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Session 2009 - 2010

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Linlithgow Rose FC and Mrs Joan Gillespie © Linlithgow Grange Rotary

LINLITHGOW GRANGE ROTARY CLUB - Monday was the day of the Club's 8th Charity Am/Am Golf Tournament, held at Linlithgow Golf Club. President Jim Gillespie was the master of ceremonies. Taking into account the proceeds of a raffle and silent auction, over £4800 was raised in aid of Enable Scotland (the charity leading the way in learning disability in Scotland) as well as for the funding of ShelterBoxes to help towards disaster relief in Pakistan and other needy areas. An example of a ShelterBox was displayed outside the Clubhouse. An impressive £35,000 has been raised for charitable causes over the eight years of the event. Thirty nine teams took part and the winners were Linlithgow Rose Football Club, second were Who’s Your Caddy? and third, The Sunday Club. In his vote of thanks, President-Elect Rory Cameron gave special mention of the considerable efforts of Rotarian Ian Adams in the organisation of the event, conveyed the club's appreciation to the Golf Club for acting as host, and thanked all, including the sponsors, who had made the day such a success.

The picture shows the winning team receiving their medals and the Magdalene Cup, presented by the Mrs Joan Gillespie. They are left to right, Jack Foster, David McDougall, Mrs Joan Gillespie, and John McNee. The fourth member of the team, Lee Foster, was unable to attend the ceremony.

05 July 2010
LINLITHGOW GRANGE ROTARY CLUB - President Jim Gillespie presided over a well-attended meeting on Monday, his inaugural as president. The speaker for the evening was Rotarian Chris Long who joined the club in recent months and, as was the custom for the first talk, described his job. Although heavily involved with the Civic Trust and Burgh Beautiful, Chris concentrated on his profession as an architect working in the public sector. Trained in Canterbury in 1984, he has designed public buildings ever since. In his time, he has designed many things ranging from mortuaries to council offices, libraries to police stations. Eventually working for Strathclyde Region, he finally moved to the Scottish Prison Service and, since the office was based in Edinburgh, moved to Linlithgow from Ayrshire in 1994. He has seen large changes evolving in his profession such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) and, more recently, the concept of Design and Build was introduced. His function now is to act as the "intelligent client" setting out in great detail the specification that private architects and builders are required to tender and work to. Currently heavily involved in the new Low Moss Prison in Bishopbriggs which will be completed in 2011, he hopes the next project will be Peterhead. After his fascinating talk and a lively questions and answers session, the vote of thanks for his well-received presentation was given by Rotarian John Lawson.

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