September 2011

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In July, Alex Gemmell headed off on his latest charity walk and last week he handed a cheque for £2,500 to The Prostate Cancer Charity Scotland. This year Alex decided to walk the Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail, the long-distance footpath that runs through the World Heritage Site and is 84 miles long. Receiving the cheque, Peter Robinson, who is a volunteer with the charity, thanked Alex and all his sponsors for the fantastic donation. He had a message from Ann Fergusson, Head of Operations, which read, “We are extremely grateful to Alex for his fundraising endeavours and to the generosity of his family and friends in contributing to such an impressive sum. “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in Scotland, and I can assure Alex – and all those who so generously sponsored him – that the cash will be put to good use in helping men and their families whose lives have been affected by the disease.” more

Andy Collins, right from Maybole, Scott Stirrat, centre from Patna, and Tony Berretti, left from Ayr, completed a "Highland Fling" bungee jump on Saturday September 24 to raise funds for Ayrshire Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The boys plummeted 40 metres from Garry Bridge in Perthshire and have raised over £1,000 for the charity. Well done boys!

Maybole Men’s Health Forum Members in Great Scottish Run Tam Cuthill and Martin Burns completed the Great Scottish Run last week, Tam in just under 2 hours and Martin in just over 2 hours. They have to date raised over £600 for Children of Malawi and there is more money to come in! Both attend weekly training with Maybole Men’s Health Forum on Thursdays between 7.30 and 8.30 at the gym at Carrick Academy. Members are ‘honed’ by a professional trainer and each works at his own level within the group. Sessions are £2 with the first being free so why not go along and join them?

Congratulations to Walter and Eileen McKenna (left) who celebrate their Golden Wedding recently. They were married on 23rd September 1961 in St John’s RC Church Portugal Street, Glasgow. Congratulations to Sadie and Archie Scobie (right) who celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on the 23 September also.

Maybole Memorial Park Bowling Club Some of the young members who took part in their competiton on Sunday August 28. The club would like to thank their sponsors once again for making this possible. They were... Lilian and Tom McMillan of .L&T DECOR ( the wallpaper shop) Dalblair Road Ayr and John Jamieson of JAMIESON PLANT HIRE MAYBOLE The winners (holding the large trophy) were .......BEN McCARTNEY and GEORGIA WALLACE and the runners up (on either side) were.............DANIEL GRAY and ANDREW WALLACE Thank you to all juniors and parents who attended.

Fitness expert to STV’s ‘The Hour’ show turns up the heat at Carrick Academy. The girl’s football team at Carrick Academy were put through their paces on Monday 26th September.
Stella Bartram, fitness expert to Scottish Television’s ‘The Hour’ show, took the girls for a 1 hour fitness session which was organised by one of their coaches, Mrs Wrightson. This session tested their physical fitness and was a challenge to say the least. The girls really enjoyed the experience and would like to thank Stella for her time and effort. Let’s hope that the session pays off in the upcoming games. Some photos from the fitness session with Stella Bartram. 1 All the girls are pictured here. 2 Left – Right Eilidh Thomson, Georgina Wallace, Shelby Harkness, Sarah Marshall 3 Left – right Kate Flemming, Jessica Sloan, Laura McGill, Lauren Smith 4 All the girls 5 Helen McNair and Jessica sloan 6 Eilidh Thomson & Georgina Wallace 7 Shelby Harkness and Laura McGill versus Lauren Smith and Brogan Milligan.

Pupils at Cairn Primary celebrated the European Day of Language recently by having a special assembly and activities organised by the P7 class. As you will see from the photographs, everyone got involved in events like “Walking the Bottle Walk”, the waiter challenge; Bee Bots go to France and outdoor games such as Boules. In ICT, pupils made Bonne Anniversaire cards and everyone enjoyed quizzes and games using lots of foreign language skills. Our budding Seurat’s (French artist) had fun painting in the style of pointillism and some fantastic pictures were produced by each class. Pupils came to school dressed in the costume or colours of European countries and thanks go to all the parents who helped with the dressing up. The P7 pupils are to be congratulated too as they really put in the effort on the day and everyone had a great time.

The P2/3 class at Cairn Primary School are learning about Owls, birds of prey and nocturnal creatures through reading the “Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark”. They are loving it already! As you can see from the photograph, pupils made fantastic Tawny owls from paper plates and are busy working on lots of other exciting activities too. The class hope to have a visit from real live owls soon – they just can’t wait!


