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Raiders of the Lost Art at Lewes
more A GROUP of five Seaford Rotary members visited the largest of the two remaining Rotary clubs in our neighbouring town of Lewes on 17th October. It was a lovely sunny afternoon for their lunch meeting at the John Harvey Tavern (JHT).
Inaugural Seaford Rotary Cycle Ride
more A small but elite(!) group of cyclists (Paul and Daphne Vaesen, Mike Roper and David Pattenden) enjoyed the first Seaford Rotary Cycle Ride on Thursday 12th September.
Beachy Head ‘Blast’
more The walk on 10th September from Beachy Head tavern was a replacement for the intended walk from the Plough and Harrow, Littlington deferred due to several days of rain which made the Cuckmere river bank walk extremely muddy and slippery.
Sizzling BBQ
more On a very warm day at the end of July, President Clive Livingstone hosted a BBQ in his garden attended by 45 Rotarians, their wives, partners, family and friends, and three canine family members.
President’s Evening and Handover
more THE LAST meeting of the 2023/24 Rotary year was held on Friday 28th June 2024. As annually at the end of June Seaford Rotary Club changes its Club President, the Presidential handover also took place.
A Flying Visit!
more Last February, we were entertained at a lunchtime meeting by Pete Fellows with his talk ‘A Life of Flying at Shoreham Airport’. Following this some members expressed an interest in a guided tour of the facility.
Seaford ‘B’ Skittles Cuckfield, Lindfield and Haywards Heath
more SEAFORD ROTARY’S new ‘player’ David Pattenden (signed from Uckfield Concert Brass band) hit all the right notes as he starred in the Seaford ‘B’ team’s brilliant skittles win against District Championship opponents Cuckfield, Lindfield and Haywards Heath.
Hot Rodmell Walk
more Unfortunately, for various reasons many of our “regulars” were unable to join us on our walk starting from the Abergavenny Arms in Rodmell, but nine members, partners and friends met in the car park as arranged.
Skittles at the Crouch Bowling Club
more A group of Seaford Rotarians and their partners met at the Crouch Bowling Club to try out the skittles alley in the club house.
Skittles: End of the Road for Seaford B
more Seaford Rotary B met their nadir in the third round of the District 1145 Championships on Friday March 8th when they were knocked out of the competition by Angmering South Downs R.C.
New Year's Day Walk 2024
more TAKING ADVANTAGE of a rare break in the stormy and very wet weather that we have been experiencing so far this winter, 17 hardy walkers together with two dogs duly assembled at the Martello Tower for our annual New Year’s Day walk.
Paul Harris Fellowship Awards
more IT IS not unknown for surprises to occur at Presidential Handovers, particularly when awards of Paul Harris awards are made as the award is kept secret from the recipient.
Keith Carlisle 50 Years Service Celebration
more ON WEDNESDAY 19th July, members and guests attended a lunch held to celebrate 50 years membership of the Rotary Club of Seaford by Past President Keith Carlisle, PHF.
Tony Lees 50 Years Service Celebration
more ON WEDNESDAY 18th October, members and guests attended a lunch held in celebration of 50 years membership of Seaford Rotary by Past President Anthony George Lees (Tony) BEM, PHF.
Walk at Whitbread Hollow, Eastbourne
more ON TUESDAY 26th September, ten walkers comprising members and partners and accompanied by three dogs assembled on the seafront near St Bede’s junior school near Beachy Head, Eastbourne on what started as a cloudy but dry morning.
Annual BBQ
more IN THE early evening on Friday 18th August a group of 37 Rotarians including Seaford Martello President Jackie Arkwell and 4 other Martello Rotarians, Partners and friends gathered in the rear garden of Janice Vince’s house for the annual Rotary BBQ.
Walk at Berwick
more ONCE AGAIN the weather gods looked kindly on us when 16 members and partners together with two dogs assembled outside The Cricketers pub in Berwick for the start of our summer walk.
District Sports: Skittles, Darts and Quiz
more AFTER AN enforced break of three years, the Rotary District Sports have returned. Seaford entered teams into the Darts, Skittles and Quiz competitions.
Curry Evening
more On 31st May, a group of members with their wives, husbands, and partners made their way to the home of Janice Vince for a Curry Evening.
Upper Dicker Walk
more The weather gods were kind to us for our walk starting from The Plough Public House, Upper Dicker where on 23rd May nine valiant members and partners congregated to explore the local countryside.
Seaford B skittles team pinned down and out by big freeze at The Fountain
more Seaford Rotary’s B team ‘skittlers’ literally froze at the Fountain Inn, Ashurst on a cold, damp evening on January 25th and were removed from the District competition by Godalming Woolsack C who scored a resounding 207-191 victory.
Visit to Newhaven West Coast Rotary Club
more At the invitation of our neighbours and ‘daughter’ club, Newhaven Coast West Rotary Club, ten Seaford Rotarians enjoyed a lunchtime talk from The Keep’s Peter and Caroline Holt on 28th March at their headquarters, the 3rd Newhaven Scout Troup Scout Hut.
Spring Walk at Rodmell
more AFTER SOME and indifferent recent weather, we were treated to a dry but rather windy morning to commence our first walk of 2023 (New Years Day walk excepted).
