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Our club at large

Our club at large

Varied social activities, & worthwhile projects near & far. Our diverse members exchange ideas, create lifelong relationships, join in service projects that make a lasting impact in communities. We aim to have fun, but with a purpose.

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Working with young people

Working with young people

Overcoming challenges of public speaking or technology tournaments, or a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards course helps young people develop tools for success such as self-confidence, planning & team building.

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Fund raising, funding & fun

Fund raising, funding & fun

- not our core business; but we have rattled buckets in aid of disasters; run tombolas at music events, organised car parking at shows,sold plants at (our own) community fair, run raffles, organised events such as Dragon Boats – & had fun!

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DRAGON BOAT CHALLENGE at North Yorkshire Water Park

DRAGON BOAT CHALLENGE at North Yorkshire Water Park

Interested in : Sponsoring a boat? mustering a team of 17 paddlers;? joining another team to paddle? Raising ££ for a charity?? See below - or get info. from Scarborough.Cavaliers@GMail.com -- Dave

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Part of the local scene - Community support

Part of the local scene - Community support

Many members are trustees or active supporters of several local causes. Local organisation reach out to their public at our events such as at our community fair, dragon boat races - and keep us up to date on visits to our weekly meetings.

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Rotary works all round the world

Rotary works all round the world

Rotary supports dozens of projects around the World. - the most long lasting & ambitious is the project to eradicate polio. Cavaliers contribute to this and are owners of projects in Ghana & India supporting schools & delivering clean water.

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About us

CLICK to SEE: Future meetings programme   We meet on a Wednesday, usuallly at the Downe Arms - during winter 3 meetings a month only. 

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Recent happening


Gallows Close Centre

Wednesday 20th March 2024

The story of Gallows Close Centre was related to Rotary Cavaliers at their  Mayfield Hotel meeting when it was greeted with much admiration and support by members for its leader, Kimmie Avison and her team, led by the chairman, Rotarian, Jim Martin.The centre serves a large housing estate in what had been a challenging area historically,  but today has seen the lives of many young people transformed thanks to Kimmie’s vision and hard work which has now won her and the centre one of the new King Charles Awards.

Kimmie explained how the centre had built the self confidence and ambitions of many teenagers some of whom were suffering from homelessness and deprivation. “We look at the young people and their needs  who have  come to the centre.”

As a result many lives  been have been turned round with the creation of job opportunities and skills training for what Kimmie described as “hard to reach children who no-one wanted to know about”. School attendance records were poor but today apprenticeships are available and been accepted by the young people taking places at Scarborough Technical College.

Gallows Close is now recognised as an exemplar centre where opportunities to help solve local social problems with widespread support, including Rotary,  and young people can have their lives enhanced along with the image of the Barrowcliffe Estate.

David Jeffels



Wednesday 24th January


Our annual Burns Supper was well supported as usual, entertainment was provided by, Rachel on the bagpipes, Paul on the string section, George with the Haggis, Mary who gave the response on behalf of the Ladies and Alan who was the MC. Thank you to all involved.






Not so recent - but some will remember the talk by Rach Drew and Shan Baker about Arcade back in July. They mentioned their annual "Grue" fantasy experience which is now on the top floor of  Library in Scarborough. Well worth a visit specially for younger folk. A few pics from visit 17 Dec.  More info & bookong:-   https://www.hello-arcade.com/grue-2023 





Annual carol service and carvery had over seventy folk enjoying the festive carols  (lovely service guided by Rev Joe Kinsella) and food athe Downe Arms. 


Emily Gaskell


 

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he Cavaliers were suitable entertained on Wednesday, November 29 by a local singer-songwriter, who played an acoustic guitar set for around 20-minutes. A self-taught player Emily Gaskell performed with lots of style and flair, featuring 4 of her own written songs.

She has been writing and playing her own music from an early age and is still only 15 years old. Club members heard original songs that had thought provoking messages and clever musical forms that drew you in.

Emily’s set was really fresh and included a classic cover of her favourite song and a more “dark” single appropriately entitled “Monster”. Her music is available on Spotify with the

3-minute long single “Silver” showcased on-line.

It is the first time the club has had an acoustic guitar player singing for them and Emily put on a fantastic, confident performance for one so young. The Cavaliers wish her ever success in her future career and would be only to pleased to see her return when she “hits” the heights!

 

Mike Wilkinson



22nd November 2023.   The Downey Arms Wykeham   Katie Braidie, Sculptor

Kati’ gave us a fascinating talk about the inspirations that influence her sculptures - formed by hand modelling of clay. She had also brought a selection of her work showing the variety of forms and colours.




 I Hear a Symphony

 The club were ably entertained by members of the Scarborough Symphony Orchestra at its meeting held on Wednesday, October 18 at the Downe Arms Country Hotel. The orchestra is one of the leading amateur orchestras in the north of England, performing four concerts each season. Their conductor, Shaun Matthew, has continued the tradition of bringing new, unusual and ambitious repertoire, including several world premieres to the area, alongside well-loved orchestral classics. They open their 2023/24 season on Saturday, November 25 with a programme from Panufnik, the Polonia Suite; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20 and Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 ‘Organ Symphony’.

However, an orchestra of around 60 players representing strings, woodwind and percussion sections could not fit into the hotel’s function room; so five members of the string section  played a chamber music piece by Mozart. The group of five musicians, led by Tony Mason on violin, are known as the St Hilda’s String Quintet. Other members are Liz Hydes, Ellie Whitehead, Steve Rosteric and Martin Hall, who play the violin, viola and cello.

