Issue No. 9 June 2011 Email Version

CONTENTSSporting Lunch 2011 . . . . . . .1

Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

From the Editor’s Pen . . . . . .3

Profile of our New President .4

Quiz Nights . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Angling Section . . . . . . . . . . .6

Golf Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

SHANKS Section . . . . . . . . .10

Charity Golf Day . . . . . . . . .12

Tennis Section . . . . . . . . . . .12

New Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . .13

200 Club Winners . . . . . . . .13

Cricket Section . . . . . . . . . . .14

Where Are They Now? . . . .14

Letter from the Paper Trail .16

Trustees Report 2010 . . . . . .17

AGM Minutes 2011 . . . . . . .18

Sporting Lunch 2012 . . . . . .19

Easy Reference . . . . . . . . . . .20

Hon EditorBEV STEELE

Tel no:0208 542 1422E-mail address:steele.speed

@blueyonder.co.uk

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THE YEAR BEGINS ....

It does indeed and even at this earlystage things are taking off in thevery best sort of way. The AGMheld in Suite No. 1 at the Park Plazahotel was attended by 25 people,more than enough for the 20 personquorum required. The Minutes ofthe Meeting will be shownseparately from this item but themajor event of course was theelection to office of our newPresident, Martyn Eustace, AndyThompson to Vice-President and thepresentation of the Past Presidents’badge to outgoing PresidentMalcolm Lane-Ley. Also Phil Carrhas kindly taken on the role of PICTTreasurer. By nature these meetingsare brief and business-like as otherduties call like the need for food anddrink upstairs, so with little furtherado, as the end of meeting gavelcame down, like a battery of Atlasrockets, up we went.

Those of us fortunate enough to beinvited to the President’s Bar (thankyou Martyn) met Martin Bayfield

our Guest Speaker. Martin has beencapped 33 times for England & Britishand Irish Lions. At 6ft 10 ins he is not aman with whom one could engage in along conversation, at least whilststanding up. The angle at which the headmust be held in order to maintain politeeye contact requires a set of neckmuscles not given to us mere mortals. Avery interesting man but I should havestood on a chair.

The bars were full of Trade folk and theirguests, the noise levels reaching that dullroar you get at any take off, and as eventsdeveloped, this was quite a takeoff.......more anon. Just before 1pm wewere called to Lunch, 330 of us sittingdown in the spacious Ballroom at 10person circular tables. The Top Tableconcept had been dispensed with thisyear with the VIP’s sitting with usCommon Horde, all laudably democraticexcept one had to search the horizon tocheck who was taking wine with whom!A nice touch was the placing of over-sized red bow ties at certain seats. Thesebecame Table Captains responsible forthe running of the table games andcollections which were in the form of aSilent Auction where one can bid foritems secretly, a table raffle and the wellestablished and ever popular Heads &Tails Game. No need to describe that oneI think, except to add that it was all verygood fun and got the event off to a flyingstart. I should mention that each tablewas adorned with a full size rugby ballsigned by Martin Bayfield which was thetable raffle prize.

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Sport was very much the theme today with Rugby atits core. Lunch was served and when cleared awaythe “chef” was called to the stage by a slim younglady dressed in hotel management attire. It soonbecame apparent this was a spoof and that themusical part of the event was upon us when with adeafening roar the sound system kicked in and wewere entertained to songs from the shows such asPhantom of the Opera, Chicago and Mamma Mia andof course “nessun dorma”. In truth it was a bit loud.

Fred Haines made a cracking speech as would beexpected, followed by a thoughtful Martyn Eustacespeaking of the great changes that were comingthrough our Industry just now. With 150,000employed across the Trade he pressed for greaterefforts in recruiting new members to PICT. He wasfulsome in his praise of our Secretary Anne James forher steadfast and loyal work for the Charity andpresented her with a bottle of champagne. Theapplause was both loud and long and concluded with

a toast to the Guests.

It was now the turn of Martin Bayfield to speak.Martin entertained us royally with stories of rugbyboth on and off the pitch and had the room in stitches.After a short break he came back to act as Auctioneerand made a great job of selling sporting artefacts suchas signed cricket bats, footballs, boxing prints etc.One of the prizes was a lunch with Nick Owen whichwas won by Vince Collins. As nothing in life is evertotally perfect this part of the afternoon went onperhaps a tad too long leaving less time for theassembled host to socialise. A lesson for the futurehere.

With a total of close to £13,000 raised for the Charityon the day, this was a resounding success and auguredwell for the future.

Bev Steele

The Haka came to London One of the singers and a delighted party

Martyn & Anne busy with raffle results....always something to do

Bev Steele attempting eye contact with Martin Bayfield

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PICTWEBSITE

Please note the PICT Websiteaddress. Members and potentialMembers will find it friendly andaccessible. The Editor would liketo stress that though we are acharitable organisation we arestill very much a social society

built upon a structure of sportingactivities made suitable for mostabilities from tyro to semi-expert.Do look at the sports section

joining pages which will give youprompt contact with the sectionsecretaries. It cannot be stressed

enough that our aim of promotinggood fellowship is still based onregular sporting activitiesthroughout the year. The addressis:

www.pictuk.com

www.pictuk.com

It would be incorrect to say at thisjuncture (I write this towards theend of May) that the “YearBegins”...that has been coveredwith the Front Page story but forthe Sporting Sections things reallyare beginning with the golfers andanglers and others out there in thisglorious weather doing their stuff.We look forward to receiving theirreports and pictures as the yearprogresses. This, the 9th edition ofthe Newsletter will be forpublication on the Web only, a

necessary economy in these ratherstraitened times, but we shall begoing for a print edition in all itsglory in December.

