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Dragon Boat Day 2010
9th May 2010
On Sunday 9th May, the Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper held its annual Dragon Boat Day fund raising event alongside the River Thames in Abingdon. Thirty one teams took part to raise money for charity and to have some fun on the water!
The Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper would like to thank Achilles Information Limited for sponsoring this year's event.
Congratulations to the Abingdon School team, winners of Dragon Boat Day 2010.
“In Denile” were the winners of the Fancy Dress competition.
- See more pictures in the Dragon Boat Day 2010 photo gallery
- See the race results in Dragon Boat Day 2010 race results
Abingdon Air Show
2nd May 2010
The Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper attended the Abingdon Air Show to promote the club and its activites, and to inform people about forthcoming events organised by the club itself, and by other clubs in the local area.
St George’s Day Celebrations
22nd April 2010
District 1090 covers a wide region with numerous Rotary clubs. Therefore it has been necessary to group the clubs into zones to ease the administration and networking of clubs.
Abingdon Vesper is in the Maroon Zone, which is made up of:
- Abingdon
- Abingdon Vesper
- Oxford
- Oxford Isis
- Oxford North
- Oxford Spires
- Woodstock
The clubs within the Maroon Zone work together on some joint projects and an example this year was the End Polio Now appeal in February. All the clubs organised an event to highlight the issue of polio and raise funds to eradicate the virus.
Not only do the clubs meet to work together for joint causes but there is an element of fun injected into the relationship.
On the 22nd April there was a joint dinner for all the members, 86 members celebrated St George’s Day at Wolfson College, Oxford. The guest speaker was Sir Peter Dobson.
Pictured above, left to right, is David Pope (President Abingdon); John Moland (President Oxford Isis); Mira Malovic-Yeeles (President Oxford); Terry Kenyon (District Governor, District 1090); Sulwen Vaughan (President Abingdon Vesper); Christopher Impey (President Oxford North); Bob Taylor (President Woodstock).
Thanks For Life - End Polio Now
27th February 2010
It is over 28 years since the last case of Polio in the UK. In 2010 Polio, a disease for which there is no cure, is still however a harrowing reality for children in 4 countries (Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan).
On Saturday 27th February, Abingdon Vesper and Abingdon Rotary Clubs joined forces to collect money outside Tesco Abingdon as part of the ‘Thanks for Life’ project, a project involving the clubs and members of Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland, aimed at helping to eradicate polio throughout the world.
A total sum of £500 was raised, enough to pay for 1400 children to be immunised against Polio.