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 News and Views

Late August

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Need I say more?

A club BBQ on the 5th of flaming (wet) June!

On a wet Sunday this spring two of our club members, husband

and wife team, George and Madelaine Phillips went ahead and

hosted a barbecue for the Club members as a social event.

At the end of the afternoon they found that a small profit had

been made –and we all went home damp and happy.

Madelaine, in true banking fashion, decided to maximise the profit. 

She dutifully approached her employers and succeeded in obtaining

a donation to match the afternoons proceeds. 

Having told the tale I think that belated thanks are due to the

Phillips’ household and HSBC for bolstering the original profit, thus

enabling the club to donate £193 towards Rotary Foundation and

£102 towards Polio eradication.  

Youth achievement recognis

Girls swept the board at this year’s student Rotary Awards at Ferndown Upper School, with Lauren Spencer, Natasha Wakelin, Charlotte Durling and Amy Kirkham being

recognised for going that extra yard, for outstanding achievement over a range of activities both in school and within the wider community.

Lauren Spencer and Natasha Wakelin shared the honours for the community service award, giving of their evenings, weekends and holidays to ‘Become a Befriender’ for

supporting those less able in doing what any other might do.  

Amy Kirkham picked up the award for sports, for gymnastics, for obtaining and then using her professional coaching qualification to train youngsters while not only judging

but also competing at events, all this while still producing high quality work as part of her A level studies.

Charlotte Durling collected the award for endeavour – turning out work to degree standard while also participating in an array other activities including a Tall Ships voyage

and the Duke of Edinburgh Gold award plus contributing to the school jazz band.

Speaking of the awards, the President of Ferndown Rotary Club, Antonino Perella said: ‘At a time when youth too often attracts headlines for the wrong reasons, it's great

to be able to show the flip side and also gratifying to know that the four we have recognised today were the best from many in the school that were considered for any one

of the awards.’ ‘The four of them are a credit to themselves and to Ferndown Upper School’ were his closing comments.

The winners collected a shield and a cheque for £30.00.

Award winners (l-r)

Natasha Wakelin, Lauren Spencer, Amy Kirkham, Charlotte Durling. 

             Lewis Manning wins overall    

Although a team from Jupiter Unit Trust Managers beat 30 others to take the top honours in the Ferndown Rotary Charity Golf tournament, the ultimate winner was the Lewis-Manning

Time to Care Appeal.  Lewis-Manning’s Elizabeth Purcell left the Canford Magna tournament venue with a cheque for the £5300.00 raised by the event.

Speaking at the presentation, Keith Puttick, President of the Ferndown Rotary Club, said: ‘Despite the harsh economic climate, the event continues to enjoy fantastic support from

local businesses and sponsors, not least the event sponsors, the Hendy Group.  Its thanks to all of them that we have been able to raise such a respectable sum this year.

We are delighted that the money has gone to the Lewis-Manning Hospice, in particular to the Time to Care Appeal that is dedicated to the funding of new facilities that will enable

thehospice to widen the range and depth of specialist support it already provides to local people in need,’ he closed

The light might be playing tricks, but the amount is real enough.Ferndown Rotary President Keith Puttick hands over a cheque for £5300.00 to Lewis-Manning’s Elizabeth Purcell

Winners on the course, the team from Juniper Unit Trust Managers pictured

 with their prizes and (centre) Norman Hendy from the event main sponsors,

the Hendy Group.

A record to help wipe out polio

Pupils from Ferndown Upper School (l-r) Phoebe Woodley-Facer,

Katie Davage, James Meredith, Jack King and Sam Davis pictured    

with the chequ

Well Done and Thank You' Ferndown Upper School

Pupils at Ferndown Upper School have broken their own record for a

‘non uniform day’ by collecting a massive sum of £724.16 for Rotary

international End Polio Now campaign,  The money raised will be

enough to fund the immunisation of 3620 children.

On the last day of the autumn term pupils were invited to forego their

school uniform for the day providing that they included something

purple in their attire or on their person. This was to represent the colour

of the dye applied to a

child’s little finger to show that they have been immunised.

 A cheque for £724.16 was presented to Ferndown Rotary at a school

assembly.

Youth Speaks

Rotary’s national public speaking competition

On time - the winning team from Ferndown Upper School:

(l-r) Luke Mitchell, Natasha Wakelin and Toby Bastable.

