Wessex Mead (Trowbridge) Rotary Club

Well here we are at the start of a new year.  Where does all the time go to?  It seems like only last week I was writing the October blog, but the calendar says we are into January already!  It has been a full 2 months starting with a visit to Warminster club to meet the RIBI president, Jim Moulson.  It was an interesting evening and nice to see how down to earth our national organization is, at all levels. 

Mark and RIBI President Jim

I can’t believe another month has gone by – what a busy month it has been!  The start of October was District Conference. I have no doubt you have already read about this on the website.  After this, we went into helping with the carnival events. 

The first of which was bag packing at Sainsbury’s in Trowbridge, which turned out to be a great success.  The following Monday, 18^th we had our annual Carnival Quiz which was won by the Westbury Wanderers, you can see pictures of the quiz on the website.

Murder Mystery by Westbury Rotary

First I must apologise for not adding a blog in August.  We started August with a walk along the canal from Bradford on Avon to the Cross Guns at Avoncliff.  I say a walk, to be fair the club walked and I drove to meet them at the Cross Guns.  It was a very enjoyable evening for all and we were blessed with good weather.  Thanks to Becky for suggesting the evening.

The second social evening in August was a visit to the Seven Stars in Winsley.  I was unable to attend this due to being on a family holiday, but the feedback was very good from the members who attended.  The Club committee did a very good job in researching where to go for the evening.

My first month as President has passed with great optimism from the club for the new format. 

We seem to be pressing ahead with our plans for the forthcoming year, which include our carnival quiz on 18^th October and annual Bavarian Night on 12^th March 2011.  Full speed ahead for our second big breakfast, date and venue to be confirmed soon.  All our youth events should be continuing this year as well as hopefully, a new event based around Kids make music – more details to follow soon.

Looking back on this month, many members went on a visit to Wadworth’s brewery and were joined by Trowbridge Lions, some members of a neighbouring Rotary club and some friends of Rotary.  Then on 19^th July Julia and I hosted a pasta evening at our house to raise money towards our twinning fund – this was very successful and enjoyed by all those who attended (as the empty plates proved!) At my first business meeting we were joined not only by the District Governor, Stan but also the assistant DG, David.  The meeting seemed to go well and they were pleased to hear about our plans for the forthcoming year. 

I am looking forward to the rest of my Rotary year and will have more to tell you at the end of August.