Links Magazine - Spring 2010

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WELCOME TO LINKS MAGAZINE ISSUE 164

ADMINISTRATION & SALES41 Club, Marchesi House, 4 Embassy Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 1TP. Tel: for Admin 0121 456 4402 and for Sales 0121 456 0305 or email: [email protected] PAGE 3

National Website: www.41club.org

CONTENTS

3 Welcome

4 Presidents page

6 CONFERENCE OFFICER

7 TANGENT NATIONAL PRESIDENT

8 VICE PRESIDENTS PAGE

10 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY

11 MASTERMIND TRIUMPH

12 membership report

13 bbc1’s jake humphrey presents award

14 marketing officer

15 41 club discounts

19 international officer

20 immediate past president

21 ipp’s wife takes delivery of hyundai

22 letters to the editor

24 meet malcolm lockey

26 news from national council

28 Obituaries

30 grumpy ex-tablers

31 small ads / national calendar

32 scottish regions spring meeting

Communications Officer

Welcome to the spring edition ofLINKS – the magazine about and for41 Clubs and 41ers – a bumper issue of32 pages, my largest yet!

You will find the four centre pages givenover to Platinum Privileges, the first ofwhat is hoped to be many offers and benefits available to you by virtue ofyour membership of this Association.Your Sales & Marketing Officer Martin

Green has worked hard to bring these Privileges to you and tells methat if the offers prove popular and are taken up, even better benefitsare likely to appear in future editions.

On the topic of affinities, there is an article on page 21 by MoiraCochran, wife of Drew, our IPP, on the pleasure of purchasing a newHyundai through its affinity scheme which has been running for thebenefit of members for two years. If you’re thinking of changingyour car, why not have a look at a Hyundai?

Ahead of his investiture as Association President for 2010-11, there isa questionnaire answered by Malcolm Lockey (pp 24 & 25) designedto help you get to know him a little better. As I was, I think you willbe struck by his humility, common sense, friendliness and sense offun – all of which come shining through in his answers – along withhis deep commitment to the Round Table family in general and 41Club in particular.

The monthly newsletter mentioned in Issue 163 continues to thrivethanks to a great deal of hard work and enterprise on the part of RayHill, Councillor for Region 11. I hear nothing but praise for its newsand content. If you’re not receiving your copy, please ask yourChairman and Club Contact to include you in their circulation list.

Our Annual Conference and AGM will soon be upon us (Scarborough– 16 to 18 April). I know that Conference Officer Terry and theScarborough Team are working hard to ensure that delegates have aweekend to remember – if you haven’t booked and have a free weekend, why not book in through the website (www.41club.org)?

If you can’t attend the whole weekend, why not go to the AGM on the Saturday? It promises to be lively affair, especially with theSelective Membership Proposal being debated and voted upon.

Your letters continue to arrive – please keep them coming. A selection are printed on pages 21, 22 and 23. I was particularly struckby the letter from John Handcock – whilst he and his fellow Tablers were delivering aid to Skopje in 1963, I was still at school justdown the road from his home, beginning my A Levels!

Finally, the deadline for the Summer edition will be Friday 21 May 2010.

DAVID SMITHNational Communications Officer

email: [email protected]

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

I have had a superb year as your President. I am deeplygrateful for the support of my very dedicated Executivecolleagues who have raised and pursued many newideas in their desire to modernise our Association.

Will we look back on the events of 2009/10 as the pointat which 41 Clubs adopted a greater sense of purpose?Could our 65th Anniversary in May 2010 signal a newbelief that 41 Clubs can play a significant part in ourcommunities and increase the fellowship that is thebedrock of our Association? Will we try harder to meetthe needs of Round Tablers in order to attract them asnew members of our Association?

The National Council hasworked hard to improvecommunications withmembers by modernisingthe magazine, by introduc-ing a membership survey,by launching a newmonthly newsletter and bysupporting my call fordebate at club meetings.Regrettably, some ClubContacts still underminethis good work by blocking the informationflow in not forwardingemails from the Council tomembers.

The debate about our future was always going polariseopinion. The strength of feeling on both sides varies little whether a 41 Club has a Round Table or not.Traditionalists are against selected membership but canoffer no ideas to overcome the threats to our future.They seem to think Round Tabling ended when theyretired. Supporters of selected membership say “Once aTabler, always a Tabler” and “Age is not a barrier torecruiting liked minded men” to keep their 41 Clubsfresh and active. However, there is an emerging consensus in that clubs wish to make their own decisions including the right to decide those who willbecome members. Even some of the most committedagainst any change have admitted they already havenon ex Tablers as members which seems to underminetheir position.

PRESIDENT’S PAGE

When the 41 Club Association was formed 65 yearsago there were many more Tablers than ex Tablers. ExTablers were probably mostly under 50. Round Tablesoutnumbered 41 Clubs. Now in 2010 the situation isreversed. In many hundreds of towns the only remnantof Round Table is a 41 Club. As Round Tablers, ourmotto was ‘Adopt, Adopt, Improve’. Surely we mustapply this motto to the present situation now that timehas moved on. Tabling values do not stop at 40 or 45.These days retiring Tablers generally have time foronly a few years’ service and so wish to carry onpreferably within their own age group. They do notwant to join dinner clubs. Society has changed butpeople’s propensity to join “clubs” remains, even ifthey are only online. Just look at scouting and breakfastnetworking, Facebook and Twitter - these are just newupdated products on a simple theme - to keep people intouch.

President Richard presenting the Service Award to John Eio of the Isle of Man Club.

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(LtoR) Tangent President Jan Mulqueen, TangentTreasurer Lesley Seville,

Vice President Malcolm andPresident Richard

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Richard MatthewsNational President


I really hope that Round Table can find its way again and will joinus in the debate. It will be quite a challenge for its new CEO. In amodern society which is supposed to be against ageism, it is ageismthat divides our associations. I believe we must explore a newstructure with Round Table. Young men are not joining RoundTable because Round Tablers are too old and it is too expensive tobe a member. We have the ridiculous situation where Round Tablehas an average age of 40 and members pay a National Capitationfee of £75 plus Area Capitation fees. Half could become membersof 41 Club and pay just £10!

We need to find ways of recruiting at a lower entry age tier and theproduct has to appeal to those in their 20s. Retirement from this tierhas to be at an age which does not discourage new 20 year olds joining. I think we need then to consider an intermediate tier ofmembership which remains active, say between 35 and 60 and thena seniors’ tier for those who are over 60. What is happening todayis that an intermediate tier is emerging at 45 plus. These guys seemuninterested in joining a 41 ‘dining’ Club. Any new structure shouldbe set up under the Round Table badge and brand and recruitmentshould be at any age level for the right likeminded men.

The support I have received for Help for Heroes confirms in mymind that 41 Club can, with very little effort, deliver a significantcontribution to our community (400 Clubs have so far donated£70,000.00). Notwithstanding that Help for Heroes may be one ofthe most emotive charities of today, our Association should seriously consider formally adopting Round Table Children’s Wish(RTCW) and The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Appeal as our preferred charities, given their special relationship with RoundTable, and in addition encourage members and clubs to support thechosen charity of the National President of the day.

Many 41 members often quote “I left my fund raising activities inRound Table”. However, like it or not, it is fund raising which gives41 Club a real sense of purpose. After all, supporting the local community and international relations are two of our Association’sobjects. With the number of 41 Clubs it is not necessary to holdmassive events raising thousands of pounds. Instead, it is quite possible to hold a modest event which would deliver great fellowship and maybe a few hundred pounds.

41 Club’s donation to The Italian Earthquake was very much appreciated by our brothers in Italy. Is the Haiti disaster a signal tohave a wider debate on the role of 41 Club? Rotary with theirDisaster Boxes plays a big part when disaster strikes. Personally, Ibelieve 41 Club could adopt a more modest but similar policy ofgarnering donations into a Disaster Fund for use in cases of urgentneed. Support in this way might strengthen our bonds with RoundTable and the 41 International Association, increase our sense ofpurpose and give us something to shout about.

I hope that the Conference in Scarborough will appeal to manymore delegates this year. It will be my privilege to welcome youthere. As I come to the end of my term may I give my thanks tothose who have been my hosts and to those who have become, justgood friends. This is a quite remarkable job.

With Stratford ChairmanMartin Williams

Flanagan & Allen (aka AlanWhitehead (Lyme) & the President)

Remembrance Day 2009 – The Round Table Family

CONFERENCE OFFICER

Are you missing out on our great annual party…….?

