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PARISH

COUNCIL

NEWSLETTER

June 2017

Village Diary for June

If you want your event published here please contact the Editors.

Sat 3rd

June Charity Supper in aid of Keech Hospice (p7)

Guilden Morden Congregational Chapel

Sun 4th

June Cruise on the River Trent

Sat 10th

June Litter Pick – Zone 4 - Ashwell Road (p13)

Sat 10th

June Garden Party, Steeple Morden (p8)

Sun 11th

June SM Sports Awareness Day, 11-4pm (p15)

Sat 10th

June Home Start – Night at the Races, Meldreth VH (p7)

Sat 10th

June Traidcraft Stall SM Church 10.30-12.00 (p8)

Thurs 22nd

June Shingay Ladies Summer Evening – funds for

Mordens Community First Response Group (p13)

Fri 23rd

June Traidcraft Stall SM Café Church (p8)

Sun 25th

June Guilden Morden Open Gardens, 2-5pm (p12)

Thurs 29th

June SM Village Hall AGM, 7.30pm (p3)

Forthcoming Events

Sat 1st July Steeple Morden School Fete 1-4pm (p7)

Sun 2nd

July Cream Teas – Swan House, Guilden Morden (p12)

Sun 24th

Sept Steeple Morden Primary School – Fun Run 10K &

5K, SM Recreation Ground

Editors:

Desma Goddard: 38 Hay Street, Steeple Morden, Telephone 01763 852287

Gina Ferrari: 49 Hay Street, Steeple Morden, Telephone 01763 852971

Email: newsletter@steeplemorden.org

Editorial

The longed for rain has at last arrived, but

looking at the events calendar for June, and

July, hopefully the rain will hold off as many

of the events are outside. But for the time

being no more watering!

Many of the events listed are raising money

for various charities. The Shingay Ladies

Group hold a ‘Summer Evening’ every year,

raising money for different charities. This

year it is for our own Mordens Community

First Response Group.

As you will notice on page 10, the First

Response Group are calling for more

members to join them. Included in the article

are acknowledgements from people they have

helped at those times when things go horribly

wrong and you don’t know what to do. It is

very comforting to have a First Response

Group so near to hand.

The Sports Awareness Day on June 11th looks

interesting with six different sports being

represented, Football, Tennis, Carpet Bowls,

Bowls, Boot Camp, and Archery.

Finally, Steeple Morden School Fete on 1st

July, a time to say a heartfelt thank you and a

sad goodbye to the headmaster Mr Richard

Lloyd.

Desma

Reminder Polling Date for General Election June 8th

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Steeple Morden Parish Council

List of Councillors as at

November 2016 CLLR J BROCKLEHURST (Chairman)

Pennard House, Station Road, Odsey

01462 742856

CLLR S WHEATLEY (Vice Chairman)

95 Hay Street, Steeple Morden

01763 853826

CLLR J CLAYTON

Cheyney Bury, Steeple Morden

01763 852203

CLLR S MARTIN (co-opted)

49 Hay Street, Steeple Morden

01763 852971

CLLR A DREW

76 Station Road, Steeple Morden

01763 853390

CLLR C WHITTINGTON

79 Hay Street, Steeple Morden

01763 852540

CLLR G BELSON

Ringdale, 2 North Brook Road,

Steeple Morden

01763 852475

CLLR S NORTON (co-opted)

40 Hay Street, Steeple Morden

01763 853130

CLLR C UPCHURCH (co-opted)

Greenway Farm, Litlington Road, SM

01763 852193

DISTRICT CLLR MRS C.MURFITT

01763 852526

COUNTY CLLR MR S. KINDERSLEY

01767 651982

Waste Collection : Green Bins

Some residents have found their green bins are not

being collected. This is because they have been found to

be contaminated with plastic and even just one

contaminated bin means the whole lorry load is

contaminated and ends up in landfill. That is an awful

waste of tax-payers’ money especially as the cost for

using landfill sites is increasing because the land

available for landfill is decreasing.

In future, please do not use the bags you can buy from

Tesco and Sainsburys for your kitchen waste such as

potato peelings and left-overs. Even though the bags are

marked “Recyclable and Compostable” they take a very

long time to decompose and therefore foul up the

composting system.

