Wey Valley Branch Newsletter
Successes
Scholarship Awards
We were fortunate to have two Scholarships
this year and were delighted to meet students Aisleen Merrett and
Rose Sargeant and their parents. The presentation of their
framed certificates by our President, Peter White, took place at
our monthly meetings.
Both students said how delighted they were to
receive the awards and how much this would help them in their field
and course work.
Ash Summer Fayre – 14 August 2010
About a 2000 people attended Ash Playing
Fields to watch the Police Display, The Birds of prey and a girls
dancing school. and there were many other stalls and
attractions.
£104.00 was raised for this year’s charity,
the Fountain Centre at St. Luke’s Hospital, Guildford.
A successful day despite being holiday time and the enormous
thunder and lightening storm at the end.
Boat Trip on the River Thames – 6
August 2010
We had a lovely sunny day, just right for our picnic lunch on
the boat followed by a leisurely afternoon going past Hampton Court
and up to Kingston Bridge and back. The scenery was interesting. It
was very enjoyable and a great way to unwind.
The highlight of the event was meeting several new inactive
members.
Frensham Fayre – 19 June 2010
Frensham Fayre held at Hollowdene Recreation Ground, Frensham
attracted 3000 people, there was a Parade at the beginning to open
the event, Fund raising stalls and displays. The stall raised
£86.00 for the Fountain Centre, St Lukes
Guildford. The Egyptian theme was fun, plenty to do and a large
variety of stalls.
Trip to Turkey - June 2010
Several members of Wey Valley Branch joined the Regional Council
holiday to Turkey in June 2010. We stayed in a great 4* hotel
in Gumuldur. The food was excellent & the weather very good
after the first couple of days when it was cloudy. We visited some
markets & took a boat trip along the coast where a pair of
intrepid swimmers went into the water off the gang plank. It was
good to relax & enjoy a drink with other Foresters.
Farnborough Donkey Derby
Wey Valley had a Coke & Candy Stall at Farnborough
Donkey Derby on 31st May 2010. The event attracted over 5,000
people with the highlight of the day being the donkey
races.
Fortunately it didn’t rain this year,
‘though it was dull, windy & cold most of the time, but there
was a really good turnout, and our 10 members were kept busy
selling £1 tickets for non alcoholic drinks & sweets.
One lady asked us to sell her a large
bottle of lemonade to use as champagne for her winning 5 A Side
boys footballers! We obliged and watched their fun & photos
being taken in front of our stall. The lemonade worked
well!
We made the magnificent sum of
£334.00
CHASE Midnight Superheroes Walk - This event has raised
£57,000.00 to date!
On
22nd May 450+ people completed a 10 mile walk around
Guildford at Surrey Sports Park for CHASE.
GMTV host Andrew Castle started the race and CHASE expect to
raise around £40,000.
It was a fun evening as many walkers were dressed up in
costumes. Wey Valley members manned the registration desk and sold
raffle tickets.
Pictured left is the Branch President Peter White along with
Diana and Harold Parratt.
RC Ladies Quiz
Congratulations to Wey Valley Ladies Snowbound team -
Maggie Shepherd, Mary White and Diana Parratt who came 3rd int eh
RC ladies Quiz.
We had a really good time at the quiz, there were 7 teams and we
enjoyed ourselves!
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