Darryl Smith 51754 04:05:12 Adam Price 51757 04:17:19 Aaron Poltorak 51749 04:58:55 Jade McIntyre 51752 05:25:12 Kiran Gibbons 51751 05:39:03 Helen Lumley 51748 05:50:47 Jason Rice 51755 06:00:44 Connor Dudley 51759 06:09:28 Ed Back 51756 06:30:29 Rob Reece 51750 06:51:02
Congratulations and Well Done to all
10 WMLG Runners
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FEBRUARY
Irene Allan, Lady Captain Stratford Oaks Golf Club 2017/18, has chosen to support WMLG during her year in office Yvonne & Peter visited the Golf Club, 14th February, to speak to the Ladies about lupus, WMLG, LUPUS UK Irene has a lot of fund raising/awareness events lined up so watch this space for future news
above: Yvonne & Peter with Irene & Tony Allan
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2017
December
WMLG Annual Raffle raised
£925.70
Thank you to all who bought/sold tickets
OCTOBER
To help raise Lupus Awareness, Caroline Heise handmade Dutch Gnomes. Priced at £5 each, the sale of the Gnomes raised a magnificent £335 A BIG Thank-You to Caroline for this unusual fund raising project and to all who purchased a Dutch Gnome
LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH COFFEE MORNING Jenny Mynett held her Annual Lupus Awareness Coffee Morning in the Lupus Clinic at City Hospital, Birmingham, raising £80 Thank you to all who supported Jenny and WMLG
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LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH COFFEE MORNING To mark Lupus Awareness Month a Coffee Morning was held at Darkhouse Baptist Church, Coseley, following the Service on Sunday, 22nd October. £75 was raised Thanks go to all at Darkhouse for their generosity and support of WMLG.
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JUNE
OPEN GARDEN
Edith & Robert Critchley opened up their new garden for the village Open Day at Austrey, Warwickshire. During the event, Edith set up a 'Guess the Name of the Flower' competition which raised £110 for WMLG. Everyone who visited the garden was given a LUPUS UK bookmark and learned something about Lupus. Thank you to Edith & Robert for using their lovely garden in support of WMLG.
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MAY
24-hour Darts Marathon 6.00 pm Friday 26th May - 6.00 pm Saturday 27th May The Red Lion, Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands.
Organised by Paul Higgins, the event had 3 x 6 man Teams - Red Lion, Junior and Mix & Match Standing from left to right as they appear are Jack Sidwell (Junior), Dave Fisher (Junior), Chris Thomas (Junior Captain), Antony Daly (Junior), Andy Thomas (Junior), Lee Harris (M & M), Andy Hoy (Red Lion), Chris John (Red Lion), Steve Sidwell (Red Lion), Vince Lloyd (M & M) and Tom Bent (Red Lion). Front row crouched is Tim Lowe (M & M), Mark Gwalchmai (Captain Red Lion), Pete Silver (M & M), Paul Higgins (Captain M & M & event organiser), Jon Bown (M & M), Mick Bown (Red Lion) and Jack Nason (Junior).
Team Red Lion (pictured below) were the winners with a combined total of 422,002. The £180 Team prize has been donated to the total being raised. The Juniors were second with a combined total of 398,970. Mix and Match were third with a combined total of 364,203. A collecting tin on their Team table realised £272 which has been added to the total being raised. The top individual was Tom Bent (pictured below right) with a score of 84,934, over 10,000 ahead of his nearest rival.
A BIG Thank-You goes to all 18 players who took part in this special event in support of WMLG The final total raised was a wonderful £3,153
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Lupus Drop-In Cake Sale Thursday, 11th May
Regular attendees at the Drop-In facility, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, marked World Lupus Day by holding a Cake Sale which, along with donations, raised £104 for WMLG. Thanks go to Gill, Caroline, Denise, Kim, Rene, Yvonne, Bob and Peter, the Lupus/Rheumatology Team and all who contributed to the event.