Under the watch of PresidentMartyn Eustace a truly substantialstart has been made to the fundingof the Charity for 2011 with thatremarkable £13,000 total donationfrom the Sporting Lunch inMarch. With such funding wereally can do some good bringingat least a modicum of relief tothose less well endowed withhealth or wealth. To this end theCommittee and Trustees are busywith the sensitive work of findingthose less fortunate folk with aPaper Trade background to whoma benefit can be made.

What with the Royal Wedding andPresident Obama’s speech in theHall of Westminster and thecracking weather we have beenenjoying at least in the South there

is much to lift the heart. I mustguess there are those further up-country who perhaps have notbeen having such a good Springbut, (there is an upside to mostthings you know) your gardens arelooking better than our dustypatches down here! It just mightrain one day.

Your support is appreciated at alllevels, not just from those that joinin the sporting programmes. Itwas good at the Lunch in March tosee just how “together” the Tradestill is despite the many andconstant changes. Do check outthe sporting sections and give acall to the secretaries of thoseactivities that are of interest toyou. Finally a vote of thanks to theOfficers of the Charity for theirgood and tireless work, all for thebenefit of others.

Bev Steele

FROM THE EDITOR’S PEN

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PROFILE OF OUR NEW PRESIDENT

Since my early days in theindustry, selling for HowardSmith Paper after a post-university management trainingperiod at the old Sunderland papermill of Domtar, through my timeas an agent with VRG and thenthrough my later merchantingcareer, the Stationers’ SocialSociety, now the Paper IndustryCharitable Trust, has been aninstitution at the heart of ourindustry. I am very proud andhonoured therefore to have beenasked to take my place at the helmof this organisation with such animportant place in our industry.

I have been advised that a briefhistory of your President is usual,so please forgive these ramblingsas I exercise my duty.

I found myself ‘in paper’, like alot of others, because of familyconnections. My father, whooriginally worked for SamuelJones, was the original importerof the Howard Smith range ofpapers made in Canada. Sosuccessful were these fine papers,after the austerity period of the

war and the necessarily limitedrange of UK produced papers,that, in the 60’s, Howard Smithbegan their own sales operation inthe UK. So perhaps it wasinevitable that I would find myway into the exciting world ofpaper, or so it was for many years!

So my career began when ‘tonneless 5%’ off the list price was areal deal and bulk packed had notyet been invented. Customersdidn’t often go bust and stock wasthe key to success with recordsthat were a dark art mastered onlyby those with a grumpy fondnessfor dog eared card systems Themain perk for the long sufferingstock controller was the regularvisit to the warehouse, fag inhand, to check if the stock wasactually there.

From merchanting I moved tobeing a paper agent at VRG. Anhonourable trade that takes aremarkably small margin on salesand exists by informing theprincipal mill that the market isextremely difficult and is best leftin an agent’s capable hands. HereI learned a lot of trading skills tosee me through later years.Single-handedly I ruined the UKproduction of coloured paper byimporting exciting colours fromGermany, where runs of colourwere in the 100s of tonnes ratherthan the 10s - and at much lowerconsequent prices.

I then moved into toilet paperwhere I first learned that havingsomething different was not anembarrassment and a problem butan opportunity to make a killing.

Floral toilet paper may not havebeen in previous high demand, butonce offered by Sainsbury, myfirst customer, the ladies ofmiddle England rewarded mehandsomely with container loadsof the stuff being demanded veryquickly.

Another valuable lesson, learnedfrom VRG MD Geoff Poole, isthat you never should bepersuaded by older and wiserindustry colleagues to be the onewho leaves his credit card at thereception of a London late nightclub! My consequent expenseswere quite remarkable butgenerously paid with a very sternwarning.

And then itchy feet took overagain. Chris van Hoorn, who hadstarted his own merchant,Contract Paper, decided to buy thethen ailing Howard Smith Paperbusiness. Invited to join him Irelished the challenge of gettingback to merchanting and I amvery proud of Howard Smith’sachievements over many yearswhich included the relocation ofthe whole organisation to a newautomated warehouse facility inNorthampton; in its time, andperhaps even now, the largest ofits kind in Europe.

The organisation underwent asuccession of owners but underthe direction of George Dean, mypredecessor as CEO, maintained asense of direction and purposethat enabled HSP to grow from itstraditional beginnings into one ofthe UK’s largest and mostsuccessful paper distributers. If I

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learned anything here, it was thejoy of working with greatenthusiastic people who workedand played hard.

But new challenges always emergeand the opportunity to take on theailing Premier Paper Group wasperhaps the hardest but enormouslysatisfying time of my career. Again,with the help of a tremendouslytalented and loyal team, weachieved our objectives and turnedthe business around in remarkablyshort time, creating a valuable assetfor the shareholders. Oursubsequent bid to buy the businesswas trumped but the team can lookback at their success with anenormous sense of achievement.

