Hoddesdon Rotary Club's Schools Technology Tournament

Along with colleagues from the Rotary Clubs of Hertford, Hertford Shires and Ware, Amwell Rotary Club sent several members to help judge at Hoddesdon Rotary Club's annual Schools Technology Tournament.

28 Teams from 9 local schools took part in this, the 14th annual challenge. It was a great day and all of the teams came up with some great ideas, some innovative solutions and some impressive, rubber band powered satellite launchers. They also had a lot of fun!

The winners were :-

Basic Challenge - Hailey Hall School (Team One)

Intermediate Challenge - Chauncy School (Team Two)

Advanced Challenge - St Edmunds College (Team Four)

A special award for best runners up was presented to the Richard Hale School, Team Three.

The International Fellowship of Yachting Rotarians

There was a nautical flavour to our meeting on June 15th when we were delighted to welcome Rtn Bryan Skinner from Hertford Rotary club as a guest. Bryan is the present International Fleet Commodore of the Fellowship and he was accompanied by the current Vice Commodore and the Rear Commodore as well as by a past Commodore. This is believed to be the first time ever in the history of the fellowship that all three current International Commodores have attended the same scheduled meeting of a Rotary Club.

For more details on the IYFR click HERE for a link to their website.

ShelterBox

The Rotary Clubs of Amwell and Hertford joined forces at Hertford on Saturday June 13th to publicise the work of ShelterBox.

ShelterBox was set up by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard and all aid is distributed from their base in Cornwall.

Their solution to disasters is the ShelterBox – a tough, green plastic box containing a 10-person tent and ancillary equipment designed to enable a family of up to 10 people survive for at least six months. Made to a unique design using high quality materials, these tents are suitable for a wide range of conditions. Other items may include insulated groundsheets, thermal blankets, a multi-fuel stove, cooking equipment, tools, mosquito nets, water containers etc.

Our sincere thanks to everyone who gave so generously to help us purchase another one of these life saving items.

Kids Out Day - June 10th 2009

Many thousands of disadvantaged and special needs children enjoyed a fantastic day out as they joined in the fun of the 20th annual Rotary Kids Out Day, organised by Rotarians from hundreds of clubs across Great Britain and Ireland and held on Wednesday June 10th 2009.

Amwell Rotarians joined forces with colleagues from the other Rotary Clubs in District 1260 to take some six hundred children to Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire.

Check our main web site for some general photographs from the day.

Cheque Presentation to HOLD

We were delighted to be able to present a cheque for £100.00 to the Hoddesdon Organisation for Local Disabled (HOLD) at their May Social on May 27th.

Pictured below are Irene Dinnes of HOLD and Vernon Benjafield, President Elect of Amwell Rotary Club.