There is no doubt that listening to live music far outplays listening to a record. The quintet gave a fantastic rendition of Mozart’s work and the club members present certainly enjoyed the performance. The Scarborough Symphony Orchestra has been in existence for 74 years and has Lady Ayckbourn as its patron. It has players from around the locality, including Scarborough, Whitby, Pickering, Driffield and Beverley and they rehearse weekly with music being their main hobby as amateur musicians.

For their main programme the orchestra brings in soloists and their 2023/24 season will see soloists on piano, trumpet, bassoon and cello. The town is very fortunate to have such an orchestra in situe and you can find more information on their website   www.scarborough-orchestra.org

I would definitely check them out and make a date for Saturday, November 25 at 7.15pm when their new season opens at the Methodist Central Hall on Queen Street. Thanks to Geoff Mountfield for organising the string quintets visit to the club. Mike Wilkinson


                    



LOOKING BACK on some earlier activities (for which we have meeting reports) in Rotary year July 2022 to July 2023. 

Robert Halstead a retired Chartered Surveyor and avid mountain biker gave a most interesting and informative presentation about the various types of Rights of Way August 30 2023).      SEE Details

Stephen Joseph Theatre  has staged many outstanding productions over its long life in Scarborough, but “Blonde Bombshells” must rank as one of the best ever. Based on a true story it was  brilliantly written by one of the country’s best known  playwrights, Alan Plater. (A|ugust 9 2023See details

Vanessa Milner of the Scarborough Archaeological and History Society, gave us a fascinating talk on the history of ladies’ underwear (April 26 2023)SEE Details

 Cavaliers celebrate their 45th birthday in style (April 2023)SEE Charter images

A fun-packed evening of entertainment at the SJT - Shakespeare’s most bonkers farce “The Comedy of Errors” brought to life in the eighties in the era of big phones and even bigger shoulder pads. (April 12 2023). SEE report

His Honour Judge Paul Worsley KC gave an informative and entertaining talk ‘Courtroom Trials and Tribulations. (March 22 2023). CLICK for details

Cirrus research of Hunmanby were introduced to us by Craig Storey. Impressing us to see a local company produce noise measurement meters helping companies to adhere tol legislation – and protecting people from hearing loss. (March 15 2023).  SEE Cirrus details

Wagoners Special Reserve of Sledmere: Martin Watts gave a fascinating talk highlighting in first hand anecdotes the experiences of the Yorkshire Wold farm lads who played such a key part in the First World War. (March 1 2023)More details

Wendy Craig-Tyler stepped in at short notice (due to illness) to tell us about Dementia Friends.  And what a great job she did! Summarised by one of our medics  “An impressive insight into the causes of dementia, the emotional effects and the support that can be given by carers” (February 8 2023). More of Wendy's talk

Paul Harris Award for Trish Kinsella for her lifelong contribution to local charities particularly the local Rainbow Centre.

Gemstones and the care of jewellery craftsman jeweller John Hazelwood brought some sparkle to a winter’s eve (February 1 2023). SEE more details

Robbie Burns Supper Burns Night Celebration on the actual Burns night itself (January 25 2023). Images a plenty
Angela Edwards braved the November air 
to talk to us about the Soroptimist organisation. It was a most enlightening and enjoyable evening (November 30 2022). SEE details

Missing our visit to Plaxtons (Alexandar Dennis) was missing a real treat, and an education. We saw a highly skilled and professional business, with distinguished market-leading products, and a strong order book. We are fortunate to have them in Scarborough, and we should make more noise about their successes (October 10 2022).Visit Plaxtons

Town’s maritime heritage under the spotlight.We had a fantastic insight into Maritime Heritage Centre with its a wealth of fascinating artefacts and records of Scarborough’s seafaring past. (September 21 2022). Take a look

Dragon Boat Challenge 2022 presentation evening. Many of the teams came along to receive their cheques and to hand them over to their chosen charities.  (July 13 2022).  Many images

Coventry University – Scarborough. Eamon Byrne Eamon, who is part of the Talent Team at the University, responsible for business development, gave an informative talk about the university’s plans for the town. (July 6 2022). Seat of learning

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Wed, Apr 3rd 2024 7:00 pm

All about - inclusive cycling - Director of Dalby Forest by Rob Brown - Dalby Forest Cycle Hub

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Downe Arms. Check in : Janet Godfrey; Grace & host Colin Godfrey; Vote of thanks and media report David Ward. (Rob is one of ten finalists in Visit England's Tourism Superstar Award 2024)

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Thu, Apr 11th 2024 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sat, Apr 13th 2024

CAMRA beer festival

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Gallows Close Kings Award Celebration Event

Sat, Apr 13th 2024 7:00 pm

Gallows Close Kings Award Celebration Event

Ocean Room Scarborough Spa (£12.50/pp + £5 for raffle or tombola). Raising funds for Closer Communities; Wave Project; Yorkshire Coast Sight Support and Gallows Close. Tickets from Jim

Wed, Apr 17th 2024 7:00 pm

David Ward - Job Talk.{Preceded by M & C mtg 6.00pm)

Location TBC. Check in : Pauline; Grace Mike W; Thanks & Media report : Peter (tbc)

Wed, Apr 24th 2024 6:00 pm

Visit to the Lifeboat Station and hear about he RNLI. Early start!!

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Interesting visit in prospect followed by evening meal - details tbc

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