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StebbingStebbing SceneScene Your Village — Your Magazine Edition No: 123 Autumn 2012 Those of us who are not great lovers of sport have found few places to hide this summer—and Stebbing Scene provides no refuge as the villagers of Stebbing recount their Olympic, and other, sporting exploits. A particular thank you in this respect to Judith Jolly (pictured above) for the way she conveys her enthusiasm when describing her role as Team London Ambassador (what a title!) on pages 31- 32. There are more pictures of colourful outfits and sporting encounters on the inside front and back pages and even the caption competition has been subpoenaed to attend the court of cricket. Thanks to The Vintner for another amusing annual report on the Church vs. Stebbing match. A big thank you to Michael Kingdom and Margaret Rufus for providing sustenance to those with other interests, and of course to all the usual contributors—without whom it wouldn’t happen. Richard Foot 1 I never thought I would wear a Stella McCartney outfit. London 2012 - what an exciting event! When they called for volunteers I thought, “Yes this is an opportunity not to be missed”. The selection process started in 2010 and I was lucky enough to be selected as a Games Maker. My role – Heathrow terminal 1, ensuring athletes, officials etc. reached their destinations safely. Did we lose a bus? Certainly not - the driver was using his initiative and taking our visitors on a tour of London! The other volunteers were great fun, from all over the world and all walks of life. Who did I see? – hopeful athletes, happy athletes and only one or two who were sad. The Brazilian football team came through on my shift, and many Picture - Dick Hughes and Sue Riley of the USA team, but for me the best was in their designer outfits. Pele. I’d thoroughly recommend volunteering; my Terminal 1 shift have all agreed to start evening classes in Portuguese this autumn – here we come Rio! Sue Riley Dick Hughes will be a Games Maker at the Paralympics St Mary’s Cricket Xl vs A Stebbing Xl – 21st July2012 Some of you with keen minds, and memories to match, may well remember the state of the oil drum BBQ last year – the rain had done its utmost and had reduced it to lace – more holes than an MPs expenses alibi! This year, due to the good offices of Stebbing Cricket Club, we had an all singing, all dancing, gas 2 BBQ that was an absolute joy to use. So, many thanks to Gary Halls and David Bradbeer for their prowess at feeding the masses; about 110 people turned up. Grateful thanks also to Sarah Bradbeer and her team for all the catering arrangements in the Pavilion. St Mary’s fielded first and the bowling was soon being unceremoniously dispatched around the boundaries – Graham Jolliffe (30), Kevin Meakin (28) - and everyone helped the score along. Ian Cooper joined the St Mary’s team and soon his bowling pinned the batsman down and helped reduce the ever mounting score. God bless the Kemps – 4 wickets from Michael, one of which resulted in possibly the best catch we have ever witnessed – a high snick to leg side – our Reverend Tim Goodbody in the slips – running backwards, diving backwards and catching it one handed – it doesn’t get much better than that. The batsman was heard muttering, as he headed towards the pavilion, “Typical – Maradonna Goodbody – the hand of God!”. Young Will Brinkley came to the crease made 2 runs and saw the innings out; 113 for 6 was the village score. St Mary’s batted next and true to form there ensued what could only be described as a collapse unfolding before our very eyes – Kevin Meakin 3 wickets and the Brinkley boys, Dale and Will, getting a wicket each. Then James, the Vintner’s son and heir to his cellar and overdraft, approached the wicket: he had just flown in from Holland and, being a chef, was thoroughly disenchanted with the airline food and took it out on the bowlers. He was soon joined at the crease by his old man, the Vintner, who puffed and wheezed his way between the stumps to try and make it a respectable score. James scored 20 and, when the overs were complete, St Mary’s were 69 for 9. It must be noted for posterity that Kevin Meakin was very generous and allowed us to have about 14 batsmen! ...still didn’t help the score though! Many thanks to Steve Sparrow and Phil Barker for donning the white jackets and umpiring throughout - “are they allowed to sledge?” asked the Vintner! Many thanks to everyone who turned up to support the match: beautiful weather, great