News and Events from Newquay Towan Blystra Lions
All the latest about what we’re doing…
News and Events from Newquay Towan Blystra Lions
All the latest about what we’re doing…
Join our new Leos group
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions are inviting young people in the age range 14 - 21 to come along to Newquay Tretherras Academy next Tuesday evening and learn more about their new Leos club which is being established to cover the Newquay and District area. Towan Blystra...
read moreTowan Blystra welcome another member
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club are looking forward to a successful 2012 of serving the community, as they welcomed yet another member to their proactive club. Sarah Morcom became a member last week, in a ceremony held with her fellow lions. Sarah is the fourth...
read moreThe GIANT Easter Egg Raffle 2012
Easter is just around the Corner, and Newquay Towan Blystra Lions have joined forces with some of Newquay’s most popular pubs and organisations to help raise some Easter cash for local causes. There are six locations across the resort which have been given a very...
read moreTowan Blystra scoop top awards
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions are roaring with pride, as they scooped a number of top awards at the recent District Convention, which took place in Torquay. The club were joint winner of this year’s Ray Hill Administration Award, along with Exeter Lions Club....
read moreClub wins District Environmental Award
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club won the Environmental Award for District 105SW which covers clubs across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. The club's work in the community with litter clearing and planting trees contributed to the important award.
read moreTowan Blystra win coveted Lions awards
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions are celebrating after being presented with two awards marking it’s hard work within the community. They were presented with a Club Excellence award for 2010-2011, and a President’s Award for 2010-2011. They were presented to Lions President...
read moreTowan Blystra Charter Dinner 2012
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions recently held their successful Charter Dinner, at the Sandy Lodge Hotel, Newquay. Members of the club and invited guests enjoyed an entertaining evening, which consisted of a five-course meal, and dancing til the early hours to the sounds...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions help replant community rose gardens
Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions, as part of their dedication to the enviroment, helped out Newquay in Bloom in removing a number of rose bushes from the town’s Rose Garden. The bushes are being replaced this year, and the old ones are being donated to the...
read moreThank you for supporting Christmas Community Fun Day
Thank you very much to everyone that helped to support our Christmas Community Fun Day once again this year. We took over Bank Street in Newquay, with Santa Claus, facepainting courtesy of Newquay Zoo, entertainment from Peninsula Radio, balloon animals,...
read moreLesley hits the radio waves!
Lions President Lesley Clarke was invited into Atlantic FM Cornwall, to have a chat about Lions in Cornwall, how their year has been and plans for the future. The chat was recorded for broadcast during a special show on Christmas Day...
read moreLions host Christmas dinner for the community
Two local Newquay charities joined forces to help provide a Community Christmas Dinner for those who are unable to celebrate Christmas with family or others. Over 100 people attended the event, which was part of the Mayor’s Charity efforts. Newquay Towan...
read moreLions help at St Newlyn East Christmas Lights Switchon 2012
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions, and Santa had a fantastic evening at the St Newlyn East Christmas Lights Switchon, which took place on Thursday 8th December 2011. Santa, in his sleigh led the procession through the village to the Church, where a short service...
read moreLions Community Christmas Meal 2011
Lions Community Christmas Meal Two local Newquay charities are joining forces to help provide a Community Christmas Dinner for those who are unable to celebrate Christmas with family or others. As part of the Mayor’s Charity efforts, Newquay Towan Blystra Lions are...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions make a donation in memory of a dear friend
Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions made a donation to a local cause, in memory of a dear friend at a recent meeting. Lions Member PDG Ken Clarke passed away last month, after suffering a serious stroke a couple of years ago. This left him confined to a wheelchair,...
read morePDG Lion Ken Clarke MBE
It is with a very heavy heart, that we must announce the passing of Lion Ken Clarke MBE in the early hours of Saturday, 1st October 2011. Ken was a Lion for many years, with both Newquay Lions and later, as a founding charter member of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions. He...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions welcome District Governor
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions welcomed District Governor Clif Cane to our recent meeting. Pictured are Clif, and Lions President Lesley...
read moreLane Theatre evening raises almost £1,000 for Towan Blystra Lions
A recent night out at the Theatre raised almost £1000 for Newquay Towan Blystra Lions. Newquay’s Lane Theatre held a special Charity performance of their latest production - the Alan Ayckbourne whodunnit “It could be anyone of us”. Pictured are members of the cast and...
read moreLions are recognised for work in the community
Two hard-working members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions were recognised as stalwarts of the local Community, at a recent glittering reception evening. Lions President Lion Lesley Clarke, along with her husband Past District Govenor Lion Ken Clarke MBE were amongst...
read moreLane Theatre Charity Night in aid of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions
Lane Theatre in Newquay have been extremely generous, in offering Newquay Towan Blystra Lions our very own charity performance of their next production, the Alan Ayckbourne whodunnit “It could be anyone of us”. Being held on Thursday 22nd September, There...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions assist Newquay in Bloom
Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club assisted members of Newquay in Bloom recently, to help beautify the town ahead of the judging for a major competition. Voluntary members of Newquay in Bloom were refreshing all the flowerbeds in the town, ahead of...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions gig row for Children’s Hospice South West
Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions spent the afternoon at Newquay Rowing Club, and took part in it’s annual charity gig race, raising money for the Children’s Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal. Now in it’s twelth year, the event invites local...
