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MILL HILL GETS TIDY MILL HILL LITTER PICKERS are an independent group of Mill Hill residents who wish to clean up our local parks and area. Formed by Zoe Samuelson and Caroline Oliver in early January the group has already had two very successful litter picks in January and February. In March it is KEEP BRITAIN TIDY “HEROES ASSEMBLE” weekend and to celebrate the MILL HILL LITTER PICKERS will be out in force on Saturday 3 March meeting as usual in Daws Lane Car Park next to the Park. Do come along and there are litter pickers and rubbish bags available for you to use. The more that can come the more that can be done. This is a fantastic initiative which is soon to get its own Facebook page and already has its own badges etc. Ideal for all the family. MEET : 3 MARCH DAWS LANE CAR PARK 11a.m READ MORE ABOUT THIS & LOCAL INFORMATION IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM UPDATE on P 6/7
Caroline leading some of the many litter pickets recently !
CAFFE NERO TAKES VACANT HSBC BANK SITE ON THE BROADWAY As we went to press today news broke on the internet that the popular High Street Italian Coffee Shop has put in a planning application for the HSBC site. We welcome this as a very positive move in filling the biggest of the vacant sites on the Broadway. We will bring you more next month !
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Welcome to the latest edition of MH Today. We will be welcoming new writers next month and thank you to those who attended the recent open editorial and those who continue to write for us.
EDITOR : The Community COPY EDITOR : John Gillett SPORTS EDITOR : Hugo Webster WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS Richard Logue Hugo Webster Caroline Oliver Farhat Dar John Gillett Niamh Vibe Markets Sam Elliott Broadway News and Blog
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NEWS ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR A GREAT SUCCESS
NEWS IN SHORT
SHOP OPENINGS The first ever ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR took place at the NW7hub on Saturday The newly refur24 February. By 2.15p.m the Hub was packed out with eager shoppers bished OXFAM and arts enthusiasts. Shop opened at the end of FebOver 28 stalls took part and many were turned away according to the ruary. The new Hub organisers. BROADWAY FOOD CENTRE also We saw some fantastic art - buttons - and other products which included opened.See article some incredible cup cakes as well as personal health products. on Page 4. There was an art session in one room for the kids which was very popular SARACENS GET and the Cafe was open keeping those visiting supplied with cake and FREEDOM OF coffee and soft drinks. BOROUGH The event was so successful that a follow up is on SATURDAY 14 APRIL so put it in your diaries and make sure you make the afternoon of it. It is likely to be even busier as word spreads and organisers will utilise even more of the building. This is likely to become a regular bi monthly event which will add much to the area. Congratulations to the NW7hub team for organising such a fantastic afternoon.
NEWS BROADWAY FOOD CENTRE OPENS The large former Costcutter and First Choice supermarket site has lain empty for several months as it has been converted into the latest in the small chain of Broadway Food Centres. In the last week of February the Centre opened. It is a blaze of colour outside as vegetables and other things are displayed accross the front of the shop on custom made shelving. Very attractive and eye catching. Inside the theme of high shelving continues with one of the largest selections of foodstuffs in Mill Hill. Ranging from huge ranges of fresh fruit and vegetables to an in shop Butcher and Bakery as well as an unrivalled display of European and continental food stuffs - as well as UK favourite brands. An off licence section completes the offering. A very welcome addition to the Broadway’s growing number of popular supermarkets. It opens from 6am to 11p.m and along with Iceland and Tesco and Rota Express the Broadway now has long opening hours for food shoppers, many of them when there is free parking in the evening. Fast becoming a major evening shopping destiination the Broadway is now busier in the evening than it has been in its history.
NEWS IN SHORT OPEN EDITORIAL The third open editorial meeting at the NW7hub took place on Monday 19 February. The next one takes place in late April at the NW7hub and is at 7p.m It only lasts one hour and is a great way to get involved in our local community. Please come and join us. Date anounced in April’s edition.
