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CLUB CORNER
Lucy Clark Scottish Country Dance Club
Scottish country dancing is great fun, very sociable and keeps you fit! If you’re looking for a new fitness activity which also gives your brain a workout, why not join us? You don’t have to be Scottish, wear a kilt or have a partner and your first visit is free. You’ll get a warm welcome at our club which meets every Thursday at Wendover Memorial Hall. Our "New Dancers" Class starts 15 September at 6.45 pm. For further details, please contact us via the website: www.lucyclarkscottish. org or ring Yvonne – tel: 01296 623588 or mobile 07880 851119. See advert page 6.
Aylesbury Dolls House Club
At their regular monthly meeting, 7 September, members of the Aylesbury Dolls House Club will be putting the finishing touches to their displays for their upcoming Exhibition and Fair. This is being held at Wilstone Village Hall on Saturday 8 October, starting at 11.30am. As well as exhibits of projects completed both during and since lockdown, there will be sales tables, a tombola, a raffle and refreshments. Come along and see what we do at our meetings and all the enjoyment that can be had from making miniatures. Contact Diane on 07899 090399 or arcadia96@btinternet.com.
Wendover Cricket Club
Wendover Cricket Club’s senior teams are having mixed fortunes. In the Mid Bucks League, the 1st XI top Division 1 and have secured 3 big victories in the last month versus Bradenham (Ben Pope 68, Jonathan Seabrook 4-14), Lt Gaddesden (Pope 50, Kush Bhargava 54, George Robinson 4-23) and Frieth (G Robinson 5-10). The 2nds in Div. 3 beat Bradenham (Puneet Kapoor 66, Anshuman Pandit 47) but lost to Ley Hill (A Pandit 42) and Aylesbury (Bob Glue 4-36). In friendlies, we chased down 232 at Boxmoor to win by 4 wickets (Jimmy Cook 4-58, Tony Fish 42, Chris Hunt 71* & Zac Fish 32*). Other notable performances include Calum Grainge’s 93 at Taplow, Ben Edmonds 55 & Hector Charlesworth 57 at Lt Marlow and Ben Sjoberg 41* at Penn Street. Junior cricket has reduced during the holiday period but girls cricket has continued with training and games, whilst some matches in most age groups have been or will be played in August. An U8’s cricket festival was held on 5 August and 30 participated. Some juniors have been regularly playing with the senior teams.
It’s not too late to join up with the seniors as their matches extend to 25 September. All enquiries including juniors to Jonathan Seabrook on 07767 148119 or jseabrook@talktalk.net.
J Seabrook
Wendover Singers Community Choir
We would like to thank all those wonderful people who supported us with our very first ‘No. 1 Summer Concert’ in June; everyone from helpers to audience helped to make this such a success. We all enjoyed the experience and we know from the reactions and supportive comments that our audience did too.
Over the last few weeks our numbers have expanded significantly and we are near capacity. We start rehearsals again in September and will be preparing a repertoire for the Christmas Lights Switch On in Wendover as well as for our summer 2023 concert. If you would like to sing with us we have a very few places left and then it is the ‘waiting list’! Please contact our choir secretary for more information at carol@aimzine.co.uk. See advert page 4.
Carol Crockett
RSPB Aylesbury Local Group
Indoor talks resume on Monday 19 September with “Crane Spotting...” by Ashley Grove which explores the special birds to be found in Sweden. It is being held at the Prebendal Hall Community Centre, Fowler Road, Aylesbury HP19 7QW, starting at 7.30 p.m.; entry for non-Aylesbury Group members is £5. Enquiries to Anne Fisher 01844 215924.
Jonathan Seabrook
BBOWT Chilterns Group
Our Chilterns Newsletter is due to appear early in the month. Please email me if you'd like to receive it. On Sun 4 Sep at 10am, Mick Jones will lead a group to see the changes taking place on the Dancersend Reserve Extension, where arable land is being reverted to chalk grassland - our own local rewilding scheme. For this and all events except the talk, please get more details and book at bbowt.org.uk/events. Wed 7 sees the launch of our community network scheme with an online meet-up at 7pm, while on Sat 10, College Lake will host a Young Rangers session at 1.30pm for 12 to 16s. Nature Tots sessions for preschool children will take place on Tue 13 and Thu 15 at 10.15am. At Great Missenden Memorial Centre on Tue 20 we start a new season of talks with Chantal Helm showcasing 'The Elusive Barbastelle Bat', doors open 7pm, talk 7.45pm, admission £5 inc. refreshments. Looking ahead to October, our autumn Plant and Produce Market will be on Sun 9 Oct at College Lake so please get plants ready labelled and plan for some baking or jam making.
Richard Birch, BBOWT Chilterns Group richardbirch60@yahoo.com
Wendover Bowls Club
Phew!! What a scorcher. The heat did for our long awaited Gala but a monumental effort by Eric and Ann Smith and others saw it played just two weeks later. Eleven of the original fourteen teams agreed to come on the new date. This left us in a bit of a quandary as we need even numbers for the draw. We could have fielded a Wendover team but it is considered bad form to win your own Gala so they would have to have played to lose. At the last minute another club joined us saving an embarrassing situation. The day was a great success. Not only does the Gala swell the coffers, but it is a great showcase for the club and most of the clubs that came have promised to return next year. A real feather in the cap for all the hard work the event entails.
This extraordinary weather has taken its toll on matches with several cancellations. By their very nature bowling greens do not offer shade and the sight of elderly parboiled bowlers has to be avoided. Still, at last the forecast is talking about rain so it will probably pour between now and Christmas and we will all be able to have a good grumble.
Don Knight
The Stoke Mandeville Village Society reignited
In 1973, a group of local residents formed The Stoke Mandeville Society, with aims to to “preserve a village way of life and community spirit”, it sadly disappeared in the 1980’s and 30 years of over-development is now evident in the village and surrounding neighbourhoods within the parish. Determined to continue its work, a group of passionate residents, local groups and businesses have come together to revitalize The Society with a mission to: protect & enhance the village’s character, charm & scale, improve our sense of community and thereby put ‘village life’ back into the heart of our historic village.
The Society has a clear vision to ensure the original Village, with its post-war developments, reclaims its boundaries, charm, sense of community and historic past. It will protect the history, ensure it is fit for purpose for the future, encourage and develop community activities, promote interest and awareness throughout Bucks & beyond. It will also support local community eco-friendly initiatives, organize social and informative events, monitor planning applications, and consult members on relevant issues.
Run by Stoke Mandeville Villagers for Stoke Mandeville Villagers, it is politically nonaligned and welcomes everyone over the age of 18 years, living, working, or visiting the Village. It already has over 60 members, with many more joining and hopes by the end of the year to have at least half of the Village residents and businesses signed up. Being a subscriber to the website & membership is free in the first year. For more information, to become a member or to volunteer your time to help the society achieve its aims, please email: stokemandevillevillage@gmail.com, check out Instagram @stokemandevillevillage and watch out for our website, currently in development.
Wendover Horticultural Society
Our expected speaker on 1 September is now unable to attend. We are most fortunate that Edwin Rye, who was to speak in November, can speak on “Plants for late Summer and Autumn”. On 6 October, Sandy Primrose is speaking on “The Art of Low Maintenance gardening”. Both meetings start at 2.30 pm at St Anne’s Hall, cost £3.00. The 14 September trip to Arla is fully booked.
Neville Morton
