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Lt Tim McCullagh visits Bangor Rotary
Lt Tim McCullagh is seen here after giving a detailed presentation to the Rotary Club of Bangor on his recent successful mission to locate the family of an Afghan interpreter to Ireland. Many Afghans who worked with allied forces, fear for their lives under Taliban rule and Lt McCullagh spoke of the huge scale of […]
George Lowden strikes a chord at Bangor Rotary
On Wednesday 29th September, George Lowden, the well-known maker of guitars, returned to Bangor as the Guest Speaker at Bangor Rotary’s weekly lunch. George grew up in Bangor and established his first workshop in the town. Today, Lowden Guitars has expanded with 80 employees at its factory in Downpatrick, exporting quality guitars across the globe. George explained […]
Bangor Rotary Bike Ride collects £ 930 for Cancerfocus
The Bangor Rotary Club is delighted to announce that the Bikeathon on the 4th of September in the Bloomfield Shopping Centre raised over £ 930 for the Northern Irish cancer charity Cancerfocus.
Stephen Connolly takes on Presidency at Bangor Rotary
The new President of Bangor Rotary Club, Stephen Connolly (left) elbows his way into office from outgoing President Patrick Cregg. Bangor Rotary Club’s final meeting of the current Rotary Year was held last Wednesday and was particularly significant for a number of reasons. It was the first face to face meeting for nearly a year. […]
Wonderful President’s Night in Bangor
Outgoing President Patrick Creggf presented two Paul Harris Awards at the President’s Night. Past Presidents Stanton Asdair and Denis Neill became the most recent Rotarians to achieve the accolade.
The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen At Arms at Bangor Rotary
Photographs displayed at the meeting of Bangor Rotary on 23 June 2021 addressed by Colonel (Ret) Timothy Purdon LVO OBE. Colonel Purdon’s topic was, “The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen At Arms”
President-Elect Stephen outlines ambitious plans for Rotary Year
Speaking to the Rotary Club of Bangor in advance of introducing the new Council for the incoming year, President-Elect Stephen outlined his ambitions for the Club saying: “We begin another Rotary year following what could have been a time when our Club at last folded its tents and silently walked away, becoming no more than […]
Bangor Rotary soldiers on in spite of Pandemic
Although the World is still grappling with the Covid pandemic it is amazing that as the Rotary Club of Bangor is only meeting by way of the Zoom platform that there has been around a 10% increase in membership since the first lockdown in March 2020 and some excellent speakers at the weekly meetings, writes […]
It’s Ruby for Roy and Raymond
Past Presidents Roy Rosbotham and Raymond Boyd might have enjoyed very different careers, but they were brought together by the magic of Rotary and have served the Rotary Club of Bangor in various roles for the past 40 years. An educationalist and Paul Harris Fellow, Raymond served as President of the Club during the 1994/95 […]
Steven Jaffe talks to Bangor Rotary on Holocaust Memorial Day
This week’s meeting happened to fall on Holocaust Memorial Day and well known Belfast Jew Steven Jaffe as our guest speaker talking on the Jewish Community in Belfast.
