Steve Lloyd-Janes lives in Hendy and he has kindly submitted some of the latest news from Hendy and Pontarddulais.
Junior Football
The Pontarddulais junior football squads and their parents and coaches are once again organising their annual fun run around Coed Bach by taking part in the charity fund raising event Colour Me Bont. It is the second year that they have organised the event and the aim of the run is to celebrate health, well being and community spirit. Whilst the event is being organised by Pontarddulais Town Football Club it will involve all children’s organisations, from the town and surrounding villages as well as members of the schools and churches. The event is taking place on September 3rd. It is a sponsored event so there is a fee to take part. The event is part of a bigger national event, with similar events taking place around the whole of theU.K. There is a web page and details are also on face book https://race-nation.com/colour-me-bont-2017
Lloyds bank
The Lloyds Mobile bank moved from the scouts car park, to a more central location and it is now located in the Tesco Car Park,. It is there three mornings a week. If you bank with Lloyds you should try and use this service because if numbers drop, there is a danger the bank could reduce the service. The current service is available Mondays 9.45am to 1.45pm, Wednesdays 9.45am to 11.45am and Fridays 9.45am to 10.45am.
Hendy Rugby Juniors
The Under 14s are recruiting and looking for more youngsters to join them they train on Thursday evenings starting 6pm youngsters are asked to arrive between 5.30pm 6pm until 7.30pm. On Thursday the rugby ladies/girls under 15’s also meet up. For details about the girls training. Please call Wayne on 07771631438.
Pontarddulais Show
The Annual Pontarddulais Show will be taking place on August Bank Holiday at the show field opposite the Ponatrddulais Cemetary on Pentre Road.
Hendy Park
The new park has proven very popular unfortunately lots of visitors and parents have been arriving by car and have been parking along Heol y Park blocking residents drives and causing problems on the the junction. Cars are blocking the view causing road safety issues and almost daily the whole of Heol y Park has seen cars parked on both sides of the road, which includes cars parking on the pavement. The local PCSO has been patrolling the area and the local community council have put up signs on the main gate asking car users to park in the rugby car park.
