Distributed free to all households in Mabe Burnthouse & the surrounding area Issue 45 - Apr/May 2017 University expansion approved More students will be coming to the area – as Cornwall councillors voted to lift the student cap for the Penryn campus of the universities of Exeter and Falmouth. Eight members of Cornwall Council’s strate- gic planning committee voted in favour of the plans to allow the total number of students enrolled to increase by 50% to 7,500. Mabe Parish Council members were dismayed to find that local County Councillor Peter Williams, who did not turn up to the meet- ing, had sent a document to the committee in favour of the increase. This was despite assuring the Parish Council that he would not sup- port any expansion of the university until there was a significant increase in car parking spaces on campus. This turnaround was particularly exasperating, as sev- eral strategic planning members who were uncertain which way to vote, subsequently referred to local members such as Cllr Williams and Penryn’s Cllr Mary May (who both supported the application) as a rea- son for voting in favour of the move. Members of the committee spent two hours debating the issue, and heard many arguments for either side, including Mabe PC’s Barbara Hewett-Silk and Roger Phillips, who both argued passionately against the proposal. In the end, seven councillors voted against the move, stating that Falmouth was “creaking at the seams” and that the local infrastructure could not handle any more students, but a small majority were persuaded that the economic benefits to the local community outweighed the negative impacts that students posed and the application was approved. A community newsletter funded by Mabe Youth and Community Project and Mabe Parish Council to provide news, share views and publicise events. Printed by Reprographics at Penryn Campus. Inside: News, p.1-6 Diary & What’s On, p.7-11 Articles, p.12-16
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Distributed free to all households in Mabe Burnthouse & the surrounding area Issue 45 - Apr/May 2017
University expansion approvedMore students will be coming to the area – as Cornwall councillorsvoted to lift the student cap for the Penryn campus of the universitiesof Exeter and Falmouth. Eight members of Cornwall Council’s strate-gic planning committee voted infavour of the plans to allow thetotal number of students enrolledto increase by 50% to 7,500.
Mabe Parish Council members were dismayed to find that localCounty Councillor Peter Williams, who did not turn up to the meet-ing, had sent a document to the committee in favour of the increase.This was despite assuring the Parish Council that he would not sup-
port any expansion of the university until there was asignificant increase in car parking spaces on campus.
This turnaround was particularly exasperating, as sev-eral strategic planning members who were uncertainwhich way to vote, subsequently referred to localmembers such as Cllr Williams and Penryn’s Cllr MaryMay (who both supported the application) as a rea-son for voting in favour of the move.
Members of the committee spent two hours debatingthe issue, and heard many arguments for either side,including Mabe PC’s Barbara Hewett-Silk and RogerPhillips, who both argued passionately against theproposal. In the end, seven councillors voted againstthe move, stating that Falmouth was “creaking at theseams” and that the local infrastructure could nothandle any more students, but a small majority werepersuaded that the economic benefits to the localcommunity outweighed the negative impacts thatstudents posed and the application was approved.
A community newsletter funded by Mabe Youth and Community Project and Mabe Parish Council to provide news, share views and publicise events. Printed by Reprographics at Penryn Campus.
Inside:News, p.1-6
Diary & What’sOn, p.7-11
Articles, p.12-16
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Mabe man sails the AtlanticOcean single-handed
In July 2016, best friends MaxCampbell and Harry Scott, both20, waved goodbye to their wor-ried mothers and set sail acrossthe English Channel in search ofadventure. With them they car-ried a pair of surfboards, a fold-away bicycle, a guitar and a smallworkshop. They island hoppeddown the west coast of France,across Spain and by October theyhad made it to Portugal. At thatpoint, Harry left to work the skiseason in France and Max madethe brave decision to sail solo tothe Caribbean.
Max began sailing at the age offive and graduated last yearfrom Southampton Universitywith a first class honours degreein Oceanography. Harry, a geolo-gist, left Falmouth with little sail-ing experience, but gainedexperience quickly. Both are verykeen surfers, they have surfedCornwalls south coast since theywere very young.