MILL HILL GIRLS GOING TO THE PALACE SAY THANK YOU TO NW7! Peter Jones CBE has announced that Pump It, a team of 11 students from Copthall School in Mill Hill, have been invited to attend Buckingham Palace for a special awards ceremony on 1st March having come in the top two sixth form teams in his nationwide enterprise competition, Tycoon. The Pump It team visited the fantastic businesses on Mill Hill Broadway and Saracens in Allianz Park on match day to sell their water bottles, and they want to thank everyone for the enthusiasm shown supporting their aspirational and impressive business. The young tycoons received £1,000 as a start-up loan from the Peter Jones Foundation for Enterprise to design and sell bottled water to raise money to build a water pump in a school in a developing country. Pump It traded from October to December 2017 and generated a fantastic profit ratio of 260%, enabling two pumps to be build. Everyone at MH Today congratulates the girls on such an altruistic outcome alongside the impressive business skills clearly developed. We wish you all the very best of luck! Also for info the link to the recent article in the Mill Hill Times http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/15907580.School_project_gives_two_water_pumps_to_disadvantaged_communities/?platform=hootsuite
SARACENS RECEIVE FREEDOM OF BOROUGH On Tuesday 2oth February 2018, the Mayor of Barnet presented Saracens Rugby Club with The Freedom of the Borough at a ceremony held at the Town Hall. The Freedom of the Borough is the highest award the London Borough of Barnet Council can give. The award was presented to the chairman of Saracens Rugby Club, Mr Nigel Wray and the reigning champions of the European Cup, in recognition of the club’s sporting success, and for the way in which the club has been able to bring Copthall Stadium (Allianz Park) back into full use by the club and the community. Nigel Wray, Chairman of Saracens said: “For Saracens to receive the highest honour that Barnet can give, the Freedom of the Borough, not just because of our success on the field – two Premiership Championships, two European Champions Cup wins back to back all whilst in Barnet – but also for the work that the Foundation does in the community, is quite genuinely an honour which is very humbling for us. And we won't let people down. There's much more to be done".
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FEATURE Neighbourhood Forum News LATEST NEWS FROM YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM For those of you who were looking forward to the Persian Nowruz Festival planned for 17th March Mill Hill this year. It has to be done properly or not at all, but we will work towards running such an
We had planned to have a meeting with Mill Hill Traders on 31st March to discuss how we can bette cussion about collective solutions to crime prevention at Shops/Restaurants in the Broadway follow notice, at which our MP, Dr Matthew Offord and the Borough Police Commander, Simon Rose, met a favourite destination for local residents and those from surrounding areas. Crime prevention mus local traders, the Police, and Council Officers on 13th March, to review options and gain support for
Arts & Crafts Fair: The first fair at the NW7hub on 24th February had 28 exhibitors and a great numbers of visitors thro Nearly all of the exhibitors expressed their wishes to return for the next event and actually we were any more. So we believe it was a success and we plan now to run them every 6 weeks with the next one bein to exhibit.
Barnet Times: The NW7hub now has copies of the Barnet Times printed newspaper for people to collect each Thu
Litter Pick: The next event will be on Saturday 3rd March. It coincides with the Great British Spring Clean event. www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/great-british-spring-clean “The Great British Spring Clean is a campaign with a simple aim: to bring people across the country We want to inspire 400,000 people to get outdoors, get active and help clear up the rubbish that lie and are willing to do something about it. Together we can make a difference and clean up the envi If you can get involved the team will meet at the Daws Lane Car Park on Saturday at 11.00am
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2018, we must inform you that we did not have sufficient time and resources to bring this event to event for the Persian new year in March 2019.
er work together for the development of Mill Hill’s Town Centre. This would have included a diswing recent incidents. This meeting was somewhat overtaken by the meeting arranged at short with residents on 7th February. There is more to do in our Town Centre if we are to establish it as st be a key ingredient of any plan. Accordingly we will be hosting a meeting with a small group of r joint action going forward.
ough the 3 hour event. e turning exhibitors away over the last couple of weeks because we simply did not have space for
ng on 14th April……….do make a note in your diaries. Contact host@nw7hub.org.uk if you wish
ursday. It is free, but is no longer available from Newsagents locally.
y together to clear up the litter that blights our towns, villages, countryside and beaches. es around us. Join our growing army of #LitterHeroes who have had enough of other people’s litter ironment on our doorstep.”
