The Fareham Flyer

Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Fareham D1110 UK

President Pamela Bryant

Service above Self Bulletin No. 360 JULY 2013

President Pam in charge

It’s annual Presidential

Changeover time for the

Rotary Club of Fareham which

meets weekly at Cams Hall

Golf Club. Well-known

Fareham Councillor and past

Mayor of Fareham Mrs Pamela

Bryant has taken over the helm

from outgoing President

Duncan Colin-Jones.

Pam’s theme as the new

President of Fareham Rotary is

‘Care, Compassion and

Consideration and this fits into

her wish to support charities

near to home.

Support for cancer charities

and the Fareham Stroke Club

are high on the agenda

supported by the newly formed

Wykeham House Interact Club

which is the first Interact in

this area.

Interact is for young people

aged from 12 to 18 and this

club, sponsored by the Rotary

Club of Fareham, aims to

encourage and inspire the local

students to complete two

community service projects

annually and develop their

leadership skills. The girls are

currently making blankets for

the Fareham Stroke Club.

President Pam says "I am

honoured and humbled to have

become the Rotary Club of

Fareham’s President for the

coming year and trust my

chosen charities and

community projects will

benefit from our support

locally."

For the coming year Pam also

hopes that, as a Club, they will

be able to continue with the

variety of events and meetings

enjoyed in previous years. The

international side of Rotary

service this year has the theme

‘Engage Rotary, Change

Lives’. The Rotary Club of

Fareham aims to continue their

contribution to the Eradication

of Polio Appeal to further

reduce the numbers of

sufferers throughout the world.

Additionally during Pam’s

year she hopes to encourage

support for the Rotary Dentaid

Box scheme. This project will

improve the oral health of

disadvantaged communities

around the world.

This is a copy of the Press

release issued by our new

Press Officer Pam Marsden.

A report on Changeover night

appears later!

KIDS OUT AT PAULTON’S Another month has passed –

they seem to fly by. But where

is summer? A couple of sunny

days, then back to gloom once

more. Despite the gloom, it

couldn’t dampen the spirits of

the children treated to a day

out at Paulton’s Park.

Fareham Rotary sponsored a

group from St Columba

Academy and another from St

Francis Special School,

Fareham. Rotarians were out

early to ensure that the groups

safely boarded their transport

for the journey to Paulton’s

Park.

The picture following shows

the group of children from St

Francis Special School under

the watchful eyes of Rtns.

Dick Taylor and John Russell

from Fareham, together with

the President of the Rotary

Club of Locks Heath Dave

Bevis

Meanwhile, at St Columba

Academy, The Mayor of

Fareham, Cllr. Mrs Susan

Bayford, together with her

consort Cllr. Brian Bayford

were greeted by President

Duncan Colin-Jones. Assisting

with preparations for the

journey were Pres Elect

Pamela Bryant, Rtns Lyndon

Palmer, Betty Evans and

Roger Esnault.

Meanwhile at Paulton’s Park,

Rtns. Tony Cove, Chris

Thomas, Gary Willcocks,

Dave Barclay, Mike Hurley,

Mike Eastwood, Chris

Courtney, Terry Eldrid, and

John Landaw were busily

engaged in setting up the

‘Headquarters’ gazebo.

Unfortunately John got a bit

too enthusiastic, and it was

only timely intervention by

Gary that stopped him from

disappearing into the ether!

Soon the crowds began to

gather and it was all hands to

the pumps, booking in,

checking numbers and contact

details, and issuing the correct

number of passes.

Gary used his experience from

past years and soon had the

process under control.

Chris was responsible for

collecting returned tickets, and

issuing any extras required.

Terry and Chris C handed

maps to everyone to ensure

that nobody lost their way!

It was unfortunate that the

weather decided to break just

at lunchtime, when groups

were preparing their spots for

group picnics. Some wise folk

had brought groundsheets and

large umbrellas – obviously

been before!

Although many of the duties of

previous years had changed,

from the time when Tony

Cove was ‘Mr KidsOut,’ for

example car parking, lunch

preparations etcetera, it was

still a great experience to be

involved.

We gained publicity from an

article which appeared in the

‘News’

Welcome to our new

member On Thursday 13

th June we

were delighted to welcome a

new member, Maureen Bell.

