Completed meetings and events 2016-2017

Wed 28th June 2017 - Handover

Duty Member: Michael Hughes

Sat 24th June 2017 Cream Tea at The Chapel, Anstey Way, Instow

ANYTIME BETWEEN 3pm AND 6pm

Wed 21st June 2017 - Speaker: District Governor Elect for 2017/2018, Graham Carey revisits us to talk on his time in Moldova (a non Rotarian subject!)

Duty Member: Bill Grant

Sun 18th June 2017 Open Gardens & Music to 'The Umberleigh Bovver Boys' as a guest of the Browns at Beres House, Roborough

Gardens open from 2pm to 5pm

Wed 14th June 2017 - Talk: "Cancer Research UK" Speaker: Ros Fry

Duty Member: Rodney Grainger

Wed 7th June 2017 - Club Business Meeting & Assembly(Rotarians only)-(Council Mtg - 6pm)

Duty Member: Alan Glover

Wed 31st May 2017 - Talk: "Beijing to St. Petersburg overland" Speaker: Phil Marlow

Duty Member: Michael Fletcher

Sat 27th May 2017 - President Michael Champion's Night at Cedars Inn, Barnstaple

Glass of Bubbly on arrival - entertainment by 'Monopole'. Posh Frocks, DJ's & regalia - 7pm for 7.30pm. £30 per head - apply by email to:- johnbishopinstow@hotmail.co.uk

Wed 24th May 2017 - No Meeting

No Meeting

Wed 17th May 2017 - Talk: "The Battle of Waterloo" Speaker: Rtn John Shardelow

Duty Member: Jeremy Drakeford

Wed 10th May 2017 Club Business Meeting(Rotarians only) & AGM

Duty Member: Michael Cracknell

Wed 3rd May 2017 Talk: "Rolle Canal Restoration" Speaker: Ian Harrison (Council Meeting 6pm)

Duty Member: Roger Doble

Wed 26th April 2017 - Talk: "The First English Explorer" - Anthony Jenkinson, the great Elizabethan explorer Speaker: Author/Rotarian Kit Mayers

Duty Member: Geoff Day

Wed 19th April 2017 - Talk: "A taste of vintage motor sport" Speaker: Rotarian Don Adams

Duty Member: Rusty Crowhurst

Wed 12th April 2017 - Club Business Meeting(Rotarians only) - (Council Mtg 6pm)

Duty Member: Jeremy Drakeford

Wed 5th April 2017 - Ladies Night: Bees & Bee-Keeping Talk by Ruth Neal, who is currently Chairman of the Bee Keeping committee for the Devon County Show and also has given full day presentations at The Eden Project- Ruth will bring honey samples on the night!

Duty Member: Don Carter

Sat 1st April 2017 - Bideford Bridge Rotary Club sponsor a Bideford Rugby Match match between the Bideford Chiefs and Teignmouth

Bideford Bridge Rotary Club members to bring along guests (by invitation only) from 12.30pm for pre-match buffet(1.30pm) and to watch the game at Bideford from 3pm. Please contact a Rotarian if you are interested or email: john@shardelow.co.uk

Sat 1st April 2017 - Our Club's Sponsorship of The Bideford Rugby Club match between Bideford Chiefs and Teignmouth -

Bideford Bridge Rotary Club members to bring along guests (by invitation only) from 12.30pm for pre-match buffet(1.30pm) and to watch the game from 3pm.

Wed 29th March 2017 - Night out in Johns' Deli at Instow

Duty Member: Rob Brown

Wed 22nd March 2017 Talk: "The Battle of Waterloo (& other railway stations!)" Speaker: Rtn John Shardelow

Duty Member: John Bishop

Wed 15th March 2017 - Talk: "Dos and Don'ts of Photography" Speaker: Graham Kerslake

Duty Member: Colin Balsdon

Wed 8th March 2017 - Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only)

Duty Member: David Avery

Wed 1st March 2017 - Talk: Rotary Global Grant for Rwanda Speaker: Euan Eddie (Council Meeting 6pm)

Duty Member: Don Adams

Wed 22nd February 2017 - Talk: "Rolle Quay Restoration" Speakers: Adrian Wills & Ian Harrison

Duty Member: John Violet

Wed 15th February 2017 - Talk: "The effects of bereavement on children" Speakers: Graham West and Nicky Geddes from FIG, Bideford

Duty Member: Brian Wakefield

Wed 8th February 2017 - Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only)

Duty Member: Steve Taylor

Wed 1st February 2017 - Talk to be given by Duncan King, Head of Amphibious Trials & Development - Royal Marines 11 Squadron based at Instow (Council Meeting 6pm)

Duty Member: Trevor Stanbury

Wed 25th January 2017 - A celebration of the life and works of Robert Burns (1759-1796)

To be held at The Royal North Devon Golf Club
Black Tie with something tartan or (Scottish) blue - £25 per person

