A Member of the Round Table Family
Number 42, September 2013
Of Clubs
X This is probably the hardest mission you will ever be asked to perform since you joined Round Table, and will certainly sort out the men from the boys!
However if this mission is beyond you then visit the website and sponsor one or more of the willing volunteers in the 41 Club Team. Every donation will count towards our total and if you donate it as gift aid the chancellor will generously donate an additional 25%. I know that alcohol has always been one of the foundation stones of most people's Tabling career and for some this will be just a step too far. It will make growing a moustache seem like child's play, but think of the benefits: 1)
Your body will feel healthier.
2)
Your wallet will be fatter.
3)
You will not snore and annoy the wife for a whole month.
Your mission gentlemen, should you choose to accept it, You can shed those extra inches from around the is to refrain from the much beloved alcohol for the whole 4) waist, ready for the Christmas festivities. month of October. The purpose is to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, as part of their "Go Sober in Please join us in this valuable mission and raise lots of October" campaign. You can read all about this on the money for Macmillan, whilst giving your liver a rest at the website gosober.org.uk and join over 9,000 brave souls same time. who have already signed up. Remember to join the 41 Club Team, or to sponsor Your editor has registered and has created a team called members of it. Please let me know if you have joined the '41 Club', anybody joining this team will be recognised as team and we can share a the soft drinks together. a 41er and the monies raised will be included in our total PS This article will self-destruct in two minutes! raised by the club for the President's chosen charity. If you think that you could rise to the challenge then go to Can you rise to the challenge? the website (gosober.org.uk) and register, then get your Or sponsor someone who has! friends, relatives and club members to sponsor you.
Editor Ray Hill National Communications Officer comms@41club.org
Copy Date for October Newsletter 29th September 2013
Editorial How can we help you?
'black holes' for 41 Club.
What is that what you say, 'help us'?
So may we ask you to let us know where we can help and how we can help your club in particular. Some clubs will invariably disappear, but new younger clubs are being formed every month. Help us to identify where new clubs could be started. Produce a list of people who may be interested, let us provide you with suitable materials or arrange for a 41er to appear on local radio. There is a lot we can be proud of in our history and we should be just as proud of our future.
Yes gentlemen we at National want to help you to ensure that your club has a future and not just a past. We are aware of the problems many of you face, often due to the closure of your local Round Table, but we are acutely aware that there are many ex-Round Tablers out there who never joined 41 Club but who now may be interested. We are planning a marketing campaign to find those potential members and will be providing materials to support you. This will include posters, advertisements, newspaper and radio interviews and anything else that can be provided at a reasonable cost. We can no longer rely on the automatic supply of Tablers leaving each year and we aim to become much more pro-active in finding those members. Believe me gentlemen other organisations are actively seeking out and recruiting your potential members.
So now, how can we help you? Please send your ideas to the Newsletter in order that we can publish them in the next edition. Remember that the National organisation is here to promote our great fellowship movement and not just to organise the AGM and publish communications. Let us work together to create a brighter future for 41 Club!
But before we can help you we need your help. I am sure that every Ray Hill one of you could name at least ten members of your Table that have comms@41club.org never joined 41 Club. There are whole towns and even cities that are
41 Club Saves You Money! Yes we are not joking, being a member of 41 Club really can save you money, even on your weekly shopping bill. 41 Club Platinum Privileges have negotiated with Wider Wallet to provide discounts for 41 Club Members. Discounts are available at a wide range of high street stores including Boots, Halfords, Argos, Asda, Sainsbury's, B&Q, Ernest Jones, Strada, Debenhams and even Harrods. In addition you can get discounts at Cafe Nero, Pizza Express, Pizza Hut and Toni & Guy. These discounts are on top of any special promotions / sales being offered in store, so they are real savings. A few examples of potential savings are illustrated here, and you can more than re-coup your £12.50 annual national capitation in a single purchase or a few weeks food shopping. Save £24 on an iPad at PC World
Save £117 a year on a weekly £50 spend at Sainsbury's
How do you get these savings? Go to the website 41club.widerwallet.com and register using the access code S424698A. Alternatively you can contact them on 0800 612 7220. It costs nothing and you can then purchase cards for any of the participating organisations. There is a small charge for the postage so order multiple cards and you only pay one postage charge. The cards you receive will be for the requested amount, but you are charged the discounted amount. In most cases the cards can be re-loaded on-line in the future so you do not have to request new cards when all the money is used. When you are using the cards they are equivalent to cash and the amount will simply be deducted from the card. If there is not enough on the card the difference can be made up by any other means of payment.