South Cambs. District Council can supply acceptable

paper bags at a cost of £4.50 per 50 bags. For the

Mordens Ward, I am willing to order these for you and

deliver them to your door if you let me know you would

like some.

Cicely Murfitt 01763 852 526

cllr.murfitt@scambs.gov.uk

Parish Footpath Fund

A number of flyers have been distributed around the village and a number of posters put up about the Parish Footpath fund. As there was not much room on the flyers for information this is a more detailed explanation. Footpath 7 (that many of us walk) runs across from Hay Street to Brook End, it follows the hedge all the way around the edge of the fields. I have lived in the village for over 30 years and have never known any other route to be walked. Now it appears that ‘someone’ using the official definitive footpath map has found that the footpath should, technically, run in a straight line from Hay Street to Brook End. This would take it across an arable field, and where this occurs, the farmer should spray the crop off. As no one walked it, as everyone prefers the more pleasant route along the hedge line, this has not been done. Hence a complaint was made to the County Council. After many meetings and discussions we finally managed to get the County to agree to the larger part of the expense (we are talking thousands) being met by them. They did after all put the footpath sign up in the wrong place on Brook End! What they were not prepared to do was cover the cost of the notice of change of route from the official way, to the one we all use. This is a legal requirement to put a notice in the local press when a footpath is altered. So, we need to raise £500 to cover this and then the path around the edge of the field and along the hedge line will be official. If you can contribute, please do, either to myself or in the collection boxes in the Post Office or Sarah’s Farm Shop, and if you have further questions contact me on 01763 853130, or by e-mail. sue.norton2@btinternet.com

Thank you. Sue Norton

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NEWS FROM YOUR PARISH COUNCIL

The Full PC meets on the second Monday in the in the Cricket Pavilion (the

Village Hall in winter) at 7.30pm.

The meeting is listed every month in the Village Post Office window, on the Notice Board at the Recreation Ground,

and in Odsey near the station.

A copy of the full minutes from the Council Meetings may be obtained by contacting the Parish Clerk, Sally

Walmesley, Redwood Lodge, South Street, Litlington, Royston SG8 0QR. Telephone 01763 852137 or e-mail

sally.walmesley@btinternet.com. Minutes can also be viewed on the Steeple Morden Village Website

www.steeplemorden.org and the Village Post Office. Discussion on agenda items at the May AGM meeting

included the following:

• Election of Officers for the Parish Council took place. Cllr John Brocklehurst was

elected chairman – who wished to stand for one year only. Cllr Sacha Wheatley

was elected vice-chairman. Cllr Ginny Belson was elected as deputy vice-chairman.

• A parishioner asked whether the ‘School Car Park’ could be opened on Saturday

mornings to relieve the congestion on Hay Street, during Junior Football Matches. It

was decided to give the Football Coaches a key so that they could open and close the

gate as necessary. A notice indicating Football Parking would be necessary.

• Finances – Financial statement was passed.

• Election of Working Groups –

Planning Mr S Martin

Recreation ground and Safer Routes to School Car Park Bookings Mrs A Drew

Environment Mrs S Norton, Mrs S Wheatley

Village Hall Representative Mrs C Upchurch

Mobile Warden Scheme Mrs A. Drew

Police Panel Meetings

Townlands Charity Trustees Mr J Clayton, Mr J Brocklehurst

Finance Working Group Mr J Clayton, Mrs S Wheatley

Community Speedwatch Mr C Whittington

• Governance Statement was agreed.

• Accounting Statement was agreed.

• Steeple Morden Primary School requested permission to run a 10k and 5k run on 24th

September 2017 on the Recreation Ground.

Steeple Morden Village Hall Committee

Agenda for the Annual General Meeting to be held

on Thursday 29 June 2017 at 7.30pm

1. Apologies

2. Minutes of Meeting held on 14th

July 2016

3. Chairman’s Report

4. Financial Report

5. Appointment of Nick Carlton as auditor

6. Nominations and elections of committee

7. Any other business

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Steeple Morden Parish Council AGM Annual Report 2016/17

This year started out quite difficult with only six people standing at last year’s election. However, over

the year we have co-opted people to help in specific areas, and I wish to thank all my colleagues for

their hard work throughout the year.

In this report I want to highlight two activities which, I believe, raise the issues we are likely to face as

funding for the District and County councils gets ever tighter.

