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Allotment for Storehouse, July 2026
Over
the past couple of years, Rotarian Pankaj Gulab has been restoring one
of the allotments in the Country Park and started a vegetable plot.
Some help has been given, mainly in the way of spare hard
materials, by other members of the Rotary Club. Produce from the plot
is being donated to Melton's food bank, Storehouse. Recently some
volunteers from among Storehouse's customers have joined Pankaj in
extending the number of plots to provide more provisions for
Storehouse. Pictures from the past few weeks are below.
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Youth Awards Presentation, July 2026
On
a lovely afternoon in early July the Melton Rotary Club's Women in
Business Group organised the Youth Competitions Presentation Awards for
2025/26.
Held at Tresillian those attending - the winners of various competions run by the Group and their families enjoyed Pimms, tea ️and cake. making a £5 donation to Club funds.
The winning competitors were presented with certificates and trophies.
Winners names are as follows:
Young Photographer:
Alfred Hough
Amelia Simms
Young Artist:
Freya Nelson
Zachary Morgan
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Handover, 2026
Congratulations Channi Riyait our President for 2026/2027.
Thank you to our Past President Nicky Wallis for the past year who
handed over our jewel which holds the names of 98 previous Presidents
at our Foundation lunch today .
Channi was joined by his family wife Lado and younger daughter Tripat .
We are all looking forward to an exciting year ahead and working with
our fellow Clubs of Melton Belvoir and Melton Aurora.
The handover
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held in the beautiful gardens of Tresillian House in lovely weather.
Many thanks to Alison for the splendid catering.
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Minor Sports, May 2026
On
a lovely evening at Croxton Kerrial Village Hall we hosted Sleaford in
the next round of games, following our win in the previous round.
We battled it out playing the card game Pairs, Hoopla, Garden size
Connect 4, Garden size Jenga and an amusing card game managed by Phil
involving walnuts - a must I think for a meeting sometime.
A light supper of pizza slices, salad, cheese crackers, bread, ham,
humous, grapes and strawberries, wine, beer and soft drinks was
provided by Nicky and Alison, served by Christopher, Janet, Pam, and
Alison and enjoyed by all.
Refreshed teams played well resulting in a win for Sleaford,wwho had
been given a bye in the previous round. We can now all relax for
another year!
Our thanks to them for being great sports and good company. Best of luck in the next round.!
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SpringTime Ceilidh, May 2026
Rotarian Phil
Bendall organised a brilliant Spring-time Ceilidh, a form of
gaelic
dancing, at Twinlakes to take advantage of the near arrival of Summer.
About 150 people came to enjoy the dancing, entertainment and
company, helped on by the refreshments available.
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CPR Training at Sikh Mela, Hamilton, April 2026
Three members of the club's Heartwize CPR training team set up at the
annual Mela at the Sikh Gurdwara in Hamilton, Leicester, to demonstrate
dealing with a cardiac arrest with chest compressions and use of a
defibrillator. About 75 people were trained in this life saving
skill.
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Disability Games,
April 2026
The
club was again pleased to help with the running by Rotary in the East
Midlands of the annual Disability
Games, held at Ratcliffe College on 12th April. We had 125
competitors take part on the day, getting involved in over 400 discrete
activities. The competitors were drawn from 17 organisations
arriving from destinations including Leicester, Lincoln, Lutterworth,
Melton, Northampton, Nottingham, Oakham, Peterborough, Ramsey,
Sleaford, Spilsby and Sutton on Sea. These participants were
each supported by enthusiastic carers, parents, siblings, friends and
of course, their teammates. The eleven sports activities and on-site
administration tasks were each assigned to 11 Rotary clubs that
organised separate sub-teams of Rotarians, partners and friends to
ensure each aspect ran smoothly. These, together with the
other individual volunteers made up our 100-strong workforce.
All competitors went home with certificates, and the winners
of the
various competitions were presented with trophies.
