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Charity Sea Dip in Hunstanton to
support older people

n Friday 7th March, to mark International Women’s Day,
Wendy Knight, House Manager of Elm Tree Court in
OHuntingdon and Gwen Tack House Manager of Cranberry
Court in Peterborough, both McCarthy Stone retirement developments,
organised a fundraising event in Hunstanton.
Twenty-two McCarthy Stone employees, from all over the country,
took the plunge, cheered on by their colleagues many of whom turned
out in fancy dress, and one brave lady in nothing but a swimsuit,
extremely brave as the sea only got up to 6°.

LOCAL BATON TWIRLER SELECTED
FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

arquettes Baton
Twirlers athlete,
Mseventeen-year-old
Scarlette Burton from Salters
Lode near Downham Market,
has been selected to represent
England this July at the
Lovely cakes were baked by the incredibly talented chef at Eastland forthcoming International Baton
Grange Hunstanton and enjoyed on the day. Twirling Federation Nations
All monies raised went to grassroot charities found by the McCarthy Cup being Held in Turin, Italy
Stone Charity Foundation to support older people and try to combat from 2-10 August 2025.
loneliness and poor mental health, plus every penny raised was Scarlette has been chosen to
generously matched by McCarthy Stone themselves, making a grand represent her club and her
total of £4,056.00 being raised on the day. country in the Women’s Solo
A huge thank you to Dave Cleland, Centre Manager of Oasis Live Artistic Twirl, Solo Two Baton
leisure centre for allowing us the use of their changing facilities. If you and as part of the Norfolk Twirl
would like to know more about McCarthy Stone Charity Foundation Team after beating other top
which is dedicated to supporting grassroot charities for older people, class twirling athletes at the England International Selection
then please visit www.mccarthyandstonefoundation.org competition on 15th and 16th March 2025. She has trained hard for
this honour and will be stepping up her training to compete with the
best twirlers from around the world.
Coach of the Downham Market based Marquettes Baton Twirlers,
Charlotte Cornish, said: “We are immensely proud of Scarlette’s
achievement and can’t wait to see her shine on the international floor.
“It’s a huge honour to be part of the England team, to travel abroad
and represent her country.
“She is a devoted athlete, and we are proud and excited for her
future.
“Scarlette started twirling with the Marquettes aged four and
competing aged eight; she is a natural at her sport and trains for hours
OLD HUNSTANTON FLOWER every day to improve and develop her baton and bodywork skills.
“Scarlette has achieved National Champion, Foundation Cup and
FESTIVAL Talented Athlete titles over the last 9 years.
Friday to Sunday 25 - 27 July 2025 “She has achieved so much at a young age, and despite a hearing
and vision impairment, Scarlette continues to develop her skills and
ur 50th Flower Festival is fast has become an inspiration to the younger Marquettes athletes, who
approaching! Our talented and love to train alongside her, and she regularly makes time to help train
Oenthusiastic flower arrangers are new athletes to the sport.”
planning their interpretations of the theme The club are now upping their efforts to help fundraise for Scarlette’s
"Gold”. Simon Carter is preparing a international expenses. Please help support their efforts. They will be
commemorative brochure which will go holding raffles and a bingo amongst other fundraising ideas, and you
on sale at the end of June - make sure you can follow their Facebook page @MarquettesBaton to keep up to date
buy a copy! with their progress.
This is a huge community event so if “If anyone would like to help us with sponsorship, donations, or a
you would like to be involved in any way - such as managing stalls, raffle prize, it will be greatly received and appreciated; please contact
making cakes, serving teas, helping the flower arrangers - please us via our Facebook page @MarquettesBaton or email
contact Mike Tuffs on momtuffs@hotmail.com marquettes@outlook.com”, Charlotte added.