CHURCH WILNE ROTARY

Rotary Club of Church Wilne, Speaker Evening Ellie Perry - Flooding, Sacremento and the joys of Covid.

The Rotary Club of Church Wilne recently welcomed Ellie Perry to its speaker evening. What a treat, we were taken through Ellie’s life over the last three years. During her Physica Geography degree course at Hull University, she had the opportunity to study for a year at California State University Sacramento.  Getting used to their culture, three and a half hour long football games, cheer leaders, marching bands, living in a “Dorm” with 4 girls from California, studying California’s diverse geography and specialising in Climate Change and the ways of protecting ourselves from changing weather patterns.

Covid interrupted her studies, with the move to online learning and the need to leave the university campus. She returned to Hull University to complete her 4 year degree. Ellie triumphed gaining a first class honours degree. She now works with a local company and supports the Environment Agency, specialising in our defences against flooding, from local rivers. Thanks.    

 

For more information about our club and its activities or you can email the Secretary at rccw1200@gmail.com

CORONATION POSTER

Maggie encourages Erewash Students to Design a Poster for the King's Coronation

 Maggie Throup, Member of Parliament for Erewash, is encouraging Erewash students to design a poster for the King’s Coronation. Schools across the UK are being invited to get their students to create a poster around one or more key themes of – community, diversity, sustainability and youth. Schools are also encouraged to send student submissions to Maggie’s Community Office.

 Maggie commented: “I know everyone across Erewash is excited for the King’s Coronation, but today I am encouraging every school in Erewash to get their students to design a poster for the King’s Coronation. Over the Coronation weekend, selected student entries will be displayed on large digital posters across the country, such as bus shelters, and will be viewed by thousands of people every day.The submission for poster deadlines is 30 April 2023. If your school is interest in taking part in this competition, please visit https://coronationgeneration.org/. I’d also appreciate it if copies of all the posters could be sent to my Community Office where I will display them with pride.”

 Schools are encouraged to send submissions to Maggie’s Community Office: The Office of Maggie Throup MP Member of Parliament for Erewash, Unit 2 The Old Co-Op, South Street. Ilkeston.

FISHING

WEDNESDAY “NISA” OPEN MATCH
LAKE TWO

Makins Fishery sponsored by Tackle Guru
19th April 2023

1st    Peg A15, Aaron MORTON (Swadlincote) 281-00
2nd  A18  Clive OLIVER (The Glebe) 129-13
3rd   B1     John ADAMSON (Nisa Feeders)      111-10
4th   A21   Shane SAYERS (Bennett's Tackle & Bait) 100-08
5th   A11   Shaun WEED (Old Works AC) 99-12       
6th   B21   Chris WAYTE (Coalville) 99-07       
7th   B19   Jon ARTHUR (Matrix) 67-13  
8th   A6    Rob LOWE (Old Works AC) 61-04  
9th   A8    Gary LEES 61-03     
10th A13   Rob MALLABONE (Cross Keys AC) 55-   03    
Paid Top Four

Report: The well-attended competition on Lake Two had to withstand a cold East wind throughout the day, but the good news was that, for the first time in a while, there was no rain.  The other good news was that the lake fished well and produced decent weights from all areas.

Aaron Morton drew peg A15, and with A16 and A17 not being used as the bank is unsafe, had a huge area to exploit.  Starting on pellet waggler, Aaron was soon into carp by casting to cruising fish, and by the time sport eased after the first hour, he must have had close to 100 pounds of fish in his net.  He then switched to his right margin (towards A16/17), and alternating between waggler and bomb, continued to catch carp, only delayed when he was "scrounging" two extra keepnets, having already filled the four he had with him.  At the final weigh-in, he recorded a weight of 281 pounds for a clear win.

 Clive Oliver on peg A18 had a quiet start to his match, and it was only when the winner's catch rate eased that the fish ventured down to Clive who had a superb end, catching on paste from his left margin with the odd fish on method feeder to total 129-13 for second place. At the other end of the lake, John Adamson did not really fancy peg B1 to produce a great deal, and at the end of the first hour, he only had one carp of around 4 lbs to report. By the end of the second hour, he had added two more, and then sport improved, and he caught carp steadily on method feeder until the final hour when things slowed up.  However, his 111-10 was sufficient to take third place.

Shane Sayers was on his usual peg A21, and alternating between feeder and pole, including his margins, he managed to again top the ton with 100-08 for fourth place, although he was closely followed by Shaun Weed (peg A11), whose 99-12 came mostly in the latter stages on pole and pellet fished short, and Chris Wayte (B21) whose 99-07 was mostly made up with method feeder fish although he added several from his margin on corn in the latter stages. Jon Arthur (B19) included 37-12 of bream in his pole caught 7th placed 67-13, Rob Lowe's 61-04 from peg A6 was mostly caught from the margin on corn, while Gary Lees' 61-03 of big carp fell to meat fished on a waggler in the margins.

Many thanks to some superb scales operating by Rob Lowe anglers managed to get away quickly at the end of the match.  My apologies to Aaron and Clive for my bankside errors in adding their weights.  Checking the weights at home, Aaron gained one pound fro his initial 280, and Clive lost 10 pounds.  Neither closely affected the overall results (when weights are close a double and treble check my maths on the bank). The photos show the top anglers with part of their catches.

NB.  Nisa Opens are held every Wednesday on Lake Two at Makins Fishery (see Facebook "Nisa - midweek open matches" to book a place). 

ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME PROJECT

Maggie Throup, Member of Parliament for Erewash recently visited an energy efficient home project on Bunting Close, Kirk Hallam. As part of a drive to increase the number of energy efficient homes across the country, E.ON are working with local authorities, including Erewash Borough Council, to install around £34 million of upgrades to around 4,000 homes across the country. E.ON’s collaboration with Erewash Borough Council will deliver £1.1 million of Government Sustainable Warmth Competition funding up to June 2023. As part of these works, 15 properties on Bunting Close and surrounding roads are being upgraded and provided with External Wall Insulation. The residents living in these properties will now benefit from warmer homes and lower energy bills.

Maggie commented: “It was really interesting to visit the home upgrades on Bunting Close. The site visit provided me with an opportunity to engage with residents, meet local installers and talk about the benefits of energy efficient homes. Thanks to the Government’s multi-million-pound investment into the delivery of local green home improvements, the residents on Bunting Close are now experiencing the long-term benefits of greener, cheaper and more energy efficient homes. I would like to thank E.ON for arranging the site visit and I hope more residents will be interested in the energy efficient home upgrade scheme in the future.” 

PHOTO ID FOR MAY ELECTIONS

Maggie Throup, Member of Parliament for Erewash, is reminding residents who wish to vote in May’s local elections, that they will need to take a form of photo ID to the polling station. The Government has introduced a requirement for residents to show photo ID when voting at a polling station for local elections, Police and Crime Commissioner elections, UK parliamentary by-elections and recall petitions. From October 2023 it will also apply to UK general elections.

Maggie commented: “Voting is a fundamental part of our democracy. I want to remind every resident, that to be eligible to vote, you must take a form of photo ID to the polling station. If you do not already have a form of photo ID, you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate by 5 pm on 25th April 2023, which will allow you to vote in the Erewash Borough Council elections on Thursday 4th May 2023.”

The following types of photo IDs are acceptable:

  Passport, Driving licence (including provisional license), Blue badge, Certain concessionary travel cardsIdentity card with PASS mark (Proof of Age Standards Scheme), Biometric Immigration document, Defence identity card, Certain national identity cards

Residents who do not have a valid form of photo ID can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate by clicking here.