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On Tuesday 12th March the club hosted the 2024 Technology Tournament at the Cruise Terminal in Tilbury. Participating this year was Gable Hall, Thames Park Secondary, The Hathaway Academy and St Clere's School, plus a combined teachers team who produced a masterpiece of crafting. The students whose ages ranged from 12 and a half to 15 had to design, build and test a Flashing Beacon using either an electrical circuit with LED's or bulbs. The levels of ingenuity were a delight to see as a number of designs were imagined, built and presented with one of the teams from Gable Hall winning overall. The team won a trophy, presented by Steven Quigley, to take back to their school and each student was awarded an Amazon voucher for £25. However next year we may have to add a runner-up category as it was a close run thing and given the effort, imagination and application from the teams its a pity we couldn't have more than one winner. The students were a delight to meet, all were polite, friendly and took the competition seriously as well as having fun. They were all a credit to themselves, their teachers and their schools. We were also very fortunate to have the Tilbury Radio Club demonstrating their radio equipment and giving the students a quick lesson in Morse Code, more of this in future bulletins. More pictures of the tournament will be released along with a video as the final edits have been completed by Jay Willoughby from the South Essex College who was our cameraman and videographer for the day, our heartfelt thanks to him for this. Also from The South Essex College was Simon Parker and James (who was one of our judges) along with Rotarians and partners Clive Page & Fiona East, Nicholas Wilkinson, Corrin Whymark, Nick Heath (who PAT tested our equipment) John Collier. Abdul Quddoos, Pam Worrall (our senior Judge) John Smith (our President) Sheena Allsopp from the Cruise Terminal, myself and my wife Lesley Quigley. Without the tireless efforts of all involved including the teachers who not only brought the students to the venue, also entered the competition with gusto, this event would never have happened, so huge THANK YOU to all of them.
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Cheque Presentations to our Christmas CharitiesAt our luncheon meeting of the 7th March we presented representatives of our Christmas Charities with a cheque for £2,625 each being a full distribution of the £10,500 we raised from the Christmas Santa sleigh rides and collections at Tesco's Lakeside, Morrisons Corringham and ASDA Tilbury. The representative from Great Ormond Street was not present so we will send them their cheque. Peggy Davis - Bernardo's Aaron Lane - Little Havens Children's Hospice John Brewer and Anthony Hatton - Treetops School |
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Young Artist 2024 - The Results Are InSenior Category Winners
Intermediate Category Winners
Junior Category Winners
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Young Artist Competition 2024 - The Results Are In
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Young Artists 2024 - The Results Are In
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Young Writer Competition - Results
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New Member - Abdul QuddoosWelcome to our latest new member Abdul Quddoos. Pictured below is our President John Smith inducting Abdul into the club together with Abdul's sponsor Rotarian Adrian Alsop |
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Rotary Theme for 2024 - 2025The Magic of Rotary is the new theme for the Rotary Year 2024 to 2025 |
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Young Musician Competition WinnersMany congratulations to the winners of the Thurrock Rotary Young Musician 2023 Competition. Details of the 2024 competition will be posted on this website in July/September 2024. Advanced Class: Melda Kondoz – Violin & Ismael DoSoo – Vocalist. The very best of luck to Melda and Ismael when they represent Thurrock in the Rotary District 1240 Young Musician Competition in Brentwood Cathedral on Saturday 2nd March. Intermediate Class: Mollie Quincy – Vocalist & Ismael Dosoo - Cello. Beginner Class: Robin Turner – Saxophone & Lura Mihaj – Vocalist. |
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Fantastic Youth Events Coming UpThe following fantastic Youth Events are coming up but please don't delay in sending us your entry as the closing date is the 8th February 2024! - Go to our Youth Section to download the information packs and entry forms |
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Thurrock's Young Musicians Showcase Their TalentsA pair of young musicians from Thurrock have each scooped an award at the Rotary Young Musician of the Year 2023 event. Melda Kondoz, 16 from Aveley, won the “Solo Instrumental of the year” while Ismael Dosoo, 12 from East Tilbury picked up the “Solo Vocal of the year” prize. The talented youngsters came out top in a highly competitive field of musicians aged 17 and under and will now go on to showcase their musicianship in Brentwood Cathedral at the Rotary 1240 District finals where they will compete against young musicians from across Essex. We want to say a big congratulations to Ismael and Melda and wish them the best of luck for the next round of this national competition. Visit Thurrock Music Services at https://thurrockmusic.co.uk/ if you would like to learn more about the ways you can learn or hire an instrument in Thurrock. Also, visit Grays Thurrock Rotary Club, Youth Section at https://graysthurrockrotary.org.uk/sitepage/youth-events-competitions to learn more about other youth events open to young people living in Thurrock.
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New Member - John CollierOn the 7th December, John Collier was inducted as a new member of the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock having attended 3 meetings and a formal orientation meeting. Pictured below is John being welcomed by his sponsor, our current President, John B Smith. Welcome John |
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Mathletics 2024This year the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock will be holding their annual Mathletics Competition for Thurrock Primary Schools on Wednesday 6th March 2024. The aim of this fun event is to celebrate and encourage students to achieve their very best in mathematics. This successful and looked forward to event, is sponsored by the club and organised in partnership with The Gateway Academy Tilbury, it will be held during the morning at The Gateway Academy, Marshfoot Road, Tilbury RM16 4LU Every primary school across the Borough of Thurrock is invited to enter a team of their most able mathematicians. Many of these schools hold their own in-house competitions prior to the event to make sure that their most able pupils are selected. Each team of four pupils have to work in an organised way to make sure that they answer all of the challenging questions in an allocated time. The winning school receives a trophy and the students in the top three teams each receive their own personal trophy. A senior schoolteacher at the event said “Thanks to Rotary for organising this. It’s a great way to raise the profile of maths across the borough and also a great way to champion our most able pupils. It’s fun and challenging for them and its success can be seen in the pupils’ enthusiasm, application and smiles as well as by the number of schools that take part each year”. Lastly, an invitation is sent to every primary school in Thurrock at the beginning of the Spring Term. [Contact admin@rotaryclubofgraysthurrock.co.uk if you need further information.] |
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Father Christmas, his Sleigh, his Elves and our routesThe Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock on behalf of Father Christmas will be running 10 routes in our local area this December collecting for our Christmas charities. Last year despite tough times for us all, we collected a record amount of donations which was distributed to the named charities, this speaks volumes about our community and its generosity. The routes and approximate times are listed below as are the route maps and as before we have the SANTA SLEIGH TRACKER which can be loaded on your mobile using this QR code or browsing directly to https://glympse.com/!graysrotary Our sleigh routes are as follows:- Monday 11th December 6pm - Stifford Clays Tuesday 12th December 6pm - Tilbury Wednesday 13th December 6pm - Rectory Road North Thursday 14th December 6pm - Chadwell St Mary Friday 15th December 6pm - Grays Saturday 16th December 5pm - Woodside Sunday 17th December 5pm - Blackshots Monday 18th December 6pm - Stanford-le-Hope Tuesday 19th December 6pm - Rectory Road South Wednesday 20th December 6pm - Orsett As usual we will be providing collecting tins for all donations but in addition you can use the following QR code to our Just Giving site - Grays Thurrock Rotary Club Trust Fund |
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Early Christmas visit from the Rotary SantaThe Orsett Hall (our regular weekly home from home) held its Christmas shopping extravaganza and as usual the Rotary Santa made an appearance for charity. Well done to all our collectors and other Elves who collectively raised £235 which was considerably up from last year. Thank you to all who gave so generously. |
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Young Chef 2023This years Young Chef competition held on Thursday 30th November at "Waves" South Essex College was yet again another hugely successful event, with very talented entrants. This years winner and runner up both came from the Hassenbrook Academy:- Winner - Pippa Hammond Runner Up - Archie Harper Our lead Rotarian, Corin Whymark is seen here guiding events and our President John B Smith congratulates the winners, together with some pictures of the children taking part, thoroughly enjoying themselves at the excellent facilities of the South Essex College under the expert oversight of Chef Steve. |
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Technology Tournament 2024Introduction Technology Tournaments are a well-established and successful competition promoted by Rotary International in Britain and Ireland (RGBI). This Tournament is organised by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock supported by the London Cruise Terminal at the Port of Tilbury and the South Essex College (SEC). Each team of four participants is required to design, develop, build and then test a previously set technology task. Date: Tuesday 12th March 2024 Venue: The London Cruise Terminal, Fort Road, Tilbury, RM18 7NG (use postcode for SatNav). Time: Competitors are asked to arrive and register at 12.00. The Tournament will start promptly at 12.30pm and the anticipated finish time is 4.30pm. Aims This competition aims to encourage young people to:
Please head to our Youth Section to download the FULL DETAILS & ENTRY FORM The video below was created by Mark Bradley for the 2018 tournament run by Rotary Clubs in Leeds but gives you a good idea of what to expect |
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Remembrance Sunday 2023Our President John B Smith laid a wreath at the Grays War Memorial at this years Act of Remembrance. The service led as usual by the Revd Canon Darren Barlow was well attended despite the damp weather where the pipes of the Sutherlands and the brass instruments of the Grays Town Band did much to add to the atmosphere. |
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93 This MonthOn the 9th October The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock was 93 years old and is never looking more healthy! On the 10th September 1930, Rotary International issued the Club Charter which was presented to the club in the Queens Hotel, Grays on the 9th October 1930 with over 100 people present at this inauguration. The Presidents Bell was presented by the Southend-on-Sea Club which is our Mother Club. The inaugural meeting of the club which had 15 members by now, included the Headmaster of Palmers College, Roland Hall Accountants, Frank West and W E Walsham (unable to attend at the time) and E V Saxton all notable professionals and business owners from the local area. Today we are over 38 members with Mr John Walsham our current Father of the Club providing continuity (and an enduring link with our origins) over the generations. Our first home was the Queens Hotel and regular lunchtime meetings began with a four course lunch costing 2 shillings, today we meet for lunch at the Orsett Hall (except on the 2nd Thursday of the month where we have an evening meeting, see "Why Not Join Us" section of the website for more details) and it costs £20 for a two course meal! In the early days Rotary allowed only one member per business classification and initially all members were active business men, but today everyone who wants to contribute to society and in particular, people in need, whether in the UK or abroad are welcome to apply for membership, providing they can commit to giving time, their passion and expertise. In the 1930's the club raised funds by a "whip-round" at Christmas and a Christmas party for "Crippled Children" as there were many such children following an outbreak of Polio in the late 1920's. Today we raise substantial sums through various initiatives and give to international appeals such as relief for natural disasters and unfortunately war relief. On the 24th October it was WORLD POLIO DAY and Rotary can be justly proud with its leadership and efforts which have all but eradicated Polio from the world (except for Afghanistan and Pakistan). In the 1960's we started a Tripartite relationship with a club in Germany and Holland with the first joint meeting held in Grays on the 14th May 1960, each year we take turns in hosting the other clubs and it was Grays's turn this year with a truly amazing event in Greenwich and Orsett (see earlier posts). In the 1980's the club sponsored the formation of the Rotary Club of Mardyke Valley with it boundaries the same as the Grays Thurrock Club but they tended to concentrate on the western half of our area. Our involvement in the District and National parts of Rotary remained strong and in 1988 Geoff Player became our second District Governor. In the early 2000's our involvement with "Kids Out" started and is just as strong today (see earlier posts for our recent trip to the Southend Sea Life Centre) and in 2008 we started our annual "Mystery Trip" for members where you just turn up with a few well packed clothes, a few quid in your pocket and your passport for a great few days away. The 2020's were a challenge, particularly the pandemic as we were affected as everybody was and life changed. We continued meetings but by Zoom, so technology came to our aid and the tenure of our President at the time, Adrian Alsop, was extended to 18 months from the normal 12 months. Today with our new President John B Smith we are 38 active members and actively looking to grow and are particularly keen to attract Ladies into our club.