So now I run my own Consultancybusiness, Newvizion, but myenergies are almost totally focusedon the Two Sides organisation,which is fast growing into a globalinitiative to promote thesustainability of Print Media.Welive in the most difficult of timesfor our industry. Corporate andGovernmental cost savings areresulting in reduced marketingexpenditure and, at the same time,we are faced with the challenge, thefirst since Caxton invented the

printing press and threatened thelivelihood of the multitude ofscribes, that paper may not, in thefuture, be the communicationmedium of choice. At times whensustainability is high on all ouragendas paper is incorrectlyperceived as a threat to forestswhereas, in reality, it is a renewableand recyclable product whichdemands that forest are maintainedfor future generations.

So I find myself once more facedwith a difficult task but, havingenjoyed and benefited so muchfrom this great industry, it isincredibly satisfying to be doingsomething so positive at thisimportant time.

And PICT is yet anotheropportunity to make a difference.So much good work has been doneby previous Presidents whorecognised that the time for socialgatherings has now passed and havechanged the organisation into aCharitable Trust with a real sense ofpurpose. The theme is now set foran annual sporting lunch open to allmembers who will be encouragedto bring staff and clients, and alsotake up sponsorship opportunities,creating an enjoyable event that

raises money for the Charity tospend on worthwhile causes.Having raised £13,000 this year,and anticipating a greaterattendance in the Olympic year of2012, I would hope to see the lunchbecoming the major annualfundraiser for the Charity in futureyears.

In my remaining months asPresident, I would like to ensurethat the Charity communicatesitself throughout the industry andpeople are aware of our existence.We may not now be a wealthy orexpanding industry but PICT existsto assist those who have beenassociated with paper in theirworking lives and will continue tofind support for those who havefallen on hard times.

As with all such organisations, theCharity benefits from the hard workof a few people who give their timeto the various committees andsporting events. We need toencourage more people to join theCharity. My message to all CEOs isto please encourage your colleaguesand staff to participate in PICT andtake just a brief time to considerthat there are those who will needour help.

QUIZ NIGHTSVice President Andy Thompson tells us there will be 3 Regional Quiz Evenings all taking place onWednesday October 12th with a 7.15am start.

The venues have yet to be arranged. Please keep your eye on the PICT web page for these details.

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Using a thin rod 9’ to 10’ long andweighing just 4-5 ozs, we try andcast 25 metres of line, 2mm thickand tapering, to send a smallimitation fly with accuracy anddelicacy to land gently on the water.All of this being done whilst theQE2 bridge was closed to allvehicles because of the strength ofthe wind!!

Nevertheless, Coltsford Mill stillretained its charm and we met in themorning for a leisurely cup ofcoffee in the warm and comfort ofthe bar, before plucking up thecourage to brave the elements.Thefishery is made up of the Mill Pool,Willow Lake and a sequence ofCascade Pools and with the lownumber of anglers we were able tospread out and pick a position

where the howling gale could beused to some advantage dependingon ability and whether one is rightor left handed.

Despite the weather, it was notlong before guest Ron Gorin wasseen carrying the first trout of theday and in fact it proved to be avery productive day for most of us.There were the inevitable tangleswith trees, shrubs, rushes and anyother obstacle into which our flieswere blown. Dennis Cole reportedlosing his cast in a tree at least threetimes but by the end of the dayended with 3 fish. The sun did comeout for about 5 minutes after lunchbefore the rain swept in again so thephotos belie the true conditions.

I managed to cajole a fish fromeach of the three different fishing

areas mentioned above, which wasparticularly satisfactory, as I had setthat as my personal challenge forthe day. In fact 5 of us went homewith full catches and only BrianHill and Robert Taylor struggled tocatch, ironically winners of theMonk Trophy for the last twoyears.It just goes to show thatdespite the conditions, the fishingwas good, the company enjoyableand those unable to make it missedwhat could be described as a“memorable” day.

MONK TROPHYIn the absence of Gerry Overy

who was leading the field beforethis event, the winner of the MonkTrophy for 2010 is yours truly,George Fowler, followed by GerryOvery and Dennis Cole.

COLTSFORD MILL - Thursday November 11th 2010How quickly an organiser’s feelings can turn from euphoria to gloom!The day before was glorious and I felt

that it was just like old times with 16 people booked to fish at Coltsford for the final event of the year, only tohear the atrocious weather forecast that eventually meant that, coupled with sickness in two cases, only 8 anglersturned out.The weather was as wild as predicted and for the non-angling readers I will try and paint a picture.

ANGLINGSECTION

Secretary: George FowlerTel. No. 01707 874062

E-mail: george.fowler1@tesco.net

DATES FOR YOU DIARY 2011

ALL FLY FISHING

Week commencing 10th October – River Test –date to be confirmed

Thursday 10th November – Syon Park,Chiswick, London

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Seven members and four guests met at Rib Valleyon a glorious spring day with sun all the way and alight breeze producing a pleasant ripple on the waterof Millenium Lake. We were all there to fly fish fortrout as no one had taken up the coarse fishingchallenge – a pity because they have two goodcoarse lakes at the fishery.

For some it was an early start, especially as I tooka phone call from Keith Huxtable at 7.30 askingwhether it was a PICT fishing day. He couldn’tunderstand why there was nobody else there butsome of us take a rather more relaxed approach toour day’s fishing!

