DG Blog
What has the DG been up to recently? DG Dave has started keeping a log of club visits etc. Take a look
Message from DG Dave Ebsworth
Good morning Fellow Lions & family

Today we start a new Lion’s year, and I hope you will join me in thanking Immediate Past District Governor Brian and Lion Lesley for all they did for the District and hope they enjoyed their year. I know that Covid unfortunately is still with us and hopefully it will start to disappear even more as this year goes on. Our new International President Lion Brian Sheehan and his lovely wife Lion Lori are full of energy and his strap line is "Together we can" and I am sure that the lions of our District 105sc will give it 100% this year. Along the way we must have lots of fun and enjoy the road ahead. Annie and I have attended the classroom lessons and the plenary sessions and there were so many good idea’s shared. I am pleased to announce that Campaign 100 reached £270m ($324m), which was another success and the most that Lions have raised so far in a single campaign.
What I would like to see this year is clubs starting to visit one another, not just within their own Zone but cross over into other Zones and work together in partnership so that we can achieve the goals we set for the individual projects. Therefore you need to record these visits because at Convention 2023 there will be a trophy awarded for the club with the most visits. We are reviewing all of the competitions and hopefully by the end of July they will be listed on the website. I can tell you now that the District team is there to support you, attend and help with events, be it a membership drive, duck racing or any event, but please make early contact so it can be put in the diary.
Young Ambassador, in my eyes is an important competition and I have told Jersey they will have some young Lions to stand against their candidate this year so please lets get out there and find these young people, let’s make this year’s competition one to remember, let's give Yorkie a headache with the numbers of candidates.
Please let's get all of our Club and District events into the diary so this will help members when they are planning events and Charters so they don’t clash.
My strap line for this year is "Service with Enthusiasm and Pride", so let’s make 2022-2023 a year to remember for the right reasons, let's get out there and serve our communities, let's make service count, and let us put Lions on the map.
Thank you for your support
Dave & Annie
Partner's project 2022-23
Annie Ebsworth is supporting: My Cancer My Choices - see more details...
Handover Lunch 2022
Sunday 10th July 2022
Hilton Garden Inn, Abingdon
District Handover this year was attended by 50 members and partners. The hotel looked after us well and DG Dave presented District Officers with his pin badge together with name badges for the forthcoming year. More...
Special Handover edition of the 105SC Sentinel
District Convention 2022
Our first face-to-face District Convention for 2 years was a great success.
See Richard Keeley's Convention Report and the report in the Sentinel
See other photos from the weekend on our Gallery page. Use the drop-down control (top right) to see Host and Banquet photos. More...
Full details are on the dedicated 2022 Convention website.
Lions District 105SC DG Team 2022-23
This year's DG Team are DG Dave Ebsworth (Reading Lions Club), 1stVDG David Taylor (Gillingham, Mere and Shaftesbury), 2ndVDG Sandra Manktelow (Petersfield) and IPDG Brian Donovan (Abingdon Lions Club).
Becoming a Lion
An Introduction to what it means to be a Lion by Peter Tabb - download the PDF booklet
Projects
Health Awareness programmes, environment, community, youth . Read more...
Useful information for clubs
Health and safety advice, insurance, competitions, awards, publicity and this year's partner's project Oasis - Autistic Society. Read more...
Latest District News
Read the latest District news...
District Newsletter
Council Chair Newsletter
District Officers' Pages
Members can find out who is doing what. District Officers can find useful notes to help with their role. Read more...
Members' Pages
Help logging in, monthly mailings, District Directory, Membership application forms - it's all here...
Other Lions Websites
Looking for MyLci log-in or other Lions Clubs websites or Lions related websites? - Read more...
