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NEWSMONGER Rotary Club of Seaford
March 2016
At last there are signs that winter is drawing to an end and the wind and gales are finally abating. The gardens and parks are already filled with daffodils and crocuses and there are several new born lambs to be seen in the fields leading up to High and Over.
This is the time of the year when the attention of the Club particularly focuses on the work the Youth and Vocational Committee have been doing over the winter months to promote activities for the young citizens of Seaford. A series of competitions for young people to enter are now in place. Although these competitions are relatively new ventures for the Club, they are already going from strength to strength.
The first young peoples' competition, namely the Young Musicians Competition, was started 5 years ago, and is now firmly established as a very successful event for the town. This year the finals will be held on 12th March. The winner in 2013 was the flautist Hambel Goodchild, who now studies with the Purcell School of Music. The winner in 2014 was the equally talented violinist Bethany Geoghegan, who was recently selected to play in the National String Orchestra. Last year's competition final was excellent and enjoyed by a large audience at Seaford Head School. The number of young people competing in the final this year will I am sure produce an equally enjoyable event.
This year is also the second year of our Young Photographers Competition, which is sponsored by Fotobox. There were three age groups in the competition and entrants were asked to submit three photographs based on the theme "Our World Is Beautiful". In addition, there is the Young Artists Competition, with four age groups for which the closing date is 9th April, and the Young Writer's Competition at which the awards were presented on 29th February. It was particularly pleasing that four primary schools entered the Young Writers Competition this year, and that the judges included Juliet Smith, the High Sheriff of East Sussex, and also the well‐known local children's author Giles Paley‐Philips.
So is quite a busy time for the Youth Committee and we are all very grateful indeed for all of their efforts on behalf of the young people of Seaford.
Further details on the presentation for the Young Writers may be found on page 8.
Continued on page 2
President’s Dispatches
Contents
PRESIDENT’S DISPATCHES
NEWS ITEMS
Seahaven Radio
New Members
INTER CLUB COMPETITIONS
Darts
Skittles
YOUNG PEOPLE COMPETITIONS
Young Writer
Young Photographer
District 1145 Young Musician
SEAFORD INNER WHEEL
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Grand Rotary Charity Quiz Night
Bluebell Walk and Farm Trail
EVENTS CALENDAR
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President’s Dispatches continued
The Club also enjoyed two particularly good lunch time talks during February.
The first talk of note was given on the 3rd February by Captain David Collin‐Williams, the Harbour Master of Newhaven, a role he had carried out for the last six and a half years. Originally the talk was to have been given last September and a number of guests had visited the Club specifically to hear the talk. In the event, due to an incident involving the ferry on that day, the talk had had to be cancelled and rescheduled. Fortunately, all of the Clubs’ guests were able to attend again and hear a very interesting talk about the responsibilities of a harbour master, a statutory role to regulate the movement of shipping and conserve the safety of the harbour under the powers of the Harbour, Docks and Piers Clauses Act of 1847. Further details can be found in the February issue of Newsmonger.
The second talk of note was given on the 17th February by Jason Hall and Nick Mallinson of Seahaven Radio. Seahaven FM, as most people now call the station, was set up originally as an on‐line service in 2008 to provide genuinely local radio. After a very time consuming frequency licensing procedure the station was finally able to broadcast live by radio in 2011. Nick and Jason have since that time become very well‐known local broadcasters, Nick doing the daily 10.00 hrs "Morning Show", and Jason doing the 18.00 hrs "Drive Time Extra Show". Another well‐known presenter two or three times a week is the former Lewes MP, Norman Baker, who presents the "Anything Goes" and "Hidden 60's " programmes. Nick and Jason gave a very interesting talk indeed about the history, financing, running and licensing of the radio station, that I am sure will have prompted some of our members to become regular listeners. More information may be found on page 3.
So despite the sometime dreary weather over the last few weeks, the Club has had a very productive time.
As the weather continues to improve I am sure we will all rise to even further challenges ahead.
Yours in Rotary
Peter
President’s Dispatches Continued
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NEWS ITEMS Seahaven Radio
By Nick Mallinson, Seahaven FM
On 17th February Nick M allinson and Jason Hall from Seahaven Radio visited the Club for lunch to talk to the club.
Seahaven FM, the local community radio station, whose studios are based in Seaford town centre, has been operating as a fully licenced radio station for just over 5 years. During that time the broadcaster has firmly established itself in the local area. Seahaven FM broadcasts to Seaford, Newhaven and Peacehaven and, because of the local topography, can also be heard in Lewes.
