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Presentation by Pickering Rotary Club 'Sweet Charity' challenge

7 February 2018

Pickering Rotary Club – Sweet Charity Fund raiser presentation

How did it all start?

It all started one day in 1974 when three friends took part in a regatta in Venice in ‘mascarete’ boats. It was a non-competitive rowing event as a form of protest against the deterioration of the city and the adverse effects of wave motion caused by motor traffic in the lagoon. It has morphed into a charity fund raising ‘race’ over a 30km course - an annual event called the Vogalonga.along the canals through the most pleasant and charming places in the lagoon,

Pickering Rotary were introduced to the event by their youngest Rotarian Luke; a project team was put together.  They found and restored a dilapidated cobble and converted it into a ‘pirate ship’ which rowed successfully in Mid May 2016 round the Vogalonga.

Objectives achieved!

• Raise money for charity. (Marie Curie £13,000 and Rotary charities £14,500)
• Raise the profile of Rotary in general and Pickering Rotary club specifically.
• Involve the whole club including wives and partners.
• Have a lot of fun on the journey. 

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Michael Atkin   ‘A Masterpiece of A-Z’

Michael Atkin, who came to speak to us at the Downe Arms on January 31st is an artist- printmaker who creates etchings, lino prints and wood engravings at his workshop/studio in Scalby. Michael is continually filling sketch books with ideas which he develops into engravings which he can then create prints from. In his workshop are four of his five antique presses from the 19th century, two Albions, a Rochat etching press and an Arab Platen press. They can print from the different formats that Michael uses.

The 64-year-old artist was born and brought up in Middlesbrough but came to Scarborough in the mid-1970s to teach after attending art colleges in his home town and in Maidstone and Liverpool. His teaching career was relatively short-lived, as his reputation as an artist soared. He had already founded his own private press, Bracken Press, to facilitate his work as an etcher, block printer and wood engraver – all three print forms can be seen in the Alphabet. Today, his work can be seen in galleries around the world, and he’s an active member of the Fylingdales Group of Artists, Leeds Fine Artists and the Oxford Guild of Printers. 

His A to Z of Scarborough is his most personal book yet. “I realised one day that I hadn’t done anything on Scarborough for about 30 years,” he says. “I liked the idea of doing a series of prints that were naturally limited by their theme – and using the alphabet naturally limited it to 26.  Michael showed us his limited-edition book “An Alphabet of Scarborough” with a series of illustrations of Scarborough from A to Z. Only 26 copies of this magnificent book were printed, hard bound in a very traditional manner in green cloth with a leather spine in a splendid presentation box.

All of this, of course, takes time, and lots of it. Michael estimates that the whole exercise took something like 1500 hour! That’s reflected in the price – An Alphabet of Scarborough will cost £2,950 for the book and additional print, all packaged in the bespoke Solander box, while a further 25 prints of each image will be available at £185 unframed. But there are plenty of art-lovers out there willing to pay for old-fashioned craftsmanship – a possible 20 copies have already been ordered by keen collectors.  

You can visit Michael’s Scalby studio and workshop during the annual North Yorkshire Open Studios events which take place on the weekends of June 3 & 4 and 10 & 11. He also runs courses on printmaking – for more information on those, or on the book, visit www.brackenpress.com

SAFARI LUNCH Sunday 28th January 2018

Several members and partners – twenty two – joined in a convivial lunch starting with everyone enjoying drinks and nibbles with Richard and Mary. 

Then we split into groups for main courses with Sam and Shanthy; Venkatesh and Priya; and Mike and Michelle.

Rounded off by dessert and cheese with John and Sandra; Peter and Angela; and Geoff and Jean.

Relaxing and happy time – smoothly organised as always by Geoff and Jean.  And the high quality of catering at all venues was praised.

BURNS NIGHT – Wednesday 24  January 2018 

Over fifty members and guests had a most convivial and entertaining evening organised by Alan at the Downe Arms.

Traditional food and drink with haggis piped in by Rachel Broadhead, address to the haggis by George, tribute to Robbie by Alan who then proposed the toast to the Lassies – responded to by Angela.

A raffle for charitable causes raise over £150.Great social event everyone is looking forward to the next one!

A nice thank you letter from Northern Lights

Dear Cavaliers

Rotary in a nutshell - the "in the lift" description

The Rotary network extends all over the world with headquarters in Chicago.  In the UK all clubs are under the umbrella of Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI), and are grouped into geographical districts. Rotary Club of Scarborough Cavaliers is within district 1040 covering Yorkshire, Humberside and North Lincolnshire and having over 100 clubs and 3,000 members.

A shared mantra is the aim of "Service above Self". In practice this means individual clubs working to contribute to their local community often supporting local causes financially or 'in kind' with practical help, for example, acting as a trustee. 

Influence can be spread farther afield by working in co-operation with othe clubs in the same geographical district and indeed on an international scale by contributing towards worldwide projects (led by Rotary Foundation) - perhaps the most well known of these is the campaign to eradicate polio. Rotary have been a leader of this aim for many years.

Our major fund raising (and fun) events are Community Fair, Dragon Boat races and (recently) tombola/games at the CAMRA Real Ale Festival. Other events (focussing on youth and in liaison with other local Clubs) include Youth Speaks, Technology tournament and Young Chef. We are holding a special event in the spring of 2017 to raise funds to contribute towards the last push towards eradicating polio from the world. 

Our club meets weekly at the Downe Arms in an informal and welcoming atmosphere with good fun, fellowship and food

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