A wonderful turnout of 64 players, many of whom entered into the spirit of the afternoon dressing up in bright colours indicating an African theme. Sixteen ends were played with two teams both ending up with 31 shots. However, John Johnson, Jackie Smith, John and Sue Wallis were the winners as they only had 7 shots scored against them whereas Barbara Taylor, Mel Bridges, Ken Burton and Derrick Rodger had 8 shots against.
The best dressed lady prize went to Margaret Burton with Brian George winning the best dressed man with his colourful shorts and sexy legs!
There was intense bidding for the weekend in the holiday home at Combe Haven, St. Leonards. Bidding started at £50 but rose to a final figure of £165, bought by Joan Moffat who will no doubt enjoy a weekend there with family members.
With rink fees, raffle, auction, the money box and a generous donation, we were able to give Florence a grand total of £1,000. Florence, beautifully dressed in an appropriate outfit, came along with her two granddaughters, Roalty and Khanya. She was joined by Ellen, Mags, Brenda and Isabel, four of the six Charity trustees, the others being two Zimbabwean gentlemen. They were quite overwhelmed and extremely grateful for the amount raised.
Florence gave a very moving speech about her upbringing in Plumtree, Zimbabwe. One of 14 children, she was fortunate in that she was able to go to school and has worked hard to get where she is today. She formed the Charity with the plan to help others to be able to believe in themselves, to provide clothing, equipment and to help possibly provide a school building. Children have to learn outside and if it is cold or wet, they don’t go to school.
Thank you to those members who donated so generously to this cause, to those who have offered sewing machines and those who supplied old computers, phone chargers, etc. All very welcome.
Progress by the Rural Zimbabwe Relief Charity will be detailed in Wickers World in the future.
Thank you all on behalf of Florence.
Brenda – Director.