DES Xmas Ball: 20th Dec 2008 7:30pm

The National Sailing Academy, Portland

Hello All!

If you would like to come to this years DES Xmas ball it would be amazing to see you there - why not get back in touch with the people you went on expedition with and get as many of them to go as possible!
Price of the ticket is £29 each and it includes a 3 course meal, coffee/tea and dancing. This is normally only for DES members but this year anyone, who has been on an expedition (or is going on one), can attend, you can also bring a guest. Tickets are limited so please get your cheques and menu choices in ASAP.

Menu choices;
1, Starter - Soup or Fruit Juice
2, Main - Chicken or Ratatouille
3, Dessert - Fruit salad or Fruit Crumble with Custard or Cream

(Download application form click here)

Please send your cheque(Name and Address on back), menu choice,address, expedition name and year to;
Sam Temple
14 Barnes Wallis Close,
Chickerell,
Weymouth,
Dorset,
DT3 4PP

We all really hope you can make it and cant wait to see you there!

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Keith Eagleton, DES Secretary

' Hi everyone,

You can contact me at the DES office by writing to :
The Secretary (Keith Eagleton)
Leading Edge Expeditions & Dorset Expeditionary Society
Lupins Business Centre 1-3 Greenhill
Weymouth Dorset DT4 7SP

or telephone (or fax) +44 (0)1305 816222

email admin@leadingedge.org.uk

If you want to contact other des members, I can provide email addresses , please use the above email address to get in touch.

Ed Flower represented the Dorset Expeditionary Society in this year's London marathon. Find out how he got on; it still isn't too late to sponsor him!! ..read more

Don't forget to say 'YES' to Gift aid as it covers all our bank charges and adds 28% to your donation at NO EXTRA cost to you!!

Adventure Racing is a growing sport that many of our members are taking up. It’s a multi discipline sport where are minimum of two sports are undertaken during a race, including orienteering and navigation, cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing and related rope skills.

Leading Edge has several stars in the making. These include James Monypenny and Stuart Inchley who won the under 18’s Polaris Challenge last July and who will be looking for a high ranking in this Januarys Dynamic Adventure race. It will not be easy though as they will be taking on world class teams like Team Sleep Monster and Team Microsoft.  

The Dynamic series is a great adventure race series to take part in. Run by some guys from Bournemouth the races are all in the south of England. There are two classes of race the Endurance event which is on Sat 27th and the Challenge event on Sun 28th Jan. The races are one day races and for more details and to enter see http://www.dynamicadventureracing.co.uk/

See other DES articles on this subject:

Snowdon

http://gapyearexpeditions.blogspot.com/2006/05/snowdonia-charity-challenge-17-june.html

