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- About Rotary
- Recent Cranleigh Rotary Events
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- Cranleigh is located in the county of Surrey, about 11 km south east of
Guildford.
- The Rotary Club of Cranleigh currently has 33 members, most of whom
live in Cranleigh and the surrounding villages.
- Members of the Club have various professions, including solicitors,
accountants, bank managers, shop owners and financial advisors. They
also include a photographer, a pharmaceutical training specialist, a
nuclear physicist, a farmer, a space writer/consultant and a civil
engineer.
- Our Club was founded in 1970, and meets at the Parrot Inn in the nearby
hamlet of Forest Green on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm for 7:45 pm.
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- Model Railway Exhibition - Sept 2004
- Motor Cycle Trial - Oct 2004
- Gala Concert - Nov 2004
- Tsunami Disaster - Jan 2005
- Centenary Plaque Unveiled - Feb 2005
- Sallie’s Award - Feb 23rd 2005
- Local School Competition - March 2005
- Paul Harris Award - April 2005
- Cookery Competition - July 2005
- Defibrillator Donation - April 2006
- Cranleigh Street Map - May 2006
- Busy Christmas for Cranleigh Rotary
- 10 K Race and Kids Out - June 2007
- Open Evening – July 2007
- RYLA 2007
- 2007 Carol Concert
- Youth Speaks 2008
- New Centenary Tree Honours Past President
- Stroke Awareness Day, April 2008
- Andy Takes Over As President
- 10k Race Success, July 2008
- Paul Harris Fellowship for Michael Frost
- Dictionary Donation
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- As part of its celebrations to mark the centenary of Rotary
International, the Rotary Club of Cranleigh challenged Year 8 students
at Glebelands School to turn back the clock 100 years.
- The students were asked to take on the role of journalists in 1905,
writing newspaper reports about the creation of Rotary International by
a small group of Chicago businessmen, alongside stories recounting other
headline-making events of the time.
- After an extremely difficult task of assessing several dozen entries
that included work by well over 100 students, the judges finally awarded
the first prize to Emily Harris, Louise Green and Amanda Bolland.
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- The prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship was awarded to local businessman Nick Vrijland,
who was born in the Netherlands but has lived in Cranleigh since 1967.
- Over the past three decades, Nick has built up a thriving horticultural
business in Cranleigh and elsewhere, geared to supplying major retailers
and other growers. He is also a trustee and an enthusiastic supporter of
the Cranleigh Village Hospital Trust.
- “Nick has helped and supported so much in and around our village,” said
Patrick Leake, President of the Cranleigh Rotary Club. “Our village,
various clubs and organisations, and, indeed, individuals, have
benefited from his generosity and encouragement. He has always put
service above self and the Club is delighted to honour him”.
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- The Rotary Club of Cranleigh has handed over a new defibrillator, with
a value well in excess of £1,000, to the local branch of St. John’s
Ambulance Brigade.
- The portable machine, chosen to be compatible with those used by the
Surrey Ambulance Service, is the second defibrillator to be provided by
the Cranleigh Rotary Club in the last few weeks.
- The first of these potential life-savers is now operational at the
Cranleigh Leisure Centre, where it is available for use by a team of
trained staff.
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- The Rotarians of Cranleigh were determined to mark the Rotary
International centenary with a number of community initiatives. The
latest of these came to fruition last week when a large, full colour
street map of Cranleigh was installed outside the National Westminster
Bank.
- Present at the unveiling were Brian Cheesman, Vice Chairman of the
Parish Council, Paul Bedford, manager of the local branch of National
Westminster Bank, Brian Arendell, President of the Cranleigh Rotary
Club, and Norman Every, the Club’s centenary coordinator.
- A second, almost identical map, was also presented to the Parish
Council for future installation at the eastern end of the village.
- Meanwhile, Cranleigh Rotarians have also been hard at work at the other
end of the village, renovating the popular notice board which the Club
placed outside the Post Office some years ago.
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- In order to increase awareness of Rotary in the Cranleigh – Ewhurst
area, the Rotary Club invited local business people to an open evening
at the Village Arts Centre.
