October 2011

Over 40 organisations took stalls at a special community engagement event in Maybole Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon of last week, October 5. The “marketplace” of stalls, agency representatives and local organisations was arranged by South Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership which includes representatives from South Ayrshire Council, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue as well as other agencies, the voluntary sector and the community. more

Members of Maybole Men’s Health Forum were out and about in the town last week delivering a newsletter to every home. The newsletter contains details of the possibility of local people taking on control of all the leisure facilities in the community and running them for the benefit of the people. The unique project has been named Maybole Pathfinder and could eventually see the townspeople in charge of running the swimming pool, golf course, bowling green, football and rugby pitches, the skateboard park and even the town hall. If successful, the project could be copied in communities throughout Ayrshire and the rest of Scotland. more

An Ayrshire woman is the only Scottish volunteer of a national charity, flying out this weekend to East Africa. Becky Fleming, of Maybole, is flying out this Saturday, October 29 to Ethiopia with five other UK Save the Children volunteers. Before she left Becky launched an appeal for hats to help keep newborn babies, who have no special care facilities, survive by being cradled, naked but for the hats, next to their mother’s bodies. She now has more than 200 to take with her. Becky said:" I am absolutely thrilled by the response and just wanted to say thank you to knitters for their kindness and hard-work. more

When the Russian choir ‘Voskresenije’ put on a concert last year at Girvan Methodist Church, they were welcomed by a packed church and an enthusiastic hope that they would come back next year. Well, they are, and the programme will also include Maybole this time. Sponsored by the South Ayrshire Team of the Scottish Episcopal Church, they will put on a concert on Wednesday 26^th October 7.30pm at St Oswald’s, Cargill Road, Maybole, and on Friday 28^th October 7.30pm at Girvan Methodist Church (St John’s Episcopal). more

Carrick Colts under 16 team took the pitch last weekend wearing a brand new strip. This has been donated by KeyStore and the boys are grateful to Ian Urquart for his help to their team. Photo shows the team with coaches Rod Malone (right) and David McCartney (left).

Carrick Rugby Club had a Sponsors Day last Saturday prior to their game against Loch Lomond. The club would like to thank the following: Robertson and Orr, Veterinary Surgeons, for training tops SAS International for hoodies Ayr India for shorts Scotmin Nutrition for dress shirts Jamieson Plant Hire and Agri-tech Global Technologies Ltd for the new strips.

Carrick's S1/S2 started their season off on a high with a 36-0 home win against Irvine. The game could not have started better with "Man of the match" No. 8 Blair Waugh scoring after just 32 seconds. Carrick pushed forward with 2 further tries from Blair Waugh, as well as scores from Captain David Gregor, scrum half Nathan White and the excellent centre Bobby Clark. Stand off Liam Wyllie hit 3 conversions to round off a solid performance. Although a new side, all the boys worked well together, and look forward to a home game against Cumbernauld next Sunday kick off 2:00pm.

Maybole Ladies Golf Club held its annual presentation dinner at Souter Johnnie’s, Kirkoswald, recently. The prizes presented by Ladies captain Stella Boyd (right in photo 1)
Ladies club champion 2011 Cath Ramsey (left in photo 2) Bronze club champion Ali Roy (right in photo 2) Photo 3 shows Jean Boyd, 94 years old, saying Grace. The "golden girls" are the club’s social club members who meet up on a Monday afternoon in the clubhouse for tea, coffee and a game of bridge.

