The Grand Draw – 2010

This year there were a magnificent 35 prizes to be had – of which at least 10 were worth between £25 and £100.

The raffle was drawn as usual at the Rose and Sweet Pea Show.

The prize winners are:

1. £100 - Mrs Hirst
2. £100 towards a meal at Chesters restaurant – Ann Bennett
3. meal for 4 at Maharanis – G.Lucas
4. 2 Tolethorpe tickets – Wyn Davies
5. Burghley House family ticket – Brooksbank
6. Hamper (drink) – Davis
7. £30 Morrisons voucher – Sue Marsh
8. Basket of Waitrose goodies – Mark Cunningham
9. £25 John Lewis voucher – Laura Cunningham
10. M&S wine – J. Marsh
11. Stamford Arts voucher – Steve Fisk
12. £20 Tesco voucher – Ann Thompson
13. Hamper (Biscuits & chocolate) – Kinkup
14. Bouquet – Cooper
15. £10 Boundary fish & chip voucher – Swain
16. £10 Grasmere Farm voucher – Halley
17. £10 Boundary fish & chip voucher - Simon & Sonia
18. Bird Feeder – Astle
19. Hydranga – Helen
20. £10 boundary fish & chip voucher – Wilson
21. Linfords regular fish & chips - Jones
22. £5 Waterside voucher – Helena Gamman
23. ‘Gardeners’ Clock – Brook
24. Backpack – Nuttall
25. Linfords regular fish & chips – Mickleburg
26. bottle of wine – Robert Thomas
27. Plant (purple flowers) in basket – Christine Gilbert
28. Sunflower plant – J. Clark
29. Geranium plant – Mr Parson
30. Necklace & brooch set – Sue Marsh
31. notebook – S. Whittaker
32. scarf, hat and gloves set – Jacob Boswell
33. scented cushion – Ken Jolyson
34. Champagne – Jane Burch
35. blowing bubbles set – Andy Sharp

This year we raised £1076 after expenses – an increase of over £100 on last year. Selling tickets beforehand is very essential as about two thirds of the sales were made this way – and my thanks go to all ticket sellers for their efforts. However, it is important that all those issued with tickets do return them before the show - whether sold or unsold – as we could have sold more tickets on the day if they had been available (quite a few books were not returned).

Grateful thanks go to John Fisher, Niccy & Martin Fisher, Sue & John Marsh, Andrea & Richard Gamman, Juliet Mills, Christine Masters, Mrs Beryl Willett, Mrs Doris Bellairs, Mandy Flindall and The Ladies Fellowship for either supplying raffle prizes or money towards prizes.

The following companies also donated prizes: -

Landis Gyr (meal at Chesters)

Maharanis (Market Deeping) (meal)

Stamford Shakespeare Company (Tolethorpe tickets)

Burghley Estate (family ticket)

Stamford Arts Centre (voucher)

John Lewis (voucher)

Aitken Floral Designs (2 pot plants and a bouquet)

Pets Pantry, Market Deeping (bird feeder)

Tesco (voucher)

The Boundary Fish & Chip Restaurant (vouchers)

Linfords Fish and Chips (vouchers)

Grasmere Farm (voucher)

Waterside Garden Centre (voucher)

The Co-operative Store in Market Deeping must not be forgotten as the Co-op, again, very generously sponsored the printing of the raffle tickets.

Without the generosity of these companies and individuals the money raised would have been much less as we would have had to fund all the prizes and the printing ourselves.

I must also express my thanks to Kim Hallam who helped me source the prizes, helped to distribute the tickets, and also helped on the day. Thanks also to Adrian Hallam (and relatives) and to Roger and Liz Bridgeman for helping man the stall.

Overall the raffle was very successful this year raising over £1000 towards church funds and will take quite a bit to emulate next year.

Sue Marsh