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Next Meeting:  Tuesday 2 February 2010 at the Bell

 

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BURNS SUPPER

Thanks to all for making our Annual Burns Supper such an outstanding success

With the help of a record attendance of 107 we raised a    

Grand Total of £740.10 in aid of the Haiti Disaster 

 A good time was had by all (especially Gary?)

For latest details of Shelter Box aid to Haiti click on: SHELTER BOX

Our Rotarian friends from twin club Cambrai-Fenelon were not so weary on the following day.

President Graham spent the whole of Saturday with them touring Oxford.

The photo below shows them all at Merton College

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS

 

(to both our Readers)

 

This picture was drawn by my 9 year old granddaghter and is published here as a thankyou to all of those who sent her get well messages following her eye accident. 

Her lens replacement operation is on 15th January. Good Luck, Hannah.

 

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SANTA IS COMING!

 

 

 see Announcement below:

 

(but don't forget our Burns Supper on Jan 22nd!)

 

 

                                                                

 

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Welcome to New Member

Club President, Graham Woodhouse is shown welcoming our newest member, Steve Thomas on Tuesday night (22nd September). Club membership is now up to 18!!!

Welcome Steve.

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Congratulations to Blackwater Valley Club for beating us thoroughly at Petanque

on Tuesday (11th August)

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4th August:

Odiham & Hook  awarded Presidential Citation for Membership Increase in the last Rotary Year.

Presented to Immediate Past President John Hughes

by Immediate Past District governor, Betty McClure at our informal pub night meeting on 4th August.

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Odiham Fire Show

The largest show of its kind in Europe.

1st/2nd August 2009

Rotarian Tony on duty with Granddaughter Lily

Lots more photos now in our Photo Gallery 

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Introducing Graham Woodhouse, new President of Odiham & Hook Rotary Club for the Rotary Year 2009/10

Our new president received his chain of office at the Handover BBQ held on Tuesday 30th June in the garden of the outgoing President, John Hughes.

Graham then handed over his President-elect chain to Brian Bass, who is due to become our next President on 1 July 2010

                                               

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  26 May:- Hook Explorer Scouts thanked the Club for the donation which enabled them to buy their flag.

More Photos in Photo Gallery

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What a great day out at Wisley!

A big thank you to John and Helen for organising our President's Day outing on Saturday 16th May.

(More pictures in "Photo Galleries" above)

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Welcome to New Member

Graham Deverill was inducted into membership of the club by District Governor, Betty McClure,

at the Club's 20th Anniversary Dinner in the Loch Fyne Restaurant, Farnham on 12th May.

At the same meeting, David Woodward was awarded a second Paul Harris Fellowship (2 saphire pin)for his ongoing service to the Club. 

Also present were 7 other previous Club Presidents including our Founder President, Philip Brampton.

 

 

(More Photos in the Photo Gallery.) 

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RACE NIGHT

18th April

See "Photo Galleries" for some piccies.

Well Done, John and all the others who helped:

It looks like we made a net profit for our chosen charities of £3200 +

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WELCOME NEW MEMBER

Welcome to

Geoff Galliver 

who joined the Club 

on 24th February

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

from your Club Webmaster on holiday in Kenya

 

and congratulations to all the hard working club members and helpers who raised a total of

£5372.90

in this years Santa Sleigh collections

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ODIHAM BUS PASS

The Odiham & Hook Bus Pass is a genuine Red Routemaster which is passed around at all our meetings to collect fares in aid of the Rotary Foundation Polio Plus appeal. 

So far (20/5/09) it has collected £261.67 this year

 

Polio Facts & Figures

Area Number of cases in 2008

Afghanistan 16

India 397

Nigeria 646

Pakistan 43

Non-endemic countries 71

Total worldwide 1,173

(Data as of 16 September 2008 /World Health Organization)

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Odiham Fire Show

More pictures in our Photo Galleries

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1st July

Grand Handover Barbecue at Ian's with Free Champagne donated by our twin club RC Cambrai - Fenelon.

The instructions clearly said "Prick with a fork"!!

New President John didn't really have to twist Ian's arm.

For more photos click "Photo Galleries" on the left.

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DICTIONARIES FOR KENYA

Working with World Flowers Limited, Hook, a major distributor of cut flowers to the British retail industry, Odiham and Hook Club have provided 18 Usborn Illustrated Dictionaries to the children of company employees attending the Oserian High School in Naivasha, Kenya.   Dan Wiggins, Commercial Sales Director  of World Flowers is seen presenting them on our behalf to the school Deputy Head Teacher accompanied by some of the children in their "smartest uniforms". Dan reported that "The teachers and children were delighted to receive the dictionaries and that Rotary had thought about them and their education.

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In the next 30 days..

16/03/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Business Meeting.  Business Meeting
23/03/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Speaker Meeting - Michael Voigt - "Four Seasons".  Michael Voigt - Four Seasons Hotel
30/03/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Speaker - Ted Johns "Odiham Book Festival".  Ted Johns will speak to us aboout the proposed Odiham Book Festival
06/04/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Social at the Bell.  Social meeting at the Bell
13/04/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Speaker.  Speaker Meeting
20/04/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Business and AGM.  Business meeting and Annual General Meeting

Last Meeting

09/03/2010 Topic: Lunchtime Meeting at Fleet
Joint meeting with RC of Fleet at their Annual Foundation Lunch at "El Castello" Fleet High St. more...