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

Beavers and Cubs in Melbourn

The Group Scout Leader Andy Bendon, who is based at Orwell, will be shortly starting up Beavers and Cubs in Melbourn.

Where and when would it meet? – Both Beavers and Cubs will meet on Friday evening, using the Army Cadet building located at the edge of the recreation ground on The Moor (opposite to the bowling club). Exact timings still need to be agreed.

When will things start happening in Melbourn? – It is planned to start operating the unit at Melbourn in mid January 2013, beginning with alternate weeks here and then at Orwell, moving to every week at Melbourn once volunteer helpers and new leaders from Melbourn are confident enough.

Why do we need helpers and leaders? – To operate independently in Melbourn a rota of parent volunteer helpers will be needed and also at least two trained leaders each for both Beavers and Cubs. Leader training at this level is fairly easy and takes only a few sessions to complete.

Andy Bendon hopes that some volunteers for leader training become visible this year so that training can get started at Orwell unit, prior to the Melbourn start up in January. The whole enterprise stands or falls on getting leaders trained to look after the Melbourn Group. Parent helpers are needed badly, but an independent Melbourn unit cannot run without locally trained leaders.

What Happens Next? Many parents have already declared an interest in putting boys forward for the Melbourn unit. If you have yet not done so the contact details are shown below. Andy Bendon will contact all those interested in Beavers or Cubs before Christmas with the date, time and venue for a sign-up session.

If you are interested and have yet to let us know, please contact either Andy Bendon: andybendon@btinternet.com Or Sandra Tyrrell: first-orwell-beavers@ hotmail.co.uk Mobile: 07811636885

Grinnel Hill BMX Club

After a major set back with torrential rain damage late spring spring, we opened our gates in June of this year.

Since then we’ve had a total of 53 club members join combining of both Seasonal and Day members, from Melbourn itself, to as far as London and Nottingham. Weather permitting we’ve remained open every Saturday between June and September of this year, as well as on a selection of weeknights during the long summer evenings.

The aim for the club is to promote an activity for the young community of Melbourn and surrounding areas to participate in, with the guidance of our committee and experts, all of whom are CRB checked, as well as 3 being First Aid trained, in a safe and friendly environment. Members have access to free BMX coaching and expertise on site during club open days.

The club is now open annually April to September.

Strictly for BMX use only, for ages 12 and older, members have the option of either becoming a seasonal member for £20 (April to September), or a day member (per session) for £5.

For more details and to download your membership form today please visit www.grinnelhillbmx.co.uk

Acknowledgements

A local group of BMX riders have put many hours of hard work and dedication into building the BMX jumps on the site of Grinnel Hill, getting them ready for the grand opening earlier this year, and continue to maintain them to a safe standard since.

None of this would have been possible without the ongoing support of the Melbourn Parish Council.

We’d like to take this time to once again thank the Parish Council for another kind donation, this time funding the supply of 150mt of hose pipes and accessories, and 40 tarpaulins to protect various aspects of the site over the winter months.

In preparation for next year, we now have an extensive winter programme underway which will make further, exciting improvements to the site. See you in the spring!

Please visit www.grinnelhillbmx.co.uk to view a video promoting the club!

1st Melbourn Guides

Phew what a scorcher! Do you remember the summer? It was one week in July, and 1st Melbourn Guides were lucky enough to be on summer camp. At our County campsite in Newmarket we learnt to build and cook over fires, made gadgets from timber and string, walked to the swimming pool for a much needed shower, joined other groups for campfire singing, and on the last night many girls slept outside under the stars. Inspired and motivated by the Olympic team spirit, the patrols spent the early part of the autumn term competing in a Guide team pentathlon. Competition was fierce for the seated beach volleyball, the five-a-side Chairball (think netball rules and a chair to aim at) and balloon relay races. Team brain triathlon and Brain Gymnastics were the other two challenges: a trio of quizzes for the triathlon, and a choice of puzzles for individual girls to attempt for the gymnastics. At the medals ceremony the teams had to parade their mascot, sing their homemade national anthem, and perform their own ‘Mobot’ style pose.

We currently have a full unit and a waiting list, and would welcome another adult leader. 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 me on: 01763 261443 or email: melbournguides@ gmail.com Hilary Marsh

Melbourn and District Gardening Club

Are you interested in gardening? Why not join the Melbourn and District Gardening Club on a regular or occasional basis.

We meet at 7.30p.m on the second Tuesday each month, at the Community Hall, behind All Saints Church (near traffic lights, lane by telephone box) 2012 In August we met on a very hot sunny day for tea in the garden. Club members brought cakes to share.

Richard Todd, Head Gardener at Anglesey Abbey visited us in September to talk about Autumn & Recycling Garden Waste. We learnt how to make sweet smelling crumbly compost and the best way to produce leaf mould.

