Sports & Clubs

Bowls Arthur Andrews 261990

Bridge Club Howard Waller 261693

1st Melbourn Rainbows Abigail Roberts 261505

Brownies – 1st Melbourn Stephanie Clifford 220272

Croquet Janet Pope 248342

Dynamos Football Club Les Morley 07739 593771

Guides – Ist Melbourn Hilary Marsh 261443

Melbourn Football Club Simon Gascoyne 07732 613555

Melbourn Judo Club Iain Reid 241830

Melbourn Karate Club Peter Khera 07866 374674

Melbourn Sports Centre Graham Johnson-Mack 263313

Melbourn and Meldreth Women’s Group Pat Smith 262575 Sue Toule 260955 Anne Harrison 261775

Photographic Club Bruce Huett 232855

Ramblers Dave Allard 242677

Royston and District Round Table Michael Seymour 221398

Swimming Club Jenny Brackley 244593

Tennis (Melbourn) Dave Liddiard 07508 995 781

Tennis (Meldreth) Tracy Aggett 243376

1st Melbourn Guides

As the end of lockdown appeared on the horizon and the children started returning to school, our Guides continued to enjoy weekly meetings on Zoom.

Thinking Day, on 22nd February, is the annual celebration of international Scouting and Guiding. Our Zoom meeting that week started with us sharing photos of friends and relations who were, or are, in the Movement around the world. After making an Origami penguin, and a Guiding history quiz, we all renewed our Guide Promise, then Alexandra played Taps on her flute.

The following week, with spring just around the corner, we did a Guide programme activity called ‘Plastic Planting’. Each girl created a mini biome from empty plastic drinks bottles, and planted pea seeds. Two weeks later they were growing nicely.

For Mothers’ Day we did another programme activity which involved planning and costing some main meals for a family of four. To complicate matters, the girls then had to factor in a vegetarian, the price of organic food, and an unexpected guest. We finished the evening with a step-by-step demonstration of how to make a cut-out Mothers’ Day card using just a sheet of A4 paper.

For St Patrick’s day, we challenged the girls to make a ‘Mr Potato Head’ using edible and craft materials, then showed a 5 minute YouTube tutorial of Irish dancing. We suggested that the girls turned off their video cameras so they could dance along without us watching! Our Irish-born leader Rachel showed us how to make the Ulster delicacy called ‘Fifteens’: a refrigerator cake of crushed biscuits mixed with cherries and condensed milk.

On the first weekend of the Easter holidays we took part in a national ‘virtual’ sleepover. Within their own homes, some girls made a den from furniture, others put up a tent in their bedroom or the garden; Imogen bedded down in the conservatory, and Lily used the living room floor. After showing us their alternative bedrooms, they learnt about the phases of the

moon by decorating biscuits appropriately, and we met again on Sunday morning so they could show us their cooked breakfasts.

As the summer term commences, we are finally back to real meetings, outdoors. Activities so far have been a scavenger hike to the Melwood, and a fire-lighting session, complete with marshmallows of course!

We are hoping to start a Ranger unit for our small group of older Guides later this year, and would welcome another leader or helper. If you would like to know more about helping with Guides or Rangers, please contact me on: 01763 261443 or email: melbournguides@gmail.com. You can also look on the www.girlguiding.org.uk website to find out more. Hilary Marsh

1st Orwell Scout Group

Throughout the most recent lockdown months, activities continued across Cubs and Scouts using Zoom. Designing and delivering Zoom sessions has been challenging, but also rewarding in its own way. The Cubs used the opportunity of meeting digitally to work on their Digital Maker badge, which involved using Raspberry Pi and other programs to create digital music and design a moving digital image. The Group also practised their map reading skills to identify local features, and in February made some very brightly coloured pancakes! The Scouts meanwhile have learnt about meteorology and ways in which they can provide emergency aid, as well as taking part in geocaching activities.

