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Clubs and Societies

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Clubs & Societies 3 Orienteering 4 Pastoral Letter 6 Tide Times 6 Church Details 8 Council News 10/11 Whatʼs On 15/16/17/18 Coastal Defences 20 Highland Games 22 Chefʼs Confidential 24 School Dates 26 Useful Contacts 28 Local Holidays 28 Advertisers Index 31 SAMPLE ADVERT RATES

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LOSSIE FOLK CLUB meets every Tuesday at 8.30pm in the Beach Bar, Lossiemouth LOSSIEMOUTH ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION BRANCH AND SOCIAL CLUB Commerce Street, Lossiemouth, tel: 813193 www.lossiemouth-rna.org MORAY CEILIDH CLUB It's informal! It's fun! It's a great night out! Everyone welcome! Great dancing in a traditional village hall environment. Dances will be explained for beginners ..and those members who cannot remember! Bring your own booze. Contact Steve Coomber on 541983 or visit www.moraycc.org MORAY FIGURE SKATING CLUB Teaches and promotes figure skating at all levels, Fridays 5.45pm to 7.45pm, Moray Leisure Centre, Elgin.

Contact Pamela McKenzie 549730 or pamelamcke1@ btinternet.com www.mfsc.org.uk MORAY JAZZ CLUB Meets at the Red Shoes Theatre, Elgin every Thursday from 8pm to 10.30pm, doors open at 7.30pm. Admission is £5 for non-members and everyone is welcome. Visit our website www.morayjazzclub.co.uk or email us at mjc@morayjazzclub.co.uk for more information.

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MORAY MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB We are a small, friendly local group, meeting on a Tuesday and Thursday evening, that mountain bike the local area. Additionally, we organise day trips to both trail centres and natural trails. All details can be found at www.moray mountainbikeclub.co.uk/ MORAY ROCK GARDEN GROUP Meets on the last friday every month, New Elgin Hall annexe, 7.30pm, guest speakers, garden visits in summer. Contact Hazel Robson 01340 871227, new members welcome MORAY ROADRUNNERS Welcomes new members of all abilities, seniors Wednesday 6.30pm Elgin Community Centre, juniors Tuesday & Thursday 6pm Morriston Playing Fields.

Please visit website for more details & contacts www.morayroadrunners.com MOTHERS’ UNION Attached to the Anglican Church, meets every third Wednesday, Holy Trinity Church, Elgin, 2pm. We have a variety of speakers etc. Men also welcome, meetings are open to everyone. Contact Frances Garrety 814149 or Lynne Taylor 835861 MORAY RETIRED PERSONS FRIENDSHIP CLUB (ARPO 50) To improve the quality of life

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by friendship, talks and activity for retired people over 50, contact Michael Crossland 543962 MORAY VILLAGE HALLS For details of local Village Halls and how to book visit www.morayvillage halls.org.uk MORAY VOLUNTARY SERVICES ORGANISATION (MVSO) Exists to encourage and support voluntary activity, assist local groups and to identify needs which require development.

Contact 01343 541713 or www.mvso.org.uk NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST Antenatal classes and breastfeeding support.

Regular meetings and outings in Forres and Elgin area. For information email nct_moray@yahoo.co.uk NEW ELGIN & ASHGROVE PUBLIC HALL Available for community events, private parties and regular meetings. Contact Linda Kelman 548146 to book ST ANDREWS AND URQUHART BOWLING CLUB Open daily April to September. Contact Andrew Welsh 842371

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Orienteering

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Pub quiz sports question. Which Moray sporting event has drawn the most participants in the last 10 years? A well-known event like the Moray Marathons is the obvious answer but surprisingly it’s orienteering. When we heard that almost 4000 runners had converged on Culbin Forest in the summer of

2007 for what we thought was a minority sport, we asked local club Moravian Orienteers to explain why so many were attracted to Moray.

