The News at

1020 July 2015 the on-line link to whats happening in your District

Volume 2, Issue 1

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1020 to editor@rotary1020.org by

September 6 2015.

News in brief

Want to improve your image? Contact MPRC Chairman Archie Ralston who has a range of promotional materials to help raise awareness of Rotary and promote the name and image of Rotary. It includes signs, banners, pull-ups and a District key ring all to order. Call him today on 01555 770709 or email archie@protrol.co.uk

North Berwick shop tops 100k Rotarians in North Berwick have rung up success raising more than 100k for charities. Members, families and friends helped to take the club over the magic line in a pop-up shop that the club arrange each year in the town. The St Andrew Blackadder Church Hall was packed inside and out with merchandise with little space to move for the first few hours. But the steady stream of customers over three days spent their way through the stock in style! Outside the intermittent rain showers made it difficult to keep the furniture on show in the car park dry but several thousand golf balls were purchased by a local golf club for a planned driving range; and some people invested in what may be seen as vintage technology CDs and tapes. Unsold items were passed on to other charities including the Bike Shed in Edinburgh and the Dirleton Village Fair.

Winning names from 1020 competitions The winners of the Quentin Jardine books competition are Margaret Russell wife of former editor Rod Russell; and also Jim Robertson of the Peebles Club. The winner of our Dobbies competition is Gordon Bolas who is a keen gardener from Currie. Congratulations all and look out for further competitions right across the district.

It was smiles all round at the 106th Rotary International Convention in South America's largest city, So Paulo where Rotarians and leaders from all over the world met to exchange ideas and be inspired to take action and improve communities at home and worldwide. Everyone celebrated the news on Polio eradication that Nigeria has now gone one year since their last reported polio case and with the total global investment in polio eradication now standing at $11-billion we cannot afford to stop short of the goal. Among the many great speakers was RIBIs Young Citizen of the Year Bella Field aged 10. Bella took it in her stride when she gave her

DG Alistair and Margaret with 1020 members and partners and their two for one deal. speech and received a standing ovation from the 14,000 strong crowd . Bella has raised more than 80,000 in honour of her older sister Molly, who died from a brain tumour when she was just eight and after seeing Bella at the RIBI conference in Belfast RI President Gary Huang was so impressed with the youngster that he invited her to speak at the convention in Brazil. You can see the video of Bellas presentation HERE

Brazil have their Mark of Excellence

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Grand day out for Seniors Well its about time was the welcome received by Carluke Rotary when the coach arrived to take the nearly 40

residents of 3 local sheltered Housing groups for the Annual

Seniors day outing.

Once on board the seniors were surprised to find one Carluke

Rotarian prancing up and down between the chairs with two

speakers hanging round his neck blasting out 60s disco music and this just about set the scene for the day.

The days outing included a visit to a large Garden Centre with

antique section where the seniors reminisced about bygone

days items on display before sitting down for a lovely lunch in

the restaurant. It was then on to Glasgow Art Gallery for a bit

of Glasgow Culture before returning back home for 5pm.

Your club can help locate

these lifesaving trailer units

to Pakistan and other

countries.

It all started with a talk last

year at a Rotary awareness

day at Galashiels local

hospital by Doctor Amjad

Gulzar Shaikh a Rotarian

from Pakistan. Amjad spoke

with passion about the work

he undertook for corrective

surgery on children with

Polio in Pakistan . He then

agreed to go along to

Galashiels Rotary Club to

speak again about his work.