Have you booked for our 2010 National Conference in Scarborough? If not you and yourClub are missing out on a brilliant event! Conference has changed, it’s now aFriday/Saturday event with an optional Thursday Welcome Party. But in reality it’s a twoday plus Party with a four hour AGM on the Saturday morning!

Conference is great value as the package no longer includes accommodation, so you canchoose where you want to stay and how much you want to spend. Why not go as a Club,just like you did in your Round Table days with everyone staying in the same hotel soyou can party all Conference through? Scarborough is already a popular conferencecentre but as it’s also geared up for holiday makers there’s plenty of space and the SpaCentre is perfect to host all our events, including the AGM. So why not have a look atthe Scarborough Conference website at www.41clubconference.co.uk or contact theConference Chairman, Stephen Slade, on 07808 330428 for more details. Then bookyour package and join us in April on the 16th & 17th for the best weekend of the year!

Our 2011 National Conference will be in Ipswichon the 15th and 16th of April, with Past NationalPresident Ian Mackenzie as Conference Chairman, and it’s already progressing well. We are anticipating the announcement of a major sponsor for this eventfrom a nationally known company. We hope this is the beginning of a trend for the futureof our National Conferences as their popularity continues to grow. I have absolutely nodoubt that Ipswich will be a stunning event as both the committee and local Clubs are allso enthusiastic about hosting our Conference in Suffolk.

I’m delighted to report that Jersey will be our hosts for the 2012 Conference. The lastJersey Conference was one of the best attended ever and I have no reason to suspect thatthe 2012 event will be any different!

My role as your Conference Officer is coming to an end in Scarborough after five veryenjoyable years. I feel satisfied that I have been able to rekindle the interest in our NationalConference during my time in office, which was my promise when I stood for the positionin Bournemouth. However there is still much to do before I handover this fantastic officein April. My successor can be assured of my help and support until he finds his feet.

Please come and join me at the party in Scarborough as I want you to experience the samefun and fellowship that I’ve enjoyed over the last five years!

Terry Cooper National Conference Officer


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TANGENT NATIONAL PRESIDENT JAN MULQUEENGentlemen – I’d like take this opportunitywhilst still President to say a great bigTHANK YOU to all the brilliant men in 41Club I’ve met on my travels around the UKthis year. On every occasion I have beenshown wonderful hospitality and greatstrength on the part of my host when carryingmy pink suitcase up to my allotted room forthe night!

Gentlemen - l’ll let you into a secret, no matter for how short a time a women goesaway from home, YES she does need morethan two pairs of shoes, YES she does need more than two changes of clothesand YES she will need that bag full of ‘just in case’ things! As President I havemanaged to reduce my travelling gear to just one suitcase, just one bag ofshoes, just one overnight bag plus the Help for Heroes bag and computer. Soyou can see why I have a need for men with strength.

It has been a pleasure to spend time this year with yourselves and members of your Executive, especially President Richard with whom I havebeen promoting Help for Heroes as our joint Presidential Charity.

It gives me great pleasure to tell you that as at 4 February NATC has givenover £11,000 to H4H. As fundraising is not one of our aims and objectives thisis a really great effort by our members and together with 41 Club’s generousdonations I believe we will have made a significant difference to the charity.One of my requests on becoming President of Tangent was to be told howmuch each Tangent Club had given to charity in the year 2008-9, a statisticnever previously collated. All Club returns have not yet been received but Ihave been delighted to learn that up to 31st December 2009 over £126,000 hasbeen given to charity by Tangent - not bad for an organisation that ‘doesn’t dofund raising’!

I shall look forward to sharing the Conference with you in Scarborough. Theteam there are working very hard on our behalf to ensure it’s a fun filled weekend, a time to catch up with old friends. If you have not yet booked inwhy not have a think about it? I have been asking the Ladies in Tangent toconsider a ‘Girls’ Weekend Away’ in Scarborough in the hope that more ofthem may attend Tangent Day and the NAGM. Might it be something for youto think about?

I wish you all the best of health and good luck for the future - take care of yourselves.

Yours in continued friendship with a big hug,

Jan MulqueenTangent National President 2009-10email: [email protected]

So as you can see our girls are certainly rising to

President Niki’s challenge to do something different!

The National Exec feeling Pink!

Hi there guys!!

My name is Naomi Hickey and I’m the National Vice President of Ladies’ Circles.

Page 3 Circlers?

You can probably sympathise with our frustration atbeing one of the biggest best kept secrets. Well,Circlers suddenly seem to be grabbing every opportunity of working with the media wherever possible in the hope of becoming noticed!

30 Circlers, Tangent members and friends recently tookthe opportunity of participating in Channel 4’s‘Embarrassing Bodies’ programme during the filming of the Breast Cancer special. Clad in Circle T-shirts, the girls took part in a breast cancer quiz. The girls then had to learnhow to examine themselves but in a very tasteful “Calendar girls” way! Wantto know more? – why not watch around Easter when the programme will beshown!!

Chris Wright has also been filming with the ‘Trash for Cash’ team and will beappearing shortly with a host of Circlers raising money for the SARI’s project.Winchester, Darwen and Blackburn Circles have also been appearing regularlyon the Radio!

Staggering effortsThe challenge is also being carried on in fundraising efforts with Circlers climbing a mile for charity, taking part in marathons and even producing a calendar in aid of Help the Heroes to name but a few! The calendar raised over£5,000! Last year we managed to raise a sum in excess of a staggering£300,000 for charity and we are hoping to beat that figure this year!

Wanted!With our AGM around the corner we are now considering candidates for ourtrophies, with one of which I believe you can assist. Do you know of anyCircler or Circle which has gone out of her/its way to work side by side withTable? If so we would love to hear from you. Please email [email protected] the name and why you think she/it deserves tobe the recipient of our Side by Side trophy. Nominations need to be in before30th April.

Back to BusinessOn a business front National Councillors got “in the pink” for our SeptemberCouncil meeting. This was then followed by Niki’s Presidential Masked Ballin Middlesbrough and lots of partying into the early hours! We are now preparing for our final Council meeting of the year to be held in February inMilton Keynes.

InternationalNiki and I have been lucky enough to extend the hand of friendship internationally at the LCI AGM in Bangalore, India, the Mid-Term meeting inParis and another Mid-Term meeting in Botswana, all of which were absolutely amazing and we feel very honoured to have had the opportunity ofrepresenting GB&I at these events.

New membersSo Gentlemen, if you have any daughters, nieces or even granddaughters whoyou think may be of Circling age, please direct them to our websitewww.ladies-circle.org.uk.

Keep on smilingI am really looking forward to working side by side with Malcolm next year andto continue raising the profile of our wonderful organisations!!

So in the words of our President Niki, “Keep smiling!” - people will wonderwhat you have been up to!!

Yours in Friendship

NAOMI HICKEYemail: [email protected]

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vice-president’s page

Many thanks to the three guys whoresponded to my article in the lastedition of LINKS [issue 163 Winter2009]. Two of them offered a heartfelt critique of what I’d writtenand one thought it ‘inspirational’ andsuggested wider circulation, mostespecially among Round TableInternational! The main objection inthe critical responses essentiallyfocussed on the notion of fund-rais-ing and community service as if this was something new whichwas being introduced to give the Association a ‘sense of purpose’.

While there may be some of us who believe that the Associationas a whole and some individual clubs in particular DO need agreater sense of purpose if we are to attract those who are leaving Round Table or who are clinging to Table by their finger tips as Honorary members, that wasn’t the aim of theexercise carried out by the Forward Planning Committee. Wewere actually seeking to remind ourselves that ‘communityservice’ has been enshrined in our ‘purposes’ since 1996.

This aspect of our life and work was given greater emphasis bythe 2002 AGM and the agreed revision included in the 2002-2003 Directory. The draft revision which this years ForwardPlanning Committee proposed, [since revised and going beforethe National AGM] was to express this opportunity for clubs tobe involved in outreach to the community in a clear and lessambiguous way.

By stating it as clearly as we tried to do, we were also simply reflecting that which many clubs are already doing– namely - being active in serving their communities insome way! Like it or not, our Association - and many ofour individual clubs - have raised VERY significant sumsof money for a range of charitable organisations in recentyears. Perhaps this is why we are now being approachedmore often for help and assistance, most especially attimes of national and international crisis. I for one wouldbe deeply concerned if we responded by saying that itwasn’t our policy to offer help and then pointed themtoward ‘service clubs’ such as Rotary or Lions!

We also hoped that by drawing attention to this clearly stated ‘purpose’ of the Association in the way that we did,and by celebrating what we and many of our clubs haveachieved, we might actually tempt past members ofRound Table to join us. At the moment we know that theysee little point in coming to us because they believe thatas an Association we are simply ‘not fit for purpose’!

