The Encouraging Green Enterprise event is being held on Monday (April 4) at Suffolk Coastal’s Council Chamber, Melton Hill from 7pm and is open to any business, organisation or community group.

“The evening will be a mixture of talks and discussions that will show practical and proven ways that businesses can save money, help the environment and their local community, and indeed how they can tap into support from their local community to achieve those aims,” said Phil Gore, Suffolk Coastal’s Head of Environmental Services and Port Health.

Dr Michael Gell of Xanfeon will offer his wealth of experience on helping businesses in the areas of ecodesign, resource efficiency, and carbon footprinting, guided by leading-edge research in science and technology.

The spotlight will also be firmly put on the work of Suffolk Coastal’s business energy advice service which has helped over 80 businesses identify potential average energy savings of around £5,000 and 22 tonnes of Carbon, and is supporting businesses as they seek to implement those measures.

“This is an ideal opportunity for businesses to find out first-hand the ways that taking some relatively simple actions can both reduce their costs and keep them competitive in these financially challenging times, but also help protect the environment.

“There has been reports recently warning companies and consumers to be wary of so-called ‘greenwash’ – people making frivolous claims of being environmentally-friendly. Our meeting will focus solely on ways that businesses can take genuine steps to being both more efficient and really greener, and how communities can identify and support those businesses” added Mr Gore.

The event is being hosted by Suffolk Coastal District Council, Suffolk Coastal Local Strategic Partnership and the Greenprint Forum Steering Group. Places can be booked by calling 01394 444747 or emailing deborah.wargate@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk

After public consultations in July and December last year, residents views have been used to shape the designs that will be submitted. After being signed off by Cllr Mary Neale, Cabinet Member for Countryside and Leisure and the Seafront Gardens project team, the grant application will now be sent to the HLF this week.

“Thanks to the vital input of local residents and the hard work of the project team and design consultants Lanarca, the designs have been revised and finalised and we are confident the HLF will be impressed with what we have come up with,” said Cllr Mary Neale.  

Included in the designs for the gardens are improved access, seating and lighting, restored ponds and heritage features, a heritage trail, an outdoor performance space and a special shelter that will become a focal point for the gardens closest to the Town Hall.  

“The gardens are important to many residents and visitors to the area so it is important that they are restored to a high standard. The gardens are recognised for their important historical background, being Grade II listed on the National Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

 When drawing up the designs for the gardens the views of residents and visitors were very important. The public consultations have shaped plans based on residents and visitors needs and what is important to them. Many letters of support have also been received and the range of community involvement is a great strength of our bid and is something the HLF will be looking for,” added Cllr Neale.   

After considering the submission, and visiting the gardens, the HLF should give notification of whether the bid has been successful in June. The design team will then be appointed to take the scheme to completion. It is anticipated that works will commence on site around September 2012 and should take about a year to complete. The total project costs are in the region of £2.7 million with the other matched funding coming from Suffolk Coastal’s Local Authority Business Grant Initiative, Haven Gateway Partnership and other local sponsorship.  

“Now that the Round 2 grant application is completed we are eager to find out the outcome and look forward to putting our exciting designs and plans for the gardens into action should we be successful,” added Cllr Neale.

To view the final design plans that were submitted as part of the bid and application process so far residents and visitors can visit www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk/yourdistrict/felixstowefutures/projects/seafrontgardens

 Work began on Wednesday, November 17 and the skatepark will be out of action until Friday, November 26 while specialist contractors, Bendcrete, carry out repair work to the skating surface.

 “It is an inconvenience to have the skatepark out of action but I hope that regular skatepark users will understand the reasons for the work some of which has been requested by them and look forward to the improvements that are being made,” said Cllr Doreen Savage, Cabinet Member for Young People. 

 Works will include grinding down the surround to the concrete slab, replacing the mastic seals, repair of concrete to grind rails and joints and repairs to joints between the concrete slabs and bitumen surface. Some of the work is remedial and a natural element of usage but the surface grinding is at the request of the users.    

