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Fri. 1 June. David’s Presidents Night
42 People attended David’s President Night at the Falmouth Beach Hotel
 David, seen here with wife Margaret and granddaughter Eden, convinced us that he did have a good time even though the look on his face would suggest otherwise.
Amongst the guests was District Governor Graham(right) with his wife Diane, both are members of the Penzance Rotary Club
 As per the club’s tradition David was serenaded by a group of members masquerading as hotel waiters (David is General Manager of the hotel). The song “Old Man Glover” would not have won any prizes in a choral competition and all attending were relieved that the excellent dinner was served by real waiters.
Sat 28 April 2007 Stroke Awareness Day
For the forth year running The Stroke Association and Rotary Clubs throughout England and Wales have worked together to test thousands of people’s blood pressure. Our Stroke Awareness Day took place at the Asda Supermarket, Penryn where we checked 114 people. Of these 25% were found to have above average blood pressure and were advised to see their doctor. Of these, 3 people were found to be very high and advised to seek urgent medical attention. Our findings support the statistics for the South West wher the percentage of population with high blood pressure is 25%. The figure for the rest of the UK is 23%. This year for the first time, and by popular demand ,we made collection tins available and people donated £77.00 which will be forwarded to The Stroke Association to help in their fight against Strokes. Our thanks to the public who donated and our thanks to the nurses who gave up their time to support us.
April 10. 2007. The club was pleased to welcome Philip Black of the Institute of Cancer Research who gave an interesting talk on The Institute and its connection with Rotary.
 Philip was handed the presentation cheque for £1000 which was raised at our Flower Demonstration on 26 November 2006.
President David on the left, Philips Black center and Allan President Elect on the right
Feb. 2007 In order to raise money for local charities the Club has begun a new and exciting project for this year. We have opened an EBAY account to sell items donated by club members and other donated items. We are one of the first Rotary Clubs in this country to have done this
With your help we can raise lots of money to help support charities in the Penryn and surrounding areas Rotary local and international charitable needs.
We are asking therefore if you will consider donating any unwanted items for us to sell.
We can accept any item except clothing as long as it is of saleable quality.
If you have anything that you consider suitable please contact:
Brian Farrier e-mail brianfarrier@hotmail.com or call on 01326 211612
Collection can be arranged.
With your help, we can make a difference
Tuesday 19 December 2006
Rotary Honours for George
 District 1290 Governor-Graham Hickman, together with President of Penryn Rotary Club David Glover presents Immediate Past President, George Abbott with Rotary’s “Paul Harris Fellowship” award for services rendered to Rotary, George has chaired virtually every committee in the club including the office of secretary and the only member in the thirty two years since the Penryn Club was inaugurated, to have served twice as President! No, those ties are not our normal dress code and these didn’t win any prizes!!
Christmas Collection
 Penryn Club carry out collections during the run up to Christmas to provide funds for International and local charities.
We sincerely thank CO-OP Pioneer, ASDA and B&Q in providing us with venues for this years collections . Above all, we thank the public for their generosity.
Tuesday 5 December
 Here is something of a record for Penryn Rotary Club. Five new members in the first half of Rotary year. On 5th December 2006 David Glover, President of the club, inducted Jim Henderson into Rotary. David also introduced him as a friend of some years standing. Jim who lives with his wife and family in Penryn, would have loved to have joined Rotary some years ago, but as is often the case, his work as a Typesetter in the Printing industry meant much traveling, which precluded him from many local activities
Thursday 9th October
Prize Giving for the winners of the painting competition as below.
Here is a small selection of winning paintings out of the large number submitted.
 
 
 Our thanks to the schools who participated, to Mary Mabbutt for judging and the following who kindly donated prizes
Mary Mabbutt, Chazanne, WH Smith, Trago Mills, Toymaster-Peter Pan & Wonderland,
The prizes and certificates were presented by the judge Mary Mabbutt
 
 
 
