Distributed free to all households in Mabe Burnthouse & the surrounding area Issue 49 - Feb/Mar 2018 A community newsletter funded by Mabe Youth and Community Project and Mabe Parish Council to provide news, share views and publicise events. Printed by Reprographics at Penryn Campus. Pledge your vote to help two Mabe residents win! You may remember reading in Mabe Matters last year about Max Campbell sailing across the Atlantic single handed in his 22 foot wooden boat. Classic Boat magazine were so impressed with his sense of adventure and courage they have nominated him for The Yachtsman of the Year Award. They are also publishing the article he Max has been nominated wrote on his voyage in their March issue. Max for Yachtsman of the Year is up against three other sailors who have been se - Inside: lected as finalists and the public vote will decide who News, p.1-6 walks away with this prestigious award. Max’s stepdad, Dave Cockwell’s company has also been nominated for an award for their recently launched motorboat the Duchy 35. Cont. on p.2 Diary & What’s Community Hall recieves grant On, p.7-10 Mabe Community Hall has received a £7000 grant from the Falmouth Packet to replace and update the hot water heating and central heating boiler, all of which is well over 20 year old and not anywhere as efficient as the modern boiler. The present system no longer heats hot water; users Articles, p.10-16 have to boil kettles, in addition to using the dish washer. Also at times, the central heating system needs human intervention to start, then at other times it works when not required. Blue Flame will be installing a very modern energy efficient system in the next few weeks. Keith Bryant This was selected as one of the Mabe Age Concern Lunch Club best new-build power vessels collected £60 instead of sending built in the last 12 months. Clas - Christmas Cards to one another sic Boat considers the Duchy 35 this Christmas. The Chairman of as one of the stars at the the Lunch Club presented it to Southampton Boat show with the Chairman of the Parish Coun - lots of space in the cockpit and cil, Andrew Thomas, at their below decks, it’s a boat that can Christmas Lunch just before really go places! Christmas. You can vote for these two Mabe Steve Nisbett also has a collec - residents at tion box in the shop to help to - http://awards.classic wards the annual maintenance boat.co.uk cost; please support it if you visit Max for The Yachtsman of the the Shop or Post Office. Year Award and the Duchy 35 for Fund raising organiser Keith Best Power Vessel New Build. The Bryant is very greatful to every - one in each category with the one in the area who helped, most public votes will be the win - some paying penalties in their ner so every vote counts. Voting sports, some helping to run the closes on 28th February 2018. many events involved and most importantly, all those who were Second defibrillator unit so good as to raise the £5,700 Steve Nisbett, the owner of Mabe that was required to give the vil - Stores and Post Office, has just lage 24 hour access to valuable accepted delivery of the second lifesaving equipment. defribulator unit for Mabe. The new unit, and the first one installed outside of the Commu - nity Hall, has 24 hour access. Ac - cess to the units are via Ambulance Control, who should be the first point of contact, in the event of a cardiac arrest. All the money for the 2 units was raised by fundraising and dona - tions within the village. The Parish Council has agreed to guarantee the maintenance costs Front Line Emergency Trust Manager for the next five years, but public Norman Trebillcock (right) and Steve support is also helping. Nisbett with the new PAD. 2 Rev. Amanda Evans to run London Marathon Amanda Evans, who spent a year as assistant curate based in Mabe and Ponsanooth before being ordained a priest last year, has signed up for this year’s London Marathon. Amanda said, “In a moment of madness last year, I decided it was time to not just “talk the talk” about justice, freedom and love but to actually “walk the walk” (or rather “run the run” very slowly) and to commit to running the London Marathon in April of this year in aid of Oxfam and help put an end to world poverty!” “So, I have a fundraising target of £2,000 and a final distance of 26.2 miles and I’m pleased to say Rev. Amanda Millie Evans is fundraising that at the moment I am just over to run the London Marathon a quarter of the way there with Mabe FC fold both! Please look out for forth - coming fundraising events – a According to cornwallfootballfo - Table Top Sale with Treasure Map, rum.com, Mabe FC withdrew fab raffle and Easter baskets plus from