Angela Drew took on the task of looking after the Recreation Ground. She was not helped by the fact

that nobody knew just how much work John Jarman used to put into that job. Angela tackled the

problem by recruiting a small team of volunteers to help her. This has worked extremely well, and

they empty the litter and dog bins, check the playground and generally keep the Rec and cowslip

meadow running for the benefit of everyone.

Ginny Belson got fed up of picking up litter on the way to and from the school with her boys, so she

has organised a series of litter picks to try to tidy up the Parish. The first two have been a great success

with 15-20 volunteers turning out for an hour or so and collecting what seems like a mountain of

rubbish. This has then been taken away by the District Council. What a pity then, that on both

occasions, someone who is clearly not reading notices and newsletters has reported them for fly-

tipping.

There is one key element to both of Angela and Ginny’s activities – volunteers. As I alluded to earlier,

funding for the District and County councils is getting increasingly difficult. This means that more and

more tasks will be passed down to Parish and Town levels where often there are no resources to deal

with them. We are going to have to do some of these things ourselves. It will be no good thinking

“why aren’t ‘they’ doing so and so?” We all need to be thinking “there’s something which needs doing

here what can I do to help?”

If you see something which needs doing let the PC know and suggest how it could be done with like

minded volunteers. I’m sure one area that is going to become increasingly difficult is care, particularly

for the elderly. We already have some activities in this area like the lunch club, the over 60’s, and the

Heron Scheme. In some towns and cities there is an organisation called Good Gym whose members

call in on people in need of help whilst out doing their runs. We all need to think creatively about how

we can solve some of these issues by working together.

John Brocklehurst

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 2016/2017

Income 36092.24

Less Expenditure 30691.45

Balance 2015/16 b/fwd 94313.65

99714.4499714.4499714.4499714.44

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Steeple Morden Receipts and Payments 2016 12017

RECEIPTS

2015/2016 2016/2017

27500.00 Precept 30000.00

14.37 Bank Interest.. 330.00

504.80 Reading Room Receipts (electricity) 194.16

833.93 CCC Grasscutting Grant 833.93

1524.49 VAT Refund 1028.91

0.50 Village Hall Ground Rent 0.50

547.40 Water Rate Cont from village clubs 583.32

141.67 Donation from Townlands Charity for bench

200.00 Donation towards defibrillator

War Trust Grant towards Odsey memorial 1270.00

Contribution towards Speedwatch kit 1225.00

Drain clearance -cont from clubs to village hall 113.35

1000.00 SCDC Grant towards War Memorial Refurbishment

816.58 Allotment Rent and water Rate 513.07

34.50 UK Power Networks

20.00 Uncashed Cheque 2014115

33138.24 36092.24

PAYMENTS

2015/2016 2016/17

1205.72 Insurance 1283.41

Hire of hall for meetings

81.00 Affiliation Fee ACRE/CPRE 81.00

4216.92 Clerks Salary 4258.92

275.00 Annual Audit 395.00

Training 40.00

Election 135.00

800.00 Newsletter 670.00

120.58 Website 88.39

341.21 General Administration 315.62

573.74 Water Rates 632.80

1744.70 VAT 3052.65

850.00 Section 137/SS Peter & Paul/First Responder 1350.00

250.00 Car Park Lighting 250.00

900.00 Village Verge Cutting 840.00

448.12 Reading Room 600.98

182.94 Play area mtce and equipment 94.50

4101.97 Village mtce/grasscutting 2016.58

Odsey War Memorial Refurb 1690.00

Cont….

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1754.95 Toilet Cleaning & mtce/litter pick/bin emptying 1029.80

1467.35 Street Lighting 1502.22

57.78 Allotments 71.87

2635.15 Litter Bin /bench purchase & installation (S106)

Car Park Resurfacing 7245.00

Community Speedwatch Equipment purchase 2449.98

Recreation Ground Sign (106) 597.73

94.20 Dog Control Order publications/Signs

19459.09 Contribution towards Village Hall Refurb

99.80 MHI Contribution 2014/15

630.00 Defibrilator purchase and Installation

2419.00 CCTV Purchase and installation (S106)

44709.22 30691.45

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 2016/17 Income 36092.24

Less Expenditure 30691.45

Balance 2015116 b/fwd 99713.65

99714.44

BANK ACCOUNTS (as per statements 31/3/17)

