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GGEW NEWS WINTER 2012
ornchurch Guide Amy Marren found herself making history this summer when she was chosen to be part of the
UK Paralympic Swimming Team. She didn’t win a medal
but at just 14 years of age the prospect of a place on the podium
at Rio, and/or future Games, must surely be very good. Amy was
interviewed on the local BBC London news and the pictures are
from that interview.
Here are a few words from Amy about her fantastic summer.
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a very Happy 2013.
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aphne Field of the Essex Women’s Advisory Group visited
Went House to present the County with a £100 donation. The
cheque from their Community Foundation Trust account, was
received by County Commissioner Jan Knight
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WINTER 2012
Avril Brampton
Hi Everyone, My name is Amy Marren and I’m a Paralympic
swimmer. I was born without my right hand at the level of the
wrist, so I am a classified S9 swimmer.
London 2012 was
amazing, I had the best
time of my life, and made some great new
friends from all over the world.
When I competed I came 4th in the 400m
Freestyle, which is brilliant considering I race
against Natalie Du Toit and Stephanie Millward
who are almost twice my age !!!.
I came 5th in the 100m backstroke, which
again was great for me. I managed to do new times on both my events, so I was really
pleased.
The village was huge!!!! The food court offered just about every kind of food from all over the world. I even managed to
have a McDonalds once all my races were finished. The rooms we had were really nice, I shared mine with three other GBr
swimmers, and we had so much fun.
I’m off to Dubai in December for a two week training camp . This is known as a warm weather camp, and it helps us get
prepared for the year ahead. Next year I hope to qualify for Worlds in Canada.....So watch this space :)
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PERIODIC NEWSLETTER FOR GIRLGUIDING ESSEX WEST
here is a
wealth of
expertise in
the County
for you to
call on to make life in
your units easier and
even more exciting. From
walking, boating, holidays
and outdoor activities,
DofE, to arts and crafts,
our County Advisers are
there to help. The Arts
team have a variety of
craft equipment available
from Encaustic art, to
pyrography. Contact
details are in the
current County Directory
which is available via the
website
girlguidingessexwest.or
g.uk
or the ladies at the office
will be happy to point you
in the right direction if
you have any problems.
Jan Knight
ASSISTANT
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Chris Skinner
Ann Matthews
COUNTY TREASURER
David Brampton
PUBLIC RELATIONS and
NEWSLETTER
David Henderson
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Members Day success
his years Members Day was held at Marks School, Harlow on 3rd November and was
attended by more than 160 Leaders from all over the County. The format was different
this year with two training sessions
during the morning, a break for a packed
lunch followed by a Growing Guiding
session in the afternoon, and an all day 1st
Response course running alongside the
main event.
The morning sessions included something for every section and an LQ training
for Leaders.
One of the most popular
sessions was Meeting on a Biscuit, which
These young ladies were
did involve various tasks with biscuits!
very pleased with their biscuit
Strangely the stock of chocolate biscuits did
creation!
seem to diminish the longer the session
lasted!
The Growing Guiding session run by Rosemary Jeffrey, Chris Skinner and Sarah Collins
ably assisted by Kirsty Hardy and Gemma Wareham had the Leaders ‘writing’ their own
unique gardening book, prompted by a Powerpoint presentation. Groups of Leaders wrote
down their ideas for the future of guiding, from ways to increase membership, retain current
members and expand the programme.
The day was organised by Sylvia Partridge who has now put together 12 excellent County
Days and County Commissioner Jan Knight presented Sylvia with a bouquet of flowers as a
token of appreciation for all her hard work.
Members of the Trefoil Guild ran a raffle during the day in aid of the Essex Air Ambulance.
Sylvia Partridge thanks Ann Hill and
all those who bought tickets and
helped raise £163.00.
There are more pictures from
Members Day inside this issue
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It may seem a long way off but
the Big Brownie Birthday will
come round sooner than you think.
Linda Harris and Margaret
Henderson, together with a great
team of enthusiastic Leaders and
Young Leaders are already working
to put together a fantastic fun day
for the County’s Brownies.
The team prepared treasure chests
to herald the event and more than
100 were
given out
at
Members
Day so
units have
plenty of
time to
ensure
the date is
in their
unit
diaries
Website: www.girlguidingessexwest.org.uk