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IPA News
POLICE WORLD
Vol 60 No. 2, 2015
IPA
North
Wales
Members
Recognised
At an IPA North Wales branch lunch
members Sylvia Hulme, John Heddwyn
Jones and Alan Sturgess were presented
with long service membership certificates.
After lunch, branch Chair Alan Sturgess
welcomed guests from Section New Zealand
- Bruce Hutton and John Coomber both
former presidents of Section New Zealand,
who were being hosted by North Wales
branch Secretary David Moore.
Photo below: Left to right Arnold Woolley,
Alan Sturgess, John Hedwynn Jones,
Sylvia Hulme
Was Well Worth It!
In November 2014, members of IPA
Section Norway visited Manchester in
what can only be described as a flying
visit.
They watched the football match
between Manchester United and Hull City.
Neil Baldwin, a member from 3 Region,
met them at the airport and took them
on a tour of Old Trafford museum and
football ground.
Neil said,
“I took them to the Police Club and they
met up with some Polish IPA members who were
also visiting Manchester. Earlier, we found a nice
café to have breakfast and my guests were so
impressed that they took a picture of the staff.
After the game I said to one of the group, 'My
wife thinks you are mad coming all this way just
to watch a football match', to which he replied,
'Mine too'.”
Photo below: Neil with the visitors from Norway
Photo below left: The ladies from the caf
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Gurmit Kaur with Michael Phelan
Nottinghamshire branch
at IPA HQ - Section UK
North Wales branch members
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Phelan
During a Nottinghamshire branch meeting
held at IPA HQ - Section UK, Gurmit Kaur,
branch Chair, presented Michael Phelan with
a 40 Years Membership Certificate.
Gurmit said,
“I felt privileged to make the
presentation to Michael and enjoyed chatting
with him as he reminisced over the many years
of membership that he has enjoyed.”
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Romania Awarded
the IPA Sports
Trophy
The IPA Sports Trophy for 2013 has been
awarded to IPA Section Romania.
The IPA International Social Commission (ISC)
Chair, Gal Sharon, said,
“Sports is part of our
training and a major activity in all police forces.
In 2013, the ISC proposed a new formula for
evaluating the achievements of the Sections in
sports activities.
The new formula examines the number of
members in relation to the number of events and
the amount of activity. As a result of this formula,
Section Lithuania was awarded the sports trophy
for 2012. In 2013, IPA Romania organised 324
sports events
with 23,750
participants.
Our message
to all Sections
is simple:
‘Excellence is not only dependent on the size of
the Section. In the case of Romania, they were
simply the best and we congratulate them!’
Photo: (above) shows International President
Pierre-Martin Moulin, Section Romania President
Costicã Voicu, and Gal Sharon