CLUB CORNER

Wendover Evening WI in 2021

What a year that was!

The Wendover Evening WI Committee has taken a proactive approach to maintaining contact with their membership during the entire pandemic, including the challenges which 2021 brought. Wendover WI has remained positive and has capitalised on activities which the restrictions permitted.

Being a forward-looking organisation, the group transitioned from pre-COVID face-to-face meetings to meeting on-line, fully embracing technology, including WhatsApp and Zoom which enabled: • Wendover Evening WI WhatsApp Group • Regular online contact with members • Monthly virtual speakers • Quizzes • Committee Meetings • Online Denman cookery demonstration whilst the WI members cooked. Once the Turkish cuisine was ready, members sat in front of screens with a glass of wine enjoying a virtual communal meal.

Since the return of face-to-face meetings, the Club has gone from strength to strength. Read more about the activities of 2021 at https://bit. ly/34SBsUV.

Wendover Evening WI Committee

South Bucks Midweek Cycling Club

We are a friendly club providing group cycle rides for all abilities from beginners to seasoned riders. The rides are all based in the South Bucks area and primarily take place midweek on a Wednesday. Join us to get fitter, make some new friends and explore our lovely area. https://www. southbucksmidweekcycling.org/ Phil Jarvis

Wendover Bowls Club

The indoor season has almost run its course. Sadly some clubs have been unable to raise teams and we have had several cancelled matches. I am afraid the dreaded Covid has much to answer for as people seem to have got out of the idea of going out. The poor old Parrot House (the lean-to along the back of the clubhouse) is looking very sorry for itself, as it is being rebuilt. We may not have it for the start of the outdoor season in a month. Our green has had rather a bad time of it this winter with rooks tearing up great swathes of it looking for lunch. We resorted to two toy kites tethered to poles, which zoom about in the wind. They have been quite effective and the damage has decreased dramatically. It will be wonderful to get out again and play on grass - with any luck being able to watch the action from our splendid new Parrot House. Don Knight

Wendover Singers’ Accompanist

Alas, our wonderful accompanist (Penny), will be leaving us, (because of increased workload, it’s really nothing to do with us!), and we are now seeking a new accompanist. If you think you are the right person for Wendover’s new community choir, please apply for a copy of the job specification on info@wendoversingers. com. For further informal discussion, please send your name and phone number to the email address above and we will contact you.

Auditions will be held on Monday 21 March from 6:30 pm.

Wendover Singers accompanist must possess: •Advanced piano skills •Advanced music theory •Vocal techniques •Sight-reading, conducting, transposing, arranging and coaching skills The ideal candidate will promote fellowship and friendship within the context of a community choir and ideally, have experience of teaching young children to sing.

The choir rehearses on a Monday evening, (6.30pm to 8.30pm), during term time at the John Colet School.

Wendover Singers

Wendover Horticultural Society

We really feel that we are coming out of Covid, having had good attendances so far. We are arranging a number of outings this year, the first one to the RHS gardens at Hyde Hall, in Essex on Wednesday, 30 March. Cost £27. The next one is in June. The March monthly meeting (3 March, 2pm, St Anne's Hall) will be Pete and Jenny from Preston Bissett Nurseries, and is about “Summer and late summer planting for herbaceous borders and small gardens”.

Neville Morton

BBOWT Wildlife Activities in March

From 22 February College Lake Reserve and Visitor Centre (HP23 5QG) will be open from Tuesday to Sunday every week until October half term. The gates will be open from 10.00 till 16.30 and all are welcome. As you enter, a small donation to BBOWT is appreciated as this is one of 90 reserves we keep available to the public. The café and shop welcome visitors with new items on the menu and new articles on the shelves. We shall also be open on Easter Bank Holiday Monday.

Zoom talks this month include 'Wildlife on your Doorstep' at 7.30pm on Thursday 3 March, and 'Know your local Wildlife' at 7.30pm on Thursday 10 March. There will be a live talk at Great Missenden Memorial Centre (HP16 9AE) at 7.45 pm on Tuesday 15 March when John Tyler will instruct us on 'Reading the Countryside,' following this up with a field trip at Dancersend on Saturday 19 March. For full details and booking go to bbowt.org.uk/events.

Keep an eye on the events website for final details of local wildlife walks and the Spring Plant and Produce Market which is expected to be in early May. Successful fundraising here depends on members of the public kindly supplying plants from their gardens, potted up and named. We can collect if you like - please contact richard. catton1@ntlworld.com.

Richard Birch

Wendover Cricket Club

Senior net sessions begin on Saturday 5 March from 9:30 to 11:00am at Mandeville School, Ellen Road, Aylesbury HP21 8ES for 6 weeks @ £5/session. Meanwhile indoor training for girls and boys is continuing until 10 April. Please contact Jonathan Seabrook on 07767 148119 or jseabrook@talktalk.net for more information.

Jonathan Seabrook