Ely - Hereward - Photo Album

Album Name	Date	Description
Rotary Week - Thanks for Life	07-Mar-2010	To support The Rotary Week "Thanks for Life" campaign, a week-long display was mounted at Ely Library to publicise the work of Rotary and our local clubs.	View

Ten Pin Bowling with the Lions	03-Feb-2010	The annual Ten Pin Bowling Challenge with the Ely Lions was held at the Ely Bowl on Wednesday Feb 3rd. (As usual) A member of the Lions team came out with the top score, with Alan Hampton close behind.	View

2010 Birthday Party	29-Jan-2010	Photo of members and guests at the club's birthday party at the China Inn, in Ely.	View

2009 Christmas Party	09-Dec-2009	Photos from our 2009 Christmas Party at the Nyton Hotel, Ely. A great time was had by all!	View

1960s and 70s Charity Disco	20-Nov-2009	Friday November 20th 2009 saw the first Hereward Charity Disco, raising funds for Rotary's Polio Eradication Charity. As you can see from the photographs, people entered into the sprit of the night, and a great time was had by all.	View

The Nightwatchman's Tour	28-Oct-2009	On Wednesday October 28th club members and guests enjoyed the "Ely Nightwatchman's Tour" in the company of John, an official Ely Tourist Guide.	View

Quiz Night with the Ely Lions	16-Sep-2009	The first Annual Quiz Night with Ely Lions, with the trophy provided by the Lions. The first winner was Club Member Christine, who is seen holding the new trophy, along with our "Club Champion" trophy , previously held by Alan Hampton - our 2009 Mini Golf Champion.	View

Club member honoured by Ely Rowing Club	05-Aug-2009	John Ison, Club member and former Mayor of Ely, has had a boat named after him by The Ely Rowing Club, in recognition of his support in setting up the club and his continued support since.	View

Aquafest 2009	05-Jul-2009	The 2009 Ely Aquafest was again supported by our Club, who also ran the stalls and events on Jubilee Gardens. Good weather and bumper crowds produced the best Aquafest for many years. Over £500 was raised from our tombola and second hand bookstalls alone.	View

Chettisham Meadows	13-May-2009	Despite a poor weather forecast and burst of heavy rain, a group of intrepid club members went on a tour of Chettisham Meadows in the company of Helen and Terry Moore from The BCNP Wildlife Trust.	View

2009 Great Ely Walk	03-May-2009	The fourth Great Ely Walk, organised to enable local charities to fundraise through sponsorship, took place in ideal conditions for walking. Details of the results of the fundraising activity will be posted later.	View

2009 Charter Night	20-Mar-2009	Our Club's fifth Charter Night was held at the Almonry in Ely, in the company of club members with their partners and guests, Ely Lions, fellow Rotarians from Distict and other local clubs, and the Mayor of Ely and her Consort. Fine food, drink and conversation was followed by the induction of two new members - Christine and Maurice - and rounded off with a dissertation from the club's own bard, Bill Conroy.	View

2009 Ten Pin Bowling Challenge	11-Feb-2009	On February 11th we held our highly enjoyable (and competitive) annual ten pin bowling challenge with the Ely Lions. The photo shows winners Frank Lindsell (Rotary), Tony Pleasance (Lions), and Caroline Cross (Lions), with our Club President June Snowden.	View

Our Fifth Birthday Party	28-Jan-2009	Pictures from our Fifth Birthday Party, held at the Nyton Hotel in Ely. A "proper" party - with a birthday cake and games (but no jelly)!	View

Mike & Heli's wedding	19-Dec-2008	Some lovely photos of club member Mike Anthony's wedding to Heli in Slovakia in November 2008	View

Christmas 2008	17-Dec-2008	A group of club members warm up after the evening's Christmas Street collection. The outdoor photo is from 2007!	View

Great Ely Walk 2008	07-Sep-2008	Undeterred by threats of torrential rain, walkers turned up to raise funds for their chosen charities. Photos show walkers by the river, accompanied by Club President June Snowden, and June with The Mayor and the Town Crier, at the start. The walk is organised by our club to provide a platform for local organisations to fundraise - although some people come along just for the walk! In the end the rain held off until the walk had finished, and the walkers raised over £600 for their charities.	View

Tilting at windmills	02-Aug-2008	A number of our members and a band of Mike Anthony's Slovakian workers under the leadership of our resident authority on windmills, John Darlington, visited Bourn Post Mill, Haddenham Tower Mill, and finally Wicken Smock Mill.	View

Mr Cliff Choong speaks.....	23-Jul-2008	Mr Cliff Choong - Heart Surgeon from the World renowned Papworth hospital gave a fascinating insight into the history and work of Papworth Hospital.Our member,Frank Connolly is living proof of the sterling work they do to improve the quality of life to people with heart and lung conditions. Richard Peachey - former patient - also attended out meeting	View

