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A great weekend was had by 11 visitors from Castricum. The weekend was started in some style by a visit to the Guildhall for a talk given by the Mayor Cllr. Jesse Grey about the history of his office. Dinner parties in members homes followed. On Saturday the festivities of the night before were blown away by a walk in the Great Park. Honorary Member and Governor of the castle Ian MacFadyen hosted our visitors and Members to reception in his residence which was followed by a walk in the moat garden and a guided tour by Ian himself of the parts of the Castle rarely seen by members of the Public.

Saturday evening saw the President's night at Beaumont College including the noted appearance of the 'Mouse'. A trip to Wimbledon Tennis Club preceded the flights home on the Sunday. Another very happy and succesful Twinning with our friends from Castricum.

Photo Album produced by Niek Sieben of the Visit

A month GSE Tour from South Africa that started at District Conference in Eastbourne was completed by the four delegates and their leader in Easter week in Windsor and Eton. An impressive programme which included a talk by the Mayor of Windsor and Maidenhead in the Guildhall on the history of his office, a visit to the St George's Chapel archive, and attendance at Windsor St.George RC. Brookland Motor Museum, Skittles at the Greyhound Eton Wick, and a Farewell Dinner at the Mercure Castle Hotel formed the half of the week, and the finale was Croquet in the Osmonds' garden before going to Heathrow for the flight home.

A talk on Mercy Ships given by Judy Polkinhorn the CEO of Mercy Ships International was given at The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton at the evening meeting at the Castle Hotel.

Adrian Stabbins, Rotary International Chairman & his wife Veronica worked on board a Mercy Ship a few years ago & have now become regular speakers about Mercy Ships at many organisations events. Spreading the word about Bringing Hope & Healing

The Club were addressed today by Charlotte Fielder from Reach who gave an inspirational and thought provoking talk about her life as someone with an upper limb deficiency and her work not only as a Customs Officer but also representing the Charity Reach which seeks to assist with the experience of having and parenting children with upper limb deficiencies.

Charlotte has written and edited a book on the subject called Shared Experiences and you can click on the link below to read reviews and catch up with the latest news.

http://sharedexperiencesbycharlottefielder.blogspot.com/

The Charity Reach is contactable through this link  http://www.reach.org.uk/

A team from the Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton entered the Langley & Iver Rotary Club's annual Moonraker helping to raise £8,000 for local charities.

The team from Windsor achieve the 7th highest score out of 32 teams.

Rob Whittle, Simon Oliver ( Deputy Manager of Liquid Night Club Windsor ), David Shaw & David Osmond.

Six 'mature' Gentlemen needed an excuse to go to the pub together so they devised a Rotary Rambling Club. The bad news was the six mile walk around Ascot until they got to the Duke of Edinburgh  where they were able to rest their weary limbs and enjoy a splendid lunch! More 'walks' are planned for the first Wednesdays of every month!

An American Elvis Tribute Artist, Rotarian Jack Smink from Florida visited Windsor & Eton Rotary Club this week. Jack is performing in & around Windsor this week & will be at The Oxford Blue Pub in Old Windsor this Saturday night.

Jack will return in August & hopefully arrange a concert for Rotary members. For more information about Jack his web  address is www.LSTProductions.com

Picture of Jack with Derek Bishop Vice President swapping Rotary Banners

The Rt Hon Lord William Waldegrave of North Hill PC, MA Honorary Rotarian of The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton attended his new club for the first time on Monday & was the speaker. President James Lang presented Lord Waldegrave with his special Club tie & lapel badge with the Castle motive.   James Lang said Lord Waldegrave gave a most interesting speech touching on his career as an MP & banker. Lord Waldegrave thanked The Rotary Club for their tremendous service locally & fundraising activities. The links between Eton & Rotary are very strong especially through Paul Bayley our past President & long may they continue. 

 Another Hon Rotarian of The Rotary Club Air Marshall Ian Macfadyen Governor of Windsor Castle was also in attendance.  

An unusual and convivial Rotary meeting took place at the Mercure Castle Hotel with partners and guests in the form of a celebration of Burns Night.

Rotarians were entertained with Whisky, Haggis and all the trimmings, and a piper. President James addressed the Haggis in the time honoured fashion. The assembled throng were treated to an address from Rtn. John Handcock in the form of a toast to Robbie Burns, and a song from David Shaw - the Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen!

David Osmond organised the evening and the Raffle which probably explained the hat.

Isabelle Mayhead aged 8 of Oakfield School has organised a bring & buy sale to raise funds for Rotary's Shelter Emergency Box scheme. Last Sunday Isabelle & her mum attended the annual schools Education Sunday Service at Windsor Parish Church and heard from Sally Stevens Editor in Chief of Berkshire Media Group about the Shelter Box collection organised by The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton which featured in the Royal Borough Observer newspaper. David Shaw the Rotary PR Officer & chairman of Windsor Parish Church Management Group was in the Church Choir & Isabelle decided to donate the proceeds from her sale to shelter box via The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton. 

