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ered to the MelbourneGroup of Parishes:Ticknall, Smisby andStanton by Bridge andthe churches compris-ing Churches Togetherin Melbourne it was an-nounced that Dr Davieswas to take up a newpost as the Dean ofDerby. The appointment by

the Bishop of Derby, theRt Revd. Dr AlastairRedfern, will be to pro-mote dialogue betweenthe city's Christiansand Muslims.Dr Davies was ap-

pointed Vicar of Mel-bourne in 1999.He said: "My 10 years

at Melbourne havebeen a really happytime but the privilegeof leading the work ofDerby Cathedral wasan offer I could notpass up."A special valedictory

service will be held onthe evening of Tuesday,July 27, at MelbourneParish Church.

"WE have been asking for years for changes tothe funding formula, but nothing has happened,and we are frustrated that, for 15 years, Chellas-ton School has been at the bottom of the fundingstream in Derby schools,” said Ray Ruszczynski,Head Teacher.It is for this reason that he and the governors of the school

have responded positively to the new Government's invita-tion sent to all schools in England to convert to Academy sta-tus, and are studying the detail of the proposals.

Mr Ruszczynski explained that the main incentive in seeking con-version to Academy status is the attraction of the additional funding,which would be available to the school, as the current "top slice" re-tained by the Local Authority would be given to the school.

The new Government's intention is that Academy status will givegreater freedom and flexibility, helping schools to raise standardsand give students greater opportunities.

Mr Ruszczynski said: "At Chellaston School students receive ap-proximately £2,100 less per head than the best funded students inthe city, and we have far more money held back by the Local Author-ity than we receive in services. We feel that this is both inefficientand unfair to our students.”

Chellaston was first opened in 1977, and it has had the benefit ofstability, having only two head teachers – Mr Thomas and MrRuszczynski, in that time.

Originally a Derbyshire LEA school, it was transferred to theDerby City education authority, and has been a Specialist Technol-ogy College since 1994.

A well regarded and successful school, Chellaston has set up aNational Challenge Trust arrangement with Sinfin CommunitySchool.

The school has 1,720 students. Mr Ruszcznski is anxious to scotch the 'rumours and misinforma-

tion', with regard to the catchment area of the school, which has al-ways been a worry to the parents of students who live in SouthDerbyshire.

He is adamant: "There are no plans whatsoever to change thenormal catchment area, nor are there plans to use selection.”

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MELBOURNE Carnival was a big day for Joe and Paddy Laban. They were riding highin an open topped limosine leading the parade. The lifetime residents were invited toopen the carnival in recognition of their services over many years."It was the first time we have really seen the carnival.” said Paddy. "We have alwaysbeen too busy with the floats and lorries before. We've had a wonderful time."There were large numbers of people lining the streets as the parade made its way fromCastle Square to the school playing field on Packhorse Road through the town.� Fun in the sun – more pictures and report on the Carnival on Pages 12 and 13.

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THE Vicar of Melbourne, the Revd. Dr. John Davies led ashort service in Melbourne Parish Church to support themembers of the Armed Forces serving all over the world.The congregation was well over 100 strong, and was rep-

resentative of the many organisations of the town.The service was held as part of the national British Armed

Forces Day. Dr. Davies in his introductory remarks said:"The service is in support of the Forces of the Crown servingthroughout the world, part of a national day to pay tributeto the courage and determination of the armed forces. TheForces often feel cut off from popular support, and are littlevalued ... but this day is held to remember those alive and in

conflict."Each member of the congregation was asked to sign a let-

ter – "a tangible proof of our regard for the courage and de-termination of our armed forces". A similar letter was sentfrom last year's Armed Forces Day, held in Melbourne, andDr. Davies said that he had received a very warm letter ofacknowledgement from a Mercian Regiment chaplain.After the introductory comments, the service consisted of

a very moving prayer, two hymns, a New Testament reading,and a rendering of Gwahoddiad by the Melbourne MaleVoice Choir.It was a fine community event. – DOB

IN June there were 11 instances of crime reported in Melbourne in-cluding attempted burglary, burglary, theft, damage and criminaldamage. Additionally, there were 12 incidents reported includingthree reports of a suspicious male trying car doors and 10 instancesof anti-social behaviour.

Melbourne Neighbourhood Watch wishes to remind local peopleof the need to be vigilant with open windows and doors, especiallyduring the warm weather.

Also, because incidents of vehicle crime have been associated withunsecured vehicles, people are reminded to be extra careful with ve-hicles and contents.

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day at CalkeCALLING budding artists of all ages and abilities! The NationalTrust's Calke Abbey is holding another special 'Explore and Draw'day on Saturday, July17, from 11am until 3.30pm.

Visitors will have the freedom to draw or paint anything that in-spires them around the lovely gardens, which are bursting withbeautiful blooms and towering trees. Volunteers will be on hand toloan basic art materials from a gazebo in the garden.

This event ties in with the National Garden Scheme Open Day –a UK-wide charity fund raising day where all proceeds will be do-nated to help train National Trust Heritage Gardeners of the fu-ture. The Explore and Draw activity will be free of charge, butdonations for the National Garden Scheme Open Day will be grate-fully welcomed.

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TWO local men hit milestone birth-days this year and marked the oc-casions by helping a cause close totheir hearts. The father and sonduo from Melbourne asked friendsand family to donate money tolocal life saving charity Der-byshire, Leicestershire and Rut-land Air Ambulance (DLRAA)instead of buying them gifts.

Dennis Edwards celebrated his 80thbirthday and his son, Nigel Edwards, cele-brated his 50th. Between them they raised£745.

Dennis said: “You get to our age and don’treally want anything, so asking people to do-nate to the Derbyshire, Leicestershire &Rutland Air Ambulance seemed a good idea.The charity provides a vital service and liv-ing in a rural area it's good to know that itis there.

“We often see it flying around and it isgood to know that it is on its way to helpsomeone in need."

Shirley Edwards, wife of Dennis, andNigel's wife Jayne popped in to see the heli-copter and crew at their East Midlands baseand also present the cheque on behalf oftheir husbands.

Catherine Foster, fund-raiser for theDLRAA, said: “It was so kind of Dennis and

Nigel to make the suggestion and for theirfriends and family to be so generous. Theirdonation is much appreciated.

“It is wonderful when the community re-ally gets behind their Air Ambulance andevery single donation we receive really doesmake a difference and helps us to keep onflying and saving lives.

The Edwards family has supportedDLRAA since it began and continues to doso; they are even in the process of signing-up as monthly supporters.”

Pictured above (left to right) are Cather-ine Foster, Shirley Edwards, wife of Dennisand Jayne Edwards, wife of Nigel.

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FINANCE is a truly baffling matter. The South Derbyshire Dis-trict Council is quite prepared, even in these straitened times, totake on £59million of debt! And the councillors gave it virtually aunanimous thumbs-up, at a full council meeting in late June.