However, it’s hard to describe the real excitement with which both section leaders and children have welcomed the return of face to face activities. Not least as this has meant that those children who found the online sessions less attractive have been able to throw on their coats and shoes and enjoy having fun with their sections out on the Moor. From 12th April, all sections have been able to meet outside. Wide games were the order of the day for the first meeting of the Cubs, followed by a session dedicated to St George on 23rd April. Our new Cubs were also invested during this meeting, and the whole Pack was able to renew their Cub scout promise. The focus now is on working towards the Cyclist badge, which involved fixing punctures in the first session and a trip to Wimpole to explore the multi-use trail in the second. For the existing Scouts and their ten newly invested members, the sessions have also involved playing wide games and renewing their promises for St George’s Day, but they have also had the opportunity to practise their firelighting skills and cooking over open flames.

Of course, many of the children have been busy at home outside the organised sessions working towards a variety of badges. These include specific Activity Badges in areas of interest, as well as the Challenge Awards that encourage the children to step outside their comfort zones and try things they might not normally do. On Sunday 10th April, we were pleased to be able to host Larry Eeles, who presented 13 Cubs with their Chief Scout Silver Awards – the highest award that a Cub can achieve. The Scout section meanwhile awarded seven Chief Scout Gold Awards. This is the highest award in the Scout section and is the equivalent to a Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award

in terms of work. To achieve the Gold Award, Scouts must complete an expedition, volunteering activities and development and demonstration of a range of skills. These are amazing achievements for both our Scouts and our Cubs, not least as they were in large part worked towards over lockdown.

We were also incredibly proud that Sian Bolitho, our dedicated Scout leader, was awarded a Commissioner’s Commendation for outstanding services to scouting. Most fittingly, this was presented to Sian in the dark, standing in a muddy, windy field accompanied by a campfire with marshmallows. This is a wonderful recognition of all the energy and commitment that Sian brings to 1st Orwell Scouts. 1st Orwell Scout Group meets on a Friday evening in Melbourn. The Group is currently full, but please contact admissions@1storwellscouts.org.uk to add your child to our waiting list. We are really keen to hear from any adults interested in becoming a leader as this will allow us to accept more children and reduce our waiting list. As a Beaver/Cub/Scout assistant leader you could inspire our young people to grow in ability and confidence through a huge variety of activities and challenges, which is incredibly enjoyable and rewarding; why not give something new a go! Please contact GSL@1storwellscouts.org.uk if you are interested in finding out more.

Melbourn Dynamos Football Club

All welcome! https://melbourndynamosfc.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/ melbourndynamoscommunity/ Founded in 2003, Melbourn Dynamos FC is a thriving and friendly community football club that gives all the opportunity to play regular football, regardless of their experience or ability, at all ages from 3 through to and including Adults.

Like many people and groups in this country, we have had to face the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. For the club this began on 13th March last year, ahead of the lockdown, with our decision to cancel all fixtures and training to protect our players, parents and other members of the community. After 5 months of necessary but frustrating inactivity, our players were able to return to limited training from the beginning of August, subject to essential Covid protection measures in line with government and FA social distancing and good hygiene requirements; details at https:// melbourndynamosfc.wordpress.com/latest-news/ .

Our new season suffered from a delayed start at the end of September subject to social distancing and Covid security measures required by government and the FA (https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/sep/10/updatedcovid-19-guidance-for-grassroots-nls-wfp-100920). Thanks to our Covid Protection Officer, Nicky Patel, and our wonderful volunteer coaching teams, around 300 children in our community have restarted regular healthy fun through structured exercise and team building after the long confinement of lockdown.

Subsequent further lockdowns have impacted on us all, but the reduction of COVID-19 cases and rapid rates of vaccination have resulted in the return of grass-

roots youth football from early April. Our League has cancelled formal fixtures for the rest of the season but has arranged friendly matches so that our players can enjoy football again and be ready to start a normal season this September (see photograph below of our U15s team).

