New Milton Advertiser 30th Oct 2020

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Brockenhurst and District Probus THE October meeting of the Brockenhurst Probus Club used the now regular Zoom format to welcome Brian Scovell, the renowned sports writer for the Daily Sketch and the Daily Mail. Over a 40-year career Herman Goering, because it was a wartime bomb on the Isle of Wight which damaged his leg so severely that he had to give up his dream of being a sportsman and take up sports writing instead. This proved to be a much better and longer career. head, he returned and scored a century. Brian has known most of the top sportsmen of his era but singled out Jimmy Greaves, who is now 80, as the greatest footballer of all and one who should have had recognition in the Honours List.

Christchurch Probus BRIAN Hollowell is the 2020 Christchurch Probus Golf

hind as Brian produced an ex- cellent score. Unfortunately, the Covid ‘rule of six’ meant club president Maurice Dowling was unable to attend to present the trophy, so Brian was handed it outside the clubhouse in an informal pres- entation.

The competition, which was much delayed by Covid-19, saw Brian (HCap-23) score a mas- sive 43 points, seven under his handicap. Cliff (HCap-14) scored 36 points and the rest of the field, including numerous previous winners, were left further be-

ber bands, cigarette stubs and – by far the most numerous – over 200 pieces of plastic. This year a particular effort was made on the tiny plastic pellets known as nurdles. Al- though they are difficult to spot they are potentially lethal to marine life. “We explored ways of sepa- rating them out and estimating their number,” said event or- ganiser Manny Fordham. “Alto- gether we found 72 of them in an area less than just one me- tre square. Imagine how many there are altogether in the seas around the UK.” As with previous Rotary beach cleans, results have been submitted to the Great British Beach Clean website. He is now trying to get a statue erected in Parliament Square to Learie Constantine, the West Indian cricketer whom he believes did more than any other person to remove the colour bar in the UK, and paved the way for the Race Relations Act. Constantine was a brilliant all-rounder who settled in England and played much of his cricket in the Lancashire league. He worked for the government during the war and was later made a life peer. Contact the club secretary on 01590 622691 or visit www. brockenhurstprobus.com

Champion after storming to a seven-point victory at High- cliffe Castle Golf Club. He pushed reigning champi- on Cliff Putterford into second place with a magnificent round on 28th September.

covering mainly cricket and football, he got to know all the famous sportsmen – Compton, Botham, Atherton, Greaves, Pele, Beckham etc. His talk included his experiences with many of them. He has written many books for and about footballers, but his own autobiography has the surprising title Thank You,

Brian and other football writers have recently managed tohaveabusterectedinmemory of Walter Winterbottom, England manager for 20 years. The writers contributed £20,000 but the Premier league gave nothing, perhaps because the current foreign owners did not know who he was.

Fordingbridge Rotary FORDINGBRIDGE Rotary

His early hero was Dennis Compton who played cricket for England and football for Arsenal. Compton was of the old cavalier breed who refused to wear a cricket helmet, and who pointed out to Brian that although he had needed treatment for a blow on the

was pleased to help out on Saturday 17th October at the litter pick organised by Becky Albrow, of Fordingbridge Greener Living. This is a group of Fordingbridge-based residents who, among other things, have organised tree-planting in the New Forest, set up a recycling shed in the town, and held successful clothing exchanges. This litter-pick, alongside Surfers against Sewage, represents their first stage in getting Fordingbridge to be officially rated as a plastic-free town.

Hythe and Waterside Rotary AFTER several virtual gather- ings, Hythe and Waterside Rota- ry enjoyed their first real event in six months: a socially-dis- tanced beach clean in the lovely fresh air of Lepe Country Park. Sixteen club members plus two other volunteers collected and recorded many different types of litter from a 300-metre length of beach. They were also given special permission to do

the same for a small part of the nearby Cadland Estate. Under sunny skies, small groups systematically surveyed the area, the most common ob- jects being caps and lids, rub-

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Rhinefield Probus TWENTY-EIGHT members of Rhinefield Probus met virtually, using Zoom, for their Septem- ber meeting. It was opened by chairman Francis Cumberlege who reported that the ongoing coronavirus epidemic contin- ues to restrict the activities of the club and the social func- tions.

Milford U3A AT Milford U3A, during the course of this difficult year, the committee and members have been busy establishing new ways to continue the diverse activities and help everyone to stay in touch and have some fun in the true U3A style. The monthly meetings with guest speakers that were regu- larly held in Milford Communi- ty Centre are now successfully continuing using Zoom which many of the 300 members are more than happy to use. Some of the smaller groups, those with six members or less, are now able to meet safely in the community centre. In September, Milford and Lymington U3As held a joint

and of astronomy utilising a cal- endar based on 365 days. Their building materials were the locally sourced limestone and their stone tools were made from obsidian. Jade and Quet- zal feathers were popular deco- rations on the costumes of the nobility. Many theories have been put forward to explain the reason for the gradual demise of their civilisation up to AD 800 but there is no explanation for the near total collapse in the AD 900. Rhinefield Probus will con - tinue to meet virtually on the third Wednesday of each month whilst the current restrictions apply. Contact Lew Cohen on 023 8084 4857 or visit www. rhinefieldprobus.org.uk

El Salvador. Their earliest set- tlements date to around 1800 BC with the golden age of their civilisation occurring in AD 250 and collapsing in AD 900. At its peak their population had expanded to around 2-mil- lion people, with the centre- piece of their many cities made up of temples and palaces for the nobility, which were incor- porated in a stepped pyramid shape and decorated with elab- orate reliefs and inscriptions, some of which remain to this day. They were a religious people, who worshipped many gods and sacrificed animals and hu - mans and bloodletting by mem- bers of the community. They had a very good understanding of mathematics using the zero,

The walking group had been able to resume their monthly excursions under the leader- ship of Richard Jeans. A group of nine people enjoyed a circular walk in the Wilverley Plain area of the Forest which culminated in a lunch at the Rising Sun. The September talk was giv- en by Neil Meldrum who, since his retirement, has indulged in his fascination of “all things to do with ancient history and the cultural evolution of mankind”. His talk was entitled the Enig- matic Ancient Maya. The Maya civilisation of South America rose out of the jungle of one geographical block which covered the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, parts of the Mexican states and the western part of Honduras and

meeting on Zoom. Despite the beautiful weather, over 80 members joined the meeting to listen to a fascinating talk given by Sophie Mathews, an historical musician who also makes and plays replica instru- ments. Sophie explained how much of our knowledge of the instru- ments that were played in the past comes from art and she analysed a number of paintings showing how musical instru- ments have changed from the medieval period through to the 18th century. As part of her presentation, Sophie played a number of her beautiful replica instruments that she has made and, by put-

ting one of the main advantages of Zoom to good use, we were treated to the wonderful sight of Sophie accompanying her- self in a trio – something she wouldn’t have managed to do at a normal meeting. The next talks on Zoom, jointly with Lymington U3A, will be on Monday 16th Novem- ber at 2.30pm when the speak- er, Annamaria Dall’Anese of the London Blue Badge Guide, will be giving a talk on “Jewels of London’s Art Galleries and Mu- seums”. Milford U3A membership is £15 per year. Visit www.u3asites. org.uk/milfordonsea or email milfordonseau3a@gmail.com

There was limited support for the lunch at the Balmer Lawn Hotel and as a consequence it was decided not to go ahead with it. The scheduled visit to the Wheal and Down Museum was cancelled due to the restrict- ed opening hours, but it was agreed that the popular golf tournament could go ahead as planned.

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