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On the
4th November our Honorary
Member,
Reg, celebrated his 109th birthday and the Club
marked this momentous occasion by toasting
Reg
with excellent wine that he donated to the Club. We,
like the Queen, look forward to his 110th birthday next year. Many Happy returns
Reg
from all your Rotary colleagues, their ladies and the many friends world
wide.
On 9th November
JP David
took part in a Fashion
show at
Masson Mill organised by the
Rotary Club of Amber Valley
along with
DG Gordon. As a result
of David
and
Gordon
‘strutting their stuff’
£760 was raised for the
Derbyshire Children’s
Holiday Centre in Skegness.
During
the month we had excellent speakers in the shape of our very own
JP David
who gave an overview of
his role is heading up International Trade at the
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce.
The following week an inspirational talk was given by the
Derby
Mountain
Rescue service
who will be one of the charities that we will be
supporting on the Santa Run along with
Rainbows Hospice
Your
Joint Presidents David
and
Mike
represented the Rotary Club at
the Remembrance Parade in Wirksworth on Sunday
13th November. Rotarians
George Millward
and
Norman Laud
also attended with
George
in the party that received the salute from the military
in their march past .
Rotarians
Mel Askew
and
John Wright
accompanied by the gastronomic
Joint President David judged the
Young Chef competition at
Anthony
Gell
School on Thursday
17th November. Sincere thanks go to the school and the kids
who all showed enthusiasm and determination to impress the judges. The WIRKS
editor will be publishing details separately
On
Sunday 20th November Joint
President Mike
completed the arduous British Heart Foundation
walk.
Many members of the Club supported
Mike by making donations to this worthy charity which is our
own District Governor’s charity. Well done
Mike!
November
is probably the busiest month for planning the Club’s Christmas activities
starting with the erection of the
Christmas tree
in the Market Place followed by the
Carol service and switch on of lights on Saturday 3rd December. This will be
followed by the Santa Run
on Sunday morning 4th December at
Carsington. Christmas
collections will be made during the month of December at both Sainsbury's
and the Co-op in Matlock along with the annual collections on the Market
Place in Wirksworth. Both
David
and
Mike
would ask
ALL Rotarians to
support these events. Thanks go to those Chairs who have put a lot of time
into the planning and the organisation of these projects. It’s now up to us
to ensure their success.
This
edition of the WIRKS will be going to press prior to the
Olympic event of the year….the District
10 Pin Bowling Competition
where the might of Wirksworth will be up against the skill of
Belper and Duffield.
As we speak the Wirksworth squad under the leadership of Rotarian
John Wright, are going through a series of intensive coaching
sessions!!!!!
DG Gordon
has been summoned back
from overseas where he retreated to on holiday with no permission from the
team manager
JP
David, has been ‘keeping
tabs’ on Rotarian
Peter Watson
and
Mairead
by Skype. In fact we are hoping to have
‘Skype session’ with
Peter
at
Waltham House who have Wi-Fi access. Watch this
space for further information. In the meantime
Rotarian Peter
has sent in a couple of photographs and editorial for publication.
Please
contact the WIRKS editor as soon as possible with your Christmas and New
Year wishes which can be published for a fee of £15 per Olympic event of the
year….the District
10 Pin Bowling Competition
where the might of Wirksworth will be up against the skill of
Belper and Duffield.
As we speak the Wirksworth squad under the leadership of Rotarian
John Wright, are going through a series of intensive coaching
sessions!!!!!
DG Gordon
has been summoned back
from overseas where he retreated to on holiday with no permission from the
team manager
JP
David, has been ‘keeping
tabs’ on Rotarian
Peter Watson
and
Mairead
by Skype. In fact we are hoping to have
‘Skype session’ with
Peter
at
Waltham House who have Wi-Fi access. Watch this
space for further information. In the meantime
Rotarian Peter
has sent in a couple of photographs and editorial for publication.
Please
contact the WIRKS editor as soon as possible with your Christmas and New
Year wishes which can be published for a fee of £15 per insertion, proceeds
of which will go to the JPs charity.
Finally we all look forward to December
and the Club’s Christmas meal here at Waltham House on
Thursday 22nd December.
Joint Presidents
Mike and David
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