Orienteering has been around for a long time. It was invented in Victorian times by the Swedish army and introduced into Scotland in the 1960s. In essence it’s a cross-country race, but one with one big difference. Instead of following a set route, runners must work out for themselves how to get round the course. The idea is to visit several checkpoints along the way. At the beginner level, they are close together in easilylocated positions, mainly reached by running along tracks. At the other end of the scale they can be far apart in the remotest places, as far as possible from obvious landmarks. Courses vary between 1 Km and 18 km and can take place not only in rugged mountain and forest areas, but also in parks and towns. Even Forres has its own orienteering map!

In orienteering it’s rarely the fastest runner who wins. It’s sometimes referred to as ‘cunning running’ as it’s the runner who navigates fastest who comes out on top. It’s very easy to make navigation mistakes, especially on harder courses, and the knack is to make sure your legs don’t go faster than your brain! There are thousands of areas mapped for orienteering in the UK, and Moray has some of the world’s finest orienteering terrain. Forested sand dune areas like Culbin and Roseisle provide great competition areas because the intricate contour shapes tax even the best navigators, while the going under foot is never too rough. This enables older, less agile people to take part too. Orienteering competitions are divided into 5-year age groups with courses getting shorter as you get older, so people can keep on competing right into their 80s when athletic ability might be on the wane but the mind is still just as sharp. Moray’s forests also have lots of paths that make them perfect for beginner-level

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courses. Every event lays on courses for the very young, and competitive orienteering can start as young as age 7 or 8.

The Culbin event in 2007 was part of a 6-Day festival based in Grantown on Spey, attracting over 1000 overseas competitors as well as 2500 Brits. In 2008 the forest hosted the British Championships where another 2000 runners descended on the tiny village of Kintessack. Anyone can take part, whatever the level of event, and this one was no exception where young local children were able to line up alongside elite national champions whose courses shared the same area. Lately there’s been a boom in adventure running for which navigation at speed is a fundamental part.

Local schools have recently discovered orienteering and many have their own school maps. The area’s Active Schools co-ordinators stage inter-school events where hundreds of children have learned to map read in an exciting and active way. All of Moray’s schools come together at Gordonstoun every April for an annual schools festival and this year youngsters can also look forward to a special competition. On June 13th, Culbin Forest will be the venue for the first ever Moray and Highland Junior Orienteering Championships. It’s aimed at novices who have discovered the sport at school, and anyone aged 16 or under on the day can take part. With entry classes for boys and girls in 2-year categories from under 11

upwards, the event will be combined with a mainstream competition open to anyone. This should be an exciting chance for budding adventure runners to take part in a big event at Scottish Orienteering’s Hampden Park! With the 2-yearly Scottish 6-Day Orienteering Festival returning to the Moray Coast in August 2013 it’s the perfect place to start getting in training for what might be Moray’s biggest sporting event of the next decade!

Moravian Orienteers stage at least one local event every month. They also organise training sessions and enter teams in races further afield. New members are always welcome so if adventure running Moravian style sounds like your kind of thing you can find more information on their web site www.moravianorienteering.org

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SpotLight Pastoral letter and Tide Times

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During the war between the states, a young soldier in the Union Army lost his older brother and his father in the battle of Gettysburg. The soldier decided to go to Washington, D.C. to see President Lincoln to ask for an exemption from military service so that he could go back and help his sister and mother with the spring planting on the farm. When he arrived in Washington, after having received a furlough from the military to go and plead his case, he went to the White House, approached the front gate and asked to see the president.

The guard on duty told him, “You can’t see the president, young man! Don’t you know there’s a war going on? The president is a very busy man! Now go away, son! Get back out there on the battle lines where you belong!” So the young soldier left, very disheartened, and was sitting on a little park bench not far from the White House when a little boy came up to him. The lad said, “Soldier, you look unhappy. What’s wrong?” The soldier looked at the little boy and began to spill his heart to him.

He told of his father and his brother being killed in the war, and of the desperate situation at home. He explained that his mother and sister

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The little boy listened and said, “I can help you, soldier.” He took the soldier by the hand and led him back to the front gate of the White House. Apparently, the guard didn’t notice them, because they weren’t stopped. They walked straight to the front door of the White House and walked right in. After they got inside, they walked right past generals and high-ranking officials, and no one said a word. The soldier couldn’t understand this. Why didn’t anyone try to stop them?

