About Thatcham and District Rotary

We support Local, National, and International charities, by involving ourselves in fundraising projects, and other not-for-profit organisations whilst having fun and making new friends. 

The purpose of our website is to introduce ourselves as to who we are, what we do, and provide information on our forthcoming events.

We hope you find it informative and will encourage you to support our various events.

If you like what you see, and what we do, (view our Flyer) you may be interested in helping, or even joining us? If so and would like more information, please use the contact link at the bottom of the page.

Next Event: - Date for diary - Car Show Sunday 30th June. Details Shortly.

Fund Raising Update

It Was Wet But Not Miserable - 

Inspite of the weather it was another great family event.

A big thank you also go to Kennet Radio for entertaining us at the start and finish of the run and to Waitrose for supplying water bottles.

Not finished counting yet but we believe we raised over £1,800, the main beneficary being the Charity Eight Bells.

The first two back - Its a fun run not a race but the serious runners like to test themselves, because of the conditions we are told it was about 2 minutes slower!!

We took lots of photos which are available via this link , the weather was not good so some photos are better than others!!

And there's more! Thatcham Photographic Club were also at the Santa Run and they have taken a number of photographs of the event and you can find them on their website gallery or on their facebook page

Youth Speaks 2023-24

Youth Speaks is a debating competition with teams of three consisting of a chairman, a  speaker in favour of a selected topic, and a speaker against. Each team has a set time to make their presentations and points are awarded for delivery and content with deductions made for running over or under the allotted time. 

This years local round recently took place at the Arlington Arts Centre and included teams from Mary Hare, Kennet, Trinity, and Downe House Schools. There are two competions, Intermediate age section and Seniors. The winners of this round of the competition were Trinity for the Intermediate section and Downe House for the Seniors. The judges agreed the standard this year was exceptionally high. Well done all the Teams. The winning teams will go on to compete in the next round which is the District final, and we wish them the very best of luck.

Our thanks go to Horsey Lightly Newbury Solicitors for sponsoring the event, and of course the judges, Di Wilkinson, Katie Wilson, and Rachel White, for giving up their time. 

Trinity and Downe House Winning Teams:-

The Judges:-

Recent Presentation - Coaches and Coachhorns

At many of our meetings we receive a talk or presentation on a range of interesting topics, a report is not normally made on our website but believe a recent presentation is worthy of sharing.

The presentation is on the history from the golden age of coaching to present day activities and displays. Colin Pawson, the presenter, gave a fascinating account of the development of coaches, the golden era of "stage coaching", and the links with Newbury. It is an illustrated talk and concludes with a demonstation of traditional coachhorn calls and tunes with an explanation of their purpose. More information is available from www.thetootler.com 

Sept 2023 Thatcham Duck Race visit our Duck Race event page for details and photos of this years event. What a great day, a big thank you to all that supported this our event.

We were guaranteed an evening of entertaining music and we were not disappointed. The choir presented a wide selection of music including the Roman War Song by Wagner , Wellerman, a traditional sea shanty, and I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables.