Blairgowrie & Rattray Hub Magazine - Winter 2021
The 2021 Winter edition of the Blairgowrie & Rattray Hub Magazine. The latest news and articles from community groups and the public.
The 2021 Winter edition of the Blairgowrie & Rattray Hub Magazine. The latest news and articles from community groups and the public.
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Rotary Club of<br />
<strong>Blairgowrie</strong><br />
We are delighted to be meeting up face to<br />
face again, in our new venue, the <strong>Blairgowrie</strong><br />
Golf Club. Same day – Wednesday and time –<br />
6 for 6.30pm.<br />
All visitors are welcome, but please do<br />
contact our secretary Deborah Rogers - email:<br />
secretary@blairgowrie.rotary1010.org so that<br />
we can let the caterers know the numbers<br />
for the meal. We are also investigating hybrid<br />
meetings; we know that not all our members<br />
are happy or able to meet up face to face.<br />
And hybrid meetings would allow us to have<br />
speakers from further afield.<br />
also supported by Bentley UK, who displayed<br />
and entered their new models, Milford<br />
Engineering, Classic Restorations, Morris<br />
Leslie and the Cameron Group, as well as club<br />
members, to all of whom we are incredibly<br />
grateful. This is the 4th time our small club<br />
of 25 members has run this event, which<br />
has now raised around £100,000 for various<br />
good causes. Special thanks must go to club<br />
member Colin Stewart and his wife Anne, the<br />
“driving force” behind the event.<br />
Games Night<br />
Drive it Day<br />
Drive it Day was finally held on 22nd August,<br />
having been postponed twice because of<br />
Covid. Over £30,000 was raised: Bowel Cancer<br />
UK and Alzheimers Scotland each received<br />
£12,250 with £6,125 for the club’s own<br />
benevolent fund which supports the local<br />
community.<br />
In October we invited community groups<br />
to enter teams for a Games Night, held in<br />
<strong>Rattray</strong> Bowling Club. 8 table top games were<br />
played, and after 7 rounds Blair in Bloom won<br />
the first prize of £100. A “hybrid” team from<br />
Nest, Blair in Bloom and Rotary were runners<br />
up, winning £50. Our local community was<br />
well represented, with teams from BRAN,<br />
SWI, the Tennis Club, the Highland Games,<br />
ProCom and <strong>Blairgowrie</strong> Rotary. Everyone<br />
had great fun, and we have been asked to do<br />
it again; watch this space!<br />
75 cars of all types and ages, from a vintage<br />
Bullnose Morris to a modern Lamborghini,<br />
gathered at <strong>Blairgowrie</strong> Golf Club in the<br />
morning, drove to St Andrews for a picnic<br />
lunch at the West Sands and ended up at the<br />
Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, for High Tea.<br />
Everyone enjoyed the spectacular scenery<br />
and had a great day out.<br />
The cars were waved off from the Golf Club<br />
by the Provost of Perth and Kinross, Dennis<br />
Melloy. The drivers were truly generous with<br />
their donations, as was our main sponsor<br />
Graham Environmental Services. We were<br />
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