Needless to say, by the time I arrived at 9 o’clock,Keith had already landed two Rainbow trout – a

good start to the season.The fishing proved to bechallenging but most people did manage to catchwith the guests upstaging the members and bestcatch of the day going to Granville Ainley whocaught 6 weighing 10 lb 5oz.

The early start obviously paid dividends as Keithended with best catch for a member of 3 fishweighing 7 lb. This puts him into the lead for thisyear’s Monk Trophy, which is awarded to themember with the heaviest catch over all meetings.

If you would like to come along and try your handat fly-fishing please contact me. You will always bemost welcome and rods and tuition are usuallyavailable.

RIB VALLEY LAKES - Thursday 24th March 2011

Dennis Cole (l) and Brian Hill (r) at Willow Pool

FRENSHAM LAKES – Thursday 5th May 2011Avery good turnout with 10 members and 3 guests

on a very pleasant, fine, sunny day, after early cloudand even a shower on the way to Churt. When Iarrived just after 8.30 one of our guests, Ron Gorin,had already taken two Rainbow Trout from one ofthe six lakes that make up the fishery. As there werealready a number of rods out on the main lake, Imade my way to the lower lake and very quickly hada fish fighting on my line.

I always like to try and catch fish in each of thelakes, so I moved up to a lovely, small, deep pool by

the car park and sure enough took another veryswiftly – it looked as though it was going to be agreat day, especially as we are able to fish catch andrelease at Frensham. This means that fish can be putback to fight another day.

Moving on to the main lake it seemed that theearly run of catches had come to an end and peoplewere moving round and changing flies in an attemptto catch. It was some time before the action startedagain, notably Dennis Cole catching regularly afterthe lull.

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GOLFSECTIONSecretary: Anne James

Home Tel. No: 01895 905551Mobile No:07799 626300E-mail: anne@pictuk.com

DATES FOR YOU DIARY 2011

Summer MeetingTues, 19th July - Guildford Golf Club

Autumn MeetingThurs, 22nd Sept - Copthorne Golf Club

The weather was fine enough for us to sit out atlunchtime and enjoy our picnic lunches and a good oldchin-wag about the trade, fishing and many othersubjects.It was obvious that Dennis had had the best ofthe morning although most people had been successful.

After lunch, it was Brian Hill who took over prisinga number of fish from one of the small top lakes whileguests Granville Ainley and Ron Gorin also kept theirrods bending.

I had a wonderful afternoon with lots of fighting fishon for some time but all eventually threw the hook socan’t be counted as a catch – nevertheless excitingsport.

Some comments were received that it was a bitcrowded but I think we all managed to find a spot tofish and most people ended the day with fish.

From the view of an organiser it is great newsbecause it means that higher numbers than usual turnedout, one thing that I can’t predict and I think mostpeople find it a delightful fishery even if it is rather thatsmaller than most.

MONK TROPHYThis is presented each year to the member catching

the heaviest weight over all four outings and after thefirst two events it is very close at the top – Brian Hillleads with 22lb 4oz closely followed by Dennis Coleand Keith Huxtable both with identical weights of 19lb9oz. So, all to fish for in the remaining trips of the year.

Gerry, David, Andrew, Robert, Dennis, Granville

Spring Meeting - Friday 20th May 2011The PICT Spring meeting was the first event of the year held inconjunction with PAGS at the West Herts Golf Club nearWatford. The golf course was in magnificent condition for thistime of the year albeit very hard and fast and the weather couldnot have been kinder to us, sunny and warm all day.

28 players took part which included 10 guests. We understandthe current business climate is very difficult but we are hopingthat more PICT players in particular could put the Golf dates intheir diaries and enjoy a good day out from the stress of theoffice.

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The morning round was a singles Stablefordcompetition with players competing for the DavidFordhamMemorial Goblet for handicaps 16 and underand the Syd Humphries trophy for handicaps 17 andabove. In the afternoon there was a 13 hole St.Andrews greensome competition for the SwedishTrophy which is a magnicent horn.We should alsomention that one of the highlights of the day was JohnTompkins, a PAGS guest, shot a HOLE IN ONE .

David Fordham Memorial GobletWinner John Ireland [31 points on count back]Runner up David Houseman [31 points]

Syd Humphries TrophyWinner Roger Grant [34 points]Runner up Barry Fowler [33 points]

Afternoon Competition The Swedish Trophy13 hole St. Andrews GreensomesWinners Robin Sponder and Dan Barrett with afantastic 33 points.

Roger Grant

The Whitehead Salver – 1st June 2011

The teams from PICT, PAGS (Paper Agents GolfSociety) & PTGS (Paper Trade Golfing Societyassembled at 12 noon on a beautiful, sunny June day to

compete for The Whitehead Salver, the Paper TradeTeam Competition Trophy. Each society entered ateam of 7 players, slightly down on previous years butgood support in the current economic climate. Afterenjoying a traditional golfers lunch of ham, egg andchips the three society captains teed off at 1:00pm. Asalways teams of 3 competed with stableford scoring.The course was in fine condition with some good andsome “encouraging” scores being returned by allplayers. After play drinks and sandwiches were servedon the terrace when the teams were delighted towelcome Mr & Mrs Peter Laming to the the trophypresentation.Results as follows:The Whitehead Salver was presented to Roger Grant,PICT Captain, by John Bardsley, PAGS Captain, andlast year’s winners.The Laming Shield was presented by Peter Laming toRichard Bennett with 36 points, just beating PeterGoldsmith into 2nd place (35 pts).

