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14 Buckden Roundabout
December 2018 Village News
Burberry Road, Buckden,
Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UY
Tel: 01480 811101
www.buckdenvillagehall.co.uk
email:admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk
Bookings
Along with all our regular hirers this month we have two
kid’s parties, a Craft Fayre (8th ), Tora Seishin’s Christmas
Party, Buckden Day Nursery Christmas play, Huntingdon-
shire Amateur Radio Society’s Christmas Dinner and St
Mary’s Christmas coffee morning (5th).
Christmas Fayre
The Trust is organising a raffle which will be drawn at the
Christmas Fayre on 2nd December. Thank you to all the local
businesses who have generously donated fantastic gifts and
also to everyone who has bought tickets so far. First prize is
£300 cash! 15% of the proceeds will be donated to the
Christmas Lights Committee and the rest will be used to
improve the facilities that the Trust provides. We will be
selling tickets door to door and at the Christmas Fayre, so
please do support the Hall by buying raffle tickets. Tickets
are also for sale at the Village Hall office if you would like to
pop over.
Falls Prevention Assessments
Everyone Health (part of ChangePoint Lifestyle Services) is
still offering 1-1 appointments for individuals aged 50+ who
may have a fear of falling, have previously had a fall or just
would like to increase their physical activity level. Their
mission is to provide an accessible service that helps reduce
the risk of falls, trips and slips in the community. The team
aims to help each individual to identify and address any risks
before they become a problem by conducting assessments,
as well as prescribing home-based strength and balance
exercise programmes. They are running these assessments
here at the Village Hall so if you would like any further infor-
mation please contact Change Point on 0333 005 0093.
2018 has been another really busy year for us at Buckden
Village Hall. Thank you to everyone who has used us in the
past year and to all of you who will use us in the future.
Have a very Merry Christmas and
best wishes for 2019!
Don’t forget that as residents of Buckden you all receive
discounted rates on Hall hire. Please call or email me if
you would like to find out more information.
Jo Harvey, 01480 811101,
admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk,
Office hours 9am to 2pm.
BUCKDEN WI
At our November meeting Paul Vick-
ers, a Magician was our speaker on the
“History of Magic”. Paul demonstrated
some magic tricks as he took us
through the history. Paul combined his
magical skills and wit for his entertain-
ing performance, with lots of fun and audience participation.
Paul had us in fits of laughter with his hand cuff tricks, along
with his mastery of cards and the “Cut & Restore” rope trick.
Paul was very good at involving the members and this caused
much laughter and enjoyment, especially his trick with a toy
goose and a pack of cards. Paul passed a poster round with “I
love Paris in the the Springtime” for us all to look at and very
few members noticed that the word the was repeated. As
Paul commented “Do not allow the eye to fool the mind”.
The members enjoyed the evening and commented “he is
excellent, can he come again, I haven’t laughed like this for a
long time”. The atmosphere in the room was happy and re-
laxed and Paul was able to engage the members in an infor-
mal way with his personality.
At the next Meeting Tuesday 4th December 7:30pm in the
Millard Suite at the Village Hall it is our fish and chip evening
and also the election of our committee for the coming year.
The competition is An Advent Calendar.
For more information please contact:
Ruth Nicholas – 07957 334142
Judith Armitage – 01480 811717
Patricia Ford – 01480 819144
As you may already know, BJFC won the Charter Standard
Club of the Year Award for the 2017-18 season ('Charter
Standard' is the FA official seal of approval for a correctly-run
club). Also, Stuart Duncan, our U8 Hawks White manager was
runner-up in the Coach of the Year Award. Michael Lander
(Chairman), Bob Crane (Secretary) and Alan Lewey (Child Wel-
fare Officer) attended the awards ceremony on Saturday 13th
October where we received our framed certificate which we
hope to display in Buckden Club (Kevin Stableford, our Chair-
man until the end of last season, was unable to attend).
However, as well as the certificate, detailed below are the
items we have also received for winning the award: £100 kit-
locker voucher (used to purchase pegs and new corner posts),
2 new banners (displayed at the field on the playground
fence), new RESPECT 'A' board (for display on match days), 3
RESPECT hoodies , 10 size 3 footballs , 12 size 4 footballs, 2
size 5 footballs, new set of cones, 8 orange bibs, 8 green bibs.
We will be using the bibs, cones and some of the balls for our
U7-U9 open weekly training session for players who do not
belong to teams.
Finally, a big 'thank you' to those who nominated us for the
awards and to all parents, carers, players, managers, coaches
and Club Committee members for their continued support of
the Club.
Buckden Junior Football Club wins FA Charter Standard Club of the Year Award for 2017-18