| Following the catastrophic disaster in the Indian Ocean where a sudden tsunami wave killed many thousands of people, Kenilworth Rotary mounted its own collecting point in Talisman Square on December 29th. The public generosity was overwhelming! The collectors could not shake their tins to make any noise because so many people put in £5, £10 and £20 notes. It also seems that the Rotary Aquaboxes filled by Kenilworth School only a few days ago will have a ready use in the disaster. |
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A few days later, on January 6th, Rotary President Zig Layton-Henry hands over a cheque for £3,000 to the Mayor of Kenilworth Pauline Edwards to swell her Kenilworth Tsunami Appeal. |
| January 26th: Rotarian Anna Poynter receives her PhD flanked by her proud husband Rotarian Dr Richard Poynter (left) and her PhD supervisor, Rotarian Professor David Tall.
Congratulations Anna!
Secretary Bernard Beadle remarked that this brings the number of PhDs in the Kenilworth Rotary Club up to 6 (around 20% of the active membership), but it doesn’t appear to improve our performances in the Rotary Quiz. Answers on a postage stamp to the Secretary.
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Friday March 4th: The Kenilworth School Castle Sixth Form team appeared in the Rotary District 1060 Final of the Youth Speaks Competion on their chosen subject ‘The Cradle of Civilisation’. The team is Tom Watson, Justin Potts and Glen Smailes. |
| Monday March 14th: President Zig hands over a cheque for £200 in support of the Children of the Andes. |
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Easter Time comes round again and Kenilworth Rotarians are collecting for local charities at their annual Grocery Grab. Collections take place at Warwick Sainsbury’s March 3rd-6th and at Kenilworth Sainsbury’s March 10th-13th. The winner will have the opportunity to dash round Warwick Sainsbury’s on Monday 28th March to fill a shopping trolley full of goodies!
STOP PRESS! The Grocery Grab has raised approximately £1,500 to local charities. Thanks to the customers at Sainsbury’s for their support.
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A Kenilworth resident Mrs Powell won the major prize worth up to £250 in Kenilworth Rotary’s club popular Grocery Grab draw, she had two minutes on Easter Monday to dash around the Warwick Sainsburys store and fill a trolley.
The second prize of a £100 Sainsburys voucher went to Radnice Jaspal from Solihull and the third prize a £50 voucher was won by Mrs Huitson of Warwick.
The draw was made at the club’s weekly meeting on March 21st by Helen Holt from the “Riding for the Disabled Association” who addressed the club on the work of the charity and received a donation towards their work. |
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One of our favoured local charities is to support the Life Education Caravan which educates our children about the dangers of drugs. Above we see the caravan at St Nicholas School this week (starting March 21st). The caravan will also visit Clinton School in April. For more details of Life Education, click here.
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| On April 2nd, Kenilworth Rotary celebrates with a concert by the Warwickshire Symphony Ensemble, giving pleasure to the audience and raising funds for charity... |
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| The Rotary Club of Kenilworth joins with two million Rotary members round the world to celebrate a hundred years of Rotary. |
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Monday May 16th, Kenilworth Rotary celebrate President’s Night with a Black Country evening entertained by Aynuk & Ayli with flat caps and mufflers in abundance. Pictures here. |
| Pauline Edwards, the Mayor of Kenilworth, hands over a cheque for £4,000 for the Louise Willgrass Appeal for Tsunami Relief to Mike and Jane Cornwell, the parents of Louise. Also in the photo are President Zig (left) and Rotarian Arnold Bolton (right) whose prompt action galvanized the club to organise a street collection that raised £3,000 of the total handed over by Pauline.
More information here.
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On May 22nd, Rotarians and friends have Tea and Games on the Lawn to have fellowship and fun as they raise funds for Sight Savers and Sense International. More pictures here. |
| At our Club meeting on May 23rd, President Elect Maurice Holden (right) presents his plans for the next Rotary year 2005–6 and is congratulated by the District Governor’s Representative, Peter Smith.
More pictures and full plans here.
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Club hero, Rotarian David Pettifer, too part in the 100 mile non-stop Centenary Walk in a team of five on June 9th–11th to celebrate 100 years of Rotary. |
| President Zig (right) and Richard Poynter (co-organizer of the Two Castles Run) inspects the trophies for the Run to be awarded for the top runners in each category on Sunday June 12th. The 2,236 runners entered is the largest to date, necessitating the change in the start to St Nicholas Park near Warwick Castle at 9.00am and, as a bonus, ending inside Kenilworth Castle after the 10 kilometre run. |
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On Monday 6th June, Treasurer Peter Roberts assured the club that our finances were in good order, but since his long holiday over recent weeks, many payments this week and a trip to the Rotary International Convention soon, he counselled that he might not be able to answer any specific questions:
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The members listened diligently and attentively:
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| The Two Castles Run on June 12th was again the biggest yet raising of the order of £20,000 for charity. 2236 registered of whom 1857 ran and finished. This year the run began in St Nicholas Park adjacent to Warwick Castle and finished inside the grounds of Kenilworth Castle. It was a day to remember! |
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| President Zig Layton-Henry presents the trophies with Mayor of Kenilworth Norman Vincett.
Many more pictures here.
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Monday June 27th, Youth Exchange Student, Dominika Kwiatkowska, from Warsaw, Poland, exchanges banners with President Zig. |
At the same meeting, District Interact Officer, Roy McCarthey, speaks of the expansion of Interact for 11-18 year-olds in local schools: in the last year, participation has doubled from five schools to ten. |
President Zig delivers his valedictory address at the end of a year which has seen the Rotary Club of Kenilworth build in strength and make strong contributions locally and internationally. In this year over £24,000 was raised for charities, easily the largest sum in the history of the club. |
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