WAYNE CASEY RIP - An Appreciation
by Richard Logue
Not long after I moved to Mill Hill 23 years ago, I had reason to contact our local councillors regarding vandalism in our local park. Cllr Wayne Casey came back to me by email within a couple of hours and followed the matter up with a phone call. At once I was struck by not only how quickly Cllr Casey came back to me, but also by his professionalism and friendliness. Over the subsequent years I would read in the local papers about what he and Jeremy Davies were doing and how they always stood up for the interests of local residents in the face of anyone who wanted to damage the quality of life in Mill Hill for their own gains only. I was massively disappointed when the Liberal Democrats lost their council seats in 2010. We lost two exceptional and hard-working councillors when Wayne stepped down and Jeremy lost his seat. Now I feel it is my turn to step up to the plate and fight for the interests of all Mill Hill residents, as I intend to stand as a Liberal Democrat council candidate for Mill Hill in May along with Roger Tichborne and Donna Pickup. We will have one vital piece of guidance if we do get elected, and that is the exemplary way both Wayne and Jeremy conducted themselves when they were Mill Hill’s councillors. It says a lot about Wayne’s character that warm tributes were paid this week from not only local Liberal Democrats but also from Matthew Offord MP and Cllr Alison Moore the former leader of the Barnet Council Labour group. May you rest in peace Wayne
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FEATURE | Working on Broadway Have you ever wondered when you buy your coffee in one of the great coffee cafes on the Broadway what it is like to work in one ? We are pleased and grateful to Niamh for writing for us to tell us about her day ! This is her third installement If you work in Mill Hill please let us know about your day !
Unfiltered News : TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS
When the glasswasher slits my jeans in the first hour of my shift, I know that today is going to be long. This is only the second glimpse of the public eye my jeans have enjoyed. If before, my jeans were an irrelevant matter strolling through the public’s periphery, the right-angled ‘L’ shaped hole gaping over my shin have now made them a focal point. The rip isn’t fashionably frayed; it looks like a mathematician’s attempt at authenticity. My colleague, Positive Miranda, helps me consider ways to hide the hole. I could fold the fabric over itself, but the hole is so large it creates the illusion that the maker ran out of material. I could staple the fabric together, but the stapler is conveniently out-of-order. Opting for invisibility instead, I suggest switching roles with the porter, washing dishes in the back room. However, I’ll need to collect the plates from the front, so there’s no real opportunity to hide all day. I reluctantly fold the trousers and walk to the front of the café where an elderly man is rambling on to Efficient Ellie, our waitress with an eye for detail. I venture over and ask her, while seemingly including the man, if everything is okay. ‘I don’t know. Maybe you can help,’ she says as she strategically edges away, smirking, leaving me at the till with the man who has not yet stopped for breath. His eyes slide seamlessly from her to me as he continues his monologue. I’m trapped. When he momentarily pauses, I ask him what he wants. He gestures to a blueberry muffin, ‘A crumpet’. ‘A muffin?’ I retort, not wanting him to get an unwelcome surprise when he put this, not so crumpet, in his mouth. ‘Sweetie, in England we call these crumpets,’. He is wrong, but as I look down at my jeans I decide this is a battle not worth fighting. I have larger problems at hand. ‘Right, well that’ll be £2.70 please’. As he searches for his money, he continues talking. As customers start to queue, his desire to share is becoming a problem. To intensify my feeling of discomfort he reveals that I’m the the only person he’ll talk to all day and that this’ll be his first bite of the day. Finally, once he pays, I pick up the tray I came to collect and let Miranda take over. I walk speedily to the back, avoiding eye contact with those surprised by my interesting fashion choices. En route, I see the man interrupting a studying student. As I pass, I hear him say him I hear the familiar words, ‘You’re the only person I’ll talk to all day….’. Niamh
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COMMUNITY In community news this month we are pleased to share the latest developments at our local community centre THE NWhub. See the ads on this page and opposite to Monday see daily activities - many of them free of charge or with a Baby and Toddler Toys and Tales very small cover charge.
