First of all I want to thank all the rotary members for planning a wonderful youth exchange! I've had an unforgetable experience!
I think the rotary youth exchange is a great idea to give young people a chance to experience a different country. It is also wonderful to live with a local family as you can see places that you never would have seen if you had come on your own. It also gives you a greater understanding of other people's cultures. I went to see a lot of historical places that is very diffirent from what we have in South Africa which I truly admired.
I've learned so much from the equestrian yards I went to. I was absolutely amazed by how many DIY stables there was here. In South Africa we have more full livery stable yards, were the grooms muck out, give food ,groom etc. and you can just go and ride your horse without having to do all the other chores. I appreciate our grooms now as I realised it is a lot of hard work mucking out a stable everyday! I've also had a chance to experience diffirent dissiplines of horse riding other than what I am used to at home. It has surely enriched my knowledge of horses and I am excited to go and share it at home!
I would recommend the rotary youth exchange to any young person. It is an exciting way of learning more about your career, seeing places you haven't even dreamed of seeing, meeting wonderful people and growing in yourself.
more We were delighted with the response to this competition with over 120 entries from the four schools.
more Winners have been decided!
more We open this exciting competition at the Knighton Show on August 27th....
more You can read more about how this has occurred below...
more This exhibition will be open during the library opening times which are Tues 10.30am-1pm, 2-5pm Thurs 10.30am-1pm 2-6pm and Friday 8am -12.30pm
more Our Young Photography Competition is back! Read how your youngster can get involved here.....
more 18 budding photographers aged 10 to 18 entered their best photos on the theme of "NATURE ON YOUR DOORSTEP"
more "Nature on your Doorstep" is the theme for our YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER competition running until March 22nd...
more We judged our round of the Young Musician competition today in front of a small local audience.
more Tonight we welcomed Lewys Philips who completed the RYLA ( Rotary Youth Leadership Award ) course in Brecon in July.....
more This competition was held at the Tower House Gallery in Knighton
more What a great afternoon this was. Three talented instrumentalists and two delightful singers showed the assembled audience how good they were.
more Two free places for 16 and 17 year olds are available for Rotary's Youth Leadership ( RYLA) camp in the Brecon Beacons in the week July 30th to August 4th 2017.
more This event was held at the St Edwards Church Hall in Knighton and was a enjoyable afternoon
more Two free places for 16 and 17 year olds are available for Rotary's Youth Leadership ( RYLA) camp in the Brecon Beacons in the week July 24th to 29th 2016
more After our lunch meeting we interviewed young people re joining Rotary's RYLA programme....
more We were hoping to support young local musicians by holding this event at the St Edwards Church Hall this afternoon. However we had no interest so sadly have had to cancel this event.
more Incoming President Sheila presenting a cheque for £150 to representatives of the Leintwardine Youth Group.
more Following a talk from Natalya Cummings in February we were inspired to support the work of this charity based in Wigmore.
more Through the Knighton and District Twinning Association we are part sponsoring a group of students from the Primary School on their trip to Varades in France.
more Glenda Alloway was a worthy winner
more Photos from our Club round ... see report in the Club Action Group section.
more To be held at the St Edwards Church Hall in Knighton - time to be confirmed.
more Our Club round of this event was very successful and enjoyable.
more 13 year old harpist Hanna Allaway was the winner of our Club's round of the Rotary Young Musician competition. She is here being presented with her certificate by judge Mr. Graham Trew.
more On January 5th Stephanie gave a talk about her trip to plant Hurango trees in Peru.
more After a excellent talk in June, club members agreed to support her experieces with the NCO to the tune of £100. Find out more in the article below.
more Chanita Kruss came from Pretoria on a New Generations exchange between June 7th and July 13th 2011. Her visit to our Club was on June 15th - her second was on June 29th and the third in July 6th.
more Junior, Intermediate and Senior pupils in local schools are invited to enter this competition.
back We are always looking for projects involving young people that we can support.....