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by Ian le Breton

GREECE

What lies at the heart of her problems — and why the situation should concern us?

Apart from the UK general election news, the media has focused in recent weeks on Greece and its current deficit and longer term financial problems. I discussed deficits and why these are of such concern a couple of months ago. But I return to the topic for this column as there have been significant new developments. My aim is to explain how Greece got into this position in the first place — and what other countries, specifically those in the euro zone but also other European Union states such as the UK, are going to have to do about it.

Recently, I was speaking to a Sovereign that today’s problems began for Greece — the client who lives in Asia but has significant Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 (although it euro currency exposure — property and other would not be unreasonable to look back even investments in Europe that are, of course, valued in euro. He was looking for some further company structuring and more general advice.

His primary concern was Greece and how the current crisis there might affect him. “Does it matter to me?” he asked.

My answer was not really what he wanted to hear. I told him that, even though his property portfolio does not include any assets in Greece, he should indeed be worried because it was the rest of Europe that he had to consider. He does hold property in both Spain and Ireland and both of these countries are also suffering large deficits and a meltdown in their previously booming real estate sector.

In an effort to explain the present situation, I went right back to the beginning — or at least to a time when one could reasonably argue

The Greeks were desperate to host the Olympic Games, and had been since they missed out on the centennial event in 1996. Although the Games were very successful, the result was a classic overspend — of the kind London is keen to avoid in 2012

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further). The Greeks were desperate to host the Games, and had been since they missed out on the centennial event in 1996. Although the Games were very successful, the result was a classic overspend — of the kind London is keen to avoid in 2012.

Was this the only cause of Greece’s problems? No, of course not, but the overspend was typical of the laissez-faire approach to the fiscal budget that has steadily worsened year by year. Today it represents some four times the supposed maximum annual deficit for euro zone members of 3%; last year the budget deficit reached 13.6% of its Gross Domestic Product (or GDP).

Another contributory factor in the Greek crisis was its determined effort to meet the strict entry criteria set by the European Union for joining the single currency project — the euro.

It was admitted as far back as November 2004 that the Greek government had been “creative”

business & finance in setting out its national figures and how they were reported to the European Union. The problem was that Greece’s budget deficit had been deliberately understated in order that Greece could join the euro club in its first wave — a source of national pride. In other words, Greece had already been overspending. And of course by joining the euro zone, Greece is prevented from taking unilateral action to devalue its national currency, one tool that could have been used to tackle the crisis.

So now Greece finds itself in a truly dreadful position. She is effectively relying on borrowed money even for day-to-day needs, let alone any spare cash for the future such as infrastructure projects. But a number of countries are also in a weak cash flow position. Why is Greece so badly off? Bring on the ratings people. Most countries fund themselves by borrowing and as with individual clients, every country has its debt rated by external and highly influential rating agencies — names like Standard and Poor’s or Moody’s, to name just two.

Herein lies the root of the current problem.

The agencies have recently taken a fresh look at Greece and have downgraded the rating accorded to Greek national debt. The debt is now graded as “junk” status. This means that it is practically impossible for Greece to raise money in the normal way — by issuing bonds on the international money markets or borrowing from financial institutions — because the interest rates charged are simply prohibitive.

That assumes, of course, that Greece can find banks or bond holders who will lend to her in the first place. The global recession means that whilst there are pockets of spare liquidity (say in parts of the Middle East as the oil price remains relatively high, or China where economic growth has returned) there are also many potential borrowers for this cash who represent less of a risk. In a vicious circle of needing to fund its debt at crippling rates, Greece simply had to turn elsewhere for help.

This is why the European Union, together with the International Monetary Fund, has stepped in to help. And the reason they have done so is at the root of why my client should be concerned about his euro-based assets.

For some weeks the European Union has been discussing the Greek problem. Previously, the issue was whether Greece needed any assistance or whether she could see her way through the crisis unaided. Given widely divergent views within the EU itself, negotia-

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tions proceeded agonisingly slowly. Times have changed and, as soon as Greek debt was downgraded, doing nothing was no longer an option.

And now that the IMF has become involved in the wider financial bailout, it is not only other euro zone countries or the remaining EU states that are in some way affected, but almost all countries worldwide.

The wider issue is that the Greek problems are mirrored elsewhere. Not only is this true in several European Union states but even more importantly within the euro zone itself.

Among the most affected countries are Portugal, Ireland, Italy and, of most importance to readers of this magazine, Spain. Because all these

countries use the single currency, anything that risks damaging the value or international credibility of the euro must be contained immediately. When launched over a decade ago, the idea was that no member could leave the euro zone once admitted — indeed there was no real mechanism in place to allow for this contingency. The very idea that Greece or any of the other countries might contemplate doing so is a real worry for the EU. It would result in considerable uncertainty and disruption on the markets so everything possible is being done to avoid such a catastrophic scenario.

Further afield, it should also be remembered that international banks around the world have exposure to Greece and the other European countries that are dealing with unprecedented deficits. One only need consider the problems that banks in Europe and the US have experienced in recent years to realise the importance of avoiding any default by these countries.

When explaining the situation to my client, I used the following words that for me summarise the problem: globalisation, contagion and confidence. Despite her illustrious history, Greece is today a relatively small player in the world of international finance. But she is a vital cog nevertheless. And her experience shows the danger of contagion to other states and the importance of maintaining confidence right across the system.

It is clear that the European Union, together with the IMF, is doing all it can to avoid any further meltdown. An agreement signed in early May to provide an unprecedented block of emergency funding should go a long way to help. We are not out of the woods yet but it is to be hoped that all this painful medicine will work. The situation in Greece matters to the rest of Europe and the wider world and should certainly concern us all. Let us hope for calmer waters ahead in the coming months. n

The wider issue is that the Greek problems are mirrored elsewhere. Not only is this true in several European Union states but even more importantly within the euro zone itself

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accounting Conjuring up images of crime scene investigation, DNA sampling, photos, clues and piecing together a puzzle, anything with the word forensic in it usually makes you sit up and listen. But it doesn’t sound quite so glamorous when the word accountancy is attached to it. But Adrian Hyde of Chantrey Vellacott DFK put the record straight on what is actually a very interesting subject.

“I find it absolutely fascinating,” Adrian confirmed as he explained some of the ins and outs of the trade.

“As a lawyer and insolvency practitioner, there are many different scenarios, and although you know the end and possibly the beginning, tracing the steps in between is very much like putting together a jigsaw without a picture.”

Adrian started his career at Staffordshire Polytechnic in Stoke on Trent before obtaining his solicitor’s qualification at the College of Law in Chester.

“I always wanted to be involved in law,” he explained, “and it was possibly the American Drama, Paperchase, set around law students, which I used to love watching which helped me make up my mind.”

An accomplished musician, Adrian plays cello and piano, and sings and had considered a career in music. “I was taught cello by Audrey Riley of the Communards for a couple of years, but I remember talking over my career prospects with my piano teacher. He suggested that I could be a lawyer and a musician, but not the other way round. So I made my decision and music has taken second place since.”

With 18 years experience as a solicitor, Adrian has always been closely involved in fraud cases, but it was two years ago, when a foren-

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sic accountant who was one of his major clients moved on, that a position became vacant.

“As I knew the business, I was asked to source potential candidates for the position,” he explained. “But after a few weeks when the names I had put forward weren’t leading anywhere, I was asked why I didn’t want the job? I hadn’t even considered the idea up until then, but after a little consideration made the move.”

What does forensic accountancy entail?

“There are several sides to the work, and thankfully I don’t work alone. I am an Insolvency Practitioner, and I work closely with an investigator and a chartered accountant who finds his role much more interesting that doing audits.

“On the Proceeds of Crime side, when large sums of money and assets are involved, in the UK, the general procedure is the Police or Serious Fraud Office locate key assets and, the day before arrests are

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made, apply to court to appoint someone to manage those assets right from the moment those involved are taken in to custody.

“In that type of case, we try to establish whether the business is legitimate or not, and if it is, whether it is viable to continue its trade; then we move in to work out exactly what has been happening and how.

“Often there are clear-cut cases where those who have been running their businesses fraudulently are hardened criminals, such as drug dealers or money launderers for example. Another type of case though is where a company may need to raise funds, for example, to fulfil orders which are larger than they normally can deal with. A typical way to raise funds to cover this is through invoice discounting, a form of short-term borrowing which increases a company’s cash flow. The company will borrow a percentage of its sales invoices from a finance company, effective-

tracing the steps inbetween is very much like putting together a jigsaw without a picture

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ly using the unpaid sales as collateral for the borrowing. Up to here this is all well and good, but when hard times hit, some people find it tempting to raise a false sales invoice to help their cash flow.

“They may have every intention of paying it back, but this form of financing your company is fraudulent. In most frauds, as long as sales or turnover are increasing, fraudsters can get away with it, but if they are decreasing, it is a very slippery slope. This is in essence what happened with some of the biggest frauds in history like Bernard Madoff, Stanford or Enron.”

Adrian continued: “Another area which needs to be covered is handling the assets, locating what has happened to money which has gone missing and selling what can be sold to create a pot of funds to be distributed to creditors.

“It isn’t necessarily that clear cut though. If, for example, a business partner has taken funds from the company and purchased a property with that cash; did he steal the cash as an individual and by the property as such, or is it an asset of the business? It’s not an easy question to answer.”

In Adrian’s two years in this role, he has been involved in around 4050 different cases in the UK which have varied in size and scale. His firm has had a presence on the GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • JUNE 2010

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financial crime is not big at all in Gibraltar, in fact the Rock has an excellent international reputation

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Rock for more than 10 years now and is a registered auditor here. It was partially because of their relatively low profile in Gibraltar that Adrian was called in to look at the ongoing Marrache case. He finds it quite different to working in the UK jurisdiction and not without its hiccups, but for a very refreshing reason.

“Financial crime is not big at all in Gibraltar,” he explained. “In fact, the Rock has an excellent international reputation on that front and there are hardly any bankruptcy cases at all. And although mechanisms in Gibraltar for dealing with fraud and insolvency aren’t as smooth as they may be, for example, in the UK, it’s possibly for the

Adrian Hyde, Insolvency Practitioner currently based in Gibraltar

right reasons; there hasn’t been the need for them.”

The final stage of a fraud case is the one which Adrian feels gives him the motivation to persevere in his role.

“Unfortunately there are cases where someone may have stolen millions and just blown it and

there’s no way to pay back creditors simply because there’s nothing left. But often there are assets and funds available to pay a dividend,” Adrian explained. “Apart from the often large amounts stolen, you come across many situations where individuals have been seriously affected by the fraud and have found

themselves in a precarious financial situation from having invested in something or have paid for a service which just never materialises. These are the cases which sadden me most and I feel the work I am involved in helps to reduce the number of victims of financial crime.” n

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Global Changes Changes are taking place within the Global Group, with the appointment of four consultants to strengthen the team.

Roy Sharma has joined the team to offer legal services. Roy has worked in Gibraltar for several years and his expertise lies in Commercial and Trust law.

Major Jez Endean RE, WO1 Baz Law RE, John Senior REA Branch Member, Isolas partner Elliott Phillips, and from Heritage Products (Gibraltar) Limited David Eveson, the overall scheme organiser

Tim Ireton and Paul Eaton have many years experience in the Fund industry. Both are approved as directors of Experienced Investor Funds. They will use their expertise to seek the promotion of funds in Gibraltar and to encourage their contacts within the funds industry to consider Gibraltar as a base for funds and as an alternative to the Caribbean, Ireland and Malta.

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Peter Bosbury will assist in the development of Business Services generally.

In a short ceremony at the Tower at the end of May, members of the Gibraltar Branch of the Royal Engineers Association presented a Corps plaque and a signed philatelic cover to Elliott Phillips of Isolas.

The presentation commemorates a strong

link between the Association and the local law firm.

Association member David Eveson said, “Isolas have always been very supportive when we have needed funds to complete some of our heritage projects.” n

Historic Judicial Visit in June In November 2008 the Chief Judicial Officer of the Campo de Gibraltar, Don Manuel Gutierrez Luna extended an invitation to the Gibraltar Magistrates Association, to visit the judicial institutions in Algeciras.

The Ministry of Justice extended an invitation to the Judges and Fiscales of the Campo de Gibraltar, to visit the Gibraltar judicial institutions. This historic visit is to take place on Monday 7th June 2010.

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The visitors will be paying courtesy calls on the Minister of Justice, the Hon Daniel Feetham, and the Chief Justice Anthony Dudley. They will also be visiting both the Supreme Court and the Magistrates Court in session, and paying a visit to the Royal Gibraltar Police Force at New Mole House.

Following a joint luncheon of the Gibraltar and Spanish judicial authorities, the visitors will be taken on a guided tour of the Upper Rock. n

The above appointments are in addition to two new members of staff joining Global at the beginning of the year. Clark Elder has been appointed as Compliance/ Project Manager. He has responsibility for developing compliance courses based on the local requirements. These courses are to support the requirement of regulated entities to provide training for their staff.

Recently the first two modules have been delivered and a third module is due to be launched this month. In addition, Clark heads up the Compliance Consultancy for local businesses.

Victoria Lovatt is the new Recruitment Consultant. A graduate, Vicki moved to Gibraltar in 2009. She takes over responsibility in recruitment from Jade who moved to France with her family.

More changes are planned in the next few months.

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career profile

reaching high in society Zoe Frendo

There’s more to banking than numbers and money, says Zoe Frendo, Operations Manager at the Leeds Building Society in Gibraltar. “It’s about people, services and the trust they have in you and your team,” she explains.

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Considering the last year or so has done little for reputations in the banking world, we were interested to hear Zoe’s perspective on the situation. She said, “Mutual Building Societies are owned by their members and this is one of the reasons mutual Building Societies are more cautious when it comes to investing funds. Another issue over the last year is the level of lending which banks have been giving to corporate clients and individuals in the form of mortgages and credit facilities. Again, as a mutual building society, we are not only more cautious, but our personal service means we know our customers well. We deal with individuals more than corporate clients and so our service is very much personalised too.”

Zoe continued, “Leeds and other mutual building societies haven’t had the same trouble as the banks because they are more prudent, but there have been some knock-on effects in Gibraltar which are unavoidable. With lending much more restricted first time buyers don’t find it easy because they have to come up with a large proportion of the property value as a deposit, and although interest rates are favourable for them, it can be a big stumbling block as young couples find it difficult to come up with sufficient funds.”

Zoe’s career started at the Newcastle Building Society as a branch assistant at the age of 18 here in Gibraltar. Three years later she moved to the Newcastle’s branch in Harrogate, UK, when her future husband, James, was sent as part of his Gibraltar Regiment posting. The couple returned to Gibraltar in 2003 and Zoe spent another three years with the Newcastle before taking a position at Leeds Building Society as a mortgage advisor having completed the CeMAP qualification (Certificate of Mortgage Advice and Practice). Zoe said “The Qualification is not obligatory in Gibraltar, although it is in the UK. So I felt it was important to be offering that extra level of service here on the Rock to give more confidence to our customers.”

When the position for Operations Manager became available Zoe was just 27 years old, but even so had her career path clear. She said, “At the time the position in the Gibraltar branch was vacant I was effectively juggling my own job with that of the manager to keep the branch running smoothly. At the same time I went through a set of intensive interviews along with others for the position and was eventually chosen for the role.

“My responsibilities fall into two categories.

The first being that of reporting on possible money laundering cases, tracking suspicious movements, keeping our policies in this area up to date and working closely with the FSC, RGP & GFIU. It is an important part of the job and one I find very satisfying too. The second is investigating and developing new ways to improve services. Although this is my main workload, I have a very hands-on role within the branch and work closely with the staff. I’ve worked my way through the ranks from the bottom and often we’re short staffed so I like to keep my hand in on all aspects of the job so I can help to cover wherever I’m needed.

Zoe’s position carries a lot of responsibility and when her first daughter was born one year ago she discovered not only the joys of motherhood, but those of a working mother too. She commented, “It didn’t really dawn on me at first. I always wanted to be a mother,

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career profile and we definitely want to have more children too. It was when I started my maternity leave I realised how much was happening at work and how much I felt I needed to be involved.

Throughout this time I was in contact with the branch and once I started back full time it took quite a bit of adjusting my routines to fit in both work and family — but I think I’ve got it under control now!”

Zoe and the team at the Leeds Building Society have a reputation locally for their friendly office environment. “We often have account holders who pop in and stop for a chat, and it’s very reassuring for them to know that they are leaving their savings with real people who care.” n

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events

Local Bank sponsors winning Ferrari Local financial institution, Turicum Private Bank is this year sponsoring a Ferrari F430 in the Italian GT3 championship.

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In its second race in May at the Vallelunga circuit close to Rome, drivers Brian Lavio and Stefano Gattuso of the Kessel Racing team found victory in the main race despite some technical difficulties during the Saturday sessions.

Ben Moss of Turicum Private Bank who was in attendance stated “Despite Brian being new to the GT3 championship, following on from his rallying career, he is proving to be very quick, consistently recording fast lap times and ultimately keeping the car in front. We are very happy with the result, and will remain keen supporters throughout the year with a close eye on Brian’s racing career.”

These races are fervently followed in Italy attracting close to one million television viewers,

and being a Ferrari, the Turicum sponsored car is bound to meet the approval of the tifosi!

Mario Fabbri, Chief Investment Officer of Turicum Private Bank (of Italian origin) said “There are plenty of shared values between the Ferrari brand and Turicum, the first to come to mind are exclusivity and performance.” He added “It is also great to be part of something this spectacular, and to be able to spread the word about our beloved Gibraltar.”

Although the season still has a long way to go, with races on the famed circuits of Monza, Mugello and Imola, the Turicum car has had an excellent start and promising results.

A space to be watched for racing fans in Gibraltar! n

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Regional finals for Gibsights The second year of the Gibraltar Young Enterprise Scheme has been another resounding success.

This year, four different companies formed by students from the Gibraltar College took part in a diverse selection of commercial activities, but the judges last month proclaimed Gibsights the winning team for their innovative and excellent product aimed to enhance Gibraltar’s tourist industry.

The Gibsights walking tour of Gibraltar, presented via an MP3 guide and map with the routes marked out, sold 110 copies on its first day, and the company has already placed an order for more. With professionally recorded voices from GBC, the product has proved extremely professional and successful.

Gibsights will now be attending the regional finals in Humber this month to present their product and are aiming their sights at the National Finals. But whatever the outcome, the team is extremely keen to continue running the business once studies are over.

We’re sure the whole of Gibraltar wishes them the best of success, both for the upcoming competition and for the future of the business. n

Masters Success with Durham Universities are breaking up for the summer, and while many students are taking a welcome break ready to head back in September to continue, some lucky ones studying in Gibraltar have not only completed their studies, but can celebrate their success too.

This is the case with many students who have been studying for their Masters degrees in Gibraltar with

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Durham University Business School.

Last month they all got together again with staff for a meal at Cafe Rojo on Irish Town, to celebrate achieving their qualifications.

Congratulations to them all and to the many others who have successfully completed their studies recently.

We wish them all the best in their continued careers. n

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business focus

Gache:

vision for the future

With a history which dates back 180 years, Gache has just re-opened its premises at 266 Main Street with a smart, modern look with just a touch of the past.

Gache Opticians is a family run business established in 1830, and one of Gibraltar’s oldest businesses.

Now in its 180th year, it started as an opticians, watch and clock-makers. Over the years the watch and clock-making trade was lost, but the opticians side of the business stayed and grew.

The Gache family came from Puerto Mahon in Menorca — a French colony before it was taken over by the British. Just like so many immigrants in the early 19th century, the Gache family was looking for a new life under the protection of the British Garrison in Gibraltar.

Having been established in 1830

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by Vincente Gache, the business didn’t really take off until Vincente’s son Joseph Gache came along.

Born in 1837 Joseph eventually became a talented optician and clock-maker, learning his trade in Barcelona. In 1861 Joseph married and went on the have three children — two boys and one girl — Alfred, Albert E and Leopoldina.

In 1887 his two sons opened their own branch on Main Street.

When Alfred died his only surviving son, Joseph took his place as partner with his uncle Albert E., but unfortunately the partnership broke up in 1918. A year later, Albert E. reopened the business at 247 Main Street, only to go bankrupt

in 1927. However, his son Albert J. re-opened the business on 10th August 1934 at 266 Main Street, the same premises used today.

As with all businesses, Gache had its ups and downs but, with a commitment and determination to provide the best service possible, this family business has become a household name in the community.

180 years on the business is still run by the family, and Ronnie jnr is proud that the Main Street premises, on the corner of Cathedral Square, has recently been refurbished with a modern and more spacious layout to better serve customers.

“We have retained a couple of the

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business focus original features though,� Ronnie said. “The grandfather clock, made by my own grandfather, Albert, and the antique wooden door frame, complement the modern styled opticians.�

Many will be aware that up until this refurbishment, the opticians was just two doors round the corner in the same square. “Another part of the business has always been gifts and trophies, and this service will still be available in the other shop,â€? Ronnie explained. â–

Gache celebrates 180 years with a new, modern look

Ronnie Gache jnr., Ronnie snr. and Eileen Bassadone in the new-look Gache Opticians

The old and the new. Antique features in the modern refurbishment at 266 Main Street

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Victoria during her latest visit to Gibraltar in May

victoria hamilton

breaking down

walls in china

When Victoria Hamilton decided to study a degree in Mandarin, she probably didn’t expect that China would become her second home and the language would give her the opportunity to work with Hollywood stars and put her name on the credits of blockbuster films such as Mission Impossible 3 as assistant to Tom Cruise.

“Although there aren’t many “I always wanted to work in the spending a year studying in Beijing media, and thought a third lan- and three at Leeds she decided to westerners speaking Mandarin, guage would be useful”. She told return to Beijing. most Chinese students study Engus how the language has taken her on an unexpected but welOn set with the sound man during the The Karate Kid shoot come journey in her professional career. “Finishing my A levels here in Gibraltar I looked at Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Russian as options, but couldn’t decide which would be the best, so I applied for all three thinking whichever one I was accepted for would work out fine.

“Unfortunately I was accepted for all three and so I still had to make my own decision, so I looked at which languages seemed to be emerging more in the news and took a risk that four years later on completing my degree, I’d have more opportunity with Chinese.”

The decision, it turned out, was the right one for Victoria and after

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lish from an early age. But being a westerner in China has helped to open some doors,” she explained.

Victoria took a contract with CCTV in Beijing where she worked as a TV host for three years travelling around the country to many amazing, unusual areas. Her first real break came in 2005 where she acted as translator for Naomi Watts and then for Tom Cruise when the crew were shooting on location for Mission Impossible 3.

“It’s quite surreal working for actors who you might have had pinned up on your wall as a teenager and then suddenly they are relying on you to help them along in a foreign country,” Victoria remembers.

“It seems actors actually prefer to have someone alongside who they can relate to and there are very few Westerners in Beijing connected

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career moves with the film industry who speak fluent Chinese, luckily for me, so I was offered the position.”

Victoria has lived in Beijing for the last seven years now, visiting Gibraltar each year to see family and friends.

“China has become very much my home and I suppose I get more of a culture shock when I return to the Rock rather than the other way round now,” she says.

“But it did take a while to get used to the Chinese culture. It’s quite normal for them to stop and stare and it’s quite normal for them to ask how much you earn, or how old you are. And they won’t think twice about commenting if they think you’re fat or thin.”

Most of us are well aware of the mistakes that can be made in language, such as asking for chicken in Spain if you don’t get the gender right. It seems that Chinese has its quirks too, and more so being a tonal language.

“There are actually four tones in Chinese,” Victoria explained, “which means that one word said at four different pitches can mean something entirely different. Fortunately, you can usually tell from the context of the sentence what is meant, so you can normally get away without getting it spot on.

But I nearly got myself into a difficult situation when ordering in one restaurant. When you have ordered enough, you would say ‘gou’ which means enough. The waiter looked at us puzzled and repeated the word and I suddenly realised I’d made a mistake on the tone sound and he actually thought we were asking for dog! Luckily we managed to sort out the misunderstanding before we were served something which we definitely didn’t want.

In 2008 Victoria was recruited to train local Chinese to help with the hospitality at the Beijing Olympics, which included interviewing over 4,000 potential candidates between

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Victoria with her hosts at The Birds Nest, venu for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics

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A visit to the Great Wall

a university campus and some of the students I’d trained for the Olympics came running over to greet me. Will found it hilarious that they knew who I was but hadn’t recognised him!”

So where does Victoria see herself in the coming years?

“Being involved in the Olympics is an incredible sensation and I’m hoping to be able to work at the London Games in 2012,” Victoria eight trainers and selecting recruits Victoria’s goals and she worked was quite definite about where she for a nine month course. in a similar role at the Vancouver wanted to be.

“I really enjoyed what I was do- Winter Games earlier this year. But “I’m sure my Chinese will be ing, although the interview process that doesn’t mean she’s dropped useful as it has been at other events, was quite exhausting, even if we her translation work. On the con- but I think I see myself more on the did have some very interesting re- trary. Last year she spent four training programmes in general plies to some of the interview ques- months as personal assistant to rather than specifically working tions,” Victoria remembers.

Will Smith and family while they with the Chinese sector.

