Every 1st July in a Rotary Club, the jobs and the officers change. Our club is no exception to the rule, with President Ros winding up the year 2013-2014, and Bryan opening his account for the year 2014-2015.
Ros Morris took us through the year with a photo-library driven by PDG Robert Morris, showing the two District Handovers, two weddings of Club members (and not to each other!), the two conferences (District and national) and two different types of Youth activities (Exchange Camp and Competitions). Sadly, two members of the Club died during the year, but their images were there for those that could see them in the library.
Ros then presented the Club trophies to selected Club members:
Friendship Plate to Doug
Outstanding Service to Eric
International to Helen
Rotarian of the year to Dick
Club present goblets to Dick & June
Close-up of the goblets
In a moment, President Ros had placed the Presidential Collar on Bryan and the club had a new President (see top).
Bryan inducts President Elect Ritu
Bryan inducts Vice President Eric
Bryan inducts Treasurer Mike
Bryan inducts Past President Ros
President Bryan then gave his inaugural address, thanking his Rotary colleagues and his family for their support – his wife and children had come to support him at the event. He spoke about the day he was invited to join the Club, and discovered that several customers were members of the Club! He hoped he could repay the trust invested in him during his year as Club President. He expected there to be a few hiccups along the way. However President Ros had done such a good job, she would be a hard act to follow.
His first act as Club President was to call for a toast for the three club members that had “passed to higher service” in the past year – David Parker, David Hooper, and Owen Hampton.
He then called for a toast to the coming year, saying he wanted the Club to be seen helping children (Kids Out Day), and he wanted the Club to be seen being active in the local community, especially at Christmas with the supermarkets, and the street collections with the float, and at Easter with the Rotary Health Day and Stroke Awareness.
And with that, we had a new Club President, a new programme and a new Rotary Year. Well done President Bryan!