Richard Bennett

Roger Grant being presented The Whitehead Salver by JohnBardsley

Some of the players on the terrace

Peter Laming presenting The Laming Shield to Richard Bennett

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SHANKSSECTION

Secretary: Mike KerlogueMobile Tel. No: 07970 148056

E-mail: mike@kerlogues.plus.com

SHANKS SPRING OUTING -10TH MAY 2011Well, what can I say about this day? Closeto perfection? Yes I think so. Let me paintyou a picture. The weather was simplyperfect, the sun splitting the heavens, theLombardy poplars shimmering andswaying in a cooling breeze wafting acrossthe flat lands of Hampton Court PalaceGolf Club with the Tudor chimneys of thePalace itself in the distance. One gets thefeeling of being “somewhere” on a courselike this. The parrots gave us an air showand the more or less completely tame deersimply observed us at close range andgetting this time in no-one’s way. No John(Deer) van der Pump moment here. He hita deer in the derriere with a rising ballduring a previous meeting. It would havebeen good for all except perhaps the deer toreport a similar incident here but... forCountry File watchers I can report that thewildlife remained entirely un-bruised.

To business. The Runners and Riders.

12 Happy Shankers in all. They were, and

in no particular order, Matt Ingram, President Martyn Eustace(we were very honoured), Chris Godfrey, Bob Green, RodBenwell, Rob Seymour, Mike Kerlogue, Mike Gee, MartinRandall, Chris Bell, Bev Steele and Paul Mahney.

We were broken down (that’s about right!) into 4 teams of 3 thetheory being that we would put in individual scores with ourwhite balls, and with the issue yellow “Shanks” ball we wouldscore as a team, this yellow ball to be played by each player inturn. We were photographed at the start by Bob (Commodore)Green and issued with Kit Kat choccy bars by Mike (Kit Kat)Kerlogue (who else?) just to sustain us and off we went.

Scores? Well, we don’t really do scores. Mistakes, clangers, anddisasters score more with Shanks than a good score but, blokesin general are competitive so I suppose some mention must bemade of the numbers.

Bob (Commodore) Green came in 1st with 31 points with 2ndplaces shared by Bev (Slicer) Steele, Rob (Frenchy) Seymourand Kit Kat, each with 30 points.

Yellow Ball Team winner was Team A but owing to a Shanksmoment cock up by, and on pain of death I shall not utter thename of the perpetrator, who didn’t double the points score(which is what you do for the yellow ball comp) it went to TeamC with 56 points made up of Mike Gee, Martyn Eustace and KitKat but who cares? As the author was in teamA it stung a bit butI shall recover.

The prizes are like a bran tub so no-one except the winners canremember who got what. Mike Robertson of International Papervery generously donated many of the prizes and many of thesewere in the form of very smart designer golf attire. ThanksMike.

The Shankers at the Hampton Court Palace GC May 2011

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Captain Mike (Kit-Kat) Kerlogue presents the SteveBeckett Trophy to Matt (Wrong Way) Ingram

Bev Steele and a deer watch in wonder at ChrisBell's drive

Martin Randall with the yellow ball

Bev Steele and a deer watch in wonder at ChrisBell's drive

Frenchie Seymour with his team

The big prize is the Steve Beckett Trophy which wentto Matt Ingram leader of Team B who took his teamfrom the 13th green to the 16th tee. If Captain Cookhad have made such an error he’d have missedAustralia which would be French now. They playedthe 16th, realised their error then returnedmagnificently to play the 14th and 15th and then the16th for the second time. As Shanks moments go thiswasn’t too bad.

The meal was unusual in that we had a curry whichwas very good. Dinner was very convivial indeed.

Nick (Tony Jacklin) Steidl was otherwise detained butvery kindly allowed us to play his course. Thank you

Tony. We left the club house in reasonable order, dida bit of dusting, turned the lights off and locked up.

Kit Kat who is all things Shanks to us now tells us thenext outing will be Wednesday, 28th September atWelwyn Garden City Golf Club. Details are on thewebsite.

Lastly, and perhaps a little more seriously, we mustthank Mike (Kit Kat) Kerlogue for organising thisoccasion which went off splendidly. For the record weraised £150 for PICT which is really what it is allabout. Thanks Mike.

Bev Steele

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TENNISSECTIONSecretary: John VictorosTel. No: 07740 819161

E-mail: john.vic@paper.co.uk

Annual Tennis Tournament- Thursday, 15th SeptemberNorthampton County Lawn Tennis Club,Church Way, Weston Favell, NN3 3BX. Ican also confirm this year that by the timewe get there the changing rooms will havebeen overhauled with new facilities

including new showers for both ladies and men. The oldmen’s changing room which was separate to the club hasbeen turned into a coach’s room.

The timings are:9.15-10 am meet, greet and register when tea, coffee andbiscuits will be available. 10.30 am is the pre-lunchRound Robin. Lunch wil be served at 1pm. 1.45 - 4pm arethe Quarter Finals and Semi Finals of both the PICTTrophy and PICT Plate. 4pm tea and cakes will be servedwhilst the Finalists prepare for the Finals at 4.45. ThePresentation will be held in the Bar at 6.30 unless thewinners are attending the Dinner.

