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O.A.P.'s
Christmas Gift Scheme We are holding our second fundraising event this year
for the above scheme. This will be on Friday 10th October in the Community
Centre. It will be our popular Wine Tasting Evening. The wines will come
from The Wine Society, giving people the opportunity to taste wines that
are not available in the shops. The collection boxes for the Christmas Gift Scheme application forms, are
now in The Post Office and Cherrenee. The closing date is 31st October
2008. There is an application form on page 44 of this edition of The LINK
if you have not completed one already. The £9 gift voucher will be delivered to the applicants homes around the
first week in December. If you know of a Bugbrooke resident that is
in a residential or nursing home, you may apply on their behalf and a gift
will be arranged for them. Judith Piper, Chairman The
National Victims’ Association Race Night Please make a note in your diaries - Saturday, 8th
November 2008 there will be a second Charity Race Night to be held at The
Bakers Arms in support of The National Victims' Association. Anyone who came along last year to our first Race Night will recall that it was a fantastic night and this year we are hoping to make it even better.
If anyone is able to donate a prize for the raffle or auction we would be
extremely grateful. Please contact Carol Quinn on Tel. 01604 839069
for further details. Macmillan
Cream Teas Another
year and another successful fund raiser for Macmillan. We were
blessed with a lovely day on the 14th Sepember. Many thanks to the
stalwart helpers, the scone and cake bakers, Heygates for the scone mix,
those who donated, and all who came on the day, to make it successful. The
total is over £450 so far. Veronica and Mike Chambers Bugbrooke Cricket Club
This year is the 60th Anniversary of our Club playing at
the Camp Hill Farm Ground, the
first matches being played here in 1948. Before that we used to play in a
field belonging to the Adams family off the Heyford Road by the brook
where the first job was always to clear the cattle muck from the outfield
before the game could begin!
Our League season has just finished with the final day being disrupted by
more wet weather in what has been a very damp “summer”. Our 1st X1
finished mid table in League 6 but our 2nd X1 gained promotion by coming
3rd in League 12. Our Sunday fixtures have just seen 3 matches on the trot
cancelled because of the weather but otherwise we have had some very
enjoyable encounters – there are still matches every Sunday with every
game at home until October 4 which is one advantage of having an
artificial wicket. There is a Junior Presentation evening for our Under 11, 12 & 15 teams
at our Pavilion which will be reported on in the next LINK issue. Our
Annual Dinner & Presentation evening will be held in October or
November with our AGM probably in December – please contact John Mundy
for details. All prospective new Members will be very welcome at both
events. Many thanks to all those who have worked so hard in what has been
a very difficult season with especial thanks to Tony Bird for running a
very efficient bar in such a welcoming way which has been open most days
of the week. Have a look
at our website www.bugbrooke.play-cricket.com
for information with results & scorecards for all our matches in the
past 3 seasons. On August Bank Holiday Monday a very well organised Lunch prepared by our
Ladies was held for the Vice Presidents & Friends of the Club, with
plenty of wine thrown in, during our Annual Club Over 30’s v Under
30’s match for the Jack Dawson Shield at which Jack’s widow June was
the Guest of Honour. John Mundy
(Chairman) 830725 (H,
B &
FAX) 07850-084535
(M)
Peter
White (President) 50 High
Street, Bugbrooke
(830452
H, B & FAX) Bugbrooke
St Michael’s Football Club The new season has opened with
considerable optimism. The
senior sides have begun with good early results and it is hoped that all
four senior sides will be in contention for league or cup honours at later
stages in the season. The youth teams begin their programme of fixtures in
September and will be looking forward to pitting their skills against
other young players. The chief objective of
the year off the pitch is the upgrading of floodlights that have been up
for over 20 years. Planning
permission has been granted for the erection of a further 2 stanchions on
the halfway line. Due to the
greater efficiency of lighting nowadays there will be a reduction in lamps
from 20 to 16. As there are
more stanchions the light can be directed downwards more accurately and
this should result in less light spillage.
The club will be fundraising to achieve this objective and would
appreciate the support of the local community bearing in mind that the
club runs 18 teams from 7 years of age to adults.
The first function is a firework display on November 7th.
Tickets can be obtained from the clubhouse before the event.
There will also be a Barn Dance at Campion School in November and a
Christmas Raffle will be organised when all players will be expected to
sell tickets to raise floodlight funds. The cost of the project is
expected to be about £20,000 but the club is hoping to get a grant of 50%
from the Football Foundation Fund. If
things go according to plan it is hoped to have the lights erected by the
end of the season. Any
assistance towards this aim will be greatly appreciated. Hollie’s
Blog
Hollie Avil took part in the
Beijing Olympics, and has given us permission to reproduce extracts from
her web Blog, to share her experiences with you.