The good news of the gospel is that through faith in Jesus Christ we have access to the Father. Because of Christ, we can have peace with God. We can come to him anytime, anywhere. “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility…For through him we have access to the Father.” (Ephesians 2:13, 18)

Finally, they reached the Oval Office where the president was working - and the little boy didn’t even knock on the door. He just walked right in and led the soldier in with him. There behind the desk was Abraham Lincoln and his Secretary of State, looking over battle plans that were laid out on his desk.

The president looked at the boy and then at the soldier and said, “Good afternoon, Todd. Can you introduce me to your friend?” And Todd Lincoln, the son of the president, said, “Daddy, this soldier needs to talk to you.” The soldier pled his case before Mr. Lincoln, and right then and there he received the exemption that he desired. © Youth Specialties 2001

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Lossiemouth Baptist Church meets every Sunday 9.30am, 11.30am and 6pm. Junior Church Sunday 11.30am and Kids Church (P4-P7) Thursdays 6.15pm-8pm. Contact Rev. Rae Mackenzie 812062 www.lossiebaptist.org Lossiemouth United Free Church of Scotland meets Sunday 11am and 6pm, including Sunday School. Contact Rev. Alexander Ritchie 810262 www.ufcos.org.uk/lossie St James Church of Scotland, Lossiemouth Family Worship 11am including creche and Sunday School; Evening Service 6pm; Swordfish Youth Group 7pm. Contact Rev. Graham Crawford 07817 504042 St Margaretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, Lossiemouth Family Eucharist 9.30am; Holy Communion 10am Thursdays; Evening Prayer 5pm Thursdays St Gerardines High Church Lossiemouth Contact 831146 Lossiemouth Gospel Hall meets every Sunday for Sunday Club at 2pm, Gospel Meeting at 6.30pm. Further details 812987 or visit the website at www.losiemouthgospelhall.org.uk Hopeman Baptist Church meets every Sunday 11am & 6pm. Everyone welcome. Contact Rev. S.J. Macdonald 831175 or visit the website www.hopemanbaptist.org.uk

Burghead Church Every Sunday at 11.30am. Contact 01309 690931 Parish of Duffus, Spynie and Hopeman First Sunday of each month, one service (10.30 a.m.) in Hopeman if five Sundays in the month, all other Sundays Hopeman 10am, Duffus or Spynie 11.30am. Contact Rev. Bruce Lawrie 830276 or email: blawrie@zetnet.co.uk Birnie - Pluscarden Church Sunday Service Pluscarden 10am and Evening Service 6.30pm 3rd Sunday each month; Birnie 11.30am and Evening Service 6.30pm 1st Sunday each month Alves Church 1st Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Contact 01309 690931 Scottish Episcopal Church Holy Trinity, Elgin Sunday Services - 8am Holy Communion; 11am Family Eucharist; 6.30pm Evensong St Sylvester's Catholic Church, Elgin Vigil Mass Saturday 7pm; Sunday Mass 11.45am. Contact 542280 www.stsylvesters.net Elgin & Forres Free Church of Scotland Sunday Sevice 11am including Sunday School & Creche; Evening Service 6pm, Midweek Meeting Wednesday 7.30pm. Contact Colin Morrison 542196 Elgin City Church Every Sunday 10.30am at Elgin Community Centre childrens church & creche available.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 11TH MAY 2010 OF THE CITY AND ROYAL BURGH OF ELGIN COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Police Business and National Security Update • PC McGittrich advised they had a good month with regard to youth disorder and a great success in the Fairypark area with a significant haul of alcohol confiscated from under aged drinkers.

• Batchen Street - now re-opened.

• Litter at M&S Car Park - CCTV Community Unit and local Traffic Officers were made aware of the issues raised but had not reported any notable issues in this area.

