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Proud parents Nicholas and Lucinda with Baby Thomas who arrived on Monday 4th November 2002 at 5.20pm weighing 6lbs 3.5oz |
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WHAT A WEEKEND!!
Halloween and All Saintstide passed with much enjoyment and celebration all over the Island - both in Church and outside! The Church Council meeting, invaded several times by "trickers and treaters", became a rather more lively occasion than it might otherwise have been ....... perhaps next year, Halloween might coincide with a meeting of the New Island Council?!
We all welcomed their election to office with much enthusiasm and great expectations ...... congratulations to each new member. Our thoughts and prayers will be with them as they begin this first term in office.
To the Dew Pond Runners and Walkers too, heartiest congratulations for an achievement of some note that will go down in the memories of each one as a highlight in their life on Ascension Island.
Thanks must also be recorded to the Rainbows and Guides for their part - with a highly successful cake stall outside the Post Office on Saturday and a very smart parade on Sunday morning.
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Next Sunday is our Remembrance Parade, outside St Mary's when we shall remember all those who have given their lives in war over the past 90 years, and with prayers that the peoples of the world might enjoy freedom, justice and peace in the years to come.
Please note that the Remembrance Service is at 10.50 am and we would like people to be in their seats in good time, so that the silence can be kept precisely at 11 am. There will be a brief Act of Remembrance at Georgetown Cemetery following the main Service.
Have a good week
Fr Brian
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ASCENSION DAY FAIR 2003
The intial meeting for the 2003 Ascension Day Fair will be held at the vicarage on the 14th November at 7pm. It would help if there were representatives from all of the organisations and companies on the Island at this meeting as there are many matters to be discussed. Do you think that all of the moneys raised should go to the Church? Should we have a fair the same as last year? Can we fund raise through out the year? If you have an opinion or an idea that could contribute to this debate please come to the meeting. All are welcome |
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THE ADMINISTRATOR
Mr Andrew Kettlewell |
The General Election is over and we have our first Island Council. Congratulations to the successful candidates, I am sure that you will be hearing more from them in the coming weeks.
It is important to remember, however, that the election only took place because, in addition to the seven elected candidates, there were five other people who were prepared to be nominated. It takes a special kind of person to do this and therefore I wanted to thank these people publicly for caring enough to stand in the election.
Therefore (in the time-honoured alphabetical order) my sincere thanks go to Larry Francis, Harold Henry, John Joshua, Keith Miller and Glyn Smith. You helped to make the election what it was.
A lot of people worked hard to ensure that the election went as smoothly as it did. I would also like to acknowledge the work of all the officers who manned the polling stations for 12 hours and those who worked behind the scenes to ensure that everything was where it should have been.
Andrew Kettlewell
Administrator
Muriel Williams, David Higgins, Laura Handley and Tara George
overseen by Cathy Cranfield
Counting Votes the in the First Ascension Island Election
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RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON 1ST NOVEMBER 2002 There were 337 voters who voted comprising 54% of the electorate. Betweent hem they cast 1,602 votes. The results were as follows and the names with an asterisk are elected to the Island Council.
The first council meeting will take place at he Obsidian Hotel at 6.00pm on Thursday 7th November 2002. TO THE ASCENSION ISLAND ELECTORATE A message from the newly elected Councillors. Together, we would just like to thank everyone who took the time to come out and vote last Friday. We very much appreciate the support you have given us and fully realise the responsibility that this brings. To the Returning Officer and the other Election officials, likewise we wish to express our thanks for all their hard work and efforts that ensured the Election went so smoothly and efficiently. To the other candidates that didn`t make the Council this time, we would like to express our thanks for the good nature in which each others campaigns were carried out and to thank them for standing - only by having more than 7 candidates could an Election go ahead and with it, the legitimacy that a democratic vote brings. We are all delighted at the opportunity that has been given to us, will be having an initial short inaugural meeting this Thursday evening, and should be reporting back to everyone as soon as possible as to how the new Council will operate. Caz, Iva, Raxa, Lawson, Nicky, Johnny and Peter. |
By the Headteacher - Mr David Higgins |
SCHOOL PAGE |
 www.tbs.edu.ac |
On the Friday prior to half term the school held its Annual Harvest Assembly. All sectors of the school contributed to the Assembly and Father Brian Birchmore gave a short address. The number of parents and friends who attended was very gratifying as too were the contributions made to the Harvest Table. This was shared by all the children, staff, parents and friends.
