Barry was born in Liverpool but soon moved to Huyton in what was then Lancashire but now part of
 Merseyside. He grew up and went to school there.  As a teenager he worked for several companies
 before he entered the Building Industry and has stayed in it until this day - - - over forty years.
 At present he is the Environmental Co-ordinator for Crudens Construction Group, a well known and respected Grappenhall company.
He was married in 1971 to Marie, whom he met in 1969 when she was a Police Officer in Newton-le-Willows.  They live in Warrington and 
have one son David.
Barry joined the Club in 1990 and was made President in 1998/9, he must have enjoyed it because he has come back for another shot.
As well as being in full time employment he leads a very active life, he is a committed Christian and a Lay Minister within the 
Church of England at St Mark's Church in Haydock where he is also a member of the PCC and Assistant Warden.  He also represents
Crudens within the community as their Community Engagement Officer.  He is popular and very much a "People Person" as is shown by his 
wide range of involvement and is one of those people who give 100% to anything he turns his hand to.  He is looking forward to his
year in office and wants to focus his and the Club's attention on greater community involvement.


	  
The Club was started in 1937 with the first President being John Vardy OBE.
Since then, the club has remained in good health and currently has thirty three members. 

We are part of Rotary District 1280,which consists of over 50 other clubs
spread throughout the Mersey Valley from Frodsham to Saddleworth.
Our District also claims three clubs in the Isle of Man.

At our regular lunchtime meetings we enjoy good company, a meal and usually listen to guest
speakers talking about a variety of subjects from Railways in the Andes to Polio Eradication
via Rugby League refereeing.
As well as these meetings there are many other events and activities throughout the year. 
Some are purely social while others are for fundraising to support a wide range of projects 
both locally, nationally and internationally. 





There are three major areas of service activity within the club, Vocational Service,
 International Service, and Community Service. 

 The members form  committees which develop and progress the various programmes
 to which the club is committed.


The Vocational Committee currently look after five projects linked to the schools and youth in our area
For the more senior pupils the John Vardy Memorial Awards, which recognises both academic and social 
achievement at the three local high schools. The senior schools Youth Speaks Competition in public speaking.
Last year, the winning school went on to take part in the Regional Final.
The Young Achievers Awards, which recognises the achievements of young people in schools and youth 
organisations who have excelled against all odds and made a distinct effort to further their own 
school or groups aims. There now eighteen participating and all the schools in the area have agreed to take part. 
For those younger kids, an Art Competition, devised to encourage and support young pupils at infant level,
to aid their integration into school life and allow them to show and develop their abilities.
The School Garden Project, a "Hands On", environmentally responsible project originally started in 2008/9
and successfully developed into a long term feature within the school life. The project has so far assisted in forging 
excellent links between local businesses, organisations and the young people of the community. It is hoped that
we can involve at least one more school in the coming year.
The Young Musician Award, is a new project which we will strive to develop, hopefully it will help us 
to return to the days of the Newton Rotary Club Eisteddfods of long ago.

Our International Committee are currently looking after four projects this year, three are ongoing, long term
projects,started in previous years, The International Children's Trust through which we sponsor
the education of two children in India over a period of seven years each.
We will continue to support The Ashanti Village Project, This is a long term project co-ordinated by
our Mother Club,Leigh. We will be providing the finance to enable the "Cassava/Corn Mill and Shed" 
to be built. We will be joining with the Ashton with Haydock Club in a new project The Thirumali Charity Trust 
or TCT which launched a new Mission Hospital this year serving about 130,000 poor people. 

The Community Service Committee will once again organise and assist Father Christmas with our Christmas Float, we are hoping
to be able to cover more of our core area in Earlestown and Newton-le-Willows. 
The Beer Festival continues to be a very successful activity which is creating a greater community interest in the Club
and Rotary in general.
It is intended to re-introduce the Stroke Awareness and Blood Pressure Testing Days at one of our local supermarkets.
Our annual Senior Citizen Concert, now moved to Spring, continues to be popular but may need relocating as there is talk
of the venue, Lowton Civic Hall, closing.  We must keep our fingers crossed. 
We will continue assisting local groups and organisations wherever we can.