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Our New Associate MemberOn the 12th October 2023, Graham Pinkerton made a welcome return to club membership (he was formally a former full member) as an Associate Member so he can combine his work commitments with club activities. Associate members don't have the same commitments as full members but play an important part in the club affairs while enjoying the fellowship of club members and club activities. Graham continues the Walsham family involvement with the club as his father-in-law is the current Father of the Club and Mr W.E. Walsham was one of the founder members of the club. Below our President Mr John Smith welcomes Graham at his induction. |
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Kids Out 2023The Magnificent Seven - well Seven Rotarians anyway The weather for the day was perfect and two full coach loads of children with their individual carers all from the Treetops School in Thurrock, together with seven of our club Rotarians, were collected in the morning from the school and whisked away to the Southend Sea Life Centre. There the children took great delight in seeing in the aquariums everything from sharks to lobsters and all manner of fish plus monkeys and Meercats. Meanwhile in a forest setting life-size models of pre-historic dinosaurs were found and then finally a colony of Penguins. After lunch at the Sea Life Centre, everyone walked along the Esplanade beside the sea to Adventure Indoors and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon on funfair rides and amusements. We would like to thank the Sea Life Centre and Adventure Indoors for their tremendous generosity in providing the children, and carers (plus of course ourselves) with free access to both venues and a place to have our lunch, its so appreciated and the trip could not have happened without their support. Profound thanks also goes to KB Coaches who heavily discounted the cost of providing two coaches to ferry us all from Treetops School to Southend and back in such comfort and safety. Thanks to Pam Watson Jones the Rotary area coordinator for Kids Out, Steve Payne who organised the day from our end and club members, Bob Paterson, Adrian Alsop, Chris Churchyard, Peter Hoche, Steve Quigley and Clive Page. Note the photo of Rotarians on the Esplanade enjoying a donut – enough said! The coach trip home was quieter than the one out and all the children will no doubt have slept soundly the night after their day at the seaside. Next Year we hope to return to the more usual time of year for this event. |
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A Fabulous Day at the Grays Thurrock Rotary Club Charity Golf Day26 teams of 4 teed off on a shotgun start at Orsett Golf Club for the Grays Thurrock Rotary Charity Golf Day on 22nd August under sun and a brilliant blue sky. With some useful golfers entered, including last year’s winning team, there was an intensive day of competition, seconds before the off, a Spitfire flew low over the course which was a fantastic sight and then the gun was fired soon after at 2.00pm. Teams came off the course at about 6.30pm, happy but tired after 18 holes and a very competitive Putting Competition. At the end of a long hot day competitors relaxed in the club bar regaling stories of the day followed by a lovely meal in the club dining room and a well-supported raffle, auction and prize giving. The overall winner was Trevor Heaps who received the Griffin Residential & Rotary perpetual Trophy, a winner’s trophy, Champagne, a £50 golfing voucher and free entry to next year’s competition. The Runner Up was Gary Bennett who also received Champagne and a golf voucher. The winning team was Gary Bennett (Captain), J Howard, Danny Gallagher and D Bennett who received a sheave of balls and wine. The winning Lady by one point, was Sue Lister and Dave Oakley managed to win a hotly contested Putting Competition by sinking three out of his four balls. Nearest the pin on the 3rd, was won by Dave Lister and nearest the pin in 2 on the 6th, was won by Scott Ourton. There was also a Beat the Pro session which everyone enjoyed, save for perhaps the pro who had to play the same hole 26 times. Having said that those organising the Putting Competition had to watch the same put over 400 times, but all good fun. The raffle was well supported by everyone and had some great prizes, including a TV, a Hamper, a handbag, lots of spirits and vouchers for golf and restaurants from our sponsors. It was a good club team effort but particular thanks go to event organiser Ray Smallcombe, scorer John Smith, Dave Wheatley on programme and admin, Ivan North on entry coordination, Clive Page and Adrian Alsop running the Putting Competition, Dave Hamilton on photography, Kevin Watkins on the raffle and Steve Quigley as score runner. Our principle sponsor Griffins Residential and indeed all our other sponsors, were generous in their support of the event and in all we managed to raise over [£5,000] which will go towards or Clubs charities. Club Past President Clive Page presented the trophies and thanked in particular all the sponsors for their continued support. Next year’s competition will also be at Orsett Golf Club and is already in the diary for 20th August 2024, so if you are interested in entering a team have a look at the club website end of May next year for entry details. You need to be quick because nearly all the teams this year said they would want to come next year. |
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Charity Golf Day a huge successThe second charity golf day held at The Orsett Golf Club by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock on Tuesday 22nd August 2023, was a huge success, with over 100 golfers enjoying beautiful weather on one of the finest courses in the country. The club was first conceived in 1899 by local dignitaries, business men, officers from the Indian Military and landowners, changing and expanding over the century to become as John A Smith the Centenary Captain said " The development of the club over the years has resulted in a Championship golf course and one of the finest in the County", the club also played host to an airfield during WW1. The success of the day was in no small part due to the tireless efforts and organisation of Rotarian Ray Smallcombe and his merry band of Grays Thurrock Rotary club members who organised the raffle, manned the putting competition, photographer, published the guide and produced course maps plus many more logistic activities. The Orsett Golf Club too was not only very supportive but played an active and essential part in the success of the day with the club manager Michael Bruce and deputy manager Sue Coleman particularly noted for their enthusiastic support along with members Jim Scales and David Stitson acting as Marshalls for the day. In a series of updates this is the first brief look at the fun and sportsmanlike competitive spirit that the players contributed along with a hint of the hard work required to stage such an event. |
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New District Governor - David Willis and his ADG visit the ClubThe new Governor of our district 1240, David Willis, visited the club with the Assistant District Governor, Norman Ellenby. David mentioned the relatively short term of one year for each appointment making it a challenge to see through initiatives but nevertheless committed to putting in a huge amount of time and passion into his theme for 2023/24 being "Create hope in the World" and his chosen personal charity 'Young lives versus cancer". David made it clear that Rotarians change peoples lives for the better every day both at home and around the world. Our charitable giving and the individual efforts of Rotarians who are always front and centre when a crisis engulfs people are clear examples of this, with the war in Ukraine and the earthquake in Turkey and Syria being recent notable examples. In both crises Rotary had produced lorry loads of relief aid and donated millions of pounds within weeks of them unfolding. David emphasised the importance of networking and meeting people so is likely to have a busy year visiting the clubs in the district, plus this year will see the first joint District Conference with us joining with Beds, Bucks and Herts District with JJ Chalmers being our guest speaker alongside those from charities and other organisations. Our new Governor also recognised the significant contribution that The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock makes and with a growing membership is successfully swimming against the tide of dwindling membership in some clubs. ADG Norman Ellenby also offered his time and support to the club which was appreciated. Pictured below is our new president John B Smith welcoming both Governor Willis and ADG Ellenby to the club where they joined us for lunch at The Orsett Hall.
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Another valued sponsor for our Charity Golf DayWe are delighted to announce that Rowland Hall have been added to our roll call of valued sponsors of our Charity Golf Day, a huge "Thank-You" to them. |
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Presidents Weekend 2023 - Sancerre24 Rotarians and partners travelled to Sancerre in central France for the President’s Weekend from Friday 23rd to Monday 26th June 2023. The weekend started on the Friday with a drinks party and buffet meal in the garden of Clive and Fiona’s holiday home in the village, where we partied well into the night, some having a dip in the pool and a game of boule. The next day it was down to the Wine Museum in Sancerre to discover how wine is made and the history of the terroir – the moisture squirted into one’s face at the appropriate time during the 3D interactive film was a laugh. It was followed by a wine tasting on the museum terrace. After lunch and in brilliant sunshine (temp in excess of 30 degrees), Clive took everyone for a guided walk around the town, following the red line painted in the street. It started at the Esplanade Porte-Cesar with a fantastic panoramic view of the Loire and finished at the library on the other side of town with another great view of the vineyards. After this everyone retreated to their swimming pools for a well-earned swim and a cool down. In the early evening there was a wine tasting at the Joseph Mellot Historic Cellar in town. We were shown around by the owner and a follow Rotarian, Catherine Corbeau-Mellot and her son Armond, who explained how wine was stored in oak barrels and how to get the best out of the delicious Sancerre and Pouilly Fume wines we were tasting. Later we walked to the Joseph Mellot Auberge Restaurant in the town Square for a three-course meal paired with appropriate wines. There were informal speeches and we were able to meet the President of the Sancerre and Cosne Rotary Club Regis Jouan and his partner, Christiane, who were our guests. Regis was glad to receive his Grays Thurrock Rotary tie which he wore with pride and Clive received a banner and a bottle of Sancerre wine engraved with the club’s name. On the Sunday everyone was again greeted in the morning by brilliant sunshine and blue skies for another hot day. We gathered at the Joseph Mellot Winery at 10.00am for a tour and explanation of how the wine is made, from grape crushers to giant stainless-steel vats and the bottling and packaging plants. Joseph Mellot’s three wineries produce 1.4 – 1.6 million bottles of wine a year. We even had a chance to look at the developing grapes on the nearby vines – harvest expected mid-September. After the tour, you guessed it, there was another wine tasting in the Winery. After lunch a convey of cars met at the Panoramic hotel and we drove down to the banks of the Loire at St Satur, where our party was split into two groups, one of which went for a walk along the Loire and finished with a ice cream in the Cafe, while the other group went for a boat trip along the river to the Wildlife Sanctuary and back – onboard Fiona oversaw the nibbles and wine. When they returned an hour later it was the first groups turn to jump on the boat with Fiona for the second river boat trip of the day. That evening, we met for the final evening meal at the Le Connétable Restaurant and eat al fresco on the terrace in the town Square. After an informal meal of huge portions, we said our goodbyes and retired to the bars of the town or our accommodation, all having had a great time. Many thanks to the President and particularly his partner Fiona East, for organising the event. |
