Completed meetings and events 2014-2015
Tue 30th June 2015 Dinner & Presidential Changeover
Handover from President John Bridgwater to President Elect Richard Bonfield read more...Tue 23rd June 2015 Speaker: John Smythe - Bees and Bee Keeping
John is from the Mendips and will bring some bees if the weather is suitableFri 19th June 2015 Collections for St Peter's Hospice
Street Collections in Portishead for St Peter's HospiceTue 16th June 2015 Speaker: Oliver Taylor - Fracking
Oliver is a Geologist with an oil and gas company based in South Wales. He will be travelling from Cardiff to talk to us about fracking especially in Somerset. Oliver is a graduate in geology and is now a consultant to the oil and gas industryTue 16th June 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Sun 14th June 2015 Trip on West Somerset Railway with Lunch at the Luttrell Arms, Dunster
Please find attached details of the proposed trip on the West Somerset Railway. Overall cost per person is likely to be around £32. read more...Wed 10th June 2015 Lunch at Thornbury Castle
A repeat visit to Thornbury following our visit in 2014Tue 9th June 2015 Business Meeting and Club Assembly
monthly Business Meeting and presentation of plans for the 2015-16 Rotary YearTue 2nd June 2015 Guided walk around the Marina
Walk around the marina with professional guide Mike Rowland followed by a meal at the Royal read more...Tue 2nd June 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 26th May 2015 - No meeting - Bank Holiday week
~Tue 19th May 2015 Speaker: Roy Ackrill
"Elf & Safety"Tue 19th May 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 12th May 2015 Business Meeting and AGM
Our Club Annual General Meeting read more...Thu 7th May 2015 Meal at St Katherine's Leaf Restaurant
Meal at the Leaf restaurant at St Katherine's School, and home of our Young Chef finalist Sam RidesTue 5th May 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 5th May 2015 - No meeting - Bank Holiday week
~Tue 28th April 2015 Speaker: Tinca Art Gallery
~Sat 25th April 2015 Swimathon 2015
Our Annual team swimming marathon read more...Tue 21st April 2015 Speaker: Adrian Noble: artist associated with Spike Island
Adrian Noble an artisan printer will talk to us about his art. He was a potter in Japan for 2 years and has a Japanese wife. He has connections with Spike Island read more...Tue 21st April 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 14th April 2015 Business Meeting
Monthly Club Business meetingTue 7th April 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 7th April 2015 No meeting
Bank Holiday / Easter weekTue 31st March 2015 - Scatter Evening
No meeting at Clarence HouseTue 24th March 2015 Speakers: Nicola Jones & Caryn Twyford
"Preparation for Primary School"Tue 17th March 2015 Speaker: Martin Perry
"Rotary Foundation Explained"Tue 17th March 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Thu 12th March 2015 Visit to Butcombe Brewery
TBA - Meet at 7pmTue 10th March 2015 Business Meeting
-Thu 5th March 2015 Inaugural Meeting of the Gordano Breakfast Club
Somerset HallTue 3rd March 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 3rd March 2015 Guest Evening: Speaker TBA
~Sat 28th February 2015 Collections for Marie Curie Cancer Care
Collections in Portishead High St for Marie Curie Cancer care read more...Tue 24th February 2015 Members Evening: TBA
~Tue 17th February 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 17th February 2015 Speaker: TBA
~Tue 10th February 2015 Business Meeting
-Tue 3rd February 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 3rd February 2015 Guest Evening: Speaker - Alison Wood
Alison Wood, a Deputy Head at Gordano will speak on the important work they do in the school for vulnerable students.Assistant DG Martina Peattie will also be our guest read more...
