Long Eaton and Beeston Joint Event

Posted on April 10, 2012 by markdissington

On Tuesday 13th March Long Eaton and Beeston Round Tables’ got together for a joint event.

Darren Hickling put the invitation out for Beeston to join Long Eaton in a night of Touch Rugby, Fun and Fellowship at the home of Long Eaton Rugby Club.

The evening began with some light warming up, followed by some ball handling skills (yep there is no answer to that!).

Once the rugby club were happy with our lack of ability they threw us in to a couple of games of touch rugby. The first the full length of the pitch, the second just the half pitch size!

We retired to the bar for a couple of well earned beers and a chilli. Whilst there we were treated to a rundown on the current state and future plans for Long Eaton Rugby Club, from their current chairman Chris Brookes.

A great night was had by all, even if a few players were rather stiff the next day, as Rob Digby quoted ‘the only thing not aching are my eye lashes’

Many thanks to Darren Hickling and Long Eaton Round Table for organising and extending the invitation to little ol’ Beeston and thanks to the boys from Long Eaton Rugby Club who made us very welcome and only sniggered a couple of times throughout the night.

YiT
Mikey

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Beeston are on the donation trail again

Posted on April 10, 2012 by markdissington

Beeston and District 573 have donated six Kindles to the White Hills Park Federation.

Chairman Marcus Jones is pictured with librarian Caryn Welch and two of the pupils.

Caryn explained, “The kindles would be available to all the pupils of the federation. They can aid encouraging reluctant readers, also with the ability to change fonts and sizes they can assist pupils with dyslexia and dyspraxia”.

What are you doing next Monday? Join Beeston & District Round Table for fun, fellowship and giving something back

Mike Richardson

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Beeston & District Round Table continue with donations to local causes

Posted on March 6, 2012 by markdissington

Friday 24th February saw Beeston & District Round Table continue with it’s donations to local causes.
2nd Bramcote Scout group were presented with a cheque for £150.00. Scout leader Stewart Robinson, who received the cheque from George Reed and Andrew Britton, said the monies would go towards camping equipment which could be used by not only the Scouts also the Cubs and Beaver groups who use the hall as well. The Scout group also helped Beeston with their float collection in December.
It was one great organisation helping and supporting another.
If you are interested in finding out more about Beeston Round Table, the fun and charitable work we do contact us via this post!

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Duffield to Seleute for Breast Cancer

Posted on February 20, 2012 by markdissington

Gents,

Please take 2 minutes to read below. At the end of it you’ll have a few choices.

1: Ignore it and do nothing

2: Pass the information to another contact and businesses for further sponsorship

3: find my page on Facebook (like it and share it) Gerard’s Anglo-Suisse 740 mile run

4: find me on Twitter ( follow and re-tweet ) @anglosuisserun

Please can you help ?

I am running from my house in Duffield, near Derby, to my home village of Seleute, in the North West of Switzerland. The distance is just over 740 miles, and will take a month to complete on foot. The route covers approximately 275 miles through England, 448 miles in France and 16 miles in Switzerland. I will be running a marathon a day!

‘WHY do such a mad thing?’, I hear you ask! (as many have asked before!) In recent years there have been six ladies in Duffield diagnosed with Breast Cancer; which given the population of 5000 is astounding! To make matters worse they have all been in their 40’s with young families, some of whom are still at primary school. The last person touched by this devastating disease counts amongst my closest friends. I have seen first hand the harshness both the disease and the gruelling treatment can have. Treatment which lasts about a year, involves chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. Whilst this gives hope of a cure, it comes with the cost of hair-loss, general fitness and loss of self-esteem. Apart from feeling unable to help, except through moral support, I felt I had to do something. My epic run to Switzerland is it!

This expedition is a big physical and moral effort for me. I will be leaving my family alone for a month, which as I’m self employed is a big sacrifice, for a cause to which I would like to make a big difference. I would like to raise £20,000 for the Breast Cancer Campaign, a charity set up with the aim of finding a cure for Breast Cancer. My expedition is possible thanks to help from the Round Table team and friends who will provide food and lodging for the night as I go through their region. I am doing this fundraising to help to detect cancers earlier, because nobody is immune to this dreadful disease. I lost both of my parents to Cancer at the age of 59.

How can you help this very worthwhile cause? It could be financial, but it could simply be publicity on your noticeboards, or any other way you think you can help. Your donation, however big or small really will make a difference. Please see my links to just-giving, text-giving and my website below. Facebook and Twitter will be my voice and friend throughout my trip. With the help of a GPS tracker, everybody will be able to follow my journey live.

I’m looking forward to my expedition with a little trepidation, but that is nothing compared to the struggle these ladies have had to face.

Please give generously

Gérard Varin
www.anglo-suisse.net

Email: info@anglo-suisse.net

http://www.justgiving.com/Gerard-Varin

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Burton 204 vs. Jelly

Posted on February 20, 2012 by markdissington

In keeping with Round Table traditions, Burton 204’s newest member, Andi Jepson agreed to organise his first Table night. Being informed we needed a change of clothes was worrying! The evidence for what happened that night just outside Burton can be seen in the attached video! Watch to the end, my kids thought this was hilarious!

We have also placed this link on our Facebook page as we want to show how much fun Round Table can be and by putting our “best bits” on public display attract new members to our Table. The link is also family friendly!

Tom Bailey

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Beeston & District 573 Celebrate 25 Years of the OAP Christmas Meal

Posted on January 18, 2012 by markdissington

Beeston & District 573 Celebrated 25 years of their annual OAP Christmas dinner in style.