What's On at the NW7hub & Mill Hill Library
10.15am—11.30am £3.50 per child Term You can use the cafe to work in fortime FREEonly if you buy a coffee
etc. and this is a quiet place with excellent tables - and if you want you can hire a business hub workspace for the Tuesday day or longer in rooms set apart from the public and with Book Club proper desks and chairs and other facilities. Go and have a Free look - it may surprise you that such a facility is available 2.30pm—3.30pm in Mill Hill. New pricing for the business hub is now happenMeets monthly .Contact the Library for future dates ing check the hub space website here :
Wednesday www.nw7hubspace.co.uk Baby Rhyme Time Free THE MILL HILL GUIDE IS 10.45am—11.15am AVAILABLE IN THE CAFE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COPY Term time only
Wednesday Conversation Cafe Free 10am—11.30am Term time only Practice speaking English Wednesday BUSINESS HUB Active Generation ( Over 50’s) 2.15pm—4.15pm FREE to work in the CAFE weekdays Weekly social afternoon featuring scrabble, art and FREE Wifi available£3.00 inc tea and cake guest speakers
( We ask that you buy some coffee etc) DESKS AVAILABLE Various Costs dependent on use
Thursday Over 50’s Coffee Morning Weekly 10am—12noon MEETINGS ROOMS Enjoy a chat over a coffee and biscuit Available for hire for your business meetings LECTURES/CONCERTS/SUB 100 THEATRE/ MUSIC PRODUCTIONS The whole Hub is available to hire with various Where spaces to promote events up to 100 seated for to find us: your music or dramaMill or comedy events Hartley Avenue NW7 2HX Hill Library,
Library: 020 8359 3830 mill.hill.library@barnet.gov.uk
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WEB REVIEW | MEMES Each month we look at different aspects of Games - Videos and much more on the web and cover local music and events with a twist ! This is the fun page for MH Today. Contact via the weblink below. CHANNELS TO LOOK OUT FOR ON YOU TUBE If you like art and drawying then this channel is amazing, Mark Crilley !!
On You Tube there are many Memes which are copied around the channels. One of my favourites is SOMEBODY TOUCHA MA SPAGETT which is a comedy meme and very funny. There are others like DO YOU KNOW THE WAY and so on. Have a look around You Tube. I hope you enjoy this one. It has had over 4 million views in just this version. There are many other versions which have been created as well.
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DROP PINK
Live at the Islington Academy on Friday 2 March Doors 6p.m (10) Our fave Mill Hill band are live in Islington this weekend. We will be there to review and take photo/video. Next month read our exclusive report on the band. Tickets are available now from the Venue Website and on the door.
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FAMILY SEASON Summer and Winter 2018 at Mill Hill Library
Wizard of Oz Theatrical Experience Come join the great & powerful Oz for his interactive magic show!
Halloween Fun Day Fun day of scary face paints, spooky singing and monster mashing! Fairytale Ball Dance the day away with all your favourite fairytale characters!
Christmas Pantomime Brand new professional pantomime!
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WOW FESTIVAL at the SOUTH BANK CENTRE Celebrating Equality
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ARTS PAGES Our very popular ARTS SECTION is undergoing a complete redesign ready for its APRIL relaunch as the London Arts Hub pages based on the popular internet review site which has been running since 2015. In April we will have reviews including the following : ROYAL BALLET Giselle FESTIVAL HALL Organ Festival ROYAL OPERA Carmen ROYAL OPERA House of the Dead ROYAL BALLET Winters Tale ENO La Traviata Gig Reviews from DROP PINK STARSET Plus previews of AIR TRAFFIC at Koko and reviews of hot rock albums including THUNDERMOTHER and much more including Gig Listings and Opera Ballet and Dance DIary. If you want us to cover your event please get in touch.
