Saturday 2 July 2011 - I am A Past District Governor!

I have had a great year as District Governor and now it is time to return to a normal life, whatever one of those is!
It's goodbye from Dogsbody and me!

Friday 1 July - District 1220 Handover and Awards Evening

The District 1220 Handover and Awards Evening was held at a packed Hostess Restaurant.
I left home in the DG outfit for the last time as DG.

It was a lively, fun evening tinged with emotion, especially when Terry played "Simply the Best" just as I was about to speak!

There were some surprise award winners which added to the occasion followed by the official hand over to Gordon McGlone who is the District Governor for 2011 / 12 and was playe in tohis theme tune by Terry, "Always look on the bright side of life".

Wednesday 29 June 2011 - Rotary Club of Ravenshead Charter

The final Charter celebration of the year was held at The Hostess when the Rotary Club of Ravenshead held their dinner.

Mark Snape is their President for 2011 /12 and Richard Lord has had a successful year in 2010/11.

Terry is now putting his dinner jacket away and he tells me that he has eaten 4 cows, 2 pigs and endless chickes during the year!

Monday 27 June 2011. Bassetlaw Children of Courage awards

The Rotary clubs of Retford, Worksop and Worksop Dukeries held their annual Bassetlaw Children of Courage Awards at Worksop Town Hall.

As usual it was a moving and very humbling occasion and it was emotional for us all.

Monday 27 June 2011 -Rotary Young Photographer winner

Christopher Naylor from the Greenwood School, Kirkby in Ashfield was the proud winner of his age group for the District 1220 Young Photographer of the Year Award.

He was delighted to be given £50 by President John McEwen and the event was organised by John Peacock.

Wednesday 22 June - Rotary Club of Bakewell Charter

President Rita Hickin and her members held their Charter celebration at the magnificent Hassop Hall near Bakewell.

It was a fun, light hearted evening with entertainment provided by a group of very talented violinists from Lady Manners School.

The highlight of the evening was the award of Paul Harris Fellowships to Brian Singleton and Jonathan Wicksteed, both very well deserved.
They were both totally overcome and speechless !

Tuesday 21 June 2011 - Ambassadorial Scholar interview

We interviewed Rob Avery-Phipps, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wollaton Park, and awarded him the Ambassadorial Scholarship for 2012 / 2013.

We are confident that Rob will prove to be a superb ambassador for Rotary and he is already in touch with Sam Evans, a former Ambassadorial Scholar.

We have put him in touch with our Chinese scholar, Lily Gong as he hopes to do a Masters degree in International Business at the University of Nottingham's campus in China and needs to learn some Mandarin!