Charter 75th Anniversary Dinner
more THE ROTARY Club of Seaford received the approval of R.I.B.I., and its Charter dated 21st July 1947 was presented to the new Club at a dinner in the Queens Hall on 3rd October 1947.
Mandy’s Big Barbeque Night with Partners
more On the last Wednesday of August, a fifth Wednesday of the month, Rotarians, partners and guests gathered at the home of Vice President Mandy Davis for a barbeque in her garden.
Selmeston Walk
more On 26th July the conditions were perfect, another dry day, but rather cloudy with a refreshing breeze rather than a hot wind off the Sahara! desert! We met at the Barley Mow in Selmeston; our group comprising 12 human walkers and 2 dogs.
President’s Evening and Handover
more WEDNESDAY 29th June was the fifth Wednesday in the month, and therefore in accordance with the recent change, this meeting was one in which wives, partners and guest were invited.
Tuesday Coffee Club at The View
more DESPITE COVID infection numbers being quite high when we started our Rotary Coffee Mornings at The View, they have proved quite popular. They are a simple pleasure, uncomplicated: turn up from 10.30 onwards.
Walk from Litlington
more AFTER THE recent bright and sunny mornings it was disappointing that Tuesday 10th May dawned cloudy. This, however, did not deter 14 Rotarians and friends plus two dogs from assembling in the car park of the Plough and Harrow pub in Litlilington.
PDG John Preddy PHF 50 Years Seaford Rotary Membership and Service
more A CONVIVIAL evening was facilitated by John Preddy’s generosity in having an open bar to commence the celebration of his 50 years Membership and Service to Seaford Rotary.
Evening meeting with Partners
more Wednesday 30th March was the fifth Wednesday of the month. The meeting held on that date was advertised as a Rotary Special Meeting with Partners at Seaford Golf Club.
Beachy Head Walk
more AFTER the recent horrendous storms it was great to wake up on 8th March to sunshine and with the certainty that our planned walk could definitely go ahead.
New Year’s Day Walk
more New Year’s’ Day dawned bright and even sunny whilst being extremely mild for the time of year.
Rotary Walk - Arlington
more OUR WALK starting from the Yew Tree in Arlington had been hastily arranged in place of the previously scheduled walk starting at the Plough and Harrow in Litlington.
Bowled over at Denton
more On 14th October, a group of Rotarians, 1 honorary Rotarian, members of Inner Wheel and one member of Newhaven South Coast Rotary Club were at Denton Island Indoor Bowls Club (DIIBC) for an evening of bowls.
September Walk at Rodmell
more After all the dry and warm weather we had been enjoying this September, when viewing the weather forecast on Sunday 26th September, I seriously wondered if our luck was about to run out.
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‘Pic’ and mix again at The Salts
more IT WAS nice to ‘pic’ and mix again at The Salts. And yet despite a certain amount of shivering and even a little full-size cowering from a brisk sea-breeze , the Seaford Rotary Picnic there on Friday 28th May was undoubtedly an outstanding success.
Fighting Motor Neurone Disease
more Volunteers from MND Association East Surrey branch fundraising by taking part in the Walk to D'Feet
Second East Dean walk
more Following our successful walk in May where we enjoyed a pleasant outing in somewhat uncertain weather followed by a picnic, we followed up on this with a different walk starting from the same location.
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East Dean Walk
more After such a long period of enforced separation, it was really great to be able to organise a walk when we could all get together in real time rather than meeting on ZOOM.
Railway journeys Around Britain to Raise Awareness of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
more ON 14th OCTOBER, we were joined at our Zoom meeting by Rotarian Phil Godfrey a former railwayman from Solihull who has travelled the country by train to raise awareness of antiphospholipid syndrome, which caused the premature death of his wife.
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Geoff Lowles celebrates 50 year Rotary membership
more ON 11th September 2020, Geoff Lowles, Paul Harris Fellow, celebrated 50 years membership of Seaford Rotary Club.
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End of a Unique Year with a Virtual Presidential Handover
more Keith Ross experienced a unique year in his role as President for 2019-20 and although he was robbed of hosting the traditional gala dinner at the end of his reign he still managed to make the annual handover ceremony memorable – even on ZOOM!
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Pippa Logan becomes Life Honorary member
more Pippa Logan has become a Lifetime Honorary member of Seaford Rotary Club for her work in organising the catering at the Bluebell Walk, Arlington for the Club. She becomes the first and only Lifetime Honorary member of the Club.
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Five Country ZOOM Meeting
more Eight members of Seaford Rotary demonstrated the Rotary International Theme for the 2019/2020 Rotary Year - ‘Rotary Connects the World’ by having a ZOOM meeting with the Rotary Club of Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2019-06-22 President's Evening and Handover
more 2019-06-22 President's Evening and Handover
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Spring Walk at Rodmell
more Once again, we were favoured with wonderful weather when setting out on our latest trek into the local countryside around Rodmell and Southease.
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Bowls evening
more A select group of Rotarians organised by Bill Pierce arrived at the Denton Island Indoor Bowls Club to try their hand at this genteel sport. Bill Pierce had organised an evening with not only Seaford Rotary Club, but also Newhaven Rotary Club and Inner W
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Jevington Walk
more 26th February 2019
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Mark Forrester inducted
more 6th February 2019
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Autumn Walk 2018
more 20th November 2018
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