Maureen has been associated

with Fareham Rotary for many

years, as wife of the late

Murray Bell, Club President

2005/2006.

Secretary Roger Esnault

introduced Maureen to the

Club, giving a glowing

reference to her commitment

and service to the Community,

being involved in many roles.

Maureen spoke fondly of her

past association with the Club,

and the many happy occasions

which she and Murray had

shared.

Of particular memory to many

past presidents was the

McGonnagall** Dinner

organised by Murray, when the

order of courses was reversed!

I don’t know if it ever caught

on.

President Duncan carried out

the induction ceremony in the

approved manner, and all

Rotarians present warmly

welcomed Maureen into the

Club.

** William Topaz McGonagall

William Topaz McGonagall was a Scottish weaver, doggerel poet and actor. He won notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of or concern for his peers' opinions of his work. William Topaz McGonagall Poet

Scotland’s worst poet!

"Beautiful Railway Bridge of

the Silv'ry Tay!

Alas! I am very sorry to say

That ninety lives have been

taken away

On the last Sabbath day of

1879,

Which will be remember'd for

a very long time."

They don’t get much worse

than that!

Wishing Well supports

‘The Rocky Appeal’ (Press release of event)

The Rotary Club of Fareham is

dedicating the funds raised

through its Wishing Well in

Fareham Shopping Centre for

the next months to the Rocky

Appeal for the newly opened

Orthopaedic Digital Operating

Theatre at Queen Alexandra

Hospital.

As Appeals Coordinator for

the Portsmouth Hospital NHS

Trust, Mick Lyons says “The

new theatre will provide high

definition digital technology to

allow much more accurate

diagnosis and surgical

procedures in orthopaedics to

help so many of our patients

and we are delighted that the

Fareham Rotary Club has

agreed to help.”

Club President, Duncan Colin-

Jones, himself a former

consultant at QA is pictured as

the Wishing Well was formally

dedicated to the appeal.

Picture – (left) Mick Lyons,

BEM, Appeals Coordinator,

Portsmouth NHS Trust and

(right) Duncan Colin-Jones,

President, Rotary Club of

Fareham.

A good start today, Gary and I

counted £132.40 from the

Wishing Well and 99p store.

School Vouchers Jill Newby has asked me to

thank all those who have

collected the supermarket

schools’ vouchers. Jill took a

large bunch of these to

Portchester Community

School, where they are used to

provide small items of sports

equipment – balls, pads etc..

The poor girl in reception was

busy counting vouchers when

Jill arrived, and almost ran

when she saw Jill’s additional

collection.

Thanks once again to all.

President Duncan’s

Statement

Personal thanks

I am very grateful to so

many in the club who have

helped me during the last year.

Roger has been a superb

secretary, so well organised

and outstanding in his

knowledge of matters Rotary

and in his kindly wisdom,

guiding and encouraging me. I

have learnt a lot and am so

very grateful. Geoff Hillam

has been a huge help with the

joint Matching Grant for

CURE, taking a significant

burden off my shoulders and

unlike myself, he knows what

he is doing in his dealings with

Foundation! Tony Cove has

great commitment to club and

Rotary, and superb

organisational skills for which

I have been very grateful on

numerous occasions, he is a

real pillar in the club. Gerry

Ayres has cheerfully kept the

speakers rota going well,

coping with the occasional

hiccoughs and providing good

speakers and subjects of

interest. George Cantrill is to

be the next secretary which I

know he will do extremely

well; he has been a great

recruiter – well done and thank

you – and has helped me

frequently in several different

ways. Mike Hurley now has a

District post and deserves our

support for his work with

Youth. The work of the Wheel

House has had a little of the

recognition it deserves with a

District award and being

shortlisted for Queen’s Award

for voluntary service – thank

you PP Chris and your team.

And thanks to the Stubbington

‘gang’, Gary Willcocks and

Dave Barclay, who contribute

so much with the ‘Flyer’ and

keeping the club accounts. IPP

Linda as our new Registrar has

quickly got it all sorted, PP Jill

continues her almoner’s

support work, not only

knowing our birthdays, but

keeping in touch with those

who are not so well, and PP

John Gauntlett faithfully

organises the bottle draw –

thanks to them all. Many

others in the club have helped

in different ways and always

so willingly and reliably, I am

very grateful – please forgive

that space prevents my not

mentioning all by name.

