full April Bulletin - Biggleswade Rugby Club

22 BULLETIN APRIL 2012 TEL: 01234 834700 EDITORIAL: editorial@biggleswadebulletin.co.ukSandy Town Bowling ClubA BOWlING green was laid onthe sports complex adjacent toSandy Upper School in EngayneAvenue in1974. The land wasdonated by Sandy U.D.C. (nowSandy T.C.) and offered a leaseand equipment to a new bowlingclub to compliment that of SandyConservative Club’s.A group of enthusiasts formedSandy Town Bowling in 1974,elected a committee and wrote theclub’s constitution.There being no other facilitieson site, meetings were held atvarious venues including the Redlion pub, now the site of Budgensand took their after match ‘refreshments’in the Red lion or theQueens Head.In 1977, a pavilion was providedadjacent to the green to provideshared accommodation withSandy Cricket Club.Two teams were entered intothe East Beds. league and severalfriendly fixtures arranged.In 1977 Mrs. Darlow was electedSecretary/Treasurer. This wasmet with a certain amount of disapprovalby the County BowlingAssociation and it was agreed, infuture, she sign all correspondenceMr. D.V Darlow.The Club entered the Beds.County league in 1979 and a thirdteam in the E.B.l. in 1981.Meanwhile, the Sandy VillageHall was built and a dressing roomand tea-room was allocated to theClub in 1981.As all necessary facilities werein place, the Village Hall hasbecome our adopted ‘Clubhouse’.Over the years the Club haswon many County honours andhave had representatives competeat Worthing and leamington inBritish National Finals.Due to the dedicated work ofsome of our members we nowboast one of the finest Greens inthe County.The Club has a full fixtureschedule which includes Countyand East Beds competitions, several,mostly mixed, friendly gamesand mid-week over 60’s fixtures.Club membership is open toall, juniors 14+.This year’s signing-on nightwas at Sandy Village Hall onSunday, April 1st for the Mens’section and is at the same venue onApril 8th at 7.30pm for the ladies’If anyone wishes further informationplease contact Glen on01234 870488 and he will be onlytoo pleased to help.CLUB SECRETARIESSend your reports topat@rosettapublishing.comIvel Valley U3ADEPUTISING for the Chairman,who was on holiday, Ann Taylorwelcomed members and visitorsto the meeting of the Ivel ValleyU3A on Tuesday, 13th March atHolmemead School. Ann hopedthat the members had enjoyed TheSandye Singers last month asmuch as she had. Diane Keen hadattended the AGM of Age UKBedfordshire and she gave a shortreport of the meeting.She stressed that Age UK hadmany sections that could help theelderly if they had any problems.The secretary gave details of theNational AGM, which would takeplace on 12th September at theRoyal Agricultural College inCirencester. U3A members havebeen asked to show a presence atevery location of the OlympicTorch Relay as it travels round thecountry, publicising the movement.The Art Group held a verysuccessful meeting in March whenthey all attempted ‘ChineseBrushwork’. The next meetingwill be on 3rd April when thesubject will be ‘PatchworkMasterpiece’. The next meetingfor the Book Group 1 is at JeanWilliam’s house on 2nd April andfor Book Group 2 on 20th April at12 Bittern Drive.The Craft Group held a veryinteresting meeting in Marchwhen Hazel Warren demonstratedThe Art of Quilling. All the membersthoroughly enjoyed the experience.Four members had attendedThe Quilt Exhibition wherethey had been very impressed byBiggleswade Ivel EveningTownswomen GuildREPORT FOR MARCH 2012the display of quilts. The nextmeeting will be at Ann Taylor’s on19th April with UFO’s.Members were asked to signthe list for the outing to TheMossman Museum on 10th April.The tickets would cost £11.00.Members could take grand -children if they wished.Ann Taylor introduced thespeaker, Mr Bob Montgomery,whose subject was ‘Birds in yourGarden’. With a lovely display ofgarden birds, Bob began his talkby saying that we needed to have aholistic approach to care for thebirds in our gardens. The soil,water, air and food needed to becorrect.The water must be fresh andchanged daily. Feeders must becleansed regularly. The shrubs andCHAIRMAN Chris Davies welcomedmembers to theBiggleswade Ivel EveningTownswomen Guild AGM on 12thMarch.The walking group membershiphas now swelled to 14 peoplewho met at Sandy for a walkaround the RSPB lodge followedby lunch at the Guinea atMoggerhanger.liz Stirratt announced that atotal of £257 was raised from theSwimathon; half of the sponsorshipmoney will go to the RotaryClub and half to the AirAmbulance. Unfortunately onlytwo members were available toswim this year, liz herself andPauline Dover, however they werejoined by Pauline’s son Jeremy andJoy Cooper’s daughter Sarah and atotal of 76 lengths were completed.A very successful trip to theHouses of Parliament was enjoyedthis month, all concerned agreed itwas a very interesting and enjoyableouting. Mrs Davies read out areport of her recent quarterlyFederation meeting. Two lettershad been received from soldiers,who had received parcels fromTownswomen, expressing theirappreciation at the items sent.There will be a trip to the Globetheatre to see As You like It, ticketsto cost £15.00. The theatre tripto see The Jersey Boys will takeplace on 17th April.It is planned to hold a car bootsale during the summer and memberswere asked to bear this inmind when they are clearing anythingout. It is planned to celebratethe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee atour July meeting when a buffetwill be held and the theme will bered, white and blue and it is hopedto have a display of memorabilia.Mrs Davies gave an explanationof the guild structure for thebenefit of new members, andBobbie Ball read the StandingOrders.Ann Taylor gave her annualreport reminding members of themany speakers, activities and outingsthat members had enjoyedthroughout the last year. Ann alsogave the Treasurer’s report finishingwith thanks to Helen Sargeantfor auditing the accounts again thisyear. The officers will continue fora following year, and the onlychange to the Committee wasAnne Jones is to be replaced byJenny Talbot. The Chairman gaveher report thanking the committeefor supporting her where necessary.The award for the MonthlyCompetitions was to go to AnneJones.Following a break for refreshments,which included homemadecakes and biscuits, a noisy game ofBeetle was enjoyed by all. Thewinner was Chris Davies whoawarded herself an Easter egg.Raffle winners for the eveningwere Janet Trenholme, YvonneCrane, Jan Wilkins and WendyWalters.trees must be able to give shelterand enable the birds to build theirnests safely. If there are no suitablenest sites homemade nest boxeswere ideal. He encouragedmembers to make these from theinstructions he had available andencourage the grandchildren in themaking of them so that theybecame interested in the birds.The biggest predators in thegardens were cats and these killeda great many of our garden birds.After his talk there was astimulating question and answersession where many memberswere able to tell of theirexperiences with different speciesthey had seen in their gardens orlocally. Ann Taylor gave the voteof thanks for a most interestingafternoon.