- District Governor elect, Patricia Evans (right), was on hand to give
a brief introduction to the work
of Rotary International (including RIBI), while Vice President Andy
Kolmar spoke about the local initiatives undertaken by the Club,
including RYLA, Kids Out, the Carol Concert and assistance with reading
in a local school.
- “The meeting generated a great deal of interest in the work of Rotary
and a number of people expressed an interest in learning more about us,”
said Mr. Kolmar.
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- Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a leadership training
programme for teenagers. Each year, the Rotary Club of Cranleigh seeks
two candidates for sponsorship on the week-long course at Woodrow High
House, near Amersham. This year, the lucky pair were Tom Grundy and
Louise Scott, both from Glebelands School.
- During a presentation to the Club after the event, the young people
explained the value of the course, with its opportunities to meet other
students from many different places, to bond with them and to gain
team-building skills. With no access to TV, radio or newspapers, the
emphasis was on outdoor activities, including an overnight hike.
- However, everyone was given a treat by attending a performance of
“Chicago” in the West End, and the week ended on another high with a
concert put together by all the RYLA attendees.
- “Highly recommended – we learned such a lot,” was the verdict of Tom
and Louise. “It was tiring, but very enjoyable.”
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- The ever-popular Rotary Carol Concert was held in Cranleigh Village
Hall on 12 December. A packed audience was entertained by choirs from
three local junior schools: St Cuthbert Mayne, St Nicolas and Park Mead.
- Among those providing accompaniment for the choirs and carols were a
brass band conducted by Rotarian Norman Every, and Andy Clark, head
teacher of Park Mead Junior School, on the piano.
- Compere for the evening was Rev. Suresh Menon from the Cranleigh
Baptist Church, who explained to the audience that Jesus was our
Christmas present from God, and that we should not forget to accept Him.
- The collection raised about £136 for Rotary charities. The following
week, the Christmas Street Collection raised about £1,200 while the
profits from the January Sale were about £900, both considerably higher
than last year. The Club would like to thank the people of the local
community for their generosity at this busy time of year.
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- The national Rotary Youth Speaks competition offers young people the
experience of speaking on a public platform as members of a team.
- On 24 January the Rotary Club of Cranleigh held their local Youth
Speaks competition at Cranleigh School. All of the presentations were of
a very high standard, but Glebelands School were eventually chosen
as the winner of both the Intermediate and the Senior competition. The
winners were presented with book tokens donated by the Rotary Club of
Cranleigh.
- The Senior winners went onto the Northern Area Final, held on 7
February. The Intermediate winners went on to the District Final on 26
February. Glebelands came third in this event and Holly Raffe was
judged to be the best speaker.
- The Rotary Club of Cranleigh later sponsored the District Senior Final
on 1 March. The winners from Warden Park School, Cuckfield, were
presented with individual trophies, certificates and book tokens. The
Rotary District Governor, Alan Knight, was in attendance together with
other members of the District Committee.
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- Thanks to a very kind donation, the Rotary Club of Cranleigh has
been able to replace the young London Plane tree that was irreparably
damaged recently outside the Alliance Pharmacy in Cranleigh High Street.
The donation was made in memory of Gordon Thomas, a founder member of
the Cranleigh Club, who died in 2007 and who did so much for
Cranleigh over the years.
- The original tree, which was funded by the members of Cranleigh Rotary
Club, was planted to mark the Centenary of Rotary International. It was
vandalised and broken in November 2007. Other Centenary projects
included a commemorative plaque and a street map in Stocklund Square,
and a school writing competition.
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- This year’s North District Final of the Rotary Young Chef Competition
was hosted by Guildford County School. The competition, which was
organised by Chris Blow, a member of the Guildford Rotary Club, and
Giovanni Fontebasso from Cranleigh Rotary Club, was open to school
students under the age of 16 in the Godalming-Cranleigh-Horsham area.
Nine schools in Surrey and Sussex took part.
- Each competitor had two hours to prepare, cook and serve a three course
meal for two, based on a limited budget.
- The winner was Luke Selby from Steyning Grammar School, and the
runner-up was Katy Gunter from Guildford County School. Luke won over
the judges with his delicious menu of smoked haddock ravioli in a cream
sauce, followed by breast of duck with glazed shallots and a spicy
sauce, and concluding with a dessert of berries and hazelnut shortbread
in layers.