James Lang President of The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton attended the bring & buy sale at Oakfield School. Isabelle's collection of £250 together with other matched donations will enable a complete shelter box to be purchased. The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton decided in advance of the collections to send two shelter boxes for Haiti to make sure aid was given immediately.

The photograph shows Isabelle's friends Carson Trail, Ellen Pickering, Oliver Bean, Lucy Mckeown, Maia Perkins, Christopher Lowria with James Lang.

President James Lang said he was extremely pleased that Isabelle had chosen Shelter Box a UK Rotary based emergency aid scheme as the recipient of the proceeds her bring & buy sale proceeds. It was very pleasing to hear that all the items had been donated by the 220 school children & each child had used about £2 of their own money to purchase the sale items. 

Full facts about the disaster and what is happening now can be found at http://www.dec.org.uk/item/425

Rotary District Governor Terry Kenyon reports that a total of just over £150,000 has been raised to date by clubs in District 1090.

Making Donations to the Haiti Disaster......

If anyone wishes to contribute to the Earthquake Disaster fund for Rotary Shelter boxes or find out more information please contact David Shaw, Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton 153 Clarence Rd Windsor SL4 5AP Tel 07740 797 281

Rotarian Bob Pickles gave an entertaining talk on his Veterinary experiences in his career.

Bob is a Vet from Liverpool who studied at The Royal Veterinary  College London. His first Job was in Liverpool working for a Vet practice who dealt with Lord Derby's Estate & The Earl of Sefton's Estate near Liverpool. After a few years Bob moved to Windsor & helped to look after the Queen's animals on the Great Park Estate. Later he went into Pharmaceuticals & joined Eli Lilly eventually becoming European Director living in Vienna. 

Over 30 Rotarians and their family members attended the family lunch held at the Mercure Castle Hotel.

The photograph shows three generations of the Simon family with President James.

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2010   (Is it Two Thousand and Ten or Twenty Ten????)

Superintendent Tim De Meyer - Local Police Area Commander Windsor and Maidenhead - was guest speaker at The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton who met at breakfast time at The Mercure Castle Hotel. Tim gave members an insight into recent developments regarding community Policing in the Royal Borough. Tim described the various types of crimes that take place in the Borough & how they try & combat them. 

Tim's talk was most interesting and all members were very grateful to him for taking the time out from his very busy schedule e.g. he had been working most of the night & earned his cooked breakfast with us.

On Saturday 28^th November, the Ambassadorial Scholars assigned to District 1090 enjoyed a special day out to visit Windsor Castle and later Eton College. A visit to Windsor is considered a top priority by the scholars. On this occasion the party numbered 16 individuals representing 6 countries world wide.

The scholarship is designed to further international understanding and goodwill and by all accounts these aims were fulfilled.The students were overwhelmed by the magnificence of the Castle, the splendour of St. George’s Chapel in the morning and then after lunch a detailed visit of Eton College.

On the way back to Oxford University, the mini bus was humming with chatter about the visit.  Once again the Windsor tour had proved to be a great success. Thanks should go to Peter Jones, District  Scholar Coordinator, Rtn. Neil Aufflick for the organisation at the Windsor end, our St.George’s Chapel guides, Rtn. John Handcock and Mr Brian Williams and the tour around Eton College given by IPP. Rtn. Paul Bayley.  The Windsor & Eton Club may be visited next year by one or two members of this party when it would be good to hear what life is like in their home country and what they have achieved during their studies at Oxford University.

A limited edition of 50 prints is being produced of the cartoon by Rotarian Denis Blandford presented to HRH Prince Philip at the MG Dinner. The cost unframed is £20 and can be obtained by contacting the artist by email or directly.

dblandforddesign@aol.com or phone 01344 455158

Please note £7 of each purchase will be donated to Rotary Charities.

By kind permission of the Mayor of Windsor and Maidenhead the Windsor Guildhall hosted a dinner to celebrate the culmination of the MG Rally earlier this year. As with the Rally the guest of Honour was HRH Prince Philip who received a donation of £56,347.79 out of a total profit on the event of £67,047 on behalf of the Prince Philip Trust Fund.

Guests at the dinner were firstly welcomed by the Mayor Councillor Jesse Grey who was accompanied by his wife, the Mayoress. After dinner the President of WERC James Lang reminded everyone of the Rally, and presented Prince Philip with a framed original cartoon by Rotarian Denis Blandford to commemorate the event. Chairman of the organising committee Andrew Panter then handed over the cheque. The evening was rounded off a speech of thanks by HRH Prince Philip.

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A packed hall at Windsor Boys School saw the Windsor round of the Youth Speaks. Teams from Windsor Boys, Windsor Girls, Trevelyan, Brigidine Convent, St Peters, and St Edwards battle it out in highly entertaining set of debates in two Age Categories - Intermediate and Senior.

The two panels of distinguished judges made Windsor Boys for the Seniors and Trevelyan B for the Intermediates the winners and they now go on to the next round. WERC extends its grateful thanks to all involved especially the teams and judges.