Whilst in Portugal and with thehelp of his stepdad Dave Cock-well, Max designed and built abespoke self steering gear, an es-sential piece of equipment forsingle-handed yachtsman.
In January 2017, after a 8 daypassage, Max arrived in the Ca-nary Islands. Here he surfedworld class waves before another8 day journey took him to Sal,
Cape Verde and one of theworlds greatest surfing breaks ofPonta Preta.
After a weeks preparation in Min-delo, Sao Vincent's, Max de-parted on his solo passage acrossthe Atlantic Ocean. “It was an un-believable experience. I convoyedwith pods of dolphins anddanced with whales bigger thanmy boat. I saw incredible sunrisesand sunsets, caught tuna andeven cooked the flying fish whichlanded on my deck.” states MaxCampbell, from Eathorne in theParish of Mabe.
After sailing for 19 days and only150, miles off Grenada, Max hitsome rough weather whichcaused an accident with hisparaffin stove. The explosion setMax alight. He reacted quickly,
Max Campbell arrives in Grenada aftersailing the Atlantic Ocean single hand-edly in his 22 foot wooden sloop, 'Flying
Cloud'.
using the sea to extinguish theflames. In a heroic fashion, usinghis experience from working as aRNLI lifeguard, Max managed toput the fire out on Flying Cloud,treat his burns which coveredmost of his upper torso and sailfor another thirty hours before hereached land.
After a short stay in St GeorgesGeneral hospital, Max has recov-ered enough to celebrate his in-
credible success in style with acoconut and a roti.
“I would like to say a specialthanks to my friends Oli Graffy,Ralf and Henrik and very kindlocal residents Anne and VanHatton and all the staff at StGeorges hospital who providedhave provided me with fan-tastic support since I arrivedhere in Grenada.” saidMax.
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Top award for Cornish boat-builder
A Cornish boatbuilder hasscooped an international industryaward for its superyacht tender.
Cockwell’s won the Tender &Support Vessel Design categoryat the 2017 Boat International
Media ShowBoats Design Awardsin Austria.
The Mylor-based boatbuilder’s9.5m Limousine took award inthe face of significant competi-tion from across the globe.
“We are thrilled to have won thishighly-contested category of atruly global industry awardsscheme that included such excel-lent tenders from Compass andAston Martin,” founder, MD, andMabe resident Dave Cockwell,said.
“This award is testament to ourwinning partnership withrenowned naval architect, An-drew Wolstenholme as well asthe skill and ingenuity of our in-house team of designers, techni-cians and craftsmen.”
Dave Cockwell, who lives in Mabe, ac-cepting his ShowBoats Design Award
from Shirley Robertson OBE
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Mabe Panto 2017 Jackie Frosts’ original script, “ThePied Piper of Primelin” wentdown a storm with audiences atthe Community Hall on March9th, 10th and 11th.
Jackie took the role of Mrs Scone,a cleaner who finds herself ele-vated to the role of Mabe Mayorby the end of the show, whilsther son, Jonah, played the PiedPiper - one of the French Twin-ning Trip visitors from Primelinwho arrive in Mabe during themayoral election only to find itoverrun with rats. The PiedPiper’s services are offered andgratefully accepted, but thingstake a sinister twist when theParish Council refuse to pay him.
Maria Tiplady and Liz Westhead’s
characters,Bobby thepolicemanand Mimi,a Frenchvisitor,addedsomecomedyromanceto the pro-ceedings,whilst theMabeMoversand Shakers, the pub regulars,the rats and the children fired offa rapid stream of jokes!
This year’s panto has raised justover £1000, which will be put to-wards the cost of renovating theplaypark.
The cast ended the show by singing “We Go Together” from Grease
William & Tom join in thesinging
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PC World (Bob Godzicz) with Ann-yu thebarmaid (Amanda Wills) & Mawnan Smith
the pub landlord (Nick Muller)
The Pied Piper, played by Jonah Frost
Will, Jack, Tom, Maddy, Evie, Lily and Kate played the rats and village children. Theyare holding the knickers the rats stole!
Mrs Scone (Jackie Frost) with her childrenJam (Lily Harrison) & Cream (Max Walker)
Pierre (Daniel Hobbs), Bobby (MariaTiplady) & Jeanne (Amanda Wills)
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Mabe granite bound forBrittany
Carving a giant granite statue ofSt Piran, transporting it fromMabe to Falmouth by tractionengine then having rowers haul itthrough town before it sets sailfor Brittany aboard an old fishingvessel.
This may sound bizarre, but itsthe dream of two Mabe-basedsculptors who are working toraise the profile of traditionalCornish granite while improvingcultural ties between Cornish andBretons.
Cornishman David Paton andBreton Stéphane Rouget havebeen commissioned to create asculpture for the Vallée desSaints, a project which aims tobring together statues of 1,000Breton saints while showing offand encouraging traditionalgranite working techniques.
The carving will begin in earnestduring Cornwall Open Studios inMay, when the public will be ableto see the sculptors at work atTrenoweth Quarry, where theyhave been given space to workby quarry operator Tim Marsh,who has also sold them his "bestslab of granite."
David said: "The thing that we'rereally interested in is the publicengagement side of the project.
"There is great publicity on theFrench side for the sculptors, and
the workshops are open to thepublic, and we're really keen forthat to happen here.
"We want people to engage withthe process of quarrying granite,the quarry, and the heritage ofgranite in Cornwall."
A clay maquette showing how the sculp-ture should look
Weekly EventsMon Short Mat Bowls Club,Community Hall, 2-4pm. Contact
Keith Bryant, 373102.
Cardio Box/Fitcamp Class, WI Hall, 6.15-7.15pm.Contact Ali or Carmela, 07988 140745.
Mabe Keep Fit Club,WI Hall, 7.30pm. Tues Age Concern Luncheon Club,Community Hall, 12.30-2pm.
Contact Community Hall (11.30-12.30pm), 377475.
Slimming World, Community Hall, 3.30, 5.30 & 7.30pm.Contact Pam Mundy, 01209 204743 or 07503 945600.Nature Playgroup, Chyan Community Field, 10am-12pm term time. ContactAlice, 07576 748450.
Wed Short Mat Bowls League (winter only), Community Hall, 2-4pm. ContactKeith Bryant, 373102Daisy’s Yoga, Chyan Cultural Centre, 6-7pm. Contact Daisy, 07837 879876Open Water Swimming, Kernow Adventure Park, 6-8pm. Contact, 07817662 962 or [email protected].
Thurs Kernow Huffa Puffas, a support, exercise and social group for people withCOPD and their carers, 10am-12pm, Community Hall. Contact Trish, 375238or Frances, 712047.Inner Art Club, Chyan Cultural Centre, 10.30am-1.30pm. Contact Kate,07949 451004, [email protected].
Carpet Bowls Club,Community Hall, 2-4pm. Contact Arthur Searle, 377088.Brownies,Community Hall, 6.15-8pm. Contact Jackie Williams, 372863.Mabe Football Club, Penryn Campus MUGA, usually 7-8pm. Men, 16+, newplayers welcome. Contact Jack Roberts, 565409.
Sun Trenoweth Methodist Church, Community Hall, 10.45am-12pm. ContactMargaret Bryant, 373102.
Mabe Parish Church (St Laudus),with St Michael’s Church, Ponsanooth –please see the Diary for the times of services.Aerial Yoga Jam, Chyan Cultural Centre, 11am-12pm. ContactNaomi, [email protected].
