Bathford Bulletin August 2012

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The Bathford Bulletin

The Monthly Magazine For The Parish OfBathford

August 2012

www.thebathfordbulletin.org

We are always looking for interesting or unusual pictures of the vil lage; particularly anythat capture a distinct character of the vil lage or are from an unusual vantage point.

Please send your submissions to: [email protected]

The Bathford Passion Play

Photo By David Howells

Sundays

8:1 5am Holy Communion

1 0:00am First Sunday - Family Service

2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday - Holy Communion

3rd Sunday - Morning Worship (No Communion)

6:30pm First Sunday - Holy Communion - Other Sundays - Evensong

Mondays - Thursdays

9:00 - 9:30am Prayer Time In Church

Mondays

2:00pm 2nd Monday – Service In The Community Room

Wednesdays

2:30pm Holy Communion each 1 st Weds of the month at Shockerwick

House.

House Groups Details from the Churchwardens or Notices.

St. Swithun’s Church Bathford

Rev Jane Burgess - Telephone: 858325

email: [email protected]

Churchwardens: Alison Mil lar 851 095 Joy Craine 85861 3

Readers: Gerry Mil ler 858402 Michael Craine 85861 3

Gil l Gilbert 858927 Dennis Pearson 858293

Everyone Is Warmly Welcome!

We have the fol lowing groups for children during our Sunday Services:

Crèche (0-3); Children’s Church (3-1 0); Rock Solid Youth Group (11 +).

Our 1 4+ youth group, 'Rock on Saturday', meets three times each month. For detai ls

please ring Michael Craine.

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From the Registers

Funerals

Christine Downing 6 July

Church to run the race to win. Hetravelled extensively in what is nowGreece and would have been famil iarwith the Olympics of his day and otherancient games. Many major cities of histime had sports coliseums, hippodromesfor horse racing, and local athletes andteams. A fruitful Christian l ife doesn’t justhappen, says Paul, but requiresdiscipl ine, training and a clear sense ofpurpose. What he doesn’t specify iswhether he has in mind a marathon or asprint. Life l ived at the pace of a sprintcan produce short term results and besustained for a while, but risks burn-out.So as a metaphor for ‘l ife’ the marathonperhaps seems more apt. Ultimatelythough, even in a marathon, success orfai lure comes down to the performanceof the individual athlete on the day. Formost of us, in that tension betweenindividual and collective effort, fulfi lment,fruit and purpose in large part derivesfrom life as part of community whetherthat be family, friends, neighbours, workcolleagues or some other network webelong to. And even athletes, thoughthey may be running the actual race‘alone’, depend on an extensive supportbase of coaches and so on. So thankgoodness for the passion, adrenalineand exhaustion that is part of Olympicsport – and that’s just for the spectators!

Rev’d Charles Burgess (Curate)

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From the Vicarage... .

Many of us wil l currently be absorbed bythe London Olympics. In a day and ageof often complicated, busy l ives andrelentless change, the fundamentalqualities of the games – the emotion andexhilaration we experience seeingathletes competing their strength, ski l land endurance against others, hasremained largely unchanged forthousands of years. Many of us wil l havehighl ights from previous Olympics whichhave burned themselves into ourmemories. My favourite was the Moscow1 980 Olympic games in which two of thegreatest British middle distance runners -Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe - werecompeting in the final of the 1 500m.Ovett had already won the 800m final ina race that Coe had described as "theworst tactical race of my life". So in the1 500m the pressure on Coe wasimmense and, on the final bend, he tookthe lead, accelerated away and couldn’tbe caught. Coe is, of course, now Chairof the London Organising Committee forthe games.

The incredible strength, agi l ity andelegance of modern athletics is a productof years of demanding hours of training,mental ly and physical ly, day in, day out.But they’re also a reflection of character;athletes often having to dig very deepinto emotional reserves. And thenultimately al l of this preparationculminates in one final race. Subliminal lyperhaps, the Olympics speak to us thatanything of real value in l ife whether, forinstance, it be maintaining strongrelationships, bringing up children,working to enrich communities ormaintaining a job and career, requiressustained effort and character.

