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New Steward at Blidworth

Kevin Steward has been appointed the new MD at Hopkins Blidworth Welfare.

Steward
 

Hopkins Blidworth Welfare has announced the appointment of Kevin Steward as permanent MD of the band.

Pulled around

Secretary Karen Cretney told 4BR: "We had been working with Sid for a couple of weeks leading up to the area contest and even though we "had a bad day at the office" it was only a couple of weeks before the contest that we were thinking of pulling out. Thanks to the hard work and determination of Sid we turned it around."

With the knowledge and experience that Sid brings to the band as MD and band trainer we know that we are in for some hard work which in turn will hopefully bring rewards for the bandSecretary, Karen Cretney

Hard work

Karen went on to add: "With the knowledge and experience that Sid brings to the band as MD and band trainer we know that we are in for some hard work which in turn will hopefully bring rewards for the band."

Karen also took the opportunity of thanking Simon and Alex Kerwin for their continued support over the last few months. "Without your help we don't know where we would have been," she said.

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