Euro 2012 Competition
It hardly seems like four years ago, but in a packed summer of sport, the first major event is of course the European Football Championships.
We are once again holding one of our competitions for the event.
Entries cost just £1 with 50% of the proceeds going to the winner and the other 50% going to the Rotary Foundation charity.
Entering is very simple. Simply download an entry form and select your choice of two teams from each of the seeded groups. Or, if you don’t know much about football (for example, if like me, you regularly watch Walsall), you could select a computer generated entry.
Send your entry (fax, post, or e-mail) and pay us your £1, and you’re in. We will feature updates on this website after each day of games, and you could win a nice little summer prize! Go on, you know you want to!
2012 F1: After Race 5 (Spain)
The Spanish GP has something of a reputation as one of the less exciting races in the F1 Calendar, but this year’s race was certainly not typical of races here in earlier seasons. It was a race of statistics, with Williams getting their first win since 2004 when Pastor Maldonado crossed the line first, after a strong challenge from Alonso in the Ferrari. He’s the first Venezuelan driver to win in F1.
Anyone betting on him prior to the race weekend stood to make a healthy profit with odds of around 300-1 available prior to the weekend. He now believes Williams can challenge for more this year.
This result made it five different winners (drivers and teams) in five races this year – the first time that’s happened since 1983. If you’re old enough, can you remember who?
- Brazil: Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW)
- USA: John Watson (McLaren-Ford)
- France: Alain Prost (Renault)
- San Marino: Patrick Tambe (Ferrari)
- Monaco: Keke Rosberg (Williams-Ford)
The sixth race in 1983 (Belgium) was won by Prost, who despite winning most Grand Prix races that year (4) would finish second to Piquet.
Will 2012 give us a sixth team/winner?
With Renault showing strongly again here, it’s far from impossible.
All this uncertainly makes our competition a little more difficult, as you can see from some of the changes this week! Previous leaders CCTV drop to fourth, with new joint leaders taking over.
You can see the league positions after this race here.
This year the 34 entries we have received mean a prize of £42.50 for the winner with an equal amount going to our Rotary Foundation charity. Thanks to everyone for their support.
2012 F1: After Race 4 (Bahrain)
After failing to make the top ten on the grid last week in China Vettel took pole in Bahrain. And like Rosberg last week he managed to convert that advantage into a win. It was a good day for Lotus with Raikkonen and Grosjean taking the other two podium places.
McLaren were less happy, after problems with both drivers during pit stops damaged their chances, a position made worse when Button had to come in for a fourth stop following a puncture, before being forced to retire a lap or two later.
Our leader remains unchanged, but further down there are a lot of movements. You can see the league positions after this race here.
This year the 34 entries we have received mean a prize of £42.50 for the winner with an equal amount going to our Rotary Foundation charity. Thanks to everyone for their support.
2012 Bloxwich Carnival Royalty Chosen
On Saturday St John’s Methodist Church hosted a large number of budding ambassadors as the 2012 Bloxwich Carnival Royalty were selected. The competition for this, the Diamond Jubilee year, was tough, and all those who walked onto stage to answer questions were very impressive this year.
Our judging panel consisted of a local councilor supported by the current (2011) Carnival Queen, and winners from 2003 and 1953! They took some time to come to a decision while all the candidates waited in anticipation…
The winners were Alice Jones (Carnival Queen, centre), Amelia Ellis (Carnival Princess, left) and Megan Leigh Small (Carnival Rosebud, right). Our congratulations to them, and our thanks to everyone else who took part on the day.
This year’s Diamond Jubilee Carnival takes place on Saturday 16 June, and entrance will be FREE. So why not come along for a great family day out, for nowt! We look forward to seeing you there.
