Village Voice Issue 50 Summer 2016 Thirty years at Ardingly It all started with three Wayfarers and six Topper sailing dinghies. So where are we now? Dinghy sailing continues to be the largest activity with children from 6 years old starting their sailing in Oppys, a stable boat like a bath tub! The courses follow the Royal Yachting Association schemes and progress from the beginning stages right through to Instructor. It is great to see young people develop from nervous beginners to become confident Instructors who have a passion for water sports and the joy of teaching. Adult courses continue to be popular, with most saying, ”I have always wanted to sail” or “I wish I had done this earlier.” So why not make time and do a course now? You will find it stimulating, exciting and relaxing. With courses in Windsurfing, Kayaking, and Canoeing there are lots of way to get afloat. Children’s parties are great fun - but don’t let the kids have all the fun any group of six can make their own party. If you are short of time just come and hire a sit-on-top kayak - there are singles or doubles and no past experience is needed. Get Mum and Dad to have a race against the kids or just have a paddle and enjoy the reservoir. Stand up paddle boards have been the big new thing and they are so popular, great as a stress buster, good for your core stability and, if you are well balanced, try doing yoga on them! That still leaves triathlon, rowing, fishing, raft building or just walking the dog, all on you door step. Now you deserve an ice cream or cup of tea and cake by the waterside café. For more information about any of these activities please call 01444 892549 or visit our website www.ardinglyactivitycentre.co.uk. With many thanks to our sponsors: Hanson & Ardingly Activity Centre Message From Our Parish Council Dates For Your Diary Welcome to our summer issue of the Village Voice – although the Please note that the village calendar is on www.ardingly.org. weather earlier this week felt much more like autumn than Should you have an event to add, contact the Parish Clerk summer. I hope it doesn’t last! This year has flown by and there have been a few developments across the village: we have started 7th June Parish Council Meeting, Hapstead Hall, 7.30pm to see the houses at Standgrove start to take shape; on the 9th-11th June South of England Show; 9am - 6.30pm daily; recreation ground we continue to develop our plans for the under 16s going FREE (accompanied by a paying refurbishment for the pavilion; and we now have seen plans for adult £20); senior citizens, students over 16 £18 the development of The Oak into residential properties. 18th June Village Tea Party to celebrate Queen’s Birthday At the May Parish Council Meeting I stood down as chair and 26th June Evensong with St. Peters Church Choir & proposed Mick Brixey to take my place. As a result Mick and Ardingly College Choirs, Chapel of St Saviour, Derek Stutchbury as vice chair will lead the council going Ardingly College, 6.30pm, free to all forward. It has been an honour to chair the council over the past four years and we have achieved a lot including delivering our 27 & 28th June ARTS FEST, Ardingly College, £10 for both nights; Neighbourhood Plan and establishing allotments in the village. I free to senior citizens and under 18, believe that we should see regular change in the leadership of the www.ardingly.com/ArtsFest-16 council to ensure new ideas can come to the fore and for the 5th July Parish Council Meeting, Hapstead Hall, 7.30pm council to remain vibrant. I wish Mick and Derek the very best in their roles. This summer we will be holding our summer fete on 16th July Horticultural Society Summer Show, Hapstead September 11th so please do let us know if you’d like to have a Hall, entries before 10am, open from 2-4pm stall or table – I look forward to seeing you there! 6th September Parish Council Meeting, Hapstead Hall, 7.30pm Will Meldrum 11th September VILLAGE FETE!! Outgoing Chair, Ardingly Parish Council 11th September Horticultural Society Autumn Show, Hapstead www.Ardingly.org Hall, entries before 10am, open from 2-4pm Twitter: @ArdinglyParishC Traffic Calming Update National Beacon And Upcoming Tea Party to The Parish Council is currently working with WSCC to finalise a Celebrate Queen’s 90th Birthday traffic calming scheme for Ardingly. The priorities are pedestrian safety, speed control and maintaining a rural theme in the village. The Ardingly Parish Council set light to one of more than 900 Progress has been slow mainly due to achieving funding. beacons lit across the country and abroad to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday. We have now been allocated £33,000 in the 2016/2017 WSCC Integrated Works Programme for the design element of the Members of the scheme and then £87,953 to deliver the project in 2017/2018. Army Cadet Force took beacons to We have set up three resident focus groups covering College the top of the four Road, High Street and Lindfield Road so options can be highest peaks in discussed. Limited funds will mean that all ideas will not be t h e U n i t e d possible. We are working with the council to develop the most Kingdom England - effective measures to achieve our goal of a safer village. B e n N e v i s i n You might remember the Speed Indicator machine (SID) that Scotland, Mount monitored speed around the village in March/April. We had a lot Snowdon in Wales, of positive comments about its effect on driver behaviour (people Scafell Pike in started to slow down having been reminded that they were E n g l a n d , a n d driving too fast!). Unfortunately, we were unable to use any of Slieve Donard in the recorded data from the machine due to a data collection error Northern Ireland. as a result of it being an old machine. T h e A r d i n g l y Because of the importance of the data and public feedback, we beacon was built have determined it appropriate to purchase a new SID machine. by the South of In the interim, did you noticed the speed strips across College E n g l a n d Road and the Lindfield Road? WSCC were collecting new Alex Rickard Photography www.alexrickardphotography.com Showground team accurate data for analysis and we will have more news soon. and many villagers joined in the fun with sausages and drinks provided by the Parish Council and a lovely mild evening. Get Involved & Join in The next opportunity to celebrate will be 18th June with a Village the Fun! Street Tea Party on the slip road by Hapstead Hall, from 2.30pm ARDINGLY - 4.30pm. All residents are invited and for more details see VILLAGE FETE If you would like to have a stand or posters nearer the date or contact just help organise or set up, please Barbara Monk 892 857 or Deb c o nSunday t a c t J6 oTH nSept B y e r s o n 0 1 4 4 4 8 9 1 9 7 6 o r Ruse 892 717. [email protected] 12PM - 4PM This is being organised by On the Recreation Ground local residents with the The Ardingly Village Voice is published by Come along andthe share Ardingly Parish Council backing of the Parish in the fun! Council. Tea and cake Please submit all content to village [email protected] th will be provided and with for✦ Beer our & Pimms Autumn ✦ FREE issue✦ Nearly by New August 8 2016. Should you have an Tent Bouncy Castle Clothes, Toys this in mind they would advertising✦ Cakes & Food inquiry &please Books email or call 01444 891 520 to Stalls ✦ FREE ✦ And much, welcome the offer of cakes discuss.✦ Games ManyInflatable thanks Slide much to more! everyone who supports or contributes! o r a d o n a t i o n Margaret Meldrum, Editor towards running costs. !2 School Notes The Road to Rio… …started at St. Peter’s on Monday 11th April when the children and staff returned to school for a day of Brazilian themed carnival dance! Th e A n c i e n t G r e e k s , countries and continents of the world, African animals, Asian cultures and obviously South America are just some of the areas of learning being explored as part of our w h o l e s c h o o l 'Olympic themed' topic this term! The children won’t be able to travel to Rio unfortunately; h ow e ve r w e d o h a v e s o m e wonderful highlights planned! These include an art exhibition, opening ceremony for our St. Peter’s School Olympics, a Beach Party and a n O l y m p i c t h e m e d production! Staff have also planned a number of extra- curricular activities for the children to further their learning outside of the classroom including kayaking at the reservoir, a visit to London Zoo, supporting Wakehurst with their ephemeral art installation and a visit to see the London S PRE-S Pre-School Notes R’ C Symphony Orchestra.