Contributions were also made for sending to St Helena to support one of their local charities. If anyone would like to contribute any items for this hamper please send your donation to school so that it may be freighted aboard the next boat next week.
During the Assembly Special Awards were presented to all the Reception children, Jade, Emily, Sophie Henshaw, Sophie Bray, Kieran and Kyle, to acknowledge how well they had settled in to full time schooling, and to Corey Anthony and Anisa Moyce for their story writing and progress at learning tables respectively.
The House trophy for the first half term of the year was won by Beale House.
Head Girl and Head Boy
Recently the school appointed Justine Yon and Leroy Fowler as Head Girl and Head Boy respectively. I would like to congratulate them on this appointment.
School Council
Recently the first meeting of the newly formed School Council took place. The newly appointed Head Boy and Head Girl represent Year 11 on this Council and the other members are:-
Conori Bell
George Tasker
Luke Stroud
Shalane Thomas
Richard Henry
Penny Bennett
Lesley Anne Henry
Kirsty Anthony
Bronwyn Joshua
The School Council will meet monthly and any issues requests will be considered by the School staff. The member of staff that the Council chose to attend their meetings is Mrs Tania Maggott.
School web site
As I mentioned a couple of months ago the school has developed a web site and after a few minor problems I am pleased to report that we now have it online. The address is www.tbs.edu.ac . In the next two or three weeks we hope to add various pieces of information and examples of pupils' work to the site.
CLAIT Certificates
At school all Year 10 pupils work towards a CLAIT (Computer Literacy and Information Technology) award. In order to achieve the award the pupils have to show competence in four areas, Word Processing, Graphical Communication, Spreadsheets and Databases.
Leroy Fowler, Jodi Joshua, Kelly Leo, Jamie Maggott, Jonathan Stamp Shanade Thomas, Natasha Williams, Alexi Yon and Justine Yon all completed the award and last Friday their parents were invited to an Assembly to see their children receive the CLAIT certificates. Many congratulations to all of these pupils.
Dewpond Run
We at school would like to congratulate Jonathan Stamp on his achievement of being the first Under 18 competitor to complete the Dewpond Run.
We will have more news next week.
David Higgins
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GUIDES & RAINBOWS' HALLOWE'EN PARTY Last Friday 1st November whilst the election was taking place the Guides and Rainbows celebrated their Hallowe'en at Joyce's Reflection shop. (Many thanks Joyce). We were invited to go along with the Scouts at Garden Cottage but we thought it best to stay in town with the little Rainbows. I think we were wise too what with the rain drizzling off and on, Betty would have had a slippery time chasing them across the lawn!! It was a great party with real lit pumpkin, lanterns, food and drink and games and dancing. Mr. Higgins came over to check the spooky scene and Fr. Brian & Daphne were invited to be the judges (Many Thanks), and what a very hard task it was too!! In the end after much parading round and round the pole the winners were decided:-
Grace Pattison won for the Rainbows and Roberta Legg for the GuidesThe Guides has achieved their Adventure Out Badge and Take Action certificate. These will be presented to them at our Tropical Theme Afternoon on Friday while dressed in our Hiawaiian grass skirts etc... Shalane will be enrolled at the same time. Over a period of 16 months the Guides have challenged a great deal of activities such as Patrol Sleepover, camping in the graveyard, night hikes, litter campaign, Penny Coin Walks, pitch tents blindfolded, cakes cooked in the box over a fire, Patrol Guy Fawkes making and lots lots more.
The last real fun one was walking to Sisters Peaks and sliding down the opposite side of the hill. This was our first experience in doing this and it was great fun. I ended up with my shorts looking like someone shot my bottom with the amount of 'bullet holes' left in them - much to the amusement of the girls!!!
Sadly all our adventures will stop here due to my leave to St. Helena for 7 weeks. In the meantime Guides, take care, be good and have a wonderful Christmas when the time comes.
Cheryl
The Rainbow Guides would like to say a big thank-you to everybody who made cakes or candy for their stall; gave money donations; loaned tables for the stall (Saints Club); allowed the use of the Post Office front; came to buy their delicious goodies on Saturday morning or simply wished them well for a successful first fund-raiser. It was all very much appreciated and they are delighted to announce their total takings of £153.90! What a good morning, and all due to your kindness and support! Thank you very much!