The Melton
club, led by Richard Abbott, organised the table tennis competition,
with good support from members of the club. The results were:
Senior male - Winner - Patrick Cox
Senior Female - Winner - Rachel Edwards
Juniors. Only one match - Odin Howley ( male ) beat Grace
Clare (female). Both received trophies as they were the only entrants
in their category.
A few pictures from the event are below.
Next year the event will be held in Northampton. Watch out for details
at this
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Melton's
Got Talent, April 2026
A
hugely talented group of performers entertained an audience of over 160
people in the Melton Theatre on Saturday 11th.
Congratulations
to all the entrants. It was a fabulous evening. You
were all amazing. Many thanks to everyone who helped on stage and
behind the
scenes, especially Lucy Mitcham who produced the whole event.
The winners were:
- Juniors:
Lea Pedley. Tap dance
- Seniors:
Profound. “Creep”
- Adult:
Performing Stars Academy. “The Traitors”
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Night at the Bowls Club, March 2026
We
had an enjoyable, if at times frustrating evening at the Melton Indoor
Bowls Club at the end of March. 19 members and friends of the
Rotary Clubs in Melton came together to learn how to play indoor bowls.
I don't think anyone would say we were even close to the serious club
players on
the lanes next to us competing in the club leagues, but we all improved
(slightly) and had enormous fun. Many thanks to the ever so
patient
club members who coached us and especially Hazel Armstrong who
organised everything at the club. Thank you also to the club
caterers who
put on a good meal before we started.
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98th
Charter Night, March 2026
The
club held its 98th Charter Night, our anniversary of our formation in
1928,
at the Harboro Hotel, Melton on 23rd March. The atmosphere in
the
restaurant was excellent with guests meeting old and new
friends.
Our speakers for the night were Club secretary John Dehnel who proposed
the toast to Rotary International and Rotary in Great Britain and
Ireland, responded to by Assistant Governor Janet Sinclair.
Our
president Elect Channi Riyiat then introduced President Nicky Wallis
who spoke to the theme of "I Shall Wear Purple", a poem by Sottish poet
Jenny Joseph. She based the story of her career in medicine
on
the story in this poem, creating an engaging speech which captivated
the audience.
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Minor
Sports Round 2, March 2026
After
a bye in round one, we welcomed the Bradgate Rotary Club to Twinlakes
Park this week.
What does 2 teams of 12, 4 games, 1 fab venue at Twinlakes and
great food equal? The Minor Sports Heat Melton v Bradgate.
What amazing sports did we choose as hosts to challenge Bradgate to?
Yes you guessed it Giant Connect 4, Giant Jenga, Quoits (hoopla to you
and me) plus the hilarious card game spoons!
This challenged us all to the limit of our skills, nerves stretched as
the Jenga Towers fell, our reflexes tested as we grabbed for the
spoons, our flipping prowess with hand and eye skills with quoits, not
forgetting the intense strategy and concentration for Connect 4.
We battled on. The room filled with fun laughter
cheers and
wonderful fellowship.
After a fiercely fought battle Melton were victorious but it was close
and the fun we had along the way tremendous. Thank you Bradgate for a
great evening of fun and fellowship and to everyone who contributed to
make it happen. Many
thanks also to Phil Bendall for organising the evening and for hosting
us at Twinlakes.
We
are now in training for the next round watch this space
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International
Women's Day, March 2026
We had a successful event
raising money for Hope Against Cancer and had three female speakers
with
inspiring and powerful talks.
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Crocuses
on Station Embankment, March 2026
Back
in the Autumn several members of the Rotary Clubs in Melton Mowbray
planted over 5,000 purple crocus bulbs in the station embankment.
As well as bightening up the early Spring environment, the
colour
purple signifies the world-wide campaign that Rotary has sponsored over
many years to rid the world of the once-dreaded disease of polio. When
the campaign started in the '80s there were around 1,000 people
worldwide every
day,
mainly young children and babies, who caught the disease, often
resulting in untreatable paralysis or death. We were
down to
about 40 cases last year. The year to date there have been no reported
cases worldwide.
