Press Call

May 2005 REF: 05-192

ROTARY CENTENNIAL EUROPEAN CLASSIC CAR RALLY

Date: Sunday 5th June 2005
Place: Woking Classic Car Rally, Prins Willem Dutch School, Old Woking Road,Woking
Time: 4.15pm

A European Classic Car Rally is being organised to celebrate Rotary International’s centennial. Rotary has planned a centennial rally for Classic cars with Rotarians entering from across Europe. The entrants will start in their own countries and meet up in Paris and then continue to Monte Carlo. There are entrants from France, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Italy, UK, Belgium and Finland.

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Racing Driver Patrick Watts, current leader in the UK British Classic car championship, will start the UK cars in the rally, after the cars have paraded around the ring at the Woking Classic Car Rally. The cars will then drive to Gatwick Airport for the competitive part of the rally when they leave at 7.00am on 6th June.

The rally is helping to raise funds for wheelchairs for children suffering from polio. Rotary has vowed to eradicate polio and has been working with the World Health Organisation and other partners since 1988. To date Rotary has contributed more than $600 million to the polio eradication programme.

For more information, please contact: Judith Diment Telephone 01628 672965 or 07860 162313 Email: judithdiment@aol.com www.rotary-ribi.org

Or Peter Kleyn, Rotary Club of Woking District Telephone 01483 766182

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Rotary is an organisation of business and professional men and women who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. Members carry out this work in their community and/or overseas by giving their time and their expertise. A Rotary Club is open to men and women who are business, professional or community leaders who want to use their experience for the benefit of others. Paul Harris formed the world’s first service club in Chicago on 23rd February 1905. The name Rotary is derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members’ offices. Today there are some 1.2 million Rotary club members of more than 30,000 clubs in 167 countries.