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Nº 129 OCTOBER 2013

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MEGAN YOUNG IS MISS WORLD 2013

FOCUS ON: EL CORTIJO LA DEHESA DEL PILAR

THE HONDA MOTOR CYCLE RANGE

GIBTELECOM INVESTS IN HOMEGROWN TALENT

BREED 77 – REELING AND ROCKING MUSIC IN EQUAL DOSES

WINE TASTING DINNER AT LE BATEAU RESTAURANT WITH CORONADE ARAGON AND COURTESY OF LEWIS STAGNETTO LTD

BODEGA GRANDES VINOS Y VINEDOS S.A.

CORONA DE ARAGON: THE WINES SAMPLED

THE PERFORMERS’ CLUB

SUNSET ON THE SAHARA

GIB FLOYD “THE EXPERIENCE” – ANOTHER RESOUNDING SUCCESS

CLEAN UP THE WORLD 2013

FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH

THE BEST RECIPES OF OUR CUISINE

WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWN TOWN? NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL

NATIONAL DAY ROCK CONCERT

THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS

PUTTING THE T INTO TRIAY & TRIAY

CLUBHOUSE GIBRALTAR PRESENT A GIBRALTAR NATIONAL DOLL TO SIR ADRIAN AND LADY JOHNS

CHESS MOVES AHEAD AND OUTSIDE

SUPERB SEPTEMBER FOR MEDGOLF MEMBERS

NATIONAL DAY WITH SHEILA

THE KIA RANGE

NAPOLEON, NELSON AND THE FRENCH THREAT

OKTOBERFEST

OUT ON NATIONAL DAY WITH DOMINIQUE

INAUGURATION OF I.W. MOTORS AT CORRAL ROAD

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Megan Young is Miss World 2013Megan Young was crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday 28th September last in Bali, In-donesia, making history as the first-ever Filipino winner of the title since the Philippines’ debut in the pageant in 1966.

The 23-year-old actress bested 126 other international candi-dates to become the successor of China’s Wenxia Yu, who confe-rred the crown on Miss Young at the pageant’s culminating event held at Bali Nusa Dua Conven-tion Center.

France’s Marine Lorphelin fi-nished second, while Ghana’s Carranzar Shooter came third. Completing the Top 6 were Spain’s Elena Ibarbia, Brazil’s Sancler Frantz, and our very own Gibraltar’s Maroua Khar-bouch, who won the ‘People’s Choice’ award.

Hosted by English singer Mylee-ne Klass and Mister World 2010, Kamal Ibrahim, the coronation night featured cultural numbers, as well as, performances from British boy-band, Blue.

Young’s win was bolstered by

her strong showing in various pre-pageant challenges, inclu-ding the Top Model competi-tion, which she won; the Beach Fashion tilt, where she ranked fifth; and the Multimedia Con-

test, where she placed fourth.

The Kapamilya star was also one of the few candidates, who had a solo spot in performing a dance from their respective countries.

Young, for her number, showca-sed the Maranao dance, ‘Singkil’.

Other preliminary competition winners recognized on Saturday were Netherlands’ Jacqueline Steenbeek, for the Sports Cha-llenge; Brazil’s Frantz, Beach Fashion; India’s Navneet Dhi-llon, Multimedia; and Nepal’s Ishani Shrestha, Beauty with a Purpose.

Young also zoomed up in ran-kings after her performance in the ‘Question and Answer’ portion, where all top six candi-dates were asked, “Why should you become Miss World?”

Thanking the Indonesian audien-ce in their native language, Young, who wore a pink Francis Libiran gown, brought up the “core va-lues” of Miss World and how she hopes to embody these “to help society.” Before giving her an-swer, Young also got to talk with Klass about the strong cheer for her from the audience. They were waiting for her profile reel to be set up -- it initially showed a di-fferent candidate -- when Young quipped, “I actually brought half of the Philippines here!”

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Focus On:El Cortijo de la Dehesa del Pilar

Text by Richard Cartwright

But at the same time, the far-mhouse provides all mod con facilities for maximum comfort. ‘La Dehesa Del Pi-lar’ is a 150 year old renovated and refurbished inside and out, beautiful complex one and a half hour’s drive from the Rock. It’s situated just fifteen minutes

away from the historic city of Ronda at less than 1,000 me-tres above sea level built on flat land. There’s the main larger house and a smaller one within the over 80 hectares of land be-longing to the properties. The large and very elegant en suite bedrooms, dressing room and sitting room/ lounges are ex-tremely cosy looking and fur-

nished to a very high standard with satellite TV and DVD player, fully equipped kit-chens, central heating - fuelled by ground olive stones - and a chimney fire with a continuous supply of chopped up wood re-ady to keep you warm should you prefer the more rustic feel. For the hotter days, there’s a swimming pool and there’s

also a chapel in the courtyard... “The views from the farmhou-se are incredible,” property co-owner/manager, Jose Manuel Amado, who’s supported by his son Jose Manuel Jnr, decla-res... “The farmhouse grounds are beautiful with olive groves, orange, pear and lemon trees, melons are also cultivated on the land as are cherries, grapes

It’s certainly what you’d call, ‘a holiday with a difference.’ Open spaces, away from the hustle and bustle, inclose contact with nature, rural... and very, very peaceful. It’s simply, the perfect place to `get away from it all!’


and figs: all can be gathered for your own delight when in sea-son and even organic produce can be picked on the land. There are well cared for flower beds in the gardens and the lawn is also very well taken care of. Yes, the views from the building and magnificent terraces are truly breathtaking. You may want go for a long, tranquil walk or go

on longer treks in La Serrania de Ronda.” Jose Manuel con-firms whichever activity you chose will get you closer to na-ture for sure. The white village of ‘Setenil de las Bodegas’, with its cave like dwellings and Ol-vera are close by and the local cuisine in the area is to die for. There’s a restaurant just 1 kilo-metre down the road from the

farmhouse! Should you want to go further afield, Ronda is about fifteen minutes away and Malaga Airport about an hour. Home help is at hand also: a lady cleaner who lives close by, comes in for two hours every day to ensure everything is ship- shape and Jose Manuel is also nearby living in a property on the farmhouse land ready to

assist, should he be required. The farmhouse property in its entirety is ideal for a whole ex-tended family and/or friends but can also be rented indivi-dually – large house or smaller one, also on the grounds.

Jose Manuel and Jose Manuel Jnr have a long connection with Gibraltar: the family ow-

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ned a groceries store in Coo-perage Lane for many years up until the closure of the land frontier in 1969. Jose Manuel Snr has been selling adverti-sing for various publications in La Linea including the now defunct Entertainment Ma-gazine whilst Jnr has been in real estate for some time now. They built 200 apartments in the ‘Palmeras de Calahonda’ complex and together with a partner from abroad, they’re

now involved in promoting ‘La Dehesa del Pilar’ property. The original idea was to build an airport for small private pla-nes on the land together with a golf course, chalets, equestrian centre and other amenities but they really felt the idea was a bit too ambitious especially in the current climate. ‘La Dehesa’ farmhouse too, when the re-cession finally lifts, could be an interesting buy for some indivi-dual or company.

In the meantime, the proper-ty is available for rent, interest in which has already been for-thcoming! Despite its privacy and ‘away from it all’ location and setting – the estate is com-pletely ring fenced with gated entry - the property has direct access to the main road bet-ween Ronda and Setenil de las Bodegas, which means it beco-mes very accessible. A lot more can be learned about the beau-tiful farmhouse and its grounds

by visiting, www.ladehesadel-pilar.com

There’s paradise and then there’s, ‘El Cortijo La Dehesa del Pilar’: a perfect experience of tradi-tional southern Spain, with its very Andalucian architecture. A renovated rural home set in beautiful grounds where nature beckons everywhere, from near and far... A charming thought which can become a holiday re-ality with a difference!

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Honda produced its first real motorcycle, the Model D, in 1949. Since then, Honda has gone on to become one of the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers. In fact, more than 50 million units of the venerable ‘Honda Super Cub’ were sold in less than 50 years, making it the most popular motorcycle in history. Today, Honda offers an enormous lineup of class-leading motorcycles and is regularly adding to and improving its fleet. From it’s ‘CBR’ line of sports bikes to its line of ‘runabout’ scooters to the luxurious Gold Wing Touring motorcycle, Honda has a bike for just about everybody.

The HondaMotor Cycle Range

With our new lineup of scooters, getting there is all the fun

ThE hONdA VIsION 110

The Honda Vision was designed to be a low-cost fuel efficient urban commuter. Powered by a four-stroke 110cc engine with Honda’s ‘PGM-FI’ fuel injection system, the Honda Vision claims a maximum power output of 8.3hp at 8000rpm while torque peaks at a claimed 6.4 ft.-lb. at 6500rpm.

The Vision’s sleek, attractive body de-sign has an ergonomically sculpted one-piece seat at a height of 760mm, also allowing for plenty of legroom. There is also generous luggage space

under the seat, with the additional option of helmet holders on both si-des of the under-seat compartment, to allow for this area to be left for lu-ggage or shopping. The leg shield in front of the rider provides not only effective weather protection but also additional storage as the two open compartments are ideal for holding drinks bottles securely.

The CBS, ‘Combined Braking Sys-tem’, links the left brake lever to both the rear and front disk brake, optimi-sing the braking effort at both tyres to give strong, secure stopping in all conditions. The Vision has been de-

signed with economy in mind and as such returns a superb fuel consump-tion of 50.2km/l (140mpg) from its 110cc four-stroke engine with PGM-FI fuel injection engine with electric start. And at just 102kg, this scooter is nimble with confident handling, which is assisted by telescopic forks and hydraulic damping for a smooth ride while the Combined Braking System (CBS) provides optimal bra-king in all conditions. Performance, style and comfortThis stylish 110cc-powered scooter has been designed as an adaptable commuter that combines ample per-

formance with superb fuel economy and generous storage, as well as, great comfort for both rider and pillion.

ThE hONdA PCX125

With all the scooters on the road, you want one that really delivers. The PCX does, and more. From its inno-vative styling, motorcycle-inspired seating, reliable Honda engine and transmission, the PCX is one of the most exciting ways to get around in years. Think of the new Honda PCX125 as the do-everything scoo-ter. It offers the fuel economy of the most frugal scooters out there, but it’s

Honda Vision 110 Honda PCX 125

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big enough and powerful enough to carry a passenger and ride on the mo-torway. Storage, automatic transmis-sion, easy to park – do you really have to ask? The new PCX125 has it all, and it’s the perfect choice if you’re looking to replace that second car with so-mething a whole lot smarter for these times when every pound counts.

