The Fareham Flyer Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Fareham D1110 UK

President Colin White

Service above Self Bulletin Number 333 APRIL 2011 www.farehamrotary.com

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FOCUS ON A CROCUS

Well, Duncan’s team did it!

Crocuses by the thousand!

Gary and I called by to take a

few pictures last week before

we emptied the Wishing Well.

I guess we missed the best of

the show, but the impression

was still there, and Ben Ben-

stead’s signs made the purpose

of the event quite clear to the

public.

I’m sure that in the coming

years there will be a permanent

reminder of this good cause in

which Rotary is so deeply in-

volved.

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Recognition for Sains-bury’s (Broadcut) On 31

st March, at our special

5th

Thursday evening meeting,

we had the opportunity to

thank the management and

staff of Sainsbury’s Broadcut

supermarket for their help and

generosity in our fund raising

efforts.

You will remember that during

the final days before last

Christmas, in the cold and

snowy weather, a stalwart

band of collectors were es-

consed in the foyer of the

store.

Rotarian Colin Frampton was

instrumental in establishing

contact with Sainsbury’s and

forging a most helpful link

with both management and the

Community group within

Sainsburys.

Here, Colin is seen with Sains-

bury’s Sharon Magee and Lin-

da Langdon, who were

amongst our special guests,

with a framed certificate that

recognizes the assistance so

freely given by Sainsbury’s.

Sainsbury’s have an achieve-

ments board in their Staff res-

taurant, and the certificate will

be placed within this area.

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Fareham Shopping Cen-tre recognized.

Also recognized for their help

and assistance in Rotary fund-

raising was the Fareham Shop-

ping Centre.

The management have for a

number of years allowed col-

lections to take place within

the Centre, and have also pro-

vided a site for our Wishing

Well.

A framed certificate recognis-

ing the generous help given by

the Centre was received by

Rtn. George Cantrill on behalf

of Centre manager Pam

Marsden, who unfortunately

was unable to attend.

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More on 5th

Thursday inside!

ith less than 175

days to go to the

start of the start

of the 2011 Rugby World Cup

we want to remind you of the

wonderful opportunity New

Zealand Rotarians are extend-

ing to their fellow Rotarians

who are planning to visit for

this great event.

Rather than stay in commercial

accommodation, why not stay

with New Zealand Rotarians

and experience true kiwi hos-

pitality? Bed and breakfast for

NZ$150 (which includes the

donation to polio plus) is a real

bargain but more importantly

it’s a way to “bridge conti-

nents”. You’ll make lifetime

friends and get a real sense of

New Zealand.

Bookings are coming in steadi-

ly but we have plenty of hosts

available in all venues. And we

can even find hosts in loca-

tions other than game venues if

you want to go

somewhere else between

games. Have a look at the

website

www.rotarynzrugbyhosting.co.

nz and see how easy it is take

advantage of combining some

great games with the chance to

meet some new Rotary friends.

If you have been thinking

about the trip of a lifetime,

now is the time to act. More

tickets are being released, New

Zealand Rotarians are keen to

open their homes to Rotarian

visitors and this is the oppor-

tunity to have the trip of a life-

time and support our charity.

You will be aware that the

Christchurch earthquake has

caused RNZ 2011 Tournament

Owner, Rugby World Cup Lim-

ited, the New Zealand Govern-

ment and the New Zealand Rugby

Union, to assess to critical Tour-

nament facilities and services in

Christchurch . These include Sta-

dium Christchurch itself, accom-

modation, training facilities, the

transport network and other key

infrastructure. In the event

that this review causes one or

more matches to be rescheduled,

or staged at a different venue,

Rotary hosting bookings in

Christchurch can be either

changed to another venue or re-

funded. We will do what it takes

to ensure visiting Rotarians enjoy

their time in New Zealand, no

matter what.

