Fundraising - Oxfam Open at Skipton Tennis Centre - Sunday 26th May

Skipton Tennis Centre kindly offered their courts for us for free to hold a mini tournament in a bid to raise some more funds to go towards our pledge of £1800.  The weather was on our side again and with lasting sunshine for most of the afternoon some of us even left with sunburn!

We worked on a simple knockout basis and had 3 medals, bronze, silver and gold for the top 3 players. Some of the tennis skills displayed were pretty impressive!

Unfortunately Joel was unable to defend his champion title (after having held it for the last few years!).

Photos below...

Jez and Neville

Nick practising his model pose!

Getting ready for the tournament

Ball boys, scorers and matches!

Grant Pozzana

James Robertson

Selvah Rasappah

Neville in action!

Joel Dalby (Bronze), Gareth Ward (Gold) and Neville Grant (Silver)

Skipton Tennis Centre

Fundraising at HML - Friday 24th May

Thanks to those who baked we had a very full trolley of cakes and other sweet treats and samosas for sale at the HML offices in Skipton on Friday 24th May.

As usual the samosas went in a flash and we were left with the same thought as every other time we've order them - "we should have ordered more" lol

We had a raffle with many prizes on offer, including bottles of wine, beer, chocolates, jewellery, games, a cricket bat and even a space hopper!

A dingbats quiz also circulated and a Mr Bump novelty cake for auction.

A total of near £700 was raised and this was shared with the Samaritans charity so The Nerd Herd earned £350 from the day!

Mr Bump - winning bid of £12

Raffle prizes

Dingbats

Cake trolley after having been refilled 3 times!