Cairn Primary’s P5/6 class are “Raising the Titanic”. Pupils are working together to build a full 3D wall display which you can see in the photograph. The class are investigating the sinking of the ship and each pupil is writing a biography of a passenger whom they have researched. We will be having an open evening in October to show off our work to parents, friends and family.


	Cairn Primary’s kitchen staff got into the spirit of Gold Cup weekend this week as they got out their race-day fancy hats and frocks before serving up the order of the day – roast beef and Yorkshire pudding followed by apple pie and cream. Many thanks ladies from all the pupils and staff at Cairn for a great “Race Weekend” lunch!		“Cairn’s P4/5 class enjoy rugby skills with rugby coach Michael Kirk.

Pupils at Gardenrose Primary helped to raise funds for their school whilst getting fit and having fun during an Olympic Marafun Event. All pupils from Nursery to P7 ran laps of the school supported by parents, grandparents, families and school staff. During the day P7 pupils, led by Jill Tomlinson, Active Schools Co-ordinator, organised and ran fitness sessions in the school hall as part of a Young Leaders Award they are currently completing. Gardenrose Primary School would like to thank parents and the local community for their support and generosity. Last photo above has head teacher Mrs Scott at extreme left cheering on the runners.

Carrick Academy Home Economics Department and PE Departments were fortunate to have a visit from the Navy Chefs and PT Instructors on Thursday 12th September. The pupils in Home Economics enjoyed cooking a special Chicken Curry dish with the addition of a secret ingredient – a Bounty bar ! And some remembered the tips and tricks of the trade from the last Navy visit! PT instructors put pupils through their paces in the PE department and every pupils enjoyed the experience. Mrs Wilson PT HE said that pupils and staff all very much enjoyed the visit and hope that the team are able to come back and work with them sometime soon.

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Receiving the cheque, Peter Robinson, who is a volunteer with the charity, thanked Alex and all his sponsors for the fantastic donation. He had a message from Ann Fergusson, Head of Operations, which read, “We are extremely grateful to Alex for his fundraising endeavours and to the generosity of his family and friends in contributing to such an impressive sum. “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in Scotland, and I can assure Alex – and all those who so generously sponsored him – that the cash will be put to good use in helping men and their families whose lives have been affected by the disease.”

Anyone who is concerned about prostate cancer can call the charity’s free and confidential helpline on 0800 074 8383. The helpline is staffed by specialist nurses and is open from 10am to 4pm Mondays to Fridays and from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesdays as well. Or log on to the web site www.prostate-cancer.org.uk. Alex, who chose the charity because his brother James has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, would like to thank all his sponsors with special mention of those from the Northumberland Hussars, Old Comrades Association and everyone from Maybole who donated. Gift Aid will add significantly to the total but he is unable to say by how much.

Maybole & Girvan Action Medical Research Committee held their annual Ladies Lunch in Maybole Town Hall on Saturday 3rd September 2011. The event was attended by 140 ladies who enjoyed a two course buffet lunch, wine, tea and coffee which was provided by the Committee. The committee are extremely grateful to the stallholders who came along on the day to showcase their products; Marion Murphy from Usborne Children's Books, Janice McJannet with Avon Cosmetics, Jennifer Stevenson with homemade gift tags and Audrey Dunlop from Bagpuss Handbags and Fashion. Jo Larcombe from Flowers@7 demonstrated how she created her wonderful floral displays using exotic flowers, one arrangement was donated to the raffle whilst the other two arrangments were sold by Silent Auction. The Ladies Lunch this year raised a total of £2,400 and the Committee wish to thank everyone for their continued support. Next year the Ladies Lunch will be held in the Brig o'Doon House Hotel, Alloway on Sunday 2nd September 2011.

