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A Member of the Round Table Family

of Clubs The Newsletter

The North Wales A-Z Charity Trek has reached ‘Z’

What’s new? So, what have you been doing lately? Do you have

anything interesting planned? Maybe you think that

it won’t be of any interest to anyone outside of your

club, but how will you know unless you say some-

thing about it? Try it!

The team that I head is always eager to hear about

your events and your projects, and publishing the

information here is a good way to garner support for

them.

The copy date for the September 2016 edition of

this newsletter is August 24th.

Editor Godwin Stewart,

National Communications Officer

comms@41club.org

We have already reported on the undertaking of Mark Powell and the planned exploit of his group of intrepid walkers in previous publications. Those plans came to fruition last week and on Friday last week July 29th they finished their trek in Conwy having raised over £10,000 for six charities.

This video taken (very professionally!) by John Butler of Deeside & District 41 Club gives some insight into the reasons for this trek and what the trekkers hoped to achieve. Click on the image below and you will be taken to YouTube.

National Councillor for Region 12 North Wales Lawrence Bamber gave us a run-down of how the trek went.

Day 1 started at the Anchorage at 4 mile bridge on Anglesey with a send-off from Holyhead & Anglesey clubs and finished at the Black Boy pub under Caernarfon Castle, the meeting venue of both of our Caernarfon 41 Clubs.

Day 2 continued via Nefyn to Pwllheli where mem-bers of Dwyfor 41 Club met up with them. The day ended in Porthmadog.

No clubs on Day 3, which started on the Ffestiniog railway and ended up in Bala.

Day 4 started with a walk along Bala lake and passed through Llangollen by bus. The Llangollen club members did wave as they passed on the way to Jones boats and a trip on the World Heritage site aqueduct. Members of Wrexham 41 Club presented

a cheque for £100. Then onto Wrexham to end Day 4.

Day 5 began with a classic car drive to Barclays in Mold where members of Mold, Deeside, Rhyl and Dragons were there to meet them. As Barclays are doing a matching £4£ for the 6 charities, every branch en route was visited.

Day 5 continued via Queensferry to Connahs Quay for a boat trip, then on to Flint and Holywell, where the day ended after a walk from Mostyn to Talacre along the coastal path.

Day 6 commenced with a wet and windy walk along the coastal path complete with sand dunes, from Talacre to Prestatyn Barclays, then on by train to the Rhyl and Colwyn Bay branches.

A pizza lunch was had at the Barclay's business centre in Colwyn Bay followed by a coastal walk over the Little Orme to Llandudno, where the bulk of the funds raised were banked at, yes you guessed, Barclays.

The walk continued along West Shore, through Deganwy, and across the Cob into Conwy, finishing at last at the Liverpool Arms on Conwy quay, a total travelled of 263 miles covering the A to Z of North Wales aka Region 12.

Over £10,000 was raised, plus Gift Aid.

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At Barclays, Llandudno

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Your opinion counts! Attendance of voting delegates at our National AGM has been increasing steadily year on year and we would like to give things a bit of a push now to bring even more delegates in. To that end we've been tossing a few ideas into the arena at our National Council meetings and we'd like to get your feedback on some of them.

Taking a cue from an overseas 41 Club Association, we thought about the idea of granting clubs a small bursary to help with the cost of sending a voting delegate to AGM. The money for this has to come from somewhere; we would have to incur a small increase in capitations (probably around 50p)

in order to provide for it, so we'd like to gather your thoughts. To this end we have set up a survey. Please click here to answer a few questions that will help point us in the right direction.

The survey is still open and will remain open until the end of this month.

Godwin Stewart National Communications Officer comms@41club.org

The itinerary followed by the trekkers in order to complete the alphabet of landmarks included:

Aberffraw Brynsiencyn Caernarfon Deganwy Eirias Park Ffynongroew Gwersyllt Holywell Inigo jones Jones boats Kinmel Bay Llanfairpwllgwyngullgogerychwrndrobwllllantisiliogo-

gogoch Menai Bridge Newborough Old Colwyn Pwllheli Queensferry

Rhosneigr Sandycroft Talacre University Glyndwr Valley Wrexham X-day Llandudno hospital Yr Wyddgrug Zoo (Anglesey sea zoo)

The 263-mile trek ended on Conwy Quay.