This mind boggling figure – roughly £600 per person in the dis-trict – could be taken out with the full blessing of the new Govern-ment. Although the proposal was put to councils by the lastGovernment, the new local government minister is quoted as say-ing that "these proposals give councils the financial freedom theyneed and represent value for money".

The whole basis of the proposals made, which South Der-byshire would welcome if given the go-ahead, lies in the bizarreand byzantine complexity of housing policy going back over manyyears.

As things have stood for several years, councils like South Der-byshire have managed their housing on the basis that a third of allcouncil rents – currently a total of £9.7million – are taken by cen-tral government. This has been going on for years, hobbling thecouncil's ability to finance improvements to the property estate,and making new house building impossible.

The policy was based on the fact that this money taken eachyear by central government was re-distributed to council areaswho had large run-down estates, and needed considerable housingsubsidies, funded by more affluent and better managed local au-thorities like South Derbyshire.

The taking by central government of such huge slices of therental income was set to continue and the amounts to increase,with a calculated cost of £135million over 30 years. In addition,the majority of the sale proceeds of council houses was directedalso to the coffers of the Treasury.

The proposals made by the Government in March have been

circulated to councils throughout England. South Derbyshire ishappy to take on the debt, but some councils may not be able to doso – so the final outcome of the consultation process will not beknown for some months.

The reason why South Derbyshire can take on the huge debt isbecause the interest on the loan will, over 30 years, be lower thanthe current onerous subsidy payments.

In addition, the council will be able to retain all the rental pay-ments, which will enable much greater freedom to manage thehousing estate. In addition, any sale of council housing, under theRight to Buy scheme, will remain in the council's hands-subject to75% being allocated towards new affordable housing.

It is calculated that, apart from making more finance availablefor general purposes, the council will be able to develop 50 or moreaffordable homes.

The financial officers at the district council, in a detailed 18-page closely argued document, and following "a complex and tech-nical accounting process" recognise that the council is taking on "ahigh level of debt for a considerable period". but that the proposalsfrom the government do offer "a viable alternative" to the currentsystem, seen by many to be unfair.

Councillor John Harrison, finance chief at the district council,said: “With the present arrangement clearly unsustainable, and adesire to improve further the housing stock, the council gaveunanimous all-party support, but in principle only, pending thenew Government's detailed reaction to the responses from othercouncils around the country.

“Should the conclusion be to proceed, the heavy burden of re-paying this debt, over an estimated maximum of 30 years, will notfall on Council Tax payers but will be wholly funded out of therental income received.” – DOB

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FOR those who attended the comedy nightin June at the Royal Suite, Melbourne RBLClub they had a real treat with an eveningof first class comedy and said by many tobe 'the best yet'. Praise indeed for the threeacts and for the organisers who continue toprovide quality entertainment for the Mel-bourne public.

Skipping the first night of the World Cupand going out for the evening was defi-nitely the best choice as the three very dif-ferent acts entertained their audience.

Paul Sinha, the first Asian stand-up actto visit Melbourne, treated everyone to afresh look at comedy from a different per-spective.

The only way to describe Alan Hudsonwas magic. That was his theme and he de-livered it well.

Headline act Nick Revell proved why hewas top of a very good bill by delivering afaultless first class act.

The show was compered by Kiwi, NickRado.

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Summer fun at Calke!Calke Abbey Fine Food FairSunday 18 July 11am - 3.30pmCome and enjoy local food and produce grown, raised, baked or caught within a 30 mile radius of Calke. Our very own Calke chefs will demonstrate some culinary delights using the fresh local produce available on the day! Come and taste, see and buy from a wide variety of local producers.

A Calke Bear HuntThursday 22 & Friday 23 July 11am – 3.30pmFollow the trail to the hiding place of the Calke Bear. Discover some of the wildlife that lives in the grounds at Calke. Bring along your own bear and an adult.

Music for Calke, 1704. A Country House Concert, given by Musica Donum DeiSaturday 24 July, 7.30pm in the Riding SchoolCome and experience a musical evening of newly-published pieces from 1704 by the most fashion-able and illustrious composers, sung, and played on instruments of the time. To include music by Corelli, Albinoni, Purcell, Blow, Paisible and Pepusch. Booking required. Adult £15 Child £8

Minibeast SafariWednesday 28 & Thursday 29 July 11am – 3.30pmTry your hand at pond dipping, sweep netting and searching for creatures that lurk under stones and logs in Calke Park. Meet at Squirt the Stallion’s Stable

The Secret GardenSunday 1 August 6.30pm-9pm Gates open 5.30pm. £6 Family £40. Box Office 0844 249 1895 Heartbreak Productions will perform Frances Hodgson Burnett’s poignant tale of a proud headstrong girl discovering some lessons of life through stumbling on her uncle’s secret garden. This family classic, suitable for 6yrs upwards, will be performed in the grounds of Calke Abbey.

Games People PlayedTuesday 3 August 11am – 4pmJoin in some games from the past and present at our family fun day

Craft Skills DayWednesday 4 August 11am – 4pmMeet some of our skilled craftsmen as they demonstrate bricklaying, stone carving and joinery. Hands-on activities, including bricklaying for children and adults can try their hand at stone masonry and joinery.

Normal Admissions Apply For more information on what’s on at Calke please visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke or telephone 01332 863822

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Russell will join the �rm’s strong matrimonial team and will concentrate on handling divorces where high income and/or high asset values feature in the �nancial settlement. He says, “ It has become increasingly common these days for families to have substantial assets, particularly money tied up in the matrimonial home, pensions or family businesses. In such cases it pays to receive sound legal advice early on in the separation or even before a separation, as well as specialist representation throughout any subsequent proceedings”

Russell also prepares Pre-Nuptial Agreements which are now having a much greater in�uence on the outcome of Divorce settlements. “People are becoming more keen to make

provision themselves for the division of their assets should their marriage not succeed. At the same time the Divorce Courts are �nally giving such agreements the weight they deserve.”

He is also a specialist in the division of assets when non-married couples separate, another complex area of the law which continues to develop and which is becoming more and more common. “This has been crying out for law reform by Parliament for years. People still, unfortunately, believe in the myth of the common-law wife, something which simply does not exist. Couples can enter into cohabita-tion agreements which will o�er a

degree of protection on subsequent separation, but without such an agreement the law remains sadly lacking.”

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YOUNG Edward Hames, just 15, triumphed in hisquest to meet the challenge of the Three Peaks,and has raised a large amount - so far over £7,000.As featured in June's Village Voice, Edward

wanted to make his individual contribution to thememory of his father, Richard, by completing a re-ally tough challenge, and inviting contributions totwo research charities.Boosted by the donations from hundreds of

friends and relatives, Edward achieved the greatchallenge to make some significant contribution tothe Sarcoma Trust, and Leukaemia Research.Some experienced walkers thought it was too

great a test of endurance, courage and stamina fora boy only just 15 years old, but Edward has tri-umphantly proved them wrong, completing thechallenge within only a few minutes of the 24-hourdeadline.

