Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Lisburn
The Club normally meets Friday at 12.45 All meetings at Malone Golf Club
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Fund raising Evening at Angelos
A very successful and enjoyable fellowship evening of good food and fine wines was enjoyed by a large number of Rotarians and their partners and friends.
Angelo as usual was a great host assisted by his daughters.
Total moneys raised on the evening enabled the Club to purchase a new projector and sound system for use at weekly meetings.
Jim Matchett and his Fellowship committee deserve great credit for organising this memorable evening.
Photos can be viewed on the Gallery
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Tree of Life a great success
The Tree of life was a great success for the Club and thanks to the hard work of Rotarians,Inner Wheelers and other helpers we were able to distribute some £9500
Thanks are also due to Tescos for providing the site and support for this event
Cheques for £4700 to CLIC Sargent,£1600 to Motor Neurone Disease Association,£1600 to Cancer Research and £1600 to Childrens Heartbeat Trust were handed over to the various organisations.
Pictured above and below are the handing over of the Cheques
George Christie and his Committee deserve great credit for the organisation of this very successful event
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Tree of Life
Our first Tree of Life was delivered promptly at 10.00am on Sunday morning by Sam Crowe of RC OF Carrickfergus. Sam positioned the 30ft tree off a 40ft truck with the aid of a telescopic crane.It was a miracle of precsion, but also the mark of a rotarian with experience!Rotarians got up early and helped Sam finally position the tree into the bespoke base.Thanks to Sam and his team for their help and guidance over the last 2 months.Our Tree of Life is mounted into a 6ft by 6ft concrete base which is nearly 1ft thick The base is nearly 2 tonnes in weight! Colin Suckling hired a mobile lift early on wednesday morning, which helped us establish a number of vertical ribbons to tie an estimated 10,000 ribbons on to the tree.These ribbons will cover the tree over the next 13 days.It`s amazing what rotarians can do when their fired up! John McIlroy overcame his fears and helped Pres Trevor tie the ribbons to the top of the tree.President Trevor announced at our Friday meeting “This is a great project for our club to complete. It is frabric and what Rotary and Inner Wheel stand for. Lisburn along with other 5 trees in Northern Ireland will raise a hugh a amount of money for some very importantlocal charities.Every one will agree that this project has tested our powers of communication in Rotary and Inner Wheel. Every Rotarian and Inner Wheeler in our has contributed in some way and when the project is completed we will have involved over 125 people giving of their time and commitment. This is true testament of why people join Rotary or Inner Wheel. -
Tree of Life
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Tesco and Rotary Club Of Lisburn appeals to Lisburn to help raise £1000,000 this Christmas
The Vice-President of Lisburn Rotary Club, Dale Orr, has appealed to the people of Lisburn to dig deep this year and support the ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign, which is once again being run in partnership with Tesco.
The campaign, which will run from 8th – 22nd December, aims to raise as much money as possible for a number of local charities – including CLIC Sargent, Motor Neurone, Cancer Research UK and the Children’s Heartbeat Trust.
Following the success of last year’s campaign, when one Rotary Club in Northern Ireland raised over £20,000 at a local Tesco store, the organisation has this year set an ambitious target of £100,000.
The ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign will see a series of 25ft Christmas trees erected at a number of Tesco stores across the province, including the Lisburn store.
Customers at the store will be invited to support one of the two nominated charities by purchasing the relevant charity ribbon, which will then be attached to the tree by representatives from the local club.
Mr Orr said: “I think our motivation for this year’s ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign comes from the opportunity to work with the local community of Lisburn to do something positive over the Christmas period. All help is greatly appreciated, it is giving people the chance to get involved in contributing to local charities.
“Part of Lisburn Rotary’s theme for this year is working ‘with the community, for the community’ and this gives us an excellent opportunity to do exactly that – at a special time of the year.
“Throughout our fundraising events this year we have seen that the generous people of Lisburn have not been put off by the recession – and for that we are very grateful”
Anne Broome, community champion at Tesco Lisburn, said: “We are delighted to be supporting the Lisburn Rotary Club in this year’s ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign.
