Nonsuch Big Band a Success

‘Nonsuch Big Band, Gardens of Nonsuch Mansion, Friday 4 June 2010

The 2010 Nonsuch Big Band in the Park event was a big success.   Profits will be divided evenly between two charities – Friends of Nonsuch and Nonsuch Rotary.  The event is run by Nonsuch Rotary Club for the Friends of Nonsuch.  Early figures below are estimates so subject to revision. 

Photographs are by Rotarian Rob Marvelly. 

• Total attendance (paying and complimentary etc) estimated at just under 1,000 – a record
• Picnickers started arriving before 5.30 pm on a beautiful warm early summer’s evening
• Richard Stevenson from Carshalton entertained early arrivals on classical guitar – his first appearance
• Jay Craig’s Orchestra played a wide variety of Big Band music from 7.15 pm perfectly tailored to the mood of his large audience
• The two Vocalists, Louise Cookman and Matthew Ford, were very popular
• As the evening progressed more and more dancers took to the ’floor’
• The applause and the ’Thank You’s’ from the audience as they left were profuse, showing how much everyone had enjoyed the event
• Over £2,000 was raised from a raffle with prizes donated mainly by Epsom business people
• Total profits (to be announced) will be divided equally between the  Friends of Nonsuch charity and Nonsuch Rotary charities.
• Nonsuch Rotary will give a proportion of their share to the Sutton Guardian’s ‘Operation Butterfly’ for the new Cancer Information and Support Service at St Helier Hospital and the remainder will go to local charities 

The following local businesses sponsored the event:

Dean Kirby Flooring (Principal Sponsor); Spur Garage, Herald Contracts; houghtonwhite; Browns Residential; National Counties Building Society.

Banstead Road Garage; Brand & Co; Direct Line Communications; Epsom Coaches; In-Toto Kitchens; Mantle & Partners; The Ashley Centre.

Others who paid for advertisements in the free programme:

Bovingdon’s; Cheam Leaded Lights; Cheam Parochial Rooms; Eclipse Hair; Kendall Cars; Londis; Sharon Proctor Osteopaths;

Star of India; and Wingrove Vets.

Prizes for the Raffle were donated by:

Epsom Playhouse; Horton Country Park; Kerry Hagger; Chainstore Dave (Epsom Market); Chris (Fruit & Veg, Epsom Market);

Phil & Cill (Barley Mow); Charley Love; Mick McDonald; Mike Waters; John Newson; Parrish (Mini Store); & Hudsons 

Retail Ticket Sales by:

Dean Kirby; houghtonwhite; Mantle & Partners; Peachey’s News; Read N Rite; Sutton Music; & Village Ceramics.

Swimathon 2010 at Epsom College

Nonsuch Rotary’s annual Swimathon will be held on Saturday 6th November 2010 at Epsom College , who have offered for the second year the use of its superb 25 metre pool on the Epsom College Campus in College Road Epsom. (Follow the Epsom College link above for directions).

Our Swimathon helps local organisations and charities to raise funds for their own purposes as well as supporting Rotary charities. We have aways been well supported by local schools such as Rosebery School in Epsom and Nonsuch High School in Cheam but any local group/company interested in raising funds for charity is welcome to enter one or more teams.
The idea is simple. Teams collect sponsorship from friends, relatives and supporters for a 30 minute sponsored swim. Nonsuch Rotary, under the leadership of Colin Kennedy, who organises the event and the proceeds from sponsorship are split 50/50 between the local group and Rotary charities. Last year a total of 28 teams and 119 swimmers swam a total of 3798 lengths which equated to 94.95 kilometers or 59 miles!

Rotary provides all the documentation including sponsorship forms and a certificate upon completion of the swim and free refreshments are available to swimmers.

Forms are available for download via the links below or contact Colin Kennedy for further information on 01737 243509 or email nonsuchswim@aol.

Download Swimathon 2009 documentation here:

• Application Form 2010
• Sponsorship Form 2010 (to be completed by individual swimmers)
• Disclaimer Form and Directions 2010 (MUST BE COMPLETED BY ALL SWIMMERS)

Youth Speaks

YOUTH SPEAKS 2010

In congratulating the 21 competitors at Nonsuch Rotary’s recent Youth Speaks competition, Chris Forkan told them, “It was appropriate that one of the topics chosen tonight was ‘Courage’ because that is what it took from all of you to stand and deliver in front of the public and your peers and to do it so well.”  Appropriately, it was the winning team from Wilson’s School, Delwyn the speaker, Bramam the Chair and Fanuel Vote of Thanks who chose to speak about ‘Courage’.  Afterwards members of the winning team said how much they enjoyed hearing the other teams and their topics which they found really interesting. 

‘Rotary Youth Speaks’ is a popular annual event which gives youngsters an opportunity to display their public speaking skills in front of an audience, in competition with students from other local schools

 

Epsom Team win Nonsuch Rotary’s 2010 Bizz Quizz

A team from Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s Finance Department won the 2010 Bizz Quizz contest organised by Nonsuch Rotary Club.

Held at Epsom Conservative Club on Tuesday 16th February this is the fourth annual quiz open to local organisations in the Sutton and Epsom areas. The Epsom team were in third place in 2008 and came second last year so were very pleased to win in 2010.

