
BRECON ROTARY CLUB - DISTRICT 1150! NOVEMBER 2012 Brecon Rotary Update BRUIN Information News Dates for your Diary Friday 2nd November Caledonian build up Saturday 3rd November Caledonian Market Sunday 4th November Caledonian break down The six RYLA students after their presentation by the Assistant DG Monday 5th November YOUTH EVENING AT THE After a brief welcome from Caledonian Dinner GEORGE HOTEL our president Barry, Terry The Youth evening was Dewan did a stirling job as MC Sunday 11th November devised to assemble as many for the night and the evening Remembrance Day Parade of the young individuals, commenced with Power Point schools and organisations that Presentations from the Rotary Monday 12th November Brecon Rotary club has Youth Leadership Award Quiz Nigh sponsored or supported over students. David Jones and Saturday 17th November the previous year, and has Thomas Gardiner from become a popular annual Gwernyfed High School, James Young Musician Club Round Dale and James Mitchell from event in our calendar. This Monday 19th November year a most enjoyable evening Christ College and Onwell Moyo was had by those Rotarians, and David Evans from Brecon Dinner Meeting - DG visit High School. Each spoke about wives guests and friends Monday 26th November attending the Rotary Youth their initial apprehensions on attending RYLA before Dinner - speaker Evening on 15th October at the confirming how much they George Hotel. enjoyed the many challenges, In attendance was the Mayor the camaraderie between the Bottle Rota and Mayoress, Councillor Paul students, and the opportunity and Mrs Valmai Ashton, to gain leadership skills. The Monday 5th November - Assistant District Governor students were presented with Caledonian Dinner Christine Bayliss, Emma Taylor RYLA certificates by Assistant Geoff Wooltorton head of Christ College, Michael District Governor Christine. Morris head of Brecon High and Monday 12th November Hannah Morgan from Ysgol Mark Bevan CCF Christ College. Penmaes then gave an Derek Adams Monday 19th November Pat Blake Monday 26th November Hywel Davies Monday 3rd December Terry Dewan Hannah Morgan giving a presentation on the Ysgol Penmaes D of E Gold Award PRESIDENT - BARRY TOMLINSON VICE PRESIDENT - PAT BLAKE EDITOR - CLIVE LILLYWHITE PAGE 1 BRECON ROTARY CLUB - DISTRICT 1150! NOVEMBER 2012 enlightening Power Point Romania to work with Presentation confirming how disadvantaged children. much the four young students Paul and Pam Martin from the and herself enjoyed the Duke Huntington House project then of Edinburgh Gold Award. spoke enthusiastically about Hannah together with the four the young people that had students had travelled to attended Duke of Edinburgh Award Schemes Bronze, Silver and Gold. Five young students who had been supported by this project also spoke enthusiastically about their experiences during their endeavours to gain these Derek receiving award from Christine awards. events. In addition she Assistant District Governor presented Past President Christine gave her Derek Adams with the District congratulations to Brecon governor’s Citation award. Rotary Club for a most The 45 persons present enjoyable evening and for enjoyed a buffet supper. supporting such worthwhile Terry Dewan Paul & Pam Martin SPEAKERS CORNER be transported. A lympho- In our area nurses have cared Our speaker in October was daema clinic (swelling of for 50 patients involving Sally Morris who gave us an joints) was also set up and by 2,500 hours since the service update of the services pro- 2008-09 there was a turnover started. There is also a Uni- vided by Usk House Day Hos- of £180,000. However, there corn Project in process for the pice. was a need for a “hospice at education of children who home” service which provides have terminally ill parents. Usk House was started in 1993 nursing care for terminally ill after a suggestion by a District The budget this year for Usk patients in their own homes. Nurse, where patients with House and St David’s Hospice Because of this ambitious pro- long term illnesses could meet is £5.8million, of which 20% ject, it was decided to merge and be treated. It was de- comes from Health Boards; with St David’s Hospice Care cided to use Usk House, which 40% from shops including Bre- who had this expertise and was owned by the Surgery but con, Hay and Crickhowell and had begun in Newport in 1979. had belonged to the Wool further grants and fund raising Up to 100 nurses are available Board and was semi-derelict. projects such as their own lot- and patient references were A £60,000 loan was taken out tery and bike rides. initially made by District to renovate it and was re-paid Sally was thanked for her