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Marathon runner Teslyn Barkman celebrates at the fi nish editorial Association Newsletter by FIA Chair Alan Huckle Published by: The Falkland Islands Association, in the grounds of the former Argentine Falkland House, Naval Mechanical School, which was London infamous as a torture and murder SW1H OBH centre during the years of the military junta and its ‘dirty war’. It is almost as if Tel 0203 764 0824 President Kirchner was seeking to justify ISSN 0262-9399 the Argentine invasion, which most in Argentina accept as a tragic error even Edited by: if they support the Argentine claim to Sharon Jaf ray sovereignty. Stanley Internationally, Argentina continues Falkland Islands uch was riding in Argentina on to lobby for support of its sovereignty Tel 00 500 52739 Man Argentine victory in the World claim but with little real effect. The [email protected] Cup fi nal – not just the prospect of an UN Decolonisation Committee (C24) Argentine soccer triumph but also, for the rolled over its standard declaration on Editorial Committee Argentine leadership, the hope of further the Falklands in June. It is a measure Ms Cindy Buxton (Chair) sustained distraction from Argentina’s of the C24’s anachronistic attitude Mr David Tatham CMG continuing socio-economic woes. towards the UK’s modern relationship Mr David Ainslie Germany’s win put paid to that – and with its Overseas Territories that it will Mrs M Christie Argentina now has to face up to some undoubtedly ignore once again the Mr Saul Pitaluga stark choices in the run-up to the October Falkland Islands Government invitation 2015 Presidential elections. to them to visit the Islands to see for Advertising: The prospects look bleak. For the fi rst themselves (something that at least Full page £250 time since 2002, Argentina’s economy is an Opposition Presidential hopeful in Half page £125 offi cially in recession. After two years of Argentina, Julio Cobos, was prepared to Quarter page £65 stagnation, the key indicators are on a do on a private basis in end June/early Eighth page £35 downward trend; consumption, industrial July). Short insert £3 per line output, construction sector indices, trade It is not clear what effect various (imports and exports) are all falling. Yet Argentine initiatives, such as the WEBSITE infl ation remains in double digit fi gures appointment of Daniel Filmus as even on the basis of (often fl awed) ‘Malvinas Secretary’, have had apart from www.i association.com Government statistics. the sidelining of the ‘Malvinas’ department There is no relief on the Government’s within the Argentine bureaucracy. The Release of copyright debt situation. In mid-June, the US launch in April of ‘Pampa Azul’, a ten Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s year scientifi c plan to carry out marine The Editorial Committee ruling that Argentina must pay US$1.3bn research in the so-called ‘Argentine releases all copyrights to hedge fund creditors that refused to sea’ may, however, result in provocative on the content of accept debt restructuring offers of partial incursions in Falklands and SGSSI waters the Falkland Islands payment in 2005 and 2010 following under the guise of science. Thankfully, Newsletter except on Argentina’s default on its US$80bn debt in Argentine efforts to lobby the Vatican pictures, cartoons and 2001/2. Argentina remains in discussion following the election of Pope Francis maps. Other publications with the US Supreme Court moderator in March have fallen on deaf ears; the are invited to quote but, whilst this brinkmanship continues, elevation of an Argentine citizen as freely. investor confi dence is rock bottom Pope is not going to alter the Holy See’s with little possibility of the Argentine traditional position on such issues. Howevever, we ask that Government being able to borrow its Despite all this, it is reassuring to quotations are made in way out of its economic problems. So, see the UK Government’s continued context and the Falkand Argentina faces continued stagfl ation and strong support for the Falklands (see Islands Newsletter the prospect of deeper social unrest. Mr Swire’s speech on page 4) and the acknowledged as the All of this means that President thriving open democracy that is constantly source. Kirchner has to keep the Falklands on demonstrated within the Islands. It is her public agenda. In doing so, she wonderful to see the continued madness For further information can get into some strange contortions of the mid-winter swim, and delightful turn to the inside back of logic in trying to justify the Russian to recall the real beauty of the Islands page or alternatively annexation of Crimea and can resort to captured in the photographs in the ‘We contact the Editor Sharon incomprehensible untruths when she are Falklands’ exhibition in the Mall (see Jaf ray (contact details claimed on 2 April – the anniversary of page 13). above). the Argentine invasion of the Falklands On the FIA front, we now have a new – that the Falkland Islands were home to website; please help us to invigorate it ‘NATO’s largest military nuclear base’ in with suggestions and contributions. We PRINTED BY: ‘one of the most militarised territories in also encourage you to apply to attend the Platinum Press (UK) Ltd the world’. It’s not surprising that she was service to remember those who fought Tel 0844 880 4722 roundly mocked for this on Twitter and in the WW1 battles of Coronel and the www.PlatinumPressLimited.co.uk had to block her account against further Falklands, which will be held in St. Martin- embarrassment. Even more disgraceful, in-the-Fields on Monday, 8 December – in my view, was her attendance on 10 and we have a separate date for our AGM June at the opening of a ‘Museo Malvinas’ (see insert).

2 Falklands’ new Governor

Left: His Excellency the Governor Mr Colin Roberts takes the oath of allegiance in the Court and Council Chambers. Right: Ready for the 17 gun salute a the welcome parade Governor Roberts takes up post is Excellency the Governor Mr Governor Roberts said he was go from strength to strength, “despite HColin Roberts arrived in the proud, “to have the chance to live and Argentine efforts to disrupt activity Islands on April 28 and the following work with you and will do my utmost and threaten legal action against day took the oath of allegiance before to promote your security, stability and participants.” attending a parade on Victory green prosperity.” These efforts had proved ineffective with a welcoming 17 gun salute. The purpose of the Governor today, and the unwavering support of the Addressing invited guests and was to ensure the infrastructure government of the UK would continue Government offi cials, he paid tribute and the context in which the elected to ensure that legitimate economic to the state of the Falklands economy representatives can make their activity in Falklands waters continued and praised the community and the decisions for the territory and in unhindered, he said. direct engagement with regional which the government of the Falkland “Planning is signifi cantly advanced and national communities with Islands can implement those for a new multi-operator exploratory regard to diplomacy, trade, tourism, decisions,” he said when talking drilling programme which is expected environmental science and sport. to the media later that week. He to commence in the fi rst half of He said that in preparing for his expanded on the comment saying 2015. This will bring a fresh surge appointment, he had spoken to a this ranged from security, “making of economic activity in the Falklands great many people who had visited sure these Islands are secure in and new opportunities for the local the Islands who were impressed by defence terms, to making sure that business community. A number of what they had found here. “What the system of justice and the rule of exciting new targets will be tested they see is a confi dent community, law operates effectively and smoothly in both the North and South basins confi dent of its history and therefore so that the things that they want to do around the Islands,” said Mr Roberts. sure of its identity, a people who can be achieved.” Meanwhile other licensees know where they want to be, who it Hydrocarbons continued to seek new partners to wants to be and who expressed that In his address to the nation at carry out additional exploration and wish in the clearest possible terms in the opening of the budget debate appraisal work elsewhere in licensed a referendum last year, and they see in Legislative Assembly on June acreage, and success may lead to an economy preparing to take on a 4, Governor Roberts said that the extended exploratory drilling taking major new industry.” hydrocarbon industry continued to place in the short term, he noted. Governor Roberts spoke of the spe- cial bond between 1982 veterans, their families and the people of the Falklands. Speaking to veterans, he said that two things had come across very clearly: “The deep appreciation for the sincere and generous welcome they receive here and including, and this does surprise quite a lot of them, those who were not yet born in 1982. The second thing is the sense of re- ward and satisfaction that they feel when they see the success you have made of this country.”

3 Falklands Government Lincoln’s Inn reception

ou do not need me to tell you Ywhat an extraordinary place it is, with an incredibly precious environmental heritage that rightly deserves every kind of reasonable protection,” said Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi ce Hugo Swire as he addressed a large gathering at the Falklands Islands Government Reception at Lincoln’s Inn on June 10. He said that he learned about the traditions, challenges and sense of community in the and was impressed by the enthusiasm of the young people, during his visit to the Falklands in February. “Everywhere that I went, I was struck by the warmth, industry, generosity and cautious optimism of Picture Peter Dare the Falklands people,” he said. “I came back from my visit convinced that the Falklands has a bright future. Which is not to say that challenges do not lie ahead – Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi ce Hugo Swire particularly as signifi cant changes with Falkland Islands Government Representative Sukey Cameron are afoot.” Mr Swire said that, economically, the Islanders continue to realise their potential, with growing internationally recognised expertise in areas such A bright future with as organic farming, eco-tourism and fi sheries, some of which he was able to see for himself. The contract, challenges ahead signed by US and UK companies for further exploratory drilling next year, of Argentina to bully and coerce this is the wish of all the families, then was a reminder that hydrocarbon community have not only failed, but the proper thing is for the Argentine exploration and exploitation offer have proved counter-productive. Government to formally approach us exciting possibilities for the future of The Islanders have had to overcome and the Falkland Islands Government the Falklands and the wider region, potentially damaging measures by to establish a process for making he added. Argentina aimed at undermining their this happen. Regrettably, despite “With the indefatigable spirit economic livelihood. They have what is sometimes reported, or mis- and tenacity of its community, the also come to expect and live with reported, in the Argentine media, Falkland Islands are thriving in a inappropriate stunts even in areas we have still had no such approach global market. What they lack in which should be free from politics, from the Government in Buenos size they more than make up for in such as the Argentine football team Aires. Our offer remains open. These ambition and drive. And I have a posing with a banner claiming the matters should speak to our common message for the Islanders today: Islands are Argentine. All of this humanity and not be the plaything of the UK Government will help you only goes to reinforce the Islanders’ politics,” said Mr Swire. to realise your ambitions. From the sense of unity, He said that start of this month, all businesses in identity and Let us listen to their although he would the Overseas Territories have access purpose.” message: like to see a mutually to UK Trade and Investment services He reminded benefi cial relationship and our global network of embassies will not surrender their home; the gathering they will not compromise with Argentina in and high commissions, who will now of the costly the years ahead, support your economic as well as sacrifi ce to their human rights; and they there would be no your diplomatic efforts.” liberate the will not give up their political compromise on the Referring to the March 2013 Islands from freedoms. principle of self- referendum when 99.8 percent of Argentine determination. voters were in favour of remaining an occupation in The late Sir Denis Overseas Territory of the UK, he said 1982 and remarked also at how sad Thatcher once commented of his the community had sent a powerful he had found it to visit the Argentine wife, that, “The Falklands marked her and unifi ed message to the world cemetery in Darwin and see the soul and mine.” about their determination to steer graves of so many young men, Mr Swire said the Falklands Islands their own future. “There can now unidentifi ed and marked ‘known only would make a lasting impression on be absolutely no doubt about their unto God.’ the soul of anyone who visits. views, which are shared far more “That is why we and the Falkland “I was deeply affected by my widely than just by those of British Islands Government remain short visit there by the proud and descent. sympathetic to any request from indomitable spirit of the Islanders, “Indeed, we can now see a Argentina to collaborate in an effort as well as by the warmth of the renewed sense of confi dence and to identify their fallen. We have reception I was given.” pride in their identity as Falkland been consistently clear with the More pictures on page 6 Islanders. Efforts by the Government Government of Argentina that, if this