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That kind of stinging criticism of 41 Club by prospectivemembers, should prompt us all - at every level - to lookagain at our stated aims and purposes. Once we’ve donethat, we should proclaim them, loud and often - if not atevery club meeting - then certainly in our flagship magazine and Association Directory. Yes gentlemen, Ishould like to see the reintroduction of a printed Directory[the cost to be met by sponsorship] which is to be sent toevery member because I believe that it would do much tofoster a sense of belonging and it would encourage fellowship among clubs.

For me, that sense of ‘belonging’ is important. I cherishmy membership of my three clubs and I’m glad that thoseclubs belong to our Association. The Association links meto other clubs and other members. I feel as though I ampart of something bigger than just my little group of ‘like

minded’ guys – some of whom were in Round Table withme. I enjoy visiting other clubs and enjoying fellowshipwith other like minded guys and I’m grateful to theAssociation for making that possible. I’m proud to wear theAssociation’s badge and it’s good to have the Association’ssticker in my car. I look out for other 41 Club stickers andbadges – often in vain – as I travel round the country.

Recently, that sense of ‘belonging’ really came home to mewhen I visited Hong Kong [at my son’s expense I might add– with no cost to the Association!!!!] One evening I enjoyeda great evening of fellowship with members of ‘SquareTable’ – the name for 41 Club in Hong Kong. They are notaffiliated to the Association [yet!]: infact they didn’t evenknow that the Association existed!

If you want to know more about ‘Square Table’ see my page on the Association’s website [www.41club.org]. Suffice it to say –that while I was a stranger in a big and bustling international city – I was able to enjoy a great evening of fellowship with a groupof ‘like minded’ 41 Club guys who took the time and trouble to meet up with me and take me out for dinner! And it was asthough we had known one another for years! That for me is what 41 Club and our Association is all about and why at the top ofour list of revised ‘aims and purposes’ we read – and will always read –

‘to continue to provide opportunities for fellowship amongst like-minded men’

MALCOLM LOCKEY NATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT email: [email protected]

Dear Malcolm

I took great pleasure in reading your Vice-President’s page in LINKS magazineissue 163. As you may know, I am a great believer in promoting the Round Table-41 Club theme and have been involved in many events involving community and fellowship over the last few years. As National President inGermany in 2005 I started a scheme of sending a personal letter to each retiring Tabler – still at 40 years of age over here – inviting him into 41 Club. Thiscombined with an active approach to making contact within the two groups hasshown a tremendous increased influx into the Old Tablers’ organisation. All subsequent Presidents have continued with this policy which isreally paying off in increased membership.

Kindest regards,

Bob PartonPast President Old Tablers DeutschlandHon. Secretary, 41 International

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Region 20 Councillor Brian Southgate recently triumphed in the First Round of the current Mastermind competition on BBC2.His specialist subject was ‘The Life and Career of Sir Alex Ferguson” – an apposite choice as the show came from Manchester -for which he scored 14 points, with a further 10 coming in the General Knowledge section. Brian’s opponents answered questions on Elgar, Seventeenth Century England and Star Trek Voyager. At the end of the Specialist section Brian led by fourpoints and he ended up winning the tie by a single point.

For the Semi-final Brian has chosen ‘The Manhattan Project’ as his specialist subject.

Good luck, Brian!

MASTERMIND TRIUMPH

Off to a new club on another visit and on the journey sometimes the mind turns to the question: how longwill it be before someone says “Why should we continue to be affiliated and pay the capitation fee?” Thisis the question many members of National Council are faced with on their club visits. As we look to thefuture of our Association it is quite clear that a number of clubs are deciding to close or in some casesjust deciding to disaffiliate to avoid paying a capitation fee, even though they will continue to meet asthey always have done in the past.

The other question that comes alongside the disaffiliation is “What benefits do we get for our capitation?”We can churn out the normal reasons such as 3 magazines a year, insurance cover for events, an organi-sational structure to support the activities of clubs and as you will see within this magazine there is nowthe opportunity to enjoy membership benefits. But what do you really get?

Most members of 41 clubs will remember some years ago (for some, many years ago!) standing in front of a group of acquaintancesand hearing the words “You have been chosen for membership of your Round Table because you are believed to be a worthy representative of your vocation, possessed of qualities which can be of service to our Movement and your fellow men…..” and to theaccompaniment of the inevitable hissing sound of a balloon being pierced “Wear this badge with pride at all times and remember thatyou carry the good repute of Round Table in all your affairs (who is she? was the cry!), for the Movement is judged by those who recognise you as a member.” A very proud moment for virtually every one of us. We can remember who pinned the badge on us, wecan remember when and where it was and if we think hard enough we can remember virtually everyone in the room at the time. In theensuing months and years we grew in confidence with our fellow men, many of us became officers of the club and those who were luckywere voted into the best job in Table, the Chairman. We went to Area meetings and became involved, we attended Sporting Weekends,Caravan Rallies, National Conferences and many other events. When we got there we found – yes, you’ve guessed - plenty of other likeminded men. Over the years those acquaintances turned into friendships and I can safely guarantee that for most of you reading thisyour social life and friendships changed and grew with your new found friends, all of whom had something in common - they were allmembers of the Round Table movement.

At its base level 41 Club helps us to retain the friendships of people we have known for most ofour lives. I acknowledge that I am fortunate in that I decided to join in with National events as a41er in the same way I did when I was in Table. I’ve met up with people from all over the country, some of whom I’ve known for years, some of whom are new friends. Recently I’vereceived a letter which struck home to me. The writer mentioned how the most important objective we had in Round Table, and what we emphasise in 41 Club, is fellowship. To my mindthis is the prime benefit of our membership of this organisation. The friendships we have madeover the years, the opportunities to experience fellowship with like minded men at our meetingsand events, the social life we have created for ourselves and our families - all were developed byreason of our membership of the Round Table family.

Some clubs report that they have closed due to the age of their membership. I accept that diminishing numbers and increasing frailty does make it difficult in some instances to continue.I am however reminded of my visit to Dedham with Martin Green as reported in the DecemberNewsletter. Their membes’ average age is well into the 80’s but they are as proud of their membership as they are of their military service and as proud now as they were many years agoas Tablers.

Surely, what we have is priceless and has to be worth at least a pint every 3rd or 4th meeting, or £10 every year?

To those who cry “Yes, but I can have that with my friends without paying a capitation” or “I don’t really care about not wearing a badgeor my jewels as I can’t find them anyway” I respond “Are these really the values for which we signed up all those years ago?” “Arethese really worthy thoughts from a worthy membership?” As Membership Officer my mind is made up. Disaffiliation is the easy wayout. Maybe we should open our doors to like minded men who are keen to maintain the values we all learned in Round Table and todevelop the friendships and fellowships that bind us together?

In Continued Friendship

Jim SmithNational Membership & Extension Officeremail: [email protected]

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MEMBERSHIP REPORT

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Local boy made good, Jake Humphrey, who currently fronts BBC1’s Formula 1 coverage was the Guest of Honour at NorwichWensum and Yare 41 Club’s annual Forecast Meeting last night. Shown in the picture are Jake (right) presenting the award tothe 2009 Forecaster of the Year, Graham Howe, watched by the Chairman of Wensum and Yare 41 Club Rex Humphrey (left)and Richard Matthews, National President.

The Forecast Meeting was attended by over 120 members of local Round Tables and 41 Clubs who donated over £720 on thenight for BREAK, Jake’s local charity of choice.

For further information please call Martin Sexton on 07810 487456 or email [email protected]

(L-R) Charlie McCafferty, Charleigh Pignon and Trisha Stanton (all Guildford Action), Chris Shorter (XRT), Denise Bowen-Ashwin (Tangent), Andy Bowen-Ashwin (XRT Community Service) and Chris Bell (XRT Chairman)

A NIGHT AT THE RACESGuildford ex-Round Tablers (XRT) 41 Club raised £1,850 fortheir chosen charity, Guildford Action for Families, by holding arace night at St John’s Hall in Merrow. Chairman ChristopherBell told the Press “e are proud to be able to support such a worthwhile local charity, helping families come to terms withsome quite chaotic scenarios and being able to lend a helpinghand to mothers with practical assistance as well as advocacy andadvice.”

BBC1’s Jake Humphrey presents award to Forecast Quiz winner

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In the centre pages of this issue of LINKS you will find the first of our ‘41 Club PlatinumPrivileges’. Marketing Solutions (South West) Ltd has been appointed to source a collection of‘benefits’ for members of 41 Club.