 “Although the surface was built to the same specification as the skatepark in Woodbridge, no problems like those encountered at Felixstowe have occurred. Some Felixstowe skaters found that the surface edges have become slippery which we think is because the area involved is part of a much larger structure. 

 “The improvement works should help to make the skatepark even better for young people from experienced riders to those giving it a try for the first time. It is great to see young people using the skatepark and having fun by staying active,” added Cllr Savage. 

The works are being funded by a successful application to Suffolk Coastal’s Outdoor Play Space Fund (OPSF) from Felixstowe Town Council.   

Students from across the year groups performed a varied programme that included soloist and small ensemble performances in both classical and contemporary styles.   There were vocal performances of The Zuton’s Valerie, Make You Feel My Love by Adele and musical performances of Jamie Cullum’s Twenty-Something and Billy Joel’s Piano Man to name a few.

Mr Michael Wren, Head of Music said, “We are incredibly proud of all the students who performed in the concert and provided such a fantastic evening’s entertainment.”

About the Class of 2011
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME
2011 HONOREES
SWIMMERS
LEONID “LENNY” KRAYZELBURG (USA)
FOR THE RECORD: 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold (100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 4×100m
medley); 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold (4×100m medley, preliminaries); 4 WORLD RECORDS: 1
(50m backstroke), 1 (100m backstroke), 1 (200m backstroke), 1 (4×100m medley); 3 WORLD
RECORDS (25m):1 (100m backstroke, 2 (200m backstroke); 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold
(100m backstroke, 200m backstroke), silver (4×100m medley); 2000 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (25m):
gold (4×100m medley), silver (50m backstroke); 1997 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (100m
backstroke, 200m backstroke, 4×100m medley); 1999 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (100m
backstroke, 200m backstroke, 4×100 backstroke, 4×100m medley).
He was born in the old Soviet Union (Ukraine), immigrated to the U.S. at age 14 and became a
naturalized citizen by age 20. Three years later in 1998, he became the first swimmer in over a decade to
sweep the backstroke events, 100m and 200m, at the World Championships. The next year, he broke the
50m, 100m and 200m World Records. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, he became the first swimmer
since Rick Carey in 1984 to win both the 100m and 200m backstroke events. He added a third Olympic
gold medal in the USA 4×100m medley relay. In 2004 at Athens, he won another gold medal as a member
of the medley relay swimming in the preliminary heat. All totaled, Krayzelburg set four long course
World Records which stood for five years.
IAN THORPE (AUS)
FOR THE RECORD: 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold (400m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle, 4×200m
freestyle), silver (200m freestyle, 4×100m medley); 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold (200m freestyle,
400m freestyle), silver (4×200m freestyle), bronze (100m freestyle): 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
gold (400m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle); 2001 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (200m freestyle, 400m
freestyle, 800m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle, 4×100m medley); 2003 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle), silver (200m individual
medley), bronze (100m freestyle); 17 WORLD RECORDS: 6 (200m freestyle), 5 (400m freestyle), 2
(800 m freestyle), 1 (4×100m freestyle), 3 (4×200m freestyle); 6 WORLD RECORDS (25m): 3 (200m
freestyle), 1 (400m freestyle), 2 (4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle)
1999 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIPS (25m): gold (200m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle),
silver (400m freestyle); 1998 COMMONWEALTH GAMES: gold (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle;
4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle); 2002 COMMONWEALTH GAMES: gold (100m freestyle, 200m
freestyle, 400m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle, 4×100m medley), silver (100m
backstroke); 1999 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 4×100m
freestyle, 4×200m freestyle); 2002 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (100m freestyle, 200m
freestyle, 400m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle), silver (4×100m medley); WORLD
SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: 1998-1999, 2001-2002: WORLD PACIFIC RIM SWIMMER OF THE
YEAR: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004.
Nicknamed the “Thorpedo”, Ian Thorpe won a total of nine Olympic medals – five gold, three silver and one bronze in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. He held 13 World Records in the 200m, 400m and
800m freestyle, holding the 400m freestyle record for ten years. He was a four-time World Swimmer of
the Year. In 2001, he became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at one World Championships and
in total has won eleven World Championship gold medals, the second most of any swimmer. He
dominated the 400m freestyle winning the event at every Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan
Pacific Swimming Championships from 1998 to after Athens in 2004. He is the only male swimmer to
have won Olympic medals in the 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle.
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
MIYA TACHIBANA (JPN)
FOR THE RECORD: 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES: bronze (team); 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES: silver (team);
2004 OLYMPIC GAMES: silver (duet, team); 1994 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: silver (duet), bronze
(team); 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: silver (duet, team), bronze (solo); 2001 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (duet), bronze (solo), 2003 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: silver (duet, team);
1999 FINA WORLD CUP: silver (duet, team), bronze (solo).
Miya Tachibana competed in three Olympic Games for Japan winning medals in each of the Games for a