Last year, our club was recognised as an FA Community Hub Club, one of only eight in Cambridgeshire. What this means is that our growth and development has been recognised by Cambridgeshire FA for its important community contributions: • A football club at the heart of the community • Providing football opportunities For All • Developing young leaders and planning for a sustainable future

This recognition by Cambridgeshire FA has resulted from the tireless work of our club volunteers to develop and grow MDFC at the heart of our village.

The Club is currently FA Charter Standard and will soon be applying for the higher Community Club status. This will ensure a continued thriving partnership with Cambridgeshire FA, who have been instrumental in the Club’s recent development. As an FA Hub Club, we hope to attract further funding and support to secure and continue development at the heart of our community.

We have established inclusive football teams to bring the beautiful game to a wider range of players at both youth and adult level. Thanks to the support of our wonderful club volunteers we now have the OWLS (Opportunities Without Limits), a team for adults who play in the Cambridgeshire FA Parability League. The Club was the first to receive the Pledge Project Certificate of Recognition from Cambridgeshire FA and we are very proud to have received the Project of the Year award from Cambridgeshire FA for our commitment to offer everyone with a disability the opportunity to get involved in football, either competitively or socially. We are also planning to host disability Saturday morning drop-in sessions – watch out for future announcements.

For many years, the club has been working hard with our community to establish Girls’ Football. Our latest initiative has been working with the FA to set up the Melbourn Wildcats, providing girls aged 5–11 years with the opportunity to have fun, make friends and play football (see attached image). This fun, friendly environment will develop young girls’ physical and social skills by encouraging a healthy lifestyle and inspiring them to develop a lifelong love of the game. Please use the following link to book your place: http://faevents.thefa.com/book?sessionid=138685

We are pleased to learn that the Managers and Coaches of our many teams are seen as important role models in our community for young players. All are trained to at least FA level 1, so have a clear understanding of child safeguarding as well as physical first aid issues. At the start of the season a number stepped forward to request training in mental health first aid as well. This training is not compulsory for the club’s FA Charter Standard status, but we recognise the importance of mental health issues for young people in our community, are providing this training and have been very fortunate to receive financial support from our sponsors. If you would like more information you can follow this link to Mental Health First Aid England – https://mhfaengland.org/mhfa-centre/about/.

We are a successful club defined by the strength of support from members and families, the praise and

recognition of fellow clubs and FA Leagues, the work with our Community partners including Melbourn Village College and Melbourn Parish Council, and of course our players’ achievements on the pitch and their support for the community. With the support of our fundraising and community partners, we are making the club more inclusive by assisting players whose families are unable to afford the necessary fees. Our club is committed to developing our players through respect of fair play and a love of the game. This approach wins the respect of other clubs as well as providing the skills and commitment to win leagues and cup finals. This season we have 22 teams and 320 players. There are opportunities for all as we welcome new players and volunteers.

Our youngest players – the Dynamites – increasingly provide the core of our success, with league teams from under 7 upwards. The Dynamites’ coaching team is led by Dipak Patel. Dee was Cambridge FA’s Community Coach of the year for 2013, gained his Level 2 coaching qualification in June 2015 and is our Football Development Officer. These players, aged 3-6, have fun and develop their skills before deciding whether to play league football as the club’s under 7s team. The Dynamites train with level 2 and level 1 FA qualified coaches in Saturday morning fun sessions at Melbourn Sports Centre. These feature lots of short activities aimed at improving individual skills, concentration and the ability to be part of a team. The first one-hour session is free, thereafter we charge £2. All are welcome to the Melbourn Dynamites so why not bring your kids along so they can check it out?

Many of you will have seen the great news in previous articles about the full-size all weather Astro pitch for Melbourn. This has now been confirmed, work has started at MVC and it will be ready this summer in plenty of time for the new 2021-22 season. Melbourn Dynamos is proud to have initiated this exciting project delivering a huge asset for the whole community. We have been providing our children with increasing opportunities for healthy-living and well-being for more than 18 years, and our club is now the largest sport provider in our community. The quality and safety of the village’s current Astro pitch has been an increasing concern and we have been exploring a new and better facility with our community partners for many years. This has been a long and sometimes frustrating process, but thanks to the resolute determination of the Dynamos’ leadership team and their actions to win the support of the Football Foundation and Cambridgeshire FA, we are pleased that the village will have this new full-size artificial pitch by this summer.

