This week we celebrated a return to sunny weather by shedding the rainy days blues. Immediate Past President Terry Maguire was the chair of today’s meeting. Mike Blewitt advised he …Read More >
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Weekly Meeting 26 February 2018
We didn’t have a lunch meeting last week; instead swapping our normal meeting for a dinner the visiting GSE team from Uganda. This week our lunch meeting was chaired by President-Elect …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 12 February 2018
This week, we learned that the secretary of Rotary District 9650 (the district of which we are a part) is calling for nominations for the role of District Governor Designate. …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 5 February 2018
This week we were joined by our RYE student Bianca and by RYE student Aneta Bobovska. Aneta attends Bishop Druitt College with Bianca. President Bernard put Aneta on the spot for …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 22 January 2018
This week we were joined by Rotary Youth Exchange students Bianca Saikale (from Brazil) and Nina Vilain (from France). Nina is sponsored by Gunnedah & Gunnedah West Rotary Clubs and was …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 20 March 2017
We have a Vocational Visit to the Cancer Unit at the Health Campus coming up on 3 April 2017. Getting up in time for a 6.30 – 7.00 am visit …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 13 March 2017
This week our guest speaker was Shelly Whittington, the NSW & ACT Development Manager for Destiny Rescue. Destiny Rescue is an internationally-recognized non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing children trapped in …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 20 February 2017
This week we proposed a toast to the Rotary Club of Monastir Tunisia. This club was founded in 1990, has 20 members and forms part of District 9010. The current …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 13 February 2017
This week, Bernard Spry advised that his family are involved in a school exchange where his 16 year old son has gone to Japan on a 6 months exchange and …Read More >
We’re in the news!
It’s not often a Rotary club gets to make the news, but we’re pleased to have managed it! We held our Bonville International Golf Resort charity day in November 2016, …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 2 February 2017
After a long Christmas/New Year break, we were back in action this week. Paul McKeon advised members of the upcoming exhibition at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery featuring the first Australian …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 5 December 2016
This week, Coffs City Rotary ‘Mo Bro’ Bob Carle advised that members’ contributions to date for ‘Movember’ totalled in excess of $1,780.00. We’re sure everyone would agree that’s fair compensation …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 28 November 2016
We had a happy occasion this week: President Terry inducted our newest member Stan Paull. Stan is a transferring Rotarian from the Chelsea, Victoria club. Welcome Stan! President Terry then …Read More >
Weekly meeting 21 November 2016
We had no formal guest speaker today and the meeting was devoted to some reports, planning for the Christmas party and fellowship. President Terry introduced our guest, Stan Paull, hopefully …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 14 November 2016
No formal guest speaker today and the meeting was devoted to some reports and fellowship. We did have a few guests though: Stan Paull, Frank Faulkner from the Rotary Club …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 7 November 2016
Some sad news this week. President Terry informed members that our club secretary Fiona Thwaites has resigned from the club as she has taken up employment in Canberra. Fiona was …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 24 October 2016
Our guests today were Phillip Chadwick, visiting from the UK where he is a member of the Rotary Club of Skipton, and Paul Killey from Mid Coast Area Health Service. Graham …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 17 October 2016
President Terry was back in a relaxed mode this week and so was the attendance to today’s meeting, 12 members in for lunch in the Rainbow Room. Perhaps the others could …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 10 October 2016
We were fortunate enough this week to be visited by Rotary District Governor Ian Jackson and his wife Barbara. Ian advised that the primary thing to get out of Rotary …Read More >
Weekly Meeting 5 September 2016
Club Member Bruce Robertson was our guest speaker at very late notice. Bruce gave us an insight to his and his wife Sally’s recent 3 month sojourn in Europe. They …Read More >