With its 125cc liquid-cooled four-stroke engine, the PCX125 is power-ful enough to ride on the highway and carry you and a passenger too. The PCX is all about taking care of its ri-der. Exhibit A: the large seat and floor-boards. You get room to move around and your passenger gets plenty of room too. The full-length floorboards and step-through design also makes getting on and off a whole lot easier. A full 25 litres of under-seat storage is safe, secure, and convenient. Use it wi-sely to store a helmet, your groceries, office materials and more.

Super-smart style, Honda heart and soul

The new PCX 125 was created for ri-ders who desire the compact, econo-mical advantages of a 125cc scooter and the modern, fashionable good looks more often associated with lar-ger-displacement machines.

In the future, maybe all two-wheeled transport will be as good as this. But why wait when you can be riding the new Honda PCX125 now? It’s full of

the features that make it one of the smartest ways to get around since man started walking on two legs!

ThE hONdA PCX150

The popularity of small-displacement scooters is growing in Europe. Rising fuel prices and awareness of environ-mental issues have had an impact on the way we think about transport. However, the true appeal of a scooter is not just its low running costs and ability to cut through the city rush hour. It’s also about fun - the freedom and independence that only two-wheel transport can give. The Honda PCX150 is a premium maxi-scooter with much bigger proportions than any other scooter that is currently on sale. In 2012, its original engine was redesigned to decrease friction, incre-asing efficiency and the displacement was increased to 152.9cc. In fact, the Honda PCX150 is powered by a fuel-injected 153cc liquid cooled engine.

The new engine is based on Honda’s ‘ESP’ (Enhanced Smart Power) de-sign. The PCX150 is a stylish and ex-ceptionally practical scooter. It is very well built, boasts a full package of the nice amenities and has a top speed that makes it useful on most roads and even motorways!

Practical, fast and fun rideIn every aspect, from its low-noise, low-emissions operation to its easy handling

and contemporary image, the Honda PCX150 is designed as a practical, fast and fun ride.

ThE NEw hONdA MsX 125

The new MSX125 is small enough to be supremely manageable yet also has a fully-fledged feel thanks to some standard sized motorcycle parts. It is part mini-bike, part motorcycle with involving performance matched to confident handling and styling that combines a sense of fun with a tough, urban edge.

The new MSX125 is quirky, fresh and definitely unconventional! - In terms of performance, build quality and usability it is everything you would expect from a Honda but with a uni-que style and attitude of its own. Powered by a well-proven and effi-cient 125cc fuel-injected, 4-stroke en-gine, the MSX125 features a conven-tional four-speed gearbox and clutch. Complementing the power train is a compact chassis that features a sturdy steel frame, inverted front forks, ‘mo-no-shock’ rear suspension, hydraulic disc brakes (front and rear) and light-weight 12-inch wheels sporting wide, low profile tyres.

The MSX125’s 125cc two-valve air-cooled engine is based on one of Honda’s most well-proven power units. It has won universal praise over

the last decade for fuel efficiency, ease of use and longevity. The sophisti-cated ‘PGM-FI’ guarantees highly efficient combustion, and works in conjunction with both air intake and exhaust to deliver an involving expe-rience at the throttle. The air intake connecting tube and funnel is divided in two, allowing its length to be opti-mised for consistent torque delivery at low and mid rpm. A large, 3L airbox and panel-type, wet paper filter provi-de reliable and quiet airflow; the filter itself having a life of 16,000km.

Punchy roll-on performance with useful, accessible and fun all-round ability

All in all, the MSX125’s engine packs a perfect blend of punchy roll-on perfor-mance with useful, accessible and fun all-round ability. The effort put into re-ducing internal friction and increasing intake and exhaust efficiency has also produced a highly economical unit.

Honda’s aim is to provide a scooter for every lifestyle, and its range includes luxury large-displacement scooters, as well as, chic runabouts that can be seen all over town. All of them offer the highest Honda quality, the best technologies for their function and rock-solid dependability. The Honda Motorcycle Range can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, distributors in Gibraltar for Honda.

Honda PCX 150 Honda MSX 125



Gibtelecom today announced that it is currently recruiting for a new flagship ‘Emplo-yer Led Degree Programme’. Through this scheme Gibte-lecom is offering students the opportunity to be supported during approved technical stu-dies and to gain guaranteed employment with the Com-pany on successful completion of their degree. “In a dynamic and fast-moving industry that relies on keeping pace with technology, developing top te-chnical talent is crucial for any successful communications bu-siness. Gibtelecom’s latest un-dergraduate initiative aims to do exactly that” says Tim Bris-tow, Gibtelecom’s Chief Execu-tive Officer.

The Programme is aimed at top students, achieving good A-level results, who study specific degrees related to core tele-communications skills, such as electrical engineering and in-ternet networking. Gibtelecom will support these students by providing work placements during their university breaks; payment during their studies of £1,000 per term; and a gol-den handshake of £6,000 on successfully taking up emplo-yment with Gibtelecom having obtained at least a 2:1 honours degree. This will go some way towards enabling the Company to meet its employment needs

Gibtelecom Invests in Home Grown Talent

locally, through nurturing and developing more home grown technical talent. This Programme does not run in isolation. It is a successor to the Company’s Sponsored Undergraduate Scheme, which has seen Gibtelecom take on 14 sponsored undergraduates over the last decade, with five of these having found perma-nent employment with Gibte-lecom. When asked about the Scheme, past sponsored under-graduate, Alistair Gomez, who

studied an MEng in Electronics and Communications Enginee-ring at the University of Kent, described his participation in the scheme as “Having the scho-larship from Gibtelecom, really helped cement the material I was learning at University. As a sponsored student, I was given the choice to work for the Com-pany on Christmas and Easter breaks, allowing me to increase my course’s understanding by being more hands on as opposed to the more theoretical approach at university -without mentio-

ning the financial benefit. The friendly atmosphere and seve-ral areas of expertise acted as a pragmatic guide in my choice of modules regarding to the indus-try; overall, an invaluable expe-rience to any aspiring professio-nal going to study at university.”

On successful completion of his Master’s degree, Alis-tair commenced working for Gibtelecom’s Wireline De-partment, handling the com-plexities of fixed line switching and transmission technology.

Gibtelecom also runs a work placement scheme for students requiring to take a year in an industry as part of their cour-se. Jadren Garcia participated in this scheme in September 2011 and he mentions that “this placement provided me with a real life perspective of my de-gree which has led on to actually applying the knowledge learnt in my final year”. Jadren suc-cessfully completed his degree this year and will commence working for Gibtelecom in Sep-tember 2013 in the Next Gene-ration Network department.

The Company also offers pla-cements to university students over the summer – a popular scheme which has seen 520 pla-cements, representing over 280 students, since its inception in 1993.

• Aimed at top students, achieving good A-level results

• Studying degrees related to core telecommunications skills (e.g. electrical engineering and internet networking)

• Provides work placements during university breaks


In addition there is the Gibtelecom Appre nt i c e s h ip Scheme, where sixteen apprenti-ces to date have benefited from telecommunica-tions training and an internationally recognised quali-fication (Interme-diate Certificate in Communications Technology Prac-titioners Level 2) from Gibtelecom, in partnership with the Government of Gibraltar.

Eight apprentices (first intake) have already completed their four years apprenticeship sche-me and the BTEC Level 3 Di-plomas in Professional Com-petence for IT and Telecoms Professional. These apprentices are all currently employed with Gibtelecom.

Tyronne Garcia, a former ap-prentice from the first intake who has now taken up employment with Gibtelecom, says “the four year apprenceticeship scheme has provi-ded me with the necessary skills, common knowled-ge and technolo-gy foundations to work in the tele-communications industry across a variety of its custo-mer offering”.

Jaydan Fortunato, also a former ap-prentice from the first intake men-

tions that “this course has given me the necessary skills I needed to further my career in telecom-munications, it has also given me the opportunity to work and at the same time learn in one of the most versatile and rapidly growing industries”.

After successfully completing their training programme, Tyronne and Jaydan currently

work in Gibtelecom’s External Plant section.

Gibtelecom’s Associate Direc-tor, Resources, Lesley Louise said “as the leading provider of telecommunications services on the Rock, Gibtelecom is looking to support students who are en-gaged in technology related stu-dies, and show a keen interest in learning about this rapidly chan-

ging technological industry. We requi-re a specific skill set to meet Gibraltar’s communications needs now and in the future, and Gi-btelecom is keen to promote and deve-lop these skills lo-cally by developing a talented pool of graduates with rele-vant qualifications and experience.”

Gibtelecom’s aim is to ensure that Gi-braltar trains suffi-cient young home grown talent to ser-

ve one of the pillars of the local economy, telecommunications. The Company’s commitment to this ambition is manifested through the Gibtelecom Appren-ticeship Scheme, Gibtelecom’s work placements, Gibtelecom’s sponsored undergraduate sche-me and now the Company’s new Employer Led Degree program-me. Gibtelecom will continue its commitment to develop local

home grown talent to meet its require-ments in the future. For further infor-mation please con-tact Gibtelecom’s Human Resources Department on [email protected] or 20052217.

Gibtelecom is the main telecommuni-cations company in Gibraltar providing fixed line, wireless, internet, data centre and business en-terprise services in Gibraltar.

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BREEd 77Reeling and RockingMusic in Equal Doses

Text by Joe Adambery

Photographs by Mark Galliano

The first five minutes of Breed 77 in concert had a packed Casemates Square crowd reeling back from an assault on their senses. This was not pretty or poppy or funky danceable music. This was in your face, raw and aggressive rock. Any colour as long as its black, a throw-back to a

to their front man Paul Isola.

“You may have heard and read re-ports in the media but there is no story-we do our talking here” That comment from Paul put paid to all the rumours. Breed 77 can make a big sound and that is their sta-tement. The polished tightness in their music and the assured stage presence of all them spoke to us of a

Henry Ford slogan is a good place to start here because any band that dresses in black and makes loud ag-gressive music can get pigeon-holed and dismissed by the undiscerning masses. That would be doing a disservice to Breed 77 because even if you’re not a convert to their type of music, the National Day rock concert proved

conclusively that they are a musical force to be reckoned with and their strong contingent of fervent suppor-ters would shout you down-if they could be heard over the powerful guitar riffs and frantic vocals of their idols. Fresh back from touring Eu-rope, where in Germany especially, their brand of rock is recognised as a cult almost, Breed 77 came home to be with us for an emotional goodbye

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bunch of guys, who know their stuff well and have been out selling their music to the masses.