4 Lincoln’s Inn and Falklands at C24 United Nation’s C24 ‘has lost its way’ says MLA Summers ssembly decades colonial status of AMembers Mike clearly shows the Islands. MLA Summers and Roger that it has Edwards outlined Edwards represented lost its way, the many actions the Falkland Islands and has taken by Argentina Government this concentrated to attempt to year at the Annual on the undermine the United Nations (UN) interests economy of the C24 meeting on the of member Falkland Islands, Falklands in June in states over their lack of respect New York. The format and above for the wishes of of the meeting is well the welfare of Falkland Islanders established, and has the people of and our history, and not changed for many the Non Self- the expansionist years. Governing colonial nature The Falkland Territories. of the illegitimate Islands Unless it Argentine claim. representatives speak reforms and Both Members fi rst followed by two concentrates stressed the Argentine petitioners, MLA Mike Summers on its core MLA Roger Edwards importance of then the proposers of responsibilities, visiting missions, the motion on the Falkland Islands in pursuit of its core obligations and invited the C24 members to speak, followed by Argentina. Other and objectives, it will become an visit the Falkland Islands to see for members of the C24 and Member irrelevant anachronism. themselves how we have developed. States of the UN are then permitted The UN Charter, and the UN This is the 8th time that the C 24 to speak. The UK by choice does not Resolutions on decolonisation which has been offi cially invited to visit. take part in the meeting. All speeches stem from it, make it unequivocally None of the invitations, including this are set piece, and do not respond to clear that all people have the one, has ever received a response, or address any of the issues raised right to self determination. The and we await with interest to see in previous speeches. There is no Falkland Islands had no indigenous what developments there are in the debate or discussion. population, and has been inhabited Committee. The Falkland Islands Government over the last 180 years by people A number of C24 members support representatives stressed the from a wide variety of ethnic the right to self-determination importance of the referendum backgrounds who now make up the of peoples, including Falkland recently held in the Islands in people of the Falkland Islands. The Islanders. Countries from the Pacifi c, underpinning the right to self FIG representatives stressed that in Africa and Caribbean have privately determination. The very clear any and all discussions that affect expressed support for our position. In result of the referendum, which Falkland Islanders, their wishes must the open session only was independently observed and be heard and must be respected. and Papua New Guinea spoke out in conducted to the highest international In his presentation MLA Summers this manner. Several others did not standards, should provide the lead detailed the substantial constitutional, attend or did not speak. The Falkland to C24 members in assisting the social, political and economic reforms Islands Government will continue Government and people of the that have taken place in the Falkland to attend the C24 and to remind the Falkland Islands to freely determine Islands over the last three decades, members that their responsibilities to their political future. taking the Falkland Islands from the people of the non self -governing The failure of the C24 to assist any colonial backwater to successful territories should be placed above of the remaining Non Self-Governing economically self-suffi cient modern national self-interest. Territories to delist in the last two country, and stressed the post- MLA Mike Summers

he Special Committee on Decolonisation approved on June 26, a draft resolution on the question of the TFalkland Islands, by which the General Assembly would reiterate that the way to end that “special and particular colonial situation” was through a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the sovereignty dispute between the Governments of Argentina and the . By other terms of the text, approved without a vote, the Special Committee would have the Assembly request that the two Governments consolidate the current process of dialogue and cooperation by resuming negotiations in order to reach a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute as soon as possible. The Assembly would express regret that in spite of widespread international support for negotiations between them on all aspects of the Non- Self-Governing Territory’s future, implementation of the relevant General Assembly resolutions had not yet started. Further by the text, the Special Committee — formally the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples — would have the Assembly reaffi rm the need for both parties to take due account of the interests of the Territory’s population.

5 Bankers Orders: With the new subscriptions coming on line on 1st April 2015 can I draw your attention From the to the information on the back of the AGM notice as existing BO’s need to Secretary’s Desk be changed before 1st April 2015 to ensure you pay at the new rates (see by Colin Wright page 31) The booking form for the service and Battle Day Service: Bookings for reception can be downloaded from the Battle Day Service at St. Martin- the website but if you do not have in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square on access to a computer with a printer Monday 8th December have been contact us by telephone (see blue coming in steadily all summer box) or in writing and we will send a but there are still places at the form. church for the 11.00am service and some places left for the reception Would any relatives of those at Charing Cross Hotel after the involved, and anyone with service for which there is a charge of £20 for FIA members (£25 for an interest or memorabilia guests). Closing date for bookings related to the battles, make Happy Birthday for the reception is 28th October contact with the Falkland On 20th August this year Eileen but bookings for tickets just to the Islands Association as soon as Pickford (above) celebrated her service will be accepted up to 22nd possible. 104th birthday at Felpham in West November. Enquiries to honsecfi a@ Sussex, UK. Born Eileen Creece in msn.com, or in writing to the Stanley where her father worked for If you are a descendent of someone Falkland Islands Association, the Falkland Islands Company. She involved in the battles of Coronel or left the Islands with her mother in 14 Broadway, London Sw1H 1918 but is still believed to be the Falklands see the blue box on the 0BH or call 0203 764 0824 . right oldest living Falkland Islander.

Lincoln’s Inn Above: Young Islanders Kate Stenning, Amy Guest and Sorrel Pompert- Robertson with Sukey Cameron and Hugo Swire Above right: Former Falklands Attorney General David Pickup, Hugo Swire and current AG Peter Judge Right: Jenny Luxton, Beverley McLeod and former Falklands Governor Richard Ralph with his wife Jemma Pictures Peter Pepper

6 Battle Day centenary Plans for the battles of Coronel and the Falklands 100th anniversary ommemorative events to mark Sturdee’s own.’ Cthe centenary of the Battles of “We don’t know if the name was Coronel and the Falklands are being used at the time but in recognition planned by a committee chaired by of the request the Scout Group will Assembly Member Phyl Rendell and adopt the name this year,” said Mr assisted by funding of £50,000 from Miller. the Falkland Islands Government, A memorial wall is being construct- which MLA Rendell described as, “a ed to bear a visual representation of good core to work with.” the Battle of Coronel and the Battle The funds are to be split between of the Falklands and both German a memorial wall, social events and and British naval dignitaries involved, transporting the descendants of sig- with planning permission approved nifi cant naval fi gures involved in the for the wall to be constructed in the battle to the Falklands from Germany fl ower bed area to the east of the and Britain. existing 1914 memorial. “The idea is A military band and a large number to complement the current memorial sailors will take part in the parade not overwhelm it,” said committee with the participation of HMS Clyde, member Richard Cockwell. HMS Dragon and RFA Gold Rover A commemorative call-sign will confi rmed and there is the possibil- open from the dates of the battles ity HMS Protector may also be in with a collectable QSL Card to be attendance. specially designed. Janet McLeod Small boat owners are being explained that the amateur (Ham) encouraged to join in to sound their radio reaches people all over the horns at signifi cant commemorative The 1914 memorial in Stanley, world and the last time a call-sign times. where events are commemorated was made available more than 4,500 Research is being carried out to each year on December 8 contacts were made in four days. fi nd the youngest descendants of the had a direct link with the First Falk- A website has been created to give eight Falkland Islands Defence Force lands Scout Group. Letters were the public access to the full schedule members who died in the Canache found documenting the Admiral’s of events. Private events that want during this period so they can be acceptance to the group’s invitation join the offi cial list or benefi t from invited to take part. to become the group’s patron, along- advertising, are also encouraged to Other research by Tim Miller has side the request of renaming the come forward through the website: also revealed that Admiral Sturdee group to include the prefi x ‘Admiral www.falklands2014.org.fk Special service in London Centenary £2 n London, the 100th anniversary HM Government and the Falkland coin issued Iof the naval battles of Coronel (1 Islands Government (FIG). The Hon November 1914) and the Falklands Roger Edwards MLA will attend he Falkland Islands Government (8 December 1914) will be marked and lay a wreath on behalf of FIG. Thas minted a new £2 coin, to by a special service at 11am in St. Representatives from a number of mark the Centenary of the Battle of Martin-in-the-Fields (the ships associations will be joined by the Falkland Islands in 1914. church) off Trafalgar Square being offi cers from the present day HMS The coin, minted by Pobjoy Mint organised by the Falkland Islands Kent and HMS Monmouth. in the United Kingdom, went into Association to remember those A number of other naval and related circulation on June 28, 2014 – who fought on both sides in the two organisations will be in attendance precisely 100 years to the day since battles, which claimed the lives of with their standards together with the events which triggered the First nearly 4,000 sailors. Most of the many relatives of those who were World War. British losses occurred at Coronel present at these battles as well as The coin depicts HMS Glasgow when HMS Good Hope and HMS members of the Falkland Islands in battle, with the wording ‘Battle of Monmouth went down with all hands Association. the Falkland Islands’ and the coin’s whilst most of the German losses After the service a reception will denomination in the surround. The were at the Falklands when SMS be held at the Charing Cross Hotel date, 1914, also appears in the sea. Scharnhorst, SMS Gneisenau, SMS where refreshments will served and An initial supply of the coins has Nurnberg and SMS Leipzig were photographs and other memorabilia been received in the Islands, with a sunk, with only a few crew members will be on display. A Book of further shipment arriving later in the rescued. Remembrance will also be available year to coincide with the centenary Attending the service in London will at the church and the reception for celebrations in the Islands. 200 be the 2nd Sea Lord together with those who wish to do so to sign and of the coins will be issued through the Chaplain to the Royal Navy, record their association with those Standard Chartered Bank in normal also the Defence Attaché from the who fought in the two battles. circulation. An additional 200 coins German Embassy in London with Wreaths laid at the church during the will be available for collectors to German naval offi cers currently service will be placed afterwards at purchase from Phil Middleton. serving in the UK, members of the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