Tue 27th January 2015 Speaker: Susan Marshall - Bristol Research And Care of the Elderly (BRACE)
BRACE Work and Research into Alzheimer's DiseaseSat 24th January 2015 Barn Dance - Somerset Hall
Our Annual Barn Dance evening at Somerset Hall Portishead read more...Tue 20th January 2015 Members Evening - Speaker: Richard Bonfield
Life StoriesTue 20th January 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 13th January 2015 Business Meeting
-Tue 6th January 2015 Speaker Diane Bridgwater: The St Nicholas Cafe
-Tue 6th January 2015 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 30th December 2014 No meeting
Christmas HolidayTue 23rd December 2014 No meeting
Christmas HolidayMon 22nd December 2014 Bag Packing & Charity Collection
Waitrose PortisheadSat 20th December 2014 Street Charity Collection
LIDL supermarketTue 16th December 2014 The Memory Cafe - Christmas Party
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 16th December 2014 Business Meeting
-Sat 13th December 2014 Street Charity Collection
Co-Op SupermarketFri 12th December 2014 Victorian Evening
We will have a stand serving refreshmentsTue 9th December 2014 Club Christmas Party & Dinner
Our Club Christmas DinnerTue 2nd December 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 2nd December 2014 Speaker: Sue Mountstevens
Avon & Somerset Police & Crime Commissioner read more...Sat 29th November 2014 Sainsbury's Charity Collection
Collections for the RNLI Portishead Boathouse Appeal and Rotary Charities at the new Sainsburys storeTue 25th November 2014 Speaker: Steve Price "Swimming the English Channel, Bristol Channel and Irish Sea"
-Tue 18th November 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 18th November 2014 Speaker: Sue Haggo
ex War NurseMon 10th November 2014 Business Meeting & SGM
-Tue 4th November 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 28th October 2014 Speaker: Martin Dolton
Our future President for 2016-17 reveals his murky pastTue 21st October 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 21st October 2014 Childrens Hospice and Air Ambulance Presentation
-Tue 14th October 2014 Business Meeting
-Tue 7th October 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 7th October 2014 Speaker: John Wooster
former Vulcan V bomber navigatorThu 2nd October 2014 Council Meeting
~Tue 30th September 2014 Scatter Evening
No meeting at Clarence HouseSun 28th September 2014 Portishead 10km Multi Terrain Race
We will be helping with stewarding read more...Tue 16th September 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 16th September 2014 Speaker: Mike Rowland
"10 things you don't know about Clifton Suspension Bridge"Mike is a founder member of the embryonic Gordano Breafast Rotary Club and a tour guide who has worked in Clifon Visitor Centre read more...
Tue 9th September 2014 Business Meeting
-Tue 2nd September 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 2nd September 2014 Speaker: Paul Morrison
The new Portishead Sainsbury's branch managerThu 28th August 2014 Council Meeting
Tue 26th August 2014 No meeting
(Bank Holiday week)Tue 19th August 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 12th August 2014 Business Meeting
-Tue 5th August 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road read more...Tue 5th August 2014 Bowls Evening
Bowls followed by supper read more...Thu 31st July 2014 Council Meeting
~Tue 29th July 2014 Scatter Evening
No meeting at Clarence HouseAlternatives are to go to Nailsea & Backwell RC, or there is a possibility of a curry evening organised by David Oyns read more...
Sat 26th July 2014 - Sun 27th April 2014 Portishead Flower Show
We will be taking blood pressures as usual and will also have a splat-the-rat stand on the Sunday read more...Tue 15th July 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade RoadTue 15th July 2014 Speaker: Jonathan Yabsley
RNLI & the new Portishead lifeboat StationTue 8th July 2014 - Tue 10th June 2014 Business Meeting
-Sun 6th July 2014 Portishead Raft Race
Lake GroundsWe are helping with marshalling
Tue 1st July 2014 President's Evening & Club Handover
Handover to President Elect Charly HeidelmeyerThe venue is the Avon Gorge Hotel.
Tue 1st July 2014 The Memory Cafe
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2:15pm-3:45pm at the Jubilee Day Centre, Slade Road