Don’t forget that this band has toured extensively across the Globe. They have had all their gear and van stolen and have seen lean times, but through their sheer determination, persevered and wrote songs that we will remember as classics; ‘The River’ being one that bu-bbled in the lower charts and almost broke into the mainstream pop charts. But ‘Breed 77 are not a crossover band. They weave their Spanish and Moorish influences into metal rock that is specta-cular to behold. Fronted by a force that is Paul Isola, it’s difficult to imagine Bre-ed 77 without him but from now on we must.

They have a new album now called ‘The Evil Inside’ from which ‘Bring on the

rain’ is a track that they featured here live. They gave us “something old, which everybody knows- El Camino” which went down a treat with the fans and then later on, a short reprieve as four stools came on stage for a short ‘unplugged’ segment when I was reminded how good they were at the Alameda ‘unplu-gged’ concert, which I also reviewed and was bowled over by them then.

On National Day night, they stormed through their catalogue and after several encores and over an hour of relentless music, they stopped- but in more ways than one- I hope to see Danny Felice and his guitar sidekicks Pedro Caparros and Stuart Cavilla survive their legendary frontman and continue their quest for higher ranking in the metal world. Not an easy proposition but then when did a challenge ever bother the blood and guts core members of Breed 77?


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Text by Joe Adambery

A balmy late summer’s evening at ‘Le Bateau’ Restaurant in Queensway Quay, which was once again the venue for a wine tasting presentation hosted by Lewis Stagnetto Ltd and courtesy of ‘Co-rona de Aragon’. However, this time it was a wine tasting session with a difference as guests were greeted with a chilled Rose (50/50 Garnache and Syrah grapes) befo-re settling down to a dinner during which five different wines were introduced and enjoyed.

The event was attended by over thirty wine enthusiasts from a cross section of our community. The wines were presen-ted by ‘Corona de Aragon’s’ Francisco Martinez , who went through the diffe-rent stages of the wine making process in detail followed by the presentation of their five wines for the evening.

Lewis Stagnetto’s, Alfred Lavagna, a fine wine connoisseur himself, contributed to the presentation along with Señor Martinez adding his own well-informed comments much to the delight of those present.

I sipped my Rose in the company of Fran-cisco Martinez from ‘Corona de Aragon’ and he kindly gave me a potted history of their wines and the region of Cariñena (Zaragoza) where the winemakers own 6,000 acres (for your information 1 acre is equivalent to the area of a football pitch) of hard rocky and exposed vines, which have to fight hard in extreme weather to produce their grapes.

Last year, ‘Corona de Aragon’ exported

80% of their wines and that is in no small way due to Chilean winemaker expert Marcelo Morales, who was hired to re-vamp and rebrand the traditional Spa-nish wine of the region and bring it into line to compete with the new world wines from California, Australia, South Ameri-ca and others.

American wine guru, Robert Parker was also brought in for this major transfor-mation, which changed the fortunes of ‘Corona De Aragon’- a co-op of vine growers, who between them, own some very old and not-so-old vines at different altitudes in a predominantly rocky terra-in, which give the Zaragoza wines their character.

After a short introduction from Maurice Stagnetto and Francisco Martinez, the first white - a chilled Chardonnay - was served with the starter. At our table, the ladies were impressed and my fried ‘Brie Salad’ was washed down with studiously swirled sips of this distinct yellow wine, which simply can’t be ignored. It’s diffe-rent and edgy in a good way and Maurice was prompted to describe it in two words “smokey and lingering”; I drank to that as I nodded in agreement.

The first red of the evening (CDA 2009) comes from old Garnacha vines with Cabernet Sauvignon grapes also in the blend. It was introduced as ‘fruity and young and aged in American oak barrels.’ As I was having venison as my main course, it made perfect company and I offered my glass for a refill in order to savour its ‘toasted’ richness. Francisco Martinez had compared winemaking to painting in his intro to CDA and after

Wine Tasting Dinner at Le BateauRestaurant with ‘Corona de Aragon’

and Courtesy Of Lewis Stagnetto Ltd


two glasses of it, I was Michelangelo in swirling colours!

Las Pizarras, from Calatayud is a notch up in price and quality so it was chosen as the 2nd Red of the evening. At 13.5%/ Alcohol volume, it was noted for raising the tone of the evening but only ‘till it was followed by a limited production Anayon (2009) at 14.5% and with advice from Al-fred Lavagna that it strictly was ‘not for tapas, this requires a meal to go with it.’ The room was now happily buzzing and I cornered Alfred for information.

“Anayon is aged in new American oak ba-rrels and it has everything you need in a wine; it’s well balanced in acidity and tan-ning and is full bodied, smooth and woody, the perfect compliment to a good dinner.” I couldn’t agree more and resolved to fur-ther my studies by slowly sipping another glass before rinsing it out with water to get ready for the last wine offering of the evening as the deserts started to parade out of the ‘Le Bateau’ kitchen.

I had chosen an orange flavoured cheese-cake with little thought as to how it would marry with a wine, but my concerns were quickly dispelled when a sweet fortified wine was introduced and served with plenty of ice and a touch of orange skin in the glass. It was surprisingly good. Very smooth and aromatic and at 21.5%/vo-lume certainly not recommended to be taken in copious amounts. Who needs Pa-charan? I suggested to myself enjoying the last sips of this one with my cheesecake.

After the wonderful meal and excellent wine presentation, I caught up with Fran-cisco Martinez, who had promised me an

interview. Thankfully, I had prepared it earlier and could read my questions and leave his answers to my trusty recorder. “I think that our international success is due to the fusion of the old and new wine making traditions brought about by our colleague, Marcelo Morales. If we discount our home market consumption, our stron-gest consumers are the United Kingdom and the United States.”

I observed that the wine drinking trends were in those countries led by a growing presence of female consumers- “The la-dies certainly took to the Whites and the Rose’s, which set a trend but our wines are well placed because they also please the male consumer because of their fruity cha-racter. The Garnacha fortified wine that you had with desert is our newest propo-sition and only a year old. We created this sweet wine in order to compete with Port but still holding on to our Cariñena wine making tradition. It can also be used as a vermouth pre-dinner ‘aperitif ’ but as it’s a full bodied strong and sweet wine, it can be a perfect Port too.”

The Corona de Aragon ‘Bodega’ last year exported twenty five million bottles. By volume that would translate to Europe, the US and Canada with Germany also a big export market for them, 20% of their production stays in Spain. A miniscule part of that is now stored here at Lewis Stagnetto Ltd and as Alfred Lavagna put it, “we want to sell cases of wine, not store them, hence the wine tasting events that we enjoy every now and again!” I for one certainly wish to be a part of the emerging wine scene here and enjoyed my first event of which this account has been about. There are exciting new wines out there and this range from ‘Corona de Arargon’ is different enough to be noti-ced. Pop along to Lewis Stagnetto Ltd to find out more and perhaps stock up for Christmas.


Cariñena is just one of several “Denominación de Origen” titles used for the wines of Aragon, northern Spain. Its winegrowing area is situated to the south of the River Ebro, and north-east of Calatayud. The town from which it takes its name has also been adopted by the ‘Cariñena’ grape variety (known as Carig-nan in other parts of the world), which once dominated the local vineyards.

The region sits in the Ebro Va-lley upon one of its vast plains. Rocks and pebbles abound and, fittingly, wines are known lo-cally as ‘el vino de las piedras’, or ‘wine of the rocks’. Cariñena boasts a long history of wine-making and the region is one of the oldest demarcated appe-llations in Europe, having been awarded “Denominación de Ori-gen” status in 1932 confirming its pioneering nature in Aragon.

Grandes Vinos y Viñedos S.A., which was founded on the 1st September 1997, was set up for the purpose of channelling the sales of a number of co-opera-tives of the Cariñena “Denomi-nacion de Origen”, using a new company name, state-of-the-art installations, and a fully quali-fied and commited workforce.

2002 saw the inauguration of the Winery’s new installations,

Quality, professionalism and ambition, together with attention to detail,have been the key to rediscovering the tradition and potential of the region of Cariñena

Grandes Vinos y Viñedos, S.A.Corona de Aragón

which covers a total area of over 60 000 m2 and is equipped with the latest technological advan-ces. A coupage building with stainless-steel tanks ranging in sizes from 10,000 litres to 200,000 litres, a bottling plant with a rate of production of 12,000 bottles/hour and a wine-ageing processing zone with a capacity of 20 000 barrels.

From the very beginning, Gran-des Vinos y Viñedos has based its successful strategy on quality, innovation and a commitment to the environment. It has always focused its attentions on creating wines that are unique and of great character and pro-perties which are deeply rooted in the area of which ‘Corona de Aragon’ is the jewel in their crown!

The Winery and its vineyards are geographically located in the heart of the Cariñena “De-nominación de Origen”, one of Spain’s most traditional wine-producing regions. The origin of the Aragonese vineyards comes from the region called Celtíbera, where the Roman town of Carae (today Cariñena) was situated and whose inhabitants were known to drink wine mixed with honey as far back as the 3rd century B.C. Many other histo-rical records attest to the quali-ty of the wines from Cariñena;


for example, King Ferdinand I of Aragon listed it as his prefe-rred wine above all others and the French philosopher, Voltaire thought it heavenly. Wine has long been the economic mains-tay of the region and a source of great pride and renown.

Embracing the best of the region´s traditions and the tech-nology that has transformed it, Bodegas ‘Grandes Vinos y Viñe-dos’ has forged a reputation for quality and consistency second to none in their “Denominación de Origen”.

The vineyards are located in the 14 towns of the Region, at the bottom of the Algairén and Pe-cos mountain ranges, between the River Huerva and the River Jalón, at heights of between 320 and 850 metres above sea level. Their wines are produced based on three fundamental aspects that form the essence of each one of them: the land, the cli-mate and the variety.

On the foothills of the moun-tains, the soil is poor with un-derlying rocks, while on the

plains, the soil is mainly brow-nish-limestone or brownish-red settled on top of stony ground. More than 60% of the vineyard is planted using the head-pru-ning system and on dry land. The climate is continental with cold winters and very hot sum-mers; the average yearly tempe-rature is 14.4°C, and the rainfall is 435 mm/year, with May and June being the rainiest months.

The majority of Cariñena’s vi-neyards are located at relatively

high altitudes, between 1,312ft and 2,625ft (400–800m). They are scattered along the plains of the Ebro River, extending all the way up to the slopes of the Sie-rra de Algairén mountain range to the west.

The region’s climate is deci-dedly continental, with extre-me seasonal and daily tempera-ture variations, although a cold northerly wind – the Cierzo – helps to moderate summer temperatures and keep humi-

dity low. This, along with the diurnal temperature variation, assists in imparting characteris-tic intensity to the local grapes, especially, Cariñena, although today, Garnacha (Grenache) is the most favoured grape here, thanks to both market demand and its adaptability to local conditions.