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Charity Golf Day 2023We are holding a Charity Golf Day in August hoping to repeat the huge success that was last years competition, made possible this year by our kind sponsors and hard work by club members. Please click on our "Golf Day" in the menu bar at the top for the entry form. |
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Our New PresidentOur Rotary year runs from 1st July to 30th June each year and the first meeting of the year is usually the occasion for the handover from the outgoing President to the incoming one. Usually very informal, including handing over the heavy chain most Presidents wear for formal occasions. Club presidents plan and lead club meetings, set goals, encourage communication between club and district committees, review expenditures, participate in decisions, and motivate club members, they also collaborate with the district governor and assistant governor. Below we see outgoing President Clive Page hand over the chain of office to our new President John Smith, good luck to John and we all wish him a successful and enjoyable Presidential year. |
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Two new members brings us up to 38 active membersTwo new members inducted at our regular luncheon meeting at the Orsett Hall, bringing our thriving club membership up to 38 active members! On 1st June, after the usual induction process, the Club President inducted two new members, Mr Ross Bungsraz, proposed by Rotarian Rajan Mohile and Mr Barry Price, proposed by Rotarian Alan Peaford MBE. Our President Clive Page officiated and presented their badges and welcomed them to the club and the fellowship of Rotary. Both new members look forward getting involved with all the activities of the Club. |
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Presidents Tripartite 2023 |
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Tripartite 2023The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock hosted the 62nd Tripartite of the Rotary Clubs of Iserlohn, Voorschoten-Leidschendam and Grays Thurrock in Greenwich and Orsett. The weekend began on Friday 26th with a golf tournament at the Orsett Golf Club for the golfers of the three clubs and then in the evening a drinks reception was held at the Orsett Hall before the groups then went on to members houses for evening dinner parties. On Saturday the fun started with a ride on the IFS Cloud Cable Car which took them to Greenwich for lunch and a free afternoon touring the Cutty Sark, Maritime Museum, The Royal Observatory, local shops and the Royal Park. A drinks reception was held at the Old Brewery Hall with a marvellous string quartet entertaining them before dinner. On Sunday a brunch was held in the Gold Room at the Orsett Hall where following a solid breakfast speeches from our President Clive Page and the President Elect of the Iserlohn Club thanked all involved and confirmed the dates of the 63rd meeting which will be held on the 10th to the 12th May 2024 hosted by the Iserlohn Club. Our President and the Presidents of the Dutch and German clubs thanked the Grays Thurrock Tripartite team of Kevin Watkins, Adrian Alsop, Raj Mobile and Clive Page for a truly fantastic job organising such a successful event. Photos of the whole weekend can be seen below
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Our New Paul Harris Fellow - Clive AttwoodClive Attwood receives the Paul Harris Fellowship Award from our President, Clive Page and proposer Ray Smallcombe for his long and distinguished service to Rotary and the club. Rotary established the recognition in 1957 to encourage and show appreciation for substantial contributions to Rotary and Rotary Foundation. Many other notable figures have been named Paul Harris Fellows, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. astronaut James Lovell, UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, and polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk. |
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Coronation of King Charles & Queen CamillaCongratulations to their Majesties King Charles and Queen Camilla A wonderful spectacular that only GB can do and a moment in history for our nation. Photo credit Chris Jackson |
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Young Chef Workshop - new Jamie Oliver's in the makingOn Wednesday 29th March, Fellow Rotarians, Corin Whymark and Nick Wilkinson organised with Steve Deal the Group Commercial Catering Manager at South Essex College, a spin-off of Rotary’s Young Chef competition called ‘Young Chef Workshop’. Twelve students from three Thurrock Secondary Schools attended the College and were asked to cook a three-course meal. This was Rotary Young Chef with a twist because, Thurrock’s answer to Jamie Oliver, Chef Steve Deal, showed the teams how to cook the three dishes – Eggs Florentine; Chicken & Asparagus Risotto and Deconstructed Strawberry Cheesecake - at the college’s excellently equipped student kitchens in the Grays Campus. Steve’s dishes were then displayed in the kitchen and off the young chefs went to their individual workstations to prepare and cook their own submissions. The kitchen was a hive of activity with Steve floating around offering the benefit of his culinary skills. All the students did exceptionally well and then came the judging. The poor judges, Steve and Corin, tasted 36 dishes and wrote detailed feedback sheets for each competitor. Steve also gave individual appraisals which everyone enjoyed. At the end of the competition, all competitors were given a certificate of participation and a goody bag from the College. Steve announced the winner as Finley Chilvers from The Gateway Academy and he received the winner’s Young Chef trophy, an Amazon voucher and a cookery book from the Club’s President, Clive Page. The club would like to thank all the competitors and their teachers for making the day an educational and fun event. One of the teachers who attended said, “All the students worked extremely hard and produced some great dishes and had the experience of working with Steve who was amazing, it was lovely being part of the day.” What more can you say, apart from again thanking South Essex College and its head chef Steve Deal for the use of the fantastic facilities, expertise and materials for the event and for agreeing to run the competition again next year. As for the competitors, you can see where the celebrity chefs of tomorrow are produced |
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Thurrock Primary Mathletics CompetitionEVENT UPDATE THURROCK PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ MATHLETICS THURSDAY 4TH MAY 2023 It’s nearly time for the very exciting and fun Mathematics Competition that the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock runs in partnership with the Gateway Learning Community. Our Maths Quiz has been running very successfully for several years and this year we have invited young mathematicians from Year 5 to participate. The competition is open to all schools across Thurrock, and they are invited to submit a Year 5 team of four pupils. |
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Two new members officially welcomedThe club welcomed two new members Mr Chris Churchyard who was proposed by Rotarian Alan Peaford MBE and Mr Tony Bold proposed by Rotarian Ray Smallcombe. Our President Clive Page officiated and presented their badges. |
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A Lovely Letter from one of our Charities |
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Young Artist 2023 - JuniorHere are the excellent entries in the Junior age group (up to and including 10 years old) well done to both of them Frankie Ella English - Woodside - Highly Commended Arisha Ahsan - Quarry Hill - Commended |
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Young Artists 2023 IntermediateHere are the excellent entries in the Intermediate age group (11 to 13 years old) well done to all of them Maraizal Morton - William Edwards School - Highly Commended Maja Malgorzata Sypek - Hathaway - Highly Commended Emerald Agyeman - Orsett Heath - Commended Jonah Brooking - William Edwards - Commended August Giedraityte - Orsett Heath - Commended Alysha Kushierz - Hathaway - Commended |
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Young Artists Competition WinnersWe are pleased to recognise the winners of the Young Artist Competition which is a competition open to all young people living in Thurrock (from the very young right up to 17 years old) and is designed to encourage and develop skills in traditional and contemporary media. Organised and promoted by Rotary International GB and Ireland, this years' theme was "Sunset and Sunrise" and our winners have been entered into the next stage which will be the District competition and may (fingers crossed) lead to the Nationals. Here are the winning pictures by Lexi Harle from William Edwards School who won the Intermediate Category (11 to 13 years old) and Simon Statil from Quarry Hill School who won the Junior Category (up and including 10 years old). Congratulations to them both and GOOD LUCK in the District Competition. Lexi Harle - Intermediate Category Winner Simon Statil Junior Category Winner |
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"Thank you" to our Supermarket FriendsOur President, Clive Page, thanked our Supermarket friends (ASDA, Sainsbury's and Tesco) for allowing us to hold our Christmas collections at their stores, which including our sleigh runs raised over £10,795. Pictured below with our President (centre) are Josh Obrien (Store Manager, Tesco Lakeside) Angela Mitchell (Community Champion, Tesco Lakeside) and Kim Morgan (Community Champion, ASDA Tilbury). |
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Christmas Collections - Cheque Presentations to our CharitiesThe Club held its annual Cheque Presentation Lunch at Orsett Hall on Thursday 2nd March, to distribute the funds collected for our chosen Christmas charities. The Club President said, “From mid-December until Christmas Eve we held public collections, ran 10 Sleigh Routes around the streets of Thurrock, a static display here at Orsett Hall and spent 8 days collecting inside three major Thurrock supermarkets. We managed to collect, including recovered tax and donations, a total of £10,795, which despite the World Cup, the inclement weather and a cost of living crisis, speaks volumes about the generosity of the residents of Thurrock and the efforts of our collectors.” In attendance were the following guests, all of whom gave inspirational and moving acceptance speeches, Sue Little from the local Barnardo’s branch; Jon Brewer and Anthony Hattam (the Head Teachers from Treetops and Treetops Free Schools) and Aron Lane from Little Havens Children’s Hospice - all three charities receiving a cheque for £2,500 for their respective charities. Peter Newall the Operations Manager at the Thurrock Foodbank, received a cheque for £89, being the balance we collected for them on our card reader and having already received £1,588 that we collected at Sainsbury’s plus a substantial Club donation before Christmas. The Club also forwarded cheques to two national charities who gave their apologies for absence from the lunch, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital (GOSH) who received £2,500; and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) who received £434. Sue Little - Bernardo's Jon Brewer and Anthony Hattam - Treetops Ashley - Little Havens Children's Hospice Peter Newall - Thurrock Food Bank |
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Community ServicesGrays Thurrock Rotary is a thriving, active part of Thurrock, whose members are drawn from local professions and businesses but is also a part of a worldwide organisation that raises and donates £ billions annually to worthy causes. One of our aims is to provide support for Charities, especially those whose work impacts the people of Thurrock, we also regularly make financial contributions to local charities as well as individuals. So how can we help? We have a small amount of money that may help solve an immediate issue. Our members also have a considerable amount of knowledge and experience, drawn from all walks of life that may be able to offer support. Any request has to be considered by our Community Services committee; we are not able to support all requests but we do try. If you know of any person, family or club that needs support or charity that is trying to help the local community but experiencing a challenging time please contact us or alternatively forward this communication to them and ask them to contact us.