The members were very

humbled by the work he was

doing and Amjad enjoyed

his visit to the club so much

he continued to go along on

a regular basis before going

back full time to Pakistan

As fortune would have it,

about 1 year later NHS

Scotland upgraded from

Analogue to Digital mam-

mography x-ray screening technology trailers rendering the 6 Analogue trailer units

redundant. Remembering his various talks with Amjad on his work in Pakistan and

also not one to miss an opportunity District PR coordinator Peter Croan persuaded

NHS Scotland to kindly donate these redundant trailer units to Rotary International

These units can still be used in Pakistan and other parts of the world where analogue

equipment is still in operation. Amjad is keen to utilise the machinery in rural Pakistan

not just for cancer screening but to turn some of the units available into a mobile

theatre that can operate on children who have had polio and need surgery on limbs,

he would also like to use them as a facility for Polio immunisation

Galashiels Rotary need your help and support with the logistics of trying to make

Rotarian Amjad's dream a reality and for these NHS Scotland x-ray screening

technology trailers to Be a Gift to the World.

X-ray technology trailers could Be a Gift to the World

Golf grange... St Columbas Hospice and ShelterBox are to the fore in this years AM/AM charity golf fundraiser by members of Linlithgow Grange. Held at Linlithgow Golf Club, on Monday, August 24, this is widely noted as a great opportunity to support these worthwhile causes while enjoying a good day's golf. The News at 1020 learns there is also the added chance of winning the Magdalene Cup and other individual and team prizes. For more information visit the District 1020 website.

On a clear and dry day the the costal path that runs from Eyemouth Bantry to Linkim shore, better known as Eddies Trail was the route walked by Eymouth & District Rotary for their recent sponsored walk. The monies raised from the walk went to aid the victims of Ebola and also the Nepal earthquake disaster. This popular walk is a Rotary inspired walk of about 10Km in memory of Eddie Kelly, a prominent Rotarian in the local community and past President of the club.

With lots of fun and sun Sixty golfers from Kirkcudbright Rotary Club enjoyed a good time as well as raising money for projects in the local community at the annual charity golf day at Kirkcudbright Golf Club on the 25th May. Many of the prize holes saw some spectacular golf shots and none better than the thirty foot putt sunk by Kenny Murray of Castle Douglas. Kennys reward for this great putt, what else? a bouquet of flowers donated by Willows the Kirkcudbright florist. The hole in one prize this year went unclaimed much to the relief of sponsors Carson and Trotter. Many thanks are extended to including Kirkcudbright Golf Club and all local business who contributed to the success of the day.

Ever thought of having a street named after Rotary in you town? Assistant DG Elaine O'Brien applied to East Lothian Council two and half years ago and now its happened. "Rotary Court" Are there any in your Town ?

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Eddies Trail on the map

Polmont funds make big splash

Fully equipped

Ready to go

The 2015 Swimarathon organised by

Polmont Rotary Club was no mere drop

in the ocean by raising 8500 over 2

days in February this year. The ripple

effect from this was felt by charities and

organisations who received funding at a

presentation in the Inchyra Grange

Hotel, Polmont.

Around 85 people attended the event

with representatives from schools,

businesses and other organisations

that entered teams.

Many organisations benefited including

Kidney Kids | Carrongrange School |

MacMillan Cancer Care | One to One

Forth Valley NHS | End Polio Now

Maggies Forth Valley | Falkirk

Homeless Project

A second Community Defibrillator to be

based in the Inchyra Grange Hotel.

Prizes were also awarded to the

highest fundraising School, which was

Carrongrange, and the highest

fundraising organisation was Lightways

Contractors Ltd. A prize was also

awarded to Braes High School team

who achieved 198 lengths in 55 mins.

The Presentations were made by

President Norman Black. Thanks are

due to our Sponsors, the Macdonald

Inchyra Grange Hotel and Spa, the

organisers, members and partners of

Polmont Rotary Club along with all the

schools, businesses and organisations,

along with Falkirk Community Trust and

staff at Grangemouth Swimming Pool.

Flower power Golf

News in brief

For the Edinburgh Club

this is probably the major

event of the Rotary Year

and certainly the biggest

Rotary participation event

in Edinburgh and the

Lothians.

This years event was in the Jack Kane Centre in

Edinburgh where around

236 children from Special

Need Schools in the

surrounding area were

entertained and looked

after by 190 teachers and

carers as well as 80 or so

Rotarians from other clubs and 60 plus

senior pupils from various schools.

