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ROTARY CLUB OF FAREHAM MONTHLY JOURNALTRANSCRIPT
The Fareham Flyer Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Fareham D1110 UK
President Colin White
Service above Self Bulletin Number 333 APRIL 2011 www.farehamrotary.com
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FOCUS ON A CROCUS
Well, Duncan’s team did it!
Crocuses by the thousand!
Gary and I called by to take a
few pictures last week before
we emptied the Wishing Well.
I guess we missed the best of
the show, but the impression
was still there, and Ben Ben-
stead’s signs made the purpose
of the event quite clear to the
public.
I’m sure that in the coming
years there will be a permanent
reminder of this good cause in
which Rotary is so deeply in-
volved.
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Recognition for Sains-bury’s (Broadcut) On 31
st March, at our special
5th
Thursday evening meeting,
we had the opportunity to
thank the management and
staff of Sainsbury’s Broadcut
supermarket for their help and
generosity in our fund raising
efforts.
You will remember that during
the final days before last
Christmas, in the cold and
snowy weather, a stalwart
band of collectors were es-
consed in the foyer of the
store.
Rotarian Colin Frampton was
instrumental in establishing
contact with Sainsbury’s and
forging a most helpful link
with both management and the
Community group within
Sainsburys.
Here, Colin is seen with Sains-
bury’s Sharon Magee and Lin-
da Langdon, who were
amongst our special guests,
with a framed certificate that
recognizes the assistance so
freely given by Sainsbury’s.
Sainsbury’s have an achieve-
ments board in their Staff res-
taurant, and the certificate will
be placed within this area.
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Fareham Shopping Cen-tre recognized.
Also recognized for their help
and assistance in Rotary fund-
raising was the Fareham Shop-
ping Centre.
The management have for a
number of years allowed col-
lections to take place within
the Centre, and have also pro-
vided a site for our Wishing
Well.
A framed certificate recognis-
ing the generous help given by
the Centre was received by
Rtn. George Cantrill on behalf
of Centre manager Pam
Marsden, who unfortunately
was unable to attend.
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More on 5th
Thursday inside!
ith less than 175
days to go to the
start of the start
of the 2011 Rugby World Cup
we want to remind you of the
wonderful opportunity New
Zealand Rotarians are extend-
ing to their fellow Rotarians
who are planning to visit for
this great event.
Rather than stay in commercial
accommodation, why not stay
with New Zealand Rotarians
and experience true kiwi hos-
pitality? Bed and breakfast for
NZ$150 (which includes the
donation to polio plus) is a real
bargain but more importantly
it’s a way to “bridge conti-
nents”. You’ll make lifetime
friends and get a real sense of
New Zealand.
Bookings are coming in steadi-
ly but we have plenty of hosts
available in all venues. And we
can even find hosts in loca-
tions other than game venues if
you want to go
somewhere else between
games. Have a look at the
website
www.rotarynzrugbyhosting.co.
nz and see how easy it is take
advantage of combining some
great games with the chance to
meet some new Rotary friends.
If you have been thinking
about the trip of a lifetime,
now is the time to act. More
tickets are being released, New
Zealand Rotarians are keen to
open their homes to Rotarian
visitors and this is the oppor-
tunity to have the trip of a life-
time and support our charity.
You will be aware that the
Christchurch earthquake has
caused RNZ 2011 Tournament
Owner, Rugby World Cup Lim-
ited, the New Zealand Govern-
ment and the New Zealand Rugby
Union, to assess to critical Tour-
nament facilities and services in
Christchurch . These include Sta-
dium Christchurch itself, accom-
modation, training facilities, the
transport network and other key
infrastructure. In the event
that this review causes one or
more matches to be rescheduled,
or staged at a different venue,
Rotary hosting bookings in
Christchurch can be either
changed to another venue or re-
funded. We will do what it takes
to ensure visiting Rotarians enjoy
their time in New Zealand, no
matter what.
