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OCTOBER 2013

Globe Magazine Gibraltar

Nº 129 OCTOBER 2013

CONTENTS 8

MEGAN YOUNG IS MISS WORLD 2013

FOCUS ON: EL CORTIJO LA DEHESA DEL PILAR

THE HONDA MOTOR CYCLE RANGE

GIBTELECOM INVESTS IN HOMEGROWN TALENT

BREED 77 – REELING AND ROCKING MUSIC IN EQUAL DOSES

WINE TASTING DINNER AT LE BATEAU RESTAURANT WITH CORONA DE ARAGON AND COURTESY OF LEWIS STAGNETTO LTD

BODEGA GRANDES VINOS Y VINEDOS S.A.

CORONA DE ARAGON: THE WINES SAMPLED

THE PERFORMERS’ CLUB

SUNSET ON THE SAHARA

GIB FLOYD “THE EXPERIENCE” – ANOTHER RESOUNDING SUCCESS

CLEAN UP THE WORLD 2013

FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH

THE BEST RECIPES OF OUR CUISINE

WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWN TOWN? NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL

NATIONAL DAY ROCK CONCERT

THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS

PUTTING THE T INTO TRIAY & TRIAY

CLUBHOUSE GIBRALTAR PRESENT A GIBRALTAR NATIONAL DOLL TO SIR ADRIAN AND LADY JOHNS

CHESS MOVES AHEAD AND OUTSIDE

SUPERB SEPTEMBER FOR MEDGOLF MEMBERS

NATIONAL DAY WITH SHEILA

Globe Magazine Gibraltar

THE KIA RANGE

The views and opinions expressed by contributors to this magazine may not necessarily represent the views of the publishers.

NAPOLEON, NELSON AND THE FRENCH THREAT

OKTOBERFEST

OUT ON NATIONAL DAY WITH DOMINIQUE

INAUGURATION OF I.W. MOTORS AT CORRAL ROAD

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Megan Young is Miss World 2013 Megan Young was crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday 28th September last in Bali, Indonesia, making history as the first-ever Filipino winner of the title since the Philippines’ debut in the pageant in 1966.

Young, for her number, showcased the Maranao dance, ‘Singkil’. Other preliminary competition winners recognized on Saturday were Netherlands’ Jacqueline Steenbeek, for the Sports Challenge; Brazil’s Frantz, Beach Fashion; India’s Navneet Dhillon, Multimedia; and Nepal’s Ishani Shrestha, Beauty with a Purpose.

The 23-year-old actress bested 126 other international candidates to become the successor of China’s Wenxia Yu, who conferred the crown on Miss Young at the pageant’s culminating event held at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center.

Young also zoomed up in rankings after her performance in the ‘Question and Answer’ portion, where all top six candidates were asked, “Why should you become Miss World?”

France’s Marine Lorphelin finished second, while Ghana’s Carranzar Shooter came third. Completing the Top 6 were Spain’s Elena Ibarbia, Brazil’s Sancler Frantz, and our very own Gibraltar’s Maroua Kharbouch, who won the ‘People’s Choice’ award. Hosted by English singer Myleene Klass and Mister World 2010, Kamal Ibrahim, the coronation night featured cultural numbers, as well as, performances from British boy-band, Blue. Young’s win was bolstered by

her strong showing in various pre-pageant challenges, including the Top Model competition, which she won; the Beach Fashion tilt, where she ranked fifth; and the Multimedia Con-

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test, where she placed fourth. The Kapamilya star was also one of the few candidates, who had a solo spot in performing a dance from their respective countries.

Thanking the Indonesian audience in their native language, Young, who wore a pink Francis Libiran gown, brought up the “core values” of Miss World and how she hopes to embody these “to help society.” Before giving her answer, Young also got to talk with Klass about the strong cheer for her from the audience. They were waiting for her profile reel to be set up -- it initially showed a different candidate -- when Young quipped, “I actually brought half of the Philippines here!”

Focus On:

El Cortijo de la Dehesa del Pilar It’s certainly what you’d call, ‘a holiday with a difference.’ Open spaces, away from the hustle and bustle, in close contact with nature, rural... and very, very peaceful. It’s simply, the perfect place to `get away from it all!’ Text by Richard Cartwright

But at the same time, the farmhouse provides all mod con facilities for maximum comfort. ‘La Dehesa Del Pilar’ is a 150 year old renovated and refurbished inside and out, beautiful complex one and a half hour’s drive from the Rock. It’s situated just fifteen minutes

away from the historic city of Ronda at less than 1,000 metres above sea level built on flat land. There’s the main larger house and a smaller one within the over 80 hectares of land belonging to the properties. The large and very elegant en suite bedrooms, dressing room and sitting room/ lounges are extremely cosy looking and fur-

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nished to a very high standard with satellite TV and DVD player, fully equipped kitchens, central heating - fuelled by ground olive stones - and a chimney fire with a continuous supply of chopped up wood ready to keep you warm should you prefer the more rustic feel. For the hotter days, there’s a swimming pool and there’s

also a chapel in the courtyard... “The views from the farmhouse are incredible,” property coowner/manager, Jose Manuel Amado, who’s supported by his son Jose Manuel Jnr, declares... “The farmhouse grounds are beautiful with olive groves, orange, pear and lemon trees, melons are also cultivated on the land as are cherries, grapes

and figs: all can be gathered for your own delight when in season and even organic produce can be picked on the land. There are well cared for flower beds in the gardens and the lawn is also very well taken care of. Yes, the views from the building and magnificent terraces are truly breathtaking. You may want go for a long, tranquil walk or go

on longer treks in La Serrania de Ronda.” Jose Manuel confirms whichever activity you chose will get you closer to nature for sure. The white village of ‘Setenil de las Bodegas’, with its cave like dwellings and Olvera are close by and the local cuisine in the area is to die for. There’s a restaurant just 1 kilometre down the road from the

farmhouse! Should you want to go further afield, Ronda is about fifteen minutes away and Malaga Airport about an hour. Home help is at hand also: a lady cleaner who lives close by, comes in for two hours every day to ensure everything is ship- shape and Jose Manuel is also nearby living in a property on the farmhouse land ready to

assist, should he be required. The farmhouse property in its entirety is ideal for a whole extended family and/or friends but can also be rented individually – large house or smaller one, also on the grounds. Jose Manuel and Jose Manuel Jnr have a long connection with Gibraltar: the family ow-

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ned a groceries store in Cooperage Lane for many years up until the closure of the land frontier in 1969. Jose Manuel Snr has been selling advertising for various publications in La Linea including the now defunct Entertainment Magazine whilst Jnr has been in real estate for some time now. They built 200 apartments in the ‘Palmeras de Calahonda’ complex and together with a partner from abroad, they’re

now involved in promoting ‘La Dehesa del Pilar’ property. The original idea was to build an airport for small private planes on the land together with a golf course, chalets, equestrian centre and other amenities but they really felt the idea was a bit too ambitious especially in the current climate. ‘La Dehesa’ farmhouse too, when the recession finally lifts, could be an interesting buy for some individual or company.

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In the meantime, the property is available for rent, interest in which has already been forthcoming! Despite its privacy and ‘away from it all’ location and setting – the estate is completely ring fenced with gated entry - the property has direct access to the main road between Ronda and Setenil de las Bodegas, which means it becomes very accessible. A lot more can be learned about the beautiful farmhouse and its grounds

by visiting, www.ladehesadelpilar.com There’s paradise and then there’s, ‘El Cortijo La Dehesa del Pilar’: a perfect experience of traditional southern Spain, with its very Andalucian architecture. A renovated rural home set in beautiful grounds where nature beckons everywhere, from near and far... A charming thought which can become a holiday reality with a difference!

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The Honda Motor Cycle Range With our new lineup of scooters, getting there is all the fun Honda produced its first real motorcycle, the Model D, in 1949. Since then, Honda has gone on to become one of the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers. In fact, more than 50 million units of the venerable ‘Honda Super Cub’ were sold in less than 50 years, making it the most popular motorcycle in history. Today, Honda offers an enormous lineup of class-leading motorcycles and is regularly adding to and improving its fleet. From it’s ‘CBR’ line of sports bikes to its line of ‘runabout’ scooters to the luxurious Gold Wing Touring motorcycle, Honda has a bike for just about everybody. The Honda Vision 110 The Honda Vision was designed to be a low-cost fuel efficient urban commuter. Powered by a four-stroke 110cc engine with Honda’s ‘PGMFI’ fuel injection system, the Honda Vision claims a maximum power output of 8.3hp at 8000rpm while torque peaks at a claimed 6.4 ft.-lb. at 6500rpm. The Vision’s sleek, attractive body design has an ergonomically sculpted one-piece seat at a height of 760mm, also allowing for plenty of legroom. There is also generous luggage space

under the seat, with the additional option of helmet holders on both sides of the under-seat compartment, to allow for this area to be left for luggage or shopping. The leg shield in front of the rider provides not only effective weather protection but also additional storage as the two open compartments are ideal for holding drinks bottles securely. The CBS, ‘Combined Braking System’, links the left brake lever to both the rear and front disk brake, optimising the braking effort at both tyres to give strong, secure stopping in all conditions. The Vision has been de-

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signed with economy in mind and as such returns a superb fuel consumption of 50.2km/l (140mpg) from its 110cc four-stroke engine with PGMFI fuel injection engine with electric start. And at just 102kg, this scooter is nimble with confident handling, which is assisted by telescopic forks and hydraulic damping for a smooth ride while the Combined Braking System (CBS) provides optimal braking in all conditions. Performance, style and comfort This stylish 110cc-powered scooter has been designed as an adaptable commuter that combines ample per-

Honda PCX 125

formance with superb fuel economy and generous storage, as well as, great comfort for both rider and pillion. The Honda PCX125 With all the scooters on the road, you want one that really delivers. The PCX does, and more. From its innovative styling, motorcycle-inspired seating, reliable Honda engine and transmission, the PCX is one of the most exciting ways to get around in years. Think of the new Honda PCX125 as the do-everything scooter. It offers the fuel economy of the most frugal scooters out there, but it’s

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big enough and powerful enough to carry a passenger and ride on the motorway. Storage, automatic transmission, easy to park – do you really have to ask? The new PCX125 has it all, and it’s the perfect choice if you’re looking to replace that second car with something a whole lot smarter for these times when every pound counts. With its 125cc liquid-cooled fourstroke engine, the PCX125 is powerful enough to ride on the highway and carry you and a passenger too. The PCX is all about taking care of its rider. Exhibit A: the large seat and floorboards. You get room to move around and your passenger gets plenty of room too. The full-length floorboards and step-through design also makes getting on and off a whole lot easier. A full 25 litres of under-seat storage is safe, secure, and convenient. Use it wisely to store a helmet, your groceries, office materials and more. Super-smart style, Honda heart and soul The new PCX 125 was created for riders who desire the compact, economical advantages of a 125cc scooter and the modern, fashionable good looks more often associated with larger-displacement machines. In the future, maybe all two-wheeled transport will be as good as this. But why wait when you can be riding the new Honda PCX125 now? It’s full of

the features that make it one of the smartest ways to get around since man started walking on two legs!

and contemporary image, the Honda PCX150 is designed as a practical, fast and fun ride.

