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10 NOVEMBER 2022 - District 129 Rally at Lanhydrock Hotel |
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All members were warmly welcomed on arrival by the ladies of Truro
IW who were our hosts for the day. Tea, coffee and homemade biscuits
were in plentiful supply and there was plenty of friendly catching
up in the reception area. The staff were very helpful when it
came to setting up the 'photography corner' and also took a photo
for their Facebook page, all publicity warmly welcomed!!
Beatrice Dyer excelled in her role as MC, and after Vanessa Hughes
led us in the Inner Wheel prayer and the Grace we all settled
down to a delicious lunch which everyone enjoyed.
Joint DC and Member of Council Fran raised our first loyal toast
to The King, followed by Marjorie gathering up some of the members
of the waiting staff to receive a vote of thanks.
After a 15 minute break for tea, coffee and comfort breaks Joint
DC Val gave the official welcome to association President Karen
Davies who then introduced herself to us.
Karen told us to be proud of and actively promote Inner Wheel,
we have been the world's best kept secret long enough. We must
adapt to the world we find ourselves in while maintaining the
important links to our past. Every member is important and Service,
along with Friendship, is the essence of Inner Wheel.
Karen explained that her late husband worked for the Wales Air
Ambulance, which is why the Air Ambulances are her chosen charity,
we are very welcome to support our own organisations in Devon
& Cornwall but if we also wanted to sponsor her in her plant
to dance for 2 hours every day of her Presidency she would be
delighted.
Karen is determined that the Blackpool conference will go ahead,
registration is open now and also to register an interest in the
Convention in Manchester in 2024.
Karen finished by telling us how the tradition of presenting a
red rose for friendship started with a Danish club in the 1960s
and presented our 2 District Chairmen Fran and Val with a rose
each.
Fran gave the vote of thanks, and Karen was presented with a Cornwall
Air Ambulance bag of treats from Devon and Cornwall.
The meeting closed in the usual solemn manor that we have come
to expect from Val with a rendition of a poem about middle aged
ladies!!
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Karen with
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Karen
with Club Presidents
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Ladies
of the Host club
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Karen
with Past District Chairman
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Roborough
Ladies
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THURSDAY
22 SEPTEMBER 2022 - TRETHORNE, LAUNCESTON
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Val Pascoe
with Vice Chairman Beatrice Dyer |
Members enjoyed
a wonderful luncheon provided by Trethorne Leisure Park and discussed
the arrangements for travelling to the Annual conference at Blackpool
and Centenary Celebrations in 2024 |
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ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING - NEWQUAY JUNE 2022
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| After 2 wonderful
years as D129 chairman Hilary receives her PDC badge from MoC Fran
and joins her girls at our AGM in Newquay 16 June 2022 |
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Dear Inner
Wheel Members
It was a fantastic
day, full of fun, love,laughter and Happiness.
All my friends
on the DEC really added to my last day as District Chairman of
District 129.
The club members
contributed to the atmosphere of the day and my sadness to leave
disappeared because I thought that with all the dark times that
we had been through during the Covid Pandemic, It was a celebration
of being together and realisation that we will always be the best
District ever as ‘Together we could.’
I was happy
to learn that Beatrice Dyer of the Truro club had confirmed that
she would be the Vice District Chairman of the for this year and
the District Chairman for next year.
She was also awarded the Queen’s Jubilee award for her service
to the Royal Cornwall Hospital League of Friends. She is among
450 people in the Country and five people in the County of Cornwall.
We all congratulated her for her fantastic achievement.
Christine Rogers also came forward and agreed to share the post
of Treasurer with MOC Fran Tregaskes and Val Pascoe. We have a
new District Membership Officer, Bridgette North from the Liskeard
and Looe club
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We say goodbye to our dear Vanessa Hughes,District Treasurer,
my Conference Buddy, after 14 years of being on the DEC and wish
her the best for the future but she will still be hosting our
Zoom meetings in the future.
I thank all
of my friends on the DEC, Fran,Liz, Val for all their support,
Love and Friendship and especially our District Secretary, Angie
Tamblyn who steered the ship regardless of what happened and was
there in my moments of despair.
All the best for the future.
Most of all I sincerely thank each and everyone in the Clubs of
District 129 who have worked very hard for Inner Wheel and who
kept their members happy and surviving with lots of Love and Friendship
and keeping our District alive.
It is their Love that has kept me going!
In Love and Friendship
Hilary Genes
Now Inner WheelWheel
Past District
Chairman
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District
Meeting at Penventon Hotel 17 March 2022
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Christmas
Luncheon, Carlyon Bay Hotel - 8 December 2021
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Hilary
Genes welcomed members to Carlyon Bay Hotel and a few members
read out some poems and readings to members after the luncheon
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District Chairman
- Hilary Genes |
District Secretary
- Angie Tamblyn |
District Editor
- Liz Williams |
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Member of Council
- Fran Tregaskes |
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District
Rally Lanhydrock Hotel - 10 November 2021
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DC
Hilary Genes with Guests, Gary Trotman from Buckinghamshire and
Assoc President Betty Roberts
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'DC
Hilary Genes with Assoc President Betty Roberts, MoC Fran Tregaskes
and guests inc DC Mrs Gay Ross from District 17'
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| Another successful
Rally was held at Lanhydrock Hotel. Chairman Hilary Genes with "Cousin
Teddy" welcomed the President of the Association of Inner Wheel
clubs in Great Britain and Ireland Mrs Betty Roberts. Betty in fact
came from Cornwall and has been in Inner Wheel for 30 years. Betty
joined Inner Wheel and somehow found herself on the Association
Committee and the rest is history! Unfortunately during lockdown
we have lost Clubs and it is more important than ever we take up
the challenge of Mrs Margarette Golding to promote true friendship,
to encourage the ideals of personal service, to foster International
Understanding. Communication between Clubs is very important and
the Executive would like to have meetings via Zoom perhaps one a
month. Her Charity "Stroke Association" is because both
her parients died from Strokes. Betty is asking every member of
Inner Wheel to walk and raise money for her Charity and hopefully
all members will rise to this challenge. |
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