• Speeding around St Sylvester’s and East End Schools - Traffic Department are to commence their ‘Belt up Moray’ initiative and will be visiting all Elgin Primary and Secondary schools to look at all aspects of safety around the schools and will address the issue raised by the C&RBoECC during that initiative and take appropriate action.

• Murray Ross raised concerns with regard to the speed limit reducing from 40 to 30mph with an average speed of 37.2 in the 30mph zone, particularly on Reiket Lane and Morriston Road. Cllr Russell also advised that the 30mph was not adhered to at Linkwood Distillery. PC McGittrich agreed to highlight the issue to Inspector Mann.

Recreation & Leisure • Elgin Young Citizens Award - Wilma Milne reported that following agreement at the last meeting, she has spoken to Jim Gibson, Education Department, Moray Council, with regard to the possibility of amalgamating the C&RBoECC Young Citizens Award with the Moray Citizen of the Year Award. She advised that Mr Gibson was in favour of the proposal and would liaise with Diageo, Grampian Police and Moray Council.

Environment • Wetlands - Anne Glover reported that herself and Mary Wall had visited the Wetlands and will be contacting Ian Bruce, Moray Council to arrange for this to be cleared of rubbish as previously agreed. page 10 - July 2010

• Burn outside Walkers, Edgar Road Anne Glover reported that the burn needed clearing of rubbish and she would be contacting the owners, Scottish and Southern Electricity Board, to arrange for this work to be carried out.

• Elgin Allotment Association - Mary Wall was pleased to advise that the Elgin Allotment Association have acquired a piece of privately owned land and would give an official report at the next meeting.

Murray Ross advised that all Councils should have ground set aside for allotments. Mary Wall advised that negotiations are underway with the Council and this was ongoing. Murray Ross agreed to pass details of an appropriate website concerning allotments to Mary Wall.

Bryan Watson suggested that it might be worthwhile looking into the possibility of some land being made available for allotments in future developments.

Roads & Transportation • Parking charges on Lossie Wynd and Lossie Green - Murray Ross reported that the C&RBoECC R&T Committee had met with Keith Stratton, Senior Engineer (Roads) of the Moray Council to discuss the proposed parking charges at Lossie Green/Lossie Wynd Car Parks.

The C&RBoECC R&T Committee have no objections to these proposed charges providing the money generated is used for the upkeep of these car parks and the upkeep of Cooper Park.

• Manhole Covers - The C&RBoECC R&T Committee will be carrying out an inspection of the reported Manhole covers, although it was noted that many have now been repaired on the main routes through the City of Elgin.

• Tesco Roundabout - Murray Ross advised that he had received an e-mail from the Chairman of the Elgin South Area Forum claiming that somebody thought they could come off the Tesco roundabout at Alexandra Road without stopping. Murray Ross stated that all roundabouts must be obeyed and that the C&RBoECC R&T Committee has tel: 01309 690063

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I never thought I would be asked the question ‘Would you like to have your picture taken with a Giant Inflatable Colon?’.

While it is a fairly surreal statement to read in a letter, it is actually one of the more creative ways of getting an issue to the attention of MP’s. In this case it is the very worthy Bowel Cancer Campaign, which, with the support of TV personality Lynn Faulds Wood is doing a fantastic job raising awareness of a serious, but also preventable and curable form of cancer. I can recommend a visit to the campaign’s website at www.bowelcancer.tv It does go to show, though, that campaigns, even on very serious issues, can have a big impact through humour and get people to sit up and take notice.

Ang us R o b e rts on M P I really enjoy informing fellow MSP’s in the Scottish Parliament about how Moray is home to around half of Scotland’s whisky distilleries. I like to tell them that my summer constituency tours are great fun!

Representing Speyside and Moray does have its advantages. For instance, it’s now traditional to hold the first round of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival whisky judging in the Scottish Parliament before the finals take place prior to the annual dinner. As the host MSP, I am now appointed a judge and have to sit alongside the professionals and sample anywhere between 50 and 60 Speyside drams, it’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it!

