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Rotarian Colin Sallis is inaugurated as President for the Rotary year (July) 2007–2008 by Immediate Past President Philip Highley at the meeting of the club on July 9th. More photographs here.
The meeting was also attended by visiting Rotarians and the team of overseas visitors attending the course for the Rotary Youth Leaders Award.
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| International students visiting the District to participate in the Rotary Youth Leadership Award are hosted by local Rotarians and have the challenge of a week guiding a canal boat along the Grand Union Canal. More photos here. |
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On Monday July 16th, Rotarian Colin Chatham gives a vote of thanks to Vicki Partridge, the Appeals Director for Zöe’s Place Baby Hospice, the first organisation to provide a hospice for babies. Vicki explained the developments of the charity and was presented with a cheque by President Colin Sallis. |
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KENILWORTH ROTARY CLUB IN EXPRESS WATER AID TO CHELTENHAM
On Thursday 26th July, Colin Sallis President of Kenilworth Rotary Club received a plea for help from the Sunrise Rotary Club of Cheltenham who were undertaking the task of delivering water for sanitation and washing purposes to a number of old Peoples homes and Sheltered accommodation centres in and around their town after floods had cut off their water supply.
Whilst bottled water was available to all, the problem of water for other purposes was not resolved or likely to be for some days. Water containers were by then unobtainable locally.
A quick call to available members and a team of five gathered up the club’s stock of twenty 5-gallon water containers (part of the Two Castles Run equipment) and then locally purchased another twenty 5-gallon containers. 100 packets of wet wipes were obtained from local outlets and Unit One Garage kindly lent a van to enable the transport of the now filled containers to Bob Gower of Cheltenham Rotary.
The call for help came at 11.30 am and the loaded van left Kenilworth at 2.45 pm
This is probably the fastest response the Club has achieved for some time, as it was a normal working day those involved were mainly retired members who were able to help at once.
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Kenilworth Rotarians Colin Wilding, Colin Sallis and Geoff Burrows (who still works for a living) deliver water in Cheltenham to Rotarian Bob Gower of Cheltenham Rotary.
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In response to the call from Kenilworth Cricket Club for funds to help them rebuild their clubhouse (destroyed by arson), the Rotary Club of Kenilworth organised a concert by local folk group Romany Pie. At the club meeting on July 30th, the cricket club Treasurer, Roger Mortimore addressed the club and was presented with a cheque for £2000 by President Colin Sallis.
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District Governor John Quinton addressed the club at the meeting on August 6th. He brought with him the Rotary Message of the Year, that Rotary Shares, and he introduced his own little project for each rotarian in the district to put a few pence a day aside, to raise a total of around £25,000 in the district. An example to us all of how small things can grow in Rotary.
In addition we had a visit from Cheltenham Rotarians to thank the club for support in providing water containers to allow local care homes in Rotary to flush their toilets when the floods in the area cut off water supplies for a fortnight.
More photos of the meeting are here.
