completed events

2016/2017 Events

Thursday 25th May - Lunchtime meeting: Speaker: Peter McArdle Rotary scholar from Sydney Australia studying for his PhD @ the UEA gave a talk on "Peace building for conflict involving water resources"

President Chris King presents a Rotary Club of Norwich pennant to Peter. With club members (L-R)  John Backhouse, Trevor Mitchel (Chris and Peter) and Colin Rymill

Tuesday 23rd May - Visit to Neatishead Radar Station. Club visit

Thursday 18th May - Evening meeting: Wine tasting at St. Peter Hungate Church. A fun evening with wines supplied by Harper Wells

Thursday 11th May - Lunchtime meeting: Austerity Lunch with speaker Peter Hill from the Samaritans

Thursday 4th May - Lunchtime meeting: Speaker - Abigail Milliken - International Community Development in Ghana

Thursday 13th April - Lunchtime Meeting: President Chris King handed over 3 new IPads to Rotarian Jimmy Black who accepted them on behalf of Include Norfolk. This is  an Ofsted registered independent school and  provides full-time, alternative, secondary education for young people who have been excluded from their previous school or pupil referral unit, or who struggle in a mainstream setting.

Chris presents Jimmy Black with one of the Ipads

Thursday 2nd March - Evening meeting: Ian Gibson MP talked to the club about the United Nations

Thursday 9th February - Evening meeting: Business meeting to discuss new fundraising ideas and possible changes to club meeting structure

Thursday 2nd February - Evening meeting:

Thursday 26th January - Lunchtime meeting: 'Opening Doors' charity for people with learning disabilities. - a talk by Kate Jones

Thursday 19th January - Evening meeting: Business meeting to discuss fundraising and review last year's Spooks & Sparks event

Thursday 12th January - Lunchtime meeting: The Sanctuary Café project, St Albans, Grove Walk. A talk by Matt Irwin

Thursday 5th January - Evening Meeting: Speaker - John Tapscott talked about PhysioNet which provides wheelchairs and other equipment for those in need at home and abroad

Thursday 22nd December - No meeting

Thursday 15th December - Evening Meeting: Club Christmas meal at the Oak Tree - Ipswich Road

Thursday 8th November - Evening Meeting: Youth Service Overseas Award winner - Hannah Colburn

Thursday 1st December - Evening Meeting: Doctors for Madagascar.  A talk by Hannah Watson

Thursday 24th November - Lunchtime  Meeting:  Respect Yourself. A talk by Claire Burke

Thursday 17th November - Evening Meeting: Extraordinary General Meeting. Club Treasurer Aliona Derrett presented the audited accounts for 2015/2016 and nominations for next year's Junior Vice President were received

Thursday 11th November - Lunchtime Meeting: Youth Services Overseas Award: Rachel Turley talked about her YSOA award and travels

Thursday 3rd November - Evening Meeting: My life and experiences: Anne Templeman gave a fun talk about growing up, her work and current life

Friday 28th and Saturday 29th October: Spooks and Sparks in the Park. The two BIG club fund raising events of 2016

Thursday 27th October - Lunchtime Meeting: Why the City Centre matters: Martin Blackwell gave a very interesting talk

Thursday 20th October - Evening Meeting: Veterans - Norfolk- A talk by Stuart Blackburn about the charity based in Norfolk

Thursday 13th October - Lunchtime Meeting: Climbing through the legs of Alan Titchmarsh- A fun talk by Canon Andrew Bryant

​Thursday 06th October - Evening Meeting: Strokes - A very interesting and thought provoking talk by Dr Manjari

Thursday 29th September - Evening Meeting: 'Beatitudes Bethany and Bethlehem' - A talk by Rev David Wakefield

Thursday 22nd September - Lunchtime meeting: The activities of the Rotary Club of Zagreb, Croatia. A talk by Professor Sasa Marenjak

Thursday 15th September - Evening meeting: My Life experience: A talk by Jean Shepherd

Thursday 8th September - Lunchtime meeting: Youth Service Overseas Award recipient, Katrina Ellis, talked about her trip to Zimbabwe

Thursday 1st September - Evening meeting: Jill Fuller talked about the Sewell Barn

Thursday 25th August - Lunchtime meeting: David Cooke talked about the Norfolk Lymphoma Group

Thursday 18th August - Evening meeting: The Club's future - how you can help. Members of Club Council talked about the future fund raising activities of the club

Thursday 11th August - Lunchtime meeting: Ebola - The Recovery - A talk by  Malcolm Goodson

Thursday 4th August - Evening meeting: YMCA in Norwich - Tim Sweeting. Tim gave an excellent and enthusiastic talk about the YMCA from it's beginnings to present day

Thursday 21st July - Evening meeting: Richard Hey gave a talk entitled 'Creating Disneyworld for Hippopotami and Crocodiles in the Grumeti River in Tanzania

Thursday 14th July - Lunchtime meeting. Anna Cottrell gave a talk and showed a short video about the Ho Inclusive School Project in Ghana

Thursday 7th July - Evening meeting. Club Assembly and Presidential handover.
Outgoing President Colin Rymill officially handed over the chains of office to Chris King as the clubs new President for 2016/2017. Chris then congratulated Kevin Reynolds and Mark Templeman in their new roles as Vice-President and Junior Vice President respectively. Afterwards, Council members and Committee Chair's presented their plans for the club this year.