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The Celle Rotary Club returned to Windsor for their biennial visit were treated to a packed weekend of activities including a Reception at the Constitutional Club, hosted Dinner parties, a visit to Eton College, Windsor Castle for a guided tour and Evensong, a Barn dance, a visit to Dorney Court, and lastly a lunch at Dorney Lake, before exhausted and happy returning to Heathrow for the flight home.

All agreed it had been a successful and well organised weekend.

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It is with considerable sadness that we report on the passing of Rotarian Don Harrison.

Don lived in Windsor for 40 years and joined the Rotary Club of Windsor and Eton in 1973 and was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship for his work in it. He will be remembered for his quiet wit and wisdom and for his love of music and theatre which he enjoyed with his wife Trudy.

Don's funeral was held in the Methodist Church in Alma Road Windsor and was well attended by family and friends alike.

Don was a Chartered Engineer and director of a small group of engineering companies, and a Trustee of People to Places.

Don Had a successful career in Rotary too. John Handcock's official history of the Club records the following -

'In 1982 a new gymnasium for the physiotherapy department at King Edward V11 Hospital was opened. The project was lead by Don Harrison cost £35,000 and was considered a "Truly remarkable achievement" at that time involving loans, grants & major sponsorship from Bestobell, Blues & Royals, Bell Inn Dedworth plus a novel idea of a Rotary Gym held in the hospital grounds.'

The Club will miss him greatly, as will the impromptu choirs formed for various Presidents' Nights where Don's keyboard skills were essential. An event referred to by his daughter at the funeral was his unforgettable performance of Da-do-ron-ron wearing a long black wig at Savill Court in 2007.

At The Mercure Castle Hotel Air Marshall Ian Macfadyen CB, OBE became an Honorary Member of The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton. Air Marshal Ian Macfadyen CB, OBE RAF has been appointed as the new Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle with effect from 10 August 2009. Ian Macfadyen was educated at Marlborough and graduated from RAF College Cranwell in 1963.  His flying career included service as a fighter pilot in both the United Kingdom and Germany, and a member of a formation aerobatic team before commanding a Squadron in the Falkland Islands.

He later took command of RAF Leuchars, in Fife, before assuming command of British Forces in the Middle East from General Sir Peter de la Billière after the first Gulf War.

Promoted to Air Marshal in 1994, he retired from the RAF in 1999 and was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man until 2005, when he was appointed as National President of the Royal British Legion; a post he relinquished in January of this year.  As well as flying  for a hobby, Ian also enjoys field sports, photography, watercolour painting and golf , he is also the Honorary Inspector General of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

Ian is married to Sally and they have a son and daughter.

Richard Kidson was inducted into the Club joining a select group of new members who have come into the Club as a result of participating in one of the Charitable Fund raising projects. In this case it was the MG Rally held in April this year where Richard paraded in front of Prince Philip with all the other exhibits in his restored MG Midget.

Next time we will ask President James to open his eyes - see photo!

It was a very convivial evening and a Social event in every sense of the word.

New District Governor, Terry Kenyon, maintained District's tradition of making one of her visits of her year to our lunchtime meeting, where she outlined her aspirations for the new Rotary year.

Photographs have been received showing the inauguration and use of the multi-use training centre at Ahead (Special school for the challenged children), P30 Prince Golam Mommed Shah Road (near Bharat Petroleum Office), Kolkata -700095 (phone - 2473-2189) in India.

This was developed as a matching grant project by the Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan and Rotary Club Windsor & Eton being inaugurated by Rtn. Nayantara Pal Choudhury, District Governor (District 3291) on 29-03-2009.

Rotarians David Shaw and their wives visited the project in 2007

Well-known actor Giles Watling was invited to speak at the Club by his friend Rtn. Chris Clark. Giles gave a humerous account of something of his history as an actor and as a member of one of the country's leading theatrical families which included his father Jack, and sisters Dilys and Deborah.

Giles was appearing in a production at the Theatre Royal Windsor of 'Strictly Murder' which was attended later in the week by a large group of Windsor Rotarians and their wives.

Today at the Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton the speaker was Antony Wood Chairman of Berkshire Community Foundation ( BCF ) - Windsor & Maidenhead Area.

The Berkshire Community Trust gives grants to local organisations & charities. £290, 000 was given out last year in Berkshire to 550 organisations. .  

The Trust works with High net worth Individuals & businesses to fund these grants together with Grassroots matching funding from the Government ie for each pound raised the government matches. 

The Trust are especially looking urgently for local Lawyers & Accountants to help research info dormant trusts which could be amalgamated into the BCF, which boosts the endowment funds. There are lots of dormant trust funds with Millions of pounds which were set up in the past which are no longer in use & with the charity commissioners support can be now used again for charitable use. 

Please contact Joanne Stokes Director if you could help BCF. development@berkshirecommunityfoundation.org.uk

Tel 01189303021