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

 

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.

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.

New Venue for Swimathon 2009

Nonsuch Rotary’s annual Swimathon will be held on Saturday 7th November at a new venue.

Following many years support from the Legal & General who provided the use of their Kingswood pool, we are pleased to announce that Epsom College has now offered 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 Rosebury School in Epsom and Nonsuch High School in Cheam but any local group interested in raising funds 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 Terry Mayho, 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 Terry Mayho for further information on 020 8593 2583 / email nonsuchswim@aol.com or John Putland on 01737 556 640.

Download Swimathon 2009 documentation here:

• Swimathon 2009 information leaflet
• Swimathon 2009 Team Application Form
• Sponsorship Form 2009 (to be completed by individual swimmers)
• Disclaimer Form 2009 (to be completed by all swimmers)

2009 Bizz Quizz supports Epsom Hospital’s Macmillan Butterfly Centre

Following Nonsuch Rotary’s successful Bizz Quizz, a cheque was presented to the Macmillan Butterfly Centre at Epsom Hospital on 17th July.

The photograph shows President David Riley presenting our cheque to Peter Coles, Interim Chief Executive of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Behind David and Peter are Susan Clelland (Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist), Tarlika Patel (Macmillan Cancer Information Manager), Julia Sinclair (Cancer Services and Palliative Care Business Manager) and Seema Sullery (MDT and Data Coordinator),

2009 Nonsuch Big Band Concert A Great Success

The weather stayed good for this year’s Nonsuch Big Band in the Park concert featuring The Jay Craig Orchestra supported by The Redhill and Reigate Stompers.

An audiece of over 800 joined us for the concert which this year featured a much improved sound system.

Plans are already underway for the 2010 concert.

Nonsuch Big Band in the Park 2009

Background and Plans for This Year’s Concert

The Rotary Club of Sutton Nonsuch is the newest Rotary Club in the Sutton area (but not that new – we were formed in 1986!). As our name suggests our origins are around the Nonsuch Park area which borders Worcester Park, Cheam, Stoneleigh and Ewell.

A few years ago when we were reviewing our activities one of our members, David Hagger, suggested that as our Club name was directly associated with Nonsuch we should be building relationships with and assisting other organisations associated with Nonsuch. That brought us into contact with The Friends of Nonsuch.

The Friends of Nonsuch is a charity formed in 1991 to fight for the preservation of the Nonsuch Park Estate as an open space accessible to all. Their original very successful campaign highlighted the need for conservation work on the Grade II Listed Georgian Mansion House and since then groups of volunteers have been restoring the Mansion. The Friends also have groups researching the history of the site and are very much concerned with the conservation of the parklands and gardens of Nonsuch Park. The Service Wing Museum was opened to the public in 1993 which details the history of the site and also shows how a working service wing would have looked in the nineteenth century. To find out more about visiting the Mansion visit their website.

To finance their restoration work The Friends hold a number of fund raising activities, one of which was a Jazz Concert in the gardens of the Mansion held on a summer’s evening. Nonsuch Rotary approached The Friends with an offer to help organise and grow this event and a partnership was agreed. We would take over the planning and management of the event in return for a share in the profits to support Rotary charities. We first helped in 2007 when the event was upgraded to a Big Band Night featuring The Dave Marrion Big Band. Last year (2008) we took over the complete management of the event and a special committee was set up that included both Club members and members of The Friends of Nonsuch to oversee the organisation.

Despite a wet evening last year there was a very strong turnout and patrons enjoyed a great evening of Big Band Music, again from The Dave Marion Big Band. The early rain soon dried up and the evening finished with many of the audience dancing to the music of Glen Miller and other famous bands from the past.

The event raised much needed funds for The Friends of Nonsuch’s restoration work and also supported Rotary’s nominated charity The Macmillan Butterfly Centre at Epsom Hospital.

Last year we invited sponsorship from local firms to support the event. Dean Kirby’s Creative Flooring was our lead sponsor and others included The IT Partnership , National Counties Building Society, Astral Conservatories, Mantle & Partners Financial Planning & Tax Advisors, Spur Garage Wimbledon, Bond Tours, Banstead Road Garage and Village Ceramics.
Sponsorship opportunities are available again this year although Dean Kirby has already agreed to be our Principal Sponsor. Further information is available on our sponsorship form or by contacting Tony Ensom (Tel: 01737 833505 Email: a.ensom@btconnect.com).

This year, 2009 a much bigger and better event is being developed. An improved stage together with a professional sound system is planned together with a change of band. This year the Jay Craig Orchestra will be performing. Led by Jay Craig, BBC Big Band’s baritone sax man, the band was formed in 2004. Its players come together from some of the best bands in the country including the BBC Big Band and the Syd Lawrence and John Wilson Orchestras.

Tickets will shortly be on sale at £14 each and will be available from selected outlets within the Nonsuch Park area or from the Big Band Box Office. For further information about buying tickets please contact John Kemp at the Box Office (Tel: 0208 786 3441 Email johnkemp1@gmail.com).

Christmas Collection Cheque Presentation

Following Nonsuch Rotary’s latest Christmas collection five charities received cheques from the Club at a special dinner meeting on 7th January.

The five charities supported were Family Focus, Friends of the Elderly, Linden Bridge School, MERU and Help for Heros. The first four charities were represented at the event and received their cheque from Patsy Payne, Editor of the Sutton and Epsom editions of The Post, our local newspaper.

Introducing the guests, Tony Ensom said, ‘These occasions, when money so generously given at Christmas is distributed to a number of charitable organisations set up to help others, are always highlights of Nonsuch Rotary Club’s year.’

Each charity gave a brief presentation about their work and what the Club’s donation would be used for.

The photograph shows, from left to right, Paul Jensen, Family Focus; Ronwen Smith, Linden Bridge School; Mark Wilson, Friends of the Elderly; Susan Brompton, MERU; and Marisse Gliddon, Friends of the Elderly.

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