CLUB SIERRA BERMEJA
CLUB SIBERME
SOCIO-CULTURAL DE ESTEPONA INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF ESTEPONA FOR ALL ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE of San Pedro - Estepona - Casares - Sabinillas
SUMMER 2020 Edition www.theiceclub.es email: info@theiceclub.es Telephone 952 802 549
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President's Letter
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Wilma's Roulade Reflections
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Notices
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Committee Members
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Essential Telephone Numbers
President: Sue Potter Editor: Betty Fooks Advertising: Richard Wood Disclaimer: - The committee wishes to declare that ICE does not accept responsibility for the contents of articles nor the claims made by advertisers. Printed by Digiprint, Avda Litoral, Edificio Visamar, Blq 2 Local 9, 29680 Estepona Visit Our New Improved Club Website: www.theiceclub.es Free Wi-Fi for members at the clubhouse. The magazine is published on the website on or before the first day of each month.
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Betty Fooks - Editor Email: editor@theiceclub.es. Mobile: 663 572 492 Hello Summer has well and truly arrived, lockdown is easing, and we can start getting back to normal. But as yet no news of when we will be able to open up the club. But our enforced confinement started me thinking‌ hope you enjoy reading about my thoughts —page 13! My grateful thanks to Joan, Vic and Liz. Have you had any interesting experiences during lockdown? Why not jot them down and share them in the next edition. Take care Betty
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President’s Letter
I have had a meeting with the key workers for the Club to discuss when we thought it would be safe and workable to open the Club under Government guidelines. These include social distancing, restrictive numbers, disinfecting of tables & chairs every time somebody moved away, cleaning of toilets after every group but on a Thursday morning at least 4 times, and drink and food by waitress service only. Books, DVDs and jigsaw puzzles would be out of bounds as you would have to wear gloves to choose and then returns would have to be isolated for 2 weeks. As you can see it is a lot of work for volunteers and the whole point of the Club is the social aspect. It is for these reasons that at the moment we have unfortunately decided not to re-open the Club, we will review the situation in July. Please contact any of us if you are struggling with anything.
Obviously, some members are not on Facebook or use the Website so we would be grateful if you could pass this news on to any member you know. Keep well, keep safe. Sue Potter, President 5
Anglican Church of Costa del Sol West SAN PEDRO at 10-00am Every Sunday we hold an Anglican Service of Holy Communion in the Hall adjoining the Parroquia Virgen del Rocio (near McDonalds). SOTOGRANDE at 12-00pm Every 2nd and 4th Sunday we hold an Anglican Service of Holy Communion in La Iglesia Sra.de la Merced, the ‘Big Church’. 1st and 3rd Sundays are Methodist Worship services. You will receive a very warm welcome at our Churches, and children are particularly encouraged to join in the Sunday school fun activities. We hold a Messy Church at Marlow’s Fish and Chip restaurant at the Eroski roundabout in Duquesa on the first Saturday of each month, between 11-00am and 1-00pm. This is well attended by children, who enjoy the various activities, and also parents and adults who come along to give their support. We conduct Wedding Blessings, Baptisms, Funeral services, and undertake pastoral care visits to the sick or needy. Coffee Morning each Tuesday in Sabinillas from 11-00am, at the Café American Bistro at the eastern end of the Paseo near the children’s play area. Our Chaplain is Adrian Low, so do come and meet him together with his wife Joanna at any of these events. For further details about us, please contact Adrian on 952 808 605 or, Church Wardens: San Pedro Church - Patricia Gommersall (an ICE Member) 620 149 215 patricia.g2515@hotmail.co.uk Sotogrande Church - Debbie Geater 637 986 516 debbiegeater@gmail.com Visit our website for even more information: - www.costachurch.com 6
