About this time, 46 years ago, Glenferrie Rotarians were very busy indeed, organising the River Run - then the major fundraiser for the club - a ten mile jog along the banks of the Yarra, scheduled for 4th May 1980. The River Run was founded in 1978, three years after the club's charter, and was held annually until 2004.
Then Club President, John Skerritt (1977-78), commissioned club member Bill Luke to devise a format for a ‘fun run’ which would be of interest to fitness conscious people. And so the Rotary Club of Glenferrie Sunday Observer River Run was born.
To read more about the River Run, download the club's publication ‘30 Years On’, published in 2005 to mark the club's 30th anniversary: => Click here. Or watch PP Geoff Wood's interview for the club's 50th Anniversary to find out what went wrong on Geoff's first time on duty! => Click here