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BUSINESS EVENT
London Pro Arte Choir
Saturday 24 March 2018 at 7.30pm St Michael’s Church, Flower Lane, Mill Hill NW7 2JA
Dvorak
Mass in D
Poulenc Gloria
Charles Andrews - Organ Tom Winpenny - Conductor Tickets: from Kilworth AudioVisual, 91 The Broadway, NW7 3TG or www.lpac.org.uk or phone 020 8420 7238 £14 in advance or £15 on the door; under 18 years - free
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The Mad Hatter's Tea Party 6th, 7th & 8th April
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Meet Alice and the White Rabbit as they take you on their journey through the library to find the Mad Hatter's tea party. Finish the day with a wonderful show and a yummy slice of cake...if you can find the Mad Hatter that is!
WHAT’S ON local THE BOYFRIEND in APRIL Patrons Performance by MHMTC Mill Hill Music Theatre Company [MHMTC] will be performing a special show THE BOYFRIEND in early 2018 ( See advert on previous page ).
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MONTHLY DATE : First Thursday of month 7.30p.m The Chandos NW9 COMEDY CLUB FREE Laughter and great food. Dont miss ! www.chandosarms.co.uk
DATE 3rd Weds of month 7.45p.m Adam & Eve NW7 COMEDY CLUB £6 Top comedy and extensive food offering. Upstairs at the Adam & Eve presents award-winning comedians delivering a mixture of new material as well as tried and tested bits. 3rd Wednesday of the month Doors Open at 7:45pm Show - 8:00pm to 10:00pm Ticket Price: £ 6.00 (advance) / £7.50 (at the door) www.adamandevemillhill. co.uk
WHAT’S ON West End, South Bank & Herts MARCH
BOOK AHEAD
2018 7.30p.m London Coliseum VARIOUS £12 - £105 now booking for La Traviata, The Barber of Seville and more. Check site www.eno.org
15 JAN - 3 MARCH 7.30p.m ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TOSCA £9 - £195 Great opera with JOSEPH CALLEJA ! www.roh.org.uk
19 JAN - 9 MARCH 7.30p.m ROYAL OPERA HOUSE GISELLE £4 - £115 Stunning ballet with beautiful music, A must see but selling fast. www.roh.org.uk
Visit The South Bank
Travel to Blackfriars Station from Mill Hill Broadway direct. You can walk along the South Bank and within 15 minutes have access to the National Theatre, BFI, The Royal Festival Hall. Further down the road is the Young Vic and Union Theatres. It has great walks and views !
EVENT ORGANISERS or YOU WANT TO SHARE A GREAT EVENT COMING UP SEND US EVENTS TO info@millhillbroadway.co.uk
June/July 2018 7.30p.m Young Vic Theatre The Cut From £10 - £40 FUN HOME The brilliant Broadway hit comes to London www.youngvic.org July 13th -September Various/ Daily ROYAL ALBERT HALL South Kensington Promming £6 Various The World’s cheapest top classical concerts. Book online on the day at 9a.m for £7,25 or join the Q from about 5p.m www.bbc.co.uk/proms
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SPORT
Introducing Mill Hill Village Sports Club
Considering that Mill Hill Village Sports Club have been around for 150 years, it is a little surprising perhaps, that this fantastic little Club is not better known among the Mill Hill community. In part this is due to its secluded location at the end of a country lane, in a really quiet, peaceful and beautiful part of Mill Hill, bordering rural farms and the Totteridge Valley. The location is just beyond Finchley Nurseries Garden Centre at the bottom end of Burtonhole Lane, the top end of which opens up onto the Ridgeway opposite the Adam and Eve Public House and adjacent to the National Institute of Medical Research site. The Club have variously provided facilities for a number of Sports over the year, including Athletics, Hockey and Table Tennis. These days however and for the past 75+ years, the focus has been predominantly on Cricket and Football, whose season’s dovetail nicely, to offer all year round sporting provision for Members and supporters of the Club. Cricket has been the ever present Sport throughout the Club’s history. The first report of a game in the locality in the Hendon Times was in 1876, when the working men of Mill Hill playing the Hendon Institute of Working Men. In those early years Mill Hill Village were always on the move. The first home ground was a field opposite the Adam and Eve Public House. By 1887, the Jubilee Year, the fixture between the President’s XI and the Club was played at Arran Dene the private ground of the then president, Mr J A Johnson. Further moves followed to the “Donkey Field” near Wills Grove, then Hammers Lane, where St Paul’s Vicarage now stands: on to the foot of Holcombe Hill – at the rear of Bentley’s House, opposite The Forge. During 1908 and 1910 a rift in the club caused a parting of the ways and the formation of two Mill Hill cricket clubs. Mill Hill Village CC remained at Holcombe Hill until 1914, whilst Mill Hill CC made their headquarters at Bunns Lane where they remained, until falling out of existence in the early part of this century. Officially renamed Mill Hill Village Cricket Club in 1922, a new ground was found for the club at picturesque Nan Clarke Lane. Here began an era of fine cricket from a great side until the ground was commandeered for military purposes in 1940. During the war years, the