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Country Livingwith Robert Parker

WELCOME to Sahara UK. The weatherforecasters have said today that the firsthalf of 2010 has been the driest since1929 – that’s 81years.

The feature that did most damage inApril and May was the low tempera-tures, not the drought. That reducedgrowth in everything be it field orhedgerow and has left farmers, particu-larly livestock farmers scratching theirheads in dismay as to what to do.

Silage and hay crops are down by20/30 percent and we face the prospect ofhaving to start to use these stocks verysoon as grass in the fields is disappear-ing in front of our eyes.

I delayed our second crop of silage fora few days and I estimate that on someof the drier areas it lost over 30 per centof its yield in that time. That grasslooked like standing hay.

All livestock tends to do well in condi-tions like this, so long as they haveplenty of shade and water but they can-not produce growth and milk withoutgood food. Cows tend to be lethargic likehumans when it’s hot and the best partof the day for them is between dusk andbreakfast.

The uplands of Derbyshire andStaffordshire are not usually botheredby drought, but friends I have up theretell me they are worst affected. They

have had nothing but drizzle sinceMarch and, combined with very low tem-peratures, this has seen very poorgrowth of their only crop of grass.

The saviour for us at home will bemaize, which is literally romping awayat the moment and, as long as it has noweed competition, it should continue.

Cereal harvest will inevitably bebrought forward by these conditions,and I do not think we will be in forrecord yields judging by the looks ofsome of the fields. On some of the thin-ner and sandier areas crops of wheatparticularly are looking very scorchedand it’s unlikely that the grain will havefilled out very well.

Amounts of straw will be very low.No matter what we are told we are

now in a drought and judging by thewater level in the reservoir, restrictionson water use are now bound to happenin some areas.

In the first week of July, StauntonHarold Reservoir has dropped morethan six inches, which is an awful lot ofwater, and I assume taking water fromthe Dove at Burton to fill it has stopped.

Being a pessimist and a planner I amwondering when the weather willchange and how it will affect our work.We could have a wet harvest!

THE wedding of Natalie Reynolds, daughter of Shane and Tracey Reynolds of Melbourneto William Lucas, Son of Roger and Sue Lucas of Old Hall Farm, Swarkestone, took placeat St James Church, Swarkestone.

Marrying a farmer, it seemed right to leave the church on William’s tractor as theyheaded for the wedding reception.

The couple will be taking a delayed honeymoon in Mexico later in the year.


STUARTBLATCHreports from theJuly meeting ofMelbourne ParishCouncil

DISTRICT and County Councillor John Harrison up-dated the Parish Council on district and county budg-ets.

He told the meeting: “Impacts are seen to be negligible duringthis financial year – no cuts are proposed to the District Council,whilst the County Council will see circa £8m revenue and capitalbudget reduction."

Cllr Harrison advised “a comprehensive spending review is to beaccomplished by October and all signs are that which the councilwill have to play its part in managing part of the national deficit."

Cllr Harrison provided an insight into the quandary left by theprevious Government with respect to the national deficit on council

Get set to feel impactof the national cuts

� The council has purchased the red telephone box at Pack-horse Road from BT for £1.

� The Melbourne Sporting Partnership will meet at the endof July to consider the contents of the recently publishedMelbourne Feasibility Study for Leisure and the PerformingArts. Cllr Harrison advised that it was imperative that localsports clubs act as a consolidated group.

� The Clerk advised that the Parish Council has been ac-credited with Quality Council Status for the next four years.

� The Parish Council continues to pursue the divestment ofLeisure Centre operations to the Community Group, holdinginformal discussions on June 3 with South Derbyshire Dis-trict Council.

� The Safer Neighbourhood Area meeting takes place at Mel-bourne Leisure Centre on September 14 at 7pm.

� Child car safety seat checks will take place at the LeisureCentre on August 25.

OTHER MATTERS

housing and the agreement in principle by SouthDerbyshire, pending other council and CoalitionGovernment responses, to take on a proportion ofthis debt (£49.7m), whilst retaining all rents fromthe area’s 3,000 council houses rather than returna proportion to Government, reassuring the coun-cil that this would have no effect on Council Tax.

District Councillor Jim Hewlett advised thatthe grant has been removed which provided freeswimming for children under 16 and people over60 at the Etwall and Greenbank leisure facilities.

Cllr Hewlett explained: "The impact of this re-mains under review. In its current form thescheme will finish as of the end of July."

Cllr Hewlett commented on the recent meetingheld at Swadlincote with respect to gipsies andtravellers, saying: “Occupation of land is nowbeing considered as a criminal offence by theCoalition Government to give police more teeth todeal with this problem."

PC Debbie Croxall provided an update onJune’s local crimes, with a spike in burglaries ofdwellings, criminal damage to cars and anti-socialbehaviour on the rise.

Drinking and drug smoking had been reportedin Lothian Gardens with youths from Allentonarea frequenting Melbourne. Cllr Crawford ad-vised that motorcycles had been seen in the foot-ball area of the Gardens. PC Croxall advised thepublic should take licence plate numbers and in-form the police as action can be taken, leading toproperty seizure.

Cllr Andrew Jackson said: "A CCTV camerawas originally installed in Lothian Gardens forchild protection, which now does not work and thecouncil had previously been informed that thequality of the camera would not support a prose-cution of an offence."

PC Croxall advised that Aston on Trent andSwadlincote have seen excellent results from thehigh quality CCTV that is in place. Cllr David

Smith suggested that the parish council should re-view CCTV requirements in light of systems usedin neighbouring areas.

Gail How, of Melbourne Neighbourhood Watch,expressed local concerns about the trees on thecorner of Queensway and opposite Budgens, pre-viously raised by Cllr Sheila Hicklin. She said:“Roots are affecting pavements, the trees are tootall, branches too low and lighting is poor. Peoplecannot be seen under the trees and this createsvulnerability for many people walking past atnight."

Clerk Norman Hill advised that the councilwould be contacting the owner.

The debate continues regarding the re-installa-tion of swings at the Melbourne RecreationGround in time for the summer holidays. Whilethe Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents(ROSPA) advises that there is not a problem, Dis-trict Council Enforcement Officers state that theswings constitute a risk, as trees planted close tothe swings could be construed as a danger result-ing in potential claims if anyone was to hurt them-selves while dismounting.

A site visit by Derbyshire County Council High-ways at the Derby Road/ Kings Newton Lane junc-tion was to take place on July 9 to discuss theproposed changes. Cllr Harrison urged parishcouncillors to attend where they have knowledgeof the issues. The county council has a £130,000budget to make improvements at the junction.

Cllr Brendan Freeman commented that in-fill-ing of gardens with a new property was inappro-priate in the case of the planning application forerection of a detached dwelling at 55 CommerceStreet. Cllr Rose Boston, highlighting that UnionStreet has little available car parking as it is, saidaccess to the property would make congestionworse.