The Honda PCX150

The New Honda MSX 125

The popularity of small-displacement scooters is growing in Europe. Rising fuel prices and awareness of environmental issues have had an impact on the way we think about transport. However, the true appeal of a scooter is not just its low running costs and ability to cut through the city rush hour. It’s also about fun - the freedom and independence that only twowheel transport can give. The Honda PCX150 is a premium maxi-scooter with much bigger proportions than any other scooter that is currently on sale. In 2012, its original engine was redesigned to decrease friction, increasing efficiency and the displacement was increased to 152.9cc. In fact, the Honda PCX150 is powered by a fuelinjected 153cc liquid cooled engine.

The new MSX125 is small enough to be supremely manageable yet also has a fully-fledged feel thanks to some standard sized motorcycle parts. It is part mini-bike, part motorcycle with involving performance matched to confident handling and styling that combines a sense of fun with a tough, urban edge.

The new engine is based on Honda’s ‘ESP’ (Enhanced Smart Power) design. The PCX150 is a stylish and exceptionally practical scooter. It is very well built, boasts a full package of the nice amenities and has a top speed that makes it useful on most roads and even motorways! Practical, fast and fun ride In every aspect, from its low-noise, lowemissions operation to its easy handling

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The new MSX125 is quirky, fresh and definitely unconventional! - In terms of performance, build quality and usability it is everything you would expect from a Honda but with a unique style and attitude of its own. Powered by a well-proven and efficient 125cc fuel-injected, 4-stroke engine, the MSX125 features a conventional four-speed gearbox and clutch. Complementing the power train is a compact chassis that features a sturdy steel frame, inverted front forks, ‘mono-shock’ rear suspension, hydraulic disc brakes (front and rear) and lightweight 12-inch wheels sporting wide, low profile tyres. The MSX125’s 125cc two-valve aircooled engine is based on one of Honda’s most well-proven power units. It has won universal praise over

Honda MSX 125

the last decade for fuel efficiency, ease of use and longevity. The sophisticated ‘PGM-FI’ guarantees highly efficient combustion, and works in conjunction with both air intake and exhaust to deliver an involving experience at the throttle. The air intake connecting tube and funnel is divided in two, allowing its length to be optimised for consistent torque delivery at low and mid rpm. A large, 3L airbox and panel-type, wet paper filter provide reliable and quiet airflow; the filter itself having a life of 16,000km. Punchy roll-on performance with useful, accessible and fun all-round ability All in all, the MSX125’s engine packs a perfect blend of punchy roll-on performance with useful, accessible and fun all-round ability. The effort put into reducing internal friction and increasing intake and exhaust efficiency has also produced a highly economical unit. Honda’s aim is to provide a scooter for every lifestyle, and its range includes luxury large-displacement scooters, as well as, chic runabouts that can be seen all over town. All of them offer the highest Honda quality, the best technologies for their function and rock-solid dependability. The Honda Motorcycle Range can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, distributors in Gibraltar for Honda.

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Gibtelecom Invests in Home Grown Talent Gibtelecom today announced that it is currently recruiting for a new flagship ‘Employer Led Degree Programme’. Through this scheme Gibtelecom is offering students the opportunity to be supported during approved technical studies and to gain guaranteed employment with the Company on successful completion of their degree. “In a dynamic and fast-moving industry that relies on keeping pace with technology, developing top technical talent is crucial for any successful communications business. Gibtelecom’s latest undergraduate initiative aims to do exactly that” says Tim Bristow, Gibtelecom’s Chief Executive Officer. The Programme is aimed at top students, achieving good Alevel results, who study specific degrees related to core telecommunications skills, such as electrical engineering and internet networking. Gibtelecom will support these students by providing work placements during their university breaks; payment during their studies of £1,000 per term; and a golden handshake of £6,000 on successfully taking up employment with Gibtelecom having obtained at least a 2:1 honours degree. This will go some way towards enabling the Company to meet its employment needs

ning the financial benefit. The friendly atmosphere and several areas of expertise acted as a pragmatic guide in my choice of modules regarding to the industry; overall, an invaluable experience to any aspiring professional going to study at university.” On successful completion of his Master’s degree, Alistair commenced working for Gibtelecom’s Wireline Department, handling the complexities of fixed line switching and transmission technology.

• Aimed at top students, achieving good A-level results • Studying degrees related to core telecommunications skills (e.g. electrical engineering and internet networking) • Provides work placements during university breaks locally, through nurturing and developing more home grown technical talent. This Programme does not run in isolation. It is a successor to the Company’s Sponsored Undergraduate Scheme, which has seen Gibtelecom take on 14 sponsored undergraduates over the last decade, with five of these having found permanent employment with Gibtelecom. When asked about the Scheme, past sponsored undergraduate, Alistair Gomez, who

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studied an MEng in Electronics and Communications Engineering at the University of Kent, described his participation in the scheme as “Having the scholarship from Gibtelecom, really helped cement the material I was learning at University. As a sponsored student, I was given the choice to work for the Company on Christmas and Easter breaks, allowing me to increase my course’s understanding by being more hands on as opposed to the more theoretical approach at university -without mentio-

Gibtelecom also runs a work placement scheme for students requiring to take a year in an industry as part of their course. Jadren Garcia participated in this scheme in September 2011 and he mentions that “this placement provided me with a real life perspective of my degree which has led on to actually applying the knowledge learnt in my final year”. Jadren successfully completed his degree this year and will commence working for Gibtelecom in September 2013 in the Next Generation Network department. The Company also offers placements to university students over the summer – a popular scheme which has seen 520 placements, representing over 280 students, since its inception in 1993.

In addition there is the Gibtelecom Ap p r e n t i c e s h i p Scheme, where sixteen apprentices to date have benefited from telecommunications training and an internationally recognised qualification (Intermediate Certificate in Communications Technology Practitioners Level 2) from Gibtelecom, in partnership with the Government of Gibraltar. Eight apprentices (first intake) have already completed their four years apprenticeship scheme and the BTEC Level 3 Diplomas in Professional Competence for IT and Telecoms Professional. These apprentices are all currently employed with Gibtelecom. Tyronne Garcia, a former apprentice from the first intake who has now taken up employment with Gibtelecom, says “the four year apprenceticeship scheme has provided me with the necessary skills, common knowledge and technology foundations to work in the telecommunications industry across a variety of its customer offering”. Jaydan Fortunato, also a former apprentice from the first intake men-

ging technological industry. We require a specific skill set to meet Gibraltar’s communications needs now and in the future, and Gibtelecom is keen to promote and develop these skills locally by developing a talented pool of graduates with relevant qualifications and experience.”

tions that “this course has given me the necessary skills I needed to further my career in telecommunications, it has also given me the opportunity to work and at the same time learn in one of the most versatile and rapidly growing industries”. After successfully completing their training programme, Tyronne and Jaydan currently

work in Gibtelecom’s External Plant section. Gibtelecom’s Associate Director, Resources, Lesley Louise said “as the leading provider of telecommunications services on the Rock, Gibtelecom is looking to support students who are engaged in technology related studies, and show a keen interest in learning about this rapidly chan-

Gibtelecom’s aim is to ensure that Gibraltar trains sufficient young home grown talent to serve one of the pillars of the local economy, telecommunications. The Company’s commitment to this ambition is manifested through the Gibtelecom Apprenticeship Scheme, Gibtelecom’s work placements, Gibtelecom’s sponsored undergraduate scheme and now the Company’s new Employer Led Degree programme. Gibtelecom will continue its commitment to develop local home grown talent to meet its requirements in the future. For further information please contact Gibtelecom’s Human Resources Department on hr@gibtele.com or 20052217. Gibtelecom is the main telecommunications company in Gibraltar providing fixed line, wireless, internet, data centre and business enterprise services in Gibraltar.

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BREED 77

Reeling and Rocking Music in Equal Doses Text by Joe Adambery Photographs by Mark Galliano

The first five minutes of Breed 77 in concert had a packed Casemates Square crowd reeling back from an assault on their senses. This was not pretty or poppy or funky danceable music. This was in your face, raw and aggressive rock. Any colour as long as its black, a throw-back to a

Henry Ford slogan is a good place to start here because any band that dresses in black and makes loud aggressive music can get pigeon-holed and dismissed by the undiscerning masses. That would be doing a disservice to Breed 77 because even if you’re not a convert to their type of music, the National Day rock concert proved

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conclusively that they are a musical force to be reckoned with and their strong contingent of fervent supporters would shout you down-if they could be heard over the powerful guitar riffs and frantic vocals of their idols. Fresh back from touring Europe, where in Germany especially, their brand of rock is recognised as a cult almost, Breed 77 came home to be with us for an emotional goodbye

to their front man Paul Isola. “You may have heard and read reports in the media but there is no story-we do our talking here” That comment from Paul put paid to all the rumours. Breed 77 can make a big sound and that is their statement. The polished tightness in their music and the assured stage presence of all them spoke to us of a

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bunch of guys, who know their stuff well and have been out selling their music to the masses. Don’t forget that this band has toured extensively across the Globe. They have had all their gear and van stolen and have seen lean times, but through their sheer determination, persevered and wrote songs that we will remember as classics; ‘The River’ being one that bubbled in the lower charts and almost broke into the mainstream pop charts. But ‘Breed 77 are not a crossover band. They weave their Spanish and Moorish influences into metal rock that is spectacular to behold. Fronted by a force that is Paul Isola, it’s difficult to imagine Breed 77 without him but from now on we must. They have a new album now called ‘The Evil Inside’ from which ‘Bring on the

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rain’ is a track that they featured here live. They gave us “something old, which everybody knows- El Camino” which went down a treat with the fans and then later on, a short reprieve as four stools came on stage for a short ‘unplugged’ segment when I was reminded how good they were at the Alameda ‘unplugged’ concert, which I also reviewed and was bowled over by them then. On National Day night, they stormed through their catalogue and after several encores and over an hour of relentless music, they stopped- but in more ways than one- I hope to see Danny Felice and his guitar sidekicks Pedro Caparros and Stuart Cavilla survive their legendary frontman and continue their quest for higher ranking in the metal world. Not an easy proposition but then when did a challenge ever bother the blood and guts core members of Breed 77?

