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A total of £390.65 was raised for the school’s swimming pool fund.

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Thur 25 July
AMERICAN SCOUTS WIN
Wokingham Scouts first ever International event to take place in the District went
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with a bang—and a splash—at the 3 Wokingham Troop’s headquarters in Norrey’s
Avenue on Saturday.
Saturday.
After practices in the morning and a lunch provided and served by members of the
Wokingham Chamber of Trade and Commerce, Scouts from Aalten, Holland,
U.S.A:F. High Wycombe, and Wokingham’s own team began a series of hectic and
hilarious games arranged and organised by the District Services Team leader, Mr.
Chris Malley, and his wife, helped by Chairman Mr. Bill Vincent and his daughter
Jayne and several volunteers. The event was based on television’s popular
programme, “lt's a Knock-out.”
Three teams of 19 boys took part but as the Americans only had 12 Scouts, their
numbers were made up by volunteers from 1st Finchampstead.
At the end the American Scouts were declared the winners, and their team captain,
Richard Wallace, was presented with a special trophy District Commissioner, Mr. Jim
Earls.
Runners-up and winners of the Aalten-Wokingham Rose Bowl presented by the
Wokingham Chamber of Trade, were the Dutch team, only a point behind.
Wokingham were third, only two points behind the winners.
The match was first arranged to take place only between Aalten and Wokingham as
part of the “town twinning” programme, but when it was known the American Scouts
were at High Wycombe, the competition was extended to include them.

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Thur 11 July
SUNDAY MARKET TO AID WOKINGHAM F.C.
A Sunday market will be opened on Wokingham football ground at Finchampstead
Road on July 2lst, said Mr. Eric Marshall Vice Chairman of, the club. “We know local
traders are upset. We didn’t want to cause any trouble. Mr. S.J. Gibson, a market-
owner from Hornchurch, Essex, is going to call on all the shops in the town and the
stallholders in the Market Place to give them first refusal of a Sunday stall—you can't-
be fairer than that.”
The officials of the club were approached by Mr. Gibson in the first instance and, as
funds are desperately needed, they agreed to the market. By law the market can
operate for 14 days without planning permission being sought. If at the end of that
time permission is withheld, the market will close.
“The football club must survive," said Mr. Marshall. “If traders had offered help,
and contributed perhaps f5 or £10 a year, we wouldn't even have entertained the idea
of a market, but none of them supported the club in any way and we must get revenue
from somewhere.”
A spokesman for the Wokingham Chamber of Trade said this week that all small
traders in the town were concerned at the unfair competition such a market would
bring.
It has been suggested that the Carnival Field would be used for this purpose, but Mr.
Marshall pointed out that Wokingham has a number of ready-made car parks, none of
them far away from the ground, and a sudden influx of vehicles would benefit the
Council, who own the parks.

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