The National Council has for a long time felt that it should aim to provide extra benefits for members over and above the customary back up services and a magazine. The Privileges set outin the centre pages are intended to be an initial foray into this field allowing members to takeadvantage of the excellent offers that are available.

Within the Privileges pages you will find golf breaks, hotel deals, theatre ticket offers as well asvouchers to spend in the High Street. We have also added some days out that members may wishto use to take out the grandchildren!

The final page of benefits contains details of a gift voucher scheme for redemption in several well known High Street stores. Thescheme is really designed for a major purchase. Although on the face of matters there will be a 7% saving, you should bear inmind there will be a credit card charge of 1.5% to buy the voucher, plus a postage and handling charge of up to £4.50 for thesecure delivery of the voucher. We calculate on a £1,000 purchase you will save £47.00 – still worth doing if you are making amajor purchase.

As we work together with Marketing Solutions, Platinum Privileges will expand further this year to bring more companies onboard to offer you further benefits.

Finally, on page 2 of this magazine are details of the affinity scheme we have arranged with Hyundai. This is a fabulous dealwith massive savings on the purchase of a new car – don’t just take my word for it – please read the report on page 21 by MoiraCochran!

MARTIN GREEN NATIONAL SALES & MARKETING OFFICER

email: [email protected] Stock orders to: www.41clubsales.co.uk

MARKETING OFFICER

LAST ISSUEKilts, sporrans and gongsHONOURABLE MENTIONS:

Most contestants had the man on the left (looking down) with the most to say.

Andrew Creese, Nailsea 41 Club (N. Somerset) with two attempts: “I've been in 41 Club 30 years and haven't seen thatjewel before”, although he might have won if his nextsuggestion had been “Personally, I prefer a Brazilian”but instead he wrote “Personally, I prefer a Bermuda.” Still, maybe we’re both right: witheach, it all disappears.

Rob Daunt, Carnforth 41 Club (Lancashire)has this entry mentioned just to show that old jokes never die, with the same chap asking “Is anything worn under the kilt?” and the kiltee trotting out that tried and trusted (or maybe ‘tired and trussed’) answer “No, it's all in perfect working order!”

Nigel Williams, Carmarthen 41 Club (Carmarthenshire) thought the man was ruefully thinking"... but my chain’s the longer." We don’t know about that but certainly Nigel’s club is the longest in this competition.

Anonymous entries included the following selection:“What’s under your kilt?” - “Socks and shoes” or “Same as you’ve got, only bigger”. “And the award for ‘Best Support’ goes to Jock Strap”.“You’re lucky, I haven’t got the knees for a kilt”.Foreign President on right is asking “What country are you from?”“I washed my kilt last night, now I can’t do a fling with it”.

“My wife says I can’t be trusted with anything in a skirt”."Why do they call it a kilt?" - “'Cause that's what I did to the last guy who called it a skirt!”

Rob Daunt with his second entry, saving the best to last. “Is that a full-sized sporran?” - “Yes, but it's rather cold in here”.

David Addison, Honorary Archivist, Henleaze 41 Clubarchivist@41 club.org

AND THE WINNER:

CAPTION COMPETITIONREADERS ARE INVITED TO SPECULATE ON

THE CONVERSATION BETWEENJOHNBELLWOOD, PRESIDENT 41

INTERNATIONAL, AND HIS WIFE HELEN

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The re-chartering of Rabat No. 1

In November I was fortunate to get away from the British weather and to visit Morocco for there-chartering of Rabat No. 1 41 Club. The charter ceremony was exceptional and I’m pleasedto say the speech I delivered in French was well received. Lunch afterwards was served in amansion which used to belong to their King. Evening entertainment included two well organised parties in 41ers homes, a disco evening and a gala dinner.

I stayed in a hotel with a French group from St Emilion who kindly invited me to join them on a trip to an orphanage and hospital baby unit which their club sponsors. This was one of the most moving occasions of my life – thirty tiny babies abandoned at birth, happy and smiling and receiving the best of care. After being shown around by the staff the French 41ersmade a presentation of a cheque for 40,000 euros.

In addition there was sightseeing including visits to the Kasbah in Rabat and to the third largest mosque in the world. A wonderful trip, the memories of which I shall cherish.

ANDY WAITE INTERNATIONAL OFFICER


INTERNATIONAL OFFICER

The third largest mosque in the world

Promoting international relations

The banner exchange

The orphanage –a moving experience

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Our Changing World

As I sit looking out of my office window on a bright, clearbut very cold January morning, my thoughts turn to ourenvironment. In recent years we have heard and seen somuch about climate change and the steps we should now betaking to protect the world for future generations. I am pretty certain that all those reading this article have a socialconscience and will help in their own small way to effectchange. We as human beings have an inbuilt survivalinstinct and adrenalin kicks in when we are threatened.

I have been very fortunate in my Round Table life, enjoyingthe opportunity and privilege to be a member of seven different clubs in my twenty years’ service. I was a memberwhen RT was at its height in the mid-seventies with approx34,000 members and a growing Association of 41 Clubs. Ifthis was the case today we would not have to worry aboutour future. But we all know that this is not the position, withRT numbers down to approx. 6,000 and forecast to shrinkfurther. We have an ageing membership in 41 Club withnumbers on the decline and with less than 20% of retiringRT members joining our Association.

Gentlemen, the majority of current retiring Tablers do notsee their 41 Club in its present form as meeting their needsor aspirations and are voting with their feet. Some 41 Clubshave tried to accommodate an active group within theirranks and new clubs have been affiliated with an active programme to meet their needs.

I have had the exceptional opportunity as your NationalPresident to visit 41 Clubs the length and breadth of thecountry and have always been warmly greeted by theirmembers. During my Year I was able to build up a pictureof our clubs and a perspective of 41 Club nationally. Withthis unique experience I can confidently split the membersof a club into three fairly equal categories and this isreflected at national level:

Group 1 : aged 65 +, comprising many founder members,enjoy meeting their pals once a month for dinner, have little or no interest in community service, have no contactwith RT, not interested in change;

Group 2 : aged 55 – 65, enjoy meeting their pals once amonth, many are also members of Rotary, not averse tochange but would not want to upset the “old boys “in Group1; and

Group 3 : aged 45 – 55, did not share any of their RT experiences with Group 1, have not had long service in RT,want a community service aspect and active programme in41 Club.

We will have the greatdebate on membership atthe AGM in Scarborough.If we want this greatAssociation to continueand prosper then we mustmake decisions at the AGMon the steps to take now inorder to secure our longterm survival. These deci-sions cannot wait until weare in terminal decline.

Yes, we have to be more attractive to retiring Tablers and thatmeans a more active programme and participation in the community. We need purpose and identity.

Yes, we have got to go out and find the Tablers who haveretired but not joined 41 Club for whatever reason.Yes, we have to give those clubs with no feeder Round Tablethe opportunity to recruit like minded men from outside.

I do not believe that “one size fits all” and we need to give ourclubs the flexibility to make decisions on their future withinthe ethos and guidelines of 41 Club.

I therefore find it an anathema that many members in ourAssociation are not willing to fight for its very survival andprosperity for the benefit of future generations. It makes mevery angry when I hear people say “41 Club has run itscourse” or “It will see me out” and sit back in reflected gloryremembering the good old days.

I started my Presidential Year by declaring “War on Apathy”and while we have by no means won that war we have won afew battles along the way. I also said that I wanted to raise theprofile of 41 Club and that is happening thanks to your greatefforts in helping the Air Ambulance Associations and thetremendous support for Help for Heroes. This increased public profile is helping to attract major sponsors which willin turn give added benefits to members.

Gentlemen, I have been very honoured to be your NationalPresident and again thank you all for the kindness and friendship shown to me and my wife Moira on our travels bothnationally and internationally.

Signing Off

DREW COCHRANIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT


IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Dear Editor

I was intrigued to read the letter in the Winter 2009 issue from John Gibson of theAbingdon and District 41 Club, concerning the huge enterprise in 1963 when overone hundred caravans were driven by Tablers to Macedonia in the former Yugoslaviafollowing the earthquake there. I was intrigued not so much that the letter had beenwritten as at the implication that not so many of those involved were “still around”.

Permit me to assure him that here in the lower reaches of the Thames Valley Skopjeveterans are alive and well!

In November 1963 I was one of the crew of the four members of my Table which joined a convoy of eleven other caravans, mainly from KentTables, and an ambulance contributed by Rochester Table, which made the seventeen hundred or so miles journey to Skopje. The organisation would have done credit to D-Day. All the caravans and the ambulance were safely delivered, the whole exercise there and backtaking about ten days.