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- Saturday, 26th April was Stroke Awareness Day for Rotary clubs
across the country. Cranleigh Rotarians were out in force in the High
Street during the morning, encouraging as many people as possible
to have their blood pressure checked.
- On hand to provide free blood pressure tests and advice were two
volunteer nurses, Kathryn Charman and Jo Cheslyn-Hall. A total of 80
people took advantage of this opportunity, 14 of whom were recommended
to see their GP to undergo further checks. and many others were given
literature explaining the importance of stroke awareness.
- We are pleased to make available this extremely important service to the
local community," said Rotarian Ken Smith. "This year even
more people than usual have been able to benefit from this free
initiative, receiving checks and advice which may prevent strokes and
even save their lives.
- "Once again, we would like to express our gratitude to the
Alliance Pharmacy in Cranleigh High Street and Cranfold Physical
Therapy Centre for the use of their premises."
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- On 6 July 2008, a record number of runners (215) turned up for the
annual Cranleigh 10k race, jointly organised by the Rotary Club of
Cranleigh and the Cranleigh T & H Runners. 38 juniors also competed
in the Cranleigh 3k race, with categories for over 10s and 10 and under
for the first time.
- Eleanor Harrison showed the boys the way home by winning the over 10
group in 12 minutes 41 seconds, one and a half minutes faster than
last year.
- "The weather rapidly deteriorated after the junior race and
shortly after the 10k started the runners were confronted by blustery
showers, but it did little to dampen their spirits and they appeared to
enjoy the run over a very scenic course," said Rotarian Brian Vine.
- Waverley Harrier Lee Kemp finished first in 34 minutes 29 seconds, with
local runner Chris Finill of Harrow AC in second place. For the
second year running, Susanna Harrison of Woking AC won the Ladies event.
- The event raised about £1,000 for Rotary charities. A full list of
results can be found at: www.cranleighrunners.com
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- Michael Frost, a founder member and first President of the Rotary Club
of Cranleigh, was awarded the highest honour Rotary can give – a Paul
Harris Fellowship – on 26 June 2008.
- Michael was first approached by the Rotary Club of Guildford in summer
1969 about creating a new club in Cranleigh – then a fast-growing
village.
- “Three or four of us met at lunch time in the Alfold Barn and each week
we brought along a few potential new members,” wrote Michael. “In the
early days we had a fairly unusual range of professions, including a
mushroom grower, an artist, a publican, the General Secretary of the
Merchant Seamen’s Convalescent Centre and a farmer. After a few months
we had the magic number – 25 – the minimum required to be chartered as a
Rotary Club.
- “On 19 June 1970, we were presented with our charter by the District
Governor, Ernest Winson. Now, 38 years later, there are only two other
founder members, apart from myself, still in the Club.”
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- As part of its ongoing effort to support the local community, the Rotary
Club of Cranleigh has donated an illustrated dictionary to each of
the children leaving St Nicolas, St Cuthbert Mayne and Park
Mead primary schools this summer. The project was made possible by
a collaboration with Usborne Publishing which enables Rotary
Clubs in the UK to acquire copies of the Usborne Illustrated Dictionary,
especially revised and updated, for donation to children on the point of
moving into secondary education.
- "We are delighted to be able to assist the schools and their
students in this way and it is hoped that this project will
have a long term benefit for the young people's future
education," said Rotary President Andy Kolmar. "As a result of
the Rotary link with Usborne, 156 children will receive a
dictionary before leaving school this term."
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- 7 August Age Concern, Waverley (Kay
Newham)
- 14 August Business
Meeting
- 21 August World Scout
Jamboree 2007 (Charlotte Taylor)
- 28 August To be confirmed
- 4 September Working in a S. African Orphanage
(Hannah Clark)
- 11 September Business
Meeting
- 18 September Visit of
District Governor, Pat Evans
- 25 September Visit to
another club – no meeting at the Parrot
- 2 October Cranleigh Celebrities (Michael
Miller)
- 9 October Business Meeting
- 16 October POW Work Camp in
Guildford (John Glanfield)
- 23 October Voluntary Action
SW Surrey (Carol Dunnett)
- 30 October A Personal
Insight on Afghanistan (Sara Hurley)
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