Community Rescue Services (CRS) and OASIS received proceeds from the Xmas  "Tree of Memories" fundraiser.  Both charities extremely grateful for the generous donation.

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CRS is a charitable search and rescue organisation operated by volunteers from communities across Northern Ireland.

We are the only accredited Lowland Rescue search and rescue organisation in N Ireland and hold full membership of the Association of Lowland Search and Rescue (ALSAR).

We provide all aspects of search and rescue falling under the remit of Lowland Rescue including ground, inland water, bike, boat and more.

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OASIS -  Caring in Action is a community-based charity which works to ‘Transform Lives, Transform Communities’ through the provision of childcare, befriending services, and community courses.

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD

 
The Strasburg Parliament trip. 

Anna Toner the winner of our Rotary Youth Leadership Development Competition. Anna will be giving us a talk about her experience in the near future.

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Another great fundraising success - exceeded our expectations. Great!

Toast to the Haggis.

TREE of MEMORIES

(Three days fundraising for Community Rescue and OASIS)

@ Sainsbury's, Coleraine

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Participating choirs and band:

Harpur Hill PS choir

Harpur's Hill Steel Band

Ballyhacket PS

DH Christie Memorial

Causeway Community Rescue Choir

Coleraine Community Choir

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Santa arrived just in time!

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BIKES for AFRICA

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Delivered to Sam McCrea's holding Shed in Limavady for the next stage of the process before transportation to Africa.

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BIG Freeze - BIG Success

The ice cream, coffee and other foods on offer were fabulous, the attendance on the night was more than we had ever expected and with the band playing the atmosphere was wonderful.

The result was £1,332.00 collected including Morelli’s donating the takings.

Thank you to all Rotarian, especially Jimmy for organising the event, your friends and family for attending and of course MORELLI's

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2019 YOUTH LEADERSHIP

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We had 9 entrants from 3  local schools.

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Anna Toner from Loreto College was selected to go forward to the regional final where three candidates were selected from 67 students across the region.  The three selected will  go on a trip to the Parliament in Strasbourg  where they will meet and discuss topical issues with other European students. The trip will also include visits to Stormont and the Irish Parliament and many interesting places along the way! The other winners from our region were from Carrickfergus and Ballymena.  A fantastic life changing opportunity for these young students.

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Great coverage of a fantastic 80th anniversary event from Coleraine Chronicle. Great night.

Massive thanks to all the organisers (Sue, Donna, Ray and Loretto) and to everyone who came along to support the club’s big celebration.

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3rd Annual Schools Workshop @ MOUNTSANDEL

Once again the sun gods came to Mountsandel for sixty 8yr olds from St Malachy’s and the Irish Society primary schools with teachers, assistants, Rotarians and members of MDHG who helped with marshalling. The pupils divided into four parties, they hunted, searched for flints, learnt foraging skills and heard the history of their stone age ancestry. The workshops were supported by CCGBC, Museum Service who arranged for the facilitators to come along to teach and guide the activities. The Dept of Tourism and Recreation again lent their much appreciated support. After the activities we were hosted by the Irish Society Primary School. Big thank you to all for another successful event.

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Rotarians President  Donna, Terry, Sue, Derek, Ray and Graeme attended the annual Causeway U3A Activity Fair and talked to many of the participants ,  describing the work of Rotary in the local community and internationally. Also a great opportunity to promote  the "Bikes for Africa "scheme.

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Great coverage by The Chronicle

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The aim of the static bike event was to raise funds  to refurbish bikes to send to Africa.

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The event proved very successful -  full of energetic cyclists from CAUSEWAY Cycle Club, and further afield (Newtownards,  Dubai and a few closer to home).  Really well supported  by our Rotary club members who encouraged the cyclists and handed out leaflets and talked to passersby about the scheme.  The public were more than generous.

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The funds raised should refurbish at least the 40 bikes currently held in storage for refurbishment.

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Well done everyone.

Congrats to Terry who organised and oversaw the whole event.

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Display of Rotary Club of Coleraine activities and  the local charity supported by Rotary "Community Rescue".

An amazing photo of the Inaugural meeting in 1939.

The display in  "Community Rescue" charity shop window , The Diamond, Coleraine.

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Reflective!

NIKON, one of the main sponsors of the 184th OPEN,  invited and offered 10 tickets to Coleraine Rotarians to attend this prestigious event on Thursday 18 July 2019,  as appreciation of Rotary work in the community and internationally.

It was the first day of the tournament and we had a fabulous time soaking up the atmosphere, watching the golf and dining in the Patron's Pavillion - what a day!

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Rotary in collaboration with Mountsandel Discovery & Heritage Group had another successful event at the Portrush Heritage Fair.

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The weather was sunny,  the jazz was great, the craic was in full flow and above all the kids loved it.

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Congratulations to Portrush Heritage Group on their launch of their new heritage trail app.

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President Jim Carrigy handing over the Chain of Office to Incoming President Donna McCloskey.

