Completed meetings and events 2017-2018

Wed 27th June 2018 The Presidential Handover

Immediate Past president Bill Rind handed over the chain of office to Rtn Barry Lonsdale at the recent ceremony. This is Barry's 3rd time in the chair and expectations are high ! Congratulations also to Rtn Alan Chilcott who took over as SV President.

Wed 20th June 2018 Business Meeting

Wed 13th June 2018 Club Assembly

Incoming President Barry Lonsdale and his new Committee Chairs will present their plans for the forthcoming Rotary year which commences on 1st July. The ADG representative will be Bernard Arnold from Ely.

Wed 6th June 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder, Iain Sutherland

Iain will be holding a Club workshop to capture ideas from Club members as to how the Club can enhance it's awareness and Image within the local Community.

Wed 30th May 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder, TBA

Tue 29th May 2018 Incoming Council Meeting - Barry Lonsdale

Wed 23rd May 2018 District Quiz Final - 23rd May 2018

Soham Rotary Club will once again host the final of this year's District Quiz. It will be held in Soham Town Rangers Football Club. It will commence at 7.30pm. The buffet will be £10 per person. Numbers in advance to Rtn Peter Holmes. read more...

Wed 16th May 2018 Business Meeting

Wed 9th May 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder, John Maxwell

John's speaker will be Peter Sergeant MD of G's Fresh Foods. Peter is also Rtn Geoff's son-in-law. Peter will be talking about elements of the Food industry and the impact/implication of the Brexit decision.

Wed 2nd May 2018 2018 Charter Dinner

Rotarians and guests enjoyed an great evening at The Rosery in Exning celebrating the Club's 43rd birthday. Harry Sidebottom gave an eloquent talk on his career as an author. RYLA benefitted for the raffle and Auction conducted by David Palmer. read more...

Wed 2nd May 2018 Charter Night - 43rd : 7pm for 7.30 start

This year's Charter will be held at The Rosery, Exning. We look forward to inviting guests to join us as we celebrate the Club's 43rd birthday.
Our speaker will be local novelist and Historian, Harry Sidebottom. The raffle will support RYLA.7pm for 7.30

Wed 25th April 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder, Tracey

Tracey's speaker will be her husband Mike who will share with us some of his experiences in the world of Recycling.

Sat 21st April 2018 District Assembly

King Edward VI school, Bury St Edmunds - meeting for next year's Club officers. See attached agenda.

Wed 18th April 2018 Scatter Week

Watch this space for details of a possible group scatter

Wed 11th April 2018 Annual General Meeting & Business Meeting

Wed 4th April 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder, Graham Smith

Graham will be speaking himself - the topic being "another reason the French don't like us..."
Come along to find out more !

Wed 28th March 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder, Stuart Cavanagh

Tonight's speaker will be Donna Talbot who represents The Arthur Rank Hospice Charity in Cambridge. This will be the main charity being supported through this year's Beer & Music Festival.

Tue 27th March 2018 President Bill's - Honeysuckle Close

Sat 24th March 2018 Charity Race Night

Soham Town Football Club - please come and support.

Wed 21st March 2018 Dominoes Evening - Wed 21st March

Club members will have the opportunity to enjoy a second occasion at The Draymans in Ely for a game or two of dominoes, some platters and quality beer. Sign up with Elaine as soon as possible. £5 entry fee for players - Cash prize. Order food separately.

Wed 14th March 2018 Business Meeting

Wed 7th March 2018 Presentation Night - Magpas charities - Rescheduled to 7th March

A presentation will be made at The Maids Head to members of Magpas following the Christmas Street collections made on their behalf by Club members during December. Guests and partners welcome.

Wed 7th March 2018 7th March Membership Evening - Will be rescheduled

Iain will be facilitating an evening with Club members to discuss how we as a Club can optimise on our Public Image through selective use of Social Media tools.
Please give this some advanced thought - all input most welcome.

Wed 28th February 2018 Presentation Night - postponed due to Beast from the East

Wed 21st February 2018 Meal - Business Meeting

Wed 14th February 2018 No Meeting

Wed 7th February 2018 Meal - Speaker ; changed to Barry Holmes

Our speaker will be Ashley Ferguson from Charlottesville, Virginia being sponsored by the Alexandria West Rotary Club. This rearranged date will allow us to hear all about her and her MPhil studies in Medical Sciences plus Mike Judkins from Ely Hereward

Wed 31st January 2018 Meal - Fellowship Evening

Wed 24th January 2018 Guest Night - Burns Supper Wednesday 24th Jan

Burns Night celebration will be at The Maids Head, Wicken. This is a 3 course menu with a choice of main course of either Haggis or Sausage. £17 a head.
Guests are most welcome - Tartan apparel is optional.

Wed 17th January 2018 Business Meeting

Wed 10th January 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder - TBA

Tue 9th January 2018 Council Meeting at President Bill's - Honeysuckle Close

Wed 3rd January 2018 Meal - Speaker Finder, Pat Law

Pat's speaker will be Kevin Higgins. Kevin helps Pat with her shopping needs but will be talking about his experiences in education.

Mon 1st January 2018 - Sun 7th January 2018 Happy New Year !!

Soham Rotary wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year fo 2018.

Wed 27th December 2017 No Meeting - Happy Christmas to Everyone

Sat 23rd December 2017 Christmas Collections, 2nd, 9th 16th and 23rd December

Club members will be out collecting in the Soham and Fordham area - proceeds will be in aid of Magpas Helimedix - please join us in supporting this great charity. Contact Rtn Alan Chilcott if you can help us.

