Cricket activities in Mayow Park.

FOMP received an email with  the following information from one of the members of our home Cricket Clubs:

CRICKET TASKFORCE - Sat 29^th March and Sat 5^th April

A Taskforce of volunteer Players from Caribbean Mix CC (CMCC), London West Indies Mix CC (LWIMCC) and Streatham Marlborough CC (SMCC) started work  on Saturday 29^th March 2014 to maintain and improve the area of the cricket square and immediate surrounding grass land. Today they were clearing up winter debris and spreading fertiliser. Other tasks will include re-seeding the outfield area in readiness for the new season and trimming some low overhanging branches of nearby trees. The season will start on Sat 26^th April CMCC vs BOW GREEN 1.30pm Start.

This volunteer taskforce activity around the cricket square is under the supervision of Paul Harper and Luke, from Glendale Services. This morning Luke was training them He is pleased that the cricket clubs are taking an active role in maintaining the space.

Both Clubs play Kent Regional Cricket League (KRCL)  - METRO 1 Division, as part of the ‘Regeneration of Cricket’ by Lewisham Council in Mayow Park, under direction from Martin Hyde of Lewisham Greenscene.

The Friends of Mayow Park (FOMP) have been kept informed relating to cricket facilities. The cricketers  have a proposal, agreed with Greenscene, for a storage container behind the newly restored Pavilion, housing two heavy rollers which will enable weekly rolling and necessary maintenance of the cricket square.

England Cricket Board (ECB) has made an investment of £50,000 relaying the cricket Square for the development of cricket in Lewisham, with a further investment at Hilly Fields.

Photos from workday on Thurs 27 Feb 2014

These photos should have been posted weeks ago but I forgot . . . .

Darren & Chris cut back ivy on the blackthorn

Volunteer & Park keeper pull out weeds

Workmen repair path after heavy vehicles used in major sewer works made the paths unsafe.

Work session THURS 25TH FEB 2014

There will be a joint work session with Glendale and FoMP volunteers on Thursday 27th February 2014 from 10am to midday.

We will focus our work on the Triangle beds, pruning raspberries, weeding and mulching round fruit bushes and in the herb beds. 

Glendale staff will be working alongside the Friends to prepare the beds for spring.

Meet near the entrance to the Bowls containers.
If you would like to join us please let FoMP know by email: friendsofmayowpark@ymail.com  so we can bring enough tools and refreshments

Offers invited from local applicants interested in taking a 6 year lease on the ground floor of the Pavilion at
Mayow Park, Mayow Road, London SE26 4JA for the development of a small café with ancillary use Bidders will
be required to demonstrate their funding ability to complete and manage the facility as well as their commitment to promote a healthy lifestyle for all park users

Closing date for expressions of interest 19/2/2014.

The Lodge, Station Road, Catford SE6 1AN

Please telephone Gemma Buttell on tel:020 8318 3986 or email gemma.buttell@glendale-services.co.uk for bid criteria

FOMP AGM & General Meeting 25th Jan 2014

So much is happening at the moment that I forgot to post this: 
Friends of Mayow Park AGM this coming Saturday 25th January 2014, 1pm - 1.30pm
The agenda will include a review of the past year and election of FOMP officers.
This will be immediately followed by a General Meeting which should include reports from Lewisham Greenscene and Glendale.
Both the AGM and General Meetings will be held at the bowls club.
 Agendas to follow.

Fallen trees

With the recent storms we've been having, several trees have come down, and the sodden ground has meant they have not been a firmly secured as they would otherwise.  With many others to deal with across the borough, they have not been cleared up as soon as they might have been, but they are now.

And finally, some delicate fungus growing on the top of an older stump:

Progress on the pavilion!

We heard some good news last week from Lewisham officers.

The continuing wet weather adds some uncertainty, but the Council should have finished what it has to do on the pavilion by end March, so toilets will flush and other basic services will be working. From then on the fitting out and timing will depend on the operator chosen.

On this, about 40 expressions of interest were received, and about a dozen came to a recent open day, following which the Council will shortly be putting the opportunity to run a café on the site out to tender. The terms will include commitments to providing health meals, local sourcing, etc.

So I'm still going for the first cappuccino to be frothed sometime this year, but in the meantime, here's how it was looking this morning: