President Venn Davies celebrated the end of his successful year in office at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Wellington held at the Buckatree Hall Hotel on Friday 19th June. President Venn said, “ One of the greatest pleasures of my year of office is being able to support local, national and international charities.” …
The Club is always prepared to provide immediate help in the event of International Disasters. A collection took place at Morrisons in Wellington to provide aid for Nepal following an earthquake disaster. The event, organised by the Rotary Club of Wellington, raised £843.74. Rotarians were supported at the collection by members of the local ex-Gurkha community. [The Brigade …
Rotarian Brian Lewis PHF did not realise that the meeting on 15th May 2015 was going to be anything more that a Speaker Meeting where he was going to be the speaker. Brian shared with members of the Club memories of how Hitler tried to destroy him on more than one occassion and went on …
On Friday 8th May the Rotary Club of Wellington made a donation of over £2000 to Disaster Aid UK towards their work in Nepal. Disaster Aid UK & Ireland, along with its partners in Disaster Aid International, provides shelter, water filters and other aid products to help the survivors of natural and man made disasters …
The Rotary Club of Wellington ‘Railway Boys’ enjoyed an excursion to the East Lancashire Railway based in Bury earlier this month. Apart from the interest in the railway shared fellowship with the President and members of the Rotary Club of Salford with Swinton who joined us for part of the day. This was the Club …
Adventurer Steve Harpin recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Wellington about his attempt to break the world record for rowing across the Atlantic. In November/December last year Steve and six team-mates tested their minds and body to the limit, braving huge seas and horrendous weather during their epic 37 day journey from Tenerife to …
The Rotary Club of Wellington Charity Film Night was a great success and raised over £2500 for Charity. The proceeds from the evening will benefit local and national charities nominated by both the Rotary Club of Wellington and the Odeon Cinema. The Odeon Cinema’s nominated charities were the NSPCC and the Variety Club. The Rotary …
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The final results from the third round of the District 1210 Fellowship Quiz came with the message, “Congratulations, your A team has got through to the final.” The team finished with a total of 129 points which enabled them to sneak in to one of the last two places available. Quiz captain Richard Studd commented …
On Tuesday 17th March 2015 The Rotary Club of Wellington were in action at Telford when they were drawn against Brewood. This game was evenly matched with both clubs taking the lead from time to time. With only two rounds to play Wellington started to draw away and finally ran out winners with a score …
After the local competition, where the team from Adams’ Grammar School came second, they made the courageous decision to change their topic to ‘Who Will Watch the Watchers?’ In the District 1210 final they raised their game, all three team members speaking with passion and gusto. The Judges placed them first. Adams’ Grammar School …
