The Wolverhampton Youth Orchestra pre tour concert at St Johns Church followed a reception in the Mayors Parlour with the Worshipful Mayor of Wolverhampton Councillor Phil Page. Amongst others, I had the pleasure to hand Charlotte her certificate for grade 8 flute with Distinction.

The youth orchestra was amazing.  They are now giving concerts in Italy. The solo by Cameron Chin -See ….well you had to be there!

The Rotary clubs of Wolverhampton are proud to support the Wolverhampton Music school.

President Paul Lockley- Rotary Club of Wolverhampton

A number of members of the Wolverhampton Rotary Satellite Club turned out in support of The Rotary Club of Wolverhampton Best Foot Forward event on  Saturday 7th July at Aldersley Leisure Village.

When the total number of laps achieved was announced, it
confirmed that every single lap was needed. They have decided on a project to raise funds to provide race timing equipment for young athletes. In order to raise funds … they are planning a BBQ at Trysull Farm in September and a fund raising day at Asda, Wolverhampton using the Wolverhampton Round Table float on Thursday December 6th.

If anyone one would like more information about the club, please contact Edward Bolland or Peter Williams by e-mail.
Mail..edwardbolland@aol.com
.peterandval@stablefordfarm.co.uk

The whole of year 5 of Uplands Junior School – 93 children, were very enthusiastic and fully engaged with the event for the whole day. It’s very rewarding to see our young people being so great and there are a number of budding engineers there!

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The standard of the way the children rose to the challenge was so high we had to award three equal first prizes.

Wolverhampton really did put their best feet forward on Saturday July 7th. We thought that there could be an issue in reaching the target number of laps in order to release the Charity Pot kindly donated by the event Patrons.
One of the hottest days of the year and a huge football match- both of which could possibly disrupt our aims.
The day started off with a bang – hundreds of people hitting the track- walking and running- but they came in numbers. Our hourly lap records of previous year being continually broken.
Then the hourly count dropped, as we approached kick off- from well over 2,000 through 1,100, 750, 500 down to 250.
There  was  no doubt by 4pm that we would fall short, by 500 to 600 laps, of our target of 12,625 laps needed to release the entire Charity Pot.
Then people started to drift back after the England match.
The count went back up to 400 ……., then 500………………..
With minutes to go it was announced that,  with  a push we might yet  hit the target  – chips were put back on creaking ankles, strides lengthened, pace quickened.
At 7.56, with four minutes to go,  we hit the target – ending up with 12,666 laps.
Oh so close……..but job done!
Everyone who came to Aldersley yesterday and completed anything between one lap, or the highest number completed -190 laps (Brian Slater) should be proud of themselves for the effort it took to make this all work. For most of the day in the sun, as almost all of the track is, it was up to 40c. We certainly handed out a lot of water!
The website gallery and full results will be updated shortly – please take a look in a few days.
So on behalf of The Rotary Club of Wolverhampton, the Patrons of the event and the charities that the event was raising monies for- THANK YOU and WELL DONE.