Sports & Clubs

Bowls

Malcolm Davey 262704

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

McSplash

Joanne Greene 263313

Melbourn Sports Centre

Graham Johnson-Mack 263313

Ramblers

Dave Allard 242677

Royston and District Round Table

Michael Seymour 221398

Squash Club

Nick Sugden 261064

Swimming Club

Jenny Brackley 244593

Tennis (Meldreth)

Sue Davies 220174

1st Melbourn Rainbows

This year we have had many exciting and varied activities plus two UK Girl Guiding Centenary events for the girls to enjoy.

We began the term with paper plane making! The girls were given a basic design of plane to make and then created their own. It was great fun watching them flying around the room and the paper planes as well!

Then it was time to work on our new badge. Every year we work towards a roundabout badge, whereby the girls have to complete for activities based on love, laugh, learn and look.

One of the activities chosen by the girls was a pyjama party. Everyone put on their pyjamas (even the leaders), brought their favourite bear and we played games, read bedtime stories and drank hot chocolate.

We joined the other Melbourn District Rainbow, Brownie and Guide units to celebrate the UK Girl Guiding Centenary at Meldreth Primary School. Each unit organised an activity based on a decade within the last 100 years, ours was Rock ‘n’ Roll dancing in the 1950’s. Our Young Leader, Joanne Evans, choreographed a dance for us all to learn. We had a fantastic day enjoying many different activities and meeting new friends, culminating with a BBQ.

To enjoy the lovely weather, an evening of football was organised and run by Jordan Marin. The girls were a little apprehensive about this activity as some of them had never played football before, but Jordan encouraged us by playing some football games and we were soon in the football spirit. A great evening, which I know the girls want to do again.

During July we also attended Race 100, which was a County Centenary event held at Newmarket Race Course. 100 different activities were organised for us to enjoy. Unfortunately we couldn’t get around to them all, but the ones we did, we thoroughly enjoyed.

For our end of term event we went ‘Wet and Wild’. We enjoyed lots of games on the moor including lots of water ones where we got a little wet.

At the start of the new autumn term we had 3 new Rainbows join us and now have 22 Rainbows. We are looking forward to numerous activities, but the main one for us is the UK Girl Guiding Centenary finale. Unfortunately our girls are a little young to end the finale at Ely Cathedral, but we organised our own party at All Saints’ Church, Melbourn and renewed our promise along with the whole of the UK at 20:10 on Wednesday 20th October 2010.

There have been many wonderful activities over the last year to celebrate the UK Girl Guiding Centenary and we have enjoyed but a few. Some of us may not be around to celebrate the 200th birthday, but we look forward to being part of girl guiding during the next 100 years. Sue Evans 1st Melbourn Rainbows Assistant Leader Melbourn District Commissioner

Melbourn Dynamos Football Club!

www.melbourndynamos.co.uk MDFC is a community football club offering boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of experience or ability. All our squads train weekly and play competitive matches at weekends in the Royston Crow Youth League.

The Club is now 7 years old and is going from strength to strength. Starting out with a handful of local children and parents in 2003 we now have approximately 180 children aged 4 to 14 years signed up to our club. Our 2010/11 Under 8 squad is pictured below.

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.

We always welcome new players, with or without football experience, to join our age group squads. If you are a boy or girl aged 4–14, interested in playing football, please contact us to find out more. For the younger ones aged 4–5 years, we run a ‘Dynamites’ Saturday morning ‘pay as you go’ fun football session. All welcome.

If you are interested in finding out more about MDFC, please contact Nicky Patel on 07951 590139 or email us on: melbourndynamos@aol.com URGENTLY NEEDED! Under 12 Boys (School Year 7) We are in URGENT need of new players to join our U12 (School Year 7) boy’s squad straight away. Please contact Les Morley on 07739 593771 Girls aged 11–13 (School Years 6/7/8) We are building a new girls squad, coached by fully qualified FA coaches. If you know of any girls who might be interested in playing football, please contact us on the number above.

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 7.30pm on the second Tuesday each month, at the Community Hall, behind All Saints’ Church (near traffic lights, lane by red telephone box).

We go on local and coach outings further afield. During the past year we have have visited RHS Wisley, Guilden Gate Smallholding and Mill House Garden, Bassingbourn.

For those interested in growing fruit and vegetables or keeping chickens, the talk on 12th April, will be Self sufficiency from your garden.