The money raised will go towards buying Rainbow 'uniforms', materials & equipment for their meetings and activities.Rainbow Guides' Happy Helpful People
Rainbow Guide Cake StallBig smiles and thank-yous to Rainbow Guide Helpers Kirsty Anthony and Tara (and Nandeli) George, and to Rainbow Guide Mum Kay Yon, for helping to make our Saturday morning fund-raising event go so well. Special smiles and thank-yous are certainly in order for Rainbow Guide Louanne Yon and brother Nathaniel, who went around tirelessly in rather warm weather conditions asking people to guess the number of sweets that were in the jar! Well, after collecting £8.30 (included in the total morning's takings) from their fine efforts, we found that the Henshaw Twins, Sophie and Emily, had guessed the exact number, so they'll be having a treat for a while.
Louanne and Nathanial hard at work
Actually, Baby David (or is it Daby Bavid) had also hit on the correct number, but we discovered that he was far too young to have sweets!! We might send Baby David some Farleys Rusks instead!!Rainbow Guides' Entertaining helpful fund-raisers
An event preceding our Cake and Candy Stall was the successful Exiles Club Cabaret Night held on Friday. This very entertaining event was presented to a large gathering who had come to see a spectacular performance and to support two groups - Ascension Rainbow Guides and Mencap- thanks for your support. The Rainbow Guides would like to thank Exiles Club Proprietors Thomas and David, for their kindness in initially entertaining the idea of raising funds for them. The success of the Cabaret was due to the fine efforts of R.A.F. Squadron 216, and our thanks go to them and Thomas and David for their donation to our fund of £142.00. Passengers boarding the Tri-star in future could certainly be well entertained on their flight!!
Rainbows' sisterly fun help
The Rainbows did enjoy the Hallowe'en party with their older compatriots - the Girl Guides, who entertained them with funny amusing games in appropriate lantern-lit atmosphere of the Reflections Coffee Shop (thanks Joyce). They would like to thank the Guides for sharing the evening with them and also Father and Mrs. Birchmore for expertly judging their lovely costumes.
It's been a busy but very rewarding week-end. Thank you everybody!Betty Joshua
Rainbow Guider
Girlguiding Ascension.
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A CD Single in aid of charity will soon be on sale; 'Island' was written, composed and recorded here on Ascension. The idea was in response to a request from the staff of Barn View, St Helena, for help in raising funds to purchase special light (color therapy) equipment for their patients. Please kindly give the fundraising your full support with the aim of presenting Barn View with the unit by Christmas.
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LETTERS| From the Editors:-
Hello Again A quick reminder - please don't send anything in with thick black writing and lines as it all sticks together when being printed and messes up our machines. Also, if possible submit an electronic version as it makes our lives a lot easier. A busy week last week with the General Election and the Dew Pond Run. We will have pictures of the first Council Meeting in next weeks paper. The Dew Pond "Run" was as painful as ever but worth the effort once your hand finally touched the water at the top. Pictures and write up inside. Congratulations from all at the Islander to Nicky and Cindy on the arrival of Thomas. Bye for now Adam, Julia, Ed, Andy and John Susan and James Henry Thank You Susan and James would like to send Special Thanks to Dr Shub, Midwife We would also like to thank everyone who sent cards and gifts which we
very Dear Editors, I have just been on line to read the latest version of ' The Islander'. I am sat here in the Czech Republic (Prague) missing my best friend who has recently moved to Ascension Island. When Kim moved to the island a few weeks ago the distance betweem us seemed vast; but accessing your website and other island sites I'm beginning to feel closer to her. Kim is a new member of the Hash House Harriers and was even given a mention in this week's 'Hash Trash'. I'm sure if you had a a 'who said/did what' column I would see her mentioned all the time (She is a wild one .......) Thank you for making the effort to publish your paper on net for all of us back home who are missing friends and family ( and have nothing better to do than surf the net for news from the Ascension Isle) With Kind Regards Jenny Martin Internet Editors Note : Thanks for the feedback Jenny, it's good to know we are appreciated. On a personal note, I know Kim but have yet to see her wild side!!!!