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The North Wales A-Z Charity Trek has reached ‘Z’ — cont’d

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President Barry’s JOGLE for Shelter is done! The JOGLE — John O’Groats to Land’s End — a nearly 900-mile cycle ride over two weeks undertaken by National President Barry Durman and his co-cyclist Colin Bowater is an event that Barry is not going to forget about any day soon.

At the time of writing this, Barry’s JustGiving page states that nearly £4000 has been raised so far.

The photo here portrays Colin and Barry’s other half, Rachel, at Land’s End, the end of the adventure, on Saturday. Well done Colin for seeing this challenge through to the end!

So where’s Barry?

Currently he’s in Plymouth Hospital awaiting surgery early next week.

On Friday afternoon around 4pm, only 6 miles away from the penultimate goal of Bodmin, Barry came off his bike while avoiding a lorry that should not even have been on the narrow, winding cycle diversion road that he and Colin were using.

Quoting from a post on Facebook by Rachel, “Thank goodness Barry was wearing his cycle helmet yesterday on the last-but-one day of his charity cycle from John O’Groats to Land’s End. As the doctor said, it could well have saved his life or at least pre-vented something a lot more serious happening because of where and how it was damaged […] He also thankfully man-aged to avoid hitting the lorry that filled the width of the

narrow country road cycle diversion that it wasn't supposed to be on! So I can be really thankful that when he lost his balance by trying to avoid it that he ended up with only a small bleed on the brain which they are monitoring, a possible fractured collar bone and a smashed up hip socket and pelvis that requires some special-ist major surgery next Tuesday. […]

I am sure you will all join me in con-gratulating Barry on his fantastic achievement in completing 14 of his 15 days cycling every day and for getting from John O’Groats to Bod-min.”

Members have been asking what they can do to help. The answer is simple.

All along since he became our National President, Barry has been asking individual members to donate the equivalent of their 41 Club National Capitations (£14.50) to Shelter.

Please visit Barry’s JustGiving page and donate.

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We want your news... This newsletter and the magazine are only as good as you make them. Do you feel that there’s not enough about a specific subject that is of interest to you? If so, there’s an easy way to fix that. Send me something about that subject!

I can deal with most widely-used formats so feel free to send in whatever you have and if I have a problem with it I’ll get in touch.

If you’re unsure what to let me have then just ask! I’ve never bitten anyone’s head off. Yet… You can reach me by e-mail at comms@41club.org or on my phone on 07477 654796.

If you let me have your copy by the 24th of the month I can get it into the following month’s newsletter.

41 Club is also a printed magazine that is issued three times a year and distributed to nearly 16,000 members. Copy dates for the printed magazine are:

1st February for the Spring edition 1st June for the Summer magazine 1st October for the Winter magazine

Time to get scribbling!

Godwin Stewart

National Communications Officer

Ashby 41 Club on rails Ashby 41 Club’s June meeting was to somewhere close by, but which most members never even knew existed. Just a 20-minute drive away lies the Statfold Barn Railway, an extensive private narrow-gauge railway built from scratch by its owner, Graham Lee.

And it was superb! A complete station built adjacent to the comprehensive workshops, where major repairs are under-taken on locomotives from narrow-gauge operators world-wide. Numerous locomotives, wagons and carriages, together with a 3-mile return railway line running out into the fields – which, of course, we had to sample!

Our motive power was sadly a small diesel, but this was understandable, given that the site had been opened up especially for us just for the evening. On a lovely Summer’s evening (yes, there were some of those during June), we headed out, some of us choosing to ride on the end platforms of the carriages, just like the Wild West!

Halfway back, we stopped at Oak Tree halt, in order to investi-gate the contents of some large warehouses – more locos, plus a variety of road vehicles and equipment too. It was here that we had our food, an excellent ploughman’s spread with bottles of beer to wash it down.

