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Hungerford Rotarians - click here to go to the Members Area Another member joins our ranks ! Dr Alex Anderson was formally welcomed into Hungerford Rotary Club at an induction ceremony on November 18th. Sponsorship cheque donated to Rotary ! On the back of a successful ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro, three intrepid employees of ADP - Geordie Taylor, Steve Robinson and Euan Smith - have very kindly elected to donate the £1000 that they raised in sponsorship to Hungerford Rotary. The money will be sent on to ChildLine - one of the two main charities that Hungerford Rotary is supporting this year. 'Once in a Lifetime' reportback - Rotary helping out in central Sri Lanka Although much publicity and good work was done in aid of those affected by the tsunami that struck Sri Lanka - there is still much needed work to be done in helping the rural communities who, although unaffected by that disaster, also need our support to provide for themselves and their families.
Tim Orchard - ex Concorde pilot (but very much a current pilot!) and now General Manager of Tim demonstrated real passion for his interest and not many were unmoved by the brilliant Concorde slide show at the end that was so evocative of what achievements are possible where the will exists. Visit by District Governor There was a good turnout for the visit by DG Malcolm Boddington on 14th October. We heard at first hand of the elaborate preparation undertaken by prospective DGs for a year in office that requires total dedication; a year that embraces Rotary through from Club level to International matters. With less than halfway into his year of office it was obvious that Malcolm is revelling in the challenge and enjoying the responsibility of furthering the ideals of Rotary in District 1090. An inspiring talk, well received. Meg Sturgess
Congratulations to Meg who was our 2008 RYLA candidate. She gave us a comprehensive, well prepared ‘report back’ on her very successful and challenging week in Visit to Hungerford by the Rotary Club of Fontaine l’Eveque What a great weekend! Despite French trawlermen blocking the channel tunnel and President Alain’s wife having to have a quick check at a London hospital the party arrived at Hungerford railway station just a couple of hours late and were met by President Bob and a band of Rotarian taxi drivers. After a quick snack at The Bear, it was a stroll around Hungerford with detailed explanations of the history and delights of Hungerford by Hugh and Mike. A short break for a wash and brush up and it was off on the safari supper – everyone in excellent spirits and – surprise surprise - everyone turning up at the right place at the right time (well nearly everyone !!) The trip to All too quickly it was Sunday morning – departure time- which saw a good turnout to say farewell. Thanks go to Mike and his twinning committee for the excellent organisation that took many months – and of course to all other Rotarians who participated and made the event so successful. Hopefully, the photos show the pleasure of what was generally felt to be a resounding success more than words can convey. Tuesday, July 1st sees the reins of the club handed over to Bob Gray who takes over as President for the next 12 months. "We have enjoyed some very good times in Rotary in recent years, we’ve had fun, raised money and can be proud that we’ve lived up to the ideals of Rotary as well as we could have done. We all look forward to another year, continuing the success that Hungerford Rotary has enjoyed since it's establishment, and in particular would like say a word of thanks to those leaving office this year - Robin Kellow and Bruce Mayhew - who have contributed greatly to the club! President's Night Concert Robin Kellow, outgoing President of the Hungerford Rotary Club salutes the Colonel's Fund for the Grenadier Guards by presenting Grenadier Lt. Colonel Henry Hanning with a cheque for nearly £2000.00.
The money was raised by some 200 attendees at his President's Night, celebrated by a Concert given by the 30 strong, nationally famous Kentwood Choir from Swindon, in the Corn Exchange, Hungerford.
"In a year that has seen our Hungerford Rotary Club donate some £18000 towards various charities" ex Grenadier Guards Musician Robin commented, "What great fun my year has been!!! Membership of Rotary is so rewarding and I commend it to those who are community minded and wish to help others in need. We would love to hear from you on Tel. No. 01672 540908.
Rotary Family Fun Day raises £3400 for charity! The Family Fun Day on Saturday 28th was a great success and raised a total of over £3400 which will benefit a number of charities that are supported by Rotary. RYLA - the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Do you know somebody who is between the ages of 18 & 25 and believe they have leadership potential which is either unrecognised or yet to be developed? The Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) offers selected young people the opportunity to undertake a week long leadership training experience in Snowdonia under expert supervision and guidance. You must be reasonably physically fit and keen to do things that will help you realise your full potential.