Lodge St John Maybole No. 11 enjoyed a double celebration recently. A large number of visiting brethren attended the lodge to witness Past Master Peter Ogg receive a certificate marking fifty years of service to his mother lodge. P.M. Ogg joined No. 11 in September 1961, and was elected Right Worshipful Master in 1990. Peter is very well known throughout the Province of Ayrshire. He is an honorary member of Lodge Royal Arch 198, Girvan St John 237, Fergusson St James 566, Wallace St Hugh 1212 and Coila St Andrew 1334. P.M. Ogg received his certificate from the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire, Brother Archie Chalmers. At the same meeting, RWM Hugh Mundell presented RWPGM Brother Archie Chalmers with honorary membership of Maybole St john No. 11. Honorary membership of No. 11 is rarely conferred and Brother Archie becomes only the 31st honorary member in 286 years of recorded history. Photo show left to right Archie Chalmers, Peter Ogg, Hugh Mundell

Congratulations to Isobel and Billy Johnstone, of Maybole, who celebrated their Golden Wedding recently. The happy couple were married by Rev Stuart Goudie on 22nd September 1961 in the West Parish Church, or Glen Kirk as many knew it. The well-known couple marked the occasion with a party in the Town Hall with family and their many friends. For those interested in history 1961 was quite a year! John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the US, succeeding Dwight Eisenhower who was a Freeman of the Burgh of Maybole; The Beatles performed for the first time at the Cavern Club; the Peace Corps was created in America; the first US Polaris submarines arrived at Holy Loch; black and white £5 notes ceased to be legal tender in the UK; Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space; the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba failed; the American civil rights movement’s Freedom Riders were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus; President Kennedy announced his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade; Diana, Princess of Wales was born; the Vietnam War officially began, and "Barbie" got a boyfriend when the "Ken" doll was introduced.

Scott Nelson, S3 pupil at Carrick Academy, was presented with the Jean Falconer Award for Citizenship by Keith Webster, Head Teacher, last week. The Award, which was previously awarded for literary achievement, will now be presented on an annual basis to a pupil of the school who demonstrates outstanding commitment to the school community. Mr Webster said, “Scott is a worthy first winner of the new award which recognises the work he has done to support the school rugby section and also his contribution to making the school environment more pleasant for staff and pupils. “Scott not only goes ‘the extra mile’ to support others and improve the school, he also goes about his business with a very pleasant and helpful manner and uses his initiative to identify tasks that require to be done rather than waiting to be instructed.” Scott’s parents, Tracey and Alex, and his Guidance teacher, Janet McKnight, were present to see him receive his award.

“The Cairn Fling!” As part of Cairn’s Health and Wellbeing Programme which encourages pupils to lead active and healthy lives, pupils took part in Highland Dancing sessions recently. Everyone learned how to have fun while keeping fit and, at the same time, got a wee taste of traditional Scottish dance. A big thank you to Eilidh McMillan from Aileen Robertson’s Highland Dance School who so enthusiastically got the children jigging to the beat. A big thank you must also go to Event Scotland/South Ayrshire who funded the dance sessions. From P 1 to P 7, the children had a fantastic time.

Pupils in Gardenrose Primary 5, as part of their Charlie and the Chocolate Factory topic, organised this year’s Roald Dahl Day on Tuesday September 13. This is celebrated every year on Roald Dahl’s birthday. P5 decided that every child from P1-P7 should dress up as a character from one of Roald Dahl’s books. Each class voted for a winner and they were awarded a Best Dressed certificate. Classes also took part in activities based on the different books. These included making masks, writing letters to characters, making puppets, reading some of the stories and watching some of the films. It was a fun day and all pupils enjoyed guessing who everyone was dressed up as, including some of the teachers!

Carrick visited Birkmyre for the first game of the league season on Saturday. The first half was a scrappy affair with both sides struggling to turn possession and territory into points. Carrick missed an early penalty attempt at the posts with Birkmyre scoring two in return to finish the first half at 6-0. The second half started well for Carrick with Connor Wyllie turning defence into attack with an interception deep inside the Carrick half and outpacing the Birkmyre defence to run in a superb try. Carrick continued to dominate from this point with Aiden McCartney threatening to score down the left wing and eventually going over the line to score a try on his debut for the senior side which Euan McGregor converted. Another try was added late on by Grant Alexander to make the final score 27-6 to Carrick who now sit 5th in the West 3 league table after the first round of matches. Squad:- Stuart Birnie; Connor Wyllie, Ewan Alexander; Ross Knight; Jonny Evans; Euan McGregor; Grant Ward; William Wyllie; Grant Alexander; Robert Sykes; Michael Paton; Michael Eaglesham; Ewan McKay; Chris Reid; Scott Alexander. Subs: Aiden McCartney; Euan Parker; Simon McGregor. This coming week Carrick play at home to Mull with the kick off at 3pm..