Mayor Sean Bateson, Rotary Club president Jim Carrigy and Rotary Club members pictured with the Penguins and Magpies classes.

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Fun for all - kids, staff and Rotarians,  Some demonstrating their many skills!

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President Jim in goals. Did he save it?

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Coleraine joined Limavady Rotary President Maureen MAgowan's BBQ @ Foylehov to master some activities?

Donna and Ray excelled in archery and our guest Stephen won outright the Laser Clay Pigeon shooting (Laser).

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Thanks to President Maureen  for organising  the fun event.

President Elect Donna and Ray on Target !

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Very successful Fashion Show last night, a cheque for £3,000 was presented to representatives from the NI Kidney Research Fund which was very impressive.

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Massive credit to Rosemary and Joan who put on a great show and of course to our Rotary models (Derek & MichaeL and our guest model William (Donna's son)) who performed like naturals!

Great  attendance of well over 100 at the event - the drawing power of our volunteer Rotary models.

Great turnout, venue, food & fashion  and a bit of craic.

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Well done Rosemary and Joan.

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The third Technology Tournament held by the Rotary Club of Coleraine was on the 12th March 2019 and again hosted by Loreto College, Coleraine.

It was a great success with 48 students from three local schools taking part. This year’s challenge was to build a model vehicle capable of retrieving a container of hazardous waste from a derailed railway carriage. To make life more difficult there was a bridge in the way!

Students from Loreto College, Coleraine Grammar and the Dominican College competed to win the first prize of £80 per team in each of three categories.  The entries were amazing and showed great creativity, teamwork and technical ability from those involved.

The winners were

Foundation   1st -   Dominican College Team 3 : Charlotte Muldoon, Rachel Getty, Joseph Moo, Jack Douglas.

                     2nd – Coleraine Grammar Team 2: Luke Noel, Aaron Pritchard, Ceira Kennedy, Natasha Hamilton.

Intermediate 1st –  Coleraine Grammar Team 3: Amy McNeill, Travis Dodds, Leah Currie, Tegan Love.

Advanced     1st –  Coleraine Grammar Team 5, Dillon McLennon,  Mathew Murchison, David Sherard, Stevie Taggart.

The overall winner of the Rotary Technology Shield, presented by Mrs Rosemary Armstrong, was the Dominican College Team 3.

This was a fantastic result as the same team won last year as well!

The Rotary Club of Coleraine intend to run the Tournament again next year with hopefully even more students and schools taking part.

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The induction of new member Rosemary Hogg was held at the luncheon meeting.

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​Formal presentation of Cheque for £1200 to Children to Lapland from The Tree of Memories project in Sainsburys

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​Formal presentation of Cheque for £1200 to Community Rescue Service from The Tree of Memories project in Sainsburys

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Formal presentation of Cheques for £500 each to St. Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army

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Rotary Youth Leadership Development Competition

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The Rotary Club of Coleraine had the honour of organizing the 2018 regional finals.

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The event was a great success with candidates from 8 clubs from the region taking part. Local   candidates from  Coleraine, Ballymoney, Ballycastle, Limavady, Ballymena, Londonderry/Derry, Carrickfergus and Letterkenny were interviewed by a panel of three local business, legal and political leaders to find three students to join 21 other winners from the whole of Ireland to go on an all expenses trip to Strasbourg.  

The Judges: Roddy Armstrong, Maura Hickey and Stephen Scott selected Anitta Sibin (Derry/Londonderry), Rhiannon McAndle (Ballymena) and our very own Shreya Ghaie (Coleraine) to represent the region. In February 2019 the girls will travel to Stormont, Dublin and on to Strasbourg.

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We are delighted that Shreya has won and she has agreed to come give us a talk about her experience on her return.

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Rotary / Mountsandel Discovery & Heritage Group took part in the University' Heritage event on Saturday 20 October 2018.

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The event proved to be very worthwhile and the prototype Mountsandel Virtual Reality was a big hit with kids and adults!  To be continued....................

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Deputy Mayor Trevor Clarke, John Dallat MLA, Councillor William McCandless, Principals of The Irish society PS and St Malachy's PS, Facilitators,  Teachers, Rotarians and members of Mountsandel Discovery & Heritage Group

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Discover  Mountsandel

Another successful fun Mountsandel Schools Workshop day - pupils from The Irish Society PS and St Malachy's PS took  part in a morning filled with activities in the Mountsandel Woods learning about the importance and significance of the Mesolithic site and surrounding area along the River Bann.  Ancient times brought to life with hunting, foraging, flint knapping and context of how the first settlers in Ireland lived.

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The afternoon was hosted by the Irish Society giving the pupils time for lunch and getting together in a relaxed space. Short talks were given by Liam, President Jim and Deputy Mayor Trevor Clarke.  Invited guests John Dallat MLA and Councillor William McCandless attended.

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Four Rotarians and two of Jimmy's friends met at Jimmy's sheds at 7pm to build the crates and pack the tools for Africa plus 4 tyres for the vehicle in Tanzania.

The craic was good as the banter between Jimmy and Liam kept us entertained and all was done and dusted in under two hours!

