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Well, what I can say about the Rotary Worlds at Stranraer. Our foreign competitors were over whelmed by the North West Castle and the fact the ice rink and hotel were all on the same site.  Having set off for Stranraer on Thursday 2nd April, all competitors were making their way to Stranraer for what […]

Rotarian Garry Smith spent a career specialising in software tools and services for business advisers, management consultancies and economic development agencies, with applications created for numerous organisations throughout the UK and aboard. Garry, a retired metallurgist, was born and grew up in Stranraer, moving to Ayr in 1985. He graduated in Metallurgy from Strathclyde University and then secured a role in RB Tennent, Coatbridge, steel roll manufacturers, before […]

Wow! Such generosity from the people of Ayrshire. The 2025 Poppy Appeal administered by Ayr Rotary in Ayr generated an amazing £13,796.36. Pleasingly, in these times of austerity, the amount raised was more than we achieved in 2024. A huge thank you to all who contributed and supported to this worthy cause. (Poppy Scotland published […]

Ayr Rotary welcomed Dr John Burns to talk about “five hundred years of roaring” referring to the sound of curling stones as they travel down the ice. Every stone said John, is watched by two sweepers and a skip standing in the target area and they need to continually assess whether to sweep or not. […]

Scotland’s mounted police work out of Stewarton in East Ayrshire and provide policing for high-profile events across Scotland. Ayr Rotary Club were privileged to engage with the staff and their magnificent equine animals on a recent visit to their stables. Mounted officers carry out public order patrols and are a presence at sporting events, demonstrations […]

Aquabox, supported by Ayr Rotary Club, is a UK charity family and community providing water filters distributed around the world to countries suffering from natural and man-made disasters, providing safe drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people. Aquabox is almost entirely a volunteer-led organisation, with one part-time paid administrator, so the proportion of total […]

At a recent Ayr Rotary meeting, we were privileged to hear Derek Alexander’s presentation on Culzean, He was brought up in Neilston, East Renfrewshire and qualified from University of Edinburgh with an MA Honours degree in Archaeology and then an MPhil study on the ‘Later prehistoric and proto-historic settlement of west central Scotland’. Derek then […]

The Rotary Club of Ayr very much welcomed and thoroughly enjoyed an inspirational talk from Fraser Maitland entitled ‘Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs’. Fraser, a graduate from the Glasgow School of Art and a very successful entrepreneur himself running a number of successful companies. He is also, currently, the ‘Enterprise Manager’ at the University of the West of Scotland, supporting […]

Albion Environmental Limited was established in 2002 and has developed into one of the UK’s leading consultants specialising in waste management, environmental, health and safety solutions. They deliver strategic advice, support and training to the waste management and construction industries in both the public and private sectors. MD Alasdair Meldrum launched into a fact packed […]

Many thanks to everyone who participated in the 2026 event of the Annual Rotary Charity Bonspiel at Dewars Centre, Perth, which was once again a great success, raising around £1,060 for the charities – the Matt Murdoch Foundation, the Willie Jamieson Curling Fund, and Perth Young Curlers. On the basis that the scoring system is […]