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Wine Tasting Dinner at Le Bateau Restaurant with ‘Corona de Aragon’ and Courtesy Of Lewis Stagnetto Ltd Text by Joe Adambery

80% of their wines and that is in no small way due to Chilean winemaker expert

A balmy late summer’s evening at ‘Le

Marcelo Morales, who was hired to re-

Bateau’ Restaurant in Queensway Quay,

vamp and rebrand the traditional Spa-

which was once again the venue for

nish wine of the region and bring it into

a wine tasting presentation hosted by

line to compete with the new world wines

Lewis Stagnetto Ltd and courtesy of ‘Co-

from California, Australia, South Ameri-

rona de Aragon’. However, this time it was

ca and others.

a wine tasting session with a difference as guests were greeted with a chilled Rose

American wine guru, Robert Parker was

(50/50 Garnache and Syrah grapes) befo-

also brought in for this major transfor-

re settling down to a dinner during which

mation, which changed the fortunes

five different wines were introduced and

of ‘Corona De Aragon’- a co-op of vine

enjoyed.

growers, who between them, own some very old and not-so-old vines at different

The event was attended by over thirty

altitudes in a predominantly rocky terra-

wine enthusiasts from a cross section of

in, which give the Zaragoza wines their

our community. The wines were presen-

character.

ted by ‘Corona de Aragon’s’ Francisco Martinez , who went through the diffe-

After a short introduction from Maurice

rent stages of the wine making process

Stagnetto and Francisco Martinez, the

in detail followed by the presentation of

first white - a chilled Chardonnay - was

their five wines for the evening.

served with the starter. At our table, the ladies were impressed and my fried ‘Brie

Lewis Stagnetto’s, Alfred Lavagna, a fine

Salad’ was washed down with studiously

wine connoisseur himself, contributed

swirled sips of this distinct yellow wine,

to the presentation along with Señor

which simply can’t be ignored. It’s diffe-

Martinez adding his own well-informed

rent and edgy in a good way and Maurice

comments much to the delight of those

was prompted to describe it in two words

present.

“smokey and lingering”; I drank to that as I nodded in agreement.

I sipped my Rose in the company of Francisco Martinez from ‘Corona de Aragon’

The first red of the evening (CDA 2009)

and he kindly gave me a potted history of

comes from old Garnacha vines with

their wines and the region of Cariñena

Cabernet Sauvignon grapes also in the

(Zaragoza) where the winemakers own

blend. It was introduced as ‘fruity and

6,000 acres (for your information 1 acre is

young and aged in American oak barrels.’

equivalent to the area of a football pitch)

As I was having venison as my main

of hard rocky and exposed vines, which

course, it made perfect company and

have to fight hard in extreme weather to

I offered my glass for a refill in order to

produce their grapes.

savour its ‘toasted’ richness. Francisco Martinez had compared winemaking to

Last year, ‘Corona de Aragon’ exported

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painting in his intro to CDA and after

interview. Thankfully, I had prepared it earlier and could read my questions and leave his answers to my trusty recorder. “I think that our international success is due to the fusion of the old and new wine making traditions brought about by our colleague, Marcelo Morales. If we discount our home market consumption, our strongest consumers are the United Kingdom and the United States.” two glasses of it, I was Michelangelo in

I observed that the wine drinking trends

swirling colours!

were in those countries led by a growing presence of female consumers- “The la-

Las Pizarras, from Calatayud is a notch

dies certainly took to the Whites and the

up in price and quality so it was chosen

Rose’s, which set a trend but our wines are

as the 2nd Red of the evening. At 13.5%/

well placed because they also please the

Alcohol volume, it was noted for raising

male consumer because of their fruity cha-

the tone of the evening but only ‘till it was

racter. The Garnacha fortified wine that

followed by a limited production Anayon

you had with desert is our newest propo-

(2009) at 14.5% and with advice from Al-

sition and only a year old. We created this

fred Lavagna that it strictly was ‘not for

sweet wine in order to compete with Port

tapas, this requires a meal to go with it.’

but still holding on to our Cariñena wine

The room was now happily buzzing and I

making tradition. It can also be used as a

cornered Alfred for information.

vermouth pre-dinner ‘aperitif’ but as it’s a full bodied strong and sweet wine, it can be

“Anayon is aged in new American oak ba-

a perfect Port too.”

rrels and it has everything you need in a wine; it’s well balanced in acidity and tan-

The Corona de Aragon ‘Bodega’ last year

ning and is full bodied, smooth and woody,

exported twenty five million bottles. By

the perfect compliment to a good dinner.” I

volume that would translate to Europe,

couldn’t agree more and resolved to fur-

the US and Canada with Germany also a

ther my studies by slowly sipping another

big export market for them, 20% of their

glass before rinsing it out with water to

production stays in Spain. A miniscule

get ready for the last wine offering of the

part of that is now stored here at Lewis

evening as the deserts started to parade

Stagnetto Ltd and as Alfred Lavagna put

out of the ‘Le Bateau’ kitchen.

it, “we want to sell cases of wine, not store them, hence the wine tasting events that

I had chosen an orange flavoured cheese-

we enjoy every now and again!”

cake with little thought as to how it would marry with a wine, but my concerns were

I for one certainly wish to be a part of the

quickly dispelled when a sweet fortified

emerging wine scene here and enjoyed

wine was introduced and served with

my first event of which this account has

plenty of ice and a touch of orange skin

been about. There are exciting new wines

in the glass. It was surprisingly good. Very

out there and this range from ‘Corona de

smooth and aromatic and at 21.5%/vo-

Arargon’ is different enough to be noti-

lume certainly not recommended to be

ced. Pop along to Lewis Stagnetto Ltd to

taken in copious amounts. Who needs Pa-

find out more and perhaps stock up for

charan? I suggested to myself enjoying the

Christmas.

last sips of this one with my cheesecake. After the wonderful meal and excellent wine presentation, I caught up with Francisco Martinez, who had promised me an

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Grandes Vinos y Viñedos, S.A. Corona de Aragón Quality, professionalism and ambition, together with attention to detail, have been the key to rediscovering the tradition and potential of the region of Cariñena Cariñena is just one of several “Denominación de Origen” titles used for the wines of Aragon, northern Spain. Its winegrowing area is situated to the south of the River Ebro, and north-east of Calatayud. The town from which it takes its name has also been adopted by the ‘Cariñena’ grape variety (known as Carignan in other parts of the world), which once dominated the local vineyards. The region sits in the Ebro Valley upon one of its vast plains. Rocks and pebbles abound and, fittingly, wines are known locally as ‘el vino de las piedras’, or ‘wine of the rocks’. Cariñena boasts a long history of winemaking and the region is one of the oldest demarcated appellations in Europe, having been awarded “Denominación de Origen” status in 1932 confirming its pioneering nature in Aragon. Grandes Vinos y Viñedos S.A., which was founded on the 1st September 1997, was set up for the purpose of channelling the sales of a number of co-operatives of the Cariñena “Denominacion de Origen”, using a new company name, state-of-the-art installations, and a fully qualified and commited workforce. 2002 saw the inauguration of the Winery’s new installations, 30 OCTOBER 2013 GLOBE MAGAZINE

which covers a total area of over 60 000 m2 and is equipped with the latest technological advances. A coupage building with stainless-steel tanks ranging in sizes from 10,000 litres to 200,000 litres, a bottling plant with a rate of production of 12,000 bottles/hour and a wineageing processing zone with a capacity of 20 000 barrels. From the very beginning, Grandes Vinos y Viñedos has based its successful strategy on quality, innovation and a commitment to the environment. It has always focused its attentions on creating wines that are unique and of great character and properties which are deeply rooted in the area of which ‘Corona de Aragon’ is the jewel in their crown! The Winery and its vineyards are geographically located in the heart of the Cariñena “Denominación de Origen”, one of Spain’s most traditional wineproducing regions. The origin of the Aragonese vineyards comes from the region called Celtíbera, where the Roman town of Carae (today Cariñena) was situated and whose inhabitants were known to drink wine mixed with honey as far back as the 3rd century B.C. Many other historical records attest to the quality of the wines from Cariñena;

for example, King Ferdinand I of Aragon listed it as his preferred wine above all others and the French philosopher, Voltaire thought it heavenly. Wine has long been the economic mainstay of the region and a source of great pride and renown.

plains, the soil is mainly brownish-limestone or brownish-red settled on top of stony ground. More than 60% of the vineyard is planted using the head-pruning system and on dry land. The climate is continental with cold winters and very hot summers; the average yearly tempeEmbracing the best of the rature is 14.4°C, and the rainfall region´s traditions and the tech- is 435 mm/year, with May and nology that has transformed it, June being the rainiest months. Bodegas ‘Grandes Vinos y Viñedos’ has forged a reputation for The majority of Cariñena’s viquality and consistency second neyards are located at relatively to none in their “Denominación de Origen”.

high altitudes, between 1,312ft and 2,625ft (400–800m). They are scattered along the plains of the Ebro River, extending all the way up to the slopes of the Sierra de Algairén mountain range to the west. The region’s climate is decidedly continental, with extreme seasonal and daily temperature variations, although a cold northerly wind – the Cierzo – helps to moderate summer temperatures and keep humi-

The vineyards are located in the 14 towns of the Region, at the bottom of the Algairén and Pecos mountain ranges, between the River Huerva and the River Jalón, at heights of between 320 and 850 metres above sea level. Their wines are produced based on three fundamental aspects that form the essence of each one of them: the land, the climate and the variety.

dity low. This, along with the diurnal temperature variation, assists in imparting characteristic intensity to the local grapes, especially, Cariñena, although today, Garnacha (Grenache) is the most favoured grape here, thanks to both market demand and its adaptability to local conditions. With a change in market forces, the Cariñena region has rearranged its wine production rapidly and significantly. The hefty, alcoholic red wines produced by local co-operatives and destined for the bulk blending market have given way to more balanced styles. Small estates have focused on quality rather than quantity, and successful experimentation with international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah has also added to the region’s standing as a quality wine producer. Cariñena boasts a wide variety of wine styles, ranging from its signature oak-aged reds to dry white wines from Viura (Macabeo) grapes, fruity rosados (rosés) and sweet Moscatels.