I cannot say that this was a trip in a lifetime for six years later another team from Windsor Table drove a caravan to Banja Luka, where unlikeus they met heavy snow and the milk froze in the bottles (although mercifully the brandy was unaffected). Yet later, a third caravan was takento the Italian village of L’Aquila engulfed by another natural disaster.

Of the eleven Tablers involved in these epic journeys, only one has gone to meet his Maker and the others are as hale and hearty as ever.

Every year since 1969 there has been an annual Banja Luka Dinner – we have only just finished the bottle of Slivovitz donated by the YugoslavEmbassy in lieu of the medals which it was optimistically hoped might be presented.

On the thirtieth and fortieth anniversaries of the Skopje Trek, we hosted dinner parties at home for seven of the Skopje and Banja Luka participants and their ladies and on 27th November last, it being the fortieth anniversary of the Banja Luka trip, we hosted another dinner atwhich the wine and the memories flowed equally freely.

So, ex-Tabler John Gibson, may I in all humility suggest that he gathers his team around him for the fiftieth anniversary. Should he be bereftof team members perhaps I may cordially invite him to join us at Windsor in 2013.

May the hinges of friendship never rust – to confirm my antediluvian credentials.

Yours sincerely

John Handcock, CVO, DLWindsor & Eton 41 Club

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Moira Cochran at the wheel of her new Hyundai i30 of whichshe took delivery on 18th January 2010 from the BelmontGarage in Wallyford, near Edinburgh.Moira said “I enjoyed driving Tangent National President Joan‘si30 when she was on her Scottish tour and many of the 28,000miles in Drew’s Santa Fe during his Presidential Year. The carswere comfortable, easy to drive and extremely reliable. When Icame to change my car a combination of the January WhichReport (recommending the i30 as the best buy mid range car),my experience driving Hyundais and the Round Table FamilyAffinity Deal made the i30 the obvious choice. The hardestdecision was which colour to choose!Gordon, the salesman at Belmont was very helpful and processing the Affinity Deal was quite straightforward. All wehad to do was to provide proof of membership, our permanentaddress and to quote the code A01”. [Details of the Hyundai Affinity Deal are on page 2 of thisissue – Ed]

IPP’s wife takes delivery of her new Hyundai i30

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Dear Editor

Please publicise our traditional Chestnut Festival in your magazine, to be held in Meran, North Italy between Friday 5th and Sunday7th November 2010. If there is sufficient interest from foreign guests, we plan to arrange an Italian Feast on the Thursday evening withmagical food and wines in a wonderful atmosphere with great Italian friendliness and entertainment.

Yours in 41,

Randolph RiedlingerImm. Past President 41 [email protected]

[Members who may be interested in attending should contact Randolph or Andy Waite for more details, or book via the website link – Ed

Hi David,

As a former Table Chairman, President and past 41 Chairman of Omagh, I feel that we are missing the issue with membership. This debate was in full swing some14 years ago as Round Table began to realise that its numbers were falling. At that timeI was membership officer for Area 11 and found a total lack of enthusiasm particularly among the larger tables to debate and addressthe 45 year age rule. My personal view was that the age extension would not solve the problem but only push it into the future.Unfortunately this now seems to be the case. At that time I felt that Table had lost its way yet to me the solution lay under our nosesall the time in the Aims and Objects of Table. It was through the understanding of them and putting them into practice that led to thephenomenal success of Table worldwide. Unfortunately Table in general seems to have forgotten what Louis Marchesi gave us butwhere Tables are flourishing the Aims and Objects are being practised.

I believe that membership of 41 should remain closed to all but former Tablers as this is why the organisation was formed. Just look atour name – The Association of Ex-Round Tablers’ Clubs. If we are to survive into the future we should be encouraging the Tables inour areas to recruit new members and should be active in supporting our ailing Tables to survive and grow for it is through Round Tableand only Round Table that we can continue to exist.

I fully agree with the views of Keith Howard in issue 163. The time has come for us to take our heads out of the sand and face reality.We must act decisively now to save Round Table or accept our fate in true Darwinian fashion and fade away gracefully into historicaloblivion. Opening the membership to non ex-Tablers will not save our organisation. I feel it will have the opposite effect. Saving Tableis the only solution and should we fail to do so then our demise is inevitable.

Yours in Table

Sean M FitzGeraldOmagh 41 Club

Dear Sir,

May I strongly oppose National Vice President Malcolm's suggestion in his article in the last edition of LINKS that we should getinvolved in fund raising / community service.

Many ex-Tablers do indeed join Lions or Rotary because they make excellent members of those organisations but many of them are alsomembers of 41 because they wish to continue to enjoy fellowship with ex-Tablers who for their own perfectly valid reasons do not wishto be involved in any continuing community service.

Malcolm’s recommendation makes it look as though 41 is an organisation looking for a purpose.

In our small town of Hitchin, population 30,000, we have four Rotary clubs, all highly active in community service, and all containingex-Tablers. We also have a 41 Club with a membership of 40, of whom about 25% are not in other organisations, often because business pressures are sometimes even greater in their forties and fifties than they were when younger. We continue to have an activeRound Table.

It is interesting to note that most of the immediately retiring Tablers prefer to join mixed sex Rotary Clubs rather than traditional men-only clubs. This ought to provide a clue that the recovery of Round Table nationally may depend on it becoming dual gender.

If we wish to help 41 survive the 21st century, then it must be on the basis of supporting and helping to revive Round Table. One of thevery simple things we should do is drop the name 41 Club and change it to something which incorporates the proud name of RoundTable in our title - why not Round Table Elders or Round Table Alumni, which I much prefer? This would strengthen the public perception of Table.

Tony StrongHitchin 41 Club

more LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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more LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Sir

MEMBERSHIP

As we are all aware, the question of open/selective membership has been an off and on subject for discussion for a number of years andat long last it would appear that we might achieve some form of resolution at this year’s National AGM.

I have followed the “for” and “against” arguments with great interest and in consequence of reading Vice President Malcolm’s articlein issue no. 163 of Links magazine I feel compelled to put pen to paper.

It was a pleasure to note that first on Malcolm’s list of 41 Club’s “Aims and Objects” (my words not his) was “To continue to provideopportunities for fellowship amongst like-minded men”. I was brought up to believe that fellowship was the first and foremost of RoundTable’s “Aims and Objects” and that every other activity (including community service) stemmed from that. How is it then, when confronted with the possibility of open/selective membership, many members turn their backs on this essential “Aim and Object”,expressing, sometimes vehemently, that they are against letting non-Table men into our organisation? I see precious little fellowship inthis attitude!

Why do some find it so distasteful to admit new members into 41 Club on exactly the same basis as we admitted new members intoRound Table? Is it believed that men after 40 years of age cease to understand and appreciate fellowship or possess some undisclosedmalady or socially unacceptable trait which proves beyond doubt they are unsuitable for 41 Club? If this is not the case, how can wedebar those who were unaware of Round Table when they were age-wise eligible, those who worked (or lived) in places where RoundTable was not established or those who would have loved to join but at the time could not afford the time, money or commitment butnow find they are able to give all three? I’ve heard the responses to this many times - “They won’t understand what Table is all about”,“They won’t have the Table background we’ve enjoyed”, “They won’t understand Table humour or the special relationships we developed whilst in Table” and so on.

I find these responses unproven, somewhat elitist and unacceptably pompous. I belong to a French club whose members predominantly have no Table background but they are the most active and vigorous members, enjoying fellowship as we enjoyed it (andare still doing so) in Round Table. Whether the non-Tabler member has a full or sketchy knowledge of Round Table, or possibly noknowledge at all, if he is made of the right stuff and sufficiently interested, surely in the name of fellowship we should give him theopportunity of experiencing something of what we have enjoyed for so long?

We are all aware of the plight of RT. Its possible demise fills me with great sadness but I firmly believe its salvation is in its own hands;41Club can help up to a point but it cannot solve all its problems. By the same token, the survival of 41 Club is squarely in our own.For my part I cannot accept the comments of some members along the following lines: “If Table dies, we should die with it!” I for onedo not want to see my clubs die and therefore find this fatalist attitude unacceptable. If 41 Club should die, the reasons for it so doingshould be ours alone.

I have heard it said that if open/selective membership is adopted, certain clubs will disaffiliate from the National Association. To thisI would reply that if these clubs have such a low regard for their organisation and find it difficult to accept the votes and resolutionsduly passed by the majority of its members, then they must follow their consciences.