7 8 Social media and politics ‘A ****ing island with sheep’? Stan Collymore and his Falklands tweet ocial media, including twitter, has ingredient to the positioning of so- Sa great deal to offer those eager called internal ‘enemies’, notably the to get their message out to followers National Union of Mineworkers. and the wider twitter-sphere. At 140 While sheep continued to reside characters maximum, there is only so on the Islands, maritime and (the much one can say in any particular potential of) subterranean resources tweet. But 140 characters is still really transformed the Falkland more than enough when it comes to Islands – the community itself and presenting and circulating news and their relationship with the UK and opinion. beyond. A fi shing licensing regime, The football pundit Stan Collymore established in the mid 1980s, injected (@StanCollymore and with over half a new revenue stream into the a million twitter followers) created a of critical scholarship, which has Falklands economy. New investment bit of a twitter storm in May this year examined the relationship between in schooling, infrastructure and when he posted a tweet (just after the Malvinas, national mythologies the like in combination with a new midnight) outlining his views about the and Argentine national identity military base at Mount Pleasant Falkland Islands (see above). politics. And British writers, including ensured that the Falklands became As a well-known former professional FIA contributors such as Peter Pepper a well-defended colony, and later footballer and media presenter, continue to challenge the view that a ‘dependent’ and now ‘overseas Collymore’s tweet was bound to the Islands were simply ‘stolen’. territory’. Wool production continues attract wider attention beyond his I have to confess that Collymore’s but it was the fi shing licensing monies followers. After re-tweeting, the tweet description of the islands and its that provided a step change for these and its contents provoked a series wooly inhabitants caught my eye. For Islands and its inhabitants. of unfl attering assessments of the this former footballer, the Falklands An Island surrounded by fi sh (and former footballer by members of the were ‘A ****ing island with sheep’. in particular squid) might have been public including Falklands veterans While there are around 500,000 a more appropriate descriptor for Mr such as Ken Lukowiak. The Falkland sheep, it was interesting that he Collymore. Less evocative perhaps Islands Government (FIG), in should use this as, I presume, a form than sheep but the humble squid conjunction with twitter-based groups of belittlement. is worth millions of pounds every such as @Falklands_utd, were also His pejorative description of the year. The tourist industry is also an swift to express concern over the Islands reminded me that there was important sector, and many of those contents of the tweet and the latter actually a mixed reaction from British visiting will pay their respect at the demanded an apology for causing servicemen and journalists involved cemeteries and memorials associated offence, especially to those who had in the fi ghting and reporting of the with the 1982 confl ict. served in the 1982 Falklands confl ict. ensuing confl ict in 1982. They might For now it is the squid rather than 255 British lives were lost and many have appeared bleak and wind swept sheep that generates the ‘big money’ more armed forces personnel were in April and May 1982. Former US but in the future it might well be oil injured, and as is well understood president Ronald Reagan did describe and gas. There has been interest in by the FIA membership Falkland them as a ‘little ice-cold bunch of land hydrocarbons around the Islands for Islanders were held under military down there’. quite some time now, and Argentina occupation for 74 days. But (and this is a big but) for both has been incensed at the prospect of As well as the ‘offence’ Collymore Argentina and Britain, before and the people of the Falklands becoming was deemed to have committed after 1982, the Islands were never an oil-rich society. Time with tell. against those who fought in 1982, just bits of territory with a multitude A ****ing island with sheep is one he was also accused of displaying of sheep. Argentine presidents thing but a A ****ing island with oil historical ignorance regarding the continue to believe that the Islands is another prospect altogether. Just British discovery, settlement and are integral to the Republic, and ask the Argentine President Christina administration of the Falkland the 1994 Constitution reiterates that Kirchner about that. Islands. While the ‘settlement story’ commitment to recover them and Finally, this tweeting spat reminds is a complicated one as the French, other disputed islands such as South us that the struggle over the Falkland English and Spanish place names Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. Islands is one increasingly conducted on the Falklands map would seem to Britain, on the other hand, while it online. Argentine, British and Falkland testify, a single tweet is probably not might have displayed ambivalence in Islanders all use social media such the easiest place to convey historical the 1960s and 1970s, increasingly in as twitter and Facebook to press their and topographic complexities. the post-1982 context saw the Islands respective arguments and views. The Collymore’s assertion that Britain in a wider geopolitical context. The Collymore tweet initiated a furore ‘thieved’ the Falklands Islands would Falkland Islands were a strategic as seen through tweets involving of course be proverbial music to gateway to British Antarctic Territory #falklands and @StanCollymore Argentine ears. For Argentines, and other South West Atlantic islands but more generally #Falklands and the Islands will always be the Islas – and key players such as British #Malvinas are well used and the Malvinas and as every Argentine Antarctic Survey enjoyed funding Argentine, British and Falkland citizen knows, ‘Las Malvinas son increases. After 1982, moreover, Islands governments recognise Argentinas’. Many Argentines believe the Thatcher government to argue the need for an active social media that the Islands (sometimes described that the ‘Great’ had been put back strategy. as ‘the little lost sisters’) were indeed into ‘Great Britain’ alighted upon the And this will continue regardless of ‘stolen’ from a nascent Argentina in British victory. As was widely debated whether Mr Collymore apologises or 1833. The Argentine scholar, Carlos at the time, the so-called ‘Falklands not. Klaus Dodds Escude has been at the forefront factor’ was credited as an essential 9 People

Director Debs Sam joins RAF slander and former Toursim Devel- Top doc Beccy Iopment Manager for Sulivan Ship- alkland Islands Defence Force ping Ltd, Debs Summers, now living slander Dr Beccy Edwards has F(FIDF) member, Samantha in New Zealand has become the Itaken up the role of Chief Medical Brownlee has completed ten gruel- fi rst woman ever to join the Board Offi cer (CMO) replacing Angela ling weeks of Phase 1 training at RAF of Directors of leading destinations Rowlands. Halton in Buckinghamshire, UK. Management company, ID New Dr Edwards who currently divides The intensive course run by the Re- Zealand. her time between King Edward VII cruit Training Squadron is designed Miss Summers who was head- Memorial Hospital (KEMH) and her to introduce recruits to the military hunted from her job with Sulivan home at said it would way of life, teaching them team Shipping Services in the Falkland obviously mean a big change for her work, discipline, numerous military Islands by the company has young family, “but it is one that I think skills and the core values of the RAF worked there now for seven years. we can make work and I’m looking before embarking on their respective Managing Director of the compa- forward to the challenge.” specialised training. ny Jeremy Palmer said her pro- Dr Edwards trained at University Miss Brownlee, said that time spent motion was, “in recognition of her College London, graduating in 2001, in the FIDF was a signifi cant advan- massive contribution to the market and did most of her post-graduate tage and that due to her previous position ID enjoys amongst ground training and General Practitioner experience, she was made head girl handlers in New Zealand.” (GP) training in Cornwall. She began of her Flight and 2i/c of her Section. In her new position as Executive work at the KEMH in September This was “a great honour,” said Miss Director, Miss Summers will take 2005 and has worked part-time Brownlee. At the Graduation Parade on additional governance responsi- there ever since, although she also she was awarded the Lord Lieuten- bilities said Mr Palmer, “particularly continued to work in Cornwall as an ant of Buckinghamshire’s Trophy for around human resources and set- out of hours GP every year. the best overall performance in all ting strategy as well as her existing Between 2010 and 2012 she took aspects of training on No. 6 Flight. sales and marketing management a two year career break and spent She said: “I was so proud to roles. Her appointment also carries more time in Cornwall working as a receive this award as best recruit in with it the responsibility of being GP spending time on the labour ward front of my family and for being an second in command to the manag- doing extra obstetrics, and time in ambassador for the Falklands, my ing director.” the Emergency Department, she told home.” Penguin News.

ollowing 29 years of service with been appointed as the Chief of New CoP Fthe Police Force, Islander Len Police. “He is an incredibly hard- McGill has been promoted from Chief working individual who has excellent Inspector to Superintendent and ap- leadership and organisational skills pointed Chief of Police (CoP). and it is refreshing to see an Is- Supt McGill takes over from Barry lander progress through every rank Marsden who will be focusing on his in the service to become the Chief role as Director of Emergency Ser- of Police,” he said. vices, where previously the two jobs MLA Mike Summers said Supt were combined. McGill’s promotion was just reward Supt McGill said he was honoured for hard work and dedication to to have been appointed as Chief of policing in the Falklands for many Police. “I look forward to continuing years. “He brings a depth of un- to develop the service and the offi c- derstanding of Falklands life that ers and staff within it,” he said. greatly assists the many practical Director of Emergency Services, and common sense decisions that Barry Marsden,said he was “abso- have to be taken on a daily basis,” lutely delighted” that Len McGill had he said.

