Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels

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Ripon Rowels improve the lives of people in the local communities.The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service above self.

Our Club was formed in 1990 to give service to the local and international community by the use of each member's vocational skills. Our members strive to give assistance to local groups either by way of raising funds or 'hands on' projects or assistance such as marshalling duties. Our members encourage the development of local youngsters by sponsoring them on various Rotary events. Our help to the

local community is generally born from the ideas of individual members, Your ideas could make a difference. The motto of Rotary is "Service above Self". Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels meet each Wednesday evening from 7.00pm. for 7.30 Although the format of Club meetings varies from Club to Club a typical evening at our Club would be a social meal at 7.30pm with a comfort break at 8.30pm and then a local speaker of interest with the evening finishing at 9.30-10pm. The first Wednesday of each month is a club business meeting. We have many other social events throughout the year such as dinner dances and weekends away. Members are free and encouraged to visit other Rotary Clubs at anytime. Please come and visit our club - you will be warmly welcome. For information on meetings and to arrange a visit, please contact our club secretary John McGrath (Hon Sec) on 01765 600620 or email to: [email protected]

15/03/2026

It was a pleasure to be part of The Sights and Sounds of Ripon yesterday and speak with all you wonderful people!

Thanks to Ripon Library for doing such a great job of hosting us and to the organisers for putting the whole thing together. Yet another reminder of how strong the community in Ripon is.

We even had some winners on the Rotary wheel of fortune!

10/03/2026

The Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels are excited to be part of the Sights and Sounds of Ripon day this coming Saturday (14th March).

So why not come down to Ripon Library between 10am and 2pm this Saturday and give us a spin? (Prizes to be won).

We would love to talk to you about what we do in the the community and can’t wait to chat with all the other wonderful community organisations taking part on the day!

https://visitripon.co.uk/event/sights-sounds-of-ripon/

17/02/2026

🏆 Ripon Pancake Races 2026 Final Results 🏆

A huge thank you to all those who joined in, spectated and helped make the Ripon Pancake Races happen today!! It was a great event and kept an important tradition alive for another year! Ripon Ymca , Ripon Cathedral, Ripon BID, Ripon Together, Valentino's Restaurant, Hemingways Ripon, Tesco The Inner Wheel Club of Ripon Rowels.

Now down to business. The results are in and the new Grand Champions of the Ripon Pancake Races 2026 have been crowned.
🥁🥁🥁🥁

Stanley Hutton (childrens race)!

And

Ripon Together (adults team race)

Congratulations to both our new champions. We do need to work on getting to Olympic accuracy for our timings next year but these were clear winners in their categories.

We would love to present you with your new golden frying pan trophies to commemorate your win, so make sure you tag in the comments, so we can be in contact.

We’d also love to see your photos from the day in the comments!

16/02/2026

Make sure you join us tomorrow morning for racing, pancakes, chocolate and fun for all the family.

27/01/2026

!!!!! Free Half Term Fun !!!!

The Ripon Pancake Races are back for another year and set to be better than ever!!

Not only will we have the usual fun, pancakes, prizes and the chance to win the Golden Frying Pan at the end of it all but this year we will be adding flipping stations into the mix to test skills of the participants (no more thumb on and run technique!). 🏆🥞🏃‍♀️

There will be team races for children and adults, so it will be fun for all the family! Just turn up on the day and sign up to join in. Why not rep your business, office or school in a team!

So, please join us at 11am on Tuesday 17th February outside Ripon Cathedral for some free family fun to keep the little ones occupied during half term.

https://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=967621&ClubID=1703

Ripon BID Ripon Together Ripon Cathedral

07/11/2025

Mr Fawkes is in position and ready for his big night tonight 🔥

The Ripon City Bonfire and Fireworks Display is only a few hours away! Hope to see you all there.

Thanks to the Ripon Men's Shed for all their hard work. Its almost a shame to see it all go up in smoke!

05/11/2025

Ripon City Bonfire and Fireworks are all set up ready to go this Friday (7th November).

🎟Advance tickets are all still available from the outlets listed on the attached flyer or can be purchased by card or cash on the gate.🎟

We look forward to seeing you all there !!!

31/10/2025

Only one week to go now until the Ripon City Bonfire and Firework extravaganza!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🎆🎇

Don’t forget, you can still get your discounted advance tickets from the following outlets -

G Craggs Ltd Ripon and Boroughbridge
Hays Travel Ripon
Ripon Leisure Centre
Nisalocal Ripon
Ripon Print Group

30/10/2025

If you are out and about making the most of the autumnal sunshine, you might be interested in this excellent little walking book published by the Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels.

It describes the Ripon Rowel Walk. A circular route taking in 50 miles of the beautiful countryside surrounding Ripon. Don’t worry if that is a bit of a stretch, it also has 12 circular walks taking in different aspects of the route. Pictures below are from circular walk number 2, going out to Fountains Abbey from Ripon and back.

The book is available from The Little Ripon Bookshop, The Ripon Cathedral gift shop and Masham Information Centre. As well as being available to order online from-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157428434372

All profits go towards helping maintain and improve the walk.

22/10/2025

Ripon City Bonfire Night is almost here and we hope to see you there!

🎆 Friday 7th November
🎆 Ripon Races
🎆 Gates open at 17:30
🎆 Bonfire is lit at 19:00
🎆 Fireworks at 19:30

Advance tickets are available now.

Ripon City Bonfire website: https://www.riponcitybonfire.org/
Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/3Ezyh3vjf

13/10/2025

Less than a month to go now until the bonfire and fireworks extravaganza at the Ripon Racecourse 🔥🎆🎇

A big thanks to all our ticket outlets, who should now be stocked up. Make sure you’ve got yours!

Advance tickets available from -
Hays Travel Ripon, Nisa Local Ripon, Ripon Leisure Centre, G Craggs Ltd (Boroughbridge and Ripon), Ripon Print Group

Also a huge thanks to all our sponsors and volunteers for the event who help keep the ticket prices so low every year.

Ripon Racecourse, Specsavers Ripon, The Barker Partnership Chartered Accountants, Yorkshire Accountants Ripon, Bradley Accountants, Abrasive Finishing Systems, Batchelors Motor Group of Ripon, Riponfarmservices, Eccles-Hendon Solicitors, Ripon Ymca, Blair Roebuck, Val of York Pallets, 6th Ripon Cathedral Scout Group, Ripon Rotary Club, Ripon RADARs

And many more.

Don’t forget that all proceeds from the event go directly to Rotary charities.

More information to be found at -
Www.riponcitybonfire.org

Address

The Water Rat, Bondgate Green
Ripon
HG43HH

Opening Hours

7:30pm - 10pm

Telephone

+441765600620

Website

http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=1703

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