Business Saver 281.58

Business Saver 28464.69

Community Account 41500.78

Cambridge & Counties Bank 30319.32

100566.37 (less uncashed cheques )

102765 851.93

851.93

£99,714.44

Parish Council (General) £51,850.78

Parish Council Projects 30,000.00

Conservation Projects 462.58

Section 106 Allocation 17,401.08 £99,714.44

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Saturday 3rd

June 7.30pm at Guilden Morden

Congregational Chapel

Charity Supper in aid of

Keech Hospice A Coronation Banquet to celebrate Queen

Elizabeth’s 65 year reign

Food fit for royalty provided

Please bring your own drinks, crockery and

cutlery

Tickets £7.50 per head + donation

For tickets Contact Janet Townsend-Stojic on

01763 852824

Or for more information contact Sandy

Watkins on 01763 852869

STEEPLE MORDEN

SCHOOL FETE

SATURDAY1stJULY

1.00 pm - 4.00pm

STALLS, PRIZES,

FANCY DRESS PARADE,

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT,

FAMILY GAMES,

BAR, RAFFLE,

BBQ

COME AND SAY

FAREWELL

TO MR LLOYD

An invitation to all past pupils of Steeple Morden Primary School and their families.

We will be saying farewell to Mr Richard Lloyd at the end of term after 11 years as

headteacher of our school.

If you would like to join us to say goodbye, please come along to our Summer Fete on

Saturday 1st July on the school field.

Please see the attached poster for more information.

We hope that you can join us!

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Guilden Morden Congregational Church

Diary for June www.guildenmordencongregationalchurch.com

Saturday 3rd June 7.30pm Supper Club, Coronation Banquet in aid of Keech Hospice

Sunday 4th June 10.30am Whit Sunday,

Café style service. Come and join us for croissants and coffee in our relaxed style of worship. All welcome

Monday 5th June 10.30-12.00am Men’s

Guild in the school room Wed 7th June 9.00-11.30am Mix and

Match Coffee Morning Sunday 11th June No Service

Wed 14th June 9.00-11.30am Mix and

Match Coffee Morning Sunday 18th June 11.00am Joint service at

St Mary’s Wed 21st June 9.00-11.30am Mix and

Match Coffee Morning Sunday 25th June 10.30am Communion

service led by Angus McCormick

Wed 28th June 9.00-11.30am Mix and

Match Coffee Morning

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church, Steeple Morden Diary for June

The Church is one of six in the Shingay Group and details of all services are published monthly in Prospect. Our website is: www.shingaychurches.co.uk

Friday 2Friday 2Friday 2Friday 2ndndndnd 9999----11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church

Sunday 4Sunday 4Sunday 4Sunday 4thththth 8.30am Parish Communion8.30am Parish Communion8.30am Parish Communion8.30am Parish Communion

Friday 9Friday 9Friday 9Friday 9thththth 9999----11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church

Sat. 10Sat. 10Sat. 10Sat. 10thththth 10.3010.3010.3010.30----12 noon Coffee and12 noon Coffee and12 noon Coffee and12 noon Coffee and

Traidcraft Stall Traidcraft Stall Traidcraft Stall Traidcraft Stall

Sunday 11Sunday 11Sunday 11Sunday 11thththth 10.45am Parish Communion 10.45am Parish Communion 10.45am Parish Communion 10.45am Parish Communion

Friday 16Friday 16Friday 16Friday 16thththth 9999----11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church

Sunday 18Sunday 18Sunday 18Sunday 18thththth 9.45am Family Service with9.45am Family Service with9.45am Family Service with9.45am Family Service with

Blue Grass guitaristBlue Grass guitaristBlue Grass guitaristBlue Grass guitarist

12 noon (approx) Blue Grass12 noon (approx) Blue Grass12 noon (approx) Blue Grass12 noon (approx) Blue Grass

bands playing in church bands playing in church bands playing in church bands playing in church

Friday 23Friday 23Friday 23Friday 23rdrdrdrd 9999----11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church

With Traidcraft StallWith Traidcraft StallWith Traidcraft StallWith Traidcraft Stall

Sunday 25Sunday 25Sunday 25Sunday 25thththth 10am Group Communion10am Group Communion10am Group Communion10am Group Communion

at Wendyat Wendyat Wendyat Wendy

Friday 30Friday 30Friday 30Friday 30thththth 9999----11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church11.15am Café Church

