Royal Braemar Highland Gathering 6th September 2008 Once again our club has been granted the privileged to represent Rotary at the Braemar Games where we will man a hospitality area in the International Tent.  Rotarians from around the world can expect to be welcomed and presented with a personalised Certificate of Attendance.   Good causes that we have supported   Nearly £20,000 is donated to charity every year by the Banchory-Ternan Rotary Club. Charities include local, national and international bodies. Some of the charities we have assisted are: ALEC Archie Foundation Banchory Academy Dux Awards Banchory Air Cadets Banchory Bag Campaign Banchory Boys Club Banchory Christmas Lights Banchory Cricket Club Banchory Initiative Banchory Scouts Banchory Shaw - St Ternan's Fair Banchory Singers Banchory Surgery Banchory Trampoline Club Banchory RC Church African Well Appeal Banchory West Church Barnados Breast Cancer Research Fund British Heart Foundation British Red Cross Cerebal Palsy CHAS - Children's Hospice Chest, Heart and Stroke Association Children 1st Cornhill Hospital Crathie Opportunity Holidays CREDO Dalvenie House Deeside Aid Romania Trust Dementia Scotland Erskine Hospitals Euroscola Family Mediation Grampian Forget-me-not Club Friends of Glen o' Dee Hospital Friends of the Anchor Unit Gordon Highlanders Museum Grampian Blind Target Shooters Grampian Families in Need Grampian Hospital Radio Grampian Schools Liason Guide dogs for the Blind Hearing dogs for the Deaf HomeStart Deeside Inchmarlo Golf Foundation Low-cost Housing in Kerala, India Lumphanan Playgroup Make a Wish Malawi Aids Clinic Marie Curie Cancer Care Maroc McMillan Cancer Relief Mercy Hospital Ships Message in a Bottle Scheme Mozambique Flood Appeal Multiple Sclerosis Nebulisers for local surgeries New Roxburgh House Niger Crisis Appeal NHS Grampian - Needy Families Peruvian Dental Trust Polio Eradication Fund Project Scotland Red Cross Sudan Appeal Riding for the Disabled Samaratains Sandpiper Trust Save the Children Scolty Centre Scottish Huntingdons Association Shelter Box Trust - Asian Earthquake Shoe Box Appeal Sightsavers SmarKids Foundation SPARKS St Colomba Ikelenge well project Tafo Trust The Anchor Unit The Forget-me-not club The Pakistan Earthquake Appeal The Tsunami Appeal Torphins Community Garden project Torphins Scouts Torphins Surgery UCAN Water Aid Wheelchair Foundation World Challange Tanzania Young Carers We've also supported local sports talent, sent local school pupils on international exchange visits, organised young musician competitions, young speechmaker events, assisted young enterprise ventures, provided tutors for Cookie Challenge and 'Life After School' events.......plus many more activities.

Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned?   Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?   Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Welcome to our website The club was founded in 1971 and currently has around 50 members. We are active in fund-raising for local, national and international good causes through a series of events and schemes throughout the year. The main annual fund-raisers are the Crathes Vintage Car & Motorcycle Rally, which is held in May of each year and the Inchmarlo Golf Challenge held in August. The club supports and encourages international exchange visits, sponsors educational, cultural and youth activities and promotes enterprise through the Young Enterprise programme in local schools. But it's not just about fundraising. There is a strong social aspect and members are part of a global network of 1.2 million Rotarians spanning most countries and cities around the globe. For further information please contact: President: David Marquardt Secretary: John Kaighin Treasurer: Raymond Donald Webmaster: Chris Engel

The Town of Banchory Banchory Gateway Stane, erected to mark 100 years of Rotary Photo by Chris Bowden of Drumoak © 2007

Banchory looking westwards across Raemoir Road Photo by Ed Read © 2007

The town of Banchory (pop 6,500) lies on the north side of the River Dee some 18 miles west of Aberdeen, Europe's oil capital.   Originally settled in 5-6th centuries at the confluence of the River Feugh, the site became location of the annual St Ternan Fair during the middle ages. The town flourished with the coming of the Deeside Railway line in 1853 and became a popular destination for both holidaymakers and day-trippers from Aberdeen. During the 1970-90s the town expanded as a result of the oil industry and is currently undergoing a new period of growth. There are a range of shops, hotels, restaurants, garages and local services. The town has not one, but two excellent golf courses. Image above - looking to the NW with the Academy and Primary school in the centre with the High Street on the top left.

2008 - 09 Programme (Last updated 29th August 2008)
Date	Meeting Details	Notes	Door
Sept 6	Royal Braemar Highland Gathering
Sept 10	DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID RANKIN - Ed Read will say Grace		P McDermott S MacDonald
Sept 17	Alistair Thomson -	St. Ternan Ladies - not confirmed!!	J McDonald J McGhee
Sept 24	Sandy MacDonald -	Council Meeting	L McIntosh M Miller
Oct 1	BUSINESS MEETING - President David will say Grace		D Needham I Paterson
Oct 8	Richard Bridger -		J Ramsay P Rattenbury
Oct 15	Eddie Gillanders -		G Rattray E Read
Oct 22	Geoff Wilkinson -	St. Ternan Ladies	G Roger J Sellens
Oct 29	Jim Turnbull -	Council Meeting	G Sinclair R Singleton
Nov 5	BUSINESS MEETING - President David will say Grace		C Sutherland A Thomson
Nov 12	Andrew McIlraith -		J Thomson J Thornton
Nov 19	George Roger - Muriel Thomson; update on her involvement with the school in India		J Turnbull R Wilkin
Nov 26	Peter McDermott -	Council Meeting	G Wilkinson S Wilson
Dec 3	Business Meeting + SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING President David will say Grace		B Bell R Bridger
Dec 10	Jim Hammond -		R Bond J Brind
Dec 17	CHRISTMAS NIGHT - Partners evening		B Burr J Cordiner

 
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