Peter Jackson from Scotsdales Garden Centre came in October to talk about Drought Resistant Plants, and the best way to cope with and improve our soil, as most of us garden on chalk.

Our AGM in November was followed by Richard Ayres (retired Head Gardener at Anglesey Abbey) talk on ‘How He Became a Gardener’

Advance Notice Coach Outing to Gardeners’ World Live and BBC Good Food Show – 15th June 2013

The club will be visiting Gardeners World Live and BBC Good Food Show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham on Saturday 15th June 2013. Two pick up points in Melbourn and Royston. Places can be booked in the New Year. Non members are welcome. » 11th December 2012 Quiz and

Christmas Social Evening » 8the January 2013 Perennials:

Traditional and Contemporary - Tom Cole, Head of London School of

Horticulture/Landscaping at Capel

Manor College, broadcaster local

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Angela Whiting owns a traditionally run specialist Alpine nursery in

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Travels to Spain through the

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Gardens New members and visitors very welcome. For more information contact Helen 01763 245887

The Ramblers’ Association

Royston and District Group

Our walks programme continues right through the year. For details visit our website: www.ramblers-hertsnorthmiddlesex.org.uk or contact David Allard 01763 242677.

Email: david.allard@ntlworld.com or Lesley Abbiss 01763 273463. There is also a poster displaying walks for the current month in both Melbourn and Royston libraries.

We have walks on Sundays, which are normally 5–7 miles in the morning and a similar or shorter walk in the afternoon. Some Sunday walks are Figures of Eight making it possible to do only the morning or only the afternoon. Half-day walks are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Prospective new members are welcome and may come on three walks before deciding whether to join.

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. Meetings are from 7.30 to 9.30 on Tuesdays. We have recently welcomed a large number of new members, including some local students, which has stimulated some lively sessions. The programme December to April comprises: December » 4 Club evening: Judging Point of

View entries » 11 Competition: Melbourn Trophy January » 8 Christmas meal » 15 Competition: Panel Prints » 22 Lecture: Coast to Coast in the footsteps of Wainwright: Harry

Tabeart » 29 Club evening: February » 5 Lecture: A Tale of Two Cities:

Adrian Stone » 12 Competition: Projected image » 19 Lecture: Seasonal Scenes: Barry and Liz Hatten » 26 Competition: Prints March » 5 Club evening: » 7 (THURS) Competition: Melbourn v. Saffron Walden and Letchworth AT

LETCHWORTH » 12 Competition: Projected Image of the year » 15 (FRI) Competition: Melbourn v.

Gamlingay AT GAMLINGAY » 15 (SAT) Competition Melbourn

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April » 2 AGM

New members, of any skill level, will be warmly welcomed. For further information please ring the secretary: Bruce Huett 01763 232 855

Melbourn Dynamos Football Club

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MDFC is a friendly community football club that gives boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of their experience or ability.

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We have squads in all age groups from U7 (our new U7 squad is pictured) to U18 and have a permanent base at Melbourn Village College where we hold our training and home matches in beautiful surroundings. Our squads train weekly and play matches at weekends in the Royston Crow Youth League, as well as regional cup competitions. We have had many successes, both competitively and in our style of play, which has led to a number of our squads receiving the League’s Fair Play Award – voted for by other clubs in the League.

Last season’s successes included the U10 squad winning the divisional trophy and the U16 squad reaching the finals of two major regional competitions – the Cambridgeshire County Cup and the Royston Youth Football League Cup. Congratulations to them all!

Melbourn Dynamites Ages 4 to 5

We run a Saturday morning fun football session for boys and girls aged 4 to 5 years. All welcome.

WANTED!! U14 players (Year 9) with or without experience U13 Goalkeeper (Year 8) who is committed to the role of goalkeeper, to be a regular member of our team.

If you are interested in finding out more about MDFC, please contact Nicky Patel on 07951 590139 or email us on melbourndynamos@aol.com

All of our coaches are CRB checked and qualified to a minimum of F.A. Level 1 standard. We are also recognised as a Charter Status Club which means that we have all the correct people and practices in place to operate in line with government requirements.

Melbourn Sports Centre

For those of you who don’t already know, we have: • state of the art fitness suite offering a variety of membership schemes • 20 metre swimming pool (kept ever so slightly warmer than most!) • comprehensive swimming lesson programme, catering for all ages and abilities • upgraded multisports courts for hire including tennis, football and squash courts • water sports courses and activities • traditional and modern exercise classes • access to Melbourn Village College sports hall and gymnasium for activities such as trampolining, badminton and basketball • supervised sports and pool parties.