The colour purple reflects the purple dye that is put on
children's
little fingers, the purple pinkie, in poorer parts of the world so we
can keep track of which children have already been vaccinated that day.
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Melton
Young Artist Competition, February 2026
The
Women in Business Impact group of the club ran the Melton club's
Young Artist of the Year cometition ovr the winter. We have
two superb winning pictures in the Junior and the Senior sections.
Congratulations to both.
Winner of the Intermediate section - Freya
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Winner of the Junior section - Zachary
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Melton
Youth Club, February 2026
Our support for the Melton Youth Club continues. The sessions
remain
full each month with 30 children per session. February 6th was mermaid
brushes and valentine baking.
The next session is for the older group who have asked for a pamper
night. So facials and manicures it will be.
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Melton
Young Photographer, December 2025
The Women in Business Impact group of the club ran the Melton
club's
Young Photographer of the Year cometition during the Autumn. We have
two superb winning pictures in the Junior and the Senior sections.
Congratulations to both.
Junior Winner Alfred Hough
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Senior Winner Amelia Simms
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Melton
Santa Fun Run, December 2025
The
club's 16th successive Santa Fun Run was held at Melton Country Park on
the 7th December. The
park was replete with red and white suits worn
by all ages including those in pushchairs, and the dogs!. Good
fun was had by all. All
the entrants came in smiling to receive their medals after a run or
walk with no incidents. Many thanks to the marshals who
helped
everyone around the course, as well as the registration team and other
helpers. Also to our photographer Julie who took the photos
below. Many more are on our Facebook page at this
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Coats
for Kids, September 2025
Thanks
to
the superb generosity of the Barratt Redrow Foundation, the Rotary Club
are able to pass on to the charity Coats4Kids
£5,000
towards new warm winter coats for 200 primary school children in the
Rutland and Melton Mowbray areas.
Coats4Kids raises money to buy new winter coats and deliver them to
primary school children whose families are in poverty and cannot afford
to provide one. Those in need of coats are identified by their Primary
Schools. A smart warm, new winter coat can work wonders for a child's
mental health and self-esteem.
Club member Phil Bendall had made the contact with Barratt Redrow. He
also organised a splendid barbecue at Twinlakes leisure park for the
club, with over 40 people attending. We were delighted to have not only
Tim from the Barratt Redrow Foundation attending, but also a
representative of Coats4Kids. The mayor of Melton and her consort
graced us with her presence.
Many thanks again to the Barratt Redrow Foundation, Phil Bendall, and
our chefs for the evening, Bob McCord and Ron Edwards.
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Chennai Hospital
VideoBronchoscope, September 2025
Our
pictures show the handover ceremony for the video bronchosope funded
jointly by the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray, The Rotary Foundation and
the Rotary Club of Madras Industrial City. The hospital is
the
Hindu Mission hospital serving the poor in society on a charitable
basis. Melton club member Chris Gray was visiting Chennai, so
was
able to attend the handover - he is seen in one of the
pictures.
The doctor speaking in the fourth picture is reporting to her
colleagues on three successful uses
of the equipment to date for critically ill patients. One had
a
pleural effusion and biopsy; the second an upper lobe mass cryobiopsy;
the third, who was suffering major weight loss, had an
endo-biopsy. All three are recovering well.
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Rainbows Fund Raising, August
2025
Rainbows
are a children's hospice based in Leicestershire, caring for babies,
children and young people, brightening short lives. The three
Rotary clubs in Melton Mowbray came together to raise money towards to
wonderful work they do. Thank you to Tesco for allowing us to
use
your entrance lobby to collect from the visitors to the Melton
store. We raised 457 to help in a small way with Rainbows'
funding.
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Children's
Fun Day, 7th July 2025
On
July 7th the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray sponsored a group of 29
children from the Grove Primary School to visit Twinlakes.