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Youth Debate a thumping successThe Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock sponsorship of the Youth Debate saw excellent candidates and the winning team in each category (Intermediate and Senior) of this event may be invited to represent Thurrock in the Rotary District 1240 competition at Chelmsford and from there have an opportunity to compete at the National finals. There intermediate winners, seen here with our President Clive Page, came from the Convent School with Khusi Thakkar winning Outstanding Chairperson and Aiofe Connelly the Outstanding Debate Proposer. |
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District Youth Debate CompetitionESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL HAVE ONCE AGAIN AGREED FOR OUR COMPETITIONS TO BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, DUKE STREET, CHELMSFORD. INTERMEDIATES (Ages 11-13 YEARS) & SENIORS (Ages 14-17years) TUESDAY 28th FEBRUARY 2023 Students must be seated by 4.45p.m. to commence the Competition at 5.00p.m. prompt. (Approximate finish at 7.30pm) We look forward to welcoming you to the Council Chamber and know you will be rewarded with a range of subjects executed by some talented young people. |
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End Polio Now!Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years, our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year. Here our President and Rotarians Adrian Alsop and Bob Paterson are seen planting more Crocus bulbs as part of this vital initiative. |
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An Intro into Rotary from Rotary Great Britain & Ireland |
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The Boys of 1905 - A History of RotaryAn excellent documentary of the beginnings of Rotary, its a little long but a unique historical perspective |
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Thurrock Rugby Club Youth AcademyYoung Thurrock Rugby Club members look resplendent in their new Academy jerseys. Its such a pleasure to see how the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock can partner with Thurrock Rugby Club, by even a small donation to their running costs, to make a positive difference to young lives. |
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Technology TournamentDate: Wednesday 15th March 2023 Venue: The London Cruise Terminal, Fort Road, Tilbury, RM18 7NG (use postcode for SatNav). Time: Competitors are asked to arrive and register at 12.00. The Tournament will start promptly at 12.30pm and the anticipated finish time is 4.30pm. Technology Tournaments are a well-established and successful competition promoted by Rotary International in Britain and Ireland (RGBI). This Tournament is organised by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock in association with the London Cruise Terminal at the Port of Tilbury. Entrants may participate in a club or district competition that is outside of their geographical boundary but may compete in only one Rotary club or Rotary district Technology Tournament. The competition is open to all schools and college communities and any other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides etc. and the age group for participants is 11 to 16 years old. Each team of four participants is required to design, develop, build and then test a previously set technology task as well as show they can work within a team and communicate with each other to achieve a common goal; Tasks are based on engineering principals, but also be creative and constructive, showing their command of time management skills. PLEASE GO TO OUR YOUTH EVENTS TAB TO DOWNLOAD THE INFO PACK |
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Young Musician Competition WinnerThe Young Musician Competition (an arrangement between the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock and the Thurrock Music Service) held at the Gateway Academy saw around 30 very talented entrants this year. The winner was Melda Kondoz who played El Choclo by Angel Villoldo on the violin which was an absolute joy to listen to, our runner up was Ismael Dosoo who sang the Coronation Mass in C Major by Mozart, both of these talented young people have been entered into the Rotary 1240 District Young Musician competition being held at Chelmsford Cathedral on Saturday 18th February 2023. Tickets for the event at the Cathedral cost £5 and can be ordered from ian.t.mcmeekan@btinternet.com , doors open at 6pm and the event starts at 7pm. Our President, Rotarian Clive Page, presented the winner and runner up with their trophies. |
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Santa Sleigh Update***********I'm BACK*********** Those lovely folk at Grays Thurrock Rotary are putting on an extra night to make up for us missing Sunday. So tomorrow night my Sleigh will be riding through Chadwell from 6pm, please come out and see me and all my Elves. The route is shown in the maps below but remember you can track my sleigh using the app and please don't forget to check out our Facebook page. I look forward to meeting as many of you as I can. Love and a very Merry Christmas Santa and his Grays Thurrock Rotary Elves ******Unfortunately SUNDAY 18th's Sleigh Ride through Chadwell St Mary has had to be POSTPONED****** An up to date route for our sleigh ride through Chadwell tonight Saturday 17th December from 6pm, please come and see us |
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Christmas Sleigh Routes UpdateA Message from Santa Those nice folks from Grays Thurrock Rotary Club will be pulling my sleigh again on our next 8 routes all starting at 6pm Monday 12th Rectory Road North Wednesday 14th Blackshots Thursday 15th Grays Friday 16th Woodside Saturday 17th Chadwell Sunday 18th Chadwell Monday 19th Rectory Road South Tuesday 20th Thurrock Park and Orsett Our route maps are below and are subject to Crown Copyright
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Christmas Sleigh RoutesSLEIGH ROUTES ANNOUNCED Whilst, unlike Santa, we can't be everywhere, we have tried to put together some interesting routes for our Santa, his Elves and the Sleigh. If you have the time, its fun to download the Santa Sleigh Tracker (at https://www.sleightracker.co.uk/357 )so you can see where we are, but here are three routes for you to look at. |
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Christmas 2022 Collections UpdateWe are really looking forward to seeing you at Sainsbury's Chafford Hundred THIS FRIDAY from 9am to 5pm and then on SATURDAY 10th and SUNDAY 11th. Our Elves and the odd Santa look-alike will be wearing name badges and Rotary Tabbards so you can identify us, this year, at Sainsbury's, we will be collecting for Thurrock Foodbank only. Our other collections at Asda, Tilbury will be on the 15TH, 16TH AND 17TH DECEMBER and at Tesco, Lakeside on the FRIDAY 23RD DECEMBER AND CHRISTMAS EVE 9am to 5pm and 100% of all donations will be split between the charities noted below. Our collectors will have a card reader for donations, recognising that not all of us carry much cash these days, but also the traditional collection boxes, we are very grateful for any donation, it all helps those less well off than ourselves. Please donate what you can but we will also be happy just to say hello and wish you a Merry Christmas. |
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A Very Rotary SantaThe sound of sleigh bells will fill the air as the Grays Thurrock Rotary Club teams up with Santa to raise funds for our charities, come out and see us and join in the fun. Please go to our Facebook page to see the message from Santa but if you want to track our sleigh as it makes its way through the borough please go to https://www.sleightracker.co.uk/357to download our App. This year we have been focusing on supporting local needs as much as our established initiatives. |
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Christmas is ComingThe first outing of 2022 for our new sleigh was at The Orsett Hall, please see our Facebook Page for a message from Santa. |
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Youth Activities Update from NickThe Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock sponsors and supports a number of Youth Competitions, here is an update from Nicholas Wilkinson Despite a really challenging year, the team have made excellent progress. The Young Musician is being held on Saturday 26th November with a good number of entrants spread between the three categories so it promises to be a rewarding and successful event. Despite the valiant efforts of Corin, the Young Chef competition is looking doubtful, but the Technology Tournament is looking very promising with the Cruise Terminal confirming they are happy to support this. The Youth Debate will be held at The Beehive following a successful meeting that Corin and Nick had with them. Bob and Nick have meetings planned with the two SEC judges to get the Young Photographer and Young Filmmaker off the ground. Thanks to Raj's hard work the LAMP project is now underway and a meeting with the participating school is imminent
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Paul Harris Fellowship Awards 2022President Clive Page presents the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship Awards to two long standing Rotarians for their outstanding service. Congratulations to Bob Paterson and Dr Kevin Watkins
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Rotary supports Junior Rugby at Thurrock Rugby ClubThe President and Members of our Club attended Thurrock Rugby Club on 6th November to present a cheque for £500 to Mr Ken Laybourn, for youth team equipment and kit. The clubhouse was packed with junior rugby players for their Monday evening training session and the President said the Club was glad to support an activity that gives so much to the young people of Grays Thurrock. |
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The District Governor CommestThe District Governor comest for Lunch. Twenty seven Rotarians sat down to lunch with Jed Brooks the District Governor at Orsett Hall on Thursday 3rd November. After lunch Jed gave an interesting and uplifting speech on the future of Rotary and presented to our sports captain, Bob Paterson, the Districts prestigious Hugh Markham Trophy, that the club had won earlier in the year. |
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Purple4Polio Crocus Planting 2022ADDING A SPLASH OF COLOUR TO OUR COMMUNITIES Spring each year, sees a beautiful purple carpet of crocus blooming in many communities across Great Britain and Ireland thanks to the Purple Crocus Corm planting to raise awareness of the Rotary fight for a polio free world. Planting the purple crocus corms by Rotary and many community groups is a great way of getting active, having fun and talking to lots of different people about the need to eradicate the life threatening and disabling polio virus. |
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Quiz Night at Thurrock Rugby Club at 7:30pm on Friday 28th OctoberGrays Thurrock Rotary are holding a quiz night at Thurrock Rugby Club in aid of Polio Eradication at 7:30 prompt on FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2022
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HM Queen Elizabeth IIRotary Remembers Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Hugh Markham Trophy - SMITERotarians from Manningtree were ‘smitten’ by a team from Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock and East Thurrock in the district multi-sports final
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CHARITY GOLF DAY 2022 - THE BEST EVENT SO PARHugely successful CHARITY GOLF DAY raises over £4,000
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CLUB NIGHT a real FEASTOur July Club Night saw a return to Feast
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Thurrock Foodbank DonationGrays Rotary agreed yesterday to donate £500 to Thurrock Foodbank to help assist those in need over the Christmas period. Although the funds were sent electronically for speed, President Adrian is shown below outside Thurrock Foodbank with a presentation cheque. |
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Even Santa has to go shopping |
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Ormiston Park Academy Garden Project
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Clive Banbury
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90 Years of RotaryRotary Club of Grays Thurrock celebrates 90 yearsOn 9th October 2020, the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock celebrates 90 years of service in the community. The club is as active today as it was when its Charter was presented back in 1930. Our Youth Services section has provided to local youth, annual events for, Photography, Writing, Cooking, Public Speaking, Music, Art, Filmmaking, Mathematics and a Technology Tournament. Within the community, we have provided much support, including the provision of school dictionaries, foodbank funding, hampers at Christmas to the needy and equipment to Basildon Hospital Dementia Unit to fight this debilitating disease. We didn’t stop during the pandemic either, providing funding for the manufacture of gowns and visors which were distributed to local health professionals. Residents will also know of the annual visit of Father Christmas and his elves on the Rotary Sleigh, collections outside local supermarkets and of course the annual Christmas Concert, (this year to be held virtually), all of which raised vital funds in support local and national charities. – this year four children’s charities. Rotary supports the needy both at home and worldwide and our global efforts to eradicate polio were recently acknowledged by Parliament and the PM, a task which looks to be nearly complete. We have also been there with, water making facilities, shelter boxes and support in response to the world’s natural disasters. Grays Rotary President, Elaine Stephens said, “We are proud of what our club has achieved over 90 years and we look forward to what we can do in the future. We welcome new members and for those interested, there is much detail about the club and our activities on our website www.graysthurrockrotary.org.uk”. The Club meets every Thursday and has substantial community projects on the go and a lively social programme for its members. |
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Elaine's Miles for SmilesPresident Elaine is planning on walking 150 Miles for Smiles raising much needed funds for Operation Smile. Operation Smile provides free cleft surgeries for children around the globe. It trains local doctors to give them the expertise to carry out these surgeries long after they have gone. In as little as 45 minutes & for just £150 we can provide surgery that will transform a child’s life forever. It is easy to take for granted the surgical care we have available. But for too many people safe surgery is not an option. Children born with cleft lip and palate in the developing world cannot access the surgery they desperately need for a healthy, happy future. Instead they face difficulty breathing, eating and speaking and are left to live in social isolation due to the stigma surrounding their condition. It costs as little as £150 and takes just 45 minutes to provide this life-changing surgery. Please donate at Elaine's donation page - just click on |