AQUAFEST 06-07-08	06-Jul-2008	The theme this year was "raising the Rotary profile" We had a special display of Rotary achievements throughout the World, a ShelterBox competition,and a Filtastraw display. We also had a tombola,and a second hand bookstall to help raise funds for our local charities All members wore special Rotary T shirts, and worked hard in appalling wet and windy conditions to produce one of the best yet	View

Age Concern befriending service	02-Apr-2008	One of this years chosen charities is Age Concern’s Visiting and Befriending scheme and at the club’s meeting on 2nd April, Alan presented the area co-ordinator Gill Barnes with a cheque for £550.	View

Charter Celebration Dinner 2008	19-Mar-2008	This year we again celebrated the anniversary of our Charter with a meal at the Cutter Inn, Ely. Honoured guests included DG Duncan Howlett and President of the Ely Rotary Club - Sue Thompson, and a representative from Inner Wheel. A competition was held for the most unusual item found in a ladies handbag, and the most outrageous socks work by a man!	View

Ten Pin Bowling with the Lions	13-Feb-2008	Twenty six players took part in the annual ten pin bowling evening with the Ely Lions. Sadly one of our members didn't win outright, but club President Alan Hampton turned in our best score of the night to take over from quiz champion Sarah Lindsell as current club trophy holder.	View

Christmas street collection, December 2007	06-Dec-2007	As usual, members of both Ely Rotary Clubs were out with the Lions in all weathers, taking Father Christmas to call on the children of Ely and to collect money for local charities. The total raised in this year's collection was around £6500. On the day these photos were taken it was pouring with rain...	View

International Ambassadorial visitors	07-Nov-2007	On Wednesday November 7th 2007 we were joined by two of the Cambridge Ambassadorial Scholars - Mayu Sakota, sponsored by the Yokohama Club in Japan, and Scott Kelly, sponsored by the Auckland Club in New Zealand. They both gave illuminating and interesting talks about their families and themselves, their countries, what they were doing now, and their hopes for the future. They were brought along by Terry Gardner, who is a member of the South Cambridge club.	View

An Evening with Martin Bell	13-Oct-2007	The second of our Club's "Evening with" Foundation fund raisers heard Martin Bell - the man in the white suit - tell his audience about his career in the military, the BBC as a war correspondent,as an indepedenent MP, and finally as an ambassador for UNICEF. A musical interlude was provided by Joannna Eden - and the evening was concluded by presenting a cheque to Martin for £400 for UNICEF	View

The 2007 Great Ely Walk	02-Sep-2007	This years walk, started by the Mayor of Ely, attracted nearly 100 fun and charity walkers, who raised over £3,000 for loval charities.	View

Avrils & Graham's second Garden Party	11-Jul-2007	A rare fine evening in July saw Avril and Graham hosting the second of their famous garden parties.Again - a whole poached salmon was cooked by Graham.	View

Hand over Night July 2007	03-Jul-2007	Philip Eden handed over to the new President Alan Hampton. He Presented him with the Presidents Jewel and badge, the Club Charter and decanter for safekeeping	View

Group Study Exchange visitors from Turkey	25-Apr-2007	On Wednesday April 25th we welcomed five Turkish visitors. The group were here on the Rotary Group Study Exchange scheme to see and experience social and business life in the UK. They were greeted by club members John Ison, the Mayor of Ely, and Avril Hayter-Smith, the Town Crier, both in full regalia. The attached photograph was taken at our meeting in the Lamb Hotel. It shows club members and guests with our Turkish visitors. More information about our visitors can be found on our News page.	View

Club Visit to Mildenhall Base	17-Feb-2007	A total of 18 Club members and friends and family visited the USAF in flight re -fuelling base at Mildenhall.	View

Rotary Club of Ely Big Band Night	16-Feb-2007	The Rotary Club of Ely's Big Band Night was held at the Hayward Theatre Ely, when Opus 17 Big Band played popular numbers from Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington. Our Club supported the event by inviting some of the residents of Baird Lodge Residential Home in Ely	View

Ambassadorial Scholars visit	22-Nov-2006	Visit of the two American Ambassadorial Scholars	View

An Evening with Bridget Kendall	07-Oct-2006	"An Evening with Bridget Kendall" was an evening organised by our Foundation committee for the purposes of raising money for the World Wide Rotary Foundation. The evening was divided into three parts, with Bridget telling us about her work as the BBC Diplomatic correspondent in both Moscow and Washington. Invocal - an all girl group provided an interesting and highly entertaining musical interlude, and Bridget closed the evening by answering questions from the audience	View

Great Ely Walk 2006	03-Sep-2006	The first Great Ely Walk raised over £1,000 for local charities. We hope it will become an annual event, growing in popularity and raising even more funds for local charities.	View