We continue this from the previous issue with the run up to the
Olympics. July
16th Hola!
We've been in Spain for nine days now. The conditions and training
provisions have been perfect, temperatures up to 42 degrees, lots of hills
to ride and great off road running! Training has been going well
across all three disciplines. July
28th British
National Champion! I
didn't taper down for the National Champs, my coach and I discussed how I
would use the race as a hard training session, to end my block of training
before heading to Korea. So I went into the race feeling pretty much
pressure free. I just wanted to get out there and push my body to the
limits, giving it my best shot and what ever result I would get from doing
that I would be happy with! Running
into the finish line, I was over the moon! I got a great race out and a
great result with it! Korea
awaits. August
3rd Some
like it hot!
We
arrived in Korea on Tuesday evening, after departing Heathrow on Monday
afternoon. For the first few days we kept training fairly light and easy
in order to get over the jet lag and to acclimatize. It's
been very hot and very humid since we've been here which is perfect! It's
these conditions that we need to be training and living in to acclimatize
for what we're likely to face in Beijing. You've just got to be prepared
to sweat a lot! But sweating is actually a good sign, the quicker you
start to sweat the quicker your body is trying to cool itself down, which
means your body is adapting to the conditions and learning how to react
quickly. So
bring on the sweat! August
9th Let
the Games begin! Last
night we celebrated the start of the Olympics with an Opening Ceremony
BBQ! Our team Chef, Olly, spent the day preparing homemade burgers,
rustling up some delicious salads and assembling scrummy vegetable kebabs!
All the food was super – the perfect way to end a hard days training! We
were lucky enough to watch the opening ceremony on a large projector
screen outside too. It really was spectacular and it definitely got me
even more excited! Training
has been going well and I've been enjoying the training here too! The
riding is great – quiet roads, super surfaces and as I've mentioned
previously, lots of hills! The 50m pool is perfect and the running has
been ideal too – I've been doing a mix of treadmill, off road and road
running. We've been lucky with the weather. Most days have been hot and
humid with the odd day of rain! It's good to train in all conditions
though I think, we can't be sure that rain won't come on race day! Not long now! August 23rd The Games
Last
Saturday, Sunday and Monday were a pretty tough few days! Training
was going super and I arrived in Beijing really raring to go and race on
Monday. It was my worst nightmare when I fell ill on Saturday evening,
continuously vomiting. The Team GB Doctor was fabulous and did everything
he could to try and help me recover as quickly as possible, it was pretty
hard to identify where my illness came from though and left us with a real
guessing game. I did my best to stay positive and was determined to get on
that start line on Monday morning and give the race my best shot! I said
to Mum – 'I don't care if someone has to push off the pontoon swim start
– I'm starting that race!'. Having my family out here really helped.
They stuck by me like extra strong super glue, stayed positive and did
everything they could to help me recover. I'm
feeling a lot better now though, physically and mentally. I can't describe
the feeling you get when you are forced to stop a race. I really didn't
have much choice though as I was sick three times out on the bike, unable
to keep any fluid down. Thank you to everyone who has sent kind messages
of support, they've all really helped. For
the past few days I've been doing my best to enjoy the Olympic experience.
Helen and I have been to watch some other sports, being amazed by the
spectacular venues! The athletics has been amazing and we've had such
great seats every time – it's fantastic being so close to the action!
Today we went and watched the diving which was pretty amazing too. We've
also taken a few trips in and around Beijing, visiting the famous Silk
Markets and well known Beijing streets. Yesterday we went to a street
famous for it's exotic food on sticks. Exotic food being sea horses and
scorpions dipped in batter!!! I
cannot put into words how fantastic this experience has been. It is
nothing like any other. Tomorrow is the closing ceremony! It's set to be a pretty big one and the passing on of the Games to London will make it extra special for us Team GB guys!
Last
Friday, Bugbrooke put on a 'Welcome Home Hollie Party'. It was great to
have the chance to catch up with everyone and share my stories of Beijing.
Everyone has been so supportive and positive. Thank you to everyone who
put the time and energy in to arrange the evening, thank you to Bugbrooke
Football Club, who provided us with the venue, and thank you to Wilby and
his band for the entertainment! I had a super evening. Hollie You can read the full Blog at
www.hollieavil.com
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