Douglas GibbinsKingston upon Thames 41 Club (Surrey), Sutton 41 Club (Surrey), Riff Raff 41 Club, Club 41 Cognac (France)

Dear Sir

I write to give my opinion, and I stress my opinion, on the ongoing debate about offering membership to non ex-Tablers.

We currently have 18 members in Ellon with more coming “through the ranks”. At least half our membership is 60 years of age orolder, myself included. Now why did this old codger join 41 Club in the first place? Speaking personally, after about 20 years in RT I had made many good friends and had I not joined 41 Club, it would have been relatively easy to get isolated from those friends.

We in our 41 Club have not in any way turned our backs on RT. In the 22 years I have been in 41 Club, we have assisted R.T with manyprojects, shared social nights, and I am sure we will continue to do so.

But 41 Club is a unique Association, as is Round Table, and whilst none of the members of our 41 Club would be against making andmeeting new friends, if they have not been Tablers, then they cannot be 41ers.

One cannot simply say “We are an association of (41) clubs,” we are an association of clubs whose members were former Round Tablemembers. If “open membership”, or “selective membership” came to pass, then in all honesty can we truly call ourselves 41 Clubs inthe manner we were founded?

Accordingly, I must agree with the comments of Keith Howard from Newton Abbot 41 Club [See issue 163 – Ed].Yours faithfully

Norman Davidson, Ellon & District 41 Club

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MEET THE VICE PRESIDENT – MALCOLM LOCKEY

What is your earliest memory?There are two – both pre-school in the late 1940’s: one is looking out of the window atthe snow and the second is sitting in my little toy jeep screaming after the fishmonger put a live crab on the bonnet! I think that’s where I get my fear of spiders from!

What was the first record you bought?It was an LP of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. I’m not very fond of Beethoven now: I much prefer Baroque music as well as a wide range of heavy rock!

What was your first ever job?Part-time Butcher’s boy delivering meat on a bike with a basket on the front. I lasted a day and for some reason was given the sack!

What other jobs have you had?Christmas postman, labourer in the steel works at Rotherham, youth and community worker, teacher, university lecturer, Director of a Creative Arts company, Inspector ofSchools and Parish Priest which took me into so many other areas including school chaplaincy, RAF chaplain and Lifeboat station chaplain.

How do you relax?I tend to use the TV as’ moving wallpaper’ after busy or stressful times and I invariably fall asleep.

What sports/pastimes do you play/take part/follow?My family joke because I’ve tried so many things including gliding in an attempt to conquer my then fear of flying. Other interests have included dinghy sailing [had a GP14] shooting, fishing, hunting, fell walking, National Park voluntary Ranger and even golf.The only one that has really lasted has been my love of walking although I do still shootand I enjoy being out and about with the Newcastle and District Beagles from time to time.

Hobbies?I think this is mainly covered in my answer to the previous question but I have a deep love of reading. In the 1960’s I studied Fine Art and had a very profound commitment to my own work as a painter. I still draw and I hope to begin painting seriously again after the Presidential year.

What is your most treasured possession?Probably my Scottish long case clock dated 1795. It doesn’t look much but it was foundin a shooting lodge in Scotland and I love it – particularly late at night, sitting with the dogwith a final glass of whisky listening to the slow rhythm of its tick.

What was your most enjoyable holiday, and why?Probably extended family holidays to Scarborough when I was a little boy and then later,caravan holidays to Scarborough and elsewhere with my own family when they wereyoung. Later, memories of study visit holidays to Egypt, Morocco and Venice, Florenceand Siena are greatly treasured.

Favourite restaurant?Over the years I have had some wonderful meals with delightful people in a whole variety of places. The supper we had on the Saturday evening of our National Council weekend in Bournemouth last year must rank among them. However, I have treasured memories of lunch in a little restaurant in Florence some years ago and morerecently, lunch in a restaurant called El Soportal in Pedraza in central Spain - to be recommended.

Favourite place, and why?Difficult question – there are so many. Durham and its cathedral must be up there with thebest of them. It had such an impact on me when I first went there as a little boy and laterit is where I studied for the priesthood. York Minster, because it is where I was ordainedDeacon. But Venice has a very special appeal to me as it holds so many happy memories.

Favourite tipple?Red wine.

Family?Sadly I am divorced but we have a wonderful family – a son and two daughters and sevenwonderful grandchildren including twins born to my younger daughter and her husband in2008. They are the nearest. The other are in the Far East.

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Who’s your hero, and why?This is a very difficult question to answer: there are so many of themwho take on heroic status at different times and for different reasons.In the end, I think my paternal grandfather is my hero. He was aCounty Durham coalminer who worked until he was 68 years of ageand in the end couldn’t walk across the back yard because of thestate of his lungs. He was a wise, sensitive and intelligent man, agreat fisherman and the finest craftsman I’ve ever met. His handwriting is also without exception the best I have ever seen. Hegot on with his life and made the best he could of it and he was exceptionally kind and patient with me when I was a little boy.

Which living person do you most admire, and why?The Archbishop of Canterbury. He is a man of God who refuses toengage in our ‘sound bite’ culture. His deep and prayer filled faithappears to be carrying him through some dreadful and testing timesin the history of the Church and society.

What’s the best thing about being Vice President?The privilege of being at the centre of things where we have anoverview of the pressures and influences that shape our Associationfor better or worse. In addition, it’s having the opportunity to hopefully, contribute something to what I hope will be the future ofour Association.

And the worst?Witnessing and having to deal with some of the apathy and complacency which besets some within the Association who have nowish to give of themselves in order to ensure the long term future oftheir own clubs or the Association as a whole.

What’s been your biggest disappointment?Without doubt, my biggest disappointment in life was failing thesecond part of my 11+ exam. I’m still battling with that very deeprooted sense of failure and rejection. However, it has made me workharder than I might otherwise have done. But that in itself has beencostly in personal terms.

What car do you drive?A Land Rover Freelander

What book are you reading at the moment?‘The Glass Room’ by Simon Mawer. It was shortlisted for the ManBooker prize in 2009. The Guardian described it as ‘a novel ofextraordinary beauty’ – and it is.

What’s on your iPod?A very diverse range of music including a lot from ‘The GotanProject’

What’s your favourite children’s book?Rupert Bear books. When I’m old and dribbling, I hope someonewill give me a stack of them to look at!

What’s been the most exciting/enriching experience in yourRT/41 Club career?Firstly, my induction into Round Table after a long period of waiting. The heady days of Round Table in the 1970’s when it wasat its peak. Lately, having the privilege of officiating at theThanksgiving services for Round Table and 41 Club in BirminghamCathedral.

If you were stranded on a desert island, which two luxury itemswould you want?[i] Pens and a plentiful supply of A5 ‘Moleskine’ notebooks withplain paper. [ii] my ‘Leatherman’ multi tool which is great! If I can’thave the latter, then an endless supply of good red wine: I could dowithout the glass – although I’d prefer to have one!

If you could go back in time, who would you like to meet, andwhy?Jesus.

Who would you least like to be stuck in a lift with?I have one person very much in mind but can’t name him! Butbelieve me when I say that I would hate to be in his presence in sucha confined space.

When did you join RT, and where?From memory it was 1976. Rugeley 649 [Area 5] sadly no longer inexistence. It was such a lively, hard working and committed Club.I was inducted in the JCB factory at Uttoxeter.

What was the best RT/41 meeting you’ve attended, and why?Some of the RT National Conferences were tremendous. But of late,probably the 41 Club 60th Anniversary lunch because Max Boyce‘sat at my right hand’

And the worst?When clubs decide to throw in the towel because they have lostinterest and enthusiasm.

What music/song would you like at your funeral?One of the hymns will be ‘Jesu lover of my soul’ Tongue in cheek– after a fine Requiem Mass with lots of smells and bells as fellowpriests carry out my coffin to the tune of ‘We’ll met again!’

Tell us two truths about yourself, and one lie?I’m very overweight but taking steps to do something about it and I shall have lost at least three stones by April 17th this year when Itake over as National President.

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NEWS FROM NATIONAL COUNCIL

Among others, the following items were discussed at the Council Meeting in Rednal, Birmingham on 6th February 2010:

• The Vice President 2010-11 (who shall be President Elect) will be Vaughan Harris from East Grinstead.

• AGM resolutions include:-

A proposal from National Council:

“to amend the Constitution and Rules of the Association to allow Constituent Clubs to recruit like-minded men who would, in their opinion, benefit the Round Table family by their membership of their clubs and thus, the Association, as full voting members”.

There follows several consequential proposals to amend certain rules.

A proposal from National Council:

“to amend the Purposes and Objects of the Association”

with proposals for consequential rule changes.

