Senlac St. Leonards Classic Car Show and Country Fayre 2025

The 30th show is back on Sunday 15th June, 2025 at Rye Rugby Club, New Road, Rye, TN31 7LS. 10am to 5pm

Cycle Challenge 2025 photos

The annual “On-Yer Bike” Castle Challenge, organised by the Rotary Club of Senlac St Leonards, took place on Sunday, 27th April with routes to Pevensey, Magham Down and Beachy Head. Here are some of the photos of the day....

Quiz Night - Little Common Community Centre

Friday 28 March 2025. Raising funds to support local and overseas communities.

Galley Hill, Bexhill defibrillator

The vandalised defibrillator cabinet at Galley Hill, Bexhill, has been replaced by The Rotary Club of Senlac St Leonards ...

Lifeboat Singers

Entertainment from the Pett Level Slip Buoys

Yellowmen presentation

The RC of Senlac St Leonards held an awards evening in celebration of the club’s long-standing project in Northwest Kenya known as the Rotary Yellowmen Project and specifically to honour lead Rotary Yellowman Eddie McCall

Fundraiser at The Shiplu, Bexhill

Raising funds to help install a safe water hydrant in a remote part of Bhutan

Bomb Disposal

An explosive evening

Kerry Achard joins Senlac St. Leonards Rotary Club

Kerry was introduced to the club by Rotarian Iain Robinson. Welcome Kerry!

The Heart of Sidley

Tanya Veiss and Zoe Ward from The Heart of Sidley Organization

Presentation of Donations to Car Show Charities

Donations totalling £4,500 from the proceeds of this year’s Senlac Classic Car Show and Country Fayre, were made to three local charities...

Music By The Lake

The sun shone on The Rockitmen and their audience at Senlac St Leonards Rotary's Music by the Lake....

President Hand Over

New President takes Up the Reins of Office

Bleed Control Kit Installation

Potentially life-saving equipment has been installed on Sidley High Street, Bexhill.

High Sheriff for East Sussex

Mr Richard Bickersteth tells us all about Ashburnham Place and what it means to be High Sheriff for East Sussex

Houses of Parliament & The Supreme Court visit

At the invitation of St Leonards on Sea Rotary Club some members of Senlac joined the trip to London to visit the Houses of Parliament and the Supreme Court.

Bleed Unit for Hastings

Carl Scott introduces the new bleed control kit

Homecall

- a home visiting scheme for the visually impaired in Bexhill.

Guest speaker: Martin Wyatt

Global Sight Solutions is a charity to raise awareness and funds to combat blindness and cataracts in the developing world

Christmas party

Highwoods Golf Club: 7pm for 7.30pm

Bowls Evening

Rotarians from Senlac, Bexhill and Hastings rolled up at the Egerton Park Indoor Bowls Centre, Bexhill....

Frugal supper

... a reminder to club members of the poverty that exists in the world, particularly third world countries, and that many are unable to afford food or even scraps.

Quiz Night at Little Common Community Centre

Sidley Cricket Club are set to achieve their need for a generator at their new cricket ground thanks to a quiz organised by Senlac Rotary Club’s Foundation committee.

Eastbourne Jubilee Green Canopy

The Queen's Green Canopy is her chosen way for us to leave a legacy of her Platinum Jubilee - to plant trees and shrubs to celebrate her reign.

A Little Gate to a Bigger Future

Mary Soul, the head of finance and fundraising at Little Gate Supported Employment, spoke about how they support people with learning disabilities and autism into paid work.

Millie’s Nightclub

At the club’s meeting on 2 August, Millie Rowlands spoke about Millie’s Nightclub, an organisation she founded for adults with disabilities.

“Billy Brown, I’ll tell your Mother”

Bill Brown, forever in trouble as a young child, spoke to the club about his best selling book.

2023 Classic Car Show Donation Presentation

Senlac Rotary had great pleasure in donating proceeds from this year’s Classic Car Show and Craft Fayre to three local charities....

Rudyard Kipling

and some of the lesser-known aspects of his life... a talk by Ray Broomfield

Would I Lie To You?

Rotarians from St Leonards and Senlac Rotary Clubs met at the Royal Victoria Hotel, for a Would I Lie To You? rematch

Presidential Handover 2023

The President’s Handover this year was a more sombre occasion than normal following the sad death of the outgoing President, Roger Young, just two days before his term of office was due to finish.