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asked Bear Scotland to re-paint the lines on this roundabout. â&#x20AC;˘ Speed Limit on B9012 Duffus Road Harry Torry asked the R&T Committee if they had received any information regarding proposed changes to the speed limit on the B9012 Duffus Road, from Spynie to Beech Brae. Harry Torry felt that with more children likely to be walking to the Academy an increase in speed limit was not appropriate. Murray Ross advised that the C&RBoECC R&T Committee were not made aware of these changes and would investigate the reason for this.

Community Planning â&#x20AC;˘ Elgin North Area Forum - The Waulkmill Residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association is now freestanding. â&#x20AC;˘ Future Funding of Community Council - in favour of Option 2. â&#x20AC;˘ Elgin South Area Forum - No regular meeting took place in April; instead they had a Development Planning Meeting.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Future meetings to take place once a month on the third Tuesday. â&#x20AC;˘ Will be inviting one of the Community Planning Partners to speak at themed meetings every other month from June 2010. â&#x20AC;˘ Elgin Ear Surgeries:15th June, 17th August and 19th October 2010 from 6.30pm-7pm to be held at NEON. AOCB â&#x20AC;˘ Harry Torry raised concerns regarding tree-felling contractors not removing branches and tidying up upon completion. Harry Torry advised that he had reported a tree that had fallen into the River Lossie at Morriston Park, which was removed and cut up into pieces and left. He then witnessed members of the public throwing the pieces into the river.

Harry Torry felt this contributed to the litter problem within Elgin. Cllr Russell advised that this was an operational issue, but there is a growing body of opinion that branches should be left for sustainability and long-term regeneration. Murray Ross felt that branches

OTHER COMMUNITY COUNCIL CONTACTS

Heldon Community Council: meetings held 22nd June; 3rd August and 14th September 2010 at Mosstowie Primary School. Contact: Angela Hyland Secretary) 545360.

should be cleared away from the riverside as when the river rises branches can be swept away and congregate under bridges and could lead to flooding. Harry Torry agreed to investigate further. â&#x20AC;˘ Cllr Russell advised that National Litter day was on Thursday 10th June 2010 and International Bio-diversity day Saturday 22nd May 2010. â&#x20AC;˘ Cllr Russell requested the assistance of the C&RBoECC and other community groups in creating a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Street Name Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for future developments. Members agreed to discuss and put forward any suggestions. â&#x20AC;˘ The Chairman advised that a suggestion had been put forward for Committee reports to be circulated to all members 7 days prior to the meeting to allow members time to digest and make comment at the meeting. After a lengthy discussion, all members present agreed the motion.

Next Meeting Tuesday 6th July 2010 at 7pm

Burghead & Cummingston Community Council: meets first Thursday of every month (excluding July), 7.30pm at Burghead Harbour Masters Office. Contact: Chris Tuke (Secretary) 835537.

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ten tonne dozer with support from salvation, britians most northern heavy rock band, 8pm, flannigans bar, elgin, £5, for more details visit www.myspace.com/thesyndicate2009

northern working horse society show, 9am-5pm, brodie castle, co 0844 493 2156 or www.nts.org.uk FREE walk & talk for speakers of other languages, 2pm, lossiemouth west beach, come for a walk & practise speaking english, email english4moray@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 07922 051930 help for heroes tour, the loft venue, by kinloss, 2.30pm, donation, tel: 01343 850111

25 friday tam white, the loft venue, by kinloss, £10/£12 tel: 01343 850111

26 saturday vision awareness event, 10am-4pm, elgin town hall, contact carolyn lamb for more details 07500 033689 pancake tea & stalls, 2pm-4pm, holy trinity church hall, elgin glitz and glee, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10, contact 01309 690110

26 saturday & 27 sunday portsoy scottish traditional boat festival, visit www.stbf.bizland.com/2010 or tel: 01261 842951

JULY 1-12 marie curie cancer care blooming great tea party, if you would like to hold your own blooming great tea party, please call 08700 340 040 or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/teaparty for your free blooming great tea party fundraising pack

1 thursday illyria open air theatre - james and the giant peach, 6.30pm, brodie castle, £10/£8, contact 0844 493 2156 or visit www.nts.org.uk jog scotland elgin new beginners 10 week block, 6pm, outside elgin library, £2, contact liz tel: 813228 or carol tel: 556506 or email jselgin@walkjog runmoray.org.uk

3 saturday dave sharp, the loft venue, by kinloss, free

Dave Sharp at The Loft Venue Saturday 3rd July

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Lead guitarist and co-founder of British rock band The Alarm, Dave Sharp picked up the guitar in his early teens and from the onset was influenced by the Woodstock-era rock bands of the late 60’s and early 70’s.