The 100m x 64m floodlit pitch, based at MVC and costing more than £800,000, will be approximately four times the size of the current aging artificial surface it is replacing. In addition to school use, it will be available to local football clubs, for all ages and abilities, as well as the community out of school hours.

The club’s success at providing accessible and inclusive sport and exercise for our local children, means we need volunteers and financial support from our community. This enables the club to train our volunteers and continue to provide opportunities for all children irrespective of their financial circumstances. We are particularly grateful to Melbourn Parish Council for the Community Grant awards that recognise the importance of our community work and the need for financial support. Melbourn Dynamos’ continuing success and growth means that we also need your help. Please contact Blake Carrington at: chairman. mdfc@gmail.com for further information about the following opportunities: • Volunteers: If you would like to contribute to the club as a Facilities Manager, Administrator, Fund-raiser,

Fixtures Secretary, Club Secretary, Coach, Match day official or in some other volunteer capacity then we are very keen to hear from you. We know that there are many potential volunteers in our village who have skills and enthusiasm to support and develop our work in the community. • Sponsorship Partners: Our success and development come at a cost as we need to pay for the £250 training and kit costs of our new volunteer coaches as well as ensuring that we have 2 trained coaches for each of our existing teams. In addition, our pitch fees are in excess of £9,000 per season plus maintenance costs. Therefore, as Melbourn’s major community sports provider, we would be pleased to hear from potential sponsorship partners who share an interest in our community work More information about the club and individual teams is available from the club’s Website: https://melbourndynamosfc.wordpress.com.

Melbourn Football Club

As another three months have now passed and we are gradually moving out of the Lockdown restrictions, the exit to the end of the tunnel is getting ever closer. As I am sure you are aware, grass roots football restarted at the end of March, which, I believe has been achieved in part due to the fantastic efforts of all of the people involved in the vaccine roll-out programme, and once again I would like to pass on Melbourn Football Club’s gratitude to everyone involved in the fight against this

awful virus. By the time I write the next report for this magazine we should be restriction-free and able to enjoy all of the things that we took for granted previously. Who are we? Melbourn Football Club are a men’s adult football team that play in the Cambridgeshire Kershaw County Leagues, with home games held at The Moor Recreation Ground. The club offers affordable sport within the village to players of 16 and above. We have been representing the village for over 120 years and are always looking for new players to join us, so if you feel that you would like to play Saturday afternoon football in a friendly but competitive atmosphere then please contact the First Team Manager, Chay Wilson on 07966 573008, Reserve Team Manager, Gareth Crouch on 07943 389562 or our Club Secretary, Simon Gascoyne on 07732 613555 or you can e-mail him on simon_ gascoyne@hotmail.com. Alternatively, you can also contact us using our social media pages and can find these details at the end of this report.

Due to our fundraising efforts and excellent support from our sponsors, we are able to provide the opportunity for young adults (16 years and above) to continue playing football for as little as £30 per year (this is the signing on fee for all players) as we don’t charge Under 18’s, unemployed or those in full time education a match fee (this is normally £6 per match). So, if you are wanting to continue playing football or would like to get back to playing then we would be pleased to hear from you. We also provide the highest level of insurance cover against injury that is available via the Cambridgeshire Football Association, which has been of benefit to a couple of our players over the past couple of years.

We normally train on a Wednesday night (obviously, this has been affected by Covid 19) and again new players are welcome and encouraged to join these sessions. The Season Voided! Following my last report where I mentioned that discussions were taking place between the Cambridgeshire Football Association and the clubs within the Kershaw Leagues as to how the season should proceed. I can advise that a vote was taken by the clubs to void the current season and replace it with three cup competitions, where the teams were seeded depending on their league positions (with an element of geographic location taken into account) to allow clubs to enjoy games with a competitive element included. It was not the outcome we as a club wanted, as we were top of our league and undefeated for the season hoping for a promotion, however, we entered both teams into the competitions, with the first team entering the Kershaw 30 Year Intermediate Cup and the reserve team in the Kershaw 30 Year Junior Cup (the teams from the top leagues are competing in the Kershaw 30 Year Senior Cup). The teams were placed into leagues of six or seven teams with each team playing against each other once with the top team going through to the knockout rounds along with the top two second placed teams in each competition.