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Dear Rocks and Rockettes I'd like to say how much I enjoy reading about the events, weekly, that take place on Ascension. I've always enjoyed reading about faraway places that I'll probably never get an oportunity to visit. I was wondering though - are there are web links to newspapers or bulletins from your sister islands of St Helena, Tristan or the Falklands? For example, I'd read about a hurricane that hit Tristan last year, but never anything after a month or so. Thanks
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The Archives…
(Extracts from the diary of General Simon Fraser, Royal Marines, written about 1843 - Part 4)
The base of the Green Mountain is four miles from the garrison, it rises almost perpendicularly, the summit being reached by a rugged road along its side, very zig-zag and about three miles long, it is named "the ramps." It is a dangerous road in some parts, and one morning the mountain cart fell over the edge and the two poor mules were killed. The gate at the top is always guarded by a Marine sentry; and as we-poor dwellers in the perpetual heat, dust and desolation below - were rejoiced at the sight of what seemed to us like a paradise; the sweet cool air was so refreshing, and round the mountain cottage were clustered the only trees to be found on the whole Island. The flower garden was a special delight to us, it seemed so long since we had seen roses, fuchsias, and other flowers, and they were growing in profusion in the garden at the Green Mountain, but, although in every other respect like those in our own far off home, here they were devoid of sweet perfume; want of dew was said to be the cause of the fair blossoms being scentless. Among the flowers there was one called the "Fly-catcher", from its custom of closing its petals tightly around any unfortunate fly that might chance to light upon it. There was also the "Sensitive-plant" which shrinks from the gentlest touch of the fingers, and cannot remain still for a moment if placed in the palm of the hand. The scenery at the mountain is very beautiful, especially to those who admire the bold grandeur of rocks and rugged hills. In the distance is seen the crater, known as "The Devil's Punch Bowl" also the famous locality called "Bottle Point", which is most difficult to reach, many who attempted it being obliged to return disappointed and unsuccessful. The spot is so called from some advent-urous person, in the year 1824, having placed a bottle there for the reception of visiting cards. Our party daily enjoyed some delightful rambles. There was one beautiful glen which could only be reached by going through a long dark tunnel, high hills surrounding it on all sides. The glen was bright with flowers, golden gorse, daisies and flowers of the Indian cress climbing up the sides of the ravine; and how sweet the gorse and the simple daisies seemed to us, reminding us of home and the old Country. Another favourite walk was round "Breakneck Pass", but it was only safe for those having good nerves and steady heads. On one side of the path rises a perpend-icular rock of great height, on the other is a deep, dark chasm; to fall into this would be instant death. On one occasion a visitor having gone part of the way suddenly became giddy, and standing with his back against the rock called to the others of his party that he was unable to go on or to return. It was with the greatest difficulty that he was rescued from his perilous position. Those, however, who could traverse the Pass were well repaid, for the pure, fresh south-east wind was most invigorating in its effect upon frames weakened with the great heat of the plain. It is 2,000 feet above sea-level. Quantities of the common brambleberry grow on the slopes leading to the peak, and also the Cape gooseberry plant. Banana trees grow in some of the ravines, and seem to flourish. The shrubs and plants in the ravines and on the slopes give shelter to a herd of wild goats, and conveys of guinea-fowl, but neither could be shot or caught without an order from the Commandant. The eggs and young of the guinea fowl were often destroyed by the large wild cats, which were numerous in that part of the Island. A reward was given for each wild cat that was killed, but it was not easy to get near them. There was a pet monkey at the Mountain, a marmoset, belonging to the Assistant-Surgeon. Jacko was a pretty little creature of his kind, very small, very intelligent and amusing. Jacko and I soon became great friends, he having taken a fancy for my society. Master Jacko had the most intense horror of tobacco smoke, and if anyone chanced, in fun, to give him a puff of it, he would bury his face in his hands, carefully covering both eyes and ears. There was a stove in the mess-room, but we never cared to have it lighted, the coolness being a perfect luxury to us. Some natural caves were said to have been the storing places where pirates had, in the days of old, before the Island was inhabited, hidden their plunder. If such was the case, the labour and danger of dragging it up the mountain-side must have been great. The most pleasant times of life seem to end soonest. Our month of leave passed away all too quickly, and the day came round when we had to set out on our return to the garrison, and the heat and discomforts of the plain. We left the Green Mountain with keen regret, but with gratitude for the renewed health and strength we had derived from our delightful sojourn there. Our friends in the garrison were pleased to have us back again, and said that the Island had appeared quite deserted during our absence. At this time there arrived the medals for those who had distinguished themselves in the war of the Levant. They were sent to me as the only officer on the Island entitled to one. No ribbons were sent; but as some of the ladies had ribbons of the requisite colours, my sister-in-law made as near an approach to the orthodox medal ribbon as possible; and when I - wearing my own - decorated the Marines who were entitled to have them (some of whom had been under my command during the war) and informed them who had made the ribbons, and that the lady herself was a soldier's daughter, they seemed very proud of wearing the handiwork of the only young unmarried lady on the Island. I may here mention that the whole of the buildings were built solely by the small detachment of Royal Marines, composing the garrison; two large hospitals, a large barracks and fort, Officers Quarters and Married Men's Quarters, and they were the admiration of all strangers who visited the Island. Final part next week………. |
The Met Office Weather Report |
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Statistics for the week ending {date}.
