Tag: Coventry Phoenix Rotary Club
Feb 1, 2012 7:30 PM
I collected three students from Aston University, including our Jamaican Ambassadorial Scholar, and drove them to Kenilworth, to the Priory Theatre. My club had booked the theatre out for one of its productions of The Hound of the Baskervilles. We got there just in time due to traffic and settled down on the front row for what we expected to be an intense production. It started very earily on Dartmoor but very soon it became a comedy and continued as a mixture of drama and comedy....
Dec 13, 2011 5:45 PM
A slightly cold night (but at least not as cold or icy as this time last year) which saw several Rotarians from the five Coventry Clubs assembled together to work their way around the streets of Radford with the Santa Sleigh. Several children (and adults) were pleased to see Santa (which Terry carried off so well) which made up for the houses where you knew people were in but were ignoring you. We wandered around the streets for just over two hours. It was good to work as a group...
Dec 11, 2011 1:30 PM
Nearly 60 of us met together for Sunday lunch at the Hearsall Golf Club. We had families with us as well as previous members of the club. It was great to sit with Mike and Judy Taylor and catch up with their news as well as see other previous members there. The highlight of the lunch was to see George Willan presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship - so well deserved. There was a carvery provided and the ambience of the event was great. A great number of prizes in the raffle meant we...
Sep 9, 2011 7:30 PM
The Coventry Rugby Club was the venue for the 25th charter anniversary of Coventry Phoenix Rotary Club. Over 120 people came including our Rotary friends from Doiven in Holland. It was great to see Rotarians from local clubs and another visitng Rotarian from India. The food was very pleasant and the company great. We had a great MC for the evening who kept the whole event moving and kept us all amused throughout the evening. District Governor Brian handed out long service awards in...
Aug 25, 2011 7:30 PM
Our Club meeting was cancelled on the Wednesday so that a good number of us could visit Arbury Rotary Club on the Thursday and support our team in the District Quiz. Several members turned up for the visit which was great and it was good to see Arbury friends again.
PDG Peter Smith acted as Quiz Master for our first round. I have to admit, having heard the questions, that I was relieved to not be in the team. The questions were very hard. However, both teams worked hard and the result...
Aug 17, 2011 5:30 PM
We met earlier than our usual meeting time to ensure we could play in the light at Kenilworth Croquet Club. Club members and partners came to try their skills on the croquet lawns. This is the club's third visit (although my first). We split into groups of four and were organised in such a way that 2 games could exist on one lawn without us getting in each others' way.
Some like Niall found they could play very well and others like me found it took a while to get used to the mallet and...
Aug 8, 2011 8:30 AM
Eight of us from Coventry Phoenix Rotary Club met in Southampton on Sunday evening ready for an early start on the Monday. We stayed at the IBIS hotel and had a pleasant meal out together at TGI Friday and met up with Jurgen from the Sailing Trust for a drink as well. Saturday morning began with a 2 mile walk to the ship from our hotel. It was a lovely sight as we got to its dock. Other sponsors were there as well as a group of forces personnel on rehabilitation. Several had lost legs or were...
Jul 23, 2011 7:00 PM
The Mayor of Warwick joined us at Hearsall Golf Club for our cricket celebration evening. For the past 3 years Krish has organised a cricket competition between teams from local hospitals and the medical school. This culminates in a Charity match and the final being played one Sunday in July. The celebration evening is the chance to present the trophies and share something of what Rotary does with the cricketers.
The Mayor of Warwick was great and related well to all the people there....
Jul 10, 2011 10:00 AM
The day started early at a member's house where eight of us met to make the food for the cricketers. Kala had already made a curry the night before. We spread no end of slices of bread with margarine and then filled the sandwiches either with cheese or egg. Watermelon was cut and cakes had been made by several of us the previous day. After a cup of tea we drove over to Warwick University to where the cricket was being played. Including 4 teams, spectators and Rotarians we probably fed nearly...
Jul 6, 2011 7:30 PM
I do not usually write about my own club meetings but having the District Governor there always makes it a special occasion. For the past few years we have come at the beginning of the District Governor's visit programme so we get to hear the message early. We had a good attendance and it was good to hear the conversation flowing freely on all the tables. It was also Bill's first club meeting officially as President which he handled really well. Interestingly, PDG Peter was asked to do grace...
Jun 29, 2011 7:30 PM
Where does a year go? Here we came together to celebrate what has been a great year under David's leadership and to look forward to Bill's year. Old friends joined us - Neil Solman (who also bought 2 guests - let's hope we see them again), Jacquie Worrall, Frank and Francine Campbell and Iris Raine. We all miss Peter but it was lovely to have Iris there with us. All the other Coventry Clubs were represented which was nice to see.
I had the delight of sitting next to Neil's guests and so was...
May 13, 2011 11:15 AM
We drove over to Birmingham airport and met up with the other eight people who were going on our club fellowship visit to a Rotary Club in Holland. We have taken it in turns for several years to visit each other and this was our turn to travel to Doiven. The journey across went well and we were met by several members as we were taken from Amsterdam to our host families' homes. We stayed with Frank and Heirt who we stayed with on our last stay with them. We had time for a cup of tea/coffee...
