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 SWAVESEY & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY

Tuesday September 16th at the S.V.C

An excellent attendance of members at the first meeting after the summer break was rewarded with a delightful and interesting talk about the "Tudor Recreation Days" at Kentwell Manor House in Suffolk. Honor Ridout explained how all those taking part involved themselves and took on the Tudor ways for the particular year they were enacting. Some were actors but most were people who had replied to advertisements and wished to take part. These days were originally started with children's education in mind but were extended to include everyone. Slides showed Kentwell Manor to be a beautiful building with a moat and large grounds where, on these days, would be found Basket makers, Candle makers, Archers, Cottagers and many others. In the Manor cooking, sewing, writing and other activities take place.

Finally Mrs Ridout showed and modelled the dress and headgear she would wear and encouraged members to try on various caps and hats in Tudor fashion.

Mrs Carole Shaw thanked her for a very interesting evening and the meeting closed at 9.30 pm

 

 Swavesey Institute Football Club -Nov/Dec 2003

First Team (Sponsored by Swavesey Post Office and Newsagents)

Spurs fan Phil Baines has scrapped his "Hoddleseque" managerial style and guided the first team to the top of Division 1B at the end of October; the side also remaining in both county cup competitions.  Martin Williams' goal drought has meant that Damien Blake has shouldered more scoring responsibility, even veteran Steve Gawthrop has netted twice in his fortieth year.

Results
Waterbeach  Reserves                        Won 2-0 (D Blake, James)
Bottisham Sports                               Won 3-0 (James, D Blake, Gawthrop)
Soham United (Cup)                           Won 4-0 (D Blake(2), Turpin, T Land)
Haddenham                                       Lost 1-3 (James)
Fulbourn Institute Reserves (Cup)        Won 2-0 (D Blake(2))
Soham United                                    Won 3-2 (D Blake(2), M Blake)
Stretham Hotspurs                             Won 3-0 (M Blake, Gawthrop, Turpin)
Little Downham                                   Won 5-0 (M Blake(2), James, Turpin, T Land)

Reserves (Sponsored by The White Horse)

A patchy start for Eddie Andrews' charges in Division 4B, although they remain in the cup.  The side is looking more solid than last season with former first teamers Mick Stokes and Shaun Land adding sturdiness, albeit at the expense of pace, to the team.

Results

Hardwick Reserves (Friendly).            Won 5-4 (D Hodson(3), Williams, Pollitt)
Sutton Reserves                               Drew 0-0
Mepal Sports                                   Won 3-2 (D Hodson, Smart(2))
Littleport Town "A"                            Lost 1-3 (Baker)
 Hemingford                                       Lost 2-3 (Jarvis, S Land)
West Row Gunners Reserves            Lost 1-2 (S Land)
Burwell Swifts (Cup)                          Won 1-0 (J Blake)

Fixtures
Home games kick off at 2pm each Saturday on The Green.  Please come and support the village sides, fixtures are in the Cambridge Evening News each Friday, and then join the players in The White Horse afterwards.  

Veterans (Sponsored by The White Horse)
A comprehensive 5-0 defeat against Godmanchester for those aged 35 and over in their only outing this season.

New Players
Any players wanting to join the club should contact Phil Baines on 200377 or join in training, which takes place each Tuesday at 8pm at Over Community Centre.  If you are interested in playing exclusively for the Veterans, please call Jerry Ladell on 201018.

General
The first team's victory in last season's Creake Shield final earned the club £200 for charity.  The club chose to donate the money to asthma research through the village managed David Hodson Memorial Fund.

Thanks to our new sponsors this season: Alan's Carpets, JT Logistics, C&V at Swavesey Garage, Jules(Swavesey resident) and J Kilborn & Son.  The club continues to seek new sponsors.  Banners from team sponsors are displayed each match day on The Green.  If you wish to display a banner or sponsor the club in any other way please call Jim Foster on 232842.

 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE  

We have always maintained that our Club is much more than just about taking pictures, an interest in photography can include just about anything such as the study of wildlife, world travel and sports. For example this session's lectures have given us an insight into the difficult and often dangerous work of a Police Wildlife Officer and shown us the great effort necessary to provide schools and hospitals for the remote mountainous regions of Nepal. As a bonus we were able to help by purchasing attractive items from an unusual selection of Nepalese jewellery, scarves and shawls being sold to raise the necessary funds.

Any individual, or member of a group with a special interest would be more than welcome on evenings relating to that subject so please check in the magazine for anything you would not like to miss.

This is not to say that the main object of the meetings is being obscured, there are always plenty of memorable photographs. One evening we saw the work of Fenland Studios from March, delightfully relaxed family portraits and the latest style of wedding albums, a very far cry from those stilted, boring, stiffly-posed efforts of only a few years ago.

Lastly, the Club was delighted to be profiled by Photographic Monthly in their October issue, especially as they gave us an excellent review and published seven fine photographs taken by some of our members. We are hoping to maintain this connection and they have promised to come to talk to us in the near future.

Mo Hadfield Swavesey Camera Club.