Bourne End Junior Sports Club 50Th Birthday
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VOL.56 No2 The Journal of Bourne End (Bucks) Community Association APRIL/MAY 2020 £1Suggested price Prize winners STOP PRESS: On going to press Target was informed of manyat the clublocal event cancellations and we have endeavoured to make last minute changes where possible in the magazine. Please check online or with group/event organisers before attending anything advertised in this issue. See our statement on page 39. to sometime in August or early September - Prize winners check out Target for further details. in 2019 Our big final celebration was to take place on June 20 in the form of a grand dinner at the Odney Club, Cookham. This was to be an opportunity for many former members and volunteers to gather together along with some sports personalities who have supported us over the years. Sadly this event has also had to be postponed due to the Coronavirus, so we are busy trying to reschedule for a date in October/November 2020. Please do keep an eye out for the confirmed change of dates and we look forward to welcoming you to the events when they are re-booked. We so wanted to make this a year to remember and to celebrate 50 years of such a successful club and to toast its continuing growth and development, however, it may now be memorable for another reason out of our control. See page 23 to read about how you can Bourne End Junior Sports support the club. Club 50th Birthday TARGET Liz Hutton reveals exciting celebratory plans for 2020 Many regular Target readers will be familiar volunteering for all trustees up to 2020, of TOPS with the sports club newsletter and will know which 238 have been completed by the that the club is celebrating being in existence current board of directors, in excess of THE for half a century. 21,200 hours of volunteering by section 300 It seems unreal that a small group of parents leaders and parents every year, £420k raised could start something which would develop for extension to the hall in 1996 and MARK into such an all-embracing organisation 1,620,000 minutes of parents standing on Target has now offering so much to the whole community. sidelines watching their kids play football. published more Thousands of children will have taken part in For the week of June 12 to June 20 Bourne than 300 issues in its 56 volumes. activities with the club – and you may have End will be decorated with the club colours of What a great achievement for your been one of them! blue and yellow creating a festive atmosphere community magazine. This couldn’t have been achieved without the and a strong reminder of our 50 years. We So thank you to everyone who has made many hundreds of volunteers who have given hope that in the Eghams Room, at the this possible – those who pay for their copies, so freely of their time throughout – you may community centre there will be a display of the volunteers who get the magazines into have been one of those too, or perhaps still photos and information forming a timeline of your homes and those who contribute the are? For this, we thank you. the club. Free admission will mean you can articles, stories and ideas to make it a great Our celebrating began by ensuring every wander in and remember some of the times read. member was given a commemorative drinking you or your family were involved and perhaps Also a huge thank you to our band of faithful bottle, pen and sports bag. We continued with meet up with people from the past. advertisers who know that being part of the launch of our book ‘Bourne End Junior After months of planning for the big Target helps their business. Sports Club - An Outstanding Story of Success’ celebrations we had hoped to be staging a fun Sadly your numbers have dwindled over the which is available from Bourne End Motor event for children and young people – not just past few years but, as you will see, there are Company or through our website members. It was to be held on Wooburn Park now some new advertisers, so our grateful www.bejsc.co.uk with plenty for children to do: inflatables, thanks for your belief and support. To our It is an excellent read and full of photos, games, and activities. 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The Editor Thames Water Supply Emergencies 0800 714614 www.bea.bucks.sch.uk 01628 819022 reserves the right to select letters and North Thames Gas Emergency (Slough) 0800 111999 reports for publication and to edit for grammar, style and length. TARGET COMPETITION (page 40) Terms and conditions: Entrants must be aged 18 or over, only one entry per person, no cash alternative to this prize, our decision is final, no correspondence can be entered into. The meal must be booked in advance and is subject to availability. Drinks not included. 2 Could you become one of the Target delivery team? your neighbours Hilda wins Lifetime WOOBURN and local Achievement Award community we want RESIDENTS you to talk to us. The Lawn Tennis Association has Call us, email us, awarded a well-deserved Lifetime ASSOCIATION come along to a Achievement Award to Hilda Ball By Margaret Amos meeting or grab one for her services to her local sports Secretary to the Association of us during the club and her 50 years of events we support dedication to it.