Nurses as far as Builth, Llan- in 2 years due to enthusiastic presentation and enthusiastic drindod and Rhayader. This support. Essential equipment work and our Club would con- free service includes nurses was added over the years and tinue to support this worth from 10pm to 7am and Marie a lottery grant was applied while essential service. Curie nurses providing a 24 for, so that Macmillan nurses hour service for serious termi- were available; another grant nal cases in patients’ homes. Maurice Parry bought a bus for patients to EDITORS COMMENTS keep track of the clubs events (July) issue, you will all be This is issue number five and I without overloading the web pleased to hear that I am am still filling 4 or 5 pages as site with information that is running another one next pieces keep arriving in my e not applicable to casual month! Groans of horror I mail in box. surfers. Please keep the can already hear. Don’t articles coming!! despair everyone will be able Thanks to everyone who is to participate and it will only sending articles or reports. I After the much talked about take a couple of minutes to feel this is a useful way to competition I ran in my first complete! PRESIDENT - BARRY TOMLINSON VICE PRESIDENT - PAT BLAKE EDITOR - CLIVE LILLYWHITE PAGE 2 BRECON ROTARY CLUB - DISTRICT 1150! NOVEMBER 2012 Photo for the Month from Bob Wood This is a photograph I took of the Olympic Flame when I vis- ited the Olympic Stadium in July this year. The flame was not far below my seat and the heat was very noceable. I was very lucky to have obtained a cket and very privileged to be present at a once in a lifeme event. The atmosphere was tremendous and the roar of the crowd unbelievable. Unfortu- nately, it was the only day Team GB didn't win a medal! AMUSING ANECDOTE done it twice, the first time well deserved second, When visiting another rotary he was sick and the second whereas Crickhowell Club, club recently, the speaker slot time his hat blew off! who fielded a strong side, for the evening was shared by Ed could only manage to come second from last!. two of their members, each ANNUAL GOLF DAY giving a short talk on a topic The match was played under of their choice. On October 8th the annual threatening weather but golf match against Crickhowell thankfully nothing nasty As is usual in circumstances Rotary Club was played at such as these, there was no materialised and it was Cradoc Golf Club course for finished dry and on time. collaboration between the the much coveted Usk Valley two speakers, and the first Shield, currently held by It was good to have 25 member stood up and Crickhowell. Rotarians present for a very proceeded to give a talk decent meal provided by the about sailing, much to the Brecon Club surprised Cradoc catering staff. alarm of the second speaker everyone by playing a match Everyone agreed that it should who had already rehearsed in which it was reported “the be repeated again next year, his talk in front of his wife standard of Brecon members same time, same place. on the very same subject. play had to be seen to be believed” and they finished a Brian Strawford (with When it came to his turn, not interjections from Ed) wishing to bore the assembled audience by speaking on the same topic, he talked about the first thing that came into his head - SEX Next day, his wife went shopping and bumped into one of the other members wives and they stated chatting. I hear your husband gave a very interesting talk last night, said the other lady, all the members were talking about it. O really! came the reply, that is a surprise, it’s a subject he knows very little about, in fact, he has only Our President presenting the Shield to Crickhowell - yet again! PRESIDENT - BARRY TOMLINSON VICE PRESIDENT - PAT BLAKE EDITOR - CLIVE LILLYWHITE PAGE 3 BRECON ROTARY CLUB - DISTRICT 1150! NOVEMBER 2012 WALK IN WALES NO2. - BRECON AND IT SURROUNDS - CIRCULAR 6 MILE WALK - THREE AND A HALF HOURS INCLUDING STOPS - ASCENT 100 MTRS. A 6 mile walk of Brecon’s environs, divided into this road past the village of Groesffordd ( you two distinct parts. The first section leaves the may wish to call in at The Three Horseshoes for town on the canal tow-path to reach Brynich a drink ) until you reach Ty’n-y-caeau Youth lock and the village of Groesffordd. It returns Hostel on the right ( point 3 ). A distance of along a bridleway over a hill to the north of the 1,500 metres from point 2 to 3 and taking town, crowned by an ancient fort. This section approximately 20 minutes. ends at point 6, and you can return directly to Point 3. Just past the youth hostel turn left to the town centre should you prefer.
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