Current Youth Projects
The Lead for our Youth Projects for the 2024-2025 Rotary year is Rotarian Geoff Dibble.
You can contact Geoff by email via the form at the bottom of this page.
You can contact Geoff by email via the form at the bottom of this page.
Rotary Young Chef 2024
The school round of the Rotary Young Chef Competition was held at West Somerset College on November 30th.
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West Somerset College entered four students and Minehead Middle School one. Sadly six other contestants dropped out at the last minute. However, 11 year old ROXANA SRAMSKA from Minehead Middle School made a very worthy winner with her piece of salmon served on top of basil pesto pasta with avocado and olives followed by deliscious honey and banana pancakes. This was her first competition and she was up against older students from the college, but she proved to be a very creative young chef. She is sponsored by The Rotary Club of Bridgwater now and will go forward to the District Round of Rotary Young Chef to be held at West Somerset College on February 8th 2025 along with 13 year old SAPPHIRE HADDON, the West Somerset College winner.
This was Sapphires third competition and this time her perseverance paid off. She came first and is sponsered by Minehead Rotary Club. The two judges Richard Hands, chief lecturer at Petrocs College in Barnstaple and Lewis Singletary, General Manager and Chef of Croyde Bay Holiday Resort both said that" Sapphire had huge potential", encouraging words for one so young.
She was very ambitious and cooked butternut squash with parmesan ravioli served with a creamy onion veloute and chives followed by black forest profiteroles. Both girls made their own pasta and impressed the judges with their culinary skills. They had to cook a two course meal for two in two hours and were marked on their skills, creativity and safety in the kitchen as well as setting a table for the food they had prepared.
Vere Kennett West Somerset College Cookery Teacher who runs an after school Cookery Club on a wednesday to encourage the youngsters with their culinary skills and Mollie Foster, Minehead Rotary Club were also in attendance on the day, both of whom said how impressed they were with the high standard of cuisine that the students presented to the judges.
Minehead Rotary Club president Andrew De Moro presented all the youngsters including, Elif Liyan, Ellie Saunderson, and Tammy Ruddy, who was the runner up, with their certificates .
This was Sapphires third competition and this time her perseverance paid off. She came first and is sponsered by Minehead Rotary Club. The two judges Richard Hands, chief lecturer at Petrocs College in Barnstaple and Lewis Singletary, General Manager and Chef of Croyde Bay Holiday Resort both said that" Sapphire had huge potential", encouraging words for one so young.
She was very ambitious and cooked butternut squash with parmesan ravioli served with a creamy onion veloute and chives followed by black forest profiteroles. Both girls made their own pasta and impressed the judges with their culinary skills. They had to cook a two course meal for two in two hours and were marked on their skills, creativity and safety in the kitchen as well as setting a table for the food they had prepared.
Vere Kennett West Somerset College Cookery Teacher who runs an after school Cookery Club on a wednesday to encourage the youngsters with their culinary skills and Mollie Foster, Minehead Rotary Club were also in attendance on the day, both of whom said how impressed they were with the high standard of cuisine that the students presented to the judges.
Minehead Rotary Club president Andrew De Moro presented all the youngsters including, Elif Liyan, Ellie Saunderson, and Tammy Ruddy, who was the runner up, with their certificates .
Swimming lessons for children in West Somerset
Our Community lead is working on a project to improve access to very important
swimming lessons for children in our area.
Pop across to our Community Theme area for full details
The two pools we are aiming to support are:
swimming lessons for children in our area.
Pop across to our Community Theme area for full details
The two pools we are aiming to support are:
Competitions for Young People
DO YOU LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, WRITING STORIES OR POETRY OR HAVE OTHER SKILLS THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT – READ ON.
One of Rotary’s leading commitments is to offer young people the platforms and opportunities for them to unlock their potential, develop their skills and broaden their horizons.
We invite all groups including Scouts, Guides and Cadets to encourage their members with appropriate skills to consider entering one of these national competitions. You may already have heard through your school that these competitions are available, but this is an opportunity to start thinking about your entry for any one of the following groups. For all but the Young Musician (which is age group 11 – 17 years) entrants can be any age from 7 years to 17 years on 31st August 2023. Entries for most of the the local heats are to be submitted by the end of the year – 31st December 2023.
One of Rotary’s leading commitments is to offer young people the platforms and opportunities for them to unlock their potential, develop their skills and broaden their horizons.
We invite all groups including Scouts, Guides and Cadets to encourage their members with appropriate skills to consider entering one of these national competitions. You may already have heard through your school that these competitions are available, but this is an opportunity to start thinking about your entry for any one of the following groups. For all but the Young Musician (which is age group 11 – 17 years) entrants can be any age from 7 years to 17 years on 31st August 2023. Entries for most of the the local heats are to be submitted by the end of the year – 31st December 2023.
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Now is your chance to ask for more details, how to enter and obtain specific requirements for each category directly from our Youth Lead – Geoff Dibble – to help you start to work on your entry.
Veronica, our Club Secretary, is pictured here at the Dunster Fair with a display of the Youth Competition opportunities. |
The Competitions - summary details
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Young Artist – requires you to produce one finished 2-dimensional unframed piece of artwork based on the theme REBUILDING up to a maximum of size A2. This can be in pen and ink, paint, collage or print making.
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Young Filmmaker – you must produce a film/video of 5 minutes based on the theme REBUILDING – mobile phone cameras may be used in addition to cameras. To accompany the film each entrant is asked to provide a brief sentence describing the relationship to the theme.
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Young Photographer - you are required to produce one digital photograph based on the theme REBUILDING in colour or black and white. Mobile phones may be used in addition to cameras and each entry must be accompanied by a brief sentence describing the relationship of the photo to the theme.
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Young Writer – You are asked to produce a legible written or typed story entitled REBUILDING. This may be fiction or non -fiction, prose, or a poem if it relates to the theme. You can present up to a maximum of 500 words for prose; 40 lines for poetry – no pictures or drawings are allowed for this category.
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Young Environmentalist – On the topic WASTE MINIMISATION undertake some research and exploration into the current magnitude of the problem – the task may be undertaken by individuals or as part of a group of not more than 4 people.
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Young Musician – due to the enormous diversity of this category more specific details on this can be obtained by email, specifying your musical instrument. Performance times are allowed up to 13 minutes for this category,
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Youth Speaks – most often run in conjunction with your school or group. A team consisting of three members present a topic of their choice at a public speaking forum and answering questions from the audience on that topic. The team of three will each take a specific role – that of Chairperson, Proposer for the motion and an Opposer (against the motion) The team is allocated 15 minutes to present their debate.
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For those considering a career in their chosen category an incentive is being offered by Rotary Minehead to be awarded to the local heat winner to arrange a day with an expert in their chosen field. This would of course be at a time and place to suit the winner of the local heat.
