Gamlingay (main menu) Gamlingay (main menu)UK News links Editorial Committee Chairman: Graham Virgo Production Editor: Jackie Hough Advertising: Claire Twydell, email:twydell@btinternet.com The Gazette now has its own email address: email: GamlingayGazette@tesco.net The Gazette is produced on a PC using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher. If you are providing a disc, and are not using Microsoft Word, please save your file as a TEXT file not in your word processor’s native format. Thank you. Your letters and items for articles can also be dropped in at the Village College Library. Just mark them for The Gazette. Every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the items included but the views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the Committee. Internet Version: HTML code hand coded by Roderick Starksfield Text and graphics pasted from Microsoft Publisher. Gamlingay Resource Centre 01767 650169 Opening hours   Monday 17:00 – 19:30 Tuesday 18.00 – 20.00 Wednesday 17.00 – 21.00 Thursday 18.00 – 20.00 Friday CLOSED Saturday 11.30 – 13.30 What do you think of the Gazette? Very Good Good Some Good Poor Very Poor We are speaking for the young people of Gamlingay who enjoy using skateboards, in-line skates and BMX bikes. We are becoming more and more frustrated at the lack of somewhere to practise our sport. We have a few spots around the village where we like to skate, but it's only a matter of time before we get moved on. Some people are really nasty to us, and one man even drove his car towards us. We don't want to be a nuisance to anyone! But where can we go? Nowadays, we are told that, as a generation, we are "obese couch potatoes". So, any sport that provides us with fresh air and exercise, can be joined in by everyone who wants to, is not dangerous, and is not a danger to anyone else should be encouraged. Some of the Gamlingay skaters made a brilliant video, which showed that a person wearing a gorilla suit in 32 degrees of summer sun running round the village and acting strangely was treated better than a young person riding on a skateboard. There is an answer! We desperately need a skatepark where we can enjoy using our skateboards without the risk of annoying anyone. It would be well used and very much appreciated by those of us who don't want to spend all our lives in front of the telly, on mindless computer games, or sliding down the slippery slope towards a life of crime. A petition has been compiled to show support for a skatepark for Gamlingay and district. It now has 500 signatures. If you would like to add your name to it, this can be done at Gostlings newsagents or The Cock Inn. We are doing a demo at the First School's May Fayre (see below), to show that we are committed to raising money towards our own skatepark. We will be offering lessons to beginners. We hope to see you there! Gamlingay First School May Fayre Saturday 15th May 11.00 - 2.00 pm Fancy Dress Fun Run for All, part of the annual May Fayre £1.00 entry and medals for all participants - limited to 50 spaces. Full details at School Office. Sponsored by Thomas Tate. See page 22 for further details of the Fayre itself Top of page