Please send details of events happening within Mabe civic parish in April/May [email protected] by 15 May 2017. Venue details:
• Mabe Community Hall, Cunningham Park (375938 or [email protected])• Mabe Community Primary School, Cunningham Park (secretary, 372662)• Mabe Parish Church (St Laudus), Church Road, towards Higher Spargo
(administrator, Rodney Holmes, 375052)• Mabe WI Hall, Antron Hill (bookings, 372477)
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Mabe Diary
April 2017Sat 1 - Mabe FC vs Penwith Exiles,2pm, Penryn College 3G.
Sat 1 - Introduction to Herbal Med-icine: Spring Detox, 10am-4pm,Chyan Community Field. See What’sOn.
Sat 2 - Making Artists’ Charcoaland Drawing in the Landscape,10am-2pm, Chyan Community Field.See What’s On.
Tues 4 - WI Meeting, 7.30pm,WI Hall. See What’s On.
Wed 5 - Mabe FC vs WendronUnited 3rds, 6.15pm, Penryn College3G.
Sat 9 - Chyan Wellbeing Fair, 12pm,Chyan Community Field. See What’sOn.
Thurs 13 – Parish Council meeting,WI Hall, 7.30pm. Agenda availableon the Parish Notice Board andwebsite (www.mabeparish.co.uk).Open to the public. Contact FionaCollins, 07964 735219.
Fri 14 - Easter Family Fun Day, 3-5pm, The New Inn. See What’s On.
Sat 15 - Easter Family Fun at Argal,10am-3pm. See What’s On.
Thurs 25 - University of ExeterCommunity Conversation, 12-6pm,WI Hall. See What’s On.
Fri 26 - Wed 31 - Surya Yoga Camp,Chyan Field. See What’s On.
Sun 28 - Coast-to-Coast cycle, BFAdventure. See What’s On.
(All six-digit phone numbers are 01326 unless specified)
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(All six-digit phone numbers are 01326 unless specified)
What’s OnChyan Community Field has acouple of workshops running inApril.
On Saturday 1stApril, 10am- 4pm,there is a one daycourse in HerbalMedicine withDeanne Greenwood.Cost: £30 (£20 con-cessions).
Deanne will offer a thorough andhands-on introduction to herbalmedicine, focusing on the Springplants with detoxifying proper-ties. The day includes a foragingwalk around Chyan to identifyand collect plants.
https://chyan.org/herbal-medicine-spring-detox/
The following day, Sunday 2ndApril they are running Makingartists’ willow charcoal anddrawing in the landscape, from10am-2pm. Cost: £15 (£10 con-cessions).
This course will be run by woods-man Tom Kemp and landscapeartist Mike Brett. Join them on acreative journey rooted in thelandscape; learn to make yourown artists’ charcoal and use it tocapture the beautiful natural en-vironment of Chyan on paper.
If you would like to book a placeor ask a question please contactLou on 07792059854.
Mabe W.I. are lookingforward to a new pro-gramme of monthlymeetings, craft afternoons andevents, and would love to wel-come you.
They meet on the first Tuesday ofevery month except August andFebruary; if you would like toknow more, please contact LizYoung on 372978.
Parish of Mabe &Ponsanooth
St Laudus Church, Mabe
1st Sunday of month8.30am, Holy Communion9.30am, Parish Eucharist
All other Sundays9.30am, Parish Eucharist
2nd Tuesday of month1.45pm, Holy CommunionMYCP after Luncheon Club
All other services will be adver-tised around the village, on thePost Office notice board or on
the Church web site:www.mabechurch.org
For more informationFr Steve Smith, 617628,
Priest in ChargeRev Amanda Evans, 318059,
CurateFrancis Miller, 374890,
Church Warden
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Also at Chyan in April is theChyan Wellbeing Fair on Satur-day 9th.
A day of healthy food,yoga, music, tai-chi, artsworkshops, circus big top, media-tion, healing areas, stalls and chil-dren’s area. 12pm onwards. £5entry (£3 children).
