have a wedding in church, nor do 

you have to be ‘religious’ to 

have a dignified and meaningful 

funeral service at St Chad’s. 

If you live in the Woodseats or Beauchief 

area, St Chad’s would be delighted to help 

you, whether it is planning the Big Day or 

saying goodbye to a loved one. 

For weddings please contact St Chad’s 

church office. For funerals please tell your 

funeral director that you would like to have 

a church service. 

l If you have recently had a new baby 

and would like to celebrate that baby’s birth 

with a service in church then please come 

to one of our thanksgiving and baptism 

mornings at St Chad’s. 

The morning will explain the difference 

between the two services and give parents 

an opportunity to ask any questions. 

Please call St Chad’s church office on 

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Contacts@StChads 

CHURCH OFFICE 9 Linden Avenue 274 5086 

S8 0GA 

Term time office hours: 

Mon & Thurs 10am1pm; 

Tues 10am12pm; Fri 9.30am11.30am 

Church Office Administrator 

Helen Reynolds 


Vicar Toby Hole (Vicarage) 274 9302 

email: toby@stchads.org 

Reader/Assistant Minister Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

for the elderly 

Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086 

email: nick@stchads.org 

Besom in Sheffield 

Steve Winks and 

Darren Coggins 07875 950170 

Impact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086 

email: impact@stchads.org 

Church Wardens Malcolm Smith 274 7159 

Jimmy Johnson 274 5086 

Deputy Wardens 

Nigel Belcher 

Linda McCann 

Buildings Manager Nigel Belcher 274 5086 

email: nigel@stchads.org 

Uniformed Groups 

Group Scout Leader Ian Jackson 235 3044 

Guide Leader Jemma Taylor 296 0555 

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