Forthcoming events


August |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sun 28th |
Petersfield Lions Toy Tombola Petersfield Festivities |
10.00AM to 4.00PM |
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Mon 29th |
Summer Bank Holiday |
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September |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sat 3rd |
Petersfield Lions Brain Tumour Research Tombola Warsash Fair |
10.00AM to 4.00PM |
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Fri 9th |
Petersfield Lions Bridge afternoon |
2.00 to 5.00 Cost £50 per table of 4. Booking essential on 01730 265883 |
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Sat 10th |
Devizes Lions Diabetes Testing |
Devizes Health & Wellbeing Day |
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Sun 11th |
Bournemouth &, Christchurch Lions Club Car Boot Sale |
from 7.30am |
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Sun 18th |
From 10.00am |
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Thu 22nd |
Zoom |
8:00pm |
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Sun 25th |
Great British Beach Clean |
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16th to 25th |
Sun 25th |
National Eye Health Week |
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19th to 25th |
October |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Fri 7th |
7 for 7:30pm |
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Sat 8th |
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Sun 9th |
Peterfield Lions Blackmore Apple Fair |
10:00AM to 4.30PM |
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Sun 9th |
TBA |
10:30am |
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Thu 13th |
World Sight Day |
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Sun 16th |
World Food Day |
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Fri 21st |
Council Meeting |
DG & 1stVDG only. Weekend |
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Sat 22nd |
Chippenham Lions Chas &, Dave tribute concert |
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Thu 27th |
Europa Forum 2022 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
Th; Fr & Sat |
Sat 29th |
Woodley and Earley 40th Charter Dinner |
Crowne Plaza, Wharfedale Road, Winnersh Triangle, Reading RG41 5TS |
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Sat 29th |
Church Crookham Community Centre, Boyce Road, Church Crookham GU52 8AQ |
TBC |
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Mon 31st |
Halloween |
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November |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sun 6th |
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Sun 13th |
Remembrance Sunday |
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Mon 14th |
World Diabetes Day |
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Thu 17th |
Zoom |
8:00pm |
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Sat 19th |
Calne 50th Charter |
Goatacre Village Hall, Goatacre Lane, Goatacre, Calne SN11 9JA |
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Wed 30th |
St Andrew's Day |
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December |
2022 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sat 3rd |
Devizes Lions Christmas Fair |
Devizes Corn Exchange |
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Sun 25th |
Christmas Day |
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Mon 26th |
Boxing Day |
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Tue 27th |
Bank Holiday in lieu of Christmas Day |
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January |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sun 1st |
New Year's Day |
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Mon 2nd |
New Year's Day Observed |
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Sun 8th |
Zoom |
7:30pm |
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Wed 25th |
Zoom |
8:00pm |
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Fri 27th |
Council Meeting |
DG & 1stVDG only. Weekend |
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Sat 28th |
Fleet 49th Charter Dinner |
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February |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Tue 14th |
Valentine's Day |
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March |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Wed 1st |
St David's Day |
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Fri 3rd |
Convention |
3:30pm |
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Sat 4th |
District Convention 2023 |
Weekend |
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Fri 17th |
St Patrick's Day |
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Sun 19th |
Mothering Sunday |
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Thu 23rd |
Zoom |
8:00pm |
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Fri 31st |
Brain Tumour Awareness Month |
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March |
Fri 31st |
Great British Spring Clean |
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March |
April |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Sat 1st |
Devizes Lions Sports Coaching Weekend |
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1st & 2nd April |
Fri 7th |
Good Friday |
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Mon 10th |
Easter Monday |
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Sat 15th |
10.00am to 1.00pm |
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Fri 21st |
Warminster Charter Dinner |
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Sat 22nd |
International Earth Day |
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Sun 23rd |
St George's Day |
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Fri 28th |
Council Meeting |
MD Convention |
DG & 1stVDG only |
May |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Mon 1st |
Early May Bank Holiday |
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Thu 11th |
Devizes Lions Charity Golf Day |
North Wilts Golf Club |
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Sun 14th |
TBA |
10:30am including 2024/25 Cabinet |
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Thu 18th |
Zoom |
8:00pm |
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Sun 28th |
World Hunger Awareness Day |
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Mon 29th |
Spring Bank Holiday |
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June |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Mon 5th |
World Environment Day |
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Sun 11th |
Devizes Lions on the Green Classic Cars & Family Fun Day |
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Sat 17th |
Diabetes Week |
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10th to 17th |
Sun 18th |
Father's Day |
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July |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Fri 7th |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Weekend+ |
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October |
2023 |
Venue |
Time/Details |
Thu 26th |
Europa Forum 2023 |
Klagenfurt, Austria |
Th; Fr & Sat |
The above dates may change without warning |