There is also a similar RYLA programme for those who are disabled. Interested? Please contact Hungerford Rotary President
Roast Beef of England, Apple Pie, an abundance of Red and White, gripping readings, stirring music and singing by the Hungerford Town Band and the Bedwyn Millennium Choir, with "Jerusalem" of course, all added up to a splendid evening at the Croft Hall in Hungerford to celebrate St. Georges Day in typical Hungerford Rotary style. Joan Bond joins as an honorary member We are pleased to be able to welcome to the club our latest member - Joan Bond, who was invited by our members to become one of our number as an honorary member at our meeting on Tuesday 5th February. Dougie Galliver It is with great sadness we mark the passing of Dougie Galliver, a respected member of this club. Indian motorcycle odyssey raises £15000 Hungerford Rotary were pleased to be able to hand over a cheque for £200 as a contribution towards nearly £15,000 raised for Great Ormond Street hospital by a group of intrepid motorcyclists who took part in a sponsored ride in India. Peter Farmer, part of the management team at ADP in Hungerford, accepted the cheque as his 'reward' for successfully negotiating some very difficult riding conditions over 9 days. The total amount raised by Peter and four companions was close to £15000 - a terrific effort. Hungerford Rotary Club celebrates 21 years! Saturday 26th saw 80 Rotarians and guests celebrate the 21st anniversary of the grant of the founding charter of Hungerford Rotary Club. Entertained by a highly amusing after dinner speaker, the gala event at the Corn Exchange was greatly enjoyed by all who attended.
Hungerford Rotarians have had a number of events leading up to the Christmas period. Tom Sperry's Fastnet adventure Tom Sperry came along to a meeting recently to talk about his experiences in the 2007 Fastnet race. Unfortunately, we couldn't arrange a projector on the day for him to illustrate the talk with photographs and images of the route, so Tom has kindly provided the slideshow for us. To read the slideshow you'll need a Microsoft Powerpoint viewer, which you can get from the download centre on the Microsoft website. Tom's presentation can be downloaded from here but be warned, it's a hefty download at 9Mb! Another member joins our ranks ! Annabel King was formally welcomed into Hungerford Rotary Club at an induction ceremony on October 16th 2007. We wish her a very warm welcome. Jazz Evening in aid of The Wheelchair Foundation On a perfect August evening, 80 members, partners and friends enjoyed a splendid evening of good food, good jazz and good The event was in aid of Wheelchair Foundation UK, and the funds from the evening were boosted by an auction run by Colin Ponting, whose hilarious stories had the whole room well entertained. The event raised about £2600 for Wheelchair UK. Thanks must go to David and Wendy Wallis for providing the wonderful venue, and to all of the members of the International committee. Collection at Membury Services Well done to all those members and partners who helped with the collection on both sides of Membury Services on the 18th and 19th of July - £927.15 was collected for our charity account ! Club stats for the past Rotary year Well done Hungerford Rotarians is the message coming out of the recent news that our average monthly attendance figures for last year worked out at just a shade over 80% ! A message from Past President David Howard My thanks to all members who have organised and supported the club during my year as president. The events were well attended and enjoyed by club members, their partners and friends. Membership has increased in the last twelve months adding strength to the club. This shows that Hungerford Rotary Club is healthy and that participation is the key to its success, as the District Governor said: “If you aren’t enjoying it you’re not doing it properly.” I hope the club will continue to run in a relaxed fellowship atmosphere, achieving its aims without the need of an efficient business like style. Fun, fellowship and fundraising in that order is the key to our success as a club. Robin, may you have all these three in abundance in your year as president ! Our visit to Culham JET On July 4th, quite a few of us were fortunate enough to be able to visit the Nuclear Fusion laboratory at Culham in Oxfordshire. More new members join our ranks ! We have recently been very fortunate in our recruitment successes and have been joined by three new members. We are proud to welcome John Perkins, Myles Young and Susan Hofgartner to the club and wish them welcome indeed. New RIBI President Yorkshire businessman Allan Jagger will be inaugurated on 30th June as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland at The Armouries in Leeds. He will lead the 58,000 Rotarians in 1845 clubs who are committed to service at home and abroad. Twinning visit set for 2008 ! We're very pleased to announce that our sister club Fontaine L'Eveque has accepted our invitation to spend a joint weekend together in Canterbury, with a format similar to the one we so much enjoyed with them in Ostend. They will come over to Canterbury on the evening of Friday 3rd of October and spend the weekend there. Hungerford Rotarians will travel down by coach on the Saturday morning to meet them for coffee, take in the sights and then partake in what promises to be a very nice lunch ! We will have tea/drinks together in the late afternoon and then the Hungerford team will return home that evening. The Twinning sub-committee will be working on the fine detail over the next few months and will keep members up to date with progress. 2007 District Conference A group of 6 club members (with partners) attended this years District 1090 Conference at Eastbourne. As always, the entire conference was planned perfectly - a really professional event. Antiques Extravaganza Friday 23rd March saw our sell-out fundraiser go off very well with just short of £1800 being raised for our charity funds - a cheque for £1000 of which was presented at the end of the evening to the Lambourn branch of Riding for the Disabled. A job very well done and thanks to all those who worked so hard to make the event the success it was - and of course especially so to the experts who gave their time so generously and helped make the evening both a great deal of fun and very informative. New image for Rotary A new image for Rotary was unveiled recently - replacing the well known "Service above self" graphic that has been around a long time ....... "Humanity in motion" with its modern graphic has received mixed reaction, but whatever the logo under which we act, the work of Rotary continues ! Quiz night & Paul Harris Award ceremony Well done to Graeme Sleeman for organising a really good evening for us on Tuesday - although many of us would have liked to have done a little better with the quiz questions ! An excellent turnout ensured that we raised enough money to meet our objective for the evening of funding our RYLA candidates. Also on the evening, the Club was delighted to award the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship to Elizabeth Davies, in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the community of Hungerford through her untiring work for HADCAF – Hungerford and District Community Arts Festival. Congratulations to