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| Rotarians Philip Southwell (left) and Maurice Holden are inducted as Paul Harris Fellowships for their services to Rotary. Both have given exemplary service to the club. Philip joined in 1996 and has served in many capacities, including President, chairman of club service, taking an interest in overseas projects, visiting students, and masterminding the Two Castles Run. Maurice joined in 2000. He is a true rotarian, not only taking his turn as President, serving as chairman of club service, and currently as treasurer, but also quietly taking on heavy-duty unsung chores such as dealing with the entries to the art exhibition, helping with the entries to the Two Castles Run, and a myriad other tasks that turn up from week to week. |
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Members of Kenilworth Rotary Club enjoy an evening at the Pudding Club with all the puddings you can eat! [Friday August 19th, 2007]
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Hilary Holland of the Citizen's Advice Bureau tells the club of its current activities and its history, being founded by the Rotary Club of Kenilworth in 1939. [Club Meeting, Monday 17th September.] |
Accountant Jerry Duckett in the unusual position of handing over money to a delighted Sergeant at Arms, Phil Highley, while Treasurer Maurice Holden looks on approvingly. |
| On Tuesday 18th September, President Colin visited the Rotary Club of Evesham to present their President Colin Wisby with a new Visitors Book to replace their book which was lost in the recent floods. Also present were members of the Rotary Youth Leaders team to give a presentation to the Club. |
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At a busy Rotary meeting on Monday, 8th October, the Club welcomed the Kenilworth Town Mayor Pat Ryan and his wife. Caroline Sampson, the Warwickshire County Archivist presented a talk on the activities of the County Archive. |
President Colin Sallis presents Town Mayor, Pat Ryan, with a cheque for £250 for his charity. |
Colin thanks Caroline Sampson from the County Record Office for her informative talk. |
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| The Rotary Club of Kenilworth presented An Evening with Sir John Egan at the De Montfort Hotel, Kenliworth on Monday 15th October. It was an evening in which all were welcome and an audience of over 140 were present. Sir John is renowned for his skills in management, turning an ailing Jaguar company into a profitable success and doing the same for the British Airport Authority. Sir John spoke on the Economics of Global Warming in an international setting. How can we combat global warming when the increase in China’s greenhouse gases each year exceeds the annual output in Britain? Sir John suggested possible ways ahead. |
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Rotary is proud to present Paul Harris Fellowships (named in honour of Rotary's founder, Paul Harris) to those who give service to the community. Here the recipients are Sir John Egan, and Rotarian Arnold Bolton, who acted as press officer for Sir John during his Jaguar years and made the arrangements for An Evening with Sir John Egan on The Economics of Global Warming.
Arnold has been a Rotarian for 17 years, and though he has never taken office, he is always the first in the front line to offer to take on Rotary duties, be it as Press Officer for the club for a number of years, organising the citizen of the year, planning the annual trip for local people to Blackpool, being the first to volunteer to help with the Tin Rattle, the Art Exhibition, and any other activity, including organising the fund raising for the Tsunami in 2005. Arnold is a true example of the Rotary motto, Service above Self. |
Sir John Egan, Arnold Bolton are presented with Paul Harris Fellowships on Monday 15th October 2007 by President Colin Sallis. |
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Rotarian Keith Dixon, who transferred from the Rotary Club of Golders Green. |
Rotarian Roy Shearing who returned to the club. |
New Rotarian, John Boothroyd, with President Colin and Rotarian Jerry Duckett who proposed him as a member. |
The main speaker of the evening was Mrs Jane Poidevin, Head of Crackley Primary School who spoke to the club about her school. |
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| In the week before Remembrance Day, George Illingworth, Chairman of the Royal British Legion, Kenilworth Branch, tells the club of the history and current organisation of the British Legion. On Remembrance Sunday, President Colin Sallis will join other representatives of local organisations to lay a wreath at the Kenilworth Memorial to remember those who gave their lives in service to their country. |
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Returning to the club on Monday 12th November, after previously regaling us with her experience as a Wimbledon official, Bernadette Halton holds up a list of many of the services provided by MacMillan Cancer Support. Bernadette is the local fund-raiser for MacMillan Cancer Support, which has greatly widened its services beyond the supply of MacMillan nurses to provide support for anyone from the moment that they even think they may have cancer. |
| The Tree of Light was switched on for the Christmas season on Friday November 23rd in Talisman Square. You are invited to make a contribution in memory of a loved one. All contributions will be to support Myton Hospice. For more information, click here.
More photos here.
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On Monday, December 17, the Rotary Club of Kenilworth held its annual Christmas Dinner at which Freda Wheat and Pauline Edwards were given the award of Citizen of the Year, the Mayor of Kenilworth Pat Ryan addressed the club, Vincent Price, the Minister of Kenilworth Methodist gave the Christmas Message, and Rotarian Bob Kelly was a warded the Paul Harris Fellowship for his service to the Kenilworth Club. The Philip Highley Pantomime Extravaganza was presented by members of the audience, sight-reading the script by Phil Highley. Pictures are here.