Mar 23, 2011 7:00 PM
We held our Club meeting at the leisure centre in Wood End to take a look at regeneration projects we had heard about several years ago at a club meeting. We were reminded of the history of the project and then taken on a tour of the new homes that are being built in the area. They are lovely and great starter homes. We were joined for a lovely meal at the leisure centre by the sales agents for the new homes and heard more about how the area will be further developed. It was encouraging to...
Mar 5, 2011 7:30 PM
It was good to have Chrissy and Eric Dance come and join us for my own club event. So five of us headed to Binley Wood Village Hall where the room was already full of people. Kala, as usual, provided a fantastic spread of Indian food (with English for those who preferred it). We were entertained by young children who were taught by Kala's daughter to dance in the Bollywood style. Then several people got up to learn how to dance in the same style to differing degrees of success. It was a...
Feb 12, 2011 8:00 PM
A member of the Coventry Phoenix Club most years arranges a dinner out for us all close to Valentines Day. It is open to all members, not just those in couples, and really is an excuse for a nice night out with friends. This year it was held at the Old Mill in Baginton and we had a nice room set aside just for us. The set menu was great (4 courses and a glass of sparkling wine for £20 each including a tip for the staff) and the room set out lovely with red and white balloons, heart...
Jan 29, 2011 7:00 PM
This was a great entertaining evening. It was nice to be back amongst my own club members. Even being IPDG means that I still miss some club meetings as they clash with District meetings so it is nice to be able to join in with club events. Barnacle Village Hall was the venue for our Beetle Drive. I remember having a Beetle game at home as a child and recently attending a Rotaract Beetle Drive - they are such fun. We had a variety of other games to play on the tables as well....
Dec 12, 2010 7:00 PM
I do not always write about my own club events but as I wrote about Paul's club dinner I thought I should write about my own as well. Having visited my own parents today I still managed to ensure I was back for my own club's Christmas dinner. We gathered at the Woodhouse, Princethorpe - our usual venue. A very relaxed evening was evident and the food was very good. A nice choice of menus and good company on our table made it a fun event. The Christmas crackers made us laugh as every...
Oct 6, 2010 7:30 PM
It was great to take Edvinas to my own club to do his first speech. When I got home before the meeting we ran through it so that Edvinas knew what he was saying and we could check the slides. I have to say he was a better option for the club than listening to me talk which was the original plan. Edvinas did a great job talking about Lithuania and himself and detailing what he is doing here. He managed to put some humour into it and it was a very professional...
Aug 25, 2010 7:30 PM
It was very nice to spend time with my own club and to share with them the details of my year as DG. I was able to share the bits they had not seen even though they had been to quite a bit with me. I gave a powerpoint presentation which included my tandem dive. It seemed to go down well with the members. I wanted to do it as a thank you for all the help they had given me in the lead up to the year as DG and during the year. I am very grateful to them for their belief in me, support...
Dec 13, 2009 7:30 PM
It was lovely to relax with my own Inner Wheel and Rotary Clubs for a Christmas meal after the carol service. We took one of our Ambassadorial Scholars with us. The meal was lovely and it was just great to relax amongst friends. I was surprised when my club presented me with a lovely plate (from Rugby Club's collection) commemorating this year as District Governor - I am very grateful and will find somewhere to hang it up in the house.
All in all a great day as a preparation for...
Nov 11, 2009 7:00 PM
Some club members had invited friends and contacts to the Village Hotel for an information evening. There were many members there to welcome them and have conversations with them. We had a buffet and then short information inputs on the history and internationality of Rotary and the social and community aspects of our own club.
The good news is people stayed on talking after the inputs. The test will be if any come to our future meeting but even if they don't they might just support our...
Sep 5, 2009 7:30 PM
President Kala of Coventry Phoenix said that my club would continue to support Zoe's Place this year. What was great about this evening was that her own family pulled together so many friends and contacts who made this a wonderful evening. I surprised myself with the amount of Indian food I could eat (or rather the heat of it). The colourful spectacle of stunning saris, beautiful dancing and a good cause as well made it a great evening. It was great to see people gathered (over 300)...
Aug 9, 2009 12:00 PM
The afternoon started with lunch for 20 of us from Coventry Phoenix Rotary and Inner Wheel clubs at the Loch Fyne Restaurant in Kenilworth. Good company and conversation got the day off to a great start.
We then drove across to Stoneleigh Abbey in glorious sunshine for a guided tour. The guide was great (not too much detail, not too little) and the Abbey grounds and house were beautiful. (I now know why some apartments there sell for such large prices!). It was lovely to watch the cricket...
Jul 8, 2009 10:30 PM
Visiting my own club did not lessen the nerves before speaking to them. At least the nerves mean I am not eating too much so hopefully I shan't put on too much weight this year.
It was great to be with people who have already done so much for me and who will continue to support me. It was great to be able to thank them for the money they have already given to the Young Carers boat trip and to hear of the donation they plan to make to the polio campaign. It is very reassuring to know that...