On the foothills of the mountains, the soil is poor with underlying rocks, while on the

WINES Corona de Aragón It is the leading brand of the Cariñena “Denominación de Origen” aimed exclusively at the ontrade, restaurants, wine shops etc. As well as, the generic range of young wines, semi-crianzas, crianza, reserva and gran reserva, the brand is completed with its ‘CORONA DE ARAGÓN DISPARATES’ collection of varietals, illustrated with labels depicting the works of the ‘Disparates de Fuendetodos’, a continuation

of the works of the ‘Disparates de Goya’. Unique wines in a unique and exclusive bottle of this brand, the winner of the 1st International Bottle Design Competition, designed by André Ricard, winner of the National Design Award whose work was summarised perfectly by Pierluigi Cattermole, one of the members of the judging committee “...a new reading of something, as traditional as, the Burgundy bottle and altering it to make the neck more noticeable with an exquisitely elegant shape”.

Anayón Anayón is the top brand from ‘CORONA DE ARAGÓN’. They are the so-called “designer wines”, wines of limited production that are only made in exceptional vintages. ‘ANAYÓN’ from ‘CORONA DE ARAGÓN’ is the brand that includes the Bodega’s collection of designer wines. Exceptional vintages, unique vineyards, limited productions.

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Corona de Aragon. The Wines Sampled CORONA DE ARAGON GARNACHA/SYRAH

ANAYÓN CHARDONNAY BARRICA

CORONA DE ARAGON OLD VINES

Served as an aperitif on the night

Both primary and malolactic fermentation take place in new American oak barrels using “battonage” procedures (stirring on the lees) three times a week during its time in barrel. This chardonnay is aged for six months in oak barrels, which will improve and prolong its bottle life. The aim of the whole process involved is to enhance and highlight the Chardonnay variety to the fullest in order to achieve an out-of-the-ordinary wine that will surprise you for its great intensity. To this end, it has been produced following winemaking concepts that are more closely related to red wines than to white. The result is a wine with an intense yellow colour, highly expressive nose with notable aromas of fresh tropical fruits (pineapple, banana, yellow passion fruit...) combined with sweeter, riper aromas and a touch of smoked and vanilla hints. Its fruity notes show up again on the palate but are somewhat more citrus, such as grapefruits. It is full bodied, good volume, with a long and balanced passage.

Grapes are handpicked at the beginning of October from our oldest bush during the early morning hours to arrive fresh at the winery. They are then cold-macerated prior the fermentation for 96 hours at 6ºC, also known as "cold soak" in order to extract colours, fruitiness and flavours, as well as, providing a fleshier mouth feel to the wine. The primary fermentation takes place during 8 days in stainless steel tanks under controlled temperature of 26 ºC. Once the fermentation is finished, the wine stays "sur- lees" from 15 to 20 days to extract the grapes potential to the utmost. After this stage, the wine goes through full malolactic barrel fermentation and is later aged 4 months in new French oak barrels of 225 litres. There is a final selection from the best barrels, the wine is not stabilized and very gentle filtering is only applied.. Intense ruby red colour, with strong aromas of black fruits and spices, in the mouth it is full with a persistent after taste. Very well balanced between tannins and acidity

The grapes are left to macerate at a cold temperature (8 - 10 ºC.) for 8 hours and they bleed. This must is fermented at temperatures not exceeding 15 º C. in order to maintain all the aromas. The aim of this combination of varieties is to achieve a fusion between the fresh fruit, like strawberries from the Garnacha, with the more mature fruit, like the blackberries from the Syrah. When they come together they give more intense aromas and a more mature and elegant taste. It is more balanced, fleshy and persistent on the palate. GRAPE COMPOSITION: Garnacha and Syrah ALCOHOL: 13 %

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GRAPE COMPOSITION: Garnacha - ALCOHOL: 13,5 % alc.

ALTO DE LAS PIZARRAS

ANAYÓN BARRICA

The grapes are harvested by hand as soon as they reach optimum maturity in each parcel.

It is a bright wine showing a very deep cherry color. It reveals a nose with ripen red fruits and berries coming along with a release of balsamic and licorice aroma once the wine gets in contact with the oxygen. It ends up with a smooth, spicy and toasted finish. In mouth, it starts with a gentle attack but potent at the same time, with great intensity, gradually inundating our mouth with flavours of different chocolates, tobaccos and very ripen fruits with a consistent structure and symmetry. All the ripen fruits bouquet merge in perfect harmony with the toasted, spicy and oak-vanilla aromas. Fruits, cacao and some toasted flavours emerge again with great persistence on retronasal, lingering with varying aromas and surprising sensations.

They are collected, and transported to the winery in small cases, before being selected by hand on a selection table. Fermentation temperatures are between 25º and 28ºC, to preserve the character of the fruit. After 20 days, the wine is transferred in new French oak barrels of between 225 and 500 litres, to complete its Malolactic fermentation, and for 11 months ageing. It’s Colour is deep cherry-red, with a bright rim. On the nose, clove, black fruit and toasted coffee can be found, followed by soft cherry and ripe fruit aromas. Also vanilla and butterscotch from the oak, blend with the herbs and floral aromas of the Garnacha. The palate is very soft, full-bodied and powerful, with a long, balanced and nice aftertaste. Serve at a temperature between 16 º and 18 ºC.

GRAPE COMPOSITION: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah ALCOHOL: 14% alc. SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16-18 °C

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The Performers Club Hollie Buhagier

Text by James Culatto

The Inaugural Performers Club was recently held in Bruno’s and it was deemed a huge success by organisers Les Roberts and David Bentata. Being billed as a unique platform for local artists that spe-

cialise in anything from music to poetry, comedy and possibly dance, it has now set the bar at a high standard after the first night. I’m pleased to say that I provided a helping hand and got to open the night with a couple of songs befo-

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re being joined by Paragon guitarist Paul Santos for renditions of songs by Stevie Wonder and Led Zeppelin amongst others, but I won’t go on about myself. Let’s go straight to Joe Adamberry, who was the poet for the evening. His command of the English language

and ability to phrase intelligently and interestingly meant that his poetry was both refreshing and intriguing. Despite the early nerves, it was obvious that Joe thoroughly enjoyed reciting for the audience that included the Mayor, Anthony Lima and members of

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Paul Santos

the Ministry of Culture. Hosted by GBC’s very own Davina Barbara, the show continued after a short break where Bruno’s very kindly provided canapes and free drinks. Davina had some questions about singing, so perhaps we will see her at the Performers Club again, but this time as a participant! After the break, Corrine Cooper wowed everyone with her ridiculous vocal range! Over the years

Jonathan Bugeja

I’ve heard a lot of local girls do the big ballads and with great success but Corrine has that ability to hit notes above the normal register and that makes her truly stand out and the standing ovation was proof of this. Johnathan Bugeja, who many of you will know from his time in cover band ‘Take 2’, gifted us with a very special solo acoustic set that displayed his talents as both a guitarist and vocalist. I’d like to see him do more

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of this as I enjoyed both his song choices and the way he delivered them, ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ especially! Hollie Buhagiar was the headliner for the night and despite having to sit about and watch as everyone got up and did their thing, she was straight into her set and it seems like I’ve heard her perform so much recently that her originals are all too familiar. Very quiet and shy off the stage, her voice is full

Corrine Cooper

of emotion whilst performing you can hear every slice of this in her compositions. I guess the sign of a truly great artist is when they can easily cover another great and she did just that with her version of Jeff Buckleys ‘Lilac Wine’ off one of my all time favourite albums ‘Grace’. Hollie may be moving to London soon but we hope she will be back to perform on the Rock and at the Performers Club in the future!

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Sunset on the Sahara Sunsets on the Sahara, the beauty and hospitality the people of Morocco give are only some of the reasons Alfred Balban of ‘Maroc Atlas’ keeps heading off into the Sahara every year. Combining Off-Roading through the Atlas Mountains before riding the desert dunes and solidarity work is founder member of ‘Maroc Atlas’ Alfred’s deep rooted love. ‘Maroc Atlas Motor Sports Club’ has been host to Gibraltar’s only Off-Roading club and ‘Annual Solidarity Raid’ for an amazing 20 years and they are only just getting stuck in!

Text by Jemma Rocca Photographs by Kevin Gomila

Some find themselves in these expeditions for the satisfaction of giving to those, who are in need; some are in it for the adventure, that very same adventure that pushes you to your limits, challenges you and rips you right out of your comfort zone, but for the ones that have been doing these raids for 20 years?... those guys are in it for both!

This kind of dedication of expeditions from Gibraltar all the way down to Merzouga has not only benefited and helped the people from some of the most remote, cut off villages. Nomad settlements just across the straits to Morocco in Africa are visited every year by ‘Maroc Atlas’, but ‘Maroc Atlas’ has also been beneficial to the people of Gibraltar who’s understanding of world poverty and the kindness of strangers has often changed them as people for the better in joining ‘Maroc Atlas’

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on these inspiring eye opening raids. From ordinary members of our community to the sponsors, who support these selfless journeys across Morocco every single year, it continues to move Gibraltar as a community. ‘Maroc Atlas’ has high hopes to keep building awareness in order to become more able to help villages and towns become self-sufficient with the commodities we take for granted like clean running water at the turn of a tap and more classrooms.

