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Merley Community CentreHarrier Drive, Merley, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1XE
Tel: 01202 841330
Officers & Council Members of the MCA
Martin Stevens(Chair)
01202 889577 Pauline Way(Vice Chair)
01202 886987
Martin Bodimeade(Treasurer)
Peter Spedding(Secretary)
01202 889055
Robert Drinkall 01202 888753 Mary Cadby 01202 885768
Robin Johnson 01202 880235 Carole Moon
Brenda Munday Jeanette Pike 01202 881998
Nina Thompson 01202 848052
Community Centre booking please contact:Weekend Bookings - Robin Johnson 01202 880235 (evenings) or
email: weekend. [email protected] to Fri bookings - 01202 841330 (8.00 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.)
or email: [email protected]
The Merley MagpieWelcomes contributions from all individuals and organisations inMerley. The Magpie is also published on the www.Merley.org.uk
website. All contributors/advertisers must make it known if there isanything they do NOT wish to appear on the Internet.
Deadlines are: Spring issue: 15th Feb. Summer issue:15th June,Winter issue:15th Oct.
Please send all material to: Nina Thompson, Willow Cottage,Oakley Hill, Wimborne, telephone 01202 848052 or email to:
Neither the Editor nor Merley Community Association necessarilyendorse the views and opinions expressed by contributors.
Interested in advertising in the Merley Magpie (rates from £20.00)Contact Nina as above
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T h a n k g o o d n e s s t h e b e t t e rw e a t h e r i s n o w w i t h u s . L e tu s h o p e t h a t w e s e e a l o tm o r e o f t h e s u n t h i s s u m m e r .
W e h a v e a p u r p o s e - b u i l tb a r b e q u e a t t h e s o c i a l c l u bw h i c h i s f r e e t o u s ep r o v i d i n g y o u b u y y o u rd r i n k s a t t h e b a r .J u s t a s k t h e b a r s t a f f i f i t i sa v a i l a b l e f o r y o u t o u s e t h a te v e n i n g .
T h e s o c i a l c l u b h e l d i t ’ sA G M i n M a y a n d t h ec o m m i t t e e w e r e r e - e l e c t e df o r a n o t h e r y e a r .
T h e c l u b i s a n o n p r o f i tm a k i n g o r g a n i s a t i o n w h i c he x i s t s f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f i t sm e m b e r s . T h e c l u b j u s tb r o k e e v e n f i n a n c i a l l y f o r2 0 1 3 / 1 4 .
B a r p r i c e s a r e b e i n g h e l d a tt h e i r c u r r e n t l e v e l f o r 2 0 1 4 ,i n a n a t t e m p t t o a t t r a c t n e wm e m b e r s .
T h e c h a r i t y b o t t l ec o l l e c t i o n o n t h e b a r r a i s e d£ 1 0 0 f o r t h e A l z h e i m e r ’ sS o c i e t y .
T w o n e w c o m m i t t e em e m b e r s w e r e r e c r u i t e dw h o w i l l h e l p w i t h t h er u n n i n g o f t h e c l u b .M e r l e y S o c i a l C l u b i s p a r t o fy o u r c o m m u n i t y . W h y d o n ’ ty o u j o i n t o d a y a n d b r i n g t h e
w h o l e f a m i l y a l o n g t o e n j o yt h e f a c i l i t i e s .
H a v e y o u r e c e n t l y m o v e d t ot h e a r e a ? O r p e r h a p s y o uw e r e u n a w a r e t h a t t h e c l u be x i s t e d .
C o m e a l o n g a n d s e e w h a tt h e c l u b h a s t o o f f e r . I w i l lb e h a p p y t o s h o w y o ua r o u n d i f y o u c o n t a c t m e .
T h e C l u b i s a p u r p o s e - b u i l ta m e n i t y f o r u s e b y t h el o c a l c o m m u n i t y . L e t ’ ss t a r t u s i n g i t i n 2 0 1 4 .
H o p e t o s e e y o u s o o n .
Sec re ta r y MSC
Monika Curnow - chair
01202 886942
Keith Broom - vice-chair
Ian Jones - Treasurer
01202 888358
John Bennett - Secretary
01202 848103 & 07786432396
Ray Greenham 01202 888123
Rob Johnson 01202 880235
Terry Wood
Julie Taylor
W e b s i t e :
w w w . m e r l e y s o c i a l c l u b . b t c k . c o . u k
Merley Social Club
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Merley Social ClubNew Members' Application Form 2014
S u r n a m e ( s ) :
First Name(s):
Occupation(s):A4
Date(s) of birth:
Address:
Post Code: _________________ Tel. No.__________________________
Email address:_____________________________
P l e a s e p r o v i d e t h e n a m e o f t h e m e m b e r i n t r o d u c i n gy o u t o t h i s c l u b :
M e m b e r s N a m e :
Members No:
I / W e a g r e e t o a b i d e b y t h e r u l e s a n d b y e - l a w s o fM e r l e y S o c i a l C l u b
S I G N E D :
D A T E :
Rates for 2014 SocialClubSubs
NonRefundable
Share
TotalPayable
Ordinary members £12 £1 £13
Seniors - (personsreceiving old age pension)
£9 £1 £10
Partners of members £6 £1 £7
P l e a s e m a k e c h e q u e s p a y a b l e t o M e r l e y S o c i a l C l u b .