With a change in market forces, the Cariñena region has rea-rranged its wine production ra-pidly and significantly. The hef-ty, alcoholic red wines produced by local co-operatives and desti-ned for the bulk blending mar-ket have given way to more ba-lanced styles. Small estates have focused on quality rather than quantity, and successful expe-rimentation with international varieties such as Cabernet Sau-vignon, Merlot and Syrah has also added to the region’s stan-ding as a quality wine producer.

Cariñena boasts a wide variety of wine styles, ranging from its signature oak-aged reds to dry white wines from Viura (Maca-beo) grapes, fruity rosados (ro-sés) and sweet Moscatels.

CORONA dE ARAGóN

It is the leading brand of the Ca-riñena “Denominación de Ori-gen” aimed exclusively at the on-trade, restaurants, wine shops etc. As well as, the generic range of young wines, semi-crianzas, crianza, reserva and gran reser-va, the brand is completed with its ‘CORONA DE ARAGÓN DIS-PARATES’ collection of varie-tals, illustrated with labels depic-ting the works of the ‘Disparates de Fuendetodos’, a continuation

of the works of the ‘Disparates de Goya’. Unique wines in a unique and exclusive bottle of this brand, the winner of the 1st International Bottle Design Competition, desig-ned by André Ricard, winner of the National Design Award whose work was summarised perfectly by Pierluigi Cattermole, one of the members of the judging committee “...a new reading of something, as traditional as, the Burgundy bott-le and altering it to make the neck more noticeable with an exquisitely elegant shape”.

ANAyóN

Anayón is the top brand from ‘CORONA DE ARAGÓN’. They are the so-called “designer wi-nes”, wines of limited production that are only made in exceptio-nal vintages.

‘ANAYÓN’ from ‘CORONA DE ARAGÓN’ is the brand that in-cludes the Bodega’s collection of designer wines. Exceptional vin-tages, unique vineyards, limited productions.

WINES


CORONA dE ARAGONGARNAChA/syRAh

Served as an aperitifon the night

The grapes are left to macerate at a cold temperature (8 - 10 ºC.) for 8 hours and they bleed.

This must is fermented at tempe-ratures not exceeding 15 º C. in order to maintain all the aromas.

The aim of this combination of varieties is to achieve a fusion between the fresh fruit, like strawberries from the Garnacha, with the more mature fruit, like the blackberries from the Syrah.

When they come together they give more intense aromas and a more mature and elegant taste. It is more balanced, fleshy and persistent on the palate.

GRAPE COMPOSITION:Garnacha and Syrah

ALCOHOL: 13 %

Corona de Aragon. The Wines SampledALTO dE LAs PIZARRAs

The grapes are harvested by hand as soon as they reach optimum maturity in each parcel.

They are collected, and transpor-ted to the winery in small cases, before being selected by hand on a selection table.

Fermentation temperatures are between 25º and 28ºC, to preser-ve the character of the fruit. After 20 days, the wine is transferred in new French oak barrels of bet-ween 225 and 500 litres, to com-plete its Malolactic fermentation, and for 11 months ageing. It’s Colour is deep cherry-red, with a bright rim. On the nose, clove, black fruit and toasted coffee can be found, followed by soft cherry and ripe fruit aromas. Also va-nilla and butterscotch from the oak, blend with the herbs and floral aromas of the Garnacha.

The palate is very soft, full-bo-died and powerful, with a long, balanced and nice aftertaste. Ser-ve at a temperature between 16 º and 18 ºC.

ANAyóN ChARdONNAy BARRICA

Both primary and malolactic fermentation take place in new American oak barrels using “battonage” procedures (sti-rring on the lees) three times a week during its time in barrel. This chardonnay is aged for six months in oak barrels, which will improve and prolong its bottle life. The aim of the whole process involved is to enhance and highlight the Chardonnay variety to the fullest in order to achieve an out-of-the-ordinary wine that will surprise you for its great intensity. To this end, it has been produced following winemaking concepts that are more closely related to red wi-nes than to white. The result is a wine with an intense yellow colour, highly expressive nose with notable aromas of fresh tropical fruits (pineapple, ba-nana, yellow passion fruit...) combined with sweeter, riper aromas and a touch of smoked and vanilla hints. Its fruity notes show up again on the palate but are somewhat more citrus, such as grapefruits. It is full bodied, good volume, with a long and balanced passage.

CORONA dE ARAGONOLd VINEs

Grapes are handpicked at the beginning of October from our oldest bush during the early mor-ning hours to arrive fresh at the winery. They are then cold-mace-rated prior the fermentation for 96 hours at 6ºC, also known as "cold soak" in order to extract colours, fruitiness and flavours, as well as, providing a fleshier mouth feel to the wine. The primary fermenta-tion takes place during 8 days in stainless steel tanks under contro-lled temperature of 26 ºC. Once the fermentation is finished, the wine stays "sur- lees" from 15 to 20 days to extract the grapes potential to the utmost. After this stage, the wine goes through full malolactic barrel fermentation and is later aged 4 months in new French oak barrels of 225 litres. There is a fi-nal selection from the best barrels, the wine is not stabilized and very gentle filtering is only applied.. In-tense ruby red colour, with strong aromas of black fruits and spices, in the mouth it is full with a persistent after taste. Very well balanced bet-ween tannins and acidity

GRAPE COMPOSITION: Garna-cha - ALCOHOL: 13,5 % alc.

ANAyóN BARRICA

It is a bright wine showing a very deep cherry color. It reveals a nose with ripen red fruits and berries coming along with a re-lease of balsamic and licorice aroma once the wine gets in con-tact with the oxygen. It ends up with a smooth, spicy and toasted finish. In mouth, it starts with a gentle attack but potent at the same time, with great intensity, gradually inundating our mouth with flavours of different choco-lates, tobaccos and very ripen fruits with a consistent structu-re and symmetry. All the ripen fruits bouquet merge in perfect harmony with the toasted, spicy and oak-vanilla aromas. Fruits, cacao and some toasted flavours emerge again with great persis-tence on retronasal, lingering with varying aromas and surpri-sing sensations.

GRAPE COMPOSITION:Tempranillo, CabernetSauvignon and SyrahALCOHOL: 14% alc.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16-18 °C



Text by James Culatto

The Inaugural Performers Club was recently held in Bruno’s and it was deemed a huge success by organisers Les Roberts and David Bentata. Being billed as a unique platform for local artists that spe-

and ability to phrase intelligently and interestingly meant that his poetry was both refreshing and intriguing. Despite the early ner-ves, it was obvious that Joe tho-roughly enjoyed reciting for the audience that included the Mayor, Anthony Lima and members of

The Performers Club

cialise in anything from music to poetry, comedy and possibly dan-ce, it has now set the bar at a high standard after the first night.

I’m pleased to say that I provided a helping hand and got to open the night with a couple of songs befo-

re being joined by Paragon guita-rist Paul Santos for renditions of songs by Stevie Wonder and Led Zeppelin amongst others, but I won’t go on about myself. Let’s go straight to Joe Adamberry, who was the poet for the evening. His command of the English language

Hollie Buhagier



the Ministry of Culture. Hosted by GBC’s very own Davina Barbara, the show continued after a short break where Bruno’s very kindly provided canapes and free drinks. Davina had some questions about singing, so perhaps we will see her at the Performers Club again, but this time as a participant!

After the break, Corrine Cooper wowed everyone with her ridicu-lous vocal range! Over the years

of emotion whilst performing you can hear every slice of this in her compositions. I guess the sign of a truly great artist is when they can easily cover another great and she did just that with her version of Jeff Buckleys ‘Lilac Wine’ off one of my all time favourite albums ‘Grace’. Hollie may be moving to London soon but we hope she will be back to perform on the Rock and at the Performers Club in the future!

I’ve heard a lot of local girls do the big ballads and with great success but Corrine has that ability to hit notes above the normal register and that makes her truly stand out and the standing ovation was proof of this. Johnathan Bugeja, who many of you will know from his time in cover band ‘Take 2’, gifted us with a very special solo acoustic set that displayed his ta-lents as both a guitarist and vo-calist. I’d like to see him do more

of this as I enjoyed both his song choices and the way he delivered them, ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ especially!

Hollie Buhagiar was the headliner for the night and despite having to sit about and watch as everyo-ne got up and did their thing, she was straight into her set and it seems like I’ve heard her perform so much recently that her originals are all too familiar. Very quiet and shy off the stage, her voice is full

Paul Santos Corrine CooperJonathan Bugeja





Text by Jemma Rocca

Photographs by Kevin Gomila

Some find themselves in these expeditions for the satisfaction of giving to those, who are in need; some are in it for the ad-venture, that very same adven-ture that pushes you to your limits, challenges you and rips you right out of your comfort zone, but for the ones that have been doing these raids for 20 years?... those guys are in it for both!

This kind of dedication of ex-peditions from Gibraltar all the way down to Merzouga has not only benefited and helped the people from some of the most remote, cut off villages. No-mad settlements just across the straits to Morocco in Africa are visited every year by ‘Maroc At-las’, but ‘Maroc Atlas’ has also been beneficial to the people of Gibraltar who’s understan-ding of world poverty and the kindness of strangers has often changed them as people for the better in joining ‘Maroc Atlas’

on these inspiring eye opening raids. From ordinary members of our community to the spon-sors, who support these sel-fless journeys across Morocco every single year, it continues to move Gibraltar as a com-munity. ‘Maroc Atlas’ has high hopes to keep building aware-ness in order to become more able to help villages and towns become self-sufficient with the commodities we take for gran-ted like clean running water at the turn of a tap and more clas-srooms.

‘Maroc Atlas’ are always loo-king for generous sponsors to make these dreams of a better quality of life for people a reality and also help get new projects up and running. Combining his enthusiasm for 4X4 motor sport off-roading to some of the most remote locations and solidarity work seemed natural to Alfred Balban, who has kept ‘Maroc Altas’ 4X4 club Gibraltar afloat for two decades.

Driven on by pure passion and his trusty 4X4, of course, ‘Ma-

Sunsets on the Sahara, the beauty and hospitality the people of Morocco give are only some of the reasons Alfred Balban of ‘Maroc Atlas’ keeps hea-ding off into the Sahara every year. Combining Off-Roading through the At-las Mountains before riding the desert dunes and solidarity work is founder member of ‘Maroc Atlas’ Alfred’s deep rooted love. ‘Maroc Atlas Motor Sports Club’ has been host to Gibraltar’s only Off-Roading club and ‘Annual Solidari-ty Raid’ for an amazing 20 years and they are only just getting stuck in!

