Handover Meeting with partners, 6.45 for 7pm

Mon, Jun 27th 2022 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Handover 2022 - Hobson's choice

This was President Kathy’s last meeting as President and she determined to make it a Handover Meeting unlike any before. Gone was the request for evening dress and in, after the formalities, was a little musical entertainment. Given a piano in the corner and knowing Kathy’s singing talents, members wondered what it might be? Perhaps something a la Flanders and Swann or maybe Hinge and Bracket??. Neither, it was to be the musical whit and comedic genius of Stilgoe and Skellern as Kathy and Bob (Hobson and Humphries) gave us the sorry tale of Joyce the Librarian who was sadly let down in love by George the Rotarian. What a cad!!

President Kathy Hobson’s choice for a Handover Meeting with a difference was well received and very much enjoyed. Congratulations Kathy and thank you for two years of service as our Club's President.

The formalities: Inducted as President were Terry Williams and as Senior Vice-President (President Elect) Ann Debureaux-Dias. The position of Junior Vice-President (President Nominee) is currently vacant.

“Joyce the Librarian”: (Richard Stilgoe and Peter Skellern)

Joyce the librarian
Strict vegetarian
Forty and living with mum.
Wears sandals and glasses
Attends evening classes
And wonders if romance will come.
Though she'd never been kissed
It's not something she'd missed
Until some weeks before;
When George, a Rotarian,
Handsome lotharian,
Walked through the library door.

George was unmarried
And the torch that Joyce carried
Was burning a hole in her heart
She wanted to show him
But didn't yet know him
She didn't know where to start
So with growing abhorrence
She read D.H. Lawrence
To glean a few ideas . . .
Which she turned down flat
She couldn't do that
Not in a million years!!

Joyce the librarian
Strict vegetarian
Was burning with animal lust
Alarming sensations
Strange palpitations
A mix of delight and disgust
So she busied herself
Rearranging the shelf
To try to control her dreams.
Joyce the librarian
The disciplinarian
Was falling apart at the seams.

The very next day
She kept out of the way
When George returned his books
But with growing conviction
She wandered through "Fiction"
And threw him some longing looks.
And when George joined the queue
She knew just what to do,
She smiled and removed her specs . .
Then looked in horror
'Cause he'd come to borrow
"The Further Joy of Sex".

Perhaps because latterly
She'd read "Lady Chatterley"
Something just snapped in her head;
She gave herself gladly,
Wildly, madly,
To George that night in his bed.
But then just as she'd feared
George disappeared
Some other librarian to woo.
Now there's a sob in her voice
As both book and Joyce
Are a fortnight overdue.

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Rotary has contributed to Africa being declared wild polio-free

We have played a role in a significant global public health achievement as the World Health Organization’s Africa region has officially been certified wild polio-free.

Rotary’s second major donation, of £208,000, was handed over on 7th July 2021 when local Rotarians visited the Great Western Hospital to view the build progress of the nearly completed radiotherapy unit.

All the funds will go to local charities supported by us

Smallpox is the only human disease ever eradicated. Let’s make polio the second! Join the fight to end polio with Rotary on World Polio Day

Brighter Futures launched their Radiotherapy Appeal in 2015. Today, 7 years later, a ribbon cutting ceremony has taken place at the Great Western Hospital

He's taking part in the Youth Adventure Trust's Virtual Resilience Challenge from 13th to 21st February 2021

From around the world Rotarians have responded to calls for help.

£1286 has been sent from our Emergency Disaster Fund to the Disasters Emergency Committee UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

£1,250 has been sent to both Prospect Hospice and Swindon Domestic Abuse Support Service to help bridge the funding gap both charities are currently experiencing.

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A new design for a new name

World-Wide Rotary Club Locator

Congratulations to the teams from St Joseph’s Catholic College Swindon. The intermediate team (in the picture) was commended and placed joint second by the judges

Giving money and support to the people in Swindon & district who need it most

We went to the races in March. It was a meeting with 10 races, 8 riders in each. It wasn’t at Epsom, or Haydock Park, or just up the M4 at Newbury. It was, of all places, in Wanborough Village Hall.

First place team P.G.Events with the David Maggs Memorial Trophy

The winning team P.G.Events presented with the David Maggs Memorial Trophy to hold for one year by Swindon North Rotary President Mike Helyer

The Rotary Club hands over £1100 to the Youth Adventure Trust

Club President Kathy Hobson presents a cheque for £750 to Richard Millard, Chairman of the Trustees

A brief summary of our Rotary year ending 30/06/2021

Attendees found plenty at the 2018 Rotary Convention to remind them of the fellowship that binds them and the diversity that Rotary embodies

Torquay’s Riviera Centre was the venue for the Rotary in Britain and Ireland (RIBI) Annual Conference on 6th April 2018

Rotarian Terry Williams on his Christmas Tree Plantation

Rotarian Terry Williams has been selling his locally grown Christmas trees again and all the proceeds are going to be divided between two charities

The new Horizons College Minibus, donated collectively by all the Rotary Clubs of Swindon and District, has been branded with the Rotary logo and other graphics by the Wootton Bassett based company, PG Events, free of charge.

Rotarian Terry's Christmas Trees enable the Rotary Club to present £1,225 to the Friends of Angel's Orphanage

The Rotary Club of North Wiltshire (the name was changed to the Rotary Club of Swindon North in 2008) received its charter from Rotary International on 28th September 1966

Raising funds for the Brighter Futures Appeal

A static 100-mile cycle ride from Highworth to Windsor Castle

Our stall at Highworth Market on 2nd May 2015

Many thanks to everyone who visited our stall at Highworth Market on 2nd May

A Charity Dog Racing event with dinner held at Blunsdon Abbey Stadium on 14th March 2015 in aid of the NSPCC

We've Zumda'd in the Highworth Co-op, now we've ridden our bikes in there