Working well with next

year’s team is crucial for a

successful handover, and I

have been privileged to have

had PE Pam and VP John as

wonderful colleagues and

friends – I am hugely in their

debt for all they did and know

that a really good year lies

ahead, it cannot be anything

else with such quality people

leading

Duncan Colin-Jones President

2012/13

Twinning Weekend

JUMELAGE 2013

On Friday 14th June 12

Cabourg Rotarians and wives

arrived at the Portsmouth Ferry

port to begin the 20th twinning

since the formal link between

our two clubs was established.

We were all shocked to hear

the Marie Lecat had had a bad

fall on their stairs as she and

Herve were setting out and

was at the hospital. These

stairs are remembered with

some trepidation by Jill and

Linda who tackled them a few

years ago! Marie and Herve

have been wonderful hosts and

guests over many twinnings

and their company was greatly

missed.

First call after the port was to

Pam and John’s home. The

fine weather that accompanied

our French visitors this year

meant that the delicious cream

tea that our hosts provided,

could be enjoyed in the garden.

Links made over many years

were renewed and plans for the

weekend revealed.

Friday evening began with a

unique opportunity to visit a

little known piece of D-Day

history. Droxford Station, now

a private house, was where

Churchill and Eisenhower met

to finalise plans for the

landings.

We were treated to a very

interesting account of why

Droxford was chosen for that

historic meeting and also the

ploys that were adopted to

ensure that no passing German

reconnaissance aircraft spotted

unusual activity. This

fascinating tale was brilliantly

translated by Penny in a day

when her linguistic talents

shone.

A walk round the garden

worked off some of the cream

tea and everyone retired to the

nearby Hurdles Public House

for a full Roast Beef dinner.

The giant Yorkshire Puddings

triggered some interesting

banter over the meal.

President Duncan gave a

valiant welcoming speech in

French and Eric Spoor

responded fluently in English.

On Saturday we were all at

another Station - the Police

Station at Southwick, home of

the Combined Services Police.

More famous as Southwick

House the nerve centre for D-

Day and the home of the

historic D-Day wall map set

out as it was at H hour on 6th

June 1944.

Did you know that the map

was made as a giant jigsaw by

toy makers Chad Valley, one

of several covering different

parts of the country so that the

real invasion route was not

given away. We heard that it

was all so secret that the men

sent to install it were not

allowed to leave until the

invasion was over and didn’t

get home until September.

We heard how the whole

invasion was threatened by the

weather and left Eisenhower

with a difficult decision

whether to take the first

window or wait for a more

settled long term forecast. As

things turned out if he had not

given the order to go – the

invasion might not have been

possible for months and the

Russians might even have

reached the French coast

before we did - a sobering

thought. (And all this had to

be translated in detail by

Penny).

Lunchtime found us in

Winchester sharing a jewel of

Pan Asian Cuisine - The

Tanoshi Fusion Restaurant

discovered by Norman and Jo

Chapman. We enjoyed a

‘Fusion’ of dishes that just

kept coming. Many of us

marked it down for a return

visit.

A short coach ride, or in the

case of Colin’s team a quick

wheel and trot down

Winchester High Street took us

to Winchester Cathedral for

their ‘Symphony of Flowers’

This was a real treat. Stunning

displays that included a ‘wild

flower meadow’ in the knave

and living flower people

walking about. We admired

the work of the Soberton

Flower Group, that included

Lettice (Palmer that is – not

salad) , a wonderful Angel

clothed in leaves and flowers

flanked by white inverted

trumpets.

The Final event of the

Twinning was a skittles match

and buffet supper in Wickham.

We marginally beat the French

but Klaus maintains that this

was only because Hubert, one

of their star players, had an

injured hand.

Our French guests were

delivered wearily back to the

Ferry, all too early on Sunday

morning for the voyage home.

In all 43 Fareham Rotarians,

partners and friends joined in

the 2013 Twinning events.