This was a truly big event with around 560

of us on site.

Rotarians involved included those from the

Bathgate, Dalkeith, Haddington, Linlithgow

Grange, Tranent and North Berwick Clubs

as well as those from our Edinburgh Club.

This year the sun shone and it was

probably warmer outside than inside. To

keep the children entertained were an

amazing list of activities. These included

the ever popular parachute which when

raised off the ground means that children

could run underneath or be pushed in

wheel chairs from one side to the other.

There were two Bouncy Castles, personnel

with their vehicles from the Police, Fire and

Rescue Services and of course the

Coastguard. There was face painting and

interactive music making as well as tropical

animals from ZooLab. The children were

really fascinated by the well behaved stripy

snake, the cockroach and the lizard. In all

there were 27 events for the children (and

of course the adults to enjoy.

Rotary in action Rotary KidsOut day ...

Rotarians from Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright and Newton Stewart held a special day out for youngsters with special needs from schools in the West area. With almost 60 youngsters with 29 carers and teachers and 19 Rotarians celebrating this big day out our correspondent reports the weather was superb and proved to be one of Scotlands brightest and best days of the year so far which helped make the outdoor activities very popular. Thanks to the weather and willing helpers everyone enjoyed the Go Boing, Adventure Playground, Pond Dipping and Tractor rides which all proved very popular. The indoor play areas the Pirate Ship and Smugglers Warren were also popular and big attractions with the children.

All this exercise came at a price so when it came to lunchtime the energy levels were topped back up in the Burger Barn and the day was rounded off by everyone enjoying

their special Cream o Galloway ice cream treat. Rotary KidsOut is a national event that has has been supported in our District for many years while mainly held at Barony College. Now due to its increased popularity and continued success the numbers have grown so much that it was decided to run separate outings for the east and west areas of our district. The organisers say they are most grateful to everyone who helped to make this such a success, and of course a special thanks to the youngsters for being there.

Jottings from DG Andy Many thanks to all Rotarians, friends and family who attended the Handover Dinner in the Park Hotel, Falkirk on Friday 26th June. It was great to see so many of you there to help get this Rotary year, 2015/2016, off to such a great start The first month as your new District

Governor has been a busy one with two

trips to Ardeonaig for the RYLA boys and

girls camps. This is a fantastic project

and makes such a difference to all of the

young people who attend. My thanks to

all of the mentors for volunteering their

time and energy and particularly to Ian

Carrol, our RYLA coordinator, for all of

his hard work.

The first Cultural Youth Exchange Camp also took place this month in Edinburgh and was a great success. Students from as far apart as Israel and Denmark enjoyed a week packed full of fun and adventure courtesy of many of our Districts Rotarians. Again, thanks to everyone involved in making this a memorable experience for our visitors and especially to Alistair MacKintosh for coordinating the weeks events. I already have a couple of club visits

under my belt and a full diary in the next few weeks. I look forward to being

with you and sharing all that is good in

Rotary in District 1020.

Be a Gift to the World.

Andy DG Andy

KidsOut Bounce back into action in West

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KidsOut gear up BIG in the East

Some of the Happy Helpers and Organisers

Would you like to help The new Biggar & Upper Clydesdale

Museum opened on 28 July 2015 and

contains the combined collections

formerly housed in Moat Park Heritage

Centre and Gladstone Court Museum.

It is an independent museum managed

by Biggar Museum Trust, and is heavily

dependent on the work of its volunteers.

The only staff are the Museum Manager ,

the part-time Curator, and a part-time

Assistant. The Museum is open to

visitors daily except Mondays from April

to October inclusive, and on weekends

from November to March. We need at

least two volunteers for each morning or

afternoon period to staff the reception

desk and carry out front of house duties.

Full training will be offered and no

special skills are needed.

