The Rotary Club of Lisburn

Presentation Cheque to Alan McKelvey of Masicorp Trust

On Friday 30th August Alan McKelvey representing the Masicorp Trust  attended the lunch meeting

President David presented him with  a cheque for £1250.Alan thanked the Club on behalf of the people of Masiphumelele

These monies were raised during PP Jims year at the John McDonough Millenium Charity  Golf Day at Dunmurry Golf Club on 27th June

Masicorp in a charitable organisation helping the residents of Masiphumelele a small township of some 38000 in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Masicorp helps with accommodation,education and enterprise for people most of whom live in shacks.

Visit www.masicorp.org for more information

Lisburn Rotarians and family Volunteers for Police and Fireman games

Volunteers were a big part in the great success of the recent Police and fireman Games in Belfast. I for one enjoyed going to many events and the atmosphere throughout Belfast was excelent.

The many competitors that I spoke to were delighted with the organisation if the games and loved Belfast and Northern Ireland.

Robin Holliday

Margaret ? PP Billy

Robin and Margaret apparently were first Class Volunteers.

Margaret McDonough was also volunteer helping with directing competitors to their venues

Melanie Minshull and daughter

In the sporting arena,Melanie and daughter were supervising the track events

August (2) Guest Speakers

Plum Tyndall/a life in Motor sport/16th August

Alan (Plum) Tyndall with his wife Lynn joined us on the 16th august and told us with great enthusiasm of his love for and career in covering motor Sport

He covered his career for his early days to commentating on Formula one and hosting RPM.

He now has his own motor sport production company Tyndall productions

John wilson on USPCA on 23rd August

John Wilson, was our guest speaker on the 23rd August and talked about the work of the USPCA and the difficulties of dealing with mistreatment of animals

He discussed the treatment of horses and the horse meat scandal and also the impending Badger cull in England and how N.Ireland is dealing differently with the problem of TB

August Guest Speakers

Henry Smith/ Erskine Childers/2nd August

On the 2nd August Henry Smith was our guest Speaker. He gave us a very interesting talk on the life of Erskine Childers,

Born in 1870 he was an author and Irish Nationalist, who served on the delegation which negotiated the Anglo Irish treaty in 1921.

he was executed by the authorities of the Irish Free State after the Irish Civl War in 1922

Jim Gamble /Child Protection/9th August

On the 9th August Jim Gamble who was a former member of the RUC and Head of the anti intelligence unit in Belfast, and was chief executive

of Child exploitation and protection centre. (CEOP)

He gave us a very informative talk on the battle and against exploitation of children and also his battles with Government about how the agency should be set up

Rotary Club of Lisburn 5th Invitational Golf

The Rotary club of Lisburn 5th Invitational Golf  will take place on Thursday 12th September at Lisburn Golf Club.

Registration 12.0 to 1.15pm                                    Shotgun start 2.00pm

Since 2008 this event has raised over £27000,making a real difference to children and adults living in Lisburn and around the world.This year funds raised will help the charities below.

NI Cancer fund for Children

Work is currently going on at Daisy Lodge- a therapeutic respite centre in Newcastle,. The first of its kind in Europe ,this will provide nurturing short breaks for up to 500 families each year who are  caring for a child with cancer

Jole Rider ‘Changing lives through Education’

Bikes4africa refurbishes donated second hand bikes and delivers them from UK and Ireland to African schools, enabling children to travel to school. It also delivers school books to schools in Africa

Further details may be obtained from Colin suckling on 07730438286 e mail  colin@cwsdesigns.co.uk or Patrick Coyle on 07860274485 e mail patrick@coyleagencies.com

Presentation of Cheque to Macmillan Cancer

Lisa McGrogan was our guest speaker at the Friday meeting on 19th July.

