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.

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)

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Tickets cost £14.00, a saving of £3.00 compared with the gate price of £17 on the day. Accompanied under 12 FREE.

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 are also be available from the following retail outlets in Sutton, Cheam, North Cheam, Worcester Park, Stoneleigh, Ewell and Epsom.

Village Ceramics, 31 Station Way, Cheam Village

Mantle & Partners, 77-79 Stoneleigh Broadway, Stoneleigh

Dean Kirby’s Creative Flooring, 538-540 London Road, North Cheam

Sutton Music, 35 St. Nicholas Way, Sutton

Peachey’s News, next to Ashley Centre, Epsom

Read N Rite, 104 Central Road, Worcester Park

Houghtonwhite Optometrists, 68 High Street, Ewell

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

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)