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Frankie Martin Help for Heroes Tour The Loft Venue Sunday 4th July This brat-packer intends to raise awareness of the continuing sacrifices made by British armed forces personnel world wide while entertaining with the songs of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole & more.

6 tuesday burghead gala - soup & sweet, 12noon-2pm, burghead community hall, £4 adults/£2 children, for more details contact jennifer christison tel: 830099

7 wednesday burgehad gala - tea & competitions, 6.45pm, burghead community hall, £1, for more details contact jennifer christison tel: 830099

8 thursday burghead gala - family fun quiz, 7pm, burghead community hall, £1 per person, for more details contact jennifer christison tel: 830099

Starsky at The Loft Venue Friday 9th July Starsky has been wowing crowds with his phenomenal song writing and unique style and stage presence. With a unique blend of up beat folk/acoustic and mature plaintive ballads, Starsky is an artist that never fails to engage with his audiences and he has been creating a stir right across Scotland.

9 friday starsky - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111 www.spotlighton.co.uk

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harbour, car boot stalls, bouncy castle, music & the opportunity to try sailing, contact elizabeth for more details tel: 01343 835811

10 saturday amaranth coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, ÂŁ1, contact mary mackintosh 674144 burghead raft race & fĂŠte, 11am-4pm, burghead salmon green, various stalls, free, for more details contact jennifer christison tel: 830099 (if wet, the fĂŠte will be held in burghead community hall) forres highland games, 12.30pm opening ceremony, visit www.www.forreshighlandgames.fsnet.co.uk for more details

29 july thursday - 1 august sunday speyfest 2010, visit www.speyfest.com for details

29 thursday open air theatre - illyria presents â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pride and prejudiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 01309 611378

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dallas gala day, 2pm-4pm, procession of float & pipe band from hall to gala field, grand raffle at 4pm, lots of stalls, fun for all the family, display by the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;infamousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dallas cowboys, for more details contact gil nicol tel: 890201 dallas gala day car boot sale, from 2pm, field adjacent to gala field, cars ÂŁ5/traders ÂŁ15, cars to be on field by 1.45pm, for more dteilas contact the school tel: 890206

18 sunday elgin and district cancer support group teas and coffees, 12 noon-4pm, the old station buildings, aberlour, come and enjoy the homebakes with your tea or coffee and bring your friends

...telling new stories through new songs with a craftsman's eye and a poet's fist. Old England is new England, and it hurts. The songs are influenced by Brit-Folk, Joni Mitchell, Loudon Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith & Dylan.

30 friday simon hopper - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

31 saturday picnic with the picts, 12noon to 5pm, the headland in burghead, an historical re-enactment day featuring pictish and viking demonstrations and activities for all ages, free entry

Open Air Theatre at Cawdor Castle Illyria Theatre Co. present Romeo & Juliet Sunday 18th July

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23 friday jinski - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

Jinski at The Loft Venue Friday 23rd July Jinski are two highly individual guitarists/musicians with strong distinctive voices. Jinski have a wealth of great original songs that draw upon acoustic roots and country music whilst remaining resolutely modern. Jinski play songs that tell stories of love, joy, loneliness and longing.

