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DISTRICT GOVERNOR LION JOHN CHAMBERS LLANDUDNO LIONS CLUBDISTRICT GOVERNOR LION JOHN CHAMBERS LLANDUDNO LIONS CLUBDISTRICT GOVERNOR LION JOHN CHAMBERS LLANDUDNO LIONS CLUBDISTRICT GOVERNOR LION JOHN CHAMBERS LLANDUDNO LIONS CLUB

CN ISSUE No. 4 OCTOBER, 2019

EWSLETTE N R GOING FORWARD TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE

LION President Ken with the Chairman of North West Leicestershire and District Council and District Governor

Lion John Chambers

LION President Ken Garner presents a 35-year Service Pin to Lion Anthony Harris

ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH AND COALVILLE LIONS

“STATUTES” SPECIAL EVENT ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH held special events during

September this year, to mark the 800th

anniversary of its “Statutes”. There had been

Talks, Film Nights, Street Art and Exhibitions.

“Statutes” is an important part of Ashby’s rich

history, but few people who enjoy the rides

nowadays have any idea why the “Statutes”

exist.

The Charter, a gift from Henry lll to Alan la

Zouch, Lord of the Manor, was granted to Ashby

to hold an annual fair where merchandise could

be sold in the street. Although the reasons for

granting the Charter aren’t clear, it did say that

the citizens “might enjoy themselves merrily” –

and they still do!

Stallholders used to be charged individually for

their pitches by the council but as time went on it

was let to just one showman, Pat Collins. Pat

Collins Funfairs still run the event, under the

present owner Mr. Anthony Harris.

Mr. Harris, over 40 years ago, suggested to the

Lions Club that they run the fair for free, solely

for children and young people with special needs

on the Monday morning. He was later made an

Honorary Lion by the Club for his service to

generations of young people over many years.

He also allows the Lions to have their own fund-

raising stall over the whole period of the fair. A

Centennial Award was made to Mr. Harris last

year, and recently on Sunday morning this year,

following a multi-denominational church service

on the Dodgems (how weird is that?), Mr. and

Mrs. Harris were awarded the Freedom of the

Town of Ashby by the Mayor, a wonderful

acknowledgement of their great contribution to

the town. They are the first ever to be awarded

the Freedom of the town.

This year, as in every year for the past 40 or

years, around 650 children and young people

with a variety of special needs and over 220 of

their carers, from around 20 schools in

Nottingham, Leicester, Sutton Coldfield, Burton-

on-Trent, Shepshed, Swadlincote, Coalville and

Ashby were given free rides and treats.

They enjoyed a morning of thrills and

excitement which many of them would never be

able to access under normal circumstances. It

was quieter and there were less crowds. Rides

were run especially for them, sometimes at

slower speeds, and everyone involved was well-

aware of the children’s needs.

Their excited faces wreathed in smiles were

sufficient reward for everyone who helped. As in

many recent years the day started damp and

dreary, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the

children or the volunteers and fortunately the

rain cleared!

Invitations went out in May, and from then

until September a committee of Lions worked on

the logistics of entertaining nearly a thousand

people.

Ashby and Coalville Lions paid for treats for the

children, with help from some of our local Clubs,

and Local Businesses such as Tesco and KP

donated water and snacks. Daybreak Stores in

Packington provided fruit, Ivanhoe School

allowed its car park to be used for the morning

and the Lions were helped on the day by sixth

formers from Ashby School as well as some of

our local Rotarians, volunteers from Tesco and

Leicestershire Search and Rescue who provided

medical assistance.

Unfortunately increasing numbers of Health and

Safety regulations are preventing some schools

from coming to our event, but we hope it will

continue for many years to come.

Lion Lynda Allen

LITTER PICKING THE You Can Leos regularly do a litter pick and

clean up at the Cromwell Community Gardens

and the picture were taken at our last clean up

on the in August.

Unfortunately only Charlotte and Michael

turned up, so it was just the three of us, along

with Lion Marian Daintree of Stretford Lions.

BIRCHWOOD Lions had a great Social

Evening in August.

First off was the presentation of the new

Football Strip to the Birchwood Junior FA

Football team, which was presented by

Lion President Pam Dyson and she was

quite “uplifted” by the event!

Next, we had a visit from local poet and

author, David Horrigan, who recited

several of his poems, including some

highlighting his experiences as a

Warrington Bobby.

David is raising funds for a charity at

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, a cause

that is close to his heart.

QUITE UPLIFTING!

