LENT LUNCHES: Every Friday during Lent all the churches in the SESKU area run Lent lunches, at Barnsley Road Methodist Church, in the school room, 11.45am-12.45am. Proceeds go to Christian Aid.

GEOLOGICAL WALK: If you are interested in learning about the geology of Frickley Country Park and the geological history of the area, then meet up with West Yorkshire Geology Trust for a three-mile walk in the park on Saturday, March 13. Meet at the Doncaster Road car park at 2pm.

FRIENDS GROUP FOR FRICKLEY PARK: If you are interested in helping the park become the best, come along to a meeting tonight at the South Elmsall Social Centre, Westfield Lane at 7pm.

SOUTH ELMSALL TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS: A reminder the South Elmsall Town Council holds its full meeting on the fourth Monday of the month at 7pm. While the public is invited to attend as observers only, a 15-minute pre-meeting session is held at 6.45pm when people can address the council on local issues.

SOUTH ELMSALL SPIRITUALIST CHURCH: The speakers this weekend are Jean Bishell on the Saturday and Andrew Farrer on Sunday, both meetings at 6.30pm.

THE BLUES: The team takes on Matlock Town, kick-off is 3pm. Try to get there to give them the lift a home crowd can give.

THE VICTOR: Jennie, of South Elmsall, sent me this poem, which I thought had a message for us all at the end of a dreary winter:

If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don't
If you like to win but think you can't
It's almost a cinch you won't

If you think you'll lose you're lost
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed you are
You've got to think high to rise
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks that he can.