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APRIL
Virgin London Marathon Sunday, 23rd April
Runners Race Number Time £Raised
Adam Cotterill 52199 03:57:15 £2,760.00 Jenni Shields 52203 04:36:06 £2,796.98 ** joint Aaron Poltorak 52198 04:42:47 £1,520.80 Danielle Mouncer 52202 04:50:05 £2,796.98 ** joint Alan Horsford 52201 05:06:47 £1,082.00 Sarah Barnes 52205 05:19:04 £1,462.00 Mark Penny 52196 05:43:33 £1,481.00 Peter Missen 52207 05:58:40 £1,660.65 Samantha Chambers 52197 06:23:50 £1,551.20 Ed Back 52206 06:33:07 £2,386.00 In addition, a substantial amount of Gift Aid funding was claimed for LUPUS UK
Congratulations and Well Done to all
10 WMLG Runners
total raised: £16,630.63
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2016
December
WMLG Annual Raffle raised
£859.31
Thank you to all who bought/sold tickets
September
As President of Rugby Rotary Club 2015/16, Kevin Kiernan kindly chose to support WMLG/LUPUS UK and presented the sum of £3,500 to Yvonne Norton when she and Peter attended Kevin's out-going lunch, Friday, 2nd September. WMLG is extremely grateful to Kevin and his fellow Rotarians for this wonderful support.
June
Mayor of Dudley's Charities Awards
Along with four other local charities, WMLG was thrilled to receive the wonderful gift of £10,400 A massive Thank-You goes to Cllr Steve Waltho and Mrs Jayne Waltho for their fantastic support as Mayor and Mayoress of Dudley 2015/16
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MAY
Variety Show Friday, 13th, May Parkes Hall Social Club Woodsetton, Dudley
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Coffee Morning Thursday, 5th May City Hospital, Birmingham Rheumatology Outpatients Jenny Mynett, with support from colleagues, held a Coffee Morning which, along with donations, raised £94.33 for WMLG Thanks go to Jenny and all who contributed to this event
Kieron's Wolf Pack entered this wild event, nr Rugby, 9th April, raising £1,215 for lupus research/patient care BIG thank-you to Kieron Norton, Gemma Jones, Mark Cockburn Jamie Wilkins, Ainsworth Ferguson, Steve Gwynne
The Brave Wolf Pack also raised £420 for the Huntingtons Disease Society a fantastic effort and wonderful support for two worthy charities
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MARCH
Mayor's Ball Friday,18th Copthorne Hotel, Brierley Hill
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JANUARY
.Burton-on-Trent Golf Club Captain's Charity
David Salter kindly chose WMLG as his charity while Club Captain and presented £2,290 to Yvonne & Peter Norton during the Captain's Farewell Dinner, 29th January
Yvonne & Peter were pleased to receive such a wonderful amount from David and his wife, Carolyn, who played a huge part in supporting the various fund raising activities.
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.2015
DECEMBER
WMLG Annual Raffle raised
£902.40
Thank you to all who bought/sold tickets
Monday, 21st December BAG PACK (Sainsbury's, Amblecote)
Friday, 11th December CHRISTMAS COFFEE MORNING Mayor Steve and Mayoress Jayne gave an open invitation for Coffee and Cake in the Mayor's Parlour Dudley Council House
Friday, 20th November ABBA TRIBUTE EVENING Thank you to Ken Elwell, Steward at Swindon Golf Club, who organised a great evening on behalf of West Midlands Lupus Group
APRIL
VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON
Sunday, 26th April
Runners / Times
Adam Ford - 04.12.19 Tom Harty - 03.58.58 Peter Smith-Round - 05.13.12 Jemma Green - 05:22:34 Lee Waterfall - 04.51.55 James Wright - 02.57.29 Ken Elwell - 06.52.56 Tom Willcox 04.23.20 David Nash 03.24.24