Sports & Clubs

Bowls Malcolm Davey 262704 Bridge Club Howard Waller 261693 1st Melbourn Rainbows Abigail Roberts 261505 Brownies 1st Melbourn Stephanie Clifford 220272 Brownies 2nd Melbourn Samantha Pascoe 261400 Cricket Martin Winter 262733 Croquet Janet Pope 248342 Football Club Andrew Edwards 223109 Dynamos Football Club Les Morley 07739 593771 Gardening Club Helen Powell 245887 Judo Derek Coult 225004 Melbourn Sports Centre Graham Johnson-Mack 263313 Photographic Club Bruce Huett 232855 Ramblers Dave Allard 242677 Royston and District Round Table Michael Seymour 221398 Squash Club Nick Sugden 261064 Swimming Club Jenny Brackley 244593 Tennis (Melbourn) Dave Liddiard 07508 995 781 Tennis (Meldreth) Sue Davies 220174

Ramblers’ Association – Royston & District

We normally have an all day walk every Sunday and morning walks on Tuesdays or Thursdays, frequently on both days during the autumn, winter and spring. For details see posters in Melbourn or Royston library or go to www.ramblersherts-northmiddlesex.org.uk and click onto groups and then on to Royston. Prospective new members are welcome to come on three walks before deciding to join. David Allard 01763 242677.

Melbourn and District Photographic Club

This long standing club of local photographers from Melbourn and the surrounding area meets weekly from September to April at Foxton Village Hall. 20010/11 was a successful year with an increase in membership and participation. We have been taking a summer break from meetings so we can concentrate on taking photographs for the 2011/2012 season.

Meetings are from 7.30 to 9.30 on Tuesdays and provide a varied programme of prints and projected image competitions (internal and with local clubs), practical sessions and lectures by specialist photographers on a variety of subjects. However perhaps as useful are the informal conversations over coffee when members share their photographic experiences and tips on techniques and local photographic opportunities.

The provisional programme to December 2011 is: September 13 Welcome evening 20 Lecture: Jane Goodall 27 Club Evening: Photographing

Cambridge at Dusk October 4 Club Evening: Photographic

Software 11 Competition: Projected Images 18 Lecture: Barry Freeman: Earth and

Skies; Monochrome landscapes 25 Competition – Melbourn Trophy November 1 Club Evening: Review of Dusk

Photographs 8 Competition: Prints 15 Lecture: Richard Revels: Britain’s

Wonderful Wildlife 22 Competition: Projected Images 29 Competition: Prints December 6 Club evening: Critique of

Competition Submissions New members, of any skill level, will be warmly welcomed at our first meeting of the new season on Tuesday 13th September 2010. For further information please ring Bruce Huett on 01763 232 855.

Melbourn and District Tennis Club

Come and join us at MaDTC… • Free court hire • Play all year on 3 floodlight hardcourts • Advanced booking rights – 7 days, by phone • Free club night session • Reduced rate on coaching programmes /holiday camps • Find people to play in the tennis ladders • Play team tennis in the Cambs

Leagues • Entry to the Wimbledon ticket ballot • Free British Tennis Membership includes ratings and rankings for competitive play • Enjoy a full coaching programme provided by Set2Play • All new members will get a ‘tennis welcome’ from the Set2Play coaches.

For further information please contact Dave Liddiard Phone: 07508 995781 or E-mail: dave@set2play.co.uk Or contact the Melbourn Sports Centre reception.

Well what a packed spring we have had, during Royal wedding week we had a Hen party where we all dressed up in our best frocks and tiaras, and had a pampering evening including face packs, pedicures and manicures, mocktails and nibbles.

We have been doing our season’s badge, which includes talking about hibernation. The Brownies made a book about animals that hibernate, and have made rain gauges to read every day and make a diary of the measurements. The girls also made reflectors for their coats for the winter. Prior to Fathers Day the girls did hand prints on drinking glasses and made cards.

We had a campfire in one of the leader’s gardens and sang camp fire songs and cooked bananas with marshmallows and chocolate in tin foil on the fire.

On the 16th of July a few of the girls went canoeing in Cambridge and had great fun, a few of them got wet, and, at the end of an hour and a half and a down pour they were allowed to jump in.

If you fancy having fun with us and you are between 7 and 11 please ring Steph 07888831140. Brown Owl, Eagle Owl, Nightingale, Little Owl and Squirrel.

1st Melbourn Guides

Fun and fundraising, fresh air and exercise: the 1st Melbourn Guides have certainly been keeping busy this summer.

Most of the girls chose to organize their own sports activities for the first half of the term, enjoying kick rounders, silly sports challenges (including 400 metre egg and spoon relay!), and football. Meanwhile the senior patrol was challenged to create, cost and promote non-alcoholic cocktails to sell at the Melbourn fete. They did a brilliant job, and raised nearly £40 for the Guide Friendship Fund.

The sports theme continued after half term with a paralympic sports competition; the girls attempted blindfold dressage, and seated shot putt, boccia, and beachball volleyball. A survival themed evening saw our group out on the Rec, filtering muddy water from the river Mel, and using compass points to learn which way to build an emergency shelter. More outdoor skills were enjoyed the following week when we collected firewood and toasted marshmallows over small campfires. The camp theme continued with tasters of square lashing, tent peg bashing, and bed rolling.

We shared our ever-popular trip to Jarman Park for ice skating and swimming with the 2nd Melbourn Guides and Barrington Guides, and we will camp for a week in August at our favourite site near Norwich.

We will start the term in September with a full unit and a waiting list. If you would like to know more about becoming a Guide or a leader, or if you have any skills or hobbies which you would like to share with us, please contact Hilary Marsh, 01763 261443 or email: melbournguides@gmail.com

Melbourn Dynamos Football Club

http://melbourndynamos.co.uk Our new 2011–12 football season is now well underway with a busy training and match schedule for all our young players.

MDFC is a friendly community football club and we give boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of their experience or ability. Our squads train weekly and play matches at weekends in the Royston Crow Youth League. Our younger members play 7 a side football on small pitches, moving through to 11 a side on bigger pitches for the older players.

MDFC is now 8 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 180 children aged 4 to 15 years signed up to our club. Our Under 12 team is pictured below after one of their matches!

We always welcome new players, with or without football experience, to join our squads. If you are a boy or girl aged