A NEW president has been elected for Holsworthy and District Lions Club.

Brian Withall was elected unopposed earlier in the year, and formally took office on July 1. He was previously the club's president in 2010/2011. He extended his thanks to outgoing president Richard Hutchings for his hard work over the previous 12 months.

A club spokesman said: "It has been a year that has seen the club go from strength-to-strength — with more new members, more money raised and given away, and the Lions taking over the running of the Holsworthy Carnival.

"Brian has two main aims for the upcoming year. Firstly, to increase local exposure for the Lions by supporting more events both in Holsworthy, the surrounding area and in Bude, and secondly, to get more young people involved in some of the things that Lions do both locally and on the International front."

The ceremonial handover of the chain of office took place on Sunday at a barbecue attended by 12 Lions members, friends and family in Holsworthy.

For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the Post.