The school serves a catchment with a high level of both social and
economic deprivation. The children who went on the Fun Day live in very
challenging circumstances. Their opportunities for enjoying a variety
of experiences are limited; most rarely travel further than a mile from
home and very few have ever been on a holiday.
The staff who accompanied the children reported that they thoroughly
enjoyed the whole day. Twin Lakes offers them exciting rides, water
play, adventures, animals to pet and a vast amount of space
to
explore - all in a very safe and secure environment.
The staff are most appreciative of the difference that Rotary and Twin
Lakes made to some very disadvantaged pupils.
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Handover,
1st July 2025
Our
pictures are fom the handover from (now) past president Atul Dawda to
Nicky Wallis, our club president for 2025-26. The handover
was
held in the beautiful gardens of Tresillian House in lovely weather.
Many thanks to Alison for the splendid catering.
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Midsummer
Ceilidh 2025.
President
Phil organised a brilliant Mid-Summer Ceilidh, a form of gaelic
dancing, at Twinlakes to celebrate the summer season and the end of
this Rotary year. Around 100 guests attended and had an
enjoyable evening dancing, eating and drinking.
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Disability
Games 2025.
The
club was pleased to help with the running of the Rotary in the East
Midlands' Disability
Games, held at Ratcliffe College on 27th April. About 200
people
with limited physical or mental abilities took part, in teams from
various organisations around the South East Midlands. All
participants went home with certificates, and the winners of the
various competitions were presented with trophies. The Melton
club, led by Richard Abbott, organised the table tennis competition,
with good support from members of the club.
A few pictures from the event are below. More story and
pictures
are on the district website at this link.
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Visit
to Hindu Mission Hospital, Chennai, India, March/April 2025
Rotarian
Chris Gray visited the Hindu Mission Hospital while in
Chennai.
It is in this hospital that the video bronchoscope part-funded by our
club will be installed, to the benefit of the poorer people of the
city. In a project led by the Chennai Rotary club we are the
international partners. Out involvement has opened up grants
from
The Rotary Foundation towards a large part of the US$30,003 cost of the
project which includes purchase and maintenance of the equipment and
the training of the medical staff at the hospital in its use.
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Visit
to Gurdwara, March 2025
Members
of the club had an interesting visit to the Sikh Gurwara in Hamilton,
Leicester on 31st March, arranded by our president to be, Channi
Riyait. Sunny, our guide, explained many aspects of the Sikh
faith and history. Many thanks to him and his colleagues at
the
Gurdwara, who also fed us well with traditional Sikh hospitality.
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Charter
Night, March 2025
The
club held its 97th Charter Night, our anniversary of our formation in
1928,
at the Soi Restaurant, Melton on 17th March. Grateful thanks
to
Present Atul for hosting the event, and to his staff for looking after
us so well.
Our speakers for the night were President Atul, Past President Phil
Bendall who proposed the toast to the visitors, President Elect Nicky
Wallis, who proposed the toast to Rotary International and Rotary in
Great Britain and Ireland, District Governor Chris Knight responding,
and our guest speaker Dave Andrews DL of BBC Radio Leicester
fame. Dave took us through the history of the BBC, provoking
many
happy memories in
the
audience.
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International
Women's Day, March 2025
Happy
International Women's Day. What a night we had on 7th march to
celebrate with the Melton Mowbray Rotary Club Women in Business.
Thank you to our three brilliant speakers Sam Berry, Sad Paul-Henry
and Helen Cockle.
Thank you to Soi Indian Restaurant for the hospitality and amazing food.
Thank you to Dawn Hilton Photography, The Dog House. Luxury
Dog
Grooming & Canine Spa, Maria Coulter, Pearces The Jewellers,
Ragdale Hall Spa, Boundless learning Ltd, Miss B's Tea Rooms Melton
Mowbray, The Flower Basin, The Harboro Hotel and Reeves Tweed for
donating prizes for our raffle to raise money for St Mary’s
Birth
Centre, Melton Mowbray and charity Women Who Can.
