From Dick Mattick – our own Kids Out Organiser Kids out was blessed with fine weather (well done Mark and Bill). An early scare came when Julie thought I had under ordered on the sandwiches until a second trolley load was wheeled out of Goddard Park by Lisa Batsome who always ensures we are well […]
Well what a lovely time was had by all it seems. We certainly witnessed the biggest crowds for Swindon’s Famous Duck Race and Family Day Out that has now been running for 20 years! From very small beginnings a simple afternoon featuring the Duck Race to now a Whole Family Day Out with a funfair, […]
A fine example of teamwork as 22 volunteers from the Nationwide Operational Resilience Squad clear the course in preparation for the Swindon Duck Race on Monday 27th May. An incredibly overgrown start area is now readily accessible, a shopping trolley and other obstacles have been removed all with only one person ending up in the […]
Dick joined Rotary in 2004 finding a replacement for the camaraderie of the staff room he had enjoyed as a full time teacher. Still active as a magistrate and in several other fields he sometimes wonders how he found time to go to work but in Rotary has found an organisation that has done much […]