Sunset onthe Sahara



roc Atlas’ Gibraltar was first established in 1994. Alfred was first introduced and encoura-ged to start 4x4 off-roading by his close friend, George Accoli-na a couple of years prior to at-tending his First raid to Moroc-co with then Motor Sport Club Atlas Maroc Malaga in 1993 . Accompanying him on his first ever raid to Morocco were his father and brother acting as co-pilots. Unknowingly to Al-fred, who is now well-known in Gibraltar’s community as the man, who works tirelessly

all year round to collect toys and clothes, Alfred shared with us his first encounter with any form of solidarity work and real poverty; “To be honest with you, it was my first time off-roading in Morocco; my father, brother and I had thought we prepared well, we packed our vehicle to the brim with all our camping gear, all the necessities we would re-quire in case we found ourselves in a sticky situation; our personal clothes, boots and anything else one would take on this kind of expedition, we had everything!”

As the more experienced mem-bers of the club began unloa-ding their vehicles to hand out the personal items they had saved for the people of Moroc-co, this small but utterly selfless charitable act left Alfred feeling foolish, “I felt so naive standing there, in that moment I turned round to look at my family, who without saying a word, I knew were sharing exactly the same feelings! So we set out and each bought ourselves Moroccan at-tire known as djellaba. We put those on and wore them for the

rest of the trip and those djellabas we bought that day was the only thing we came home with that year.” Alfred shed a tear reminis-cing about this trip that changed his life. Alfred and his family had literally taken the clothes off their backs and given them to people, who needed it the most; the way they viewed the world from that moment on would never be the same again. “I fell in love with Morocco, I fell even deeper in love with the people and their culture. Despite many people living in poverty, they are

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always happy and give all they have. Great hospitality is a huge part of Muslim culture.”

When asked what keeps him going back, Alfred explains, “The people I’ve met on my tra-vels have become my ‘adopted’ family! For example, when you get to know people over so many years and watch kids you may have helped grow up and go on to own their own businesses, it makes going back and conti-nuing this work all the more wor-thwhile. I often find myself won-

dering how can I do more and wondering who will I meet next? I love Morocco and even though I swear every year that this will be my last, I’d feel lost without my annual raids and without my club; there is something in me that drives me on to keep this going and to keep going back. I cannot express in words what all this means to me, it’s my life!” A teary-eyed Alfred showed it was evident that words weren’t enough to express his love for the people of Morocco and the continuous support Alfred was

giving and receiving. Alfred has found himself embroiled in a circle of unconditional love that sees no borders, no religions and no bounds!

The ‘Maroc Atlas’ team are now looking forward to their 20th Anniversary Raid to which they are hoping for a record number attendance. This raid will be taking place at around Easter time 2014 where ‘Maroc Atlas’ are planning on meeting at their end point Merzouga for a big celebration. ‘Maroc Atlas’ works

closely with many local chari-ties like Gibmission Africa, as well as, independent charities. Just last month, the ‘Maroc At-las’ team helped raise money for a family in need of help with hospital fee’s for their daughter at the Gibraltar Fair where they annually run a ‘Maroc Atlas’ stall.

Alfred commented that com-bing the pleasures of giving to communities and doing what you love is ‘Maroc Atlas’ moto. “We are in the process of orga-



nising an ‘Off-Roading’ charity event in Gibraltar, so be sure to keep an eye out for this fantastic event held right here on the Rock. Last year a similar event was held at Catalan Bay and it was a huge success - a fun day out for all drivers and spectators alike in keeping with the ‘Maroc Atlas’ way of doing things always for a good cause!”

Gibraltar’s leading 4x4 Mo-tor Sport Club in Maroc Atlas also taken time off from their all-year-round charity work to

regularly attend rally competi-tions over the border, as well as, weekend excursions to special ‘Off-Roading’ tracks in the su-rrounding Spanish mountains.

These kinds of events have seen a steady and high attendance over the years as according to Alfred, “All you need to join ‘Maroc Atlas’ is a 4x4.’ Maroc Atlas has seen the rise of social media through the years and has kept up the pace with their website: http://marocatlasgi-b4x4.ning.com/. Upon visiting

this busy and regularly upda-ted site, you will gain a better understanding on how the club functions, event calendar dates for the next big solidarity raid winter edition, as well as, blogs and video diaries of previous ‘Maroc Atlas’ adventures. If you decide this is for you, HAPPY OFF-ROADING!

Alfred wishes to take this op-portunity to thank all his loyal sponsors for their continuous support. Restsso Trading Ltd for being there for so many years!

He also welcomes any potential sponsors to approach him via Facebook about contributing to bigger, more demanding and rewarding projects.

Alfred also expressed his grati-tude to the people of Gibraltar, “Maroc Atlas is growing cons-tantly and as a result, the club is going from strength to stren-gth but without the help of the people of Gibraltar, this would have been impossible; from the bottom of my heart thank you very much.”





Text & Photographs by James Culatto

Having made its debut just a few months ago, ‘Gib Floyd’ made a return to Inces Hall and wowed a sell out crowd on both nights. The brain child of Christopher Calderon and Jay Callejon, this tribute to Pink Floyd has set a new standard for live shows on the Rock. Des-pite a limited budget, no stone was left untur-

The Gib Floyd“Experience”

A Resounding Successned to provide an eager and devoted public with what can only be described as spectacu-lar.

Musically exquisite and visually magnifi-cent, what has been dubbed the Gib Floyd "Experience" has converted many a Floyd acquaintance into a fan and who can doubt it after songs like 'Another Brick in the Wall',

'Wish You Were Here', 'Breathe', 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Great Gig in the Sky' were met with such rapturous applause. It does remain to be seen if Gib Floyd shall return but you can be certain that should they once again tread amongst us mere mortals, we shall be blessed with more jaw dropping performan-ces and exhilarating experiences. Thanks to all involved for a tremendous show! Floyd On!





Their mission is to inspire individuals and communities around the world to clean up,fix up and conserve their environment

‘Clean Up the World’ is a com-munity based environmental campaign that inspires and em-powers individuals and com-munities from every corner of the globe to make their environ-ment a cleaner, healthier place to live in.

Now in its 17th year, ‘Clean Up the World’, held in conjunction with United Nations Environ-ment Programme (UNEP), mo-bilises an estimated 35 million volunteers from 120 countries

annually making it one of the largest community based en-vironmental campaigns in the world. For example, Scouts have been involved with ‘Clean Up

the World’ every year since its inception.

The campaign brings together businesses, community groups,

schools, governments and indi-viduals, who carry out a range of activities and programs that positively improve local envi-ronments.

‘Clean Up the World’ initiatives can include clean up events, cli-mate change awareness and pre-vention activities, recycling pro-jects, educational campaigns, resource recovery projects, tree planting, water reuse and con-servation, competitions and exhibitions. Whilst ‘Clean Up the World’ initiatives can be un-dertaken at any time of the year, the campaign’s flagship event is

Clean Up the World 2013

Photographs byDominique Martinez-Lopez(www.gibraltarfocus.com)



‘Clean Up the World Weekend’, 20-22 September 2013. Partici-pants were encouraged to or-ganise clean up events around this weekend and celebrate their environmental achieve-ments.

‘Clean Up the World’ provides a range of information, support and facilitation services aimed at assisting participants to or-ganise and promote clean up events and other environmental initiatives. By joining the ‘Clean Up the World’ campaign, par-ticipants can share information and experiences with Clean Up

the World’s global network and positively change their local en-vironment.

Locally, hundreds of volun-teers, spread across Gibral-

tar, participated in this year’s ‘Clean up the World’ campaign. Local school children and vo-lunteers also gathered at Case-mates for the annual parade to raise awareness on the annual

campaign. Gibraltar celebrated the ninth year of its participa-tion in the global event, which again looked at ‘Our place, our responsibility’.

The volunteers, said the organi-sers, helped transform several parts of Gibraltar. General litter, as well as, contractors materials from slopes, underwater sites and green areas was collected in the space of a few hours.

The annual symbolic mountain at the main dump was this year distributed into three separate centres.


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Sophie Gradon was spotted at the age of 15 in Spain whilst on holiday. A photographer took some pictures which ended up on the cover of a magazine and it all took off from there. She won the title of Miss Great Britain 2009 and has taken part in fashion shows all over UK and Gibraltar to include the Metro Centre and Fox Racing. Sophie loves singing and acting and she has also taken part in commercials including a recent series of 6 for Lynx deodorant. Sophie is a keen horse rider, surfer and gym and fitness fanatic. (Check Sophie out on www.mount-productions.com)

FLAVOUR OF THE MONTHPhotographs Mark Anthony Celecia (Mount Productions)& Michael Kelly (Construct Photographic)

Sophie Gradon



The Best Recipes of our Cuisine

SERVES: 6

PREPARATION: 1 HOUR

COOKING: 1 HOUR

INGREDIENTS:

250g chick pea flour

1 litre of water

Olive oil

Salt and pepper

hOw TO MAKE IT:

1. Mix 250g of chickpea flour with ap-proximately six cups of water (1 litre)

Calentita

“Torta de Acelga”

and leave to stand for a few hours. Add salt and pepper. 2. Pre-heat oven to 175 C. Pour olive oil onto an oven dish (approx 15 x 23cms) and heat this in the hot oven. When the oil is very hot, stir the chickpea flour mix and carefully add into the oven dish and put back in the oven for about an hour until set in the middle and a golden crust forms on top.3. Ready to serve as an evening meal or a snack.

SERVES: 4

PREPARATION: 1 HOUR

COOKING: 30 MIN.

INGREDIENTS:

1 small packet of puff pastry or make a pastry by

mixing one glass each of olive oil and water and

then adding four until a soft dough is achieved

6 bunches of ‘acelga’ (chard)

6 eggs

Breadcrumbs

Grated cheese

Parsley

2 teaspoons of minced garlic

Season to taste

hOw TO MAKE IT:

1. Remove the stems of the ‘acelga’ (the-

se stems are useful for another local re-cipe called ‘Potaje de Acelga’). Wash the leaves very well to remove any grit or soil. Boil the ‘acelga’ leaves, drain really well and chop them. Fry them for a few minu-tes in hot olive oil then set aside. 2. Roll out the pastry and lay on an oven-proof pie dish, leaving sufficient pastry to close the pie later. Beat the eggs and add all the ingredients to make a nice filling. Add to the ‘acelga’ and mix all together. 3. Fill the pie dish with this filling or “re-lleno” and close the pie with the pastry. Cook in the oven at 150 C for about half an hour or until the pie is nice and gol-den. It is advisable to boil the ‘acelga’ the night before to save precious time!

