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Young Michael from St Neots said: “The fish seem to like
the red maggots best. Is it true that some fishermen put the
maggots in their mouth to warm them up before they put
them on the hook?”
Another fisherman casting his line from a wheelchair said
he had enjoyed the fishing – “but I like the people who are
helping us to do it.”
Club member Gary Ferris of Friendship Lodge No 8357 in
St Albans, Hertfordshire, is a golfer. Now he is also a fishing
fan. “This is my 10th or 11th event like this in the last two
years. I have never had a bad experience. We go home with
a warm feeling because we know the children have enjoyed
themselves.”
After lunch the Duke of Kent handed every participant
a certificate, passed to him in turn by the Pro Grand Master,
sometimes plunging into the excited crowd of participants
to reach a smiling, satisfied, wheelchair-bound person.
As the “young guests left in their community coaches,
the Club president, Gordon Bourne, reminded us: “All our
casters and helpers gain hugely from their experiences during
these days.
“Many have not had the experience of witnessing first
hand the problems that many of our participants face in their
everyday lives, and it is a real education to us all when we
spend time with them. We have all become much more aware
of the great amount of work that goes on in the specialist
schools and centres.”
Freemasonry’s charitable giving is well known, but the
club represents the other side of our lives – the time given
to worthy causes. When you’ve spent a day like that at Castle
Ashby, you’d be hard pressed to find a more worthy cause!
The Club, a registered charity, is entirely organised and
financed by Freemasons, and help to fund their activities is
always needed. It costs around £50 per head for each
participant. The club hopes to expand into more Provinces
and is looking for new organisers to start the ball rolling to
“catch some more smiles”.
There is more information on the website at www.mtsfc.co.uk or via Ken Haslar
(01923 231606) or ken.haslar@ntlworld.com.
And while the Lodge of Opportunity may be rooted in Hertfordshire, meetings
will be held wherever in the country there is an interest. The Lodge can be
contacted via its secretary, Warren Singer, on 0208 958 7652.
Michael Imeson is the Provincial Information Officer for Hertfordshire
To bite or not to bite –
tranquillity by the river
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