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APRIL

1st Sam Das 3rd Geoff Hillam 6th Roger Esnault 7th Chris Courtney 13th Duncan Colin -Jones 14th Mike Eastwood 18th Marianne Ockenden 24th Linda Ingram

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SOBERTON – SPRING 2011

am sure that most Fareham

Rotary Club members did not

hear very much about Sober-

ton until the influx of the “Sober-

ton Mafia” beginning in 2008.

However, in recent time many

Rotarians have visited the village

for social occasions.

The Parish of Soberton did not

become a separate ecclesiastical

parish until 1897, before that it

came under the jurisdiction of

Meonstoke.

Roman remains in the Meon val-

ley are frequent, two Roman sar-

cophagi were found in the parish-

es of the Meon valley many years

ago – the first was discovered in

1880 in Brigden Field, Manor

Farm, Soberton, it can now be

found outside the Curl Chapel of

St Peter’s Church. Within the

church can be found wall paint-

ings that have been identified as

the Virgin Mary as a child, St

Anne, St Katharine and St Marga-

ret of Antioch.

Three Hundred and forty seven

years ago today on the 29th March

1644 two armies met at Cheriton,

the first battle to be won decisive-

ly by parliamentary forces and a

defeat from which the royalists

never recovered. Winchester and-

neighbouring towns were ocu-

pied; this in turn led to the bom-

bardment of the Palace belonging

to the Bishop of Winchester at

Bishop’s Waltham and the escape

of Bishop Curll in a dung cart to

his sister’s house in Soberton.

The following year Walter Curll

died in London and his body was

brought back to Soberton where it

was buried in the churchyard.

As I muse over the state of Sober-

ton three hundred and forty seven

years after the above events, I

have to say that it goes without

saying that this village remains

both vibrant and active in so

many ways. Its inhabitants though

no longer involved in farming and

horticulture as they were in post

war times, maintain a rural vil-

lage atmosphere and there is a

true community spirit evident in

every part of the village. Many

residents commute to their places

of work and school, but the pace

of life is generally gentler than

the inner cities surrounding us.

We live in a beautiful part of the

Meon Valley, now part of the

South Downs National Park. It is

a privilege to be able to live and

work amongst such a wonderful

community, and to be part of such

a vibrant group of people.

My thanks to Norman Chapman for this first in an occasional se-ries on ‘Where I Live’ _________________________________________

Shopping Vouchers

Jill Newby has asked me to re-

mind you that she is collecting

TESCO and SAINSBURY

vouchers, which will be passed

on to Porchester Community

School for exchange into school

equipment.

Jill is always grateful to receive

your used postage stamps, which

can be recycled in aid of good

causes.

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WISHING WELL

Total from Wishing Well &

Family Bargain Store =

£87.00

MENU FOR APRIL

I

7th

Lasagne, garlic bread

salad

14th

Baked gammon, Pars-

ley sauce, Noisette

potatoes, veg.

21st

Toad in the Hole,

mashed potatoes, on-

ion gravy, veg.

28th

Chicken a la King,

croquette potatoes,

veg.

The Group 7 Greetings Box

This box is to encourage informal contacts and better acquaintance between Group 7 Rotarians.

Clubs receiving the box are urged to pass it on quickly to another Group 7 club, at one of their regular meet-

ings.

Scoreboard

Date from Club to Club Visitors Relief Held Total

10/3/11 Portsmouth & Southsea Fareham 2 12 0 14

22/3/11 Fareham Whiteley 3 12 1 14

28/3/11 Whiteley Havant 2 12 0 14

Rules

Competition points are scored

according to these rules - a

trophy may be awarded at the

end of the year to the club with

the most points. Points for

your club are won by:

Visitors - The number in your

visiting party - one point per

member present.

1. Relief - a point for each

time the greetings box has

changed hands since it was

last with the visited club -

so one point if you return it

to the club which gave it to

you, a maximum of 12

points if you give it to a

club which has never had

it, but NO POINTS if you

have already visited the

same club this Rotary year.

2. You LOSE one point for

every complete week you

have held on to the box.