Another successful testimony

to our lasting friendship with

the Rotarians of Cabourg that

exemplifies the fourth object

of Rotary – The advancement

of International understanding,

goodwill and peace through

fellowship. Grateful thanks to

Roger and Gerry for the above

report, and to Roger for the

photographs.

Notes from our Roving

Correspondent – Mike

Swinburne.

ON Monday President Duncan

and I attended the last meeting

of the Petersfield Rotary

Club. It should have been a

fairly solemn affair but, in fact,

it was very jolly. The

Petersfield Club was chartered

in 1954 and were down to the

last 11 members. In

attendance were the Mother

Club, Fareham (chartered in

1946), The Grandmother Club

Gosport (chartered in 1919)

the Great Grandmother Club ,

Portsmouth (chartered in 1917)

and several other Clubs

including Waterlooville

(chartered in 1976) Their

President Laurie Redstone,

gave a rundown of the Club’s

achievements during the past

year. It is difficult to believe

that a Club with so few

members could have achieved

so much. Among their

achievements was taking a

party of Senior Citizens down

to the Wheel House and giving

them tea on the

beach. Duncan and I sat with a

couple of the Club members

who told us of the difficulties

the Club had in recruiting new

members They said that the

Town Centre of Petersfield

was almost bereft of retail

outlets and the big multiples

did not want to know. Their

venue is very friendly, The

food was very good and the

bar Staff were very

pleasant. Some of the

members were going to join

neighbouring Rotary Clubs but

others would be lost to

Rotary. The man who should

have been the Incoming

President, Tris Tristram

already held 5 posts in the

Club and they said he would

attend Rotary meetings every

day of the week if he

could. Currently he was in

Lisbon attending the RI

Convention. He would no

doubt be of value to any Club

that would have him.

On Tuesday night I attended

the Change-Over Night of the

Waterlooville Club which was

rather strange. The President

had died of cancer a few

months before the end of her

Presidential Year. Susan Deyes

had transferred in from another

Club. She was the first female

member of the Club which

resulted in a number of the

members resigning. The new

President referred to himself as

a “Recycled President” having

held the post some years

before. The Club is a very

active organisation with a very

supportive Inner Wheel who

shared the evening with the

Rotary Club. Because Ann is

a member of their Inner Wheel

the Club is no stranger to me

On Wednesday night I

attended our own Change

Over. We had an excellent

meal at Lysses superbly

organised by Tony

Cove. Before the meal we

were entertained by our

Interact Cub based on

Wykeham House School of

which The Head Teacher is an

honorary Member of this

Club. The youngsters treated

us to some delightful singing

which I enjoyed most when

they all sang

together. President Duncan,

who has been a superb

President summarised the

events of the year which were

most frequent and

praiseworthy. He handed over

his Chain of office to Pam

Bryant who will be a

noteworthy President. She is

the third female to be President

of this Club and she is

determined to put a female

touch to the Club. She even

distributed pink club

directories. For many years I

moaned about the fact that I

received the District and RI

Directories before I got the

Club Directory. But there it

was on our dinner plates

waiting for us. Unlike poor

old Petersfield we have no

shortage of incoming

members. It is a pity that

Petersfield could not have

done what we did i.e. look for

early retired members. We

had 7 new members which

more that covered the 3 that

we lost through age and

illness. I predict this will be an

excellent year.

Many thanks Mike.

Changeover Night.

Our annual Changeover Night

celebrations were this year

held on Wednesday 26th

June

at Lysses Hotel, Fareham.

The evening, meticulously

planned by Tony Cove,

commenced with a musical

presentation by the young

ladies of Wykeham House

School Interact Club. Each

member gave an individual

rendition, and the concert

ended with all of the girls

singing in unison. Such

confidence! These young

ladies did us proud. Thanks to

Head Teacher Lynn Clark for

sanctioning the event.

President Duncan welcomed

our Principle guests, the

Mayor and her Consort, as

well as the many Friends of

Rotary, wives, husbands etc:

The whole gathering filled the

upstairs function room. The

evening continued with dinner,

which was enjoyed by all.

We then came to the main

business of the evening. The

out-going President Duncan

reviewed the events of his year

in office, and re-iterated his

thanks to all who had helped

make it such a wonderful year.

