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Our Rotary Castlemaine Truck Show for 2024 is done and dusted.
Results are now posted on our Truck Show page.
2024 Truck of the Show was Cornwill Transport's Kenworth SAR driven by Troy and Wayne. Congratulations!
And if you're thinking that sounds familiar, it is. It's the same truck that was Truck of the Show in 2023! The judges were unanimous that no other truck at the show was equal to the standard of this truck.
Full results available on the Truck Show page.
At each Truck Show we make an award on Saturday afternoon for Best on Ground. This is an incentive for truckers to arrive early on Saturday.
This year, Best on Ground was awarded to Tony Whelan’s 1986 Kenworth W924.
Tony, from Carisbrook, purchased the rig from a retiring trucker 12 years ago. Restoration began in 2021 and the truck as we saw it today was delivered 4 months ago. The rebuild included new chassis rails, and Tony's vision was for the truck to look essentially as it would have in 1986.
These days Tony is mostly driving iron ore trains in WA, but still does some casual truck driving when rostered home. He has been attending the Rotary Castlemaine Truck Show for many years.
Congratulations Tony!
Rotary Castlemaine members are walking in October to raise funds to help eradicate Polio. Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. The strategy to eradicate polio relies on preventing infection by immunising every child until transmission stops and the world is polio-free.
Rotary joined the campaign to eradicate Polio in 1979. And we've nearly achieved the goal, but world trouble spots provide vectors for the disease to reappear. Recently, new Polio cases have occurred in Afghanistan and Gaza.
Our walkers are looking for sponsors to donate to support them. Each dollar donated to Rotary's End Polio Now campaign is matched 2 for 1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. So your $10 donation becomes $30!
For more information, and to sponsor our walkers, go to https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/fundraisers/castlemainestrollers/rotary-walk-with-us
At our recent Changeover Dinner, outgoing President Kerry Anderson provided an overview on the Club's achievements for the past year before Incoming President Terry Murphy was inducted into the role for our 90th year by District Rotary District 9800 Governor Michael Lapina.
Pictured, L–R: District Governor Michael Lapina, President Terry Murphy, Immediate Past President Kerry Anderson, District Governor-Elect Peter Shepheard
The doors have closed on Rotary Castlemaine’s Art Show for 2024 — officially, Rotary Castlemaine’s 35th Annual Art Exhibition and Sale. The show has been a fixture on the district’s art calendar for many years.
The 2024 show looks to have been a success by any criterion. Congratulations to all participants and winners.
Winner of Best 2D Work, sponsored by Belle Property (presented by Narelle Waller): Brendan Nicholl-Caddell, "Poplars Guildford"
Castlemaine Rotary Club hosted a dinner on 29 May to recognise a Rotarian and community member for their outstanding contributions. President Kerry Anderson and Foundation Director Robert Cordy welcomed sixty guests for the much-anticipated announcement of the 2024 Paul Harris Fellows.
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