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Clive Joyce speaks to the club about bees at the meeting on January 7th 2008. There is a crisis in the world of bees with mites threatening the future of the creature that pollinates the world\s food supplies... |
| Rotary in Britain and Ireland (RIBI) has for many years run a public speaking competition for young people in two age groups, 11-13 and 14-17 . Each team has three members: a chairman, a speaker, and a closing speaker giving the vote of thanks. On Monday, January 21st the two teams from Kenilworth School made their presentations to the Kenilworth Rotary Club. The Junior team was Ben Moseley (who amused us all with his witicisms), Joe Cocker who spoke on Global Warming and James Hind who gave the vote of thanks. The senior team was represented by chairman Alex Temple (seen here) who presented Angela Stoddard (seated). Robin Kemp (vote of thanks) was at home revising for an examination in the morning. |
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Kenilworth Rotarians let their hair down to celebrate Burns Night at The Rotary Club of Southam 2000. More pictures here. |
The Rotary Club of Kenilworth welcomed Matthew Rhodes and Bernard Perkins to speak about the international use of renewable energy and projects already in progress in Warwickshire. It was a surprise to find that the UK was the highest percentage user of fossil fuels. |
The United Kingdom uses a higher percentage of fossil fuels than any other major country (including China, the USA and Japan). |
Rotarian Brian Bridges asks the speakers, Matthew Rhodes and Bernard Perkins, a pertinent question. |
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Alan Johnson gave a talk on Public Speaking at the Rotary Club on Monday February 11th. His presentation included principles of public speaking and was followed by a demonstration speech putting the principles into practice. At the invitation of the President, three Rotarians where selected to speak, without any warning or preparation, for two minutes on a specified topic. Rotarian Geoff Burrows spoke brilliantly about ‘Success’ (chosen for his business acumen), David Tall spoke about ‘Failure’ (because, it was thought he didn’t know anything about it) and Peter Roberts reminisced about ‘Pleasure’ (based on his current interests). A good time was had by all. |
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| The Kenilworth Festival is back in 2008, July 18th-20th, promoted by the Rotary Club of Kenilworth, in alliance with other organisations in the town. Read about it in the Kenilworth Weekly News. |
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The club meeting on Monday February 18th was graced with the presence of District Governor John Quinton and his wife Chris. The speaker for the evening, Sally Wilding, told us about the Soroptimists, the international women’s organisation set up by a Californian Rotarian in 1921. The District Governor presented seven Kenilworth Rotarians with long-service diplomas: John Dixon (25 years), David Tall (32 years), Colin Chatham (32 years), David Sims (34 years), Jeremy Duckett (36 years), Denis Dowdswell (41 years), and our only remaining founder member Tom Roberts (48 years), the oldest member of the club at 92. |
Our long-serving members: (standing) David Sims, Denis Dowdeswell, President Colin Sallis, District Governor John Quinton, Colin Chatham, David Tall, (sitting:) Jerry Duckett, John Dixon, Tom Roberts. |
Our speaker: Sally Wilding.
more photographs here.
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The Kenilworth Festival was formally launched at the Castle Gate House on Thursday February 28th, with MP Jeremy Wright and Town Mayor Pat Ryan, flanked by Rotarian Roy Shearing (left) and President Colin Sallis (right). Peering through a window at the back is Steve Bax, the manager of Kenilworth Castle who is giving enthusiastic support for our production of the operetta Merrie England in the castle during the Festival, July 18-20.
The window is part of a sedan chair, on display to advertise the launch of a new Sedan Chair Challenge for teams of up to 8 handlers carry a passenger in a race round Abbey Fields at Festival time.
