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Walking in the Burys
Under sunny blue skies, the Godalming Band marched into the Burys for the Grand Opening of the Bandstand Roof on Sunday, 7th June. The Mayor , Councillor Joy Poulter, welcomed everyone who attended and the ribbon was cut by the grand children of the main benefactor, Mrs Jill Hurst, to celebrate the start of the weekly Sunday concerts throughout the summer months. See www.godalming-tc.gov.uk for programme.
Grand Opening of the Bandstand Roof
Godalming Town Fete
Godalming Woolsack Rotary Club supported the local Round Table Club at this year's Town Fete on the Burys on 6th June.
Woolsack ran a Tombola and ‘In the bucket’ game. The very colourful parade of local young people's organisations arrived at the fete and were judged by the Mayor, Councillor Joy Poulter.
For a couple of days, Woolsack recently played host to the four members of the GSE team from Patagonia. Group Study Exchanges are an important feature of Rotary activities as they foster greater understanding across cultures, languages and countries. This year's visiting team comprised Florencia Albanesi (a Radio and TV Journalist), Leticia Mandra (an intellectual property lawyer), Marcelo Alvarez (a Safety and Hygiene specialist in the oil industry) and Juliana Sarracino (a Certified Public Accountant). They were a very vibrant and friendly group, eager to learn all about Godalming and to tell us about their home provinces in the South of Argentina.
During the stay with Woolsack they attended a jazz concert at the newly inaugurated bandstand on the Burys, visited Hampton Court Palace to see some of the 500th anniversary celebrations of Henry VIII, visited BBC Southern Counties Radio and the Artington Law College as well as attending a weekly meeting of the Woolsack Club.
As part of their visit, they stayed for two nights with members of the club and whilst they were with us made a most entertaining and informative presentation about their lives in Patagonia. They revealed some the mysteries of the national dance (Tango) and national drink (Mate) and convinced us that we should all be visiting their beautiful country for a truly dramatic cultural experience.
Visit to Hampton Court with President Ian Coult
Florencia Albanesi giving her presentation
A new Presidential year begins . . .
The inaugural speech by the incoming President Ian Bowell
Outgoing President Ian Coult spoke of his term in office as an enjoyable period largely thanks to the immense support of the whole club given with great enthusiasm and collective effort. Ian spoke of some memorable moments which included the recent GSE (Group Study Exchange). Ian’s chosen charity The Meath received a donation.
The immediate Past President (IPP) Ian Coult presented the ribbon of office to the Incoming President Ian Bowell as he commenced his year of office on July 1st. In his inaugural speech, Ian praised the work of IPP Ian Coult and laid down his plans for his year in office. His chosen charity is the Samson Centre for the Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Group in Guildford and he spoke of the club’s core issues of membership, eradication of polio, support programmes for health, hunger, literacy and water in deprived areas of the world, youth, local community and public awareness.
The policy of welcoming all new members and enabling them to feel part of the club activites will continue. This being strongly supported by the current members who are willing to turn their hand to anything with a spirit of fellowship and desire to serve the local community.
Vice President Ian Smith receives his ribbon of office from the new President Ian Bowell
The new President Ian Bowell receives his ribbon of office from the outgoing President Ian Coult
The outgoing President Ian Coult gives his final speech in office