TrelawnyLeague Division 1 more, and then on 8th March a in November 2017 due to a lack Pop-Up Cake Stall to celebrate of players. ‘International Woman’s Day’. “ The lack of players, according to “I would be delighted if anyone the Falmouth Packet, was due to would like to join me on my jour - the majority of the ney (I can be contacted on players plus manage - 07544527649) and you can fol - ment leaving to take low my training on my fundrais - over Falmouth ing page: Town’s Combination www.justgiving.com/ League side. fundraising/amanda-millie- evans Mabe Burnthouse Village (MYCP) 3 Parish Council News members of the community who are interested in, or affected by, A cleaner is required the neighbourhood planning for the bus shelter on proposals to allow them to play Treliever Road. an active role in the process. Please contact the Parish Clerk If you would like to get involved, for more details: 07964 735219 please contact the Parish Clerk: or [email protected] 07964 735219 or Speedwatch [email protected] Are you concerned Parish Council vacancy about the speed of There is still a vacancy for a traffic passing through our vil - Parish Councillor (see Mabe Mat - lage? We are still looking for ters Dec/Jan 2018 issue). Anyone more volunteers for Speedwatch. interested should write to the Full training provided; no previ - Parish clerk, Lisa Clements at ous experience necessary. Please [email protected] or come contact PCO Andy Huddlestone along to a meeting to have a [email protected] chat with the current Councillors n.police.uk or the Parish Clerk and see what’s involved. [email protected] Penvose Student Village Neighbourhood Plan Despite recommendations from Neighbourhood planning gives Highways and Cornwall Council communities direct power to de - planning officers to reject this velop a shared vision for their application (PA16/11983), mem - neighbourhood and shape the bers of the strategic planning development and growth of their committee appear to be broadly local area. A neighbourhood plan in favour, and voted to defer forms part of the development their decision to February while plan and sits alongside the Local more details are drawn up on Plan prepared by the local plan - S106 agreements. Cont. opposite ning authority. Decisions on planning applications will be made using both the Local Plan and the neighbourhood plan, and any other material consider - ations. The Parish Council is keen to draw up a neighbourhood plan, but this should involve other Architect’s drawing of the Student Village 4 The scheme is huge, covering fied need for student accommo - eight fields and includes a new dation on such a large scale. If roundabout on the A39, shops, you feel strongly about this de - cafés, a pub, a budget hotel, velopment, make sure your voice leisure facilities and office space, is heard. Go to www.cornwall. as well as housing for 2000 stu - gov.uk/environment-and- dents and a park and ride planning/ planning/online- scheme for 474 cars. planning-register/ and register Mabe Parish Council was well to make a comment. represented by Cllr Peter Tisdale Tessa Kingsley who outlined our reasons for ob - jecting to the development, but 300 Club winners councillors noted that there were The results for the 300 club draw very few objectors in the public are: gallery, and that the majority of public comments had been in 1st Prize £50: Nikki Triggs, Sand - support. This is undoubtedly be - hill, 1 Church cause the residents of Falmouth Road, TR10 9HN and Penryn are keen to see stu - 2nd Prize £30: dents housed away from the Gerald Wood - towns. However, now that a bridge, 72 Cun - number of sites in Falmouth have ningham Park, had their planning applications TR10 9HB granted on appeal, together with a gradual fall in student numbers 3rd Prize £10: Richard Collins, 73 nationally, there is not an identi - Cunningham Park, TR10 9HB 300 Club Mabe’s Own Lottery Hundreds of pounds to be won! Use this form to join now. Tickets cost £10 per year. Money goes to the up - keep of the Community Hall, Playpark, Field & Skatepark. There are 4 draws per year, each producing prizes of £50, £20 and £10. Cheques payable to Mabe Youth and Community Project or cash to: Geoff Wheeler, Monteag, Treliever Road, TR10 9EX. Name: Address: Email: 5 Hark the Mabe angels sang! The annual raffle took place after the carol celebration. This year Mabe’s very own charity - the the draw was organised by a new Mabe Youth & Community Proj - team, but many of the previous ect - held their Annual Carol volunteers, along with some new Service and Christmas Draw in ticket sellers, continued the suc - the Community Hall on Sunday cess of the Annual Christmas 17 December.