The first team got off to a great start in their league winning the first two games against Steeple Morden 4–1 and Guilden Morden 2–1 and then drawing against Great Shelford Reserves away 2–2: having conceded an own goal early in the game, they then drew level before taking the lead, but a late penalty for handball was awarded to Great Shelford preventing what would have been a memorable win. I say this as Great Shelford took the decision not to enter their first team in the Senior Cup competition, which meant they could play players from their Kershaw Premier League team (four leagues above us!) in their reserve team, a decision that they opted to take up by fielding at least five first team regulars against us! Normally this would be limited to two.

The first team then lost the fourth game to Cherry Hinton Reserves at home 2–4, coming back from two goals down to level the scores and then conceding a third with half an hour left in the game. Shortly after the third goal went in, we unfortunately had a bad injury to our striker Ben Fox, resulting in him being taken to A&E with severe concussion, following a challenge where he hit his head on the ground causing temporary loss of consciousness. This resulted in having to reorganise the team, as two of his close friends who are key players for us came with me to the hospital, making sure he was okay during the journey and staying awake (as I write this he is now home and recovering but will not play again this season).

The final score in this game was a 2–4 defeat, but up until this point we were competing very well against another team that included Kershaw Premier League players within it. This defeat also brought to an end our unbeaten run of 13 games for the first team, beating the 12-game run in early 2013 but short of the 18 games undefeated that was achieved between November 2009 and April 2010.

A further 1–4 defeat came against Cambridge University Press Reserves, leaving us unable to qualify for the knock out stages of the competition. However, we have taken great pride in our ability to compete with these stronger sides in this competition. We have one final match to play against our nearest (geographically) rivals, Meldreth Firsts, which is known locally as the Mel Classico!

The reserve team are also in a division with teams

from higher leagues and this has also been a tough competition for them having lost the first three games but winning the fourth one 5–2, Ben Fox scoring all five goals (the first player to do so in a game for Melbourn since Kieran Butler in January 2020). Unfortunately, their final match ended in a 7–0 defeat to Sawston Phoenix, one of three teams from Sawston that were in their division. Again, this was a very strong division with all of the opposing teams placed higher in the final places of the voided season. Sponsors & Fund Raising As I have mentioned in my previous reports, we have been supported well by a number of local businesses from the village with generous donations allowing us to purchase new kits and training equipment and once again a number of these have come forward to offer further financial assistance despite the difficulties businesses face in these uncertain times. This support has meant that we are able not only to provide the teams with excellent kit and equipment but also to continue with our support of our chosen charity CPSL Mind, the mental health charity (more about this later!).

On behalf of the club, I would once again like to thank: Shire Tree Surgery; T J Plastering; P J Deards Plumbing; MJF Construction; Conqueror Industries

It was also great to see the reserve team take to the field with their new home kit provided by Shire Tree Surgery, who have been a long-time sponsor of the team.

In addition to these companies, I would again like to reiterate the thanks of Melbourn Football Club to Steve and Kerry Harrington and their team at the Black Horse Public House for welcoming us into their establishment and providing food to the team after matches and during our monthly committee meetings, and we are already enjoying their hospitality after games following the reopening of the pub in April. They have picked up where they left off with first class table service in a socially distanced environment. If you haven’t booked a table yet make sure you give it a try as it’s always a warm welcome!

As always, I would like to ask that if you feel that you are able to offer sponsorship in some way then please contact Simon Gascoyne on the contact details below.

Unfortunately, due to Lockdown we have not been able to hold any fundraising events since before Christmas but we are hopeful that this will be changing very soon, so please keep a look out on our normal communication channels including Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for news of what we are planning to do.