Which is why perhaps the apostle Pauldraws on the analogy of the athlete,encouraging Christians in the early

Christian Aid Week 201 2

The house to house collection in Mayraised £1 ,643 (£1 80 gift aid), changingthe l ives, for the good, of hundreds ofpeople in some of the poorest countriesin the world. Thank you for yourgenerous support.

Martin Wright


Celebrating Ten Years OfFriendship!

Bathford and Kingsdown TwinningAssociation have just marked their tenthanniversary with a small group of friendsfrom Artannes. Together more than 60supporters and friends of theAssociation enjoyed a splendid meal atthe Bailbrook Hotel in Batheaston. Tomark the occasion the Artannaispresented the Association with amarvellous landscape painting by theprize-winning artist, André Bourneuf,who lives in Artannes.

Activities planned by the group and theirhosts included a visit to the HolburneMuseum and a picnic in SydneyGardens. Thanks to the kindness of theMuseum the picnic was held in the dryon a very wet day! A day in Bristol wasalso enjoyed by all and included timespent visiting the Camera Obscura aswell as a tour of the SS Great Britain.The final night of the visit found us inSouth Wraxall at the Longs Arms wherewe had a warm welcome, a deliciousbarbecue and hard-fought skittlesmatch. Having lost last year the Frenchcame determined to avenge their defeatwhich they did with Gall ic panache andcharm.

The head teacher of the primary schoolat Artannes was able to visit BathfordPrimary School and enjoy their SummerFete as well as meet the newlyappointed head, Matt Stone, and someof the staff involved in the teaching ofFrench in the school. He left ful l ofenthusiasm for the possibi l ities for bothschools to develop a relationshipbeneficial to their pupils. I t was aweekend ful l of activity and fun and allthose involved congratulate thecommittee for arranging such adelightful weekend. The variety ofactivities kept al l participants ful ly

Bathford Film Club

The next meeting of the Film Club wil lbe a Family Film on Monday 20 Augustat 2pm in St. Swithun’s Church.

The fi lm wil l be ‘WE BOUGHT A ZOO’starring Matt Damon and ScarlettJohansson. The amazing true story of ayoung family, a broken-down zoo, andthe 200 wild animals that changed theirl ives forever. Do come along and joinus for an enjoyable afternoon’sentertainment, fol lowed by tea andcakes. Transport available if required.

Contact Robert Wolsey Tel. 851 390.

Skool Kidz

Skool Kidz are setting up their newestvenue in Bathford at the beginning ofSept 201 2. The locations are:

Breakfast club at Bathford School -7:45am - 9am £4 including a goodselection of breakfasts.

After school at Avondale Rugby club-3:1 5pm - 6pm £8.50 inc cold tea andpick up.

We wil l be accessing the park l iteral lynext to the club everyday, we wil lproviding a range of exciting activitieseach day which involve Crazy cooks,Skidz X Factor, Treasure hunts, Homework time, games and lots of creativeactivities to.

Thank you

Teresa

engaged. We are now anticipating ournext visit to Artannes in October. This isgoing to be a cookery weekend. So ifyou want to learn some of the secrets ofFrench provincial cooking please join us.

I f you would l ike to be involved in thetwinning or any of the associated eventsat any level please contact Peter Ridealon 01 225 858322.

Jenny Matthews

Bathford Link Summer Tea Party

The annual Link tea party was held onThursday 21 June in the Parish Hall .Link cl ients, drivers and co-ordinatorswere invited and could mix and chatover delicious savouries, tea and cake.A great time was enjoyed by all .

Goode Companye were muchappreciated providing entertainmentwith a mix of songs sung a cappella.

Peter Staples


Little GalleryThe Minerva Art group wil l be showingtheir work in an exhibition at The LittleGallery at Bathford Community Shop andCafe from Friday 1 7 August.

Minerva Art was started about 3 yearsago for beginners and improvers. Wemeet in the ParisThurs 1 3 Septemberafter summer break.

Martin 858047

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

01 225 [email protected]

Overgrown hedges and shrubs –despite the weather, this is the time ofyear when plant growth is at its heightand the Parish Council has receivedcomplaints that vegetation is growingover garden boundaries and making itdifficult to use the pavements in someareas. The Parish Council would ask allresidents to kindly check theirboundaries and cut back any vegetationgrowing over pavements and footpathsto ensure that these are kept clear.