“We posed scenarios such as were on location for the remake of “There’s also Beijing, which has ‘What would you do if you were The Karate Kid. become my home and although accompanying a coach with guests “A day out with the Smiths was sometimes you need to take stock to a sporting event and realised quite an experience and they were and move away for a while as it you were not going to get there really down to earth. My job was can sometimes get too much, I’ve in time?’ We had answers such as mainly translating for them as well already got itchy feet to head back ‘I’d take them to a park for a picnic as organising shopping trips and over and just see what work might instead.’ They were so enthusiastic anything else they might need or come my way. I’ve had comments about keeping the clients happy, want to do,” Victoria smiled. that maybe I should think about but sometimes totally missed the “Wherever they went they were settling down, looking for a nine point of what they were going to recognised so, apart from me, to five job, but that’s not for me at need to achieve.” they had security helping to clear the moment and I’m quite happy The Beijing Olympics was an ex- the way. There was one moment to take each project as it comes and perience which has really changed when we were walking through we’ll see where it leads.” n

Being involved in the Olympics is an incredible sensation and I’m hoping to be able to work at the London Games in 2012

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technology opinion Typically in a democracy, the will of the majority was supposed to stand. In an industrial economy, this meant conflict between the workers and the factory-owning class or, in an agricultural society, between the land owners and the peasants who worked it. The middle class was often split between those who cared about the poor and those with ambitions to seize power and influence from the rich. Even today, some see politicians of the left as simply wanting the good life their parents did not have by replacing the previous holders of power, rather than being in politics for the good of the poor, or even of all.

Therefore, the simple majority rule is not ideal where there is inherent selfishness or a divided society unless there is a body prepared to use their vote to steer a country in the right direction and they are sufficient in number.

Examples abound of where simple majority rule does not work. In Cyprus, the Turks are a permanent minority and the Greeks remember when the Turks were the top dogs back in the pre-British days of the Ottoman Empire.

Permanent minorities may never get power, so become rebellious. In the case of Cyprus, they declared themselves separate and independent and formed their own state.

In Ireland, the minority of Anglican land owners used to hold the power throughout.

The Presbyterians and Catholics were both under-dogs. Somehow, political and social manipulation caused the Catholics to become on their own, whilst the dissenting Protestants joined their Anglican cousins. Unfortunately, the Catholics were a minority in the North, but a Majority in the rest of Ireland. Governing the whole country as one became impossible as the Protestants would be a permanent minority, but the resultant division created a catholic minority in the North instead. There followed a birth rate race to create the current catholic majority of school age children.

In Fiji, the indigenous population has been out numbered by the Indian immigrant population, leading to resentment as the generally a personal more laid-back original population tries to at view by Paul de Beresford least have some power by some sort of birth right.

In Belgium, as an artificially created state of French-speaking Catholic Walloons and Dutch-speaking Protestant Flemish, the place operates as two countries in many ways.

Majority rule in Zimbabwe and South Africa has created a permanent powerless white minority.

The British way was to have a two-party system of alternating governments by pitching

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opinion for the middle vote one way or another. Some say this meant rule by those in marginal seats only. Some say it led to wishy-washy compromising weak government, as both parties had to appeal to that middle vote. It also meant that no one party could be resolute on certain major issues where opinion was completely divided amongst both parties, such as Europe.

Hence the adoption, late in the day in Britain, of referendums. That way, the parties do not have to risk losing support over one issue by championing one side of an argument, rather than the other.

There are issues here that require action and action fast and cannot be left to the parties to lead the need for change, when they fear a loss of a few disgruntled votes sufficient to put them out of power, or not in it.

Whereas it is the current issue of the age of consent dominating this arena, there are issues of more concern that need attention. Ironically, that issue is a strange one in a European context — demanding equality for all sexual orientations, when there are differing ages of consent anyway in different countries, even being earlier for married persons than the unmarried in some places, and the legality for those from one territory if they simply cross a nearby frontier.

The Army, when they went into Northern Ireland in the ’60s, seemed not to know that the age of consent in Ulster was 17 and was embarrassed when soldiers were up on charges for illegally dating the locals. The variance from 13 to 18 seems very great in a single partial

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jurisdiction.

Those areas needing referendums probably include how to deal with traffic and smoking rights. The level of duty on cigarettes and alcohol, capable as they are of producing high levels of income set at an optimum level rather than one that suits users, is one. Also, the right to smoke in public is clearly in need of adjustment.

On traffic, radical traffic management is required that could involve taxing larger cars or more than one per person, parking for residents-only in most places or bans on access other than for deliveries; perhaps the prevention of non-residents from Spain even entering Gibraltar. If buses could move freely and be free, the cost of the latter would benefit those who have to use the roads for business and they could bear that cost.

There are issues here that require action and action fast and cannot be left to the parties to lead the need for change, when they fear a loss of a few disgruntled votes sufficient to put them out of power, or not in it

Another difficult area for Gibraltar is how to accommodate and provide education and health for people from outside the EU. The human rights lobby need to understand the history of territories having their make-up altered so that original settlers feel disadvantaged, but Gibraltarians also need to be prepared to do all the work needed to be done here, so there is less work needing to be done by outsiders.

It really ought to be possible for many issues to be decided by referendums rather than be ignored by cautious governments, or become the subject of pointless argument by the politicians anxious to say the popular thing, but be afraid to do the necessary and, therefore, able to make capital out of artificial differences with their opponents.

Referendums are thought by some to be mob rule, but the European Union now prevents severe abuses of human rights as does the constitution itself, should a majority want blood. It seems to largely work in Switzerland and California without the benefit of the EU to regulate any excesses.

I argued that majority rule does not work in countries substantially divided in blocks by ethnicity, religion or language. Small minorities are easier to accommodate than large ones, unless they hold the balance of power between larger ones.

All this is not relevant to Gibraltar where politics is almost entirely personal and not very ideological, in reality — even if expressed as such. That is why the population can be trusted to decide some things. n

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events

update

Fun Sailing the Strait Gibraltar-Morocco Yacht Rally - 18th June

Want a chilled weekend away from the hurly-burly but don’t want to go too far? Own a yacht or motorboat based in Gibraltar or on the Costas and want to explore another coastline? Or simply just like boats and being on the water? Then the Gibraltar-Morocco Yacht Rally is for you, and your crew...

This popular boaty gathering is the only one of its kind in this part of the world, a chance for non-racing sailors and motor-boaters to get together on the water and sail in company. This friendly (the motto is ‘The World’s Most Sociable Yacht Rally’) event gives a chance for old friends to meet and new ones to be made. From the first Rally in 2004 where only nine boats from Gibraltar sailed across the Strait to Morocco, this event has grown in popularity, attracting up to 50 participating yachts in recent years.

Now boats come from as far as Barbate to the west, and Marbella and Benalmadena to the east. Individual entrants have come from as far away as South Africa, Britain and the Caribbean, just to participate in this rally. The event is open to sailing and motor yachts.

A full programme of events is available or you can simply come along for the ride and chill out on your boat — the choice is yours!

The event starts in Ocean Village and neighbouring Marina Bay with a skippers’ briefing party in the marina on Thursday 17th June, where visiting crews can then sample the many bars, restaurants, shops and

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casino. The yachts leave ‘en masse’ from the bay, escorted by HMS Scimitar from the Royal Gibraltar Squadron, and head out into the Strait of Gibraltar, destinationMarina Smir Morocco. Where else can you sail from one continent to another in less than a day?

Once all the yachts are safely moored in Marina Smir the festivities begin. The welcome party on Friday evening is hosted in Marina Smir, generously sponsored each year by Ocean Village, and is a relaxed gathering on the dockside with a flavour of exotic Morocco.

On Saturday morning a traditional Moroccan breakfast is available and the rest of the day is spent sightseeing or shopping in the local towns, relaxing on the nearby beach or, for the more energetic, take part in the

This event has grown in popularity, attracting up to 50 participating yachts in recent years

water and dockside Olympics.

Saturday night is the highlight of the event with a prize-giving barbecue and music. Trophies and prizes are awarded for many different things from the first boat into Marina Smir, the oldest and youngest skippers, first lady skipper, best photo, the smallest boat, best ship’s cocktail, and many more fun awards including the booby prize — the last boat to Marina Smir.

Sunday is spent doing absolutely nothing. Some boats and crews head home, others stay and continue their sightseeing excursions to nearby Tetouan or venture further into Morocco to the beautiful mountain village of Chefchaouen or pamper themselves in the neighbouring spa hotel. Finally, the remaining boats head home leisurely on Monday 21st June, full of memories of Morocco, old sailors’ stories and a promise to do it all again next year.

If you wish to join in, for full details including entry fees, mooring fees and itinerary, contact Jane Edwards 00 34 646 421 644 janee.edwards@ gmail.com.

Gibraltar’s £5.00 Coin

Have you heard we are getting a newly minted £5 coin? As I write this article the Gibraltar Government has confirmed the release into circulation shortly.

Also delighting the Government, HM the Queen has approved Her description on the coin as “Queen of Gibraltar.”

Sweet, given this is the first time such a description has been approved for use here.

I can find neither dimensions nor weight at this time for the coin. Such coins have been issued before in UK but it is a fact of inflation that the denominations are getting bigger.

Who remembers the 10 Bob note? When I was young the Queen’s Jubilee Crown was the first specially minted coin I ever saw. Until now I’d never heard of a £5 coin but I may surprise you with some history, unless you are a numismatist.

Historically, the largest ‘British’ coin is the five pound coin and the designs generally follow that of the sovereign (an older coin), so the reverse usually features Benedetto Pistrucci’s depiction of Saint

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update George slaying the dragon.

The first ever five pound coin, the gold five pounds, was ac actually a five sovereign coin and was first struck in 1820 for George III, al although it was not is issued for circulation, being only a proof pattern coin.

The modern s o v e re i g n h a d b e e n re - i n t ro duced in 1817, a further proof-only version was produced in 1826 for George IV as part of the Coronation proof set and yet another proof version was produced in 1839 when Victoria hit the throne again not for circulation.

Finally in 1887, a larger quantity of five pound coins was produced on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. They were produced in proof editions, and for the first time one for circulation [pictured below].

Similarly in 1893, two versions of the five pound piece were produced to mark the change to the “Old Head” coin — an event not many monarchs have to go through.

In 1902 there was a coronation issue of coins which included another five pound coin, again in two versions. From the three issues of 1887, 1893 and 1902 only small numbers of the coins turn up showing signs of having been used in circulation.

It is evident that the five pound gold piece was never really much used, and certainly not in everyday transactions. Further issues up until now have never been used for circulation.

As for other issues George V’s coronation in 1911 was marked by the issue of proof coins sets, some of which included a gold five pounds, the same happened for the coronation of George VI in 1937.

As for our current Queen, Elizabeth II, in 1953 coronation proof sets were issued, but contained denominations from the crown down to farthing. Gold coin specimens

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were produced, but none were issued, even for collectors.

Before decimalisation in 1971, a department was created at the Royal Mint to produce, package and market coins for collectors.

In 1980, five pound gold coins were once again issued and this production has continued in most years since.

Going back to the ‘Crown’ I mentioned earlier the story of the gold five pound piece would not be complete without a mention of the “promotion” of the crown from a value of five shillings to a five pounds face value.

Henry VIII issued the first British crown in 1544 as a gold coin with a value of five shillings. In 1551 under Edward VI, the crown was issued as a silver coin, again with a value of five shillings and continued as such with some interruptions, until 1981, yes 1981!

Throughout all this time, its value remained unchanged at five shillings or the decimal equivalent after 1971, of twenty five new pence.

When Britain issued a crown to commemorate the Queen Mother’s 90th birthday in 1990, the value of the new issue of crowns was changed to £5, presumably reflecting inflation. In that year, although the newly promoted crown was designated as a cupro-nickel coin, there were special silver and gold editions struck for sale to collectors.

This was the first time the crown had been struck in gold since Edward VI (about 1553) but by default it also meant £5 coins were struck once again in gold, reflecting their relatively recent heritage from 1820.

This ‘inflationary’ change meant there were now two types of £5 coin, the commemorative gold crown and the traditional Sovereign with the St. George and Dragon design.

For us however, we are unique as we have only one, the ‘Gibraltar’ £5 coin.

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people profile

interviewed by Sonia Golt

Proud new grandparents: His Exellency the Governor Sir Adrian Johns, Lady Johns, their son James and grandson Arthur Rawlyn Hetherington-Johns

Lady Johns:

Relative Values Lady Johns, His Exellency the Governor Sir Adrian Johns’s wife, is a very clever lady and certainly more than just the woman behind the “throne”. She is unassuming and portrays a very down to earth character who enjoys a diversity of things.

Born in the Himalayas in India, where her father was a mining engineer, she was brought up in the quietness of the hills, surrounded by the colours of India. Young Suzie was carried in her mother’s arms absorbing it all with her senses without realising it would stay with her forever. She found the place amazing and returned as a teenager for a déjà vu. She remembered her ‘Ayah’ (nanny), and on this return trip she visited her and was surprised to find that the lady she had looked up to and seemed so tall was actually quite petit!

“My regret is that I did not continue with the Hindu language I spoke as a young girl,” she says at the Convent, Gibraltar’s Governor’s residence. “My eldest sister, five years older than me, still speaks it. Unfortunately I was too young when we came back with my mother to England. I also regret not being educated

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in India.”

She talks about her family with pride. Her parents were both from Cornwall. Her father worked as a mining engineer in India from the age of 18 until retirement, her mother was a teacher.

“My sister and I came back to UK with my mother to go to school but we went to India for holidays until I was in my mid-teens. I went to Truro High School and then joined the WRNS as a Weapon Analyst in 1970. I became a Leading Wren and then in 1973 I went

to the Royal Naval College Greenwich on a promotion course and became a Third Officer, WRNS. I trained as a Secretarial Officer and subsequently did some further training to become a Weapon Analyst Officer serving in England and Scotland.”

Catching a glimpse of a family portrait I ask about her children. She tells me she has three daughters, one of which, Melloney, is a junior doctor working in Tunbridge Wells Hospital and moving, in August, to St Thomas’s in London.

“She is currently house-sitting our home in London with our youngest daughter,” she adds. The youngest daughter, Joanne, works for British Airways on a Graduate Trainee Scheme in Human Resources at Heathrow.

Then there is Clare, a special needs teaching assistant, who is starting training in September to be a Speech and Language Therapist. She lives in Guildford with her partner Laurent.

And finally her eldest, son James, an accountant with Deloittes in London, married to Tamarind who is an art teacher in Guildford.

They have a baby called Arthur who was born in January. Suzie proudly points out her first grandchild’s photo — ‘Arthur Rawlyn Hetherington-Johns’ — quite a mouthful!

It is clear that family is important to her, not only as a daughter and mother but also as a wife — her love for her husband is tangible, and they seem a devoted and “in love” couple.

But how did they meet?

“I met Adrian in May 1975 at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth, where I was the Officer-inCharge of the Gunnery Data Reduction Unit, and he was a junior officer under training.

We married in New Year 1976 in Cornwall.”

She adds “I saw him first, he probably did not notice me at that very moment, but I knew he was the one!

“Adrian trained as a RN helicopter pilot and we were based in Cornwall just after our marriage. The only foreign posting other than Gibraltar was to Hong Kong where Adrian was the Commanding Officer of a patrol boat called HMS Yarnton from 1981-1983. We loved it out there and have gone back frequently as our daughter, Clare (who was born there), has taught English as a foreign language there so we took the opportunity to go and visit while she was teaching.

“Hong Kong was followed by Portland in Dorset. Subsequently most of Adrian’s other appointments have been at sea, though he did come ashore as Training Commander at HMS Raleigh, and he had several appointments in the Ministry of Defence in London. His final appointment was as the Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command when we lived in Admiralty House in HM Naval Base, Portsmouth. While he was doing this he was also the Head of the Fleet Air Arm.” Despite this Suzie says “We have a very normal family life. We are very involved with the children and our grandson.”

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Family portrait — left to right: Suzie, Jamie, Joanne, Clare, Melloney, Adrian

The family extends to a much loved fiveyear-old boxer dog, named Daisy. “We’ve had her since she was a puppy. Adrian and I share her walks and often go over to Spain so she can come off the lead and have a good run. Otherwise we walk her around Gibraltar.

Unfortunately at only seven our other dog, Indi, died about a month ago.”

Overall they love living at the Convent.

“We’ve settled very well in Gibraltar and are very touched by the welcome we’ve received from everyone we’ve met. People are friendly and helpful,” she says, adding “There is a wonderful team of people who run the Convent, and it is great fun working with them to support my husband in his role.”

Last Christmas, her first here, she insisted all the staff at the Convent take Christmas off as she feels it is a time to spend with family, not to work. She was adamant even when the staff expressed concern that their leave allowance might be jeopardised, and they were happy to learn this was not the case — it was just a kind gesture by the lady of the house.

Christmas Day for the Johns though was not so relaxing. It rained so much that the Convent Stable Yard flooded threatening to soak and spoil a number of Red Cross parcels containing clothes etc for onward transfer to Morocco.

There was no stopping this dynamic couple; HE and Lady Johns put on their Wellington boots and in the pouring rain moved the boxes themselves to save the consignment. Lady Johns had already done a round of charitable work on Christmas Eve by helping distribute Christmas presents to local hospitals together

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We’ve settled very well in Gibraltar and are very touched by the welcome we’ve received from everyone we’ve met.

People are friendly and helpful

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with Rosie Isola and Bernie Bassadone of the Red Cross.

“Both Adrian and I are involved with local charities and organisations which we both enjoy very much.” These include the Convent Christmas Fair Committee, Girl Guides, Red Cross, League of Hospital Friends, Down Syndrome Association and the Gibraltar Horticultural Society and, as if this wasn’t enough she’s also Patron of the Gibraltar Squadron and has joined the Alzheimer’s Support Group.

Does this leave time for any hobbies? It seems it does, “I enjoy crafts,” she says. “I make needle-lace, sew, knit and do crochet and belong to a stitching group here in Gibraltar (we meet at each other’s houses every week).

I also enjoy walking our dog and I am a keen

Daisy, top dog at the Convent

amateur photographer and love the computer to check my family history and to print and Photoshop my photos.”

As the Governor’s wife Lady Johns abides by certain protocol and entertain lots, but does she like it?

“I’m not worried by protocol and I very much enjoy entertaining,” she emphasises. “We love welcoming people to the Convent.” ■

CONVENT OPEN DAY

The Convent will be open to the public from 10am2pm on Saturday 19th June 2010. Free advance tickets are available to all Gibraltar residents until Friday 4th June 2010. Tickets can be collected from the Convent reception from 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday.

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stage struck

Macbeth Marches On Gibraltar...

with two young local actors!

Are you ready for a truly wicked experience? Shakespeare’s Macbeth is probably the most feared play in the world, cursed with bad luck throughout history. And you’d better watch out… it’s on its way to Gibraltar very soon!

The show follows on from last year’s sensational S4K musical production of Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest in 2008. Macbeth will be staged at the John Mackintosh Hall from Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th June and all schoolchildren in years 5 to 10 will be invited along to the performances for free during the day.

Shakespeare 4 Kidz return to the Rock is once again courtesy of the Ministry of Culture as well as main sponsors, the Bonita Trust’s We Careproject, and the John Mackintosh Educational Trust and the Caleta Hotel.

Macbeth is a dark and daring play about a Scottish warrior who is egged on by the prophecies of three witches and an ambitious wife to murder his way to the throne. The drama is full of spooky spells, bloody battles, gruesome ghosts and there’s even a forest

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which moves.

Julian Chenery, Producer of S4K says “We’re absolutely delighted to be returning to Gibraltar for the third year running with our production of S4K’s Macbeth. Our work makes it easier for children and young people

Macbeth is a dark and daring play about a Scottish warrior who is egged on by the prophecies of three witches and an ambitious wife to murder his way to the throne

to maintain a link with our cultural heritage; and as the recent UK election has shown, Macbeth’s timeless story of political ambition, lust for power, greed and self-destruction is as relevant today as it has ever been.”

Lydia Conway of the London Evening Standard described S4K’s previous production of Shakespeare 4 Kidz Macbeth as “One of the most exciting versions of the Scottish play (either for adults or for children) that this ex-theatre editor has ever seen.” High praise indeed!

S4K’s speciality is to use the most famous quotes from the original texts, weave them into modern language, add some songs and dances into the mix so the result is a two hour entertainment which everyone — even the youngest primary kids — can understand.

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stage struck Jason Lee Scott, who gave a mesmerising performance in the title role on the UK tour, returns to play Macbeth, the man who stops at nothing to grab the crown and throne of Scotland.

There’s fun too, with the potty porter (played by Noel Andrew Harron, last year’s zany Mercutio) who has become a local favourite and promises to make you laugh with his silly knock knock jokes.

This year there is an added twist: S4K invited two young local actors of around 10 years of age and approximately 146cms in height to join them on stage in the role of MacDuff’s son.

The actors will share the role taking four performances each. Ros Astengo of Stagestruck Productions, who is organising the tour, held open auditions at the John Macintosh Hall at the end of May. This is an incredible and unique opportunity to work alongside the professional actors in this highly acclaimed theatre company. The role is relatively small and Ros will prepare the actors ahead of S4K’s arrival on the Rock.

Shakespeare 4 Kidz will be also be holding a workshop on Tuesday 8th June at from 4.30pm to 5.30pm at the John Mackintosh Hall aimed at young students who are either studying Shakespeare or who enjoy drama. All are welcome to come along and enjoy S4K Producer/Director Julian Chenery’s masterclass which will focus on Macbeth as well as give a fascinating insight into Shakespearean drama and the techniques actors use to bring the text to life on stage.

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Nicholas Villalta

Combat Team Challenge Team building events are becoming standard as a way to educate both staff and management in working together to achieve objectives in a fun and neutral environment. With any training though, thought needs to be put in to the costs incurred against what the company and individuals will actually achieve. Nicholas Villalta, a local student who has been involved in the FLIP project sponsored by Credit Suisse and the Bonita Trust has come up with a novel idea to make team building irresistible.

The FLIP project is geared towards sixth form students, encouraging them to get involved in local charities, to learn how they are run as well as coming up with ways to involve the community in fund raising. Selected students spend time investigating their chosen Gibraltar charity and learning how they work before organising their own fund raising event to support that charity. Nicholas, who will be studying Law next year in Reading, chose Childine to study and support over the last year.

“Childline is a little different to other charities,” he explained. “Most charities are looking at raising money to send somewhere, or to raise funds for research. Childline on the other hand is more about a service and the funds raised are be-

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ing put straight back in to the local community, children who have benefited grow, and it helps investing in our children’s future. the local community to move in a very positive “It’s a project with ongoing benefits as those way towards the future.”

What has Nicholas actually gained from his involvement to date with the charity?

“It’s been an eye-opener in a lot of ways,” he says. “It’s easy to think of charities as just collecting money, counting it and forwarding it to where it’s needed. But there’s a lot more too it than that.

“I’ve been lucky to have Tracy Newton-Blows from Party Gaming as my mentor during the FLIP project and she’s been great in helping me to fix my targets for working with Childline and helping to point me in the right direction.

“There’s a lot which goes on behind the scenes

Last year Nicholas investigated in-depth how Childline was working and compared it with it’s UK counterparts such as the RSPCA and others, to come up with his own assessment of the charity

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charity initiative with any charitable organisation in the administration, organisation and logistics of many situations. Caroline who’s the only full-time worker with Childline has been a model as to how much work does need to be done and she gets it done too.

“From my Air Cadet experience I’m quite well organised, but even so it has been a real effort to plan my days to be able to fit in the studying alongside the extra work the FLIP project has given me. But the experience gained from the extra effort has been more than worth it.”

Last year Nicholas investigated in-depth how Childline was working and compared it with it’s UK counterparts such as the RSPCA and others, to come up with his own assessment of the charity.

“They are doing very well,” was Nicholas’s conclusion. “Considering the limited resources available, they have been steadily growing since their start and the service they have offered has been a great benefit to the community and I hope the input from my report has been of use to the charity.”

Caroline Olivero explained that the report Nicholas produced was not only interesting, but they have actually used it as a basis to expand the study further to investigate ways the charity can become more efficient and improve its service to the community.

“In his report Nicholas did mention a few ways in which UK charities are using other methods of communication rather than just a phone hotline, such as text messaging and email which we are looking at carefully,” Caroline

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explained. “Although there are a lot of implications in going down that route because of the confidential service which is offered. It remains to be seen whether any of those options are viable here in Gibraltar but it is a positive step to investigate them further.”

A Flight Sergeant with the Gibraltar Air Cadets, Nicholas first had the idea for his own fund raising event from a similar outing arranged by the Bonita Trust for the FLIP students.

“We were invited to the Bufadero training ground at Lathbury Barrack to take part in an assault course, leadership classes, shooting and other activities, and I immediately saw there was potential to use the facilities. The rest has developed from there,” he said.

In a nutshell, businesses are invited submit teams for a team building event which will involve an assault course and other activities, followed by a barbecue and prize-giving in aid

Businesses are invited submit teams for a team building event which will involve an assault course and other activities, followed by a barbecue and prizegiving in aid of Childline

of the charity. The event will take place on the morning of Saturday 10th July, and although teams are limited to five members maximum, companies may submit more than one team.

