The Rotary Club of Lisburn

Rotary Club of Lisburn new honorary members

Robin Kirk
President1980-81

Sam Creighton
President 1984-85

At a recent meeting of the Club on the recommendation of Council a motion proposing honorary membership  to long standing Rotarians PP Sam Creighton and PP Robin Kirk was passed unanimously.

Sam joined the Club in 1976 and was President in 1984/85. He is keen Rotarian and a great supporter of our golfing section, He  played  regularly in our monthly outings well into his 80s. He believed in playing quickly and a lot of the younger members had difficulty keeping up with him.

He worked for the Ulster Bank and was a regular attender at meetings until very recently.

Robin Kirk joined Rotary in 1972 and was President in 1980/81. Robin an architect was a great adviser on heritage matters in the club. He has been a great supporter of Rotary and still attends meetings when he can.

Sam and Robin both accepted the Honour with gratitude and the Club is delighted to be able to ad them to our list of honorary members

Speakers October/ November

Paul Bailie / Christians against poverty 23/1015

Sir Desmond Rea / Policing in Northern Ireland 8/11/15

Visit Of DG Declan Tyner

DG Declan and his wife Pat with President Gary and VP Donald

Club Members with DG Declan

At our Friday meeting on 16th October DG Declan  Tyner met with the Club Council to hear  their plans for the coming Year.

Afterwards he joined us for lunch and  outlined his plans for the year and updated on his visits to Project H2O in Africa

Speakers August / September

Leah McCourt/ Mencap
21/08/15

Nigel Beggs
My Life Talk 11/09/15

Fiona McCabe / Brain Injury/ 18/09/15

Norman Campbell History of the Belfast City Hospital 03/09/15

A Successful 7th Invitational Golf Day

Vanessa Elder,Mencap
Wendy Corkin,Gary Corkin, President Rotary Club Of Lisburn.
Anna Wilkinson.Cancer fund for children

The Rotary Club of Lisburn has added to its ongoing fundraising efforts by raising a staggering £17k at the 7^th Invitational Golf Day which took place recently at Lisburn Golf Club.

Over 80 Rotarians along with their guests and supporters took part in the event to raise much needed funds for three very important charities, NI Cancer Fund for Children, Mencap and The Rotary Foundation.

Monies raised will go towards helping NI Cancer Fund for Children deliver practical, emotional and financial support to children and young people affected by cancer and also to Mencap, which has been nominated as this year’s Presidents Charity will use much needed funds to help build, equip and run a new children and families’ centre in Belfast for children with a learning disability, while The Rotary Foundation will use the funds to assist with humanitarian activities both locally and globally.

Gary Corkin, President, Lisburn Rotary was delighted with the event;

“We are very passionate about our work and I’m delighted that as one of my first events as President we have succeeded in raising such a staggering amount of money for three very worthy causes. I’d like to thank all those that made an effort to attend, support and take part and to say that I am very proud of the work the Rotary does within our local community. I’m delighted that both Mencap and NI Cancer Fund for Children will see such a boost to their fundraising efforts and feel honoured to have been a part of that.”

To date the Lisburn Rotary Club’s Golf Invitational event has raised over £65,000 for charities in Lisburn and around the world.

Speakers July/ August

Duggie Anderson with President Gary and Helen Coulter

At the Clubs Friday meeting on 24th July Duggie Anderson who compiles the cryptic crosswords for the Mail newspaper gave us some hints about solving cryptic crosswords. A short test afterwards showed that the mental ability of Club members had somewhat waned over the years,although one or two members did show some  understanding.

Regina Cox and Thelma Abernethy representing Addiction NI were  the speakers on 31st July.

Some of the facts about alcohol consumption  had a few members a little worried

Installation Of President Gary

At the Clubs evening meeting on Thursday 2nd July, President Sam brought a very successful year to an end by giving the club a short resumee of the year.

He then handed over the Presidential Chain to President for 2015/16 Gary Corkin.

President Gary then gave  the club a rundown of the new committees and their chairs for the year and outlined what he and they hoped to achieve throughout the year.

Donald Minishull was installed as President Elect and Nigel Beggs as Vice President .

Rotary Club Of Lisburn 7th Invitational Golf

Malone Golf Club- New venue for meetings from July 2015

The site will be updated soon but for the information of Members and Visitors the Club meetings will be at Malone Golf Club, 240 Upper Malone Road, Belfast, BT17 9LB as from the 1st July 2015. Meetings will be each Friday at 12.45 except first Thursday in each month when the meeting will be an evening meeting at 6.30pm

Various Speakers and Visitors throughout the year

Stanley Matchett, Photographer,August 14

Sandy Smith on CS Lewis, August 14