Winners of recent Kenilworth Rotary Club's Grocery Bag rafle were family Masacarenhus of Windy Arbour. They won a £300 voucher to spend in Waitrose. The event a charity fund raiser is one of the ways Rotary strives to provide a little fun in its endeavors to maintain the level of support it can give to causes in the local community. There were second and third prizes of £100 and £50 tokens.

Picture shows Mr Masacarenauhus and son collecting prize voucher from Club President Tony Thompson (left) and Raffle organiser Rotarian Phil Highley (right).

Tony Thompson has taken  over the presidency of The Rotary club of Kenilworth for the next year

Picture people are left to right : Richard Martin (now vice President), New Rotarian Risabh Dudheria, President elect John Boothroyd  sponsor, Phillip Southwell sponsor, New Rotarian Peter Robson, New Rotarian  Matt O'sullivan, Preident  Tony Thompson, Roy Shearing sponsor .

Tony said on his appointment:

As a resident of Kenilworth for 40 years I am proud to have been elected President of the Kenilworth Club of Rotary International for a year that offers me both challenges and opportunities for the local, national and international communities.

I retired as a Civil Engineer after forty one years in the Water industry International. During this time I became a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Coventry Freemans Guild.  I now divide my time between working for local charities, my hobbies:- bowling (Sphinx Bowls Club), watercolour painting (Coventry Watercolour Society), photography, (Balsall Common U3A) and walking (Kenilworth Walkers), and time with family and friends both locally and in Australia.

I am Director/Trustee for Warwickshire Association for the Blind (WAB), working to provide support, help and advice  for the blind and partial sighted in our community.  WAB has just celebrated its 100 years and continues to enable the blind person to remain as independent as possible. It also organises Clubs and Drop in Centres throughout the County.

As President of Kenilworth Rotary Club I look forward to continuing and building on the good work already undertaken :-Two Castles Run, Blackpool Holiday, involvement in Kenilworth Festival and many other local and international events. Plus I wish to get more involved with the other Clubs and Organisations within Kenilworth too improve our links and participate in joint events for fund raising but also to be involved in social activities for the enjoyment of our Members and their families.

Tony Thompson-President Kenilworth Rotary Club

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