Chairman - Tony Redman
Coordinator - Ray Wilson
Treasurer - Kevin Davies
Secretary - SallyRobertson
Member - Kieth Brown
Member - David Warren
Helper - Mary Reynolds
Welcome to the Burghill
Community Access Point Your Free "Internet Café"plus much more
The Burghill Community Access Point (CAP) is now open and providing Internet access, training, advice, and much more to the residents of Burghill & Tillington. You can use the facility free of charge and find out how to do those things that you just can't work out yourself, at the same time as socialising with your friends and neighbours and having a coffee!
We have computers, printers, broadband, a projector with an eight foot rear projection screen, six foot white screen, 300w P. A. with mixer, Video & Stills digital cameras, Midi keyboard and studio software, a host of other software packages and many other IT resources. As a member of the Burghill community you can use this equipment and resources FREE at the Simpson Hall during our drop-in sessions or for a small charge you can use it for your own function or club. We also have two nintendo Wii's with sports packages. We are currently organising and Wii sports tournament for the residents to be played on the large screen. If you are interested in forming a team call Tony on 01432 769292.
The Burghill CAP "DROP IN CENTRE" in the Simpson Hall weekly - times and days are in the Parish Magazine, but generally we meet on a Wednesday morning 9:00am until midday with a break during July and August. Most of our courses are run in the evening when the hall is available.
We also have a small group of Geneaologists on a Wednesday morning who come along to take advantage of our Ancestry.co.uk membership and research their family history, if you would like more details please come along or contact Tony on 01432 769292.
In addition to the computer equipment we have video equipment for you to learn video techniques with movies and stills, music equipment with editing software and PA. Our 8 foot large video screen is available for private film parties or computer training courses. We also have VHS to DVD copying equipment, Vinyl to CD copying equipment, computer games on PC and Wii for community tournaments on the large screen.
Do You Know.... How the World Cup was Started?
The world's first international football match was a challenge match played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and England. As football began to increase in popularity, it was held as a demonstration sport with no medals awarded at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition. Planned by The Football Association (FA), England's football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded as a show rather than a competition.
In 1914, FIFA took responsibility for managing the event. This paved the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments, FIFA started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship organised by FIFA. Since Uruguay were two-time official football world champions, and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament.
The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and USA. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and in doing so became the first nation to win the World Cup.
The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of World War II.
Uruguay line up for the inaugural World Cup final
Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
I read this without hesitation... This explains why I am so rubbish at proof reading! (Ray)
New Authors Club We have now started the New Authors club and you can see and buy the first book Here.
If you wish to join please contact Ray on 769333
You will recall that I took part in a sponsored swim in February. I am pleased to report that I have raised over £1,000 for Burghill, Holmer and Lyde community projects.
Thank you so much to everyone who supported me and who made donations. My next fundraising venture will be to raise money for the two playgroups in the ward. In Burghill, this will be for the Paintpots Playgroup
The Burghill CAP would like to thank Sally for her contribution of £216 from her sponsored swim..