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APRIL
1st Sam Das 3rd Geoff Hillam 6th Roger Esnault 7th Chris Courtney 13th Duncan Colin -Jones 14th Mike Eastwood 18th Marianne Ockenden 24th Linda Ingram
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W
SOBERTON – SPRING 2011
am sure that most Fareham
Rotary Club members did not
hear very much about Sober-
ton until the influx of the “Sober-
ton Mafia” beginning in 2008.
However, in recent time many
Rotarians have visited the village
for social occasions.
The Parish of Soberton did not
become a separate ecclesiastical
parish until 1897, before that it
came under the jurisdiction of
Meonstoke.
Roman remains in the Meon val-
ley are frequent, two Roman sar-
cophagi were found in the parish-
es of the Meon valley many years
ago – the first was discovered in
1880 in Brigden Field, Manor
Farm, Soberton, it can now be
found outside the Curl Chapel of
St Peter’s Church. Within the
church can be found wall paint-
ings that have been identified as
the Virgin Mary as a child, St
Anne, St Katharine and St Marga-
ret of Antioch.
Three Hundred and forty seven
years ago today on the 29th March
1644 two armies met at Cheriton,
the first battle to be won decisive-
ly by parliamentary forces and a
defeat from which the royalists
never recovered. Winchester and-
neighbouring towns were ocu-
pied; this in turn led to the bom-
bardment of the Palace belonging
to the Bishop of Winchester at
Bishop’s Waltham and the escape
of Bishop Curll in a dung cart to
his sister’s house in Soberton.
The following year Walter Curll
died in London and his body was
brought back to Soberton where it
was buried in the churchyard.
As I muse over the state of Sober-
ton three hundred and forty seven
years after the above events, I
have to say that it goes without
saying that this village remains
both vibrant and active in so
many ways. Its inhabitants though
no longer involved in farming and
horticulture as they were in post
war times, maintain a rural vil-
lage atmosphere and there is a
true community spirit evident in
every part of the village. Many
residents commute to their places
of work and school, but the pace
of life is generally gentler than
the inner cities surrounding us.
We live in a beautiful part of the
Meon Valley, now part of the
South Downs National Park. It is
a privilege to be able to live and
work amongst such a wonderful
community, and to be part of such
a vibrant group of people.
My thanks to Norman Chapman for this first in an occasional se-ries on ‘Where I Live’ _________________________________________
Shopping Vouchers
Jill Newby has asked me to re-
mind you that she is collecting
TESCO and SAINSBURY
vouchers, which will be passed
on to Porchester Community
School for exchange into school
equipment.
Jill is always grateful to receive
your used postage stamps, which
can be recycled in aid of good
causes.
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WISHING WELL
Total from Wishing Well &
Family Bargain Store =
£87.00
MENU FOR APRIL
I
7th
Lasagne, garlic bread
salad
14th
Baked gammon, Pars-
ley sauce, Noisette
potatoes, veg.
21st
Toad in the Hole,
mashed potatoes, on-
ion gravy, veg.
28th
Chicken a la King,
croquette potatoes,
veg.
The Group 7 Greetings Box
This box is to encourage informal contacts and better acquaintance between Group 7 Rotarians.
Clubs receiving the box are urged to pass it on quickly to another Group 7 club, at one of their regular meet-
ings.
Scoreboard
Date from Club to Club Visitors Relief Held Total
10/3/11 Portsmouth & Southsea Fareham 2 12 0 14
22/3/11 Fareham Whiteley 3 12 1 14
28/3/11 Whiteley Havant 2 12 0 14
Rules
Competition points are scored
according to these rules - a
trophy may be awarded at the
end of the year to the club with
the most points. Points for
your club are won by:
Visitors - The number in your
visiting party - one point per
member present.
1. Relief - a point for each
time the greetings box has
changed hands since it was
last with the visited club -
so one point if you return it
to the club which gave it to
you, a maximum of 12
points if you give it to a
club which has never had
it, but NO POINTS if you
have already visited the
same club this Rotary year.
2. You LOSE one point for
every complete week you
have held on to the box.