The parish council rejected the application.

MEMBERS of the 1st Findern Brownies are pictured planting a new native hedge in CoteClose Bird sanctuary. Members of Findern Footpaths Group joined in to help.


HONOURED in this year's Queen's Birthday Honourswas Professor Rodney Paul Sturges, who received anOBE “for services to libraries across the UK andabroad”.He is better known locally as plain Paul Sturges, a resident of Mel-

bourne and Stanton by Bridge for 36 years.Paul has been moved by the number of congratulations he has re-

ceived from all over the world following the announcement of his awardbut his modest response is “that it is an award shared with all thosepeople that I have co-operated with. It’s all about team work.”A native of Derby, Paul first worked for the Shropshire County Li-

brary before taking up a post lecturing in librarianship at Loughbor-ough University in 1974, a move that brought him and wife Claire tolive in Melbourne. He became a member of the Melbourne Civic Society and was chair-

man from 1980 to 84 when he went with his family – wife Claire anddaughters (Harriet and Isabel) – to live and work in Botswana. Lectur-ing at the university in Gaborone, the capital city, Paul travelled to therural area, meeting people, getting to know the problems and lookingfor local solutions. Paul wrote a book about this period titled “The QuietStruggle: Information and Libraries for the people of Africa”, which isabout the struggle for information and knowledge.

Since he returned to Loughborough Paul has been closely associatedwith freedom of expression particularly in third world countries and es-pecially in Africa acknowledging that libraries contain lots of informa-tion and resources that can help people if they can access thatinformation.He has travelled extensively all over the world during the last 20

years lecturing, teaching and researching in many locations with hismain topic, Freedom of Expression. He became a professor in 2002 andfrom 2003 to 2009 was chairman of the International Federation of Li-brary Associations Freedom of Expression Committee, an honorary postthat involved lots of travel and talking. Paul is still travelling, most recently to Washington, USA, to give a

presentation as Professor Emeritus from Loughborough University, buthe is always glad to be home and is happy living in Stanton and looking

Queen’s Birthdayhonour for Paul ARISAEMAS – what on earth are they you ask? Des Mar-

tin of Mozart House Nursery in Wigston explained it all tothe members of Ticknall Garden Club at their June meet-ing. Des last visited the club in 2002 when he gave a fasci-nating talk on the subject of bamboos.

He gave an equally fascinating talk on the subject of thearisaema, which does not have a traditional flower. In factit could be described as rather weird, not unlike the arumor cuckoo pint, which has variously striped spathes enclos-ing the spadix – the working part of the flower. It is similarin looks to the pitcher plant but does not eat insects. There are 150 species around the world to be found in

northern Europe, central and east Africa, Afghanistan,Pakistan, China, Taiwan, Japan and Siberia. There arealso some sub species in the USA. Des has been interested in arisaemas for about 12 years

and his talk concentrated on those in northern Europe. Hehad samples of different types with him which he explainedand passed round the audience. He explained that someare evergreen and some deciduous and the latter can begrown here.

Des gave information about conditions and care as wellas how to propagate.Arisaemas fit in well among shade and woodland plants

and need well-drained soil. There were arisaemas, fernsand other shade-loving plants for sale at the end of theevening. –PB� MEMBERS of the garden club went to visit gardens inKent and Sussex for their annual holiday. The club hadbeen to this area three years ago but as there are so manylovely gardens there another visit was agreed.

On the way to Pembury the members visited the RHSgardens at Wisley.

While in Kent members spent afternoons at WakehurstPlace and Nymans, and mornings at the very beautiful, pri-vate Bankton Cottage and Clifton Hall Gardens. All of thisin warm, sunny weather. On the return journey a stop wasmade at Hatfield House where Queen Elizabeth 1st spentmuch of her childhood. – Patricia Bricknell

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THE new chairman of SouthDerbyshire District Council,Cllr Neil Atkin, said he was‘excited and honoured’ to beattending the Trooping theColour ceremony at theHorse Guards Parade in

London to celebrate theQueen’s official birthday.Before the event Cllr Atkinsaid: “This day was a hugeopportunity for the wholenation to show its apprecia-tion to the Queen. I am

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THIS month we have enjoyed Melbourne Carnivaland the countdown is now on for Melbourne Festival.It’s hard to believe that the event is now into its sixthyear and a firm fixture in the local calendar.

This year Melbourne Festival concerts and performances run fromSeptember 11 to 25, with the Art and Architecture Trail taking placeover the middle weekend, September 18,19.

The 2009 festival was very successful, with approximately 4,000visitors during the Trail Weekend. This year’s Festival will build onthe best features from previous years with lots of new additions tokeep the event fresh.

The performance programme will include music, drama, comedyand a combination of all three! The programme starts with bluessinger Dani Wilde – predicted to become a household name after hernew album comes out in August. Other unmissable events are AndraSparks, Idle Hands, Camp David and the Hothouse Big Band, andat the other end of the spectrum are the Sitwell Singers or MusicaDonum Dei and a festival favourite “Come and Sing”.

Those who prefer the spoken word shouldn't miss My BrilliantDivorce starring Debbie Kelly in a one-woman show or the Mel-bourne Comedy Club.

There have been an incredible number of applications from artistsfor this year’s Art and Architecture Trail and vistors can be guaran-teed to see a broad spectrum of work by the most talented artists inthe Midlands. Other treats on the trail include installations in col-laboration with the Arts Council sponsored Re:place scheme featur-ing work by Kate Genever and Flora Gardner.

Music will feature over the Trail weekend and taking things onestep further this year the 1623 Theatre Company are bringing TheGreat Shakespearean Workout 2010 to Melbourne at the Bill ShoneLeisure Centre at 4pm on Saturday September18.

The Great Shakespearean Workout 2010 is based on the languageand characters of Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare's only play in-spired by the mythology of Ancient Greece, birthplace of the OlympicGames - feel free to join in!

The beat of Shakespeare's verse provides the pulse for a series offun exercises developed by 1623 Theatre Company in associationwith Royal Derby Hospital and "air: arts to aid wellbeing". Exercisesare inspired by aerobics, kung fu, tai chi and yoga. The 1623 TheatreCompany were awarded the prestigious London 2012 Inspire Markso don’t miss out when the 2012 Olympics come to Melbourne.

Counting down to theMelbourne Festival

IN a year ram-packed with celebrations to markthe 100th year of Girlguiding in the UK, the Mel-bourne Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers andLeaders gathered at the Melbourne Fire Stationin June to create a fantastic reminder of this im-portant year by forming a '100' of people.

The girls will each be given a copy of the photoas a memento of all of the great activities theyhave experienced this year.

Some of the activities that the girls have en-joyed this year have included a weekend at thePGL adventure centre and a trip to DraytonManor Park for a regional celebration with 10,000other Rainbows, Brownies and Guides.

