KINVER ROTARY CLUB PLANS FOR ANOTHER 10K RACE SUCCESS
Plans are well ahead for a repeat on Sunday september 30th of the annual 10k run organised by the Rotary Club of Kinver, in association with Action Heart.
All operational and administrative costs have already been covered by the sponsorship of Pensnett-based vehicle body repair centre BodyKraft, with additional funding by Dudley Motor Company. This will result in all proceeds from runners' entry fees and, in many cases, their individual sponsorships going to Action Heart, which received more than £4000 from last year's event.
CULTURAL MIX
Kinver Rotarians have experienced two vastly differing aspects of “cultural education” in a weekend.
A group of members and friends took part in a private whisky tasting event, sampling, giving their opinions and in some cases purchasing a wide selection of malt whiskys.
DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Working in conjunction with staff at Edgecliff High School Kinver we were pleased to be able to submit two entries into the District Rotary Photography competition 2012, from a number of photographs submitted by pupils of the school. Judging of the District finals took place in March and our entry from Lucien Fere
Christmas sleigh hand out to almost 40 groups
More senior citizens than ever were entertained by members of the Rotary Club of Kinver at this year’s annual new year party. Well over 150 pensioners were treated to a supper provided and servied by club members and their wives, and entertainment from Rob Pitt. Also, for the first time, students from Edgecliff School performed exerpts from their recent production.
KINVER ROTARY CLUB VISITS MORVILLE HALL
On Sunday 15th april a party of twenty-nine Kinver Rotarians and wives enjoyed an interesting day out at Morville in Shropshire. After coffee in the Dower House, its garden was the focus of the pre-lunch visit. In 1988 writer and garden historian Katherine Swift took a twenty year lease on a 1.5 acre field in the grounds of Morville Hall, together with the lease of the Dower House.
ROTARY'S SPRING CLEAN COMES TO KINVER
Kinver Rotary Club has thrown its weight behind the village’s participation in Staffordshire’s Community Council’s Best Kept Village competition as part of its support for the movement’s nationwide Rotary Spring Clean.
PAST PRESIDENT KEN LEAPS INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Kinver Rotarians were astounded to receive the news that Past President Ken Graham has acquired an email address. The actual address, however, is being kept as a closely guarded secret within the Club whilst Ken undertakes arduous training in the use of emails. It is hoped that he will soon be able to receive and open his emails, though sending them may take a little longer. It is expected that sales of red wine will increase dramatically during the training period.
For the first time in the Club's history all members can now be contacted by email.
Club fellowship visit to Prague
This year's February Kinver Rotary Club overseas fellowship weekend saw twenty members, partners and friends enjoy as excellent few days fellowship in Prague, staying at a very central hotel on Wenceslas Square.
The weather was kind, enabling members to sightsee, visiting the largest castle complex in Europe, St. Vitas Cathedral, Charles Bridge and Prague Old Town. Some members have been asked to give a talk to the Club following their very enlightening - in their words - visit to The Sex Machine Museum!
Rotary sleigh collection tops £5,000 for the first time
The generous people of Kinver, Enville and Wollaston have excelled themselves in their donations to Kinver Rotary Club’s Christmas Sleigh, putting more than £5,000 in the collecting tins for the first time in the 26-year history of the annual fund-raiser.
Kinver Edge toposcope repaired in preparation for full refurbishment
The toposcope on Kinver Edge, designed and paid for by the Rotary Club of Kinver as its first major public project after its formation in 1985, has been given a temporary repair while funds are raised for a permanent refurbishment.
10k run most successful ever
Kinver Rotary Club’s fifth 10k run was its most successful ever with more than 250 runners taking part in an event that has become recognised as one of the toughest in the West Midlands.