To view these proposals in full and the commentary on them members should consult either the National website(www.41club.org) or the printed AGM order paper which has been sent to their Club Contact.

• The candidates for National Sales and Marketing officer2010-11 are Steve Bolter from Somerton & District andHugh Milward from Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

• The President was pleased to report that donations to hisPresidential Charity, Help for Heroes, had now exceeded £70,000.

• The agreement with Round Table for the provision ofadministrative services is due to terminate in December andnegotiations for a new agreement are in hand.

• Several clubs had made enquiries for sending donations toassist those affected by the Haiti earthquake. As 41International does not have any representation in Haiti it is recommended that clubs should send any donations tothe Disasters Emergency Committee.

• Council resolved to continue its support for the 41 Club Memorial at the National Arboretum. A donation of£5,500 had already been pledged and a further donation of £3,000 was approved to enable the project to be completed.

• The Treasurer’s accounts for the year ending 31st December 2009 were approved by Council as was his budget.These would be placed before the Association for ratification at the National AGM. The Treasurer recommended no change in the National Capitation Fee which will remain at £10 per member.

Hugh Milward

Vaughan Harris

Steve Bolter

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• The Treasurer provided advice regarding the Association’s public liability policy. In essence it provides cover forclubs against a claim by a member of the public for negligence at a club function or event.

• An executive sub-committee had been set up to investigate the appointment of a PR firm to promote theAssociation. The sub-committee will report later in the year.

• The National Councilor for South Wales had promoted a pilot scheme whereby 41ers had been encouraged to recommend sons or daughters or other members of their family who might be eligible for membership of RoundTable or Ladies Circle – sadly the scheme had met with no response.

• The membership committee was in the throes of preparing an Affiliation Process and Membership Pack.

• It was stressed that it is vitally important for clubs to keep their list of members within the Club AdministrationSystem up to date – there are currently many discrepancies between the number of listed members and the numberof magazines sent to clubs.

• The affiliation of Cap d’Agde International 270 was approved. This is an expatriate club located in the South ofFrance which will join the Overseas Region Number 26.

• Sadly, the following clubs were disaffiliated for various reasons:-

Appleby & District, Bridge of Allan, Croydon, Epsom, Irvine Valley and Teesdale

• On a more positive note, the following clubs re-affiliated to the Association:-

Alton, Egham, Esher and Frinton

• Council was pleased to hear that Ladies Circle had reported a steady increase in membership.

• The Sales and Marketing Officer provided a report on Platinum Privileges – an affinity scheme for the benefit ofmembers (see the centre pages of this magazine).

• A profit on Sales was reported against a loss in the previous year.

• New regalia guidelines were approved

• Council agreed to allocate £1,500 for the preparation of a Conference Branding Guideline.

• Conference 2011 will be held in Ipswich. For the first time there will be a major sponsor of the National AGMwhich will add value to the conference itself.

• Conference 2012 will be held in Jersey.

• Council approved a Health & Safety Policy Statement prepared by the National Secretary. This will be posted onthe Association’s website and will also be sent to all clubs.

The Vice President reported that his presidential charity for 2010-11 will be the Ocean Youth Trust (see the article on page 10 of this magazine - Ed)

David AddisonArchivist

David HewittWebmaster

Paul CammissSocicitor

• The three honorary members ofthe National Council – theHonorary Solicitor, the HonoraryArchivist and the HonoraryWebmaster - had all indicated theirwillingness to continue in officefor a further year.

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OBITUARIES

The Council of the Association is saddened to hear of the passing of the following 41ers, especially when one of the clubs, Westerham, has lost two members. Fuller appreciations from their fellow club members may be viewed on our website www.41club.org. Please email to [email protected] or post (typed only) to Marchesi House. DUERDEN, Michael David Blackburn 41 Club. With sadness we regret to record the death last year of Michael, former Table and 41 Club Chairman, husband of Pat and father of Emma and Rachel. Sadly missed by all. FREW, Arthur. Kinross-shire 41 Club. Arthur died quite unexpectedly after a short fight against cancer, aged 63. He joined Larkhall RT in 1974 then Wishaw RT before moving to Kinross RT in 1984 and onto Kinross-shire 41 Club, becoming Chairman. He was a past President of Kinross Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife Jean and three children, Gregor, Jillian and Lynsey. Picture: Arthur, as Kinross Rotary President, presents 103 year old Magdalene Glass with a bouquet. With acknowledgements to The Courier. GLEN, Ian William. Bridge of Weir & Kilmacolm 41Club. Ian’s passing was in February 2010, age 64. He was Chairman of RT and 41 Club. Ian, in early retirement, had ventured forth with his wife Marianne to the canals of Amsterdam and France in their boat, his sudden illness bringing him back to Scotland. He leaves Marianne, and sons, Alasdair, David and Graeme. MERIGOLD, Peter Arnold. Rhyl 41 Club. Peter died in September, age 75. He joined Leicester RT and when he transferred to Rhyl in 1961 he brought a trophy from them - the Merigold Mouth, presented annually to the year's biggest stirrer. He was Chairman of Rhyl RT 325 and 41 Club. Despite poor health he remained a committed club member. He is survived by wife Anne, daughter Annette, son Jonathan, grandchildren Louise, Michael and Philip and granddaughter Ellie. MOUNTFORD, Michael. Caversham 41 Club. Michael (right) died in November aged 64 after a long battle with cancer. He joined Wantage RT in 1970 and then Caversham 1047 for 13 years, becoming Chairman and

following suit in 41 Club. He was twice President of Langley & Iver Rotary Club. A Chartered Surveyor, he was a true gentleman and was liked and respected by all who were fortunate enough to meet and know him. He leaves his wife Vicki, three children and seven grandchildren.

RASTRICK, Derek Arthur. Norton-Radstock 41 Club. Derek passed away in September aged 80, after a long illness. Chairman of 41 Club in 1974-75, he was a dedicated and committed member to the end, always with plenty of advice and a great sense of humour. His great love was playing and umpiring cricket. Following his retirement as a head teacher he devoted his life to gardening and his love of music. He leaves his wife Vivienne and two daughters. SADLER, Terry. Long Eaton 41 Club. Terry passed away age 68 on New Year’s Day after showing much fortitude in his fight against myeloma,

being in a wheelchair for the last three years. He originally worked in tele-communcations before joining a Vauxhall dealership, rising to Sales Director. A member of Beeston 41 Club as well as Long Eaton Club, he was always popular, with a great sense of fun and openness. Our condolences to his wife Maureen, daughter Helen and her husband Devon. SMITH, John. Westerham 41 Club. Legendary Tabler John died in June age 71. For some years he had suffered from Parkinson's Disease. He was a founder member of Biggin Hill RT 1016 and inaugural Secretary before becoming Chairman in 1972/3, then Area Treasurer becoming Area Chairman in 1976/7 and was then National Councillor. He joined the newly formed 41 Club which eventually became part of Westerham 41 Club. A former banker and keen footballer, he leaves his wife Gwen, two children and several grandchildren.

Picture: With acknowledgements to www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk. WATKISS, John. Westerham 41 Club. John (above) died in January, just 64, having suffered a stroke. He joined Biggin Hill RT in 1981 and quickly established himself as an entertainer and as a hard working Tabler. With his wife, Shelagh, he ran the Botley Farmhouse venue presenting many well known entertainers. He hosted a number of 41 Club events. He was stepping back from his business for he and Shelagh to enjoy a well deserved retirement so his loss is even more of a tragedy. He will be greatly missed.

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EINHART MELZER – Vice-President of the Association 1974-1975. (23.05.23 - 19.12.09)Einhart was born in Leipzig in 1923. His father, a former city councillor, was an opponent of the Nazis and was imprisoned by them from 1934 until 1945, when American troops captured the city. The US pulled back from the line of contact with the Red Army that same year and handed the city over to the Soviets. Two years later, in 1947, he was imprisoned for his resistance to the authorities – this time the communists. Einhart, who was working as an English interpreter was, like his father, also arrested by the Russians and jailed in Leipzig Town Hall for 16 months. Upon his release he managed to get to the Allied sector of Berlin and soon became one of the members of the preparatory committee for the establishment of the Free University of Berlin (pictured right, in centre).

In 1965, Einhart launched the first club of former Round Table members, OT 1 Berlin. He presided over this club from 1965 to 1976, being its President four times, most recently in 2001-02. He actively encouraged the formation of the next clubs - OT 2 Constance in 1966 and OT 3 Wilhelmshaven, OT 4 Nuremberg, and OT 5 Wuppertal, all in 1967.

