David takes the reigns

The new President of Knaresborough Rotary is specialist bookseller and professional philatelist David Druett. After attending Harrogate High School, David joined Myers Stamps in Leeds in 1979 where he was an auction describer and valuer, before setting up on his own in1982. With a keen interest in the postage of the Caribbean David is a past president of Harrogate Philatelic Society. A keen badminton and cricket player, David has recently been President of Harrogate Hockey Club having been a member for 45 years. David joined Rotary in 2004 and this will be his second term as President of Rotary in Knaresborough, having previously held the office in 2011-12. David’s partner is Chandy Koria, a physiotherapist at York hospital

Outgoing Rotary President Helen Westmancoat, whose year in office has been entirely dominated by the pandemic restrictions, said, “I wish the new President, David, success in his year, and hope that it will be more ‘normal’ than mine has been!”