Yellowmen update

Eddie McCall gave an update on the Yellowmen and their work in Kenya

Weekly meeting: Bexhill Beach Garden Project

Councillor Lynn Langlands talked about the accessible beach garden project on Bexhill's East Parade

Financial Support for Sidley Cricket Club

Jamie Ramsden of Sidley Cricket Club recently spoke to the club and returned on Wednesday, 30th November to be presented with a cheque for £1,000 towards their fund raising.

Music By The Lake

Featuring Liane Carroll & The Rockitmen.

Emily Wilding Davison and the Bexhill Connections

by David Hatherall

President Handover

New President for Senlac Rotary Club

CKL Historic Motors

Venue: Marley Lane, Battle

Tomb of Tutankhamun

Talk by Ken Brooks

Quiz Night

Took place on Friday, 13th May 2022 to raise funds for Bexhill Boxing Club and Rotary International's End Polio Fund.

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)

by Phil Godfrey

Veterans Growth

For veterans suffering from mental health issues.

President's Night

Highwoods Golf Club

Rotary Club of Senlac has new President

The Rotary Club of Senlac welcomes Geoff Gander

Bill Heynes’ Evacuee Experience

Bill Heynes, a nonagenarian and Senlac Rotary’s oldest member, took to the lectern on Wednesday 29th January and spoke about his time as a ten year old evacuee at the start of World War II.

Young Chef Meal

Hastings College

The School where children expect the unexpected.

Mike Fairclough, Headteacher, and Alex Richards, Farm Manager, of Eastbourne’s West Rise Junior school spoke about “The School where children expect the unexpected”

Christmas party 2015

Young Chef of the Year 2019/2020

​Abi Rogers, 14, of Robertsbridge Community College wins!

Bexhill United Football Club

Donation from Senlac Rotary Club

Senlac Rotarians Help Out at Christmas Dinner

Sidley Community Association’s annual Christmas lunch

Frugal Supper Raises Funds for Rotary Foundation

Bread & Soup

Service Recognition Award

Sue Pellett Parker receives Service Recognition Award

The Giants of Brede - Brede Steam Engine Society

Barbara Atkinson

Stroke Awareness Event at Battle

One third of people advised to see GP.

Senlac Classic Car Show and Craft Fayre Cheque Presentation

Cooden Beach Hotel

Opening of the New MRI Scanner at the Conquest Hospital

Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne

President Handover

Cooden Beach Hotel

Bexhill Online Street Mapping

by Alexis Markwick

Bowls - Ninfield

Ninfield

President's Night

Cooden Beach Hotel

How did the cherry tree get to Japan?

Linda Fennell tells the story of the Taihaku

New members for Senlac Rotary Club

Sheila Figgett & Andrew Cruttenden

Bexhill Rotary Spring Lunch

Bexhill Rotary held their annual Spring Lunch at St Mary’s School on Sunday, 14th April hosting around 90 Rotarians, past Rotarians, partners and guests.

Roll up for the Stuart Earl Memorial Trophy

Egerton Park Indoor Bowls Centre

Harry Waddingham - Royal Navy

Spanish Civil War, Scapa Flow and surviving sinkings.

Fern Lulham & Nancy

Quite possibly the best motivational speaker ever

Crowhurst Play Group and Crowhurst Youth Club

Glenys Cornwall and Tracy Hoad update the club on the regeneration

Young Chef competition

Club dinner at Sussex Coast College

Bexhill Rotary Club Raid

Senlac Rotary Club raid on Bexhill Rotary Club

Young Chef Competition - 1st round

Robertsbridge Community College

The Rotary Foundation - PolioPlus

Global Sight Solutions - Martin Wyatt

Presented by Martin Wyatt

Frugal Supper

Cooden Beach Hotel

Jonathan Linsley & Raid by St Leonard's Rotary Club

Cooden Beach Hotel

Rye Wurlitzer Academy - Richard Moore & Michael Wooldridge

Cooden Beach Hotel

Live Music By The Lake

The day that "Picnic to the Music by the Lake" became "Rockin' in the Rain".

Donations to Community Groups

Cooden Beach Hotel

An Evening at Paul Webbe’s Rye Restaurant

Rye

Car Show donation presentation

A great evening with over 60 Rotarians and guests for dinner and the distribution of some of the proceeds from the Annual Classic Car Show in June.

President's Handover

Cooden Beach Hotel

Senlac Rotary Club BBQ

Westfield Lane

Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance

Cooden Beach Hotel

Bowling at Ninfield Bowls Club

Ninfield

1066 Walking Festival

The Martha Trust

Visit to Mary House

Presidents Night

Presidents Night

Water Survival Box - Hugo Pike

Cooden Beach Hotel

Sussex in World War I by Ian Everest

Cooden Beach Hotel

A MUSICAL SHOWCASE: Stables Theatre, Hastings

An evening with a delicious Christmas buffet and a feast of music featuring some of our finest local singers and musicians.

