Moving on to the Regional Lunch – Sunday 25 June 2017
Sixty two members gathered from across the Region to enjoy our annual lunch at the Crofters Hotel. This event is an important day in the Regional calendar because it is also the day the Regional awards are presented. It is a fairly informal lunch making it a very sociable day getting to know new people and meeting up with old friends.
Following a very nice lunch the award presentations took place. There was a tie for the Haslingden trophy for membership, which was won by Rossendale and Grange-Over-Sands. They will share the trophy for a year. The Fylde received an extra prize of a tin of chocolates because they had included a video.
Clubs had to write a limerick to enter the Rosebowl competition this year. Every club sent in an entry and every club took part in the voting. The winning club was Rishton and Great Harwood, who had also won in the previous year so took the trophy back home again! Margaret Parr, who had given the trophy to the Region to use for a social event to get clubs together, presented the rosebowl to Joyce Hargreaves, club secretary. The Programme Action Award for best project was won by Blackburn for their STEM Project and was presented to Blackburn President, Viv Wojciechowski. The Carnforth Award, which is for a long-term Programme Action Project was won by Garstang for their Mary’s Meals Backpacks Project.
We all went home full and happy. A few went home with a trophy and others with tombola prizes, which raised £86 for the Meru Women’s Garden Project.
Angie Christopher – Regional President
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