Page 53 - br-april-2019
P. 53
April 2019 April 2019
ROGS
on Saturday 13 April 9:00-11:30. All profits will go to the Kingsbere Explorer Borneo
fund.
The Members Challenge 2019
Contacting the Group 32 ROGS and one guest enjoyed the rolling fairways of
Ferndown Golf Club. This event made history with the
Neal Unitt-Jones on 01929 472273 or Andrea Marshall on 01929 472588 famous ROGS, as it was the 1 visit and hopefully not the
st
last (If they allow us back again). It was indeed the 1
st
time played at Ferndown for a lot of our members and was thoroughly enjoyed by
all. What a great turn out!
FRIENDS OF BERE REGIS SCHOOL - The day was sponsored by Graeme Price and I thank him very much for his
FOBRS generosity. Although, he could not enjoy the day as much as the rest of us, as he
had to cut his round short after 3 holes due to a combination of footballing injuries
and old age.
The last few months have been very busy for FOBRS. It was so lovely to see so
many people at our Christmas Fayre at the school. Thank you so much for We had balmy temperatures of 12 degrees, some tricky greens, some patchy
supporting this event. fairways but this did not deter us from providing some interesting scores. Coming
out on top was Neil Middleditch with 37 points.
Other recent fundraising events have included an after-school film night, village
quiz, school cake sales and of course the fantastic photographic exhibition that There were four people on 34 points and the trusty computer calculated that Matt
was organised and put together by Alison, Mark and Paul Bennett. This exhibition Hector was 2nd and Captain was 3rd. ** NB – See below….
showed some wonderful images of the village from years gone by and gives the
village fantastic archives for future generations to witness and enjoy. We are also NP on the 2nd Simon Brouard
very much looking forward to supporting the village Bere Fest event in June. NP on the 14th was Phil Allen
You may have noticed a new addition to the school playground. Our new NP in 2 on the 8th was Jerry Cocking (New member)
clothing bank is very hungry! Please do feel free to feed it clothes, paired shoes,
towels, bedding, curtains, blankets and soft LD on the 6th was Phil Allen
toys. Please do bag the items before you There were three "2" s Simon, Rob and Jim.
deposit them. All items collected will directly
benefit the school and everyone can get The one guest Michael Egan had 23 points
involved and help us to raise money for the
children of our village. Please pop up to feed it Where Pricey failed on the golf course he
breakfast or lunch. It is located in the school excelled with the prizes. He surprised all,
playground and is therefore only fed during including me, by having a prize for every
member of the ROGS. The prizes were
school hours!
interesting to say the least, as they ranged
The money that you help us to raise is being from Paw Patrol pyjama’s to coconuts from
spent directly on our children. Over the past a whole cooked chicken to ladies earrings.
few months, we have funded the Science A lot of thought went into this, and each
Dome, an inflatable planetarium that visited member received the appropriate prize…
the school and delighted all the children. We
have also purchased new academic board The awards ceremony went well, even
games for Year 5 and 6 and funded a whole though the Captain dropped the score
year of Forest school. The Shakespeare cards and as they were mixed up
36 53