MORE PICTURES FROM ASHBY AND COALVILLE

VISITORS to the Fair (top left); owner of the Fair Mr. Anthony Harris and his wife Christine receiving the Freedom of the Town from the Mayor (bottom left); Lions Lynda and George A l l e n a t t h e m u l t i -denominational service on the dodgems (top) and Lions Vice President George Allen and President Ken Garner.

PICTURED (above) Treasurer Lion Bob Hobbs and Lion President Graham Haddington; and (below) Cancer Care Staff

counting the proceeds

JOINT COLLECTION ON THE PROMENADE LANCASTER and Morecambe Lions Club and

Volunteers from Cancer Care held a joint

Collection during the August Bank Holiday

weekend at the 7th Annual “Vintage By The

Sea Festival” held at the Midland Hotel on

Morecambe Promenade.

This successful free event once again

welcomed thousands of visitors who despite

the strong winds and showers enjoyed

everything vintage: Music and Dance,

Costumes, Cars, Shows, Stalls and Arts and

Crafts.

Thankfully the sun eventually came out and

visitors made donations in exchange for event

programmes during the Festival.

Cancer Care and the Lions used the

appropriately named "Lions Room" at

Slyndales to count the proceeds and the

generous amount of £1,291 was divided

between the two Organisations.

NEW MINI BUS FOR CENTRE

EVERY year hundreds of thousands of people suffer life- changing brain injuries. They face a long and difficult road to recovery, often with limited support.

Calvert Reconnections, part of the Lake District Calvert Trust, located on the outskirts of Keswick, is a brand-new Neuro-Rehabilitation Residential Centre that will offer ground-breaking rehabilitation programmes for those who have suffered an acquired brain injury (ABI).

The focus will be on delivering clinical therapies alongside experienced activity instructors utilising challenging outdoor activities to support individuals and their recovery from brain injury. This will be combined with making strong connections

with the local community to seek out experimential and vocational opportunities to enable ABI survivors to achieve their true potential. Keswick Lions Club President Diane Cannon said: “We

are delighted to support the Calvert Reconnections Centre. “Our aim was to provide the centre with a specially

equipped minibus. This can be used to transport residents and their teams around Keswick and the area, where they can gain invaluable experiences on their road to recovery”. The Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)

provides match funding to causes that they judge to be suitable. Keswick Lions pledged £8,000 and approached other local Lions Clubs to support the bid. Windermere and Ambleside Lions pledged £5,000, with Kendal, Grange, Furness and Lancaster and Morecambe pledging smaller amounts. Then began the lengthy process of putting the bid

together. Keswick Lion Ray Sheldon prepared the successful bid application and was delighted to hear that the club had been successful and had been awarded $12,500. A fantastic total of £25,000 will provide a fully kitted out

minibus. “I am personally very proud of the efforts from Keswick Lions to co-ordinate this bid, and to see how Clubs in our District have supported us. I cannot wait to see the minibus in use”. said Lion Diane.

PICTURED: Ray Sheldon (Project Leader); Lions Chris Pond (Keswick Lions), Alan Dunn (District 105 CN LCIF

Co-ordinator); Jill Beswick, Clinical Lead; Lion President Diane Cannon, Keswick Lions Alan Graham, Martin Ousby,

and Clive Beauvais; Sean Day Centre Director

DESPITE atrocious weather the “Walk in the

Park” Event in Keswick went ahead and a good

time was had by those who braved the

conditions.

The event was intended to be a District 105 CN

LCIF Fundraiser and although a number of Clubs

had pledged to take part, but the advance

weather forecast persuaded them otherwise and

they made the correct decision not to travel.

The Paragliding Competition had to be cancelled

due to the forecast of extreme weather

c o n d i t i o n s

wh i ch was

disappointing

for all, but

organiser Lion

Alan Dunn who

h a d b e e n

talked in to

d o i n g a

T a n d e m

Paraglide from

the nearby

Latrigg mountain.

Some of the stalls cancelled but in good old

British style, the show went on and it was great

to see many Families come out and brave the

rain.

The Mayor of Keswick Councillor David Burn

turned up along with the Town Crier David Hall

and completed a lap talking to entrants and

stallholders.

The Town Crier showed off his Line Dancing

skills with Clare Bell and her Krazy Kickers and

the C2R Committed to Rock Choir turned out in

force and sang beautifully in the Marquee.

Many young local musicians got drenched

p l a y i n g t h e i r

instruments outside

but still said they

enjoyed the day.

The Booths Gin Bar

and Grapevine said

sales were nothing

like what they would

have been if they had

decent weather.

Martin Davey, a member of The Bert Mason

Internet Club walked 15 laps dressed in his Lion

outfit and raised £215 for the Lions LCIF Charity.