2012 F1: After Race 3 (China)
The third race of the 2012 season got more interesting as time progressed. but ended with a maiden victory for Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes. He drove well to secure a victory after starting on pole. Behind him things were close, but after tyre wear hit the Red Bull, the two McLarens were able to overtake Webber to take the final two places on the podium, giving Hamilton the honour of being the leader in the Drivers’ Championship and the only man to have taken a podium finish in each race so far.
The third league table of the year can be seen here.
Our apologies to Gary and Spin-Off GP whose entry was missed from our first two races. You’re back in play here!
This year the 34 entries we have received mean a prize of £42.50 for the winner with an equal amount going to our Rotary Foundation charity. Thanks to everyone for their support.
2012 F1: After Race 2 (Malaysia)
It was another McLaren 1-2 for the start of this race in Malaysia, but rain took its toll on the day and caused a number of incidents which led to an unexpected result, with Ferrari taking their first win of the year for Alonso.
Jenson Button and Sebatien Vettel had separate incidents with the same car to both end up out of the points, leaving Hamilton as the only representative of last week’s podium to make it onto this week’s.
The second league table of the year can be seen here.
This year the 33 entries we have received mean a prize of £41.25 for the winner with an equal amount going to our Rotary Foundation charity. Thanks to everyone for their support.
2012 F1: After Race 1 (Australia)
Jenson Button had the perfect start to the 2012 season with a victory in Australia. He drove a pretty flawless race after taking the lead from the start after getting a slightly better drive from the grid than his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton lost out during a late safety car incident and ended the race third, allowing the Red Bull team to take second and fourth place for Vettel and Webber respectively.
The first league table of the year can be seen here.
This year the 33 entries we have received mean a prize of £41.25 for the winner with an equal amount going to our Rotary Foundation charity. Thanks to everyone for their support.
Decorating a local Church
On Saturday morning members of our Rotary Club were on hand at Reedswood Methodist Church to do some decorating. Several members had already been in earlier in the week to help our resident decorating expert Stuart to do some preparation, and on Saturday some of the workers turned up to begin the painting.
The church building dates back to 1902, and as well as providing a home for the Methodist congregation it is also used, as are many local churches, for other community group meetings and events.
We have volunteered to decorate the three toilets, and will be back soon to add a second coat and complete the task.
Bloxwich Carnival Royalty 2012
The 2012 Bloxwich Carnival Queen, Princess and Rosebud will be selected on Saturday 21st April at St. Johns Methodist Church Hall, Victoria Avenue, Bloxwich at 11.00 am. Application Forms can be downloaded here.
Contestants MUST live in the Walsall/Bloxwich area and their Parents/Guardians pay their Council Tax to Walsall Council. Contestants must be within the stated age limit for the competition they are entering for by the qualifying date; Queen (16-24), Princess (11-15) or Rosebud (7-10).
The Carnival Queen, Princess and Rosebud will be required to attend the Carnival Day, Saturday 16th June 2012, and winners, in particular, the Carnival Queen will be expected to attend at least 4 community events during their year including Carnival Royalty Selection 2013 and Senior Citizens’ Party. The Carnival Queen automatically becomes a member of the committee and will be expected to attend regular meetings.
It’s a big responsibility, but also a great opportunity to take part in the local community, so why not download an application form and enter now?
National Scholarship Program in the UK
At the first of our club meetings each month members are invited to pay a ‘fine’ of £1 for something they may have done in the recent past which is a little bit silly or daft, with the proceeds going to a member nominated cause selected from Global Giving.
At our first meeting in March we collected £15, and Dawn nominated the National Scholarship Program in the UK to receive this donation.
The National Scholarship Program (NSP) is the flagship initiative for the GVI Charitable Trust, and the project will fund opportunities and training for disadvantaged individuals in the UK to allow personal development, team work, leadership and to open up further opportunities.
The program is also focused upon creating a sense of responsibility both locally and globally and offering beneficiaries the tools to make a difference to their own lives, their community and impact upon global issues.
Our £15 will go towards funding for these scholarship opportunities.
