Danielle Osborne took the reins from outgoing president Chris McPhan for this financial year, and was also presented with her medal.

Incoming district governor Rick Bowen-Thomas and his wife Christine were special guests at the Ridge's changeover dinner.

He took over Brian Prince's position from last year.

New president Danielle Osborne said the dinner held in the Lightning Ridge District Bowling Club saw 45 people gather to view the induction of incoming members and to celebrate the local club's fifth birthday.

She said during the changeover, outgoing president Chris McPhan gave a report on the club's activities for the past year, with the highlight being the district conference hosted just prior to the Easter weekend.

"It was seen as an important event for us, some people thought it was impossible for us to host the state conference in Lightning Ridge."

She said the Rotary district committee had been planning for the past two years to ensure it would be a successful event.

"We managed to put Lightning Ridge on the map, which is a great achievement for us," she said.

Ms Osborne said three members of the Moree club had also attended, including former assistant district governor Stewart Potter, who had been invited.

She said the local club was still pursuing their emergency medical card program, and ambulance officer Paul Wilson came in to give details on how the system worked.

Ms Osborne said guest speaker, Theresa Mohylenko who was one of two people who cut the cake, spoke on community justice mediation as an alternative to punishing troubled and disadvantaged youth.

Ms Osborne said she had invited Ms Mohylenko because she felt mediation would tie in well with the Rotary Club's Youth-in-Search program.

She said Ms Mohylenko's speech was well received and would hopefully encourage for community justice mediation to take place in Lightning Ridge in the future.