The Renton Family won the best Fancy Dress

group and Mark Stainton won the Best Male with

his Blue Dragon outfit.

Event organiser Lion Alan Dunn said that it’s

too soon to give an accurate total of how much

was raised on the day but it looks as though it

will be over

£9,000 which will

go to The Lions

C l u b s

I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Foundation of

which Lion Alan is

the 105 CN

D i s t r i c t C o -

ordinator. In addition over

£4,000 was raised

by Alan’s son

John and the

Brown Family for

little Grace Brown

who lost her

f a t h e r Ch r i s

recently in a

tragic Mountain accident. The event could not have taken place without

the main sponsor, local Businessman Lee Watson

of O’Reilly Wealth Management and many local

supporters.

It was a great turnout by

several Members of Keswick

Lions Club, many of whom

spent the whole day

preparing the event and

then clearing up afterwards

in appalling conditions.

The Keswick Scouts

manned the lap marquee

and gave out entrants

stickers at the end of each

lap which exactly covered

one kilometre, a count was made of the number

of kilometres and in total the entrants walked the

equivalent of walking to Calais!

All in all the event was a success thanks to the

generous sponsors and local businesses without

whom the event could not have got off the

ground and LCIF will soon be receiving a very

nice cheque to help with their worldwide causes.

Keswick Lions will

now sit down and

consider whether to

put on another event

next year.

F o r f u r t h e r

information contact

Lion Alan Dunn on

07712 591469 or

0 1 7 6 8 7 7 2 1 2 8

alanbdunn@aol.com

WALK IN THE PARK

VENUE Chesterfield High School, Crosby, Merseyside

DATE February 8, 2020, 10 30 am — 4 pm

Closing Date for entries, January 25, 2020

INSTRUMENTS Woodwind, Brass, Strings and Keyboard

AGE GROUPS School Years 1-6; 7-11 and 12-13

MUSIC Candidates are required to play TWO pieces of their choice. The

Programme should be balanced and show contrast and not to exceed

SEVEN minutes in total

PUBLICITY The application forms, rules and poster are available from the CN

Website and have also been uploaded onto the CN Forum and

Facebook. We need the help of Lions to make sure Music Hubs, Music

Schools, Independent Music Teachers and Musicians know about this

Competition because they are keen to participate if they know about it.

If you were able to go personally into the Music Service or Hub that

would be brilliant and I can supply all the flyers and information. Face

to face contact is a good way to communicate and I would be happy to

travel to assist Clubs to speak to prospective candidates if distance

is feasible. PLEASE SHARE THE EVENT DETAIL ON LINE AND FACEBOOK

IF POSSIBLE

ENTRY Candidates can apply online by following the link or by Mobile phone

“Zapping”, the Quick Response codes on the Poster and uploading the

information or “Snail Mail” direct to me

GENERAL The Competition is NOT to be confused with the European Competition

which MD 105 participated in until 2016. This is a new Competition to

attract young musicians of all standards to compete against their peers

in the relevant age groups whilst having a fantastic and fun-filled

musical experience

CLUBS — THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A REGULAR YOUTH EVENT IN THE LIONS CALENDAR, BUT I DO NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!! I AM VERY HAPPY TO HELP AND SUPPORT CLUBS, SO

PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION. LION SUSAN DODGSON 0152 383375: E-MAIL music@lionsclubs105cn.org.uk.

Dear Lion Friends

I need your help in finding Young Musicians in Lions District 105 CN. This is an

exciting opportunity for them to take part in a fantastic Music Competition

2020 MUSIC

LIONS 105 CN MUSIC COMPETITION, 2020

DISTRICT GOVERNOR 105 CN LION JOHN

CHAMBERS

THINGS have certainly got

off to a quick start as I

have visited quite a

number of Clubs via Zone

Meetings and a number of

Events.

It was great to see the

fun at Prestatyn and Rhyl

Duck Race despite being

put in the stocks by Past

District Governor Teresa

and Lion President Dee but

they had a successful day

and was enjoyed by all.

The Light Parade at

Llandudno watching 100’s

of Goldwing Bikes parade

through the streets all lit

up with the riders wearing

costumes was quite a sight.

I was also invited to help

start the first round of the

Orme swim which also was

successful in raising

awareness of Breast and

Prostate Cancer and the

events also raised a large

amount of money for the

two good causes.

One of the best moments

this month was to be

invited to Ashby-De-La-

Zouch to see the fair that is

put on in the town which

they organise with the help

of other Clubs in their Zone

to bring 1,000’s of disabled

children to ride on the fair

free of charge.

I have never seen so

many happy faces in one

place. A great achievement

for all those involved.