The launch prompted £1600 of sponsorship declared by those present, with others in line to support the festival as a celebration for local organisations as well as a window on Kenilworth for tourists and others. |
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Our youngest Rotarian, Geoff Burrows celebrated his 14th birthday on February 29th. Known to his intimates as Lord Geoff because of his palatial cottage at the rear of Kenilworth Castle, Geoff was generous in accepting drinks bought for him by others on his birthday (as they are responsible for giving alcohol to a minor). He was less happy to buy drinks for anyone else given his tender age. |
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On March 3rd, Lincoln Allison from the University of Warwick Politics Department addressed the Club on the media presentation of global warming, a follow-up to Sir John Egan’s Public Lecture.
Lincoln suggested that the press and business present information in a way that is appropriate for them and questioned the evidence for global warming, while acknowledging concerns about over-use of fossil fuels. |
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President Collin Sallis (left) and co-organiser of the Two Castles Run, John Kelley, celebrate the launch of the Run with main Sponsors, Blythe Liggins and Opus Land.
Richard Thornton, a senior partner at Blythe Liggins, sponsoring the run for the third year, said: “It’s fantastic to be involved with this event. Kenilworth Rotary Club works tirelessly to achieve a day which is memorable for all concerned and which raised £50,000 for charities last year.”
Richard Smith of Opus Land, the company responsible for the new 260,000 sq ft business park on the old IBM site, said: “We are delighted to again be associated with this prestigious event, which brings together a passion for sport and the opportunity to raise a tremendous sum for charity.” |
| Richard Dickson (centre) gave a talk on the work of Christian Outreach (CORD) in Burundi at the Meeting of the Club on March 17th. His guest, Ghislaine (left), from Burundi gives first-hand experience of the horrors of war and genocide, having lost members of his own family. CORD, based in Leamington Spa, raises £2.5 million a year to aid those in areas ravaged by war to return to some level of normality through providing locally-built housing, water and sanitation, health and education support.
Richard Dickson is running for CORD in the Two Castles Run.
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The Easter Grocery Grab returned yet again! Here a customer at Warwick Sainsburys buys a raffle ticket from Rotarian Graham Tall, with Rotarian Zig Layton-Henry and President Colin Sallis. Tickets were on sale at Sainsburys’ stores at Kenilworth and Warwick over two weekends, with the draw taking place on Monday March 17th and the Grab at 8.30 on Easter Monday, March 24th.
The prizes are a £250 grocery grab, £100 voucher and £50 voucher. Click here to see last year’s grab won by Joanne and Noel Ashmore.
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The Kenilworth Rotary Grocery Grab was drawn on Monday evening, March 17th. Ticket sales totalled £2,129. The winners are:
First Prize £250 Groceries
Ann Cotton
Moorlands Avenue
Kenilworth
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Second Prize £100 Voucher
Mr Wells
Sherborne
Nr Warwick
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Third Prize £50 voucher
Mr R Schofield
Hampton Magna |
The Grocery Grab will be run by the winner at 8.30 am on Easter Monday at Warwick Sainsburys.
Click here to see last year’s grab in full action! |
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WAKEY WAAAAAKEY!
Bill Cotton was up early on Easter Monday as the snow was falling to get to Warwick Sainsbury’s to support his wife Ann with 2 minutes to Grab Groceries to the cost of £250. Canny Anny had it all planned out and dashed around Sainsbury’s with Bill in her wake to grab £266.42. Rotary paid £250 and Bill chipped in with £16.42 so that Ann could take it all away.
Pictures of the Grab are here.
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Kenilworth Rotary Officers reported a bumper year for the Rotary Club of Kenilworth, led from the front by President Colin Sallis. In addition to the regular annual events – the Art Exhibition, Tree of Light, Grocery Grab, Blackpool Holidays and our premiere event The Two Castles Run, the year will see the introduction of the club's re-launch of the Kenilworth Festival, with many events around the town including three nights of Merrie England at the Castle and a Sports and Social Day in Abbey Fields with the first run of the new Sedan Chair Challenge. Rotary in Kenilworth is thriving.
