Treasure Hunt and Garden Party

Threatened rain, wind and hail failed to deter the avid hunters who turned out to the St Egwin’s Treasure Hunt and Garden Party on Sunday 17th July.

With two large marquees and plenty of cover the organisers had gone to a lot of  trouble to make sure of every ones comfort. As it happened the sun shone for much of the afternoon and at times it was surprisingly warm.

Over 20 cars set out on the treasure hunt and they all made it home safe and sound. Some complained that it was too hard, but the high scores of most participants indicated that not all found it so difficult.

Perhaps it was the large picnic lunches that were consumed before setting out on the course that got in the way of solving the clues.

The Pritchard family, otherwise known as “Team Pershore Plums” were  once again victorious with 49 points from a possible 52 and John and his daughter Joanne, received the trophy from our hostess Jenny Simpson.

George and Jenny have hosted this event on behalf of our lodge for five years, in the course of which several thousands of pounds have been raised through both their efforts and your generosity.

Many others attended just for the cream tea and so when the cars returned the marques quickly filled.  A large Tombola Stall was well supported throughout the afternoon and a fine social event returned a healthy £900 towards the Mark Festival Appeal 2015.

For the first year ever Fred and Anne Hall were not present. Anne was poorly and went into hospital.

Bernard and Brenda Hardy returned from a  cruise with a chest infection and were also unable to attend.

We missed you and wish you well. We now look forward to seeing you on the 10th August at St Peters  for our next Mark social function.

Many thanks to all who attended and special thanks to those who baked cakes, donated prizes or made donations because they could not be there.