President Elect Richard was pleased to welcome David Johnson – a Shropshire Lad living in London and 20 visitors from the Rotary Club of London (the first Rotary Club outside of North America to receive a charter) to Wellington Rotary’s meeting at the Buckatree Hall Hotel on Friday lunchtime, 17 June (the penultimate meeting to …
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Wellington’s A team travelled to Wolverhampton on the evening of 19 May to take part in the final of the District 1210 Club Quiz competition. At the end of the final round team members David Lovatt, John Bradley, Richard Studd and Peter Williams were in joint third place having the same number of points as …
Rob Reports Last week at Church Farm Rowton, the Wellington B team overwhelmed the team from The Wrekin club in both the match and the fellowship and enjoyment of the spread put on by Virginia. This week the Wellington A team narrowly beat Bridgnorth on points 30-29 having tied at 3-3. Luckily Venn and I …
On Wednesday 4th May, seven club members assisted with the marshalling of the 24th Bayley Mile Road Races organised by Wellington Town Council. It is understood that several records were broken, so please see the council’s report.
The Club’s President Nominee Geoff is pleased to announce that our Charity Golf Day will be at the Wrekin Golf Club on Tuesday 26th July 2022. Book the date and organise a team.
Members of the four Tree of Light Clubs visited Severn Hospice on Thursday to present a donation made up of 50% of this year’s Tree of Light contributions made by members of the public. Chair of the Trustees Peter Seaward said, “It is a great privilege for me on behalf of the Rotary Clubs of …
Norma Ross who retires as Director of Income Generation at Severn Hospice in the next few weeks was in for a surprise. Peter Seaward takes up the story, “Norma, in your first year you were responsible for raising £985,000 to keep the Hospice at Shrewsbury going for the year. Over the next 26 years you and your team have …
Three club members visited Hope House to present a cheque for £10,260 to Lynsey Kilvert the Head of Fund Raising. Lynsey explained that this year’s donation to Hope House Children’s Hospices was made as part of their Final Moments Matter Campaign. The campaign aimed to raise £500,000 to ensure that the best end of life …
Provided the rules are not changed we hope to see you at the Buckatree Hotel on 4th February. Rotarian Sharon will be giving us an indication of her working life.
Wellington Rotary – Young “Hero” Winner – Sophie KnightFor the past few months, Wellington Rotary Club has been looking for nominations for local “Young Heroes” to encourage/recognise those youngsters who have been thinking about others instead of themselves over the past 18 months or so in respect of either the Covid pandemic or any other …
