THE RICHARD WEBBER MEMORIAL TROPHY 2008

NEW ZEALAND IS THE HOST NATION THIS YEAR

 Can you tell a story to your mates of your experience in the military while in the Malaysian region? Have your mates enjoyed listening to your stories? Have you enjoyed listening to others telling you stories about their Malaysian experiences in the military? How about sharing the stories with the rest of us?

Any NZMVA member or associate is eligible to enter. Typed stories are to be submitted (in our case) direct to he National Secretary to arrive not later than 31 August 2008. The International Host Committee will select the three best stories from New Zealand, which will be joined by the best three stories from other national committees and the entire collection will then go to an Impartial Judging Panel by 8 September 2008.

Type up your stories or get someone to type them for you, and send them to:

The Richard Webber Memorial Trophy Competition

PO Box 88-028 Clendon Manukau City, New Zealand.

UK Entries should be sent to your Branch Secretary who will then forward them to the National Secretary.  These should be with your Branch no later than the 30th June 08.

 The NZ Malaya Veterans Association National Executive has this year been appointed the Richard Webber Memorial Trophy Competition International Host Committee.

All NZ branch secretaries - and International Liaison Officers will be sent communications notifying the commencement of the 2008 competition for 2008, to arrive no later than 21 March 2008.

 The NZMVA National Executive is urgently seeking suitable people to serve on the Impartial Judqinq Panel.

This Panel’s decisions will be communicated to the International Host Committee not later than 10 October 2008. Details of the first, second and third place getters will be communicated to international liaison officers not later than 20 October 2008.

 The international liaison officer of the country or countries where the first, second and third place-getters are domiciled should arrange for the Trophy to be presented and presentation photographs distributed to all ILO’s for publication.

 All submitted stories can be reproduced in whatever newsletter or magazine each country undertakes as a tribute to those who took the trouble to submit their writings.

No monetary recompense will be paid to the authors, who may reclaim their writings if they wish

 Authors may choose to donate their writings to the National Committees of their respective countries to be used at the discretion of those committees - so long as written permission is first obtained.

The timings outlined above will apply for 2008.

If you can tell a story, but have difficulty putting pen to paper - don’t worry about it. Tell your story to someone who can type. It might take a bit of time, and a few shared pints to lubricate the memory cells, but the fun of the exercise and the end product could well be worth capturing. Everyone has a story to tell Let it out for all to enjoy.

Jim Perry

National Secretary