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OiR (opportunities in Retirement) Ayr is a hub for the over-50s in Ayrshire (and some members even come from further afield) explained Mick Roebuck at Tuesday's Ayr Rotary Club meeting. He said they have a rich and proud history, and will continue to evolve through members' vital contributions, together with members’ ...
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Natalia Spence is undertaking a coastal walk of the UK to raise funds for the intensive care unit of Bristol University Hospital, where her daughter Elizabeth sadly passing away on the 10th December 2015. She was a very fit, active and healthy child but on the morning of 22nd November 2015 Elizabeth was taken ill with ...
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District Governor, Bill Campbell visited our Club on Tuesday delivering an educational message on the origins and successes of Foundation. He was warmly welcomed by President Harry Peters and all members who attended. Bill concluded his presentation by addressing his key objective of increasing membership in the ...
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For his unstinting charitable work for Ayr Rotary Club, Community Services Convenor, John Ewing has been awarded Rotarian of the Year by outgoing President
Douglas Haddow.
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Ayr Rotary Club has a new President. Harry Peters, a son of Ayr, has been elected the new President of the largest Club in District 1230 which stretches from Oban to Stranraer. Harry, a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers (FICE) was educated at Ayr Grammar, Ayr Academy and is a graduate of Strathclyde Universi...
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A hushed crowd were hanging onto every mallet strike as the many times winning master of croquet Neil Beattie led his partner, Fiona Boyd around the lawn followed doggedly by Sue Williams and Callum Meldrum.
Woos and ahs were the only sounds breaking the pleasant Summer Sunday afternoon air as the crowd waited in ...
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Iain Ferguson started his talk "On the rails" by telling us about his early life as a journalist before going into the world of Horse Racing as PR at the Racecourse in Ayr.
He continued by giving a brief history of the old Racecourse on Doonfoot Road, how it was small and the corners were too tight. He explained ...
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Our 5th new member this year is the Reverend Ian Stirling.
Ian, originally from Dumfries, first attended New College at the University of Edinburgh in 1986, where he focussed on the New Testament gaining a degree in 1989. After a probationary year in Edinburgh at St Andrew’s and St George’s church where he had the ...
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Ayr Rotary Raise Cash for CHAS (Children's Hospice Association Scotland)
A packed Majestic Wines in Alloway Place Ayr, hosted a wine tasting night organised by the Rotary Club of Ayr. Martin and his generous staff, poured samples of the very best wines from around the world, including champagne to the delight of the ...
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One of the most inspiration Speakers we have had in recent years visited us this week. Olivia Giles whose Charity 500 Miles by-line is “getting people moving” certainly moved her assembled audience.
Olivia recounted her story of how she was working as a lawyer in 2002 when she caught meningococcal septicaemia and ...
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