The Rainbows have 'gone wild' at Chester Zooand two groups went to London for the day.

At the Melbourne Carnival they entered 'HMSCentenary' a carnival float consisting of two lor-ries with over 100 girls taking part.

There are activities still to come with theBrownies and Guides going to Lea Green in Sep-tember to celebrate with others from all aroundthe county and there is also a Brownie holidaybooked for September.

The biggest event this year for the Guides willbe the Peak 2010 camp at Chatsworth Park wherethe Guides, together with the Melbourne Scoutsand over 6,000 campers from all over the world,will have a fantastic opportunity to try out lots ofdifferent activities from Abseiling to Water Divin-ing and everything in between!

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turned up to watch a Melbourne Leg-ends XI play the current DevelopmentXI on an extremely sunny Sunday.

The match was organised by the MelbourneTown Cricket Club to celebrate the 90th anniver-sary of the original gift of the cricket field to thepeople of Melbourne by Lord Walter Kerr. It wasquite fitting that his great grandson, Lord RalphKerr, attended the match.

The Legends team, organised by former fastbowler Steve Price, included wicketkeeper andopening bat Neil Lovell, who was visiting fromCyprus. Legends players had to be over the age of35 and, playing loose with the rules of cricket, had16 team members, all of whom batted, bowled andfielded.

Generations of current and past Melbournecricketers also came to watch the match and rem-inisce with old cricket colleagues. Many took alongold team photographs to see who they could col-lectively recall. The oldest cricketer to attend wasFrank Heafield (90), who had played for the clubin the early 1950s. Players who had representedthe club in the six decades since were there hap-pily debating how cricket had changed since theirparticular era.

Three generations of the Potts family played inthe match, club chairman Tel Potts and son Daveboth played for the Legends with Tel’s eight-year-old grandson Harry playing for the DevelopmentXI.

Andy Heafield, Development XI skipper,brought Harry on to bowl at both his father andgrandfather and he took both wickets – Tel, leg be-fore wicket and father Dave, bowled. The Devel-opment XI had Andy Heafield playing with sonsMatthew and James with grandfather Fred, a for-mer batsman and wicketkeeper, watching.

Everywhere you looked there were current andformer players: Malcom Spare, Roy Grummitt,Dennis Dunnicliffe, Rodney Heafield, Mark Win-ters, Alan Bradley, Nick Carter, Stuart Pegg, ColinWakefield, Ken Grant, Alex Slater, Mike Starkieand Lennie Barber to name a few. In a touchingmoment, the daughters of the big hitting andsadly deceased Bas Farmer turned up to representhim at the occasion.

With fours, sixes and wickets being celebrated

with blasts of rock music it was a great day for thecricket club. The occasion was complemented byAlma Inn landlord James Cripps successfully run-ning the bar with the assistance of fine beer andciders from the Leatherbritches Brewery in Ash-bourne.

In some ways the cricket was a sideshow to thecricketing reunion. With some fine batting per-formances the Legends XI were all out for 190. Inreply the Development XI came very close, fallingshort by three runs.

The Lothian Trophy was presented to the win-ning captain by Lord Ralph Kerr, who said: “CanI say how honoured we feel that the trophy isnamed in honour of our family in commemorationof the gift of land to the people of Melbourne forrecreation and sport in 1920. My great grandfa-ther would, I think, have been delighted that thecricket club has used the ground since then, as arewe.”

Winning captain, Steve Price, on accepting thetrophy, challenged his opposing skipper to a re-match in 2011 which was enthusiastically ac-cepted. The Legend, it appears, will live on andbecome a yearly match.

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has only just startedLEFT: Lord Ralph Kerrpresents the Lothian Tro-phy to the Legends skipperSteve Price.ABOVE: Current and pastplayers of MelbourneCricket Club gather beforethe start of the Legendsgame.

ON the evening of June 18 Melbourne Civic Society

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bourne Hall. Members of the Society, along with

their invited guests, enjoyed a stroll in the gardens of

Melbourne Hall followed by a delicious cold buffet

prepared by Barbara Simpson and Claire Sturges,

who are two members of the committee.

Midsummer event at hall Walkers successINITIAL figures suggest over 1,200 walkersdonned their boots for walks across South Der-byshire, East Staffordshire and parts of Leices-tershire during this year’s National ForestWalking Festival, a 20 percent increase on2009.

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HighwaysCouncil continues to press the County Council for repairs to roads and pavements.

Recreation and AmenitiesSummer sports for young people are arranged. Pinders Circus provided entertainment for 4 days in June at the Recreation Ground.

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PUPILS at Melbourne Infants Schooltook part in a competition to find thejuiciest strawberry. Pupils had plantedstrawberry plants that had been do-nated by Swarkestone Nursery and wa-tered them every day.

The project was headed up by MrsReed, class teacher, and was fun for thechildren to participate in. It also helpedthe school to achieve ECO Silver Status.

Pupils are pictured with teacher andECO co-ordinator Mrs Reed and GinaWalker, parent and ECO supporter, ad-miring some of the strawberry plants.

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fun dayMELBOURNE Civic Society members wereentertained to a fascinating demonstration ofchair making by Ticknall-based craftsman andgreenwood worker, Peter Wood.

Peter's theme was the "Art of the ChairBodger" and he had with him a full size polelathe, shaving horse and tool set used to makeWindsor chairs. During the demonstration heshowed how to make chair spindles out of re-cently cut local ash on the pole lathe. Peteralso described the history of chair making, the19th century mass production of chairs andthe hard life of the poorly paid chair bodger.

Mr Wood runs courses from his workshop inSpring Wood near Staunton Harold and hasrecently been involved in a community eventin Ticknall involving the construction of threewooden benches which have been publiclysited.

Athenaeum workerZoe building linkswith the schoolsZOE Dean, the Youth Worker for theAthenaeum and Methodist Church, hasbeen building links with the town’sJunior and Infant School over the lastcouple of years through leading assem-blies (as do the other local churches)and lending a helping hand.

Zoe now helps out regularly at the JuniorSchool in the year 6 classes, building the friend-ships with those who attend the midweek club atthe Athenaeum on a Wednesday.

June saw the start of an arts and craft club foryear 5 students at the school.

“There are many sporting clubs already at theschool, and starting this club provides an alterna-tive for those with creative minds, and who enjoygetting their hands dirty,” said Zoe.

This club will also provide an opportunity to in-

troduce the children to the Athenaeum for whenthey are old enough to enjoy its facilities.

There are 12 children (and a parent helper) inthe craft club and they have already been gettingtheir hands dirty with clay, creating their ownmasterpieces and painting them. They are alsodoing some finer work with glass painting.

The Athenaeum has been fortunate to receivesome funding in order to continue this project inthe new academic year for the new year 5 stu-dents.