JulyJulyJulyJuly

Sunday 2Sunday 2Sunday 2Sunday 2ndndndnd 11am Group Communion at 11am Group Communion at 11am Group Communion at 11am Group Communion at

Guilden Morden (first HCGuilden Morden (first HCGuilden Morden (first HCGuilden Morden (first HC celebration celebration celebration celebration

by Rev. Ann Bol, Curate), with by Rev. Ann Bol, Curate), with by Rev. Ann Bol, Curate), with by Rev. Ann Bol, Curate), with

bring and share lunchbring and share lunchbring and share lunchbring and share lunch

Fairtrade You can help fight poverty amongst small growers and producers by supporting Fairtrade.

There will be a Traidcraft stall with coffee and chat in Steeple Morden Church on Saturday 10th

June, 10.30 to 12 noon, at Café Church on Friday, 23rd

June, 9-11.15am, and after the Group

Service at Wendy on 25th

June.

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Organisation Contact Name Phone

Number

E-mail

SM Newsletter Editor Desma Goddard 01763 852287 newsletter@steeplemorden.org

SM Newsletter Editor Gina Ferrari 01763 852971 newsletter@steeplemorden.org

Primary School Richard Lloyd 01763 852474 office@steeplemorden.cambs.sch.uk

Village College The Principal 01763 242344

SS Peter & Paul Church Canon Shamus

Williams (day off

normally Monday)

Rose Dickinson

01763 853067

01763 852138

shamuswilliams@waitrose.com

rose@samaroph.net

GM Cong. Church Arthur Chappell 01763 852309 arfachap10@btinternet.com

SM Village Hall Bookings Diane Knight 01763 853073 Viguersk@aol.com

Scouts, Cubs & Beavers Keith Austin 01763 852023 keith@bogsgap.co.uk

Brownies Debbie Fisher 01763 852811 debbie-fisher@hotmail.co.uk

Guides Ann Clarke 07756 291899 elainewhittington@talktalk.net

Allotment Society Dave Blanchard 01763 853266 vivdaveblanchard@yahoo.co.uk

Smarties Pre-School and

Out of School Club

Michele Taylor 07952 100208

or 01763

852888

Pre-School:

preschool@steeplemorden.cambs.sch.uk

Out of School Club:

outofschool@steeplemorden.cambs.sch.uk

Cricket Club Fraser Daws 01763 853008 fraser.daws@btinternet.com

Football Club Mark Thorp 07738 304329

Morden Magpies Youth FC Laurence Harrison 07799 625529

Bowls Club (Sec) David Holt 01763 852636 holt543@btinternet.com

Tennis Club Fiona Coverdale 01763 853325 steeplemordentennis@yahoo.co.uk

Waggon & Horses Michael & Tina 01763 853311 waggonandhorses73@gmail.com

Morden Players Jenny Elder 01763 852557 jennyelder@sky.com

Over 60s Club Ann Thorp 01763 852848 annthorp35@icloud.com

Luncheon Club Debbie Fisher 01763 852811 debbie-fisher@hotmail.co.uk

Royal British Legion Ray Leach 01763 852734 Leach.36@hotmail.com

Mobile Wardens Scheme Angela Drew

Lynn Pestell

01763 853390

01763 853461

WI Di Coleman 01763 852124 dicole.8pott@btinternet

Neighbourhood Watch Roy Newbury 01763 852241 Cambs Police: www.cambs.police.uk

Social Car Scheme Hazel Smith 01763 852602 hcsmith@clara.co.uk

If the contact details need to be amended please let the Editor know, so that the list can be as accurate

as possible at all times. A list of local useful numbers can be found on the village website

(www.steeplemorden.org) and more general useful numbers can be found on the inside back page of The

Listing.

Contact Names, Numbers and E-Mail Addresses for

Organisations and Groups in the Village

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The “Mordens Community First Response Group”

We are looking for new members If you have a few hours spare a week, work from home from time to time, are home-based

or just fancy doing something new that is massively rewarding, then please get in touch.

