St Ives Events – full on!

Thursdays 10 am to 12 noon. Coffee on the Waits. St Ives Methodist Church.

Monday Craft & Vintage Market at the Corn Exchange. Café. Free admission.

Climate Change Café. 3rd Saturday of the month, 10 am to12 noon. St Ives Free Church.

COPE (Cambridgeshire Older Peoples Enterprise) meet monthly every 3rd Thursday, 2 pm to 4 pm in the Corn Exchange. For info call Angie 01480 300726

St Ives Library, monthly meetings

Rhymetime -Wednesday 10 - 10.30 am and 11-11.30am (term time only).

Read A Little Aloud 2nd Tues. 2 - 3 pm (Storytime for adults). Art Club –1st Saturday 10 am -12 noon. Lego Club – 3rd Sat. 2 - 3.30 pm. Mondays term time. Family Games Sessions

3.30 - 4.40 pm. Storytime at St Ives Library. 1st Tuesday of the month. Stories, rhymes and a simple craft for pre-school children. FREE but donations welcome.

Open Mic Night at the Riverport Café Bar, 3rd Friday in the month

7.30 pm - 10.30 pm. bookings@ thecornexchange.org.uk

St Ives Tabletop Games the Corn Exchange.www.stivestabletop.uk

Football Fun Tots Football, Wednesdays 9 am - 10 am St Ives Corn Exchange.

Senior Citizens Club Meets every Wednesday 2 to 4 pm at the St Ives Free Church Hall. For info: 07588 659350

St Ives Darby & Joan meetings held last Thursday in the month, except December. St Ives Corn Exchange 2 – 4 pm

The Norris Museum: Feel Good Fridays. Benefit well-being in the community Contact Susan:communities@ norrismuseum.org.uk

St Ives Dementia Friendly Community Activities

Memory Lane Singing Café Burleigh Hill Community Centre. Every 2nd Monday of the month 10 am–

12noon. Contact George Smerdon 07725 588145 or memorylanemusicstives @gmail.com

Dementia Café The Free Church. Third Tuesday in every month

10 am–12 noon. Contact Agi 07757 811802 Agipeach@icloud.com

Love to Move Reminiscing Cafe followed by gentle seated exercise to music. At the Burleigh Hill Community Centre on first, third, fourth and fifth Monday of the month 10 am –

12 noon. Contact Susan 01480 497314.

Reminiscence Sessions Norris Museum, First and third Wednesday of every month

10.30 to 11.30am. To book, contact Susan Bate 01480 497314 or info@norrismuseum.org.uk

Riverport Singers Thursdays, during term times 10.15 to 11.15 am St Ives Corn Exchange info from Agi 07757 811802

Friendship Lunches Seven Wives. First Wednesday of the month

12.30 pm. To book contact Heather Jones 01487 841543 or aitchjay50@yahoo.co.uk

Play Games every third Tuesday

13.00-14.45 at Burleigh Hill Centre, with coaches from One Leisure. Contact agipeach@icloud.com

August

2 St Ives Library: Engage in the afternoon 2 pm talk Fraud & Cyber Security by Nigel Sutton from Cambridgeshire Constabulary; How to spot and avoid fraud and doorstop crime. Book at the Library or email StIves.Referral@ cambridgshire.co.uk

5 Saints Crafters Fair. 9.30 am to 3.30 pm, The Free Church St Ives. Free admission

5 Farmers Market St Ives

5 Art, Craft & Gift Fair. St Ives Corn Exchange

10 am to 4 pm. Free entry, café

5 St Ives Football Club. Home fixture v Mickleover. Kick off 3 pm

6 Music on the Waits. Free Concert 2.30 to 4 pm. Manea Silver Band. A FESt event

6 Wildlife Trust walk. Therfield Heath Royston For info: 01480 457795 timpfryer@gmail.com

8 Poetry & Folk evening. Cost £4, 7.30 pm start, The Riverport Café at the St Ives Corn Exchange. Bar open. All welcome to recite or listen.

10 U3A Open Meeting. St Ives Corn Exchange

1.30 for 2 pm start. Talk: ‘Barrow to Bagdad & Back Again’

13 Music on the Waits. Free Concert. 2.30 to 4 pm. Upwood Ukuleles. A FESt event.

14 St Ives RBL Women’s Section Meeting. Ivy Leaf Club 11.30 am to 12.45 pm.

14 St Ives Football Club home fixture v AFC Sudbury. Kick off 7.45 pm

15 FAMILY FUN DAY on Holt Island, The Norris Museum, and The Methodist Church, 11 am to 3 pm, with theme of ‘Brilliant Bugs’. Crafts, trails, games and more.