Village became a wandering side again before a final move to what has become our permanent home, Burtonhole Lane. There was also another change of name, to Mill Hill Village Cricket and Athletic Club to incorporate the winter activities, football and hockey. In 1968, under the new banner Mill Hill Village Sports Club, came the Centenary celebrations. The 60s, 70s and 80s were very successful years for the Club who punched well above their weight in the local amateur league set ups in both Cricket and Football. Look out for more details about our big Family Fun Day Fete event on Sunday 6th May. It would be wonderful to really engage the Mill Hill community and get a lot of new faces along to our friendly club to enjoy a fabulous day out and see what the Club has to offer. There will be incredible inflatables, thrilling activities, football and cricket based games and competitions, traditional stalls, raffle / silent auction and a diverse range of food and beverages on offer. If you wish to receive more information about this event, or about our 150th Year, or if feel you would like to get involved in helping us, please reach out via our events specific email address : - mhvsc150thanniversary@gmail.com We look forward to welcoming you to Mill Hill Village Sports Club. Your fantastic community Club and an institution rich in history at the heart of Mill Hill.
These days the Club offers opportunities for Children and Adults alike to play our National Winter and Summer Sports. The Junior sections of the Club recruit young Cricketers and youth footballers from Ages 6 and upwards and the multiple Adult teams across both sports, offer a broad range of abilities to enable all participants to get a game. Our Club has made a tremendous contribution to amateur sport in the Borough of Barnet over many long years. Mill Hill Village Sports Club strives to be a fully inclusive club, with broad representation in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and social status. We welcome and are open to everyone seeking to participate in our Youth Cricket, Youth Football, Adult Cricket or Adult Football set ups. We also host Children’s Holiday Camps and a diverse range of Community events. MHVSC have an excellent history of youth development in both cricket and football and many of our players have gone on to play at high levels, with many others moving into our Senior sides to represent the Club with distinction in our various league and cup competitions. We have recently been reaccredited as a Clubmark standard Club. Clubmark is a Sports England licensed accreditation scheme which shows that a club is sustainable, well run and provides the right environment for its members. Clubmark accreditation also means that the club is recognised as a safe, rewarding and fulfilling place for participants of all ages.
150th Anniversary
Mill Hill Village Sports Club are exceptionally proud to be celebrating our 150th Anniversary this year. This is quite a remarkable achievement for a local amateur Sports Club, I am sure you will agree. As a celebration of our 150 years, we are planning a number of key events to raise money, increase awareness of our Club and engage as wide a cross section of the Community as possible. These will include a Family Fun-Day Fete, to be held on Sunday 6th May and a Grand Summer Ball taking place on Saturday 30th June, both to be held at Mill Hill Village Sports Club itself, plus Cricket matches at Lords involving both the Junior and Senior sections of the Club and several other events throughout the year. Our 150th Year Celebrations and fundraising are also taking place in support of our nominated Charity partner, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, who provide support for children and young people with life‐limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families, in North and Central London and Hertsmere. Mill Hill Village Sports Club are delighted to be able to support our Charity partner as they Build the Ark, North and Central London’s only children’s hospice building, to provide more care for more children and their families. The more money we can raise as a Club, in this important year for both us and Noah’s Ark, the more we will be able to contribute to this hugely worthwhile Charity and cause. We are creating a 150th Anniversary Full Colour Souvenir Brochure to celebrate the past, present and future of our wonderful Club. The brochure will enable us to promote the Club, to provide more detail on the 150th celebrations that we have planned and importantly it will provide an excellent vehicle for sponsorship and advertising your business. We are targeting a minimum of 3000 print run, for distribution around Mill Hill and neighbouring North London suburbs and also an extensive online distribution in Adobe interactive format. It will be sent out to members, past and present, to all friends of the Club and to local businesses, cafes, community centres, business hubs and other establishments across the Borough of Barnet and beyond. If you would like be willing to discuss sponsorship in the brochure or any bespoke sponsorship opportunities in support of the Club, please get in touch.
