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Ozzie Adams taking time off his that Deniz Mehmed and Keepers Mike and Terri,
rigorous editorial duties to complete a Gareth Griffin arranged for Recorders Steve Hollingdale,
memorable winning of the Parris shield. every Wednesday night of The Denise King and Peter Lovell
Parris Handicap. These BBQs and of course my wonderful
His performances steadily
improved over the course of proved to be enormously wife Sheila who takes the
the season and ranged from successful and attracted not entries and helps calculate
17th to 1st with times ranging only the runners but also non- the winners at the end of the
from 23.31 to 21.47. runners and guests alike. The evening.
BBQ numbers increase every
Second, only three points time we hold them which The first race of the 2017
behind, was Adrian Stocks indicates how popular they series will be on Wednesday
with a dead heat for third are with everyone. They have 12th April at 7.15pm.
place between Dave Leal and already indicated that they will
Paul Sharpe. run these events again for the Richard Griffin
The event generated over 2017 event so many thanks
£450.00 profit and all the as not only is the catering
proceeds were donated to The first class but our bar profits
House and Social Committee increase considerably on these
to be used for the benefit of nights!
us all. These events could not take
One of the big highlights of place without volunteers so
the 2016 series were the BBQs many thanks to our Time