A Monthly Publication

Peter Mills

 Our “Bowls Weekend” at Old Hunstanton Social Club was as successful as ever adding around £400.00 to our Charity Funds. Thank you all for turning up and playing and making it a great weekend of Bowls and fun. On the Saturday the “Pairs” Competition was won by Rosemary Ward and Carol Smith, with runners-up Chris Holt and Mick Haarris,  and on the Sunday the “Triples” Competition by Nigel Smith, Graham Dunthorme (and with apologies A.N..other) Runners-up were  Peter Dennis, Neil Kenny and John Pesce (“with  a little help from their friend” !!!). Well done all of you. Our splendid “Norfolk Theme” basket was won by Caroline Page. Nearly all of the great goods in the basket (and the 2^nd and 3^rd prizes) were donated by local traders and put together by “Scent with Love”. They really looked smashing.

We thank all of the following for their kind donations. Cherry Tree Chocolates, Grove Orchards, Gurneys Fish Shop, Humble Pie Delicatessen, Knights Hill Farm Shop, Norfolk Lavender, LeStrange Old Barns, E.H. Prior, Scent with Love, The Fish Shop, The Hat Shop, The Village Deli, and The Warehouse. Special thanks are given to two young girls, Tanika and Jasmine who arranged their own “Tombola” which ran throughout the weekend. This raised £100.00 and they very kindly gave Hunstanton Lions £50.00 and the other £50.00 to Old Hunstanton Social Club. Thank you very much ladies !. As always we thank the Committee and members of the Club for letting us use their facilities and putting on a great selection of special Ales which were greatly appreciated.

Our Car Boot Sales held at Glebe School are still going strong. There will be another on Sunday September 5^th and September 19^th. All are welcome. Stallholders at 7.00am and visitors at 8.00am..

In August we presented a special tricycle to little Lewis Beavon of Heacham. Lewis suffers from a form of cerebral palsy and his parents were recommended to have this trike to strengthen his spine, arm and leg muscles and generally improve his quality of life giving him far greater mobility. Family and friends had raised a lot of money but around £300.00 more was needed. His parents alerted us and were pleased to supply the extra money.

If you go have to the QE II hospital in King’s Lynn you may wish to have a quiet place to contemplate. This is now there in the form of a courtyard garden donated by all the Lions Clubs in our Zone. At last years Sandringham Flower Show this garden won the “Gold” medal and “The Best in the Show” award. It had been designed by Adrian Crowe of Crowe Garden Designs for the Tapping House entry. It was placed in storage after the show and earlier this year the Lions had provided the money needed to transfer it to the hospital next to the multi-faith sacred area. It really is a lovely area of peace and quiet so much needed for some at stressful times.

The winners of our “200 Club” draw in August were D.J. Asker, Tara Holt, J.O. Lambert and Catherine Hood. Well done and thank you for supporting us.

There’s lots more planned for the rest of the year We will keep you informed of what we are up to, so ‘watch this space’.