Club Assembly 17/06
Assistant District Governor Ian Huxham joined us for this year’s Assembly. Ian has worked hard helping Sharon and team get the RotaKids club in Wells off the ground.
The meeting allowed Adrian and Mike as incoming joint Presidents, to set out their thinking on plans and objectives for the year; also for Ian to indicate the wider aims and objectives of District, how we can play our part in helping to achieve these, and hopefully how District can help us.
Key points were:
· Continuity, engagement and fun are at the heart of the thinking. Sticking to the same pattern of 2 meetings a month rotating between the Crown and the Museum.
· Gathering for business meetings at 17.30 for an 18.00 start with the option of decamping to the Crown at circa 19.30 for a bite to eat, for those that want it. In addition to dealing with the routine business of the club, these meetings will be used to engage with some of the outside bodies we are supporting or looking to support.
Glastonbury 24
Led by John Boucher
a team of volunteers helped
once again with stewarding at Glastonbury. The
weather was almost perfect: dry, mostly sunny but not too hot; and of course,
when not on duty the stewards were able to explore the
site and enjoy the music. Coldplay lived up to their headline billing, but a
fair few of the team also explored memory lane
with Lulu. Well done all, and
meet again next year.
Boules 24
Held as is now the norm in the Bishop’s Palace gardens the club's annual boules tournament saw 11 teams compete for the prestigious trophy duly won by one of our regular competitors, “Boules Out for Summer”. Unlike last year we were blessed with a dry, albeit chilly day for late June, and the Panama Jazz band kept all in good spirits. Best of all, the schedule of games finished well within time allowing those that needed plenty of time to get home to watch the big match. The number of teams entering was way down, though, due to the clash of dates with Glastonbury.
Handover 01/07
Tipping over into July, we held the formal handover meeting at The Crown with the new Mayor of Wells, Jasmine Browne, as our guest speaker. As her penultimate act while President, Angela inducted two new members into the club: Dave Lewsey and Jill Edmonds, who were warmly welcomed into the fold by members.
Mayor Jasmine then addressed the club on her plans for the next 12 months as Mayor: they centre on supporting youth and in particular the local Scout movement, who have a real and urgent need to refurbish the hut they operate from. Her commitment to supporting youth in Wells through service is so close to the heart of Rotary that we concluded there must be plenty of scope over the coming months for us to work closely with her office, supporting one another’s programme. Several members observed that the real-life skills young people gain from being a member of Scouts will serve them throughout life.
Held as is now the norm in the Bishop’s Palace
gardens the club's annual boules tournament
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Our efforts as a Club towards making a difference by supporting local and international good causes came into sharp focus in November.
moreNow closed the 2025 competition theme was ‘Wonderful Water’. Letting their imagination fly and interpreting it as broadly as they wished, entrants showed their creative talent in sharing what the theme meant to them.
moreOctober was quite a quiet month by recent standards for the club, that said though looking back across our diaries in addition to our normal routine gatherings there were quite a few project planning meetings looking forward into 2025
moreConscious of the need for rapid access to defibrillators following a coronary event, Wells Rotary has been working to make these life-saving machines available to the public at all times. It is an ongoing project.
moreWells Rotary has been stewarding the Festival for over 35 years: not only have we raised over £100,000 for humanitarian projects but also have seen a lot of amazing artists. We all have personal memories and highlights from the experience.
moreHeld annually in the Bishop's Palace gardens in the centre of Wells, the Wells Charity Boules Tournament is a fun event for all of the family.
moreEach week a team of listeners goes to St Cuthbert’s Primary School to listen to children read. It is so rewarding to see the positive impact on the children’s reading skills.
moreHelping the blind and partially sighted
moreRotary District 1200 comprises Wells Rotary along with the other rotary clubs of Somerset, West Wilts and West Dorset. Circa 1200 is our district news sheet. Follow the link below to Circa 1200 to see what is going on across Somerset
moreRotary in Wells is part of the global Rotary International, working with other clubs to eradicate polio, to help with other natural disasters, and to help those less fortunate than ourselves elsewhere in the world
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