The project to set up the station started in 2007. Initial test broadcasts took place during 2008, but it took almost 5 years of waiting, fighting bureaucracy and desperate fund raising just to keep the station going until it finally launched full‐time in January 2011.
It was not all plain sailing once the station launched, as the launch occurred in the middle of the worst recession in living memory, businesses were closing down, cutting back on staff. It was a tough market in which to raise money, either through advertising or grants. About a year after launching things were so difficult all the volunteers paid a monthly membership fee; this lasted for just over a year.
Seahaven FM is a not‐for‐profit community radio station licenced by OFCOM, and all the presenters along with the administration staff are volunteers. There are about 270 community radio stations in the UK and the number is growing all the time. Unlike the BBC and commercial radio stations, community radio is targeted at a much smaller geographic area. It provides an outlet for local groups to use and promote their activities as well as informing local people about the local issues that affect them. Seahaven FM is able to respond to many local issues in ways that stations with a larger coverage area cannot.
As a not‐for‐profit organisation Seahaven FM does not have the high running costs that are associated with larger stations. Additionally, there are no shareholders so the financial focus is only on running the station. The term ‘not‐for‐profit’ may however be considered somewhat misleading as the station does have some not insignificant running costs that need to be met, so fundraising is very important.
Photograph top right: Jason Hall (left) and Nick Mallinson Photograph: Keith Ross
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As finance is primarily generated by advertising, there is a commercial aspect to Seahaven FM. The OFCOM community radio licence however restricts the sources; it allows £15,000 to be generated annually, after which only 50% of the rest of the station’s income is allowed to come from on‐air advertising; the remaining money must be generated elsewhere. Accordingly, the station undertakes other revenue generating activities like teaming up with local charities or community groups to run joint fundraising events, which the station promotes heavily on air and on the internet at no cost, and the two organisations split the events profits.
Seahaven FM’s target audience is quite broad. During the day music from the last seven decades (1950’s to 2016) is played, making it very popular with a wide variety of ages, and also with companies as their employees are good cross section of the listening population. All pop music fans will like some of the music played. Older listeners will appreciate the very selective choice of modern music from the current charts as well as the forgotten classics from their youth! Blended in with the music are regular local announcements, interviews and features that promote all things local.
So at the heart of the station is the local community. Not only are all the presenters local people, the listeners are people who live and work in the locality, and who wish to know what is happening near where they live. The vast majority of presenters have had no previous radio experience and simply contacted us with the desire to give it a try. The station has made sure suitable training is given to each person, and over the years quite a few have gone on to pursue careers in the media based on their experience at Seahaven FM.
At the other end of the employment cycle, the station has attracted a number of retired and former professionals, who enjoy being involved in radio and continue to enjoy it although now on a voluntary basis. This gives Seahaven FM a unique mix of people from those with experience, who help and guide those that are new to the media. It is especially gratifying to see young people develop skills that they never knew they had that sets them on a path, not necessarily in the media, but which will help them throughout the rest of their lives. It is also satisfying to enable those either in other careers or who are retired that always wanted to be involved in radio but never had the opportunity realise their dream and also become involved with their local community.
Seahaven FM is always looking for volunteers either regularly or on an ad‐hoc basis, a whole range of skills are need to run the station from administration, fundraising, journalistic, technical, musical and of course on‐air presentation. So anyone who would like to find out more can contact Nick Mallinson by telephone (01323 891424) or via email at [email protected].
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New Members From: The Editor
During February, the Club welcomed two more members, Jeremy Wheeler and Derek Reynolds.
Jeremy is not new to Rotary and has been a member of the Rotary Clubs of East Brighton, Newhaven and, latterly, Eastbourne, and served on District Foundation and Extension Committees. He is a Past Area (Sussex) Chairman of the Round Table and member of RTBI National Council.
Jeremy was originally articled to Seaford Rotary Club Past President, Rex Hillman, and attempted to practice law between 1960 and 2011 and sat as a Commercial Mediator from 1999. Jeremy remains the only foreign Commercial Mediator appointed by the Ministry of Justice of Liechtenstein!
Jeremy is married to Carol and they have four children and seven grandchildren.
Derek studied modern languages at university. It seemed a logical step to join Her Majesty's Immigration Service, inspired as he was by the recruitment advertisement in the Daily Telegraph stating that a regular duty requirement would be to interview Swedish au pair girls!
