275 Results for author: Ron Ireland
Secretary Craig once again came up with a fiendishly difficult set of questions for our annual mastermind quiz. There was much murmuring in the ranks throughout the meal as members delved into their distant memories to try to recall, amongst other things, the height of the Empire State Building and the location ...
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Jim Nelson, organiser-in-chief of this year’s Charity Golf Day, went along to Whiteleys Retreat to present general manager, Bernard Smith, with a cheque for £2,700 which was the Whiteleys’ share of the £10,500 raised by the Golf Day. (Ayrshire Cancer Support and the Ayr Rotary Club benevolent fund were the other ...
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The morning storm was still trying to blow down the marquee as the various goups arrived to set out their stalls at the ECO Ayrshire 2019 Festival in Troon. Good planning had positioned the ACP alongside SAPI (South Ayrshire Paths Initiative) so this was an advantage to both given the symbiotic relationship between the ...
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Jackie Flannery of Home Energy Scotland came along to the club to educate us about the work of HES and the benefits it provided by way of reducing domestic fuel bills and carbon emissions. In a highly polished and entertaining talk she gave an insight to the many ways we could be more efficient in our use of fuel to heat ...
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Recently-retired Sheriff and current Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire & Arran, Iona McDonald, was the very welcome guest speaker at our special meeting in the Brig o’ Doon hotel, Alloway. The also-very-welcome, warm, evening sun shone on the garden of the hotel where members and guests had gathered prior to the formalit...
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Following the first run a couple of weeks ago, last Saturday 10th August many Rotarian volunteers turned out once again to help raise funds for Aquabox. Our location in Ayr Central was excellent and all the staff we encountered were very helpful. We raised £134.12. Combined with the 20th July High Street collection event ...
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Sunday 11th August was to be the day of our annual croquet contest - water polo would have been more suitable! But fear not, our Games-Master-General, honorary member John Laughland, had a cunning Plan B up his sleeve. Board games! After a superb bring-and-share lunch to accompany the excellent ‘indoor barbecue’ ...
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This year’s new District 1230 Governor, Jimmy Johnston’s address to our members was something of a lighthearted novelty. He joked his way through a thoroughly entertaining twenty-minute address whilst liberally sprinkling it with (much-deserved!) compliments about our club and the many charitable projects in which we ...
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The Ayr Ark is a youth project situated down by the Citadel in Ayr and was originally established through an initiative of twelve local, partner churches. It aims to provide a safe alternative to the many peer pressures that young people are faced with by running diversionary events in an alcohol-free, night-club ...
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Last Saturday, the club set up a stand in the High Street to show passers-by how the club was helping to save lives in disaster-hit areas around the world. Aquabox is a charity that supplies emergency aid through water purification. It has been in existence since 1992, is run solely by volunteer staff, mainly ...
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