The Rotary Club of Royston has a longstanding association with the Rotary Club of Paray-le-Monial-et-du-Charolais, located in the Burgundy region of France. Each year we take it in turns to host a long weekend of cultural, sporting, social and, most importantly, wining and dining events. A key feature of the weekend is a competition for “The Ashes”. The competition may involve boules, rowing, table tennis, Jenga or whatever but the visiting club always manages to win and so has to host a return match the following year. These are truely great weekends and many lifelong frendships have been formed by them.