“The idea is to create some friendly rivalry between different sectors of Gibraltar’s business community — maybe we’ll have various law firms battling to be the best, or accountants versus bankers,” he expanded on the idea.

“It’s about getting involved though. What the day will achieve is effectively a team building event which companies would pay for anyway, but with the knowledge they are not just getting something positive for themselves from the event, but the funds they are spending are being put back in to the community.”

Nicholas is hoping to raise £2,000 from the day which Bonita Trust and Credit Suisse will match to double whatever amount he raises for Childline. An added incentive for businesses thinking of taking part to sign up to help raise as much as possible.

“We’ll be charging a fee of £250 per team to enter, which works out at just £50 per person including the barbecue and prize-giving. That’s very good value towards an excellent cause,” Nicholas emphasised.

If your company is looking for team building opportunities contact Nicholas as there are limited places for teams to enrol during this month for the event in the middle of July. He can be contact via email at combatteamchallenge@childline.gi or by mobile phone on 54010500.

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past revisited

by Dave Wood

Born in Gibraltar, Edward Stevenson went on to become a prominent Mormon missionary and an authority on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

prominent mormon missionary born in Gibraltar More than 40 years ago, in Nottingham, I had the unenviable task of clearing out the cellar of an old Victorian terraced building that had been used for decades as a rubbish tip. Among the festering rubbish, I found a faded hand-written letter dated 1877 and posted from a town in the Utah Territory (Utah was not then accepted as a state) informing the addressee that her brother had died. To soften the blow, the writer stressed that, unlike many of his fellow migrants, her unfortunate sibling had been granted the dignity of being buried in a grave of his own, instead of sharing his hole in the ground with several others.

It was all down to the Mormons. The Mormon Church was founded in 1830 as the Church of Christ (later, the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints) by Joseph Smith, who had been visited by the angel Moroni and given access to a unique history of prehistoric America inscribed

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on golden tablets. Almost from the start the church found itself in conflict with the authorities and mainstream America, largely on account of its promotion of polygamy, and in 1844 Joseph and his brother Hyrum were lynched by a mob.

His successor, Brigham Young, searching for a

safe haven, led the faithful into the wilds of Utah and settled on the shores of the Great Salt Lake.

Today, Salt Lake City remains the capital of the worldwide Mormon movement.

The Mormon church spread rapidly from the mid-19th century, attracting many European converts from Great Britain and elsewhere, who willingly gave up all they had to travel to Utah to join the brotherhood and occasionally to die in the wilderness. The fortunate got an unshared grave.

One European who didn’t have so far to travel to throw in his lot with the Mormons was Edward Stevenson — born in Gibraltar to English parents on 1st May 1820, he’d moved with his family to the United States when he was seven years old.

In 1833, the 13 year-old was living in the town of Pontiac, Michigan, when he encountered a party of Mormon missionaries (including the founder’s son) who were returning from an evangelical visit to Canada. The Mormons were never a shy, reclusive sect, content to draw the curtains and worship behind closed doors in genteel privacy. From the outset they were intent on aggressively recruiting disciples. Their ultimate aim remains, to save every soul on the planet. You may not know it, but your name is almost certainly on the Mormon Church’s world-renowned genealogical database, awaiting your ultimate salvation.

13 might seem a tender age to be targeted by missionaries, but zeal sees no barriers. We are all born with the burden of original sin, and it can never be too early to strive to throw it off.

And 13 is an impressionable age. Edward listened awestruck while two of the missionaries, Jared Carter and Joseph Woods, preached the new gospel. He found their words deeply compelling, and he was not alone. His mother and other members of his family (though not, apparently, his father) were also impressed enough to join the budding Church. Edward was baptised into the faith on 20th December 1833 by Japhet Fosdick. He, his mother and the other family converts, moved to the Church’s then home of Kirtland, Ohio. If this was with the blessing of his father or not is unclear. Whether he waved them on their way, or they slipped out of his life furtively after dark we cannot say.

The Mormons’ early years were marked by persecution. Joseph Smith had transcribed the words on Moroni’s golden tablets, and then inveigled a friend into mortgaging his home to raise money to have them published. But Smith wasn’t content with a single vision or revelation.

They came upon him at regular intervals, and in one, shortly after the publication of The Book of Mormon, the Lord instructed him to become polygamous.

His wife, Emma, was not amused. She was also just about the only person close to him who had resisted joining his new church. Smith knew the concept of “celestial marriage”, as he re-dubbed the practice of taking as many wives as he wanted (even ones who were already married to somebody else), might offend not only outsiders, but perhaps a high percentage of the brethren, so at first he kept it under his hat, mentioning it only to a handful of his closest disciples to test the water. With time, though, his confidence increased, and eventually it became the church’s openly declared policy. That was when the trouble started.

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past revisited Non-Mormons were outraged. The keeping of a harem was many a man’s secret fantasy, but that was how it should stay. To have these Mormon fellows not only living the dream, but flaunting it and justifying it in the name of religion was beyond the pale.

Mormons were attacked with such venomous regularity they were forced to flee Kirtland in search of somewhere safer. After trying Missouri, they next went to Illinois, settling in the town of Nauvoo. Smith became its mayor, but he was an argumentative soul who managed to antagonize practically everyone he came into contact with.

Some disillusioned church members took to printing unflattering stories about him, and he responded by ordering their printing presses to be destroyed. A mistake. It gave the authorities the chance they’d been waiting for. The first amendment to the American Constitution guarantees citizens freedom of religion and speech.

Smashing his enemies’ printing presses denied them both. Joseph and brother, Hyrum, were arrested and taken to the Carthage jail from where they were dragged with suspicious ease by an enraged mob and lynched.

Edward Stevenson, the lad from Gibraltar, was with the Mormons every step of the way.

He remained loyal to Joseph Smith, and when Brigham Young took up the reins after Smith’s murder and led the trek to Utah, Stevenson was there, and not merely as an anonymous extra in an epic movie scene. Edward’s keen intelligence and steadfastness in adversity had already set him apart as a man with a future.

Salt Lake City was founded in 1847, and Edward Stevenson was prominent among the weary wagon train of Mormon pioneers who helped to build it. Those who share adversity and survive become even stronger as a result.

Not just physically and mentally strong, but strong in their communal traditions and beliefs.

Edward Stevenson had not traveled half-way across the world from Gibraltar, and suffered years of persecution, to practice his faith for a wishy-washy half an hour on Sunday mornings. His commitment to Mormonism was like a fever. He wanted to shout it not only from the rooftops of Salt Lake City, but from the rooftops of the world. He wanted to grab unbelievers by the scruff of the neck and shake them till they cried out, “Hallelujah!”

His first five years in Utah were given to the establishment of Mormon communities alongside his leader, Brigham Young, but his

A 1893 engraving by Gibraltar-born Edward Stevenson of the Angel Moroni delivering the Golden Plates to Joseph Smith in 1827. From Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet (Salt Lake City: Stevenson, 1893), 21

soul blazed with white-hot evangelical zeal.

The people of Utah were firmly on the road to Salvation, but unless he did something about it quickly, the rest of the world was damned to everlasting Hell.

In 1852 he set off on the first of several missions, some lasting as long as five years, to other parts of the United States, Mexico, and Europe.

Whether any of the latter took him to his boyhood home on the Rock is unclear, but it cannot

The people of Utah were firmly on the road to Salvation, but unless he did something about it quickly, the rest of the world was damned to everlasting Hell

be doubted that his passionate preaching was responsible for many European converts selling all they had and moving to America to settle in the new Jerusalem of Salt Lake City. Perhaps he personally inspired a young man from Nottingham to do so; a young man who would later lie in an unshared grave far from home.

Stevenson’s faith in Joseph Smith never wavered, and he enthusiastically embraced the dead leader’s doctrine of “celestial marriage”.

He married his first wife, Nancy Areta Porter, in 1845. Between 1855 and 1872, he took six more (including two sets of sisters), before presumably deciding having a different wife for every day of the week was enough for any man, not to mention the problem it posed with fitting in a day of rest. Between them, his wives produced at least two dozen children (five of them courtesy of first wife, Nancy). In retrospect, the rapid growth of the Mormon faith in its early years suddenly seems less miraculous.

Stevenson, despite having seven wives, 24 children, a punishing evangelical schedule, a host of nagging in-laws, and the honour of being a rising light in the Church hierarchy, also found time to be a prolific writer, turning out mountains of journals that are still cherished by the Church as a valuable historical record.

His most influential work is probably Reminiscences of Joseph The Prophet, published in 1893.

One of the earliest biographies of the religion’s founder, it contains many valuable insights into its formative years, written from a first-hand perspective. Stevenson was, of course, a confirmed believer and devoted disciple of Smith, so the book is a respectful portrait rather than a warts and all biography, but it remains a valuable resource for historians. Those interested will find all of Stevenson’s extant writings in the Harold B. Lee library of Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City.

He is also commemorated at the Church’s Missionary Training Centre in Provo, Utah, where a building is named after him. The lobby of the building is dominated by his portrait. It is a fitting place to remember one of the Church’s most enthusiastic and energetic proselytizers, who came from the tiny Rock of Gibraltar to take up the torch of Joseph Smith and to spread his teachings across the world.

He fell ill while on a mission to Walla Walla (Washington) in autumn 1896. After returning home he briefly rallied, but died on 27th January 1897. Fittingly, he hit the Utah jackpot — he was not required to share a grave. n

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With very big shoes to fill, Teresa Gonçalves succeeded Norma Delgado at Radio Gibraltar’s famous weekday sobremesa en español four years ago. And she was an instant sensation.

Norma’s replacement could either mimic her 38-year long rule of the local airwaves, or start a new chapter and imbue her daily two hours with youthful zest and attitude.

Teresa opted for the latter of course, and went for bubbly anchorwoman who flirts with the microphone and dialogues with the audience, as if they were enjoying un cafelito together.

She takes pride in keeping people company, dozing off after lunch — guaranteed to be awaken by her melodious Castilian, ringing its round vowels and sibilants in cheerful pitches and passionate tones when introducing the most romantic love songs, or tantalising you to enter her refrán competition to win a voucher for that “comida india tán sabrosa y aromática”.

With such perfect yet effortless enunciation, you would be forgiven for thinking — as many do — Teresa grew up somewhere Spanish is spoken ‘fancy’, and ended up in Gibraltar later in life.

Not at all! Teresa is Yanita born and bred, raised in the Calle Comedia — cannot get more Yanito than that — and she attended local schools and college, scoring A* in Spanish.

From a Spanish-speaking family, she moves nonchalantly in the meanders of vernacular and standard English, to the point one may wonder why she is not presenting

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by Elena Scialtiel English shows: “I am afraid to get stuck sometimes. And you know: live radio cannot afford it...”

Admitting to feeling more confident with her mother-tongue, she doesn’t rule out the possibility of branching one day into standing in for other presenters on the morning or evening shows in English.

Nor does she rule out television — the camera will love her Mediterranean beauty and fresh grace, whenever she decides to take centre stage, perhaps behind the desk at Newswatch, or singing copla and flamenco at some music contest.

So far she enjoys being a voice celeb rather than a face. People don’t immediately recognise her around town, for in real life she sounds a great deal different from the radio.

Barely 23, Teresa landed the gig almost par hazard, after her partner Elton encouraged her to apply for the position she seems born for, tailored around her motherly duties to then one-year old Elton junior.

Brushing aside a career in real estate and law accounting, she found that interacting with the public and reaching out with a smile was her true call, even if she thought she wouldn’t make it because she attended the auditions late.

Definitely the best was saved for last. Teresa was hired and paired up with Norma for training. She picked up the tricks of the trade quite quickly, and soon she was on air on her own, flanked by Nicky Ryan and Christian Santos reading the news daily with her, and on stand-by to cover for her days off.

A rewarding job which Teresa lives with enthusiasm, without letting personal emotions taint her trademark voice: “If I am nervous, the listeners will notice it, and if I am boring they will switch channels!”

So she must keep her faithful audience of Gibraltarians and Spaniards entertained with her balance of deejaying, information and chitchat, without sounding intrusive or clingy when she invites the audience to air their comments.

Anyone with limited command of English, wishing to know what’s happening around Gibraltar where they live or work, is glued to the radio when Teresa is on. It’s not only for housewives doing their chores or pensioners relaxing in their armchair, but her alluring show plays in shops, workshops, offices and building sites. And in summer of course she kick-starts your lazy afternoons at the beach!

If Norma Delgado was the corner stone of Radio Gibraltar’s transmissions in times of duress, when her musical dedications were the only way some families divided by the closed frontier had to communicate, Teresa is now bringing it into the 21st century with a mix of tunes she plays on demand for happy occasions — con todo el cariño.

Nostalgia at its best meets contemporary beats when icons like Julio Iglesias and José Feliciano are back to back with pop anthems, to the delight of Teresa’s 93-year-old fan as much as teenagers coming home from school at the rhythm of our own Taxi.

Teresa would like to see more radio exposure for local bands, and perhaps host a programme focusing on them. She also dreams of becoming a bit of a local Oprah, with her informal show about serious and not-so-serious topics, conducted in a relaxed atmosphere where Yanito is allowed between the panellists.

With so many radio stations in Spanish available, why should you listen to Teresa? Because she keeps you informed with a Rock solid appeal. n

With such perfect yet effortless enunciation, you would be forgiven for thinking — as many do — Teresa grew up somewhere Spanish is spoken ‘fancy’, and ended up in Gibraltar later in life

Our Lost Sons

A small monument in memory of all those who lost their lives or disappeared at sea without trace has been erected at the small garden wall outside the cemetery.

Called ‘Our Lost Sons’, it is a tribute to the mothers of lost sons.

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This venture has been initiated, designed and financed mainly by generous members of the community who wish to remain anonymous. The blessing and unveiling took place at the end of May at the cemetery garden.

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urban dance

photos By John Holmes

When you meet best friends, Nicola Bosio and Georgina Cassar, they seem to be the average 16 year olds. School, music, MSN, Facebook and fashion are the main topics of conversation. However, to call Rhythmic Gymnastics their passion would be an understatement, as these teenagers live, breath, and sleep gymnastics. Although this sport started out as a hobby, it soon became clear to them that they had great potential, and despite being relative late starters in the field (rhythmic gymnasts usually start training at the age of 3), they soon made up for lost time, and through hard work and discipline, are now making Gibraltar proud internationally.

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Nicola originally started training artistic gymnastics, but soon found her love for rhythmic, and especially the apparatus involved. She soon gained a reputation in the Campo Area, and moved quickly from the Level B and C to the Level A and Copa section around Andalucia.

She then attended her first British Gymnastics competition, the British Open, which gave her a taste of what Britain had to offer. Later that year, she became Scottish Junior National Champion, and Gibraltar was introduced in the British circuit. She has been Junior Grades Champion in 2009, dominating hoop, clubs, rope and ball routines. After passing a rigorous and difficult Flexibility Testing, and becoming Senior Grades Champion this year, Nicola is now working towards the British National Championships, to be held in July this year. Nicola has also attended various international competitions, such as Belgium, Holland and Hungary.

Georgina’s story is a little different, as she started in 2005 when she was 12 years old. At her first competition in the lower levels, she came in 1st place, determining that she was born for this sport. She attended many international competitions, before she attended her first British Open, with Nicola by her side. To share your passion with your best friend is a bonus, and these girls support each other every step of the way.

Georgina’s big break came last year when she attended the British National Championships in Stoke on Trent, where she achieved the 6th overall position as well as the 6th position in the Rope and Hoop categories, and Nicola was there supporting her, together with family, friends and association members. This was the first time Gibraltar qualified to compete at this top competition, and Georgina became one of the top six seniors in Great Britain.

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by Jolene Gomez in Lilleshall, a prestigious, state of the art National Sports Centre, for the Great Britain Team, for all sports, including rugby, basketball and gymnastics to name a few. After an intensive weekend under the direction of GB Head Coach, they were both classified as Top 10 seniors, to compete representing Great Britain in the group category. Needless to say, this was a dream come true for the girls. They attend training fortnightly in the UK, and Georgina already had the opportunity of travelling with the team to France, to compete in Calais, a World Cup competition where Great Britain placed 5th overall, their best result to date. She says this is an unforgettable experience, of which she hopes to be a part of in the future, in fact, she is already the first female Gibraltarian sportswoman to have represented Great Britain. Although training is hard, as these girls have to balance schoolwork, a hectic social life, together with training in Gibraltar, they say it is worth it. To have the opportunity and talent to be a part of this experience is not a possibility for every sportsman or sportswoman. As the London 2012 Olympics get closer, it has become clear that a Gibraltarian presence in GB Teams is no longer a dream, but a reality.

However, before London 2012 (only a few months away) are the Commonwealth Games, held in New Delhi in October. Georgina and Nicola will be representing Gibraltar for the first

time ever, making history yet again.

But behind every great gymnast, is a great team of coaches, judges, choreographers, music specialists and ballet teachers, and Georgina and Nicola are no exception. Head Coach Sally Holmes originating from South Africa has been coaching for 23 years, and was the first one to spot their talent, working them to the best of their ability. National Coach Violeta Staeva, an accomplished Bulgarian gymnast herself, brings a lifetime of expertise and experience to the team. Brevet judge Gema Fernandez provides a judges point of view, to ensure Georgina and Nicola execute their routines to perfection. Local Ballet teacher, Paulette Finlayson works with the girls to develop and perfect their ballet training. Well known local Choreographer, Jolene Gomez brings her performance experience and knowledge of choreography and different dance styles to the team, as she works on the girls’ performances, interpretation to music (which she researchers and edits), and choreographs their contemporary dance routines, compulsory for their British National Championships requirements.

The next competition for these two star pupils, is the British National Championships in July, and after that the Commonwealth Games in October. The Gibraltar Magazine wishes them the best of luck! n

To share your passion with your best friend is a bonus, and these girls support each other every step of the way Georgina Cassar

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sport

the Girl with the Gun One sweet young lady with a friendly smile, at first glance Heloise Mañasco looks nothing like someone with the stamina to shoot through your heart ten out of ten times — and walk away with a medal.

Yet, she has been successfully rifle shooting for 13 years, and counting, putting Gibraltar on the map of this discipline, so ‘massive’ in India and Germany. Stopping her country being mistaken for an acronym: “G.I.B.? Where and what is it?” worldwide competitors used to ask when her score flashed on the board at her Australian exploit.

Nowadays, Heloise’s green case covered in Mr. Men stickers is some celebrity at Gatwick airport’s red channel. Flying with a firearm is some bureaucracy bellyache, because she needs her licence for customs clearance every time she hands it to security and retrieves it upon arrival, but the real adventure begins after: “Of course I cannot board trains, buses and underground with a gun, so I have to hire a car and drive myself around.”

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hefty too. Between boots, trousers, jackets, ammunitions she usually exceeds the weight allowance of most air carriers, and there is little space left for souvenirs from the faraway countries she goes compete. “I collect fridge magnets!” she jokes. “They fit in my rifle box.”

Since her first Island Games in 1997 when she owned just a rifle and gloves, Heloise has bought hardy durable gear for the ‘pro’ she is.

Fabrics and textures are checked

by officials prior to any event, and it is considered cheating if one wears too tight-fitting jackets or too highwaist trousers, for they might offer extra support to the back and arms in holding up the 5-kilo rifle for the whole length of the performance, lasting up to 1 hour 45 minutes.

Natural support is thus achieved with specific gym training for the posture, to avoid back, shoulders and arms cramps during a competition, and serious pains later in life.

Shooting was a bolt in the blue ‘later’ in life when she tried it out in school as a teenager — an age when most international competitors have already piled up years’ worth of on-field experience

If Heloise doesn’t jog, swim or rope-skip like Rocky, she does go for regular workouts besides daily shooting sessions. Which she has to juggle with her shift work as air traffic controller, the career she has been dreaming of taking up since her childhood and which she is very committed to, after recently attending a specialisation course in the UK. Shooting was a bolt in the blue ‘later’ in life when she tried it out in school as a teenager — an age when most international competitors have already piled up years’ worth of on-field experience.

She enrolled to study Economics in Loughborough University famed for their shooting facilities, but alas they were banned following a nasty firearm-related incident in Dunblane, Scotland.

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by Elena Scialtiel set-back, and her first international performance’s average results, and worked hard to upgrade her rankings: in 2002 she qualified for her first Commonwealth Games and again in 2006 in Australia where she scooped a silver medal and scored her personal record in the Badge match and made the finals.

Although it requires balance and concentration, shooting is relaxing and liberating. Hitting the dot from a 10 metre distance, 40 or 60 times in a row isn’t exactly like shooting cans at the carnival, but the pride of flying Gibraltar’s flag offsets the lifestyle sacrifices for Heloise and her work colleagues, who are very supportive in swapping shifts to accommodate her sporting schedule.

After all, she is a national treasure and a legend in her own right, with more bling around her neck than a rapper.

In the hope of being picked for in next Olympics for the British Shooting Team, Heloise has been going to the UK, Germany and Spain once a month to train.

Glamorous travelling and high life in top sporting circles? She enjoys every minute of it, although between practice, test shoots, competition days and shuttling to and from the airport, she’s left with little time for sightseeing. Luckily she saw kangaroos and koalas, Munich by night and some of Czech Republic’s quaintest corners, where beer is said to have been born.

What a shame that around competitions a good pint is a total no-no! And so is any medication that may turn the doping tests positive.

Shooting is Heloise’s only addiction. When she isn’t handling a gun, she shoots sunsets with a camera. Her expertise in lenses landed her a Beginner of Year award with her prints from film, before the digital era. She also enjoys fishing and holds the national record for besugo (bronze beam) since June 1993.

She’s definitely focused on her targets. Since rifle shooters continue their career well into their 40s, expect fireworks from this girl with the gun. n

When she isn’t handling a gun, she shoots sunsets with a camera. Her expertise in lenses landed her a Beginner of Year award with her prints from film, before the digital era

calling all rowers for ricc RICC are looking for rowers and sponsors for their 24 hour sponsored row which is organised for the second weekend of July.

To be held over 9th and 10th July, Research into Childhood Cancer is looking for people who want to be involved.

The event will kick off at Eastern Beach on Friday 9th July at 3pm through to 9pm, and will be held consecutively at two other venues. At Ocean Village outside O’Reilly’s from 9pm to 9am and

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then finishing up outside the ICC from 9am on Saturday morning through to 3pm.

The charity is looking for all the support it can get, so if you’re a rower or would be interested in sponsoring, further details are available by contacing them on 58009825 or by email: ricc.gib@ gmail.com n

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Nigel Thompson

After a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force, British Eagle International Airlines, East African Airways, GB Airways, Cadogan Travel and Prestige Holidays, Nigel Thompson, 78, is probably the most experienced man on the Rock as far as aviation, tourism, its public relations and marketing are concerned.

Flying and travel were in his genes as his father flew in World War I in the Royal Flying Corps and volunteered in 1939 to join the Royal Air Force where he was in Fighter Command specialising in the newly created radar stations.

Nigel was sent to Stamford School as a boarder (1939-43) and then became a day boy at Merchant Taylors School (1944-48). After two years in agriculture as a farm pupil he joined the RAF in 1950 as a national Serviceman and having passed the Air Crew Selection Board was offered a commission as a navigator provided he signed on for eight years.

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His first posting was to the Maritime Reconnaissance School at RAF St Mawgan flying in Lancasters, then on to RAF Kinloss for conversion to navigating Avro Shackletons and finally to Gibraltar as a member of 244 Squadron.

Two years were spent on the Rock flying every couple of days. The Avro Shackleton was a long range maritime patrol aircraft used in anti-submarine warfare. It also had an airborne early warning search and rescue capability. The Shackleton was capable of flying for 20 hours without refuelling and the usual flight was straight out over the Atlantic or Mediterranean and back. There were also many exercises with

submarines.

The highlight of his tour was to meet Marilis Yome at a party held in New Camp mess (near Montagu Pavilion). In those days Sunderland flying boats flew to Gibraltar and were moored in front of New Camp.

Nigel left the RAF in 1955 and joined the British Independent Air Transport Association as assistant to the secretary, where he gained valuable experience used in his subsequent career.

The next year he married Marilis and joined Eagle Airways which later became British Eagle International Airlines, the third biggest UK airline after BOAC and BEA. As tariffs manager, he was responsible for all International Air Transport Association (IATA) matters and at 26 was the youngest executive to attend the IATA annual general meeting.

This association had been charged by Governments with reaching agreement between airlines on fares, and sometimes meetings went on for weeks — one in Miami lasted five weeks.

In 1959 Nigel became the personal assistant to Harold Bamberg, the airline’s chairman and managing director. This was a job for the highest of high fliers in the company and was a huge learning curve for Nigel as he travelled with the chairman all over the world.

Promotion soon followed and three years later he was assistant commercial manager. In 1965 he became general manager public relations, and the next year was appointed general manager marketing, responsible for sales, marketing, scheduled flights, customer relations and catering.

All good things come to an end and after the collapse of British Eagle in November 1968 he joined Intercommunication PR Ltd as joint managing director heading the new airline division. Soon afterwards he was headhunted on a two year contract for the job of Marketing Director of East African Airways, the national airline of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Nigel and Marilis moved to a large house and garden in Spring Valley ten minutes from the office in the centre of Nairobi. In addition to the almost perfect climate he was able to indulge in two of his hobbies, golf and horseriding.

