The Rotary Club of North Fife

12/06/2026

Michael Portillo visited the Mostar Rock School in Bosnia and Herzegovina during his travel documentary series, Great Continental Railway Journeys. During the episode, Portillo met diverse, young local musicians from the community coming together to play, study, and bridge cultural divides through MUSIC. The school epitomises the Rotary values of
fellowship, integrity, service and leadership.
Check it out - https://mostarrockschool.org.
You can see the program on I Player - Great Railway Journeys Series 8 Episode 5.
Maybe you can't join that school but you can join North Fife Rotary which not only helps community projects here in North Fife but also provides help internationally eg we support a Ravuma student in Tanzania.

MOSTAR ROCK SCHOOL The School That Rocks Mostar Rock School je fabrika zvuka koja iz godine u godinu iznjedri novu generaciju potkovanih talenata, mjesto razmjene i saradnje, klub profesionalnih muzičara, platforma podrške sa lepezom servisa za mlade muzičare i bendove u usponu. Vidi više DK STU...

12/06/2026

Tickets are now available for BBC Radio - Any Questions? at Crail Kirk, Crail Anstruther on Friday 12th June 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

11/06/2026

Are you interested in coastal heritage? You're invited to join archaeologists from Scape Trust on coastal heritage surveys between St Andrews and Tayport from 18 to 21 June. See the poster for contact details ⬇️

Historic Environment Scotland University of St Andrews Sustainability Archaeology Scotland

09/06/2026

On Monday 8th June 2026 evening North Fife Rotary President and Fund Raising Lead Steve Gilman and President Elect Ian Cookson attended the Kinross Rotary Club meeting to present a cheque for £5000 to Kinross Rotary towards the new Sensory Room project they are fund raising for the redevelopment of the CHAS Rachel House Children’s Hospice in the town! We were accompanied by Ian Gillanders and Rod Sturrock of The FriendshFriendship Cup Scotland, our main sponsors, the Ancient Links Scotscraig Golf Course and Arnold Clark Dundee Mercedes Benz who were our Hole in One Sponsors. Another example of North Fife Rotary in action in the community! We are always looking for people to come and help us!”

31/05/2026

Yesterday we had our Charity Golf Tournament our main fund raiser for the year. A huge THANK YOU to all the the following -
The Friendship Cup Scotland for being our main sponsor and their generous donation.
Arnold Clark Mercedes Benz Dundee for sponsoring the Hole in One.
The Ancient Links Scotscraig GC for all their help and assistance.
To all the business teams and others who played and braved the stiff breeze!
Approx £6500 was raised with £4500 going towards Kinross Rotary Club's funding of a sensory room in the refurbishment the CHAS Rachel House
with £2000 going to NFR's funding for local causes. Lastly, but not least to all NFR's volunteers who made the day hugely successful. Thank You.

12/05/2026

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03/05/2026

01/05/2026

Roy Robertson of Drumoig came to our meeting on the 30th of April and gave a thought provoking and timely talk on the Liberation of Vucht on the the 25th of October 1944. If you have a read through it I hope you will gain an understanding of the depth of gratitude that we owe to soldiers who fought for our liberty in WW11.

THE LIBERATION OF VUCHT
Roy outlined the wartime exploits of his father who was instrumental in the liberation of Vught, a small town in the Netherlands, in October 1944. The modern story began when Roy noticed an appeal in The Courier in 2019 from a Dutch journalist wanting information about a Major Robertson and any details of the liberation of his town. In Holland each town celebrates and commemorates its own liberation date. As it happens, Roy’s father had kept a detailed log with maps as his regiment, The Black Watch, moved through Holland. This was all compiled by Roy’s father into a personal book.
Roy & Barbara were guests of honour at the 75th Anniversary commemorations in 2019. Their Dutch granddaughter was a particular hit with the locals!
However, there was a much darker side to the story when Roy revealed that there was a concentration camp nearby. This was really a work camp for able-bodied Jewish people who reprocessed aluminium and other metals from crashed aircraft. Those who were unable to work such as children, the disabled and elderly, were transported to the extermination camps in the east.
Memorial to 1400 Jewish children who were too young to work.
Roy showed photographs of cellars where people sheltered and also prison cells where many had died due to gross overcrowding and arsenic poisoning (from licking moisture off arsenic impregnated paint on the walls).
This was an emotional and sobering talk which made us all realise how much our generation owe to unassuming hero’s – ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

27/04/2026

Newport Primary School attended the area final of the Rotary Primary Schools Quiz held in Dundee High School last Wednesday. The two top teams qualified for the District Final to be held in Aberdeen in June.
Although the team didn't manage to get first or second place they were very happy to be there and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. They were super representatives for North Fife Rotary's area.
The winners were -
Castlehill Primary in Cupar - 97pts
Freuchie Primary - 94pts
Greyfriars Primary in St Andrews - 93pts
The 6 other teams participating all scored in the 80's.
A huge WELL DONE to them ALL and thank you for taking part in the quiz.

16/04/2026

Here's Kinross Rotary's Appeal