T h e p e r s o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u e s t e d o n t h i s f o r m i s t h e m i n i m u mr e q u i r e d u n d e r t h e I n d u s t r i a l a n d P r o v i d e n t S o c i e t i e s A c t s . M e r l e y
S o c i a l C l u b w i l l u s e i n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d f o r m e m b e r s h i pp u r p o s e s o n l y . U n d e r n o c i r c u m s t a n c e s w i l l t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n b e
d i s c l o s e d t o t h i r d p a r t i e s . A l l i n f o r m a t i o n i s h e l d i n a c c o r d a n c ew i t h t h e D a t a P r o t e c t i o n A c t 1 9 9 8 .
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Friendly Local Accountant
25 years experience
� Self-assessment
� Bookkeeping
� Accountancy
� VAT / PAYE
Mobile: (07732) 375285
Email: [email protected]
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
Thank you so much to all our intrepid collectors but especially toeveryone in the Merley, Merley Ways and Floral Farm areas who
contributed to the splendid total of £2728-14 raised during CAW thisyear - almost a record!
Well done everyone.
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Merley First School - Summer Sizzler
We raised 3.5kThank you to all parents, community and businesses for supporting
Merley First School
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Merley Community Pre School
Here at Merley Community Pre-School we have had an exciting and very busy
Spring Term. We have been working with the children, exploring their interests
and fascinations alongside them. We visited Merley 1st School to see the newly
hatched chicks, this lead to drawings and paint-
ings of the birds, followed up with a project on the
life cycle of the frog from frogspawn to young
frog. Our summer pre-school and families outing
is to Farmer Palmer’s to visit the animals and
support the children’s learning and building on
their experiences this term so far.
We are already planning our pre-school activities
for the Autumn Term. We are starting with “All
About Me”, finding out about the children, their
families and pets. We will be nurturing and sup-
porting the children as they return from the summer holidays, encouraging
them and enabling them to become independent and creative thinkers.
The pre-school Committee has worked hard on a series of very successful
fundraising events. We would like to thank members of the Bournemouth North
Rotary Club for the highly enjoyable Petanque fundraising day and their support
of the pre-school. We would also like to thank friends, families and members of
the community for the kind donations of cuddly toys, jars and bottles for the
Donkey Derby held in May and Merley 1st Summer Sizzler.
We currently have spaces available in most sessions in September. If you would
like to find out more about Merley Community Pre-school, please contact us on
07876267984, 9.00am to 3.30pm week days.
You may be interested in our Mini Movers group which is held on Tuesdays from
1.30pm-3pm during term time. Children aged 0 to 4 and their parents are
welcome to join us for a session of singing and rhymes. Join us and make new
friends!
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Bridget’s Barbers
Opening Times
Special rates for OAPs Mon ~ Fri
12 West Street, Wimborne
Mon: 8 . 4 5 ~ 5 . 0 0
Tu e : 8 . 4 5 ~ 5 . 0 0
Wed : 8 . 4 5 ~ 5 . 0 0
Th u r : 8 . 4 5 ~ 7 . 0 0
F r i : 8 . 4 5 ~ 5 . 0 0
S a t : 8 . 3 0 ~ 3 . 3 0
Merley Community Centre
BALLROOM LATIN
Entrance £3.00 Drinks at the bar
Saturdays 7.30 – 11.00 p.m.
2014
July 26th
August 30th October 4th
November 8th, December 6th
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Decorating, Gardening& General Maintenance
Picture hanging?Leaves sweeping?No job is too small to be
considered!
Call Jackie & Esref Ozdemir
01202 889358 or 07968 992753
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HCPC Registered
Chiropodist/Podiatrist
Home visits.
Tel: 01202 880947
Merley EveningTownwomens Guild
meet at the Merley Commu-
nity Centre 3rd Wednesdayof each month,at 7:30pm.Entrance 50p to includerefreshments,visitors are
always welcome.Monthly activities include
guest speakers ,quizzes &outings.
come & join us !
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Can you complete this in under 5 mins?Find street names forward backward or diagonal !
A Note from the Editor
Sorry for the lateness of this issue.Due to a serious hip operation in June this prevented me sitting at
my desk for a few weeks!
I’m all back on track and up and running!!! ( Walking anyway!)