News in brief

Formed as an idea a year ago in agreement with then DG Alistair Marquis, the 11th to 18th of July saw the first culture camp tin recent years take place in D1020. A committee headed by Youth Exchange coordinator Alistair Mackintosh compiled a full programme of events and destinations which proved to be a winner for students and hosts alike. All students were home hosted by Rotarians mainly on a bed and breakfast basis and the for the majority of the time the students used public transport. Needles to say over the course of the week many highlights were noted the first being after an introduction of less than 2 hours all 12 Youth Exchange Students under the guidance of Gordon McGregor and Billy Marchbanks (Paradventures), worked together as a team and pulled and pushed one of Paradventures disabled clients, Jamie, in a specially adapted wheelchair to the top of Arthur's Seat. There were many highlights enjoyed by the students during their week long stay and these included . a visit and talk to Ian Gray MSP at the

Scottish Parliament, visit to Britannia; the 1 oclock gun at castle; vist to the Forth Bridges and a trip to Inchcolm; guided tour up the Royal mile: Lunch and presentation at Edinburgh Rotary Club: tour of the City Chambers Glasgow by members of Cumbernauld Rotary; Peoples palace and Kelvingrove galleries: trip on the Falkirk wheel and then the Kelpies. The week was finished off that night with a ceilidh and food supplied by hosts, with a speech by our new DG Andy Ireland entertainment by Lanark Rotary and the students, all topped off with Auld Lang Sang

On your Bike for prostate cancer and 500

On Fathers Day North Berwick Rotary Club got on their bike to join 20,000 riders

from across the UK to take part in the

national fundraising effort and biggest

cycling event of its kind. Over 250 events

took place across Great Britain and

Ireland, including family fun days, rides

along coastal routes and even static rides

at local gyms and sports centres.

Seven members from the club, supported

by a back up crew of three, took part in the

ride from North Berwick to Dunbar, and

helped to raise 500 for Prostate Scotland.

At the same time, a team from Longniddry

Rotary Club rode to North Berwick

where they were welcomed by the North

Berwick club members

Richard Rogers, vice president of North

Berwick Rotary Club explained

It was a great day out for everyone

involved and were delighted for the

support that we received from the County

Hotel in North Berwick and The Volunteer

in Dunbar where the Longniddry and North

Berwick rides finished. Wed like to thank

not only those who took part but also to

everyone who donated money which will

go a long way to help support this

worthwhile cause.

So why did we do it, well thats easy, to

help raise awareness and money for

support and research into the disease.

Thats why

The conservation village of New Lanark today played host to the third annual vintage car rally for the Rotary Club of East Kilbride Kittoch District 1230. The main aim of the rally is to raise funds for kids cancer charity and the organisers were hoping to beat their previous best of 3000. Being such a popular event ensured a healthy turnout of 18 cars of various ages and types including a Teal Bugatti Type 35, MGB's and Jensen Interceptor and the good weather ensured soft tops down and a mighty roar up the hill from New Lanark and onward to their ultimate destination of Berwick Upon Tweed. As if proof were needed that Rotary is international, the event was supported by the Rotary Club of Appleby and some other Cumbrian clubs. One of the main organisers Bill Fraser is a good friend of Alistair Mackintosh our Youth Exchange Coordinator and both were on the Scotland to Canada Curling Tour 2012 ( small world ). The News at 1020 is reliably informed that they both spent quite a time to reminisce and for Alistair to tease Bill that he needed our DG's permission to start this event in our District at New Lanark.

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12 Students, 11Countries, 7 days, 1 Aim

If you had visited Ocean Terminal or

the Royal Yacht Britannia on the 7th

June you may be excused for thinking

you were at the wrong port or even in

the wrong country and its all thanks to Leith Rotary club who have been

organising their very successful Dragon

Boat Challenge now for the past 5 year

Around 20 teams competed in the event

this year which was fantastic news for

the club and their official charity partner

Barnardos Scotland who had at least 7

teams raising money for them.

The organisers were invited along to

Black Diamond FM in Midlothian to

have a chat about their Dragon Boat

Challenge and of course Rotary.

