After the success of our last five-a-side competition, we are hoping to hold another one on Sunday 9th September.
Anyone interested in playing, either to defend their title, improve their past performance or for the first time is more than welcome.
Same deal as last time - £7.50 per player, maximum of 8 in a team, beer and food at the Queen's afterwards.
Get in touch via the blog, e-mail or pop into the pub
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to the pool tournament, especially to Martin, without whose help we couldn't have managed.
We made an amaxing £395, which has brought us even closer to our total.
Congratulations to Benson and Ginge, who, against all the odds, took first place.
We are holding a Five-a-Side Football Tournament at the University of Sussex on the 17th June - and there are still spaces left for a few more teams if you're quick.
It's £7.50 per person to play with a max of 8 in a team, and the price includes food and beer at the Queen's Head afterwards.
If you want a application form we can e-mail one to you or pop into the pub to pick one up
First Goal Scorer Competitions on the way because with the football season drawing to a close, things are hotting up! Ooooooo
There will be at least one English team in the final of the European Champions League and where better to watch than the Queen's Head?!
Come along and buy your first goal scorer tickets for the Semi-finals, Final, FA Cup Final and the Man U - Chelsea premiership title clash.
We said we'd do it again - and we are, The Big Q's Heavy Disco Revue is coming back to the Queen's Head on 27th May - that's Bank Holiday people, so you have no excuse not to come.
We will post with any more developments as and when they arise, but you should all come along, we had so much fun last time - lovely people, great music and free entry - and all for a good cause too. It doesn't get much better, does it?
We have our first Corporate sponsors!
The wonderful people at LA Fitness in Brighton have provided us with free membership to get us in shape for our big challenge in November.
We are very grateful - thank you.
If you are already a member or are thinking of joining the gym keep your eyes open for us and feel free to come and have a chat with us about what we are up to.
It was the Queen's 3rd birthday yesterday, so we had a big old knees up - any excuse heh?
The wonderful Affy and fellow birthday boy Mark provided us with the sounds and we think everyone concerned had a pretty fab time.
We recieved some very generous and much appreciated donations whch brought our total to a rip roaring £1165.
We had so much fun we're going to do it again soon - so watch this space.
Lauren and Erica
For the Israel-England Euro 2008 qualfier the pub was absolutely packed - we ran a first goal scorer competition (thanks to Jen for the tickets), we charged £1.50 a go, and 50p from each ticket went towards our fundraising. We made £12.50 and the winner gave back a fifth of his winnings - what a generous soul. We made another £43 in generous donations - England were crap, but our customers were not!
Thanks to everyone who gave yesterday
Lauren and Erica x
Erica and I have set up accounts with Just Giving, you can find our pages at
http://www.justgiving.com/MSSocietyThailand
http://www.justgiving.com/StrokeAssociationThailand.
Just Giving is a great fundraising website that allows you to donate to either of our charities directly - it's simple, fast and totally secure. Also, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you - bonus!
Go and have a look
Lauren and Erica x
This afternoon Erica and I paid our deposit for our trip of a lifetime......
In November this year we will be heading off to Thailand for 11 days of trekking, kayaking and elephant riding to raise money for the MS Society and the Stroke Council. Erica will have to conquer her fear of creepy crawlies and heights as we hike through the jungle and across rope bridges....and knowing how clumsy I am, it will be a miracle if I come home in one piece!
We have to raise a minimum of £2575 in sponsorship each, on top of the £245 deposit we paid today and have lots of fundraising ideas and events in mind which we will hopefully make people aware of via the blog.
Thanks to a very generous pledge from a certain Mr Kale, Erica and I finished our first official day of fundraising a whopping great £990 closer to our minimum target of £5640.
251 Days to go...£4650 left to raise