Christmas Party (Highwoods Golf Club)

Visit to Just Historic Cars, St Leonards on Sea

ORE Village Primary Academy – Forest School Project.

Ore Village School

Eddie McCall - World War 1

Think about Thinking

Dr Samuel Barnes, Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, spoke about his work as a neuroscientist.

Raising the Roof concert - The Yellowmen

£1000 raised for building work in Kenya

New member for Senlac Rotary Club - Kevin Cooper

10.66 Mass Walk

part of the Hastings Day celebrations

Pestalozzi evening

New President for Senlac Rotary Club - Linda Fearn

Rotary Club of Senlac Annual Barbecue

Annual Barbecue

Bowls Evening (Egerton Park Indoor Bowls Club)

Bowling at Ninfield

Bowling at Ninfield

Rotary Young Chef Competition 2014-2015

President Christine Folley presenting The Wendy Cocker Award for Endeavour 2014- 2015 to James Goodhew.

Annual General Meeting and Club Assembly

Including new member induction and confirmation of Honorary Members

Visit to Hastings Pier

Rotary Club of Bexhill Spring Lunch

Rotary Club of Bexhill Spring Lunch at St. Mary's

Bexhill Caring Community Fundraiser - Trattoria Italiana Bexhill

President’s Night Celebration

President’s Night Celebration - Over 60 members and guests attended the black tie event.

£600 raised by Charity Quiz

£600 raised by Charity Quiz

Energy Advisor - Richard Watson (OBE)

New Minibus for Hastings Sea Cadet Corps

Young Chef dinner (Sussex Coast college)

Marcia Bryant joins Senlac Rotary Club

ShelterBox - David Hatcher

1066 - Battle of Hastings Mosaic

Hastings Storytelling Festival

Marc Sayce joins Senlac Rotary Club

Historical Gramophone

The Senlac Classic Car Show Cheque Presentation

Profits from the Senlac Classic Car Show will be distributed to selected charities and The Yellowmen

Colin Davies (Cooden Beach Hotel)

The Yellowmen Walk: Brighton to Hastings, August 2016

Cyril and Lilian Bishop Lifeboat (The Ghost Of Dunkirk) visit

Rotary BBQ (St Leonards)

Senlac Welcomes New President

Visit from District Governor (Cooden Beach Hotel)

President's Night

The Yellowmen in Kenya - February 2016

The Yellowmen "“ An illustrated update

Scale Model Technical Services

Bexhill Rotary"™s Spring Lunch

Six Years In Bhutan (Shaken but not Broken) by John Stedman

Maritime Volunteer Service

MVS Talk by Les Quilty

1948 Olympic Games by Mike Martineau

Pelham Trust - Sidley

Rotary Club of Senlac has an evening out

Family and Community Award

Young Chef of the Year

Christmas Party 2015

Charity Musical Evening at the Stables Theatre

Senlac"™s 30th Charter Night

Senlac Rotary Club"™s 30th Charter Night was a black tie dinner held at the Cooden Beach Hotel, Bexhill, on Wednesday 2nd September 2015.

International dinner at the Pestalozzi Village

The Rotary Club of Senlac Charter Night

Lord Lieutenant is Guest of Honour at Rotary Club of Senlac"™s 30th Charter Celebration

Rotary Club of Senlac - President"™s Night

Rotary Club of Senlac Walking Weekend

Car Show Cheque Presentation

Bards and Heroes - Bletchley Park

Rotary Club of Senlac - annual BBQ

Burn"™s Night

Haggis, tatties and neeps were on the menu at the Rotary Club of Senlac"™s Burn"™s Night celebration which was held at the Highwoods Golf Club.

Blood Pressure Checks in Battle

Little Common Defibrillator

Senlac Rotary"™s Life-Saving Gift

Charity For Kids

Charity for Kids was established in 2011 to provide help for disabled, sick and terminally ill children "“ and their families "“ across Rother.

Parkinson's UK

Parkinson"™s Society Benefits from Donations

Bill Ray - Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

New President Inducted

Members of the Rotary Club of Senlac, visiting Rotarians, wives and partners gathered for a three course meal at the Cooden Beach Hotel, Bexhill, East Sussex to witness this year"™s presidential handover on July 1st 2015.

The Yellowmen

YELLOWMEN OF KADONGDONG

About the Rotary Club of Senlac St. Leonards

Chartered in 1985, we operate within the Hastings and Rother District of East Sussex, England

Jazz Picnic