As part of the Vocational Committee's Literacy Programme, pupils from local primary schools were invited to write essays on the subject of the recent Royal Wedding.
The winning entry was from Claudia Savage from Whittington C of E Primary School.
more Mock interviews for The Marches Year 11 pupils
more Mock Interviews for The Marches Year 11 pupils
more Mock interviews for The Marches Year 11 pupils
more Denzil will tell us about his time as a Rotarian. Meal (£13:50 : Carved meat buffet with a section of salads and parsley buttered new potatoes * Vanilla crème brulee with short bread biscuit Tea/Coffee
more New Club Member Duncan Borrowman will present his Newbie talk as a new member of the Club to tell us a little bit about his life and career to date. Meal: Turkey curry, rice, flatbread
more In a change from our usual speaker guest slots, members will be invited to visit the Hadleigh Works unit on the top floor of Oswestry's Memorial Hall after 13:30pm where Vernon Hogg, a member of the Hadleigh Works team, will explain what it's all about!
more Vocational trip to the Aerospace Museum at Filton, Bristol to see Concorde Alpha Foxtrot: the last Concorde to be built and the last to fly. Thanks to Graham and Lynette Moss, Dave Griggs, Jo Banks and Dave Davies for the photos.
more Mike Griffiths speaker today is Gary Braybrooke, CEO of the Energy Efficiency Awards Lunch : Traditional fish pie and garden peas .
more Mike Jones' speaker today is Group Captain Jon Fynes RAF (Retd).
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11s
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11s
more This year's Youth Speaks Competition starts off with a first Club round at Moreton Hall School. 5.30 for a 6.00pm start.
more The first round of this year's Youth Speaks competition
more District Round saw teams from Moreton Hall and The Marches represent our Club in the Intermediate and Senior sections.
more Our annual investment competition for local secondary schools begins 1st November!
more Our guest 'victim' tonight was one of our own - Professor Wagih El Masri. A fascinating evening! MEETING TONIGHT IN THE PADDOCK ROOM - OFF THE MAIN BAR
more St Martins seal a hat trick!
more The final figures are in!
more Teams have battled through to the Regional round of the Rotary public speaking competition. Moreton Hall Intermediates will represent our Club.
more Herewith the final interim results for the current Investment Competition of The Rotary Club of Oswestry as prepared by our Invigilator Sean Meakin of HSBC Bank.
more The first snapshot of the 2018-19 Investment Competition
more Thanks to the hard work of Robin Sinclair we have a record entry from local secondary schools. 5 schools have entered a total of 27 teams. The students are now busy investing their money and it will prove interesting to see how they get on.
more Helen Hughes, wife of Richard Hughes, a member of our Club since 1989, was John's 'victim' tonight.
more Dave will tell us something of his previous interview experiences.
more President David Davies and Chairman of The Marches Local Governing Body Mark Liquorish present the "Service to the School" Award to Rebecca Manford
more Sadly CHALK had to withdraw from their speaker slot today so we enjoyed the prize-giving for the Investment Competition as the winning team from St Martins were our guests Lunch: Seared fillet of salmon with confit tomatoes, gem lettuce & saffron potatoe
more Jenny's speaker today will be Chris Jones from local business Castle Fine Arts Foundry Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant. Lunch: Roast breast of chicken with potato rosti, wilted greens and a forestiere sauce
more Vocational Tour of Dinorwig Power Station, Llanberis
more District round of this year's Youth Speaks competition held at Glyndwr University - NOT at Catrin Finch Centre because of large number of teams. STOP PRESS - Postponed from Friday 2nd March
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11s
more First round of this year's Youth Speaks competition hosted by Moreton Hall.
more Introducing Stonehouse Brewery's new venture. Hazel's speaker will be Chris Toller from Henstone Distillery - a brand new distillery being established on the Welsh border of rural Shropshire.
more Ruth Thomas' speaker today will be Derwen College's Marketing & Pre-entry Assessment Officer Helen Pocknell talking about Autism and Autism friendly communities. There will also be a presentation to the winners of the Club's annual Investment Competition
more Robin's speaker today will be the Rev. Harry Edwards of Mulberry Alpacas who will talk to us about Alpaca Farming. Harry is also Spiritual Care Coordinator/Counsellor of Severn Hospice.
more The Club's Investment Competition for secondary schools comes to an end and the runaway winners declared!
more Oswestry School pupils are judged ‘best in the country' for public speaking in the national final of the Rotary Youth Speaks competition.
more The penultimate snapshot of the Investment Competition
more Dave's speaker today is James Hennie MD of Tesni Homes and Developments will be speaking about Tesni"™s passion for environmental sustainability and partnering with Marches School to help fundraise for three eco-domes to be installed for use by pupils.
more The Rotary Club of Oswestry were represented in the senior competition by District winners Oswestry School
more District 1180 Youth Speaks Final
more Latest valuations
more The latest valuations for the Rotary / HSBC Investment Competition
more Some impressive performances here from St Martins School who occupy the top four positions in the Rotary Club of Oswestry Investment Competition.
