Rotary
Club of Royston
President: Stephen Higginbotham
Royston
Rotary
Club
has
a
longstanding
association
with
the
Rotary
Club
of
Paray
le
Monial
et
du
Charolais,
located
in
the
Burgundy
region
of
France.
Each
year
a
party
of
Rotarians
from
the
one
club
travels
to
the
other
club
and
are
to
be
hosted
in
the
homes
of
them
by
the
local
Rotarians
there
for
three
or
four
days.
The
visit
includes
cultural,
sporting,
social
and,
importantly,
wining
and
dining
opportunities.
The
sporting
aspect
arises
from
a
competition
between
the
two
clubs
called
‘the
ashes’.
This
might
involve
boules,
rowing,
table
tennis,
10
pin
bowling
or
many
other
events.
Coincidentally
the
visiting
club
always
manages
to
win
and
so
has
to
host the losing club the following year.
The
following
year
the
travelling
is
in
the
opposite
direction
so
each
club
gets
a
flavour
of
the
other’s
lifestyles
and
culture.
This
arrangement
has
gone
on
for
many
years
and
long-standing
friendships
have
been
made
between
individual
club
members.
The
visits
usually
take
place
in
high
summer
to
take
maximum
advantage
of
all
that
the
host
country
has
to
offer.
We
have an
extensive collection of photographic records of these visits which can be seen by clicking the appropriate links below.
The link to the Rotary Club of Paray Le Monial et du Charolais’s web site is here
