Rotary Club of Seaford

www.seafordrotary.org.uk

Newsmonger

March 2014

CONTENTS President’s Dispatches

From Print to Digital

Rotary Club of Seaford Concert

Young Musician of the Year

Skittles Team Marches On

Boot, Craft & Produce Fairs 2014

Quiz & Curry with Newhaven Club

Flautist Good-child Wins Prize

Florence Hardy Trip to Peru

What’s On

Inner Wheel

President’s Dispatches

At last now that the rain and the gales have abated we are enjoying a little bit of calm, but if you have had time to visit Seaford seafront you will have seen the aftermath of the storms. The debris and shingle on the promenade and road re-minded me of 1987, and Sunday 16 of February saw crowds of people flock to see the beach following the publicity on the television.

The Young Musicians Competition at Newlands was a great success with the standard this year being very high. Bethany Geoghegan who attends Seaford Head School was the winner playing the violin and she will go on to represent Seaford in the District competition in 2015. Our thanks to the judges for their commitment and interest.

I congratulate last year’s winner of the Young musician competition, Hambel Goodchild, who represented the Club at the District Competition and gained sec-ond place.

There was an enjoyable evening seeing the play ’Birdsong’ at the Devonshire Park Theatre based on the First World War. Our next theatre trip is to see ‘Black Coffee’.

A “My Job” talk by Alan Wagstaffe informed us of his various occupations and ca-reer. It is always interesting to hear experiences of fellow Rotarians.

An enjoyable lunch was held on February 19th when we entertained three Rotari-ans from Lewes Castle Club, Past Rotarian Eric Reynolds, and three RYLA candi-dates including Florence Hardy. Members and visitors heard a most interesting account from Florence on her trip to Peru with the Girl Guides working with dis-advantaged children. The Club was very pleased to have been able to assist with her sponsorship. The delivery of her presentation from a young person showed great confidence, and interest, and the numerous questions from the floor were answered very informatively.

Last Saturday saw Ray, Gerry, Pippa and myself supported by a Newhaven Rotari-an come 7th in the Newhaven Rotary Quiz Night. We are pleased to advise you that we didn’t come last and we did beat Martello Rotary!!

A more recent update on the Skittles front was our successful win against Bright-on Soiree, we now wait for the next round!

Enjoy Rotary

Michael

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From Print to Digital By the Editor

Keith Ridley visited the Rotary Club of Seaford on

Wednesday 5 February to explain to members

something of the huge changes that have been

happening in the Newspaper world, in particular

the impact of digital technology.

Keith works for Johnston Press, a multimedia

company with around 4,350 employees in 160

locations around the UK, the Isle of Man and the

Republic of Ireland which publishes 13 daily news-

papers, 154 paid-for weekly newspapers and 37

free weeklies as well as a stable of glossy monthly

lifestyle magazines. He started in newspapers 40

years ago. And has been in an editorial role for

36, working in East Sussex for the last four.

In his patch (publications include the Eastbourne Herald, Seaford Gazette and Sussex Ex-

press) there are about 42,000 papers sold weekly, with approximately 45,000 unique visi-

tors to the websites. However 80% of revenue still comes from the printed form which

therefore subsidises the web presence. From market research it seems that much of the

web hosted news is accessed by young people, many with smart phones checking out

specific events such as a road accident.

Keith conducted a buoyant question and answer session which the audience found very

stimulating, and which Keith said he found useful. Sincere thanks for his visit were ex-

pressed by many. Photo by Mike Hemmings

Rotary Club of Seaford Concert From President Michael Logan

The Rotary Club of Seaford presents the Brighton Welsh Male Voice Choir and Seaford Primary

School Choir in concert at Seaford Head School, Arundel Road Site, on Saturday 26 April at 7:00pm.

Tickets are £10, available from Newberry Tully Estate Agent, 53 Church Street, Seaford, or email

events@seafordrotary.org.uk

Young Musician of the Year By musical reporter Paul Vaesen

On Sunday 9 February 13 young musicians went along to Newlands School to take part in

the Rotary Club of Seaford’s Annual Young Musician of the Year competition. There were

two violinists, a viola player, a clarinettist, a flautist, a keyboard player, a pianist, and six

vocalists, all aged between 11 and 17 who either live or attend a school in Seaford.

The competition aims to give them the experience of appearing in front of an audience

and the chance to showcase their musical talent, and the audience was treated to an

evening of outstanding instrumental and vocal performances.

By far the most difficult job fell to the judges, Andrew Daniels, Margaret Darwall Smith

and Pat White who had the unenviable task of deciding the top three, all of whom re-

ceived prizes.

