Author: theovencook

The Chester Raft Race is an annual charity event taking place every July in the Groves on the River Dee and organised by the Rotary Club of Chester. The rafts race against the clock over an approximate 400 metre course starting just upriver of the Royal Chester Rowing Club, passing under the pedestrian Suspension Bridge to a finish on the north bank of the river by Recorder’s Steps to the Walls and just above the weir. Although the race is over at this point, the rafts then have to retrace their route back to the launch area on the Meadows.

The UK Fly-board Champion Jay St John came with a spectacular display of fly-boarding right out of 007.

Flint and Holywell Rotary were delighted this year to loan their rafts to the Bagillt Royal Stars (Dance troop), raising in excess of £2,500 from sponsorship.

Well done and a great effort.

By your side appeal culminated in a performance on the top of Snowdon by Mike Peters with his guitar.

They were joined by two trains full of people from The Strength Train, Cancer patients/ carers, Dementia patients/ helpers and The Rainbow Train.

What a great feat after walking 150 miles throughout the week.

Mike and Jules Peters of Alarm fame commenced their 140 mile walk from Flint Castle.

Flint and Holywell Rotary was delighted to help marshall and collect on the leg of the route to Broughton.

School children along the way gave great support and encouragement.

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Are you as excited for Santa as we are?

Please see the image below for when Santa will be visiting you!

Truly inspirational talent was on show at Coleg Cambria for the 6^th annual Rotary Technology Tournament sponsored by Airbus UK. This end of half term display of talent saw  8 teams from Flint High school, St Brigid’s Denbigh and Ysgol Glan Clwyd of St Asaph engage in a battle of wits to design and construct a bridge using nothing more than card, string and drinking straws.  Easy? Not when it had to support a kilogram lead weight in the middle and have a lifting mechanism.

Coleg Cambria apprentices from Airbus, Promethean and Thomas Cook Airlines acted as judges and mentors for the students.   Overseeing all their efforts were retired engineers from another generation from the Rotary clubs of Mold and Flint & Holywell.  Event organiser, Steve Blakesley from Flint and Holywell Rotary said, ”This was a superb team effort. We look forward to more schools entering next year to give their students a chance to start a career in a STEM subject.”  Next year it’s on  Thursday 19^th October 2017. Phone 01352 780311 to book your school’s place.

More bikes, destined for Africa, donated by those nice people, from Barlows Caravan Park, Caerwys.

Canolfan Enfys School, Mold wanted some furniture for their outdoor garden..

A group of us went out and turned some old pallets into some nice furniture and built them a small shed!

.. and yes.. It POURED it down!

Phase 2 , at Canolfan Enfys School. More bark laid, for the path, plus, seats, with a central fire pit .

Canolfan Enfys School, Mold. Foundation Phase Assessment School for 3/7 years olds, would like a forest garden, so, this is day one, of our project. The laying of the paths !