Litter from refuse – the problem ofl itter arising from the contents of refusesacks being attacked by birds andanimals appears to be on the increase.Refuse collectors are not required topick up litter which fal ls out of spl itrubbish bags. The problem could becontrol led if residents do not put theirbags out unti l the day of collection ratherthan leave them overnight and also usethe special bins provided for thecollection of raw and cooked food waste.

Community and Business Awards201 2/1 3 – the Chairman of B&NES hasintroduced Awards to recognisevolunteers, community leaders andbusinesses who contribute to the localcommunity. There are 7 categories forthe Awards - Volunteering; GoodNeighbour; Volunteer Leader; LifetimeAchievement; Volunteer Team ororganisation; Business Award; TheChairman’s Special Award – inspiring usto be the “Best” we can be. Anyone cannominate. Contact Sara Banks on01 225 477807 or email :[email protected] or visit

www.bathnes.gov.uk for more detai ls.Nomination forms must be returned by1 2 noon on Friday 1 2 October 201 2.Nominations must be within the AuthorityArea.

Police non-emergency number –residents are reminded that the new non-emergency number is 1 01

Date of Next Meeting – There is nomeeting in August. The next meeting wil lbe held on Monday 1 7 September 201 2at 7:30pm in the Parish Office.Parishioners are reminded that al l ParishCouncil meetings are open to the publicand residents are welcome to attend asobservers or to bring matters of concernto the attention of the Council in the first5 minutes of the meeting.

Ruth Holding

Clerk



Would you like to join the Parish Council?

Bathford Parish Council has 1 vacant seat that can be fi l led by co-option.

Applications for co-option would be welcome from anyone qualifying for the role ofParish Council lor. The qualifying criteria can be found on the Parish Council

website www.bathford.net.

I f you would l ike to join the council , please contact the Clerk for an applicationform.

The deadline for applications is Friday 31 August and applications wil l beconsidered at the meeting of the Parish Council on Monday 1 7 September.

Ruth Holding, Clerk, Bathford Parish Council ,

c/o 54 Bathford Hil l , Bathford, BA1 7SN

Tel: 01 225 859007

Email: [email protected]

MARTIN'S HOME HELP (CARER)

Do you need help with. . .

Domestic Tasks

Shopping

Transport

Sitting Service

. . . or other tasks

I 'm a NVQ qualified carer, CRB (Police) checked and have good references

If you think I may be able to assist, please give me a call

Martin

Phone - 01 225 445334

Mobile - 07901 5451 70

Email - [email protected]


LONDON TO PARIS- Josh runs 7marathons in 7 days

A young university student from Bathfordwil l be taking on an amazing personalchallenge later this summer when heruns from London to Paris. Josh Bone,aged 21 , an ex-pupil of St Stephens andKingswood Schools in Bath, is running 7marathons in 7 days in memory of hisfather Ron, who died of cancer last year.He wil l be fundraising for two majorcancer charities, Cancer Research UKand Dorothy House Hospice, and hopesto raise at least £1 0,000. Last year, Joshran the Brighton and London Marathonsa week apart, only a few months after hisfather’s death. This year he hopes tocomplete this gruel l ing seven leggedchallenge from Trafalgar Square to theArc de Triomphe between 2 and 8September.

In advance of his run, his family areorganising an auction of promises at theCrown pub in Bathford on Tuesday 1 4August from 6:30pm. I tems alreadypromised include signed shirts from BathRugby and Somerset Cricket Clubs, afamily holiday in a new architectdesigned eco-cottage near Land’s End,and lunch for two at the Royal Crescent

Hotel. The evening wil l have Frenchtheme with the pub serving a Frenchmenu and the auctioneer wil l be fromGardiner Houlgate.

Josh is currently studying Geography atExeter University, and is spending thesummer at Cancer Research UK HeadOffice working in Sports and EventsProject Management, having achieved aplace on their highly competitive andaward-winning internship scheme.