Maybole Bowling Club held their annual Presentation Dance last Friday October 14. President Mrs Sarah Chapman presented the prizes. Prizewinners were

Maybole Bowling Club winners

Earlier this year, Connor Inglis was presented with Gardenrose Primary School’s first ever Jean Falconer Award for Citizenship. Due to circumstances, the school was unable to get a photograph of the presentation and this was arranged last week. Head Teacher, Mrs Mary Scott said, “In June this year, it was my real privilege and honour to present Connor Inglis, then Primary 7 pupil of Gardenrose Primary School, with the school’s first ever Jean Falconer Award for Citizenship. L-R Mrs Scott, head teacher Connor Mum Julie Mrs Gaenor Hardy, depute head teacher and Connor’s P7 teacher. more

Substance Abuse Awareness Day – Carrick Academy/Carrick Crime Prevention Panel All S3 pupils benefitted from attending a series of interactive workshops to allow them to make informed life choices in the years to come. Pupils attended workshops run by Strathclyde Police, British Transport Police, Fresh Airshire, Zero Tolerance, Knife City, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue. The interactive workshops were well received by pupils and the event highlights the importance of the school working with community partners. Alex Kelly Chair Carrick Crime Prevention Panel said these events are aimed at giving the pupils the information to allow them to make the right choices as they go through life.

Gardenrose Primary: Jackie Boughen our devoted lollipop lady has retired this week after 17 years, we gave her a send off yesterday at our whole school harvest assembly. The JRSO (Junior Road Safety Officers) Abbie Valdrighi, Kacey Powell and Jack McCormick presented Jackie with a keepsake book which the children had made for her. more



PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF SAINT CUTHBERT’S PRIMARY SCHOOL WERE INVITED BY THE PUPILS TO VISIT THE SCHOOL FOR A CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE SHOWCASE EVENT. THE PUPILS BECAME LEADERS OF LEARNING FOR THE NIGHT AND PARENTS JOINED IN A VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR CHILDREN WHICH DEMONSTRATED WHAT THE PUPILS HAD BEEN LEARNING AND HOPEFULLY HELPED THE MUMS AND DADS UNDERSTAND HOW THE STAFF TEAM ARE IMPLEMENTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEW SCOTTISH CURRICULUM . THE NIGHT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND ENJOYED BY ALL.


	To raise awareness of World Sight Day, Gardenrose Primary School held a Dotty Day/ Pupils and staff wore ‘dotty’ costumes, there were ‘dotty’ discos and ‘dotty’ activities. Two Guide Dogs for the Blind, Coco and Inca visited with their trainers. The event was planned and delivered by the Gardenrose Inclusion Squad (The G.I.s) and the School Pupil Council who worked really hard to present a fun and stimulating event. £280.25 was raised some of which will go to the RNIB and to the Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Pupils at Saint Cuthbert’s Primary School hosted their own World Porridge Day last week in support of Mary’s Meals. This charity works in 16 of the poorest countries in the world providing daily school meals for over 500,000 hungry children and has one simple aim - to provide a daily meal in a place of education so chronically poor children are attracted to the classroom where they can gain a basic education that can provide an escape route from poverty. World Porridge Day aims to raise awareness of the role that porridge plays at Mary’s Meals projects in Malawi, where it provides children with the nutrition they need to grow, play and also learn with the aim that education will help them escape from a life of poverty. It is a simple and cost effective idea – it costs just £6.15 to feed a child in Malawi for a year. Mrs Gemma Rooney, head teacher at St Cuthbert’s Primary, said, “In Malawi, projects are run where a daily mug of maize-based ‘likuni phala’ is an incentive for children to go to school. Looks like it’s popular in our school as well.” Mary's Meals now helps feed children in Albania, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Malawi, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Liberia, Zambia, Haiti, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Burma and Thailand. Their awareness and fundraising efforts include the Backpack Project and World Porridge Day.


		(Photo at left.) As part of their science topic, Cairn Primary’s P1 class made space-buggies to take them to Planet Opposite. The topic focuses around a wee Alien visitor who wants to go back to Planet Opposite and the children are helping him! The lesson is all about “opposites” and the children are learning through imaginary play. The space ships were amazing! The rest of the stories

Photos below from the Hallowe’en night at Carrick Sports Club

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Over 40 organisations took stalls at a special community engagement event in Maybole Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon of last week, October 5. The “marketplace” of stalls, agency representatives and local organisations was arranged by South Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership which includes representatives from South Ayrshire Council, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue as well as other agencies, the voluntary sector and the community.

