MOONRAKER CHALLENGE 2011                    Rotary members organised a successful event for Moonraker 2011 on the night of Saturday October 15th starting from the Sailing Club at Wimbleball Lake and taking a new route to the East of the Lake. Around 250 walkers in 54 teams took part, covering 6, 12 and 15 mile courses with a break for refreshments at the half way point.It is expected to raise £10,000 for BIBIC and TOG charities. See also   http://www.moonraker.org.uk for results table.   A redundant LEC Classroom has been purchased by the Club and was used for the first time as Central Control. RAYNET operators kept everyone in touch.

Scouts from Trull/ Trinity and Explorer Scouts from Ilchester took part.

Members of Inner Wheel provided much needed refreshments  at Clavelshay Barn.
Rotarians manned carpark stewarding, transport between finish and carpark, Central Control recording, registration, and Search & Rescue (sorting out the "lost " teams and setting them on the way again.) Checkpoints in action and waiting for customers.

Vale News is the Club's newsletter. You can download a copy here   Vale_News_October_2011.pdf

 

In the next 30 days..

30/01/2012  Club Weekly Meeting -   Out meeting - visit to Scantron at 7pm followed by dinner at the Merry Monk.  
06/02/2012  Club Weekly Meeting -   Committees meet at SCCC.  
08/02/2012  Council meeting.  
13/02/2012  Club Weekly Meeting -   Business meeting at SCCC.  
20/02/2012  Club Weekly Meeting -   at SCCC, Speaker Chris Winter of Summerfields.  
27/02/2012  Club Weekly Meeting -   Out meeting - visit to Museum and dinner.  

Last Meeting

23/01/2012 Topic: Speaker meeting at SCCC. Helen Foster and Christine Montgomery on the Magistracy