Of particular local interest right next to where we were eating was the last surviving tramcar from the Burton-Ashby Light

Railway. This had operated in Detroit for many years, but had been auctioned off in 2014 when it found its new home at Statfold. An extensive restora-tion is nearly complete and it looks magnificent. We look forward to its public displays in Ashby, Burton and Swadlincote next Spring.

All in all, an excellent visit, and our thanks go to Graham for opening up the site for us and for being an attentive and enthusiastic guide. The railway only opens for three charity days a year, and attendance has to be pre-booked.

Visit http://www.statfoldbarnrailway.co.uk/ for more infor-mation. Recommended!

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Classic Car Rally 2016: Update With just over a week to go before the 41 Club Classic Car Rally we are very pleased to have an entry of just over 30 cars for our first event in the South West.

We have a varied entry of cars (but still sadly no classic motorcycles) ranging from a 1935 Alvis to a 2015 Morgan. The makes covered include MG, Porsche, Mercedes, Rover, Healey, Morris, West-field, Jaguar, Marlin, Bristol, Vindicator, VW and, last but certainly not least, a Rolls Royce.

Based at the Yeovil Court Hotel, as our main hotel, we have overf low entrants close by in the villages of West Coker and Bower Hinton. The main attraction has to be the visit to the Haynes Motor Museum on the Saturday which will

include a two-course hot lunch in a private room and a guided tour of the Museum in the afternoon.

We have selected some picturesque routes around the Som-erset lanes and villages, both to and from Haynes on the Saturday and on the run to our pub lunch on the Sunday.

The good news is there is still one place left on the Rally so if you are still thinking of coming we can accommodate you, as long as you call me by the evening of Tuesday night 2nd August when we must give the final numbers to the hotel for the evening meals.

So, if you have a classic, or cherished, car or motorcycle and don't want to miss out on this brilliant event, call me on 07891 761599 and I'll be delighted to get you booked in.

Yours in Continued Friendship,

Terry Cooper Immediate Past National President.

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Do you have an event to shout about?

A Charter Night? A Regional event?

The monthly newsletter is the ideal

way to let people know!

Plan for your flyer to occupy

1/4 page A4 and if in doubt

about how to proceed then

don’t hesitate to ask the Editor.

You can reach me by e-mail at:

comms@41club.org

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Community Service Initiative The 41 Club National Community Service Initiative is gather-ing pace now as we look at coordinating what we do within our organisation as a norm in our support for Round Table, Tangent and Ladies Circle.

I have asked your National Councillors to let me know the activity you, our members, do in our Regions so I can compile a list of the diverse support we give to the com-munity and share this with all Clubs in our Association.

The idea behind this is to raise aware-ness, and that although we are not seen as a charitable organisation like Round Table we do get involved in fund raising and activities locally that support our communities in many ways.

We are also looking at helping Round Table with the formation of a number of new Clubs this year and this in conjunction with our own National Membership Officer, Duncan Kenne-dy, and his opposite number in Round Table. Currently we are looking at helping with eight new Round Table Clubs but we would like to see that number rise to ten by the end of this 41 Club year.

I would like to invite you to join us at the the National Arbore-tum in November when Vice-President Dave Campbell pre-sides over a non religious but sympathetic service to remem-ber those who gave their lives in wars and conflicts. We have our own Garden of Remembrance within the Arboretum

shared with Round Table, Tangent and Ladies Circle and if you've not visited then I suggest it's a very worthwhile thing to do. So why not join us on Sunday November 13th this year as the National Arboretum is open to everyone and we would be delighted if you could join us in our garden at about 11:20am

when our short, but very moving, service takes place.

We are looking at a project for a week of short walks for charity on the Millennium Way that will involve our Clubs from around the UK. We were hoping to get this up and running this year but I expect it will start in Sep-tember next year now. As like all annual events it's the planning that takes the time and the Classic Car Rally has taken much of my time this year up to now.

We've also been contacted by the Teenage Cancer Trust who may want some practical help next year, not fund raising directly, and we're looking into what we can do to help and support this very worthy cause.