Dorothy House fundraiser Emily Knightsaid: “What an amazing challenge Joshhas taken on, and what a wonderfultribute to his father. We are veryimpressed by his dedication and wishhim all the very best with his marathoneffort. ”

I f you would l ike to sponsor Josh pleasevisit his fundraising page

http: //uk.virginmoneygiving.com/joshbone1 orcome along to the auction on 1 4 August6:30pm at The Crown Bathford and bidfor some great items. Proceeds wil l besplit jointly between Cancer ResearchUK and Dorothy House Hospice. Specialthanks goes to John Moore Sports forsponsoring Josh’s running kit, and otherlocal businesses that have supportedhim so far.


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Coffee Plus Café

Monday 1 3 August anytime from 11 :45am unti l 2pm

Bathford Community Shop Café

We are serving coffee, tea, hot chocolate and cake and paninis, quiche and soup.Also sandwiches, smoothies and cake for children.

A relaxed space to come and enjoy delicious food and good company. Toys andactivities available for children to enjoy and help make them feel at home.

Come and enjoy the buzz, al l welcome.

Do join us also on Thursday 6 September from 9am to 11 :30am for a First Day inSchool Morning Coffee Special for Croissants and Pain au Chocolat. Also on

Monday 24 September from 11 :45am unti l 2pm.

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An SOS from the Bathford FlowerShow

We all know the weather this year hasbeen atrocious and continuous rain, poorl ight, lack of sun and warmth have madethe gardener’s task a very difficult andfrustrating one! We are being told bymany of our regular exhibitors in the fruit,flower and vegetable classes that thefruits of their labours have notmaterial ised and fear they wil l havenothing to put into the show. Last yearwe had a record number of 673 entries,just over half of which came from theseclasses which are under threat, so I amappealing to the very many talentedcooks, crafts people, artists andphotographers in the hope that they canmake up the shortfal l . I f you have afriend or relative with any of these skil lsdo please encourage them to enter sothat we may all enjoy and admire theirtalents.

We had an excellent response from thechildren’s classes last year and now wehave separated the classes into two agegroups (3-7 and 8-1 4 on show day). Wehope this wil l encourage even morechildren to take part. The newheadmaster, Matt Stone, wil l bepresenting the trophies so I expect hewil l be both delighted and surprised bywhat is usually the imaginative and highstandard of entries in the children’sclasses.

Shedules wil l be available from BathfordCommunity Shop, Steve Marriot, TheCrown and any committee member fromthe Wednesday 1 August, so when youpick up your copy take one for a friend.

I look forward to seeing you at the show.

Rosemary Drewett

Bathford Kwik Cricket Festival

The sun eventual ly shone on BathfordCricket Club when they staged theirannual family Kwik Cricket Festival onSunday 1 July at the playing fields. Eightteams each comprising six playersranging in age from 6 to over 60 eagerlycontested the event whilst being fuel ledby the odd hot dog or burger! OnEuropean football final day each teamrepresented one of the competitionteams. All the matches provided muchentertainment not least the final in which,rather fittingly, Spain were playing I taly!The match ended in a tie when Spainmanaged to force a boundary off the finalbal l . I t was very encouraging to see somany youngsters striking the ball to al lcorners of the ground and bowling withgreat accuracy but more importantlythoroughly enjoying the occasion. Thefuture of Bathford cricket is hopeful ly ingood hands. The event was organisedas one of many taking place to raisefunds for the club's new pavil ion whichwil l hopeful ly begin construction nextyear. A total of £21 0 was raised on theday. A number of future fund raisingevents have been organised the nextbeing a race evening on Friday 1 0August from 8:00pm at Avonvale RugbyClub. Please come along and enjoy agreat evening of racing entertainmenttogether with a burger and a pint!

John Budd

Chairman Bathford CC


Saturday JUDO, 9-1 0 am

(Following National Curriculum Guidelines)

FREE ‘TASTERS’ ages 5-1 3.

The Parish Hall, Church Street, Bathford

Check our website gleesonjudo.com

for dates and information.

Or call Finn on 0781 0790039

Look forward to seeing you there!

Diary Of Events

The deadline for receiving copy for the September 201 2 Bulletin is 1 5 August 201 2Please put your items into the Bulletin Box in the Bathford Village Shop,

email to: [email protected]

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Bathford Bulletin August 2012