Speakers May/June

DG elect Philip Beggs and Stephen McFarlane

On the 16th May Stephen McFarlane from the Belfast Central Library was our guest speaker. He gave us a lot of very useful and interesting information about the services that the Library can provide for businesses and all the information that the library hold in their archives. District Governor elect Philip Beggs was a very welcome visitor to the Club on the same day.

Mathew Gamble, Somme Heritage Centre

Mathew Gamble from the Somme Heritage centre was our speaker on the 23rd May. His talk was very appropriate in this the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War and inspired those who have not visited the centre to consider a visit.

Neal Sommerville regional organiser of the Sea Cadets visited the Club on friday 30th May to make an impassioned plea for volunteers to assist on the management team for the Lisburn Sea Cadets.The group in Lisburn is about 20 strong and very active, but require a management body if they are to continue.

Derek Gallop

At our evening Meeting on 5th June we were delighted to welcome Derek Gallop a journalist and  retired deputy editor of the Sunday Mirror to give is an insight int the past and preent and future of the newspaper industry in this new tech world. Derek finished up with a wide sample of very amusing newspaper headlines

Trip to the WW1 Battlefields

A small group of Lisburn Rotarians travelled to Northern France for a guided tour of the WW1 battlefields and monuments. Philip Morrow and VP Sam were the organisers of the trip and Rotarians Rowan Robin and their wives and Patrick Coyle  were joined by Ian McCorkill a non Rotarian who was looking for information of a relative who had been part of the Great War.A wreath in memory of servicemen from Lisburn who lost their lives in the Great War was laid by VP Sam.The tour was most educational and enjoyed greatly by all those who travelled.

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Ian McCorkill, Club Visit

Visit To Loughan House with Joli Rider

Rotarians from Lisburn,Trevor,Dale,Colin,Helen Rowan and John McIlroy joined up with Rotarians from other Rotary Clubs involved in Joli Rider on a visit to Loughan House Prison. The Governor of Loughan House has been a great supporter of Joli Rider and has set up the facility for the inmates to receive bikes and refurbish them for transport to the Gambia.The 500th bike was sent to the Gambia in November and a group of Rotarians from Lisburn will be joining up with Joli Rider organisers on a trip to the Gambia to see the 500th Bike and meet the recipient and see what a difference the bikes have made to the locals. Some 1000 bikes have now been sent to the Gambia.

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