Last Wednesday Paul Tebay, Convener of Youth Service for the Rotary Club of Kirkcudbright, was invited to speak at the Kirkcudbright Academy assembly and to present Cameron Denerley, a student at the school, with a certificate for successfully completing his Rotary Youth Leadership Award [RYLA] course. Selected and sponsored by Kirkcudbright Rotary Club, Cameron attended the annual week long course which was held at the Abernethy Trust’s Residential Outdoor Centre in Ardeonaig last July. In his remarks, Paul Tebay was able to tell the whole school assembly that Cameron was a great credit to his school and to the Rotary Club of Kirkcudbright.
He went on to explain that the stated objectives of this project are to develop in students essential leadership skills and qualities as well as teaching them how to successfully work as part of a team. To achieve this, all the 25 boys involved took part in a range of outward bound activities including climbing, canoeing, raft building, gorge walking, a high ropes course, hiking and a number of team tasks and challenges. In conclusion, the assembly was told that next year Kirkcudbright Rotary Club were hoping to sponsor a boy and a girl to follow in Cameron’s footsteps and attend the RYLA camp . Candidates would need to be at least 16 years of age next July and the students who felt they might be interested were encouraged to listen for further information early in the next school term.