I know many of you have

lots of events and I am

sorry I couldn’t get to

more. It is great to travel

around and see all the

things you do and I am

happy to come along if

available.

It has also been a busy

time for Charters from one

end of the District to the

other in the same

weekend.

I had the honour to

attend the First Charter of

the new Nantwich Club to

celebrate gaining their new

Charter. A great night was

had by all and then the

following night to celebrate

Bolton’s 50 year’s another

great occasion.

Hopefully, a sign of where

we are and here to stay

and have a great future.

Don’t forget to come and

join us on October 12 in

Llandudno for the “Walk

For Sight”.

I have managed to

arrange it with a visit and

tour of Blind Veterans UK

and lots of new activities

and much more to do

including a light lunch.

On a visit there the other

day they have made great

plans for the visit of 105

CN and it is not to be

missed. To have a chance

to see where all the monies

have been spent and with

talks from Billy Baxter the

fastest “Blind Man” on two

wheels and a chance to

walk through the Sensory

Gardens blindfolded to

experience this new

addition.

It’s that time of year as

well, that we should be

looking at our Youth with

t h e P e a c e P o s t e r

Competitions upon us and

looking forward to seeing

all the entries at our next

Cabinet Meeting.

We also have the Essay

Competition and the Young

Ambassador, so let’s look

around our Communities.

We must have many

youngsters that are doing

good work.

Because of all these

Competitions we do need

to be able to support them,

so please look favourably

at the youth appeal for our

District to enable us to

continue this good work

and if anyone would still

like to sponsor a trophy

there are still a couple of

sponsor’s needed either

personal or Club.

Well, I will be meeting up

with quite a few of you in

the next month as I have

another 12 Charters to go

to and a number of Visits

and please remember to

check your information on

the Forum as it contains all

the information you need

for Charters, Events and

News.

It is easy to sign up and if

you have any problems just

e-mail the Webmaster and

we will help sort your

problem.

A Training Session will be

held in January on this,

along with a number of

other subjects. A full

programme will be printed

soon.

So it’s goodbye from me

for now and I hope to meet

up with you all over the

coming months.

Lion John Chambers

District Governor 105 CN

DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S

VISITS

NEWSLETTER EDITOR’S e-MAIL ADDRESS IS: newsletter@lionsclubs105cn.org.uk

DISTRICT WEBSITE:http://lionsclubs105cn.org.uk

TRAVELLING

LION

CLUB NAME PTS

SOUTH MANCHESTER 103

LLANDUDNO 87

BERT MASON (Internet) LITTLE ORME 73

STONE 54

CANNOCK 47

STOKE-ON-TRENT 37

STAFFORD 36

BARTON 35

ELLESMERE PORT 26

LICHFIELD 24

RUGELEY and DISTRICT 15

TAMWORTH 8

CONWY VALLEY 6

BEAUMARIS MENAI AETHERY 3

CREWE 3

NANTWICH 3

WREXHAM MAELOR 3

ALSAGER 2

GNOSALL and NEWPORT 2

NEWCASTLE 2

SALE and DISTRICT 2

(Positions as at OCTOBER 1)

IT HAS been another slow month and still only

from the old “BS” District.

Where are you all still just basking in the sun

somewhere not roaming around other Lions

Dens.

Come on let us see what you can do — start

prowling.

Lion Pam Trevena

GARSTANG Peter Frankish

KNUTSFORD and DISTRICT Frances Morton

DOUGLAS VALLEY Daniel Hurst

FLEETWOOD and CLEVELEYS Leonard Booth

NEW MEMBERS WE Welcome the New Lions who have joined the Association and they have joined the following Clubs in District 105 CN:

ANNUAL 5k ROAD RACE

IN August, Littleborough and District Lions

organised their annual 5k Road Race.

The race started and finished at the

Littleborough Conservative Club.

Seventy seven runners participated, thirty

four being from the Sowerby Bridge “Snails

Club”.

The ages of the mixed field ranged between

25 and 78 years of age and the finishing times

ranged between 17 minutes 45 seconds and

40 min 53 seconds.

After the prize presentation, many people

stayed and enjoyed a supper of Hot Dogs and

Chilli.

It was an excellent event, raising £376 for

local Charities.

Littleborough and District Lions wish to thank

all those who helped with the Registration and

Route Marshalling.

PICTURED the overall winner, of the race, Philip Hinchcliffe, receiving the Annual Race Trophy and

replica, from local Councillor Janet Emsley. 25-year-old Philip, is a member of Rochdale

Harriers, and completed the 5km in 17 minutes 45 seconds