Club
History
Club
History
Our ‘Mother Club’ was the Rotary Club of Aberdeen.
There were 35 founder members when it was founded and today, at least half of them remain as active members. Bill Leslie was our Founder President.
The club directory lists all the present members of the club and shows their classification and year of their joining. Also on this web site is the list of past presidents since it was chartered.
The club’s territory includes the Parishes of Skene and Kinellar in the County of Aberdeenshire, but that does not prevent anyone living or working outside these areas from being a member of our club.
Our Symbol
The symbol of our Club depicts an interesting event in the history of Westhill and District. This event
resulted in the Lands of Skene being bestowed by Malcolm Canmore on a follower who saved
his life while they were hunting in the Forest of the Stocket. The man, a son it was said
of the Laird of Straun, killed a wolf which had attacked the King. As he slew it with his
‘skian’ so the name Skene was derived. He was offered the choice of the land
covered by a hound’s chase or a hawk’s flight, and chose the latter.