24 saturday the wilders, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ12/ÂŁ10, contact 01309 690110

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From 2/7 Shrek 4 (PG) From 9/7 Twilight Eclispe (12a) Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk

Cinema Listings July 2010 Vue Cinema, Inverness

Shrek Forever After 3D & 2D (PG) Twilight:Eclipse (12a) Predators (18 tbc) Inception (15) Knight and Day (12a tbc) Toy Story 3D & 2D (PG) The A-Team (12a tbc) Karate Kid (PG tbc)

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Toy Story 3 (PG tbc) Shrek Forever After (PG tbc) The Brothers Bloom (12a tbc) Inception (12a tbc) [REC] (18 tbc) [REC] 2 (18 tbc) Four Lions (15 tbc) Centurion (15 tbc) Greenberg (15 tbc) The Ghost (15 tbc) Erasing David (12a tbc) plus many others

KidsAM - Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am - 95p per ticket Senior Screenings - Every Tuesday at 12.30pm - ÂŁ3 inc. refreshments

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Cinema Nairn

25/6 Out of Africa (PG) 30/7 Looking for Eric (15)

Visit the website www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com or contact Nairn Community Centre on 01667 453476 for details

Universal Hall, Findhorn

Showing films throughout the year. Visit www.findhorn.org/uhall or call 01309 691170 for details.

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Coastal Defences and World War II in Moray

SpotLight Local Interest

On the 1st of September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Two days later, Britain declared war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II. Until World War II, Britain successfully relied on its strong Navy to protect its shores. Even during World War I, a German invasion seemed unlikely. By the summer of 1940 however, Britain and her allies had suffered defeats in Norway, Denmark and France. German forces occupied the Channel Islands and Hitler issued Directive 16, Operation SEALION, outlining the invasion of Great Britain. Germany expected Britain to surrender but the British did not.

“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender” - the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, House of Commons 4th June 1940 The British Army was undermanned and illequipped having suffered defeat in France.

It seemed like invasion was inevitable but Britain planned to do everything it could to stop the enemy. A defence plan was developed that involved the entire country, from the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland to the south coast of England.

Today, archaeological remains of these coastal defences are still visible all over Britain; they remain as testimony to the defiant spirit of a nation isolated and under attack.

The focus of General Ironside's defence plan for Britain was the construction of land defences during 1940 and 1941. A German invasion of Britain would bring with it armoured tanks.

The main aim was to combat the movement of tanks by using a combination of natural and man-made obstacles. Sections of coastline, where the enemy could easily land, had a series of defences built along them, known as forming a ‘crust’.

These coastal defences are evident at Roseisle, Lossie and Culbin.

fields, walls of scaffolding and barbed wire fences supported these defences. Ports were a major enemy target and so coastal gun batteries were placed nearby to protect them.

There is one located at Lossie Forest.

After the fall of France, Polish troops were evacuated alongside the British from Dunkirk. Once they arrived in Scotland, the Polish created the 1st Polish Army Corps. The army was under the command of Generals Stanisław Maczek and Marian Kukiel. The Polish forces helped build and man anti-invasion defences along the Scottish coast, including at Lossiemouth. The Polish troops were popular in Scotland. “I can remember marching up Sauchiehall Street and the welcome we received in our new uniforms.” Dr Kazimierz Piotr Durkacz in Henderson's (2001) ‘The Lion and the Eagle’.

In 1945, the war ended but many Poles could not return home. The Soviet Union and communism had taken control of their homeland. Many families sent word to loved ones to stay in Scotland.Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit (NOFU) recruited skilled lumberjacks to come over to Scotland to cut down trees for the war effort. Over three thousand five hundred men volunteered. The island of Newfoundland is located off the east coast of Canada. In 1949 it became part of Canada, but at the start of World War II it was a separate country. Unlike the Canadian Forestry Corps (CFC), which was sent to Britain at the same time, the NOFU was not a military unit. The men were hired on six month long contracts and were paid the same amount as they were paid at home; two dollars per day or twelve dollars a week.

