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Police World
Vol 58 No.4 2013
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A
Surprise
for
George
George Harris was looking to pass on some IPA plaques that he had
in his possession, so he contacted 10 Region Secretary, Steve Hunt,
to ask if he could re-home them.
Steve checked George's
membership details and discovered that he joined the IPA in
November 1958. So Steve decided to pay George a visit and present
him with his 50 years membership certificate as a surprise. George
was thrilled and is pictured below receiving the certificate from Steve
in his garden in Chelmsford.
100 years - 100 Ideas
‘100 years, 100 ideas’ is an plan to collect 100 ideas from IPA
members between now and 14 December 2013 – what would have
been Arthur’s 99th Birthday.
Throughout 2014, all ideas will be played
out – resulting in your Association’s most exciting calendar of events yet.
This is your opportunity to get involved and have fun.
During 2013, post your idea on Facebook (don’t worry, if you’re not on
Facebook let Lib Jones* know at Section UK Admin Centre (BSAC) and
she’ll post it for you).
Feel good as your creativity gives pleasure to others.
It’s your opportunity to get involved in some way – so plant your idea
today and see it grow. Visit:
or email
or tel
0115 981 3638
George and Steve
Cooking Up
a Plan
When Carole Markham visited BSAC she was pleasantly
surprised to see an edible version of the IPA logo on display.
Carole, who is the Secretary of West Mercia Branch, met with Vice
President Mick Luke and staff members to learn more about the
IPA and share her branch's
plans for future growth. The loaf
of bread showing the IPA logo,
presented by IPA Section
Russia, is nicely preserved and
has been on display for a
number of years. Seeing the
logo aroused memories of an
IPA celebration cake made by
Carole's daughter. You can
see a photo of this cake at:
Great Aussie
Hospitality
This Summer, I spent 3 ½ weeks in South Australia with my wife and
child.
I met up with some IPA South Australia members including Tony
Dixon, Section Australia’s travel coordinator, and Fred Wojtasik, Regional
Chair. They were a great bunch and made us feel so welcome, taking us
out for meals, organising transport and giving great advice and
assistance on
sightseeing.
One particular
highlight was
when Tony
and his wife
Liz took us out
to one of their
favourite
Greek
restaurants
before taking
us to see The
Band of the South Australia Police at the Adelaide showground. The band
was practising for their forthcoming performance at the Basel Tattoo in
Switzerland, so it was a real treat and fantastic entertainment.
I also managed to link up with the Strategic Coordination Officer, Gerard
Powell, who invited me to South Australia Police (SAPOL) Police Academy
in Fort Largs. He took me on a tour of the new state of the art facility
which was a great experience and I also managed to pick up a
commemorative teddy for my son - as SAPOL is celebrating 175 years of
policing. This makes SAPOL the oldest centrally controlled police service
in Australia.
We had a fantastic time in South Australia and got a real flavour of
‘Aussie’ culture and friendship. We managed to visit zoos, wildlife
sanctuaries, national parks, went whale and dolphin spotting and to
a multitude of adventure play parks that even satisfied our energetic
3 year old! It was a busy trip but we still managed to see some of the
beautiful beaches and coast line on offer as well as taking a relaxing
wineries tour through the world famous McLaren Vale area.
In October 2012 I ran in the Loch Ness Marathon whereby I raised
funds for the MS Society and managed to beat my PB in the process!
Since then I have been approached by MS Society to provide a
comment for this year's entry form. It really is a great honour as MS
Society is celebrating it's 60th anniversary in 2013.
Matt Hale
, Glasgow and Lomond branch
Matt (centre) with his son
and South Australian members
Carole and Mick
A Trophy
in
Memory of Tom
The Northern Ireland IPA golf society held a recent golf outing at
Mahee island Golf club
. The outing was in memory of IPA member
Tom Reid who sadly passed away last year. Tom had been an IPA
member since 1977 and was a founding member in 1982 of the 2
Region Golf Society. He also was a past captain and president of the
society. The outing was well attended with over 40 members turning
up to play golf. A memorial trophy was presented by Mrs T Reid and
she was supported by her daughter Gwen and her son Gary. The
winner of the first Tom Reid memorial trophy was Tommy Hutton.