The Mordens CFR Group is a small group of local volunteers who are trained by the ambulance service to attend 999 ambulance related calls within an approximate 5 mile radius of the Mordens. Since going live in July last year, we have attended over 120 calls, and in the vast majority of cases, have been the first to arrive on scene. Our group’s aims are; to reach the patient in the first vital minutes before the ambulance crew or paramedic arrive on scene, to assess and stabilise the patient and in many cases, give reassurance. Calls we could be asked to attend include:

• breathing difficulties / chest pains • heart attack and stroke • cardiac arrest • diabetic emergency • seizures • asthma related emergencies

Feedback from many patients is that we are a friendly local face which helps to give reassurance in a potentially stressful time.

Anyone can become a Community First Responder but you must: have your own car, be

physically fit, aged 18-70, agree to a criminal record bureau check and have a sympathetic,

caring nature. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact myself, Nick Badger on (01763) 852191, 07860 537114 or mail nickmbadger@yahoo.co.uk or the group’s co-ordinator Wayne Cox on (01763) 853206, 07795 823376 or by mail waynecox79@yahoo.co.uk Many thanks “Thanks for being there when we needed you” “I just wanted to say thank you so much for when you came to my aid. Your swift arrival at my house was amazing – I couldn’t believe how quick there was a knock at the door! As soon as you started to help me you immediately made me relax and able to cope with the situation. You also helped my mum to stay calm too with your reassuring and friendly manner……I just wanted to say what a great service your team provides and thank you again for all you did” “….what you did was just amazing as you calmed everyone down and that helped so so much. Eternally grateful you arrived as quick as you did as you really never know.”

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Meetings & Venue for

Over ‘60’s 2017

1st June – AGM- Cambridge Healthwatch

6th

July – Poetry of all Sorts – Frank Butt

Meetings held 1

st Thursday of every month

At Steeple Morden Village Hall

All visitors welcome

Steeple Morden Lunch Club

Over 60 and too busy to cook?

29 years and still going strong, Steeple Morden

lunch club invites you to come along and join

us.

We serve a lovely two course lunch followed by

tea or coffee

Held at the village hall on Tuesdays during the

school term time

anyone who may be interested can contact

Debbie Fisher on 01763 852811

Heron Self Help

A volunteer scheme for

Cambridgeshire residents only

offering transport to the doctors,

For help contact your co-ordinator as shown below. The

charge for this service is 30p per mile payable to the driver

Steeple Morden Hazel Smith 01763 852602

Guilden Morden Christine Furmston 01763 852125

Litlington &

Abington Pigotts Hilary Sharp 01763 852272

Bassingbourn Anna Burwitz 01763 256871

Orwell &

Wimpole Maggie Galan 01223 207307

Please give at least 48 hours’ notice if at all possible and only request help between 9 am and 6 pm, and not on Bank

Holidays, except in extreme emergency. CAN YOU HELP US TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED OUR SERVICES?

We are in urgent need of volunteer drivers in all villages. A mileage allowance is paid, and insurance cover provided. Please contact one of the above, as appropriate, if you can help.

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It’s a CelebrationIt’s a CelebrationIt’s a CelebrationIt’s a Celebration

MORDENS’ BRANCH OF SAVE THE

CHILDREN 1990-2017

HAS RAISED £100,000

PLEASE JOIN US

FOR CREAM TEAS

AT THE HOME OF DIANE AND ROBERT HOWARD

SWAN HOUSE, SWAN LANE, GUILDEN

MORDEN ON SUNDAY 2ND JULY 2017

2-5pm Admission £4.00

Includes Cream Tea or Cake Cards Sales; Raffle

In the garden with Singers from Potton Phoenix Ladies A Cappella

Group

Guilden Morden

Open Gardens

Sunday 25th June

2 – 5 pm

12 gardens to enjoy

Refreshments and

entertainments at

St Mary’s Church

£5 per adult

Garden Party Saturday 10th June 2017, 2-4pm

8 Station Road, Steeple Morden, Tea /Coffee, Cakes, Plants, Raffle, Tombola, Fun and Games

Imogen Sole and Libby Taylor from Bassingbourn Village College are raising funds to take part in the World Challenge 2018 travelling to Northern Tanzania to volunteer and help the

local communities, all the money raised at the garden party will go towards our travel costs, so please join us and help us on our way to Northern Tanzania.

