Border Club Raffle & Auction – Stay Strong Stu
20th May 2015
The Border British Blue Club donated the money raised at the Society AGM and Club Social Supper the evening before the 25th Annual British Blue Show & Sale to Stay Strong Stu.
Janine Brown who works with Club members Jonathan & Jayne Watson (Tweeddale) made a scrumptious chocolate cake which was sold by auctioneer James Little after the Champion was sold at the Blue sale for £180 to the Haigh family, Breckenhill Farm, Low Gate, Hexham (Luce Water Herd) who then put it up for auction again to be sold for £150 to Jools Turner, Wellington, Somerset & Andy, Steph & Tom Ryder, Blackhamilton, Blackford, Carlisle. Lynne Grieve also donated a fruit cake which was won in the raffle by Michael Burnop who asked that it also be put it up for auction and was sold for £100 to the Wainwright family, Todhall Farm, Cupar Fife (Todhall Herd). £430 was raised at the auction & £320 from the raffle and £102 from t-shirt sales and donations.
The Border Club have raised a grand total of £852 for Stay Strong Stu. Thank you to all who helped us raise money for this appeal. It will go to jointly raise awareness of Brain Tumours & to empower our communities to help fight such an illness - whilst also providing practical support for Stu.