The quiz is organised by Nonsuch Rotary aims to encourage  local organisations to meet each other for a fun evening out as well as raise funds for local charities. This year we are supporting the Guardian’s Operation Butterfly appeal for the Macmillan Centre at St Helier Hospital Carshalton and Epsom Hospital’s  Butterfly Centre.

Rotary Young Chef of the Year 2010

Sixteen year old Daisy Daly, a student currently pursuing a Chef’s Diploma NVQ level 2 course at Carshalton College, wowed the judges at the recent local heat of the Rotary Young Chef competition when she produced ” an especially well presented” three course meal for two to win against fierce competition from five other competitors. She is in her first year at the College having recently left Carshalton High School for Girls.

The two Judges, Garry Lee who is Head Chef at the Ivy Restaurant, London and Tom Hall, Team Leader at Carshalton College, commented that, “The taste and quality of Daisy’s cooking was outstanding.”

All the competitors had to prepare a three course meal within two hours on a budget of £14. Daisy, who hopes to reach the national final at Chippenham in April, prepared a pan fried spicy sea bass with fondant potoes and fresh pesto as her main course.

Second place was awarded to 15 year old Charlie King from Cheam High School while Megan Jenkins, who is only 11, came third; she is also from Carshalton High School for Girls.

Four thousand young people under 17 years embarked at the outset on this Rotary competition, which is jointly sponsored by Filippo Berio, producers of olive oil, and Fifteen Restaurant, London. The winner receives a trip for two to Filippo Berio’s olive groves in Tuscanny and one day session in the kitchens of the Fifteen Retaurant.

Big Band In Nonsuch Park – Sponsorship Opportunities

This year’s Big Band in the Park concert featuring the Jay Craig Orchestra is scheduled to be held in Nonsuch Park on Friday evening the 4th June.

Publicity is already underway for this charity event which is being supported by the Epsom and Sutton Guardian Newspapers.

Local organisations have the opportunity to participate in the event both on the evening and in pre and post publicity activities. A range of sponsorship opportunities are currently available from £60 to £750.

Download a copy of our Sponsorship Information Pack: Big_Band_Sponsorship_2010 or contact Tony Ensom a.ensom@btconnect.com tel: 01737 832225.

Nonsuch Rotary’s Christmas Collection Beneficiaries

Bizz Quizz 2010

Nonsuch Rotary’s annual Bizz Quizz is being held on Tuesday 16th February at Epsom Conservative Club, Church Street, Epsom. The Quizz commences at 7.00 p.m. but a licensed bar is available from 6.00 p.m.

This “fun” quizz for local businesses and organisations raises funds for Rotary Charities and The McMillan Butterfly Cancer Care Centre at Epsom Hospital.

Teams from local organisations are invited to compete for the prestigious Rotary Bizz Quizz Trophy. Cost £8.00 per person including a hot buffet.

Further information available: Bizz Quizz 2010 Flyer and an application form here: BizzQuizz2010_AppForm or contact Diego Alves (07778 357327 slaved359@gmail.com) or John Mitchell (01372 276511 johnw.mitchell@tiscali.co.uk)

Nonsuch Big Band in the Park 2010

The Friends of Nonsuch and Nonsuch Rotary Club will be holding our next ‘Big Band in Nonsuch Park’ charity event on Friday evening 4 June 2010 in the delightful gardens of Nonsuch Mansion, close to Cheam Village.  Gates will be open for picnickers from 5.30 pm and the main concert will begin at 7.15 pm

By popular request, following his welcome first appearance at Nonsuch in 2009, Jay Craig and his Orchestra will return for the 2010 concert.

Tickets will be £17 on the gate but there will be savings of £3.00 per ticket for early booking – only £14 if purchased in before the evening.

 We were delighted that no fewer than 19 local companies supported this community event in 2009, contributing over £4,000 through either sponsorship or purchasing advertising space in our free programme.  Others donated excellent prizes for the raffle which raised £1,845.  We are grateful to everyone concerned

 A crowd of nearly 900 enjoyed last June’s event which raised over £8,800 for the charity funds of the Friends and Nonsuch Rotary.  Money raised for the Friends enable them to continue their work on the Mansion Museum.  Among the beneficiaries from the Nonsuch Rotary charity funds were the Macmillan Butterfly Centre which does such magnificent work for the support of people suffering from cancer and their families.

 The organisers are delighted that the Sutton Guardian and the Epsom Guardian have agreed to be our Media Partners for 2010.

 More details, including booking forms for downloading and box office information, will be available on this website from about the beginning of March 2010.

To register an interest in purchasing tickets or sponsoring the event now please email: nonsuchbigbandnight@gmail.com 

Father Christmas’ December Schedule

Nonsuch Rotary will be bring Father Christmas to visit local Children on the following evenings in December:

• Monday 7 Dec – Starting at Woodlands Rd, Worcester Park
• Tuesday 8 – Starting at Sparrow Farm Rd, Stoneleigh
• Thursday 10 – Starting at Langley Rd N. Cheam
• Friday 11 – Starting at Lumley Rd , Cheam Village
• Monday 14 – Starting at Palmer Ave N. Cheam
• Tuesday 15 – Starting at Esher Rd, N. Cheam
• Thursday 17 – Starting at Green Lane, Worcester Park

Father Christmas will also be outside Sainsbury’s North Cheam on Saturday 12th and 13th December and at Tescos Cheam Park Farm on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th abd Sunday 20th December.

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