Soon Einhart gave the clubs a structure and OTD was established on 31st May 1969 and not surprisingly he became the founding National President during the first three years after the start of Old Tablers Germany, in 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72 and a fourth time in 1976-77. In 1973 Einhart became a Life Honorary Member of Old Tablers Deutschland.

In 1974 he was elected Vice-President of the GB&I Association of Ex-Tablers’ Clubs, but for reasons explained below, he stood down and did not become President in 1975.

OT Berlin had joined the GB&I Association in 1965 because, of course, there was no OTD at that time. The German, and later the French clubs, went so far as to make it compulsory to join the Association. In fact in 1975 there were 45 clubs from 11 overseas countries who were affiliated to the GB&I Association and their members were eligible for national office. The overseas clubs, particularly the Germans, looked to the Association as the leader and thought of it as an international body. It seemed entirely natural for members of overseas clubs to be on the Council and in 1972 Einhart succeeded Be Dommering of Winschoten (Netherlands) who had completed six years as a Council member.

At this time the French were beginning to promote the idea of a “Club 41 International” and OTD and Belgium indicated they too would also be founders. These three organisations had always looked up to GB&I as the mother organisation and expected the first International President to be from GB&I. However, as we have seen, GB&I considered itself International and as far back as 1959 had even removed the word “National” from its title in recognition of the growing number of its overseas clubs. In response to the challenge of the Europeans' proposed formation of 41 International whose proponents claimed would render GB&I simply a national rather than an international association, it had attempted, in November 1974, to insert the word “International” in its title to further promote its overseas attraction. However, at a Special General Meeting this name change was overwhelmingly rejected by its clubs. With 41 International thus left free to be formed, Vice-President Einhart with great dignity and honour decided that he could not become President when his own country would simultaneously be forming Club 41 International.

Upon his resignation, which took effect at the GB&I AGM in 1975, he was elected a Life Honorary Member of the Association in recognition of his selfless work for the Association and in uniting 41ers in Europe.

41 International, by now with GB&I’s support, was founded on 14th June 1975. Einhart was its President during the year 1984-85

and later was made a Life Honorary Member of 41 International.

In 1991 Einhart once again found himself in a prison - the bone-chilling old Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin which was the venue of the GB&I AGM where, according to one member “we shivered our way through the proceedings”. Einhart was one of the few who had had the foresight to wear an overcoat. With typical courtesy he took it off when he rose to address the meeting during the debate on the proposal

to withdraw from 41 International in protest at France’s continuance of its policy of admitting non ex-Tablers. A freezing Past President Arthur Kennedy thereupon pounced, and draped Einhart's coat around his own shoulders, much to everyone else’s amusement. Einhart, as a member of GB&I, OTD and of international esteem, became a respected ambassador striving behind the scenes towards GB&I’s return to 41 International. GB&I eventually felt able to rejoin in 1994.

Years after his post-war incarceration, in 2006 Einhart was invited to charter the Leipzig Old Tablers Club. This took place adjacent the very same room in Leipzig Town Hall (picture, right) where he had been gaoled nearly 60 years before.

In 2008 Round Table Germany honoured Einhart by naming the Vocational Training Centre after him, at their national service project, the "School of Hope” in Kenya.

Since 1956, first as a Round Tabler and later as an Old Tabler, he took every opportunity to promote the reunification of Germany. In many talks and lectures, especially abroad, he was able to express the German people’s feelings about this time. He did so much to integrate the then alienated Germans into the Round Table and 41 International fold. His ability to persuade the Dutch to allow the Germans into the flock will never be forgotten. Through his human warmth, his national and international friendship, his invaluable service for the collective good, for freedom, justice, solidarity, tolerance and international understanding, Einhart accomplished something great and was an example to us all.

These personal qualities ran alongside his business and professional attributes. Einhart was a lawyer and very highly rated in the corridors of power in the German Parliament. He was made the President of the Law Society in 1975, the same year as he would have been 41 Club President in GB&I. He was for many years head of the administration of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin. He earned the highest award that any German could achieve, the Cross of Merit, which modestly he rarely spoke about.

In the beginning of June 2009 his beloved wife Annelies died. Einhart rejoined her just six months later.

David Addison - Association Honorary Archivist with Albert Lütke Zutelgte - OTD President 2009/2010.

Grumpy Ex-Tablers...

…Invite the Ladies“This makes a change; we ladies don’t often get invited along toyour meetings.”

“It used to be an annual event. You must have blotted your copybook somewhere along the line and got banned.”

“I hardly think so! WE know how to behave; it’s you men who shouldn’t be allowed out without a chaperone!”

“Ah, yes. I think it was that kind of pronouncement that put a stop to the invites.”“That and complaining about the amount of potatoes we men seemed to be used to.”“ Well, when you think of the meals we get when the ladies host their menfolk, that’s not surprising; one lettuce leafbetween seven and a choice of lightly steamed fish or a wafer of the blandest chicken ever to grace a battery.”“Ah, yes, but it’s always well presented.”“If you call bare plate ‘well presented’, that’s true. If I want to see acres of porcelain, I’ll go to Limoges or Stoke-on-Trent. I don’t go to a restaurant to admire the crockery.”

“I can see that by the way you’ve heaped your plate up… Is he like that at home?”“He would be if I didn’t keep an eye on him. I shudder to think what they get up to when we’re not there to watchover them’.“I didn’t think they came here for the food; I thought it was the waitress that provided the interest.”“You mean the one the men refer to as ‘Buxom Betty’? I don’t think she’s here tonight; I haven’t seen her.”“Well, you’d hardly not notice her with her ‘dumplings-boiling-over’ dress, would you? She must be away.”“They only invite us when she’s on her holidays. I’ve noticed that before. They don’t want us wivesseeing the way they leer at her when she’s doling out the custard.”

“I was having my nails done last week and she came in toorder a waxing session. I gathered she was going somewhere exotic by the way she was being explicitabout the extent. I couldn’t help overhearing – youknow how loud she speaks.”“So she’ll be here at their next meeting showing off

her tan, I suppose.”“Still, if she’s had a week or two of lounge-lizard

gigolos, she won’t be much fussed about being letched at bya group of old men who think they’re still lads-on-the-razz.”

“She did say something like ‘If I’m going to get my bottom patted, it might as well be a sun-tanned hand that’s still got

blood circulating through it’ but I don’t know who shemight have been meaning.”

“And what do you think about them usingsome slip of a girl to advertise their poloshirts?”“Perhaps it’s to show what mature

members with ‘man boobs’ wouldlook like in them!”

“I remember now why we ask you ladiesalong, occasionally; we can let you dothe talking while we get on with eating.

Are there any more chips down there?”

REG HEWITTEXETER 41 CLUB

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Old Trafford Cricket Ground, ManchesterFriday 26 DERBYSHIRE CLUSTER MEETING,

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April 2010Friday 16 NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING,

ScarboroughSaturday 17 NATIONAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING,

ScarboroughThursday 22 – 41 INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL GENERAL Sunday 25 MEETING, Finland

Wednesday 28 SCOTTISH REGIONS SPRING MEETING, Stirling Golf Club

May 2010Saturday 1 STRATFORD UPON AVON,

50th Anniversary Lunch

June 2010Saturday 19 NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING,

Longhirst Hall, NorthumberlandThursday 24 MUSIC FOR HEROES,

De Montfort Hall, LeicesterMonday 28 – THE PRESIDENT’S PLOD, Wed 7 July Walking the 41 Club Millennium Way

July 2010Tuesday 13 EASTERN REGION CHARITY GOLF DAY,

Channels GC, Chelmsford

August 2010Wednesday 25 REGIONS 1 and 2 GOLF COMPETITION,

Forfar Golf Club

September 2010Saturday 25 LINCOLNSHIRE YELLOW BELLY BALL,

Assembly Rooms, Boston

October 2010Saturday 2 NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETINGFriday 15 THE RED ROSE DINNER, GarstangFriday 22 THE WHITE ROSE DINNER, Wakefield

April 2011Friday 15 NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING, IpswichSaturday 16 NATIONAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING,

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Wednesday 28 April 2010

The Scottish Regions Spring Meeting is arranged for Stirling Golf Club on 28 April 2010. Located in the centre of Scotland and beside the motorway is readily accessed from all locations. Stirling 41 Club are hosting the event. It will be a singles competition and we encourage individuals to enter from their Clubs and renew friendship and fellowship they experienced in their Round Table days. An entry form is available on the website: http://41club-region1.co.uk/Region1SpringMeeting2010.aspx The cost including lunch and snacks will be £40

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