✕
☰

Rotary Clubs of Tavistock and Yelverton Press Release February Round-up

The recent weeks of bad weather may not have been the best we’ve ever had but that hasn’t slowed down our two local Rotary clubs, Tavistock and Yelverton. In fact, we’ve been unbelievably busy in the past few weeks.

As in previous years, the two rounds of our annual Youth Speaks Competition held at Mount Kelly and Tavistock College uncovered brilliant speakers from schools throughout the area. It always amazes us that children as young as 10 and 11 can speak so well on subjects as diverse as “Is it ever right to tell a lie?” and “Should dads be allowed to dance in public?” Six teams, including Mount Kelly College, Tavistock College and Tavistock Community Primary School fought off stiff competition from schools throughout Devon and Cornwall to go through to the District Finals at Torquay.

Tavistock Club also organised our first Young Photographer of the Year Competition. This uncovered a huge range of young local talent and it was no easy job for the judges to declare 17 year-old William Dax from Tavistock College the overall winner, with Amy Brimacombe (Tavistock College) the Intermediate winner and Zi Thomson (Horrabridge Primary School) the Junior winner.

Tavistock Club also joined with the Inner Wheel Club to host a Race Night at the Parish Rooms that raised over £600 for local Parkinsons and Dementia Charities.

The highlight, though, was the derby Rotary District Skittles Semifinal between Yelverton and Tavistock at the Prince of Wales in Princetown. The exhausted losers, Yelverton, argued that they had fought their way through two rounds whilst Tavistock had had it easy since their previous two opponents hadn’t turned up. Tavistock’s captain Tony Parker explained that superior skill, training and stamina had won through.

In April, the Yelverton Club will host guests from local care homes and the Memory Café at their Spring Tea Party with music and a quiz at the Yelverton Memorial Hall. This year’s party is generously sponsored by Tesco’s Tavistock store, to whom we are massively grateful.

On May 29th, also at the Memorial Hall, Yelverton Club will be running a car boot sale to raise funds for local charities. Recently, we have supported Princetown Youth Club, two young people taking part in sporting events and a conservation project abroad, and we have provided kitchen equipment and supplies for the Youth 2 Youth club in Bere Alston.

The Tavistock club continues to work with the Tavistock Dementia Action Alliance, Tavistock Lions and other local organisations to create a Sensory Garden in the Meadows and, once again, is a leading light in organising the Tavistock Heritage Festival in the autumn.

If you would like to help in any way, or if you would like to join either Club, please contact us through our websites, or contact grahamparker1@me.com.

Photos attached

The subject for the Young Photographer of the year was ‘Our World is Beautiful”. I am attaching the three photos that formed the winning portfolio from William Dax.

The photo ‘Sea Shell’ was also awarded to prize from the Tavistock Times Gazette for the best photograph.

For further information, please contact Graham Parker of the Rotary Club of Tavistock Tel: 07545 075942 

Back to topbutton