Following the fun-filled successof last year, the Mabe ChristmasLights committee will be hostinganother Easter Fun Day on Fridaythe 14th April from 3-5pm at TheNew Inn.
There will be all the family enter-tainment of last year and evenmore including lots of greatgames, tombola, face paintingand some tasty homemadeEaster goodies. And keep thosecameras handy for a selfie withthe Easter Bunny!!! There's plentyto keep the whole family enter-tained come rain or shine.'
There’s more Easter fun the nextday, when the Southwest LakesTrust are providing Easter FamilyFun at Argal Lake on Saturday 15April from 10am to 3pm.
As well as an Easter trail there willbe crafts and wildlife activities for
all ages. Try your hand at creatingsome Easter decorations, andhave a go at making a bughouse. Drop in any time between10am and 3pm, you'll find us justby the café.
On Saturday 22 April, the CarnonDowns Drama Group will be per-forming ‘The Woman WhoCooked Her Husband’ by DebbieIsitt at the Community Hall.
This a tragi-comic tale of deceit,envy, lust, jealousy, revenge andinteresting recipes. Fast-pacedand full of savage wit, this story
Sunday 9 April - PALM SUNDAYSt Laudus, no Services
St Michael’s, 11.15am, JointEucharist
Thursday 13 April - MAUNDYTHURSDAY
St Laudus: 7pm, Agape Mealremembering the Last Supper
Friday 14 April - GOOD FRIDAY1pm Stations of the Cross,
Argal Lake,area adjacent to the car park
St Laudus, 2pm Prayer, music& meditation around the cross
Sunday 16 April - EASTER DAYSt Laudus, 9.30am Easter
CommunionSt Michael’s, 11.15am Easter
Communion
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story of self-destructive relation-ships will take the audience on awild emotional journey throughthe conflicting needs and desiresof Hilary (Tabitha Lammas), Ken-neth (Tim Wing) and Laura(Penny Mergler); the wife, herhusband and his lover.
Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/cddg or call the box of-fice at 03454 500296.
Join BF Adventure for an incredi-ble coast-to-coast cycle on Sun-day 28 May, with routes of 100,60 and 38 miles around thesouth, west and north coasts ofCornwall.
www.bfadventure.org/coast-to-coast/
The University of Exeter is hold-ing a community drop-in sessionat the WI Hall on May 25 from12-6pm to give local residentsthe chance to meet and talk withstaff members about anything re-lated to the university.
This could be from understand-ing more about the teaching and
research that is carried out onthe Penryn Campus, to findingout about the facilities it offersand how the university gets in-volved in the community. Therewill also be the chance to talkthrough any concerns residentsmay have.
Surya Yoga Camp is on at Chyanfrom 26th-31st May.
A friendly family yoga celebrationwith 20 different types of yoga,meditation, acro yoga, dance andlots of children’s activities,healthy cafe, hot shower andsauna. Camping or day passes.
www.surya.org.uk/
Calling all thrill seekers!There are still a few places
available on Flicka’s excitingSkydive for Donkeys event tak-ing place on the 24th and 25thof June and the donkeys need
you!
Take on the challenge of a life-time and help raise vital fundsfor our rescue work. Contact
Can you help us care forTinkerbelle and her friends?
It has been another tough winterfor Flicka, with months of coldweather and an unprecedentednumber of rescues, but when wewere recently asked to take agroup of four donkeys and mulesafter their elderly owners couldno longer care for them, we justcouldn't turn them away...
One of our new arrivals is tinyTinkerbelle, the miniature mule.She has ‘dwarfism’ which sadlybrings with it some congenitalphysical abnormalities, such asvery short legs and a misalignedjaw. Unfortunately her mouth istoo small for her teeth, so shewill require regular dental check-ups and work on her teeth. De-spite her problems, Tinkerbelle isvery sweet and friendly girl.
As with every new arrival, Tinker-belle and her friends Dominic,Donald and Coco require a vet-erinary check-up (including fullblood and faecal screening) toassess their health, as well as vis-its from the farrier and equinedentist, important vaccinationsand treatment for parasites.
