15/06/09


The ROTARY CLUB of

 WATTON & DISTRICT
Registered Charity No 1046649

email: wattonrotary@aol.com
 

Meetings: Thursdays 7.30pm for 8pm Crown Hotel, Watton

 
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
IN BRITAIN & IRELAND		 WE SELL WHAT OTHERS DISCARD!!
See our R-BAY listings
WE MAY HAVE WHAT YOU WANT?!
WATTON CARNIVAL
14 July		 Bottle tombola stall set up and ready to go,
together with the
"Shelter Box" tent and contents.

Over £200 raised for
Rotary Charities, and £500 for the Shelter Box Trust.

  

Vocational Awards
On 11th June We made our annual Vocational Awards.
Gail Adcock, far left, managed the Wayland Hall Luncheon Club for 10 years until her recent retirement, received the individual cup.
Rtn Paul Weatherill
gave the eulogy.

The Watton Festival Committee won the group award. The cup and certificate were received by Heather Graham, committee member, and John Kerr, Chairman, on behalf of the group.

Rtn Vernon Brodie, a past member of the committee, gave the citation.

Young Designer Awards 2009
On 4th June, as part of our Youth Opportunities Programme, awards were made to 3 Year 11 students
of  Wayland Community High School.
Shown, left to right are:
Bekka Page (2nd prize), President Richard,
Holly Cranmer (3rd prize), and Alan Dawson who was the 1st prize winner.

The students were accompanied at our meeting by Teacher Sam Fleming and School Technician Graham Hayden.
The judges, Rtns Andrew Barwood and Rod Riley, also highly commended 4 ruuners-up:
Brendan Hall, Michelle Coogans,
Kirsty Hibbs and Edwin Barton

Rtn Paul Weatherill is taking a demonstration Shelter Box around the local schools. This visit was to Caston Primary School where a pupil emerges from inspecting the tent. Rtn Peter Semlyen (right) assisted.

The 4th "JAZZ at the QUEENS HALL" on 13th March. featured 'DixieMix' - a sextet recently formed by Simon Nelson. It was good to welcome Chris Wigley (ex the now defunct 'Just Jazz') on trombone, and also reeds player Pete Oxborough, who was a stand-in for the evening. A superb evening of vibrant and brilliantly played jazz, which raised over £400 for Rotary Charities. DixieMix are booked for our next "Jazz at the Queens Hall" on 2nd October.

We were delighted to have had a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from America studying at the UEA to address us at our 29 Jan meeting.
Seen here exchanging banners with club president Richard Akister, Catherine Creme comes from Lancaster, she is a graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, and is sponsored through the Rotary Club of Carlisle Sunrise. Situated in the State of Pennsylvania, Lancaster is some 80 miles to the west of Philadelphia; Carlisle a further 60 miles.

 Rotary International
 has some
 400 students in universities
 worldwide
 sponsored through the RI Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships Programme

2009 is off to a flying start!

Our New President, Richard Akister, congratulates  Dr Mike Harvey, having handed over the vice-president's ribbon of office.

For many years, through SOS villages, we have helped to support an orphan in Kenya. We have now signed off our previous long term charge, Caroline Morra, aged 24 (see archives), and have now 'adopted' a young boy. We share this support with other Rotary Clubs and organisations and hope our association with David Mboya will be a long and fruitful one.

For our 2008 records and more about earlier Watton Rotary Events and Activities
 click here: ARCHIVES