read moreLions present Newquay Lifesaving Club with new racing board
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions used the occasion of their annual “Dad’s Dip” event to present Newquay Surf Lifesaving Club with a brand new racing board. The Lions had been approached recently for help purchasing this board at nearly £1,000, to help train...
read moreDad’s Dip 2011
Dad’s Dip 2011 Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club, and Newquay Surf Lifesaving Club invite you to Come and get wet on Father’s Day! Just come along to Fistral Beach in Newquay at 11am on Sunday 19th June for a dip in the sea and, if you fancy it, bring along some food...
read moreLions purchase new training uniforms for St Newlyn East Training Band
A group of enthusiastic young musicians are now looking the part, after a generous donation from a local group enabled them to purchase brand new uniforms. Marian Prior, from St Newlyn East Band wrote to Newquay Towan Blystra Lions earlier this year,...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions march in Civic Parade
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were proud to support fellow Lions, Andy and Barbara Hannan for the town’s annual Civic Parade on Sunday 5 June 2011. Andy is the town’s Mayor for 2011 - 2012, with his wife Barbara as Mayoress. The town’s other many...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions welcome two new members
At the last meeting of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club in March two new members were welcomed, Jodie Ward and Stephanie Willis, making a their total of 28 members. Jodie was sponsored by Dean Cook and Stephanie by our President Lesley Clarke. Being our youngest...
read moreLions unveil emblem outside meeting place
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions were pleased to be able to show their emblem which will be on display outside the Griffin in Newquay, where they hold their monthly meetings. The presentation took place between Lions President Lesley Clarke and Steve Amor of the Griffin...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra pick up The Ray Hill Award for Administration award
Despite being the youngest club in the South West, Newquay Towan Blystra Lions are celebrating after picking up a top award at the organisation’s annual convention. The event, held in March see all the South West International Lions Clubs gather at the Imperial Hotel...
read moreLCIF Supports victims of the Japanese Tsunami
In the case of disasters, Lions are often the first to respond, and continue to provide for as long as it takes until all work is done. Lions Clubs International Foundation and Lions are providing relief in devastated Japan. The Tohoku Region Pacific Ocean Coast...
read moreLions attend St Pirans Day ball
Chairman of Cornwall Council, Cllr Pat Harvey of St Columb hosted a lavish ball to celebrate St Piran’s Day at the Falmouth Hotel on Saturday and members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club attended to lend their support for the charity function in aid of the RNLI....
read moreTowan Blystra Lions present £310 to Cornwall Air Ambulance
Towan Blystra Lions Club members gathered at the Griffin Inn in Newquay to hand over a cheque for £310 to the Cornwall Air Ambulance. The proceeds came from an evening of entertainment with Johnny Cowling at the Glendorgal Hotel in January. Several dozen people...
read moreTowan Blystra celebrate Charter dinner in good company
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions President Lesley Clarke and PDG Ken Clarke welcome the District Governor Neil Rutter and his wife, Mayor of Newquay Lion Jill Bunt and her Consort Lion Phil Bunt and Rotary President Chris Mc Quillan-Wright and his wife Emma to...
read moreJohnny Cowling raises money for Newquay Towan Blystra Lions and Cornwall Air Ambulance
Johnny Cowling played a succesful gig at the Glendorgal Hotel, Newquay raising money for the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust and Newquay Towan Blystra Lions...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions assist Newquay student
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club have made a donation to assist Newquay student to study tropical marine systems first hand. Jake Bishop is currently studying at Cornwall College Newquay, and has been given the opportunity to travel out to Indonesia as part of...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions celebrate birthday in style
This weekend, nearly one hundred people gathered at Newquay’s Sandy Lodge Hotel to help celebrate Newquay Towan Blystra Lion Club’s first anniversary Charter night. The annual event, which celebrates the official charter date and successes of the year involved not...
read moreLocal Lions send hope to Haiti
Newquay’s two Lions Groups got together this weekend, to help raise money for the people of the recently earthquake-hit Haiti. Dozens of Lions from both Newquay Lions and the Towan Blystra Lions spent all day on Saturday collecting at the town’s local Supermarkets,...
read moreTowan Blystra help out at Swimathon
Members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were amongst others who supported St Austell Lions with their annual Swimathon in October 2009. Pictured at the Polkyth Pool are (back left): Lion Kevin Marshall (Bodmin), MP Dan Rogerson, Lion Bob Moore (Bodmin), (front)...
read moreLions Clubs of Newquay Hendra Holiday
Once again Newquay Lions, with the help of the new Towan Blystra Lions, hosted 29 deserving families from as far afield as Liverpool, Rochdale, Manchester and Dover as well as a few from closer to home. All of the families are selected and sponsored by their...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions meet formally for first time
The newest club in the worldwide institution of Lions International was unveiled at The Griffin in Newquay on Thurs 11 December 2008. Newquay Towan Blysta Lions Club has been formed by over twenty new and transfering members in order to serve community needs and...
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