The Rotary Club of Corringham Thameside

We had an excellent turn out for our “Like A Millionaire” Quiz (24.11.07) – Over a hundred people making up 14 teams took part !! Amid the quizical looks and much scratching of heads we raised  a huge £485.00 with an additional £20.56 collected towards the “Mile of 2p coins”. The winning team were the “Wino’s “, who ironically, won a case of wine !! We would like to thank all those who attended, donated items for the raffle, and assisted in the running & organisation of this quiz. Thankyou.
Look out for our next quiz night …. details to be announced ! 

• Give-a-Can on Saturday 8th December at Somerfield Corringham.
• Please come along and see us & help the local community by just purchasing an extra can of food !!

Hi, Terry here and as the group leader I thought I’d better set an example and start entering info about our progress.
All four of us have been training regularly for the last couple of months, starting very modestly and increasing our distances gradually.
We train on our own mostly, but every so often Rob, David and myself get together for a team walk across country.
Gerry does his own thing as he lives in Suffolk but keeps in touch and we’re plannng to join him sometime soon for a team hike in new territory.
So far our group hikes have gone up from 6 to 10 miles, each maintaining approximately 4.5 mles per hour.
Individuals are doing their own schedules at the moment, and I must admit I was a bit worried about my own training as for the last 3 weeks due to work commitments I have not been able to do anything at all. However, went out yesterday and did 10 miles in 2.5 hours without ill effect, so glad to be getting back into the routine.
Any one who wants to jon us is really welcome by the way.
Before I sign off I must also mention a big thanks to Anne and Doug Nash, Pat and Peter Burfoot, and our tolerant wives who have volounteered to form our ’support group’ on the big weekend.
The support group is essential and infact a requirement of being able to enter the event.
Any other volounteers will be welcome.
Cheers for now, Terry.

One of our ongoing events to help us reach our £1500 commitment,is aiming to collect a mile of 2 pence pieces.
To do this we have Three gi-normous Whiskey bottles (minus the Scotch) with slots for the coins and identified by the labels shown left. Bottles are in reception at the PLOUGH, BULPHAN. and RADIO GATEWAY FM, with a third that will appear at any other of the clubs fund raising events. Watch this space to see how far we are getting.

The Rotary Club of Corringham Thameside supports Gateway F.M by presenting a weekly programme of jazz which is introduced by Rotarian David Fenn. The programme seeks to introduce the listener to all types of jazz whether it be traditional New Orleans style, Chicago, Swing, Mainstream, Boogie Woogie, Bebop, Modern or jazz/rock fusion.
It is music to suit all tastes, coupled with news of local jazz clubs and events. We hope to showcase some of the talented musicians that ply their trade locally and even those who do it just for fun. The programme is full of stories and anecdotes about the bands and musicians but above all there is lots of varied music.
The 2 hour programme, entitled “Gateway to Jazz” is broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9pm. Tune in on 87.7 F.M or on-line at www.gatewayfm.com to hear the brighter sounds of jazz !