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Ayrshire Street Pastors aim to share their love of Christ with people through their actions, as they believe that these speak louder than words. This is achieved by patrolling the streets of Ayr and Prestwick, primarily at night, ensuring that people are safe on the streets, by Caring, Listening and Helping. ...
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Ayr Rotary had the pleasure of hosting the local celebrity “Magic Malky” recently. He amazed and engaged his audience with illusions and cheeky banter, at times choosing an unsuspecting person to “help” with his professional, well-honed act. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the fun evening and President Howard ...
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Mark grew up in Lenzie, East Dumbartonshire with his parents and older brother. He also lived in Cardonald, Southside of Glasgow and Kelvinside before moving to Ayr in 2006 on a permanent basis. He always spent time in Ayr as his Aunt & Uncle owned Pierino’s Restaurant with Italian grandparents who lived nearby. Mark ...
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The hilly roads of South Carrick make up the ultimate road cyclist’s playground. Popularly referred to as ‘the Ayrshire Alps’, the landscape offers fantastic scenery, cycle friendly roads, and a tough cycling challenge.
This exciting sportive launched with great success in 2022, with a choice of the long 80 mile ...
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Ayr Rotary donated £500 from their Treasure Chest fund to Kincaidston Primary School enabling them to buy a special Lego kit. It is essentially a game to build a little robot, but pupils can build different robotic creations too, and the robot can be programmed using software to perform different tasks. From easy-en...
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The cluster of Aerospace companies based around Prestwick airport is hugely important to the economy of Scotland and the job security of over 4,500 people. Allan MacKenzie is the Chair of the Prestwick Aerospace Operational Group. The group is a forum for the companies based around Prestwick Airport. He has also set up the ...
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New member (Captain) Ken Ireland delivered an exciting and most interesting presentation on his seafaring experiences, He was born and raised in Glasgow, and after leaving school, joined the Merchant Navy in 1975.
During his career of over 44 years, he has worked for numerous shipping Companies, rising to the ...
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On Tuesday evening Brian Hignett Quiz Master and David McIntyre who was the Compeer for the evening.
We had 4 teams of Rotarians with various interesting team names. We were informed that there were to be 5 rounds plus a picture round.
The quiz began with the General Knowledge round with 10 questions. All round would be ...
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We delivered a cheque for £250 to Men's Shed, Ayr today. Using a strict criteria for acceptance, Men's Shed applied for £250 through the Ayr Rotary Club's Treasure Chest and were successful, enabling this excellent charity to buy more equipment and suitable office furniture to enhance their premises.
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Members of Ayr Rotary Club were delighted to attend the open evening of the impressive Cancer Support Centre in Prestwick Road. Director David McCall provided us with a warm welcome and guided tour of each of the facilities available. Ayr Rotary Club is a regular financial supporter of Ayrshire Cancer Support
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