This is estimated to cost around£450 per animal, at a total of£1800.
Winter really is our toughest timeof year. Although the days arenow getting longer, the freezingweather means that the donkeys
and horses still require extra feedto keep them warm, fit andhealthy and this usually contin-ues until at least April.
With another 4 hungry mouths tofeed on top of the upcoming, ex-pensive veterinary care bills forTinkerbelle and her friends, wereally need your help.
We urgently need to raise thefunds to help us through the nextcouple of months, please can youhelp to change that by donatingto our Winter Appeal today?
We currently have over 70 don-keys and 30 horses at our sanctu-ary and we cannot care for themwithout your generous support.
Please donate to help us care forTinkerbelle and her friends - theyreally need you. Thank you.
Tinkerbelle’s dwarfism means she re-quires regular trips to the vet
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Letters to the EditorThank you to all those involvedwith the Valentine’s Dinner at theCommunity Hall, all those whoattended and those who werekind enough to give raffle prizesetc.
I am pleased to say we ended upwith a surplus of £106.40.
Keith Bryant
Well, thanks to all you wonderfulsupporters who came to the RaceNight at The New Inn, we have10 shiny new reindeer on theirway to Mabe from Lapland intime for Christmas 2017. £238was raised towards more lightsand we also found some newadoptees too.
It was great to see so manyfriendly faces last night and meeta few new ones. Everyone joinedin the fun and made the night agreat success!
Mabe Christmas Lights Committee
Job vacancy
Caretaker/Cleaner required forMYCP (jobshare considered)starting May 2017.
5hrs for each job, 10 hours total.
Applications to be in by Friday14th April, interviews to be heldthe following week.
The 300 club winnersfor the first quarter of2017 are:
1st: £50 - Nigel & Sharon Best
2nd: £30 - Liz Dunstan
3rd: £10 - Mrs P May
The new year for 300 club contri-butions starts after this draw. £10annual contributions should besent to Geoff Wheeler, who’s ad-dress is below.
300 ClubMabe’s Own Lottery
Hundreds of pounds to be won!Use this form to join now. Tickets cost £10 per year. Money goes to the up-keep of the Community Hall, Playpark, Field & Skatepark.There are 4 draws per year, each producing prizes of £50, £20 and £10.Cheques payable to Mabe Youth and Community Project or cash to: GeoffWheeler, Monteag, Treliever Road, TR10 9EX.
Name:
Address:
Email:
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New Zealand treasures atGarden Club
Almost 50 people attended Feb-ruary’s meeting to hear JohnLanyon’s talk on “New ZealandTreasures”.
John has been a regular guestspeaker at the Club over theyears and always delights mem-bers with a different subject.
This year he delivered a particu-larly passionate talk about one ofthe world‘s mightiest trees - thekauri (Agathis Australis) whichcan grow to over 50m tall withtrunk girths of up to 16m and livefor over 2,000 years.
This magnificent tree is particu-larly associated with New
Zealand, although they do growin other warm countries such asMalaysia.
John’s fascination with this par-ticular species dates back manyyears when he happened across abook about them. The book, longtreasured and regularly read, isnow a little dog-eared but itspawned within John a burningambition to see kauris and othernative New Zealand plants firsthand.
After many years of anticipation,his ambition finally became a re-ality when he travelled to NewZealand for the trip of a lifetime.
Quite apart from the kauri, hehad some other plants on his‘wish list’ - particularly some vari-eties of native ferns which num-ber around 200.
Kauri trees are conifers but be-have like hardwood and providefirst rate timber. After centuriesof forest decimation by Maorisand European settlers who val-ued the wood for boat and housebuilding and also for resin andgum, kauris are now largely pro-tected, though they are mostlyonly to be found in the northerndistricts of North Island.