This year’s winner, who was also presented with the Colin Seymour Memorial Shield, was

Bethany Geoghegan (violin) and the two runners up were Rosie Moore (vocal/guitar) and

Michael Todd (piano). Bethany will now go on to appear at the Seaford Young Mayor’s

Awards in the Spring. There was also an additional encouragement award which was won

by Kiri Harmer (vocal) and all the competitors received commemorative certificates.

The prizes were presented by Mrs Tula Dyer, Head of Newlands School. Chairman of the

Rotary Club’s Youth Opportunities Committee Fred Breeds thanked the judges, Adam

Briggs technical organiser from Sussex Events Ltd, MC Damon Willer, entertainers Phil

McMullen and Shannon Smith, along with Newlands School for hosting the evening. Fred

congratulated all the competitors and said this was just one of the many ways in which

the Rotary Club aims to support the young people of Seaford.

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Photo by Mike Hemmings

Left to right are Tula Dyer, Rosie

Moore, Bethany Geoghegan, Michael

Todd, and Fred Breeds

To see more pictures go to

http://www.seafordrotary.org.uk/

pictures.php?SelgalleryID=132

Skittles Team Marches On By Sports Officer John Lockyer

On Thursday 27 February our team of Skittlers took on the might of Brighton & Hove Soi-

ree and managed to triumph by a considerable margin.

All members of the team gave of their best but mention has to be made of Barry Wells

who was the only player to score double figures in one turn, scoring a magnificent 16

points.

The Royal Oak at Barcombe was an excellent venue which provided

a sumptuous buffet.

The team is now in the semi-final, south section, and will be away to

Haywards Heath (no date arranged as yet).

Supporters will be welcome on the evening.

Photo by Gerry Peachey

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Our Boot, Craft & Produce Fairs will be starting up again in April. As last year, they will all

be at the Martello Fields on Sundays from 09:00 to 13:00. Gates will open to stallholders

at 07:30, and the cost of a pitch is £8. Admittance and car parking will be free for the

public and refreshments will be available. For any questions phone Mike on 0771 443

0930 or email events@seafordrotary.org.uk.

This year’s dates are

27th April

18th May

15th June

13th July

10th August

7th September

5th October

Last year’s fairs were a great success, with the exception of the freak storm in August of

course. So if you have any unwanted bits and pieces that you would like to sell, or if you

are looking for that special item why not come along and enjoy the day!

Boot Craft & Produce Fairs 2014

By FUNdraising Chairman Mike Roper

Photo by Mike Hemmings

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Quiz & Curry with Newhaven Club Photo & story by special reporter Gerry Peachey

Our Club were invited to travel west

to be guests of the Rotary Club of

Newhaven to enter a Quiz Night at

the Scout Building in Fort Road. There

were around 60 people taking part

arranged in ten teams including one

from our good friends Seaford Martel-

lo Rotary Club.

The quiz consisted of ten rounds of

mixed questions, our team comprising

Mike & Pippa Logan, Ray Hazan and

Gerry Peachey. As we were short-

handed, we “borrowed” two extras.

At the interval we were served with welcome plates of curry and rice.

A Quality Raffle was drawn at the end, and £157 Profit was made for Rotary Club of

Newhaven Funds. Everyone felt it was a great evening. Perhaps most importantly our

team performed magnificently, satisfied that they had thoroughly beaten Seaford Martel-

lo (even if they are our good friends), coming 7th out of 10 against their 8th!

Based on our enormous success we are considering entering Mastermind!

Flautist Hambel Goodchild Wins Prize

By our musical correspondent Paul Vaesen

The winner of the Rotary Club of Seaford’s Young Musician of the Year 2013, Hambel

Goodchild, played her flute at the Rotary District Young Musician Final at St Hilary’s School

Godalming on Saturday 22 February. Despite very tough competition from young musi-

cians from Sussex and Surrey, Hambel won second prize after playing Gluck’s Flute Concer-

to in G and the Prelude from John Rutter’s Suite Antique. She was accompanied by Anna

Pope on the piano.

14 year old Hambel lives in Seaford and was a student at Seaford Head School until last

July when she won a Scholarship to the Purcell School in Hertfordshire, where she now

studies.

The Rotary Club of Seaford was delighted to sponsor Hambel in their District Young Musi-

cian competition, and we are very proud of her success.

On Wednesday 19th February, Girl Guide Florence Hardy visited the Rotary Club of Seaford to talk about her experiences on her trip to Peru last year working with the Kiya Survivors charity. Florence had to attend a LaSERIO (London and South East Region In-ternational Opportunities) weekend in Lon-don, and she was delighted when they an-nounced that she that she had been selected to be a member of a team going to Peru. The team had to raise £3,600 and they carried out activities together such as Christmas Gift wrapping and Bag packing, and individually Florence did things like car boot sales, bingo nights, cake sales and bracelet making. She also approached local organisations, includ-ing the Rotary Club of Seaford, and we were pleased to be able to help her, both by giving her a donation and by letting her have a free pitch at our Car Boot, Craft & Produce Fair.

