Rotary District 1260

Please remember that this year there are four categories (Landscape, People (not prtraits), Animals & Places) in each of three age groups - Junior (over 6 and under 11), Intermediate (over 11 and under 15) and Upper (over 15 and under 18) all age groups as at 31st August 2007.

Just a quick note to tell you about Laura and Emily's progress after their first outdoor meetings in April.

Laura Wake ran her first 200m at Picketts Lock in the Inter-Club Trophy Match, which the Club won, and recorded a new personal best with 24.67 seconds, which also smashed the Club Record for Under 20 Women. This time is also half a second inside the English Schools National Standard which will ensure her selection for the English Schools Championships at Gateshead this year.

A day after Emily ran in an Open Graded race in the 400mHurdles at Walton-on-Thames and also recorded a new personal best for that event with 65.63 seconds, an improvement of almost 1.5 seconds over 2007. This is also inside the entry standard for English Schools Championships so we hope she will be joing Laura at Gateshead representing Hertfordshire.

The cold weather and snow drove the public into The Centre : Mk on Easter Saturday, where they were treated to a free day of fun for all the family put on by the Rotary clubs of District 1260 plus representation from District 1070, Rotaract and Inner Wheel. Visitors came from as far away as Cornwall and Manchester to have fun and learn about Rotary International.

There were 21 Rotary clubs present, each with a free fun activity for the family, with such games as Wii tennis, a surf simulator, golf chip and skittles. The children had to collect a coloured sticker from each stand and were then able to exchange it for a chocolate egg sponsored by Costco and 900 were given away. Adults participated in a free prize draw for three digital photo frames donated by Kodak, who also printed all the custom made leaflets and cards designed especially for the event.

It may seem that the next Council on Legislation in April 2010 is a long way off. However, changes to the timetable for submitting proposed legislation mean that we must make an earlier start than usual in considering any changes we wish to propose in the organisation's rules.

Not only Manchester United and Chelsea but Rebecca Mandall, Sophie Guy, Berkhamsted Collegiate School and Waddesdon C of E School must feel quite sad about this particular day in 2008.

Whilst offering our congratulations to D1240 and their entries into the above two events, (they won both the Young Chef and both age levels at the Youth Speaks), I wish to congratulate all four of our representatives who did D1260 proud.