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 Croquet Janet Pope 248342 Football Club Andrew Edwards 223109 Dynamos Football Club Les Morley 07739 593771 Gardening Club Helen Powell 245887 Guides – Ist Melbourn Hilary Marsh 261443 Judo Derek Coult 225004 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 Squash Club Nick Sugden 261064 Swimming Club Jenny Brackley 244593 Tennis (Melbourn) Dave Liddiard 07508 995 781 Tennis (Meldreth) Tracy Aggett 243376
1st Melbourn Brownies We managed a lot during the Spring term and had plenty of fun along the way. During this term we have had two trips. The first one was the District event to celebrate World Thinking Day. This was a puppet show which members from different units attended. All of our Brownies thoroughly enjoyed it. We also had a Pack holiday that lots of our Brownies went to. Everyone had such a good time, we are already planning another pack holiday for the near future. In addition, we had a pyjama party. Everyone came to the meeting in PJs with pillows and blankets. During the evening, we played games and drank hot chocolate. To finish the evening, we sang lots of Brownies songs. One week we had a science evening. There were five different sections: magnets; suction investigation; mini volcanoes; understanding the lungs, and a sheep’s heart and kidney dissection. Also, we have done some baking. One week we made Easter themed shortcake biscuits. Many of these were consumed before they left the building. We baked Simnel cakes (a traditional Easter cake) which we decorated the following week with marzipan. We are looking forward to an amazing summer term, including welcoming new Brownies, a Queen’s Birthday party, a trip to the local softplay place and much more. By Amy Selby (Little Owl) on behalf of all the leaders at 1st Melbourn Brownies (Brown Owl, Eagle Owl, Nightingale, Squirrel and Fluffy Owl). If you (or your daughter) wants come
and join in the fun, please contact Brown Owl (Stephanie Clifford) on 07888831140.
1st Melbourn Guides A mixture of old favourites and new projects kept the girls busy in the Spring term. The Go For It Show-time patrol entertained us with a play parodying the film Inside Out, and a dance routine. Meanwhile the Passion for Fashion groups customised old clothes, put on a fashion show, and made purses from bubble-wrap. We then tried a new resource called Free Being Me. This encouraged the girls to be confident about themselves and their bodies and to recognise the impossible expectations of appearance (the ‘image myth’) that the media portrays. Once again Bury Lane Farm Shop helped us out with donated cut flowers which the girls mixed with foliage to make table-top flower arrangements for Mothers Day. The girls also love a competition; on one evening the patrols gained points in a taste test, board games against the clock, cow herding trials, and paper aeroplane flying. In March we joined up with the 2nd Melbourn Guides for a geocaching hike and sleep-over at Cottered. The girls gained their Traditions of Guiding badge by learning how use a compass, set a table for dinner, draw the union flag, and they made up a short play illustrating a brief history of Guiding and Scouting. There was also time for an indoor campfire, and playing outside on the trim trail. melbournmagazine
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