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11s
more Tonight's willing 'victim' was Club President Ian Haigh
more The Rotary Club of Oswestry has been running an investment competition in conjunction with the Oswestry Branch of HSBC Bank for a good many years for local schools.
more Shane Parr, Director and Owner of Stonehouse Brewery, is Dave Foden's speaker today
more G C Davies & Co are a family partnership farming in Shropshire since 1896.
more Presentation to the winners of this year's literature competition for Oswestry's primary schools
more Moreton Hall Senior team represented The Rotary Club of Oswestry in the Regional Finals of Youth Speaks at the Catrin Finch Centre today
more Moreton Hall represented The Rotary Club of Oswestry in the District 1180 Final of Youth Speaks
more Our annual writing competition for schoolchildren has been launched in Oswestry.
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11s at The Marches Academy
more Three schools have entered this year's Rotary Club of Oswestry Investment Competition for senior schools in the Oswestry area.
more RIBI encourages speaking and presentation skills in young people
more Invitation to D1210 Vocational Study Exchange Presentation Evening
more Hazel's speaker today was Stephen Jones of The British Quinoa Company, Ellesmere
more Presentation of Rotary Young Writers Competition 'Front Lines' @ Oswestry LitFest, Oswestry Library
more As part of the sixth Oswestry LitFest, a stunning and very special installation inspired by the World War I trenches has been moved from the window of Tanners Wines on Wyle Cop in Shrewsbury to Oswestry Library.
more The Final for the District round was held at the Catrin Finch Centre at Glyndwr University, Wrexham on Friday 6th March 2015
more Vocational Cttee's annual getting to know the members of our Club continues with David Lloyd's apprentice John Ward taking over the reigns to find out more about John Cleaver.
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11 students at The Marches Academy
more RIBI encourages speaking and presentation skills in young people.
more Club outing to RAF Museum Cosford
more Rtn Cliff Wood (from Borderland club) meets the entrants who represented the Oswestry Club at Final Assembly at Oswestry School to receive their awards.
more Club Assembly
more Pres Stuart presents the prizes for the winning entry in our "Beast Quest" competition. We will be there from 2-4pm to publicise our Club, Health Awareness Day, polio eradication campaign and, in particular, our stand at the Memorial Hall on 26th April.
more Youth Speaks District Final
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11 students at The Marches Academy
more RIBI encourages speaking and presentation skills in young people.
more Club Essay Competition 2013 for primary school pupils.
more Marches School Team Are Champion Investors
more Presentations of Booka Book vouchers and Michael Morpurgo books
more Prize Giving to winner of the "Dear Mr Morpurgo . . " Competition by Michael Morpurgo at The Marches
more Club Trip to the Airbus 380 Wing Assembly Plant at Broughton
more Dr John Cleaver catches up with James Evans to present him with the shield to accompany his "Service to School" award originally presented last November.
more Mock Interviews for the Year 11 students at The Marches start.
more Rotary Youth Speaks is a public speaking competition for young people organised by Rotary.
more Rotarian Dr John Cleaver attended the evening to present "The Oswestry Rotary Club – Service to School Award" to Jamie Evans.
more Walford and North Shropshire Student Wins Rotary Award
more Rotary Youth Speaks is a public speaking competition for young people organised by Rotary.
more Guided Tour of Jaguar Heritage Museum and a visit to the works. Depart 8.30am Cae Glas Park gates
more Oswestry Library and The Rotary Club of Oswestry joined forces to launch the fourth annual book review competition for children.
more Oswestry Library and The Rotary Club of Oswestry joined forces to launch the third annual book review competition for children.
more A guided tour of Chirk Castle followed by fellowship in a local hostelry.
more Pupils Praise Rotary’s Lifeline Event Pupils attending Oswestry Rotary Club’s Lifeline to alert youngsters to the risks they might encounter in everyday life have given the event their seal of approval.
more Rotary Youth Speaks is a public speaking competition for young people organised by Rotary.
more Read it! Write it! is a competition for Key Stage 2 pupils, that is those in Years 3-6 aged between 7 and 11, to choose a book to read and review and enter their review into a competition presented by Oswestry Library and the Rotary Club of Oswestry.
more Steve Thomas looks back on 7 years as Chair of the Vocational Action Group as he prepares to step down. Talk given to Club on 22/3/10.
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