Hi, Welcome to the September 2018 Climbers’ Club Newsletter.
Philippa leading Loose Limpet Crack at Tregiffian – Photo Simon Brocklebank.
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Pip Hopkinson: We regret to announce that Pip died from a heart attack on Saturday 25th August. We offer our condolances to his family and friends.
The funeral will be on Friday 14th 1.00pm Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery. All are welcome.
Phil’s family have opened a JustGiving page in Phil’s name to raise money for CAN, Community Action Nepal, the charity of which Phil (Pip!) was a trustee and had a long association.
Please Donate …
JustGiving sends your donation straight to Community Action Nepal and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more.
CC AGM advanced notice
The 121st Climbers’ Club Dinner and AGM is to be held in Sheffield Saturday 23rd February 2019. We are progressing with the details for the dinner and AGM and we intend to have the full programme of events, and booking arrangements published in next months newsletter.
We hope to make it a fun pact busy weekend and this hopefully will give everyone plenty of opportunity to make booking arrangements at the hotel.
Michele Hart – Dinner Secretary
Committee Lines
President’s Notes:
Phil (Pip) Hopkinson
Sadly we heard of the sudden death of Pip Hopkinson, a larger than life character who was great fun to know. We were on the committee together for several years..
I will be in North wales next week, visiting the in-laws over the weekend, then staying at Ynys. Meeting with the architect to go through the plans for the internal layout. Also to discuss what the impact of the listing of Helyg will be and what options we have for improvements.
The Aspirants Meet is on the weekend of the 21st/23rd and the following weekend the committees are meeting.
Vic Odell – President
Secretary’s Update
We are very sorry to report the deaths of two members:
Vun Lim, following a climbing accident on Dinas Mot on 28th June
Pip Hopkinson, from a heart attack, on Saturday 25th August. Pip’s funeral will be on Friday 14th September at 1pm in Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.
We offer condolences to their family and friends.
September BMC Clubs’ Committee Update
- An update from BMC president, Lynn Robinson …
- BMC Board of Directors: meeting summaries and minutes …
- BMC National Council minutes and summary notes …
- BMC Articles of Association which were adopted on the 16th of June …
GDPR
For those of us still getting to grips with this, some more links and information has been added to the BMC webpage …
Training
The Ready to Rock outdoor rock climbing courses have gone well during 2018. More training courses are planned including this one on winter skills. Let’s hope for a good winter! Details …
Access
Thanks to all of your members who responded to the Welsh government’s sustainable management of natural resources consultation which discussed some matters of access which affect us. Here’s the summary of responses …
Hilary Lawrenson – Hon. Secretary
New Applications
Applications are under consideration for the following:
Members wishing to comment on any candidate are asked to contact the Membership Secretary, Andy Cairns, 31 Balmoral Drive, Timperley, Altrincham, WA14 5AQ. Tel:0161 969 8507
or by e-mail to: membership@climbers-club.co.uk
| Surname | First name | Address | Proposer | Seconder |
| Marsh | Deborah | BRIGHTON | Peri Stracchino | Fiona Sanders |
| McAllister | Robin | CARDIFF | Oliver Burrows | Roy Thomas |
| Desroy | Graham | CAERNARFON | Nick Bullock | Paul Donnithorne |
Please note: Andy will be away on a climbing trip to the USA for 5 weeks, from 18 Sep to 22 Oct, and although he should be able to access email periodically, any rapid response is unlikely!
Meets and Meet Report
Hi all
The long hot summer of 2018 is drawing to an end. However with a warm dry autumn forecast don’t hang your rock boots up just yet…
- CC hosts (preferably with a couple of years CC membership so they can support aspirants applications) needed for Vic and Michelle Aspirants meet at Ynys Etws on 22 /23 Sep. Details … Drop Vic and Michelle a line if you can make it. Meet new climbing pals and do a Good Thing for your club ;-
- Still in Ynys on 13/14 October, the joint Meet with Not So Trad. Details … Lots of keen lads and lasses, and don’t worry if you havn’t got a climbing team for the weekend, fearless meet coordinator Jing Tang will sort you out. Oh, and there will be food organised on the Saturday night.
- Spenser Gray’s Morrocco Anti-Atlas Trad Meet is on for 19th Oct to 3rd Nov, Details … still fluid so mail Spenser if interested.
And finally…..
I’m putting next years meets list together, so if there is somewhere you fancy a meet, the key to making it happen is drop me a line volunteering to run it :-).
See you on warm sunny autumn rock
Peri Stracchino – Meets Secretary
PS: CC Sandstone 8 Outcrops Walk – Sunday 16th Sept.
The annual 8 Outcrops Walk is scheduled for this coming Sunday 16th September taking in, as the title suggests 8 of the most popular sandstone outcrops south west of Tunbridge Wells. The walk starts at 9am prompt from the RSPB reserve car park in Broadwater Warren (TQ 554 371) and usually finishes around 7pm, but as it is a figure of 8 route there is an option of ducking out midway, which would be around 1pm ish, or even join from there for the rest of the route.
As usual Graham Adcock will be leading this and it would be good to have some idea of who might be coming along. His email is; gadcock@gmail.com
Most of the outcrops should be in reasonable condition still.
Vertebrate New Books to pre-order
Just to let you know, Vertebrate now have two Scottish mountain landscape photography books available to pre-order at your member discounts:
- Wild Light by Craig Aitchison
- Extreme Scotland by Nadir Khan
That is this month. Let’s hope Autumn is kind to us after the great Summer.
Tony Scott – Web Manager