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Steeple Morden Parish Litter Pick Initiative - “60 minute makeover” event

13TH

May 2017

Zone 4: Station Road from allotments to

Ashwell Road to include Ashwell Road

and Windmill Close etc.

Saturday

10th

June at 2pm

Zone 5: Station Road and Hay Street to Craft

Way to include Craft Way

Saturday

8th

July at 2pm

Zone 6: Hay Street from Craft Way to Trap

Road /North Brook End

Saturday

9th

September at 2pm

Zone 7: Trap Road/ Bogs Gap and Brook End Saturday

7th

October at 2pm

Zone 8: Recreation ground / Village Hall area/

Conservation area and car parks

Saturday

11th

November at 2pm

Please email SMLitterpick@yahoo.com with your full name

and which of the events you can attend.

Well we had another very successful litter pick event on

Saturday 13th May 2017 with 20 people turning up

including 7 children which is really fantastic. This time

we tackled the "heart" of the village along Cheney Street

and all the surrounding roads - Zone 3. Although this

part of the village does not have a huge litter problem our

volunteers still managed to collect 11 bags of rubbish

during the 60 minute makeover!

Thanks to Prothero's Garage for allowing us to leave the

rubbish on their forecourt for collection by SCDC.

Thanks also to the speed watch team for supporting us

again and making our event safer by slowing the cars

entering the area.

The next litter pick event is on Saturday 10th June

- we will be meeting at the junction of Station Road and

Ashwell Road at 2pm - all welcome.

Shingay Ladies Group

The annual SUMMER EVENING has a new venue this year – Upton House,

St Catherine’s Court, Litlington.

Janet Ferris kindly invited the group to use her house and garden to raise funds for

THE MORDENS COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONSE GROUP

The date is THURSDAY June 22nd

2017, from 7pm

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Allotments For Rent

Would you like the satisfaction of growing your own veg, saving a few pounds on your shopping bill and

possibly making new friends along the way?

Our site on the edge of the village has now been established for four years. We are a small, friendly,

lively, enthusiastic (and mixed ability!) group of members, with around 20 plots on site. Due to changes

of circumstance, one or two have recently become available so we would love you to join our thriving

community of Allotmenteers!

We have ‘full size’ and ‘half size’ plots – perhaps you would like to share with a friend or neighbour, or

give your children the chance to learn more about where their food comes from by growing their own?

It is a self-contained, locked site with a water supply and communal composting, and you can put a shed

on your plot if needed.

So if you want to be eating fresh Asparagus in April and your own Leeks in December please get in

touch!

For more information contact Becky in the first instance on

01763 221598

becky.munden@yahoo.co.uk

Libby’s World Challenge and Hammer Throw Challenge 2017/18 My name is Libby Taylor, I live in Steeple Morden and am currently in year 10 at Bassingbourn Village College. In July 2018 I will be embarking on the biggest adventure of my life when I travel to Northern Tanzania as part of our ‘World Challenge’. We will be trekking through North Pares, planting trees on Kilimanjaro and helping with Community projects. Part of the challenge is to raise £2850 necessary to make the journey. For the past 5 years I have been a member at Stevenage and North Herts Athletics Club and in September 2015 I joined the Hammer Throws Squad. Last summer was my first competitive season in this event where I qualified for the English Schools Championships and ended the season as the second highest ranked Hammer Thrower in U15 Girls in the East of England. I have decided it would be fun to try to combine my love of Hammer throwing with raising money towards my trip. As the tallest mountain in North Tanzania, Kilimanjaro stands at 5895m, my goal is to see how far up Kilimanjaro I can climb with my competition throws this season by adding up the total distance thrown. My goal is to reach 3000m which would take me over half way up Kilimanjaro! To help me achieve my goals, I am looking for sponsorship per 1000m achieved. Any amount, however small will help me on my way to Tanzania and hopefully up the UK Hammer Throwing rankings too If you would like to find out more about my challenge, visit my Facebook page: Libby’s World Challenge. If you would like to sponsor me please e-mail me: worldchallengethrows@gmail.com Please provide your name and contact number and the amount per 1000m you would like to sponsor me for. Thank you in advance to everyone who is able to support me and help me on my way. Libby

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MORDEN MAGPIES JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB - www.mordenmagpies.co.uk

A family-friendly club seeking players for U6, U7, U8 U9 & U10 age groups. Boys and girls of any ability welcome.