A big thank you to Jimmy for all his work in getting everything sorted for shipping, especially recruiting Liam and Eamon without whom we would have been there a lot longer!.

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Mountsandel Committee and Mountsandel Discovery & Heritage Group @ Portrush Heritage Fair.  A promotional and educational event to highlight the uniqueness and significance of the Mesolithic site on our doorstep. 

President Jim's first speech to the members gathered at the Royal Portrush Golf Club.

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President Kathy's last meeting and hand-over to incoming President Jim Carrigy was held in Royal Portrush Golf Club.

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Prior to the meeting held in Royal Portrush Golf Club members assembled to play for the Sutherland Putting Cup.

After a hotly contested event with a three way tie Julie Irwin made history beating off all other competitors to be the first female winner of the trophy.

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President's Night was held at Billy O'Neill's in the form of a BBQ and Fellowship evening.

All of the arrangements were in the hands of Jimmy Dempsey and what a superb job he did. The wine and food were delicious and one group of visitors said it was the best barbecued food ever with the chicken getting a special mention.

The 'craic' was mighty and everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves in wonderful surroundings, on a beautiful evening.

Our congratulations and thanks go to Chef Jimmy D aided and abetted by Dermot Gordon.

To Loretto for acting as our bar person for the evening in such a friendly and professional manner, hard to believe it was her first time!

Last but by no means least we are indebted to Billy O'Neill for making his facilities so freely available to us.

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 Mountsandel Project supported a writing competition organised with 2 local schools, the Irish Society Primary and St Malachy’s Primary. The subject was “ Life at Mountsandel” and was to be set in Mesolithic times. This followed a successful visit to the site earlier in the year. The quality of entry was very high.

Two winners were selected from the 26 entries from The Irish Society who each won a £10 book voucher and were presented with their prize and a certificate this week.

Two winners were selected from the 25 entries from St Malachy’s,  each were presented with a £10 book voucher.

New generations of local children are now learning the importance of the Mountsandel site.

In support of the Mountsandel Project a writing competition was organised with 2 local schools, the Irish Society Primary and St Malachy’s Primary. The subject was “ Life at Mountsandel” and was to be set in Mesolithic times. This followed a successful visit to the site earlier in the year. The quality of entry was very high. Two winners were selected from the 26 entries from The Irish Society who each won a £10 book voucher and were presented with their prize and a certificate this week. The 25 entries from St Malachy’s are being assessed currently. New generations of local children are now learning the importance of the Mountsandel site.

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The 2nd Rotary Technology Tournament was held at Loreto College on the 7th March and 10 teams from 3 local schools took part. In teams of four they were challenged to send a capsule into space!

The capsule however was a plastic airflow golf ball and the propulsion by elastic bands.

The Foundation task was to construct a launch mechanism capable of sending the capsule 3 metres in the air and to land as close as possible to the launch site. The Intermediate teams had to add a parachute and the Advance teams had to add a detachable rocket.

The initial part of the day was given over to designing the project and the teams were marked not only on their designs but on how well they worked as a team. The afternoon was given over to the construction and testing elements.

The independent judges were very impressed by all the teams’ efforts but the winners were

First - Dominican College Team1.  Rachel Getty, Charlotte Muldoon, Jack Douglas and Joseph Mooney

Second - Loreto College  Team 2. Aine Quigley, Allan Chan, Kate McIvor and Ciaran O’Kane.

Third - Coleraine College Team 4. Lewis Tosh, Alex Lamont, Rachel Wright and Adam Gourley.

Loreto College Team1, Dominican College Team 2 and Coleraine College Team 3 were Highly Commended.

The prizes were presented by Rosemary Armstrong of the Rotary club of Coleraine who donated the prizes and the Mayor, Councillor Joan Baird. All the students who took part received a certificate presented by Kathy Mackenzie President of the Rotary Club of Coleraine.

The Rotary Club of Coleraine wishes to thank Mr Michael James, Principal of Loreto College, for hosting the event and for his continued support.

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30 January 2018 - Rotary Club entertained a number of friends who were involved in last autumn’s school history event at Mountsandel.

Plans are under way to repeat this successful event later in 2018.

President Kathy and members were joined by Siobhan Burns, St Malachy’s PS; Hillary McKendry, Irish Society PS; Jennifer Sturgeon and Rachel Garrett, Mountsandel Discovery and Heritage Group; Peter Thompson and Mark Strong, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council; Maura Hickey, former Mayor of Coleraine.

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Harper's Hill Choir and Steel Band

Fundraising for our charities RNLI, Simon Community and NI Children to Lapland.

Thursday 7 December through Saturday 9 December 2017

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Cantemus Chamber Choir

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 Fundraising for our charities RNLI, Simon Community and NI Children to Lapland.

Thursday 7 December through Saturday 9 December 2017

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Liam Hickey and Junior Choir

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 Fundraising for our charities RNLI, Simon Community and NI Children to Lapland.

Thursday 7 December through Saturday 9 December

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