He began service at Folkestone, moving subsequently to Heathrow, Gatwick and Northern Nigeria, where he was put in charge of the visa regime under the auspices of the British High Commission. At other times he has worked at Dover, Newhaven, and many dinky ports!
Derek is married and has two daughters and a Derek Reynolds (left) and Jeremy Wheeler (right)
non pedigree whippet. He enjoys soccer, Photographs: Keith Ross
rugby union, music and taking brisk country walks to quaint country pubs!
He is looking forward to enjoying the camaraderie and fellowship of his new Rotarian colleagues.
The number of new members who have joined the Club in the Rotary year 2015‐16 now totals eight.
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INTER CLUB COMPETITIONS Darts
From: Dave Archer, Team Captain After many cancellations because of holidays on both sides, the Brighton & Hove, South Downs Rotary Club and Seaford Rotary Club managed to scrape together two teams of four for a dart match at the White Lion pub, Seaford on 16th February.
This was a match that should have been played in December.
The Seaford Rotary Club team (Dave Argent, Gerry Peachey, John Osborne, and Geoff Lowles) turned up at the appointed time, but it was then that things started to go downhill for the team. Although the Brighton & Hove, South Downs Rotary Club team may not have played particularly well, Seaford really had an off night and lost the match 3 to 1. To rub salt into the wounds, Seaford also lost the charity match at the end.
The Brighton & Hove, South Downs Rotary Club team were a great bunch of lads and admitted that luck was with them on the night. They now progress to the semi‐finals.
Skittles: Seaford Rotary A Team Round 4 match v Burgess Hill Rotary Club
From: Steven Willox, ‘A’ team Captain We were delighted to find that the new licensee at The Royal Oak, Barcombe was continuing with the skittle alley and therefore we were on familiar territory.
My thanks to Gerry for arranging the evening whilst I was on holiday and in getting a full team out as we had had a few gaps on some of the dates suggested. In fact, he did so well that on the night the we had eleven players as Michelle and Ruth, who had made very positive contributions in our previous round, came to play.
A good British compromise was reached when Bill (Pierce) kindly volunteered to drop out of round 1 but came back in round 2, with the lowest scorer dropping out, likewise round 3. Our opposition had no problem so it set for an extra challenge for team members to stay in!!
Burgess Hill are a mixed club with a good number of ladies playing so it made for good company and they were a very lively group and we enjoyed an extremely pleasant evening. Our opponents had had difficulty with dates as members were away, and their Captain asked if I minded if a member’s grandson could play. Naturally I had no objection as they had been accommodating with our request.
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I won the loss and lead off with a respectable 8. The grandson stepped forward and looked like a good prop forward!!!! He hurled the ball down the alley and skittles flew in all directions scoring 11 on his turn!!! We thought our Phil Moorey could wreck an alley but this lad was a step up. If that was not bad enough Mike on their side was deadly accurate scoring 13, 16 and 7.
Burgess Hill peaked in the first round with 81, then 79 and 71 (231). We, however, never really got into our stride with a flat 66, then 68 and 68 (202).
We had an extremely nice evening with a friendly and lively group, which is what these evenings try to achieve, and can have no complaints as the A team were beaten by a better team.
Skittles: Seaford Rotary B Team Round 4 match v Chichester Harbour Rotary Club
From: John Lockyer, ‘B’ team Captain Unfortunately, we have to report that the ‘B’ team lost their match against Chichester Harbour Rotary Club by a mere 2 points. The final score was 217 – 215.
It was however an enjoyable evening in spite of the long journey with good fellowship and excellent food.
Skittles: A Team v B Team The dream of a mouth‐watering district semi‐final with the A team playing the B team in the is now up in smoke, but who knows what next year will bring.
It has however been suggested, that we try to arrange an internal club match A team v B team. This is under cpnsderation.
All at a loss Unfortunately, all the Seaford Rotary Club teams have now been knocked out of the various inter‐club competitions. Thanks are due to all club captains and contacts for their considerable help in arranging their matches:
Steven Willox Skittles A
John Lockyer Skittles B
Tony Henley Quiz A (the team were beaten 74 ‐70 by Haywards Heath B on 13th January 2016)
Bill Pierce Quiz B
Dave Argent Darts
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YOUNG PEOPLE COMPETITIONS Young Writers
From: Jim Anderson
This year Seaford Rotary Club inaugurated the Seaford Young Writers Competition for youngsters at Primary School level.
The competition was open to pupils from primary schools in the Seaford area and entries were received from Seaford, Cradle Hill, Alfriston and Annecy Primary Schools. Entrants were asked to write a fiction or non‐fiction story or a poem of up to five hundred words entitled Our World is Beautiful.
