Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club

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Last Night of the Proms!

A huge thanks to everyone who supported our sell-out "Last Night of the Proms" last night! An excellent evening with Westbury Park Orchestra, The North Somerset Good Afternoon Choir and, guest soloist, Verity Huntley. Our conductor was Ben England. The evening raised over £2,000 for charities. Thank you!… Read More

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Rotary Remembers

Members of Portishead Rotary and Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club were pleased to act as road marshals for today's British Legion Remembrance Parade in Portishead… Read More

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Charity Golf Day September 2019

What a fantastic day at Bristol and Clifton Golf Club...even the weather was perfect with a warm sunny day! Well done to Handelsbanken Portishead (highest team score) & Mark (longest drive, nearest the pin & highest individual score!).

Thank you to all the teams who entered who help us raise … Read More

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Cheque Presentation to Nicola Corry Support Foundation

The Club was delighted to be able to present Mary Pearce from the Nicola Corry Support Foundation with a cheque for £500 at our breakfast meeting this morning.
This money was raised during our recent ‘Music on a Summers Eve’ concert at which tenor Ben Makisi performed.… Read More

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Music on a Summer's Eve

Operatic Tenor, Ben Makisi, sang to a packed house at St. Peter's Church. Ben was accompanied by the gifted pianist, Matthew McCombie, who also performed some solo pieces. Ben's wife, Maina, joined him in the second half of the programme to perform some traditional songs. The evening was enjoyed by … Read More

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GBRC Fairground Games out for Portishead Raft Race

The Club took our fairground games, designed and built with Gordano pupils taking their Duke of Edinburgh awards, to the Raft Race today at Portishead Lake Grounds. Another beautiful day in Portishead!… Read More

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Ebenezer Clinic, Kingdom of eSwatini (Swaziland)

Huge thanks to Dr. Dee Wevill for making the journey from Birmingham to give us a very inspirational insight into Swaziland and the work (and challenges) of Ebenezer Clinic. Ebenezer Clinic is our international charity for this Rotary year. We have donated £450 to Ebenezer so far and agreed that … Read More

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The Crocuses are out! (Purple4Polio)

Early Springtime in Portishead and Gordano Breakfast‘s Rotary crocuses (Purple4Polio Campaign) are out!

For more details: https://www.rotarygbi.org/projects/purple4polio/Read More

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Charity Trolley Dash Results

A massive thank you to everyone who supported this fundraising event.

We sold just over £1000 worth of tickets and raised very nearly £730 for our charities: Jessie May Trust, Ebenezer Rural Clinic in Swaziland and other Rotary charities.

The winners were:-
1st prize: Giles Regan (who donated the prize … Read More

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Kids Out: Santa Sightings in Pill

The Salvation Army Hall in Pill was a hive of activity on Thursday, 6th December when 18 local children, between 10 months and four years, were treated to a Picnic organised by Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club under the auspices of the Kids Out organisation. There was also a rumour … Read More

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Big Band Special: David Salt Big Band

Congratulations to Jenny and Colin Wring for organising a superb evening of music in support of St. Peter's Hospice at Portishead's Somerset Hall. Special thanks to all who bought tickets, supported the raffle and gave generously to our retiring collection. The total raised to date is £1938 but this is … Read More

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President: Alan Gilbertson
Secretary: Mike Bennett 
Treasurer: John Mills
Media enquiries: John Mills
Youth Lead: Gary Fudge
Website & Speakers: David Tyers
 
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