There were then presentations

to be made and the following

were rewarded – to the

incoming President Pam

Bryant, for her outstanding

efforts in setting up our new

Interact Club at Wykeham

House School, Pres. Duncan

presented Pam with a Paul

Harris Fellowship. Richly

deserved!

The President’s Salver,

awarded at the President’s

Discretion, for the member

who had given invaluable

assistance, was presented to PP

Tony Cove.

A new award this year was the

Jim Burrell trophy, presented

in memory of the late Jim, who

sadly passed away after many

many years in Rotary. It was

decided that the trophy would

go to the member providing

the most entertaining

countenance during the past

year, and of course there could

be no doubt as to who might

win! Yes, PE John Rowlinson!

Modesty almost prevents me

mentioning that the Swinburne

Cup winner this year was the

Editor of your Flyer!

Finally Long Service

Certificates were presented to

John Landaw, John Gauntlett,

Keith Southern.

It was then time for the

outgoing president to hand

over the duty to incoming

president Pam Bryant.

President Pam accepted the

challenge, and in her

acceptance speech thanked the

retiring president for all he had

achieved during his year. She

said that it would be a hard act

to follow, but aided by the

strong team she had put

together, was sure that all

would be well.

President Pam then installed

her President Elect John

Rowlinson

Unfortunately the incoming

Vice Pres. Bob Mussellwhite

was absent, but will be

installed at the next possible

Club meeting.

It was then Pres. Pam’s duty to

present PP Duncan with his

medal, and a small gift from

the Club, in appreciation of his

very successful presidency.

A special mention must be

made of the ladies, and

presentations of bouquets were

made to Penny Rowlinson for

her excellent translation skills

during the Caboug visit. Penny

ensured that everyone knew

what was going on!

Secondly, to Carol Colin-

Jones, for her sterling work

with the Food Bank

organisation, and for

supporting Duncan during his

presidential year

And finally to Ursula Esnault,

in recognition of all the

support given to our retiring

secretary Roger.

A splendid evening to end a

splendid Rotary year, and to

herald in the next.

GRACE LIST - JULY

4th

Gary Willcocks

11th

Gerry Ayres

18th

Dave Barclay

25th

Mike Bazeley

JULY BIRTHDAYS

5th

Pat Willcocks

11th

Nandini Das

17th

Rebecca Traynor

19th

Lynne Benstead

30th

Peter Brett-Burley

30th

Pippa Coghlan

31st David Sanders

JULY ANNIVERSARIES

7th

Bob & Susan Marshall

14th

Bob & Sue

Mussellwhite

15th

Chris & Marion

Thomas

19th

Richard & Jenny

Watson

23rd

John & Maria Russell

24th

Roger & Ursula Esnault

25th

Geoff & Christine

Hillam

Quote: In ancient times cats

were worshipped as gods –

they have not forgotten this!

-Terry Pratchett

Did you know? ----

Polish is now England’s

second language. There are

546,000 Polish speakers,

compared with 273,000

Punjabi and 147,000 French

speakers.

Each month I receive a copy of

Meon Tidings, the newsletter

of Rotary Club of Fareham

Meon

If anyone wishes a copy I will

gladly email it to you – or see

http://www.rotary-

ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=

253979&ClubID=653

JULY PROGRAMME

4th

Job talk – John

Russell

6th

DISTRICT

COUNCIL

11th

Lunchtime meeting -

Interact

15th

CLUB COUNCIL

18th

Business Meeting

25th

Speaker –John Lait –

(Hampshire Highways

South)

July Menu

4th Grilled Gammon Steak,

Fried Egg and Pineapple.

11th Crispy Battered Cod,

Chip, Peas, Tartar & Bread &

Butter.

18th Lancashire Lamb Hot

Pot.

25th Beef Bourguignon,

Sauté Potatoes & French

Beans.

This wartime photograph clearly indicates the importance of Droxford station, which featured in our

programme for the Caboug guests. It shows: McKenzie King (PM of Canada), Winston Churchill, Peter

Fraser (PM of New Zealand), Gen. Eisenhowe, Sir Geoffrey Huggins, (PM of Southern Rhodesia) and

General Smuts (PM of South Africa). Picture kindly supplied by Gerry Ayres.