10 People Shackleton Scholarships help research forge ahead he Shackleton Scholarships restoration and re-vegetation work in Islands Shearing to bring an Tfor 2014 were awarded to four the Islands. instructor down from New Zealand. students of the life sciences from Katherine Moon is a PhD student The instructor will work with around the world. at the Australian National University shearing gangs on East and West This year for the fi rst time, a more who has studied penguin populations Falklands and well as provide the generous allocation of funds was in Australia and New Zealand. She opportunity for farmers and novices made following the growth in the proposes to undertake research into to participate in workshops. This is Fund’s capital reserves as a result of parasites of the Falklands penguins, the second time Falklands shearing sound investment policies. looking at the distribution of penguin has benefi ted from funding – a 2010 The largest grant was made to Dr ticks and their impact on penguin award by the SSF assisted in the visit Blanca Figuerola Balana from the health. of instructor Doug Lambie. University of Barcelona in Spain Helen Marsh, put forward by who proposes to study the spatial Variety in the Quality of Life Falklands Conservation, was patterns and biodiversity of bryzoan Awards for 2014 awarded £1,700 to assist with communities around the Falklands. The Stanley Committee of the travel expenses for her visit to Kew A second scholar, Dr Jade Berman Shackleton Scholarship Fund Gardens with the aim of getting the will also be working in a coastal welcomed the variety of applications Falkland Islands National Herbarium environment in the South Orkney or for Quality of Life scholarships this online. Helen will undergo training in South Shetland Islands. Dr Berman year. They are awarded to people the digitisation and geo-referencing will be studying sponges from the whose visits to the Falkland Islands, of botanical records. This process ‘shallow Antarctic’ as part of an or from the Falkland Islands to other makes it possible for the information SMSG study. parts of the world, benefi t the region to be uploaded to an online resource Dr Anne Jungblut is a German and enhance the quality of life for the for all to access. scholar working at the Natural History Islanders. £3,000 was also awarded to The Museum in London. She proposes With shearing growing as a sport Good Company Band – two of the to study microbial communities worldwide and the Falkland’s recent members are Falkland Islanders in the soils of . This participation in the Golden Shears Marcus Porter and Sam Elliot – to knowledge is needed to provide shearing and woolhandling in Gorey, enable them to visit the Falklands a baseline ecological framework Ireland, it seems appropriate that later this year to perform at various and eventually will facilitate soil £3,000 was awarded to Falkland venues and offer workshops. Scientifi c adventure to South Georgia suberb development for science scientists.” A and tourism in South Georgia, Along with the survey the partici- Cheeseman’s Ecology Safaris is of- pants will watch, photograph, and fering the opportunity for 7-8 people learn about the Wandering Albatross to join a scientifi c trip on the Hans alongside four scientists who will also Hansson surveying South Georgia’s be present. 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Whale Bone Cove/Lady Liz by Craig Scott Sunset in Stanley by Jimmy Moffatt We are Falklands exhibition ‘We Are Falklands’ exhibition of Aphotographs was held in Thread- needle Space of the Mall Gallery in London from July 20 to 27. The initiative of Krysteen Ormond and Emily Hancox of the Falklands Government PR Offi ce, the competi- tion received more than 400 images from 40 photographers during March, and had a fantastic variety of pictures to choose from. The exhibition was designed to showcase all aspects of life in the Falkland Islands. “From the outstand- ing natural beauty to the exceptional- ly diverse wildlife; a thriving economy, Farmer Bobby Short Bill rests by an old water pump as well as a unique identity, history by Sharon Jaffray by Saul Zuvic and culture; this exhibition aims to capture the spirit of the Islands and its inhabitants,” said Miss Hancox. A total of 62 images were selected by a judging panel and the images that were not selected for the London exhibition will still be considered for use in future Falklands Government publications such as the new Islands Plan or other promotional material. Miss Hancox said that she and PR Manager Krysteen Ormond would like to thank everyone who sent in their photos. “We had a brilliant time looking through them all and have a great Island life at Village source of material for the future. by Vicki Jackson Thanks also to the other judges for helping to decide on the very best pictures. Photos selected for the exhibi- tion were taken by: Andrea Barlow, Andy Pollard, Angela Moffatt, Aniket Sardana, Ben Cockwell, Beverley Foster, Chris Moreno, Chistiaan Howlett, Craig Scott, Gill Day, Glen Sturdee, Grizelda Cockwell, Jes- sica McPhee, Jimmy Moffatt, Karl Nightingale, Mark Pollard, Paul Faria, Richard Pethybridge, Roger May, Sharon Jaffray, Sarah Lenaerts, Saul Above: Freedom by Andrea Barlow Zuvic, Sian Nightingale, Tamas Far- Right: Inquisitive Striated Caracara kas, Vaclav Silha, Vicki Jackson and at by Andy Pollard Zoran Zuvic. 13 14 Fishing

Squid fi shery starts slow but sprints to the fi nish n the last 25 years, the squid fi shery around the Falkland Islands is Do- Ihas been one of the major contribu- ryteuthis gahi (aka Loligo) and now Record Illex tors to the economy of the Falkland more commonly referred to as ‘Falk- Islands. It is unique as about 80 land Calamari’. Research showed per cent of the total annual catch is that at least 35,000 tonnes of Loligo squid catch squid. Both Illex and Loligo squid was present in the fi shing zone, atches of Illex squid surpassed have annual life cycles, with a new representing the highest fi rst season Cthe previous record annual catch generation recruiting into the fi shery survey estimate since 2010. by 2,022 tonnes on May 15. every year and this is why planning The Loligo fi shing season started The previous record was 266,201 and exploitation of squid stocks is a on February 24, and confi rmed the tonnes in 1999 and Director of challenging task survey results. Natural Resources John Barton not only for fi sh- Daily catches of reported that the 2014 catch had just eries managers all 16 licensed overtaken that at 268,223 tonnes. but for the fi sh- trawlers were He said, however, that catches ing companies high, averaging would slow dramatically as licences as well. 24-30 tonnes per for about 70 per cent of the fl eet The Falklands day. expired on May 15. largely missed However, Mr Barton commented that it was summer for the colder than usual good to have a strong squid season second year water tempera- as it demonstrated the resilience of in a row. Sea tures around the Illex squid. surface waters Falklands delayed He said, howeve, that the Illex was around the migrations of the under a lot of pressure throughout Islands reached bulk of Loligo the Southwest Atlantic and biomass a mere 8-9ºC, stocks to their and catches can fl uctuate hugely approximately three degrees below feeding grounds and during the fi rst from year to year. the normal average for the time of three weeks of March, daily catches He explained that the previous year. It was known that cold waters fl uctuated between 10 and 15 tonnes conservation arrangements could deter Illex squid migrations to per vessel/day, which is low. implemented through the South Falkland waters as seen in the poor A real breakthrough happened Atlantic Fisheries Commission year of 2002. on March 21, when several vessels involving Argentina, Britain and the But good news of an abundance of found dense concentrations of Loligo Falklands, from 1990 to 2005, had Illex squid was received in January- in the northern part of the Loligo afforded greater protection and February from the high seas region Box. During the next fi ve days, the cconservation to Illex squid, but that - international waters located outside fl eet fi shed squid up to their freezing prprocessocess had stopped in 2005 when 200 nautical mile conservation zones capacity with average daily catches ArgentinArgentinaa suspendedsusp co-operation. - but the question remained whether of 66.5 tonnes per vessel (maximum these abundant aggregations of 97.6 tonnes). On March 23, the total squid would move south to Falkland daily catch of the fl eet hit a record waters. Fortunately, water cooling af- since 1996 of 1,102 tonnes of squid fected only near-surface layers, with per day. deeper waters on the shelf having These aggregations were soon normal temperatures. The infl ow of fi shed and dispersed to more ‘normal’ relatively warm shelf waters formed levels but another peak occurred dur- late at the beginning of March. Squid ing the second week of April. of the South Patagonian Stock Despite the slow start, more than migrated from the high seas in that 28,000 tonne of Loligo was taken by infl ow and concentrated along its the end of the fi rst season, making eastern edge. By the end of the fi rst it the third highest Loligo catch after week of March, some 90 jiggers 2010 and 2012. started to work within the bounda- Regular monitoring of the total bio- ries of the infl ow. Their daily catches mass of squid by the Fisheries De- improved to 18-20 tonnes per night, partment ensured that conservation and during the second week almost targets were met to keep the stocks the whole fl eet (105 vessels) were of Falkland Calamari at a sustainable fi shing for Illex there and catches in- level. Sasha Arkhipkin creased to 40-55 tonnes per vessel/ night, with maximum catches reach- Picures Alan Henry ing 165 tonnes per vessel/night. Top: Jiggers in The other commercial squid fi shed Centre: Jigger An Fong 116 15 Empowering our clients to achieve more through deep sector knowledge

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Acting Governor John Duncan and Roddy Napier Sulivan Shipping’s Sammy Marsh and John Pollard Tourism industry awards ey players in the tourism industry West Point for two days. Kearned recognition for their work Mr Napier said he was very grate- at an award ceremony at Govern- ful, “honoured and surprised,” by the ment House in April, when Acting award, while Sulivan Shipping’s Tour- Governor John Duncan presented ism Co-ordinator Sammy Marsh who certifi cates and trophies. accepted Agency of the Year Award Recipient of the Managing Direc- on behalf of the company thanked tor’s award was Roddy Napier who everyone who voted for them. “It is along with his wife Lily have been lovely to know that all our hard work active in the cruise tourism industry is appreciated. We work with many for 45 years. excursion operators, transport provid- Mr and Mrs Napier have been ers and landowners, and without hosting cruise ships at West Point them of course we would not be able Island, providing access to the alba- to achieve what we do; so thank you tross and penguin colonies as well to them as well,” she said. as serving tea and cakes to visitors Welcoming guests to the event, since 1968. Mr Duncan and Arlette Betts Acting Governor John Duncan said In February of that year Lars that it was really important to rec- Linblad a Swedish-American entre- MS Lindblad Explorer, in the region ognise the excellence of the tourist preneur and explorer, who pioneered and the vessel’s 1969 expeditionary industry and the people who work in tourism to many remote and exotic cruise to Antarctica is considered it. “It is a really important part of the parts of the world and also led the the frontrunner of today’s sea-based economy and tonight is a celebration fi rst tourist expedition to Antarctica tourism in the area. of the warm and welcoming spirit that in 1966, visited West Point and In 1970 the fi rst actual cruise ship Falkland Islanders show people who . For many years Mr to visit the Falklands was in fact the come to visit these wonderful Islands Linblad operated his own vessel, the Linblad Explorer when it called in to and the wonderful wildlife.” Food and excursion awards ONE of the Falklands’ favourite shore excursions for cruise tour- ists, , along with Stanley restaurant Malvina House Hotel, have both received excellence awards from prestigious travel website Tripadvisor. Described as, “the highlight of our Celebrity Antarctica cruise,” by one Tripadvisor user, the Volunteer Point award is a tribute, “not just to the destination but to the drivers and everyone involved in the trip,” said destination wardens Trudi and Derek Pettersson. “A home from home and food to die for,” is one of numerous posi- tive comments that describe the Malvina House Hotel on Tripadvi- sor. Out of 75 reviews, 45 have ticked excellent and 24 very good. Manager Carl Stroud said it is a, “good refl ection on the skills and dedication of the staff.” He said they appreciated the reviews as staff were able to gauge people’s points of view and this helped them constantly improve on their services. Picture S Jaffray - Malvina Head Chef Matthew Clarke puts the fi nishing touches to one of his signature dishes