Wed 20th December 2017 Maids Head Fellowship

Barry Lonsdale is organising this Fellowship Meal - partners and guests are welcome. Last meeting before the festive period.

Sat 16th December 2017 Christmas Collections, 2nd, 9th 16th and 23rd December

Wed 13th December 2017 Christmas Dinner

This years Christmas meal with partners and guest is being held in The Rosery at Exning - numbers, meal choices and guests to Run Barry Lonsdale asap.

Sat 9th December 2017 Christmas Collections, 2nd, 9th 16th and 23rd December

Wed 6th December 2017 Meal -Speaker Finder, Elaine G-SIngh

Elaine's speaker will be local historian and author Mike Rouse. Mike has recently written two books on Ely and surrounding area's history. The subject will be "Trapped in History" - 'People are trapped in history and history is trapped in us". All welcome

Wed 29th November 2017 Meal - Speaker Finder, Steve Kear

Steve's speaker will his son Matt who will be talking about "Young People in Technology" in relation to the new government Degree Apprenticeship Scheme and his personal experiences with it.

Wed 22nd November 2017 SGM - Election of Officiers

Election of 2018 - 19 Club Officiers

Wed 15th November 2017 Meal - Speaker Finder, Barry Holmes

Barry's speaker turned out to be Global Scholar, Leah Schmidt, from Calgary Canada. She is also studying for a masters degree at Cambridge specialising in Gender and Politics. She gave an excellent illustrated talk about herself and her aspirations. read more...

Sun 12th November 2017 2017 Soham Remembrance Day Procession

Soham Club members will be joining the Remembrance Day event in Soham and lay a wreath along with other community groups

Wed 8th November 2017 Scatter Week

President Bill has organised an a local scatter alternative which involves an evening meal at the newly refurbished Red Lion hostelry in Soham - menu, price and signup sheet have been emailed to members. Guests/Partners can be included. read more...

Wed 1st November 2017 Meal - Speaker Finder. Alan Chilcott

Alan will be speaking himself on a subject yet to be disclosed - he's keeping us in suspense.

Tue 31st October 2017 Club Council - Venue, President Bill's

Wed 25th October 2017 25th October - 2017 RYLA - Rory's story

Iain will be bringing our 2017 candidate,Rory Jones, to the Club to hear all about his adventures during this years September week at Grafham Water - guests will be most welcome.

Wed 18th October 2017 Neil Osborne addresses the Club

Neil, our most recent member, will share his background and experiences within the Wholesale Trade with Club members - Guests welcome

Sat 14th October 2017 District Conference

For details and registration for this year's District Conference please go to the following website - www.conference2017.co.uk

Wed 11th October 2017 SGM - Accounts

Presentation of the Annual Accounts

Wed 4th October 2017 Meal - Speaker Finder - changed to Stuart Cavanagh

It is hope that Stuart will have one of either Daniel or Josh Schumann come along and share a story or two with us.

Sat 30th September 2017 Soham Pumpkin Fair - 30th September

Soham Rotary will once again be having a "No Lose" stall at this year's local event. We look forward to seeing you there. Please support this community event.

Sat 30th September 2017 Membership Seminar

District 1080 is organising a series of membership seminars - the one for our Club is in Ely and will be chaired by PDG Bill Redmayne

Wed 27th September 2017 Business Meeting

Wed 20th September 2017 Presentation Night - Beer Fest Charities

We look forward to presenting the money raised from the 2017 Beer & Music Fest to the recipient Charities.
The Maids Head will be the venue - 7.15pm for 7.45pm

Wed 13th September 2017 Meal - Speaker Finder, Geoff Fisher

Geoff's speaker will be Elizabeth Johnston - she is an author and town councillor. She will be talk about aspects of Soham's history. Guests are welcome

Wed 6th September 2017 Meal - Speaker Finder, John Maxwell

New member, John Maxwell, will be sharing with us his experiences as a farmer and in particular, Sheep farming in Scotland from 1940 until the present day.

Tue 5th September 2017 Club Council - Venue, President Bill's

Sun 3rd September 2017 RYLA Open Day

The RYLA week has started and on Sunday afternoon (3rd Sept) we have the opportunity to visit the Graffham Water centre and also meet the candidates - including our Club sponsored candidate, Rory Jones

Wed 30th August 2017 Scatter Week

Wed 23rd August 2017 A good old pub night

We will be meeting at the Drayman's Son mircropub in Ely for a game of dominoes and a selection of meat/cheeses to go with the beer. Names for attendance to Graham as usual. Should be fun.

Wed 16th August 2017 Business Meeting

Wed 9th August 2017 Hon Rotarian Martin - 9th August Speaker

Martin Heath will be back in the UK from Kenya and is going to give the Club an update on his most recent experience with the difficult crop growing season and also the Outreach Medical activity we supported him with.

Wed 2nd August 2017 Fellowship Meeting

Wed 26th July 2017 DG Robert Lovick visit

The Club looks forward to welcoming the new 1080 DG Robert Lovick.

Wed 19th July 2017 Business Meeting

Wed 12th July 2017 No Meeting

Having a week off after the busy Beer & Music Fest weekend

Fri 7th July 2017 - Sat 8th July 2017 2017 Soham Beer and Music Festival

This year's event will again be on Soham Recreational Ground - The bands playing on Friday and Saturday night are now available - see attached poster - Also tasting notes for this years beers are here. We look forward to seeing you - Bring a friend :-) read more...

Wed 5th July 2017 President's Handover

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