Each of the four schools were asked to submit their best three entries which were judged by Mrs. Juliet Smith, the High Sheriff of East Sussex and a former teacher of English, Giles Paley‐Philips, the local author particularly of books for children, and Paul Johnson, Head of English at Seaford Head School. All the judges commented that the high standard of the entries made it difficult to select the winners.
At a presentation evening at Seaford Head School on 29th February, pupils and teachers from the four schools along with their parents joined the judges, the Mayor and Mayoress of Seaford, David and Mrs. Argent, Mrs. Helen Key, Acting Head Teacher of Seaford Head School, and Bill Pierce, Seaford Rotary Club Vice President and other members of the Rotary Club to hear the results announced.
The first prize was won by Jessica Coupland from Alfriston Primary School. As the school attended by the winner of the first prize, Alfriston Primary School, also received a cheque for £100. The runner up was Tristan Vale from Seaford Primary School; Holly Hutt from Cradle Hill Primary School was third, and the entry from Poppy Tidey from Annecy Primary School was Highly Commended.
Thanking all who had attended Jim Anderson, Chair of Seaford Rotary Club Youth Committee, said this was just one of the ways in which the Club was aiming to support our young people and hoped that all the schools that had taken part would want to do so again.
The winning entry from Jessica Coupland may be read on Seaford Rotary Club’s web site at Seaford Young Writer 2016 winning entry.
Top right: Entrants from the four primary schools with judges and members of Seaford Rotary Club
Photograph: Mike Hemmings
Young Photographer From: Jim Anderson
Judging has now been completed for Seaford Rotary Club’s second Young Photographers competition. The number of entries received doubled from the initial competition. The aims of the competition were to encourage young people to experiment with photography using digital or traditional methods to show interpretation and expression of their ideas in this medium.
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Entries were invited from ages 7 to 10, 11 to 13, and 14 to 17, although, disappointingly, none was received from the youngest group. Competitors were required to submit a portfolio of three photographs based on the theme Our World is Beautiful, and the range of interpretations of this topic gave the independent judge a difficult task.
Winner of the eleven to thirteen age group was Arron Ruffell, from Northease Manor School with Seaford Head pupils Amy Andrews and Dylan Breeds second and third. Seaford Head students did even better in the upper age group with Joel Tucker taking first place and Luke Harmer second. Third was Dulcie‐Maria Dye from Ringmer Community College.
The winners of each section now go forward to the Rotary District competition where it is hoped they will do well.
Above. One of the photographs submitted by Arron Ruffell, winner of the 11 – 13 age group
District Young Musician Final From: Paul Vausen
Matt Flood, the winner of the Rotary Club of Seaford’s Young Musician of the Year in 2015, was runner up in the District Young Musician Final held at St Martins Church, Epsom, Saturday 27th February.
Matt, 15, who lives in Newhaven and attends Seaford Head School played Rock Steady, Brazil Overture and Frantic on his drums, and although there was very tough competition from young musicians from Sussex, Surrey and part of Greater London, Matt was judged second overall.
As a result of his success Matt Flood will now represent the Rotary Club of Seaford in the RIBI Regional Final to be
held on Sunday 20th March 2016 at St Catherine's School, Station Road, Bramley, Surrey. A Rotary Club of Seaford’s Young Musician of the Year has never become a Regional Finalist before, so this is new territory for the Club!
The Rotary Club of Seaford sponsored Matt in the District Young Musician competition, and are very proud of his success, and wish him good luck in the Regional Final.
Above left: Matt Flood at his drums in the District Young Musician Final Lower right: Matt Flood receiving his award from District Governor 1145 Peter O’Keefe, with competition judges
Photographs: Paul Vausen
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SEAFORD INNER WHEEL
From: Val Wagstaffe, General Secretary
Eastbourne General Hospital
At our 9th February meeting, Ann Wilson, Secretary of the Friends of
Eastbourne Hospital gave an inspiring talk on its work and fund‐raising to
assist the hospital. For some time, the Friends have run:
a flower shop at the main entrance
• a coffee shop
• and a small supermarket
In the main entrance to the hospital and all the
profits are used to buy much needed
equipment etc. The shopping list of
requirements is however endless and
expensive. With this need very much in mind
Seaford Inner Wheel ran their Bangers & Mash
lunch at the beginning of January and raised
£600 which was presented to Ann. She
promised that the money would be earmarked
for the new robot and would probably complete
its purchase.
