L-R: PP & GSE Team Leader Trevor Lynch, Katrina Mason, President Michelle Daswani, Philipp Bourquin, Dayle McGeachie, Scott Johnson and GSE Director Immediate Past President Kay Reuben at Lunch Meeting of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay
At our Lunch meeting on the 27th of April 2010, President Michelle Daswani welcomed the Group Study Exchange Team visiting from Australia. The Team Leader, Past President of the
Rotary Club of East Maitland, Australia, Trevor Lynch was presented with a Paul Harris Medallion by our Past President George Palmer.
The Team Leader, PP Trevor Lynch, and each of the other four members of the team gave interesting and informative presentations about themselves, their work, their families, special interests and aspects of Australian geography, life, culture and heritage.
PP Trevor Lynch thanked PP George and the Club for bestowing the Paul Harris Medallion on him. He also thanked the various Hosts of the Team and those who have helped to transport and look after them. He stated that highlights of their stay in Montego Bay have been the Rose Hall Rotary Club's Installation & Charter Banquet, visits to schools and to the Jamaica Public Service.
Trevor is a retired Mathematics teacher and has been a Rotarian for 15 years. He lists sport as an important part of his life. He highlighted the different types of snakes of Australia, informing the meeting about their reputation, danger and antidote to their bite.
Other Team members are :-
Dayle McGeachie - sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Charlestown, is an Area Coordinator for the
Ronald McDonald Learning Programme. The program supports the educational needs of children recovering from serious illness, by providing individual learning programs.
She also facilitates Professional Development courses to make Educators aware of the effects of serious illness on a child’s education. Dayle also holds National and World titles in Surf Lifesaving.
Philipp Bourquin – sponsored by
the Rotary Club of Nelson Bay, works in the Energy Utilities Industry overseeing the operation and maintenance of natural gas infrastructure, having under his management a team of 36 people. He enjoys outdoor activities and is an active member of the local
Surf Life Saving Club.
Katrina Mason – sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Newcastle Sunrise, works as a Residential Case Manger in the Youth Service. Katrina is responsible for 15 children and young people, the training of caseworkers and a team of youth workers. Katrina enjoys travelling and has spent long periods in South East Asia and New Zealand. She especially enjoys activities which revolve around the ocean.
Scott Johnson – Sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Morisset, is a Residential Programme
Coordinator at a Sports and Recreation Centre. Scott’s role is to organise a wide variety of clients and provide mainly recreational activities for them. These include archery, sailing, canoeing and rock climbing, to name a few. The majority of the clients are school children but he also provides programmes for family groups. Scott enjoys sport especially cricket and golf.
The Group was hosted by The Rotary Club of Montego Bay East on the evening of Monday the 19th of April at a member's home and visited the Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise, The Rotary Club of Falmouth and Lucea before heading to Kingston for the District Conference.
