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We were honoured to be one of the first clubs in District 1230 to welcome the new District Governor to our club. Jim Ross of Dunoon Rotary Club, and recently elected DG, delivered a thought-provoking and entertaining address to our assembled members.
‘Be the Inspiration’ is Rotary International’s theme for this ...
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The club is delighted to welcome Silvio Galli as our most recent new member. Silvio was born and brought up in Ayr where he is an ice-cream parlour and chocolaterie proprietor. He and his wife, Linda, have two children: Natasha and Michael.
Silvio was introduced to the club by Gus Iannotti and was pleasantly surprised ...
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Rob Keating's son Stewart competed in the Edinburgh 24-hour endurance race and raised £420 to be split equally between the Teenage Cancer trust and Ayrshire Young Parkinsons Group Scotland. Stewart ran with his wife Fiona, and daughter Megan cheered them on.
Thanks once again to Stewart for his sterling effort and to the ...
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Sheila Harsant is undoubtedly a determined and ambitious woman who carved out a hugely successful career in the aviation industry. However, in her talk to the club last week she rather modestly attributed her success to ‘being in the right place at the right time’.
As a child, Sheila grew up with aviation – her ...
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In the week of the visit by president Donald Trump to Turnberry it was entirely appropriate that our guest speaker was recently-retired policeman Ian Thompson. Ian had spent most of his career as a specially trained VIP and royalty driver.
After originally serving in the City of Glasgow Police traffic (pursuit) section ...
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Fortunately, unlike last year, the sun shone brightly on the Savoy Park croquet lawn as the contenders gathered for our annual competition. In a closely fought contest Euan Lawrence and Carol Mathewman edged out John Laughland and Maggie Vooght to take top spot. Although there were apparently many sly attempts at ...
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Rosalind Kerry came all the way from her home in the Borders to speak to us about the work of LEPRA, a UK-based international charity working to beat leprosy. This disease affects the most vulnerable people in the world, causing life-changing disabilities, but there is a relatively cheap and simple cure.
Rosalind had ...
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John Dunlop has become the most recent new member of the club. He was brought up in Ayr and he and his wife Irene have recently returned here to enjoy their retirement.
John held sales and marketing roles in the food industry in Cadbury, Warner Lambert and Devro Limited before working in sports administration. He was ...
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On Saturday 23 June, almost fifty pathminders, stakeholders, and special guests gathered at the Bracken Bar, Heads of Ayr, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Ayrshire Coastal Path and what a wonderfully convivial evening we all enjoyed thanks to the efforts of Alistair Tyre and his small team of ...
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Last Tuesday evening saw the outgoing president Craig Wilson passing the honour, chain of office, and the inevitable responsibilities, to our new president Colin Voight.
Colin, in turn, presented Craig with a past-president’s badge and welcomed Ieuan Isaac as president-elect.
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