Thursday 26th October
Flower Demonstration and Children’s Painting Exhibition and Competition.
This event was hosted by the club to raise funds for Cancer Research.
We were delighted to welcome International Flower Designer and Demonstrator David Ragg to the event. An audience of 119 people at the Falmouth Beach Hotel enjoyed an outstanding illustration of just what can be achieved from the basic materials to the final designs.
 David, who has won a number of gold medals at Chelsea and was this years gold medal and best in show winner, was quick and entertaining making the intricate designs look easy, he also entertained us with anecdotes of his experiences in various competitions and world wide demonstrations.
One one occasion when he was demonstrating in China, he was provided with 30 helpers
On this occasion though he had only two helpers, Rotarian Allan Phillips and his wife Jackie, of Jackie Phillips Flowers who had arranged and sponsored the event.
David’s designs together with a cake and some paintings which had been donated, were auctioned off in a light hearted manner by Rotarian Frank Dew. Frank pretended to know what he was doing but really didnt, however he managed to get through to the amusement of all. The auction raised £375.00
 Alltogether the evening raised £1000 for Cancer Research and the cheque for this amount will be presented at a later date.
Our thanks to those who donated items for the auction, Mark Littlejohn, Arcs of Fire Gallery, and Rotarian Graham Hickman.
Tuesday 19th September
 We were pleased to welcome District 1290 Assistant District Governor Ken Edmonds to our club on one of his official visits. Unfortunately roadwork's into Falmouth caused him to be half an hour late arriving for the meal. This did nothing to detract from his welcome by the Club President and members.
In his short address, he congratulated the club on it’s turn around in encouraging four new members into Rotary International, and hoped the club would go from strength to strength
Tue 12 September
 Yet again Penryn Rotary President inducts another member making it the fourth member for this Rotary year. He is Brian Farrier, a past member and past president of the club, left the Falmouth six years ago to live in Ludlow, Shropshire. Brian and his wife Monica has come to their senses at last and returned into the folds of Cornwall to live. Monica has also rejoined the Penryn Inner Wheel Club.
Tuesday 5th September
O n the 5th September President David inducted our third new member for this Rotary Year.
He is Nick Annear who is a manager for The Falmouth Beach resort Hotel. Introduced by the President himself, who said he has known Nick for five or six years and felt he has the right qualities to be an excellent Rotarian
Saturday 26th August 2006
Penryn Fairday
Members at the Penryn Fair Day which we have supported every year for the past fifteen years.  President David Glover and Vice President Allan Phillips are acting as stewards together with Secretary John Clark who was busy directing operations whilst Photo call was in progress! At least that’s what he said, we think he sneaked away for a pasty and cup of tea.
Ready for action. Left to Right Jon/Laurie/Terry/Gordon/Brian/Geoff.
Sunday 20th August 2006
President’s BBQ
Most of the club and their partners enjoying a BBQ at the home of David and Margaret Glover. The President, being a Master Chef found it easy to cook for a few hungry members, he even had time to chat or was he handling complaints? Our thanks to Margaret who prepared all the buffet and puddings! David “ Oh no she didnt” The rest of us “Oh yes she did”.
President explaining to Vice President how to cook, at least Walter looks interested
Why is Debora the only one looking happy whilst Mike is looking grumpy
 Left to Right
Audrey “Whats This ??
Margaret “ Dont know but it was this big when David started cooking”
Phil. Being sick ??
David oblivious/engrossed
 Well that’s them all gone, glad we dont have to do this again this year
Tuesday 15 August
Second member for Penryn Rotary Club this year
David Glover the President of the club is seen here welcoming the second new member this Rotary year. He is Jon Skelton who has been a Rotarian for a number of years and previously a member of Broadlands Club near Norwich. Jon is a retired solicitor; he and his wife Anne live at Devoran.
A new member for Penryn Rotary Club
 David Glover, on the right, the newly elected president of the club, is seen shaking hands with Phil Jones whom he has just inducted into Rotary. This event was David’s first duty in his year of office.
Phil is a computer IT specialist and is married to Sally. They have two children and live near Truro. He was introduced into Rotary by the club’s treasurer Brian Ruscoe who has known him for some two years or more.
Tuesday 27 June 2006.
Penryn Rotary Club Handover
Forty-two members and guests sat down for a meal at St. Michael’s Hotel, Falmouth before the ceremony of handing over the Chain of Office to the incoming club president for the Rotary year 2006-2007.
George Abbott is seen welcoming the new President - David Glover into Office. David is General Manager of The Falmouth Beach Hotel Resort, which is to be the venue for next year’s District Conference.
He has been a Rotarian for a number of years and should have taken office much earlier but owing to pressure of business he had to pass the honour on, until he felt the time was right to be able to devote more of his energies into leading the club. David’s wife, Margaret, on the left
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