‘Maroc Atlas’ are always looking for generous sponsors to make these dreams of a better quality of life for people a reality and also help get new projects up and running. Combining his enthusiasm for 4X4 motor sport off-roading to some of the most remote locations and solidarity work seemed natural to Alfred Balban, who has kept ‘Maroc Altas’ 4X4 club Gibraltar afloat for two decades. Driven on by pure passion and his trusty 4X4, of course, ‘Ma-

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roc Atlas’ Gibraltar was first established in 1994. Alfred was first introduced and encouraged to start 4x4 off-roading by his close friend, George Accolina a couple of years prior to attending his First raid to Morocco with then Motor Sport Club Atlas Maroc Malaga in 1993 . Accompanying him on his first ever raid to Morocco were his father and brother acting as co-pilots. Unknowingly to Alfred, who is now well-known in Gibraltar’s community as the man, who works tirelessly

all year round to collect toys and clothes, Alfred shared with us his first encounter with any form of solidarity work and real poverty; “To be honest with you, it was my first time off-roading in Morocco; my father, brother and I had thought we prepared well, we packed our vehicle to the brim with all our camping gear, all the necessities we would require in case we found ourselves in a sticky situation; our personal clothes, boots and anything else one would take on this kind of expedition, we had everything!”

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As the more experienced members of the club began unloading their vehicles to hand out the personal items they had saved for the people of Morocco, this small but utterly selfless charitable act left Alfred feeling foolish, “I felt so naive standing there, in that moment I turned round to look at my family, who without saying a word, I knew were sharing exactly the same feelings! So we set out and each bought ourselves Moroccan attire known as djellaba. We put those on and wore them for the

rest of the trip and those djellabas we bought that day was the only thing we came home with that year.” Alfred shed a tear reminiscing about this trip that changed his life. Alfred and his family had literally taken the clothes off their backs and given them to people, who needed it the most; the way they viewed the world from that moment on would never be the same again. “I fell in love with Morocco, I fell even deeper in love with the people and their culture. Despite many people living in poverty, they are

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always happy and give all they have. Great hospitality is a huge part of Muslim culture.” When asked what keeps him going back, Alfred explains, “The people I’ve met on my travels have become my ‘adopted’ family! For example, when you get to know people over so many years and watch kids you may have helped grow up and go on to own their own businesses, it makes going back and continuing this work all the more worthwhile. I often find myself won-

dering how can I do more and wondering who will I meet next? I love Morocco and even though I swear every year that this will be my last, I’d feel lost without my annual raids and without my club; there is something in me that drives me on to keep this going and to keep going back. I cannot express in words what all this means to me, it’s my life!” A teary-eyed Alfred showed it was evident that words weren’t enough to express his love for the people of Morocco and the continuous support Alfred was

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giving and receiving. Alfred has found himself embroiled in a circle of unconditional love that sees no borders, no religions and no bounds! The ‘Maroc Atlas’ team are now looking forward to their 20th Anniversary Raid to which they are hoping for a record number attendance. This raid will be taking place at around Easter time 2014 where ‘Maroc Atlas’ are planning on meeting at their end point Merzouga for a big celebration. ‘Maroc Atlas’ works

closely with many local charities like Gibmission Africa, as well as, independent charities. Just last month, the ‘Maroc Atlas’ team helped raise money for a family in need of help with hospital fee’s for their daughter at the Gibraltar Fair where they annually run a ‘Maroc Atlas’ stall. Alfred commented that combing the pleasures of giving to communities and doing what you love is ‘Maroc Atlas’ moto. “We are in the process of orga-

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nising an ‘Off-Roading’ charity event in Gibraltar, so be sure to keep an eye out for this fantastic event held right here on the Rock. Last year a similar event was held at Catalan Bay and it was a huge success - a fun day out for all drivers and spectators alike in keeping with the ‘Maroc Atlas’ way of doing things always for a good cause!” Gibraltar’s leading 4x4 Motor Sport Club in Maroc Atlas also taken time off from their all-year-round charity work to

regularly attend rally competitions over the border, as well as, weekend excursions to special ‘Off-Roading’ tracks in the surrounding Spanish mountains. These kinds of events have seen a steady and high attendance over the years as according to Alfred, “All you need to join ‘Maroc Atlas’ is a 4x4.’ Maroc Atlas has seen the rise of social media through the years and has kept up the pace with their website: http://marocatlasgib4x4.ning.com/. Upon visiting

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this busy and regularly updated site, you will gain a better understanding on how the club functions, event calendar dates for the next big solidarity raid winter edition, as well as, blogs and video diaries of previous ‘Maroc Atlas’ adventures. If you decide this is for you, HAPPY OFF-ROADING! Alfred wishes to take this opportunity to thank all his loyal sponsors for their continuous support. Restsso Trading Ltd for being there for so many years!

He also welcomes any potential sponsors to approach him via Facebook about contributing to bigger, more demanding and rewarding projects. Alfred also expressed his gratitude to the people of Gibraltar, “Maroc Atlas is growing constantly and as a result, the club is going from strength to strength but without the help of the people of Gibraltar, this would have been impossible; from the bottom of my heart thank you very much.”

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The Gib Floyd “Experience” A Resounding Success Text & Photographs by James Culatto

Having made its debut just a few months ago, ‘Gib Floyd’ made a return to Inces Hall and wowed a sell out crowd on both nights. The brain child of Christopher Calderon and Jay Callejon, this tribute to Pink Floyd has set a new standard for live shows on the Rock. Despite a limited budget, no stone was left untur50 OCTOBER 2013 GLOBE MAGAZINE

ned to provide an eager and devoted public with what can only be described as spectacular. Musically exquisite and visually magnificent, what has been dubbed the Gib Floyd "Experience" has converted many a Floyd acquaintance into a fan and who can doubt it after songs like 'Another Brick in the Wall',

'Wish You Were Here', 'Breathe', 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Great Gig in the Sky' were met with such rapturous applause. It does remain to be seen if Gib Floyd shall return but you can be certain that should they once again tread amongst us mere mortals, we shall be blessed with more jaw dropping performances and exhilarating experiences. Thanks to all involved for a tremendous show! Floyd On!

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Clean Up the World 2013 Their mission is to inspire individuals and communities around the world to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment

Photographs by Dominique Martinez-Lopez (www.gibraltarfocus.com)

‘Clean Up the World’ is a community based environmental campaign that inspires and empowers individuals and communities from every corner of the globe to make their environment a cleaner, healthier place to live in.

annually making it one of the largest community based environmental campaigns in the world. For example, Scouts have been involved with ‘Clean Up

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the World’ every year since its inception. The campaign brings together businesses, community groups,

schools, governments and individuals, who carry out a range of activities and programs that positively improve local environments. ‘Clean Up the World’ initiatives can include clean up events, climate change awareness and prevention activities, recycling projects, educational campaigns, resource recovery projects, tree planting, water reuse and conservation, competitions and exhibitions. Whilst ‘Clean Up the World’ initiatives can be undertaken at any time of the year, the campaign’s flagship event is

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‘Clean Up the World Weekend’, 20-22 September 2013. Participants were encouraged to organise clean up events around this weekend and celebrate their environmental achievements. ‘Clean Up the World’ provides a range of information, support and facilitation services aimed at assisting participants to organise and promote clean up events and other environmental initiatives. By joining the ‘Clean Up the World’ campaign, participants can share information and experiences with Clean Up

campaign. Gibraltar celebrated the ninth year of its participation in the global event, which again looked at ‘Our place, our responsibility’.

the World’s global network and positively change their local environment. Locally, hundreds of volunteers, spread across Gibral-

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tar, participated in this year’s ‘Clean up the World’ campaign. Local school children and volunteers also gathered at Casemates for the annual parade to raise awareness on the annual

The volunteers, said the organisers, helped transform several parts of Gibraltar. General litter, as well as, contractors materials from slopes, underwater sites and green areas was collected in the space of a few hours. The annual symbolic mountain at the main dump was this year distributed into three separate centres.

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FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH Photographs Mark Anthony Celecia (Mount Productions) & Michael Kelly (Construct Photographic)

Sophie Gradon Sophie Gradon was spotted at the age of 15 in Spain whilst on holiday. A photographer took some pictures which ended up on the cover of a magazine and it all took off from there. She won the title of Miss Great Britain 2009 and has taken part in fashion shows all over UK and Gibraltar to include the Metro Centre and Fox Racing. Sophie loves singing and acting and she has also taken part in commercials including a recent series of 6 for Lynx deodorant. Sophie is a keen horse rider, surfer and gym and fitness fanatic. (Check Sophie out on www.mount-productions.com)Â

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The Best Recipes of our Cuisine “Torta de Acelga” “Chard Pie believed to be based on a spinach pie of Italian descent, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Gibraltar”

Calentita “A Gibraltarian Chickpea puree - Gibraltar’s National Dish” SERVES: 6

and leave to stand for a few hours. Add

PREPARATION: 1 HOUR

salt and pepper.

COOKING: 1 HOUR

2. Pre-heat oven to 175 C. Pour olive oil

INGREDIENTS:

onto an oven dish (approx 15 x 23cms)

250g chick pea flour

and heat this in the hot oven. When the

1 litre of water

oil is very hot, stir the chickpea flour

Olive oil

mix and carefully add into the oven

Salt and pepper

dish and put back in the oven for about an hour until set in the middle and a

HOW TO MAKE IT:

golden crust forms on top.

1. Mix 250g of chickpea flour with ap-

3. Ready to serve as an evening meal

proximately six cups of water (1 litre)

or a snack.

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SERVES: 4

se stems are useful for another local re-

PREPARATION: 1 HOUR

cipe called ‘Potaje de Acelga’). Wash the

COOKING: 30 MIN.

leaves very well to remove any grit or soil.

INGREDIENTS:

Boil the ‘acelga’ leaves, drain really well

1 small packet of puff pastry or make a pastry by

and chop them. Fry them for a few minu-

mixing one glass each of olive oil and water and

tes in hot olive oil then set aside.

then adding four until a soft dough is achieved

2. Roll out the pastry and lay on an oven-

6 bunches of ‘acelga’ (chard)

proof pie dish, leaving sufficient pastry to

6 eggs

close the pie later. Beat the eggs and add

Breadcrumbs

all the ingredients to make a nice filling.

Grated cheese

Add to the ‘acelga’ and mix all together.

Parsley

3. Fill the pie dish with this filling or “re-

2 teaspoons of minced garlic

lleno” and close the pie with the pastry.

Season to taste

Cook in the oven at 150 C for about half an hour or until the pie is nice and gol-

HOW TO MAKE IT:

den. It is advisable to boil the ‘acelga’ the

1. Remove the stems of the ‘acelga’ (the-

night before to save precious time!