Save 7% at all House of Fraser stores
Save over £200 a year on a weekly £100 spend at Asda
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SHOWTIME! 41 Club and Tangent National Conference Bournemouth 2014 It is now 5 months (and 7 to go) since Bournemouth Conference was a major expansion, has recently completed 10 new modern rooms unveiled at the Llandudno Conference back in April. which are now available. We look forward to the next release of new rooms in this ongoing programme. Remember we have plenty of The committee have continued to be busy and now the long hot hotel capacity in Bournemouth. If you want to stay at the Royal Bath summer seems regretfully to be giving way to Autumn the pace of please continue to book to avoid disappointment. However you may organisation, rather than cooling with the weather, is going to hot up. find that car parking becomes limited so the Premier Inn and other All our entertainment for the Conference has now been sorted, with hotels may offer more convenient capacity. the finer details being negotiated and put in place. Bournemouth has always been an attractive and well attended venue Bookings continue to roll in, and despite the end of the early bird and it is recommended that bookings for the package are not left to booking promotion and the inevitable pause in the rush, we have the last minute so to ensure there is no disappointment due to over 200 delegates now booked in. numbers being exceeded for the various activities on offer. Early bookings at the Royal Bath Hotel have almost claimed all the David Brown original hotel rooms. However the Royal Bath, which is undergoing Bournemouth 2014 Chairman
The Bournemouth 2014 Team
41 Club Classic Car Meeting 2014 Many thanks to all those members hat have already contacted me expressing an interest in attending a classic car meeting. Planning is now in the early stages and we have identified a potential venue quite near to Coventry, which is pretty central for most members. (If all goes well we may also organise an event in Scotland for those members who are too far away for this one The initial date chosen is the weekend of the 21st/22nd June 2014, with early arrivals on Friday the 20th for the really keen drivers. Hopefully we will be able to provide facilities for camping or caravanning as well as a selection of local hotels, to cover all preferences.
If you would like to join us then please send an email to comms@41club.org in order to register your interest. There is no commitment at the moment and I will keep you all informed with regular updates in the Newsletter and the Magazine. The wide selection of cars already mentioned will make this a very interesting weekend and new types are always welcome. All makes are invited and members without a suitable car will be welcome attend the event. Ray Hill, comms@41club.org
41 Club International News The 41 INTERNATIONAL Board held a joint meeting with the Round Table INTERNATIONAL Board at Valence, France. The focus of discussion was working together, strengthening ties with each other and making 41 Club the natural choice of retiring Tablers.
41 Netherlands have submitted their application for affiliation to 41 INTERNATIONAL 41 Netherlands Board
History in the making! Mark your calendar for a historic moment. The inauguration of Tangent International at Korsor, Denmark during the International AGM in May 2014.
Vote Puffin For President
National Presidents Martin and Karen recently visited the Scottish Seabird Centre where they met with a rather large puffin. My vote is for the puffin!
President- Sjoerd Van Esch,Vice President Edwin, Secretary Olivier,Treasurer Fedde Jan, IRO Lars
RTI Vice President 2013-14
Congratulations to Jason Thomson (RT President 2012-13) on being elected Vice President of Round Table International at the World Meeting in Valance, France at the end of August.
Derek's Flame Of Hope Weston Super Mare 41 Club is very proud to report that after 60 years service our member Derek Chapman has been awarded the prestigious ' Flame of Hope' Fellowship by Cancer Research U.K. Back in 1953 Derek, a member of Weston Super Mare Round Table 110, was at a meeting where a talk was given by the then British Empire Cancer Campaign. When Round Table were asked if they would consider supporting the charity, Derek volunteered to help set up a fund raising committee; which has now reached its 60th anniversary. He and his lovely wife Yvonne put their hearts and souls into raising money creating monthly special dinners, knit- ins. picnics etc: the list goes on and on. Now in his 87th year, Derek has been instrumental in raising well over a million pounds. He is clearly a credit to both Round Table and 41 Club.