We then retire to the hotel at 7pm to refresh ready for themeal at the Holiday Inn, Northampton, Bedford Road,NN4 7YF. Tel 0870 4007314.

The presentation dinner is only a 5 minute drive awayfrom the tennis club. Rooms will be available at a discountfor those that would like to stay overnight.

I will confirm costings once known. This year’s charity,should we be fortunate enough to have a lump sum leftover, will be split 50/50 as usual between PICT and thisyear Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

CHARITY GOLF DAY - 6th October 2011Fred Haines tells us he has booked Rothley ParkGolf Club, Rothley, Leicestershire as the venuefor this important match for 6th October.

Please contact him by email:Fred_Haines@fedrigoni.co.uk for details.This is a cracking event and a beautiful golfcourse.

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INTRODUCING OUR NEW TREASURER

Brian Hill stepped down last yearfrom his role of the past severalyears as Treasurer to PICT and PhilCarr heard the call to join and hehas very kindly offered his servicesto the Charity which is very much aplus for us...but, what of the manhimself? What follows I think is afascinating account of a very highachiever.

Phil was born in Guildford, soonmoving to Fleet in Hampshireachieving a BA in Finance withAccounting and an Associate of theChartered Institute of ManagementAccountants. He worked andtrained in the City of London for aCity based firm of CharteredAccountants before transferringwithin the firm to help set up andgrow a newly acquired Epsomoffice. In all he spent 6 years in theCity and 5 in Epsom. In 1997 hejoined a Peterborough basedcompany to advise on the fulllisting to the London StockExchange progressing to becomeone of the youngest Group FinanceDirectors on the Exchange. Hejoined Robert Horne Group in 2002as Group Financial Controller thenmoving to Howard Smith PaperGroup as Group Finance Director in2007. He then became RegionalChief Financial Officer forPaperlinX European Region of

UK, Ireland, Spain & South Africain 2008, the position he currentlyholds. All in all we have ourfinancial affairs in a very safe pairof hands indeed.

At school and at college Phil was akeen rugby player captaining sidesat numerous age and club levelsthough telling us is sadly just aspectator these day often to beheard to say “it wasn’t like this inmy day!” He is an enthusiasticgolfer, though, again in his words,not accomplished due to time spentat work and travelling. He enjoysreading, cars, films and theoccasional DIY when bullied intoit.

He has been married to Carolynefor 21 years with one daughterMegan and they live in ruralLincolnshire.

New Treasurer - Phil Carr

200 CLUBThe first draw of the 200 Club was made on 11th March at the PICT Sporting Lunch and the winners were:

1st £250 Neil Haslam2nd £100 Martin Randall3rd £50 Dennis Cole

The second draw was held after the Committee Meeting on 17th May and the winners were:1st £250 Stephen Mason2nd £100 Malcolm Lane-Ley3rd £50 Neil Haslam

It couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of people!

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ......?

Irmgard Smith, Senior SalesAdministrator/UPM Kymmene,retired 2000Irmgard came to live in Londonfrom her native Germany with herEnglish artist husband Ernest in1959. She had studied English atschool and on her own admissionwas pretty good at it so when in1961 she joined Wiggins Teape atGateway House, No 1 WatlingStreet, the timing was immaculateas WT were at that time expandingtheir interests into mainlandEurope. She worked under

Midwinter Hobson which may ringa few bells with those who workedwithin the hallowed walls ofGateway House. She stayed until1966 leaving to give birth todaughter Tania.

In 1974 she returned to the Tradejoining John Heyer Paper, a perfectfit if ever there was, with theirseveral German Mill agencies suchas Nordland and Zanders. Here sheworked with David Mitchellleaving with him to go to Nordlandas Sales Office Administrator whenthey established their own Londonoffice in Temple Chambers EC4.She remembers this as an“interesting” time, it being whenthe paper shortage struck, asituation the author also remembersvery well; a spasm within theIndustry that couldn’t last and likemost spasms it didn’t, but asIrmgard said, it was “interesting”The early ‘80’s was a time whenmills across the world werecombining or absorbing each other,others sadly just closing. A periodof great change. Nordland and

several other mills integrated withUPM Kymmene and Irmgardmoved to, in her words, very niceoffices in St James where sheworked as Senior SalesAdministrator, latterly underRichard Bennett. This was hersituation until she retired in 2000.

She admits to having had a“fabulous time “ within theIndustry. She was the first ladymember of the Stationers SocialSociety, is a valued member ofPICT and tells me she enjoysmeeting old friends at the Dinnersnow Lunches. She is self evidentlynot one to “let the grass grow”,being a Friend of Covent Garden, aFriend of the Royal Academy withan abiding interest in literature,theatre, music and fine art.

At risk of embarrassing her furtherI must tell the readership what a joyit was to meet this engaging,cultured and delightful lady at hercharming house in central London.

Bev Steele

CRICKET SECTION

Secretary: Mike RobertsonHome Tel. No: 01943 839029Mobile No: 07831 351465

E-mail: mike.roberson@ipaper.com

PICT Cricket Section Secretary Mike Robertsontells us a "20-20 over" match has been arranged,PICT v Robert Horne for Thursday 23rd June.Venue is Wollaston Cricket Club in Northants. Forfurther details contact Mike and please do yourbest to support this event.