19 Farmers Market St Ives

19 Stand Up Comedy Night.

7 pm St Ives Corn Exchange

20 Music on the Waits. Free Concert. 2.30 to 4 pm. ‘Musical Amigos with Stella Hensley’. A FESt event

26 St Ives Flower & Produce Show. St Ives Corn Exchange. www.stivesshow.org.uk

26 St Ives Football Club home fixture v

Leamington. Kick off 3 pm

26 Country Night, with Country Bound. St Ives Corn Exchange, doors open 7.15pm tickets £18 from venue or www. thecornexchange.org.uk

27 Music on the Waits. Free Concert. 2.30 to 4 pm. Accoustics Anonymous. A FESt event.

September

2 Saints Crafters Fair. 9.30 am to 3.30 pm, The Free Church St Ives. Free admission

2 Farmers Market St Ives

2 Art, Craft & Gift Fair. St Ives Corn Exchange

10 am to 4 pm. Free entry, café

2 Boogie Night (Classic Dance) with Starlite Roadshow. Burgess Hall. 8 pm to 1 am. Tickets £9 in advance, £11 on the door. 07555

394697

6 St Ives Library: Engage in the afternoon. 2 pm. A talk on The History of the RAF by Jim Blackwood. Book at the Library or email StIves.Referral@ cambridgshire.co.uk

7 St Ives WI meeting. St Ives Free Church

7.30 – 10 pm. Talk by an officer of the Scene of Crime Divison.

9 Mexican Night. St Ives Corn Exchange, Food & Cocktails

8&9 Charity Cabaret: The Centre Theatre Players present ‘Make This A Night to Remember’ at The Burgess Hall, raising funds for Breast Cancer.

9 St Ives Football Club home fixture v AFC Telford Utd. Kick off 3 pm

10 Official Opening of the Bandstand on The Waits. From midday, with music from Split Whiskers and The Lightwaves. See page 14

11 St Ives RBL Women’s Section Meeting. Ivy Leaf Club 11.30 am

12 Poetry & Folk evening.

7.30 pm start, The Riverport Café at the St Ives Corn Exchange. Cost £4 Bar open. All welcome to recite or listen.

13 Burgess Bingo. Burgess Hall. £10 for 10 games. Cash prizes.

7 pm for 7.30 start

13 Arts Society Lecture: Catherine The Great, The Worlds Greatest

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Collector. 2.30 pm St Ives Corn Exchange. Visitors welcome £5 entry.

13 Wildlife Trust meeting. 7.30 pm Brampton Memorial Hall. Howard Jones will speak on ‘New Life in the Old West’. Charge £3.50. For info: 01480 450809 georgecottam@virginmedia. com

14 – 17th The Old Riverport Jazz & Blues Festival. 25 free concerts. See programme on www. stivescambridgeshire. co.uk

15 Civic Society of St Ives. Open Meeting

7.30 pm The Free Church St Ives. Details on www. stivescivic.org.uk

16 Stand Up Comedy Night. 7 pm St Ives Corn Exchange

16 Farmers Market St Ives, also Town Councillor Surgery.

16 New Exhibition launches at the Norris Museum: The Muddy Hoard, see page 22

16 HERITAGE OPEN DAY (HODs) see p 22

16 The Best in Comedy at the Burgess Hall, with Chris McCausland, Harriet Kemsley, Carl

Donnelly, & Josh Weller. Tickets£17.50 from Angliacomedy. com

17 The Best Of Broadway With Mark Burton and Neil Richardson. 2 pm St Ives Corn Exchange.

20 St Ives Gardening Club meeting 7.30 pm St Ives Free Church. Talk this month Gardens of Madeira www.sigc.weebly.com

21 St Ives & District Flower Club. Meet Hemingford Pavilion 2.15pm. Theme Creative Style.

23 St Ives Football Club home fixture v Redditch Utd. Kick off 3 pm

29 Chapel Arts @ The Corn Exchange. The Tapestry Singers, secular and sacred contemporary music, ‘a capella style’. 7.30 pm, Riverport Café bar, St Ives Corn Exchange. Tickets £10 www. ticketsource.co.uk/ cexevents or from the venue.

A Date for your Diary: October 14: St Ives Illuminated Boat Parade. See page 7

News From St Ives Town Football Club

The curtain goes up on another football season for St Ives Town when they welcome Mickleover to their Quattro-Tech Westwood Road stadium on Saturday 5 August.

The Ives had a mixed campaign last season which started brightly and included a record-breaking FA Cup run when they reached the fourth and final qualifying round before being knocked out by FC Halifax Town. Despite some indifferent league form after Christmas, the Ives finished their campaign strong meaning they finished well clear of the relegation places.

Manager Ricky Marheineke has kept the core of the squad from last season with key players including top scorer Johnny Edwards signing along with influential defender and supporter’s player of the year, Jordan Williams. Marheineke has also recruited several new faces to strengthen the side ahead of what is sure to be another competitive season.

What’s Next

After the Mickleover game, the Ives face a tough first few weeks of the season which sees them travel to teams such as Nuneaton, Leiston and Coalville who were all impressive last time out. Meanwhile two teams who were relegated into the division from last season namely Leamington and AFC Telford United visit the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road during the first month of the campaign.

And More

It’s not just the men’s first team who are preparing for the new season. The reserve, youth, A Team, and Ladies are all looking forward to the big kick-off in their respective leagues. If you want all the latest fixtures and news from the club, then the Ives can be found on social media or through their official website at www.stivestownfc.co.uk. Here, you can find out the cost of season tickets for first team matches for the new campaign.

Admission prices for first team matches for the new season are:

Adults – £11, Concessions (Over 65) £8

Military Discount (with ID Card) – £5, Students (With ID Card) –£5

U16’s to 12 – £2, U12’s – Free (Accompanied with an adult)

So, if you fancy your football fix, then come down to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road stadium and support your local team! www.stivestownfc.co.uk.