Ferndown through on time

Two teams, each of three Year 12 pupils, addressed a packed house,

including Rotarians, teachers, parents and three independent judges,

on subjects preset by Rotary.

Each team consists of three people – a chairperson, a speaker and

a proposer.  The chairperson had two minutes to introduce the speaker;

the speaker had 6mins for the main address and 2mins to respond

to questions from the floor (from a pre-nominated member of the

audience); and then the proposer had 2mins to deliver a vote of thanks.

Ferndown Upper School successfully secured its passage to the semi

finals of Rotary’s national public speaking competition ‘Youth Speaks’

on 26 February thanks to its immaculate time keeping.  To win through

they beat a team from Blandford School whose oratory, though excellent

at the podium, was denied the top spot by timing overruns, in particular

in replying to a question from the floor, thus handing victory to Ferndown

Upper School – albeit by a slim margin.

The winning Ferndown Upper School team each received a £20.00 high

street voucher and all competitors received a certificate.

Editors note: Among others things, Rotary Youth Speaks aims to

provide young people with the experience of speaking on a public

platform, with the added discipline of dealing with a topic within a

limited time.

the final dishes.)                                                                               

Fifty Rotary years

Alan Dean (seated) flanked by District Governor Ian Legge (left)

and Ferndown Rotary President Keith Puttick.

Almost fifty years to the day when he joined, retired local business

man Alan Dean’s fantastic service for and with Rotary International

has been recognised. 

A framed citation was presented to him by visiting District Governor Ian Legge at a meeting

of Ferndown Rotary club.Alan (84) was President in 1986/87 and is an active member.

Speaking at the presentation the President of Ferndown Rotary club Keith Puttick said:

‘Alan is an example to all of us.Even after fifty years of working tirelessly on a wide range

of community projects both within and outside Rotary, Alan remains one of our most

enthusiastic members, always ready to add his support to anything that will help improve

the lives of others.Apart from his service with Rotary, Alan is also well known throughout

Ferndown and Wimborne for his unstinting efforts not only in support of the British Legion

and the Model Town but also for a wide range of community project work which continues

and for which he has already been rightly awarded an MBE.

Ferndown Rotary are ---

Driving forward with the Hendy Group

Hendy Group signs the sponsorship deal: clockwise from top right -

Simon Harrison, Lewis Manning; Keith Puttick, President, Ferndown

Rotary; Paul and Norman Hendy, managing director and deputy

chairman, respectively, the Hendy Group

The south’s leading car dealer has provided an early and welcome

shot in the arm to Ferndown Rotary’s chances of beating the £6000

it raised earlier this year at its charity golf day. The Hendy Group

has signed up as the major sponsor for next year’s event to be

staged on 1 June over Canford Magna’s challenging Parkland course.

Ferndown Upper School

In The News Again!

 Winning Dishes

Rotary’s 10k Run on Sunday 13 March, 'a great success' !

Attracting more than 200 runners from as far away as London, the Ferndown Rotary Fun Run sponsored by the Hendy Group and staged at the Avon Heath

Country Park sported the biggest field ever in its five year history.  It also scored another first with a mother and daughter team heading the ladies home

in the 10km and 5km races, respectively.

Winners of the 2.5km race for youngsters up to 12 years old  were Grace Copeland from West Parley and Jack McDermott from Wareham, with Daniel Mulryan

(Poole) and Sharon Hutchings (Shaftsbury) breaking the tape first in the 5km contest and Lynne Hutchings (Shaftsbury) and Jon Hewlett (Swindon) doing

likewise in the premier !0km event.

Proceeds from the event, estimated at around £2000.00, will be shared between East Dorset Alzheimer's and local youth activities.

 Winners of the 2.5km race, Grace Copeland and Jack McDermott

picturedwith Chris Chope MP (top left) and Keith Puttick, President

of Ferndown Rotary Club.

          Winners of the 2.5km race, Grace Copeland and Jack McDermott

          pictured with Chris Chope MP (top left) and KeiPuttick, president

          of Ferndown Rotary Club

          Lynne and Sharon Hutchings, the first mother and   

          daughter team to lead the ladies home in the 10km

          and 5km race, respectively.

         With mum Loretta providing the buggy power, 11month old

         Francesco Kidney completed his first ever 2.5km stroll/run!