17 Conservation Sea lion numbers on the up n the 1930s the Falkland Islands Iwere reputed to hold the largest population of Southern sea lions, with a staggering 80,000 pups estimated to be born each year. However, a census in the 1960s and again in the 1990s revealed that the population Gentoo penguin foraging track. Bird de- had declined by more than 90 per parts from Bull Roads, , and cent. visits Sea Lion Island overnight. Different With support from the Shackleton shaded lines represents a different day Scholarship Fund and the Falkland Islands Government Environmental Studies Budget, a team of research- ers led by Dr Al Baylis (Deakin University, Australia & SAERI) have Tracking Gentoos recently completed the fi fth census of the Falkland Islands sea lion popula- tion. Over the course of three weeks in January and February 2014, over in Falklands waters 4,500 sea lion pups were counted at 73 breeding sites around the Falk- he devices we take for granted Previously devices were too large lands (including seven new breeding Ton our smart phones have been or could not survive deep dives but, sites). adapted to survive depths of more nowadays,can stay submerged in This fi gure represents a 60 per cent than 500 metres and have assisted saltwater for months, even years, at increase in the number of pups born researchers with tracking and record- a time. since the population was last counted ing the foraging habits of Gentoo Mr Handley said that for the fi rst in 2003, but it is still just a fraction of penguins in the Falkland Islands. time in the Falklands and for Gentoo the 1930s estimate. To look for clues For the last three summers, South penguins, these HD cameras are as to why the sea lion population de- African Jonathan Handley has been revealing remarkable behaviour from clined between the 1930s and 1990s, investigating the foraging ecology the birds’ point of view. In addition, the researchers also visited the Jane of the penguins by deploying high the tiny GPS devices and dive log- Cameron Memorial Archives and ex- defi nition (HD) video cameras, GPS, gers reveal the three dimensional plored 100 years of Falkland Islands dive loggers and accelerometers on area that penguins are using, and natural history. the backs of the birds made possible the tiny accelerometers which collect The real challenge now lies ahead through the support of his university, data similar to how quickly a runner - trying to piece together not only Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Uni- is travelling, reveal the energy re- reasons for the population decline, versity in South Africa and Falklands quirements of Gentoo penguins while but why the population recovery has Conservation. searching for and capturing prey. been so slow. To answer this long These technologies now allow Footage from the cameras has standing question, the research- scientists to see almost exactly what revealed amazing chase sequences ers will combine census data with is going on in the remarkable under- of prey and GPS and dive loggers recent data collected on the foraging water lives of penguins while at sea. recorded the deepest dive known for behaviour of sea lions and fi ne-scale a Gentoo penguin when one reached population genetic data. A fi nal report a depth of 212 metres beyond on the 2014 sea lion census will be Beauchêne Island. available later in the year. Mr Handley said that surprisingly, some breeding birds at one colony even visited other Gentoo colonies, an undescribed behaviour for Gentoo penguins in the Falklands so far. This information will contribute to an effective management plan for this species in the Falklands as well as assist in answering many scientifi c questions. Data will create potential for informed management decisions promoting a balance between man and the environment whilst ensuring sustainable economic development. For some of the fun and beautiful moments during this project have a look at the project’s youtubechannel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Falk- landGentoo 18 Sport 26 miles in 50 knot winds A marathon for iron men and women ear 6 teacher Timothy Drew He said that he enjoys the solitude course within the allocated six hours. Ypounded his way to victory in the and peace of long distance running 15 Argentine runners travelled to Standard Chartered Bank Marathon as well as testing the limitations of his the Falklands to take part in the race on March 23 with a time of 2:54:39. body. “I also believe it’s something we with Marcelo Vallejo taking fourth While the 60 entrants all had the are all more than capable of and even place in 3:20:35. He was the only added obstacle of the strong winds something that as a species, we are one who had not previously run the and at times horizontal hail and rain designed to do; it’s just many of us Stanley Marathon, while his more to contend with, it seemed the more have got out of the habit,” said Tim. experienced colleagues failed to the weather deteriorated the strong- Young Islander Teslyn Barkman make their mark on the leader board. er Tim seemed to run. The speed (26) took an early lead in the ladies Out of 43 runners speedy Adam he maintained during the fi nal miles race with her sights fi rmly set on First Dickson took fi rst place in the fun running into the wind to the west of Falklands Runner challenge trophy run followed by Shaun East and Stanley before making the fi nal turn holder Richard Short’s heels. Ioan Roberts. Regan Newman was seemed just as quick as when he The threat of Teslyn beating him not far behind to be the fi rst girl to had set off and left spectators in awe certainly kept Richard ahead of his cross the line and a few seconds lat- of his stamina. game and he passed the fi nish post in er Marvis Chipunza and Priya Sup- But then as an athlete who has overall seventh place, a massive 27 piah ran in second and third. The six completed two Ironman Triathlons minutes ahead of his 2013 time and junior winners and fi rst three adults which fi nish with a marathon after a still the holder of the trophy. all received prizes at the Town Hall 2.5 mile swim and a 112 mile bike RAF runner George Swatland man- marathon prize-giving. ride (PB 10:3) and claimed fourth aged to pull ahead of Teslyn in the fi nal place in a 50km Ultramarathon quarter mile to take eighth place just Open (3:28) in Jordan, it would seem he before a triumphant Teslyn crossed 1st Tim Drew 2:54:39 is more than man enough for any the line proudly clutching the Falk- 2nd Iain Bailey 3:02:52 weather the Falklands can throw at lands fl ag in a time of 3:34:40. It was 3rd Martin Collins 3:16:47 him. only her second marathon, but there The SStanleytanley MarathonMarathon was Tim’s are more marathons to come from Ladies ffourthourth with a previous PBPB of 2:52 on Teslyn who insists she would like do 1st Teslyn Barkman 3:34:40 the hillhillyy CornishCornish course, whichwhich he one in less testing weather condi- 2nd Jane Brocklebank 3:56:05 ssaidaid he coulcouldd possiblypossibly have beatenbeatten tions; perhaps the London 2015? 3rd Henrietta Timms 3:59:39 had Sunday been less windy.ndyy. Of the 60 runners who entered the race only three pulled out and Team Relay three did not complete the Mount Pleasant Pacers 3:03:09

Pictured: Winner Tim Drew; Teslnn Barkman and Richard Short and Iain Bailey (2nd)

19 Sport

Falklands top wool handlers Vikki Lee and Sammy Hirtle Pic: T Clarke Stefen Clarke Pic: L Berntsen Falklands shearers hold their own at World Champs in Ireland ard work, dedication and a whole World Championships. Hlot of excitement summed up Team manager Tanya Clarke kept time spent at the Golden Shears supporters in the Islands up to date World Championships in South- with all the action as hundreds of ern Ireland by Falklands shearers, Islanders checked out the social woolhandlers and their enthusiastic network site Facebook at every supporters in May. available moment to offer their en- Celebration was also in order: the couragement to their team. As the Falklands team, consisting of shear- competition heated up worries about ers Jan Clarke and Stefen Clarke, mounting internet bills were thrown and woolhandlers Vikki Lee and to the wind and live video streaming Sammy Lee Hirtle, kept their noisy and radio coverage were logged onto supporters more than satisfi ed with and followed every inch of the way. some fantastic performances includ- Well done team, you did the Falk- ing Stefen Clarke nicely producing lands proud! the goods in the Golden Shears Plate Right:Jan Clarke Pic: L Berntsen claiming second place. Sammy Hirtle qualifi ed second in her All Nations heat eventually pick- ing up 8th place overall. In the Golden Shears Woolhandling World Championships Vikki (9th) and Sammy (19th) picked up seventh placed team and Stefen (20th) and Jan (15th) out of 49 in the World Championships fi nished as the ninth placed team. But not everything was plain sail- ing: unfortunately Sammy lost points while aiming to qualify for the All Nations fi nal when she lifted both Dog trial history in the making feet off the board, and in the Golden ort Howard farmer Christopher ‘Critta’ Lee worked his way into the dog Shears Plate a delay (caused by a Ptrialing history books in April as he joined just two other handlers who tent failure) meant that a shearing have managed to claim fi rst and second place in the Championship dog tri- fi nal was cancelled and those who als at on West Falklands in early April. had qualifi ed were unable to shear Tony McMullen was the fi rst to achieve the double back in 1979 and again much to their dissatisfaction. legendary dog trainer and handler Les ‘Luch’ Morrison pulled off the same Although the shearers lodged a com- remarkable achievement in 1990, 92 and 94. plaint, organisers decided to stick Critta got off to a good start at the two day event which began with the with the original results which held Dog Handler’s Association (DHA) competition walking off with fi rst place with Stefen in second place. his six year old dog Duke. Woolhandlers Reba Peck, Joleen Critta and Duke maintained their form the following day to win the Cham- Morrison and Holly Williams also pro- pionship trial and followed it up with a second place with Duke’s two year old duced very commendable results at son Bitzer. Gorey in the week leading up to the