New members We have been very fortunate recently in our recruitment and have been joined by four new members. We are proud to welcome Nick Furr, Nick Fritz, James Brown and Jerry Bray to the club. New tariff at The Bear Just a reminder to everyone that the new price for our regular meetings comes into play from the 1st January and is £8.50 in cash or cheque (no cards under £10.00). Christmas Dinner The Christmas Dinner was again a huge success. The Kennet Suite at The Bear looked splendid, themed in black, white and silver, with coloured balloons, the food was excitement, and the entertainment by members and friends was well up to the usual standard. Thanks go to everyone who contributed to making the evening such a success - and especially to our Master of Ceremonies for the event - Graeme Sleeman. Desert Island Discs I'm sure everyone who attended the Desert Island Discs enjoyed an interesting evening with Rotarian Ray Stebbings, covering what has obviously been his very full and interesting life. Did you buy a Rotary Christmas Pudding ? The Rotary label on top of the pudding should peel away to reveal the contents information and cooking instructions, but it has come to our attention that the top label sometimes pulls the lower label away with it. If this happens it should still be possible to separate the two labels and reveal the instructions, but to ensure that recipients of the puddings are not inconvenienced, we have re-printed the insructions here. A weekend in Ostend The last weekend in October saw 16 or so of our number off to Ostend to meet up with our twin club from Fontaine-L'Eveque in Belgium. An evening with the RIBI President A group of Rotarians from Hungerford joined with Newbury and Thatcham clubs to spend an evening in the company of the RIBI President Peter Offer. Tools For Self Reliance update On Saturday 23rd, a group of Hungerford Rotarians manned a collection point on the steps of our Town Hall and over the day received hundreds of individual tools and a total of seven sewing machines from the residents of Hungerford. As well as such a good response on the day, we also had the promise from one or two people of more to come and Rotarians will be making a number of individual collections over the coming weeks. Strange Laws of Olde England Don't worry too much if you missed Graeme Sleeman's talk about some of the quirks and anachronistic laws we still have on the statute books - those who were present enjoyed it enough to ask Graeme to come back and give us episode two ! As ever, when we have an interesting subject such as this, we were beaten by the clock and look forward to hearing more about what strange fates may lie in store for the unwary transgressor ! 20's Jazz Night - a resounding success ! Friday 8th saw Rotarians, partners and friends enjoy a wonderful evening's entertainment, this time organised by the International committee. The 20's jazz themed supper which was held at David Wallis's home in Lambourn saw over £2500 raised for the Mercy Ships charity - and having fun doing it says a lot about what Hungerford Rotary involves. Many thanks go to the organisers and helpers who put so much work in to make this another very successful Rotary event. A visit to HRC by District Governor, Jean Charnak Tuesday last saw Hungerford Rotary Club visited by our new DG, Jean Charnak. A good turn out of members listened to Jean lay out her ideas for the future as well as receiving her thanks for the efforts of the club in recent times in many of the different areas we've been involved in. We very much look forward to seeing Jean again whenever her busy schedule allows it. Membury collection hailed a success With almost £1000 collected over the weekend at Membury, we can safely say this was another success - with thanks going to those who were able to participate and of course to Secretary Mike for yet again arranging things so well. Mike will write thanking Membury and hopefully reserving a similar slot next year. Hungerford Rotary Club have recently embarked on a major project in 2006, having adopted a In some of the poorest countries in TFSR have some 700 part time volunteers at a number of centres in the UK who refurbish used tools and - working with local organisations who support rural artisans and craft workers with skills training – send them as complete toolkits to communities in Africa. By giving good quality tools a second lease of life, this project turns what would otherwise be discarded and replaced, into a source of advantage for those who can make very good use of them. Keith Haddrell's President’s Night on Tuesday 13th June was a most successful “Murder Mystery”, by “Alter Ego” – four excellent thespians arranged by The Jazz Night on 16th June was also a great success, with some fine jazz playing, and excellent food. Well done to all concerned, especially to David Small. About 26 Rotarians partners and guests had a magical guided tour around part of the Sutton Estate. The weather was perfect, and the river walk took us to exceptional scenery. Thanks go to Mike Dorward for organising it with Allan Snook, to Eric Mew and the team from Sutton Estates for such an informative tour, and to Allan for arranging the excellent meal at Deanwood Park Golf Club. An excellent evening! Twenty members and friends enjoyed a splendid evening at The Pudding Club on Friday 2nd June. On a most perfect early summer’s evening, we wallowed luxuriously through no fewer than seven wonderful puddings. A thoroughly memorable evening! Honey tasting ! Rebuilding in India Hull Revisited St Valentine's Dinner First meeting of 2006
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