Activity: May 2008 Archives

Mad Fortnight - Members of Metheringham Animal Welfare Supports group will be making house to house collections in Metheringham and surrounding villages during the annual Mad Fortnight, from 2 June to 15 June inclusive. Authorised collectors will be carrying the MAWS "can" and have a MAWS photograph ID/Licence. Every penny collected counts. Whatever you can spare will be very much appreciated.

All the money raised from this and our other events held throughout the year will be shared equally at the end of the financial year in August between Keith's Rescue Dogs in Skegness, Bunny Heaven in Coleby, Cats in Need in Sleaford and Marion's Animal Lodge in Lincoln.

If there is anyone willing to help with the collection in Metheringham (some streets not covered) also help wanted please for Nocton, Dunston, Branston, Navenby, Walcot, Martin, Coleby and Waddington, please contact Joyce Muncey MAWS Secretary / co-ordinator on 01526 321436 for further information.

Or if you wish to send a donation, cheques can be made out to MAWS please.
These can be sent to the MAWS Office, 31 Station Road, Metheringham, Lincoln, LN4 3HR.Please include your name and address. A receipt will be sent to you.

Thank you once again for your interest and support.

Our Next Garden Outhouse sale is on Sat 7 June 10 am to 2 pm 31 Station Rd, Metheringham.

So we came to the end of another eventful and entertaining Football Season in the history of Metheringham Football Club! I hope everyone enjoyed it and are now looking forward to a couple of months off before we start all over again, not counting the occasional five or six-a-side competition thrown in during the Summer of course.

Before this however our three Club Presentations will take place with the many awards being presented. The two Junior Award nights will see members of the successful Lincoln City Ladies Football team make the awards. This season the family of Dayne Grove (who tragically passed away during the season) have kindly presented us with a Memorial Trophy in his memory. This will be presented annually to our junior manager's choice of Junior Player of the Season (between the ages of 7 and 16). All details of our award winners will be in the next issue of this magazine.

Barcelona Visit

Wow. Fantastic. Amazing. Incredible. How do you say gobsmackingly good without repeating the same words over and over on every line that you write.

Well, a party of fourteen of us had an adventure in Barcelona between 6th-9th May which could only be expressed by using words like unbelievable, outstanding and unique. And, I am afraid my vocabulary isn't big enough to describe our visit to the Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, Placa de la Boqueira, la Pedrera and Casa Batllo and so on.

The whole visit was awesome. But before begin to explain the unique details of Gaudi's architecture I need to tell you who went on this unforgettable trip and why. In this way you will hopefully see where Nocton Village Trail Association fits into it.

We held our 39 th AGM on Monday 19 May and our coffee mornings are in good shape and thriving.

The Senior Citizens Party took place in the Village Hall on Saturday 12 April. This was again a great success. Approximately 130 people were greeted with sherry or orange juice. Tea was served at 4.00 pm followed by entertainment from Tommy Curtis.
During the interval Mrs Betty Foster was presented with a basket of flowers. Betty has recently retired from the committee after 30 years.
The raffle, which gets bigger every year, raised £158.00 - thank you all for your generosity.
Mr Bill Heath supplied us with his plum loaves once again, which were much appreciated. Many thanks to all our committee members and extra helpers on the day.

Our outing to Skegness will be held on Tuesday 24 June, leaving the village at 10.00 am. Names to Pam Woolley please

Pam Woolley (Sec)

Angels Dance Squad continues to flourish with increased membership. The girls are in full training ready for their summer events and the next United Baton Twirlers Association Competition in October. New routines are being put together and perfected, at twice weekly training sessions. The group will hopefully be attending numerous summer events, including 'The Lincoln Water Festival' and 'Lincolnshire Poacher', as well as many local fetes and galas.

The squad is always welcoming of new members. The varying age groups, from 5 years to 18 years, dance in the appropriate age sections, but support each other with real team spirit. Any young people wishing to join the squad, learn new skills and have fun 'keeping fit', please contact Cathy 07920147392 or Maxine 01526 321473

On 29 March many of our members met up at the Martin Moor Golf Club for our annual dinner. We all had a lovely evening, and the food was beautifully prepared and presented - so 5 stars to all at the Golf Club for giving us such a wonderful evening. We were even treated to a few *taped" songs from the "Billinger (Billinghay for those who are not from this area) Roughs" to see us on our way!

