Wessex Mead (Trowbridge) Rotary Club

Wessex Mead (Trowbridge) Rotary Club was chartered in 2002. We have a varied membership made up of men and women from the local business and professional community. With an average age of less than 43 years, Wessex Mead has a much younger make-up than most other Rotary clubs. This youthful composition is reflected in the events and activities we engage in.  

 (The photo shows some of the Club members with District Governor Tony Quinn taking part in the 'Big Breakfast' raising money for Polio Plus, see the events pages for more information) 

The Rotary Club of Wessex Mead meet at Red or White in Trowbridge on Monday evenings at 7.30, but we are a very active club, so please check our Calendar to find out where we are.  

Joining a Rotary club is an excellent way to develop new friendships as well as get involved in worthwhile service projects both in the local community and further afield. If you would like to learn more about Rotary membership please get in touch with us.

Members of Wessex Mead Rotary and Trowbridge Lions Club enjoyed a vocational trip to Wadworth's Brewery in Devizes on Monday 5th July. We were greeted by Tim from the Visitor's Centre, who took us to see the specialist in-house sign workshop followed by the stables, where we met the Shire Horses who regularly pull the drays to 40 pubs in the Devizes area.  The tour then took us into the Victorian building, where we learnt about the brewing business, from techniques that have been used for many years, to the ultra modern hi-tech ways of today.  The in-house cooper showed us the tools of the trade and gave us a facinating in-sight into the world of barrel making.  The evening finished with some beer sampling.  

It was a really interesting evening and great opportunity to spend some time with our friends from Trowbridge Lions.

Percy the Shire Horse

Old Wadworths

New Wadworths

This year, 3 schools took part in the Wessex Mead Rotary Young Chef competition.  Heats were held at the schools with the finals taking place on Thursday 24th June at Trowbridge College.  After 2 hours of cooking time plus 30 minutes of setting up time, the 5 finalists presented their meals to the judges.  They had cooked a 2 course healthy meal for 2 for £9.  After taking into account a range of skills the overall winner was announced as Holly from Lavington school.

the winner

Winning menu: Mushroom and Stilton Tart with Mediterranean Roasted Vegetable Couscous, Salad topped with bacon and balsamic vinegar dressing followed by Brandy Snap Baskets filled with vanilla mascarpone cream with summer berries.

The Rotary Club of Wessex Mead (Trowbridge)

are looking for new members to enable us to carry out more local, international and environmental projects.

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The Rotary Club of Wessex Mead may be for you!

District Conference - Torquay

The Rotary year ends on 30th  June each year, when a new President takes over, so I wanted to make the most of the last month as President.

Wiltshire Council had organized a Volunteers day at the Civic hall for the 6^th June, so we arranged to have a stall where 4 of us took sessions with the aim to find new members. Unfortunately we did not find any, but it was interesting to see all the other organizations in the town and we did a little networking.

On Wednesday 9^th June, Caroline and I were privileged to be able to help take all the pupils of Larkrise School to Longleat for the day as part of Kids out. We all had a fabulous day, the kids were all great to be with, we will definitely be inviting them along again next year.

The Wessex Mead Young Chef final at Trowbridge College on Thursday 24^th June produced 5 wonderful meals from 5 very able young cooks, they came from St Augustine’s School, John of Gaunt and Lavington School.They had cooked a 2 course healthy meal for 2 for £9.  After taking into account a range of skills the judges, Vito Scaduto from Red or White Restaurant and Steve Lloyd from Trowbridge College, chose the overall winner was to be Holly from Lavington school.

To finish a wonderful year in Rotary, all the members were invited to a BBQ at my house, we had a really relaxed evening, with lots of food and laughter, it was a balmy evening and we were able to sit outside in the light evenings until quite late.