Seagate Rotary celebrated their 25th anniversary with a barbecue at Marress attended by members, partners, guests and former members.

They held a sports themed evening, with putting, petanque, bowls and welly throwing, carried out in Seagate’s usual lighthearted manner.

There was a minimalist speech and toast from founder President Jim Fairgrieve, and it was noted that over the years Seagate has raised and distributed over £150,000 in charitable funds.

On Monday, June 12, President Eric Greig presented a cheque for £1,000 on behalf of Seagate Rotary to Macmillan Cancer Support.

The money was part of the charity funds raised at the Sportsmen’s Dinner.

The cheque was accepted by Laura Stockwell, fundraising manager, who briefly outlined the way that Macmillan provides medical, financial, practical and emotional support to cancer sufferers and their families.

For entertainment on Monday, Seagate was treated to a quiz with a difference.

The questions were those from the district final of the Primary Schools Quiz, held recently in Glasgow. Some required specialist knowledge of recent pop music and children’s TV, and others were on general knowledge, geography, history and science.

Only one member beat the score of the winning 10 year olds, but it was noted that the pupils were in teams of four. Winner was Hugh Hutchison, who must be a fan of Peppa Pig, with joint runners up Alex McConnell and Sandy Niven.

On Monday, June 5, Seagate had a talk on the Garnock Connections Landscape Partnership by Jackie McLeod.

Garnock Connections is a group of environmental and heritage bodies, together with North Ayrshire Council, collecting and developing ideas to improve the Garnock Valley environment and recover the area’s sense of identity.

“It is felt that this has been largely lost in the era of deindustrialisation and the growth of commuting.

Funding for projects will come from the Lottery and other sources. There were questions, and a Vote of Thanks was proposed by Jim Anderson.