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On 17 December 2024, Willie Stewart presented his well-kown style of quiz, having done it for over twenty years. The wide range of questions tripped up most people, but the star of the evening was Brian Hignett. Brian is pictured receiving a fine bottle of wine from President Colin.

  The topic from Kyle 1 – The Olympics under scrutiny The topic from Kyle 2 – Pros and Cons of Historical Statues The topic from Belmont – Dancers are stronger than athletes After careful deliberation and consideration, the three judges comprised of Eileen Haddow, Esther Gordon and Paul Williams made their decision. Kyle Academy […]

3 December 2024 Not long to go till our Tree of Remembrance collection starts. But you can see the tree already at our new location, next to the Grain Exchange on the High Street. Over the last three years, the Rotary Tree of Remembrance has raised just under £20000, shared between Ayrshire Hospice, Ayrshire Cancer […]

The Salvation Army Food Bank is one of the charities Ayr Rotary support with on-going donations throughout the year. In October their stocks had run particularly low, and a plea was put out to members to make a special cash donation to allow the organiser to buy the most needed supplies. A great response resulted […]

We were delighted with a recent visit from Heather Malloch, who came to tell us all about an amazing global charity very few of us were even aware of. Heather has worked with Mission Aviation Fellowship for the past 7 years, 5 of those as Head of Aviation Mission Scotland with responsibility for cultivating and […]

Fourteen members attended a fantastic visit to UPM Caledonian Paper Mill in Irvine today. An interesting talk from Andy Johnston, development manager, followed by a tour of the mill. The scale is colossal, with the 400m production line, turning wood pulp into paper. Enormous rollers compress and dry the paper onto 8 metre wide drums, […]

Five members of our friends at Prestwick Rotary Club came along to our meeting this week to inform and amuse us with their “nostalgia cases”. This brilliant idea was the brainchild of the Prestwick club as a means of stimulating memories of the past in the minds of local care home residents. The term “nostalgia” […]

Ayr Rotary organised a visit to the Heritage Centre in Cumncck on 26 July 2024. Following a recent visit to the Club by Jim Smith, explaining how he had restored a Victorian steam fire engine, several members expressed an interest in visiting the Centre. And what a revelation! The place is packed full of vintage […]

David Booth is founder and trustee of Harbour Ayrshire, a registered charity providing ‘shelter from the storm of addiction’ and dedicated to helping individuals recover from drug and alcohol dependency and its terrible, associated affects. David delivered a short but well-crafted presentation in a succinct and easy manner to his attentive audience. His commitment to […]

Our guest speaker this week was Alasdair Meldrum, a former Ayr Rotary member, managing director of Albion Environmental Ltd and a member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management. He gave a very interesting talk covering many aspects of waste from how we use (or misuse) our wheely bins to the control (or lack of) […]