“Chard Pie believed to be based on a spinach pie of Italian descent, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Gibraltar”

“A Gibraltarian Chickpea puree - Gibraltar’sNational Dish”


What’s happening down town?Photographs by Dominique Martinez-Lopez (www.gibraltarfocus.com) NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL



NATIONALDAYROCKCONCERT


NATIONALDAYROCKCONCERT

Photographs by Mark Galliano



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Text and Photographs by James Culatto

This year saw past winners ‘Soul Within’ joined by ‘Fuse’, ‘Paragon’, Hollie Buhagiar, ‘Orangutango’, ‘Headwires’ and ‘3 Days II Rise’. With no clear favourite at the start of the event, it was set to be a thrilling night with no one quite sure who the judges would be in fa-vour of. Kim Andres, Jemma

Paragon Power throughThe Battle of the Bands!

Rocca and Javier Amian were the three judges chosen by the club due to their appreciation and knowledge of the local mu-sic scene and it was refreshing to see such choices.

As the night went on, the crowd were rampant and exposed to some dazzling displays of heart felt original material. Opinions were divided and after each act,

The 6th annual Rock on the Rock Club’s 'Battle of the Bands' was once again a huge success. With a wide range of musical tastes being showcased, it is now at the forefront of the local music calendar

a new favourite emerged with many spectators uncertain whe-re the prizes would go. A couple of the bands encountered issues with amplification but so profes-sional was their approach that they were easily overcome and went unnoticed by the general public. With the final act (Para-gon) half way through their first song a now all to regular power cut meant a 45 minute delay and so everyone regrouped and those that remained were treated to the prize giving.

Having spoken to the judges, there appeared to be no doubt in their minds that the unanimous victors were ‘Paragon’, who were also performing live for the first time. Teenage rockers, ‘Head-wires’ came in second, followed by the shows opener, Hollie Bu-hagiar. In my own opinion, I thought there were a few bands in with a shout of obtaining a prize and perhaps ‘Fuse’ were the most unlucky of all of those that missed out. Another year and another excellent ‘Battle of


the Bands’ organised and hosted by the ‘Rock on the Rock Club’. Winners, ‘Paragon’ have since gone on to perform at the Gi-braltar Music Festival and launch their debut E.P.

Next year promises to be bigger and better with Gibraltar’s finest

bands taking notice. I especia-lly hope to see ‘Jetstream’ in the fold once their album is comple-ted. Both Allan and Gina Alman are doing their very best for the local music scene and in Decem-ber the Singer/Songwriter com-petition will be back and I perso-nally can’t wait for that one.


In keeping with tradition, Triay & Triay hosted their corporate annual Golf Day on Friday 20th September at the San Roque Golf Club in Sotogrande.

Over 100 local private and cor-porate clients, as well as interme-diaries, were invited as a thank you for their valued custom, which has helped to make Triay & Triay what it continues to be today… one of Gibraltar’s lea-ding law firms.

Seventeen teams of four played a Texas Scramble tournament in the morning with additional guests joining for the lunch and prize giving in the afternoon. Golfers were also awarded with branded golf balls courtesy of Triay & Triay.

The winners of the 2013 tour-nament were Alejandro Ponce,

Joaquin Crespo, Charles Gubb-ins and Bruno Leileur, who each won a round of golf for four per-sons at the San Roque Golf Club plus a magnum of wine. Prizes were also awarded for longest drive and closest to the pin.

The event provided a relaxed en-vironment, away from the pres-sures and tension of work, giving Triay & Triay customers the op-portunity to interact and net-work with other local businesses.

“Some great golf was played here today, which has helped stren-gthen the business ties between the players in each team, to our mutual benefit, and provided the ideal opportunity to thank our valued clients for their continued support and business. We look forward to continuing to work closely with all of our clients for many years to come.” Melo Triay

Puntting the tee into Triay & Triay

Triay & Triay Annual Corporate Golf Day

Team 11 Alejandro Ponce, Joaquin Crespo, Charles Gubbins, Bruno Leilieur


Clubhouse Gibraltar present a Gibraltar National Doll to Sir Adrian and Lady Johns

In appreciation of the support given by Sir Adrian and Lady Johns to the Gibraltar Clubhouse Project from its early existence, it was deemed appro-priate to give them a token of appre-ciation which was appropriate and which was something original from Gibraltar.

One of the Clubhouse Board of Direc-tors is none other than internationa-lly renowned master of doll making, Christine Mandleberg. Christine has designed this porcelain doll, which has been her life’s ambition and is do-nating all the profits from this doll to Clubhouse Gibraltar; to date she has already raised and donated £700 to the Clubhouse Gibraltar Charity. Christi-ne usually does one-off dolls as well as repairing and restoring porcelain dolls to order. For further enquires please go to website www.gibdolls.com or e-mail [email protected].

The Gibraltar National Doll was laun-ched in July 2013. Christine based it on Kaiane Aldorino dressed in the Gibraltar national costume when she won Miss World and she feels it says a lot about the people of Gibraltar and it would be a great memento of the Rock for the Governor and Lady

Johns. They are collector’s items with each doll being unique and numbered individually. The Governor and Lady Johns are going to be presented with doll No. 13, luckily they are not su-perstitious, and this will remind them of their stay in Gibraltar.

Clubhouse Gibraltar will also be presenting them with a farewell and thank you card signed by its mem-bers. The first major donation re-ceived by the Gibraltar Clubhouse Project came from the Christmas Convent Fair and since then, Sir Adrian and Lady Johns have always taken a great interest in our progress and most of our members have been invited to afternoon tea at the Con-vent much to their delight. In addi-tion, we have received various other donations from the convent.

Clubhouse Gibraltar is now open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm at 23 Wellington Front Tel 20068423 and provide a work ordered day to assist people who have been affected by Mental Health problems to deve-lop or re-develop their skills and self confidence. For further information write to P.O. Box 878 or e-mail [email protected] .


Photographs By Johnnie Bugeja (Cour-

tesy of The Gibraltar Chronicle)

A new initiative is to move a giant chessboard, made and designed on the Rock, around different lo-cations in Gibraltar, giving people the chance to play or watch others. This is an attraction, which has proved very popular in major Eu-ropean cities like Amsterdam and Salzburg, and which it is hoped will succeed in Gibraltar as well. The board showcases the current sponsors of the internationally acclaimed Gibraltar international tournament led by Tradewise In-surance, the Caleta Hotel, Gibral-tar Sports & Leisure Authority and Gibtelecom amongst others.

The giant board began its journey in the Piazza, on Saturday 10th August at 1200 hours. Minister for Sport, Culture, Heritage and Youth, The Hon Steven Linares MP, agreed to make the ceremo-nial first move, with other guests expected to join the inaugural contest. Gibraltar’s Community Chess Professional and interna-tional Grandmaster, Stuart Con-quest, was on hand to referee the game and offer impartial advice to both sides.

Commenting on the initiative, Minister Linares said, “We hope this latest community chess initia-tive will continue to develop the game locally and take the game of chess to all corners of Gibraltar. It is intended that the giant chessboard

Chess Moves Aheadand Outside!

will appear in other locations in the coming days, so if you happen to come across the chess board and you fancy a game, take up Stuart’s challenge: Don’t be shy - make

Meanwhile, Stuart, assisted by UK chess expert James Coleman, has been in action at Bayside Sports Centre, teaching the rules of chess to children, who are star-ting out, and showing those who already play how to improve. The course was part of the Summer Sports and Leisure programme, and has proved especially po-pular with children aged 7 to 9, although the youngest visitor has been 5.

James, who teaches chess full-time in UK schools, is on his first visit to the Rock. “It’s a real privi-lege to be here, helping expand the local chess scene,” he says. “I will make sure my students in England understand how important Gi-braltar is in the world of chess, hopefully some will want to come and play here themselves.”

CEO of Gibtelecom, Tim Bristow, is someone, who believes passio-nately in the benefits of chess. He lists “decision making, problem solving and time management” as three important life skills that young people can acquire through learning and playing chess. He says “Gibtelecom is proud to be facilitating Stuart Conquest’s three years’ community chess role on the Rock”. For adults too, Mr Bristow recognises that “chess can help improve concentration and memory, whilst promoting imagi-nation and creativity. These are all people attributes that are important to any business.”

It's no secret that Gibraltar has developed a close relationship with the game of kings – chess. This summer extra activities on the 64 squares have been taking place and others planned - all of which led up to the launch of the 3rd Gibraltar Junior International Chess Festival in August, a growing event on the world stage.

your move!” Newly crowned 2013 Commonwealth Women’s Chess Champion, Jovanka Houska, agreed to play on the giant board in Casemates the following week.



September was a superb month for Med Golf members and sponsors alike. The BetVictor Med Golf Masters took place at the San Roque Club on the world fa-mous Old Course, the wonderful fina-le to yet another spectacular Med Golf season. The Masters, sponsored this year by BetVictor, is always a day to remember and this one was no different. We had representation from our season top ten players, our monthly sponsors, VIP guests from our Masters sponsor flown in especially for the weekend and also director’s invites at total of more than 50 players. The course was a little damp but nevertheless, playing to its usual very high standards as witnessed by our guests, the Captain and Lady Captain and their vice Captains from the San Roque Club.

A hearty breakfast before donning the event golf shirt was followed by a photo call and then a march to the buggies li-ned up like soldiers on parade. Grasping their bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label kindly donated by Saccone and Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd, the players filed out onto the course for a shotgun start to a round that proved a good test for all with scores below average, except for 1, read on…

The two trophies on offer were the ‘Bet-Victor Med Golf Masters Trophy’ played for by the ‘Med Golf Order of Merit’ top ten players only and the ‘BetVictor Med Golf Masters Corporate Trophy’ for all other entrants.

Lots of congratulations go to Jim Led-with, a BetVictor VIP guest, who won the Corporate Trophy with 34 Stable-ford points and also a huge round of applause should go out to our Masters

Trophy winner, Geoff Slade, who con-quered a very tough course scoring a huge 40 Stableford points. Well done both, great golf!

Following the presentations and free bar, a wonderful five course meal was enjoyed at Kamakura Japanese Restau-rant at the San Roque Club, a perfect end to a great day and a very successful season for Med Golf.

There is no rest for us Med Golfers though folks, our first event of the 2013/14 season also took place in Sep-tember at La Cañada. We held The An-glo Hispano Trophy at this popular local venue only a short drive away from Gi-braltar. Weather conditions were pretty tough with quite a wind to contend with at times. Scores were consequently qui-te low. Med Golfers know we keep tight control of our handicaps and there were no outrageous scores this time. The An-glo Hispano Trophy winner was Derren Vincent with 35 points. Derren won the trophy and 2 green fees on the San Ro-que Old Course.

