Local Club Activities

The Club is typically involved in a variety of local activities over the course of a year. Examples are shown below.

Vocational Service & Youth Exchange
 
Anne McGrattan and Fiona Urquhart

Fiona Urquhart, Vice-President of the Club, presented a cheque for £500 to Anne McGrattan (on the left), head teacher of the James McFarlane Special School in Ardrossan on 19th June 2009. This donation to the School was for computer equipment.

 

The Club awards annually the Robertson Trophy, intended to promote teamwork and design skills in a competition open to P7 pupils in local primary schools.

The Club promotes and sponsors a variety of activities at Largs Academy:

S1/2 Rotary Design Competition

S2/3 Rotary PowerPoint Presentation Competition

S6 Rotary Business Team Presentations

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Fund Raising
 
 

Rotary coffee morning, held in the Clark Memorial Church Hall on 13th September 2008. This is a video of the event.
 
Agricultural Show June 2009

Largs Agricultural Show

Members of the Club (and their supporters!) ran a bottle stall in support of Ardowan Hospice at the Largs Agricultural Show on 13th June 2009.

 
 
Fiddle Concert

Rotary fiddle concert, held in Barrfields Theatre, Largs on 1st November 2008

 
Fiddle Concert Fiddle Concert
Fiddle Concert Fiddle Concert
Rotary Ferry Collection 14 June 2008

 

 

Rotary ferry collection, held on the Largs-Cumbrae ferries on Saturday, 14th June 2008 in aid of the Erskine Hospital for ex-service men and women.
Ian Macpherson presents cheque for Erskine Hospital 16 July 2008

 

  

16th July 2008 - President Ian Macpherson presents a £700 cheque for the Hospital.

Rotary Car Boot Sale 10 May 2008

 

  

Rotary car boot sale, held in the car park of the Benedictine Monastery on Saturday, 10th May 2008.

 

Photo credits: Grahame M Ross

Rotary Inner Wheeel Coffee Morning 8 March 2008
The Largs Inner Wheel Club held its coffee morning in the Clark Memorial Church Hall on 8 March 2008. £700 was raised.

 
Rotary Concert in Clark Memorial Church October 2006
Rotary concert in the Clark Memorial Church, October 2006 (photo credit: Grahame M Ross)

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Community Service
Ken Thomas, President of the Club in 2006-07, presenting a cheque for £1,415 to the Ayrshire Hospice in 2006 (photo credit: Grahame M Ross)

 

The winners of the Largs Viking Festival Skate Competition held on Saturday 8th September 2007 at Mackerston Skate Park met at GoGo Media Centre to receive their prizes. The event was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Largs and was organised with help from Tom Marshall and David Donaldson. L-R Tom Marshall, Brian Connor (rollerblading), Shaun Hood (BMX), Cameron Aitken (skateboarding) and John Watson (President, Rotary Club of Largs). (photo credit: Grahame M Ross)

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