at the heart of the community
Whilst we only had two meetings it was still quite an active month with the business meeting, the Christmas dinner with wives and partners, the Rotary “kids out” circus which we sponsored for local children at Shaftesbury school and, on the last Saturday before Christmas, our brave Rotarians rattled tins and collected money outside Tesco for local deserving causes.
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Wow! What a full-on month. Whilst we started quietly with our usual no meeting on the first Monday, we went full speed into getting to know students at the Shaftesbury boarding school, then the annual shoe box collection and delivery followed by a talk about “Rotakids”. A fascinating visit to the Old Vic in Bristol, then our business meeting and AGM. And if that was not enough we undertook mock interviews at the Shaftesbury Academy school and finally concluded with a most interesting talk about a wine vineyard on the outskirts of Shaftesbury.
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A wonderfully varied selection of guest speakers, a packed business meeting and a trip to a gin distillery (!) made October a very enjoyable and informative month. We welcomed Claire Commons our Town Clerk. Virginia Edwyn-Jones told us how she and friends were hoping to raise £50,000 for Carers UK and Liz Gray spoke to us about her upcoming project in a rural community in Northern India.
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After a quiet August we had a very busy month with the annual Rotary golf competition. Giving support at the entrance gate for Sturminster Rotary at their cheese festival. Helping Wareham Rotary to marshal their big cycle ride. A speaker giving an insight to the proposed restoration work at St James church, listening to the aspirations of the local girl guides group and if that was not enough we had a special guest brought by our President and of course our monthly business meeting.
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Following five months of high activity within the club’s programme, it was a welcome break to have a quiet August with just two meetings due to the calendar and a Bank holiday. So the regular comment of “read more” is in fact read less, having said that, we did have a very enjoyable social evening on the 14th and a productive business meeting on the 21st.
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A great start for our President’s 1st month of the Rotary year. A highly successful Gold Hill Fair, An excellent and amusing talk by a local Chiropractor, complete with skeleton. Also a most enjoyable evening meal with our wives and partners when cheques were given to Air Ambulance and Prostrate Cancer representatives. Plus, our monthly Business meeting and general social get together.
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The concluding month of President Bernard’s Rotary year was certainly a high point. The Larmer Tree lunch, “Kids out” (our landmark annual trip to Longleat) and an excellent presentation by the Head Girl
and Boy of Shaftesbury Academy school. Then club assembly, when Trish Lever our President elect named her team and outlined her aspirations for the year and finally the Presidential handover when Bernard thanked his team and reflected on his successful year.
Another busy month for the club, with the re- branded “North Dorset Cycle Ride” proving to be a great success. We welcomed two guest speakers; Kay McBride who shared the courageous story of her daughter Ruby-Mae, for whom we were able to raise £1,000 and Mike Hurley who gave us an enjoyable talk about the Rotary’s Young Chef competition.
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April was another busy month for the Rotary club, as we welcomed two new members Tim Cook and Dave Britton to the club. We had the annual Young Chef competition which is supported by various Rotary clubs and we also welcomed our Heerlen friends over to stay with us for a weekend, where we toured the SS Great Britain and also visited Haines Motor Museum.
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March was an excellent month here at Shaftesbury Rotary. We enjoyed a fantastic evening at the dog racing in poole (although none of us were very good gamblers!) which was great fun and something different. We also started a fantastic new project looking at a potential speedway track here in Shaftesbury thanks to Graham Sutton of Poole Speedway.
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In February we enjoyed a wonderful talk from Shaftesbury Youth Club and also with Gerald Tagg about the local talking newspaper for blind people. Our incoming president Trish Lever also met with some nearly 70 Rotary Clubs where we received praise for our excellent website. We also discussed upcoming social events for 2017.
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