The Rotary Club of the Studios & Elstree and Borehamwood meet twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday's of each month.

Club President 2024-25

Sam Covill 2024-25

Samuel Covill BSC (Hons), PGCE, QTS.

Our new president for 2024-25 of the Rotary Club of the Studios of Elstree and Borehamwood is Sam Covill.

Sam has been a Computing and ICT teacher since 1999 at Winchmore School in Enfield holding the positions of head of department and head of faculty. Prior to this he worked at The School of St David & St Katharine in Hornsey and John Kelly Boys Technology College in Neasden.

Sam lived in New and East Barnet from 1976 until 2010 when he moved to Borehamwood with his wife Heather. He was inspired by his father-in law to join a local rotary club and became a member of the newly formed satellite club in 2018 as he wanted to get to know local people and contribute to the community.

Sam has been a Scout for almost 40 years. Joining the 3rd New Barnet Scout Group in Woodville Road as a cub scout in 1985. Sam remained with the group for 24 years eventually holding the positions of Scout Leader and Quartermaster. He met his wife Heather at the scout group AGM in the year 2000 and soon after she was persuaded into helping him run the scout troop. 

Heather and Sam left the group in 2009.They took over the running of the 11th Southgate (Christchurch Cockfosters) Scout Troop where they remain to this day working as part of a team of leaders to run the Scout Troop.

For over 30 years Sam played in scout marching bands as scout, cub and as a leader playing percussion. He joined "The Red Lions Scout and Guide band" in 1985 and remained a member until it closed in 2006. 

Two years later he joined the much larger Enfield District Scout band taking part in many parades for St Georges Day, Remembrance Sunday, Carnivals and more. 

Sam's proudest moment in EDSB was being filmed on television playing cymbals in the Lord Mayors show as part of a massed scout band and parading with his bass drum on Horse Guards parade. Although the band sadly closed in 2017 it meant that Sam could begin a new chapter of community service in Rotary International.

His suuported charity for year in office is SMA UK https://smauk.org.uk/

SMA UK


Immediate Past President


AG Studios President 2023-24


Andrew Grady


Andrew has been involved with the Rotary organisation for around 10 years, being a friend of Elstree and Borehamwood Rotary Club, before becoming a founder member of The Rotary Club of the Studios of Elstree and Borehamwood. 

For over 40 years he has worked with the Audio-Visual industry, and today works for The Torpedo Factory Group, a company based in Northwest London, providing audio visual conference and presentation facilities for many clients in the UK and abroad,

Andrew is a keen cornet player and has been actively involved in the brass band movement for many years. 

Andrew, working with Pat Strack and Derek Holland formed a local classical musical orchestra Elstree Mozart Players. This orchestra, made up of semi-professionals and local amateur musicians was formed to perform concerts raising funds for charities.   

Andrew gave a presentation to Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council about the potential for an Entertainment Arena in Meadow Park, which was adopted and built by the council following a series of proof-of-concept concerts showing the need for this facility.

Andrew is also on several local community management committees, having recently served on the local town twinning association, (BETTA), holding the office of Vice Chairman between 2011 until 2016., and was treasurer of the association from 2016 until 2019.

Andrew was awarded a Hertsmere Civic honour in 2018 for his unstinting work to enrich the life of the community in the town.


Presidents of The Rotary Club of The Studios of Elstree & Borehamwood
Samuel Covill 2024-25 Sam Covill
Andrew Grady 2023-24 AGrady
Sasha Capocci
 2022-23 Sasha
Victor Eni 2021-22
2020-21		 Victor
Nick Male 2019-20 Nick Male 2019-20
Sandra Parnell - Founding President 2018-19 Sandra