Level 1 standard. We have recently progressed to a Charter Status club with the people and practices in place to operate within the new government requirements from the 09/10 season and onwards. If you are interested in finding out more about MDFC, please contact Nicky Patel on 07951 590139 or email us on: melbourndynamos@aol.com
WANTED!! Under 11s & 12s Girls (School Years 6/7)
games to earn points. The ever popular ‘bin bag fashion’ had a theme of West End Musicals, resulting in girls dressed in outfits from Joseph, animals from Lion King and nuns from Sister Act. A disability awareness evening saw the girls learning ‘Taps’ in sign language, lip reading, and identifying people and objects blindfolded. In February we staged our own Winter Olympics with homemade plastic skis, stone-filled socks for curling, polythene sheets for bobsleighs, and rolled up newspaper for ice hockey sticks. For Thinking Day we had an Italian themed evening which included home-made mini pizzas and Venetian mask making. The leaders had an easy evening while the girls enjoyed an evening of swimming at the Leisure Centre, and the mothers had a treat with home made Mothers Day cards and sweets. As part of our community involvement we helped at a Coffee Stop, at which our cake stall raised £25 for WWF, and we gave our opinions to the Melbourn Village Plan project. In March we did a 5 mile hike near Cottered, then stayed overnight in a converted primary school. Some girls learned new skills to earn their Traditions of Guiding badge, whilst others helped to cook the supper. As expected, the girls talked late into the night, but were still up and awake for their cooked breakfast at 8am on Sunday morning. The Spring term finished with an evening of challenges based on the activities we’d done throughout the term. I was impressed at how much they’d actually learnt! The ‘Wednesday group’ has now become ‘2nd Melbourn Guides’ and will continue meet on Wednesday evenings.
If you would like to know more about becoming a Guide or a leader with either group, or if you have any skills or hobbies which you would like to share with us, please contact me on: 01763 261443 or email: melbournguides@gmail.com Hilary Marsh
Melbourn Dynamos Football Club http://melbourndynamos.co.uk MDFC is now nearly 7 years old and is going from strength to strength. Starting out with a handful of local children and parents in 2003 we now have approximately 150 children aged 4 to 13 years signed up to our club. The current U10 squad are pictured at the end of season Presentation Event of 2009. We are based at Shepreth, and offer boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of experience or ability. We operate as a community based club playing competitive football in the Royston Crow Youth leagues. All of our coaches are CRB checked and qualified to a minimum of the F.A.
We are establishing a new girls squad for the 2009/10 season, coached by fully qualified FA coaches. If you know of any girls in Years 6 or 7 who might be interested in playing football, please contact us on the number above.
Dynamites Ages 4 to 5 We now have a Saturday morning fun football session for boys and girls aged 4 to 5 yrs. All welcome.
Melbourn And District Photographic Club The 2009/2010 year ended on a high note with a stimulating Melbourn Trophy final (the 36th) on Saturday 13th March at Foxton Village Hall including the annual display of members’ prints. Cambridge retained the trophy, beating Biggleswade. The final is the result of a knock out competition, starting in October, between 14 local photographic clubs. Jim Hartje provided informed and entertaining judging of a varied range of excellent images. Homemade cakes were enjoyed by all. Ware won the Print Competition with an evocative display.
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