CLUB CORNER

Wendover Horticultural Society

Our monthly meeting is on Thursday 7 April at St Anne’s Hall at 2.30. The speaker is John Marshall, well known in Wendover as a gardener and national exhibitor of Chrysanthemums. He is speaking of gardening work to be done in the Spring. Numerous tips are guaranteed, particularly relevant to our local soil. Usual price £3.00.

Neville Morton

Rotary Big Bake Competitions

Rotary in Wendover and District is delighted to announce two forthcoming Big Bake competitions:

•Saturday 9 July Weston Turville

•Saturday 10 September Wendover

Save the dates, more details to follow.

Wendover Cricket Club

A lot is happening at Wendover Cricket Club as they prepare for the new season. 19 junior leagues have been entered as well as several tournaments, catering for ages 8 to 19; some 150 games are being arranged whilst the senior teams will be playing on Sundays and 2 teams in the Saturday Mid Bucks League. There will be a full range of junior practices during the season including 2 girls only ones. Senior net sessions have begun on Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00am at Mandeville School, Ellen Road, Aylesbury HP21 8ES and continue until 9 April. Junior indoor training is also continuing, with girls-only sessions (years 4 to 7) on Sunday mornings 10:00 to 11:30.

New senior players are welcome to turn up at the hall or, along with any other potential recruits, contact Jonathan Seabrook on 07767 148119 or jseabrook@talktalk.net.

Our beautiful game cannot run without Umpires and Scorers. Do you fancy doing either to help the club and on Saturdays in particular? You will get to visit many beautiful cricket grounds in our county and assistance can be given to get qualified.

The Village Cup will be running again during May to July at Witchell. The Bridge Section has also just resumed its Wednesday evening sessions at Witchell and new / past players are welcome. Contact Jonathan as above for more Information on anything or check the website www.pitchero.com/ clubs/wendovercricketclub.

In the background is the on-going development of the new ground at Tring Road. The planning decision / permission is still awaited and once received, the first real signs of activity will be some archaeological works on the site; meanwhile work on the designs and tenders continue.

RSPB Aylesbury Group

The next indoor meeting is on Monday 25 April when Conor Jameson will be giving a talk on “Looking for the Goshawk – The Lost Raptor”. Held at the Prebendal Hall Community Centre, Aylesbury HP19 7QW, starting at 7.30pm. More info at www.rspb.org.uk/groups/aylesbury.

Cricket Club and RSPB - Jonathan Seabrook

Wendover Bowls Club

Our club is tribal. It is roughly divided into two groups, namely the Dark Greens and the Light Greens. Each play other clubs in the league culminating in a needle match between each other. The Light Greens have been doing very well in matches and they showed no mercy when they took on the Dark Greens. As the indoor season draws to a close we are all looking forward to getting outside again. Sadly we will be without our Parrot House as, at present, it has a roof but no walls. They say fresh air is good for you!!

To mark our return to the great outdoors we kick off with our opening season dinner. As we missed it last year due to the wretched virus it is good to feel that things are getting back on track and we can enjoy the social side of the club again. If you have ever thought of giving bowls a go our Chairman has told me that we will have open evenings every Friday in May at six o'clock. All we ask is that you wear flat shoes; stiletto heels upset the green keeper no end. We will guide you gently through the mysteries of this simple but frustrating game. Wendover is one of the friendliest clubs and you will be made most welcome.

Don Knight

BBOWT in April

‘Hare, There and Everywhere’ - family trail

Tuesday 12 - Sunday 17 & Tuesday 19 - Sunday 24 April 2022, 10:30am - 3:30pm College Lake, Tring, Buckinghamshire HP23 5QG

Go ‘Hare, There and Everywhere’ on our wonderful self-guided spring walk with all the family. Explore our wonderful wildlife habitats and take part in our nature challenges whilst finding out more about some of our local wildlife.

The event is suitable for families with children aged 3 to 11 years. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Allow 1-1.5 hours to complete. Booking recommended on www. bbowt.org.uk/events.