New President for Rotary Club of Middleton

Norman Wellens the 75th President of the Rotary Club of Middleton with retiring President Jim Kenyon

Norman Wellens, whose father was Rotary Club of Middleton President in 1944, has been installed as the 75th President of the club. The retiring President, Jim Kenyon, was thanked by Mr Wellens for his "tremendous input" into Rotary and especially the Rotary Club of Middleton. During his year notable changes within the Club have seen the introduction of lady members and also a completely new facet, Friends of the Rotary Club of Middleton.

Retiring President Jim Kenyon thanked his team and all the members for their support throughout the year.

Mr Wellens has previously been President at Middleton back in 1980/81; now almost 25 years on he said he was looking forward to a year of fresh challenges and was just as excited at the prospect as he was back then.

The Officers for the new Rotary Year at Middleton are:

• Vice President Peter Hayward
• First Vice President Janice Powell
• Secretary John Pedley
• Treasurer Keith Trinnaman

The Rotary Club of Middleton is a dual gender club meeting weekly at the Norton Grange Hotel, Castleton on Monday evenings, enjoying a meal and fellowship and the company of various guest speakers giving talks on a broad spectrum of topics. They also arrange their programme, which includes supporting local activities throughout Middleton and the Metropolitan Borough such as Springhill Hospice, the Childer Awards, medals for the junior football inter schools championships as well as worldwide projects such as supporting the provision of clean drinking water in Kenya, educating children in India, providing Shoe Boxes in the eastern Sector of Europe.

The club also hope to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Charity by organising participation in the Great Manchester10k run in May 2009.

More information about the club can be seen on the following link to their Rochdale Online website:

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/sites/rotary-club-of-middleton