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Dear ICE member, Hope you are keeping healthy and safe, Since the last time we have been in touch at the end of last year, the world has become a very different place. Who would have imagined that the world has so suddenly and abruptly been forced to push the “pause” button and people in all corners of the world would be affected by the Covid-19 to this extent? Let’s hope we all get through this in the not too far future and in good health, and can return to our more or less normal lives. Until then we are all confined to our homes, communicating with each other via Zoom, Skype or any of the other remote communication alternatives its common use must have taken a leap forward of about 10 years now compared to normal circumstances. We too, consultants helping the foreign resident community here in the South of Spain, have adapted in a similar way and are continuing advising our clients and clients to be at the same level as before, just differently. Obviously with the different world we have been thrown into, our clients need our advice and help now more than ever. Questions we get are predominantly around the volatility in the stock markets, people’s residency status (now travelling back can be an issue), Brexit, taxes, etc. More and more we are also receiving queries from people seeing an investment opportunity to enter into the investment universe following the recent downturn in the markets. We just want you to know, that should you wish to have a chat, we are here in the same way as before, just a bit different. Do not hesitate to let us know if you have any questions or would like to receive information. Kind regards, Lucia Melgarejo International Financial Adviser Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited Address: Minitienda 15, Centro Comercial Plaza, Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, 29660 Malaga, Spain Phone: +34 952 816 443 +34 636 072 820 Skype: bfm_lucia
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WILMA’S ROULADE MUSHROOM ROULADE Serves 4 for a light lunch with a salad or for 6 as a starter. A handful flat leave parsley 175g soft cream cheese 175g Gruyére cheese, grated 4 eggs, separated Salt & Pepper ( s + p ) 450/500g mixed mushrooms 4 garlic cloves, finally chopped 1tbsp. Olive oil 150g garlic and herb cream cheese Oven: 200 C Tray: 23 x 33cm or there about Line tray with grease proof paper overlapping slightly to roll easily up later. *Mix 1/2 the parsley with cream cheese, Gruyére and egg yolks. Season with s + p. Separately whisk egg whites stiff and fold into the mixture above carefully. Pour the mixture into the tray and bake for 12 minutes until firm. (Not longer as the roll could break when rolling up with the filling later)! * fry mushrooms with garlic for 5 minutes. *turn the cooked roulade onto another piece of greaseproof paper *spread the cream cheese with herbs onto the roulade, mushrooms on top and roll up. Sprinkle rest of parsley on top. Enjoy.
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REFLECTIONS During these months of lockdown, we have all had the time to reflect on the things we feel are most important – and what we miss. Meeting friends comes high on my list and many of those are people I have met through the ICE club.
I joined around 12 years ago and quickly found many kindred spirits in the painting group – at that time run by John Knight – which made my arrival in Spain much easier. So I have been thinking of those early days and I wondered when did the club start?
In April 1987, two of the original ICE members attended a meeting of the Marbella Branch of an "International English Speaking Residents Association" (I.E.S.R.A.) whose head office was in Fuengirola and decided to set up a similar association in Estepona. The Fuengirola group agreed to the formation of a branch in Estepona and on 3rd November 1987 this was set up and soon become a success. However following some administrative difficulties, it was decided to break from Fuengirola to set up a new group. So the International Club of Estepona was formed on 3rd November 1988 at what was the Bar/Restaurant "EL YATE" in Estepona Port, a venue that was to be the weekly meeting place for some time. In 1990 the registration of the club was set in hand but it was not until 1992 that this was completed. Part of the delay was caused by the Spanish version of the name required for the registration of the club i.e."Club Internacional de Estepona" which was abbreviated to CIE. This clashed with a National 13
Government Body, a fact not discovered until much later, and so we were given the official, long, title of "Club Sierra Bermeja Socio-Cultural de Estepona" from which the name "Siberme" was derived. Due to the continued success of the club, the search started for a permanent base and in March 1996 premises were rented, and subsequently bought, in the Estepona port. But due to a change of regulations by the Port Authority which would have restricted the use of the clubhouse the search started again for new premises. The move to the current clubhouse was made in November 2001. We currently have 372 members and some of the founders are still members – so a big thank you to Joan Thompson, Maureen Winckle, Peter Galloway, Raymond Oldfield and Paul Seward. ICE is a very social club and trips and activities have thrived. Here are some memories of the early trips! The very first was for a couple of nights in Portugal. Our President Paul Seward organised two coaches of 50 people each, and off we went. This was in 1989 before the bridge was built. When we reached the border the coaches drove aboard what seemed like a very small ferry amid some excitement but no problem and we reached our Hotel safely.