John showed photos of treestaken in a kauri forest with hisparents beside them looking likeThe Borrowers by comparison.
When John managed to tearhimself away from the actualKauri’s can grow to over 50m in height
and 16m in girth
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trees, he visited the Kauri Mu-seum to learn more about themand showed images from insidethe museum including some hair-raising video footage of men onearly model bulldozers racingalong land they had cleared offorest to provide farmland.
John had expected other plantson his wish list to be elusive butto his surprise he spotted quite afew in easy to access spots byroadsides.
Black tree ferns (Cyatheamedullaris), he considers to bethe ultimate temperate tree fern.Ladder ferns grow like bracken inpatches, and he came across
some tiny filmy ferns (genus: Hy-menophyllum) in a small natu-ralised plantation with tea trees.With delight, he found one of therarest of all - the kidney fernwhich grows only in New
Zealand.
Others ticked off were: Schefflera;Sophora Microphylla (common
name kowhai); ficus macrophylla;and rare climbing ferns.
Amongst many highlights on histrip, John visited AucklandBotanic Gardens, which withmore than 10,000 beautiful andfascinating plants, is a gardener'snirvana. The Gardens also hassome plants close to extinctionbeing preserved there.
John’s enthusiasm for his subjectcarried his audience along and itwas with no little regret that histalk came to an end.
A vote of thanks for so gener-ously sharing his long held ambi-tion to see a kauri and otherplants unique to New Zealandwas given by Val Bidgood andfollowed by prolonged applause.To round out a most enjoyableevening, light refreshments wereserved. Sue Mitchell
Kidney ferns grow only in New Zealand
A black tree fern
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Mabe Matters is published by Mabe Youth and Community Project, Cunningham Park, MabeBurnthouse, Cornwall, TR10 9HB. Editorial Team: Liz Dunstan, Jackie Frost, Liz Westhead,Candia Cox (illustrations), Amanda Wills (editor). Distribution co-ordination: Liz Dunstan.
Deadline for next issue: 15 May 2017. Please send your events, news, notices, letters etc tothe address above or to [email protected].
Hockey
Mabe School got off toa fantastic start in thePenryn hockey league, winningtheir first three matches. The first,against Perran-ar-worthal, wasnail-biting! After a shaky startwhich left Perran 2 goals up toMabe’s nil, Mabe fought backhard, ending the game 4-3. Allfour goals were scored by TateHopwood, with some lovely setups from Max Walkerand supportfrom the rest of the team.
The second game, versus Stithi-ans, was more straightforward,with Mabe winning 6-0. TomAllen scored four goals, withsome brilliant runs, and KeiraPhilips scored the remaining twoafter getting herself into a greatposition.
The third was won 3-0 to Mabeagainst Constantine, with goalsfrom Tate, Keira and Tom.
Squad: Tom, Max, Tate, Oban,Jack Collins, Rebecca, Keira Erin,Ebonee and Harriet.
Shinty
Mabe 1, Mylor Cons 0
Mabe secured a hard fought vic-tory over a strong Mylor Consteam in tough conditions.
With most of the game beingplayed in heavy rain it was alwaysgoing to be a low scoring en-counter. Both sides had chancesin the first half with PatrickFinnegan going close for Mabeand Matt Mossop for the Cons. Itwas stalemate at half time withboth defences on top.
The intensity of the game in-creased in the second half withmore chances being created.Matt Noonan pulled off a greatstop from a Mossop shot.
It looked like the game was set tobe a draw but in the last minuteMabe set up an attack and cap-tain Brendan Kelly finishing off aquick move to fire the ball intothe Cons net.
Cross Country
Mabe School had 7 runners qual-ify for the Peninsiula Cross-Coun-try event on Wednesday 8 March,testament to the Run a Milescheme which was implementedin the school last year.
Two runners, brothers Oban andDrew Scobie, have now qualifiedfor the County finals.
Football
Mabe FC are currently 3rd in theTrelawny League 2nd Division.