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening down town? NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL

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Paragon Power through The Battle of the Bands! The 6th annual Rock on the Rock Club’s 'Battle of the Bands' was once again a huge success. With a wide range of musical tastes being showcased, it is now at the forefront of the local music calendar a new favourite emerged with many spectators uncertain where the prizes would go. A couple of the bands encountered issues with amplification but so professional was their approach that they were easily overcome and went unnoticed by the general public. With the final act (Paragon) half way through their first song a now all to regular power cut meant a 45 minute delay and so everyone regrouped and those that remained were treated to the prize giving.

Text and Photographs by James Culatto

This year saw past winners ‘Soul Within’ joined by ‘Fuse’, ‘Paragon’, Hollie Buhagiar, ‘Orangutango’, ‘Headwires’ and ‘3 Days II Rise’. With no clear favourite at the start of the event, it was set to be a thrilling night with no one quite sure who the judges would be in favour of. Kim Andres, Jemma

Rocca and Javier Amian were the three judges chosen by the club due to their appreciation and knowledge of the local music scene and it was refreshing to see such choices. As the night went on, the crowd were rampant and exposed to some dazzling displays of heart felt original material. Opinions were divided and after each act,

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Having spoken to the judges, there appeared to be no doubt in their minds that the unanimous victors were ‘Paragon’, who were also performing live for the first time. Teenage rockers, ‘Headwires’ came in second, followed by the shows opener, Hollie Buhagiar. In my own opinion, I thought there were a few bands in with a shout of obtaining a prize and perhaps ‘Fuse’ were the most unlucky of all of those that missed out. Another year and another excellent ‘Battle of

the Bands’ organised and hosted by the ‘Rock on the Rock Club’. Winners, ‘Paragon’ have since gone on to perform at the Gibraltar Music Festival and launch their debut E.P. Next year promises to be bigger and better with Gibraltar’s finest

bands taking notice. I especially hope to see ‘Jetstream’ in the fold once their album is completed. Both Allan and Gina Alman are doing their very best for the local music scene and in December the Singer/Songwriter competition will be back and I personally can’t wait for that one.

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Puntting the tee into Triay & Triay Triay & Triay Annual Corporate Golf Day In keeping with tradition, Triay & Triay hosted their corporate annual Golf Day on Friday 20th September at the San Roque Golf Club in Sotogrande. Over 100 local private and corporate clients, as well as intermediaries, were invited as a thank you for their valued custom, which has helped to make Triay & Triay what it continues to be today… one of Gibraltar’s leading law firms. Seventeen teams of four played a Texas Scramble tournament in the morning with additional guests joining for the lunch and prize giving in the afternoon. Golfers were also awarded with branded golf balls courtesy of Triay & Triay. The winners of the 2013 tournament were Alejandro Ponce,

Joaquin Crespo, Charles Gubbins and Bruno Leileur, who each won a round of golf for four persons at the San Roque Golf Club plus a magnum of wine. Prizes were also awarded for longest drive and closest to the pin. The event provided a relaxed environment, away from the pressures and tension of work, giving Triay & Triay customers the opportunity to interact and network with other local businesses. “Some great golf was played here today, which has helped strengthen the business ties between the players in each team, to our mutual benefit, and provided the ideal opportunity to thank our valued clients for their continued support and business. We look forward to continuing to work closely with all of our clients for many years to come.” Melo Triay

Team 11 Alejandro Ponce, Joaquin Crespo, Charles Gubbins, Bruno Leilieur

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Clubhouse Gibraltar present a Gibraltar National Doll to Sir Adrian and Lady Johns

In appreciation of the support given by Sir Adrian and Lady Johns to the Gibraltar Clubhouse Project from its early existence, it was deemed appropriate to give them a token of appreciation which was appropriate and which was something original from Gibraltar. One of the Clubhouse Board of Directors is none other than internationally renowned master of doll making, Christine Mandleberg. Christine has designed this porcelain doll, which has been her life’s ambition and is donating all the profits from this doll to Clubhouse Gibraltar; to date she has already raised and donated £700 to the Clubhouse Gibraltar Charity. Christine usually does one-off dolls as well as repairing and restoring porcelain dolls to order. For further enquires please go to website www.gibdolls.com or email christine@gibdolls.com. The Gibraltar National Doll was launched in July 2013. Christine based it on Kaiane Aldorino dressed in the Gibraltar national costume when she won Miss World and she feels it says a lot about the people of Gibraltar and it would be a great memento of the Rock for the Governor and Lady

Johns. They are collector’s items with each doll being unique and numbered individually. The Governor and Lady Johns are going to be presented with doll No. 13, luckily they are not superstitious, and this will remind them of their stay in Gibraltar. Clubhouse Gibraltar will also be presenting them with a farewell and thank you card signed by its members. The first major donation received by the Gibraltar Clubhouse Project came from the Christmas Convent Fair and since then, Sir Adrian and Lady Johns have always taken a great interest in our progress and most of our members have been invited to afternoon tea at the Convent much to their delight. In addition, we have received various other donations from the convent. Clubhouse Gibraltar is now open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm at 23 Wellington Front Tel 20068423 and provide a work ordered day to assist people who have been affected by Mental Health problems to develop or re-develop their skills and self confidence. For further information write to P.O. Box 878 or e-mail info@ clubhousegibraltar.com . GLOBE MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2013 71

Chess Moves Ahead and Outside! It's no secret that Gibraltar has developed a close relationship with the game of kings – chess. This summer extra activities on the 64 squares have been taking place and others planned - all of which led up to the launch of the 3rd Gibraltar Junior International Chess Festival in August, a growing event on the world stage. Meanwhile, Stuart, assisted by UK chess expert James Coleman, has been in action at Bayside Sports Centre, teaching the rules of chess to children, who are starting out, and showing those who already play how to improve. The course was part of the Summer Sports and Leisure programme, and has proved especially popular with children aged 7 to 9, although the youngest visitor has been 5.

Photographs By Johnnie Bugeja (Courtesy of The Gibraltar Chronicle)

A new initiative is to move a giant chessboard, made and designed on the Rock, around different locations in Gibraltar, giving people the chance to play or watch others. This is an attraction, which has proved very popular in major European cities like Amsterdam and Salzburg, and which it is hoped will succeed in Gibraltar as well. The board showcases the current sponsors of the internationally acclaimed Gibraltar international tournament led by Tradewise Insurance, the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar Sports & Leisure Authority and Gibtelecom amongst others.

James, who teaches chess fulltime in UK schools, is on his first visit to the Rock. “It’s a real privilege to be here, helping expand the local chess scene,” he says. “I will make sure my students in England understand how important Gibraltar is in the world of chess, hopefully some will want to come and play here themselves.”

The giant board began its journey in the Piazza, on Saturday 10th August at 1200 hours. Minister for Sport, Culture, Heritage and Youth, The Hon Steven Linares MP, agreed to make the ceremonial first move, with other guests expected to join the inaugural contest. Gibraltar’s Community Chess Professional and international Grandmaster, Stuart Conquest, was on hand to referee the game and offer impartial advice to both sides. Commenting on the initiative, Minister Linares said, “We hope this latest community chess initiative will continue to develop the game locally and take the game of chess to all corners of Gibraltar. It is intended that the giant chessboard

will appear in other locations in the coming days, so if you happen to come across the chess board and you fancy a game, take up Stuart’s challenge: Don’t be shy - make

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your move!” Newly crowned 2013 Commonwealth Women’s Chess Champion, Jovanka Houska, agreed to play on the giant board in Casemates the following week.

CEO of Gibtelecom, Tim Bristow, is someone, who believes passionately in the benefits of chess. He lists “decision making, problem solving and time management” as three important life skills that young people can acquire through learning and playing chess. He says “Gibtelecom is proud to be facilitating Stuart Conquest’s three years’ community chess role on the Rock”. For adults too, Mr Bristow recognises that “chess can help improve concentration and memory, whilst promoting imagination and creativity. These are all people attributes that are important to any business.”

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Superb September for Med Golf Members September was a superb month for Med Golf members and sponsors alike. The BetVictor Med Golf Masters took place at the San Roque Club on the world famous Old Course, the wonderful finale to yet another spectacular Med Golf season.

Everyone has some scope for a little improvement and our ‘Rabbit’ prize of a golf lesson went to Wendy Alsop.

The Masters, sponsored this year by BetVictor, is always a day to remember and this one was no different. We had representation from our season top ten players, our monthly sponsors, VIP guests from our Masters sponsor flown in especially for the weekend and also director’s invites at total of more than 50 players. The course was a little damp but nevertheless, playing to its usual very high standards as witnessed by our guests, the Captain and Lady Captain and their vice Captains from the San Roque Club.

Here is the first Top Ten of the new rankings season

A hearty breakfast before donning the event golf shirt was followed by a photo call and then a march to the buggies lined up like soldiers on parade. Grasping their bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label kindly donated by Saccone and Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd, the players filed out onto the course for a shotgun start to a round that proved a good test for all with scores below average, except for 1, read on… The two trophies on offer were the ‘BetVictor Med Golf Masters Trophy’ played for by the ‘Med Golf Order of Merit’ top ten players only and the ‘BetVictor Med Golf Masters Corporate Trophy’ for all other entrants. Lots of congratulations go to Jim Ledwith, a BetVictor VIP guest, who won the Corporate Trophy with 34 Stableford points and also a huge round of applause should go out to our Masters

Our ‘worth a mention’ this time was David Liu’s ‘almost’ hole in 1, we’ve all had a few of those ‘almost’ ones!

Trophy winner, Geoff Slade, who conquered a very tough course scoring a huge 40 Stableford points. Well done both, great golf! Following the presentations and free bar, a wonderful five course meal was enjoyed at Kamakura Japanese Restaurant at the San Roque Club, a perfect end to a great day and a very successful season for Med Golf. There is no rest for us Med Golfers though folks, our first event of the 2013/14 season also took place in September at La Cañada. We held The Anglo Hispano Trophy at this popular local venue only a short drive away from Gibraltar. Weather conditions were pretty tough with quite a wind to contend with at times. Scores were consequently quite low. Med Golfers know we keep tight control of our handicaps and there were no outrageous scores this time. The Anglo Hispano Trophy winner was Derren Vincent with 35 points. Derren won the trophy and 2 green fees on the San Roque Old Course.