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Rotary Club pays £500 for more PPEAs a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a worldwide shortage of all types of personal protective equipment (PPE). To counter this, across the world, ordinary people have been producing replacements for these pieces of in-demand PPE. Currently, across the UK, there are thousands of people collaborating and using their own 3d printing machines to produce the plastic headbands for shield visors that are required when treating potential COVID-19 patients. The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock have donated £500 towards the production of these visors and these are being distributed to local NHS workers who need them. Our gallant hero wished to remain anonymous but our thanks go out to him! pictured trying out the PPE visor is local dentist Mr Iain Ramsay click through to see how the process works |
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Rotary World First for Grays ThurrockIn an historic move tonight the Rotary Club of Grays, Thurrock may just have pulled off a UK first or even a World first - we awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship (the top honour in Rotary) VIRTUALLY! During this evening's regular lockdown Thursday Zoom Meeting Derek Swan was surprised at home with his award by local colleague, Iain Ramsay - no rules were broken - social distancing was observed and wife Linda pinned the badge on the proud recipient for the rest of the Club to watch on the Internet The proud and deserved recipient Derek Swan pictured here having just been surprised on the doorstep! Derek joined our Club on 14 July 1983 - A busy year for the Club as we sponsored the formation of Mardyke Valley Rotary Club that year. In the early years he was heavily involved in the work of the International Committee. Then, like now, he enjoyed travelling (for social purposes) - Skiing, holidaying, having a good time. He has always been at the front in everything that is happening in Rotary and has always been a very keen and active participant in Tripartite. In 1985 he masterminded the raffle of a mini car (in those days you could buy one and have change from £500), it made £400 profit. He served as President of the Club in 1995/96. Following this he returned to normal duties, i.e. involved in everything, until he took over as Hon. Secretary in 2012/13 the role he still occupies. A retired Grays Dentist who has served the Club and the Community unstintingly for almost 40 years WELL DONE DEREK - A THOROUGHLY DESERVED AWARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED ON (BEHIND YOUR BACK) |
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Virtual 70's NightThe Club will not be deterred by a Virus - Oh No! We organised a 70's night for the President and a 70's Night WE WILL DO! But not as you know it we are VIRTUAL (virtually!) At the point this news story went live dozens of Rotarians are at this very moment tucking into Cheese on a stick and Vol au Vents Prawn Cocktail Chicken in the Basket Black Forest Gateaux accompanied by lashings of Blue Nun and Mateus Rose Double Diamond or Tartan Bitter (Carlsberg Special Brew for the hard cases) R Whites lemonade for the non drinkers Remember the 70's - what a depressing time they were: It was the decade of strikes, electricity shortages and piles of rotting rubbish on the street. There was more to the 1970s, such as music, fashion and long, hot summers. But the industrial unrest had a huge impact. "I remember one time I had to wait two hours outside a fruit shop just to get some milk!" "I used to love power cuts. We would have candles and mum made us all Bovril to drink. We would sit around the coal fire and my dad told me fairies lived in it. That kept me entertained for hours. Better than Crackerjack!!" "Candles... I was about 8/9 during the three-day week. Mum made it sound exciting like the Blitz but it wasn't. Apart from that my abiding memories is of dreariness, decay and depression apart from the summer of 76 of course" if you want to see what our 70's looked like then click through |
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The Lockdown QuizSo you are shut away with nothing to do Well I am going to exercise those brain cells - over the next five days I will post 20 questions each day on different topics and you download the word doc or pdf from our website homepage - answer the questions and return it to me however you can - The Webmaster - in the contacts list on the homepage if you don't already know my contact details - Sorry but GDPR rules and regs prevent me from giving my email address out publicly. There is a pdf version in AVAILABLE DOWNLOADS on the homepage also if you cannot use the word doc file - don't forget - the non Grays Rotary Club members can send them via the contacts list to the Webmaster (almost at the bottom of the list) Just a quick run through of the rules to avoid any complications: I am the Quizmaster therefore: 1. I am right - even if I am wrong I am still right 2. There are no prizes 3. I am still right 4. The answers must get to me by 6pm 5. In case you thought there was room for misunderstanding - no there isn't - I am still right 6. If I can't understand your answers they must be wrong 7. 5 DAYS 20 MARKS EACH DAY - POSSIBLE SCORE 100 MARKS Where are the questions - scroll down the page to the Download Files on the right hand side of the page and they will magically appear everyday and I will TRY to post the results also as we go along but no promises! GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY ps when you download any file it usually appears on the bottom left of your screen and you click it to open it - people are telling me it doesn't download - yes it does - you are just not looking for it - most downloads happen like this - this is not my doing! You see you are learning at the same time. |
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Lockdown Quiz ResultsSORRY FOR THE DELAY - I WAS WAITING ON SOME ENTRIES BUT IT IS TOO LATE NOW! THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT TOOK PART AFTER MANY HOURS OF DELIBERATION AND CURSING - AND THAT WAS JUST ME MAKING UP THE QUESTIONS I CAN ANNOUNCE AFTER 5 DAYS AND 100 QUESTIONS |
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A lot of bovver to make them hover!"Thurrock's Top Junior Scientists battle it out at the 2020 Technology Tournament Nine teams from five schools in the area were entered at this year’s Technology Tournament organised by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock and South Essex College. The overall winners were Grays Convent High School (top photo) with their amusingly named hovercraft, "The Flying Nun". There were also certificates for: the straightest running hovercraft, Treetops School (middle photo); the fastest hovercraft, Hathaway Academy (bottom photo), for the best Teamwork shown, Gable Hall School and for the best designed hovercraft, again Grays Convent High School.
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Talented Brush Strokes - go one furtherWe are very pleased to announce that Lillian's winning entry in our local heat won the District Heat and will now go forward to the National Finals - GOOD LUCK LILLIAN We now have the winners of the Grays Thurrock Rotary Young Artist Competition: The Rotary theme this year was "Through my Eyes". The winning entry of the Senior Section was an oil on stretched canvas (30x40cms) and was painted by Lillian Tagg, a student at William Edwards School. This was Lillian's description as to how her artwork relates to the competition theme: "Seeing how people can view their own bodies compared to reality and how people can be blinded by things when seeing it through their own eyes" The winning entry of the Intermediate Section was also an oil on stretched canvas (36x45cms) and was painted by Isabella Jasper, also a student at William Edwards School. Isabella's description of her composition was "I decided to draw the World in an eye because I see the World as everchanging. The sunset background signifies my love of sunsets. This means that the World can be seen in many different ways depending on the person" Well done to both of you-many congratulations and thanks to all our entries this year - it has been a fabulous experience just seeing the many varied variations on a theme - inspiring! |
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SNAP HappySNAP informs, encourages and supports parents and carers, enabling them to provide the best possible help to their children via a range of online resources, together with activities and services at the SNAP centre and the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock is proud to support SNAP Rotarian Clive Ingram handing over a cheque to SNAP for £500 to help them continue their good work
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An Indian TaleClub members taking a well earned break from all the stressful activities that makes Rotary so rewarding - of course someone needs to organise this too but thankfully we have Bob Paterson for such things with kind thanks To Village Indiya also for allowing 30 Rotarians to eat them out of house and home! |
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The Great Christmas Giveaway Well we have done it - we have given away a record amount from our 2019 Christmas campaign and here is President Elaine with the cheques to prove it! |
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Budding Young Writer recognisedThe Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock was pleased to be able to present a Certificate of Participation to Ashley Palipana in recognition of his entry in the Young Writer Competition. His well written and thoughtful entry, whilst not selected as the winner, was one of several outstanding entries that the judges discussed for quite a while before selecting the successful entry. He has also participated in the Rotary Club Young Musician competition, and is also looking at further competitions running this year. The club wishes him well in his future activities, and looks forward to his participation next year. President Elaine with Ashley
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Sean takes Runner up Spot at DistrictThe winner of our local heat of Rotary Young Musician, Sean Corrigan (see below) has just taken Runner Up spot at the District Finals at Chelmsford Cathedral - in a closely contested competition the judges declared that it was difficult to separate the top three candidates but in the end awarded our young clarinettist second place - Well Done Sean a delighted Sean with his Runner Up silverware
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Another First for the ClubThe Club was delighted to award the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship to Owner of Smiths Orchard Garden Centre, Helen Bradwell in recognition of the many years of the help and assistance that she and her employees have given to the Club particularly in relation to the Christmas Collections and the never ending amount of coins they cheerfully count and bag up for us - remember this year alone we collected £12,000 in coins so this is no small task - not only is this the first time Grays Thurrock Rotary Club has awarded this to someone outside of the Club but it is also the first time a woman has been recognised so we are very proud to be breaking new ground on many fronts. Helen receiving her surprise award last week from President Elaine On receiving the award, Helen declared "Thank you so much for the honour given me and my company through the Paul Harris Fellowship award - I am very proud to be associated with Grays Thurrock Rotary Club, its charities and long term aspirations such as the eradication of polio -Thank you again for the honour
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Young Musicians Hit the Right NoteThe Gateway Academy hosted the Rotary Young Musician Competition local heat and what a turn out we got. The overall winner was judged to be clarinettist Sean Corrigan who performed Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet Sonatina. Sean will go on to compete at the District Finals at Chelmsford Cathedral and hopefully will play at The Rotary Christmas Concert next year also. for the other winners please click Read More
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Santa Claus Is Coming to TownFresh out of his Diary - Here are the first details of the Sleigh appearances Friday 6th December Stifford Clays 6-8pm Saturday 7th December Blackshots 4-6pm Sunday 8th December Chadwell West 4-6pm Monday 9th December Rectory Road North 6-8pm Tuesday 10th December Rectory Road South 6-8pm..............................REARRANGED Thursday 12th December Chadwell East 6-8pm Friday 13th December South Grays 6-8pm Sunday 15th December Grays Town 4-6pm Monday 16th December King Edward Drive/ Parkside 6-8pm Tuesday 17th December Rectory Road South 6-8pm Thursday 19th December Tilbury 6-8pm To see the routes in detail click Read More
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Thurrock Chef Cooks up a WinThis Rotary Club in Partnership with the South Essex College (SEC) once again ran the Young Chef competition at the SEC campus in Grays. The competition was fierce, and the judges had some difficult decisions to make. Each student had to produce a three-course meal costing no more than £20. A detailed menu and a costings sheet had to be submitted before the event started. In the end there could only be one winner though and Head Judge, Graeme Collie, Head of Commercial Catering at the SEC declared Amreet Dhillon from Grays Convent High School to be top chef on the day. Standards were high and it was a close call. Amreet will now represent Thurrock at the Essex District Competition in the new year. all the student chefs with Head Judge Graeme Collie The Victor Amreet with Rotary President Elaine Stevens (right) and her teacher from the Convent Louise Caruana (left). |
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Strange Santa Sightings all over Thurrock Our latest project bursts into life with the distribution of our fabulous new Christmas collecting tins This picture on our new Christmas Charity tins will be an ever increasing sight across the Borough and many thanks to the following establishments for allowing us to collect in this way: The Old Shant - 432 London Road, Grays The Courtyard Inn - Clarence Road, Grays The Wharf - Wharf Road South, Grays |
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Concert Shows Thurrock at it's BestTo see the show highlights please click here we are very grateful to our event photographers Trebor Photography Who gave up their time and considerable experience for free Email: photographer@treborphotography.comTelephone: 01376 786995 |
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The Proms come to Orsett HallA Brand New Concert For Thurrock Tickets Go On Sale Soon |
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Exclusive Limited Edition CalendarThis Rotary Club is proud to launch it's first ever Charity Calendar - reflecting what the Club has been up to over the past 12 months the A4 sized wall hanging calendar is produced on high quality gloss card with pin sharp images to match. If you really still don't know what we do then come and browse the 12 calendar months to see for yourself but hurry because they really are limited edition and will sell out before Christmas and they are priced at £10 - all the profits raised will go towards the innumerable charitable causes that we help with during a typical Rotary year. Click on Calendars in the contacts on this homepage and leave your details JUST £10 EACH and JUST 1 BOX LEFT when they are gone they are gone! |
