{"id":11,"date":"2021-08-11T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwam-rs.co.uk\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-03-24T20:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:52:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mwam-rs.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Catchment Area<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"map\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/gh\/OrdnanceSurvey\/os-api-branding@0.3.1\/os-api-branding.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"\/mapdata\/leaflet\/leaflet.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"\/mapdata\/leaflet\/proj4\/proj4-compressed.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"\/mapdata\/leaflet\/proj4\/proj4leaflet.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"\/mapdata\/leaflet\/gesture-handling\/leaflet-gesture-handling.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"\/mapdata\/leaflet\/fullscreen\/Control.FullScreen.js\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  (() => {\n    const osApiKey = 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=> {\n        \/\/ add data to map\n        L.geoJson(data, {\n          style: {\n            color: \"#0083A3\",\n          },\n          coordsToLatLng: fromBNG,\n          onEachFeature: (feature, layer) => {\n            var label = L.marker(layer.getBounds().getCenter(), {\n              icon: L.divIcon({\n                className: \"poly-label\",\n                html: feature.properties.name,\n                iconSize: [160, 40],\n              }),\n            }).addTo(map);\n          },\n        }).addTo(map);\n        \/\/ update OS copyrights\n        os.Branding.init({ div: \"map\", suffix: \"Contains National Statistics data \u00a9 Crown copyright and database rights \" + new Date().getFullYear() });\n      });\n  })();\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Committee Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c08268a893efdf37ad9e68d29f509d25\"><strong>Michael Hughes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">CHAIRMAN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-711bb3310b168f6e8c2b3eb29727864a\"><strong>Richard Lawson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">VICE-CHAIRMAN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab 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Baddeley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-708cb078d1c16c8f4360dbb41da4abfe\"><strong>Vacant <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">FACEBOOK EDITOR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be4be25ca99c114944a989bcaf9ad52e\"><strong>Ti Marner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">WEBMASTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9244428363f84ca9dd61d25b8038e92e\"><strong>Vacant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">COMMITTEE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c89a89fdc590a23fe7b6c941794e658b\"><strong>Martin Toon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">EVENTS &amp; PUBLICITY SECRETARY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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Lawson VICE-CHAIRMAN Ed Baker TREASURER Jim Campbell SECRETARY AND GROUP CONTACT Paul Wilson CHIEF CAR OBSERVER Jim Campbell CHIEF BIKE OBSERVER John Baddeley MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Vacant FACEBOOK EDITOR Ti Marner WEBMASTER Vacant COMMITTEE Martin Toon EVENTS &amp; PUBLICITY SECRETARY Links 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