“Just like Rotary, Tesco is very much at the heart of the local community. We strive to give as much as possible back to the local community and people in need through our annual charity collections, activities organised by the dedicated community champions in each store and larger campaigns such as this.
“The festive season is our busiest time of year, when we will see thousands of shoppers come through our doors everyday. I would appeal to them to give generously to this fantastic cause and really make a difference this Christmas.”
You can donate to the ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign at Tesco Lisburn by purchasing a ribbon for the Christmas tree from Wednesday 8th – Wednesday 22nd December. For more information, visit www.lisburnrotary.co.uk
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Focus on the Crocus
The Mayor Of Lisburn , President Trevor, Foundation Chairman Gary and Committee members at the site of the Crocus planting in Lisburn as part of the Polio Plus campaign
Lisburn Council are supporting the project and have planted some 5000 Crocuses, which should flower in February 2011.
When they flower they should be in the shape of the Rotary Wheel
Seven local Primary Schools are taking part in the project and have also been given Crocus bulbs to plant, along with educational literature about the Polio Plus campaign. Click on this link to view details of Focus on the Crocus (http://www.focusonthecrocus.org/)
To view the planting at Dunmurry Primary School click on link below
http://www.dunmurryprimary.ik.org/news/9419213964.ikml
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District 1160 Conference 2010
President Trevor and Janice hosted a large group of Rotarians and their Partners at the District 1160 Conference organised by the Rotary Club of Coleraine at Slieve Russel in September 2010
The Rotary Club of Lisburn were awarded the Trophy for the largest Club delegation at the conference.
The conference was enjoyed by all. Photos of the event are available on the gallery
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Installation Of New Members and Visit of Group Study Exchange
President with new members
President Trevor with group study exchange group
On Friday 17th October 2010 the Rotary Club of Lisburn welcomed members of the Group study exchange from District 5050. The group was made up of Team Leader, Debe Franz, William Freitas, Maureen Hari, Julia Nygra, Susan Rai and David Sadler.
On the same day President Trevor installed four new members, Paul Duggan, Robin Irvine, Frank Young and David Alistair ( Not in picture)
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Rotary Club of Lisburn Charity Golf 2010
Patrick Coyle on his way to a winning score of 43 points
The Winning Team representing Oasis travel
Lisburn Golf Club again kindly provided their excellent Golf Course for The Rotary club to host their Charity Golf Day..Some 72 golfers set off on a shotgun start at 2.00pm. Much sustenance for the difficult slog round 18 holes was provided in goody bags sponsored by Philip Morrow of PRM group.
After the golf and a superb buffet provided by the golf club caterers the following prizes were presented.
A team representing Oasis Travel. (Sandra narrowly missed selection) were winners of the team competition,
Don Weekes was the winner of the best gross with a round of 3 over
Patrick Coyle with a superb score of 43 points was the winner of the Stableford prize.
Hard work marshalling the 18th by Henry McNally plus a very successful ballot was added to the money raised by entry fees and sponsorship of individual holes.
Some £4500 was raised on the day and this money will be used in supporting local Lisburn Charities and Community projects
Colin Suckling, Patrick Coyle, Liam McCartney and their helpers provided a very successfully organised day.
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John McDonough Millennium Golf Cup
Noel Quinn is congratulated on winning Millennium Golf 2010
On Friday 27th August on a pleasant, afternoon a mixed group of golfers competed for this prestigious trophy.This was the seventh year (3 cancelled due to weather). Some 16 players took part and after 18 holes on the excellent Dunmurry Golf Course they enjoyed an evening of good food and fellowship.
Noel Quinn with a fine score of 39 points was this years winner.
Some £500 was raised from players and other kind donations,and this money will be presented to the Club towards relief for flood victims in Pakistan.
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President Trevor installed for the year 2010/11
President Trevor receives Presidential chain
President Trevor's family enjoy the lunch
On Friday 2nd of July outgoing President John handed over the Presidential chain to the incoming President for 2010/11, Trevor Stewart. Dale Orr became 1st Vice President and Jim Matchett 2nd Vice President. President Trevor’s wife, Janice and close family joined the Club for lunch and to welcome in the new President.
