SCARA 2010 Reunion Lunch
Post date: Oct 17, 2010 6:39:29 PM
The fifth SCARA Reunion Lunch was held on the Wednesday 13th October at the Great Connaught Rooms in London’s Covent Garden.
Peter Green, who only recently registered with SCARA, agreed to be our photographer for the day. Thank you Peter (For the full set of photographs taken on the day, please go to the PONLHeritage Flickr site).
A quick run-down of the schedule;
Arrival 11:30
Buffet lunch 13:00
A few words from our Chairman Michael Seymour who;
Gave a very warm welcome to everyone
Thanked Maersk sincerely for their continued generosity in sponsoring the annual SCARA lunch
Welcomed our honoured guest and SCARA Vice President, Lady St Johnston
Congratulated Adrian Malupa and Roger Brown on the success of the 2010 golf match and thank Lady St Johnston for the Rose Bowl which was presented to the winner. *
Introduced two members of the Mission to Seafarers, the charity we have chosen to sponsor this year.
Nigel Pusey, CEO Maersk, gave a short but comprehensive outline of the state of the British Shipping Industry which he followed with a brief comment on the PONL Pension Fund.
SCARA President Robert Woods, who was on a whistle stop visit fitted in between other commitments, gave a very brief address. Despite the shortness of his stay we were all very pleased to see him and appreciated him dropping by and giving what little time he had available.
Finish time 16:00
* Please note that next year’s golf match is scheduled for May 12th 2011.
At 11:00 we had our first arrivals and by 11:30 there was a lovely hubbub with people meeting and greeting long lost friends and colleagues. Some people had travelled from as far away as France, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man to be there. There were also people attending the event for the first time and we hope that they enjoyed themselves and will become regular attendees.
The event is open to all SCARA Members and SCARA Membership is open to all ex employees of OCL, P&O Containers Ltd and P&O Nedlloyd, whether retired or continuing in work. If you are reading this and are not already a member and would like to join then email scarasecretary@gmail.com to find out more.
We have had some really positive comments and, if you have never attended a SCARA reunion before, you might like to see this comment from one of our members attending for the first time this year.
“Really enjoyed Wednesday's lunch and am very glad that I made the effort to be there. Far from not knowing anyone I actually found that I knew a great many people and that I was pleased to see them and they me too.”
Here is the list of those who registered for this year’s event although sadly a few did not actually manage to get there due to unforeseen circumstances.
Mr Alex Aaron
Mr John Able
Mr Clive Allen
Mr Raymond Andrews
Mrs Angela Ball
Mr Doug Bannister
Mr Mark Barrett
Mr Ron Basnett
Mrs Carole Bates
Mr James Baxter
Mr Ken Bedward
Mr Terry Bethell
Ms Maria Bielecki
Mr John Blackmore
Mr Nick Blanchet
Mr Tony Blumer OBE
Mr Mike Board
Mr Alan Bott OBE
Mr Bob Bowen
Mr Steve Bowen
Mr Pat Boyle
Mr Peter Brabyn
Mr David Brace
Mr Jens Peder Braendeholm
Mr Lee Brewer
Mr Roger Brown
Ms Kim Burrell
Mrs Shirley Burrell
Mrs Rosemarie Cast
Mrs Sue Cessford
Miss Joan Chapman
Mr Mike Chapman
Mr David Charlesworth
Mr Guy Cheeseman
Mr Nigel Chew
Capt Bryan Chipperfield
Mrs Josephine Chipperfield
Capt. Ian Collister
Mr Alastair Conway
Mrs Mary Costelloe
Mr David Cross
Mrs Jane Cross
Mr Mike Cunningham
Mrs Julie Curran
Mrs Wendy Daniel
Mr Dave Darvill
Mr Peter Davies
Mr Ray Davis
Mrs Sandra Davy
Mrs Pat Dudley-Ward
Mr Douglas Dudley-Ward
Capt. Simon Dyer
Mrs Sue Evans
Mr Mike Fearnley
Mr Jose Fernandez
Miss Carol Fielding
Mr Mark Fowler
Mr Roland Fraser
Mr Tom Fry
Mr Geoff Garner
Miss Joy Garnham
Mr Steve Gawler
Mr PeterGodfrey
Mr Bob Gooch
Mr Peter Goodfellow
Mr Derek Gough
Mr Donald Graham
Mr Michael Graham
Mrs Patricia Graham
Mr Ian Grant
Mr PeterGreen
Mrs Ann Guirey
Mr John Hallahan
Mr John Hallett
Mr Bernard Heard
Mrs Janis Heard
Mr Adam Hedges
Mr Chris Holt
Mrs Jackie Honour
Mrs Christine Hope
Mr Bob Hughes
Mr Brian Jeffery
Mr Andrew Kennedy
Ms Pauline Lacey
Miss Karen Levy
Mr Geoff Lippitt
Mr Martin Lloyd
Mr Steve Logan
Mrs Lynn Logan
Mr Peter Low
Mr Ian Malcolm
Mr Adrian Malupa
Mr Tony Mason
Mr Ron Mathias
Mrs Angela May
Mrs Belinda McCormack
Mr John McGurk
Mr Renato Mencarini
Mrs Erica Merrifield-Harris
Miss Diane Mill
Mr Robert Milton
Mr Patrick Moore OBE
Mr Simon Moore
Mr Les Morris
Mr Brian Mullan
Mr Christopher Naylor
Mr John Newton
Mr Ted Nichols
Mrs Sylvia Norton
Mr Joe O'Brien
Mr George Oddy
Mr Arthur Oliva
Mr Peter Ongley
Mrs Tina Osborne
Mr Andy Packer
Mr David Parmenter
Mrs Debbie Paxton
Mrs Karen Payne
Mrs Barbara Pease
Capt Michael Penney OBE RD RNR
Ms Hilary Perring
Ms Carol Peterson
Capt. John Peterson
Ms Christine Phillippo
Mr Steve Plastow
Mr Mark Poulter
Mr Howard Praag
Mrs Janette Preston
Mr Nigel Pusey
Miss Sheila Radford
Mr Anton Ratnayake
Mr Michael Read
Mr Rodney Redhead
Mrs Jean Reece
Capt Kevin Rennison
Ms Vicky Revill-Whelan
Mr John W Richardson
Mrs Debbie Risbridger
Mr Geoff Robbins
Mr John Roberts
Mr Ewen Robertson
Mr Alan Rollinson
Mr Vernon Rolls
Mr Colin Rumble
Mr Graham Russell
Mrs Fiona Ruxton
Mr Trevor Ruxton
Mr David Sayers
Mr John Scott
Mr Dick Scott-Kerr
Mr Michael Seymour
Mr Geoff Sharman
Mr Stefan Sheriden
Mr Mike Sherwood
Mr Mike Shoesmith
Mr Godfrey Smith
Mr Trevor Smith
Lady St Johnston
Mr Paul Summers
Mr Andre Tanniou
Mrs DeniseTarrant
Mrs Kathy Taylor
Mr Ian Thornton
Mr Ross Tozer
Mr Adrian Tucker
Mr Edward van Dorp
Mr Tim Vaughan
Mr Tim Walder
Mr Norman Waller
Mr Martyn Willetts
Mr David Wilson
Mr Richard Winch
Mr Michael Woods
Mr Robert Woods CBE
MISSION TO SEAFARERS
Mr Luca Morelli
Mr Neil Griffiths
Belinda McCormack
Honorary Secretary
SCARA
(A copy of the report for the 2009 lunch is available via the link below.)