Wednesday lunch time and I have arrived at a rather lovely picturesque St Andrews on a typical autumn day. The club now meet in the Scores Hotel overlooking the Old Course which is indeed a rather nice venue. I was greeted on my arrival by the very well organized reception team who immediately ushered me to meet with President Dennis Hopper. The club are one of our long established clubs and have around 70 members. They are very active both in the local community and in the wider world of Rotary. The club undertake each year a programme of hosting a visiting teacher from former Eastern Bloc states such as Kazakhstan to allow them to improve their understanding of our education system and provide them with a great vocational experience. Being the home of Golf it is the clubs pleasure to host the annual World Rotary Golf Competition when hundreds of Rotarian golfers from all over the world descend on St Andrews. The members seemed suitably motivated and impressed with what they heard in my address which was conveyed in the vote of thanks on behalf of the club by Past President James Murray.
(The picture shows President Dennis and yours truly)