Coach Outing Saturday 11th June 2011 visit to Hever Castle in Kent.

14th December 2010 Christmas Social Evening 11th January 2011 Wild South Wales – Richard Revel 8th February Breaking Boundaries – Looking at fences in a totally different way – Helen Riches 8th March The Gibberd Garden – Richard Ayres New members and visitors very welcome. For more information: Telephone Helen 01763 245887 or Angela 01763 262793

1st Melbourn Guides

Going away with girls from other units is a classic part of Guiding’s culture, and both Guide units in Melbourn had two exciting opportunities this summer. In August we joined 300 girls and leaders from across Cambridgeshire for a weeklong camp at Quy showground.

There was a fantastic range of activities both modern and traditional: back-to – basics fire lighting and rope-bridge making on one day, and jazz dancing

Dynamos Under 8 Squad

another. Gliding, kayaking or skiing; then make-up and massage. Every day was filled with new experiences and every evening with entertainments; a disco, a ceilidh, Ready Steady Cook; and The Guiding’s Got Talent competition was won by two of our Melbourn Guides!

In September we took part in an international and outdoor themed weekend, cooking supper on instant barbecues, and spending the night sleeping in cardboard boxes outside. The fact that it started raining at 3am, and all our carefully constructed shelters collapsed, only added to the adventure!

We have started the autumn term with a full register and a varied evening programme, and as our Centenary celebrations come to an end, we in Melbourn Guides hope to continue to enjoy the fun, friendship and spirit of Guiding for many years to come.

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 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 number of new members who are already starring in our regular competitions! The programme December to March comprises: December 7 Club evening: Macro Photography 14 Competition: Melbourn Trophy January 4 Xmas meal 11 Lecture: Small Worlds – Butterflies and Moths: Bob Wickens 18 Competition: Prints 25 Lecture: A Passion for Nature: Ann Miles

February 1 Competition: Melbourn v. Gamlingay 8 Competition: Projected Image 15 Lecture: Virtual Reality: Barbie and Russell Lindsay 22 Competition: Prints March 1 Club evening: Composition and the use of Colour 8 Inter club Competition: Melbourn v. Saffron Walden and Letchworth 15 Competition: Projected Image of the year 19 (SAT)Competition: Melbourn Trophy Final 22 Lecture: Doing the Lambeth Walk: an alternative View of London: Maggie Tear New members, of any skill level, will be warmly welcomed. For further information please ring the secretary: Bruce Huett 01763 232 855

Ramblers’ Association Royston and District

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 or Thursday mornings (sometimes on both days). Our evening walks have now been discontinued but will resume at the end of April 2011. Details from David Allard on 01763 242677. Prospective new members are always very welcome and may come on a few walks before deciding whether to join. On 2nd January 2011 there is a figure of eight walk starting from outside the Fox & Duck PH Therfield at 9.45am or 1.15pm for the afternoon walk. 6.25 miles plus 3 miles. Non-members coming on either the morning or afternoon walk (or both) will have the opportunity to join at a 20% discount. For the morning walk, if preferred meet at Royston Town Hall car park at 9.30am.

Melbourn Sports Centre

Autumn Review

After the success of our summer activities, including the ever-popular Pentathlons and holiday courses, we were looking for new and exciting ways to continue our community’s interest in exercise.

This season saw the introduction of a new pool-based exercise class, SwimFit, where swimmers can challenge themselves to swim to certain ‘destinations around the world’ measured against pool lengths, which is proving popular. Our swimming lessons continue to be a hit with the community, though we do currently have a few spaces available for adults and preschool age children (including parent and infant sessions).

We’ve now started to offer snorkelling parties on top of our regular party packages, which include football, trampolining and swimming/pool, which have proved to be an instant hit with all the party guests!

With the advent of the 2010/11 football season, the Melbourn site welcomed local team Melbourn Dynamos for regular training sessions and football matches.

We’re also happy to welcome LTA trainer and coach to the site. Rob Ellis is now running tennis-coaching lessons for junior players or wannabes on Saturday mornings, with adult lessons available on a Thursday evening.

The car park has now been completely resurfaced with improved security lighting and spaces. Work to house the local police station adjacent to the sports centre continues, and we hope to welcome our new site neighbours soon.

A Winter Wonderland at MSC

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 Fitness Pilates. At time of going to print, we are in the process of setting up a 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 Play Scheme – book your place from January 2011.