Thank you for your patience and the help I have received from every-one,
Deadline for the next issue id October 15th If you have any news orinteresting event don’t keep it a secret!!!
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Footlight Performance Academy
After a very busy exciting term at Footlight Performance Academy we are now
winding down for the Summer Holidays.
We have had an extremely exciting term filled with RAD Ballet and ISTD Tap
and Modern Exams, which gained 100% pass rate. We are very proud of all
our students and their achievements.
We have also just performed our annual show of Alice in Wonderland at the
Lighthouse Theatre, which was a HUGE success so thank you to all involved
and thank you to all of those who came to support us. The comments from the
audience were overwhelming.
As for next term we are busy planning yet more exam sessions and preparing
to audition for the Juvenile Cast of Snow White Pantomime.
If you know of anyone who would be interested in performing alongside the
professionals this year at the Tivoli Theatre whether its as a Junior or Senior
dancer or one of those lovable 7 Dwarves please contact nina@footlight
dance.co.uk for an application form.
Footlight Performance Academy currently holds classes for children walking
up to aged 18 years in many styles including, Ballet, Tap, Modern, Singing,
Drama and Musical Movement. Interested in joining our family? Contact the
office on [email protected] for enquiries.
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MERLEY COBHAM SPORTS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB
Over 400 players and their parents celebrated Merley Cobham Sports Youth Football
Club’s 2013/14 season at their annual presentation evening on the day the FA Cup
final on 17th May.
With 12 different teams from the newly formed Under 7s up to Under 18s it was a
busy evening at the Cobham Social club as all players received individual trophies.
Merley’s only silverware this season came via the successful Under 14 Girls team as
they did the double by winning the New Forest League and Cup.
Most of Merley’s older teams finished mid table in their respective Dorset and
Bournemouth leagues but the future looks promising with the newly formed and es-
tablished mini soccer teams who play non-competitive football having excellent sea-
sons.
Keith Chandler won the Manager of the Year with the Under 10s while Team of the
Year went to Merley’s Under 13s.
Outgoing Chairman and Secretary John and Jacqui Groves received a special presen-
tation for their combined 25 year service to Merley football.
At the club’s AGM new Chairman Martin Rendell and new club Secretary Gavin
Rusling were voted in as they lead the club into the club’s 25th year which looks to
be a very exciting season with a number of new teams either being created or join-
ing Merley. New teams for the 2014/15 season include two U12 Girls team, U13
Girls, U7 boys, U12 boys, U15 boys and the Mini kickers (School year’s Reception
and Year 1)
If you know of players looking for a new team amongst Merley’s 17 age groups
please go to http://www.merleyallendale.co.uk or contact Jane on:
07749904835
Paul Whitty
Merley Cobham Sports Youth FC
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Football Fun for all boys & Girls!Teams from Mini Kickers to U18
Free Trial session available.Call 07749904835
http://www.merleyallendale.co.uk
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There’s lots on at the Lantern for young & older!
Things are really buzzing at the Lantern at the moment as we seekto be a church ‘in the community for the community’. As many fami-lies know we have a wide variety of events & activities for children,young people & parents.... whether it’s the regular Parents & Tod-dler group every Thursday (10-11.30am), the kids club/zone
(Thursdays 4.30-6.15pm), Sticky Fingers (3rd Saturday of every
month 10-11.30am), Saturdads (1st Saturday of every month 1011.30am), youth events (yr 7-11) down the Pulse on Fridays (7.15-9pm). In addition to this Sundays is definitely a family-friendly timewith the 10am service including a fantastic kids & youth work. Ourkids & family worker Ruth Grist is regularly in the school helping outwith lessons & with the ‘Open the Book’ times.
At the other end of the age spectrum we seek to support with the‘Mixed Blessings’ group that offers a brilliant mixture of friendship,encouragement & fun every Tuesday 10.30-12noon in the LanternLounge. This summer we’re stepping out with something really ex-citing with a 2 day summer club for seniors (over 60’s). The ‘Merley
Seniors Summer Club’ is running on Thursday 28th & Friday 29th
August from 9.45am until 3.30pm in the Lantern church building.It’s available to anyone whether they are connected with the churchor not. There will be a huge variety of activities going on throughouteach day – Interesting talks, Exercise, Beginners Art, Indoor Bowlsor Curling, Card Making, Science fun, Flower Arranging, free FootMassages plus a Drumming workshop & scrabble competition. Re-freshments & a lunch are included in the cost for the day which is£5. Application forms are available from the Lantern church office(01202) 887733 or [email protected] or you can other in-formation from Doreen on (01202) 885771.
There’s something for everyone at the Lantern. Our regular morn-ing services are at 8.15am (quieter & more reflective service) &10am (lively, friendly & encouraging). See you there!
www.thelanternchurch.org