A Bonsai night.....	23-Aug-2006	A great evening of fellowship at Avril and Graham's house, with friends, good food, drink and a quiz... The "Name that Bonsai" competition was won jointly by Lucy and Tina. Lucy confessed to having been banned by the RSPCB(onsai) from taking plants home, so Tina promised to take it home, talk to it nicely, and water it daily. A whip round (Philip held the whip)ensured a donation went to the Ely Volunteer Centre. Thanks to Avril & Graham for a great evening.	View

Ely-Hereward 2006 "Mini" Golf Tournament - Pidley	12-Jul-2006	This annual event is organised by Michael Judkins - and is Ely Hereward's answer to the British Open! We have our very own Tiger Woods - otherwise known as Frank "Dead-eye" Lindsell, but this year he was beaten by another bandit - Alan Hampton.	View

Bikes at the Palace	11-Jun-2006	This event was held to launch the appeal for sponsorship for the paving stones needed to complete the Wheelchair access to the "Time Slips By" Chelsea Flower Show award winning garden design carefully re-created in the gardens of the Sue Ryder Centre in Ely. The Fenlanders Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club turned up in force to support the event, which was attended by Jessica Harris -the 15 year old web designer who suffers from ME that we have used for some fundraising websites.	View

June's Foundation Bar-B-Que 2006	07-Jun-2006	Another successful barbeque, blessed by good weather, this year raised a mangnificent £323 for Rotary's Foundation charity.	View

Schools Javelin Gala	19-May-2006	This event was masterminded by Frank Lindsell, and involved 7 local schools who sent nearly 100 schoolchildren to have a coaching session on the Paradise field with Goldie Sayers - our Ely born Olympic Javelin thrower. Run by the Cambridge & Peterborough Sports Partnership in association with our Club the event turned out to be highly successful	View

Boat Race Bash	02-Apr-2006	This event was sponsored by the Environment Agency and Hughes Electrical, and supported by the Ely Perspective and our Club. Ely Rowing Club was raising funds to help youngsters get involved in this Sport, and we helped by selling raffle tickets on their behalf	View

Charter Celebration Mar 06	22-Mar-2006	The second anniversary of the Clubs Charter was celebrated at the Maltings,Ely. Keith & Jackie Butterworh were the honoured guests	View

Ambassadorial Scholars visit Club	09-Feb-2006	The Club was visited by two Ambassadorial scholars from Brazil and Japan, who both made a presentation about their respective countries. In addition Rachel Lamb from Archer & Archer who is going on a 1080 group exchange visit in April joined the meeting	View

Banner Presentation	17-Aug-2005	handing over of our banner to the President of the Ottawa-Napawa Club in Canada by Michael Judkins	View

Club Barbeque at June Snowden's	15-Jun-2005	June Snowden hosted a Barbeque for Club members and friends. The weather was dry - but the evening turned quite cold. There was plenty of food, and drink, and a good time was had by all. About £150 was raised for our designated charities	View

Club Charter Anniversary Celebration	30-Mar-2005	A Champagne reception was held at the Maltings, Ely in celebration of the Club's first birthday.	View

Centenary Dinner & Dance	25-Feb-2005	The Dinner Dance was held to mark the Centenary of Rotary, and members from both the two Ely Clubs participated in this joint event.	View

Aquafest 2004	04-Jul-2004	This year at Aquafest, our club tried something different. A "Human Fruit Machine" was used to raise money for local charities - and have a bit of fun. Notable members of the "machine" were Philip Eden (ex Mayor of Ely) John Ison (Editor of the Ely Standard) and Mike Judkins (Archer & Archer -local Solicitors)	View

Rotary Club of Ely - Foundation Barbeque	26-Jul-2003	As members of the pre-inaugural Club the "Hereward Club of Ely" members supported the fund raising Foundation Barbeque organised in Rtn. Mike Copping's garden in July. This photo shows some of our members	View

Shelter Box Instructions	13-Sep-2002	The Hereward Club made a valuble contribution the the International Shelterbox effort, by producing a set of visual instructions which showed how to assemble the 10 man tent. Photos in this album represent the entire photo-shoot made to compile the instruction sheet. A copy of these instructions (on an A3 sheet) is placed inside each Shelter Box dispatched	View

Aquafest 2002	01-Jul-2002	The Hereward Club had a stall at the Rotary Club of Ely annual Aquafest fund raising event in July 2002.The Club organised a competition to match countries where disasters had occurred and where Shelter-Boxes have been sent. A Shelter Box 10-man tent was put on display as a fund raising tool	View

Aquafest 2003		The Hereward Club had a stall at Aquafest, and Ian Dyer brought along his vintage car, which was the centre of a competition to guess the speedo -reading, and for the children to guess the name of the car. We also had a display to help raise money for the Sue Ryder Garden Project	View

Diamond 44 Oxford & Cambridge wartime boatrace		The newly inaugurated club - now the Rotary Club of Ely -Hereward, sold rosettes and collected money for local charities at the Diamond 44 event, where the rerun of the 1944 boatrace between Oxford & Cambridge took place on a stretch of the Great Ouse at Queen Adelaide. Littleport	View

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