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The Road to Istanbul From my previous reports, you will be aware that we donate 25% of all funds that we raise through fund raising activities like quiz nights and raffles to CPSL Mind, our nominated charity for this season, however due to Lockdown and being unable to hold fundraising events we agreed as a club to take on a challenge to run/walk to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul as this is where the Champions League Final is due to be played on the 29th May. It was agreed that 100% of the monies raised from this challenge would go to CPSL Mind and a Just Giving page was set up by Stuart Smith and people were asked to make donations to this worthy cause.

However, the response from the members of the club and their partners was fantastic leading to 44 people signing up to complete the challenge, paying £25 to take part, due to this response we decided that we should add the return journey to the challenge increasing the distance originally set at 3,000 kilometers to 6,000 kilometers. This averaged out to 136 kilometers per person during the month of March and we completed the challenge on the final day. As expected the distances covered by each individual varied massively (injuries taking their toll in some cases, along with work commitments and inclement weather) with the top two, Josh Holmes and Michael Harper finishing on 413.2 kilometers each; they agreed this would be a good way to end their personal challenges, having pushed each other all of the way. During his challenge Josh ran several marathons whereas Michael, being 58 years old, walked a steady 10 kilometers a day raising the bar in the last ten days to much longer distances.

For me one of the best performances within the challenge came from Megan Eaton, who not only finished in third place but achieved a distance in one day of 47 kilometers (29 miles in old money), which blew several of her closest challengers (including me!) out of the water. Well done Megan, a truly great effort, finishing in third place with a total of 288 kilometers. The oldest particpant in the challenge was Terry Muncey, who at age 66 walked 227 kilometers and kept me company on the challenge.

As I said earlier, the purpose of this challenge was to raise funds for CPSL Mind and I am proud to say that we raised £3,375.28 plus a further £634.08 in gift aid, bringing the total to a magnificent £4,009.36. This event was reported on a daily basis on our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages by our secretary Simon Gascoyne, with pictures of the participants in the challenge at different stadiums along the way to Istanbul. In addition, our first team manager Chay Wilson gave interviews to several local radio stations explaining the reasons for the challenge. Our original target was £1,000 so to finish on a total of £4,009.36 smashed all of our expectation and we pass on our thanks to all of the people who donated to our cause (including former Irish International footballer Daryl Murphy, who was keen to make a donation). Do you have any old Photographs of the past teams or players? We are currently putting together a picture library on our website and would like to ask if anyone has any old photos of players or teams from the past or newspaper cuttings. We have already received some (and thank you to those who have got in touch since my last request) which are great to reminisce about as we talk about some of the great teams and individuals that have been part of the club over the years. What would be really great when sending them in is if you can provide any names, the year/s the picture was taken and any anecdotal comments that could be added as it is always lovely to hear these stories.

Team members proudly displaying their CPSL Mind Challenge T-Shirts

If you are able to help then please forward these to the following: website@melbournfc.com www.facebook.com/MelbournFC Training Sessions As the season draws to an end we will restart training sessions sometime in July and will advise via our normal communication channels, including Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Last but not Least The last thirteen months have not been entirely unproductive in Lockdown, as during this time six of the club members and their partners have had babies born and with another player’s wife expecting an addition to their family in October this year. Our club secretary, Simon Gascoyne, was one of these but I mention him as he went that little bit further by delivering his daughter ten minutes before the ambulance arrived! The birth of a child is an amazing experience for both parents; however, Simon was on hand once again to save the day in a calm and collected way (well that’s what he is telling us!). On behalf of the club I would like to congratulate all of these parents on the birth of their babies. Contact Details If you are interested in joining Melbourn Football Club as a player, committee member or even as a supporter ETERNIT ANGLING CLUB then please contact the First Team Manager, Chay Wilson on 07966 573008, Reserve Team Manager, Gareth Crouch on 07943 389562 or our Club Secretary, Simon Gascoyne on 07732 613555 or you can e-mail him on simon_gascoyne@hotmail.com 365 days fishing for £25.00 You can also find us on social media and can follow us on Twitter @Melbourn_FC, Facebook www. facebook.com/MelbournFC , Instagram @melbourn_fc Consessions for and our website www.melbournfc.com OAPs and Juniors Melbourn Sports Centre

