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April 2015 SOUTH COTSWOLDS NEWS From our Secretary: It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Margo Holborow, wife of Rotarian David Holborow, passed away last Friday. As you know Margo had been very ill for some time, suffering from the after-effects of a stroke. It may help to know that Rotarians Charles Nicholls and Doug Hughes, together with his wife Mary, saw Margo the day before she died. There will be an opportunity to say our farewells more formally at some stage in the future. At this time, all who knew her will have their own memories of a quintessential English lady, much loved by us all, who was as much a member of South Cotswolds Rotary Club as David himself, from the time he became our inaugural Club Secretary 48 years ago, and who will be sadly missed. Our thoughts are with David, daughter Lesley and sons Geoffrey and Brian and their families, at this very, very sad time. Philip Margo’s funeral will take place on Wednesday 15th April. There will be the committal at Westerleigh Crematorium for immediate family at 11am. A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury at 2.00pm. There will then be tea and drinks at Trouble House Café Bar, just outside Tetbury, from 3.00pm. Family flowers only please. If you wish to make a donation, the family’s chosen charities are Stroke Association and Cancer Research UK. Donations may be sent to: Michael Gamble Funeral Directors, Station House, Station Road, Stroud. GL5 3AR or visit www.michaelgamble.net From our President: It was sad to hear the news that Margo Holborow had passed away. I first met Margo approximately 16 years ago when I was introduced to Rotary by David Holborow. At that time, whenever possible, Margo attended and was involved in most Rotary functions including District Conferences. She will be sadly missed. I thought that, as I went through the Rotary Year, it would begin to get easier and I would have more time to myself. This does not appear to be the case. Since the last South Cotswold News, we have had the Young Musician Final, as reported by Tony Hadfield later in this edition. What talent was shown by all those who took part, even the 11 year old Jemima Price. I was most impressed and the standard rises every year. I was contacted by the Crudwell Scout Leader, Lee Matthews, who said that Rotary had formed a partnership with the Scout Movement and that we should be there to help one another. At the time, I was not aware of this and so I went on to the Rotary Web site where all the details were shown. Rotary had not yet publicised the joint venture. Lee Matthews came to our meeting and laid out how we may help one another. He asked if we would help as the Scouts were cooking to obtain their Cookery Badge and would like us to sample the food. A group of us went to Crudwell Village Hall where we sampled three main courses and three sweets. We were very impressed with the standard of the meals produced ,seeing the conditions and the equipment that they had to use. Over the past few weeks we have had some excellent speakers, as reported elsewhere in this issue, including one on the Swindon One Act plays. I and many others are looking forward to going to see the plays. I have always continued to try and bring in new members and next month we shall be inducting two new members and maybe one or two Associate Members. Due to the uncertainty as to what was happening at the Rose and Crown at Lea and a few teams pulling out, I have cancelled the Skittles Marathon. I am now waiting for the start of the Boules Season. Nigel W 1 Clubs working together at the Calne 10K from Nigel G On Sunday 23rd March, before we were taken out to our marshalling points, Nereide and I were joined in the Bowood café, by fellow Club members David Britten and David Bush, along with several Rotarians from Chippenham. The 10K run gives us an excellent opportunity to support Calne Rotary Club, who in turn come and help at the H.T.E. Their run is different from ours, and lessons have been learned on both sides. Over the years, we have been assigned several parts of the course, giving us a real appreciation of the farming in the park, with its popular golf course and estate facilities. Boules Clubs in the area, also from Nigel G As we know the Sherston Boules and Carnival 2015 will take place on Saturday 11th July. If you want your friends to learn more about the game, and to understand what they will be watching, then encourage them to come to a local club meeting, the club will lend them the boules and they can join in for a game or two. All these local clubs are very welcoming, pitching the boules is not difficult, and their team-mates can explain any relevant tactics, jargon and rules as the game progresses. The usual format for these club meetings is: the organiser randomly allocates everyone at the session into teams of two or three and then they play two games; have a break, then play a third game. Some clubs cap the time of each game to 40 minutes. Question. What is the difference between Boules and Pétanque? Answer. There is no difference; Pétanque is one of the many variants of Boules. Below is a table that I recently generated for friends, it is certainly not exhaustive, but lists the clubs where I have regularly played. Times do change, so please check them with the clubs. Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Cirencester U3A, in St Michaels Park, BC 10.00 Upper Thames at The Foresters Pub, SW 19.15 10.00 Malmesbury U3A at The Red Bull Pub, AL 10.15* see* Saxons, at The Cricklade Sports Centre, JM 19.00 14.00 Boules at the Bull, at The Red Bull Pub, SMc 19.15 *Moves to Friday at 10.00, in 4th week of the month The Club Contacts are: AL Andrew Lloyd (EPA Regional Coach): [email protected] BC Brian Cooper: [email protected] JM Jim Mitchell: [email protected] SMc Sue McKechnie: [email protected] SW Sally White: [email protected] DISTRICT QUIZ - Report from Doug Hughes The intrepid team from RCSC comprising Doug Hughes, Peter Sheppard and David Britten (with Geoff Wallis riding shotgun) ventured into the wilds of Berkeley on a winter’s night in February, to do battle in the Second Round of the District Quiz, having valiantly secured a bye from the first round! The natives were friendly enough. The host team was from Thornbury with the backwoodsmen from the Royal Forest of Dean making up the numbers. The proceedings were ably overseen by question master/referee Jill Johnson. Geoff Wallis was time keeper and a follower of the “Foresters” kept the score. Surprisingly there were no rounds on History, Geography, or English Literature. The absence of a round on Rotary came as no surprise as nobody knows anything about that! There was one question loosely linked to literature which our English Schoolmaster fluffed! In the round on famous people, there was a question concerning a female novelist who had written over 700 romantic novels, who died in the early 2000s. I suppose we shouldn’t be too hard on Peter Sheppard, as Barbara Cartland, I am sure, was not on his curriculum! The first two rounds were about events and happenings in 2014. We started well, keeping pace with Thornbury. We faltered in the last round of the first half but were still only 4 points adrift of Thornbury. In the second half ,we briefly took the lead after a round on “Bells” ( one of the many strange and wonderful topics covered in the Quiz) but RFD were on a charge, scoring well on “Cars, Buses and Lorries”. Thornbury had a surge in the round on “Drinks” (they all appeared to be pretty sober at the time!) but in the end RFD came out on top with 68 followed by RCSC on 64 and Thornbury bringing up the rear on 58. A sausage and chips supper followed, concluding the evening with a suitable degree of fellowship. 2 At our Special General Meeting earlier this month we were able to formalise the leadership team that will support Doug Hughes as our President in 2015/16 as follows: Senior Vice President David Britten, Junior Vice President Tony Hadfield ,Treasurer Tom Sheppard, Secretary Philip Selwood. We were also able to formally approve the club accounts as previously presented by our venerable Treasurer Tom Sheppard. Our thanks to Tony Hadfield for putting together a club directory - very well produced. Philip Young Musician of the Year—Report from Tony Hadfield This year’s Final of the annual South Cotswolds Rotary Young Musician of the Year competi- tion was held at Wycliffe College on Sunday 22nd February, with 10 finalists playing to an almost packed house of over 200. Now in its 12th year, the competition is designed to give young people with musical talent an opportunity to play solo in front of a live audience under competition conditions. The competition is run by nine Rotary Clubs in the area, chaired by Doug Hughes. The plaudits from the Chairman of the panel of judges, Michael Castle, highlighted that this year’s finalists were an extremely talented group of musicians.