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LONDON PRIDE SOCIETY LUNCH - 21st April

The November 11th 2010 Lunch,our first as a luncheon club, wassuch a resounding success wefigured then there was much tobuild upon so with 21st Aprilcomfortably close to St GeorgesDay we chose that day. OwenDavies and Paul Woollett got towork and with their organisationalskills, made up a comprehensivemailing list of ex-Members of theLPS. These were duly polled andinvited to the Lunch. The truth isthe turnout, for all sorts of

perfectly legitimate reasons, wasnot great with just 8 of us on deck.With this number the room used inNovember was booked at the Boot& Flogger wine bar in Red CrossWay for 12.30pm and as beforeproved ideal.

This Band of Brothers were HarryMills, (resplendent in red), OwenDavies, Mike Rust, Bev Steele,Stephen Vail, Ken Howard, PhilWorsley and John Garlick.

Despite the comparatively smallnumber of attendees we had agrand time with much hilarity.

The 27th October has been notedin the dairy for the next lunchmeeting.

For those ex-Members who wish toattend please make a note of this. Ifyou wish to bring a friend pleasedo so but do let us know so asuitable size venue can be booked.

Bev Steele

John Garlick Esq.,doing what comesnaturally..handling the money

OBITUARYWe have just learned of the sad passing of Past President, BarryAplin. A full obituary shallbe written later of this charismatic man. We wish at this juncture to simply extend oursympathy and support to Barry’s wife Jackie and the family and all who knew and lovedhim.

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LETTER FROM THE PAPER TRAIL

by Margaret CurleTel: 01442 234600E-mail:margaretcurle@thepapertrail.org.ukwww.thepapertrail.org.uk

Hello PICT members – yes, we atThe Paper Trail are still here – andyes, still promoting thesustainability and values of paperand print to adults and childrenalike.

The latest news is that we are in theprocess of heavily promoting ourvisitor centre –having just assigneda distributor to get our leaflets intohotels, eateries and other attractionsin the Herts, Beds and Bucks areas,as well as Euston station. We havealready attended two exhibitionsthis year – one in association withEnjoy Herts Tourism and the otherwith our own stand at a show inEssex, where I was rushed off myfeet promoting the mill to interestedparties – and we have already had

future bookings from these shows.

We still have lots of schoolsbooking trips, be they enterprisedays or just for tours –unfortunately one thing we arefinding this year is that someschools are having difficultyfunding the coach transport. Butonce they are here – they allthoroughly enjoy their experiencewith us.

Like everywhere else in thiseconomic climate, our conferencingside is being affected, but this is onearea which I would like to promoteto you the industry. What betterplace to have a conference or salesmeeting – we are close to the M25,M1, on the mainline from Eustonand a stones throw from Heathrowand Luton – we can offer varyingsized rooms at reasonable rates –we can always add a tour ofFrogmore Mill into your day. Anddon’t forget that by booking anevent with us – your money goesdirectly to helping the charity fulfilits aims in promoting our industryto the outside world.

We are still running our popularPaperAppreciation Courses – not tomake budding papermakers – but toenable those that work with thesubstrate to understand it better.John Watson is still leading thesecourses in his own inimitable style.As mentioned in my last column,

John is no longer employed by ThePaper Trail, but is happy tocontinue leading our PaperAppreciation Courses and is also anenthusiastic volunteer as and whenhe can. John is a director of twocompanies that some PICTmembers may already be aware of –Martor UK, the industrial safetyknife specialist, and Paper Life,supplier and specialist in equipmentand services for paper basedindustries.

Frogmore Paper Mill’s vintage fireengine also continues to cause aWOWwherever it goes – now backon the road after a brokencrankshaft – it can often be seendashing to various shows andevents to promote The Paper Trail.It lastly ‘dashed’ along the M25 toattend the Rickmansworth CanalFestival – which we have just heardattracted around 30,000 people!Maybe my uniform had somethingto do with that!

And on that note … ! If you wouldlike to know more about how youcan help us at The Paper Trail orwhat we can offer you, please giveme a call or e-mail me.

Marcaret Curle

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REPORT BY THE TRUSTEES 2010

OBJECTIVES

The Objectives set out in the Trust Deed areunchanged and cover the Advancement of Educationand Relief of Hardship.

The Assets and Income of the Trust do not yet enableTrustees to recommend an Educational project whichwould make a meaningful impact in the Industry.Rather Trustees have concentrated upon answering thesteady receipt of applications for the relief of hardshipwithin the Paper Industry. It is Trustees’ opinion thatwith the current degree of rationalisation in thisindustry, requests for assistance from distressed andnecessitous persons should be protected, and thatprovision for a continuation of this support should beprovided for in the Trust’s budget.

GRANTS PAID:

Regular payments £4,100

Other Grants and donations £2,794

Total distribution during 2010 £6,894

The 2010 Budget was £15,000 and Trustees have keptthis as a minimum figure for 2011.

As mentioned Trustees feel there may be a largernumber of people in the industry who will needassistance. Some may feel reticent to come forwardand therefore suffer in silence and it is Trustees’intention during 2011 and onwards to try to make thework of this area of the Trust more widely known, andto overcome the reticence of those who may be inneed and who qualify within the rules of the Trust.