We had a great time and as it was March we went to the Casino on my Birthday. Everyone crowded around to see what was in the big square box that Paul presented to me. Well with lots of laughs and under masses of tissue paper and there right at the bottom a miniature hand painted Potty, I still have it minus handle. We explored the squares and found cotton tablecloths etc, all new to most of us as it was a very first visit to Portugal. We all learnt to say ‘Obrigado’. 14
Soon it was time to go home so bright and early we set off for home. Shock! Horror! no river to cross just a muddy puddle the tide was out! After much discussion between Paul and the two coach drivers it was decided to drive upriver to the next crossing which was a bridge. So off we went again. There were many little ventas on that long road and I think we stopped at most of them. It was a very cheerful group that discovered that Portuguese Brandy at 5 cents /pesetas a glass is very refreshing, time passed delightfully and it was well into the evening when we arrived home. Joan Thompson
It was 1991 and I had heard that the following year there was to be a Great Expo92 in Sevilla. With a friend I drove in my little Fiesta Sport to check out Hotels for us, Back in those days with no Google to rely on all I had was a big book of every Hotel in EspaĂąa. I walked the streets I actually wore out a pair of shoes, I found a Hotel which could take 40 pax and another Hotel close by slightly more expensive that could take 10 people. Back home and with Coaches booked from Fuengirola , Ray Oldfield, our first great Treasurer, worked out the prices for the trip with a coach for 50 people. Soon it was obvious that more people wanted to come so further groups were organised. I took the first group and when it was time to go home, the second group arrived as we left in the same coach, and then the third group and later in September Anne Hardwick took another group. Expo 92 was another World, with 92 pavilions to visit. I had booked the first group for May to coincide with British Day when Charles and Di would visit, and what a day that was,! 15
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The British Pavilion had a Waterfall across the whole of the facade and we were lucky enough to be inside when a couple of speeches were made and Charles and Di were sitting on the stage, later they drove around for over an hour in a big car with Di hanging out of the window waving gaily at us, She was so slender and was so beautiful. We saw many Pavilions of different countries and were even transported over the Victoria Falls by Helicopter, but some queues were of several hours so had to sadly miss some out.
Some Members had joined just to go on this trip but were so delighted by the friendliness of the Club that they stayed on as members for many more years. Joan Thompson
ICE trip to Majorca in 1994. This was the first ever trip done by air, outside of mainland Spain, and there were 2 trips, a week apart. Ken and I were on the first trip, led by Joan Thompson, and the second one went on the day we returned, led by Anne Hardwick. We actually saw them at Malaga airport on our return. Liz Harris I do hope you have enjoyed this short history and it has brought back good memories. Betty Fooks 17
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Using this time to look after your financial wellbeing By David Bowern, Partner, Blevins Franks With the Brexit clock still ticking during these extraordinary times, expatriates can benefit from fine tuning their tax, pensions and estate planning. While negotiations have resumed, 2021 could still start with a no-deal Brexit, so it is more important than ever to make sure you are prepared. Residence : As things stand, you need to be legally resident in Spain before the transition period ends on 31 December 2020 to come under the protection of the Withdrawal Agreement. This guarantees the right to stay and enjoy uninterrupted benefits for as long as you remain resident. If you are still planning to permanently move to Spain, use this time to get your affairs in order. Acquiring residence after the transition period will almost certainly involve more stringent requirements than today. Tax planning : The way you structure your assets and wealth can make a significant difference to your tax bill. Your arrangements should be structured appropriately for your life abroad as well as your particular aims, circumstance, goals and risk appetite. Are you taking advantage of tax-efficient structures available in Spain? Besides tax savings, these may offer additional benefits such as currency and income flexibility. With just a few months until the UK is set to fully leave the EU, it is worth reviewing your UK assets to help prevent unnecessary taxation if rules change. Pension planning: Many expatriates choose to transfer UK