Wed 18th January 2017 - Talk: "SS Freshspring - the vessel now moored in Bideford" Speaker: John Puddy

Duty Member: Steven Sherry

Wed 11th January 2017 - Visit of District Governor Stephen Lay & Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only)

Duty Member: Phil Sargent

Wed 4th January 2017 - Talk: "Cider - the forgotten miracle" Speaker: John Brooks (Council Meeting 6pm)

Duty Member: Allen Price

Wed 28th December 2016 - No Meeting

no meeting

Sat 17th December 2016 - Christmas Party

Christmas Party- at RND Golf Club - 7pm for 7.30pm -
Traditional Fare - Informal Party Dress

Wed 14th December 2016 - No Meeting

No Meeting

Fri 9th December 2016 - Invitation to join The Bideford Rotary Club for their Annual Carol Service at St. Mary's Church, Bideford

In support of North Devon Carers and Harbour

Wed 7th December 2016 - Club Business & Special General Meeting (Rotarians only)

(Council Meeting 6pm)
Duty Member: Andrew Laugharne

Wed 30th November 2016 - Talk: "Cost cutting in our local NHS" Speakers: James Wright & Richard Croker of the NHS Northern Eastern and Western Devon Clinical commissioning group based in South Molton. Wives & partners of Members will be welcome to attend as guests for this

Duty Member: David Ogle

Wed 23rd November 2016 - Night out at Cafe Italia in Westward Ho! 6.30pm for 7pm - £16 menu per person

Duty Member: Chris Norburn

Wed 16th November 2016 - "Quiz Night for The Mike Aitken Trophy"

Duty Member: Rod Mole

Wed 9th November 2016 - Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only)

Duty Member: Andrew Laugharne

Wed 2nd November 2016 - Talk: "One's Personal Finance" Speaker: Will Haines, Director of Investments at Investec

(Council Meeting 6pm)
Duty Member: Kit Mayers

Wed 26th October 2016 - A Club Evening

Duty Member: Tony Lewis

Sat 22nd October 2016 - Charter Night at The Commodore Hotel, Instow

Black Tie, Posh Frocks & regalia. 7pm for 7.30pm

Fri 21st October 2016 - Children & Families Special Night at The Milky Way

Invitation to Children with special needs & their families for a Special Night at The Milky Way Adventure Park read more...

Wed 19th October 2016 - No Meeting

No Meeting because of The Charter Meeting on Saturday 22nd October 2016

Wed 12th October 2016 Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only)

(Council Meeting 6pm)
Duty Member: Roger Levick

Wed 5th October 2016 - RYLA Presentations (Council Meeting 6pm)


Duty Member: Tony Merrill

Wed 28th September 2016 - Talk: "The Battle of Northam - 1069" Speaker: Nick Arnold, best selling author & founder of The Appledore Book Festival

Duty Member: Mike Kivell

Wed 21st September 2016 - Talk: "Helicopter pilot's life during the Falklands War" Speaker: Jack Lomas

Duty Member: Mike Kivell

Wed 14th September 2016 - Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only) - (Council Meeting - 6pm)

Duty Member: Mike Johns

Wed 7th September 2016 - Rail and Ale outing - Dep: Barnstaple Railway Station at 18.14hrs with return arrival Barnstaple at 22.15hrs

Meal at the Devonshire Dumpling, Copplestone.
Duty Member: David James

Sat 3rd September 2016 - The Bideford Bridge Rotary Club Charity Golf Day at The Royal North Devon Golf Club

All profits from the day go to Charities supported by Rotary

Wed 31st August 2016 - Ladies Night Talk: "John Hanning Speke ---- from Buckland Brewer to the source of The Nile" Speaker: Rtn Andrew Laugharne

Duty Member: Tony Inch

Wed 24th August 2016 - Job Talk by Rtn Rusty Crowhurst

Duty Member: Michael Hughes

Wed 17th August 2016 Talk: "Home Start Charity" Speaker: Rachael North

Duty Member: Bill Grant

Wed 10th August 2016 - Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only)

Duty Member: Rodney Grainger

Wed 3rd August 2016 - Talk: "Helicopter pilot's life during the Falklands War" Speaker: Jack Lomas (Club Council Meeting 6pm)

Duty Member: Alan Glover

Wed 27th July 2016 - Ladies Night Talk: "North Devon's Military Tribunals in the 1st World War - How men needed to justify avoiding conscription" Speaker: Peter Christie

Duty Member: Michael Fletcher

Wed 20th July 2016 - Club Business Meeting (Rotarians only)

Duty Member: Euan Eddie

Wed 13th July 2016 - Petanque on the beach at Westward Ho! To decide the 2016 winners of The Robert Walker Perpetual Trophy. Start play on the beach at 6pm. Buffet at RND circa 8pm.

Duty Member: Jeremy Drakeford

Wed 6th July 2016 - Job Talk by Rtn Ron Miller (Council Meeting 6pm)

Duty Member: Roger Doble
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