Lisa is a fund raiser for Macmillan Cancer Support and she gave the members a short and informative talk on the fund raising efforts required to enable Macmillan Cancer to give support to patients suffering from what is now a disease affecting one in every three people in some way.It is necessary to raise in excess of £2million per year to run the Charity.Lisa also talked about the increasing incidence of Cancer in a aging population, where survival rates from other illnesses are improving with advances in medical care

After the talk the President David on behalf of the Club presented Lisa with a cheque for £1250 to Macmillan Cancer Support.The money was raised at the recent John McDonough Millennium Golf Day at Dunmurry Golf Club

Presidential Installation 2014

It was a warm sunny day on Friday 5th July at Dunmurry Golf, when President  Jim handed over the Presidential chain of office  to David Browne, the new President for 2013/14.

President David then installed Sam Patterson as 1st Vice President

President David the congratulated PP Jim on all the effort he had put  into making his year a great year. He highlighted PP Jim’s at home, when he had provided great hospitality to all Club Members, as a fitting finale to the year.

President  David the outlined his plans for the coming Year and looked forward to working with all his Committee Chairs.

Ballycastle Rotary Club supporting Jole Rider

Jole Rider Ambassador,Trevor Stewart was recently asked by President Angela Bonnar, and Gemma McHenry, Chair of International to come along to the normal Rotary Club of Ballycastle meeting.

Gemma handed over a generous cheque of £1,500, which was raised at a Burns Night which was held in The Central Wine Bar in Ballycastle.

This much needed funding will be used to ship the180, 2nd hand bikes which the club collected in 2012.  Trevor congratulated all the members of Ballycastle including Peter Dallat,Pres Elect Jim Boylan and Hon Treasurer Brenda Caher, pictured above.

Needless to say Trevor enjoyed the true hospitality at Ballycastle, and particularly enjoyed the Seafood Tagiatelle which was served that evening. Another rotarian who enjoys good food, and joined up rotary.
Thanks again to RC of Ballycastle, the biggest collector of bikes……….so far!!

JohnMcDonough Millennium Charity Golf Event

Presentation of Cheque to President Jim and Treasurer Helen by PP John

This prestigious Golf event has been going on annually since 2000 raising money for charities through Rotary.

This is the ninth year it has been played for and it was organised for 27th June at Dunmurry Golf Club

This was the final year of  this event and once again the weather tried hard to intervene with very heavy rain in the morning.

Thanks to the Dunmurry Golf Club greens  staff and Tony Cassidy the Golf manager, the course was playable and the rain eased off shortly after the shotgun start at 2.30 and we had a pleasant afternoon.

Some 17 fourball took part and many praised the condition of the course. After a buffet meal,  prizes were presented to the winning team and individual winners. Guest speaker Colin Barclay then entertained us.

Liam McCartneys Team took the team prize with Geoff Clarkes team as runners up. Howard Walker with  41 points won the individual prize and was presented with the John McDonough Millennium Cup. Graham Crothers and Adam Spence collected the nearest the pin prizes.

Thanks to all who took part and also to generous donations from others, the day raised £2462.

This included a large donation from the members of Holywood 87 Hockey Club in memory of Norman Crawford

The proceeds were presented to the Rotary Club of Lisburn to distribute to the two chosen charities.

Macmillan Cancer Support which provided great support to  Norman Crawford a good friend and a regular participant in the outing before his untimely death from cancer

Masicorp a body involved in helping the township of Masiphumelele an informal settlement of some 40000 people near to Cape Town

Presidents Night at Riddell Hall

The Rotary Club of Lisburn’s Presidents Night in 2013, took the form of a Dinner Dance  held in the recently refurbished Riddel Hall, Stranmillis Road, Belfast on Friday 21st June. Guests arrived to a drinks reception, followed by a buffet with musical entertainment and dancing.

President Jim hosted a  very enjoyable  evening in an excellent venue with many Rotarians and their partners, joined by friends to celebrate his Year.

Past President Tevor Stewart was presented with a Paul Harris award recognizing all the effort he had put into the Jole Rider project.

Past President Rowan Black was presented with a Paul Harris Sapphire for his services to Rotary over the years.

Credit must go 1st VP David and his committee for choosing such a superb venue and to PP Sandra for a huge contibution to the organization