Across the Regions

PEN Y FAN extreme SAS TESt

More than 30 brave supporters took part in a formidable 24km SAS selection test march on the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons, Pen y Fan, raising £12,000 for Wooden Spoon Bristol, Bath and Somerset. The world’s oldest Special Forces test challenged the teams to the absolute limit – a huge thank you to all who took part, every penny raised will support vulnerable children in the local area.

blackpool golf

Nineteen teams teed off in the Wooden Spoon Lancashire Golf Day at Blackpool North Shore Golf Club, raising over £4,000.

dinner for George

The St George’s Day dinner raised a stunning £15,600 for Wooden Spoon Leicestershire. A massive thank you to all the sponsors.

in full swing

Wooden Spoon Devon held a hugely successful golf day – 20 teams raised over £2,000.

fAT BLOKES WEIGH IN THOUSANDS OF POUNDS

The annual Fat Blokes 7s provides an amazing social experience for hundreds of male and female players, and their supporters, while raising thousands of pounds for charities and good causes. Wooden Spoon Chilterns Chair, Chris Henkey, said: “Thanks to all involved in making this a truly wonderful event and allowing us to be beneficiaries.”

in memory of mike

The Mike Slemen Memorial day was held in tribute to Wooden Spoon Merseyside President, and the England and British & Irish Lions legend, Mike Slemen. Mike’s wife, Eileen and family watched on as LSH won the inaugural fixture and their captain, Phil Cairns, received the trophy from RFU President Nigel Gillingham, pictured left. The special event raised £4,000.

thanks to BOb & CArol

Bob and Carol, at the Horse and Groom, Westbury, held a Calcutta Cup Dinner and Raffle, raising a whopping £1,805 for Wooden Spoon Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire.

bunkers galore!

Wooden Spoon Kent held a golf day for 18 teams, playing a tricky, bunker-filled course. Thanks to everyone involved in the day, which raised was just over £8,000.

Fylde: rugby for all

With a £1,200 grant from Wooden Spoon Lancashire, The Fylde Rugby Community Foundation delivered a rugby tournament open to all children, whatever their background. Nine schools took part, and 100 children, with moderate and severe learning disabilities, all enjoyed the fun of tag rugby.

Spoony pulls a Boeing 737

strong teams JUMBO EFFORT

Well done to everyone who took part in the Dorset Plane Pull for Wooden Spoon Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire. All the challengers, including Wooden Spoon Essex, flexed their muscles to pull the Boeing 737 – even Spoony got involved!

chipper day out

One hundred golfers enjoyed the challenge of playing at Effingham Golf Club and raised nearly £5,000 for Wooden Spoon Surrey.

We Are Champion at Alnwick Rugby Club

solid support

More than 290 guests enjoyed Concrete Society Lunch in aid of Wooden Spoon Wales, raising almost £5,000.

we will rock you!

An open-air Queen tribute concert, held by Wooden Spoon Northumberland, raised over £5,500. Alnwick Rugby Club welcomed over 1,000 people for an afternoon of singing and dancing. Support band Dusty Train kicked off the party, followed by a star performance from We Are Champion, belting out all the Queen classics.

farne islands GOLDEN tour

Bacon sandwiches and Buck’s Fizz were a great start to a day touring the Farne Islands, with a stop at Longstone Island lighthouse and views of the stunning Northumberland coastline, including Bamburgh and Lindisfarne castles. Northumberland Wooden Spoon would like to thank Ailsa and George Shiel, owners of the Golden Gate, for their very generous support of this trip which raised £1,000.

All aboard the Golden Gate

making sensory

Wooden Spoon Hertfordshire celebrated the success of the new sensory room at Park Street C of E Primary School and raised a further £4,000 at their Knebworth Golf Day.

Tee by the sea AT LEE ON SOLENT

Wooden Spoon Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire held a golf day at Lee on Solent Golf Club, raising £750 for their region.

guernsey celebrates

Wooden Spoon Guernsey’s 21st anniversary celebrations, A Night with the Home Nations dinner and auction, raised a record £16,344 for the region. Special guests Kyran Bracken, Colin Charvis, John Barclay and Paul Wallace provided lively and entertaining rugby banter.

spanish challenge

Seamus Farrelly walked the famous 500-mile Camino de Santiago in aid of Wooden Spoon. A retired accountant and ex Wooden Spoon Eastern Counties Chair, Seamus also helped organise a cycle ride for rugby clubs in Norfolk, raising £136,000.