Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

Cash boost for Llanelli Rotary international project: Pupils at St John Lloyd School, Llanelli, staged different fund-raising events to raise a total of £1000 for Llanelli Rotary Club's HARK appeal for a mobile audiology unit for Accra in Ghana. Pictured are, left to right, Headteacher Paul White; Rhiannon Thomas, Year 10; Rotarian Ken Abban, chairman of Llanelli Rotary Club's international committee; Connor Charles, Year 10; and Rotarian Anthony Jones, secretary of Llanelli Rotary Club. The HARK appeal will help station a customised Land Rover in Accra. The Land Rover will carry mobile equipment designed to tackle deafness and hearing issues in Accra.

Llanelli Rotary Club President Melanie Carroll-Cliffe helped hand out the awards at the charity boxing dinner staged at the Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli. The evening was organised by Trostre Amateur Boxing Club and helped raise £3,000 for Llanelli Rotary's HARK appeal for a mobile audiology unit for Accra in Ghana. For more pictures, see - http://picasaweb.google.com/robertapvincent/TrostreBoxingClubTournament#

Llanelli Rotary Club is staging a charity fund-raising amateur boxing dinner show at Parc y Scarlets on Friday, November 5. Trostre Boxing Club are staging the show on behalf of Llanelli Rotary’s HARK (Hearing Assessment Research Klinic) Appeal for Ghana in Africa. The evening will feature eight bouts of amateur boxing with boxers drawn from various clubs in Wales. Also included is a three course dinner in the Canolfan Delme Thomas (Delme Thomas centre) at Parc-y-Scarlets. Rotary Club president Melanie Carroll-Cliffe said a previous boxing dinner show organised in conjunction with the Trostre club had been a huge success. She added: “We have a wonderful venue for the event at Parc y Scarlets and it promises to be an excellent evening, with plenty of sporting action, good food and good company. And it is all in aid of a worthy cause – an international project being organised by Llanelli Rotary Club to help a deprived area of Africa. “Also, ladies take note. Don’t let the guys fool you i...