Morden Magpies football club has a long history in local junior football. The club restarted in September 2012 and gain Charter status in 2014. This is a family club that enjoys the support of the senior Steeple Morden Football Club. Above all we want young players to have fun, enjoy and learn about the game and be part of a team. If you would like your son or daughter to join the club or would like to find out more please contact any of the following FA-qualified coaches: Under 6 - Kevin Donnelley - 07860 607416. kevin@donnelly.tv

Under 7 - Martin Holt – 07740215874. martin.holt@arjconstruction.co.uk

Under 8 - Laurence Harrison – 07799625529. laurence.harrison@digitalradiouk.com

Under 9 - Andrew Holt – 07850801899. andrew.holt@arjconstruction.co.uk

Under 10 - Pete Summers – 07709258359. peter@summerselectricalltd.co.uk

Steeple Morden Cricket Club Junior League 3

Forthcoming Fixtures Matches start at 13.30

Saturday 6th

May Steeple Morden CC-1st

Xl v Great Shelford CC-2nd

Xl Lost

Saturday 13th

May Rebels CC-1st

Xl v Steeple Morden CC-1st

Xl at Netherhall School W/O

Saturday 20th

May Steeple Morden CC-1st

X1 v Little Shelford CC 1st

Xl

Saturday 27th

May Romsey Town CC-1st

Xl v Steeple Morden CC-1st

Xl

Saturday 3rd

June Steeple Morden CC-1st

X1 v Cambridge N.C.I. 3rd

X1

Saturday 10th

June Steeple Morden CC-1st

XI v Royston 2 CC

Saturday 17th

June Bassingbourn CC-1st

Xl v Steeple Morden CC-1st

Xl

Saturday 24th

June Steeple Morden CC-1st

Xl v Rebels CC -1st

Xl

STEEPLE MORDEN

SPORTS AWARENESS DAY

11TH

JUNE 2017

At Steeple Morden Recreation Ground

11am – 4pm

A great chance for children and adults to experience a new

sport with coaching sessions.

Entry Free of charge

(Archery small charge)

BBQ and Licensed bar

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The Village Wheelchair

There is a manual wheelchair available for short term use by anyone in the village. For more information and availability please contact Trish at the Post Office.

CUTLERY AND

CROCKERY

HIRE

We have upwards of 80 sets of dinner plates, dessert

bowls, cups and saucers with accompanying knife, fork

spoon and teaspoons. We charge 5p per item for hire.

Details and more information can be obtained from

Diane on 01763 852580. All charges go to our fund

raising for Save The Children.

STEEPLE MORDEN VILLAGE HALL

Steeple Morden Village Hall is available for hiring for parties, wedding receptions, club and social activities.

It comprises: Tables, Seating for 120, Bar, Kitchen, Cooker, Fridge, Stage, Parking. There is also limited

Crockery & Cutlery

Projector and screen available and Induction Loop Equipment – ask our booking clerk for more details.

For bookings and prices please contact: Diane Knight

33 Cheyney Street, Steeple Morden, SG8 0LR

Tel 01763 853073 (please don't phone between the hours of 6 - 7 p.m.) email: Viguersk@aol.com

MOBILE LIBRARY The Mobile Library

stops in the village

on the first Tuesday

of every month.

It stops at Russell Close between 10.20 am and

11.05 am. (Note new time and day)

The calling date for June is

Tuesday 6th June

The Newsletter is printed by: Hales Printers,

23 Jarman Way, Royston, Hertfordshire. SG8

5HW. 01763 243195. www.halesprinters.com

Contributions sent to the editors

prior to the newsletter deadline will

normally be printed in the next

available edition.

The deadline for the July/August

edition is 12 noon on June 17th

Contact details for the editors are at

the top of the first page of the

Newsletter

Don’t forget you can view this issue and back issues of the Newsletter online at

www.steeplemorden.org and also subscribe to the monthly e-mail copy of the Newsletter.

Let’s save money and trees!

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In support of promoting local businesses, the Newsletter is inviting local businesses to submit a short advertorial

about the products and services they offer to be included in a future Newsletter.

The advert is to be written by you and can include a couple of photos. The articles need to be no more than half an A4 page including photos or graphics. Send to newsletter@steeplemorden.org

This is your opportunity to tell local people about your local business.