Although not in the military, many of the men who volunteered to come over wanted to join the fighting. The work they were doing, however, was as essential to the success of the war as the fighting itself. “They are needed here (Britain) on work of national importance, and cannot be replaced. Moreover, it is not easy to train a man, however strong and fit he may be, to become a good lumberjack.” Mr Edgar Baird, NOFU Manager in W. J. Passingham (1941), Illustrated News

Man-made obstacles included lines of concrete anti-tank blocks that formed a barrier between regularly placed pillboxes. Pillboxes were small concrete structures where a squad of men could stand protected and fire against the enemy at close range. At Roseisle and Lossie Forests, you can still see their remains along the beach. Ditches, mine-

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tel: 01309 690063

Today the remains of the coastal defences are visible in Culbin, Lossie and Roseisle Forests. The land is managed by Forestry Commission Scotland and one of the key roles of the Commission in their management of this land is the protection of these monuments to the British spirit!

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Explore your forests!

Culbin is ideal for walking, with miles of paths and tracks to explore, winding among the pine covered dunes and coastline.

The Hill 99 Trail is an ideal walk for first-time visitors and takes about 2-3 hours starting from the main car park at Wellhill. Along the way, you will find the dragonfly pond, a pretty pond where you can admire brilliantly-coloured dragonflies during the summer.

Huntly Peregrine Wildwatch Centre Home to the fastest living creatures on earth – a visit to the multi award winning Huntly Peregrine Wildwatch is a day out to remember.

Come and see us at the Bin Quarry, just off the A96 near Huntly, where our friendly wardens will keep you informed and entertained. For opening times, please contact the forest district via the contact details below. Admission free.

For more information on places to visit in the forests of the north east, call 01466 794161, email moray&aberdeenshire@forestry.gsi.gov.uk or visit our website www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland

Relax Eat Drink Christie’s Deli

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Historic

Local Interest

Highland Games The origin of games and sports predates recorded history. An example of a possible early Highland games venue is at Fetteresso, although that location is technically a few miles south of the Scottish Highlands.

It is reported in numerous books and Highland games programs, that King Malcolm III of Scotland, in the 11th century, summoned contestants to a foot race to the summit of Craig Choinnich (overlooking Braemar). King Malcolm created this foot race in order to find the fastest runner in the land to be his royal messenger. Some have seen in this apocryphal event the origin of today's modern Highland games.

During various times of English occupation, from before the Wars of Independence to the suppression after the Jacobite wars, the men of Scotland were forbidden to bear or train with arms, in an attempt to prevent another popular Scottish uprising. Scots continued to train for war; they simply did so with the implements of war replaced with the implements of the Highland games.

There is a document from 1703 summoning the clan of the Laird of Grant, Clan Grant. They were to arrive wearing Highland coats and "also with gun, sword and dirk". From this letter, it is believed that the competitions would have included feats of arms.

However, the modern Highland games are largely a Victorian invention, developed after the Highland Clearances.

the stone is put with one hand with the stone resting cradled in the neck until the moment of release.

Scottish hammer throw: This event is similar to the hammer throw as seen in modern-day track and field competitions. A round metal ball (weighing 16 or 22 lb for men or 12 or 16 lb for women) is attached to the end of a shaft about 4 feet in length and made out of wood, bamboo, rattan, or plastic. With the feet in a fixed position, the hammer is whirled about one's head and thrown for distance over the shoulder.

Weight throw, also known as the weight for distance event. A weight is made of metal and has a handle attached either directly or by means of a chain. The implement is thrown using one hand only. The longest throw wins.

Weight over the bar, also known as weight for height. The athletes attempt to toss a 56 pound weight with an attached handle over a horizontal bar using only one hand. Each athlete is allowed three attempts at each height.

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In ve r n es s g am es The date of the first gathering on the banks of the River Ness by our ancestors has been lost in the mists of time and will forever remain a mystery. What we do know is that back in 1822 fundraising took place in the town to revive those ancient Games and to give the Capital of the Highlands a Highland Games that its townsfolk could be proud of.

Ev en ts Caber toss: A long tapered pine pole or log is stood upright and hoisted by the competitor who balances it vertically holding the smaller end in his hands. Then the competitor runs forward attempting to toss it in such a way that it turns end over end with the upper (larger) end striking the ground first.

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Stone put: This event is similar to the modern-day shot put as seen in the Olympic Games. Instead of a steel shot, a large stone of variable weight is often used.

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