Saturday 14th January saw over 90 old aged pensioners and community members treated to a fabulous 4 course meal and an afternoon of fun and friendship with a smattering of dancing and bingo all courtesy of Beeston & District 573.

The day started at 9.00am, for the Tablers, with Bosco Townsend arriving with all the utensils, food and ability to make it happen.

Like a well oiled machine (not from the night before, it is the 25th time this has been done!) The early team prepared the room for the guests and the back room for service and cooking. With a few choice words from Bosco everything was in order for the day.

Come 11.30am the afternoon crew turned up, dressed in black tie with a smile on their faces, to collect 65 of the anticipated 94 guests.

As the guest arrived they were treated to pre dinner drinks and some piped music ready for the event.

Dinners was promptly served at 1.00pm with crackers pulled, tummies full and coffee poured Terry Day launched into his music set.

With the party rolling Roger Dainty stepped up to deliver the bingo in his usual style.

With 4.00pm approaching the day was brought to a close with the tablers chauffeuring the guests back home.

Many thanks to all the tablers, friends, partners, siblings who all mucked in and made it into a truly memorable day for not only those attending but also those participating.

Thank you to the St John Ambulance crew who were on hand just in case and to John Manley Area 14 Chairman for supporting our event.

We counted then all in and we counted them all back out again.

COME ON BEESTON

Mike Richardson

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Beeston Donate to 2nd Chilwell Scouts

Posted on January 17, 2012 by markdissington

Beeston & District 573 kicked off the new year with the first donation of 2012.

Marcus Jones presented the 2nd Chilwell Scout group with a cheque for £250.00

Following a brief outline of the Round Tables activities Marcus thanked the Scouts for their help on the Christmas float this year and handed the donation to scout leader Adrian Clarke. The scout group will be using the funds to update their camping equipment for the forth coming year.

COME ON BEESTON!

Mike Richardson

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Leicester De Montfort 500 Thames Challenge 2011 Diary

Posted on January 12, 2012 by markdissington

Well, how do you get 10 generally unfit tablers from their comfort zone in Leicester to the source of the Thames River and then back again 3 days later from Teddington lock, coupled with the added logistical complication of paddling 146 miles through 42 locks, oh yes and the small matter of raising 10K for Rainbows Children’s Hospice in Loughborough?

Quite easy really ‘You just have to ask!”And that is exactly what I asked of the tablers of Leicester DeMontfort 500.

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A great Ladies Night, what next?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by markdissington

I had the pleasure of attending the Leicester Ladies night. LDMRT 500 returned to their second home – the Grand Hotel – to put on a fantastic evening. From Brass Band through to menu, the whole evening ran under the stewardship of MC James (Steve) Farrar. Simon (clipboard) Riley took wine with every man and his dog, and even managed to eat some hot food. It was great to hear the speeches, especially as I wasn’t on the running order.

Ragini (LC chair for Leicester) talked of the challenge plate that has been set up between the two clubs, however unfortunately they managed to have the plate swagged on the night (tut tut). I am sure the Area Chairman can arrange for its safe return at the Area 14 Bowling competition on Tuesday 22nd November in Ilkeston.

Also this weekend was the Newark Ball, which although I was unable to attend, I hear great things from those that were able to attend. I look forward to being able to attend another Newark night before I end my chairman’s year.

So what next?

Thursday 17th November – Bingham Charter
Friday 18th November – Children In Need
Saturday 19th November – Loughborough Ladies night
Tuesday 22nd November – Area 14 Bowling night

I hope to see you all soon, especially if you have an event that you would like me to attend, drop me a line.

YiT
Johnny Mad Dog MacManley

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Bingham to Loughborough in 3 days (via Ashby)

Posted on December 12, 2011 by markdissington

I wanted to give you an update of the latest Tabling events in the Area.

Thursday was Bingham & Radcliffe’s turn to hold their charter, ably resided over by Jason Hull. This was not only a celebration of B&C 59th year, but also the final year of Past Area Chairman Kevin Horn, our very own South African immigrant. It was a fantastic evening at Ashmores Restaurant in Radcliffe-on-Trent, with their guest speaker Phil Smeeton. Phil entertained the room with stories from his acting career, covering Sharp through to Judge Dread. There was even an attempt at Joke from the Area Chairman – well we all need to try something once!

Friday of course was Children in Need, with a large amount of effort going into fund raising all across area. This year National and the BBC teamed up as never before providing collecting tins, signage, Hi-vizs and even Pudsey key rings. If you have any feed back then please do pass onto Tom Bailey or myself as to your feelings of how these helped. So far I have had feed back from three tables and from these we have raised £6k. Hopefully from all across area we can hit the £10k mark. Congratulations must go once again to Hucknall who made it on to the live BBC coverage.

For me not only did I support Derby Merlin going rounds the pubs of South Derbyshire Friday night, I also has the honour of joining Ashby RT (to infinity and beyond) at their street collection on the High Street. Not only did they raise £400 on the Friday, they raised a further £1500 on the Saturday morning.

From the street it was time to dash home, switch my wings for a DJ to join the Loughborough boys in entertaining their Ladies!! I was really impressed by the way Table and Circle work side by side putting on a fantastic evening. Jim (or James as he seems to be known around the ladies) spilled the beans on all the bad habits of Loughborough whilst Lynn Bailey gave a performance evaluation of Jim’s abilities, which thankfully he just about passed. We also had a chance to see the Mo’s from the boys as well as raising over £300 for the cause.

All in all a great weekend and there is still more to come. The 22nd is Area Bowling in Ilkeston, followed by the Mo party in Leicester the next Wednesday (30th)

See you all soon,
Johnny Mad Dog MacManley

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