The Foggie Gossip

June 2007 Edition

The annual Foggie Gala on 3rd June was a great success.  Despite the poor weather forecast, the day stayed dry though overcast for a lot of the time.  The main event, children's 5-a-Side Football, attracted 47 teams and a good number of spectators and supporters turned out to cheer the players on.  The stall holders also managed to boost the funds of their various community groups thanks to the generousity of those attending the gala.

Aberchirder & District Community Association wishes to thank all those involved, for their hard work, participation, sponsorship and generousity.

Top 5-a-Side Teams

One of the members, seen here, was Iain Ross of Causewayend Crescent, Aberchirder, who braved the 150 foot drop from the top of the tower at Aberdeen Exhibition Centre.  Not bad for an old 'chappie'.

The team of five raised around £1300 for the various charities including The Anthony Nolan Trust and Leukaemia Research.

Aberchirder Nursery

Nurseries from the local area recently gathered at Duff House playing-field in Banff for a 'Nursery Fun Day'.  Events took place in glorious sunshine and included games, races and a puppet show.

Groups from Macduff, Banff, Whitehills, Portsoy, Ordiquhill and Aberchirder attended the event which ended with a parade round the field followed by a picnic.

Sponsors who supported the day were:
Sangs with bottled water; Portsoy Ice Cream with tubs of ice-cream; Aberchirder Co-op with ribboned medals for all children; Tesco with a voucher.

Pictures Courtesy of Andy Taylor, Banff

Angela Morrison who operates the Cutting Room Hair Salon at 63 Main Street, Aberchirder is having alterations carried out to accommodate another new business.

On or about 13th July, a new Chiropody / Podiatry business will open providing a service one day a week initially.

Steven Dowdeswell. BSc(Hons) Pod Med. M.Ch.S S.R.Ch. HPC Registered, will provide all Chiropody treatments e,g. nail care, verrucae, nail surgery etc and all Podiatry treatments, e.g. gait analysis, sports injuries, custom made insoles / orthotics, etc.

Present patients range from children, athletes and high risk elderly patients, to ladies going on holiday and wanting beautiful looking feet!

The consulting room will be open for appointments on Fridays only but alternative arrangements can usually be made if this is not suitable.

The service offers 10 min FREE foot health checks where an informal chat is offered.  Also FREE foot health checks for all developing Dancers as they are registered with Dance UK, an organisation that works to promote the Healthier Dancer.

Auld Broon
Fae Foggie Toon

Following the huge success of the Aul' Broon Book, a new CD has been released by Ross Records this month, of Simon Brown relating his own famous poems.

The previously produced cassette tapes sold out and the new CD replicates the same tracks, with the addition of Simon's popular rendering of 'The Foggie Sewer'.

Simon Brown, 1908 - 1993, entertained local residents in the 1970s and 1980s by reciting his poems in the New Inn Hotel.  In 1985 at the age of 77 Simon had an audio tape produced by Ross records.
 

St Marnans Sports Club have just completed a highly successful pilot scheme to add a Badminton Club to their growing list of activities in the village.  The session, open for Primary 7 to Secondary pupils, proved very successful.  The Club plans to open up further sessions for a younger age group and an adults only section when they resume activities in September.  They are also on the lookout for anyone interested in becoming a badminton coach.

For further information please call Adrian Inglis on 01466 780175.    Pictured right are badminton members along with the winner Adele Henderson and runner-up Lee Inglis (front 2nd and 3rd left) of the club's summer singles competition .

Marnoch Church members wish to thank all those who participated and donated to funds by purchasing the recent quiz sheets.  The sum of £60 was raised.  Quiz answers are shown below.

                          Sweet Tooth Quiz

Retiring after 46 years as an Elder of Marnoch Parish Church is Sandy Wright (81) who resides in Turriff.  On behalf of the congregation. the Church's newest Elder Tracy Brook (second right) presented Sandy with a bible and Session Clerk Maureen Calder (left) handed over a painting of the church by Derek Gray and a voucher allowing Sandy to select his own picture frame.

Laura and Jessica Brook presented Sandy's wife Phyllis with a basket of flowers.

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