20 Sport

Keen angler and editor of SWARA an East African conservation magazine, Andy Hill shares his Falklands i shing experience Hooked on the fi rst cast ou don’t catch fi sh on the fi rst wards I suddenly felt the Air Bridge turning silver (but at least I have all Yday of a foreign angling holiday. effect, an unexpected defl ation of my hair) but I have seen and report- It’s one of those unwritten rules of a the inner batteries. I was exhausted. ed on a lot of the world – Europe, fi sherman’s life. It seems to level the And so it went on that day. Five Africa, the Middle East, South Asia. fi eld of expectations so that when more beautiful fi sh and many feisty I’ve fi shed for trout in Afghanistan you do start connecting with fi sh, mullet also came to the net and and Pakistan and the Pacifi c North each one towers above the next in turned the ‘First Day Fishing’ logic West of America, and contribute to your mental landscape. In the end, on its head. Perhaps that’s because many fi shing magazines as well as you look at the photographs and the Falklands are at the bottom of being editor of SWARA. only the tallest stand out. That blank the world and I mostly fi sh the top What I am convinced of is that and fi shless day is forgotten, over- end. I don’t know. Two weeks later, the sea trout fi shing in the Falkands shadowed by skyscrapers of glisten- facing a return leg to Brize Norton, is world class. I’ve caught beauti- ing achievement. all I could think about was when can ful specimens that European and Or that’s what I was thinking when I could get back and do it again. American anglers would be proud of; I waded into the peaty waters of the I’ve fi shed the Murrell, San Carlos, Murrell River in early March, the Air Malo, Frying Pan and Swan Inlet on Bridge cobwebs blown away in a stiff East Falklands and taken trout in and uncompromising wind. ‘Don’t all of them. The affable guide Adie expect too much Andy,’ I told myself. Low is my witness. And on West They are sea trout, after all, and few Falklands, in weather that would things are more capricious or unco- have made Shackleton go back to operative, no matter how alluring.’ bed, I took several dozen really fi ne So I cast my line, hunched into specimens on the Warrah River in my fi shing posture, and watched it the company of Wayne Brewer from swirl around a few times below a Port Howard Lodge. spot called Drunken Rock. The fl y I cannot understand why there seemed to be swinging around in are not more foreign anglers on the fully functional fashion and I began bank. I met only one. On YouTube slowly edging my way downstream and the internet there is very little in search of deeper water, one of information about how to fi sh the those elusive ‘pools’ that those of us Falklands, what tackle to bring and who fi sh for migratory fi sh talk about which techniques to use. Of course in the way that golfers talk about one of the beauties of the Falklands ‘sweet spots’. is that so few people fi sh it. But I found one and tossed the fl y in. It there is so much water that if you was a pattern tied for me in Kenya, multiplied the number of yearly for- where I live, by the local fl y-tying I’d wanted to come to the Falk- eign anglers by 10 – from 20 to 200 industry bequeathed by the former lands for a decade or more, since I – they still wouldn’t cross each other colonial masters and their fl y fi shing fi rst started hearing about the sea except at the bar. There is so much passion. And then I got my welcome trout on these Islands. They hold the fabulous water, and fi sh. from the Falklands. highest place in my angling pan- I’m already plotting a month-long A thump like the sort you get from theon. In many ways I see them as return next year. I have in mind an over-zealous relative or school kindred spirits. The Falkland Islands an extended expedition including friend that leaves you briefl y breath- sea trout started out, as sea trout do, the Chartres River, which, I am less and very awake. And there, as pretty little brown trout in peaty told, yields monsters. Not that I am skipping over the water like a de- little streams but, for some reason, expecting much. After all, you don’t mented dolphin, was fi ve pounds of they went out to sea in search of catch fi sh on your fi rst day, do you? chunky, brutish sea trout that wanted better things and wider horizons and It’s all about managing your expecta- nothing to do with my fl y, my line, or return all silver and chunky and BIG. tions. the bank. It took an age to beach it I too am getting chunky – it’s age, Andy Hill and weigh it and return it, and after- I turned 64 in the Falklands – I am 21 Celebrations

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Top Left:Johannes Klotz and Katharina- Elisabeth Haider wedding march with King penguins at Volunteer Point (Picture D Pettersson) Above: Ian and Felicity Smith with their sons in the Malvina House garden Left: Dan and Zoe Fowler take a classic car to Government House AAnniversaries nniversaries

es ‘Luch’ Morrison and wife Lena who Lwere married at Hill Cove farm on May 30, 1964, enjoyed a fi ftieth wedding anniversary he Diamond wedding anniversary celebration surprise party at the Narrows Bar organised Tof Roddy and Lily Napier was made all the by family and friends. more special by a visit from HE the Governor Mr The couple were originally married in the Colin Roberts bearing a Royal gift. Hill Cove Hall by the then farm manager Bill The couple were originally married on an anni- Blake. Mrs Morrison’s bridesmaid was Isobel versary date of Her Majesty the Queen’s corona- Short and the best man was her brother Gor- tion, June 2, and Mr Roberts arrived at their party don Anderson. Up until her marriage Mrs Mor- bearing a signed photograph from the Queen her- rison worked as a maid at the ‘Big House’ and Mr Morrison as a shepherd. They lived most self. of their married life at Hill Cove, apart from The couple were married in 1954 in the Stanley some years at Port Howard. The couple have Tabernacle and spent most of their married life on now retired to Stanley. . Pictured with son John and daughter Inset: Roddy and Lily on their wedding day Christine 22 Charity work Bumper raffl e supports Stephen Jaffray Fund he Stephen Jaffray Memorial TFund, the charity which assists families faced with overseas medi- cal emergencies, was boosted by a massive £4,190 following a raffl e held at the North Arm two-nighter in May. The initiative of Stanley ladies Sheila Harvey and Violet Clarke and generously supported by local busi- nesses and individuals, the list of raffl es grew over several weeks until it eventually offered 96 prizes. It had been planned to split the funds raised between the Stephen High fl yer Bernadette Jaffray Fund and the Darwin Har- bour Sports Association (DHSA). However, recognising the popular- raises £4,000 for charity ity of the charity and the amount of people currently benefi ting from it, alklands War veterans were be- further efforts in the UK had raised DHSA Secretary Lucille McMullen Fhind daring fund raiser Bernadette £1,110.72 for the McMillan Nurse’s said that it was decided the Stephen Pring all the way when, coinciding Mustard Tree Branch. Jaffray Fund should have the entire with Landing Day in the Falkland “I want to thank all my sponsors amount. Sheila said both Violet and Islands, she undertook a tandem who have made me feel so humble,” herself were overwhelmed with the parachute jump and boosted chari- said Bernadette. generosity of those who donated ties by more than £4,000. She said she had been given the prizes, and helped with sales as Weather had held up the jump for VIP treatment from start to fi nish well as the DHSA decision to donate a few days, but it seemed fi tting that from Ian Rosenvinge (ex 9 Para Sqd their share to the charity. everything came together on May 21, Re) who owns the parachute centre the day British Forces landed at San and his team, and was in the safe About the fund Carlos in 1982. hands of 1982 veteran pilots Paul The Stephen Jaffray Memorial Bernadette with ‘Fearless Frank the Moore and Tony Cowan as she took Fund was set up in 1993 in memory Patriotic Parachuting Penguin’ safely to the air for her jump. She added of Stephen who sadly died in 1992. tucked in her pocket, took the jump her thanks to Dave Taylor her tan- Stephen was very ill and had to be over Peterlee, County Durham and dem jumper and camera man Alan airlifted to Montevideo. To enable said it was a truly amazing experi- Thompson. family to be with him cost a lot of ence which she could do, “again and “Thirty-two years ago we did it for money; however the people and again and again.” the people of the Falkland Islands businesses of the Falkland Islands Fund raising in the Falklands for and in a different way we are doing gave generously during their time the Stephen Jaffray Memorial Fund it again. That’s what it’s all about,” of need. Stephen and his family and the Cancer Support and Aware- commented Mr Moore. were overwhelmed and Stephen ness Trust had raised £3,045 and wanted to raise money for others in the same position. Stephen’s family made sure Stephen’s wishes were honoured and in the past 20 years many families have been assisted. During the last few years the fund has tripled in use and more money needs to be raised to make sure it can continue. In 2013 alone 30 people were assisted with fl ights at a cost of £35,228.50. Within that year and despite the best efforts of the com- munity only, £33,030.85 was raised to support the fund. Over the past 20 years a massive £175,000 has been raised with more than 200 people assisted during what is a stressful time of their lives. To fi nd out more about the fund, to Top: Flying high with Dave Taylor make a donation or for assistance in Above: Lcpl Paul Moore of 2 Tp emergency cases you can contact Para Sqn RE attached to 3 Para in trustees Ally Ford 51794 Caroline 1982, and (right) Flt Lt Tony Cowan Feet fi rmly on the ground but still Villegas 51141 Andrea Clausen (Nimrod XV232, 1982) on cloud nine following the jump 51775 Gina Tyrrell 53079 23 Parades and memorials Happy Birthday Your Majesty

large crowd gathered to wish A her Majesty the Queen a happy 88th birthday on April 21, and enjoy the superb sounds of the combined Bands of the Lancashire Artillery, Duke of Lancaster’s and Royal Signals North. HMS Clyde anchored in Stanley harbour regally decked in fl ags and a 21 gun salute was enthusiasti- cally preceded with three cheers for Her Majesty. Landing Day at Blue Beach slanders and members of the IBritish Forces South Atlantic Islands gathered at San Carlos in the Falkland Islands on May 21, for a service of commemoration for those who lost their lives and to mark the day, 32 years ago, when British forces landed in the bay. Wreaths were laid at the event by the Acting Governor of the Falklands Sandra Haywood, Falklands Legislative Assembly member Mike Summers and Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands Air Commodore Russ La Forte It was unusual and poignant to have three ships anchored in San Carlos waters with HMS Portland and Clyde and RFA Black Rover paying their respects. Military and civilian members of the clergy gave thanks for the courage and example shown by those who landed on Blue Beach and Red Beach under enemy fi re in 1982. The Last Post was played to a silent congregation, over San Carlos Water. Right: Konnor May made his debut as wreath layer on behalf of the people who were in San Carlos in 1982. Far right: Eric Goss pays his respects at the Blue Beach cemetery Pictures N Heathman

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Left: His Excellency the Governor and Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands with ADCs and Mrs Roberts arrive at the 1982 Memorial. Right: British Forces march through Stanley The sacrifi ce for freedom commemorated on June 14 ollowing a Thanksgiving Service Fat Christchurch Cathedral on the morning of June 14, a large crowd gathered at the 1982 Memorial on Ross Road to remember those who lost their lives, freeing the Islands from Argentine occupation. Attending his fi rst Liberation Day Parade, His Excellency the Governor Colin Roberts placed a wreath at the base of the memorial followed by Government and British Forces representatives, veterans, relatives and members of the community. The Falkland Islands Government hosted a reception in Stanley Town Hall after the service. Above: Falklands veterans march to the 1982 memorial Below: Representation from Falklands protection ship HMS Clyde

