2010 Wells River Rotary Jr High Basketball Tournament

More info: Ian Clark (802) 429-2477 or email ian AT ianclark.com

The Woodsville – Wells River Rotary Club will be hosting our 43rd Annual Junior High School Basketball Tournament in January 2010. Proceeds from the tournament support our scholarship fund. The tournament will be Saturday & Sunday January 16 & 17 and Saturday & Sunday January 23 & 24 at Blue Mountain Union School. The first game will start at 1 p.m. each day.

The first weekend will have boys and girls teams from Haverhill, Lyndon, Rivendell Academy and St Johnsbury. January 23 & 24 will feature boys and girls teams from Barnet, BMU, Monroe and Waterford. Each Saturday both boys and girls teams from each school will play in the first round, and compete again on Sunday for the consolation prize and championship.

Proceeds from the tournament are used by the Woodsville -- Wells River Rotary Club for its scholarship fund. This year, the Club will award four $1,000 scholarships, including one to a student in each of Blue Mountain Union High School, River Bend Career & Technical Center and Woodsville High School.

The Rotary Club is selling ads in the program distributed at the games. For information, contact Gary Chamberlin at (802) 222-9211 or email familystacks@aol.com. Ad deadline is this Friday, January 8.

The Club supports several additional service projects, both locally and worldwide. Rotary International is best known for its campaign to eliminate polio worldwide. The PolioPlus program has eliminated polio in 99% of the world. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded a $355 million matching grant to Rotary for the final push to immunize children and eliminate polio forever.

Rotary supports education around the world, Rotary’s Ambassadorial Scholarship program is the world’s largest privately funded scholarship program. Each year, about 1,000 university students and 8,000 high school students receive Rotary awards to study abroad. Rotary has established eight International Centers for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution to provide masters level education to future world leaders.

Rotary International is the world’s largest service organization with 1.2 million Rotarians in 32,000 clubs worldwide. Membership is open to businessmen and businesswomen of all faiths, opinions and nationalities who are willing to encourage and foster the ideal of service in their personal, business and community life. The Woodsville – Wells River Rotary Club meets every Tuesday evening at the Happy Hour Restaurant in Wells River. Anyone who would like to know more about our Club or Rotary International is welcome to visit or visit our web site at www.WellsRiverRotary.org.