I am overwhelmed by the response. See you all again next year 😀
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Crocus
Display on Station Approach
The
Melton
Rotary
Clubs came
together last October to plant another area of the embankment
at the town station with crocus corms, as we have for the past few
years. In March, they are now producing a wonderful show of
purple, enlivening the bank as people approach the town station.
The colour purple alludes to Rotary's long-standing programme to
protect the children of the world from the ravages of polio.
in
India and elsewhere, when we carry out the vaccination programmes the
painting of children's little finger
nails purple allows vaccinators know which children have already been
vaccinated during a day-long campaign of vaccinating children across a
whole rural village.
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Melton's
Got Talent, January 2025
Very
well done to all the entrants who entertained an audience of well over
100 at
Melton Theatre at the end of January. It was a fabulous evening. You
were all amazing. Many thanks to everyone who helped on stage and
behind the
scenes, especially Lucy Mitcham who produced the whole event.
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Young
Musician Competition 2025
The
club's recently formed Women in Business Impact group ran a successful
Young Musician Competition on Saturday 8th January, organised by Nicola
Magrath and Lucy Mitcham. Despite having only 6 entrants we
had a
good morning’s entertainment from them with a wide variety of
instruments. Well
done
to Hannah and all the entrants. The talent and variation of
acts
were superb. The
competition was won by Hannah Louise Potter on
the saxophone. Thank you to Nicola
and Lucy, also to our compere Chris Knight and to John Ferneley College.
Hannah has now taken part in the Rotary District final on
25th
January, where the standard of the young musicians was
outstanding. Well done Hannah for taking part and playing so
beautifully.
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Generators to Ukraine
Rotarians
continue to provide practical support to the people of Ukraine, both in
Ukraine and this country.
A recent example of this support was the provision of electrical
generators. Funds raised by Melton and Aurora Rotary Clubs contributed
to Rotary’s national initiative for this vital equipment
which now
totals well over 200,000. Actions by the Russian military
have
resulted in over 80% of the electrical generating capacity and supply
infrastructure in Ukraine being demolished, reduced or taken over under
Russian control. Some of these stations also provided heat to the local
community. A further consequence is the need to manage the remaining
supply. This involves switching off electricity to some areas to ensure
widespread uncontrolled blackouts do not occur when the demand exceeds
the available supply. Families, small health centres and similar
communal facilities mainly use the electrical generators funded by
Rotary.
An example of local Rotary support is providing help and resources at
the Kids Club for Ukraine children established in Oakham Fire Station.
The young people meet weekly and engage in various activities within
the friendly surroundings of the fire station. These include
educational and art projects, but they also have the opportunity to
reflect on their Ukrainian background.
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Melton
Santa Fun Run, December 2024
The
club's 15th successive Santa Fun Run was held at Melton Country Park on
the 15th December. The park was replete with red and white suits worn
by all ages including those in pushchairs. Good fun was had by all. The
weather was kinder than last, mild albeit cloudy, and dry.
All
the entrants came in smiling to receive their medals after a run or
walk with no incidents. Many thanks to the marshals who
helped
everyone around the course, as well as the registration team and other
helpers. Also to our photographer Dawn, (Dawn
Hilton Photography www.dawnhiltonphotography.co.uk,
Redwood Avenue,
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1UT, 07570 305101). Contact Dawn for
many
more photos.
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Many thanks to the marshals and other organisers, several from
outside the Melton Rotary club, who came along to help.
Photos courtesy of Dawn Hilton, Andrea Fiford.
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Teas, October 2024
On
Sunday 29th October 34 our guests enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea,
supplied and hosted by the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray. This event
provides an enjoyable opportunity for people who are often isolated the
chance to chat with friends, feel valued and respected. It is a
pleasure for the Rotary club to facilitate such an experience.