Other prizes were won as follows:Best gross score was John Hunter with an 82 The longest drive was by Charles Garcia.Best gross score on the par 3s was Howard Thomas at 2 over par.Best pairing was Derren and Geoff Slade with their 65 combined points.Our best senior this time was new boy Dave Dalton.

Our handicap category prizes were won as follows:

Category 1 (0-12) Runner up David Ma-cGreegor; winner Peter Wartren Category 2 (13-22) Runner up Steve Stonefield; winner Javi Hunter Category 3 (23 and above) Denis Laffer-ty runner up; winner Iqbal Dharamsi

Well done to all of you.

The nearest the pin winners were Dave Dalton, Tony Murphy, Chris Smith, David Liu and John Hunter with Rod-ney sheriff getting the nearest in 2 prize on a par 4.

Everyone has some scope for a little im-provement and our ‘Rabbit’ prize of a golf lesson went to Wendy Alsop.

Our ‘worth a mention’ this time was Da-vid Liu’s ‘almost’ hole in 1, we’ve all had a few of those ‘almost’ ones!

Here is the first Top Ten of the new ran-kings season

1. Vincent Derren2. Hunter Javi 3. Harvey Mike 4. Warren Peter 5. Dalton Dave6. Stonefield Steve7. Slade Geoff 8. Kai Tommy9. MacGregor David10. McNee Ian

MORE NEws fROM MEd GOLf

Med Golf has its own Facebook page where you can see photos from the competition day. We’d be delighted if you’d join our group for up-to-date news and contribute to on-going gol-fing discussions. We created the page to enable members and visitors to dis-cuss anything about golf, give feedback on courses they have played, offer tips to others they have come across and much more. You can find us on Fa-cebook simply by searching for ‘Med Golf ’ or visit our website and navigate from there.

For more details on our full schedule and the benefits of joining Med Golf for just £30 per year on our current 241 offer, please visit www.medgolfgroup.com or contact Paul Appleyard on Spain mobile 0034627331712 or by e-mail at [email protected]

Superb September for Med Golf Members

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The KIA RangeKorean car maker Kia has been undergoing a steady transformation. The Seoul-based company has upped its game considerably over the past few years in both the design and engineering quality of its products, and recent Kia models merit much greater respect than the cheap-and-cheerful cut-price Kias of the past

According to Kia Motors, the name “Kia” derives from the Sino-Korean words ki (“to come out”) and a (which stands for Asia), it is roughly translated as “arise or come up out of Asia” or “rising out of Asia”.

South Korea’s oldest car com-pany, Kia was founded on June 9th 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand and has operated as one of the country’s ‘Chaebols’ sin-ce. In 1951, Kia began building complete bicycles and the fo-llowing year, the company chan-ged its name from “Kyungsung Precision Industry” to “Kia” and expanded to build motorcycles (starting in 1957), trucks (1962) and cars (1974).

Kia began exporting cars to Europe in mid 1991, initially selling just the Pride mini-car. In just over twenty years, the company has grown to become one of the main leading auto-motive companies in the world manufacturing a whole range of quality vehicles from super-minis (Rio) to SUV’s (Sportage) and MPV’s (Sorento). The full Kia range offers modern styling, superb quality and outstanding dynamics not to mention the unique-in-Europe seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty.Since 2005, Kia has focused on the European market and has identified design as its “core fu-

ture growth engine” leading to the hiring of Peter Schreyer in 2006 as Chief Design Officer and his subsequent creation of a new corporate grille known as the ‘Tiger Nose’ in order to create a recognizable ‘face’ for the brand. Schreyer indicated he wanted “a powerful visual signal,

a seal or an identifier. The front of a car needs this recognition, this expression. A car needs a face and I think the new Kia face is strong and distinctive. Visibi-lity is vital and that face should immediately allow you to iden-tify a Kia even from a distance.” Commenting on the new signatu-

re grille in 2009: “From now on, we’ll have it on all our cars”

ThE KIA PICANTO

Longer than the previous mo-del, and with an extended whe-elbase, the new ‘Picanto’ promi-ses more passenger comfort and increased cargo space. Offered for the first time with a choice of 5-door and 3-door body styles, it is set to completely redefine its position as one of the most competitive vehicles in the glo-bal ‘city car’ A-segment.

The new ‘Picanto’ is now a small car, grown-up! It is such a com-plete car, such a high quality package, offering numerous premium features and multiple trim choices, that it will raise the fundamental perception of A-segment models to a higher level.

It’s got everything you could need for day after day of happy driving including power stee-ring for squeezing into those tight spaces, ‘ABS’ and ‘EBD’ braking systems for those twis-ty lanes and 5 doors as standard for a big night out with the girls – or guys!

And let’s not forget all those nifty little safety gadgets inclu-ding child seat anchor points and twin airbags. Or the handy 60/40 fold-down seats, ideal for

KIA PICANTO



when you are shopping trip gets a bit out of hand. Plus the Kia Picanto comes fully loaded with both a CD and MP3 player. So now you can sing in the car as well as the shower!

ThE KIA RIO

What can we say about the super-mini that’s got it all? We could try impressing you with its air conditioning, CD audio with MP3 player, central loc-king and front electric windows or even seduce you with its fan-cy features such as driver’s seat height adjustment, power stee-ring and a huge 1,145 litre boot – think gym bag and DIY gear! All that’s very nice - But when it comes down to it, you might just fall for the Rio because it’s got great looks and more per-sonality than a ‘celebrity ga-meshow’. And with the new Rio being Euro 4 compliant you know you’re being kinder to the environment too.

The New Rio has its own in-terpretation of Kia’s signature grille, integrated with the head-lamps to give a new twist on the Kia family look. In profile, the body to glass ratio and its strong wedge form give the new Rio a dynamic stance.

The new model features a whe-elbase extended by 70 mm (to

2,570 mm) and promises greater passenger space and comfort, together with increased car-go capacity to 292 litres for the hatchback. Exterior dimensions changes include: +55 mm (ove-rall length), -15 mm (height) and +25 mm (overall width).

Inside, the new model will de-liver a high level of quality pre-viously associated with larger models – together with a wide selection of trim options.

The Rio is now available in three door guise for the first time; same engine and trim line-up as the five door. The all-new 4th generation Rio is a major step forward in Kia’s relentless drive to upgrade the style and quality of its entire model range whi-le hammering down fuel con-sumption and CO2 figures.

ThE KIA sORENTO

With a focus on sleek design, better road manners and more flexibility, Kia decided to com-pletely re-invent the Sorento when it began planning the new model. But there was also the shift in usage to take into ac-count. Today’s SUV buyers are younger, increasingly likely to be

female and often wealthy urbani-tes, who want the car for family use rather than the traditional country lifestyle. Sophistication, refinement, design and quality matter more than ruggedness and go-anywhere ability.

So, Kia tasked its design studios in California, an area where they

know a thing or two about lifes-tyle SUVs, to undertake much of the work on the new model even though Chief Design Offi-cer, Peter Schreyer, mastermin-ded the project. The result is a car with urban sophistication, premium levels of quality and equipment and ‘MPV-like’ spa-ce and versatility – and we make no apologies if it is not quite as rough ‘n’ tough as before.

The all-new Kia Sorento has been awarded the maximum 5-star safety rating in the latest Euro NCAP crash test results, placing the Sorento amongst the safest SUVs on the road.

ThE KIA sOUL

Emotional – iconic - self-confi-dent; bold. lifestyle - driven. Sim-ple words which, added together, start to capture the car’s persona-lity. Soul is a car all about freedom – freedom to stand out from the

crowd through its unique design and personalisation options, free-dom of the open road thanks to its fun-to-drive character, and freedom of lifestyle through an expressive interior and a seating arrangement which offers the fle-xibility of a medium-sized ‘MPV’ or ‘SUV’ within the footprint of a super-mini.

KIA RIO

KIA SORENTO

KIA SOUL


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Soul is an urban crossover – small enough to be ideally sui-ted to the world’s urban jungles, but totally different to conven-tional, workaday small cars. By combining the charm and de-sirability of MINI and Fiat 500, with a hint of SUV ruggedness, Kia is opening up an entirely new market sub-segment with a car that will win the hearts – and souls – of the young and the young-at-heart.

Kia’s innovative and hugely successful urban crossover, the Soul, has been refreshed from top to bottom for the 2012 mo-del year. New or revised 1.6-litre engines and the introduction of a six-speed gearbox on all models improve performance while lowering fuel consump-tion, emissions and running costs. The distinctive and highly original exterior styling is now even sharper while continuing to emphasise Kia’s obsession

with quality. This is reflected in the cabin, where changes to the fascia, console and trim raise standards even higher. And all versions have more equipment.

ThE KIA sPORTAGE

The Kia Motors Corporation´s decision to re-enter the small SUV market with an all-new model was taken after intensive market research into future con-sumer trends indicated that a new model was eagerly awaited, and close monitoring of the suc-cess of the Kia Sorento in Euro-pe and all around the world.

The new Sportage is designed to offer customers the best benefits of three different vehicle types – all in one compact stylish packa-ge. The smooth ride, agile hand-ling and overall refinement of a ‘Passenger Car’… the exterior style, high driving position, easy access and all-wheel grip of an

‘SUV’… the load carrying ability and seating versatility of a Wa-gon… are all combined to create a uniquely attractive new Kia.

With a new body shell, new en-gines and fresh, bold styling that introduces a new kind of dyna-mic aesthetics, the all-new Kia Sportage is an urban-friendly compact SUV for today’s families – consuming less fuel and emit-ting less CO2. Longer, wider and lower than the previous model, the all-new de-sign successfully retains the key SUV features – the commanding driving position, heightened sense of security and powerful road presence – which made the second generation Kia Sportage so popular. The second-generation Sportage was introduced in 2004 and at-tracted thousands of customers who had not previously consi-

KIA SPORTAGE

dered buying a Kia. It achieved global sales of more than 860,000 units – including 150,000 units in Western Europe. Now, under the direction of Kia’s Chief De-sign Officer Peter Schreyer, the Kia design teams have created a third-generation Sportage in-corporating Kia’s new design DNA and many features from the 2007 Kia Kue concept car, to be immediately identifiable as a Kia and stand out from po-tential rivals in an increasingly crowded segment.

On 25th May 2012, Kia Motors Corporation celebrates its 68th anniversary, originating with manufacturing bicycles in the 1950s, Kia has now grown to be part of the world’s 4th largest automotive group.