A trade publication wrote: “East African was able to pick up one of the brightest brains in the airline marketing business in the form of Nigel Thompson. As top marketing man in British Eagle, Thompson was responsible for many of the ideas which made Eagle the liveliest of the UK’s airlines during its flamboyant career. As director of marketing, Thompson is nominally responsible for the remarkable changes which are coming over East African Airways. But he would be the first to deplore this as a misleading over-simplification. As he sees it, his appointment — and the changes he has being able to introduce — reflect a new market consciousness that was not always a strong feature of the airline.

“Thompson made a start on turning EAA into a market orientated airline. In the long term, however, the most significant marketing activity now been taken by EAA is not merely to improve the quality and marketing of its own product, but to improve the quality of the ultimate product, tourism in Africa. Thompson has been working on a much increased range of new special interest holidays such as game fishing and golfing, which have hardly been touched in this part of the world.”

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interviewed by Mike Brufal Upon his return to London in 1971 Thompson was contacted by Joe Gaggero, managing director of the Bland Group, who offered him the position of managing director of Cadogan Travel. The next year he was invited to join the board of Gibraltar Airways primarily because of considerable previous experience in the Airline industry.

Cadogan Travel had been bought by the Bland Group two years earlier. Two Gibraltarians worked in the Sloane Street headquarters, Louis Castro and Sylvia Scullard. At that time Cadogan operated out of two offices, 159 and 149 Sloane Street, the head office subsequently moved to Southampton. Nigel was given a free hand to make all the fundamental changes necessary.

As a director of GB Airways he was responsible for the introduction of the Boeing 737s of Britannia Airways to replace the uneconomic BEA Tridents in 1972. In 1987 he was responsible for obtaining the airline’s licence to fly to Funchal — scoring a victory over Air Europe who regarded the licence as its right. In a rare note of praise the Civil Aviation Authority referred to “a particularly well prepared case with much supporting evidence”.

The next year Thompson was flabbergasted to be told by Joe Gaggero that his services were no longer required, so he resigned all his Bland group directorships and left the company.

He was also asked to retire from the board of Speedbird Holidays, a British Airways subsidiary company.

Most senior managers at Cadogan Travel, thinking that what can happen to the managing director can also happen to them, got together and asked Nigel to join them in forming a travel company similar to Cadogan Travel as they had all the experience and important contacts in the travel trade and media to make an immediate impact on the market.

Nigel was persuaded to join them and so, three months after his departure in 1989, John Dixon (deputy managing director of Cadogan), John Katz (finance director) and other key members of staff including David Nash (head of the Conference and Group Travel division) and Marilyn Watson (reservations manager), took out personal bank loans, acquired Atkins Travel, a small chain of retail travel offices in Hampshire and Dorset, and established Prestige Holidays to compete with Cadogan Holidays and other up market holidays operators.

Such was their reputation in the trade that an ATOL (Air Travel Organiser’s Licence) was granted in six weeks rather than the customary six months.

Prestige’s objectives were to provide unstinting service, the best value possible and total dedication to ensuring the client’s wishes were met and exceeded. Nigel was chairman and commuted from his home on the Rock until he retired in December 2005, shortly before his 75th birthday. He remains a consultant.

Thompson is particularly proud that, since its foundation 21 years ago, Prestige Holidays has rewarded its shareholders well and built up its reserves to £1.9 million. He feels this performance compares favourably with many of its nearest competitors.

Throughout the decades Thompson says he was disappointed that the Gibraltar Tourist Office had always aimed downmarket as far as the UK market was concerned. Pressure was applied

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As top marketing man in British Eagle, Thompson was responsible for many of the ideas which made Eagle the liveliest of the UK’s airlines during its flamboyant career to tour operators and hotels to produce the lowest possible package fares with a concentration on short stay holidays. The long stay market was neglected. The low hotel rates meant the hotel managements could not afford to maintain the buildings and the service provided was often poor. At this time there were no four or five star hotels on the Rock.

This placed Cadogan and Prestige in a difficult position as their objective was to sell quality holidays. Eventually the Gibraltar Tourist Office moved away from the low cost market, hotels were given generous Government grants for refurbishment and the average stay increased in length. Today the hotels offer an excellent service and first class facilities.

There has been a considerable improvement in the tourist attractions, he feels, but much remains to be done.

Nigel has lived on the Rock since 1988 and, incredibly, during those two decades he has never been consulted by anyone in the local travel industry on his views on local tourism.

“A prophet is not without honour except in his own home”. n

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fashion

Handbags and Gladrags On 4th June at 9.30pm at the Alameda Open Air Theatre the Bosom Buddies will be celebrating life in a fashion show in aid of Breast Cancer Support Gibraltar, Cancer Relief and Cancer Research.

You may still have time to support this cause by attending the event, tickets are £15 from either The Nature Shop at Casemates or Heart’s Boutique, 250 Main Street.

As this year’s theme is The History of the Movies ticket holders will get a free Coca-Cola and a packet of popcorn to enjoy at the show. Entertainment on the night is by Urban Dance, Danza Academy, Phillip Borge, Dilip Tailor, The Catwalk Star, Mount Productions and others who all volunteer to create awareness and obtain money for this cause.

There will also be an auction with clothes by local designers and designer handbags by John Galliano. Don’t miss it! ■

Aftershock Fashion Show Aftershock’s fashion shows at Ocean Village are becoming renowned amongst Gibraltar’s fashionistas. Aftershock proprietor, Lindsey, has organised yet another exciting show to be staged at Leisure Island, outside Savannah, on 2nd June 2010 starting at 8.30pm.

The show will present the fabulous new Spring and Summer collections with funds raised on the evening going towards the GBC Open Day charity event.

Radio voice Michelle Rugeroni once again takes the mic as compere following last year’s resounding success, and Jane of Cassie Cakes will be making some intricate and tasty cupcakes for the event... yuummm.

Tickets cost just £20 and in-

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clude a drink and canapés as well as raffles, entertainment and much, much more. If you want to look chic over the coming months, be seen with the fashionistas outside Savannah on Wednesday 2nd June, and pick your hot weather wardrobe.

If you haven’t already got your ticket, you may just be in time to get one at the last minute. Call Aftershock on 20060100 to find out. ■

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kid’s space

growing pains of children’s bedrooms Your child’s room can be one of the most interesting places in your home. It’s possibly the one area where you can let your imagination run wild and play with bright colours and fun themes — and if your child is old enough, they can be fully involved in the project too.

Growing children don’t just grow out of their colours, duvets and curtain designs as well as clothes, they grow out of their bedrooms too. getting their hands dirty helping out with suitable tasks in the remake of their room.

Not literally, but in a design sense.

In many homes, especially here on the Rock, We see babies’ rooms as soft pastels of blues and pinks with crochet cushions and blankets in clean, light colours. Through the toddler stage you may be thinking bright primary colours, cartoon characters or images from their favourite TV series.

Up until here, all is okay. Your child trusts your judgement entirely, and if we’re honest with ourselves, possibly isn’t that concerned with the decor — he’s more important things to do, like playing. But there’s a point in their lives which is hard pinpoint when they start to take an interest in their room. Their friends are coming home from school with them and they are visiting their friends homes too. You’ll soon be up against the “my friend has that” type of statements and suddenly they have their own idea of how their room should be.

Rather than a problem, you can turn this in to a fun challenge, getting them involved in the creative process and letting them help choose izziwotnot tranquility bedroom set,

space may be an issue and it’s important to choose furnishings carefully, both for practicality and safety too. Wood and plastic are great options, while glass should be avoided at all costs. Pay special attention to prospective furniture by looking for rounded edges and strong joints. Remember that kids aren’t always the best at looking after possessions and furniture will probably be taking a few knocks over the years so you want it to last.

The pre-teen phase is great from a decorating point of view, but it doesn’t last long. Before you know it, they’ll have decided their favourite colour is, you guessed it, black — and they want everything in that colour. Luckily there are plenty of colours which you can suggest which will go well, from bright greens and pinks through to lighter pastels in blue or yellow. But we’ll leave it up to you how you try to persuade your teenager that you know better than them! n Stockists of children’s furniture: Abecasis Gonzalez: www.abegon.com Babyzone Gibraltar: www.babyzonegibraltar.com

available from Baby Zone

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Work Space

It’s Official Greens are Good for You

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Are you overlooking the potential of plants?

Research shows they can significantly enhance our life and health in more ways than one. Aside from adding to the asthetics of office or home space, they are our allies in keeping our air pure and clean, improving our health and even improving our mood.

Given these benefits, it would seem natural that plants would be as common in Gibraltar’s offices as stationary, but sadly most offices only have silk plants, if any at all.

Plants ‘work’ by breathing in carbon dioxide, and breathing out fresh oxygen for us humans to enjoy. Plants rid the air of toxins and pollutants, and contribute to balancing humidity. As we increasingly pollute our surroundings, plants play a vital role in removing harmful chemicals from the air, including those from cigarette smoke and other toxins such as those from road traffic and office consumibles.

There are two main pollutants in the air which can be combated by plants. Benzene — which can be found in tobacco smoke, inks, plastic and rubber — can cause dizziness, irritation to eyes and skin, and headaches. And the most commonly found toxin in indoor air, Formaldehyde. Mainly found in paper and cleaning products, it can cause eye, nose and throat problems, by irritating the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory system. By placing a simple spider plant in your home or office, you can dramatically reduce the Formaldehyde in the atmosphere in just 24 hours, while a stunning Bamboo Palm, for example, can not only brighten your surroundings, but also reduce the level of Benzene dramatically.

There are many plants which have the same effect, but the rates of toxin removal vary from plant to plant. As research conducted by Dr Bill Wolverton (former NASA scientist) concluded, some plants, such as the Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata), were capable of removing 20 micrograms of toxins per hour. Other top scorers were the Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium), English Ivy (Hedera helix), and

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Work Space rubber plants.

In fact, Dr Wolverton lists 50 plants, which can clean office air, in his book How to Grow Fresh Air, published by Penguin (1997). However, other experiments such as those carried out in Norway in the ’90s, discovered that plants do not only act as powerful air cleaners, but that the presence of indoor plants reduced coughs, fatigue, and dry skin symptoms by up to 37 per cent — proving that our green companions can enhance our general well being in more ways than one.

Most of these plants are easy to care for, and although many plants like light, they do not all have to be placed near windows. Many indoor plants originated in the dense shade of tropical forests and have a high rate of photosynthesis.

These are ideal for the home or office and can be placed in darker corners. So even if you don’t have a green thumb, you can still have a green home or office.

Perhaps most importantly, plants add life to an office or home space. Having plants in the office relaxes people, raises the energy of any space, and may even make staff more productive, by helping them improve their concentration, particularly with employees working with computers. They can increase positive feelings, and reduce feelings of stress, anger and sadness, and can dramatically reduce absenteeism in the workplace. Flowering plants,

as well as providing a pleasing perfume, slow the breakdown of our “happy hormones”, due to their plenylethylamine (PEA). PEA helps give flowers their distinctive scents, and creates a pleasant and positive effect in a home/office environment.

So if you’ve decided you’re going for green, here are a few easy steps to bringing your garden indoors: ● Assess your office lighting, as the windowless copy room might not be the best place for your new plants. Decide on a spot where there is natural lighting, avoiding strong heat and draughts. ● Estimate how much care and attention you can give to the plant, as some plants require more maintenance than others. ● Set your plant budget — and remember some of the cheapest plants are best. ● Research plants to find the right one to suit your needs, working hours etc. ● Some plants will appreciate time outside in the summer. ● Feed your plant regularly, and spray your plant daily with water.

And yes, talking to your plants can improve both their health and yours. n

Interior plants improve air quality and help us feel good, potentially increasing productivity & well being

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Outdoor Paints from Earthborn With summer temperatures expected to be warmer than average this year, what better way to spruce up your outdoor space than with a little help from Earthborn’s range of outdoor paints.

Suitable for exterior or interior woodwork, Earthborn’s Eggshell and Satin Varnish provide a long lasting, flexible finish that does not fade or yellow with time. Designed to care for wood for longer, these paints are specially formulated to repel water yet allow the wood to breathe.

With a palette spanning 36 carefully selected colours such as Seagull, Flower Pot and Fresh Air, Earthborn’s Eggshells are totally free of VOCs, acrylics, oils and harmful emissions, making them safer and more pleasant to use. All of Earthborn’s Eggshells and Satin Varnishes are water based and odour free, thereby making an ideal environment for children, animals and wildlife.

For long lasting paintwork on masonry walls, Earthborn Silicate Masonry Paint and Primer significantly outperform both limewash and conventional masonry paints.

Being water based and VOC free, Earthborn Silicate Masonry Paint and Primer have strong environmental credentials.

Both products bond with the underlying material to form a waterproof, weather resistant barrier that also allows the masonry to breathe.

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lasting, weather and mould resistant, providing a crisp matt finish which lasts up to 15 years or more between repaints.

Stockist: The Paint Shop, 4004 – 4005 Eurotowers, Europort Road, Gibraltar Tel 200 74848 www.thepaintshop.org or www.earthbornpaints.co.uk ■

Colour Trends

Pairing two colours together has become a sophisticated trend for 2010. First seen in fashion trends, this is a look that is filtering through to homes and interior schemes.

In most homes whatever the style a neutral shade complimented by a vibrant colour will work, but remember that in smaller spaces its better to select two shades from a tonal palette which will give you a more timeless classic feel and work better visually to give the illusion of space.

Contrasting artworks act well as points of vibrancy in a room, and if background schemes are more classic, they will have longevity.

For homes in warmer climates such as Gibraltar, contrasting cooler shades such as Forget Me Not, Polka Dot and Pacific, will make the interior seem cooler, and in really hot climates the rule of using white to reflect heat still stays. ■

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Commercial Interiors

The correct use of lighting and mirrors enhances your product display (Tous, Main Street)

balanced lighting and atmosphere in a restaurant is an absolute must (Charlie’s, Marina Bay)

what’s inside your business There’s a real art to interior decorating. When it’s for your own home it’s your personal taste that counts, but when you’re looking at your business, many other factors come in to play.

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Commercial image is everything, and that’s not just down to signage, point of sale, stationery, menus and the like, but an overall concept which needs to run through your shop, public office or restaurant — and not only to please you as the owner, but your clientele too.

Most businesses will be working within a budget and factors, such as space and product range, as limitations to what can be achieved through design — all aspects to take into careful consideration.

The two main area to look at before you finalise the details are space and lighting. A shop owner will need to think carefully about how its layout will stop passers-by and draw them in to the premises. A standard method which works well are windows which wrap around the entrance to capture the window shoppers from outside and lead them to your interior which will be laid out to give continuity and a pleasing shopping experience.

Lighting is just as important. As well as giving atmosphere to your premises, its aim should be to enhance the look of your products and quite literally show them off in their best light.

With bars and restaurants, lighting takes on a slightly different role. The importance of creating the right ambiance to your premises whilst making sure diners can read your menu, appreciate cleanliness and enjoy your dishes visually, are an absolute must. Avoid the whitewashed walls and fluorescent strip lights which you will find in some cheaper establishments across the border, as examples of the utmost extreme in lack of thought.

Once your layout as been worked out and your basic lighting needs are planned, it’s time to get down to the details. It’s important to consider this step before you undergo an extensive refurbishment. Electrical requirements for spot lights depending on your display stands, cabling for telephony, ADSL and CCTV, along with other elements which are best hidden are ideally worked in during the early stages to avoid having to knock holes in walls or having messy cabling around after the work has been finished.

Details cover items like paint finishes, wallpapering (which is very “in” at the moment), colour schemes, furnishings, fixtures, fittings and ornamental decorations. All these need to be included in your overall concept and, for many companies, will follow a specific theme.

Possibly an easy example would be an Indian restaurant. Reds and ochres and other spice colours would work well in this environment,

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Commercial Interiors to stand out and this is best achieved with dark backgrounds and strong lighting, while the products of a clothes shop are usually a mixture with plenty of dark colours too. Lighter colours will not only help clothes stand out from the background, but will also give the feeling of extra light. If you need a specific display stand for lighter clothing, work this in to the furnishings with an area which enhances these lines with darker backgrounds.

There’s one item which will enhance any commercial premises, and that is mirrors. They not only give the illusion of more space, but will reflect light and if carefully positioned can also show off that awkward corner which is difficult to draw the customer’s eye.

As a commercial venture, it isn’t wise to make all these decisions on your own, but to take on board the help of professionals who know their along with textures such as copper and clay. trades and who are accustomed to seeing the Intricate lamps and typical art can be brought flaws before they happen. Luckily, there are in, while furniture can either follow the style plenty to choose from here in Gibraltar and if or use contemporary designs, creating a subtle you’re either thinking of a refurbishment, or an contrast with possibly a more accessible feel to entirely new project, you’d do well to take their the dining area. professional advice. n Shops in particular will be looking at their display requirements right from the start as the Commercial Fitters: balance between angles, flood lighting and fur- Bridge Contracts: 200 77041 nishings are all aimed towards the final details Denville Design Concept: 200 44012 — the products you are selling. Along with your Space Interiors: 200 73992 company colour schemes and ideas, products need to become a starting point to help you de- Interior Designers sign your shop to best show them off. Small test Denville Designs: 200 44012 displays are a good idea to try different colour schemes to see what works best with your prod- Cable & Electrical ucts. A jeweller needs gold, sliver and diamonds IC Solutions Ltd: 58008045

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history file

by Reg Reynolds

HMCS Weyburn

Canada Remembers Ship Lost at Gibraltar mystery of 9th casualty solved

This year the Royal Canadian Navy *[see Author’s note] marks 100th anniversary of its founding and in doing so is honouring the contributions of warships named after Canadian cities.

One of those warships was the corvette Weyburn.

In mid-February 1943 two convoys totaling 100 ships assembled off Gibraltar. GUS-4 (Gibraltar-US) was heading for New York while the merchantmen of MKS-6 (Mediterranean-UK slow) were destined for various ports around the UK. At the same time sailors of HMCS Weyburn were relaxing at Gibraltar having recently returned from convoy duty in the Med. The crew was in particularly good spirits having shot down one German Heinkel torpedo bomber and

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claimed a share of a second.

On 22nd February Weyburn sailed to join GUS-4 only to strike a mine while steaming off Cape Espartal. The minefield, laid three

weeks earlier by U-118, had already claimed three freighters with the loss of 16,072 tons of shipping and 58 lives. The field was swept on 17th February but

Dr. Evans passed out several times from pain but still managed to complete the amputation. He would be awarded the George Cross for his heroics

obviously not well enough for on this day it would claim as victims both the Weyburn and the Norwegian tanker Thorsholm.

Thorsholm was damaged but able to sail on, while Weyburn suffered a mortal blow. The mine exploded amidships and water poured in through a gaping hole on the port side. Weyburn quickly developed a list to starboard but the engineers and stokers managed to keep her steaming at a substantial eight knots.

Seeing Weyburn in distress the destroyer HMS Wivern hurried to provide assistance and at the same time the sloop HMS Black Swan detached from the convoy in order to provide cover for both ships.

By the time Wivern was alongside, Weyburn had come to a complete stop and was sinking.

Several Carley floats (a type of liferaft) were already in the water.

Aware the depth charges would blow due to water pressure as the ship sank two crewmen from Weyburn raced to remove the detonators. Courageously they succeeded in de-fusing all except two that had been jammed shut by the explosion.

Wivern attempted to take the crippled corvette in tow but the situation quickly grew hopeless and Weyburn’s CO, Lt. Cdr. Tom Golby, gave the order to abandon ship. While the injured were transferred to Wivern sailors jumped into the water and swam to the floats. Before all of them could reach safety, Weyburn went under and the two primed depth charges exploded. Those who had managed to get aboard the floats survived but those still in the water, including Lt. Cdr. Golby, were killed.

Wivern was damaged but not in danger of sinking and surgeon Dr. Philip Evans and orderly Idris Evans (no relation) tended to the wounded. Despite suffering two broken ankles Dr. Evans managed to perform surgery (without anaesthetic) on Weyburn’s Lt. Gerrard who had a foot partially severed when it was caught and smashed between the ships’ hulls.

Dr. Evans passed out several times from pain but still managed to complete the amputation. He would be awarded the George Cross for his heroics.

With Wivern safe and Weyburn sunk, Black Swan began picking up survivors. Hindered by intermittent bombardment from ‘neutral’ Spanish coastal batteries it took her four hours but she managed to rescue 41 sailors. She then towed Wivern back to Gibraltar and the wounded were transferred to the

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history file The eight crew members from Weyburn had the surnames Bark, Eisner, Golby, Hall, McGaw, Morrison, Savoy and Shelley. No Collins, and in fact there was no one named Collins killed (of more than 2,000) in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. There was, however, an able seaman named Joseph Collins from the Royal Navy, listed as being killed on 22nd February, 1943. This is the Collins buried at Cadiz. Presumably he was on loan to the Canadians and his body washed ashore on the Spanish coast.

Wivern was patched up at Gibraltar and then towed to Devonport for repairs and refit.

She returned to service in October 1944 and was broken up in 1948. Black Swan survived the war and went to the scrapyard in 1956. U-188 lived only four A newspaper clipping from the time of more months after laying the the sinking: Weyburn’s CO, Lt. Cdr. Tom deadly minefield at Gibraltar. On Golby, gave the order to abandon ship 12th June, 1943, in mid-Atlantic but he was killed when the ship’s depth west of the Canary Islands she charges exploded was attacked and sunk by eight military hospital.

US Avenger aircraft. There were Official records show that eight 43 Germans killed and 16 taken officers and crew from Weyburn prisoner. ■ were killed. The names of the dead are listed on the Canadian Navy’s memorial website but mysteri- * Author’s note: The Royal Canadian ously there is a ninth sailor, said Navy was founded in May 1910 but to be from the Weyburn, buried the ‘Royal’ was dropped in 1968 at Cadiz. when the armed forces underwent On the website u-boat.net ship- unification and adopted a single wreck author Juan Campos (Náu- green uniform. This proved divisive fragos de Antano) writes: and ultimately unsuccessful and the “I have just visited the tomb of three forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, J. Collins in Zahara de los Atunes, returned to their traditional roles and Cadiz, Spain. He died as part of uniforms in 1986. At the outbreak the crew of the Canadian corvette of World War II Canada had a navy Weyburn, hit by a German mine of 13 ships and 3,500 personnel, off Cape Espartel near Gibraltar by the end of the war the Canadian on 22nd February 1943. The tomb- Navy was the third largest in the stone mentions his wife Helen and world, consisting of 373 fighting son Anthony. He was 24 years old ships and 110,000 personnel. HMCS and after his name appears ‘Able Weyburn was one of 24 Canadian seaman R.N.P/IX.182689’.” fighting ships sunk during the War.

Aware the depth charges would blow due to water pressure as the ship sank two crewmen from Weyburn raced to remove the detonators

The City of Weyburn Weyburn (pop. 9,500) is located in the southeast corner of the province of Saskatchewan 43 miles north of the US border. Situated in the wheat growing area known as Canada’s ‘bread basket’, Weyburn (derived from the Scottish wee burn) is the largest inland grain gathering point in Canada. Well over 500,000 tons of grain pass through its terminals each year. The surrounding area is known for extreme weather, very cold winters, very hot summers, and Weyburn holds the record for the hottest day in Canadian history — 114ºF (45ºC) in July, 1937. The commemoration ceremony for HMCS Weyburn was held on 10th February, 2010, 12 days shy of the 67th anniversary of her sinking.

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View looking north from Lord Airey’s Battery

upper rock made even more accessible O’Hara’s Battery, one of the highest accessible points on the Rock, opened to the public at the end of last month.

Named after General Charles O’Hara who was Governor of Gibraltar from 1795 to 1802, the first 6” gun was mounted at the location in 1890, but was replaced in 1901 by a larger gun which was last fired in 1976.

Closed to the public for some time, the area has now been restored and cleaned and visitors will be able to see the sequence of firing, traversing, elevating, and the setting of the bearing, as well as the hoists and engine room which powered the gun.

Photographs dating back to 1947 will be on display explaining the functions of the gun and there will be a continually running training film from 1947 showing on the site.

O’Hara’s Battery will be under the overall supervision of the Gibraltar Tourist Board while daily operations and management has been licensed to Let’s Go Ltd, the company which also operates the Rock & Fortress WWII Tunnels

visitor attraction at Hay’s Level.

The attraction will be open to all visitors to the Upper Rock Nature Reserve for a small fee of £3.50 for adults, while children under 12 will be admitted free if accompanied.

The area is directly accessible by foot and taxi, and there will be a courtesy bus which will run from the base of the access road to the Battery, not far above St Michael’s Cave.

The site will be open from 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and will also include Lord Airey’s Battery a few metres north of O’Hara’s and from both sites visitors will enjoy spectacular views of the Strait, Africa and the unique view of the northward ridgeline of the Rock from the highest accessible point.

Let’s Go Ltd will be opening the site, on an open house basis, to all visitors on Saturday 5th June 2010, and it’s a great opportunity for residents who have not previously visited the site to discover a little more about our history. ■

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harbingers of war Few of Gibraltar’s creatures, so small and harmless, have been considered so sinister throughout history — right back as far as Greek mythology.

The Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) is distinguished by the skull pattern on the back of its abdomen as well as being one of the few insects which emits a loud sound when disturbed by forcing air out through it’s proboscis.

The Latin name is derived from Atropos, the eldest of the three ‘fates’ in Greek mythology who severs the thread of life — its evil aura was immortalised in the film Silence of the Lambs where its pupa, placed in the mouths of female victims became the trade mark of serial killer Hannibal Lecter.

Also known also as the Bee Robber, the adults, which are active from dusk to midnight, frequent beehives where they steal honey. To protect themselves they mimic the honey bees’ cutaneous fatty acids and run and hop around with their wings raised, imitating bee movements.

The Death’s Head Hawkmoth lays its eggs on the underside of the older leaves of plants and once the hatched caterpillars are ready to pupate, they dig a hole up to 40cm deep in soil, sealing the entrance behind them, usually in the side of a slope or near a tree.

Once thought to be a harbinger of war, pestilence and death, there’s really no need to fear this innocent creature as it goes about it’s daily business around the trees and plants on the Rock. n

But honey bees aren’t always around as the moths live right throughout Africa, migrating to Europe between May and September, and breeding all year round. The Larvae prefer plants which produce berries, especially potato.

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Migrating Vultures This is the peak season for birds of prey migrating across the Strait of Gibraltar. As is frequently the case after the long and hard journey through Africa into Europe many birds are forced to take shelter on the Rock either due to exhaustion or after being attacked by seagulls.

Pictured (right) are two Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) brought down at Europa Point and resting on the cliff face. Soon after the photograph was taken they resumed their journey.

Male and female Griffon Vultures are indistinguishable except in size — males are smaller than females — and they are particularly abundant on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar.

These vultures croak, growl and whistle, but will do so only at feasts and in family groups. Flight is always in complete silence. n

Photo © DM Parody (http://dotcom.gi/photos)

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past uncovered

by Reg Reynolds

Romance Poet Killed in the Great Siege Of the thousands killed during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, one of the most tragic casualties from literary point of view was the poet and essayist Jose de Cadalso.

Cadalso was a leading figure in the literary world of 18th Century Spain and is considered to be the first Spanish writer of the ‘Romantic’ genre.

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From his style of writing one would think that Cadalso didn’t have the head or the heart to be a soldier but he enlisted in the Spanish army during the Seven Years

War (1756 -1763) to fight against Britain’s ally Portugal. He must have been a good officer, or had considerable influence, because he was promoted to the rank of Colo-

nel shortly before being killed on 27th February, 1782. He was struck down by shellfire while commanding troops in Spanish lines situated only 800 yards from the Rock.

José Juan Antonio Ignacio Francisco de Borja de Cadalso was born on 8th October, 1741 in Cadiz. He studied at Jesuit schools in Cadiz and Paris, and the Royal Seminary in Madrid. In his early 20s he travelled throughout Europe visiting Italy, Germany, England, France and Portugal studying the culture, history and literature. After returning to Spain he joined the army (1762) and took part in the Portuguese Campaign.

In 1766 he was made a Knight of Santiago but in 1768 was banished from Madrid for writing Calendario manual which was critical of lifestyles in that city.

Cadalso’s first commercially successful work was Los Eruditos a la Violeta (1772), a satire on pseudo-intellectuals’ obsession with superficial knowledge.

Many consider his best work to be Cartas Marruecas, which wasn’t published until seven years after his death. This novel is a retrospective of Spanish society as seen through the eyes of a young Moroccan.

His most notorious work is the romantic but somewhat dark novel Noches lúgubres. The book has been translated by Matt C. Waldroop of the University of Oklahoma and a reviewer has this to say about it: “What Matt C. Waldroop demonstrates in this work is that Cadalso is the first full-fledged Spanish Romantic, writing in the style of the exaltados… and demonstrates without a doubt that José Cadalso’s Lugubrius Nights is indeed not only the first Spanish but also the first full-fledged European Romantic work.”

Included with Waldroop’s translation is the controversial Letter from a Friend first published in 1822. The author of the letter claims Cadalso, in a fit of grief over the death his lover, the actress Maria Ignacia Ibánez, entered the church graveyard where she was buried in the dead of night in order to exhume the corpse. It has never been proven this actually occurred but it mirrors the actions of his own protagonist in Noches lúgubres which was published in 1771, the year of Maria’s death.

Caldaso’s body was laid to rest in Santa Maria la Coronada Parish Church in San Roque where there is an educational institute named in his honour. n

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health & mind When you first meet Dilip Tailor, what first strikes you is his positive nature and friendly disposition. No matter how early in the morning it is, or how horrible the weather, Dilip is always in a good mood, and most importantly, his positive energy is contagious.

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Aside from being a Microsoft Certified Trainer (awarded with the prestigious Microsoft Certification for Excellence), Dilip is also an accomplished dancer, but his real love is the intriguing art of Tai Chi. Originating from China, Tai Chi is a non-competitive martial art which works with a series of postures and movements, flowing without pause from one to the other, ensuring the body is always in constant motion.

Dilip was introduced to Tai Chi in the UK in the early ’90s, however, it wasn’t until 1994, with the arrival of a Chinese exhibition in Gibraltar, that Dilip realised Tai Chi was going to become a big part of his life.

Taking part in the exhibition was Tai Chi Master, Mr. Wong and Dilip says; “I was amazed how energy flowed through his body when performing Tai Chi, and I could see that, although his movements where slow, delicate and effortless, when his assistant tried to knock him over, he was solid as a rock. His focus and concentration were outstanding,” Dilip smiles as he fondly remembers his master.

When Mr. Wong offered to teach him this skill, Dilip jumped at the chance. “I was so humbled and overwhelmed that this great man was willing to teach me.”

Due to the language barrier, and a poor translator, they were not able to communicate verbally, which made Dilip understand the importance of feeling your energy flowing through your body, and focusing with great detail. With just a glance, they understood each other perfectly.

Two years later, Dilip began teaching Tai Chi in Gibraltar, and recently he embarked on an innovative project — offering classes to children and teenagers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

ADHD is a relatively new term, which is often misunderstood. It is a condition that leads children to be impulsive, hyperactive, restless and with a low attention span. This often leads to the negative stereotyping of children, branding them as disruptive, unruly trouble makers, even though these children are not rude or disrespectful intentionally. It is because of this Dilip wants to make a change in these children’s lives.

“You always need to look for the positive in the negative,” he says, “and I want to make a change, to help these children grow up to be the Picassos, Da Vincis and Galileos of tomorrow.”

If you have not realised already, those celebrated greats are all ADHD sufferers. In fact,

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health & mind the list is goes on; Walt Disney, Sir Winston Churchill, Newton, Van Gogh, and Michael Jordan!

“All these people mentioned on the list have something special; they think outside the box, they don’t conform to what other people may have considered ‘normal’, and they are also very creative people. Sometimes being a little ‘different’ or not fitting into the norm, can work to a advantage,” Dilip enthuses.

So why is Tai Chi so beneficial?

Well, it allows the children to focus on the present through movements, and to channel their energies to the best of their ability, thus calming their urges to be impulsive, and helping them pay attention to what they are being told.

Dilip tackles all three symptoms of ADHD (inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness) through various Mind Gym exercises, movement co-ordination exercises, line dancing, and music and interaction based games, to name a few, making the classes fun and exciting. He also incorporates Tibetan exercises to improve flexibility.

The teacher-student rapport is maintained with discipline and an organised class structure, which is rotated monthly so it does not become repetitive for the children. The results have been truly overwhelming.

“At the end of this intensive class, the children’s body language is completely different.

They do not need to talk so much, as they sit down and focus on the deep relaxation techniques. They are just different children to the

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ones who walked into my class an hour before,” Dilip beams gratifyingly at his achievement.

With regards to plans for the future, Dilip is very clear on what his next project will entail; “I’m planning to organise Tai Chi classes for children with Autism, as I feel that this condition is often misunderstood, and there are many children and parents still suffering as a result. I want to create awareness on this subject, as with ADHD, and discover alternative ways to treat it, such as Tai Chi.” Dilip’s enthusiastic approach to this delicate subject is truly inspiring. With his positive outlook on life, he transmits inner peace and tranquillity and, after meeting him, you can’t help feeling revitalised and full of energy. It is no surprise his classes are having such good results, as he helps the children progress and develop into the Einsteins of the future.

For more information, please contact Dilip email: adhd@trainingtm.net

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You always need to look for the positive in the negative, and I want to make a change, to help these children grow up to be the Picassos, Da Vincis and Galileos of tomorrow

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what is tai chi?

Tai chi is a centuries-old (some say 2,500 years old) Chinese martial art that descends from qigong, a Chinese discipline that has its roots in traditional Chinese medicine.

When you think of “martial arts,” you may think kicking, punching, fighting, and body contact rather than slow, rhythmic, and meditative body movements designed to enhance relaxation, inner calm, and peace.

Tai chi involves a series of slow, meditative body movements originally designed for selfdefense.

Qigong, from which tai chi (qi) originates, involves the integration of the mind, breath, and movement to create a calm, natural balance of energy that can be used in work, recreation or self-defense. Like yoga, where many varieties have evolved, there are more than 3,000 varieties of qigong — tai chi is an example of inner qigong, and there are various styles of tai chi.

No matter which style you practice, they all are conducted slowly, deliberately, and gracefully, with each movement flowing seamlessly into the next without hesitation.

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health

“There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work”

Charles Spurgeon (1834 -92)

— or is there?

Dale Carnegie said that “our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment” but modern life would beg to differ.

Long working hours, exciting social lives and the consequential burning of the candle at both ends are now equally as common culprits — or are they?

Science suggests that most of us need 6 to 8 hours of sleep per night to feel refreshed however some people feel continually tired, no matter how many hours they spend in bed. You may be surprised to hear that these symptoms may not necessarily be the result of an enthusiastic lifestyle.

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a common under diagnosed condition which results in insufficient good quality deep sleep whilst you are apparently “asleep” in bed.

The disorder is characterized by daytime sleepiness, fatigue, a frequent desire for naps, morning headaches, irritability, insomnia, poor memory and concentration and arises from obstruction and collapse of the air passages during “sleep”.

In turn this leads to complete cessation of breathing for periods of 10 seconds or more (Apnoea) during which time no air can pass to the lungs. Blood oxygen levels fall resulting in the sufferer coming

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out of deep (restful) sleep and into a more shallow (un-restful) level of sleep. The cycle of events can repeat itself many times during the night completely destroying normal sleep patterns and in some severe cases, sufferers can wake up completely. In other less severe cases the airways are only partially obstructed and whilst airflow falls to only 50% of normal (hypopnoea) this also significantly disrupts the level of sleep. Most sufferers experience a mixture of both apnoea and hypopnoea whilst they are “asleep”.

It is estimated that OSA affects up to 4% of the general population with men suffering more commonly than women in the under 50 year age group (over 50 the incidence is the same for men and women). Obesity is also a risk factor with 70% of obese people have OSA which worsens in severity with increasing BMI. More shocking is the estimate that only 10% of people with OSA are currently receiving GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • JUNE 2010

health treatment.

Whilst Benjamin Franklin may have been right when he said “fatigue is the best pillow”, no matter how good the mattress and pillow are, other factors than these should be considered for a poor night’s sleep.

Disruption of sleep is extremely detrimental to our daily lives and results in poor concentration, slow thinking and poor memory during the daytime. Studies have shown that this can result in more accidents in the work place and OSA sufferers have a three-fold increased risk of having a car accident than the general population.

Untreated OSA is also associated with an increased risk of a number of other medical conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), stroke, heart failure and cardiac rhythm abnormalities which may lead to premature death.

Diagnosis of the condition involves a simple subjective medical assessment which allows potential sufferers to be graded against the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Combined with overnight non invasive measurement of blood oxygen levels this is a simple reliable way of identifying the condition, all within the comfort of your own bedroom.

The mainstay of treatment in-

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volves the nocturnal use of a small portable machine which blows humidified air into the lungs during sleep (CPAP) which prevents the airways from collapsing thus maintaining a clear passage for air to enter the lungs. This ensures that sufferers remain in deep sleep for much longer periods during the night and wake refreshed in the morning ready to face the challenges of the day.

Most people who suffer from

OSA do not realise they have the condition and often mistakenly blame their tiredness and fatigue of the pressures of work and their social lives. Indeed the fatigue of untreated OSA can lead to problems at work and within the family.

Ironically bed partners of individuals with OSA may also experience similar fatigue and irritation symptoms because of sleep interruption despite being completely well!

Treatment not only reduces the risk of complications arising from the condition but also ensures a much happier, fully awake and enjoyable working and family life.

150 years ago, the English preacher Charles Spurgeon (1834 -92) may well have been right, but perhaps if he were alive today he may have added that “there is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work OR interrupted good quality deep sleep.” n

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by Saba R. Malik

Volunteering Rewards

Every Wednesday at approximately midday I make my way to the Lady Williams’ Cancer Research Centre to volunteer to help out. It is an aspect of my week I look forward to and although, admittedly, the thought of giving it a miss now and again due to laziness does cross my mind, instead I happily set out every week, a decision I never regret.

Left to right : Laura Netto, Alisha Harper, Saba Malik, Karissa Pizzarello, Guila Mouyal Vaz, Maxine Robba, Grace Culatto

As I walk through the doors of the Lady Williams centre, I am greeted with smiles, Helen White’s chirpy ‘Hello!’, and a series of warm hugs and kisses. At once I feel so loved!

My first stop is the kitchen which seems to be one of several hotspots within the centre. I am welcomed by the hunger-inducing scent of freshly cooked meals and, again, hugs and kisses… More love!

If I had to choose a favourite part of the centre, it would probably be the kitchen, simply because it is where the weekly catch-up occurs and where the most fascinating, historical stories are told. The kitchen is particularly busy during lunchtime with pots of soup and meals going out and dishes coming in. These tasks are simultaneously and harmoniously carried out by the volunteers as each person takes on their role of the week, collaborating to make the overall process very efficient indeed.

Moving into the dining area, it is no less busy with the distribution of plates of steaming food, the usual banter and, of course, laughter — all contributing to the friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Lunch is accompanied by the discussion of serious issues but more often than that, hilarious story- and joke-telling which puts a smile on the face of everyone at the centre.

As a volunteer, I particularly ap-

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preciate this unique, light-hearted gathering as it never fails to heighten my spirits, observing volunteers and patients enjoying one another’s company. The scene could fool any outsider into believing are an overdue family reunion, and that isn’t far from the truth as the patients, volunteers and therapists form an undeniably close-knit family.

With the tables cleared, the dishwasher loaded and smiles of satisfaction evident on everyone’s faces, the centre returns to tranquillity.

The volunteers work until everything is in its place again before spending time with the patients.

Meanwhile, the therapists resume their daily dedication to provide comfort for the patients whether via a chat or therapeutically. I can highly recommend the hand massages, a technique I recently learned at the centre.

Before I am ready to leave, I say my goodbyes, which means another round of heartfelt hugs and kisses accompanied by hopes of seeing each other again the following week to relive the hectic, enlightening experience.

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sporting heroes Graham and John proudly showing off their winning catch

cool running carps Gibraltar is notorious for its distinct lack of fresh water (apart from that which comes from the tap), so it may come as quite a surprise that two local amateur anglers have made their way into the World Carp Classic Finals — the fisherman’s equivalent to football’s World Cup. John Tattersall and Graham Noon sponsored by Ladbrokes International clinched the winning catch in Gibraltar’s first official qualifier which was open to all local ID holders and organised by the Carp Diem Madrid and The Rock Carp Club. Thankfully for all (especially the carp), the event was not set up in a temporary pond in the Governor’s garden, but at Lac Da Alfarofia in Elvas, Portugal. A 1,000km round trip which a total of 12 local contenders made to take part in four nights of fishing.

The event, held during April was given the full endorsement of the Gibraltar Government and was sponsored by 20 local companies as well as a couple of big names in the angling industry. Carp Diem, a fishing magazine based in Madrid together with one of the largest bait manufacturers, Dynamite Baits from the UK, and tackle company, BP Products from Holland, helped out with some goodie bags for all the competitors as well as prizes for the winners.

Kevin Ball took the prize for the largest single catch which weighed in at 29 pounds whilst Graham and John took the overall title with the largest catch of three fish weighing in at just less than 50 pounds.

The two, now with a place in the finals to be held in Lac de Madine in France have already been dubbed GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • JUNE 2010

by local and international press as The Cool Running Carp Team after the Jamaican bobsleigh team which qualified for the winter Olympics and had the problem with snow, as we do with fresh water.

Professionals from across the globe from Japan through to America

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(Jamaica unconfirmed) 130 teams from over 25 countries will compete for the biggest prize in the carping world and for Gibraltar to be represented is more than a small achievement.

Although the two class themselves as amateurs, Graham has been fish-

ing carp for around 20 years while John has been in the game for over 30 years.

“It’s a big business,” Graham told us. “There are around eight million anglers in the UK alone, and three million of those only fish carp.

That’s a lot of competition.”

But what is the attraction?

“The only way I can describe it is ‘passion’,” Graham explained.

“The same way I don’t understand why people enjoy train spotting, not everyone is going to find carp fishing their cup of tea either.

“You can go for four or five trips without catching a thing, and then one day you’ll catch a big 50 pounder. That makes up for all the other days.”

We had tried to catch up with Graham towards the end of the previous week, only to find he’d been off on another fishing trip. How did it go?

“We’d been told about a new lake with some big fish up in the north of Spain which sounded really promising, so we packed up our gear and headed up for the weekend. It was a 2,000 km round trip and when we got there we found it was closed for Spawning. But that’s what we do. It’s quite normal for us to travel 1,000km or more to find a lake worthy of fishing and, hey, if it doesn’t work out then we drive to the next one. That weekend was the same.

We just found another lake to fish on.”

With the finals taking place over seven nights in September, John and Graham are really looking forward to the event and from The Gibraltar Magazine and I’m sure the rest of Gibraltar — we wish them all the best of success. n

It’s quite normal for us to travel 1,000km or more to find a lake worthy of fishing

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What’s On This Month June 2010

Thursday 10th June Gun Salute: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh’s Birthday at The Tower (Berth 41) 12 noon. Tel: 200 55083.

HM The Queen’s Birthday Parade at Casemates Square 6pm. Tel: 200 55083.

Saturday 12th June Gibraltar Botanic Garden Tour. Meet George Don Gates (at south end of Grand Parade) 10.30am.

There is no fee but donations welcome. Tel: 200 72639 Email: alameda@wildlife.gib.gi Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society.

Outing – Sierra de las Nieves “Montane birds and flowers” 8am. Meet Spanish side of the frontier.

For info contact Jill Yeoman 200 74944. Email: yeoman@gonhs.org Website: www.gonhs.org Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th June Danza Academy presents “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at Alameda Open Air Theatre 9.30pm.

Tickets: £12 from The Nature Shop in Casemates Square. For info Tel: 200 44828 or 200 45628.

World Environment Day takes place on Saturday 6th June

Continues until Friday 11th June Gibraltar Spring Festival 2010. For further information contact Ministry of Culture Tel:20048063 Wednesday 2nd June Gun Salute: HM The Queen’s Coronation at The Tower (Berth 41) 12.00 noon. Tel: 200 55083 Friday 4th June The “Bosom Buddies” (5th Anniversary Show) “The History of the Movies” in aid of Breast Cancer Support Group Gibraltar, Cancer Research & Cancer Relief, at Alameda Open Air Theatre 9.30pm. Tickets: £15 from Heart’s Boutique, 250 Main Street, and The Nature Shop, Casemates.

Saturday 5th June World Environment Day 2010 Trade Fair at Casemates Square 10am-2pm. Contact the Department of the Environment Tel: 200 45003.

St Andrew’s Craft & Collectors Fair 10am-2pm. A variety of stalls selling all sorts of things including hand-crafted items, antiques, jewellery, silver, collectables and bric-a-brac. There will be a wide choice of refreshments available in the tea room.

All profits to St Andrew’s Church Restoration Fund.

Bag yourself a bargain! Entrance £1. Stalls £10, tables provided. Email viviend13@hotmail.com Wednesday 9th June Queen’s Birthday Parade (Rehearsal) at Casemates Square 7pm. Tel: 200 55083.

The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society “A Celebration of Opera”. An evening of arias and famous songs.

Michele Crider, soprano (USA). At the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity 8.30pm. Tickets £20 from the House of Sacarello, Irish Town & the Silver Shop, 275 Main Street. Tel: 200 72134 Email: tgpsociety@gibtelecom.net

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Saturday 19th June The Convent Open Day 10am-2pm. Free advance tickets available to Gibraltar residents until Friday 4th June. Tickets can be collected from the Convent reception from 9am-5pm Monday-Friday. For info Tel: 200 45440 Email: David.Lelliott@fco.gov.uk Saturday 26th June Santos Productions (in association with the Ministry for Culture) presents Miss Gibraltar 2010 Pageant at Alameda Open Air Theatre 9.30pm. Tickets: £30 from the Gibraltar Tourist Board’s Information office, Casemates Square.

Monday 28th June The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society violin recital by Charlie Siem at the Convent Ballroom 9pm. Tickets £20 from The House of Sacarello, IrishTown & The Silver Shop, 275 Main Street. For info Tel: 200 72134 Email: tgpsociety@gibtelecom.net

Continues until Friday 4th June Spring Art Exhibition, Casemates Exhibition Galleries. Entrance free. 10am – 6pm; 10am –1pm on Saturday Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th June ‘El Dúo de la Africana’ – Zarzuela at John Mackintosh Hall Theatre 8pm. Tickets £5 from the Hall 11am-2pm (tickets limited to 6 per person) Friday 4th June British Airways Band live music King’s Bastion Leisure Centre 7pm. Entrance free. Donations welcome in aid of Happy Faces Charitable Trust and Help 4 Heroes.

‘We are going to the Movies’ – Fashion Show in aid of Cancer Research, Alameda Open Air Theatre 9.30pm. Tickets £15 & £20 from Hearts and Nature Shop.

Saturday 5th June 11am British Airways Band & the Re-enactment Society march-up Main Street.

Sunday 6th June ‘Sunday - Fun Day’ in aid of Happy Faces Charitable Trust at Bayside Sports Complex 10am-4pm.

Monday 7th June Gibraltar Photographic Society Exhibition official opening and prize giving, John Mackintosh Hall 7pm.

Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th June ‘Shakespeare 4 Kids – Macbeth’ at John Mackintosh Hall. Performances for school children.

Tuesday 8th June Short Story Competition prize giving 4.30pm, John Mackintosh Hall. Winning entries will be published in The Gibraltar Chronicle.

Tuesday 8th to Friday 25th June Gibraltar Photographic Society Exhibition 10am – 10pm John Mackintosh Hall. Entrance free.

Wednesday 9th June Exploring Gibraltar and its Heritage, Dance, Drama & Music. Westside School Year 12 Students, Ince’s Hall Theatre 8pm. Tickets from the Hall from 3rd June.

Thursday 10th June From Stonehenge to the Fall of the Soviet Union with Postcards from Martin Luther King, Dance, Drama & Music. Westside School Year 13 Students, Ince’s Hall Theatre 8pm. Tickets from the Hall from 3rd June.

Festival Finale - Friday 11th June ‘Calentita – Tastes of the Melting Pot’ 9pm to 1am. Celebrating Gibraltar’s Multi-Cultural Community, Word of Mouth, Casemates Square 10.30pm Spectacular fireworks, laser & music display, Ministry of Culture, Casemates Square

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history file

Travel Book in Print for 160+ years

To have a travel book still in print more than 160 years after it was first written is quite an achievement and is just one of the many attributed to the French Romantic poet and writer Theophile Gautier.

Gautier wrote dozens of books, plays *[see author’s note], reams of poetry, hundreds of articles for prestigious journals and even ballets but he is best remembered today for his Voyage in Espagne which was reprinted in English as A Romantic in Spain. The final chapter of the book includes the writers’ observations of Gibraltar and its people.

One reviewer wrote of A Romantic in Spain:

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“Gautier’s travel literature is considered by many as being some of the best from the 19th century, often written in a more personal style, it provides a window into Gautier’s own taste in art and culture.”

Gautier was born to cultured, middle-class parents on August 20, 1811 in the Pyrenees city of Tarbes. Educated in the best Parisian schools he had ambitions of being an artist but after

befriending Victor Hugo developed an appetite for literature. He began writing poetry in his teens and after leaving school lived a rather bohemian lifestyle on the West Bank. Nearing his 29th birthday he joined the artistic group Le Pètit Cènacle, a bit of homage to Hugo’s own group Cènacle. Gautier enjoyed elite company in Le Pètit Cènacle as among its members were Alexander Dumas père (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers), Philothée O’Neddy (poetry) and Gerard de Nerval (Sylvie). They were an eccentric lot: Gautier was known for wearing a shocking red vest; O’Neddy’s real name was Théophile Dondey de Santeny; and de Nerval had a pet lobster which he walked in the park like a dog.

Gautier wrote an article in which he quoted de Nerval explaining the reasons for having such an unusual pet: “Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ...or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal that one chooses to take for a walk? I have a liking for lobsters. They are peaceful, serious creatures. They know the secrets of the sea, they don’t bark, and they don’t gnaw upon one’s monadic privacy like dogs do.”