The event was part of a pilot project in a new approach to community engagement with the intention of giving local people in Carrick the chance to find out what the Partnership is doing in the area, to celebrate the achievements of local communities and highlight issues for the partnership and community to address. In the evening, Councillor Bill McIntosh, Leader of South Ayrshire Council, hosted group discussions and a question and answer session.

David Kiltie, chairman of Maybole Community Council and the community representative for Carrick on the Community Planning Partnership had urged everyone in the town and surrounding villages to attend. “The turnout this afternoon,” he commented, “was relatively low with the dreadful weather a contributory factor, no doubt. However, all the projects reported a good level of interest and there were around 1,750 responses to the survey carried out by Carrick Community Councils’ Forum using leaflets, and the new media of Facebook and Twitter.

“This survey highlighted six key issues throughout Carrick - improving access to affordable housing, developing employment and wealth via tourism, improving opportunities for business start-up and job creation, getting communities involved with planning and working towards their futures, making sure everyone has access to services and local facilities, and providing reasons for young people to want to stay in Carrick.”

Afterwards, Peter Mason, chair of Carrick Community Councils’ Forum, said, “As this was a pilot scheme we made few mistakes, but on the whole it was a very successful afternoon and evening. “It’s just a shame that more people didn’t take the opportunity to express their views on what the future of South Ayrshire should be as there were heads of service, the Leader of the council and the Chief Executive in attendance. “In the afternoon there were various stalls from the Fire Dept, debt counselling, plus Care and Repair where pensioners can have simple jobs done in their homes at no cost to themselves. “The community lost out on a golden opportunity to take full advantage of these excellent resources, and at night missed the opportunity to put their point of view over to South Ayrshire Council on what the community’s priorities are. “I would like to thank the Council, the Leader, the Chief Executive and every SAC employee who attended for their help and assistance.”

Councillor Brian Connolly, who chairs the Council’s scrutiny panel which oversees the community engagement project, commented, “Although a pilot, tonight showed the constructive relationship between Maybole and its community partners and we will continue to work together for the good of town."

Councillor Leader Bill McIntosh, Chair of South Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership, said: "We wanted to make sure that local people had the chance to have their say on the topics that relate to our Partnership working, and highlight where we’re getting it right as well as where we could do better.

"Events such as these, which involve representatives from right across the Partnership, give us the chance to highlight the extensive joint working that takes place on a daily basis as well as recognise the input and involvement of the communities themselves.. "I’m looking forward to hearing the details of what the discussions tonight have given us.”

Members of Maybole Men’s Health Forum were out and about in the town last week delivering a newsletter to every home. The newsletter contains details of the possibility of local people taking on control of all the leisure facilities in the community and running them for the benefit of the people. The unique project has been named Maybole Pathfinder and could eventually see the townspeople in charge of running the swimming pool, golf course, bowling green, football and rugby pitches, the skateboard park and even the town hall. If successful, the project could be copied in communities throughout Ayrshire and the rest of Scotland.

The facilities are currently owned and run by South Ayrshire Council, but the Pathfinder project could see these transferred to some sort of community trust, to be managed and run by local people. Over the past 18 months, a steering group has been talking to more than 30 community groups in the town to discuss their ideas for the future and to listen to their thoughts. David Kiltie, chairman of the steering group, explained: “The overwhelming majority of the groups we spoke to indicated their strong support for the plans and encouraged us to continue our work to prepare a business plan and come up with detailed proposals.” Following approval of funding by South Ayrshire Council and Ayrshire LEADER Local Action Group (LAG), the steering group are now set to begin the next phase of the journey. David said: “Politicians are forever talking about local people “owning” their communities.