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Matilda The MusicalThe Club gave a donation of £500.00 towards the cost of sending 95 year 3 pupils at Tilbury Pioneer Academy to see the stage show Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre in London. The cheque was presented to Megan Godfrey, English Lead, on the 18th October 2019. The smash hit play based on the book by Roal Dahl and produced by the RSC is now in its 9th year. This will be the first introduction to any theatre for the children and they will be focusing on it all term. We wish them a joyous evening watching Matilda outsmarting the dreaded Miss Trunchbull. Pictured with Rotarian Clive Ingram are some of the children with Megan Godfrey |
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The Journey MenGrays Thurrock Rotary Club was pleased to host a lunch for some very special guests this week - Roger Frank and John Taylor from Upper Eden and Appleby Rotary Clubs respectively would be travelling a total of 1240km in their classic Teal Bugatti in appalling weathers to arrive in district 1240 with us, in Grays, at exactly 12:40 on World Polio Day. They were raising awareness of the need to continue efforts to stamp out this dreadful disease and raise money to do so. Grays Thurrock Rotary chipped in to help their total and will be further holding a quiz on Friday November 1st in aid of the fight to eliminate polio. On their way down Roger and John had stopped with 'Bertie' at Rotary Clubs in Scunthorpe and Saffron Walden and they were able to report that they arrived back home 'Up North' at 5pm on Friday 25th - cold and wet but very happy. our intrepid travellers sharing a joke over the bonnet of Bertie the Teal |
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Recent DonationsPresident Elaine has been out and about presenting cheques to people again These lucky recipients who got in touch with the club with their requests included Thurrock Sea Cadets, The Majko School of Irish Dancing and Batias, The Independent Advocacy Scheme On Monday 30th September President Elaine visited the training ship Dragon. She presented a cheque was to help with the purchase of a mini bus. The unit competes in many activities and transport is always a challenge so at the moment fund raising for this item is a major item. Elaine arrived as agreed towards the end of the evening and watched as the lowering of the flag and associated events occurred. The picture shows Elaine handing the cheque to the civilian support chairperson Sue Merrin. Sue is the chair of the civilian team (UMT) which manages the assets to allow the young cadets to get the most of their time at the unit. President Elaine commented “ she was pleased to visit the t/s Dragon and see what occurs. She hoped the cheque would help the Sea cadets reach their target which would enable them to purchase the mini bus”. |
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Shannon's StoryOur money helped send trainee nurse Shannon Crowley to Nepal and now she has returned read the highlights of her lifetime experience. Here she is with paediatric surgeon Dr Dinesh Koirala following the surgery she assisted in read on for Shannon's highlights |
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Girl PowerThe Club was delighted to host a luncheon for our new District Governor, Pauline Dean along with her husband, former DG Terry, and Assistant DG Alan Banks. The combination of Pauline and our President Elaine is convincing evidence that the Club and Rotary in general is keeping up with the times and meeting the challenges of the 21st century. Thank you Pauline and we hope you have a great year! The Chain of Command ! District Governor Pauline flanked by our very own President Elaine and VP Adrian |
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A New Era for Grays, Thurrock Rotary Club2019 sees a new milestone in the Club's near 90 year history as we induct our first lady President - hopefully the flood gates are now open and we will see many more but for the moment congratulations to Mrs Elaine Stevens at the start of what will, we are sure, be a memorable year Immediate Past President Mark Dvorkin handing over the reins to new President Elaine Stevens
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Rotary helps Play TimePresident in waiting Elaine Stevens presents a cheque for £200 to Thurrock Play Network to assist in their work The Pyramid Resource Centre collects re-useable waste from businesses that would otherwise be sent to landfill. These waste materials are available for art, craft, and design and technology projects or to be just creative. They are not only giving the community the opportunity to use our resources but also helping the environment become a little bit greener. What they need from you! Everyday companies will have to discard their waste products. Much of this is collected and may be put into landfill sites, normally at a cost to the company, the environment or both………...there is an alternative………….. The Pyramid Resource Centre will collect suitable scrap materials free of charge for re-use for their members. What may be rubbish to you can be re-used for arts, crafts, design and technology projects and creative play. They need a wide range of clean, safe, versatile waste materials that could provide a valuable source of entertainment, play and stimulation for their members. Examples of Scrap needed:
The list is endless… if you think you may have something that would benefit our members please contact them……..don’t forget what you think is rubbish they may be able to use! |
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Rain Doesn't Stop PlayKidz Out 2019 and it rained and it rained and it rained! But rain will never ruin their day! While everybody else holds on for dear life there is always one in every crowd! |
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Back-up for MaxYoung Grays lad, Max Clarke has been selected to play for the London Broncos Rugby League Academy and is working hard, even picking up a man of the match award recently, and looking forward to getting a full contract at some point in the near future. The 6'5'' Max trains with them 3 times a week and has a match once a week - he is weighed every week and is 94Kg and has to eat 1000's of calories just to maintain that weight! Grays Thurrock Rotary have chosen to help him reach his goal by providing £200 towards his size 13 boots. Here is with mum, Alana - his chief supporter and main back-up ..................ps she is tall so Max is a giant! |
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2019 Tripartite Big SuccessEarly signs show Tripartite 2019 in Holland was a big success - well attended and well organised - those involved had a great time- see below for the full story |
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Man the BoatsLast Wednesday 50 students from Thurrock schools met at the Thurrock Cruise terminal to take part in this year’s Technology Tournament. The event was organised by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock, the South Essex College and supported by the Tilbury Cruise Terminal. |
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Mystery TripNumber 11 and what a trip - well done Alan Peaford and his helpers CAN YOU GUESS WHERE WE WENT?
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Students Snap Up Their PrizesYet another success story from the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock. The talented winners of the Young Photographer competition run across the Borough of Thurrock have gone on to win the Rotary District 1240 event in all three age groups. Their photos have now been entered into the Rotary National Finals. President Mark Dvorkin is seen presenting awards and wishing them all the best for the next stage of the national competition. l-r: Luke Merrigan (Harris Academy); Freya McCarthy (Orsett Primary); Emer Cullen (Gable Hall) THE WINNING ENTRIES (CLICK THROUGH) |
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Singapore SurpriseMember Adrian Alsop stopped off in Singapore recently on a cruise and joined up with the Rotary Club of Raffles City, Singapore at the famous Raffles Club - he kept the Grays end up and wished them well. Here he is with wife Sandra and President Brian Tan receiving a club banner |
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Sasha serves up a treatSTOP PRESS - Sasha won the District Finals too and now goes forward to the Nationals so Well Done Sasha for cooking up a storm! Last Monday saw ‘Young Chefs’ that live in Thurrock go head to head with each other. The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock together with the South Essex College (SEC) ran the Rotary ‘Young Chef’ competition and the competition was fierce. The event is a four stage national competition designed to encourage the development of cookery skills and was open to all students in full time education aged 11 to 17. This was the first round with the winner moving to the all Essex competition. The aims of the competition were to learn how to cook a healthy meal, consider food hygiene issues, develop food presentation skills, develop organisational and planning skills and develop an ability to cope in a demanding situation. The goal was to prepare in two hours, a three-course healthy meal comprising starter, main course and dessert for two people costing less than £20.00. The students used the cooking facilities at the South Essex College and the judges were Head Chef Steve Deal assisted by Chef Lecturer Phil Watson from the SEC who had the task of judging the food produced. The winner was Sasha Martin from the Gateway Academy who will now represent the schools in Thurrock at the Rotary County event. Above picture shows Head Chef Steve Deal, Sasha Martin and Phil Watson. Group picture of all the chefs and members of the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock.
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Christmas GiveawayAt a well attended and busy meeting thursday last the Club gave away its takings from a very busy 2018 Christmas period - over £11,500 was collected and £2000 was given to each of the four main charities - Little Havens Hospice, Treetops School, Barnardos and Great Ormond Street Hospital while thank you cheques were given to our helper groups from Thurrock Air Cadets, Thurrock Sea Cadets and Thurrock Cubs while praise and certificates were heaped on our Supermarket friends from Tesco, Sainsburys and Asda without whom we could not achieve the figures we do. President Mark paid tribute to all those who had given up so much time to come together and make the superlative effort that was required to raise £11,500 and there is a bit left over in the pot to help others in need of our help throughout the rest of this year. Pictured below receiving his £2000 cheque from President Mark Dvorkin on behalf of Treetops School is headmaster Mr Paul Smith and from GOSH Area Charity Coordinator - Judy Kuhl and Little Havens' Area Coordinator Bob Jamieson and from Barnardos - Paul Beard and Ann French and receiving their certificates of achievement - Bob James from Thurrock Sea Cadets, Mark Jones from Thurrock Air Cadets and Graham Tidman from Thurrock Cub Scouts |
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Rotary Makes a SplashThurrock Community Leisure was pleased to benefit from a donation of £250 from the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock to help with the provision of swimming classes for people recovering from differing medical problems The classes help improve the fitness and wellbeing of people who suffer from, of have suffered, illness such as strokes and heart problems. One of the swimmers, Pete, told how much the classes had done for him both physically and mentally after an Aneurysm left him severely disabled and unable to walk. The cheque was presented by Elaine Stevens, Community Service Chairperson to Wendy Barnard, instructor. Wendy said “the classes are such a lifeline, and costs have to be covered by fundraising”. |
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Rotary's Grand DeliveryThameside Primary School Academy has always been a great seat of learning and now it is sitting pretty thanks to a cash donation for books from Grays Thurrock Rotary Club. The club donated a thousand pounds to the Manor Road, Grays school for them to further their literary resources and give pupils even greater reading material in their library. The school has 45 different languages spoken and has a ratio of English as Another Language (EAL) of well over 50%, making the focus on reading and literacy very high among the school’s priorities. President of Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock, Mark Dvorkin said “The club is very keen to support the education of our town’s children and this is a fantastic school to engage with. The people of Thurrock are very generous with their donations to our charity events, particularly the Christmas Concert, so it’s really satisfying to be able to encourage the pupils of Thameside Primary with their literacy skills so that they may grow to be equally supportive members of our community in years to come.” Pictured with Mr. Dvorkin and keen readers Luan, from year 2, and Lily, from year 4, Head Teacher Mrs Joanna Bray said: “The school is very grateful for this generous donation from Grays Thurrock Rotary Club. The money will be split, £500 will be used to buy new thesaurus’ for classrooms and the other £500 will be spent on buying new books to further encourage the children in our school to read for pleasure.” |
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Air Cadets Cleared for Take offThurrock Air Cadets ( who we helped with the purchase of a simulator earlier in the year) got real hands on experience thanks to Grays Rotary Club. 11 cadets visited a local airfield and were given a briefing on the principles of flight by Rotarian and pilot Mr Alan Peaford and each was allowed to try out the cockpit. Grays Rotary Club is heavily involved in aviation with the largest membership of IFFR ( International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians) from any Rotary Club in the world The Cadets were also presented with a copy each of Alan’s book, the Pocket Guide to Business Aircraft. |
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Stubbers Gets a Boost!Stubbers Adventure Centre in North Ockendon recently benefited from a donation of £250 from the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock. The money will be used to replace equipment which needs updating. The cheque was handed over by Elaine Stevens, Community Service Chairperson, to the Centre Manager, Bob Edwards, who expressed his gratitude to the Rotary Club for their generosity. Stubbers Adventure Centre offers various events and activities including sailing, archery, rifle shooting, quad biking to everyone, from the age of 6 years (subject to site regulations). It has been a growing in popularity over the years, benefiting many groups and individuals from the local community. On presenting the cheque, Elaine said “she was impressed with the facilities on offer which included a coffee shop open to the public, offering drinks and snacks to people who visit”. Elaine presenting the cheque to Bob Edwards. |
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Splashdown RYLA! Rotary District 1240 (Essex) recently ran the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) day at the Grangewaters Outdoor Education Centre, South Ockendon. The event was co-ordinated by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock and 30 students were invited to participate from schools and youth organisations in the South of the County. The event was free for the participants all costs being covered by Rotary. Students testing out their raft which they built themselves.