“It is an enjoyable session and great to see thechildren being creative and having a good timewhilst doing it. Being able to offer an alternativeactivity for the children and developing the exist-ing relations with the school is a great way for theAthenaeum to develop its youth work in the vil-lage,” said Zoe.

THE Melbourne Dental Practice has moved from Potter Street tonew premises in Castle Street and, after a highly praised inspectionfrom Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust, it is now ready to wel-come patients.

There are three ground floor surgeries in the premises with a sep-arate decontamination room, and all are fully compliant with thelatest cross infection policies.

The practice is fully wheelchair friendly, which will make somepatients' visits to the dentist a far more pleasant experience.

Practice manager Pat Smith has confirmed that it is intended tofilter some new NHS patients into the practice over the next fewmonths, as clinical capacity allows.

Anyone wishing to be put on the NHS waiting list must sendtheir details, in writing only, addressed to Mrs Pat Smith, PracticeManager, at the Castle Street address.

On the first day of business at the new practice, two long-standingpatients were presented with a bottle of wine and flowers to cele-brate the move. Ms Naomi Fry, the practice owner, can be seen giv-ing a bouquet of flowers to Mrs Elizabeth Haynes.

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WILLIAM Stanier, chair-man of the Royal Na-tional LifeboatInstitution, City of DerbyBranch, attended the Ro-tary Club of Melbournepartners and guestevening.

A cheque for £2,130 was pre-sented from the club, bringingthe total donation to the RNLIduring the year to £2,805. TheRNLI and the Rainbows Hospicefor Children and Young People,were the chosen charities of thisyear’s President, Simon Leech.

In his speech of thanks, MrStanier spoke of the teamwork,“a fundamental” of the crewswho risked their lives. Helikened that teamwork to thehard work and determinationthat had characterised the Ro-tary club’s efforts in being able,on that presentation evening, togive in excess of £5,000 to sev-eral good causes.

A donation of £2,000 was pre-sented to Caroline Rossin, Com-munity Fund-Raiser forRainbows, which brought thetotal donations to Rainbows inthe last 12 months to £2,925.Caroline spoke of the completionof the new £4m Young Persons

unit, designed to cater for thepatients who had survived be-yond childhood, up to the age of18.

She spoke movingly of thehospice, so well supported byRotary and scores of other char-itable organisations and individ-uals, whose donations “blessedand enriched” so many younglives.

The United Reformed ChurchPilots and Explorers Club wasgiven £250, received by organis-ing sisters Nicky and JackieRennocks.

Two Melbourne students at-tending Chellaston School, JackFisher and Charlotte Tunni-

cliffe, were each given £250 tohelp towards the school’s ongo-ing splendid Uganda 2010 Proj-ect, where students, afterlearning essential skills, willrenovate and rebuild property inwar-torn Kampala, for use as anOrphanage.

Finally a tribute to EdwardHames, just turned 15, who willbravely attempt the ThreePeaks challenge in July to raisefunds in memory of his fatherRichard, who died prematurelyat the age of 46, from a rare can-cer. Richard’s fund has alreadyraised well over £2,500 and tothis the Rotary Club added£250.

£5,000 rotary aidfor good causes

Colour at CalkeA RAINBOW of colour has been planted at The National Trust's Calke Abbey, sovisitors will be in for a fantastic floral treat this summer. The traditional walled flower garden is stocked with purple heliotrope, aalvia

farinacea and a variety of victoria and antirrhinum with chusan palms swayingoverhead.The high red-brick walls give the shelter they need to flourish whilst roses,

clematis and wisteria crawl and sprawl to create a really stunning backdrop. Steve Biggins, Head Gardener at Calke Abbey, said: 'The walled garden dates

back to 1773 and is a really historic feature of Calke's landscape. Visitors love thesights and scents of the flowers, so we always plan a good display to really showoff this special place."The garden is open from 11am-5pm every day in July and August. A garden ticket

is required to see the displays and normal parking charges apply.


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Friday 13 August from 5.30pm We invite you to a FREE evening in the gardens at Calke for ourlocal friends and their families.

Bring along a picnic, take a stroll around the walled garden orsimply relax and enjoy a summers evening in beautifulsurroundings.

Sample some local produce and tap your feet to a local jazzband. There will be an opportunity to have a private view of theTimescape exhibition in the Riding School and view oldphotographs of Calke from 25 years ago.

No Booking is required, no charges apply, please bring a picnic.

AT midnight on Saturday, May 15, theMelbourne Walkie Talkies (pictured)donned their decorated bras, completewith sequins, tassles, feathers and fairylights and set off on their first steps inthis year’s Playtex Moonwalk.

The event, which is 26.2 miles of en-durance walking around London, is or-ganised by the Walk the Walkorganisation, which raises money forBreast Cancer charities.This year’s race started at Hyde Park

where the ‘Pink Palace’ hosted before-the-race shows and entertainment forthe 18,000-plus participants in an atmos-

phere of hysteria and excitement mixedwith a good measure of trepidation.

All of the Melbourne Walkie Talkiesfinished the race and have the medals(and blisters) to prove it, raising a fan-tastic £3,500 for the charity. They are allwalking normally again now, although ithas been noted that no-one is commit-ting to doing it again next year ... yet!The ladies would like to thank all the

people who sponsored and supportedthem in this challenge and if you wouldstill like to make a donation you can doso at http://www.walkthewalkfundrais-ing.org/melbournewalkietalkies.

Walkers ‘over the moon’

with £3,500 charity effort

ONE of the county's longestserving retained firefightershas called it a day and hungup his helmet for the lasttime after 40 years' service.Dave Astle of Melbourne was al-

most 19 when he signed up with Der-byshire Fire Service to become apart-time fireman based at the Mel-bourne station.When he joined the service in

1970, Harry Brame was sub officerat Melbourne, later followed by JohnDollman before Dave took the reinsin 1987.

Dave's service has been formallyacknowledged on several occasions,including 20 and 30 years' serviceand he has been awarded good con-duct medals and the Queen's Medal.An engineer by trade, David has

combined full-time work and hisfamily life with being on call for thefire service 24/7. The occasion of his retirement was

marked with a party at the Mel-bourne Royal British Legion ClubRoyal Suite organised by his fireservice colleagues, who presentedhim with a special shield.Although there is no upper age

limit to being a retained fireman,Dave felt that the time was right tofinish as he completes his 40th year.He said: "I will miss the social

side but I probably won't miss hav-ing to get up in the middle of thenight."Ironically, as Watch Manager,

Dave was in charge of call-outs.Dave will not have lots of spare

time on his hands as he continueswith his employment at Rolls-Royce.With his variety of interests and hob-bies keeping him busy he will nodoubt be looking forward to a full re-tirement.

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LIKE many people John and Bar-bara Presley have given money toAfrica and Third World countries,but were concerned how effec-tively it was being spent.

