Beechworth Rotary Inc. (A0010528N)

District 9790

 

 

President's Message

Harry Thomas

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The Rotary Club of Beechworth is actively recruiting new members, if you would like to come find out more about our club and what we do in the community please feel free to attend one of our meetings or alternatively e-mail one of the directors below by pressing on their names.
Kind Regards,
           Harry
 
 
Directors
President
Harry Thomas
Treasurer
Larry Goldsworthy
Secretary
Simon Kelly
Community Service
John Strang
International Service
John Costello
International Service
Jim Fiford
Immediate Past President
Larry Goldsworthy
Club Administration
Larry Goldsworthy
The Rotary Foundation
Jim Fiford
New Generations
Jocelyn Hollis
Co-President
John Costello
Co-President
Howard Morton
Co-President
John Strang
Club Roles
Programme: Larry Goldsworthy
Hall Hire: Jim Fiford
Facebook: Jim Fiford
 
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Welcome to our Club. Thanks for visiting our website! Here, you'll find stories of our members having fun and serving the community and about Rotary! Enjoy your visit, and if you have any questions, or would like to come to a meeting, just let us know!
Beechworth

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
Rotary Hall
2 Sydney Rd
Beechworth, VIC 3747
Australia
Phone:
0402 030 805
Email:
harrythomas@optusnet.com.au
Ordinarily our club meets on the first Wednesday and third Wednesday for a dinner meeting at our club rooms. The second Wednesday is normally a social night and the fourth Wednesday Board Meeting.
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Heritage Market 11 November update
Are you coming to Beechworth for the Heritage Festival weekend of 10 to 12 November? Beechworth Rotary Club will conduct a very busy market Saturday 11 November open from 9am to 3pm as our contribution to the Festival - we have approximately 100 stall sites now booked under the trees in Queen Victoria Park !
Lots of activities planned in Beechworth for the weekend including Beechworth Singers performing Celtic songs in our historic Town Hall from 3pm on the Saturday and then there are various events to suit all tastes – see the details below and come and enjoy the Heritage Festival !
Heritage Market update
Beechworth Rotary Club's Heritage Market on Saturday 11 November 2023 will be a big one. As of Wednesday 18 October we had 60 bookings covering 78 sites out of a possible 110 sites. If you are wanting a stall site then contact us as soon as possible following the links on this page - either click on the menu buttons above to open 2023 Markets for Markek Registration Form or click "Downloads" box in left margin.
 
For visitors to our town: Our market is held in lovely Queen Victoria Park on Sydney Road to Albury, just on the eastern side of our historic old gaol. Our market will be part of the Beechworth Heritage Festival (formerly Celtic Festival) held in Beechworth for the weekend. Full details on the Festival can be obtained from entering in your browser this link: www.beechworthheritagefestival.com.au.
Our Heritage Market Saturday 11 November 2023
OUR NEXT ROTARY MARKET - PART OF BEECHWORTH HERITAGE (FORMERLY CELTIC) WEEKEND FESTIVAL
Our Club is again organising a big market on the second Saturday in November to complement the expanded theme for Beechworth's Heritage Festival (formerly our annual Celtic Festival).  With around 100 stalls available in our usual market venue at Queen Victoria Park, we offer a wide range of Arts & Crafts, Food & Drinks, Jewellery, Clothing and Bric a Brac.  We plan to continue Highland Music and dancing as in past years.  Photo is our Easter Market on the same site which had over 100 stalls and had an estimated 4,000 visitors. Click on menu buttons above to open 2023 Markets for further details and the Market Registration Form or click on the "Downloads" box in the left margin.  For further details on the weekend Festival enter in your browser this link :
www.beechworthheritagefestival.com.au
Our 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Our Rotary Club celebrated its 50th Anniversary since chartering in 1973 with a dinner at Grand Oaks Resort at Mayday Hills, Beechworth, on 11 August 2023.  Our Club is small in numbers (we are seeking new members!) but as the function included a display of historic photos, we were proud to reflect on our contribution to our local community and also international projects by the many projects our Club has run over those years!
Past and current members of our Club attended together with members of neighbouring Rotary Clubs (including Appin Park Wangaratta Rotary Club which promoted our formation 50 years ago).  Our current District Governor Neta Kirby and the following year's District Governor Elect Stephen O'Connell also attended.  Photos courtesy of Coral Cooksley and Ovens & Murray Advertiser.  Click on "Photo Albums" from Home Page Menu above and then click on "50th Anniversary" to view all photos individually or as a slide show.
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Our Big Easter Saturday Market
109 stall sites now booked for our Beechworth Rotary Easter Saturday Market!  Great hot food will be cooked by our Club Members.  Beechworth Rotary Club thanks the support of our food providers Beechworth Bakery, CC's Quality Meats and JimJam Foods for their delicious sauce.  Open to public at Beechworth's Queen Victoria Park 9am to 3pm on Wodonga side of our Old Gaol.  Come to Beechworth for Easter Weekend - lots of activities on for our town's annual Golden Horseshoes Festival with the Grand Parade near our market site to start 3pm Saturday. For full Festival program copy this link into your web browser then open:  www.beechworthgoldenhorseshoes.com.au
Henning's Greatest Shave
This is Henning - our Beechworth Rotary Exchange student from Germany our Club is hosting for 6 months. Henning will have his hair shaved on 25th of this month to support his local school friend Will Styles raise money for leukemia foundation. Open this link http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/willstyles1 for full details. We hope you will help Henning's support in fighting cancer and helping those affected. Look for our update with photos of Henning's Greatest Shave on 25th and enjoy with us having Henning in our town.
Easter Saturday Market 2023
BEECHWORTH ROTARY CLUB will be bringing you another great EASTER SATURDAY MARKET (8 April 2023) in conjunction with this year's Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival.  We already have over 80 stall sites booked.  Our Club will welcome some further stalls, particularly food vendors and some buskers but you need to contact us quickly as stall sites are now limited (choose "market" from this website menu or use the relevant "downloads" button for more details and email beechworthrotarymarket@westnet.com.au).  Photo is from our very successful market last year - we will be at same location amongst the magnificent trees in our beautiful Beechworth Queen Victoria Park.
Family Fun Night
Our Beechworth Rotary Club is combining with Beechworth Lions Club in running a Family Fun Night at Beechworth's Lake Sambell on Thursday 22 December 2022.  Our thanks to our outbound Youth Exchange student Matilda Collins for preparing this promotional poster and other preparations for this pre Christmas event. Matilda will be hosted in France and we will be publishing reports of her adventures and experiences in the New Year.
 
Dinner Meetings in our Rotary Hall
With easing of Covid restrictions we have resumed having dinner meetings in our Rotary Hall in Beechworth.  Here is our meeting Wednesday 2 February with President Larry (standing) taking questions after our Assistant Governor Richard Lovett (nearest the lectern) had given us an update on the latest developments in our Rotary District 9790.  Great to be getting back to near normal operations now !
 
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The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test
of the things we think, say or do
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
The Objects of Rotary
The Objects of Rotary
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular to encourage and foster.
First: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
Second: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
Third: The application of the ideal of service by every Rotarian to his personal, business and community life.
Fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through the world fellowship of business and professional men united in the ideal of service.