It was a casual aside to these contemporaries that caused Gautier to travel through Spain. He begins the first chapter of A Romantic in Spain, ‘Paris to Bordeaux’, with the comment: “A few weeks ago, I carelessly let fall the remark: ‘I should be glad to go to Spain!’.”

Although it was meant as an offhand comment of an indefinite nature Gautier’s friends took him at his word and began to pester him and demand, “When are you starting?”

Gautier would replay, “In a week’s time”. But when that time passed he would be greeted with sarcastic queries such as, “I thought you were in Madrid!” or “Are you back again?”

Finally Gautier conceded: “I now understood that I owed it to my friends to be away for three months, and that I must discharge this debt with all possible, speed under pain of being ceaselessly harassed by officious creditors.”

Gautier made a reasonable living writing for journals and newspapers and he was able to finance the extended journey by agreeing to send back regular installments to the popular magazine La Presse. He set out by coach in May of 1840 and made his way across the border at Irun and then travelled through Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Seville and Cadiz before returning via Valencia and Barcelona. The final chapter is titled ‘Cadiz and the Return’ and it is here that Gautier visits Gibraltar and makes some observations which were refreshingly lively compared to the usual travel journalism of the time. He had been on the road for more than five months when he sailed from Cadiz.

“The appearance of Gibraltar absolutely staggers the imagination;” wrote Gautier. “One no longer knows where one can be or what one is seeing. Imagine an immense rock, or rather mountain, fifteen hundred feet high, which rises sharply and suddenly from the midst of the sea, from a shore so low and flat that one can hardly see it. There is nothing to prepare one for it, nothing to explain it, it has no connection with any range; it is a monstrous monolith launched from heaven, the blunted fragment of a planet, fallen in some war between the stars, a relic of a shattered world. Who set in this place? God alone and eternity can tell.”

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by Reg Reynolds opined that the mount of Gibraltar resembled a lion: “The shoulders, loins and haunches stretch out towards Spain in great indolent fields and fine swelling lines like those of lions at rest.”

He described the town: “lying imperceptible at the foot, a wretched detail lost in the mass” the harbour; “three-decked vessels anchored in the bay like... little miniature model ships” the Rock; “yet the mountain is hollowed, mined and scooped out in every direction; it has a belly full of cannon, of artillery and mortars; it is gorged with munitions of war and the Barbary Apes; “it is the only place on our continent where these quadrumanous beasts live and multiply in a savage state”.

To Gautier entering the town was like travelling a thousand miles in a few minutes: “A moment ago you [sic] were in Andalusia; now you are in England. From the Moorish cities of the kingdoms of Granada and Murcia, you suddenly drop into Ramsgate; here are the brick houses with their areas, their front doors and their sash-windows, exactly as at Twickenham or Richmond. Go a little farther and you will find cottages with painted railings and fences.

The walls and gardens are planted with ashes, birches, elms, and the green vegetation of the North, so different from those leaves cut out in varnished tin which pass for foliage in southern countries.”

Gautier wasn’t overly impressed with this Anglicizing of Gibraltar and he was appalled by the hats worn by the English women: “I cannot describe the unpleasant sensation I experienced at the sight of the first English

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woman I met, wearing on her head a hat with a green veil, and striding like a Grenadier of the Guards, with her large feet shod in large boots.”

Gautier clarified that he had not found the woman ugly, far from it, but that he preferred the grace, daintiness and charm of the Andalusian women. He also felt uncomfortable and under dressed.

“In the presence of the English woman, I felt quite ashamed of having no white gloves or eye-glass, or patent-leather shoes, and I cast an embarrassed glance down at the extravagant embroideries of my sky-blue cloak. For the first time in six months, I became aware that I was not properly dressed and did not look like a gentleman.”

The military fared no better: “These long British faces... They occupy the town, but they do not inhabit it,” nor did the Jewish men, “with their hook-nosed profiles, their tight lips.”

Gautier wasn’t overly impressed with this Anglicizing of Gibraltar and he was appalled by the hats worn by the English women

We’re going to leave you to guess where this picture was taken... the writing is a bit of a clue, though. It was taken at an airport by Frankie Hatton of the lovely Michelle when they were on their way to Australia for their hols recently. Sadly there are no pics of the magazine in Australia as they managed to leave it in the pocket on the plane!

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However, he did find the Jewish women to be: “beautiful... their black eyes and golden complexions the mysterious reflection of a vanished world” and was impressed with the Moroccans “...we were enveloped in a cloud of Oriental aromas; the sweet, penetrating fragrance of rosewater went to our heads, and made us think of the mysteries of the harem and the marvels of the Thousand and One Nights. The shopkeeper’s sons, fine young men of about 20 were sitting on benches near the door enjoying the cool of the evening. They possessed that purity of features, the limpid eye, that noble nonchalance, and that air of amorous and pensive melancholy, which are the attributes of pure races.”

Gautier purchased some yellow moroccan slippers and when he complained about the price the shopkeeper replied, “I never overcharge: I leave that to the Christians.”

Still moaning about the Englishness of Gibraltar, “Fortunately the English have not been able to sully the sea or blacken the sky,” Gautier embarked on a steamer bound for Malaga. He returned to Paris via Cartagena, Alicante, Barcelona and Marseille.

Voyage en Espagne was published in 1845 followed by the English translation in 1926. Gautier married (Ernestina) and had two daughters. He succumbed to cardiac disease on 23rd October, 1882, aged 61. *Author’s note: The Pall Mall Gazette accused Oscar Wilde of ‘borrowing too heavily’ from Gautier’s Une Noit de Cleopatra for his highly acclaimed play Salome (1891).

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food & drink

indian charm at the maharaja After the success of the refurbishment of the Maharaja Indian restaurant at Queensway Quay, the original premises at Tuckey’s Lane has just had similar treatment.

The Maharaja first opened its doors in 1972 and was one of the first ventures that Mr. Khubchand undertook on his own. Its success as a town centre restaurant has been proved over the years with its long-standing regular clientele made up of both locals and visitors.

The new, modern design follows some of the

Get ready for

Calentita!

2010

Rounding up the popular Spring Festival, organised by the Ministry of Culture, Calentita!

2010 will take place on 11th June 2010, at Casemates Square, starting at 8pm and finishing at 1am.

The event will be organised by Word of Mouth, and as in recent years, it has proved to be one of the highlights of the Gibraltarian social calendar, attracting the young and not so young, at this cultural and gastronomical extravaganza.

This year will feature dance shows including the popular Urban Dance, who will provide colourful entertainment with some Indian Bhangra dancing, Portuguese Fado music, and African based themes to mention a few. They will be joined by the Academia Eva Sanchez, from La Linea,, who always sup-

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port this event with their impeccable flamenco performances. A firework and laser display set to music will take place during the festival, making this an event not to be missed.

With more than 15 different tents (an increase on previous years), your taste buds will be delighted by the return of the favourites, such as Indian, Moroccan, German, Sri Lankan and Nepalese, as well as a few new stalls providing Sicilian and Mexican delicacies for you to enjoy, and of course, the Calentita itself! n

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food & drink traditional feel which has always been present in the restaurant, while contemporary furnishings and subtle Indian decorations have been carefully designed to enhance the dining experience.

With an extensive and popular menu, which has been added to, you can order to eat in or take-away both from the Tuckey’s Lane restaurant and Queensway Quay.

Open from early morning serving coffees in a relaxed business atmosphere, the restaurant is open seven days a week until late.

So pop in for a coffee and pick up their takeaway menu for easy ordering over the phone. n

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The full team on the opening night at Charlie’s last month and (right) the slick looking interior of the new Steakhouse and Grill

all change at Charlie’s New expanded Charlie’s Steakhouse and Grill opened in May right next door to the original bar-restaurant, in the former Little Mermaid premises at Marina Bay. “It was an opportunity we couldn’t miss,” proprietor James Horne said. “Because of Charlie’s popularity with locals and visitors, we needed more room for our clientele and to expand our kitchen. This expansion means we can offer a spacious, family

orientated restaurant alongside the original Charlie’s.”

The restaurant, with disabled and baby changing facilities, shows James’ vision for real family environment with a non-smoking lounge and relaxed seating on the terrace. “The new facilities

work alongside his existing Indian Head Chef. Our original menu is there, but we now offer much more too. I believe in good food at good honest prices, and it’s great to have such a variety of dishes.”

The original Charlie’s next door is not forgotten either as it is having a full re-fit, aiming to be up and running again by mid-June.

“It will retain its pub charm,” James commented. “We’re including a pool table and darts lanes, and we’ll be involved in local leagues in these sports.

New plasma screens for sporting events will feature and there’ll be theme nights too - anything from Indian curry to traditional fish and chips.”

If you haven’t seen the changes at Charlie’s yet, pop down to take a look. And don’t forget, later this month the refurbished pub will be back serving your favourite drafts. n

cater for existing clients and offer more to attract new visitors too,” James explained. The new kitchen has been installed with a tandoori oven which is essential to be able to offer a full Indian menu.

James has brought a Tandoori specialist from Passage to India to

Savannah June Events — for bookings call 200 66666 Fri 4th, 11th, 25th DJ Rookie Sat 5th June Live flamenco and tapas night - vivillo live

www.Savannah.Gi/flamenconight Thur 10th, 18th 24th Play party night Sat 12th June England v USA World Cup - all matches live

outdoor screen www.Savannah.Gi/worldcup2010 Sunday 13th June Bank holiday party Friday 19th June DJ Sash! Live - www.Savannah.Gi/sash Sat 26th June Remember - viva la diva - the event!

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miniature masterpieces Everyone loves a cake, but there’s something about cupcakes which make them absolutely delightful!

Jane Russell has always enjoyed making cakes, but on a recent trip to the UK found that luxury cupcakes decorated for specific occasions were all the rage, so as soon as she got home she gave them a try to see how her decorating would come out. With impressed friends and family placing orders for birthdays and other occassions, Jane has taken the leap to offer her incredibly artistic desserts to the rest of us too with her new venture, Cassie Cakes.

You’ll find her creations at Aftershock’s fashion show on the 2nd June as well as at birthdays,

communions and christenings around Gibraltar. In fact, they’re perfect for any occasion as they can be styled exactly as you like.

From Ben Ten to fairies and butterflies, your imagination is the limit when you place an order with Jane.

They can even be combined into fabulous tiered wedding cakes.

If you want something a little different for your special occasions, Jane’s cakes are both home made and individually decorated with a minimum order of just 12.

Jane can be contacted on 20076627 or 58008975 or drop her an email to jane@cassiecakes.gi n

pnooodtles

head chef discovers

Head Chef, Luis, of Cafe Rojo has recently discovered Pot Noodles and just can’t get enough of them. To celebrate his birthday last month waiter Lee made him a special cake to celebrate both occasions. Last we heard, Luis was heading towards Morrisons on a mission to buy a full box of every flavour available!

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New look for The Three Roses The Three Roses is up and running again under new management. Albert and Jules have recently made the permanent move to the Rock after meeting at The Green Man, Heathrow which Jules ran.

Albert, who is Gibraltarian, has spent the last 41 years in the UK forming part of the London Fire Brigade, and after retiring last year decided it was time to move home with his new wife, Jules.

Sporting a bright new decor with memorabilia around their lives and how they met, the Three Roses is now home to the Chelsea Supporters Club on the Rock, of which both Albert and Jules are die-hard fans.

Jules originates from South Africa and moved to the UK 12 years ago where she ran The Green Man for eight years. The pub was Albert’s local and the two were friends for many of those years until just a year ago they were married after Albert — always the Latin romantic — proposed on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town.

Both friendly and energetic, the two are pumping new life in to the bar, which has a function room

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which is free to book for events, and the couple especially encourage charity events of all types as they both have a history of involving themselves in fund raising for all worthy causes.

With many local dishes, Jules loves her kitchen and will also be producing some interesting South African dishes and homemade desserts too.

So why not pop in to welcome them to the Rock. And while you’re there you can make the most of it with three screens to watch the World Cup, free wifi as well as tablita and dominoes too while you enjoy coffee and cakes or a smooth pint and tapa.

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Al Fresco at the Lounge The fabulous new patio furniture has arrived at The Lounge at Queensway Quay, just in time for the hot weather and balmy evenings. The Lounge is open early for breakfast right through until late and is a great place to enjoy a morning coffee, toastie for lunch or a cool drink at sunset.

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recipes

Fish

Steamed Fish in a Bag on the Barbie (Serves 4)

Ingredients: Aluminium foil Greaseproof baking paper 4 fish fillets (salmon, swordfish, or even whole fish work really well) 1 red onion (finely sliced) 1 red pepper (finely sliced) 1 small knob of ginger (grated) 4 knobs of salted butter 4 tbs spring onions (finely sliced) 200ml white wine Sea salt and black pepper

The Real

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Chef Scott Casey was born in New Zealand then moved to Australia — and that’s really how the barbecue started life too before becoming a sensation worldwide and an absolute favourite on a warm summer evening. This month Scott gives us a couple of his favourite dishes and some insider tips on a true Aussi Barbie.

Chicken Barbecue North African Peri Peri Chicken (Serves 4)

Ingredients: ¼ cup paprika (smoked is best) 2 tbs hot chilli powder 1 cup fresh lemon juice 3 cloves garlic (minced or finely chopped) 2 tsp salt 2 tsp fresh ginger, minced 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp ground cumin 8 chicken thigh fillets (trimmed of all excess fat)

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Method: Tear off a 30cm piece of foil and baking paper.

Lay the foil down first and top with the piece of baking paper. Rub a small amount of butter over the centre of the baking paper, enough to cover the surface area where the fish will be placed. Place whatever sort of fish you decide to use on top. Top with sliced peppers, ginger, onions and spring onions. Pour over the white wine; add a nice knob of butter and season with salt and pepper. Next we want to fold the foil and baking paper pieces into a half moon shape, leaving a small amount of room for the steam to circulate.

Make sure the folds are completely airtight and this will result in a better outcome.

Add these parcels just off central heated area of the barbecue. Cook for around 12 mins not moving the parcels (longer if you decide to cook fish on the bone) If you’re stressing out that it won’t be cooked you can cook it for a bit longer as the fish will be steamed and shouldn’t lose much moisture.

To serve: It’s nice to open the bag up in front of your guests or yourself and enjoy the aroma that will waft up out of the bag.

Serve with a nice tomato and basil salad and a crisp glass of rose wine. n

Method: Combine all marinade ingredients in a large bowl. Add chicken thighs and toss well to coat all areas of the thighs (I like to use chicken thighs in this recipe as I find they have a lot more flavour than chicken breasts and are cheaper).

This recipe doesn’t really need to be left overnight as the spices in the recipe will toast and release their flavour and aroma whilst being cooked, and the salt will draw out moisture if left too long making the chicken dry once cooked.

Barbecue on a medium to high preheated grill over coals for around 10 minutes, turning regularly. Set aside and let rest for 5mins.

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Meat

Barbecue tips It’s very nice to sprinkle some woodchips over the hot coals when cooking anything over the barbecue. Hickory chips are most common and easiest to get a hold of but if you can get your hands on Manuka smoking chips I find these produce the best result.

Marinated Barbecued Leg of Lamb with Green Olive Mayonnaise (Serves 4) Ingredients: 5 cloves of garlic (crushed) 1 tbs of paprika (smoked if you can get it) 1 small lemon (juiced) ¼ cup olive oil 1 tsp black pepper (ground) 3 tbs rosemary (finely chopped) 1 tsp mint jelly or mint sauce 1.5kg leg of lamb (boned and butterflied — your butcher should be able to do this for you

There’s no need to get carried away (as most of us blokes do when it comes to the barbecue) It’s better to cook on a slightly cooler barbecue than one that’s raging away at 600 degrees.

If marinating anything overnight, never add salt to the marinade, it will dry out the product. You can always season it when you put it on the barbecue.

the lamb (score by cutting ½ cm in a crisscross fashion, this allows the marinade to penetrate For the mayonnaise the lamb). Toss well in the marinade, cover and ¾ cup whole egg mayonnaise refrigerate until ready to use. ½ cup stuffed green olives (finely chopped) For the mayonnaise, combine the ingredients 1 tsp paprika in a separate bowl. Adjust the seasoning to your ½ small lemon (juiced) taste and set aside until ready to use.

Next when your barbecue is at a medium to Method: hot heat place the lamb, skin and fat side down, The day before, combine garlic, paprika, olive and cook for 10mins. Don’t stress if it gets a bit oil, black pepper, rosemary and mint jelly in a of colour, this will help the skin to become crisp large bowl. Next score the skin and fat side of and all excess fat will dissolve away. Turn and

cook for a further 5 mins. Then move to a slightly cooler area of the barbecue and cover with a tin baking tray to form a kind of oven scenario, cook for a further 15 mins for medium or another 25 mins for well cooked. Let rest for 10 mins before slicing, this allows the juices to settle evenly throughout the meat.

To serve: Slice the lamb thinly against the grain (this will help the muscle fibres to be relaxed and more tender). Serve with a good dollop of the mayonnaise and a jacket potato. n

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007 at 55 events

A silver Aston Martin car graced the 55 entrance for the occasion in true James Bond style. Members and their guests were treated to a fabulous night of celebration, plus fine cuisine in the 55 dining room.

The first anniversary of many to come, for this now well established part of Gibraltar ’s exclusive social scene. n

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photos by Prem Mahtani

55 private members’ club on Main Street celebrated its first anniversary in style last month with a sparkling James Bond evening.

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Traditional Pub Serving Traditional Pub Fare, Bass Beers, Wines & Spirits

VISIT US AND STEP BACK IN HISTORY

Casemates Square Tel: 200 72987

Full menu served inside or on our terrace including British Fish & Chips, Jackets, Salads, Burritos, Homemade Pizzas, our special Fresh Local Mussels and much more.

Visit us and buy yourself a souvenir, T-shirts, beer glasses, lighters etc Live music every evening, join our Jam Sessions on Wednesday or Sunday.

GLMS Music Venue of the Year.

Official Home to Gibraltar Rugby Club Free WiFi

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Grand Casemates Sq Tel: 20044449

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Marina Bay Tel: 200 42006

57 Irish Town, Gibraltar Tel: 200 70652

184 Main Street Tel: 200 72133 open: from 8am (10am on Sun)

Take-Away, Sandwiches & Hot Food Different Special EveryDay salads, quiches, pastas, pies, muffins, all home made Open 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm Sat

Indian Cuisine to Eat In or Take Away Unit 1.0.02 Grnd Flr, Block 1 Eurotowers Tel: 200 73711

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Award winning breakfasts from 7.30am Great meals & snacks all day Evening Steak House menu Med Golf Clubhouse Tottenham Hotspur HQ Parliament Lane Tel: 200 75924

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Come and enjoy real Italian meals in Gibraltar’s leading pasta house 15 Cannon Lane Tel: 200 40627 for reservations

now also in Casemates

Just A Nibble Licensed Cafeteria Let the ‘A’ Team serve you up a snack or a meal.

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restaurants 14 on the Quay Unit 14, Queensway Quay. Tel: 200 43731 Open for lunch, afternoon tea, cocktails and dinner, 14 on the Quay offers a relaxed atmosphere inside and al fresco dining for every occasion.

The international menu changes on a monthly basis to offer a wide variety of choice each time you visit and you can wind up your evening with a refreshing cocktail as you watch one of the marina’s spectacular sunsets.

Open: 12 midday - late every day, Sundays 12 midday - 4pm Brunos The Boardwalk, Marina Bay. Tel: 216 25555 A modern marina-side restaurant which offers a selection of classical, contemporary and local dishes. Choose from a variety of starters such as baked goat’s cheese or smoked mackerel pâté before your main dish with choices of meat, fish or vegetarian options. Alternatively you can go for the favourites which include home-made burgers or pizzas through to steamed mussels or chicken Caesar salad to name a few. Bruno’s other offering is their tapas selection where you can choose any three dishes served with homemade crostini for just £6.50. If you have any special dietary requirements, just ask the staff and they’ll be happy to accommodate you wherever possible.

Open: 10am until late (kitchen until 11pm) l Café Solo Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 200 44449 Modern Italian eatery set in the lively Casemates square. Everything from chicory and crispy pancetta salad with walnuts, pears and blue cheese dressing, or king prawn, mozzarella and mango salad to pastas(eg: linguine with serrano ham, king prawns and rocket; smoked salmon and crayfish ravioli with saffron and spinach cream) to salads (eg: Vesuvio spicy beef, cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers and red onions; and Romana chorizo, black pudding, egg and pancetta) and pizzas (eg: Quatto Stagioni topped with mozzarella, ham, chicken, pepperoni and mushroom) and specialities such as salmon fishcakes, beef medallions and duck. Good daily specials menu on blackboard. No smoking inside. Free WiFi. l Cafe Rojo 54 Irish Town. Tel: 200 51738 Sleek modern comfort in this relaxing little restaurant. Red comfy arm chairs in separate area for a relaxing drink or coffee. Brunch menu (10am-12pm) includes ciabatta, granary, foccacia sandwiches with fillings such as pear and blue cheese, smoked bacon and brie, cheese and honey roast ham, delicious desserts (chocolate mousse in a must). Lunch 12 - 3pm and dinner 7-10pm includes Roast Pumpkin, Mushroom, & Spinach Curry; Marinated Tuna Steak & Sesame Crust; Roasted Lamb Shoulder; pasta dishes such as Langoustine, Lime & Coconut; Pear, Walnut & Blue Cheese; and Creamy Mixed Seafood; and salads such as Warm Goats’ Cheese, Fresh Spinach & Chargrilled Aubergine; and Roast Duck,

dishes. Or you could go for the house speciality of fresh, home-made pasta where you can choose from a wide range of options. Open: Monday to Saturday 19.30 to 22.30 and lunchtimes for group bookings.

The Boat Yard Restaurant & Cocktail Bar Queensway Quay. Tel: 200 50540 Stylish chill-out lounge and restaurant on the quayside at Queensway Quay. Enjoy a pre-dinner drink or stay on a while after trying their fresh selection from their daily menus which include slow roast rack of lamb, line caught fillet of seabass, baked Dorada or host, Gary, suggests the prime Argentinean steak. Desserts include apple crumble or Wild Berry Eton Mess amongst others.

Open: Monday to Friday 12 midday to 11pm, Saturdays 7pm to 11pm

Chorizo & Pancetta Salad.

Open: from 10am. Closed all day Sundays, and The Mexican Grill and Bar Unit 2B The Tower, Marina Bay Tel: 200 46668 Saturday lunch.

The Mexican Grill and Bar serves all the favourite Mexican dishes from Nachos, Quesadillas Casa Pepe and Chimichangas (rolled flour tortilla with 18 Queensway Quay Marina. spicy chicken, chilli beef or vegetables, deep Tel/Fax: 200 46967 fried, served with Mexican rice and salad and Email: casa.pepe.gib@gmail.com Situated right on the water front at Queensway guacamole, salsa or sour cream), to Burritos Quay, Casa Pepe has a comprehensive a la carte (like Chimichangas but oven baked), El Gringos menu which includes dishes such as melon & Chilli con Carne, or Cheese Holy Mole EnchilaSerrano ham, stuffed piquillo peppers and filled das. Don’t forget Big Eat Homemade Burgers mushrooms to start, followed by a choice of sal- (5 to choose from) and from the grill barbecue ads, rice and noodles and fish, poultry and meat combos, steaks and chicken. Salads and sides dishes which include King Prawns Macarena to order. Decorated is warm Mexican colours (cooked with fresh ginger, tomatoes, mangos and with comfortable seating in the no-smoking, bananas served with basmati rice, fried bread air-conditioned interior or outside on the patio, and bananas), Medallions of monkfish cooked great for a fun night out. Available for private with white wine and lobster sauce, duck breast bookings and children’s parties.

Armanac-style (with Cognac, mushrooms and Open: lunch and dinner 12 noon to late pine nuts), Medallions of pork loin cooked with Serrano ham and dry Jerez sherry, and fillet steak Maharaja Indian Restaurants Malagueña cooked in creamy garlic mushrooms Tuckey’s Lane. Tel: 200 75233 and sweet sherry sauce topped with prawns. Queensway Quay Marina. Tel: 200 50733 With two restaurants, one in the town centre and Wide range of tapas/raciones also available. another on the quayside of Queensway Quay, the Open: Monday to Saturday 11am till late.

Maharaja restaurants have been a well known name in Gibraltar for nearly 40 years. Whilst Charlie’s Steakhouse & Grill each restaurant offers a slightly different menu, Marina Bay. Tel: 200 79993 Smart, recently expanded steakhouse and grill you’ll find traditional Indian cooking in these with a pleasant terrace overlooking the marina. recently refurbished restaurants with plenty of Non-smoking interior lounge geared towards choice to cater to your taste. The Maharaja offers family dining with a spacious disabled bathroom vegetarian, seafood and meat dishes throughout as well as baby changing facilities. The restaurant its range of starters and main dishes, and don’t be specialises in Tandori dishes, with a specialised scared to ask them to spice up the dishes just to your liking. The extensive wine list covers reds, chef and oven for that authentic flavour. roses, whites as well as cava and champagne for Open: 12 midday until late every day. that special night out. And if you’re planning a night in, you can use their take-away service.