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AIRHEAD
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28.2
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20.7
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1.3
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TRAVELLERS
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27.0
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19.3
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3.5
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GEORGETOWN
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29.0
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22.0
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nil
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RESIDENCY
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25.2
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16.2
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9.5
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ST. HELENA
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FALKLANDS
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11.7
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0.8
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21.3
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BRIZE
NORTON
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18.0
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38.9
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ASCENSION SEA SWELL FORECAST:
Mainly from the south, just occasionally from the north-west, at around
1 metre.
Sea temperature around Ascension Island: 25 C
ASCENSION ISLAND WEATHER:
Variable amounts of cloud with sunny intervals. Occasional mostly light
drizzly showers, especially on Friday.
UK:
A changeable scenario with periods of rain moving across the UK with sunny
intervals in between. Very windy in the north-west over the weekend.
FALKLANDS:
Very changeable, sunny intervals, but periods of rain also, with Friday
being the wettest day. Friday was also the windiest day with a strong
SW'ly.
A fairly quiet week was had by recent standards, though Friday night at
the Exiles made up for much of that.
Monday saw Makem having a very quiet day, mainly trying to sleep between nights, but with the Ayatollah trying her best in the panic tanning stakes, much of the sleeping was done down at English Bay. Fortunately for Susan, no-one was about to see her attempt at snorkelling.
Tuesday saw Stan Vesta, the Ayatollah and myself venture down to One boat for a final attempt at teaching Susan to play golf. Stan and Makem got off to a good start, but alas confidence and timing tend to get forgotten in the heat of the game, both of us being put to shame by Susan's drive off the ninth. Fortunately for the gents, we were well ahead at that point. The evening saw Maken and his good lady take a trip to the VC for tea, then it was a quiet night in watching video's.
Wednesday saw a final dash round the island for the Ayatollah,
getting in all the last minute shopping and enjoying her final breakfast
at Reflections. The afternoon was spent doing the domestic chores, before
the usual suspects turned out for farewell drinks in the mess bar, Derek
giving Makem the usual, regulation amounts of grief.
The Metties however did get another visitor on Wednesday with the return
of boss-man Neil's good lady, for another holiday on this sun kissed isle.
Thursday saw Makem making a bigger fool of himself than is usual, though this time it was quite by accident. Tracy had brought the commcens new communicator Jolene into the Metties workplace to show her around. Makem, who had just been given a rather hot cup of coffee, placed it in what he though would be a safe place, but promptly sent cup and contents sluicing across the desktop, fortunately missing the keyboard and printers. To say that Tracy and Co had a laugh at my expense would be an understatement, but she virtually had to be helped off the floor. The evening saw the Ayatollah Susan depart for cooler shores, though not before final drinks in the VC, attended by Stan, Jonesey, Makem and the Postie. Once She had been left in the good hands of Mark, our svelte policeman, the Snob Hill mob retired to the bar where we were joined by some of the returning Tristar crew. Stan, obviously panicked by the rate at which G and T's were accumulation did his trick of disappearing, much to the delight of Jeff and Jim who took advantage of the free drinks.
Fiday saw Makem take his revenge on Tracy, who was trying to order party frocks over the internet. Tracy swears that Makem jinxed things for herself by saying that her size would be out of stock. Guess what, it was, so she had to resort to ordering her first choice anyway. Tracy did however get the last laugh, when she had to call Makem into the Commcen to speak to a pilot about the weather. Makem of course had never used the equipment before, so had to be walked and talked very slowly through the procedures by Tracy and Co. The evening saw the Snob Hill Mob visit the Exiles for the 216 cabaret show, but they refused to enter until they knew for certain that the line dancing had finished….The 216 crew put on a good show for all in attendance, raising a goodly amount of cash for their chosen worthy causes. The usual suspects then paid a quick visit to the VC, but as most of the people were still at the Exiles, after a couple of beers they made their way back to Snob Hill.
Saturday saw a very quiet day all round, no doubt due in the main to a large number of people having sore heads in the aftermath to Friday evening.