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Other prizes were won as follows: Best gross score was John Hunter with an 82 The longest drive was by Charles Garcia. Best gross score on the par 3s was Howard Thomas at 2 over par. Best pairing was Derren and Geoff Slade with their 65 combined points. Our best senior this time was new boy Dave Dalton. Our handicap category prizes were won as follows: Category 1 (0-12) Runner up David MacGreegor; winner Peter Wartren Category 2 (13-22) Runner up Steve Stonefield; winner Javi Hunter Category 3 (23 and above) Denis Lafferty runner up; winner Iqbal Dharamsi Well done to all of you. The nearest the pin winners were Dave Dalton, Tony Murphy, Chris Smith, David Liu and John Hunter with Rodney sheriff getting the nearest in 2 prize on a par 4.

1. Vincent Derren 2. Hunter Javi 3. Harvey Mike 4. Warren Peter 5. Dalton Dave 6. Stonefield Steve 7. Slade Geoff 8. Kai Tommy 9. MacGregor David 10. McNee Ian More news from Med Golf Med Golf has its own Facebook page where you can see photos from the competition day. We’d be delighted if you’d join our group for up-to-date news and contribute to on-going golfing discussions. We created the page to enable members and visitors to discuss anything about golf, give feedback on courses they have played, offer tips to others they have come across and much more. You can find us on Facebook simply by searching for ‘Med Golf ’ or visit our website and navigate from there. For more details on our full schedule and the benefits of joining Med Golf for just £30 per year on our current 241 offer, please visit www.medgolfgroup. com or contact Paul Appleyard on Spain mobile 0034627331712 or by e-mail at paul@medgolfsecure.com

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The KIA Range Korean car maker Kia has been undergoing a steady transformation. The Seoul-based company has upped its game considerably over the past few years in both the design and engineering quality of its products, and recent Kia models merit much greater respect than the cheap-and-cheerful cut-price Kias of the past According to Kia Motors, the name “Kia” derives from the Sino-Korean words ki (“to come out”) and a (which stands for Asia), it is roughly translated as “arise or come up out of Asia” or “rising out of Asia”. South Korea’s oldest car company, Kia was founded on June 9th 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand and has operated as one of the country’s ‘Chaebols’ since. In 1951, Kia began building complete bicycles and the following year, the company changed its name from “Kyungsung Precision Industry” to “Kia” and expanded to build motorcycles (starting in 1957), trucks (1962) and cars (1974).

ture growth engine” leading to the hiring of Peter Schreyer in 2006 as Chief Design Officer and his subsequent creation of a new corporate grille known as the ‘Tiger Nose’ in order to Kia began exporting cars to create a recognizable ‘face’ for Europe in mid 1991, initially the brand. Schreyer indicated he selling just the Pride mini-car. wanted “a powerful visual signal, In just over twenty years, the company has grown to become KIA PICANTO one of the main leading automotive companies in the world manufacturing a whole range of quality vehicles from superminis (Rio) to SUV’s (Sportage) and MPV’s (Sorento). The full Kia range offers modern styling, superb quality and outstanding dynamics not to mention the unique-in-Europe seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty. Since 2005, Kia has focused on the European market and has identified design as its “core fu80 OCTOBER 2013 GLOBE MAGAZINE

re grille in 2009: “From now on, we’ll have it on all our cars” THE KIA PICANTO

Longer than the previous model, and with an extended wheelbase, the new ‘Picanto’ promises more passenger comfort and increased cargo space. Offered for the first time with a choice of 5-door and 3-door body styles, it is set to completely redefine its position as one of the most competitive vehicles in the global ‘city car’ A-segment. a seal or an identifier. The front of a car needs this recognition, this expression. A car needs a face and I think the new Kia face is strong and distinctive. Visibility is vital and that face should immediately allow you to identify a Kia even from a distance.” Commenting on the new signatu-

The new ‘Picanto’ is now a small car, grown-up! It is such a complete car, such a high quality package, offering numerous premium features and multiple trim choices, that it will raise the fundamental perception of A-segment models to a higher level. It’s got everything you could need for day after day of happy driving including power steering for squeezing into those tight spaces, ‘ABS’ and ‘EBD’ braking systems for those twisty lanes and 5 doors as standard for a big night out with the girls – or guys! And let’s not forget all those nifty little safety gadgets including child seat anchor points and twin airbags. Or the handy 60/40 fold-down seats, ideal for

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THE KIA SORENTO

KIA RIO

With a focus on sleek design, better road manners and more flexibility, Kia decided to completely re-invent the Sorento when it began planning the new model. But there was also the shift in usage to take into account. Today’s SUV buyers are younger, increasingly likely to be when you are shopping trip gets a bit out of hand. Plus the Kia Picanto comes fully loaded with both a CD and MP3 player. So now you can sing in the car as well as the shower!

KIA SORENTO

know a thing or two about lifestyle SUVs, to undertake much of the work on the new model even though Chief Design Officer, Peter Schreyer, masterminded the project. The result is a car with urban sophistication, premium levels of quality and equipment and ‘MPV-like’ space and versatility – and we make no apologies if it is not quite as rough ‘n’ tough as before. The all-new Kia Sorento has been awarded the maximum 5-star safety rating in the latest Euro NCAP crash test results, placing the Sorento amongst the safest SUVs on the road.

THE KIA RIO THE KIA SOUL

What can we say about the super-mini that’s got it all? We could try impressing you with its air conditioning, CD audio with MP3 player, central locking and front electric windows or even seduce you with its fancy features such as driver’s seat height adjustment, power steering and a huge 1,145 litre boot – think gym bag and DIY gear! All that’s very nice - But when it comes down to it, you might just fall for the Rio because it’s got great looks and more personality than a ‘celebrity gameshow’. And with the new Rio being Euro 4 compliant you know you’re being kinder to the environment too. The New Rio has its own interpretation of Kia’s signature grille, integrated with the headlamps to give a new twist on the Kia family look. In profile, the body to glass ratio and its strong wedge form give the new Rio a dynamic stance. The new model features a wheelbase extended by 70 mm (to

Emotional – iconic - self-confident; bold. lifestyle - driven. Simple words which, added together, start to capture the car’s personality. Soul is a car all about freedom – freedom to stand out from the 2,570 mm) and promises greater passenger space and comfort, together with increased cargo capacity to 292 litres for the hatchback. Exterior dimensions changes include: +55 mm (overall length), -15 mm (height) and +25 mm (overall width).

KIA SOUL

Inside, the new model will deliver a high level of quality previously associated with larger models – together with a wide selection of trim options. The Rio is now available in three door guise for the first time; same engine and trim line-up as the five door. The all-new 4th generation Rio is a major step forward in Kia’s relentless drive to upgrade the style and quality of its entire model range while hammering down fuel consumption and CO2 figures.

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female and often wealthy urbanites, who want the car for family use rather than the traditional country lifestyle. Sophistication, refinement, design and quality matter more than ruggedness and go-anywhere ability. So, Kia tasked its design studios in California, an area where they

crowd through its unique design and personalisation options, freedom of the open road thanks to its fun-to-drive character, and freedom of lifestyle through an expressive interior and a seating arrangement which offers the flexibility of a medium-sized ‘MPV’ or ‘SUV’ within the footprint of a super-mini.

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Soul is an urban crossover – small enough to be ideally suited to the world’s urban jungles, but totally different to conventional, workaday small cars. By combining the charm and desirability of MINI and Fiat 500, with a hint of SUV ruggedness, Kia is opening up an entirely new market sub-segment with a car that will win the hearts – and souls – of the young and the young-at-heart. Kia’s innovative and hugely successful urban crossover, the Soul, has been refreshed from top to bottom for the 2012 model year. New or revised 1.6-litre engines and the introduction of a six-speed gearbox on all models improve performance while lowering fuel consumption, emissions and running costs. The distinctive and highly original exterior styling is now even sharper while continuing to emphasise Kia’s obsession

with quality. This is reflected in the cabin, where changes to the fascia, console and trim raise standards even higher. And all versions have more equipment. THE KIA SPORTAGE

The Kia Motors Corporation´s decision to re-enter the small SUV market with an all-new model was taken after intensive market research into future consumer trends indicated that a new model was eagerly awaited, and close monitoring of the success of the Kia Sorento in Europe and all around the world. The new Sportage is designed to offer customers the best benefits of three different vehicle types – all in one compact stylish package. The smooth ride, agile handling and overall refinement of a ‘Passenger Car’… the exterior style, high driving position, easy access and all-wheel grip of an

KIA SPORTAGE

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‘SUV’… the load carrying ability and seating versatility of a Wagon… are all combined to create a uniquely attractive new Kia. With a new body shell, new engines and fresh, bold styling that introduces a new kind of dynamic aesthetics, the all-new Kia Sportage is an urban-friendly compact SUV for today’s families – consuming less fuel and emitting less CO2. Longer, wider and lower than the previous model, the all-new design successfully retains the key SUV features – the commanding driving position, heightened sense of security and powerful road presence – which made the second generation Kia Sportage so popular. The second-generation Sportage was introduced in 2004 and attracted thousands of customers who had not previously consi-

dered buying a Kia. It achieved global sales of more than 860,000 units – including 150,000 units in Western Europe. Now, under the direction of Kia’s Chief Design Officer Peter Schreyer, the Kia design teams have created a third-generation Sportage incorporating Kia’s new design DNA and many features from the 2007 Kia Kue concept car, to be immediately identifiable as a Kia and stand out from potential rivals in an increasingly crowded segment. On 25th May 2012, Kia Motors Corporation celebrates its 68th anniversary, originating with manufacturing bicycles in the 1950s, Kia has now grown to be part of the world’s 4th largest automotive group. The Kia Range can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, distributors in Gibraltar for Kia.

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Napoleon, Nelson and the French Threat For more than a decade, Britain faced the prospect of invasion by Napoleon. But how real was the threat and what defensive preparations did the British make? War with France

was so violent that no troops could be put ashore, and by the first week of January

When war broke out between Britain

1797 the French invasion fleet, battered

and Revolutionary France in the spring

and dispersed, crept back to Brest.

of 1793 there was no immediate threat of French invasion. Britain relied on the

Napoleonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Royal Navy for defence and planned a se-

pro-invasion policies

ries of sorties against the French forces in mainland Europe. But the picture started

The failure of this and other invasion

to change in 1796. French military suc-

plans brought the British only a short-

cesses and British military frustrations

term reprieve. The Government con-

started to alter the balance of power and

tinued to fear the enemy within and

the British Government began to repair

increased the power of sedition laws to

and reinforce coastal defenses and to

break and stifle individuals and socie-

raise, train and equip a huge force of vo-

ties that appeared to be supporting pro-

lunteers.