On the following Friday, 4 April we joined forces with the Football Club to stage a Race Night at the Star and Garter. It was a huge success for all concerned, and we would like to convey our thanks to all the members of the football club, who helped us - especially Pete Ford, Roger Dawson and John Wood. And as usual, we owe special thanks to Butch, the landlord of the Star and Garter, for allowing us to use his facilities, not just on this occasion, but also for committee meetings throughout the winter. Thank you, Butch!

On Sunday 20 April, our green was officially opened for the 2008 summer season. Of course, it rained, but the hardy people who turned up (from Metheringham Bowls Club and also from Dunston Bowls Club), managed to play a 12 end Bowls Drive so it was not a complete wash-out!

We had a Coffee Morning on Saturday 26 April, and that was also successful - bearing in mind we have had to buy various pieces of equipment for the green, during the closed season, these events have kept us afloat. We plan to hold another Coffee Morning at the end of the summer season, probably on a Saturday in September so watch out for the posters!

Now, the summer bowling season is fully underway. As Dunston Bowls Club has joined with us, this season, it means that we are participating in no less than 10 different leagues - so our green keeper, Maurice White, is very busy, but as usual, he manages to keep the green in excellent condition and whenever possible he tries to let people who wish to play in competitions, play on the rinks they want.

As usual, if you would like to play Bowls, please contact me for details.

Dawn Smith (01526 320502) or at dawnsmith@homecall.co.uk

The end of April saw another cricket season get under way at Blankney. The club has a full and varied programme this season with at least one home match taking place each weekend from now until September and a plethora of midweek fixtures until the end of July. The club has also allowed the ground to be used by county sides with the Lincs Over 50's playing and beating Suffolk only a matter of weeks ago.

The club's two weekend sides are plying their trade in the South Lincs and Borders League on a Saturday, while the Sunday side are once again in the Lincoln Premier League. To date the Saturday side are top of the table, having played three and won three. At Moulton the home side were bowled out for just 77 with Barry King taking 5-25. Simon Behan and Dave Pearse easily knocked the runs off inside 20 overs. At Claypole it was an equally easy victory as the home side made 90 all out with Ian Holvey the pick of our bowlers taking 3-15 and then Lee Allman hit a quick fire 56 not out to see us to a 6 wicket victory. Then in the first home game, against Baston, we chased a total of 159 and won by 7 wickets as Lee Allman made an unbeaten 81 and he and Simon Behan (55) put on 101 for the third wicket.
On Sunday's the side got off to a winning start in the league with a victory over North Scarle mainly due to new skipper Will Carter taking 5-31 but then suffered defeat in the Premier Trophy at Middle Rasen despite Carter hitting 61. This was followed by a heavy defeat in the league at home to Hartsholme when the team was set a total of 266 to chase. In the latter game the opposition had an Aussie playing who hit 97 off just 46 balls. This total contained 13 fours and 4 sixes, with one of the sixes landing on the main road.

The club has once again entered the Pattinson Cup, played at Sleaford Cricket ground. In the first round we met a Friskney side with a large presence of Boston CC players in it. They were restricted to 88-7 in their 16 overs due mainly to Ian McGowan taking 4-18. Ian then took up the gauntlet to score 24 not out off 16 balls to see us into the quarter finals where we play Barkston.

In Midweek the two sides are in different divisions this season with the Estate side in Division One and the Club XI in Division Two. To date the Estate side has won one and lost one of their two games played. The Club XI however are still looking for their first win. This season the club has bitten the bullet and made this team a predominantly "youth" side with at least eight of the players under 20. It is felt this has to be the way forward by getting more youth into the club.

If anyone is interested in joining the club please contact Secretary Pete Ford - 01526 320016

John Harris has asked that a link to his site 'Walking in Lincolnshire' be added here. His site includes links to more than 150 Lincolnshire walks, walking books, maps and walking groups in the county.

The site is part of John's larger effort to provide details of walks throughout the country.

John, happy to oblige.

Walking in Lincolnshire

MADSPA have announced that the Metheringham Swimming Pool will be unable to open as planned on Saturday 24th May due to technical difficulties with the boiler.

A further announcement will be made when a revised opening date is known.

MADSPA apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Margaret Amos has provided an update to the Over 60s page, illustrated with a few photos of events from last years activities. In addition a full programme of events for 2008 is also published.

On Wed 30 Apr 08, Metheringham FC U15s capped an excellent week for the club when they clinched their league title. Glenn Marr scored with the last kick of the game to give the U15s a closely fought victory over Heckington. The 6-5 win gave Metheringham the 2 points they need to lift the league title.

Following an 18 month quiet period, the Branston Tennis Club is again 'Open for Business'.