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Dictionaries for SchoolsThe Club are delighted to present these magnificent illustrated dictionaries to 15 of the local primary schools all of whom will be receiving their boxes very soon |
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Kidz Enjoy Day Out86 pupils and their carers from Treetops School, Grays enjoyed a fabulous day out by the seaside courtesy of the Club and the annual Kidz Out day in Southend. Accompanied by members of the Club and wearing their free lemon t shirts many happy faces were in evidence and many tired bodies made their way home on the coaches at the end of the day! |
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Princess Royal on becoming Honorary RotarianRotary members were delighted to have Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal join them at National Conference 2018. Watch her speech in full where she praised Rotary's work in polio eradication, working with young people and promoting peace. click through for Key Note Speakers Chris Tarrant on his memories of 'Millionaire' and Angela Rippon on her experiences with dementia. |
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Techno Kids On FormTechnology Tournament In March 2018 a remarkable 52 students from Thurrock Secondary Schools took part in the first annual Technology Tournament organised by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock in partnership with the South Essex College and the Port of Tilbury. The students worked in teams as they designed and completed a technology based task, which they knew nothing about until they arrived on the day, from materials supplied.
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Kamal is The New FellowCongratulations to Kamal Sud the latest Rotarian to be presented with his Paul Harris Fellowship and didn't he deserve it! The Fellowship named after the founder is the highest award with which a club can honour a member. Kamal has served Grays Rotary for many years and shows no signs of slowing up anyday soon. Here he is doing what Kamal does best - Joining in and participating Congratulations and Well Done to Kamal
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Operation SmileThey say a picture speaks volumes - well Chris Williams from Operation Smile had that startling message to get across today and he did it very well. At Operation Smile, they believe every child deserves exceptional surgical care. They believe all children deserve to be treated as if they were our own. That’s what drives each and every one of their team: Their global and local network professionals, who donate thousands of hours toward the care of children around the world each year, and their supporters who are moved every day to make a difference in the lives of children they’ve never met. The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock thank Chris for his visit and we thank the whole team for their continued efforts.
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new member CliveGreetings to our latest member Clive Ingram seen here in the grip of President Steve and his proposer Adrian Alsop |
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Mystery Trip Upgrade 18.10Yes our tenth Mystery Trip this year landed us in Prague, Czechin and what a trip it was too. Congratulations to Alan and his team for a job well done.
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RAD Signs InPaul Draper the Community and Corporate Fundraiser at the Royal Association for Deaf People, raising money to improve the lives for Deaf people and providing access to better services. Paul gave an insightful talk into the work of the Society now celebrating 175 years and having to fundraise for the first time in it's existence! |
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Mathematical minds from Thurrock pupils...It all adds up!20 primary schools from across Thurrock recently participated in the fifth annual Mathletics competition, hosted by the Gateway Academy and sponsored by the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock.
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New Wave Shutterbugs‘Snapping up some Winners’ the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock will once again be organising a Local Heat for 2019 - closing date for entries 31/01/19. If you would like to receive further details and an information pack when published please contact Youngphotographer@rotaryclubofgraysthurrock.co.uk. The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock kicked off 2018 with a completely new but successful event for young people in Thurrock. The Young Photographer competition for 7 to 17 year olds received an extremely rewarding number of entries from primary and secondary schools across the borough. One of the organisers, Rotarian Alan Falder commented, “It’s no wonder that the judges had such a difficult task choosing the winners as I was really amazed by the high standards of entries around the theme – “A Different Perspective”. |
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Sasha is top of the chefs againFrom left to right: Ton Finkel, organiser, Lisa Shaw, judge, Tom Gardner, judge, and District Governor 1130 (London) , Michael Hodge with Sasha hold the certificate and cup. Sasha heads off to the Young Chef UK National Finals. |
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Great Ormond Street Hospital - our total so farGreat Ormond Street Hospital very kindly sent us this - many years/ many people/ many cold nights! |
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Double Top!Step forward messrs Wilkinson and Whymark - yes these two surprised gentlemen received Rotary's highest honour last week when they were both awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship. Congratulations to both Nick and Corin for a prize well deserved and the recognition that goes along with it. Nick and Corin receiving their Fellowship awards from President Steve at Orsett Hall Hotel last week
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Chef gets Just DessertsWe are very pleased to announce that in the district 1240 finals for the Rotary Young Chef event Sasha from the Gateway Academy (our club winner) won the event and will now represent the district at the regional event. We join together to congratulate Sasha and wish her all the very best in the regional heats next month
Sasha's winning dishes
crispy prosciutto, buffalo mozzarella and blowtorched figs (homemade focaccia, pea shoots with a balsamic glaze and basil oil)
pan roasted pork tenderloin, celeriac puree and parsnip crisps (honey roast root vegetables and sprouts in a red wine gravy)
chocolate & banana, avocado mousse (raspberry coulis, chocolate & pistachio soil with a pistachio tuille and fresh raspberries)
and we give additional thanks to Graeme Collie, Head of Commercial Catering at South Essex College, Grays who has mentored Sasha and contributed enormously to her success
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Mathletics 2018 - It All Adds Up!The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock, in partnership with the Gateway Academy, has organised the Thurrock Mathletics event for many years. This year teams of four more able pupils from each Primary School across Thurrock will compete against each other on Thursday 8th March. Which schools will be in the top three this year?
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A Good ChristmasGrays Rotary Club gave away a massive £10,720 as a result of their 2017 Christmas Campaign collecting money around the streets of Grays, Tilbury and Chadwell and the major Supermarkets. The beneficiaries were of course charities and organisations providing services to the children in the local area. so:
all received big donations (President Steve Payne awarding representatives from both Treetops School and Great Ormond Street Hospital with their cheques for £2680 as part of the big cash giveaway) Steve also gave thanks to the supermarkets Asda, Tesco and Sainsburys for letting us collect there in the first place and to the leaders and the youngsters of Thurrock Air Cadets, Thurrock Scouts and Thurrock Sea Cadets who helped us out so enthusiastically on the streets, all of whom received small donations from the club to further their goals and a big thank you to Orchard Garden Centre for doing all the coin counting - a huge task in the circumstances and of course a huge thanks to our Sleigh Captain Mr Mark Dvorkin for putting it all together. |
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Another Great Christmas ConcertFriday night's charity concert at the Civic Hall was another huge success and close to 500 people turned out to enjoy the cream of our local talent. The fabulous evening included turns from The Aveley and Newham Brass Band, The Mosaic Choir, The Little Thurrock School Choir, The Drumenagh School of Irish dance and the amazing young singer Teerna Mukherjee and the equally brilliant and internationally renowned flautist Amy-Jayne Milton. Brilliantly held together by the ever reliable Alan Peaford MBE it finished with a hugely entertaining rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas which was coordinated in spectacular style and used just about everybody in the hall! They are counting the monies and a final total is yet to be confirmed but should be in the region of £5000 - all to be used on local causes. To see for yourselves click on the link below |
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Dementia Care Nurses Spread CheerThe Club held a formal lunch last week to celebrate the successful installation of and completion of training on the new equipment purchased by the club and donated to Basildon Hospital Dementia Ward for use throughout the hospital. The total cost of the equipment was £7500 and was the largest single donation the Club has made. Admiral Nurse Jane Gilby tells the Club what a difference the new equipment is already making
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Welcome on board AlanCongratulations and welcome to our latest new member Alan Falder seen here being inducted by President Steve Payne
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A Fishy TaleThe Club enjoyed another return visit to Smiths of Wapping last Sunday- organised superbly by Kamal Sud - about 30 people enjoyed Sunday lunch 'up London' |
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The DG ComethThe Club recently played host to the District Governor Nick Sillitoe. Well known to the club Nick brought us news from District and we wish him a successful year |
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Welcome Back PeterWe are very proud to welcome back Mr Peter Hoche into the Grays fold. Work commitments meant Peter had to leave a few years ago but he couldn't stay away forever and as soon as the situation allowed he is back. President Steve Payne extends the Rotary hand of fellowship here to Peter. Good luck Peter. |
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Grays Reaches Out with Hand of FellowshipGrays Rotary Club reached out the hand of fellowship to East Africa with membership chairman Alan Peaford visiting Dar es Salaam Oyste rBay Rotary Club in Tanzania. |
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Out with the Old and In with the NewAnother new Rotary Year begins and these photos show the handover last week Outgoing President Kevin Watkins (right) hands over the baton to new President Steve Payne President Steve welcomes in his new Vice President Mark Dvorkin and his new 2nd Vice President Elaine Stevens
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Learning the RopesWe were exceptionally pleased to welcome two members from the Interact Club of Grays Convent High School to our business meeting last week. They were accompanied by their teachers and were able to see the inner workings of the club in action. Lively debates, friendly arguments, presentations, plans and dates - having seen the oldies in action they definitely knew what not to do after this performance!
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Tripartite in Grays-Thurrock vom 12 - 14 Mai 2017 incl President Kevin's translationWer nicht dabei war, hat etwas verpasst! Gern sind die Ehepaare Köhler, Jug, Forsmann, Hannibal, Höfle, Budde sowie Christian Kamp mit seinen Söhnen Maximilian & Alexander als auch Aisa der Einladung zum Tripartite nach Grays-Thurrock gefolgt – und wir haben es nicht bereut! |
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Rotary Wheels Turning to Support SchoolChildren like Tyler (pictured) at Thameside Primary School, who suffers with spastic paraplegia, now have a ticket to ride thanks to Grays Thurrock Rotary Club. Rotary club President Dr Kevin Watkins (left) at the school with the wheelchair and pupil Tyler, Rotary’s Mr Peter Minter and Thameside Primary School’s Senior Deputy Headteacher Mrs Billinghurst |
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Maths Quiz Scores Major Points With the ChildrenIt’s Ten out of Ten for Thurrock Primary Schools This year was the fourth annual Mathletics Competition for Thurrock Primary Schools sponsored by The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock and organised in partnership with The Gateway Academy Tilbury. Each primary school across the borough was invited to enter a team of their most able mathematicians. Many of these schools held their own in-house competitions to make sure that their most able pupils were selected. Each team of four pupils had to work in an organised way to make sure that they answered all of the questions in an allocated time. |
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Rolling Down the RiverThere is nothing so good as messing about on the river! Well our friends from Germany and Holland thought as much during the culmination of Tripartite weekend. Departing from St Katherine's Dock the evening dinner cruise went up to Westminster Bridge and all the way back down to the O2 and all the while we wined and dined to the strains of the Jazz Duo on board. Conditions up top were brilliant, London at night being shown off at its best and it all made for a thoroughly good evening |
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Mystery Trip - Can you guess the location?Spot the clues and guess where we ended up on the recent mystery trip read on for more clues
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Santa's Christmas Giveaway!Over £10,000 was given away at Orsett Hall recently. The proceeds of the sleigh and supermarket collections over the Christmas period were shared equally between Treetops School, Little Havens Hospice, Barnardos and Great Ormond Street Hospital whilst donations were given to Thurrock Scouts and Thurrock Air Cadets who helped out with the collections. |
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RYLA is a big hitOnce again the Club hosted the South Essex RYLA heats last Saturday at Grangewaters and over 30 children took part from six different schools teaming up to take part in four activities across the day from the climbing wall to problem solving. Many thanks to all the volunteers for helping out and making the day possible for the participants but most of all - thanks to all the young leaders who turned out and threw themselves into the challenges with so much enthusiasm - well done (check out the full gallery on website homepage) |
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Presidential VisitPresident Kevin Watkins visited The Grays Convent High School to officially award the winning team of Rotary Youth Speaks Senior Section with their trophy. Congratulations again to Tasnim, Archisha and Zoe who won speaking on 'Ambition' |
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New Member Clive Congratulations to our latest member Clive Page who joined the ranks recently -we wish him a long and happy time in Rotary |
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Up Up and AwayBiggles and his chums Algy and Ginger have been at it again
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Mini Chefs Cook Up A StormThe recent Mini Chefs competition at Tree Tops certainly brought out the creative side in our contestants. Judged over two courses our Michelin Wannabees impressed the judges but there had to be a winner - Macey Ewers (pictured centre with trophy) All photos by photography student Jordan King |
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Well Done EggheadsTotal Raised .......£800 |
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Christmas Concert a Huge SuccessThe annual Christmas Concert returned to the Civic Hall last Friday evening and what a night it was. Showcasing local talent new and old, the names on show that night included Anna Marie Childs, Eliza Love,The Becontree Brass Band, The Little Thurrock Primary School Choir, The Mosaic Choir and the Drumenagh Irish Dance Troupe. The evening was a delightful reminder of traditional values and seasonal goodwill.
