East Kilbride Rotary Club
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On the 1st of Sept 2011 Past President Andrew Ferguson was so popular when he completed his first waffle of the year in the month of July that he was voted in to do a repeat performance which he entitled Awful waffle he completed his task in exactly 4mins the subject matter was indeed an Awful Waffle that was indeed well recieved by his fellow Rotarians
Andrew Ferguson
Our first invited speaker for the new Rotary Year was our own member of parliament Michael McCann, who on the 9th of September came along to our lunch time meeting unfortunately we had a rather poor turnout, but undaunted our speaker gave a very good impression of his initial entrance into Westminster where he reported to Port Cullis house on the embankment to be given his first documentation and necessary instructions to enter into the great Westminster hall. Describing to us his Maiden speech and how to date he has made 40 contributions to debates held in the house. Of course there were various anecdotal comments during his talk that went down well with those Rotarians present. Vote of thanks was given by Rotarian John Murphy
Our final speaker for the month of September was a fellow Rotarian, Harry Marsh from Bothwell Rotary Club, who on the 30th of the month spoke to the club on the successful Bothwell Scarecrow festival, held recently he explained where the idea had came from and how after a doubts cast by some of the community the whole event was taken on successfully by the community. As a result of this success a over 300 scarecrows were built in all shapes & sizes concerts were held and a true community spirit evolved hopefully next year there will be an even larger participation thus helping Bothwell to get on the tourist map. The event raised over £ 6000 for charity. picture shows Harry Marsh with East Kilbride President Elect Jack Blackwood who was acting for our indisposed President Leslie Irvine
Rotarian George Ferguson gave an extremely interesting talk to his fellow Rotarians the on the lead up to and the actual incidents that occurred at the Battle of May Island which is the name given to the series of accidents that occurred during Operation E.C.1 in 1918. Named after the Isle of May, an island in the Firth of Forth, close by, it was a disastrous series of accidents amongst Royal Navy ships on their way from Rosyth in Scotland to fleet exercises in the North Sea. On the misty night of 31 January to 1 February 1918, five collisions occurred, involving eight different vessels. Two submarines of the K class were lost and three other submarines and a light cruiser were damaged. 270 men died,[1] all of the Royal Navy. Although it took place during the First World War it was an entirely accidental tragedy and no enemy forces were present. It was therefore not a Battle and was only referred to as such with black humour. George was thanked by Fellow Rotarian and past President Ray Porrelli
George Ferguson
East Kilbride Rotarians enjoyed a tireless cycle run from Lands end to John O' Groat's on Friday the 23rd of September at lunch time meeting when their visiting speaker spoke to them of his epic charity cycle run from one end of the country to the other in aid of two particular wards at Hairmyres hospital. Ian Wilson who spoke to the club and gave a very relaxed and informative talk plus photographs on the whole trip that in no way left the Rotarians tired after their journey! Ian successfully answered questions with bit of humour that was very much appreciated Rotarian George McGraw gave a very appreciative vote of thanks on behalf of those present.