Ed’s Land Rover Challenge

http://gapyearexpeditions.blogspot.com/2006/05/g4-land-rover-challenge-2006.html

• Gary Barter (Ecuador 98, Morocco 91)Graduated Portsmouth University BEng(Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering 1994, Graduated Bournemouth University MBA, 2001. Married 2003 and living in Bournemouth. Working for Telecommunications company for over 10 years as a Product Manager, travelling mostly on business these days!
• Charlotte Barton (Trans Andes 2005) is reading Ancient History at Cardiff.
• Nicola Bush (Trans Andes 97) has been commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps.
• James Caddy (Trans Andes 02) is reading Sport at Plymouth
• Jenny Carr (Moonlands 04) is reading Geography at London
• Jack Carroll (Trans Andes 02) is reading Aero Engineering at Loughborough
• Daniel Coone (Ecuador 1989) now a Headhunter in Financial Markets in Sydney, Sunny Australia.
• Luke Dodington (Moonlands 04) is reading Physics at Exeter.
• Alison Evans (Ecuador 1990) has successfully gained a PhD in genetics and is currently funded by the British Heart Foundation researching the genetic aspects of hereditary heart disease.
• James Etheridge (Kenya 2004, Trans Andes 2005) is reading Geography and Outdoor Education at Plymouth.
• Liz Farley (Moonlands 1992) is now a teacher near Maidstone, Kent. She is training for her ML and SPA, and is looking for anyone interested in joining her on climbing trips. (Contact DES office for her email address)
• Cat Freeman Just completed an MA in Medical Law at King's College London and spent the summer climbing as much as possible, firstly in Peru then on to the Dolomites and finally have just spent two weeks in Scotland in the Cairngorms, Skye and Glen Coe. Moving back to Weymouth, to work to get some money to fund future adventures, make the most of Swanage and Portland climbing and to apply for Outdoor Ed instructor schemes for the coming year. Am therefore trying to get out and about as much as poss at weekends/evenings climbing, kayaking and walking.
• Sarah Grey (Trans Andes 02, Moonlands 04) is reading French and Arabic at Exeter.
• Jayne Guppy (Trans Andes 03) is reading Sports Coaching at Cardiff
• Debbie Isaachsen, nee Reid (Ecuador 1990, Morocco 1992, Slovakia 1993) has been teaching for the past 8 years in London. Currently on maternity leave.
• Martyn Lewis (Moonlands 04, Trans Andes 02) is reading Business Studies at de Montford.
• Chris Mathieson (China 2000, Ecuador 2001) has graduated from Edinburgh University with a first in Physics and will be joining the Royal Navy in November as a warfare officer.
• Tim Montagu (India 1998, China 2000, Ecuador 2003) is now a qualified geologist and is off to RNC Dartmouth.
• Nicola Murphy (Moonlands 98, Trans Andes 99) is reading Psychology at the University of Wales (Bangor)
• Rebecca Read (Trans Andes 99) has started a Masters in Communicating Science at Cardiff.
• Rachel Sargeant Went to Ecuador with John in 1991 and Morocco  in 1992, am still the country bumpkin everyone remembers me as, have been married for twelve years and have an eight year old daughter, could be hegartys worse nightmare in ten years time… watch out,  we do a lot of off roading with our land rovers in north Wales  and have lots of fun with numerous animals, cows sheep pigs ( known as freezer fodder) horses chicken etc, I do keep in touch with Sam Temple from Ecuador and shall try and come to the barbeque with her in September .  Off to Canada in the summer for a three week expedition in the Rockies, hopefully do some water rafting out there!!!
• David Short (Ecuador 89, Ecuador 90, Morocco 91, Morocco 92):  After working for seven years as an environmental lawyer in London, David recently took a belated 'year off' with wife Cath on a round-the-world trip.  They've trekked in China, climbed a volcano in Indonesia, crossed deserts in Australia, worked on vineyards in New Zealand and are currently spending 6 months in South America.  David just climbed Huayna Potosi in Bolivia (6,100 metres) - his first high peak since Cotopaxi fifteen years ago with John Hegarty.
• Jean-Paul Skoczylas (Ecuador 2003) is reading Engineering at Homerton College, Cambridge.
• Carly Swann (Moonlands 04) is reading Sport at Plymouth
• Janis Umblijs (Ecuador 2003) is reading Economics at Manchester.
• Catherine Vincent (Ecuador 2003) is reading Geography at Durham.
• Charlie Walsh (Moonlands 2004 Trans Andes 2002 & 2005) has completed her Business degree at Loughborough and is heading for RMA Sandhurst.
• Matthew Williamson (India 96, Ecuador 95 & 97) has completed his PhD in tissue engineering.
• Luke Wilsher (Moonlands 04, Trans Andes 02) is reading Journalism at the University of Wales (Bangor)
• Marc Wilson (Trans Andes 03) is reading Environmental Science at Nottingham.
• James Wise (Trans Andes 1999 & Moonlands 2002) received a 2.1 in his masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Loughborough.
• Tim Woollings has just completed his PhD at Reading University

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You probably know all about Friends Reunited - the infamous school reunion website. If not visit them and take a look  >>visit website...

The Dorset Expeditionary Society is now listed on Friends Reunited, so why not add yourself to the growing list of past and present expeditioners   >>click here...

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The Society’s Annual Ball took place at the National Sailing Academy, Portland on Friday 21 December 2007

 You can view the official photographs now online click here