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Julie Kelley (RAF) speaks on her tour of duty, photographing in the Falklands, at the club on April 21st.
More photos here.
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The Kenilworth Festival, promoted by the Rotary Club of Kenilworth is announced to take place on the weekend, July 18th-20th, including three performances of Edward German’s Merrie England in Kenilworth Castle with the support of English Heritage. |
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One of the new events in the festival is a charity Sedan Chair race inspired by an annual event in Hong Kong.
Traditionally a sedan chair is carried by two people however the Rotary Club of Kenilworth encourage teams of up to 9 including the person carried in the chair. The chair must be based on the Club’s standard design but can be decorated to reflect the loyalty or interests of the team. Ten chairs will be available on hire at £25 constructed by Town & Country Furniture Ltd.
The chair is seen here carried by President Colin Sallis and Festival Organizer, Geoff Burrows.
There is a registration fee of £45 for the whole team plus an undertaking that each team will seek individual sponsorship for charity.
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Prizes will be awarded for:
Fastest Team (Male , Female, mixed)
Fastest Veterans (all over 40)
Best decorated chair
Most charitable team (raising the most for a Rotary nominated charity).
It is hoped teams of friends , working colleagues, sporting clubs etc will come together to make this a spectacle, travelling the one mile course, finishing in Abbey fields, as part of the fun, music and sports events on Sunday July 20th.
Entry Forms and Details: e-mail Colin Sallis Tel 01926 855337.
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Kenilworth Rotarians carry President Colin Sallis in a Sedan Chair of their own design to demonstrate a team in action. |
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| Rotarians get organized for the annual Blackpool holiday which allows local citizens to have a holiday in Blackpool for a very reasonable price.
Here are the holiday makers getting ready to board the bus on May 15th, ready for a week's holiday by the sea. More photos here.
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Kenilworth Rotary take a social trip to the BBC in London on May 17th. More photos here. |
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| The club meeting on Monday June 2nd was busy indeed. In addition to a visit from four students being hosted by the club from the Czech State, an ambassadorial scholar from Korea, and our visiting speaker, Angela Deacon, of Brain Tumour UK. Then President Colin Sallis announced a Paul Harris Fellowship for immediate past president Phil who is a great servant to Kenilworth with his work for the scouts, the Talisman Theatre, St Nicholas Church and many other activities, and his initiatives that have re-vitalised Kenilworth Rotary, culminating in his work to re-build the Kenilworth Festival with Geoff Burrows and a vigorous comittee from Rotary and the town. More pictures here. |
President Colin reads the citation for the award of a Paul Harris Fellowship for Rotarian Phil Highley. |
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The Two Castles Run grows bigger and better!
Over two thousand two hundred runners starting their run in Warwick on the way to Kenilworth Castle.
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| Past President Bernard Beadle signs a dictionaly presented to a pupil at Clinton School overlooked by Headmistress Mrs Bates and Kenilworth Rotary President Colin Sallis.
This is part of a programme in which all 369 year six pupils in Kenilworth School were presented with a dictionary funded by Rotary Charities supported by the people of Kenilworth.
More Photos here.
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| Our next promotion is Kenilworth Festival from July 18th-20th. Programme details are here.
Highlights include Andrew Davis, Festival of Music in the Castle, The Battle of the Bands, Old Tme Music Hall, War of the Worlds, Romany Pie, Author Wolfren Riverstick, Whose Line is it Any Way?, Mercia FM, Music of Jacques Brel, American Singer/Songwriter Jan Close, New Orleans Jazz Band, Art Exhibition, Magic Workshop, Harmonica Workshop and ...
a range of free activities, including a day of fun in Abbey Fields on Sunday. Enjoy The Sedan Chair Race, Rowing Competition, Golf Net, Face Painting, Netball Challenge, Children’s Sports, Egg & Spoon race, Tug of War, Penalty Competition, Crepes Display stall, Pig Roast.
Book early for the popular events!
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