The Melbourne couple's solution was towork directly on projects with their ‘spon-sored’ child, Joseph Kinjanyui. Joseph wassponsored through school and college by thePresleys and became a deputy head of alarge school in the Kinangop region north ofNairobi. Over the years he became a mem-ber of the Presley family.

"We became his parents in England, hecalled us mum and dad and he wrote lettersto his sisters and brother," said Barbara."His letters were simple, full of emotion and

full of the real meaning of life."Until 2001 they had not met Joseph, but

John recounts their emotional meeting firstin a Nairobi hotel.

What they found in Kinangop was a re-gion with no running water, no electricity, notelephones, shoeless children living on theedge of poverty, but a huge uplifting commu-nity spirit.

"We were overcome by emotion and sur-prised by the joy of life in such difficult sur-roundings, but what wonderful people," thecouple said.

Since then the Presleys (pictured left)have founded the South Kinangop Project,which through family, friends and colleagueshas raised over £50,000. Piped water has

How a caring family

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CHAIRMANSHIP of the Mel-bourne 41 Club (Fellowshipafter Round Table) changed atthe recent AGM with Mick Hill(left) taking on the role fromIan Stanley.

THE Fine Food Fair returns to Calke Abbey for a second sitting onSunday, July 18.

Visitors will be able to taste and buy from a delicious line-up oflocally grown, raised, baked and caught delights - all sourced withina 30 minute radius of the Calke estate. Calke Abbey chefs will alsobe cooking up some tasty dishes with the freshest local ingredientsmaking the event a real culinary celebration.

FINE FOOD FAIR IS BACK

been supplied, schools equipped, electricityintroduced and a community centre built forover 110 poor/orphaned children where theyare educated and fed.

This year's annual plant sale at StationFarm raised £1,800 in May, while specialhelp has come from their two daughters,Joanne and Catherine and their son John.They all live in Melbourne and are teacherslocally – Joanne’s school, Ivanhoe College,Ashby, recently raised £2,500 for the projectfrom ‘Ivanhoe's Got Talent’ shows and thecollege now has special links with schools inKinangop.

New 41 Club

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Wednesday 18th August 6 - 8pm

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Members' SurgeryCouncillors: Patrick Murray and Michael StantonSaturday, 31 July, 2010 10.00am - 11.00am

KENDRICKS CLOSE COMMUNITY ROOM, REPTON ROAD, HARTSHORNEContact also welcomed by e-mail

[email protected] Tel 01283 219687or [email protected] Tel 01332 862044

ROBERT ANDERSON1943-2010

ROBERT was an estate agent and charteredsurveyor, first at Frank Innes, then withJohn German in Burton on Trent, where hewas head of residential sales.

In the 1990s he formed Alexander Ander-son before later working alone. In Mel-bourne he played an important part in landnegotiations for the new houses in StationRoad. A complete professional and meticu-lous by nature, he will be remembered bymany not only for work but for his charmingpersonality, sense of humour and many pas-sions.

Robert was born near Cardiff on August17, 1943. At age four, the family moved toLeicestershire. Sister Julia remembers thathome was Manor Farm at Cadeby. Sur-rounded by pigs, ducks and a Ferguson trac-tor, his interest in country matters wasformed.

Next came Loughborough, and at 13Robert went to Trent College at Long Eaton.Fellow pupil Rex Gooding recalls: “Robertwas always either getting me into trouble ortrying to get me out of it. He was a greatsportsman, good at athletics, tennis andcross-country.”

Robert’s first job was salesman for a bedspring manufacturer in Castle Donington,but he soon realised that this was not whathe wanted, and chose to train as a charteredsurveyor in Bournemouth.

Fellow student John Coles was there:“Robert was about three years older thanthe rest of us and wiser. He had been in bed-ding! He was the doyenne of our team. Hewould often challenge the lecturers. We allstayed in some grotty digs but Robert man-aged to find upmarket accommodation runby a beautiful widow who even served himbreakfast in a bikini.”

Robert played hockey and went sailing.He bought a caravan where his girlfriendLiz would come and stay. Her father, DanielGilmour, was school doctor at Trent College,and in 1968 Liz and Robert were married.

In 1973 Robert, Liz, two young childrenand soon to be a third set up home in AshbyRoad, Melbourne. As well as transformingthe old cottage, the mature trees which nowgrace the fields at this end of Melbourne arethe result of Robert’s planting programmeover the years.

For Robert his home and land became“the Patch”. He would retire here to spendtime with his dogs, tinker with the old Fer-guson tractor or prepare one of his vintagecars, including a Jaguar XK 140 and a Fer-rari Dino. for another visit to the owners’club.

Ski-ing, learnt at school, remained one ofhis abiding interests. In Gargellen he prac-tised his skills and endured the fizzy beer.April 23, 2008, was the date when George,one of his Labrador pups, was delivered tohis new Austrian home.

At other times he would sally forth from“the Patch”, taking the bus to the Chequersat Ticknall or one winter ski-ing along thestreet and right in through the front door ofthe Melbourne Hotel. Always sure to ordera half in a pint glass, his many friends at theWhite Swan could rely on his presence to en-liven their day.

Robert died on May 26. It was standingroom only at the funeral. His wife Liz diedin 2003. He is survived by his sister Julia,children Helen, William and Charlotte, andgrandchildren Izzy, Alex and Bertie. –William Moult

A MAMMOTH book sale is to take place in Melbourne on Sat-urday, July 17, between 10am and 1pm. The event will takeplace at 100a Penn Lane by kind permission of Mr and MrsW Kerr.Books will be displayed in every room of this little known

venue which is tucked in behind the twitchell near the TitheBarn giving everyone the opportunity to browse for bookswhilst looking around the property. All proceeds from the sale will go to support the work of

Melbourne Community Care.

HEATHER Wheeler, newly elected MP for South Derbyshire, hasbeen appointed a senior officer (treasurer) to the All Party Parlia-mentary Motor Group.

Mrs Wheeler said: “With Toyota, Futaba and Zytek being largeand internationally important employers in South Derbyshire it isa great honour to be elected an officer to the APP Motor Group. Thework that this committee undertakes in connection with the Societyof Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the Motorsport Industry As-sociation and the RAC Foundation affects all parts of life and peoplein South Derbyshire."

