News in Ashby

The Chairman of Ashby Ivanhoe FC, Stuart Bonser, was recently asked to resign by the directors Jon Emmerson and Neil Johnson, having served over 10 years and seeing the club go from a local park team with two teams on Hood Park to one that has 19 teams from Under sevens to the Senior First Team and now playing on its own freehold ground on Lower Packington Road.

We caught up with Stuart and asked him to share his thoughts from the last 10 years and provide us with "what being a Chairman" of a non-league football club really means and to provide an oversight into the progress the club has made during his time as Chairman.

I'm running the London Marathon today (3rd October) in memory of my Aunty Christine Ball who sadly passed away earlier this year.

I'll be raising funds for Hospice UK who do great work in providing comfortable end of life care.

Entries open today (Monday, Nov 30) for the 'virtual' Aldi Ashby 20 race.

With the conventional event cancelled for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers are staging it in a different way in 2021.

Ashby United Community Football Club are supporting this year's Rainbow Laces campaign which will take place from November 26-December 13 - with the focus day being Wednesday, December 9.

An Ashby United committee member has donated a pair of laces for every player and coach to wear in their boots during this period to help show their support for making sport a game for everyone - especially supporting those from an LGBT+ background.

Ashby Ivanhoe FC are holding an open day this Sunday when they will inviting the public to view their plans for buying their NFU Ground and developing it into a top class sporting facility for the town.

The club are opening the doors on their pre-season event between 1-4pm at their Lower Packington Road ground.

Ashby Ivanhoe will be allowing supporters back through the gates again this Saturday for the first time since lockdown was introduced last March.

The FA this week announced guidelines that include a phased and limited return of spectators for clubs at steps three to six and tiers three to four respectively FA's updated guidelines for fans' return.

Jack Samples scored twice as Ashby Ivanhoe beat Bedworth United in a pre-season friendly.

Ashby ran out 3-1 winners after an excellent 90 minute display at the NFU Ground.

Leisure centres in Ashby and Coalville are set to re-open on Saturday.

Hood Park Leisure Centre in Ashby and Coalville's Hermitage Leisure Centre, which are both managed by sports and leisure operator Everyone Active in partnership with North West Leicestershire District Council, will reopen their gyms and group exercise studios - but other facilities within the centres will reopen at a later date.

Ashby United FC have launched a competition to design a motto for the new community club.

The club is only weeks old following their recent launch.

Representatives from Ashby Ivanhoe FC visited health workers based at the Town Council offices in South Street.

Chairman Stuart Bonser and Head of Football Development Gary Timms presented gifts to the District and Community Nurses, Health Visitors and the Falls Team last week.