Snatching - if you fear the

Greetings Box may be lan-

guishing too long with another

club, you can win additional

points by conducting a Snatch-

raid. This is where, instead of

waiting for them to bring the

box to you, you visit the club

holding the box and demand

they hand it over. For a snatch

your club wins these points:

1. Visitors - the number in

your snatch squad

2. Relief - a point for each

time the greetings box has

changed hands since your

club last held it

3. You WIN one point for

each complete week they

have held the box

General procedure: You

must inform a club president

and/or secretary of your inten-

tion to visit several days be-

forehand - as would be wise

for catering reasons anyway. If

planning a Snatch-raid, you

should assure yourself that

they still have the box, and

have not already arranged a

Greetings visit to pass it on.

Please see that the log in the

box is filled in when you re-

ceive it, and when you present

it.

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However – Received on 1st

April from Graham Smith –

Rotary Club of Havant

Hi- Many clubs will be aware

of the initiative of Assistant

Governor John Worley to in-

troduce a cigar box to promote

club visits. At Havant we

thought that we should take

this a stage further so we have

burnt the cigar box and will

present the next club with the

ashes. Just like in Cricket

where the ashes have become

the leading symbol in Cricket

we hope that the ashes of the

cigar box will become the

leading symbol for fellowship

between Rotary Clubs. We

have enclosed a photo and

promise to seal a lid on it to

avoid a problem on a windy

day. We hope that you will

support this project and what

we would like clubs and club

members to do is to quickly

help us choose a name for this

remnant which we sincerely

hope will become a symbol of

fellowship. Please let me have

your proposals asap. If this is

successful we will recommend

it is rolled out to the whole of

district 110 and again if that

works to the whole of RIBI

and RI. Please let me have

your comments and don’t for-

get to pass the ashes on.

A good idea or sabotage?!!

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Secretary’s Notice. Club Assembly will now be

held on THURSDAY 2nd

JUNE rather than 26th May as

planned. It will of course be an

evening meeting at Cams Hall

Golf Club with a glittering cast

of the Club's group leaders for

2011-2012 . We will be joined

by our Group 7 Assistant Gov-

ernor, John Worley.

26th May will now be at the

usual lunchtime, and could be

used as a business meeting.

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5th THURSDAY Our 5

th Thursday of March

was celebrated with a special

guest evening at Cams, where

we dined on an excellent Car-

very dinner – well received by

all. 76 Rotarians and their

guests took part in the occa-

sion, where the District Gov-

ernor Ian Legg and his lady

wife Sheila, Assistant Gover-

nor John Worley, together with

his wife Judith, attended.

DG Ian praised the efforts

made by the Club in fulfilling

Rotary’s aims of Building

Bridges – Bridging Continents.

He also referred to our key as-

set – the Wheelhouse, and

(blushes here!) gave a mention

to the Flyer! Tony Cove was

warmly thanked for his work

connected with Kid’s Out.

Our special guest, and speaker

of the evening, was Linda

Clark of Hampshire and Isle of

Wight Air Ambulance, this

being the chosen charity of

President Colin White.

Linda gave a fascinating in-

sight into the frantically busy

world of the Air Ambulance

organization, and amazed us

with the finer details of the op-

erating costs of the valuable

service.

As a result of collections made

during his Presidential Year,

Colin was able to present Lin-

da with a large cheque.

There was one further task for

President Colin. Club Council

had voted to award a Paul Har-

ris Fellowship to Colin Framp-

ton, in recognition of his work

within the Club. Pres. Colin

read a citation, listing the

many achievements of Colin

during his 8 years as a member

of the Fareham club. Colin had

served as Club Secretary for 5

years, and had continued, in

the background, to be involved

in many tasks. Notable

amongst these is the organisa-

tion of social functions, such

as the dinner we were all en-

joying. He is also responsible

for organizing collections, and

has been a key figure in liais-

ing with Sainsbury’s.

DG Ian presented the award to

Colin, who was accompanied

on this occasion by his daugh-

ter and son- in law.

For more details of these events please contact the

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