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SWARKESTONE Cricket Club isnow sporting a new pavilion at itshome ground ... and it is somethingspecial.Work started on the build programme on

November 9, 2009, and it was available forthe first home fixture of the season on April23, 2010. To have achieved so much in sucha short period of time – especially duringprobably the worst winter for decades – istruly outstanding. The pavilion is a substantial building that

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Although a formal opening is not planneduntil the August Bank Holiday weekend, thepavilion is already being well used. Becauseof the size of the changing rooms, the facili-ties match the requirements of the ECBguidelines for hosting first class cricket andthe club played host to the DerbyshireLadies vs. Northants Ladies fixture recently.A design feature of the pavilion is the

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water for showers and for heating is a topof the range, wood fuelled system for the ca-pacity required. As a Public Communitybuilding the club is required by law to havean Energy Performance Certificate and fol-lowing a recent survey it has been grantedan A standard, significantly better thanother newly built or standard stock prem-

ises. The Building Programme and the Com-munity Sustainable Energy Programme en-abled the system to be installed and it hasattracted a lot of interest from other clubsand businesses.Swarkestone Cricket Club was formed

circa 1898 and was originally located at In-gleby Toft. The first pavilion located at the Swarke-

stone ground was a railway carriage pur-chased from the Carriage and Wagon worksin Derby at a cost of £1 per linear foot. Thiswas followed some years later when a con-verted Army Billet was purchased fromMarkeaton Park for £92.The club presently fields 13 teams rang-

ing from the Under 11s through to the sen-ior teams. In addition to being the home pavilion for

team players, the club house is now in useby community groups for private and com-munity functions.

Swarkestone Cricket Club (left to right): back row, Tom Poynton, Jamie Guthrie, Luke Thomas, Luke Lacey, Tom Hamil-ton, Mike Scott; front row, Gary Smith, Jonny Owen, Jim Thornton (Captain), Bruce Dilks and Dave Dixon.

Home, sweet homefor Swarkestone

THE Leisure Centre car park inMelbourne was a hive of activity onSunday morning, June 6, when 50cyclists gathered with their sup-port teams for the third of this sea-son’s National Women's TeamSeries Races.

It was thought that the earlymorning rain might have caused aproblem but it had cleared by thetime the race got underway at9.30am.This was the second time the 50-

mile road race has been held overthe hilly Melbourne course, organ-ised by Russell Gavagan and theVelo Club of Long Eaton, followingon from the success of last year’sevent. Claire Galloway, of Team Zappi,

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FOURTEEN-year-old sailor BenBrown has had a busy year com-peting as part of British teams atEuromed Regatta in Malta, Braas-samermeer Regatta in Holland andthis month at Nieuwpoort Regattain Flanders, Belgium.

Ben, from Melbourne, learned to sail atStaunton Harold Sailing Club four yearsago, and took to it “like a duck to water”. Hehas been working his way up through thejunior rankings ever since sailing an Opti-mist – small dinghies raced by under-16s.

Despite living so far from the sea, he hasrisen through the ranks of the Midland Op-timist Team to the National Developmentsquad and National Intermediate squad,

training with the top British coaches andcompeting regularly at national events andrepresenting Great Britain overseas.

Ben ended his Optimist career in May toconcentrate on sailing his International420 – a two-man spinnaker boat for under18s. He has been sailing with his helm,Robert Baddeley, since last autumn andNieuwpoort will be their first internationalevent together. The boys are aiming to earna place in the 420 national squad this winterfollowing the 420 nationals and selectorsevents.

Local sports charity, The MatthewSanders Sports Foundation, recently recog-nised Ben’s achievements and awarded himsponsorship towards new sails for his boat.

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Ben says he still sails at Staunton Haroldwhenever he can as well as competingaround the country. Staunton Harold has avery strong 420 fleet to train with and Benis hoping that over the next few years he willbe selected for the Great Britain squad forthe European or World Championships.

He has also recently trained as an assis-tant instructor at the club and is helping outwith teaching others to sail.

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MELBOURNE Town Cricket Clubhad yet another indifferent monthin June with both teams putting intwo good and two bad perform-ances. To counter this, the secondsdid progress to the quarter-finalsof the cup.Beginning the month at home to Winshill,

Melbourne first team restricted the visitorsto 209-8 but in reply Melbourne struggledto 138-5 with Mark Rossi (53) and MickMeakin (48), securing a losing draw.

A week later away to Stanton Elks, spellsof 3-14 by Andy Potts and 3-48 from BenNewton saw the home side shot out for 150.With skipper Alex Slater hitting 62 not outand aided by 50 from Meakin, Melbourneraced home by seven wickets with 13 oversto spare.

Town then entertained Rolleston Secondsand, with 4-30 by Sal Jassani, the away sideposted 176-8. Melbourne were cruising at110-2 but a batting collapse ensued andTown fell 22 runs short on 154 all out.

The month ended away to Rosehill

Methodists and Melbourne hit their highesttotal of the season, 332-3 with in-formopener Meakin hitting 127, supported byMark Rossi, 88, and Alex Slater, 46. Rosehillreplied with 311-5 with three wickets fromColin Wakefield.

The second XI (pictured above) startedthe month with a heavy defeat away to Win-shill Seconds, the home side amassing 221-8 with Colin Wakefield taking a superb 5-33aided by two wickets from 13 year old FarenPrice. But Town’s reply fell to 107 all outwith Joe Lacey top scoring with 47.

A remarkable game followed at home toStanton Elks Seconds when Melbournewere shot out for just 126 with Wakefieldhitting 36 helped by 28 from Dave Potts and27 by Chris Lancaster.

Stanton were soon in trouble and fell to63 all out with Potts completing a superbgame in taking 4-9 and Ian Fiddler whotook 3-19.

Away to Brailsford Thirds the home sidesmashed 274-4 with two wickets apiece forMatt Heafield and Ian Fiddler. Melbourne

were in trouble at 83-6 but an unbrokenstand of 56 in 18 overs by Alan Buxton (25)and Vinny Hallfield (23) secured an unlikelydraw. Andy Stanley had earlier hit 39 intaking the total to 141-7.

A superb run chase was on offer the fol-lowing week as visitors Derby Congs Thirdshit 232- 9 with Dave Potts taking 4-64 withtwo wickets for Steve Price. A quite brilliantinnings of 127 not out by Kenny Grant sawMelbourne home as Potts smashed the lastball of the innings to the boundary to securethe win.

The following day Town fell to a heavydefeat to Rosehill Methodists but the mostimportant result of their month was awayto Mickleover Thirds, who scored 211-2.

But it was that man Ken Grant whoscored 102 and skipper James Smith with35 to give the team a cup quarter-final placeagainst lowly Kirk Langley seconds.The club would like to thank this month's

ball sponsors: President Richard Heath, theHeafield family, Melbourne Garage andAustin Property Management.

Quarter-final placethe June highlight

LOCAL cricket teams positions in the various divisions tablesshow Ticknall in top spot fielding four teams. Swarkestone arefielding three teams with Mebourne and Aston fielding two teamseach. Abbey Glass Div One has Ticknall in third spot with Swarke-

stone eighth and Aston on Trent 10th.In the Viceroy Restaurant Division 4S, Ticknall seconds sit in

10th.Swarkestone seconds hold fourth spot with Melbourne Town

sixth in the VA Sports Division 5S while Ticknall thirds, the onlylocal team in Brookside Press Division 7S, are in eigth place.Marston’s Pedigree Division 9S has Melbourne seconds at fifth,

Ticknall fourths at eighth and Swarkestone thirds in ninth spot.

Ticknall lead the way

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