Advertise Your Event Here If you are organising a special event for your club or region then why not advertise it here. There is no cost, and all you have to do is supply a suitable advertisement in A6 format. Please send all copy to comms@41club.org at least two months before the event.
Where Are All The Morgan Owners? It was announced in the Summer Magazine that the November edition will feature Morgans owned by 41ers. From past communications I know that there several proud Morganeers out there but so far the response has been very poor. So if you have a Morgan please send a photograph and some brief details to comms@41club.org. Come on lads we cannot be outnumbered by the MG owners.
On the 18th October a special dinner is being organised to honour him and the 60th Anniversary. Anyone wishing to attend please contact the organisers on 01278 769078. Martin Booth Chairman Weston 41 Club
Cwmbran 41 Club 50th Charter Night RED ROSE DINNER 2013 LYTHAM ST ANNES 41 CLUB INVITES YOU TO
A LANCASHIRE NIGHT OWT FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2013 AT LYTHAM GREEN DRIVE GOLF CLUB 7.15 FOR 7.45 (BLACK TIE)
WITH 41 CLUB NATIONAL PRESIDENT
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GUEST SPEAKER – FORMER LEADER OF THE HOUGHTON WEAVERS & BROADCASTER
NORMAN PRINCE SUPPORTED BY
CLOG DANCING
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You won’t have heard of us because we’ve managed to keep a low profile for 50 years. But you will gather from the interesting use of consonants that we are from Wales {South East – just above Newport and beneath Pontypool (if that’s possible)}. Anyway, tired of hiding our light under a bushel, we are going to have one hell of a party pretty much on the actual 50th anniversary of our charter. The date: Tuesday March 25th 2014. National President, Martin will honour us with his presence and we hope to honour him by contributing to his Macmillan appeal with proceeds from a sponsored walk - an arduous, mountainous, possibly calamitous perambulation across the Black Mountains on St David’s Day. Apart from bread throwing and beer spilling competitions, entertainment will be provided by comedian Bob Webb a local favourite with an international reputation (known to Interpol). At £25 per head, there will undoubtedly be pressure on tickets and early application to roger.bryant2012@gmail.com is advisable. If you are otherwise engaged on that day you might, nevertheless, wish to take part in the proceedings by sponsoring the said walk. Sponsorship forms or donation details will be supplied on application to Roger. This is a great opportunity to celebrate 41 Club and Tabling generally, acknowledging all it has meant to so many down the years and the occasion will be greatly enhanced by support and good wishes from brethren near and far. It’ll be nice to hear from you. Mervyn France, Chairman
A Message From Ladies Circle National President Over the Easter 2014 break, together with a number of Circlers (and Tablers), I will be undertaking my ultimate challenge as National President on behalf of my national charity: Whizz-Kidz. We will be departing from Southport, cycling through Liverpool, Widnes, Warrington, Lymm, Stockport, Penistone, Sheffield, Worksop, Lincoln and ultimately into Skegness. We will have then cycled 222 miles in four days! The inspiration for the route has been taken from the ‘Way of the Roses’ and adapted to pass through, or as close to, as many of the clubs in that part of the UK. Much thanks goes to Simon Roberts for taking on the role of managing this ride and for his hard work so far including mapping out the route and stops. It would be great to have as many Circlers and friends support us both by cycling all or part of the route. Alternatively we will need help at the many planned stops to provide much needed drinks, food and moral support to keep the team going .
The Winter Magazine The final date to submit items for the Winter Magazine is the 30th of this month. If you have anything you would like to submit please send it to comms@41club.org. Photographs are always welcome but please ensure that they are large, high resolution ones, sent separately and not embedded into the article. This is a magazine for our members and not just about the club. If you have any subject that you think would entertain or inform other members then please submit it for possible inclusion. Articles in the next edition will include 40 years of partnership with the Anthony Nolan Register, the final part of the Brooklands story and the first 75 years of LOTS. Your copy should be arriving on your doormat in early November.
