Welcome to the District 6800 team

The District Governor

Rotarian Neil Sharman
Rotary Club of Hucknall

    I extend a very warm welcome to you all from the Rotarians and their families from, what is known to many as the 'Robin Hood' Country, District 1220 in the heart of England with 57 Clubs and a little short of 2000 members. I trust that you will have an enjoyable, stimulating and rewarding stay in our District, learning our culture and teaching us some of yours so that we both may better understand more about our respective countries.

     There will be plenty of opportunities for Vocational study in your chosen subjects and I am sure that your Vocational days have been well planned. These will give you an insight into our ways and I expect that you will be able to take back many ideas to your homeland.

     To many, Group Study Exchange is one of the highlights of our year and I am sad that due to financial restrictions The Foundation has had to change the programme to a two-year cycle instead of the traditional annual event. In many years of association with G.S.E. I have seen team members grow in stature from the experience gained and many lasting friendships have developed. I met your Governor Rotarian Kenneth R. Bender in Anaheim and we quickly became friends meeting many times during the Assembly.

     District 1220 is one of many contrasts. It consists of the whole of Nottinghamshire, most of Derbyshire (except the Peak District) and a little of both Staffordshire --- Burton-on-Trent the brewing capital of England, and Leicestershire --- Castle Donington with its East Midland Airport and Donington Park car and motor cycle race track. Two major cities, Nottingham and Derby, are complemented by towns and villages steeped in history down the centuries, with several waterways, notably the river Trent, flowing through both counties. The countryside offers flat farming areas to the East and South which during World War 2 housed many airfields, some staffed by your country's men and women, and to the West and North the ground rises into the foothills of the Pennines the backbone of England.

     We look forward to your presentation at the District Conference in Southport and to your visits to Clubs around the District which will provide you all with a superb opportunity of making friends, not only of Rotarians, but their families and their friends, in our District. Arch Klumph's vision of a world improved through better world understanding is the one of the foundations of G.S.E. and everyone can learn so much from the Exchange, sharing and exchanging ideas as we work towards our goal of a World at Peace.

     Do enjoy yourselves and let us Lend a Hand to each other to further International Relationships.

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