total of five medals. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, Japan won the bronze medal in Team, the only synchro
event that year. Four years later in Sydney, Miya and her teammate, Miho Takeda, won the silver medal
in Duet, less than one point behind the winning Russian duo. 2004 Athens was a repeat of the previous
Olympic medals and score difference in the duet event. Miya was also on the silver medal-winning
Japanese Team Event for 2000 and 2004, earning her a total of five Olympic medals. In solo competition,
Miya won bronze medals at the 1998 and 2001 World Championships and the 1999 FINA World Cup.
She won silver medals in the duet and team competitions at the 1998 and 2003 World Championships and
gold in the 2001 World Championships in duet. In 1998, she received the FINA Prize.
WATER POLO
ALEKSANDAR SOSTAR (YUG/SRB-M)
FOR THE RECORD: 1988 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold; 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES: prevented from
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competing per United Nation sanctions; 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES: 8 ; 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES:
bronze; 1986 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold; 1988 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold; 1991
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold; 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: bronze; 2000 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS: bronze; 2001 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold.
Alek Sostar is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of all time. The number of Olympic, World
Championship and European Championship medals he attained would indicate that he played on a well-
balanced team, but also that he stopped alot of balls from going into the goal. As a goalkeeper, he was
dominate for nearly a 20-year career.
OPEN WATER SWIMMER
MICHAEL READ (GBR)
FOR THE RECORD: KNOWN FOR MOST OF 26 YEARS (1979-2005) AS KING OF THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL (33 CROSSINGS); FIRST TO SWIM 4 WAY LAKE WINDERMERE
(42 miles, 26h 3m), HUNSTANTON – SKEGNESS-HUNSTANTON (40 MILES), MORA TO
AMPOSTA (SPN) (65 KM) AND ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIM SIX TIMES IN ONE YEAR
(1984); COMPLETED CROSSINGS AROUND ISLE OF WRIGHT (60 MILES), LOCH
LOMOND (22 MILES), LOCH EURN (16 MILES), LOCK TAY (16 MILES), JEBLE TO LATAKIA SYRIA (25 MILES), EVIAN TO LAUSANNE (25 KM) AND NOEL RIVER
INTERNATIONAL; CHANNEL SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (CSA) COMMITTEE (1973)
AND CHAIRMAN SINCE 1993; 1960 OLYMPIC TEAM: 4×200m freestyle relay alternate.
Most of Mike Read’s swims were in cold water ranging from 6 degrees C (42 F) to 15 degrees C
(60 F). After switching attention from pool swimming (he was on the 1960 British Olympic
Team) to open water, he has completed many lake swims in England, Scotland, throughout
Europe, Northern Africa including crossing the English Channel 33 times to earn the title, “King
of the Channel.” His English Channel swims from 1969-84 totaled 18 World Records. He was
the first person ever to make six successful channel swims in a year. He was Lake Windermere
Champion from 1969-1977, setting the record six times. He was a FINA official (1969-1971),
elected to the BLDSA (1970s) and has served on the CSA since 1977 as member, honorary Vice
President, Chairman and Chairman of the Board.
COACH
DENES KEMENY (HUN)
FOR THE RECORD: 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold; 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold; 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES: gold; 2003 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold; 2003 FINA WATER
POLO WORLD LEAGUE: gold; 2004 FINA WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE: gold; 1999
FINA WATER POLO WORLD CUP: gold; 1997 EUROPEAN WATER POLO
CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold; 1999 EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold
Almost everything Kemeny touches turns to gold. He revitalized a stagnant Hungarian water
polo team and began winning again at the European Championships in the late 1990’s. Under his
leadership, his teams have won the past three Olympic Games – Sydney, Athens, Beijing, the
only time a country has won Water Polo Olympic gold medals three times in succession since
Great Britain in 1908, 1912 and 1920. His teams have performed well at the FINA Water Polo
World League and World Championship competitions.
CONTRIBUTOR
THOMAS HOAD (AUS)
FOR THE RECORD: 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 OLYMPIC GAMES: Water Polo Head Coach; 1960, 1964,
1968, 1972 OLYMPIC GAMES: Water Polo Player; 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS: Water Polo Head Coach; CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF
FIVE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
Tom Hoad helped keep Australia at the forefront of world water polo, first as a player, then as a coach.
His unorthodox coaching tactics are legendary and his involvement in the sport is all-encompassing. He
remains a vice president of Australian Water Polo, Inc. and is instrumental in attracting foreign teams to
Australia. He played on four Olympic water polo teams, three of those teams as captain. The 1972 team
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placed 12 . With four more Olympic Games as coach, his teams placed 1 1 (1976), 7 (1980), 4 (1984)
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and 8 (1988). The 1980 team beat world champions Italy, 3-2. He coached Australia in approximately
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500 international games from 1975-1988. His World Championship teams placed 1 1 (1975), 9 (1978),
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1 1 (1982) and 10 (1986). His 1985 World Cup team was 7 . He has been the chairman of the
organizing committee for the 1991, 1998 World Championships (Perth), 1994 Australian Masters Games,
2001 Junior Women’s World Water Polo Championships and 2002 Women’s World Cup. He has
received the FINA silver pin and AIA gold pin among others. He is the Head Coach of the National
League Team Fremontte Mariners (1992-2002) winning three championships. As a Western Australia
State Champion Swimmer (200m butterfly) in 1950-1954, he as been involved in swimming and water
polo all his life, over 50 years.