We’re not going to let those long winter nights stop us from enjoying our exercise! As well as our indoor facilities like the swimming pool, squash courts and sports hall, we have loads of classes to keep you fit and healthy, including Boxercise, Core Stability, Swim Clinic, AquaFit and Physio-led Pilates. At time of going to print, we are in the process of arranging our new running club, so watch this space!

We offer table tennis and short tennis alongside our normal indoor racket sports. And they’re all reasonably priced, so the one thing that will stay plump is your purse!

With Christmas fast approaching, why not book a place on our Christmas KidzFactor activity days or our popular Christmas party, with a very special visitor! And if you’re looking for something different to buy your loved ones this year, then how about one of our Gift Membership Package or Gift Voucher?

Don’t forget our February half term PlayScheme – book your place from January 2012.

Party Time!

Looking for the perfect venue to hold your children’s birthday party? Then your search is over! We have all the facilities here for a fun-packed event with a variety of activities for your guests to enjoy, including trampolining (always a popular choice), football and traditional pool parties.

For further details on these or any other activities, please drop in, call 01763 263313 or go online at www.melbournsports.com. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Activities Still Available

Swimming Lessons Waterplay These pre-school swimming lessons are an ideal first step for your child learning to swim, with the aims to build confidence in water, learning basic skills like floatation and movement using buoyancy aids. Tuesdays and Thursdays: 13.30–15.00 Fridays: 10.30–11.30 (30 min lessons) £3.25–£3.50 per lesson (paid termly) Parent & Tots Toddler Lessons This class is an ideal way to introduce you and your child into our popular swimming lessons programme in a safe and enjoyable environment. Age: 6 months – 3 years Wednesdays 13.30–14.30 (30mins lessons) OR PAYG £4.25 per lesson or £3.50 per lesson (paid termly) For more details or to book a place then

Melbourn Bridge Club

We continue our enjoyable Monday evenings at the Vicarage Close Community Centre, attracting between 0 and 40 players each week.

New players are very welcome and as always can attend with or without a partner – come on your own and we will guarantee you a game. The standard is mixed as with Bridge Clubs. Melbourn ranges from beginners to a reasonably high level, and we pride ourselves on a good friendly atmosphere.

Just the place for a venture into duplicate bridge.

The Club has recently held its first friendly match, played against Royston Bridge Club, with each side entering 4 teams of 4. The match was won by Melbourn, by the margin of 3 – 1 and an overall score of 18 imps.

Congratulations are due to the 16 who represented Melbourn: F. Moynihan, D. Rowly-Jones, A. Allan, H. Waller, M. Thrower, S. Goswell, J. & J. Watson, B. Gibbs, J. Tulloch, M.&M. Deans, J. & J. Carey, J. Routledge, C. Martin.

Any enquiries pleaser contact H. Waller 01763 261693 or e.mail howardandgillwaller@yahoo.co.uk

Melbourn Bowls Club

The Bowls Club was particularly busy during August as a number of matches were postponed due to the wet weather at the beginning of the season and had to be fitted in alongside the other scheduled games.

As we got to the end of the season our Cambridge and District League team achieved promotion to Division 1. So, congratulations are due to Rod Sell and his team. The Meldreth League Team finished third, while the afternoon Foxton League team finished seventh out of eleven but with a positive shots difference. The Business House League team managed to retain its place in the first division after last year’s promotion.

The internal Club Competitions finals took place in September and the following people won titles. • Monday Afternoon League –

Ernie Brown • Handicap – Geoff Bridger • Men’s Singles – Paul Ferris • Ladies Singles – Sue Sell • Mixed Pairs – Di Clark & Jeff Maddin • Drawn Pairs – Sue Sell & Malcolm

Davey • Club Triples – Betty King, Tony

Jaquarello & Ernie Brown • Fish & Chips Pairs – Jacqui Dodds &

Doreen Bridger

We will be having our Presentation Dinner on November 25 when the winners of the competitions, apart from the last two listed events, will be presented with their Trophies.

Congratulations to Di Clark and Anne Howard on winning the Business House Ladies Pairs. This is a competition open to all clubs playing in the Business House League, so is quite an achievement.

We held our Open Triples competition on August 26 welcoming competitors from fourteen other clubs. This was one of the days the weather cooperated and the competition was played in perfect conditions. At the end of a sociable but competitive day the winners were from the Cottenham Club, a triple of Keith Haswell, Christine Haswell and Eric Hobbs.

During the winter we are continuing with Whist Drives every other Friday at 7.00pm in the Clubhouse. This is a friendly sociable event and prospective new members would be made very welcome at these evenings. For further details contact Arthur Andrews 01763 261990.

The summer season will start next year with an Open Day to which potential new members are invited. This will probably be on 5 May 2013. Confirmation of the date will be available by the time you receive the next edition of the magazine.