Pathfinder could eventually make that vision a reality. “Taking on responsibility for all the facilities in the town would present the people of Maybole with a unique opportunity to show the rest of Scotland that with enthusiasm, energy and good business sense a small community really can revive its fortunes. “After all, we are the people who live and work here and who have pride in Maybole. Who better to ensure that the local facilities are well managed, well used and developed for future generations?“

Earlier this year, Connor Inglis was presented with Gardenrose Primary School’s first ever Jean Falconer Award for Citizenship. Due to circumstances, the school was unable to get a photograph of the presentation and this was arranged last week. Head Teacher, Mrs Mary Scott said, “In June this year, it was my real privilege and honour to present Connor Inglis, then Primary 7 pupil of Gardenrose Primary School, with the school’s first ever Jean Falconer Award for Citizenship.

“In his Primary 7 year, Connor demonstrated the most incredible strength of character and bravery to staff and pupils alike, at a time when his mum, dad and younger sister had all been in a very serious road accident. “His quiet determination to support his whole family, including his younger brother and grandparents through this very difficult time, was truly remarkable. Connor has shown us all tremendous resilience for a boy of his age. He is a talented artist, and even during his days in school at that time, he somehow managed to focus on his work to produce great results.

Connor was presented with the award at the Primary 7 Leavers Assembly in June 2011 to an overwhelming show of support from fellow pupils, parents and staff from across the school.” Connor now attends Carrick Academy.

Gardenrose Primary: Jackie Boughen our devoted lollipop lady has retired this week after 17 years, we gave her a send off yesterday at our whole school harvest assembly. The JRSO (Junior Road Safety Officers) Abbie Valdrighi , Kacey Powell and Jack McCormick presented Jackie with a keepsake book which the children had made for her. Jackie also received flowers and a gift from Mrs Scott and the Parent Council. Jackie, who brought her mother with her, Mrs Todd who was the first lollipop lady in South West Scotland and did her job for 18 years. The children, parents and staff will miss Jackie. We wish her a long and happy retirement.

Carrick travelled to Millbrae on Saturday as league leaders in a top of the table clash against Millbrae who were sitting second. Millbrae dominated in the early exchanges with Carrick under pressure on their own try line for the first 10 minutes. Carrick then rallied, dominating for much of the rest of the first half putting the first points on the board with a Willie Wyllie try which was converted by his son Connor who was playing at fly half. The tables started to turn in Millbrae's favour late in the first half as a stronger more experienced pack started to dominate up front leading to an unconverted try and penalty to make the half time score 8-7 in favour of the home side. In the second half Millbrae started strongly scoring a converted try on the 45 minute mark, and from this point Carrick struggled to get our their own half against the Millbrae side who managed the wind well to their advantage turning over ball and kicking carrick back into the corner. The match finished 18-7 to Millbrae who stay in second place in the league whilst Carrick slip to third. Next week carrick have a friendly against renfrew before a return to competitive action against at home to McLaren on the 5th november. 2pm kick off.

1. As part of their science topic, Cairn Primary’s P1 class made space-buggies to take them to Planet Opposite.
The topic focuses around a wee Alien visitor who wants to go back to Planet Opposite and the children are helping him! The lesson is all about “opposites” and the children are learning through imaginary play. The space ships were amazing!

2. What Can We Say – THANK YOU!

Cairn’s P4/5 pupils and class teacher, Mrs Tomlinson worked hard preparing for their McMillan Coffee Morning recently. Their efforts were rewarded when the class raised a whopping £547 for this worthy charity. Well done boys and girls, and to Mrs Tomlinson’s group of faithful pancake making friends. A special thanks to Mrs McKissock of Maybole who made the fabulous “Sprinkles” cake for the sprinkles competition and all the parents and friends of Cairn who donated home baking.

3 Lots and lots of Denim and wild and wonderful hair!

Well done to Cairn Primary’s P6/7 class and Mrs McKenzie for organising the Jeans for Genes fundraiser assembly recently. Pupils enjoyed various fun and games throughout the day. Many thanks to pupils and parents for their donations and for making it such a great day. We hope everyone managed to get the hair tugs out!!

4. E is for Ecology

Cairn Primary Pupils were delighted to have a visit from Dr Davy McCracken, a Reader in Agricultural Ecology at Auchincruive. He told the children all about what ecologists do, and why Ecology and Science is important. Primary 2-3, pictured here, loved asking lots of sensible questions, about leather jackets in the grass and what hunts for them, and looking at the amazing bugs from Scotland and from around the world, that he had brought with him. Many thanks for coming along Dr McCracken.

