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

Tickets cost £14.00, a saving of £3.00 compared with the gate price of £17 on the day.

The Box Office telephone number is:

01372  741028

Download Big Band Booking Form 

Please send your orders to: The Big Band Box Office, 20 Chartwell Place, Downs Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5JH enclosing:

• a note of your name, address and telephone number
• the number of tickets required at £14.00
• a cheque for the total amount, made payable to Nonsuch Enterprises Ltd
• a stamped addressed envelope
• please add your email address if you would like to be included on our mailing list

Tickets will also be available very shortly from retail outlets in Sutton, Cheam, North Cheam, Worcester Park, Stoneleigh, Ewell and Epsom.

Members on the Epsom & Ewell Finance team from L to R: Donna, Ingrid, Matt, Anne, Julie & Dawn with Rotary president John Chamberlain

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.

12 teams competed at the Epsom Conservative Club for the 2010 Bizz Quizz Trophy

Daisy Daly (middle) with Charlie King (left) and Megan Jenkins (right)

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.

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 Club would like to warmly thank all those residents of Cheam, North Cheam, Sutton and Worcester Park who gave so generously to support local charities during Santa’s tour of local streets just before Christmas. We’d also like to express our sincere thanks to the Managers and staff of Sainsbury’s and Tesco Extra Sutton/North Cheam for allowing us to collect outside their stores at the weekends.

 A magnificent £9,100 was collected and distributed to local charities Conquest Art, Diabetes UK (South East), Epsom Riding for the Disabled, Family Focus and T.R.E.E.S (supporting local people with learning difficulties) as well as Nonsuch Rotary’s local charity fund.

 Cheques were presented to representatives of the charities at Nonsuch Rotary Club’s meeting on 20th January. The photograph below shows President John Chamberlain with (from left to right) Paul Jansen from Family Focus, Penny January from Diabetes UK South East, Stella Miln from Epsom Riding for the Disabled and Laurie Wills from TREES.

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

 

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 

Jay Craig & his Orchestra

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.