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• Access to Melbourn Village College sports hall and gymnasium for activities such as trampolining, badminton and basketball • Supervised sports and pool parties Reopening After Lockdown 3 Review Like most businesses, life has been very difficult for us. But it’s been great to have the full support of the local community to enable us to get back open, even it if has been on reduced hours and with restrictions! We’re really hoping that society has now turned a corner in dealing with the pandemic, and that we can gradually keep moving on toward getting back to normal. Even with strict COVID-19 preventative measures, we’ve still been able to offer junior swimming lessons, general swims and Fitness Suite.

We were able to operate our Holiday Scheme at May Half Term as well as swimming crash courses, which was great news. We were also able to accommodate Football Fun Factory at Easter so that they could run their football camps and were pleased to welcome Royston Netball Club back to the facility. We are continuing to work closely with Melbourn Dynamos, Comberton Gymnastics Club, Meridian Triathlon Club, outdoor Jazzercise and various martial art groups on site.

Summer 2021 – Let’s Hope The Summer Time Brings Sunnier Times To Us All!

As Government restrictions ease, we are hoping to be able to open up the Sports Centre fully, enabling us to offer a fuller programme to you all. Monday 17th May hopefully sees the return of indoor adult classes including Aquafit, Adult swimming lessons, Adult indoors sports and exercise classes such as indoor Jazzercise. We are also hoping to be able to revert back to our usual turn-up-to-swim sessions, but until further notice we will be continuing with our booking system, so please check and if necessary, book first before arriving. Get Fit With Msc This Summer We hope to have plenty to offer everyone this Summer, even if it’s with COVID-19 safety measures! So why not come along and get fit and healthy – both mentally and physically – at your local sports centre? There’s water aerobics and Swim Clinic to enjoy (returning in May) along with the usual swimming sessions. If ‘dry’ activities are more your thing, then we have our full Fitness Suite open for business with pocketfriendly payment options to suit all users. There’s also badminton courts available to hire, and with the warmer months now upon us, tennis courts too!

Activities For Children We hope to be able to offer our summer school holiday activities, which we anticipate will be very popular, so please ensure you get your places booked as early as possible to avoid disappointment. We are hoping to be able to offer a variety of activities to choose from, including our Ofsted Registered Playscheme (The Kidz Factor), Sport Taster Sessions and Swimming Crash Courses. Also available are our very popular Children’s Sports Camps, always a fun way to try out both mainstream and specialist activities.

You may like to bring the children along to our Family Fun sessions in the swimming pool (prebooking essential at present). With restrictions easing, we are hoping to be able to return to our pre-COVID pupil numbers for our popular swimming lesson programme, so if you are looking to enrol your child (or yourself!) in this, then please get in touch for further details.

The Perfect Present! Looking for something a little different to buy a loved one or friend? Then how about the gift of fun and fitness? We have some great offers on for the facility in general or just our competitively priced membership schemes for the MSC Fitness Suite, which houses the latest in gymnasium equipment, including C.V machines fitted with audio visual technology. Or you could just treat yourself (we all deserve it!)

Coming In 2021 – A Brand New Astro Turf Facility! With the wonderful news that Melbourn Village College have secured funding for a brand new full-sized Astro Turf pitch, we are looking forward to helping this become operational in 2021, and arranging bookings for this brilliant facility. For more details or to book your slot, please contact the centre.

We’d like to end with a huge thank you for your support through this tough time. All leisure facilities, particularly smaller ones, are struggling to survive, but with your help and patronage, we will continue to thrive!

