September "Near-miss" awards.

In September Phil Leonard and Eddie Petrusevicius both receive the award for the best/most appropriate near miss report. They both reported problems encountered with a new type of barrier used on the contract. Following their near miss reports we have taken actions to solve the problems.

By reporting near misses we are able to prevent incidents occurring that could result in injury.

The Cricket Match.

On Thursday 2nd September a tiitanic struggle took place at Pershore Cricket Ground between two finely honed teams of athletes representing Worcestershire County Council and Ringway.

The winner was Worcestershire Highways.

Notable performances included two fine efforts from the junior members of the teams, Masters Pickett and Hobbs, some lusty hitting from Gary Cartwright who damaged a local house roof during his innings, but most notable of all was the fantastic array of food provided afterwards by the WCC gourmet lady chefs.

Ringway v WCC Cricket match.

Undaunted by the monsoon season we have arranged another cricket match, this time in September when the weather will be fine.

Tom Roberts retires after 40 years.

We would like to wish Tom Roberts a long and happy retirement. Tom made a speech and received thanks from his workmates and was presented with a present and a bouquet for his wife.

On the same day we welcome our three new highway maintenance trainees Sam Golding, Luke Williams and Sam Fletcher. We wish them a long and successful careers with Ringway.

WCC V Ringway Cricket Match.

Just a reminder to everyone that the annual WCC versus Ringway cricket match will be taking place at Kempsey Cricket Club on Thursday August 19th starting at 6.15pm. Spectators are more than welcome and there will be food and refreshments provided afterwards at The Anchor Inn. Any one who is interested in playing contact Laura.

Worcestershire trainee and apprentice day.

The Ringway trainee and apprentice get together in Worcestershire was very positive with feedback provided on what works well and areas that can be improved.

During the last two years we have recruited nine trainees and very favourable comments were made about the standard of training and the mentoring system.

We are looking to recruit four highway maintenance apprentices this year anyone interested please let your supervisor or Hughie Walsh know.

Reporting of near misses.

A near miss is an incident that does not result in an injury.

We need to improve our near miss reporting in Worcestershire and in an effort to raise the number of reports we get every month we are offering a reward every month for the best near miss we receive.

The reward for June goes to Juan Ortiz for his near miss report regarding vehicles not following the rules when leaving depots. Warndon, Stanford, Newlands and Lydiate Ash all operate with a "left turn only" rule when leaving the depots.