FANTASTIC FUNDRAISING NEWS !

Firstly, a big THANK YOU to everyone who has been involved in the fund raising so far. Below is a run down of our recent successes.

Cleve Archers Fund Raising Shop

The fund raising shop had its first "big" outing at the Cleve tournament on May 7th. From its humble beginnings selling sweets on Saturday morning, the shop now has a variety of goods for sale, from archery mouse mats to archery moose mascots! In addition it sold new and used archery equipment donated by club members.

A huge thank you needs to go to Trevor who has produced some superb back-stop nets from raw materials acquired by the club. These are hugely popular and there is now a long waiting list including members of clubs all over the country.

In one day alone, the shop made a brilliant £369

The shop needs to replace its stocks for the 2 day FITA, and the Junior Windsor tournaments in July. So to ensure that the shop can continue to be a success we need more archery equipment to sell. Why not have a clearout and donate all of your unwanted archery equipment to the fundraising shop?

Any donated items should be left in the container in bags clearly marked "Fund Raising Shop". Please do this as soon as possible so that Chris Griffiths can collect them in time for the tournaments.

We can be sure that all club members can find some unwanted equipment - Go on, use this opportunity to clear out some space!

Invitation Books

As you will all be aware the Invitation books containing hundreds of vouchers have been on sale over the last few months.

This has proved a great success raising a further £284

Thanks go to Nigel Smith who organised this, and to all who sold, or bought these books.

Wine Auction

Many thanks to Ernst & Julio Gallo for donating the wine and to Nigel Smith for obtaining the winery's support and his auctioning skills at the Cleve May tournament.

This auction raised another £90 for club funds.

Sainsburys Bag Packing

I know this event was not looked on with great glee, but what a success it has proved to be! A very efficient team comprising mainly Juniors and their parents with some Seniors turned up a Sainsburys on May 20th. Many of the volunteers stayed for the whole four hours and were then treated to a barbecue provided by Hillary and Chris Jones.

The bag packing raised an enormous £972

A stand was also set up outside Sainsburys and was manned by Dennis, Richard and Kevin promoting Cleve Archers and archery in general. Francesca produced leaflets with details of Birthday Parties, Have A Go sessions etc. Many of these were handed out and hopefully will provide more opportunity for future fundraising.

The total raised from the above events is a fantastic

£1,715.00

Once again a very big THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed in any way so far. If you haven't been involved yet, NOW is the time to do it. Maybe you have a good fund raising idea or some bits and pieces that you can donate.

Report by Chris Griffiths

February 2006

Well this is also our first update, but what a very busy and successful 4 months we have had! A very BIG thank you to everyone for their support - without which we wouldn't have raised a penny! So how have we done?

Webb Ivory
Our first season of taking Webb Ivory orders proved to be more than worthwhile, raising a total of £149.19 for the club! Getting the catalogues out and placing orders early ensured that there were very few problems with availability. Thanks to Sue for organising this.

Photos with Larry
What a very popular and successful fund raising event! Many thanks to Jan for organising the event and for taking such stunning photos and to Larry for his time. The amount raised is £122.85.

The Stall
Our selection of mainly archery themed goods has been a focus of interest for many of our Juniors over the last few months - eagerly awaiting the next 'batch' of quiver buddies and other treats! The crystal paperweights have sold well (some have even emigrated to Wales!) as have the scoreboards and pens - to name just a couple of items! The stall visited the Senior AGM and went down well with them too! The stall has raised a whopping £412.00. Many thanks Chris for the great idea, organising the stall, making/collating much of the produce and lugging it everywhere! Thank you too to everyone else who has helped/contributed goods to sell.

Tesco Sports Vouchers
We have collected a total of 1080 sports vouchers, which we will be using to 'buy' the following items: a handy storage clipboard for the register, hygienic 'squeezy whistle for our Field Captains, 5 stop watches (metric rounds are timed!) and a kit bag for general use.

So what about 2006?
Friends of Cleve Archers will be meeting early in the New Year to put together a plan of action. But our main focus is likely to be getting our 'super' raffle off the ground - with printed tickets and fully licensed, this will give every member of both clubs the opportunity to get involved: tracking down prizes & selling tickets to friends/family/work colleagues etc. Prizes will hopefully range from a digital camera, landscape gardening, sports massage, complimentary tickets to local attractions etc. If anyone works for a company that would be prepared to donate a prize (or would like to do so themselves) please let us know!

We will be selling 'Invitation' books crammed full of discounted tickets to local attractions, restaurants, bowling, cinema tickets, retail outlets and loads more - details to follow soon!

Our stall will be making a trip to the Gloucestershire County Championships and hopefully also one to Wales to tempt the archers of Pentreff, after which it will be taking a rest before making a reappearance at the May shoot! Have no fear; we will be producing an order form should you need anything in the meantime!

Sue Hicks