Above: HMS Clyde CO Lt Cdr Sarah Oakley with Falklands veterans Brian Martin and Kenny Ward. Top: Falkland Islands Defence Force Sgt Major Paul Watson 25 Finlay John Ferguson 1935 - 2014 A skilled captain who saved lives Finlay Ferguson who sadly passed Sound in search of Foxtrot Four. They away on February 24 this year was found her about two miles south-east a hugely patriotic character whose of Fox Point, in the mouth of Choiseul knowledge of Falklands waters Sound. Fin had spoken to his boys and skills as a sea captain are well about how they would get a tow on known. His bravery during the 1982 Foxtrot Four, but Lt McLaren had his war is a lesser known story, but one own ideas and good deal of chaos and that Allan White, a keen local his- confusion followed. Fin’s biggest con- torian had the foresight to record cern then was avoiding heavy contact. when it was quietly recounted to With the two vessels in close prox- him one day some three years ago. imity in a big swell there was a real Allan shares the story... danger that Foxtrot Four could punch a hole in Monsunen and send her to in’s war was an eventful one which the bottom. It called for supreme ship Fbegan soon after the invasion handling on Fin’s part. As Fin fought when as captain of the Penelope he to control Monsunen in a big wallow- received an urgent message from the ricks were used to load the vehicles on ing swell, the line was passed before FIC manager Brook Hardcastle to sail to Foxtrot Four. Monsunen meanwhile, he was ready and it ended up tangled to Egg Harbour in to was to transport another 180 soldiers around Monsunen’s propeller. At that pick up the children of that were predominantly Gurkhas. point Fin said he was ready to throw Lt who had been at the school hostel. Both vessels were to make a night McLaren overboard. Consequently they were driven over- passage to Fitzroy, but an offi cer at Some Gurkhas bravely tried to land from Stanley to Egg Harbour from ordered them to sail untangle the rope but failed and the where Fin transported them across in daylight as the rest of 5 Brigade ship was immobilised. Without propul- to Port Howard for collection by their required their loads at Fitzroy urgently. sion Monsunen slowly swung side-on parents. Colour Sergeant Johnston could see to the swell and started to roll heavily. Just a day or so later an Argentine how important the signals equipment Many of the poor troops in the hold got crew took over Penelope and the was and left immediately. Fin, on the seasick. local crew were instructed to remain other hand, refused to go, arguing that McLaren reported their predicament working on the ship initially, but they the fi ne weather would almost cer- by radio and HMS Yarmouth was were fi nally allowed to leave the ves- tainly mean that Argentine jets would ordered to go to their aid. Fin said that sel at Egg Harbour from where they be out and he didn’t want to be caught the arrival of Yarmouth was one of the walked back to Goose Green only to in broad daylight with a ship full of most breath-taking things he had ever be locked up together with the other soldiers. Very few had lifejackets and seen. She was in complete black-out civilians in the Social Club where they none had survival suits. Lt McLaren and they could hear her long before stayed until the liberation of the settle- wanted to sail and ordered Fin to do they could see her. When at last ment on May 29. so, but after a “heated exchange” Fin she came in to view, her bow slowly Following the battle for Goose put him in his place and they stayed loomed out of the darkness, towering Green and the release of the locals put until dark. above the Monsunen’s bridge wing. At from the hall, Fin took up the role The soldiers were loaded on to Mon- fi rst Fin thought Yarmouth was going of skipper on the Monsunen. Unfor- sunen in the late afternoon. By then to run them down, but she stopped tunately for him there was already the tragic news had been received suddenly, very close to Monsunen. a Royal Navy offi cer on the ship, a that Argentine Skyhawks had caught They lowered a Gemini infl atable and Lieutenant McLaren, who was there to Foxtrot Four in Choiseul Sound and two divers quickly cleared the propel- control their movements and opera- attacked her. The bombs and cannon ler. Just as quickly as she arrived, tions. In Lt McLaren’s eyes, the Mon- fi re destroyed the wheelhouse and HMS Yarmouth backed off and disap- sunen was his ship. badly damaged the stern, killing six peared into the night. On June 7, Fin and the Monsunen personnel including Colour Sergeant By now most of the troops were very moved a full load of about 200 Gur- Johnston. The survivors shuffl ed the seasick and in a bad way in the stuffy khas and Paras from Goose Green to vehicles forward to raise the stern and hold. Fin got Monsunen under way Fitzroy, as part of the effort to move keep Foxtrot Four afl oat. A Sea King and decided to anchor in the lee of the the 5th Infantry Brigade forward as helicopter then arrived and lifted the Sea Lion Islands in Choiseul Sound to quickly as possible. Once unloaded, survivors off. give the soldiers a break. This was a the Monsunen returned to Goose With Foxtrot Four abandoned and familiar anchorage that he was able to Green for another load. The safe adrift near the entrance of Choiseul fi nd easily in the dark. navigation of the Monsunen through Sound, Fin received instructions Foxtrot Four had drifted off into the the challenging waters of Choiseul via Lt McLaren that they were to darkness and was never seen again. Sound in the dark was entirely down locate the LCU, take her in tow and She sank, taking her dead and pre- to Fin. The trip was about four hours then proceed to Fitzroy. Fin told Lt. cious cargo with her. Orders came each way. McLaren – “Thank Christ we didn’t go through for the Monsunen to return to By fi rst light on June 8 1982 the with her!” According to Fin, he didn’t Goose Green where a Chinook airlift Monsunen was again alongside the reply. It wasn’t explained to Fin why it awaited the troops. Fin had her back jetty at Goose Green. She was joined was necessary to go after the land- alongside the jetty before sunrise. by the LCU (Landing Craft Utility) ing craft, but he found out why many Fin’s refusal to sail in daylight prob- Foxtrot Four from HMS Fearless, with years later. Two of the Land Rovers ably averted a major disaster and Royal Marine Colour Sergeant Brian were fi tted with cryptographic equip- saved countless lives. Had he sailed Johnston in command. Both vessels ment for secure communications, and in company with Foxtrot Four then the were loaded with further elements of if they fell into Argentine hands then Skyhawks would have had a choice of 5 Brigade for the big move to Fitzroy. 5 Brigade’s communications could be two targets, and with Monsunen being Foxtrot Four was loaded with six Land compromised. the largest it is reasonable to assume Rovers, signals equipment, and some Fin pulled Monsunen away from that they would have gone for her. His personnel of 5 Brigade’s HQ and Sig- the Goose Green jetty and headed off actions were nothing less than heroic nal Squadron. The Monsunen’s der- into the darkness and down Choiseul and were never fully recognised. 26 Obituary Vivienne Esther Mary Perkins 1934 - 2014 ivienne Esther Mary Perkins She was for a long time one of Vwas born in the UK on March the two Trustees of the Cathedral 25, 1934, not far from Strood on appointed each year by the Bishop, the River Medway. She was one and his personal representative of several children. An older sister on the Council itself. She soon Margaret died late last year; a emerged as a leader in the fund- younger sister Patricia lives with raising activities of the church. her husband Stewart and family That aside, Vivienne was also in Windsor, New South Wales, a founding member, trustee and Australia. honorary treasurer of the joint- We here know nothing about churches Charity Shop, an extra- Vivienne’s childhood or school days ordinarily successful venture that has and little about her early adult years, raised tens of thousands of pounds but her father, a former Royal Navy for other local charities and whose man, must have had an infl uence marvellous work was celebrated in on Viv because early on she herself the offi ce all the time. When Port a double-page spread in Penguin joined the WRNS, the women’s Stephens farm and other places out News a couple of years ago. branch of the Royal Navy, and West were still part of the FIC she It was a great delight to everyone undertook her basic training at the would leap at the opportunity to go – and a complete and overwhelming New Entry Training Establishment out and stock take at the Company’s surprise to Vivienne – when on HMS Dauntless before continuing to various stores. Viv proved to be an August 14, 2011 it was announced serve for several years beyond that. extremely loyal member of the happy that ‘in recognition of meritorious Having left the WRNS Viv secured FIC team, but there was life outside services given the Falkland Islands’ a job in a posh offi ce in London. of the Company. (her work with the Charity Shop, the She soon learned to drive and had By all accounts Vivienne was Cathedral, the Seamen’s Centre her own Morris Traveller, a car she a particularly attractive young and the Darts Club were specifi cally called ‘Emily’, in which other family woman. One admirer admitted ‘her mentioned) she had been awarded members would love to join her for lovely smile could light up the dart the Queen Elizabeth Certifi cate day trips and longer excursions - as board in the Globe.’ ‘To me she of Honour and Medal, which was far away even as Germany. Years was a beauty’, he added. Rosie presented to her by Governor later, of course, she’d be seen driving King tells us that in 1985 she and Haywood at a special Government peat lorries around Stanley and admit Vivienne joined the FIDF. They were House reception. to Peter and Ann Robertson that responsible for preparing a ‘history It’s one thing to list the various previously in UK she’d spent time as display of the FIDF’ to present to things that a person has achieved a rally-car driver. No wonder that as Prince Andrew at the opening of during their lifetime and to detail the a younger woman here she enjoyed Mount Pleasant Airport. An offi cial contribution they’ve made to the off-road camp journeys whenever photograph of that occasion shows wider community. But it’s another she got the chance! Viv shaking hands with the Prince, a to record the simple fact that this It was as a result of contacts made picture which subsequently made it dear woman seems to have won the at her offi ce job in London that Viv to Soldier magazine. hearts of us all. Viv came to these fi rst arrived in the Falklands around Of an evening Vivienne learned Islands to work and no doubt for a 1964 as a general clerical assistant to enjoy a drink and displayed bit of adventure. But once here, to the managers of Rock & Alliuvium considerable skill as a darts player she fell in love with the place and its Ltd – a company retained by the and played for one of the teams people, and she stayed and made Ministry of Defence to remove the based at The Rose. One person it her home. I’m told she could be blast walls from the fuel tanks on the certainly remembers regularly seeing fi erce in the early days if you messed Camber and to build a double track Viv in the side room at The Rose with her about in Homecare. But this in concrete from the Beaver Hangar Stan Bennett (sometime Cathedral week she was described as ‘a shy to the Moody Brook Royal Marine lay reader and undertaker for FIG) gem of the Cathedral’ and as having Camp. and Jim Kerr (FIGAS beaver pilot) ‘a heart of gold under a crusty shell’. When the work fi nished in 1967 Viv and Harold Bennett. And another Of course I’ve heard all about her remained for a while at the Pig and recalled how it was Vivienne who crashing into a lamp post up Philomel Whistle offi ce with John Rowlands was responsible for presenting one Hill when she certainly ought not to in John Street then went back to the of my predecessors, Canon Gerry have been out driving; and I’m well UK, only to return a few months later Murphy, with his own set of darts aware that she liked a good time, as on the old ‘A.E.S.’, intending to work which he loved to use over at the we all do. But in latter years we will as a ‘Land Girl’ at North Arm. But Town Hall. all have noticed the way she chugged she never actually made it to North Progressively however Vivienne round in her unpretentious old rover, Arm because a vacancy occurred in became associated with the the one with the stuffed King penguin the Accounts Department of the FIC Cathedral, especially as a member of in the back, and the way she was Stanley Offi ce and Viv was snaffl ed the choir. She had a beautiful voice. forever comfortable in jeans and up to fi ll it – so ending her Land Girls’ She was often chosen to sing the trainers and her old blue jacket. She career before it even started. solos at Christmas services and back became a sort of national treasure She eventually stayed with the in 1971, at Joan and Terry Spruce’s – unassuming and self-effacing, FIC until her offi cial retirement in wedding, Viv sang a beautiful solo, astute, generous, gentle (most of the 1994 and thereafter, for many years, ‘Sanctuary of the Heart’ during the time), mischievous, and certainly in was often called back into the offi ce signing of the Register. latter days, courageous. I can’t help and other departments to fi ll in She placed her various skills and thinking her e-mail address said it all vacancies for staff on holiday or sick wily intuition at the service of the – [email protected]. leave. Mind you, Viv didn’t stay in Cathedral Council for many years. Reverend Richard Hines 27 Books Operation Scapegoat by Steve Dunn capegoat: The life and tragedy of 1914, Cradock sent thesignal to HMS Sa fi ghting admiral and Churchill’s Canopus, then many miles south of Tabarin role in his death by Steve Dunn is the action, “I am now going to attack peration Tabarin by Stephen well timed as we remember the the enemy.” OHaddelsey and Alan Carroll 100th anniversary of the When ‘The World Crisis’ was has been receiving rave reviews battles of Coronel and the published placing the internationally. Falklands this year. blame for the loss In 1943, with the German Sixth It was at the battle off on Cradock Army annihilated at Stalingrad the coast of Coronel, there was, and Rommel’s Afrika Korps in full Chile, that Rear Admiral considerable retreat after defeat at El Alamein, Sir Christopher Cradock objection from Winston Churchill’s War Cabinet and his ships engaged his friends and met to discuss the opening of a new a German Squadron fellow offi cers front. Its battles would be fought resulting in the loss of but as time went not on the beaches of Normandy HMS Good Hope and by the battle has or in the jungles of Burma but amid HMS Monmouth with slipped into a quiet the blizzards and glaciers of the all hands. corner of history, Antarctic. Originally conceived as Many have not mentioned much a means to safeguard the Falkland questioned why as the fi rst battle Islands from Japanese invasion and Cradock chose that the Royal Navy to deny harbours in the sub-Antarctic to go into battle had lost for a hundred territories to German surface knowing that years since Trafalgar. raiders and U-boats, the expedition his ships were Even Lord West in his also sought to re-assert British outgunned and Radio 4 series “Britain sovereignty in the face of incursions a slim chance of at Sea” glossed over the by neutral Argentina. As well as success. battles of Coronel and setting in train a sequence of events Winston Churchill in his book the Falklands in a short that would eventually culminate in on the First World War ‘The World sentence “The fi rst year of the , the British bases Crisis’ places the blame on Cradock the war (WW1) was spent in minor secretly established in 1944 would for not gathering all his forces naval engagements and, with the go on to play a vital part in the Cold together before going into attack, exception of one of them, they went War and lay the foundations for one the ancient battleship HMS Canopus in the Royal Navy’s way” of the most important and enduring having been left behind guarding the Dunn’s book will remind us of the government-sponsored programmes coal supply ships as it was so slow. battle of Coronel and the reason of scientifi c research in the polar After twenty years of research why Cradock committed his ships regions: the British Antarctic Survey. Dunn examines in some detail the to a battle he knew he could not Based upon contemporary sources, life of Cradock from his birth at win which resulted in the death of including offi cial reports and the Hartforth Hall in Yorkshire. Cradock 1660 British sailors. It is an excellent diaries and letters of the participants, was sent to join the navy at the age book and strongly recommended, Operation Tabarin tells for the of 12 on HMS Britannia at Dartmouth especially if you are thinking of fi rst time the story of this, the only and we can follow his career as attending the service at St-Martin-in-- Antarctic expedition to be launched he moved through the ranks until the-Fields, London to mark the 100th by any of the combatant nations his fi nal command of the South anniversary of the battles of Coronel during the Second World War and Atlantic Squadron in 1914. It was this and the Falklands where we will one of the most curious episodes in experience and training as a naval remember the men of both the Royal what Ernest Shackleton called ‘the offi cer of the Victorian/Edwardian Navy and the German Navy who white warfare of the south’. tradition that helps us understand fought and died in the two battles. why, at 1818 hours on November 1st Colin Wright A South American War - by Jeremy Brown eremy Brown was serving as Air Attaché in Brazil when the Falklands War Jbroke out in 1982. From this position, in A South American War, he provides a fresh perspective on the controversial hostilities and how they impacted on Argentina’s neighbours and their relationships with Britain. This book features enlightening interviews with eminent politicians, high-ranking members of the armed forces and diplomatic services (British and South American), Falkland Islanders and journalists. Their stories bring to life the realities of a brief but intense war, how it affected the rest of South America, and the actions of ‘the other players’ behind the scenes. This raises the question of how easily the result could have been very different – and what the consequences would have been for other South American countries if the task force had not been dispatched. Thirty years on, the Falkland Islands remain a highly controversial topic. A South American War is a valuable guide to understanding the history and political backdrop of the region, and the realities of fi ghting a war over ‘a little bit of Britain far away’.

