CLUB NEWS
Our new President is Eugene Lantry.
20th July 2010
President Eugene with District Governor Elect David Ellis
who visited us for lunch and Club Assembly
2009/10
President Simon's last act was to award the Club Plate to
Secretary Terry Groves
Our 42nd Member is inducted.
Alan Huxham brings our average age down.
John Dean, a Group Study Exchange Member who visited the
Club recently with Presiden Elect Eugene Lantry
CHARTER NIGHT
12th March 2010
Guest of Honour at the Rotary Club of Ramsey’s Charter Night,
Michael Moyle, former High Bailiff and Coroner of Inquests, with President
Simon Watson
The victorious Ramsey Team who lifted the trophy at the all
Island Rotary Clubs Quiz Night organised by the Clubs’ Foundation Committees
held on the 22nd April 2010 at Braaid Hall. Team Members (left to right) –
Rotarian Michael Jelski; President Simon Watson; Past President Terry Groves
and Past President Kevin Halsall.
On 22nd June there will be a trip on MV Karina, leaving Laxey
at 7pm and arriving Ramsey for a Buffet meal at Harbour Bistro at 8.15pm Rotarians
and Family and Friends welcome. Price to be announced later. Watch this space.
NEW MEMBER
Our 41st Member was inducted on 16th March
Chris Blatcher and President Simon
The water tank that the Club funded for the town of Kabuga
in Rwanda.
Tuesday 26th January
photo shows President Simon with speaker David Millar of
Dalrymple Associates. David has been appointed to head the development of
design brief and proposals for the redevelopment of the Ramsey Town Centre
and undertook his first consultation exercise with the Rotary Club of Ramsey.
The meeting was well attended and generated some lively debate with a lot
of alternative and conflicting views being discussed.
£371
This is the amount raised by Club Members singing Christmas
Carols around the Town on Thursday 17th December.
(Father Christmas -P.P John Richmond on board the steam engine)
(Some of the Carol Singers)
(Jimmy, Keith and Grant)
District Governor Elizabeth
visited the Club on Tuesday 20th October 2009
SCHOILL REE GORREY PRIZE GIVING
Our President Simon has been very busy in his first few days
as President.
On 23rd July he was at Schoill Ree Gorrey (The former Albert
Road School) to present the prizes for the Public Speaking competition sponsored
by the Club.
Read to Me initiative
(visit Links and click on Youth Activites Link for more details)
An initiative has been launched to encourage more parents
to read to their newborn babies. The Department of Education and the Department
of Health and Social Security are joining up with the Rotary Club of Ramsey
to raise awareness of the importance of encouraging communications skills
at an early age. The first 1,000 babies born after the initiative's launch
today will receive an eye-catching and colourful T-shirt bearing the slogan
'Read to Me', donated by the Rotary Club of Ramsey.
Outgoing President Tony Kennish Inducts new President Simon
Watson
Club Assembly Meeting was attended by
Nigel Danby District 1280 Membership Services Chairman
2008/9
HE DID IT
If you want anything doing ask Past President
John Richmond P.H.F
As a Community Service Project he organised
the erection of "WELCOME" signs to be placed on the roads leading
into Ramsey - not only that he did it in this year's Rotary Year.
(the blown up image is in top right hand corner)
WELL DONE JOHN!!!
President Tony presenting John Lagardere and Maria Crane
of Autism Initiatives with a cheque for £300 from the Club.
PRESENTATION OF FOOTBALL KIT BY THE ROTARY
CLUB OF RAMSEY TO RAMSEY AFC UNDER 11's JUNIOR LEAGUE TEAM Back Row L to R:
Kris Halsall - Junior Coach; P.P. Kevin Halsall - Junior Coach; Tony Kennish
- President of Ramsey Rotary Club; P.P. John Richmond - Chairman of Community
Service, Ramsey Rotary Club; Malcolm Kelly, Chairman of Ramsey AFC Centre
Row: John Kelly; Jack Keggin; Craig Cooper; Aaron Bell; Adam Braley; Joshua
Perry; Calvin Koske, Marcus Koske; Front Row: Jacob Perry; Liam Cooper; Ryan
Kinrade; Dylan Pickles; Thomas Burnett; James Colgan; Joseph Corlett. 23rd
May 2009
CHARITY AUCTION RAISED
£1700
on Sunday 8th March 2009
Thanks to Community Service Committee and the Auctioneers
CLUB MEMBERS COLLECTED
£675.07
For Polio Plus on Saturday. Well done to all who helped.
NEW MEMBER
On 20th January 2009 President Tony inducted our 39th Member
Richard Power
£650
WELL DONE!!!!!!
This is the amount raised by
CAROL SINGING AROUND THE TOWN
on
Friday 19th December
(Vice President Eugine deserves special mention because he
turned up half an hour early. Keen? or should he have read the Club News section
of the Website?
Special mention must go to Past President John Richmond (Father
Christmas) without whom the event would be very flat.
Thanks also to non members John Breen and Richard Power who
joined us for what is always a very enjoyable night.
School supports Rotary Shelterbox appeal
Students from Ramsey Grammar School have
presented a cheque for £1,100 to the Rotary Club of Ramsey for the Rotary
Shelterbox Appeal. Ramsey Grammar School Head Boy Max Murley and Head Girl
Danielle Wilmot presented the cheque to their former Deputy Head Master and
Rotary Past President Peter Hooson-Owen and spoke to Rotarians about their
roles and the schools charitable fundraising efforts. The money was raised
through a non-uniform day and other events organised by students earlier this
year and will pay for two complete Shelterboxes to be delivered to disaster
areas around the world. ShelterBox is a tough, green plastic box containing
a 10-person tent and ancillary equipment, including cooking facilities and
utensils, basic tools, water containers and purification tablets, designed
to enable a family of up to 10 people survive for at least six months. ShelterBox
works directly with local organisations in countries where disasters have
occurred, in partnership with other aid agencies and through the international
Rotary network. Shelterbox volunteer teams often oversee the distribution
of boxes to individual recipients - making sure aid gets direct to those people
who need it most. Most recently a ShelterBox Response Team departed for Pakistan
to distribute 200 boxes following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake which struck
the Ziarat valley in the south-western province of Baluchistan on 29th October.
The earthquake caused landslides and reportedly killed more than 200 people.
Around 1,500 homes were destroyed and 15,000 people have been displaced. It
has been reported that around 50,000 people are sleeping outside in freezing
temperatures where, with aftershocks of up to 6.2 on the Richter scale, sleeping
indoors is not believed to be safe.