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A shotgun start at 9.30am on Friday 8th May saw nineteen teams tee-off to compete in the Ayr Rotary Club Annual Charity Golf Day at Belleisle Park. This event is the main fund-raiser in the club’s calendar, and raised an amazing £9711 for local charities. The principal beneficiaries this year is Crossroads Caring Scotland, a […]

At a recent Ayr Rotary meeting we were honoured to hear of the work of an Ophthalmologist Consultant and Eye Surgeon, Mr. Srinivasan a consultant corneal surgeon and joint Clinical Director at University Hospital Ayr, and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Glasgow, Scotland. He completed his Ophthalmology residency from Aravind Eye Hospital, India, higher […]

Was “boycott”  a Victorian urchin caught stealing bread? to arresting Bill McLaren outside Murrayfield, only two of the “Truth/Lies” scenarios delivered during a hilarious evening in Stravaig at the recent Ayr Rotary “Can you spot a truth or a lie” evening. Also up for interrogation was a Rotary member from their student youth, damaging a […]

The sun shone brightly. The volunteers gathered. From Turnberry to Greenan Castle beach, adults, Cubs, Scouts and groups picked their way through gorse, seaweed and sand to gather discarded litter and  sea born rubbish, and a big thank you to Craig Tara for providing refreshments for all volunteers in their area.

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 […]