The Kia Range can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, dis-tributors in Gibraltar for Kia.

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Napoleon, Nelsonand the French Threat

wAR wITh fRANCE

When war broke out between Britain and Revolutionary France in the spring of 1793 there was no immediate threat of French invasion. Britain relied on the Royal Navy for defence and planned a se-ries of sorties against the French forces in mainland Europe. But the picture started to change in 1796. French military suc-cesses and British military frustrations started to alter the balance of power and the British Government began to repair and reinforce coastal defenses and to raise, train and equip a huge force of vo-lunteers.

During 1796 the most successful and charismatic of France’s revolutionary soldiers - General Hoche - started to hatch a grand and complex plan for the co-ordinated invasion of England, Wales and Ireland. Important to the French was the Irish patriot Theobald Wolfe Tone. A member of the Society of United Iris-hman Wolfe Tone was a Protestant who by the mid 1790s was convinced that change could come only through violent

was so violent that no troops could be put ashore, and by the first week of January 1797 the French invasion fleet, battered and dispersed, crept back to Brest.

NAPOLEON’s

PRO-INVAsION POLICIEs

The failure of this and other invasion plans brought the British only a short-term reprieve. The Government con-tinued to fear the enemy within and increased the power of sedition laws to break and stifle individuals and socie-ties that appeared to be supporting pro-French Republican views. These fears seemed to be fully realised in April and May 1797 when elements of the Royal Navy, the first and major bulwark against invasion, mutinied at Spithead and the Nore. The mutiny, not primarily political in its nature, was dealt with and the Bri-tish naval victory in October 1797 over a French-led and sponsored Dutch inva-sion fleet at Camperdown suggested that the Royal Navy was still in possession of its fighting spirit. But despite this British success the French still appeared to be

insurrection. In 1796 he was in France seeking aid and promoting the invasion of Ireland by a French army of liberation.

Wolfe Tone and Hoche met and their as-pirations coincided. Wolfe Tone promi-sed popular support if the French inva-ded and, in late December 1796, a French

invasion fleet of around 50 ships carrying 15,000 veteran troops set sail from Brest for Bantry Bay in south-west Ireland. The plan was to land, ignite the country in rebellion against the Protestant English overlords, seize the port of Cork and be in Dublin within the fortnight. But nothing went right for the French - the weather

For more than a decade, Britain faced the prospect of invasion by Napoleon.But how real was the threat and what defensive preparations did the British make?

Lord Nelson Napoleon Banaparte



closing in for the kill. General Hoche - the champion of invasion - died in mys-terious circumstances in September 1797 but General Napoleon Bonaparte, whose prestige and power were rapidly on the rise following his victories in Italy, took up Hoche’s anti-British and pro-invasion policies. In late 1797, Bonaparte declared to the Directory Government that Fran-ce ‘must destroy the English monarchy, or expect itself to be destroyed by these intri-guing and enterprising islanders... Let us concentrate all our efforts on the navy and annihilate England. That done, Europe is at our feet.’

When 1,100 French soldiers - led by Ge-neral Jean Humbert - landed at Killala Bay on the 22nd August 1798 they came too late. The Irish were too demoralised or too terrified to join the French would-be liberators and Wolfe Tone, who could perhaps have raised more resistance in Ireland, was captured en route by the Royal Navy and subsequently commit-ted suicide while waiting execution as a traitor. In early September Humbert su-rrendered his tiny army which, although the invasion proved futile, had given a good account of itself. But it was not Humbert’s surrender that saved England from immediate invasion; that had been achieved before Humbert even set foot on the British Isles. On the 1st August 1798 Admiral Nelson had destroyed a French fleet in Aboukir Bay, an action which not only marooned Bonaparte and his army in Egypt but also removed from France the ability to defend an invasion army as it crossed the English Channel. In March

1802 Britain appeared to have weathe-red the storm when, with the Treaty of Amiens, France - now a dictatorship with Bonaparte as the autocratic head-of-state - made peace with Great Britain. But both sides were intensely suspicious of each other, the terms of the treaty were not honoured and, in May 1803, Britain was once more at war with France, more powerful and a more sinister enemy than ever before.

hOURLy ThREAT

By the end of 1803 Bonaparte had amas-sed on the cliffs around Calais an Army of England 130,000 strong and a flotilla of 2,000 crafts to carry the host across the Channel. The presence of the army put huge pressure on the British Government to come to terms with Bonaparte who, in May 1804, had his position strengthened still further by getting the French senate to confer upon him the title of Emperor Napoleon I.

Napoleon realised that with invasion, as with most things, time was of the essen-

ce. If he could get his men ashore, getting them moving and to London before the British could fully mobilise or deploy their forces then victory would be his. The British also realised that timing was all important and knew that the job of its land-based defences - both coastal fortifi-cations and volunteer regiments - was to delay and disrupt enemy forces until Bri-tish regular forces could be gathered and a counter-attack launched. In the dark days of 1803 and 1804, when a French invasion was expected on an almost hourly basis, Britain started to construct a vast network of coastal defences as well as relying on the skill and resilience of the Royal Navy. As Admiral Earl St Vincent said at the time: ‘I do not say the French can’t come, I only say they can’t come by sea.’

The British reckoned the French would almost certainly choose the shortest in-vasion route and that they would aim to land at, or near, a port which, if captured, could be used for the rapid reinforcement and re-supply of its army. This pointed to three prime invasion targets: Dover and the beaches around it, Chatham and

the River Medway (which the Dutch has successfully raided in 1667) and the flat, wide beaches of the Romney Marsh ad-joining the small port at Rye. So Prime Minister William Pitt, a firm believer in the benefits of fixed fortifications, fo-llowed the advice of a number of military engineers, notably General Twiss, and approved plans to strengthen the defen-ces of these prime targets.

LANd ATTACK

The lines defending Chatham from land attack were strengthened by additions to Fort Amherst and by the construction of Fort Clarence. The greatest weakness of Dover was vulnerability to land attack. The ancient castle, despite being greatly strengthened during the 1790’s, was also vulnerable to attack from land, especially from the neighbouring Western Heights from which modern artillery could ra-pidly reduce the castle to ruins.

The answer hit upon by the military was to transform the Western Heights from the weak link in Dover’s defence into its greatest strength. From 1804 until 1814 was turned into one of the great artillery fortresses of Europe. It housed batteries firing out to sea and inland, and barracks for a large garrison of troops that was given rapid access to the sea by means of the spectacular Great Shaft, a 140 foot deep cylinder containing three staircase designed to allow troops to move to and from the Western Heights and the harbour with maximum speed. The Western Heights

Trafalgar’s battle



was also provided with an impressive strong point - a place of great defensive and offensive power - called the Drop Redoubt. This fortress with its massive, brick-clad earth walls, deep ditch, well sited gun embrasures and vastly strong casemates and magazine remains one of the wonders of British post-medie-val military design.

The defence of the Romney Marches was a trickier problem. Flooding was one possibility but this would have destro-yed many homes and much productive land. In late 1804 a Royal Engineer co-lonel John Brown came up with a better idea: dig a 62-foot wide canal along the north edge of the march; keep its water level high with the use of sluices; and build a military road and rampart along its north bank so that it would function as a defended moat in case of French attack. The idea was approved immedia-tely by Prime Minister William Pitt and the Royal Military Canal was completed by 1809. Its construction was a colossally expensive exercise - £234,310 - and was subsequently much mocked as an act of absurd military folly. William Cobbett’s reaction in 1823, in his Rural Rides, was typical; ‘Here is a canal ... made for the length of thirty miles ... to keep out the French: for those armies that had so often crossed the Rhine and the Da-nube were to be kept back by a canal.’ Cobbett had a point but he missed the main one: the canal was only a part of a co-ordinated system of defence intended to wrong-foot the French invader, not to stop him

VICTORy AT wATERLOO

The victory at Waterloo in 1815 left Bri-tain the dominant power in Europe with the Royal Navy the strongest fleet in the world - despite suffering a series of signi-ficant but small-scale reverses during the War of 1812 with the fledgling United Sta-tes Navy. For 40 years, threats of invasion were forgotten but then, in the late 1850s, emerged in a sudden and most drama-tic manner. France, revived as an empire with immense territorial ambitions under Napoleon III, was once again the enemy and in the late 1850s, Britain led by its Pri-me Minister Lord Palmerston, undertook to spend vast sums on defence.

In 1859 a Royal Commission recom-mended the protection of Britain’s main dockyards on both seaside and landward approaches with massive new forts being constructed at Portsmouth, Saltash, Ply-mouth, Milford Haven, Sheerness and Chatham. The total cost of these works - mostly completed during the 1860s - was a staggering £11.6 million, equal to around £520 million in modern money. The speedy defeat of France by Prussia in 1870 and the ridiculous light it shed on the military worth of Britain’s new and expensive generation of fortifications did not end the British fear of invasion. On the contrary, it merely identified a new enemy. Initially the British had been gra-tified by the discomfiture of their traditio-nal enemy but by the end of 1870 Prus-sian brutality, its cold-blooded military efficiency and its territorial ambitions had made it the next potential invader.

MARTELLO TOwERs

A similar purpose lies behind another of Britain’s great, and much misunderstood, Napoleonic defences - the chain of 103 Martello Towers stretching from Seaford in the west to Aldeburgh on the East An-glian coast built between Spring 1805 and 1812. These squat, ovoid-shaped brick-built towers are immensely strong and were modelled on a gun tower at Mar-tella, Corsica that had caused the Royal Navy much trouble in 1794.

ded these little ‘bulldogs’ as a formida-ble barrier. With hindsight it appears that all these defences were, essentia-lly, pointless since Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar in October 1805, at the very moment the construction of the Mar-tello Tower system was getting under way, made a French invasion of Britain a virtual impossibility. But in late 1805 the picture was not quite so clear. After the destruction of his fleet at Trafalgar Napoleon went on to win, in Decem-ber 1805, the vastly important victory

at Austerlitz that confirmed the French as the military and political masters of Europe. A French fleet could be recons-tructed and, as far as the British could see, it was just a matter of time before the French were again in a position to invade. It was not until 1812 when Na-poleon and his allies were smashed in Russia that the invasion of Britain was clearly beyond the French, and in this year the construction of the chain of Martello towers ceased.

Martello Towers were the idea of Cap-tain William Ford of the Royal Engi-neers and they were sited roughly 600 yards apart and each mounted a long-range 24 pounder cannon. The aim was to cover the most likely landing beaches and to confuse any French landing whi-le British reserves and Royal Navy ships were rushed to the area. These towers were never tested which is a great tribu-te. The best defence is that which deters attack and certainly the French regar-

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