Memorial Dinner and Lecture
On Wednesday 26 March there was a multi club meeting. This was for a memorial dinner and lecture in memory of late Mike Gosney and Jeremy Kayll. The event was organised by Rushmoor Rotary club. Nearly all of the local rotary clubs were represented. The lecture was given by Brandon O’Reilly, the Chief Executive of TAG, who own Farnborough airport. Brandon gave a talk on the history of the airport and debunked some myths about the future of the site. His talk was entitled “Where The...
Read MoreMember Tom Hughes passes away
It is with regret that Farnborough Rotary club announces the death of long term member Tom Hughes. Tom joined Farnborough Rotary club in 1982 and worked as a scientific engineer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Very sad news for all who knew him. And for those that did… we all had great love and affection for him… “A lovely chap”… Tom’s own words to describe someone he liked !!!
Read MoreNew Rotary President’s Message
Hi everyone, my name is Pam Tunnicliffe and I would like to welcome you to the website of the Rotary Club of Farnborough. It’s a great honour and privilege for me to be the first female President in our Rotary Club since the club’s inception in 1959 and I am very proud this is during the Jubilee, Olympics & Airshow year. I have lived and worked in Farnborough for 45 years and I know there is a great community spirit in our town. During my 5 years as a member of Farnborough Rotary I...
Read MoreNew Member for Farnborough Rotary Club
This week Pam Tunnicliffe, our Vice President inducted Sam Parkin into our club. Sam is a former air traffic controller. We’d like to welcome Sam…. Sam is a former RAF officer. He lives in Farnborough, is married to Christine and has 3 sons and 2 daughters. In the RAF he belonged to the Air Traffic Control branch and served in the UK, on the island of Gan in the Indian ocean and also Singapore and Germany. He retired from the RAF as a squadron leader in 1993, before...
Read MoreWorking to Eradicate Polio
‘Thanks for Life’, is a project involving the clubs and members of Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland, aimed at helping to eradicate polio throughout the world. Thanks For Life is a purpose-built initiative, specifically designed to combine the talents and efforts of every Rotary club in RIBI with these main aims… To raise £1m for Polio Eradication through the Thanks for Life initiative. To maximise public awareness of the Rotary Polio campaign, the Gates...
Read MoreYoung Citizen Winner
Rotary Young Citizen Winner receives Diana Award Rotary Young Citizen Award winner Nicole Dryburgh received a Diana Award during a reception at 11 Downing Street earlier this week. Nicole, who celebrated her 20th birthday on Monday (9th February), has been left blind, profoundly deaf and unable to walk due to spinal cancer but despite this has written a book, runs her own website, writes a column for her weekly newspaper in Kent and has raised tens of thousands of pounds for her favourite...
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Norman Beaney Nigel always somebody I looked up to (still do), i
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Laurie Youngsters to make us all proud.
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David Thompson To David's Family sadly I knew of the fami
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John Debenham Thank you to North Farnborough Natwest and all y
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