Ann Thomson who was taking part in

the Dragon Boat Race this year for the

first time in Team Green Goddess talked about how she has had fantastic

fun getting her colleagues together to

raise vital funds for Barnardos. So far

they have raised in excess of 700 for

the charity, and are aiming for 1500.

What a final! The winners by 24/100 of

a second were Boats 'n' Oars in a time of 01.00.24. Runners up are Broughton

Rugby in a time of 01.00.48.

So a big well done to all who took part

and remember that the second part of

the challenge was to raise as much

money as possible for charity.

The Magic Dragon

News in brief

Its all in the wrist movement

North, East , South

and West Rotary

Wristbands are best. When it comes to wristbands

Corstorphine Rotary Club are

Old Hands at it, so it was no

surprise to see them again at

the Royal Highland Show

from 18th to 21st June.

Now in its 5th successive

year the wristband project

has become such an integral

part of the show that many

parents look for the Rotary

marquee when they arrive having used it in

previous years and in exchange for a

donation the children are given a wrist

band where the parents write their mobile

number enabling a rapid reunion in the

event of children and guardian being

separated.

With over 188,000 visitors to the show and

over 6,500 wristbands issued to parents

or guardians with young children this year .

The service was featured on the RHS

Facebook page, and quickly brought in

appreciative comments

Last year 3000 was raised and RHS

also donated 1500 to Rotary Foundation

Over the four days Rotarians and friends

from clubs across the district as well as

ladies from the Inner Wheel made up the

100 volunteers who took part .

Find out whats Happening

in your Area Borders: Area meeting will take place on

Tuesday 18th August in the

Kingsknowes Hotel Galashiels

7pm Start.

Central: Area meeting will take place on

Wednesday 19th August in the Inchyra

Grange Hotel, Polmont at 8pm. This is

our normal meeting day and all Rotarians

are invited to our meeting which begins at

7pm with a meal (10) and possible

speaker. The Area reps will leave that

meeting at 8pm in order to conduct Area

business

City: Area Meeting will take place on

Tuesday 18th August, hosted by

Corstorphine Rotary Club.

East: Area Meeting will take place on

Wednesday 19th August 7 for 7.15 in the

Town House, Haddington - all members

in the East Area are invited to attend

South West: Area meeting will take

place on Tuesday 18th August in the

Cairndale Hotel Dumfries at 7pm.

West: Area Meeting will take place on

Monday 17th August, hosted by the RC

of Carluke following their meeting which

is 6 for 6.30pm and held in the Cartland

Bridge Hotel Lanark ML11 9UE.

The Area Meeting will start around

7.45/8pm for anyone intending to come

along to join us at that point.

The Area meeting will last an hour.

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Rotary on-hand at Air Show

Some of the Happy Helpers

Are you on Facebook yet

District 1020 are, and the following clubs

also have Facebook pages: Rotary in

Scotland, covering the three Districts;

Rotary Clubs of Carluke, Galashiels;

Selkirk; Tranent; Linlithgow Grange;

Edinburgh; Edinburgh Breakfast; Clyde

Valley; Esk Valley; Hawick; Innerleithen,

Walkerburn and Traquair; Currie Balerno;

Haddington; Kelso; Livingston; Bathgate;

Castle Douglas; Corstorphine;

Cumbernauld; Dumfries; Dunbar;

Eyemouth; Hawick, Kilsyth; Leith;

Longniddry; Motherwell and Wishaw;

Musselburgh; Penicuik, South

Queensferry, Vale of Carron.

If your club isnt mentioned, please let us know.

Not all eyes were on the skies at the Scottish National Airshow when these parents and youngsters came to the Rotary marquee for their very

own wristbands.

The Museum of Flight in East Fortune was the venue where Rotary Clubs of Haddington, Tranent, North Berwick and Longniddry & District were Flying high on the success of this project in other areas and operate this very successful scheme on 25th July. Over 30 people took part in giving out the free wristbands and in turn received donations of several hundred pounds which will go towards projects locally and further afield. A Rotary funded Shelter box was also displayed showing our commitment to disaster areas worldwide.

