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Police World
Vol 58 No.2 2013
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Wall Boards
The illustration below demonstrates a Wall Board,
which it is proposed branches buy for placing in their
own locality.
Bolton
Branch
Brave
the
Blizzards
for Brian
In late January forty members
and guests of Bolton branch
had booked their places and
were eagerly awaiting their
annual dinner at the Ellesmere Golf Club, Worsley, Manchester.
A couple of days prior to the event ominous weather warnings began to
come from the Met Office. With red alert snow warnings I seriously
considered cancelling the event. However there appeared to be a
reprieve as the forecast changed, it was definitely rain, not snow, that
would affect us.
On the day it started to snow about 3pm but it was light and
manageable so we decided to go for it. On arrival it was snowing a little
harder, but we were confident that it would not last. Every now and
then someone would look through the window and report “It’s still
snowing.”
The event went really well, the food was good, the company was even
better and our guest speaker Brian White, an ex-Greater Manchester
police officer, gave a brilliant speech about policing and later showed
his incredible collection of walking sticks.
Not only did it not stop snowing it actually got heavier. So we broke up
early because of the deteriorating weather conditions. The snow on
the car park was at least a foot thick. Branch Chair, Bill Lloyd, who
must have been a boy scout, ‘be prepared’, produced a shovel from
his boot and dug out members’ cars.
Once on the road outside the club and on the steep hill to the main
road we were having our problems. A passing group of youths came to
our rescue as one by one, without being asked, they helped push all
our cars up the hill.
The annual dinner turned out to be quite an adventure - next year it’s
the Himalayas!
David Tetlow
, Bolton Branch
Brian White
National Bowling
Tournament
Announced
The National Bowling Tournament will be held on Sunday 11 August,
2013, at the Wellingborough Bowling Club, Hatton Street,
Wellingborough, NN8 5AS - 10am to 5pm - dependant on the number
of teams taking part. The winning team will be presented with the
Lincoln Cup.
The event organiser and Group Secretary, Sean Hannigan, said,
“I am
keen to encourage potential new members to take part. Teams can
consist of 4 players and include a non IPA bowler but that person
must be eligible to join the IPA.”
Sean goes on to say that the Group now consists of 31
members and he is keen to add other interested parties
to this list.
If you are interested in taking part in the competition
then please email:
for registration
details.
In
Memory
Anthony Egerton,
6 Region, sadly passed away 11 January, 2013, after a long
illness. The former 6 Region Secretary was always happy to show visitors from
overseas Sections around his place of work and also arranged visits to the
ceremony of ‘The Keys’ at the Tower of London. Notified by Chris Barker.
Ray Heath
, 7 Region, has sadly passed away. Notified by Chris Barker.
Dave McEllin
, former NEC member of Section Ireland, died 18 January.
Dave built up several IPA Houses in Ireland which remain popular today.
Notified by Stephen Crockard.
Branch
Event
The proposal is:
Branches identify and organise a display area.
Branches
identify individual in charge of display maintenance.
Branches place their orders with BSAC by 1 August 2013,
providing details of mailing address.
BSAC place the bulk
order. The company will mail out to Branches.
BSAC invoices
Branches.
Branches select poster materials for the A4
graphics traps from:
Branches arrange local printing of posters. BSAC can
‘personalise’ one poster per branch.
Branches arrange local business card – BSAC can organise this
on behalf of one designated person per branch. Branches will be
invoiced for the cost, approximately £20 for 200 cards (includes
postage).
Branches take responsibility for maintaining
their Wall Board, materials displayed and inventory record.
Specification:
Estimated size : 780 x 730 mm
Supplied with satin silver wall mounts
Back panel in white acrylic, Digital printed logo top right onto the back
panel, 1 x A4 pocket - 35mm capacity (high front lip to stop literature
flopping forward) Graphics trap in the back of A4 pocket, 2 x A4
graphics traps, 1 x business card trap, 1 x business card holder.
The unit costs vary depending on the number of units ordered but will
be approximately £100 each.
Ronnie Dukes
, Vice President
Promotional
Material
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