When the team were in Peru they worked at the Kiya Survivors Rainbow Centre, a school for children with physical or mental disabilities, many of whom had been abused due to the stigma associated with disabilities in Peru where, as well as working in the classrooms with the children, they painted and re-decorated the school. This included a giant snakes and ladders board on the playground, colourful spots on the stage to help with positions when they put on school plays, snakes leading into the school and train tracks in between each classroom. One of the memorable moments of the trip was seeing the joy on the children’s faces when they came in on the Monday morning when all of the painting was done and it was a great feeling to see what a difference all their hard work had actually made. The team spent two weeks of their trip working with the children and Florence said that it was lovely to get to know them. She was amazed at how willing they were to play with members of the team and get involved in the activities they had planned. But the most inspiring aspect of her trip was seeing how, despite the physical or mental disa-bilities facing the children at the centre, they still managed to be the happiest group of young people that she had ever met. Florence also referred to Rainbow House, a home for orphaned disabled children, most of whom had been abandoned by their parents as a result of their disability or were simply dropped off by their parents at birth because of their disability. The team spent most of our free time playing football with the Rainbow house kids which was a great experience for them.

The trip wasn’t all work though; during the weekends they did activities including a horse

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Florence Hardy Trip to Peru From reporter Paul Vaesen

Picture by Barry Wells, left to right Club President

Michael Logan, Florence Hardy, Marianne Best, Ella

Edwards and RYLA coordinator Peter Posgate

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back tour of the Sacred Valley, a hike up to some Inca ruins and a personal highlight of the trip for her was climbing up Machu Picchu. Before they left Peru they spent a week-end in the Amazon area and then went to Florida where they spent the last four days of their trip at Camp Choee and got to know about American Girl Guiding cultures.

Florence concluded by saying that the trip trip to Peru had been one of the best experi-ences of her life, and she thanked all of the people who supported her and to Girlguiding for giving her the opportunity to go on the trip.

Florence has been selected by the Rotary Club of Seaford to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) week in April, and she had the opportunity to meet the other two young people who are also being sponsored by the Club for RYLA this year, Marianne Best and Ella Edwards. The Club wished them a successful and fulfilling week, which will involve them in team building and leadership experiences.

What’s On Items for the April

edition should be with the

editor by 25 March to

ensure inclusion

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Mar 28 Quiz Night Seaford Head Lower School

Apr 26 Brighton Welsh Male Voice Choir Seaford Head Upper School

Apr 27 Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields

May 15/16 Bluebell Walk Catering Bates Green Farm, Arlington

May 18 Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields

Jun 15 Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields

Jun 29 Armed Forces Day Martello Fields

Jul 05 South Coast Triathlon Martello Fields

Jul 06 South Coast Half Marathon Martello Fields

Jul 13 Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields

Aug 10 Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields

Aug 10 Seahaven Para Games Downs Leisure Centre

Sep 07 Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields

Oct 05 Boot, Craft & Produce Fair Martello Fields

Oct 09 to 11 Grand Charity Raffle Morrisons

Oct 16 to 18 Grand Charity Raffle Morrisons

Inner Wheel At last March has arrived and with it the welcome Spring flowers.

The last two months have been very hard, not only with the rainfall and the strong winds but health-wise for me as I re-cover from major surgery.

However, Inner Wheel members have been very busy as usual.

The 10th January was Worldwide Inner Wheel Day and we met at President Jean’s home for a Coffee Morning which raised enough money to buy a bedside cabinet on wheels for St Wilfrid’s Hospice (see photo right).

Wendy Breeds organised a Line Dance Evening which raised over £500 for President Jean’s charity, “Downs Syn-drome and Special Needs” (see photo left).

The 4th February found every-one at Rosemary Court’s Friendship Coffee Morning. At our Club Meeting on 11th Feb-ruary we welcomed our Dis-trict Chairman Francoise, who reminded us of the Objects of Inner Wheel. Her District Char-

ity for the year is “Centrepoint” for the support of 16 to 25 year olds. Francoise was pre-sented with an orchid plant by Vice President Mary Morris.

On 17th February we held an Overseas Frugal Lunch in aid of “School in a Bag”. Inner Wheel members travelled from all over District 25 to attend and a large sum was raised for the charity.

Finally, on 24th February it was Barbara Anderson’s “Famous 2p. Quiz” held at St Luke’s Hall. If you didn’t attend you missed a super, hilarious event.

Dawn Hatley

Club Correspondent.

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