Things might have been a

bit overcast outside at the

Borders Union show but for

members of the Borders

Rotary clubs it was all hands

to the decks to help issue

wristbands to youngsters inside the Rotary marquee.

A Rotary funded Shelter box tent became a safe and dry haven from the down pour of rain that supplied more fresh drinking water than the Aquafilter on display.

Storm clouds cant dampen Rotary spirit

Area Meetings

They came they saw they conquered and all in a week, a week that marked the 25th anniversary of RYLA in our District.

They arrived as individuals both Boys and Girls all a bit shaken and unsure of what lay ahead but by the time they left a week later they left as a group and all part of the RYLA family.

As usual two very successful weeks were held at the Abernethy Trust Outdoor and Adventure Centre, at Ardeonaig on Loch Tay, starting with the Boys week Sat 11th

to Sat 18th July and the Girls week Sat 18th to Sat 25th July and in all 27 boys and 33 girls attended, sponsored by 30 Rotary Clubs all guided and assisted by the mentor teams of four Rotarians (three

from Motherwell & Wishaw and one from Lockerbie & District), four former RYLA participants, one global scholar and two friends of Rotary. To keep them busy and engaged a varied programme of outdoor adventure activities, discussion sessions and guest speakers had been arranged, and daily team tasks ensured a great and meaningful experience for all involved. It was very encouraging for the mentors and Ardeonaig staff to see the RYLArians growing as a team and taking full advantage of the opportunities presented to them during the course of their respective weeks. Each year the John Mair Award is presented to the boy and girl who have, in the opinion of their fellow RYLArians, gained most in terms of development from their RYLA experience and this years very worthy recipients of the awards were Ryan Ingram, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Falkirk and Sophie Tougher-Mitchell, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Motherwell & Wishaw. On the middle Saturday, at the overlap of the boys and girls weeks Abernethy Trust sponsored a RYLA for Rotarians Day. and eight Rotarians and partners from six clubs in the District took advantage of the invitation extended to Rotary clubs in June

Carluke High Mill Primary

RotaKids President Lewis

McNab is on the move but

not with all the backpacks

you see here!.

Before moving to the High

School Lewis last official duty as President was to

make a presentation to

Marys Meals from their latest project carried out

over the last school year.

The backpack project was

picked at the start of term

and a target set of 20

backpacks. So with help

from head teacher Marion

and Carluke Rotary the

fundraising got under way.

This included, holding their

mascot RotaRabbit to ransom, a Mini Christmas

Fayre, Cup of Coppers,

Easter raffle for Chocolate

Bunny, and the ever

present Money Spinner

Coin Well (which ended up

swallowing most other kids

lunch money!).

Every classroom helped by

buying and filling at least

one backpack and also in

the fundraising. In the end

the target was exceeded

and 25 backpack had been

filled thanks to great

fundraising another 146.00

in cash raised.

So in front of a packed end

of term school Assembly

President Lewis carried out

his last official duty as a

RotaKid.

All packed up with somewhere to go ...

Our new members of Rotary Welcome to District 1020

Pete Dyson

Eyemouth & Dist Stephen Govenlock

North Berwick

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RYLA more than just four letters ...

After many hard fought battles the Area

Primary School Quiz winners finally

came together for the District Final on

6th June in Carluke Lifestyle Centre.

Each area was represented by a great

bunch of youngsters, everyone a credit

to themselves, their schools and their

families.

The event organiser Jim McPherson

from Selkirk Rotary had everything in

hand and like a well oiled machine Jim

sprang into action .

The atmosphere though tense but fun

filled and in a closely fought final, only

5 points separated the 6 teams after 8

rounds, so well done to all the teams for

their effort and enthusiasm.

But there can be only one winner and

that was Biggar Primary School.

Commiserations to the 5 runners-up and

thanks to the many parents, relatives,

friends and teachers who came along to

support the teams and of course to the

Rotarians who also came along to help

on the day.

Primary School Quiz