Please get in touch with the Club if you would like to support us in any way, whether that be as a Player, Coach, Official, Supporter or in any other capacity. The best way to do this is by emailing us at millhillvillagesportsclub@yahoo.co.uk Twitter - @MHVCricketClub Or getting in touch via our Websites : -www.millhillvillagecricketclub.co.uk and http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/millhillvillagefc/ Our Cricket section has active Social media platforms, so you can follow, friend and like us at www.facebook.com/millhillvillagecc
SPORT by Hugo Webster
MILL HILL RUGBY CLUB Celebrating 80 Years
It may have been a quieter month for Mill Hill RFC but it’s been an interesting one nonetheless! Unfortunately, both men’s sides have had a lack of fixtures as there have been teams in both leagues dropping out or unable to play. This hasn’t affected out standing in the leagues however and both sides are enjoying time at the top and hope to keep it that way! Along with our strong league positions both sides are also through to the semi-finals their respective cup competitions. To keep the lads in shape we’ve played some friendlies with our teams mixing against good friends Haringey Rhinos, Fullarians RFC, and played our first fixture against Kings-Cross Steelers – a leading club for inclusive rugby. As always Saracens match days have seen fans from near and far passing through our doors and have created a great atmosphere throughout Mill Hill, along with the 6 Nations it’s been buzzing! So, what’s new? Well, in partnership with the Saracens Sport Foundation & Barnet Mencap, Mill Hill RFC run ‘Project Rugby’ – inclusive disability rugby sessions, and on Sunday the 25th February the guys and girls had their first competitive tournament! An early coach set off to premiership side London Irish’s stadium where try’s were scored and fun was had. This is hopefully the first of many and we are committed to continue, without end, running Project Rugby. The BIG announcement: Mill Hill Rugby Club are launching Women’s rugby!!! We are committed to resurrect a Ladies XV here which once upon a time was thriving and won many trophies! This is open to all Women 17+ and of any rugby experience, from none at all to a veteran of the game! Once we have a core group on 6-10 ladies training will start for Thursday nights. We hope to see a full women’s side here soon! If interested simply get in touch over any of the club platforms. Dates for the diary – Unlike other years we are opening our doors to the local community and friends of the club for the end of season bash! We’d love for our friends and neighbours to see what the club is all about. On Saturday May 12th, 7.30 till v late Mill Hill RFC have our End of season and 80th anniversary Dinner. It’ll be held in the Grand Marquee next to the clubhouse. Excellent dinner, copious liquid refreshment, guest speaker, club awards, entertainment galore. The dress will be Posh frocks, Club Blazers and Dinner Jackets. Tickets now on sale, £50 each or £90 a couple. TABLES OF TEN CAN BE RESERVED (if booked before 12th April.) All are welcome to come and join the biggest event of the year to celebrate the 80 years past and the many years ahead. To Reserve & Pay contact: Tim@HBS-MC.COM or text 07941 073 180 or pay over the bar, before the 12th April. This event is open to all members and guests BUT NUMBERS ARE LIMITED TO 180. Hope to see you there!
Did you know?
Mill Hill RFC & Mill Hill Village Cricket Club have traditionally played a football match on the bank holiday after good Friday. The more you know.
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