Nunos Italian Restaurant and Terrace Open: Maharaja Tuckey’s Lane: Monday 10amCaleta Hotel, Catalan Bay 4pm, Tues - Sun 10am-4pm & 7pm-midnight For a reservations Tel: 200 76501 Maharaja Queensway Quay: Tues - Sun 12-4pm E-mail reservations@caletahotel.gi Overlooking the Mediterranean from Catalan & 7pm-Midnight Bay, Nunos’ Spanish chef with Three Star Michellin experience offers a variety of Italian cuisine. Savannah Lounge The restaurant has now moved from its location 27 Heart Island, Ocean Village on the lower floors and can now be found at the Tel: 200 66666 www.savanna.gi reception level of the hotel. A quick peak at the Aimed at Gibraltar’s dining and night-life scene, menu reveals the chef’s celebrated Salmorejo Savannah has been created with fun and style in is on the menu, as are his baby squid burgers mind. Offering contemporary European cuisine (Insalata di Calamari). From the main dishes you a wide selection of drinks, cool decor and good can choose from a variety of fresh fish and meat music. The venue hosts regular events with

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invited DJs and shows from abroad.

Open: Sunday-Thurs midday-midnight, Friday and Saturday midday-5am.

Munchies Cafe 24 Main Street. Tel: 200 43840 Fax: 200 42390 A great sandwich bar/cafe offering an unusual range of sandwiches on white or granary bread, plus salads, baguettes, soups, desserts, homemade ice-cream and hot/cold drinks.

Business lunches, parties and kids parties also catered for (for party and office platters phone or fax order by 5.30pm day before - minium orders for delivery £12).

Open: Mon - Fri 8.30-7, Sat 9 - 4, Closed Sun.

The Waterfront Queensway Quay Marina Tel: 200 45666 The Waterfront is a very popular restaurant located right on the quayside at Queensway Quay Marina. There are different areas for eating and drinking, including the restaurant and bar, a large covered terrace with chandeliers and an open quayside terrace. There is an extensive menu to cater for all tastes including meat, fish and vegetarian dishes, along with salads and oriental food. The specials menu is changed daily and includes starters of lobster and prawn cocktail, fresh soup which is made daily and served with crusty bread, or Alaskan crab salad.

The specials menu also tempts you with dishes such as Coca Cola marinated lamb shank served with oven roasted garlic and rosemary mashed potatoes, and the ever popular in-house aged steaks that can be served with a variety of sauces, or fresh Dorada, sea bass and salmon. For those who enjoy the sweeter things in life there is proper homemade banoffee or apple pie, cheese cakes and strudels.

Open: 7 days a week from 9am to late.

Picadilly Gardens Rosia Road. Tel: 200 75758 Relaxed bar restaurant with cosy garden terrace just across the road from the cable car. English breakfast, churros, tapas, hamburgers, fresh fish, prawns, squid, clams and a variety of meat dishes. Eat in or take away. Menu of the day only £6. Open: early to late.

Just A Nibble 1st Flr ICC Tel: 200 78052 Full licensed cafe serving English breakfast, vast range of toasties, rolls, and snacks. Meals include, Bob’s famous chicken curry/chilli con carne, and a great new range of pies (from Bob’s chicken and leek to steak and kidney plus a whole range of tasty alternatives) plus The Water Margin all the old favourites; jacket spuds, burgers, hot 5 Ocean Village Promenade, Tel: 200 73668 dogs, fish and chips, and daily specials. Ideal Gibraltar’s premier Chinese restaurant serving meeting place. freshly cooked traditional Chinese dishes in the Open: Monday - Saturday from 9am. beautiful Ocean Village marina. Check out the outstanding aromatic crispy duck, the special Just Desserts duck slow cooked with honey and chilli or the 1st Floor ICC. Tel: 200 48014 freshly caught seabass delicately steamed with Bright and airy, recently redecorated cafe on ginger and spring onion, popular with families the first floor of the ICC. All home-made food looking for a relaxing night dining. No micro- including daily specials, vegetarian options wave oven or flavour enhancer (MSG) used in and desserts. Eat in or take-away. Try their this establishment. Home delivery service. daily roast with everything on or their all-day Open: 7 days a week, evening from 6pm, lunch breakfast. Non-smoking restaurant with terrace from 12:30pm smoking area. Friendly, cheerful and fully

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licensed with sensible prices.

Open: 8am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

The London Bar & Bistro Governor’s Parade. Tel: 200 77172 A cosy traditional English-style pub with a family-orientated atmosphere serving traditional pub food with a touch of Mediterranean flair.

Favourites include fillet steak, mixed grill, filled jackets, quiche and salads, not to mention the all-day breakfast all served from the open-plan kitchen where you can see the dishes as they are prepared. Reserve for business lunch, or call in for the more informal Friday evening where from 5 to Buddies Pasta Casa 7pm Pillie serves a free tapa with every drink.

15 Cannon Lane. Tel: 200 40627 Open: Monday - Friday 9am to midnight, Italian specials in pleasant ambience. Large Saturday-Sunday midday to 1am selection of starters from garlic bread to calamari. Main courses include spinach Mumbai Curry House caneloni, spaghetti alla carbonara, fusilli al Unit 1.0.02 Ground Floor, Block 1 salmone, and peppered steak to name a few. Eurotowers Tasty desserts and variety of wines.

Tel: 200 73711 Home delivery: 50022/33 Open: Monday - Thursday 11am - 5pm, Friday Good Indian cuisine for eating in or taking 11am-3pm and 7pm-11pm, Sat 11am-4.30pm away, from snacks such as samosas, bhajias, and pakoras to lamb, chicken and fish dishes with Get Stuffed sauces such as korma, tikka masala, bhuna, do Marina Bay. Tel: 200 42006 piaza... in fact all you would expect from an Take-away, sandwich bar and hot food. Serving Indian cuisine take-away. Large vegetarian all homemade sandwiches, salads, quiches, selection. Halal food is available, as is outside pasta, pies, muffins, plus hot and cold drinks catering for parties and meetings. Sunday and smoothies and a different special every day. specials include all Mumbai favourites such as Outside catering for corporate parties.

Dosa and Choley Bhature.

Open: 8am - 6pm Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm Sat. Open: 7 days a week 11am to 3pm, 6pm -late.

Amin's The Office 30 Parliament Lane. Tel: 200 40932 Sit down, informal and friendly restaurant.

Amin is well known in Gibraltar for his Moroccan, Spanish and international cuisine.

Open early for breakfast at 7am right through the day. Try the Moroccan soups, couscous, lamb tagines and kebabs.

Open: 7.00am to midnight.

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l Sacarello Coffee Co. 57 Irish Town. Tel: 200 70625 Converted coffee warehouse, ideal for coffee, homemade cakes/afternoon tea, plus menu including excellent salad bar, specials of the day and dishes such as lasagne, steak and mushroom Guinness pie, hot chicken salad, toasties, club sandwich and baked potatoes. Art exhibitions. Available for parties and functions in the evenings.

Open: 9am-7.30pm Mon-Fri. 9am-3pm Sat Smith’s Fish & Chips 295 Main Street. Tel: 200 74254 Traditional British fish and chip shop with tables/seating available or take-away wrapped in newspaper. Menu: Cod, haddock or plaice in batter, Cornish pasties, mushy peas etc. Also curries, omlettes, burgers. Open: 8am-6pm Monday-Friday. Breakfast from 8.

Located: Main Street opposite the Convent.

Solo Express Ground Flr, International Commercial Centre Solo Express, located right next to Pizza Hut, serves a good variety of salads and baguettes (white, brown & ciabatta) filled with a wide deli selection of things such as roast chicken; smoked salmon & mascapone; ham, cheese and coleslaw; or hummous, avocado and roasted red pepper. The salads are fresh and tasty and include Greek, Waldorf, cous cous, tuna pasta, etc and are great value. Jacket potatoes, quiches, tea, coffee etc plus cakes (such as flapjacks and muffins) are also available throughout the day.

Eat-in available. Soups in winter months. Free Wifi.

The Tasty Bite 59a Irish Town. Tel: 200 78220 Fax: 200 74321 Tasty Bite has one of the biggest take-away menus around with home cooked meats, filled baguettes, burgers, chicken, kebabs and everything else you can think of!

Open: Monday - Saturday.

Verdi Verdi 44 Cornwall's Lane. Tel: 200 60733 Verdi Verdi offers morning and afternoon coffee as well as all home-made vegetarian and vegan dishes, fresh baked bread and desserts. A wide selection of sandwiches to eat in or take away.

Open: Mon-Thurs 9-6pm, Fri 9-4pm, Sun 104pm

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Savannah Lounge 27 Heart Island, Ocean Village Tel: 200 66666 Aimed at Gibraltar’s dining and night-life scene, Savannah has been created with fun and style in mind. Offering contemporary European cuisine a wide selection of drinks, cool decor and good music. The venue hosts regular events with invited DJs and shows from abroad. Open: SundayThurs midday-midnight, Friday and Saturday midday-5am.

bars&pubs All’s Well Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 200 72987 Traditional pub in fashionable Casemates area.

Named for the 18th century practice of locking the Gates to the city at night when the guard announced ‘All’s Well’ before handing the keys to the watch. All’s Well serves Bass beers, wine and spirits plus pub fare. English breakfast served all day, hot meals such as pork in mushroom sauce, sausage & mash, cod and chips and steak & ale pie are complemented by a range of salads and filled jacket potatoes. Large terrace. Karaoke every Monday and Wednesday until late. Free tapas on a Friday 7pm.

Cannon Bar 27 Cannon Lane. Tel: 200 77288 Jane is still there and still packed out with tourists and regulars! Word has it that she nearly managed to escape, but wasn’t allowed to. The famous fish and chips, the odd French speciality, there’s always something happening in the Cannon!

Located between Marks & Spencer and the Cathedral just off Main Street. Quiz night on Tuesdays, get there early as it is definitely the place to be on a normally quiet Gibraltar Tuesday.

The Final Whistle 4, Cornwall’s Parade Friendly sports bar with six screens. If it’s live, it’s on, and often more than one game on at a time for full sports coverage. Fun atmosphere with special offers during premier matches. All sports fans welcome.

Open 10am until late, 7 days a week.

The Gibraltar Arms 184 Main St. Tel: 200 72133 www.gibraltararms.gi Good food served all day at this typical pub right on Main Street. Everything from all day breakfast to Irish fillet steak roll, burritos, and the popular fresh local mussels. Draught lager, bitter, cider and Murphys plus free WiFi. Terrace seating right on Main Street to watch the world go by. Open: from 8am (10am Sundays) until late.

Lord Nelson Bar Brasserie 10 Casemates Tel: 200 50009 www.lordnelson.gi E-mail: reservations@lordnelson.gi Attractive bar/brasserie in historic Casemates building. Done out to represent Nelson’s ship with cloud and sky ceiling crossed with beams and sails. Spacious terrace Starter s& snacks include fresh local mussels, blue cheese and rocket

The Star Bar Parliament Lane. Tel: 200 75924 Reputedly the oldest bar in Gib, this small cosy bar opens early for breakfast (English or toast & cereal). Lunch/evening menu includes fillet steak, fish and chips and salads. Home of Med Golf and Tottenham Hotspur FC supporters club. Outside bruschetta, Lordy’s potato skins, spicy chicken seating. Open: from 7am every day. Located: first wings and calamares. Main courses cover a range right off Main St (walking from N to S). from chilli con carne and chicken and mushroom pie, to crispy aromatic duck burrito and British Three Roses fish and chips. Try one of the salads or Nelson’s 60 Governor’s Street. Tel: 200 51614 platters. Jacket potatoes, burgers and children’s Charming, recently refurbished bar with a cosy, menu. Credit cards accepted. Live music Venue homely atmosphere situated just above Main of the Year, with live music on stage every night.

Street (near Eliott Hotel). Offering breakfasts, Free Wifi. Open: from 10am till very late. lunch, tapas, special montaditos and several South African dishes such as Boere Rolls, the bar The Lounge has three screens for live football matches and is Queensway Quay Marina Tel: 200 61118 home to Chelsea Supporter’s on the Rock. The Stylish bar right on the quayside with very reasonThree Roses has a function room for booking at ably priced drinks and light bites. Free WiFi, quizno cost and charity organisations are particularly zes on Sundays (7.30pm) and a relaxed friendly welcome. Monday night’s Salsa dancing. atmosphere. Great place to chill out. Open: 7 Open: 8:30am - 11pm Monday to Saturday. Sundays a week 1pm-late. day’s closed unless Chelsea are playing.

O’Reilly’s Leisure Island, Ocean Village. Tel: 200 67888 Traditional Irish bar with full HD sports coverage and Irish breakfast from 7am (Sunday from 9am).

Guinness on draught. Food includes salads, jackets, beef and Guinness ale pie, Molly’s mussels, drunken swine, Boxty dishes (potato pancake wrapped around delicioius fillings), sandwiches, rolls, Kildare chicken and much much more. And just like in Ireland there’s no smoking inside, so a great atmosphere for all.

Pickwicks Governor’s Parade. Tel: 200 76488 Run by well-known friendly face, Mandy, this small pub with a large terrace is situated in Governor’s Parade away from the traffic and safe for all the family. Good food available including the best freshly made sandwiches and jacket potatoes, salads and burgers. Open: Mon - Fri from 9.30am Location: turn off Main St at Marks & Spencer, go up steps to Governor’s Parade (opposite the Eliott Hotel).

The Three Owls Irish Town. Tel: 200 77446 The Three Owls is a traditional bar serving best of English beers. Three separate bars/floors: ground floor — big screen TV, pool table, poker machines, bar — open from 10.30am daily. First floor ‘Hoots’ bar — two match pool tables, poker machines, darts board, bar — open from 5pm daily. Second Floor the ‘Nest’ — American pool table, poker machine, card table, bar — open from 7pm daily and also at weekends for the Rugby Union matches. If you are looking for a sociable game of pool or darts this is the place to be.

Wembley Bar 10 South Barrack Ramp. Tel: 200 78004 Popular bar for hot and cold bar snacks, function room, in south district. Fridays 10am for breakfast.

Air conditioned. The home of the Real Madrid Supporter’s Club.

Open: 11am - midnight Sunday - Thursday, 10am - 1am Friday, 11am - 1am Saturdays.

Pickwicks on Governor’s Parade

Tel: 200 76488 (opposite the Eliott Hotel)

The Best Sandwiches made especially for you as well as Jackets•Salads•Burgers and a whole lot more

open Monday to Friday from 9.30am

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wine column

Self indulgence “What tosh! What utter rubbish!” These and other surprising exclamations were made by Lord Wool in a recent Privy Council judgment relating to the sale of alcohol in Gibraltar. A full transcript of the judgment is not yet available and it is likely that the remarks will be removed in the final version. Some concern has been expressed as to the health of Lord Wool.

However, I can reveal the substance of the judgment.

The case involved the licensing of an establishment in Gibraltar for the sale and consumption on the premises of wine and beer. The premises are in a new development with many other restaurants, bars and cafes in the area. The applicant made it clear that he was proposing to open a small bar which would rely for its business on enjoyment of fine wines. Its discerning clientele would relax in comfortable surroundings in order quietly to discuss the relative merits of vintage claret over Rioja reserva. It might well be that a cigar or two would also be puffed — his Lordship did not comment on the merits or otherwise of such a course of action except to remark that it was pleasing to see Gibraltar still respected the choice of the individual in such matters. He pointed out that a woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke.

(At this stage of the judgment some consultation took place and his Lordship withdrew these latter remarks on the grounds that what he described as ‘the Thought Police’ would not like them and it would not be worth his while to try to defend them.)

Beer would also be sold; but only premium beers in bottles and not what his Lordship described as ‘the fizzy dishwater consumed in

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large quantities by our continental cousins and others who know no better’. The wine and beer sold would simply oil the wheels of the philosophical conversations expected from the clients. The establishment would be a quiet and contemplative haven from the hustle and bustle of modern living.

However, objections to the grant of a licence were received both from residents of the area and from other licensed establishments. The residents uniformly complained that yet another bar would lead to further disruption and noise in their lives; the other establishments did not want any further competition. The case went up and down three or four times between the Licensing Justices, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal (to the great satisfaction and profit of the lawyers involved) until finally ending up in the Privy Council. His Lordship remarked in passing that having one Court of Appeal for Gibraltar may be regarded as a

sensible precaution; having two (or even three) looked like panic.

All the objections (he said) should be overruled and the licence granted. There is a world of difference between a civilised and comfortable bar where the prime purpose of visiting is to enjoy good conversation aided by a glass of good wine, and a raucous establishment with televisions blaring whose sole purpose in life seems to be to sell as much alcohol as possible.

The Court heard much about the pernicious effects of what is apparently called ‘bingedrinking’. The effects of this practice rebound not only on its practitioners, whose health can hardly be improved, but also on local residents, passers-by and, as often as not, the police and the health service who have to deal with the results of so much consumption.

The applicant proposes to manage a quiet public house, in the original sense of those words. A public house is, to state the obvious, a house open to the public where people may meet and exchange views; as in a private house, alcohol is available for those who wish to consume it. But consumption of alcohol should not be the primary purpose of a public house any more than it is in the sitting room of a private house.

Over the years, rapacious businessmen have realised that profit only increases with increased sales. They therefore sought to sell — with the willing compliance of the customer — more.

Advertisements relating to special offers on certain drinks abound; the ‘happy hour’ was instituted (usually a complete misnomer since the period when cheaper drinks are on offer is usually longer than one hour and not noticeably more cheerful than any other time). Loud thumping music was introduced thus making conversation — the purpose of the public house — next to impossible. Young men and women, perhaps over-protected in their childhood, suddenly discovered alcohol and its effects in loosening their inhibitions. Much evidence was given about the unfortunate side-effects of that loosening and his Lordship did not need to go into graphic detail.

In summary, the court found that the objections to the applicant were based on objections to the existing licensees. If the power existed, his Lordship would cancel all the existing licences, or impose conditions upon them. Those conditions would provide, simply enough, that no person or thing within the establishment concerned should make a noise above a certain level or the establishment would be closed. Televisions and music machines would be reduced in volume, customers would not be permitted to shout and every public house in Gibraltar would become similar to the one the applicant is proposing. The delights of savouring a glass of good wine in pleasant surroundings with kindred spirits would be rediscovered; residents of the area and passers-by would not be disturbed.

Maybe Lord Wool will never be able to give this judgment owing to circumstances beyond his control (such as his lack of actual existence).

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Helen and Caroline collecting for Childline

Well, finally it feels like summer. The swifts are screeching overhead and the sun is shining, Main Street is packed with cruise ship visitors and the beaches are filling up. Time to brush of the barbie and enjoy the outdoors (see recipes page 78 for tips from New Zealand chef Scott). We’ll soon be hearing “Que calor!” and complaints about the heat so enjoy this perfect weather while you can.

Food for June There is so much going on this month, from violin recitals to fashion shows, but the highlight for any foodies has to be the Spring Festival finale event — Calentita: Taste of the Melting Pot on Friday 11th June.

A now much looked forward annual event when Casemates is full of delicious food from all the cultures represented in Gibraltar. Yummmm yum! Don’t miss it.

Wedding Bells Now, news of a wedding, and it’s congratulations to Kelly Price and Danny who got married on 2nd May... ahhh... aint love grand.

Service Leaders Who was it who saw the shop ‘Fired For You’ on Engineer’s Lane and thought it was a special service for bosses too shy to sack their

This photo and above: celebrating the opening of the newly refurbished and extended Charlie’s at Marina Bay

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Hoops for a Helpline

staff! It had to be explained to them that the shop actually once sold custom ceramics. And who was it who, in an effort to standardise their bathroom bought all pump action products so he could line them up neatly, but ended up brushing his teeth with shaving cream? No names mentioned to protect the not-so innocent.

Money for Hoops Congratulations to Keilan Schembri who, as part of the Future Leaders in Philanthropy project, organised a fund raising event for Childline last month. Hoops for Helpline (see picture above), in which boys and girls in years 6 and 7 gave up their Saturday to enter teams and score ‘basketball hoops’ at the Tercentenary Stadium, raised over £700 for the charity — a figure which will be matched by FLIP sponsors, the Bonita Trust.

The Chefs at Maharaja

Suit Flops John of Image Graphics was spotted around town recently in a smart suit and flip-flops. Is this the new summer dress code for the fashion conscious businessman? No, poor John had an operation on his foot, but kept soldiering on despite the pain. What dedication to duty.

Birthday Boys and Girls Birthday boys and girls this month include Angela Smart of Smart Tax Consultancy on 7th, Sovereign’s Ian Le Breton on 11th, Charlie Yeo of Vault on 12th, Steven Marin on 14th, Paddy Digby-Baker of Just Recruitment on 21st, 55 manager Gino Bossino on 22nd, retired banker David Stimson, Scan Global’s Martin Forde and yachtie Jackie Hands all share their day on 27th, and to round up the month Tim Streatfeild-James on 29th and last but not least Velda Ferrary on 30th.

Many happy returns to them all... if you have a special birthday let us know, and keep those photos coming!

See you on sunny sunny Main Street!

Ladies’ Night at Ocean Village

This photo and right: Sunday is Quiz Night at the Lounge.

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clubs&activities Arts & Crafts The Arts Centre, Prince Edward’s Rd. Art classes for children (5-6pm Mon, 5-6.30pm Tues, 5-7pm Thurs), adults (Mon - Tues 6.30pm-8pm, Wed 6.30pm-8.30pm, life painting Wed 7pm9pm). Tel: 200 79788.

The Fine Arts Association Gallery 1st Floor above Gibraltar Crystal, Casemates. Open 11am-2pm, 4-6pm Mon - Fri, Sat 11am - 2pm.

Arts & Crafts Gallery (next door) opens Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5pm (summer) -6pm (winter), Sat 9.30am - 3pm.

The Poetry Society meets on 20th of each month. Tel: Audrey Batty on 200 44355 .

Board Games Chess Club meets in Studio 1, John Mackintosh Hall 8-10.30pm Tues.

The Gibraltar Scrabble Club meet John Mackintosh Hall Mondays. Bank holidays changed to Thursday same week. 7pm-11pm All welcome.

Tel: 200 73660 or 200 75995.

The Subbuteo Club meets Charles Hunt Room, John Mackintosh Hall 7.30 - 11pm.

Dance Adult Dance Classes Wednesday evenings at the Youth Disco Room, Kings Bastion Leisure Centre from 7-8.30pm. Cha-Cha, Salsa and Merengue. Lessons £5 and all proceeds to GibMissionAfrica Charity. Contact Dilip on 200 78714 or dance@trainingtm.net Salsa Gibraltar Salsa classes held Tuesdays at Laguna Social Club, Laguna Estate. Beginners 7-8.30pm, £5 per lesson. Intermediates 8.30-10pm, £6 per lesson (all profits going to the charity Help Us To Help Them). Contact: Mike 54472000 Email: info@salsagibraltar.com website: www.salsagibraltar.com Modern & Latin American Sequence Dancing Mondays Catholic Community Centre 8.30pm (beginners 7.30). Over 15s welcome.

Old & Modern Sequence Dancing sessions at the Catholic Community Centre at 8pm, beginners at 7.30pm, Wednesday.

The DSA Old & Modern Sequence Dancing sessions at Central Hall Fridays 8pm, beginners 7.30pm. Tel: 200 78282 or e-mail manvio@ gibraltar.gi Everybody welcome.

Senior Citizens Teatime Dances at The Youth Centre, Line Wall Rd on Mondays 2 - 5.30pm.

All senior citizens welcome for coffee, tea and biscuits. Entrance free.

Classical Ballet classes for children 4+, Spanish dance and hip-hop at Liza School of Dance, 3rd floor, Methodist Church, 297/299 Main St. Classes Weds & Fri from 6pm at Chiltern Court (4Cs). Tel: 58111000.

Hip Hop classes for adults Mondays 6.15pm to 7.15pm, Hip Hop classes for boys and girls Tuesdays 4.15pm to 5.15 - Urban Dance, Jumpers Dance Studio History & Heritage The Gibraltar Heritage Trust Main Guard, 13 John Mackintosh Sq. Tel: 200 42844.

The Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association Dedicated to preservation of Rock’s transport/motoring heritage. Assists members in restoration / maintenance of classic vehicles.

Members/vehicles meet 1st Sunday of month, Morrison’s car park from 10am. New members welcome. Tel: 200 44643.

Music The Gibraltar National Choir and Gibraltar Junior National Choir rehearse on Monday & Thursday 7.30 - 9pm. New singers of all ages welcome. Tel: Lili 200 40035, 54006727 St Andrew’s Music Academy Musical Monsters Club, musical workshops. Group musical activities for kids 3-7 years. Singing, rhythmic games etc. Tel: 200 42690 email: samagib@ hotmail.com Outdoor Activities The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is an exciting self-development Programme available to all young people worldwide equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their communities and the world. To date over 5 million young people from over 100 countries have been motivated to undertake a variety of voluntary and challenging activities. Contact Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Montagu Bastion, Line Wall Road, Gibraltar Tel: 200 59818 Reg. Charity No: 61

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Quizzes Cannon Bar quizzes are held on Tuesdays starting with a warm up, then two other quizzes, including a theme quiz. Starts at 8.30pm, all welcome and prizes are given. Free entrance but a donation to charity is requested. Tapas served after the quiz.