28 Books Exocet Falklands The untold story of special forces operations

ublished on April 2, this is a brigadier defending Rio Grande, Prevelatory account of three add credence, depth and gravitas un-tabulated special forces to the saga: as does an equally operations, Plum Duff, Mikado revealing interview with the SIS and Kettledrum, that were tasked (MI6) offi cer who led the world-wide to destroy Argentina’s Exocet search for Exocets on the black missiles during the 1982 Falklands market. Disturbing over-confi dence War. by commanders at home was fi nely In that context alone this book is counter-balanced by stirring accounts of international military importance. of inspiring physical and moral Using previously unknown material courage across the South Atlantic. and through interviewing key Exocet Falklands is a ground- players who have remained silent breaking work of investigative military for 30 years, Ewen Southby-Tailyour history from which many salutary has fi nally established the truth: lessons can be learned. that it has taken so long refl ects landing Many Islanders will remember the sensitivities, both military and of two Hercules onto Rio Grande Ewen Southby-Tailyour as an of- personal, involved. Interviews air base during Operation Mikado fi cer commanding Naval Party 8901, with the SAS offi cer commanding have spoken of the extraordinary the small Royal Marine detachment Operation Plum Duff, members procedures they developed: so have posted to the Falkland Islands. He of the reconnaissance patrol for the commander of the SBS and the fi rst came to the Islands in 1978. Operation Mikado, plus the navigator captain of the British submarine He lives in Devon and was com- of the helicopter that fl ew eight involved in Operation Kettledrum missioned into the in troopers into Tierra del Fuego, has The Super Étendard pilots who 1960. Since retiring in 1992, he has allowed the author to describe the sank HMS Sheffi eld and MV Atlantic concentrated on his sailing and writ- tortuous events that led, instead, to Conveyor and then attacked HMS ing careers. a signifi cant survival story. The RAF Invincible, plus a key member of the Inset: The author Ewen Southby- pilots ordered to conduct an assault Argentine special forces and the Tailyour and book cover Childhood memories of South Georgia charming, of the Norwegian Awell-written sealers employed and informative nearby at Grytviken, book about the then the largest whaling author’s childhood station in the world. It experiences in describes some of the South Georgia. details of the whaling Born in Stanley process - and the in 1951, Beverley dangers of life in that McLeod lived on isolated spot. South Georgia The book also between 1957 and describes the couple 1961, where her of years following her father was a radio return to Stanley, with operator at King interesting insight into Edward Point for school life there. In the Falkland Islands 1963, this came to an Dependencies end – although a most Survey. For much of successful one – when her time there, she she won a Falkland had no other children Islands Government to play with; and she scholarship to go to a had no formal schooling at all during boarding school in Britain. those four years. This book is not only the story of Her book describes how she a quite unique childhood, but also a was taught by her very demanding valuable record of the realities of life Available on Amazon for £15.99, in father who, sadly, had become a in South Georgia before the demise stock at Waterstones, and available victim of drink. This led to domestic of the whaling industry there, and in the Falklands from Jenny Luxton. violence and, fi nally, to economic in the Falklands in the years before There is a dedicated website for the hardship for the whole family. During Argentine involvement, and fi nally book at: http://bev045.wix.com/itsosc those diffi cult times the family was war, changed life there for ever. I sustained only by her mother’s love, strongly recommend it. Left: Beverley McLeod author of In devotion, and hard work. Peter Pepper the Shadow of Shackleton’s Cross The author describes the kindness (book cover above) 29 Marriages February 15 - Johannes Klotz and Katharina-Elisabeth Haider at Volunteer Point, East Falkland February 21 - Daniel Martin Fowler and Zoe Luxton at Malvina House Hotel, Stanley March 1 - Gerard Allan Ford and Jill Edith Reeves at Defence Force Parade Ground, Stanley April 12 - Ian Lars Smith and Felicity Marie Clarke at Christ Church Cathedral, Stanley

Births February 2 - Freddie Dylan to David James and Corina Rose Ashbridge February 23 - Dylan James McKay to Roy Derek and Violeta Ester McKay March 20 - Catalaya Anastacia Humphreys-Walton to Bruce Adam and Camila Ignacia Humphreys April 4 - Riley Lee Fernandes Greenough to Brandon Greenough and Mecia Cristina Ferreire Fernandes May 5 - Freya Jennifer Margaret to Craig Arthur and Corrine Paice June 5 - Luna Bridget Chuquimamani Choque to Walter Chuquimamani Quinto and Xiomara Merly Choque Contreras June 8 - Peyton Sylvester Peters to Christopher Richard Macdonald and Andrea Louise Sylvester-Peters June 8 - Deegan Robert Glanville to Adam James Glanville and Beverley Rose Reid

Deaths January 29 - Derek Smith, age 69, Falkland Islands February 3 - Mila Boybanting Ped, age 48, Falkland Islands February 17 - Jeannie Ashbridge, age 64, UK Febraury 24 - Finlay John Ferguson, age 78, Falklands March 1 - Derek Osborne, age 82, UK (born FI) April 14 - Vivienne Esther Mary Perkins, age 80, UK April 29 - Kihyok Kang, age 39, South Korea e: [email protected] p: 21084/32491

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In addition to ishing, Seaish has diversiied its interests into retail and commercial property leasing. Seaish Chandlery provides the islands with a modern feel supermarket, as well as provisioning the local food service sector, shipping, oil & military markets.

Goodwin Ofshore own and lease out a range of commercial property in Stanley. Work has recently commenced on their 3 acre industrial estate at Gordon Lines to provide workshops and warehousing to a growing service sector.

For more information contact our General Manager Hamish Wylie or visit our website.

P O Box 1, Stanley , Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ Tel: +500 -22341 Fax: +500-22340 info@seafish.co.fk www.seafish.co.fk