Congratulations to the three Wellington teams qualifying for the next round of the District quiz. Rotary District Quiz: Team Scores – Round 2, 2014-15 Teams going through to the semi-final – 173 Newcastle A: 170 Shrewsbury: 169 Whitchurch A: 165 Audley A: 161 Stafford Castle A: 160 Telford Centre: 159 Shrewsbury Darwin: 157 Tettenhall; Dudley: …
Combatting Ebola Jackie Watkins, Director of Friends of Conakry Refugee School, writes Thank you for the £250 kindly donated to the Friends of Conakry Refugee School [FRCS] to help with our efforts to equip the school to combat ebola. You will be pleased to know that an observation room has been built and equipped thanks …
District 1210 Governor Lynne Marshall joined members of nine Rotary Clubs and their guests who gathered at the Buckatree Hall Hotel in Wellington on Friday 2nd January to hear Gordon Banks OBE talk about his footballing life. The legendary goalkeeper of the England 1966 World Cup winning team led the audience from when he played …
On Christmas Morning, President Venn together with several Rotarians and friends met Father Christmas at Farcroft in Wellington and helped him distribute gifts to the residents. Rtn Tom Farmer dressed in red and sporting a white beard celebrated his birthday [I think he must be as old as Father Christmas himself!] in the way he …
Two members of the Rotary Club of Wellington have been awarded Paul Harris Fellowships in celebration of the service they have given to their community, to Rotary and to the Rotary Club of Wellington. The surprise presentations to Rtn Dick Bailey and Rtn John Davies were made at the Christmas lunch by President Venn Davies.
Rotarians, partners and friends helped the residents of Farcroft in Wellington [click this link for more information about Farcroft] celebrate Christmas with an evening of carols, songs and readings. The event was organised to the usual high standard by Rtn Rod Kirby. Everyone shared mince pies and a Christmas drink to end the evening.
On 22 November Club members were at the Tesco store on the Wrekin Retail Park throughout the day collecting for the Rotary International campaign to rid the world of Polio. A total of £517.11 was raised. The Club is most grateful to Tesco for supporting this charitable collection and to all those who contributed. To …
At the 21st Charter celebration of the Rotary Club of Telford Centre President John Morris Roberts made a special presentation to a member of the Rotary Club of Wellington. President John prefaced his remarks with, ‘I guess we all know Don Woolford. Like lots of us I see a gentleman, and one who has given …
The Rotary Club of Wellington’s first 10 Pin Bowling game of the season was played at Telford on Tuesday 25th November. The opponents were the Rotary Club of Ironbridge under the captaincy of Tony Roden. In the first few games there was little between the two clubs but as the match progressed Wellington started to …
Wellington Rotary Club was invited to attend the Charlton School GCSE Presentation evening on Thursday 20th November. President Venn Davies and Peter Williams used this opportunity to present the Wellington Rotary Club Young Innovator awards during the ceremony. Certificates of merit were awarded to 5 pupils for their work ranging from electronics to dress design …
