
This news follows a very successful Scotland-to-Canada trip in 2022 and precedes the November 2024 trip where Keith and John will travel throughout Scotland, visiting many curling clubs and enjoying tremendous Scottish hospitality (yes; lots of haggis and scotch!). These two lucky curlers follow a long line of previous Rotarians (most recently, Jim Simpson & Margaret Bancroft) who have participated in this high-profile Canada-Scotland exchange event. Congratulations to both Keith & John.
For those who follow this RI exchange, the "Read more ..." tab shows the composition of the entire 2024 Canadian Team.
The 18 member Canada-to-Scotland team at this time is as follows:
- Steve Dietrich (Rotary Club of Burlington Lakeshore)
- Karen Dietrich (Rotary Club of Burlington Lakeshore)
- Jim Howden (Rotary Club of Grimsby)
- Keith Jones (Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise)
- John Vallee (Rotary Club of Simcoe)
- Atul Swarup (Rotary Club of Peterborough)
- Ron Anderson (Rotary Club of Stratford)
- Tom Everrett (Rotary Club of Cambridge)
- Paul Reitzel (Rotary Club of Kitchener Conestoga)
- Carl Webster (Rotary Club of Guelph)
- Rob Galloway (Rotary Club of Fergus Elora)
- Rob Munden (Rotary Club of Thornbury Clarksburg)
- Sonja Glass (Rotary Club of Meaford)
- Mark Siemons (Rotary Club of Kingston)
- Mike Richardson (Rotary Club of Brigenorth, Lakefield & Ennismore)
- Trudy Brown (Rotary Club of Wellington)
- Lindsey Foster (Rotary Club of Kingston)
- Donna Buchan (Rotary Club of Guelph Trillium; 2024 Team Captain)
The 4 alternates in order of selection are as follows:
1) Dave Glass (Rotary Club of Meaford)
2) Phyo Ki (Rotary Club of Wellington)
3) Connie Forsyth (Rotary Club of Simcoe)
4) Neil Main (Rotary Club of Cambridge)