Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Elthorne-Hillingdon
The Rotary Club of Elthorne Hillingdon has 31 members, women & men who live in the London Borough of Hillingdon or close by. In addition to upholding the ideals of Rotary's "Service Above Self" ethos, we believe in enjoying ourselves while doing so!
Proud winners of Rotary District 1090's Website of the Year Award 2011-2012
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We work with Young People
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& Local Charities &
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| Gillian Pearce | Working with young people | Working with Local Charities |
National Charities
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& International Charities
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Want to Know More?
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| 2011 Key Charity | Helping Overseas | Contact us!! |
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If you're a visiting Rotarian, please telephone Brendan O'Rourke on 01895 674520, ideally by close of play Monday. Alternatively, just turn up between 7:30 and 8:00 pm and come to the main bar at Uxbridge Cricket Club. We'd be pleased to see you. |
Recent News
Gillian's Marathon Success
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It'd be fair to say that some of us were doubtful when our President Gillian announced her intention to run in the London Marathon this year. How wrong we all were! We're now of course all proud to say we knew she'd do it!! Running 26.2 miles is a major feat for anyone and we all feel humbled by Gillian's great achievement. We hope that Water Aid will benefit greatly from this tremendous feat. |
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Xmas Activities
Club members joined the now annual Santa Dash in Northwood for Michael Sobell Hospice. Some took part as entrants for the "dash" (Ed - very little dashing was REALLY going on!) and others made sure that entrants, particularly the more junior ones, kept safe.
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"Twins Win" at Young People's Public Speaking!!
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Tuesday 4th December saw the annual local round of Rotary International in Britain & Ireland’s “Youth Speaks” competition. A feeder event of a National competition – the finals will be in May – the Hillingdon round, organised by our Rotary club plus those from Uxbridge, Ruislip-Northwood & Pinner was held at Swakeleys School and featured 9 teams of Intermediate and Senior entrants from 7 local schools. |
Harefield Academy - Senior Winners |
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As usual, the standard of speakers was high and the judges were full of praise. Unusually, both sections were won by teams featuring a set of identical twins! The Intermediate section was won by the team from Swakeleys School, whose main speaker Sophie Beaumont was supported, for the second year running, by identical twins Alice & Sophie Bloodworth. Harefield Academy’s Senior team triumphed over strong competition – their main speaker Kelsey Toner was again supported by identical twins in the form of Diane & Aideen McHugh. |
Swakeleys School - Intermediate winners |
Rotary Stars at the United Nations!!
At the special session of the United Nations General Assembly on 27 September, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon confirmed his commitment to Polio Eradication and urged world leaders to support all efforts to 'finish the job'. He praised Rotary’s leadership in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
As Rotary pledged a further $75 million, Chairman of Trustees Rotary Foundation Wilf Wilkinson said “We are at a true tipping point, with success never closer than it is right now. We must seize the advantage by acting immediately, or risk breaking our pledge to the world’s children. As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk.”
You can watch the session (which lasts an hour) by clicking on this link
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Back at the Mencap PoolIn 2010 we built a new path at the Mencap Hillingdon Jubilee Pool to allow level access in emergencies. We've been back this month, re-laying existing sections sof path and completing a level surface round the entire pool. We've also re-aligned the guttering so that water drains away more effectively. Pictured is club founder member Brian Redding, our "chief paving layer" in action! |
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Golfers Raise £9,500Each year the club holds a Charity Golf Day in aid of a single charity. Tuesday 17th July saw this year's competition staged at a terrific venue, Batchworth Park Golf Club, to whom we are indebted for their support. This year's beneficary is Canine Partners who will receive their cheque shortly. Winning team Kemp Construction are shown above left, but pride of place for sartorial elegance was taken by the 4 teams from perennial entrants and past winners Tube & Bracket (below left). More details on this fantastic day here. |
It's Ickenham Festival Time!!
Many of our club members live in Ickenham and the village proudly presents a week of Festival activities in June every two years. At recent Festivals we've been present with either welly or horse-shoe throwing - we'll be at the Gala Day on Saturday 23rd July as usual - hoping for a rain-free day! In 2012 we also came to the climax of our Meal For Two event (detail on this link) with the drawing of the lucky winners at the Gala Evening Concert. We raised £2,600 for our chsoen charities - thank you all for particpating.
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Charity Performances Raise £3,500This year has seen us add an extra event in addition. We wanted to raise funds to help a Mission Hospital in Kamuli, Uganda where one of our members, midwife Gillian Pearce volunteered for a month in 2011. We elected to present two performances of an acclaimed comedy by club member Joan Greening "Madame Blavatsky Lives" at the Compass Theatre Ickenham. Playing to close to capacity audiences and with support from Barclays Bank, we raised £3,500 over the two nights - an outstanding result!! |
The Rotary Club of Elthorne Hillingdon, chartered in 1978, has a Trust Fund which is a registered charity (No.1032574).
