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President Geoff’s words
At our first meeting in February, it was good to hear from Ray Hughes on the progress and plans for The Orbit in Wellington. I am sure in the future Ray will keep us further updated.
At the meeting on 9th February Hayley Jay from Furrows gave a very interesting and well received talk on electric cars and their future. As you know this talk was originally planned for October last year but was postponed following Hayley’s accident. It was very pleasing to see her well and the talk was certainly worth the wait.
The Tree of Light presentations took place on 12th February at Hadley Learning Community
It is not easy to find words to summarize the meeting on Friday 16th February when Alina Muts was inducted as a member of our club. It was a very special meeting for many reasons and I felt very privileged to be President – Ласкаво просимо (Laskavo prosymo) Alina. Alina was joined by her mother Lena and brother Kyrylo. Many thanks to John Wardle for introducing Alina and organising a message from John Hewco a charter member from the Rotary Club of Kyiv and the General Secretary of Rotary International based in Evanston USA no less!.
You do wonder how you are going to follow that meeting and then along comes the film night. It was very well supported, an excellent film, a relaxed and enjoyable evening raising a fantastic amount for the YMCA and local charities – a huge thank you to everyone for their efforts.
Earlier in the week I was in the team that lost at darts and also in the team that won at the district quiz heat.
The final meeting of this period took place on March 1st -St David’s Day. The Welsh meal was traditional cawl and was very tasty indeed. After the meal we were educated and entertained by Venn and Ish and our thanks goes to them for their hard work. I’m pleased to say a good time was had by all. In the words of Max Boyce – ‘I KNOW, I WAS THERE.’
3 March 2024
Wellington Rotary meets at The Pheasant Inn at Admaston (TF5 0AD) for its weekly Friday lunchtime meeting at 1pm.
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Friday 22 March – The Pheasant @1300 – Chester Murray, Job Talk.
Friday 29 March (Good Friday)– No formal meeting, Social ‘away day’ lunch at The Royal Hill, Melverley.
Friday 5 April – The Pheasant @1600 – Bethany Stones – African Adventure
Friday 5 April – GAMES EVENING
Tuesday 9 April – The Pheasant@1600 Club Council
Friday 12 April – The Pheasant@1300 AGM & Business Meeting
Saturday 4 May – High Ercall Village Hall @1930, The Life Story & Songs of Edith Piaf. Tickets £16 from hollcot@gmail.com
As Past President Tom Farmer always used to say the club diary “is subject to alteration without notification” !