5. Hay-Ho!

Cairn’s P3/4 class led the school’s Harvest Assembly last week with a fine harvest poem. Pupils dressed up in their farming gear and entertained both pupils and parents with a very enjoyable performance to end the school term. Many thanks to Merklands Seeds for the loan of the bale of hay – it definitely added to the harvest atmosphere!

When the Russian choir ‘Voskresenije’ put on a concert last year at Girvan Methodist Church, they were welcomed by a packed church and an enthusiastic hope that they would come back next year. Well, they are, and the programme will also include Maybole this time. Sponsored by the South Ayrshire Team of the Scottish Episcopal Church, they will put on a concert on Wednesday 26th October 7.30pm at St Oswald’s, Cargill Road, Maybole, and on Friday 28th October 7.30pm at Girvan Methodist Church (St John’s Episcopal).

The small choir of eight singers with their conductor Jurij Maruk are from St. Petersburg in Russia. The Carrick events are part of a UK tour. All members of the choir are professional singers, trained at the St Petersburg Conservatory of Music. The concert will be in two parts: the first half will concentrate on sacred music from the Russian Orthodox tradition, mainly by Rachmaninov. This will be a spectacular sound, the harmonies of which are unique to Russian music. The second half will be Russian folk songs, which will allow each of the performers to provide a solo, ranging from soprano to basso-profundo, where Anatoly Artamonov will display an extraordinary range of bass notes that few even in the world of Russian choral music can attain.

Two years ago the choir visited Culzean Castle whilst they were in the local area and gave an impromptu performance on the oval staircase. This resulted in an instant booking to include Culzean in their 2010 tour. The area around Girvan has links with Russia. In 1920 the cruiser ‘Varyag’ which fought in the Russian-Japanese war in 1904 hit the rocks off Lendalfoot where it sank. Now the wreckage lies beneath the sea. For years Russian divers have been trying to salvage parts of it but they say very little remains. But what has been salvaged is on display in Russia.

In 2007, a memorial was unveiled at Lendalfoot in a ceremony attended by senior Russian politicians, navy officers and veterans. The locals are proud of their Russian connection. “It’s a symbol now to the people of this area of what is Russia and of those who fought in the 1904 war,” said Provost Winifred Sloan at the unveiling. The concerts begins at 7.30pm with a 20 minute interval during which refreshments will be served. Tickets are £5 payable at the door.

Maybole Memorial Park Bowling Club 2011

Gents championship A. Kelly r/u C. Smylie

Archie Kidd singles S. Coughtrie r/u L. McMillan

Drawn pairs I. Paterson, A. Kelly r/u C. McArthur, D. Shaw

Nom pairs N. Macintyre, P. Skilling r/u P. McArthur, S. Carlyle

Nom triples D. McMasters, W. Sloan, G. Hodge r/u P. McArthur, C. McArthur, s Carlyle