Photograph: President Eileen presenting cheque to Ann Wilson
Hearing Dogs for the Deaf
At a recent coffee morning fund raiser, Sarah
Playford received a cheque in the sum of £700 on
behalf of Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. She had
recently talked to the club about the wonderful help
a hearing dog can give to a profoundly deaf person,
providing them with the ability to live an
independent life. The training of suitable dogs takes
a great deal of money and the money raised by our
club will be put to good use.
Photograph: Sarah Playford receiving the cheque from
President Eileen
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY From: The Editor
Grand Rotary Charity Quiz Night The search is on again for "The Brains of Seaford" and the answer will be revealed at the end of the annual
Grand Rotary Charity Quiz Night in aid of the Seaford Rotary Charitable Trust which is to be held at
St. Leonard’s Church Hall, Seaford on Friday, 1st April. This event is great fun and always well attended by
local quiz teams competing to win the “famous” trophy provided by The Rotary Club of Seaford.
Sixteen teams entered last year’s event. First place went to ‘The Outlaws’, who retained the trophy they
won in 2014. Second was ‘The Von Trapps’, a team from the Seaford Martello Rotary Club and third was
‘The Welly Wanderers’, runners up in 2014 but previous winners in 2012 and 2013.
Teams that competed last year have been invited to
take part. Should not all the invitations be accepted,
new teams may enter. Teams consist of no more
than 4 persons and entry costs £30 per team, which
includes a hot supper. We invite you to bring your
own liquid refreshment. There will also be a high‐
quality, sponsored raffle with attractive prizes.
If you would like to enter a team, further details may
be obtained from Mike Roper by email at
[email protected] or by telephone on
01323 873988 and on our web site
www.seafordrotary.org.uk.
Bluebell Walk and Farm
Trail The Rotary Club of Seaford is pleased to announce that on
Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th April it will be running and
providing the refreshments at the Bluebell Walk at Bates
Green Farm, Tye Hill Road, Arlington, Polegate BN6 6SH.
These dates are earlier than previous years as we have been advised that due to the exceptionally mild
winter, the bulbs will flower much earlier this year.
We look forward to seeing you, come and enjoy a relaxing bluebell woodland stroll. Homemade
refreshments are available throughout the day. For further information, check on www.bluebellwalk.co.uk.
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EVENTS CALENDAR Event
Start date
Finish date
Start time
Location
Fellowship 09/03/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Young Musician of the Year 2016 12/03/16 19:00 Cross Way Church, Steyne Road
Bob Garman – ‘Life before Rotary’ 16/03/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Business Meeting 23/03/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Evening meeting with guests 30/03/16 19:00 Seaford Golf Club
Charity Quiz Night 01/04/16 19:30 St. Leonard’s Church Hall
RIBI conference 01/04/16 03/04/16 Bournemouth
Bluebell Walk 05/04/16 06/04/16 Bates Green Farm
Speaker TBA 06/04/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Arif Essaji – ‘Life before Rotary’ 13/04/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Jennifer Hanraads, Chailey Heritage 20/04/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Business Meeting 27/04/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Fellowship 04/05/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
S.Sgt. Anthony Burrell: Army Engagement Team
11/05/16 Seaford Golf Club
President's Weekend 12/05/16 15/05/16 Cambridge
Inner Wheel Candlelight Supper 14/05/16 19:30 St. Thomas More church hall
Annual General Meeting 18/05/16 12:45 Seaford Golf Club
Boot, Craft & Produce Fair 22/05/16 07:30 Martello Fields
Safety in Action 23/05/16 27/05/16 Newhaven Fort
Business Meeting 25/05/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Fellowship 01/06/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Keith Ross – ‘Life before Rotary’ 08/06/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Boot, Craft & Produce Fair 12/06/16 07:30 Martello Fields
Club Assembly 15/06/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Business Meeting 22/06/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Presidents Night & Handover (BBQ) 29/06/16 13:00 Seaford Golf Club
Boot, Craft & Produce Fair 10/07/16 07:30 Martello Fields
Boot, Craft & Produce Fair 07/08/16 07:30 Martello Fields
Boot, Craft & Produce Fair 04/09/16 07:30 Martello Fields
Grand Charity Raffle 06/09/16 10/09/16 Morrisions, Dane Road
Boot, Craft & Produce Fair 02/10/16 07:30 Martello Fields Rotary International 2016 District 1145 Conference
14/10/16 16/10/16 Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Rotary International 2017 District 1145 Conference
30/09/17 01/10/17 BIC, Bournemouth