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Rotary Young Chef of the Year 2016Congratulations to Sasha Martin who carried off the inaugural Young Chef of the Year trophy last week at SE Essex College Grays. |
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Gemma comes out shining!The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock are proud to have helped local athlete Gemma Holloway achieve her dream for running in the GB team AND WINNING GOLD in the U20 Ladies Cross Country European Championships
WELL DONE GEMMA
Gemma (pictured 2nd from right) about to receive her gold medal
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Santa Has Been and Gone!Jingle Bells Jingle Bells!
SOMEBODY IS VERY HAPPY!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF THURROCK - THE NINE COLLECTIONS RAISED A TOTAL OF ..... £4570.72
ALL OF WHICH WILL BE DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN
GREAT ORMOND HOSPITAL
TREETOPS SCHOOL
BARNARDOS
LITTLE HAVENS CHILDRENS HOSPICE
ALL OF THESE ORGANISATIONS ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH PEOPLE FROM THURROCK
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Christmas Concert DetailsTickets also available at :
Ice White Dental 87 Orsett Road Grays
01375 372111
Smith's Orchard Garden Centre Chadwell Road Grays 01375 372195
Thurrock Garden Centre South Rd South Ockendon 01708 851991
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Youth Speaks Local Heats 2016In a hard fought and well thought out debate the winners in the intermediate section were William Edwards School and the winners in the Senior Section were the Grays Convent High School. The competition, held in the Civic Chambers is designed to support and encourage the development of effective communication skills. Well done to all participants
Thomas, Charles and Daniel proudly display their trophy debating 'Could it happen again?'
Zoe, Archisha and Tasnim with their trophy won speaking on 'Ambition'
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Club mourns death of Ted Saxton |
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Young Leaders still buoyant! |
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Pleased As PunchThe Winning Team in the Senior Section of this years Youth Speaks Competition.......... Hathaway Academy Well Done to all involved
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The Coffers are EmptyThat's it then - no more now until we do it all over again! The last cheque for £2000 from the 2015 Christmas Collections was today presented to Judy Kuhl from Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital Smiling President Peter Minter hands over the cheque this lunchtime |
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COLLECT with one hand and GIVE with the otherThe Christmas 2015 campaign came and went and here are some of the lucky recipients of this years efforts with their cheques proudly displaying the amounts Good Luck spending it Terri Carroll from Treetops School, Peter Hall from Little Havens Hospice and Anne French from Barnardos |
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More Wheels on my wagon! Thanks to another generous contribution form Grays Thurrock Rotary The Bar'n'Bus project just keeps rolling on
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Christmas Hampers for Christmas JoyFilled to the brim with seasonal goodness our Christmas hampers are once again ready to be distributed across the borough to those deserving households. |
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Rotary Really Takes Off This TimeGrays Rotary Club's IFFR (international Fellowship of Flying Rotarians) members organised the IFFR fly-in to famous World War II airport Biggin Hill. Club stalwart Alan Peaford (Left) joins IFFR chairman Alisma Clark to hand over an iconic piece of RAF artwork to Biggin Hill's marketing boss Andy Patsilides who had hosted the club's tour of the airport and a special Spitfire display with Pimms and sausages for refreshment.
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The Circle of Life!Another Rotary Year ends and a new one starts
Outgoing President Iain Ramsay congratulates incoming President Peter Minter 2015-16
Good Luck Peter
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The Merchant of Venice is a scorcher!On a blissfully hot weekend 27 people from Grays Thurrock Rotary travelled up to Stratford Upon Avon for the now annual Shakespeare pilgrimage
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Tripartite is a Winner!Grays Thurrock RC travelled to Iserlohn during May and met with our German and Dutch counterparts for great weekend of FELLOWSHIP
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Tom Shiner - An Obituary to a Gentleman of the Club |
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RYLA Result!
On Sunday 26th April youngsters from Thurrock took part in the RYLA (Rotary Young Leaders Awards) held this year at Danbury Youth Centre |
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Mathematical Minds in ThurrockThe 'Mathletics' competition was a huge success enjoyed by a whopping 27 out of possible 35 primary schools and Grays Thurrock Rotary were in the thick of it.
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Frank Saunders 1921-2015 |
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Concert Raises Over £6000 for Rotary Causes |
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Grays Thurrock Rotary Donates Christmas MoniesOur four nominated charities received their donation cheques this week at a presentation lunch at Orsett Hall Hotel
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Burns Night Great Success |
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Santa and His Sleigh Came to TownFather Christmas Brings Goodwill to Thurrock
Many Thanks to all those people who came out to see Father Christmas and we thank you for your donations. We are delighted to announce that the sleigh collections raised £5000 for local children's charities
THANK YOU AGAIN
Iain Ramsay President Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock
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Our Youths Speak!Grays Thurrock Rotary Hosts another successful opening round of The Youth Speaks debating competition
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Rotary Christmas Charity Concert 2014Christmas Charity Spectacular Showcases Local Grays Talent |
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Final Artistes Announced for Christmas SpectacularThe bill is now complete for the Grays Rotary Charity Christmas show at The Civic Hall on Friday 19th December
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John Vesey 1933-2014
An Obituary
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New Team Declared
As the new Rotary Year shifts into gear we publish the teamsheet!
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On the Road!Grays Thurrock Rotary take an August break from Orsett Hall |
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DG comes to town
The club received it's official visit from DG Stan Keller
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New Rotary Year Gets Under Way
New Personnel, New Ideas and Facebook!
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Cucumber Sandwiches at Pimms o'clock!
The weather forecast predicts good weather for the President's Garden Party
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Tripartite Comes up Trumps
Grays leads the way in European Harmony - and that is a fact!
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Marathon Man Crosses the Line
Congrats to Graeme on completing this year's London Marathon
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Rotary in Moneytastic Giveaway!
Charities benefit from Rotary Christmas Collections
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Rotary Burns Night Hailed Great Success
Tartan Army puts one over the Sassenachs once again.
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Youth Speaks Volumes!
Local Heats of Rotary public speaking competition are unqualified success.
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Mauled by a tiger!
The President's lunch proved to be a huge success
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Boost for Leadership Award Scheme
Speaker Phil Griggs, District officer in charge of RYLA, fills in the blanks on this highly successful initiative
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Speaker highlights work of Sea Cadets
Bob James from our local TS Boxer gave a fascinating talk on how to occupy our kids today
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Grays Rotary return to RST summer 2014
Full House expected as we return to Stratford in hotly anticipated new season of productions.
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Lunch with the President
Make a date - Sunday November 24th
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Meals Out Series
The latest challenge to our fragile biosystems!
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Is there anybody out there? |
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Presidential Handover |
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Garden party held today - invite all the debs to play |
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Garlic and GolfInternational golfing pros past and present flocked to France recently for challenging two day tournament.
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RSC tour 2013 |
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Dutch Host Tripartite
Our Dutch colleagues hosted a marvellous Tripartite weekend
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Rotary Aid to Spain |
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Picka Pukka Tikka after Easter in Aveley! |
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District Quiz Masters!Hard earned result last night at the District Quiz
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Posh Fish Nosh with the Pres!
Smiths in Wapping entertains large contingent from Grays Thurrock Rotary with fabulous luncheon
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Rotary Assist Woodside Academy
Much needed funds provided for Year 6 kids to go on Residential Week
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Christmas Collections DonatedGrays, Thurrock Rotay Club hands out over £6000 to Childrens Charities |
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Burns Night 2013Great turn out for the club's annual Burns Supper held at Orsett Hall last thursday evening |
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Choral Concert for Rotary CharitiesThe Rotary Club of Chelmer Bridge will be holding a Charity Choral Concert at Chelmsford Cathedral on Saturday 9th February 2013, staring at 7.30pm. |
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Rotarian In Queen's New Year Honours ListMBE for Alan in recognition of his work for CDLS |
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Rotary Christmas Concert a Huge HitThe 3rd Rotary Christmas Concert at the Civic Hall last night was a huge sell out success. |
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Santa's Sleigh Shocks SchoolTreetops School greets Father Christmas. |
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'Tis the Season to be JollyFather Christmas Spotted ! |
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Christmas Hampers Spread Seasonal CheerA Sea of Hampers Waiting for Distribution |
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Last Few Remaining
Get in Quick
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Christmas Concert Close to Selling Out!
Only a few tickets left for December 21st Concert
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St Luke's Hospice Staff Get Trolleyed!New dressings trolley is handed over to delighted staff |
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Obituary to Mr Geoffrey Player
Geoffrey Blyth Player PDG, LDS RCS(Eng) PHF .....kindly researched and submitted by Rotarian Ray Reynolds
Proudly displaying the following medals: 1. Order of St John "Serving Brother" awarded for being President of Grays Men's Division for many years 2. Originally awarded to the British Expeditionary Force 1939-1940 3. France and Germany Star given to all who gave active service in either country 4. Defence Medal for everyone who served in any of the Forces. 5. For Active Service in the 21st Army Group in Normandy and onwards into Germany. Incorporated Oak Leaf signifies "Mentioned in Despatches" 6. Territorial Army Long Service - joined 1938 7. The Normandy Star for Active Service in Normandy in early days of the Invasion |
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Dan Meyrick PHF 1912-2012 |
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Geoff Player LDS RCS, PHF, PDG |
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Mintie is Cool CustomerPete the mint coolly snatches victory in tense last hole golf drama and takes Walsham Cup for Rotary once again. |
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Scouts open new tower with Rotary helpCondovers Abseiling Tower has finally been refurbished and is now open for duty |
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2012 Rotary Christmas Concert Details ReleasedAll the news hot off the press |
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Thurrock Food Bank gets much needed Rotary helpPresident Raj hands over a cheque for £250 to assist with collection and distribution of food parcels |
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Grays Thurrock Rotary Website Goes LiveGrays Thurrock Rotary Club joins the information superhighway |
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Mark Your Calendars!Visit from District Governor |
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Dan Meyrick - an ObituaryAn Obituary to Rotarian Dan Meyrick 1912-2012 Many thanks to Rotarian Tom Shiner for his kind words and extensive research |
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Rotary: A Year of Major Accomplishments
This past year was one of major accomplishments for Rotary and your Rotary Foundation.
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Welcome to our new website!Welcome to our Rotary Club! |