News in Atherstone

Ball game steward's wife Stacey Kellegher-Burton: My thanks to the 'kind people of Atherstone for your support over Martyn'

By Nick Hudson

2nd Mar 2020 | Local News

Target breaker: The JustGiving page for Martyn Kellegher-Burton has already been topped its set target twice

The wife of a steward left critical from cardiac episodes that led organisers to halt Atherstone Ball Game for the first time in living memory has been "overwhelmed" by the generosity of well-wishers from a support fund.

A JustGiving page that hit its initial target within two hours is closing in on the new total of £5,000 for long-serving official Martin Kellegher-Burton's family as he faces up to a "likely life-changing" condition.

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Will Parsons keeps Atherstone Adders on hockey's FA Cup glory trail in dramatic penalty shootout win

By Nick Hudson

1st Mar 2020 | Local Sport

Glove-ly work: Will Parsons saves the day for Adders

Berkswell & Balsall Common 3 Atherstone Adders HC 3

(Atherstone won 4-2 on penalties) Shot-stopper Will Parsons helped put one giant hand on Atherstone Adders' ambitions of reaching hockey's version of the FA Cup final for the second successive season. Teenager Parsons produced lightning reflexes to keep out two of the three flicks in a drama that saw the Adders win 4-2 on penalties against Berkswell and Balsall Common after the sides finished 3-3 in normal time. The 17-year-old, called up earlier in the month to the England and GB Colleges under 19s side as first-choice keeper, kept his nerve in the shootout phase of the game as did Daman Johal who slotted home the winning penalty. Atherstone Adders can count themselves a tad fortunate to be just two ties away from another final appearance in the Tier 3 competition of the English Hockey Cup. They were behind all game – and trailed 3-1 with only five minutes remaining before staging a Lazarus-style comeback. The young side, without their leading striker talisman Martin Webb who has bagged more than 50 goals in all competitions this term, went behind in the last 16 tie played at Bablake School, Coventry this afternoon. A Josh Wagg drag flick put Adders on level terms before Berkswell's consistent pressure paid off to see them race into what looked like an unassailable 3-1 lead. Last year's beaten finalists looked done for – but a scrappy second by Cameron Hobbs left the door open and Jack Bullmore completed a spectacular comeback equaliser to take the game to penalties. "Then it was never in doubt", said Adders manager Mick Thomas who bemoaned the fact his side had 20 short corners in the game and only converted two of them. Parsons' glove work between the posts and cool heads from Adders in taking their penalties saw them through 4-2, setting up a home quarter-final clash between either Southampton or Okehampton on Sunday March 15. Adders reached the last 16 after going through in the previous round with a bye after neighbours Tamworth cried off. They beat Wolverhampton in the round of the last 64. "Berkswell must be feeling pretty low as they were never behind in the game until the penalties," added Adders coach Thomas.
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'To put it in perspective if you want to make a mobile phone call from Atherstone to Coleshill, you might as well not bother'

By Nick Hudson

29th Feb 2020 | Local News

Up the pole: Connectivity is "particularly bad", councillors claim

Town hall bosses are messaging industry mobile giants urging them to install more phone masts after admitting making a call from the centre of Atherstone to neighbouring Coleshill is a wasted effort.

Connectivity across North Warwickshire – whether for business or pleasure – is "particularly bad", Atherstone Town Council chairman David Wright argues.

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Average council tax bills for 2020-21 in Atherstone edge up to £2,000 while neighbouring villages break through barrier for first time

By Nick Hudson

27th Feb 2020 | Local News

No holding back: North Warwickshire Borough Council ends 10-year moratorium on its element of the council tax bill

Council tax payers in villages neighbouring Atherstone will find their bills top £2,000 for the first time from April.

And that puts Baddesley Ensor as the most expensive place to live in North Warwickshire with the 'average' charge for band D properties rising by almost £90 to reach the landmark barrier.

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