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Buckden Roundabout
March 2020
Village News
Buckden Junior Football Club
February has been a better month for
our players and coaches, with many
teams being able to get out and play,
but with some having a short mid-
winter break for half term, they will all
be looking forward to getting going
again in March.
We are delighted to announce that the
club has again been granted its FA Charter Standard award
for2020. We are very proud of our status and will continue to
be so for yet another year.
BJFC Club Merchandise
Don’t forget you can still purchase brand new BJFC merchan-
dise.
Woolly Hats
£6
Snoods
£6.50
Travel Mugs
£5.99
A reduction of 50p per drink purchased from the tea bar will
be made when using one of our travel mugs.
Merchandise is available to purchase from our tea bar every
Saturday or by speaking to a member of our committee or
team managers.
Club Shop – now live!
As well as the merchandise mentioned above, we now have an
online club shop as well. Scarves, gloves, jumpers and coats
can all be purchased online – visit
www.chromasport.co.uk/
shop/buckden-juniors-fc
to order.
Dribblers and Development sessions
Our Dribblers sessions are now split into two - older dribblers
(school year 1) on a Saturday 9am – 10am and our younger
dribblers (age 3 and above) now on a Sunday at the same time.
Our Development Sessions run on a Sunday from 9am – 10am.
The aim of these sessions is to give children aged U7-U10
(school years 2-5) a chance to learn the skills they need to as-
sist them in the future with finding a team – please contact us
for more details.
Tea Bar
Don’t forget our tea bar runs every Saturday – hot and cold
drinks, bacon and sausage rolls from 9am each week.
For more information on the club, joining a team or the com-
mittee please contact our Chairman Michael Lander via
bjfc-
chairman@hotmail.com
.
For more information on the club, joining a team or the com-
mittee please contact our Chairman Michael Lander via
bjfc-
chairman@hotmail.com
.
Sunday 12
th
July – Kimbolton Country Fayre & Classic Car
Show
A spectacular family event. This year including the Imps Mo-
torcycle Display Team and the Welsh Axemen Lumberjack
Sports Team, alongside over 800 Classic cars, 50+ stalls, Lindy
Hop Dancers, Millers Ark Animals and much more!
www.kimboltoncountryfayre.com
https://www.facebook.com/kimboltonfayre/
Shopping and Packaging
This photo of rubbish found by one of
our villagers in the A1 north under-
pass was shown to Dave Lewis the
CEO of Tesco (owners of Buckden's
One Stop) as an example of how their
goods get strewn around the environ-
ment. The rubbish was returned to
One Stop and Tesco's response in-
cluded bringing this particular in-
stance of discarded rubbish to the
attention of the One Stop manager
asking "that they ensure that any rubbish located around the
store is removed and disposed of correctly".
This is something we can all play our part in. Our handymen do
a great job and we already have the village volunteer litter-
picking initiative but there is much more we can do. Have our
dog walkers ever thought of taking a litter bag with them as
well as poop bags and how often do we prompt youngsters to
pick up their discarded litter?
When we go shopping it will be good if we look around to see
how the retail industry is taking their environmental policies
seriously. For instance, do they have litter-bins and recycling
facilities outside their stores and in their car parks and do they
have incentive and promotional schemes to encourage their
customers to take responsibility for the environment?
There is a huge amount each and every one of us can do both
practically ourselves and by raising concerns with those in a
position to make a difference.
International Women’s Day
International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day cele-
brating the social, economic, cultural and political achieve-
ments of women. The day also marks a call to action for accel-
erating women's equality.
International Women's Day (IWD) has occurred for well over a
century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by
over a million people.
The International Women's Day 2020 campaign theme is
#EachforEqual because an equal world is an enabled world.
Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and
actions – all day, every day. We can actively choose to chal-
lenge stereotypes, fight bias, broaden perceptions, improve
situations and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively,
each one of us can help create a gender equal world.
www.internationalwomensday.com