food, and a special mention to Sharon Sparrow and Teresa Taylor, who kept the drinks flowing from the bar and really added to the atmosphere. The Church lost again – never mind! The world is still spinning on its axis and God is in his heaven ... and Stebbing is still a wonderful place to live! See you all next year. The Vintner. Thanks to Iain Mills (Photosbyiain.com) for the photograph opposite and for the caption competition, which is taken from one of his photographs. A picture of villagers attending the SCC President’s Lunch, courtesy of Dave Hallams is included on the inside back page—Ed. 3 4 A Message from our Vicar, Tim Goodbody Dear Friends, How often have you gone without? Many of our more senior readers will remember rationing, during and after the war, but for many of us, my hunch is that, for most of our lives, we have had a roof over our heads and some kind of food on the table. Often, times may have been hard, but we have mostly found a way to survive through hard work and good neighbours. Jesus of course lived a simple life and encouraged his first disciples to do the same thing. They did not live in a consumer society, in which at every turn we are offered the opportunity to buy things we ‘need’. I spend a lot of time avoiding adverts, in order not to be led into temptation! In the current economic downturn, there are many families who are struggling to make ends meet – either because of illness, redundancy or family breakdown (or a combination of these and other factors). A Group of Churches in Braintree have begun providing emergency food parcels for those literally on the bread line, by starting the Braintree Food bank, which is based at Christ Church, on London Road. Their main source of food is donations from other churches, and the food is handed out to those who are in possession of vouchers given out by social services, GP surgeries and the like. In this deanery and benefice we have begun to support the Braintree Food Bank (www.braintree.foodbank.org.uk) and I commend it to you as an excellent example of God’s love being shared in a practical way. It is not the intention of the Food Bank to cause families to become dependent on handouts, but simply to give those who are struggling a hand up. If you would like to donate, or volunteer, you can contact them on 01376 326628. Thank you Tim Soul Space dates for rest of 2012 3rd Sunday of each month except December 7.30 at St Mary’s Church Stebbing 16 September ♦ 21 October ♦ 18 November 5 Stebbing Garden Club Below is the schedule of classes for the spring Garden Club show which is being held on Saturday 23rd March 2013. Full programmes will be available in early 2013, and more details will follow in the December edition of Stebbing Scene. Start taking those photos now and think ahead when planting your winter vegetables and making your chutneys etc. Section A CUT FLOWERS A1 3 single trumpet daffodils of garden origin (One flower to a stem: trumpet or corona as long, or longer, than the perianth segments) A2 3 single large cupped daffodils of garden origin (Division 2) (One flower to a stem; cup or corona more than one-third but less than equal to the length of the perianth segments) A3 3 single short-cup narcissi of one variety (Division 3) A4 3 double daffodils of one variety (Division 4) A5 3 multi headed narcissi of one variety (Division 5,7,8) A6 3 single headed tulips of one variety A7 3 flowering stems from miniature spring bulbs of one variety – own vase A8 3 daffodils/narcissi of misc. variety not covered by foregoing divisions Section B PLANTS (GROWING) B1 Pot, bowl or basket of spring flowers B2 1 flowering house plant B3 1 foliage house plant Section C SPRING FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE C1 3 stems of flowering shrubs – one or more varieties – Rule 5 applies C2 6 blooms of pansies with stems in own container C3 3 stems of foliage – different varieties – Rule 5 applies C4 An arrangement of small flowers and foliage – not more than 9 inches overall – in own container C5 Own vase of not more than 3 varieties of herbaceous flowers, 9 stems in total Section D GARDEN PRODUCE D1 Spring vegetable – one variety: maximum of 3 D2 3 sticks rhubarb. Advice: keep base wings, cut tops to 3ins. Section E COOKERY E1 Jar of jam E2 Jar of fruit curd E3 Jar of marmalade E4 Jar of chutney E5 Any other preserves 6 RECIPES (in full programme) ON OWN PLATES E6 Savoury Flan E7 Ginger Cake E8 Plain Bread Rolls – Men and Boys E9 Easter Biscuits - Children under 11 years of age on 1/3/2013.