Sunday saw the annual Dew Pond run take place, the hopes of the Met Office falling on the shoulders of the Postie (and who says the Metties are daft, if we go up the mountain it's in the car). Postie, accompanied by Karen from the mess, took it nice and steady, though he did have his problems later. He managed to do some tumbling stunts on the final part of the decent, eventually falling over after the third attempt, much to the anguish of his knee which by mid afternoon was rather swollen. His mind must also have taken a bit of a tumble as well as he admitted, in front of Makem, that he had had to take a scrubber into the shower with him to help remove the mud. He recovered his wits in double quick time and made it extremely clear that he had meant a scrubbing brush. Well done to all that took part, after all the rain we have had in the past week or so, the final trudge through the mud must have been hell.
Makem.
The Ayatollah Susan has asked me to pass on her regards to all the people she met during her stay here, and sends you all a thank you all for the kindness you showed.
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Ladies winner Gill Doctor receiving her trophy from Sqn Ldr Mark Pattinson |
Pictured above is Mens race winner Rob Simon receiving his trophy from the Administrator, Andrew Kettlewell |
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DEW POND RUN
On Sunday the main event took place... In the Men's race the climax to the competition was still tight. Last years champion Richard finished 4th, Mark pushing on to claim 3rd over-all and became the Veteran Champion. John was strong and pulled away from Mark to claim 2nd. While Rob pushed on to win his first Dew Pond race.
MINI DEW POND RUN The races where hard fought with real spirit
shown, where all the athletes had to dig deep into physical and mental
reserves to overcome , not only their fellow competitors but the strength
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THE WINNERS!!! |
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ANTHONY JOSHUA'S TESTIMONIAL MATCH I would like to take this opportunity to thank all
the players for giving up their time to make this match a special
one, for a very special player and friend. Anthony has given so
much of his time to the Cricket Association over many years and
he deserves the best. On behalf of all the players I would like
to thank him for his help and also to wish him and Joan all the
best for the future. Played on Saturday 2nd November At Travellers Hill Results B - TEAM 250 - 8 (35 overs) T. Leo lbw b P. Corker 14 A - TEAM 252 - 9 (35 overs ) A. Joshua c D. Johnson b N. Augustus 37 |
Hash number: 925.
Hares: Rugrat & Rustyhead.
Hounds: Yeti, Eeyore, Bug Boy, Life Preserver, Mr. Bubbles, Batman, Bart Simpson,
Baywatch Babe, Titpecker, Budweiser Belly, Pirate, Chicken Hawk, Scooter,
Woodswrecker, Elmer Fudd, Oh That Woman, Spikes, Tough Lady, Skipper,
Puff Grannie, Mama 3 Bones, The Major, Barry Tone, Goat, Miss Trunchbull,
Twin Peaks, Limp Sausage, Fido, Buzz Lightyear, Grim Reaper, 100 Watt,
Tough Lady, Fluffy Bunnykins, Skid Marks, Nic, Alex, Pete, Raey.
The Hash was at Long Beach, but where? Long Beach is a long beach. Eventually
the hares turned up and the start was at the spots field. A great turnout
this week. A few of the mini hashers had found the mini assault course and
decided that this is where they want to be, but quickly re-joined the pack,
simply because Hashing is more fun. A briefing of this week's Hash and the
fun began.
On - on and across the soft sand to the first bar check. On - on left, this
found Twin Peaks wandering somewhere over to the right. With her new found
fitness she soon caught up with the pack and became the FRB. Through the thorn
bushes and a couple of the most well made circle checks.
On - on, the prospect of Hashing over the rough lava or up the black ash was
ahead of the pack. The FRB's found the back arrow and then the way forward
was up the black ash. With what seemed like a marathon in lead filled boots
finally saw everyone at the top of the hill. At the last circle the mini hashers
had more fun in the dust cloud that they made and emerged at the end of it
all filthy. The race to the end was on, Chickenhawk as the Hash's smallest
member was now the smallest and fastest FRB that we had seen, 100 Watt proving
that he was running out of stamina chasing this little whirlwind.
The aprés Hash was at The Saints Beach Club. The fire was lit, the
music on and the spirits flowed. Two Sorry Souls were to be welcomed into
Hashdom; Miss Trunchbull and the mini hashers were prompted for a bit of inside
information, Skid Marks and Tough Lady being entered into the circle of friendship,
thoroughly enjoying and taking their welcome in the spirit that it is meant.
Hats off to Rugrat for a great Hash, great food and a great venue.
Hash, beer, food and then the Dew Pond Run - a great weekend.
Next Hash venue: 2 Boats Village, Bungalow A1.
Hares: Goat & Assistant.
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BIG FISH Noddy and Dog with a 230lb yellow fin tuna caught form Starfish on Saturday morning. |
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