Thank you to everyone that took part in this years usual Christmas Square Raffle to win a Fortnam & Masons Hamper’

1. First Prize (Square 51) – L Blaha
2. Second Prize  (Square 12) – L Grigg
3. Third Prize (Square 15) – M Duddy
4. Forth Prize (Square 31) – L Twigg

Look out for our Easter Square Raffle coming in April.

We are very fortunate to have been chosen by the Lady Captain Jane Cox of Epsom Golf Club as her charity for the year.

Lynn Brandon was invited to the ladies Invitation Day on Thursday 18^th July by Jane and was made to feel very welcome by all the ladies attending.

We had a great day of golf in the sunshine followed by a very scrummy lunch.

The day raised £230 which brings the total amount the club has raised for us since March to £731.

From Lynn:

Thank you all at Epsom Golf Club for your generosity & support and for making me so welcome on the day.

You may remember Terry (dad of Ollie), Ian and Jimmy who raised lots of money for us by completing the Nijmegen Four Day March last July – well they are doing it again!

This year Terry will be joined again by Jimmy and two new team members Kris Blackhurst and Karen Raeburn.

This is fantastic news and we wish them well.

If you would like to support them by donating then just follow the link here: https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/the-nijmegen-four-days-marches-for-charity

Good Luck guys we look forward to following your daily blogs along the way.

The Brookes Family stayed at the flat in November while their son (Ollie) was undergoing intensive treatment. Very kindly Terry (Dad) and two friends Jimmy & Ian are raising funds for us and two other charities by taking part in The Nijmegen Four Day Marches.

Terry, Jimmy and Ian are currently marching up to 50 kilometres a day. All being R.E.M.E veterans, we know that they will have the mindset and drive to complete their task.

Day 1

Day one done, with no major damage to us that would prevent us from reaching the start line tomorrow. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

It is rather warm, hoping for a thunderstorm or two tomorrow 🙈🙈. There are houses that have sprinklers set up sprinkling the road for the marchers to walk through, which helps 👍👍

If you would like to support this gallant effort and keep up with their progress, please follow the link below.

https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/the-nijmegen-four-days-marches

Day 2

Yesterdays update can only come this morning, as we needed to firstly know how one of the team was faring after two gruelling days. Unfortunately Ian isn’t able to start day three as the last two days have taken there toll. It was a valiant effort. Onwards and upwards, Jimmy and l will be starting day three on what is known as the seven hills of Groesbeek’.

Ian we wish you all the best and hope that you’ve been able to rest up.

Day 3

The seven hills of Groesbeek have now been dispatched. With 75 miles completed, tomorrows 25 miles should hopefully be a formality. Best of luck chaps!

Celebrating with a well earned beer

Day 4

After 4 days, that was such a beautiful sight to see! Thank you everybody for your messages of support. More to follow…..

After a beer or two to celebrate our completion of the Nijmegen Marches, we have decided to leave the donation site running for another month at least. There are so many that have, if not actually pledged. Certainly implied that they wish to donate to our charities. So by keeping the give as you live page open it will give those people the ability to keep to their word. The physical challenge may now have been completed, but now starts the serious challenge of reaching our target.
There are so many people that have helped us along the way that we need to thank, over and above all that have already donated. We will do this in our final update.