If you have any new ideas of how we can help in your commu-nity then email me on pastpresident@41club.org or give me a call on 07891 761599.

Yours in Continued Friendship;

Terry Cooper Immediate Past National President.

The Millennium Way

President Barry and his wife Rachel strode out recently on the 8.5 mile Millennium Way c i r c u l a r f r o m Studley.

Despite recent rain it was completely dry. They met this band of 8 walkers who were doing the Coughton Court to

Henley in Arden stretch as part of their attempt to cover the whole 100 miles west to east.

We wish them good luck. They get out once every few weeks. Keep at it!

41 International Communiqué

The August 2016 41 International Communiqué is now out! Click on the front cover to download.

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly at the Dutch AGM 41 Club The Netherlands has been an enigma for many years in that Round Table is strong and 41 Club virtually non-existent. But things are changing fast! We decided to support them by attending their very first AGM.

Vice President Dave Campbell, IRO Peter Good and Past International Officer Andy Waite (you can work out who is good, bad, or ugly) set off for Almelo in North-Eastern Holland by car. Once through the tunnel we decided to find somewhere to stay in Ghent, a truly beautiful city. We sat in the main square in the setting sun eating moules-frites (mussels and chips, Belgium’s national dish) washed down with, inevitably, a few beers.

Friday morning saw us on the road to Almelo. We were almost there when an unmarked police car pulled us over for speed-ing – luckily he let us off. An early arrival meant we had time to explore the town and enjoy the sunshine.

The welcome party was held in a pub belonging to one of the

members — an informal barbecue. Besides us there were visitors from Germany, Cyprus, Belgium, Italy, Malta and Switzerland — altogether about 80 people. We were made very welcome.

We cycled to the AGM on Saturday morning, which was held in a wood yard, again belonging to one of the members. Surrounded by colossal amounts of timber, the facilities were superb — a stage, big screen, excel-lent PA system, coffee and soft drinks all superbly set up.

Again by bike to the lunch, which was held in a field — one great trestle table with lots of charcuterie, wine and beer as well as a barbecue.

A little rest time was followed by the Gala Dinner in the hotel (again owned by one of the members). All three of us agreed it was the finest such dinner we’d ever attended.

The Dutch have nine Clubs already and the potential for many more. The sleeping giant has awoken!

Dave, Peter and Andy

Region 15 Golf Day Report At the end of June, 24 guys from around Region 15 assembled and compet-ed at Stoneleigh Deerpark Golf Club, which is set in beautiful Warwickshire countryside on the former estate of Lord Leigh.

The course boasts literally hundreds of oak trees, some probably 500 years old, and other ornamental trees from around the world. At the highest point of the course, lovely views can be seen over Warwick-shire, towards the Cots-wolds.

The weather was good to us, even if rather humid, and we drew the teams in varying and mixed ability .

After the golf we retired to the clubhouse for a lovely meal, a

few well earned drinks and fellowship.

Many thanks to Clive Stone from Kenilworth for helping to organise the event, even though he had been ill lately.

The winning individual was Andy Watkinson.

The winning team was Shirley Late Knights. I took great pleasure in presenting them with their golf trophies and prizes.

Well done guys, you will represent your Region in

the National Final in September!

Tom Atkins National Councillor Region 15 region15@41club.org

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The Comms Committee went to Boot Camp! In a secret location in the depths of Cheshire, otherwise

known as the home of Ray and Sue Hill, members of the

Communications Committee submitted themselves to the

rigours of two days of training on the IT systems that we use

to communicate with our members and with the outside and

to manage the membership.

For a long time now, we’ve been saying that Councillors and

Club Officers need training on the systems that we use but we

never got round to doing anything. At least not until now.

We’re finally doing something about it, the process has start-

ed in earnest.

The idea behind this “boot camp” was for National Communi-

cations Officer Godwin Stewart and his predecessor Ray Hill

to train up members of the Communications Committee so

that they can become proficient on our systems, take on

some of the workload and eventually start training the rest of

National Council in small groups when we meet again in

Marchesi House in November.

