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DISTRICT HANDOVER & DEVON                          handover why don’t you visit the Games in the
YOUTH GAMES                                        morning and “experience the power of the project
                                                   that Rotary is supporting”, Paul Haigney said.
Cream Tea Handover                                 Here is a video capturing the spirit of the
                                                   Devon Games in 2015! (5:52 mins)
This year’s district handover, from District
Governor Brian Stoyel and his team to incoming     www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uphfja
governor Stephen Lay and his team, will take       LKag
place at Roadford Lake, between Okehampton         Questions and comments to Paul
and Launceston, on Sunday July 3 (1.30 to          Haigney on paulhaigney@hotmail.com.
3.30pm). The handover will be held in The
Lakeside Café. Cost £6 includes a cream tea.       RIBI HANDOVER

There will also be a presentation of service       Dixie time
awards to those Rotarians and others who have      A last minute reminder of your chance to join
“gone the extra mile” for the movement. These      Rotary International in GB and Ireland in
will fall under four categories: community,        commemorating the Presidential handover of
vocational, youth and international.               Peter Davey to Eve Conway on July 2.

Devon Youth Games                                  Watch the sun set over London’s landmarks and
                                                   take in the stunning skyline from the Thames’s
On the same day, starting in the morning, the      largest party boat, the Dixie Queen.
Devon Youth games are being held just down the     More information on the Rotary website.
road at Simmons Park in Okehampton, Devon

Newton Abbot Rotarian Paul Haigney is the
liaising Rotarian for this year. The games, which
this year will include youngsters from Plymouth
and Cornwall, are intended to develop young
people through sport: increasing self-esteem,
improving health and boosting personal
development.

As the Games are being held on the morning of
the District Handover – the site just down the
road at Roadford Lake -- if you are attending the
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