Tennis Club

Well done Andy Murray; what a fantastic result to win the US Open and become a grand slam winner as well as Olympic champion whilst Heather Watson and Laura Robson are also achieving so much; what a great year for British Tennis. Here at the Melbourn and District Tennis Club we are getting our winter

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training kit out and wrapping up warm so we can carry on playing through the colder evenings and weekends. There are still spaces available for all ages and abilities on the coaching programmes so come and join us by contacting the Melbourn Sports Centre Reception or email Dave at www.set2play.co.uk or ring 07508 995781.

Melbourn Shotokan Karate Club

The new Melbourn Shotokan Karate Club is run by Peter Khera (5th Degree Black Belt) with the primary objective of introducing the local community to the many benefits of training in the art of Shotokan Karate. Shotokan Karate was designed to benefit men, women and children of all ages by combining fluid techniques and natural body movements.

Children will love the energetic nature of karate which is fun, focused and friendly. As a Karate instructor for over 20 years Peter affirms that karate training provides many benefits to children. The introvert child often begins to blossom the structured drills that involve punching, blocking, kicking and shouting overcome shyness. The anxious or worried child becomes more confident and assertive as they learn to move and control their body. We can channel the energy in lively kids the child has a safe, healthy outlet in which to compete with themselves and others. They all progress in our classes as we use their motivation and help them to succeed as well as making new friends and keeping fit. Karate also benefits children by enhancing: concentration and self-discipline, teaching children to avoid using violence in confrontation, increasing self-confidence in all situations, as well as developing a sense of purpose and achievement. The children in karate classes know that more is expected from them, with the encouragement and support from their instructor and parents they will rise to the challenge. A child’s school achievement often improves after a period of training probably because of improved self confidence and enhanced concentration.

All teenagers can benefit from personal development Shotokan karate offers. In a time where pressure often requires us to have confidence to deal with situations and make decisions about conflicting ideas, a traditional approach, with enthusiasm to participate and take responsibility has to be beneficial. Teens will be encouraged to challenge themselves but at the same time, keep control of their own learning and sharing with others. If ‘teens are studying any of the following: GCSE, A Levels, GNVQ, Duke of Edinburgh, ASDAN, Scouts etc. We can integrate their karate training into academic study.

Shotokan Karate for adults and families is an activity you can do independently, with friends or children, develop mentally, emotionally and physically as well as increase your self-confidence and personal security. Karate has many physical benefits of other sports but the ability to defend yourself effectively is one of the main benefits of Shotokan Karate but the discipline also promotes honesty, respect and patience. It is not just about physical fitness, but also about developing a more relaxed approach

to life, and the ability to cope with stressful situations. Shotokan Karate is exhilarating and motivational.

Peter Khera (5th Dan) instructor who has an enhanced CRB clearance teaches at the Melbourn Sports Centre and has over 25 years experience in Shotokan Karate. He opened his first Karate club 1994 and now has formed an Association called the Kamaete Schools of Traditional Shotokan Karate (KSTSK) and is Co- Chief Instructor. This association is affiliated to NAKMAS National Governing Body. Peter has competed in many tournaments at local, national and international levels attaining first, second and third on many occasions. Peter has released the KSTSK Grading Syllabus DVD which is the Ultimate Shotokan Karate Syllabus Training Guide from Beginner to Black Belt. An introduction to the DVD can be viewed on the www.kstsk.co.uk website.

The new Melbourn club will meet at the Melbourn Sports Centre, The Village College on Sundays 12pm Midday. The class is open to children, teens, adults and families. For more information call 07866 374674 or www.kstsk.co.uk

Orwell Bridge Club

An invitation for Bridge players new and old

The Orwell Bridge Club would like to extend an invitation to Bridge players from Melbourn and other local villages. Everyone is welcome.

If you are interested please contact Ruth Bruce on 01223 208876 or by email on rmbathome@googlemail.com.

For those looking to improve their game we also have a small group who meet on Thursdays 2pm-5pm. This group is aimed at either new players keen to progress or more experienced players who need to brush up on bidding conventions, scoring etc. For more information call Judith on 01223 207453 The annual tournament in Chris’s memory took place in the middle two weeks of May at Fowlmere Sports and Social Ground. The first week the very brave attended and the bravest played. We watched in the car on the edge of the pitch with the wind-screen wipers working fully. Sadly for the teams and referees they had no cover and half time was shortened.

Melbourn was one of the unlucky ones to go out in the first round They have played every year since the tournament began in 1983/ The winners this year were Foxton, with Danny Smith scoring the winning goal.

The sponsors, (including several Melbourn businesses) players, and friends were very generous and twe are proud to say that the raffle and collection raised £4,550 for research into cancer. This year it was sent to Addenbrookes Cancer Research Fund, especially for research into malignant melanoma.

We are very grateful to all the people who played and the people who work so hard to make this event so successful.

Ray and Diane Boote.