Here’s the Lichfield Round Table FC’s under-9 team – also known as The Knights - looking very smart in their new sponsored jackets, courtesy of Colin Lee and Jenks.
The team, which is based at the Hockey and Cricket Club in Lichfield, is currently battling away in the first division of its league, against teams from Lichfield, Tamworth, Rugeley, Burntwood, Aldridge, Great Barr, and Castle Vale – coincidently, where our practices are based!
The team includes Jan and Helen Stoumann’s son William, and our sponsorship helped provide the players with Prostar weatherproof jackets, which they wear to and during training, and to matches. The jackets are proving a real hit during this miserable, cold wet winter!
Jan reports the team is doing well, despite only having played together for less than a year. They are playing their first season in a competitive league, and though to date they have only won one of their nine games, he says the boys are holding their own.
“Despite the stats, they have played some great football, and have lost most games by just a goal or two. Notably, they were 0-0 against the top of the league side ( who have played nine and won nine!) until the last minute of the game, when the opposition’s striker scored a stunning goal,” he explained.
“They are progressing well in the cup competition though, and have come through the first three rounds looking good!”
We wish the team the very best of luck for the rest of the season, and if they play as well as they look, we think they’ll have a great future ahead of them!
As any spectacle wearer knows, steamed up glasses are a pain – especially at this time of year when you move from a cold to a hot environment, or get caught in the rain.
Fogged lenses are a problem shared by glasses-wearers from all walks of life. Celebrities with specs - from Cheryl Cole to Fiona Bruce to Alan Carr - will almost certainly have experienced it. Not to mention chefs such as Nigel Slater and Hairy Biker Dave Myers.
Everyday chores such as opening a hot oven or dishwasher or going for a run leave you fogged up too.
Which is why we have been so impressed with a new range of lenses we’ve been trying out from Essilor, called Optifog.
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Here's our latest press release - please look out for it in the Walsall papers!
An Aldridge opticians practice has seen business grow since moving to bigger premises, and has taken on extra staff to cope with the rise in demand for eye tests.
Optician Gurgit Hayer, who comes from Walsall, has joined Colin Lee Opticians in Aldridge, at the firm’s new base in Aldridge.
The company, which has seven practices in the West Midlands and Staffordshire, moved its head office in September, to much larger, neighbouring premises in Anchor Parade.
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We’re delighted to welcome some new staff to our team, and just wanted to introduce you, as you may well be seeing a new face or two when you next visit us.
Gurjit Hayer is our new optometrist at Aldridge, working with the team in our new practice.
Demand for testing has gone up sharply since our move, and now that we have three times the space, and a number of new consulting rooms, we’re delighted to have Gurjit join us, to help cope with the extra patient numbers.
The success of the move has been a real highpoint for the business this year, and the feedback about the new practice continues to be really positive, so once again, thanks to everyone for their support, to all our staff and patients.
Dispensing optician Phil Cross has been on the run again – this time, fulfilling one of his ultimate ambitions and completing a marathon.
He competed in the Leicester Marathon, finishing the 26 miles in a fantastic four hours and 20 minutes, which is a wonderful effort, and something he had been determined to do before his 50th birthday.
Phil’s entry fee went to help Loros, a Leicestershire-based cancer hospice charity. Though this was Phil’s first full marathon, he has previously completed three Great North Runs, and the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis, when he helped to raise more than £1,500 for Vision Aid Overseas (as pictured), a charity regularly supported by Colin Lee Opticians.
Phil is based at our Tamworth practice but also works at Burntwood, and most recently Aldridge, where as a contact lens optician, he is providing our contact lenses service to help us meet the increased demand we have had from patients since our move.
Everyone at Colin Lee Opticians is extremely proud of Phil and his efforts, and we’d like to wish him well with his next adventure, whatever he decides to take on.
Rugeley town centre is really going all out this year to celebrate the switch-on of the Christmas lights - and Colin Lee Opticians is looking forward to being a part of it!
The annual event is always a big crowd-pleaser, and with plans this year to make the switch-on even bigger and better, retailers from the town will be running stalls in the afternoon and evening, to help build up to the spectacle.
The run up to Christmas is always a really busy time – and expensive. Which is why we have some dates to put in your diary now, which will also help you save cash.
Our Ward End practice is holding two blue cross days on Friday, November 4 and Saturday 5th, with 20% off all orders made during the two days, except for eye tests and contact lenses.
Our recent blue cross sale at Lichfield went really well, and we are hoping for a repeat performance!
That same weekend, we are also celebrating our spectacular autumn collection at Great Barr, when we will be offering 20% off all orders placed on the two days.
You will be able to see our full range of Lulu Guinness, Ted Baker, Morgan, Chique and Davidoff, and have the chance to win a pair of designer sunspecs with a free prize draw.
If you are in Rugeley that weekend, you can really cheer up your Guy Fawkes night by saving 20% on all orders made on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th.
The practice is holding a Winter Sparkle event, and will be showing off its full range of Christian Lacroix, Silhouette,Gucci, Emporio Armani and Anna Sui. They too will be holding a free prize draw, and the chance to win a pair of designer sunspecs.
And there’s even more winter sparkle at our Tamworth practice on November 25 and 26, with a further 20% off all orders placed on the Friday and Saturday , excluding eye tests and contact lenses.
The full new ranges of Gucci, Hugo Boss, Anna Sui, Hackett and Converse will all be available to try on and purchase, with another free prize draw.
So whichever of our practices you use, please look out for these great events over the coming weeks – they are a fantastic opportunity to see the ranges we have to offer, and to make some substantial savings, which is welcome news whatever time of year it is.
August is certainly set to be a busy month for everyone at our Aldridge branch – as we are currently in the process of moving.
We have been in our current shop for 32 years, and having grown considerably in that time, have been looking for new, more suitable premises for a while now.
The new unit is not far away – in fact, it is just across Anchor Parade at number 7-9, but at three times the size of our current premises, you can see why we are making the move.
We currently have the shop-fitters in, transforming the huge space into just what we need – and more space will be great news for our patients, as it will mean more choice, with a much greater range of frames on display, and a much bigger, more comfortable reception area.
We will have three consulting rooms in total, which will mean somewhere tailor-made to run contact lens clinics and our regular hearing clinics, and we will also have a training room and board room too.
The lab is transferring too, and staff will again benefit from a bigger and brighter space. The move will begin in earnest very soon, though we intend to do it gradually, to limit the disruption to staff and patients alike, but please bear with us whilst we are in transition - we can certainly promise it will be worth the wait!
It’s worthwhile having a good delve in your drawers ready for next month’s Big Trade In promotion, as bringing us your old specs could help earn you up to £30 off some new ones.
We want your old frames, and in return we’ll give you £30 off varifocals, £20 off bifocals and £10 off single vision lenses when you buy a complete pair of spectacles from £76.95 and above.
What’s more, if you’re old glasses are still in decent nick and we can reuse them, they will be sent to Vision Aid Overseas, where they can help people in third world countries.
The charity says that 670 million people - 10% of the world's population - are disabled or disadvantaged because they don't have glasses.
Every year, its work – and people’s kind donations – helps send children back to school, enables mothers and father to provide for their families and gives thousands of people the ability to live life with dignity through the power of good sight.
So isn’t that a better use for your old specs then having them gathering dust at home?
Please bring your frames along to any of our branches – even if you are not looking to upgrade your current pair, you will be helping a really worthwhile cause. We are running the offer throughout August, and look forward to seeing you.
