April 2020

21 Buckden Roundabout April 2020 Sport Thinking of playing Tennis? April sees the start of a new season at Buckden Tennis club. Now is the perfect time to find out more and sign up for the new season. We welcome players of all ages and all abilities, whether you are an experienced player, want to get back in to tennis or just fancy taking up the game! If you are interested please join us at our open morning on Sunday 5 th April from 10.30am . This is when the social side of our club kicks off with a few games of tennis followed by Bucks Fizz and Hot Dogs! Please get in touch if you would like to come down. Our 4 all - weather hard - courts are open 7 days and are floodlit to county standard. Social Play takes place on Saturday and Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings and is a great way to meet up with other members and play a few games. All members are welcome – no one is left out. The courts are free to members to use at other times if they wish to arrange their own games. We have a packed schedule of club tournaments, as well as mens, ladies and mixed teams competing in Cam- brideshire, and Huntingdonshire and Peterborough League Tournaments throughout the year. We ’ re always looking for new team members so please let us know if you would like to join in on match play. For those looking to brush up their skills or learn new tech- niques, coaching is available for adults and juniors on a 1:1 basis or group sessions. For more info contact our LTA regis- tered coach - Matt Sanders ( matt@overandin.com ). For more information about the club contact our Chairman Clare Fraser on 07740456972, or visit our website at www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/buckdentennisclub , or our Face- book page https://www.facebook.com/buckdentennisclub Buckden Football Club BFC play in the Cambridgeshire County Leagues, Division 2A. We are a friendly club based at the recreation ground in Buck- den and welcome you to watch a game and join us for refresh- ments in The Village Club during and after. There is a football card available behind the bar on match days if you would like to take part for 50p a team. Buckden continue to develop their relationship with St Neots Town FC and welcome new players from their academy. Both players are just 17, looking for men ’ s football as part of their development, Thomas “ Bart ” Bartlett our new goalkeeper, over 6 - ft tall and the tricky midfielder Mati born in Poland, looking to establish himself in men ’ s football as part of his de- velopment, before hoping to return to St. Neots Town FC We have been badly hit by the inclement weather of the last 3 months and this has been considerably worsened by the poor drainage on the field and hence our pitch. A large number of our home games have been postponed (7 fixtures) causing The Football Club to incur additional expense when we have to hire alternative pitches at Hinchingbrooke. Thus, this extra cost is borne exclusively by The Football Club. Our benefactors already provide almost half our income and without them the 126 - year - old Football Club would not sur- vive. We have already secured extensive help and our latest benefactors ’ contribution has allowed us to have our kit washed and dried off site ending the twenty - year tradition of washing the kit in The Pavilion. We thank him and hopefully additional benefactors we are trying to secure by June. BFC Current Benefactors SIMON PICKING BUILDING SERVICES – 07801 591068 BUCKDEN VILLAGE CLUB BUCKFEST 2019 CDE PAINTING AND DECORATING – 07591 402026 If you are interested in supporting your local club through our benefactor scheme. Please contact the club treasurer, Graham Pearce via email: grahampearce270964@gmail.com or mobile 07514 630719. SOCIABLE TENNIS | CLUB TOURNAMENTS | LEAGUE COMPETITION | COACHING | UNLIMITED COURT USE | OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND Buckden Junior Football Club Another interesting month with the weather for our teams, but with a few games, including some exciting Cup matches, in particular Quarter and Semi Final ties, going ahead. At the time of going to press, our Under 14 Vultures and U13 Eagles have both enjoyed success, unfortunately both our U8 Caracaras teams and the U15 Os- preys, despite putting up a valiant fight, have not this year. As a club, we congratulate all teams for getting as far as they did in their respective competitions. BJFC Club Merchandise Don ’ t forget you can still purchase brand new BJFC merchan- dise. Merchandise is available to purchase from our tea bar every Saturday or by speaking to a member of our committee or team managers. Club Shop – now live! As well as the merchandise mentioned above, we now have an online club shop aswell. Scarves, gloves, jumpers and coats can all be purchased online – visit www.chromasport.co.uk/shop/ buckden - juniors - fc to order. Dribblers and Development sessions Our Dribblers sessions are now split into two - older dribblers (school year 1) on a Saturday 9am – 10am and our younger dribblers (age 3 and above) now on a Sunday at the same time. Our Development Sessions run on a Sunday from 9am – 10am. The aim of these sessions is to give children aged U7 - U10 (school years 2 - 5) a chance to learn the skills they need to as- sist them in the future with finding a team – please contact us for more details. Tea Bar Don ’ t forget our tea bar runs every Saturday – hot and cold drinks, bacon and sausage rolls from 9am each week. For more information on the club, joining a team or the com- mittee please contact our Chairman Michael Lander via bjfc- chairman@hotmail.com.