Nom rinks P. McArthur, C. McArthur, S. Carlyle, A. Kelly

R/u I. Pateron, A. Wallace, W. Wallace, D. Wallace

Gents league A. Wallace r/u G. Hodge

Ladies championship J. Kincaid r/u M. Hodge

Julie trophy J. Kincaid r/u W McCulloch

Nan McDonald trophy W. McCulloch r/u J. Kincaid

Nom pairs J. Kincaid, H. Hunter r/u W McCulloch, R.McCulloch

Nom triples W. McCulloch, M. Hutton, E. Carlyle

R/u F. Henderson, A. Macintyre, M. Hodge

Millennium cup nom rinks F. Henderson, A. Macintyre, M. Hutton, M. Hodge

R/u J. Paterson, N. Garrett, H. Hunter, B. Park

Ladies league A. Macintyre r/u M. Hutton

Senior championship N. Macintyre r/u I. Paterson

Junior championship C. Smylie r/u C McArthur

Grace Kidd nom mix pairs J. Kincaid, I. Paterson r/u Ryan McCulloch, S. McClure

Bonnie trophy F. Henderson, D, Wallace r/u S. Carlyle, E. Carlyle

Tom Henderson trophy N. Macintyre, A. Macintyre r/u I. Paterson, G. Wallace

Two bowls pairs J. Kincaid, D. Gray r/u R. Ferrol, Ryan McCulloch

Provost shield C. Smylie, A. Wallace r/u S. Tabor, M. Hodge

McKissock rose bowl D. McMaster, A. Kelly, A. Wallace

R/u W. Sloan,S. Coughtrie, M. Hutton

John Jamieson singles L. McMillan r/u K. Mackin

Clark Stevens singles J. Kincaid r/u I. Paterson

Crawford salver M. Hutton, C. Smylie r/u W. McCulloch, Ross McCulloch

Novice cup E. Carlyle r/u J. Bell

Peggy Kelly handicap C. McArthur r/u P. Skilling

Ladywell trophy L. Millian r/u C. McArthur

Junior pairs under 16 G. Wallace, B. McCartney r/u A. Wallace, D. Gray

Junior league under 14 O. Grant r/u J. Bell

Junior league under 16 S. McClure

Junior adult D. Bell, J. Bell r/u A. Wallace, I. Paterson

Ladies day presidents trophy S. McClure, M. Hodge r/u J. Kincaid, J. Kelly

Maybole Bowling Club held their annual Presentation Dance last Friday October 14.

President Mrs Sarah Chapman presented the prizes.

Prizewinners were:

Gents

Club Champion (Wm Gray Trophy) Lee McCulloch r/u Andy Clark

President’s Cup Lee McCulloch r/u Eddie Campbell

Vice President’s Cup William Kennedy r/u Lee McCulloch

Senior Trophy William Kennedy r/u William Young

Matthew Reid Pairs Hugh Paterson & William Young r/u William Grant & Peter Ogg

SBA Triples (Robert Turner Trophy) Lee McCulloch, Andy Clark & Ronnie Wilson

r/u William Kennedy, William Grant & William Young

SBA Pairs (John Conkie Memorial Cup) Hugh Paterson & Alex Wotherspoon

r/u William Grant & Peter Ogg

Mixed

Nominated Mixed Pairs (SBA) (Shield) Avril Reid & Lee McCulloch

r/u Anne Walker & Derek Walker

Mixed Two Bowl Pairs (Hannah trophy) Sarah Chapman &William Young

r/u Sandra Clark and William Johnstone

Mixed Pairs (William Reid Memorial Cup) Anne Walker & William Grant

r/u Bette Coulter & Eddie campbell

Mixed Triples Rebecca Dewar, Bette Coulter & William J Grant

r/u Helen Sloan, Frank Potter & Avril Reid

Peter McEwan Shield Avril Reid, Sarah Chapman & Geoff Smith

r/u Isobel Johnstone, Irene Wilson & Peter Ogg

Peggy Kilpatrick Trophy (Senior nominated mixed pairs) Sheena Brown & William Young

Avril Reid & Alex Davidson

Tom Hind Memorial Cup Eddie Campbell r/u Anne Walker

The William Bulloch Trophy (Mixed singles) Sandra Clark r/u William Young

Marble Bowl William J Grant r/u Anne Walker

Memorial Park Cup (Mixed singles) William Young r/u Alex Davidson

Ladies

Club Champion (Ericson Rose Bowl) Avril Reid r/u Helen Sloan

President’s Cup Pat Webster r/u Sandra Clark

Vice President’s Cup Sandra Clark r/u Bette Coulter

Novice Elsie Hoggitt

Ladies Pairs (Flora Conkie Trophy) Sheena Crawford & Avril Reid

r/u Sandra Clark & Anne walker

Senior Ladies Pairs (Rose Bowl) sarah Chapman & Elsie Hoggitt

r/u Betty Hannah & Helen Sloan