PIONEER
RE CALCATERRA (USA)
FOR THE RECORD: INTERNATIONAL CLINICIAN AND PROMOTER OF
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING SINCE 1955; U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER OF
AAU, USSS; COACH OF TWO U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AND TWO
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
Re Calcaterra has dedicated much of her life to the advancement of the sport of synchronized
swimming. She conducted her U.S. National Clinics from 1958 to 1985, promoting synchro
throughout the country. In the early 1960’s, this expanded to taking athletes of the U.S. National
Team on world tours to promote the sport in less synchro-developed regions including China,
Taiwan, Korea and Japan. She has been rated National Judge for synchronized swimming since
1955. From 1955-1970 she coached four separate teams to keep synchronized swimming alive in
the Ozark area of Missouri. During her coaching years, Calcaterra coached two senior national
champions (Roz Calcaterra, Mary Jane Gury) and two international champions (Jackie Douglas
and Kim Gonterman). Her coaching has spanned age group levels to Masters Synchro. Calcaterra
is a Life member of United States Synchronized Swimming. She has served USSS in many
different capacities including Treasurer, International Chairman, National Age Group Chair,
National Junior Olympic Chair, Awards Chairman and as a North Zone “A” Clinician. She was
elected to USSS Hall of Fame in 1970 and is a 1979 winner of the USSS Distinguished Service
Award. Calcaterra was the first woman President of Ozark Amateur Athletic Union (1971) and
served in this position for four years. She has filled the position of Synchro Chair for 56 years
and is a Life Member of the organization.