Linlithgow Grange Rotary Club - Meeting Reports
The Linlithgow Grange rotary Club meets on Mondays at 6:45 for 7:00pm at:
The Palace Suite, West Port Hotel
18-20 High Street, Linlithgow
Tel: (01506) 847456
30 June 2008
Monday evening's meeting was the 'Club Handover', when David Robertson handed over the reins to President Ken MacKenzie and his 2008/09 team of President-Elect Jim Rae and Vice-President Jim Gillespie.
There was a good attendance by Club members and partners and a number of guests from Linlithgow & Bo’ness, Polmont, Falkirk, South Queensferry and Inverary. David reflected on his year as President, complemented by a photographic collage composed by ‘Flash’ Gordon Young. Ken looked forward to his year in the hot seat, confident in the knowledge that he has the full support of all Club members for his ambitious programme.
23 June 2008
Monday evening's meeting was the 'Club Assembly', the last to be entirely chaired by David Robertson as President, prior to next week's handover. There were reports from Rotarian Rory Cameron on the resounding success of the Youth Musical Concert held the previous Thursday and on the presentation of prizes to the winners of the inter-school literary and photographic competitions run by the Club, both, co-incidentally, to pupils of Springfield Primary School.
Rotarian Ian Adams revealed that there had been a healthy number of teams registered for the charity Am-Am Golf Tournament on 18 August, but many opportunities still remained for commercial sponsorship of tees and greens.
With the assistance of the committee conveners, President-Elect Ken MacKenzie outlined the proposed programme for his forthcoming presidential year - for fund-raising, the emphasis would be on the Rotary International input to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and on the Club's own efforts towards the provision of clean water, books and computers to needy people in Africa. Additional youth activities being considered included a musical competition and a quiz tournament; and public events would include the ever-popular Fiddler's Rally, another coffee morning and a Rotary Scotch Hop, the latter as part of the Celebrate Linlithgow Arts Festival.
Earlier Meeting Reports
For reports on earlier meetings, the programme of events and more details please refer to the Linlithgow Grange Rotary Club Website.
Sports Bursaries Presented
The Rotary Club of Linlithgow Grange has recently presented £200 Sports Bursaries to worthy recipients from both Linlithgow and Bo'ness. Sports Bursaries are sums of money intended to further the individual sports activities of young people of secondary-age and are awarded following careful consideration of applications.
The winners for 2008 are Scott Chalmers from Linlithgow and Christopher Moore from Bo'ness, who received their awards from David Robertson, Club President. Scott will use his money to purchase new fencing equipment to help in competitions (having already won the Scottish Senior Open Championship in January 2008); and Christopher will devote the funds towards expenses related to national squad training for the Scottish Tae Kwon Do Team.
Said David Robertson: "Christopher and Scott are excellent examples of young people striving for excellence and success at national level, and Linlithgow Grange Rotary Club is delighted to assist them reach full potential in their chosen sports. Thanks are also due to Rotarian John Lawson for organising the award scheme".