On the first day, Ray ran everyone through the use of CAS, the

Club Administration System (our membership database and

mass mailing facility), how to update our website with their

own profile information and how individual Clubs can take

advantage of the “microsite” facility at their disposal, thus

enabling them to have their own websites under the umbrella

of the main 41 Club website.

There’s no way this could happen without the usual banter

that inevitably unfolds when you put a bunch of Tablers or ex-

Tablers in a room. As evidence of this, some of you might

have briefly seen an article about a Pork Pie Presentation at

the bottom of the home page for a couple of hours. Here we

see Mark Gilda posing for a photo to accompany the article…

On the second day, Godwin took everyone through the sys-

tems that we use for e-mail and the technology that this

Committee is now using in order to share information be-

tween Committee members such that they all know what they

have to do and who is doing what. This was the biggest hurdle

to clear, very few had prior experience in usage of something

that is making more and more inroads into the way we work

with IT: the cloud!

Communications are something that we take very seriously.

You only have to look at the Strategy and Governance docu-

ment that was approved at the 71st AGM to see the emphasis

that we’re now placing on Information and Communications

Technology, or ICT.

Communications are the key to growing our Association

because the generation that we want to attract and keep uses

the technology widely. We need to communicate to them that

41 Club is a vibrant organisation where things happen and

where they can continue the activities that they so enjoyed

when in Round Table should they so wish.

Communications is also an area in which some of our existing

membership lets us know that we could do better. We’re

listening and we’re improving. This said, a large proportion of

the “you are not communicating!” camp is made up of mem-

bers who don’t want to receive this newsletter or the printed

magazine. How we’re actually supposed to communicate with

them is a mystery to me, but that’s probably more of a culture

issue than anything else and it will change over time.

No 41 Club gathering would be complete without a good dose

of fellowship!

Many thanks to Sue for providing a scrumptious barbeque on

the Saturday evening!

Oh, and Mark’s Melton Mowbray pork pies were pretty good

too — let’s not forget those…

The outcome of the weekend was extremely positive. We

achieved everything that we set out to do, people left on the

Sunday feeling both enthused about the possibilities and also

far less intimidated by the technology. It just needs to be

explained. Yet more proof that communication helps!

A big thank you also to Ray Hill, Mark Gilda, Nick Morcumb,

Andy Waite and Graham Sloan for giving up your weekend to

mess around on computers!

Godwin Stewart

National Communications Officer

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President Barry plays in Region 20 Golf Day

National President Barry Durman and National Councillor Derek Knowlden played golf in the annual Abingdon & District 41 Club/Region 20 Golf Day. This was held at Goring & Streatly Golf Club in the heart of the Berkshire countryside.

Winners of the Mike Fitchett Trophy were Bicester 41 Club, Mark Nolan, David Morgan, Chris Dalby and Andy Grose.

The Abingdon Champion was Chairman Peter Clegg who now will wear the coveted Abingdon Golf jacket until next year’s competition which will be organised by Bicester.

The day, excellently organised by Abingdon 41’er Dave

Mitchell, was completed with a meal and prize giving in the Goring & Streatly Clubhouse, where President Barry gave a short speech about his year and his charity cycle ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End. He presented banners to organiser Dave Mitchell and past National President Martin Green.

Barry’s final score is a secret. However let us say he wasn’t in the top five, (or was it the top ten……)

Martin Green National President 2013-2014

At long last, it went in!

Chairman Peter Clegg

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Member Benefits

A question that we often hear is, “What does National do for

us? What value do we get for our Capitations?”

Well, technically, that’s two questions but their answers can

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You just have to look at this page and the next page. They are

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Visit www.41club.org/pages/platinum-privileges for full details

of the benefits we provide to our members.

Someone has to go out and look for these deals for you and

we have to work with the companies providing them in order

to set them all up. A small proportion of your Capitations goes

towards securing these offers for you, offers that can save you

many times the £14.50 you pay the Association for a year’s

membership.

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