French Republican views. These fears seemed to be fully realised in April and

During 1796 the most successful and charismatic of Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revolutionary

May 1797 when elements of the Royal Navy, the first and major bulwark against

Lord Nelson

Napoleon Banaparte

hatch a grand and complex plan for the

insurrection. In 1796 he was in France

invasion fleet of around 50 ships carrying

Nore. The mutiny, not primarily political

co-ordinated invasion of England, Wales

seeking aid and promoting the invasion

15,000 veteran troops set sail from Brest

in its nature, was dealt with and the Bri-

and Ireland. Important to the French was

of Ireland by a French army of liberation.

for Bantry Bay in south-west Ireland. The

tish naval victory in October 1797 over

soldiers - General Hoche - started to

the Irish patriot Theobald Wolfe Tone.

invasion, mutinied at Spithead and the

plan was to land, ignite the country in

a French-led and sponsored Dutch inva-

A member of the Society of United Iris-

Wolfe Tone and Hoche met and their as-

rebellion against the Protestant English

sion fleet at Camperdown suggested that

hman Wolfe Tone was a Protestant who

pirations coincided. Wolfe Tone promi-

overlords, seize the port of Cork and be in

the Royal Navy was still in possession of

by the mid 1790s was convinced that

sed popular support if the French inva-

Dublin within the fortnight. But nothing

its fighting spirit. But despite this British

change could come only through violent

ded and, in late December 1796, a French

went right for the French - the weather

success the French still appeared to be

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closing in for the kill. General Hoche -

the River Medway (which the Dutch has

the champion of invasion - died in mys-

successfully raided in 1667) and the flat,

terious circumstances in September 1797

wide beaches of the Romney Marsh ad-

but General Napoleon Bonaparte, whose

joining the small port at Rye. So Prime

prestige and power were rapidly on the

Minister William Pitt, a firm believer

rise following his victories in Italy, took

in the benefits of fixed fortifications, fo-

up Hoche’s anti-British and pro-invasion

llowed the advice of a number of military

policies. In late 1797, Bonaparte declared

engineers, notably General Twiss, and

to the Directory Government that Fran-

approved plans to strengthen the defen-

ce ‘must destroy the English monarchy, or expect itself to be destroyed by these intri-

ces of these prime targets. Trafalgar’s battle

guing and enterprising islanders... Let us

Land attack

concentrate all our efforts on the navy and

1802 Britain appeared to have weathe-

ce. If he could get his men ashore, getting

annihilate England. That done, Europe is

red the storm when, with the Treaty of

them moving and to London before the

The lines defending Chatham from land

at our feet.’

Amiens, France - now a dictatorship

British could fully mobilise or deploy

attack were strengthened by additions to

with Bonaparte as the autocratic head-

their forces then victory would be his.

Fort Amherst and by the construction of

When 1,100 French soldiers - led by Ge-

of-state - made peace with Great Britain.

The British also realised that timing was

Fort Clarence. The greatest weakness of

neral Jean Humbert - landed at Killala

But both sides were intensely suspicious

all important and knew that the job of its

Dover was vulnerability to land attack.

Bay on the 22nd August 1798 they came

of each other, the terms of the treaty were

land-based defences - both coastal fortifi-

The ancient castle, despite being greatly

too late. The Irish were too demoralised

not honoured and, in May 1803, Britain

cations and volunteer regiments - was to

strengthened during the 1790’s, was also

or too terrified to join the French would-

was once more at war with France, more

delay and disrupt enemy forces until Bri-

vulnerable to attack from land, especially

be liberators and Wolfe Tone, who could

powerful and a more sinister enemy than

tish regular forces could be gathered and a

from the neighbouring Western Heights

perhaps have raised more resistance in

ever before.

counter-attack launched. In the dark days

from which modern artillery could ra-

of 1803 and 1804, when a French invasion

pidly reduce the castle to ruins.

Ireland, was captured en route by the Royal Navy and subsequently commit-

Hourly threat

ted suicide while waiting execution as a

was expected on an almost hourly basis, Britain started to construct a vast network

The answer hit upon by the military

traitor. In early September Humbert su-

By the end of 1803 Bonaparte had amas-

of coastal defences as well as relying on

was to transform the Western Heights

rrendered his tiny army which, although

sed on the cliffs around Calais an Army

the skill and resilience of the Royal Navy.

from the weak link in Dover’s defence

the invasion proved futile, had given

of England 130,000 strong and a flotilla

As Admiral Earl St Vincent said at the

into its greatest strength. From 1804

a good account of itself. But it was not

of 2,000 crafts to carry the host across the

time: ‘I do not say the French can’t come, I

until 1814 was turned into one of the

Humbert’s surrender that saved England

Channel. The presence of the army put

only say they can’t come by sea.’

great artillery fortresses of Europe. It

from immediate invasion; that had been

huge pressure on the British Government

achieved before Humbert even set foot on

to come to terms with Bonaparte who, in

The British reckoned the French would

inland, and barracks for a large garrison

the British Isles. On the 1st August 1798

May 1804, had his position strengthened

almost certainly choose the shortest in-

of troops that was given rapid access

Admiral Nelson had destroyed a French

still further by getting the French senate

vasion route and that they would aim to

to the sea by means of the spectacular

fleet in Aboukir Bay, an action which not

to confer upon him the title of Emperor

land at, or near, a port which, if captured,

Great Shaft, a 140 foot deep cylinder

only marooned Bonaparte and his army

Napoleon I.

could be used for the rapid reinforcement

containing three staircase designed to

in Egypt but also removed from France

housed batteries firing out to sea and

and re-supply of its army. This pointed

allow troops to move to and from the

the ability to defend an invasion army as

Napoleon realised that with invasion, as

to three prime invasion targets: Dover

Western Heights and the harbour with

it crossed the English Channel. In March

with most things, time was of the essen-

and the beaches around it, Chatham and

maximum speed. The Western Heights

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was also provided with an impressive

Martello towers

strong point - a place of great defensive

ded these little ‘bulldogs’ as a formida-

Victory at Waterloo

ble barrier. With hindsight it appears

and offensive power - called the Drop

A similar purpose lies behind another of

that all these defences were, essentia-

The victory at Waterloo in 1815 left Bri-

Redoubt. This fortress with its massive,

Britain’s great, and much misunderstood,

lly, pointless since Nelson’s victory at

tain the dominant power in Europe with

brick-clad earth walls, deep ditch, well

Napoleonic defences - the chain of 103

Trafalgar in October 1805, at the very

the Royal Navy the strongest fleet in the

sited gun embrasures and vastly strong

Martello Towers stretching from Seaford

moment the construction of the Mar-

world - despite suffering a series of signi-

casemates and magazine remains one

in the west to Aldeburgh on the East An-

tello Tower system was getting under

ficant but small-scale reverses during the

of the wonders of British post-medie-

glian coast built between Spring 1805 and

way, made a French invasion of Britain

War of 1812 with the fledgling United Sta-

val military design.

1812. These squat, ovoid-shaped brick-

a virtual impossibility. But in late 1805

tes Navy. For 40 years, threats of invasion

built towers are immensely strong and

the picture was not quite so clear. After

were forgotten but then, in the late 1850s,

The defence of the Romney Marches was

were modelled on a gun tower at Mar-

the destruction of his fleet at Trafalgar

emerged in a sudden and most drama-

a trickier problem. Flooding was one

tella, Corsica that had caused the Royal

Napoleon went on to win, in Decem-

tic manner. France, revived as an empire

possibility but this would have destro-

Navy much trouble in 1794.

ber 1805, the vastly important victory

with immense territorial ambitions under

yed many homes and much productive

Napoleon III, was once again the enemy

land. In late 1804 a Royal Engineer co-

and in the late 1850s, Britain led by its Pri-

lonel John Brown came up with a better

me Minister Lord Palmerston, undertook

idea: dig a 62-foot wide canal along the

to spend vast sums on defence.

north edge of the march; keep its water level high with the use of sluices; and

In 1859 a Royal Commission recom-

build a military road and rampart along

mended the protection of Britain’s main

its north bank so that it would function

dockyards on both seaside and landward

as a defended moat in case of French

approaches with massive new forts being

attack. The idea was approved immedia-

constructed at Portsmouth, Saltash, Ply-

tely by Prime Minister William Pitt and

mouth, Milford Haven, Sheerness and

the Royal Military Canal was completed

Chatham. The total cost of these works

by 1809. Its construction was a colossally

- mostly completed during the 1860s -

expensive exercise - £234,310 - and was

Duke of Welilngton

Waterloo

was a staggering £11.6 million, equal to

absurd military folly. William Cobbett’s

Martello Towers were the idea of Cap-

at Austerlitz that confirmed the French

The speedy defeat of France by Prussia in

reaction in 1823, in his Rural Rides,

tain William Ford of the Royal Engi-

as the military and political masters of

1870 and the ridiculous light it shed on

was typical; ‘Here is a canal ... made for

neers and they were sited roughly 600

Europe. A French fleet could be recons-

the military worth of Britain’s new and

the length of thirty miles ... to keep out

yards apart and each mounted a long-

tructed and, as far as the British could

expensive generation of fortifications did

the French: for those armies that had

range 24 pounder cannon. The aim was

see, it was just a matter of time before

not end the British fear of invasion. On

so often crossed the Rhine and the Da-

to cover the most likely landing beaches

the French were again in a position to

the contrary, it merely identified a new

nube were to be kept back by a canal.’

and to confuse any French landing whi-

invade. It was not until 1812 when Na-

enemy. Initially the British had been gra-

Cobbett had a point but he missed the

le British reserves and Royal Navy ships

poleon and his allies were smashed in

tified by the discomfiture of their traditio-

main one: the canal was only a part of a

were rushed to the area. These towers

Russia that the invasion of Britain was

nal enemy but by the end of 1870 Prus-

co-ordinated system of defence intended

were never tested which is a great tribu-

clearly beyond the French, and in this

sian brutality, its cold-blooded military

to wrong-foot the French invader, not to

te. The best defence is that which deters

year the construction of the chain of

efficiency and its territorial ambitions had

stop him

attack and certainly the French regar-

Martello towers ceased.

made it the next potential invader.

subsequently much mocked as an act of

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Out on National Day with Dominique Photographs by Dominique Martinez-Lopez (www.gibraltarfocus.com)

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Inauguration of I.W. Motors at Corral Road on Tuesday 1st October 2013

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