pensions to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS). Although you can currently transfer to EU/EEA-based QROPS tax-free, this could change after the Brexit transition ends. The UK has already brought in a 25% ‘overseas transfer charge’ for other transfers and has the means to easily extend this to EU/EEA transfers once it sheds its EU obligations. So if you are considering transferring, don’t risk leaving it so late that you potentially lose a quarter to UK taxes. QROPS can offer advantages such as income and currency flexibility, but will not suit everyone. Some may find it more beneficial to reinvest UK pension funds into Spanish-compliant investment arrangements, or even leave their UK pension alone. Take care to review the best approach for your particular circumstances with personalised, regulated pensions advice. Estate planning: Is your legacy on track to go to your chosen heirs according to your wishes and with minimal taxation? You need to understand succession laws and taxes in Spain and anywhere else you have assets and heirs. Also, make sure you review the pros and cons of using the EU succession regulation ‘Brussels IV’ to override local ‘forced heirship’ rules. Cross-border tax and financial planning is complex, so talk to a specialist adviser with in-depth knowledge of the Spanish tax regime and its interaction with UK rules. They can help you take advantage of available opportunities, during these challenging times and beyond. 21
CLUB COMMITTEE PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER CATERING MANAGER BAR MANAGER MEMBER (Housekeeper) MEMBER (Estepona) MEMBER (Welfare) MEMBER MEMBER LOCAL KEY HOLDER MAGAZINE EDITOR ASST. BAR MANAGER AUDITOR MAINTENANCE MANAGER ASST. TREASURER MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY HOSTESS Introduce new members
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GENERAL INFORMATION See trip information for times. Please ensure that you sit in the seat numbered on your ticket. We regret that we cannot stop at any other point unless agreed with the organiser, to pick up or put down. The organiser reserves the right to refuse to include any member they feel is not sufficiently able-bodied to follow the itinerary. Members are responsible for their own travel insurance. BUYING YOUR TICKET Please produce your membership card together with the correct money. Have prepared your choice of the menu if applicable. Final ticket booking: All tickets must be booked and paid for on or before the last Thursday coffee morning before the event. Late phone bookings cannot be accepted. Members are advised to
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WELFARE Members are requested to notify
our welfare officer, Wilma Keeley if they know of any member who is ill. Tel: 951 577 050 / 679 138 952 email: wilmakeeley2000@yahoo.co.uk
SMOKING The smoking of tobacco,
electronic cigarettes and any other substance is not be permitted anywhere in or on the premises of The International Club of Estepona, Bahia Dorada.
When visiting the club please park considerately between white lines and never on yellow lines. Please DO NOT PARK in the car parking space in front of next door's apartment. Although it is not officially for their sole use it attend the last Thursday before a trip in is better for peaceful relations that we don't case there are any last-minute alterations. park there. REFUNDS Cannot be given for tickets, unless the organiser is notified MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL in time, and providing the trip is full and a Renewing your annual club membership can be replacement can be found from the waiting done by bank transfer. Send to: Bank - Banco Sabadell, Sabinillas. list. Tickets are not transferable to other IBAN:- ES98 0081 0535 8800 0131 1734 members without the authorisation of the BIC CODE:- BSABESBB organiser. Please advise TED LUNNISS the IMPORTANT: OF ANY BROKEN included in theTELL cost ofTHE coachBAR STAFF TIPS Are CLUB TREASURER by email ifGLASS you have sent a ANDbut THEY WILL DISPOSE OF IT. travel and restaurants, not for payment by bank transfer, stating your name and hotels. membership number if possible. DOGS Are not allowed inside the clubhouse. They are permitted on the lower terrace but only when they are under the owner’s control by being attached to a lead which is held by the owner or attached to one of the hooks on the wall which are provided for that purpose.
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All drinks, Do not HELICOPTEROS SANITARIOS whether have an alcoholic or otherwise, to be consumed on answering machine. The phone will ring until the Club premises shall be purchased from someone picks up. If you hear a message in the Club bar. Spanish you have dialled the wrong number. CLUB DRINKS POLICY
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