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IPA News
Police World
Vol 58 No.2 2013
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What a
Small
IPA
World
During a trip to Belgium and Germany in October 2012
Valerie and I, accompanied by our daughter Katherine and
her partner Ian, met with an IPA colleague of ours, Rene
Vuylsteke, and his family in Tollembeek, Belgium.
This was a
planned stop before heading into Germany for our final
destination - Grünberg.
The highlight of the trip was the Gallusmarkt which takes place
every October. The Gallusmarkt is one of the oldest fairs in the
region and is named after St Gallus.
On arriving in Grünberg, a few days before, we met up with IPA
Grünberg members Karl-Ludwig and Doris Ruckleshauss who
were hosting colleagues from Thames Valley branch, John and
Anitra Bull and Moyra Richardson.
We were also introduced to Klaus Schmidt and Peter
Rutkowski who were hosting colleagues from Section Poland
and Section USA - Chicago.
IPA colleagues from Colchester were among others that were
gathered for the main event of the fair which took place in the
grande marquee on the Thursday. We were also joined by more
members from Grünberg – Karl-Heinz and Margit Schepp and
Mike and Dagmar Weber.
During the event IPA members from England, Poland and USA
were invited on stage to receive the spoonful of Market
Schnapps from one of the fair’s representatives.
Moyra proudly represented the IPA on stage and Andy from
Colchester played the bagpipes. Everyone in the marquee
joined in with the song Amazing Grace. There were also many
jokes being told by entertainers on stage – which were all
being translated into several languages for the benefit of the
IPA guests – I do hope we laughed in the right places!
Charlie Green
, Thames Valley branch
Re-election
Recognition
In December, 2012, No 2 Region, Northern Ireland, made a
presentation to Stephen Crockard, in recognition of his re-election to
the Permanent Executive Bureau (PEB) , at its annual Christmas
function for recently joined IPA members.
Carole Spence, Regional Chair, remarked, “
Stephen has been an
exceptional ambassador for the IPA for many, many years and we
congratulate him on the deserved recognition of being re-elected to the
PEB. His ongoing contribution will be invaluable to the organisation. We
are both proud and privileged to call him one of our own in No 2 Region.
”
Carole had much pleasure in welcoming Stephen Crockard and Kees Sal,
also from the PEB, and Johanna Scotanus, President of Section
Netherlands. She also welcomed Fred Boyd, Ronnie Dukes and Mark
Kernohan from the
National Executive
Committee (NEC) of
Section UK and a
further nine guests
from Section Ireland.
After a wine and cheese
reception a lot of
members adjourned for
further refreshment to
the Belfast City
Christmas Market.
From Belgium into Germany
A spoonful of Schnapps
Carole Spence and Stephen Crockard
Interested in
ravel visit:
Accomm
'
Hoods Off
'
to
New
IPA
Clothing Line
Chris Eddy, member from 10 Region (East London) is one of the first
members to buy a Hoodie from the IPA Clothing Range.
Chris, who is the Publicity Officer for the Region, was so pleased with the
product and service he copied us in to a thank you letter he sent to the
supplier:
“Just to let you know the 'hoodie IPA' has just been delivered.
Excellent quality and a very clear logo, item was well parcelled and
undamaged on delivery, nice to
wear for this not so nice weather. I
can recommend this item to other
IPA members.”
Thanks to Chris for his feedback
and for sending us a photo.
The IPA Clothing Range can be seen
at:
If you've been pleased with any item
purchased from Clothing Range,
please let us know. We're looking
for verbal feedback and hope to
receive more photos of members
'modelling' the range.
Please email
Fred Boyd, National Treasurer, says,
"the coat is great quality and the
logo shows the lettering IPA after
requests from members to remove
the word ‘police’.
Fred Boyd
Chris Eddy