If you fancy joining in with the Ladies Circle Whizz-Kidz Pedal for Pounds 2014, please email me at ruthsride2014@gmail.com. Further details and regular updates about the ride and route are also available on the Facebook page at ‘Ladies Circle 2014 Pedal for Pounds’, and a Just Giving page is available at: https://www.justgiving.com/LadiesCircle to receive donations. Please support us in any way you can, this will be a tough challenge for all those taking part but hopefully we will raise a lot of money for my chosen presidential charity: Whizz-Kidz! Yours in friendship Ruth Curry National President 2013-2014 National Association of Ladies’ Circle
41 Club calendar For 2014 41 Club calendars for 2104 will be available in the next few weeks. The photographs are a selection of those entered into this year's photographic competition. The quality of entries this year was very high and I hope that you will enjoy the selection that has been made. Cost of the calendar will be £5 with all of the profits being donated to the President's charity for this year, Macmillan Cancer Support. Full details on how to obtain a copy will be included in the Winter magazine and the October Newsletter. A great Christmas present and an opportunity to help financially with this very important task. A calendar is not just for Christmas - it is for the whole year!
Last month I invited your comments on how we handle obituaries in the future, in the light that very few organisations now carry obituary columns in their club magazines and the growth of the use of the internet. I was expecting a flood of objections but instead have received some very well argued responses which I include here in full. Consequently we are investigating ways of implementing some of the suggestions made in the correspondence. We will confirm this as soon as it has been finalised. Having read your article on Obituaries I would like to put forward an opinion and suggestion. If clubs do not record the fact that a member has died, it is possible that their name will be forgotten forever. I have overcome this possibility in Pinner by creating a booklet with every members name, recording when they joined and died and the offices they held. This includes all members of our Table (now closed), Ladies Circle (also closed) and Tangent. Whilst this is only available in a printed version, I do keep it up to date and it is available to anyone requesting it.
might be reserved for a section on the National website that can be visited at leisure by any member wishing to pick up on the detail of a particular name or announcement. ·Remembering and honouring past members would not be an obvious deterrent to new members of an organisation that exists to preserve memories and friendships, albeit with the opportunity to continue to provide service alongside our Table colleagues.
·Providing obituaries for past colleagues imbues the organisation In my connection with Scouting however, in the County of Greater with respect and affection, qualities which most members might feel London Middlesex West, I have created and online ‘Book of entirely appropriate. Remembrance’ which includes if available, a Photograph of the Finally, might I suggest the inclusion of an ‘anti-obituary’. Why not deceased, their Awards, and a Tribute or Eulogy. This is available include a ‘Births’ section celebrating new members joining our club to any member by logging on to our County Website. with a brief profile of their activities and Table service and perhaps I would recommend to any club, that whatever method they decide their aspirations for their membership and their new club for the future. Perhaps this might also uplift and inspire. to use to record past members, that they do it. Ken Crisp. Assistant Secretary Pinner 41 Club.
Norvil McClurg, Fellowship Officer. Ponteland 41 Club
Reference your editorial in the current newsletter, I believe 41 clubs Firstly, congratulations on resuming your role as editor of our should have the facility of paying tribute to members who have newsletter. I’m certain the combination of editorial experience, passed away - I always search the obituary column to check if my enthusiasm for the organisation and your listening approach to the name appears - and I would vote for option 2) so that a full obituary readership will continue to serve the publication well. can be viewed on the website by anyone who recognises the name of I pick up your thread on the publication of obituaries and your a past colleague. interest in what the readership thinks about this aspect of content. I Peter Bishop, Chesham 41 Club would make the following observations. ·As a friendship organisation, especially old friends, close friends and often far flung friends, access to this news is important for old contacts and is an opportunity to publicly remember and acknowledge the contribution and value of long serving Table members to their friends and to the organisations. Although sad for the loss of a friend, the memories invoked are frequently warm, happy and sometimes inspiring.
I am a fan of continuing as we are and I am not sure of any reason to change. Cannot speak for anyone other than Table (I am a recent transferee), but Tabler is not what it was and one of the criticisms of the magazine in recent years has been that there really is so little in it. I hadn't realised the obituaries had stopped (being a younger club, there were never that many anyway), but if they have, then they are ·Space is, of course, an important consideration and inclusion of just one of a raft of regular features that are no more. occasional obituaries seems practical along with, perhaps, a list of Brian Steele, Chairman, Worthing Round Table 41 Club names submitted by clubs. However, fuller tributes and photos
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