Windsor Lions in the News - May 2007
Royal Windsor Horse Show
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
THE LIONS CLUB OF WINDSOR HAS DONATED FUNDS TO THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED
ASSOCIATION. SLIGHTLY IN EXCESS OF £200,000 IN FACT.
THE MONEY IS RAISED FROM THE HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL SPONSORED OBSTACLE HORSE RIDE HELD IN THE GREAT PARK, WINDSOR
OVER THE MAY BANK HOLIDAY.
THIS YEAR WE CONFIDENTLY ANTICIPATE
THAT AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF £50,000 WILL HAVE BEEN RAISED FROM SPONSORSHIP,
AND A GENEROUS DONATION FROM OUR PATRON THE MICHAEL SHANLY CHARITABLE TRUST.
ON THURSDAY THE 10TH OF MAY THE LIONS
CLUB OF WINDSOR WILL ONCE AGAIN SPONSOR THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED FANCY
DRESS COMPETITION. THE EVENT TAKES PLACE AT 12.30 HRS IN THE FROGMORE
ARENA AT THE ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW.
THE CO-ORDINATOR OF THIS EVENT, ROGER
HALE, A MEMBER OF WINDSOR LIONS, SETS THE THEME EACH YEAR. RECENT
CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN, PANTOMIMES, WEST END SHOWS, TELEVISION, AND THIS YEAR
THE THEME IS 'BOOKS'.
EVERY YEAR THE COMPETITORS RISE TO
THE CHALLENGE WITH THE MOST IMAGINATIVE, AND CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS, AND
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE NO EXCEPTION.
EACH BRANCH ENTRY WILL BE PRESENTED
WITH A CHEQUE FOR £100 BY THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LION CLUB OF
WINDSOR - MRS DIANE PURCHASE.
THE WINNERS AND PARTICIPATING
BRANCHES OF THE RDA WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED WITH ROSETTES.
THERE ARE TWELVE ENTRIES THIS YEAR -
AN INCREASE ON PREVIOUS YEARS - THEY ARE :-
THE BERKSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
HIGH WYCOMBE RDA
HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION
HEATHROW SPECIAL NEEDS FARM
LAMBOURN RDA
NEWBURY RDA
PENNIWELLS
QUEST
SAMBER
STELLA HANCOCK DRIVING GROUP
WARFIELD RDA
WELLOW RDA
A NUMBER OF THE ENTRANTS WILL HAVE
TRAVELLED CONSIDERABLE DISTANCES
INCLUDING ONE FROM BATH IN THE COUNTY OF AVON.