Rotary Engagements since July 1 237
The week started with a meeting between the District 1090
succession team (those who follow me as District Governor for the next three
years) and our equivalents in District 1260, our neighbours and with whom we
might amalgamate in the future. We
shared our views on how best we might proceed.
Tuesday saw me off to Conference Chairman Jean’s house
with our Sergeant at Arms Brian to discuss how best Brian can keep me in order
over the conference weekend(!). Poor
Jean has suffered a back muscle spasm – we’re all hoping she’s able to get past
it by the 20th!
Wednesday our succession team & I were off to the
District 1130 (London) Headquarters in the splendid surroundings of York Gate,
next to Regents Park, meet8ing with our equivalents in all the Districts
surrounding London for an exchange of views on the way forward for our members
in the future. In the evening it was
great to see our local Mayor of Hillingdon Alan and Mayoress Lynne at my own
club in a reciprocal visit (we went to the Mayor’s Parlour earlier in the
year). Great company and good to see
them both again – come back and see us often!
Last week I went to the second round of our Youth Speaks
competition; this week it was the final – the best four entries from the
District in two age categories, Intermediate & Senior. It was one of those occasions when I was
really glad that the judging was down to someone else – I had my own ideas of
who might have won – needless to say my views were at odds with the judges! In the end, the teams from Abbey School
Reading and Licensed Victuallers School Ascot were successful in going through
to the next round, where teams from 4 Rotary Districts will compete on March 22nd
for a place in the National Final.
Saturday morning and it’s amazing how quickly a year
comes round. This time last year I was
leading our session with the coming year’s Presidents, and now it’s Tim’s turn
to be doing it – certainly started well before Joan & I had to leave to
rush over to Weybridge for the regional final of the Young Chef competition
where Haydon Bursby from Banbury and Bee Cattermull from Wokingham were
representing our District. Both of our
candidates did really well, but were not successful in winning through to the
National Final. Maybe next year?
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