National News of Rotary:
ROTARY PRESENTS OVER £250,000 TO CHARITY
David Liddiatt, President Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland
presented more than £250,000 to charity in a presentation evening held on 10th
December at The Holiday Inn, Maidenhead. The money was raised through a raffle
relating to the Team Rotary entry in the World Cup Rally 2001, and is in aid of
Motability and Rotary registered Charities. Team Rotary successfully completed
the 6000 mile round trip from the Brooklands Motor Museum in Weybridge to the
Atlas Mountains taking in the sights of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, France,
Spain and Portugal before arriving back at Brooklands 21 days later to
tumultuous applause. Team Rotary’s final result was 30th in their class and 39th
overall from a field of more than 70. The Rally is organised by the Classic
Rally Association and is specifically for standard showroom production cars up
to 1.4 litre petrol or 1.7 litre diesel. The three drivers from the Rotary Club
of Maidenhead Thames were, Ian Boddy, Nigel Morris and Peter Miles, who drove a
Ford Focus 1.4iCL loaned by Ford MAGIC.
David Liddiatt presented a cheque for £125,000 to Rotary Charities and
another, also for £125,000 to Hazel Gotfraind, Fundraising and Marketing
Director at Motability.
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"On behalf of Motability, I am extremely grateful for the hard work put
in by Team Rotary to raise money for us. This tremendous sum will help over
150 people achieve personal mobility”, commented Hazel.
Brendan McGrath, Past President of the Rotary Club of Maidenhead Thames
said, “ I am very glad that Rotary President, David Liddiatt agreed to make
the World Cup Rally a national Rotary sponsored event. This enabled us to
raise as much money as we did, and to adopt Motability as the major charity.
A further £45,000 was raised through sponsorship which covered all the costs
of the raffle. All the money raised through the raffle has gone directly to
the charities”.
Also at the presentation were two of the three drivers, Ian Boddy and
Nigel Morris. Ian spoke in some depth about their experiences on the rally,
including the dangers and the close shaves! He left the team at Marrakech to
assist rally driver Peter Lewis, whose co-driver had to return unexpectedly
to England.
‘This was an experience of a lifetime, from breathtaking scenery to
breathtaking poverty in Africa, to the splendour and majesty of the
mountains of northern Spain, flash floods, roads disappearing, wonderful
sunsets - we saw it all. The Rally is an amazing event and was much harder
and tougher than any of us were expecting. It is heartening to know that the
Rally helped Rotary raise so much for charity’, commented Ian.
Also present to collect his prize, was raffle winner Eric Cowcill from
the Rotary Club of Sandbach in Cheshire. Eric won the first prize of a
luxury cruise for 2 in the Carribean, sponsored by P&O Cruises. |
1. Rotary is an organisation of businesses and professional persons united
world-wide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards
in all vocations and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. Their motto
is: Service above Self.
2. For general information on Rotary in your area, contact the local Rotary
Club President. Details from Robin Freeman: 01789 765411
3. Motability is a national UK charity, which helps disabled people and their
families to become mobile, by enabling them to use their Government funded
disability allowances, to lease or buy a car, powered wheelchair, or scooter.
4. For more information on the Rally see
www.teamrotary.co.uk
5. The full list of prize winners is as follows:
Team Rotary World Cup Rally Draw 2001
1st Prize Winner: Mr Eric Cowcill 4 Cedar Close, Sandback, Cheshire
2nd Prize Winner: VJ Maxwell 11a Stafford Road, Warrington
3rd Prize Winner: P Kessler Stevenikessler House, Goodwin Road, London N9 0BG
4th Prize Winner: M Limon 10 Mardle Close, Caddington
5th Prize Winner: Dave Hall 20 Eldon Road, The Villas, Macclesfield, Cheshire
SK1E 3SA
6th Prize Winner: S Dunbar 17 Tummel Crescent, Pitlochry, Perthshire
7th Prize Winner: W Smith 50 Tennyson Road, Stoke, Coventry CV2 5JA
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