Snatching - if you fear the
Greetings Box may be lan-
guishing too long with another
club, you can win additional
points by conducting a Snatch-
raid. This is where, instead of
waiting for them to bring the
box to you, you visit the club
holding the box and demand
they hand it over. For a snatch
your club wins these points:
1. Visitors - the number in
your snatch squad
2. Relief - a point for each
time the greetings box has
changed hands since your
club last held it
3. You WIN one point for
each complete week they
have held the box
General procedure: You
must inform a club president
and/or secretary of your inten-
tion to visit several days be-
forehand - as would be wise
for catering reasons anyway. If
planning a Snatch-raid, you
should assure yourself that
they still have the box, and
have not already arranged a
Greetings visit to pass it on.
Please see that the log in the
box is filled in when you re-
ceive it, and when you present
it.
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However – Received on 1st
April from Graham Smith –
Rotary Club of Havant
Hi- Many clubs will be aware
of the initiative of Assistant
Governor John Worley to in-
troduce a cigar box to promote
club visits. At Havant we
thought that we should take
this a stage further so we have
burnt the cigar box and will
present the next club with the
ashes. Just like in Cricket
where the ashes have become
the leading symbol in Cricket
we hope that the ashes of the
cigar box will become the
leading symbol for fellowship
between Rotary Clubs. We
have enclosed a photo and
promise to seal a lid on it to
avoid a problem on a windy
day. We hope that you will
support this project and what
we would like clubs and club
members to do is to quickly
help us choose a name for this
remnant which we sincerely
hope will become a symbol of
fellowship. Please let me have
your proposals asap. If this is
successful we will recommend
it is rolled out to the whole of
district 110 and again if that
works to the whole of RIBI
and RI. Please let me have
your comments and don’t for-
get to pass the ashes on.
A good idea or sabotage?!!
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Secretary’s Notice. Club Assembly will now be
held on THURSDAY 2nd
JUNE rather than 26th May as
planned. It will of course be an
evening meeting at Cams Hall
Golf Club with a glittering cast
of the Club's group leaders for
2011-2012 . We will be joined
by our Group 7 Assistant Gov-
ernor, John Worley.
26th May will now be at the
usual lunchtime, and could be
used as a business meeting.
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5th THURSDAY Our 5
th Thursday of March
was celebrated with a special
guest evening at Cams, where
we dined on an excellent Car-
very dinner – well received by
all. 76 Rotarians and their
guests took part in the occa-
sion, where the District Gov-
ernor Ian Legg and his lady
wife Sheila, Assistant Gover-
nor John Worley, together with
his wife Judith, attended.
DG Ian praised the efforts
made by the Club in fulfilling
Rotary’s aims of Building
Bridges – Bridging Continents.
He also referred to our key as-
set – the Wheelhouse, and
(blushes here!) gave a mention
to the Flyer! Tony Cove was
warmly thanked for his work
connected with Kid’s Out.
Our special guest, and speaker
of the evening, was Linda
Clark of Hampshire and Isle of
Wight Air Ambulance, this
being the chosen charity of
President Colin White.
Linda gave a fascinating in-
sight into the frantically busy
world of the Air Ambulance
organization, and amazed us
with the finer details of the op-
erating costs of the valuable
service.
As a result of collections made
during his Presidential Year,
Colin was able to present Lin-
da with a large cheque.
There was one further task for
President Colin. Club Council
had voted to award a Paul Har-
ris Fellowship to Colin Framp-
ton, in recognition of his work
within the Club. Pres. Colin
read a citation, listing the
many achievements of Colin
during his 8 years as a member
of the Fareham club. Colin had
served as Club Secretary for 5
years, and had continued, in
the background, to be involved
in many tasks. Notable
amongst these is the organisa-
tion of social functions, such
as the dinner we were all en-
joying. He is also responsible
for organizing collections, and
has been a key figure in liais-
ing with Sainsbury’s.
DG Ian presented the award to
Colin, who was accompanied
on this occasion by his daugh-
ter and son- in law.
For more details of these events please contact the
Secretary NEWS STREET