Clubs/societies

A DAY of celebration of the role of women in the community took place in Northwood earlier this month.

More than 50 women attended an International Women's Day event on March 8 at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue, in Oaklands Gate.

NICK Hurd MP will be talking about the Sustainable Communities Act at the Northwood Residents' Association AGM next Tuesday, March 16.

The meeting takes place at Oaklands Gate Methodist Church at 8pm, with tea and coffee served from 7.30pm.

All residents are welcome and there are currently vacancies for membership of the executive committee.

ROMANCE and tragedy were the order of the day at Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, as pupils rehearsed for a production of West Side Story.

Students at the school, in Rickmansworth Park, have collaborated with boys from Merchant Taylors, Rickmansworth School and Watford Grammar School for Boys, to put on the show, which is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Community safety, secondary schools and problems caused by recent bad weather will be discussed at a Rickmansworth local area forum tomorrow tonight (24).

The meeting will take place at 7.30pm at Eastbury Farm JMI School, Bishops Avenue, Northwood, and will be attended by councillors including Ann Shaw, leader of Three Rivers District Council, and David Sansom, leader of the opposition Conservative group.

County councillors Barbara Lamb and Frances Button have also been invited.

For further information call Janet Ide, committee manager, on 01923 727250 or email janet.ide@threerivers.gov.uk

MORE than £82million has been earmarked by Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to provide extra school places - with Rickmansworth singled out for a new school.

The funds were recommended at the Conservative-run council's cabinet meeting last week, to increase places where pupil numbers have risen.

Councillors are due to decide tomorrow night (23) whether the funds will be officially approved.

A CHARITY tennis tournament in Northwood has raised more than £2,000 for the survivors of the Haiti earthquake.

More than 60 tennis enthusiasts gathered at The Riverside Health and Racquets Club in Ducks Hill Road, to play against each other in mixed doubles, in aid of the victims of the natural disaster.

A MARTIAL arts club in Rickmansworth is using a grant worth almost £10,000 from Sport England to encourage younger members to sign up.

Kodokan Kendo Club (KKC), based at Princess Marina Complex in Chorleywood Road, has been awarded £9,458 in National Lottery funding, which has been ear-marked for equipment for a new junior section.

A WEIGHT-LOSS journey is the last thing most cancer sufferers embark on but Kirsty Apthorp has amazed doctors with her rapid recovery.

The 39-year-old, of High Street, Rickmansworth, was given six weeks to live after being diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2007.

She later endured two operations, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, causing her to balloon to 13 stone and swell by two dress sizes.

Kirsty, who is married to David, 47, said: "Losing weight on chemotherapy is a myth for the majority of people.

MORE than £16,000 was raised at a memorial day to celebrate the life of a former Northwood golf club member.

Clive Waugh, who was 65 when he died from oesophagus cancer two years ago, had been a member of Sandy Lodge Golf Club in Sandy Lodge Lane, for more than 15 years.

Proceeds from the event, which took place in September, went to the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home.

Christmas Fayre at Northwood Methodist Church, Oaklands Gate on Saturday 14th November from 10am-1pm. Entrance 30p. For further information call 0208 866 3745.