Many thanks are due to the team who provide a lovely, home made tea,
the group of helpers who make the guests feel so welcome and to Burton
Lazars for the use, again, of their lovely village hall.
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Club
Visit to Portugal, October 2024
A
party of 12 from the club visited Portugal in mid-October, visiting
Portugal and the Douro Valley, home to Port wine and to the Douro range
of reds and whites. Porto itself is a splendid city, with
very
many churches, palaces, museums, historic trams, and
HILLS.
We were there for a week, so had plenty of chance to expereince all
that the region had to offer.
Porto and Douro River
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Many
thanks
to club president Atul for proposing the visit and making
all the arrangements. All flowed very smoothly, and we had a
wonderful time.
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Minor
Sports, September 2024
While
the Minor Sports competition was an evening enjoyed by all, the result
for the Melton club was disappointing. Bradgate Rotary club
took
the lead winning the first match by one point. Melton evened
up
the tie in the second, winning by 5 points. But Bradgate
stormed
to victory with a 7 point lead in the decider.
Thank you to Alison for organising it.
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Inauguration
of Impact group of the Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray, September 2024
10th
September 2024 saw the inauguration of the Impact Group as an addition
to Melton Rotary Club's membership and support for our
community.
14 Rotarians came together for the evening to induct the initial 6
members of the new business group into the club. They will be
joined over the next several weeks by more new members.
Nicola
Magrath has been instrumental in bringing this group together to
combine their skills and backgrounds to help the local community in
many ways.
The new members inducted were Dawn Hilton, Fiona Tullie, Heidi Simms,
Julia Hancock, Kelly Reeve and Lucy Mitcham. We welcome them
all
to Rotary.
Thank you to Atul and team at Soi
Indian
Restaurant
for the food and hospitality, enjoyed greatly at the meal after their
time working together to understand the breadth of skills in the new
team.
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Channi
Riyait Joins Melton Rotary Club, September 2024
The
club was delighted to welcome Channi Riyait into the club at our
meeting on 10th September. Channi was a founder member of the
Rotary Club of Leicester Novus until its dermise in June
2024.
Channi had moved to Melton Mowbray some months before, but had remained
loyal to Novus until its unfortunate closure. We are
delighted he
has chosen to continue his membership of Rotary with our club.
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Evergreen
Teas, August 2024
Janet
Shortland applied her usual skill and expertise to laying on an
excellent and enjoyable afternoon tea and cakes for 54 of our more
elderly citizens. Many thanks,
especially to Janet, and to the club members and friends of the club
who helped with providing and serving the refreshments.
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Barbecue
at Twinlakes, July 2024
The
last Monday in July saw around 100 people at Twinlakes for
an
enjoyable barbecue
in
glorious weather, followed by a visit to Twinlakes' new and very scary "Xtreme
Scream"
experience. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Phil
Bendall,
the proprietor of Twinlakes, and Atul Dawda, the proprietor of the Soi
Indian restaurant in Melton, money raised will all go towards the
charitable projects of the club.
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Ukrainian
Evening 9th July 2024
Early
July saw the three Rotary clubs in Melton Mowbray organise an evening
of friendship with about 50 members of the Ukrainian community in
Melton and Rutland. Generously hosted by Atul Dawda, the Soi
resturant was the venue for this event. As well as Soi's
excellent food, we were entertained by pictures and videos showing the
culture and landscapes of a country few of the Rotarians know much
of. A particular treat was the singing of our
visitors as
they regaled us with a selection of songs from their homeland.
Some of the pictures are shown below. The story of suport for
our
visitors, the pictures of Ukrainian scenery, and the dance pictures
link to videos our visitors showed.
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Handover,
1st July 2024
In
our picture, President Phil Bendall hands over to incoming president
Atul Dawda for the Presidency for 2024-2025. We wish Atula
great
year fulfilling the pleothora a plans for the club.
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