Once again there has been liaison with both SAFFAand the Royal British Legion and with Social Servicesof one or two Local Authorities.

Signed Barry Fowler

Signed Patrick Shorten(Directors with responsibility for recommendinggrants).

PICT’s (Paper Industry Charitable Trust) prime reason for existence is to give grants and aid to thoserequiring such whether an individual or institution. We ask that you consider this carefully and if you knowof a member or ex-member of the Paper Industry experiencing hardship who could benefit from somefinancial help please let us know.

Your request will be put before a board for consideration. This will be done discreetly and in confidence.Kindly contact either Patrick Shorten (01844 237250) or Barry Fowler (07770 943952).

WEWANT TO HELP

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERALMEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 11THMARCH 2011IN THE PARK PLAZA RIVERBANK HOTEL, 18ALBERT EMBANKMENT, LONDON SE1 7TJCOMMENCING AT 11.10 AM.

The President, Malcolm Lane-Ley, took the chair.There were 25 members in attendance.

1. The Minutes of the Annual General Meetingheld on 26th February 2010 were proposed by JoePiggott, seconded by Stephen Mason andunanimously approved.

2. The President welcomed everyone to themeeting and reported on his year of office.

3. Apologies for Absence were recorded from:Clive Duncan, Owen Davis, George Fowler, LionelScott, Tony Spicer, Peter West, Mike Windett.

4. Presentation of Accounts for the period 1stJanuary 2010 to 31st December 2010.Phil Carr presented the Accounts. He thanked BrianHill for the preparation of the Accounts.

John Garlick, the Independent Examiner, was thankedfor his enormous help with theAccounts and John waswarmly applauded by those present.

The adoption of the Accounts was then proposed byMike Gee, seconded by Barry Fowler and carriedunanimously.

5. Election of DirectorsThe President announced that following a PastPresidents’ proposal, the Committee recommendedthat Martyn Eustace be elected President for 2011.This was proposed by Fred Haines, seconded by MikeGee and unanimously approved. Malcolm Lane-Leythen invested Martyn Eustace with the Badge ofOffice. The new President thanked the meeting andwas warmly applauded.

Martyn Eustace then took the Chair. His first duty wasto announce that it was the Past Presidents’recommendation that Andy Thompson become VicePresident for 2011. This was proposed by BarryFowler seconded by Ron Ingarfield and unanimouslyapproved. Andy Thompson was then invested with theVice-President’s badge and thanked the meeting. Hewas warmly applauded.

The appointment of the Treasurer Phil Carr to takeover from Brian Hill was proposed by Jeremy Martin,seconded by Stephen Mason and unanimouslyapproved.

The appointment of the Secretary Mrs Anne Jameswas proposed by Ron Ingarfield, seconded by PeterBothwick and unanimously approved.

According to the Articles of Association the longestserving Elected Director has to retire but is eligible tostand for re-election. Barry Fowler retired but was re-appointed. This was proposed by Andy Thompson,seconded by Jeremy Martin and unanimouslyapproved.

The meeting closed at 11.30 am.

AGM MINUTES 2011

Outgoing President Malcolm Lane-Ley congratulates MartynEustace on his Presidency for 2011

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DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

FRIDAY, 9TH MARCH 2012ANNUAL SPORTING LUNCH

RIVERBANK PARK PLAZA, 18 ALBERT EMBANKMENT,LONDON SE1 7TJ

This year’s PICT Sporting Lunch raised a record £13,000 for the Charity and we wouldspecially like to thank those who donated prizes and took out sponsorship. With the

event now firmly established, we would like to ensure that we plan well ahead for 2012and aim to build upon this year’s attendance and success.

Some lessons have been learned and we are preparing a less rushed program, endingslightly earlier with more time for networking. But the key elements; a sporting themefor the Olympic year, and a highly entertaining event, remain at the centre of our plan.PICT welcomes spouses and partners to the lunch and hopes that the event will also beused by organisations to introduce staff to the Charity and also for client or supplier

entertainment.We have booked the same venue, Park Plaza Riverbank on Friday, 9th March 2012 andexpect 400 people. We don’t want to turn anyone away next year, so please email AnneJames anne@pictuk.com if you would like to reserve a table. If you can also help usraise money again next year by sponsoring parts of the event or providing auctionprizes e.g. corporate entertainment tickets and boxes, holidays and high value items,these would be greatly appreciated. Ticket and sponsorship costs are great value and

have been held to the same levels as last year.

Why not join us to have some fun helping others.Individual donor £15 per yearCorporate donor £5 per year

E-mail anne@pictuk.com for details

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Anne James, SecretaryPIC Trust Ltd

2a Wallasey Crescent, Ickenham, Middx UB10 8SAanne@pictuk.com

Telephone No: 01895 905551

Paper Industry Charitable Trust Ltd( formerly Stationers’ Social Society)

Company Number: 5919035Charity Number: 1118232

EASY REFERENCEPresident

Martyn EustaceE-mail: mje@twosides.info

SecretaryAnne James

E-mail: anne@pictuk.com

TreasurerPhil Carr

E-mail: pcarr@hspg.com

TrusteesBarry Fowler

E-mail: barry.fowler@roberthorne.co.uk

Patrick ShortenE-mail: patrick.shorten@btinternet.com

Newsletter EditorBev Steele

E-mail: steele.speed@blueyonder.co.uk