For further details on memberships or any of our activities, please call 01763 263313 or go online at www.mc-sport.co.uk. You can also follow us on our Facebook page (melbournsports). We look forward to seeing you this Summer! Melbourn Sports Centre, The Village College, The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 6EF 01763 263313

Melbourn magazine is non-profit and all work on the magazine including design and layout are produced by volunteers. The Magazine is published four times a year in the first week of March, June, September and December. We print 2250 copies which are delivered free to every house and business in the village. Advertising revenue is used for printing costs only. Adverts should be supplied as finished artwork and must be at the sizes shown below. Please send artwork to melbournmagazine@gmail.com. The current rates for advertising in the Magazine are as follows:

Size per… Width x Height B/W Colour 1/4 inside page (79 × 128 mm) £132 £205 1/2 inside page (163 × 128 mm) £225 £313

Advertising rates are per year (four issues)

For further information on advertising please telephone 221965. Remittance or cheques should be made to Melbourn Magazine.

We are grateful to TTP for their continued sponsorship

Editorial Ann Dekkers 261144 Editorial, production, Peter Simmonett 220363 design and layout Advertising David Samson 261104 email: melbournmagazine@gmail.com Parish Profile Mavis Howard 260686 Proof reading Ann Dekkers 261144 Christine Orchard 221033 Jane Stevens Village Diary Christine Orchard 221033 Printer Langham Press 01223 870266

The Melbourn magazine team would like to thank all our advertisers for their support and sponsorship

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Abode Town & Country / Estate Agent – 01763 259888 66 Melbourn Flooring & Interiors – 01763 262413 50

All Eyes / Spectacle Makers – 01954 231545 60 Melbourn Garage – 01763 263344 4

Amber Health – 01462 490141 22

angliEAR / Hearing services – 01223 661399 40

Bannold landscaping materials – 01954 231666 66

B.C.R / Plumbing & Heating – 01763 260007 48

Bumpkins Day Nursery – 01223 208777 28 Melbourn Ironing Service – 01763 220996 22

Nancy Foster Footcare – 01763 261250 30

Newlings of Royston / Funeral Services – 01763 242375 40

Norburys / Building & Landscape Supplies – 01763 261740 28

Paul Hutley / Carpenter – 07702905915 48

Bury Lane Farm Shop – 01763 260418 32 Phillimore Garden Centre – 01763 260537 2

Bury Lane Fun Barn – 01763 260418 32

Chris Thomas / Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning – 01223 836002 48

CHS / Local Community Services – 01763 260564 4

CSL Cheap Storage Ltd – 01763 262344 62

ESSE – 01763 261000 46

Greenlow Kennels – 01763 260624 2

GYC Photography family photographer – 07786 707869 52

Jeremy Ashworth / Property Maintenance – 07815 093166 44

Jeremy Rule / Funeral Service – 01763 242560 60

JKL Tackle / Fishing tackle shop – 07966 268486 64

J Oliver Radley / Opticians – 01763 273300 68

Langham Press – 01223 870266 26

Lawn Partners / Bespoke lawncare – 01763 244955 2

Law Storage Ltd – 01223 874629 54

Leech & Sons / Master Butchers – 01763 260255 22 PL Cooper / Flooring Specialists – 01763 260918 48

Prince Property / Property Improvements – 01763 269565 46

Richard Arnott – Garden Designer – 01763 263231 32

Rothwell’s Carpet Cleaning – 01223 832928 44

Royston Complementry Health – 01763 247440 50

Sage / Blinds & Interiors – 01763 263399 4

Simon Robinson / Bespoke Picture Framers – 01223 873123 44

Southwell Court Residential Home – 01763 750006 26

Summit / Landscape Gardeners – 01223 929394 30

Taylor & Co /Chartered Accountants – 01763 248545 28

The Letting Centre – 01763 263039

The Sheene Mill – 01763 261393 10

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The Spice Hut / Indian Takeaway – 01763 262425 64

TTP – 01763 262626 52

Wheeler Antiques – Fine Art and furniture 01763 256722 60

Little Hands Nursery School – 01763 260964 33 Wrights Mower Centre / Garden Machinery – 01763 263393 44

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