The Lounge friendly quizzes take place on Sundays from 8pm right on the quayside at Queensway Quay.

Social Clubs Scots on the Rock: Any Scots visiting the Rock can contact Charles Polson (Tel: 200 78142) for assistance or information.

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (Gibraltar Province) meets RAOB Club, Jumpers Bastion on these days: Provincial Grand Lodge, 1st Monday/month, 8pm. Executive Meeting, last Mon/month 7pm. Knights Chapter, 2nd Mon/month 7.30pm. Examining Council, 3rd Mon/month 7pm. William Tilley 2371, Thurs 8pm. Buena Vista 9975, Weds (fortnightly) 7pm. Por Favor 9444, Weds (fortnightly) 7pm.

Farewell 10001, Tues 8.30pm. Goldacre 10475 (social) last Fri/month 8pm.

Special Interest Clubs & Societies Gibraltar Horticultural Society meets 1st Thurs of month 6pm, John Mac Hall. Spring Flower Show, slide shows, flower arrangement demos, outings to garden centres, annual Alameda Gardens tour. All welcome.

Gibraltar Philosophical Society devoted to intellectually stimulating debate. Frequent lectures and seminars on a range of topics. Contact 54008426 (after 6pm) or email gibphilosophy@ live.co.uk for further information.

The Gibraltar Photographic Society meets on Mon at 8pm, Wellington Front. Basic courses, competitions etc.

Harley Davidson Owners’ Club www.hdcgib. com UN Association of Gibraltar PO Box 599, 22a Main Street. Tel: 200 52108.

Creative Writers Group meet every Tuesday at the Eliott Hotel bar at 8pm. The workshop is run

by Carla, Tel: 54006696 and is aimed at learning to write fiction and non-fiction, for pleasure or publication. Each session is £5.00.

Sports Supporters Clubs The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Club meet at the Star Bar, Parliament Lane, when Spurs games are televised - call prior to matches to check the game is televised. Great food for a lunch if the KO is early or an early supper if the game is later. For info call Mario on 56280000.

Gibraltar Arsenal Supporters Club meet on match days at the Casino Calpe (Ground Floor).

Gooners of all ages welcome. Tel: Bill 54010681 or Dion 56619000. Website: www.clubwebsite. co.uk/ArsenalGibraltarSC/.

Gibraltar Hammers meet on match days at the Victoria Stadium Bar, Bayside Road. All league games are shown live. All West Ham supporters and their families are welcome. For details visit www.gibraltarhammers.com or e-mail gibraltarhammers@hotmail.com Sports & Fitness Artistic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Artistic Gymnastics Association club for beginners, juniors and squad at Bayside School in evenings. Tel: 200 Angela 200 70611 or Sally 200 74661.

Athletics: Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association holds competitions throughout year for juniors, adults and veterans. Two main clubs (Calpeans 200 71807, Lourdians 200 75180) training sessions at Victoria Stadium.

Badminton: Recreational badminton weekdays at Victoria Stadium (Tel: 200 78409 for allocations). Gibraltar Badminton Association (affiliated to IBA & EBA) has leagues and training for adults and secondary school. Tel: Ivan 200 44045 or Linda 200 74753.

Basketball: Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association (affiliated FIBA) leagues/ training for minis, passarelle, cadets, seniors and adults at a variety of levels. Tel: John 200 77253, Randy 200 40727 or Kirsty (minis) 200 49441.

Billiards & Snooker: Gibraltar Billiards and Snooker Association (member IBSA) round leagues and competitions at various venues.

New members welcome. Tel: Eddie 200 72142 or Peter 200 77307.

Boxing: Gibraltar Amateur Boxing Association (member IABA) gym on Rosia Rd. Over 13s welcome to join. Tuition with ex-pro boxer Ernest

Victory (200 75513 w, 200 42788 h).

Canoeing: Gibraltar Canoeing Association. Tel: Nigel 200 52917 or Eugene 58014000.

Cricket: Gibraltar Cricket Association (member ICC) runs leagues/competitions at Europa Point/ Victoria Stadium. Junior/senior training. Tel: Tom 200 79461 or Adrian 200 44281.

Cycling: Gibraltar Cycling Association various cycling tours. Tel: Uriel 200 79359.

Darts: Gibraltar Darts Association (member WDF) mens/ladies/youth leagues/competitions.

Tel: Darren 54027171 “Secretary”, Dyson “Youth Rep” 54024149, Justin “President” 54022622 Email: info@gibraltardarts.com Football: Gibraltar Football Association leagues/competitions for all ages October-May. Futsal in summer, Victoria Stadium. Tel: 200 42941 www.gfa.gi. Senior Tel: Albert 200 41515, Junior Tel: Richard 58654000, Women’s Tel: Brian 200 52299. Recreational football for over 35s Tel: Richard 200 70320.

Golf: Med Golf tournaments held monthly. Tel: 200 79575 for tournament venues/dates. Gibraltar Golf Union has competitions through year, EGU handicaps. Tel: Bernie 200 78844.

Hockey: Gibraltar Hockey Association (members FIH & EHF) high standard competitions/training for adults and juniors. Tel: Eric 200 74156 or Peter 200 72730.

Judo: Gibraltar Judo Association UKMAF recognised instructors for all ages and levels at Budokai Martial Arts Centre, Wellington Front.

Tel: Charlie 200 73116 or Peter 200 73225.

Ju-jitsu: Gibraltar Ju-jitsu Academy training and grading for juniors/seniors held during evening at 4 North Jumpers Bastion (Rosia Rd). Tel: Tony 200 79855 or club 200 47259.

Karate-do Shotokai: Gibraltar Karate-do Shotokai Association sessions for junior/seniors, gradings and demos at Karate Clubhouse, 41H Town Range Tel: Andrew 200 48908.

Motorboat Racing: Gibraltar Motorboat Racing Association Tel: Wayne 200 75211.

Netball: Gibraltar Netball Association (affiliated FENA & IFNA) competitions through year, senior / junior leagues. Tel: Moira 200 41795 or Suzette 200 41874.

Petanque: Gibraltar Petanque Association plays at Giralda Gardens, Smith Dorrien Ave. New members welcome. Tel: 200 70929.

Pilates - at the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre Mondays 1pm-2pm and Wednesdays from 1pm - 2pm and 5.30-6.30pm. For further enquiries call Chantal 60518882 or email: chan_elle82@ yahoo.co.uk.

Pool: Gibraltar Pool Association (member EUKPF) home and away league played on Thurs through season. Tel: Linda 200 74753.

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Gibraltar Rhythmic Gymnastics Association runs sessions for 4 years of age and upwards weekday evenings.

Tel: Christine 200 74661 or 54015533.

Rugby: Gibraltar Rugby Football Union training sessions for Colts (14+), seniors and veterans.

Play in Andalusia 1st Division Oct - April. Tel: James 200 72185 Sailing: Gibraltar Yachting Association junior/ senior competitive programme (April - Oct) Tel: RGYC 200 48847.

Sea Angling: Gibraltar Federation of Sea Anglers (members FIPS-M & CIPS) Superb calendar of events with four clubs participating. Tel: Mario 200 72622 or Charlie 200 74337.

Shooting: Gibraltar Shooting Federation (over 14s). Rifle, Europa Point range (Joe 200 74973); clay pigeon, East Side (Harry 200 74354); Pistol, near Royal Naval Hospital (Fidel 200 71990).

Skating: Gibraltar Skating and Xtreme Sports Association. State of art ramps for Xtreme/aggressive roller blading /skate boarding. Leisure skating facilities provided within excellent rink (when not used for roller hockey training). Tel: Eric 200 70710 (after 5).

Snorkelling & Spear Fishing: Over 14s for snorkelling, over 16s for spear fishing. Tel: Joseph 200 75020.

Squash: Gibraltar Squash Association, Squash Centre, South Pavilion Road (members WSF

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& ESF). Adult/junior tournaments/coaching. Tel: 200 44922 or 200 73260.

Sub-Aqua: Gibraltar Sub-Aqua Association taster dives for over 14s, tuition from local clubs.

Voluntary sports clubs: Tel: Phil 200 44606, Noah’s Dive Club Tel: Leslie 200 79601, 888s Dive Club Tel: Martin 200 70944. Commercial sports diving schools also available.

Swimming: Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association (member FINA & LEN) opens its pool for leisure swimming Mon - Fri 7-8.45am, 12- 4pm, 8- 9pm. Junior lessons, squad for committed swimmers, water polo (Rebecca 200 72869).

Table Tennis: Gibraltar Table Tennis Association (members ITTA) training / playing sessions, Victoria Stadium, Tues 6-10pm and Thurs 8-11pm with coaching and league competition. Lizanne 200 45071/54020477 or Eugene 58014000.

Taekwondo: Gibraltar Taekwondo Association classes/gradings Tel: 200 Mari 44142.

Tai Chi: Children’s fun Tai Chi at the Yoga Centre, 33 Town Range, Saturdays 11-12am. Beginners Tuesdays & Thursdays at Kings Bastion Leisure Centre. 6.30-8pm. Adults £5, Children £2, all proceeds to GibMissionAfrica Charity. Contact Dilip on 200 78714 or rocktaichi@traningtm.net Tennis: Gibraltar Tennis Association, Sandpits Tennis Club, excellent junior development programme. Courses for adults, leagues / competitions. Tel: Frank 200 77035.

Ten-Pin Bowling: Gibraltar Ten Pin Bowling (members FIQ & WTBA) leagues, training for juniors and squad. Contact Charly on 56014000 or Paul on 54029749.

Triathlon: Gibraltar Triathlon Union (members ITU) Chris 200 75857 or Harvey 200 55847.

Volleyball: Gibraltar Volleyball Association (members W & EVF) training, leagues, competitions for juniors/seniors. Tony 200 40478 or Elizabeth 58306000.

Yoga: Integral Yoga Centre runs a full programme of classes from Mon-Fri at 33 Town Range. Tel: 200 41389. All welcome.

Theatrical Groups Gibraltar Amateur Drama Association Ince’s Hall Theatre Complex, 310 Main Street E-mail: gibdrama@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 200 42237 www. geocities.com/gibdrama Trafalgar Theatre Group meet 2nd Wed of month, Garrison Library 8pm. All welcome.

Theatrix: Contact Trevor and Iris on Tel: 54006176 or email theatrixgib@yahoo.co.uk Clubs, Associations, should submit details to The Gibraltar Magazine gibmag@gibraltar.gi

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support

update

Support Groups/ Associations Alcoholics Anonymous meet 7pm Tues and Thurs at Nazareth Hse Tel: 200 73774.

A Step Forward support group for single, separated, divorced or widowed people. Meet 8pm Mondays at St Andrew’s Church.

Childline Gibraltar confidential phone line for children in need. Freephone 8008 - 7 days a week 6pm - 10pm.

Citizens’ Advice Bureau Open Mon-Fri 9.30-4pm. Tel: 200 40006 Email: info@ cab.gi or visit 10 Governor’s Lane. No appointment necessary, no charge.

Gibraltar CAB outreach clinics at St Bernard’s Hospital every Tuesday. Advisors available at 1st floor reception, Zone 4, 9am-3pm. Info and advice is free, confidential and impartial.

COPE Support group for people with Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Formed to ease day-to-day challenges of individuals, families and care partner. Meetings at Catholic Community Centre Book Shop at 7.30pm first Thursday of each month.

Contact Sue Reyes Tel: 200 51469 Email: copeadsupport@hotmail.com Dignity At Work Now. Confidential support and advice for those who are being bullied at work. Tel: 57799000 Mon - Thur 8pm-9pm Families Anonymous Support group for relatives and friends who are concerned about the use of drugs or related behavioural problems. Meetings are held alternate Thursdays at 9pm at Nazareth House. For more details Tel: 200 70047 or 200 73465.

Gibraltar Cardiac Rehabilitation and Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 8.30pm at the John Mac Hall, except for July and August.

Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group 3/8 Serfaty’s Passage Tel: 200 78509 Mobile: 54007924 website: www.gdsg.co.uk Gibraltar Marriage Care. Free relationship counselling, including pre-marriage education (under auspices of Catholic Church, but open to all). Tel: 200 71717.

Gibraltar Society for the Visually Impaired. Tel: 200 50111 (24hr answering service).

Hope. miscarriage support Tel: 200 41817.

Narcotics Anonymous Tel: 200 70720 Overeaters Anonymous support group of those with compulsive overeating problem. Tel: helpline for details of meetings 200 42581.

Parental Support Group, helping parents and grandparents with restrictive access to their children and granchildren.

Tel: Richard 200 46536, Jason 200 76618, Dominic 54019602.

Psychological Support Group, PO Box 161, Nazareth House. Weekly Meetings Tuesdays at 7pm, Fridays 8pm. Tel: 200 51623.

SSAFA Forces Help Gibraltar, is a national charity, to assist serving and exService personnel and their families. Tel: (5)5481. E-mail olivero@sapphirenet.gi With Dignity Gibraltar support group for separated, divorced, widowed or unattached people. Meetings Weds 9pm, Catholic Community Centre, Line Wall Rd. Outings/activities. Tel: Flor 54007181 or Marie 200 79957.

Women in Need. Voluntary organisation for all victims of domestic violence.

Refuge available. Tel: 200 42581 (24 hours).

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Med Golf News The latest Med Golf competition took place at Atalaya Golf Club, playing the old course and in spite of some wet and windy conditions the players enjoyed a great day and some good scores, aiming for The WestMed Insurance Trophy.

It was a successful day for Dave Pinniger who won the Trophy and a pro shop voucher for 100 euros with a super overall score (37pts).

Winner of 1st category (0-12 handicap) was Matt Charlsworth 37pts, runner up Steve Munns 31pts.

Winner of 2nd category (13- 21 handicap) was Andy Cunningham 37pts, runner up Keith Johnson 31pts. Winner of 3rd category (22-36 handicap) was Jon Powell 37pts, runner up was Soren Valbro 29pts.

The senior division was won by

John Caruana. Best team on the day went to Andy Cunningham and David Jordon with a combined score of 70pts. Other prize winners for nearest the pins, best gross score on the par 3s and longest drive were, Allan Sene, Andy Cunningham, Dave Jordon, John Hunter, John Caruana and Nicky Sanchez.

After 9 events in the current rankings’ year the Med Golf Top 20 is: 1 Alan Sene, 2 Louis Calvenete, 3 Dave Pinniger, 4 Nicky Sanchez, 5 Peter Warren, 6 Chris Warren, 7 John Caruana, 8 Josh Hunter, 9 Julie Brewer, 10 Mike Cowburn, 11 John Hunter, 12 Jon Powell, 13 Keith Johnson, 14 Douglas Casciaro, 15 Joe Sanchez, 16 Johann Olivera, 17 Rodney Sheriff, 18 Roy Azopardi, 19 George Desoisa, 20 Martyn Brown.

The top ten in the summer will qualify for the Med Golf Masters, an all expenses paid day, including

breakfast, green fee, shared buggy and presentation lunch, on one of the Coast’s top courses, Finca Cortesin.

The next date for the diary is Saturday 19th June at Estepona Golf, Captain’s Day for BFBS Big Salute charity. Green fee, buggy, and barbecue for just 70€ of which 50% is for the Big Salute charity, which in turn contributes to BLESMA (British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association), Combat Stress, Headley Court, St Dunstan’s, Veterans’ Aid, and Help For Heroes. The format is a relaxed 4 ball Texas Scramble with a shotgun start at 9am.

Enter by contacting Andy Hunter ah@medgolf.gi Enjoy some fun golf and help these important charities at the same time. n For more details and the benefits of joining Med Golf visit www.teetimespain.com or contact Johnathan on 56001055 or e-mail jg@medgolf.gi

Listening to the Bay on FM Last month a brand new radio station hit the airways around the Campo de Gibraltar, Bay FM. “There is a gap here for a radio station for Brits and English speaking people living around the Campo who aren’t served by anyone else,” says owner Mike Martin. “Other stations are very narrow in their appeal and target audience so we will bring a breath of fresh air to radio and reach a wider, larger demographic.”

Station Manager and Programme Director, Frankie Hatton, explained; “For several years now I’ve been stopped and asked why there isn’t a radio station that doesn’t play classics, or oldies.

Where do local bands and singers get a chance to air their own music to reach a wider audience? The answer is Bay FM. I’m actively looking for new music and people who want a chance to get on radio and do something for the community as well as themselves.

“I want people to call in or email with their own ideas for programmes because this station is about the community and not the presenters.”

As for the presenters, Mike Martin himself will be on air with a variety of shows including his weekly ’60s show and a retro chart show.

Breakfast will be leading weekdays from 7am hosted by Noelle Hoth, then after the mid-morning show Frankie Hatton will be getting you home from 3pm and Mike Scott will have the early evening chat, interviews and music to wind you down.

“This station is about the community and not the presenters”

Frankie said, “What is exciting about BayFM is we have no musical boundaries, we intend to genuinely play what you want to hear and shows will be created if there is a demand. We are also interested in volunteers who can find no other way of getting into radio in whatever aspect, production, presenting or research.

“Our ethos is simple, be entertaining, funny, local, vocal and inclusive. I’m thinking, you may be listening to us, we are definitely listening to you!”

Bay FM, 99.3fm or listen online at www.thebayfm.com. If you want to volunteer, contact via the website. If you want to advertise, look at offering prizes for competitions or just be included in the weekly ‘What’s On’ guide for around the Campo and beyond, email info@thebayfm.com. n

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dmission 9.30am to 7pm by tickets (includes entrance to sites - St. Michael’s Cave, Monkey’s Den, Great Siege Tunnels, Military Heritage Centre, ‘A City Under Siege’ Exhibition and Moorish Castle). Facilities closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Adults £10, children 5-12 years: £5, children age 4 and under free, vehicles £2. Private vehicles may be restricted at certain times, tours available by taxi/mini bus. The Natural History & Heritage Park is also reached by cable car (leaves Grand Parade 9.30am-5.15pm Mon-Sun. Last cable down: 5.45pm). 50p per person to walk with no entrance tickets.

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he flora and fauna on the Upper Rock are considered to be of great conservational value. It’s a perfect place for birdwatchers, as migratory species use Gibraltar as the shortest crossing between Europe and Africa, but botanists will also be interested to see over 600 species of flowering plants, including some unique to Gibraltar. Watch out for colourful lizards, non-venemous Horseshoe Whipsnakes, butterflies and pipistrelle bats. Info on flora and fauna is found at the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society’s information centre at Jews Gate.

St. Michael’s Cave: The cave comprises an upper hall with five connecting passages and drops of 40-150ft to a smaller hall.

A further succession of chambers, some at 250ft below the entrance, is reached through narrow holes. The Cathedral Cave is open to visitors and is used as an auditorium for concerts and theatre. The cave was prepared as a hospital in WWII, but never used. A further series of chambers ending in a mini lake is called Lower St. Michael’s Cave and can be visited with a guide.

The Monkeys’ Den: There are around 160 monkeys in the Park and around 30 can be seen at the Monkey’s Den. Often called apes, they are tail-less Barbary Macaques and Europe’s only free living monkeys. £500 fine for feeding the monkeys - don’t do it!

The Great Siege Tunnels: Tunnelling in the Rock began during the Great Siege (1779-1783) when France and Spain made an attempt to recapture the Rock while Britain was busy with the American War of Independence. Governor General Elliot offered a reward to any man who could tell him how to mount a gun on the north face of the Rock. It was a Sgt. Major Ince who suggested tunnelling and there are now over 30 miles of tunnels inside the Rock with various exhibitions inside the tunnels.

of the earliest British building on the Rock.

Original graffiti, drawn by duty soldiers to stop themselves falling asleep, is still visible, the earliest dating back to 1726.

The Moorish Castle: actually just part of a Moorish town and castle which was built up during the Moorish occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, spearheaded from Gibraltar in 711AD by Tarik-ibn-Zeyad (“Gibraltar” is a corruption of the Arabic words “Jebel Tarik” - Tarik’s mountain). The part we see today, The Tower of Homage, dates back to 1333AD, when Abu’l Hassan recaptured the Rock from Spain.

Natural History & Heritage Park Walks: Med Steps is a stunning walk with the steep climb at the end rewarded with spectacular views of the Rock and Spain.

Another recommended walk is St Michael’s Cave through to Charles V Wall but walkers should be relatively fit for both. It is also pleasant walking along the upper rock roads. Brochures available free from all Tourist Board offices.

Botanical Gardens: Opened in 1816, the Alameda Botanical Gardens fell into disrepair but are currently being restored to their former glory. Visitors can enjoy a stroll beneath pines, dragon trees and palms, and see many of Gibraltar’s native plants as well as exotic species. The shop sells environmentally friendly gifts, plants and seeds.

Tel: 200 72639/200 74022. Parking.

Nelson’s Anchorage: Rosia Road 9.30am - 5.15pm Monday to Saturday (last entry at 5pm). Closed on Sunday. Admission: £1.00 (free of charge with Nature Reserve ticket.

Tickets for the nature reserve can also be bought at this attraction).

Parson’s Lodge: Rosia Road. A narrow limestone outcrop with a labyrinth of underground tunnels surmounted by an impressive battery, which has witnessed the development of coast artillery over 300 years. Once housed three 18 ton 10-inch rifled muzzle loaders positioned behind a

unique sandwich of armour plate and teak, known as ‘Gibraltar Shields’. TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.

per Rock, Europa Point and other sites of interest. It is the best way to see the Rock’s major features in a short time.

Flat Bastion Magazine Flat Bastion Road, Geological Research Station and Lithology of Gibraltar. To visit contact: F. Gomez Tel. 200 44460, P. Hodkinson Tel. 200 43910.

Tourist Board.....................Tel: 200 74950 Gibraltar Tourist Board, Duke of Kent House, Cathedral Square, Gibraltar.

UK Tel: 0207 836 0777 giblondon@aol.com

Shrine of Our Lady of Europe (Museum within premises) Europa Road. 10am-7pm Monday to Friday, 11am-7pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays. Closed 1pm - 2pm.

John Mackintosh Hall.......Tel: 200 75669 Includes cafeteria, theatre, exhibition rooms and library. 308 Main Street 9.30am - 11pm Monday to Friday. Closed weekends.

Trafalgar Cemetery: Trafalgar Road, open 9am - 7pm daily (admission free).

Bicycle Racks Bicycle parking is provided at the following locations: Europort Road, Casemates Tunnel, Land Port Ditch, Fish Market Road, Commonwealth Car Park, Reclamation Road (by English Steps) + Line Wall Road.

Business Information

Gibraltar Financial Services Commission ......Tel: 200 40283/4 website: www.fsc.gi Chamber of Commerce.......Tel: 200 78376 Federation Small Business.Tel: 200 47722 Company Registry...............Tel: 200 78193

Useful Numbers

Airport (general info.)..........Tel: 200 73026 Hospital, St Bernards..........Tel: 200 79700 Weather information.................Tel: 5-3416 Frontier Queue Update.......Tel: 200 42777

General Information

Gibraltar Museum.............Tel: 200 74289 18/20 Bomb House Lane Open 10am - 6pm (Sat. 10am - 2pm). Closed on Sunday. Admission: Adults £2/Children under 12 years £1. Exhibitions also at Casemates gallery.

Registry Office...................Tel: 200 72289 It is possible to get married on the Rock within 48 hours of arrival. A fact taken advantage of by stars such as Sean Connery and John Lennon.

Rock Tours by Taxi............Tel: 200 70052 As well as offering normal fares, Gibraltar taxis provide Rock Tours taking in the Up-

Emergency Services Emergency calls only: Fire/Ambulance.......................Tel: 190 Police...............................Tel: 199/112 Emergency Number...............Tel: 112

The Military Heritage Centre: Housed in one of the Rock’s many historic batteries, the Military Heritage Centre displays information on the development of Gibraltar’s military defences through the ages.

A City Under Siege Exhibition: Exhibits depicting the lives of the civilian population during the many sieges, are housed in one

History Alive

Every Saturday morning the Rock’s past is brought alive by a troop of soldiers in 18th century period uniform. The soldiers march from Bomb House Lane at 12 noon to Casemates. At Casemates they carry out a “Ceremony of the Keys” and then march back up Main Street to the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned.

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Public Holidays 2010

New Year’s Day Friday 1 January Commonwealth Day * Monday 8 March Good Friday Friday 2 April Easter Monday Monday 5 April May Day Monday 3 May Spring Bank Holiday Monday 31 May Queen’s Birthday * Monday 14 June Late Summer Holiday Monday 30 August Gibraltar National Day * Friday 10 September Christmas Day Monday 27 December (in lieu of Saturday 25 December) Boxing Day Tuesday 28 December (in lieu of Sunday 26 December) *Gibraltar Only Spain Fixed: New Year’s Day 1 January, Epiphany 6 January, St Joseph’s Day 19 March, Labour Day 1 May, St John 24 June, St James 25 July, Assumption Day 15 August, National Day 12 October, All Saints 1 November, Immaculate Conception 8 December, Christmas 25 December Moveable: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Corpus Christi Non-urgent calls: Ambulance Station..........Tel: 200 75728 Police...............................Tel: 200 72500 Gibraltar Services Police: Emergency Nos: ....Tel: (5) 5026 / (5) 3598

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