Clubs/societies

Shepperton Rotarians braced the cold for 12 hours to raise more than £2000 to be used in the Haitian Earthquake Disaster.

People from Shepperton Rotary Club, and Shepperton Aurora stood outside Sunbury's Tesco on Saturday January 16 and raised £2068 to be spent on Shelterboxes.

A banker from Sunbury is recovering after his boat was stranded in the Java Sea during a ten month around the world yacht race.

The Cork, Ireland, a 68-foot ocean racing yacht, rammed onto a submerged reef in Indoesia onWednesday January 13 forcing the team to evacuate.

A SUNBURY woman has received the coveted Queen's Guide Award.

Olympia Theocharous, 21, was given the gong at a Girlguiding UK ceremony in London last Tuesday (24). It was presented to her by HRH the Countess of Wessex - the Girlguiding UK President - in front of 200 guests.

Wine tasting evening

Posted by Adam Courtney on Sep 21, 09 08:51 AM in Clubs/societies

The Sunbury and Shepperton Arts Association is hosting a wine tasting evening to raise money for a new piano on Saturday, October 3, at the Riverside Arts Centre, Thames Street, from 7.30pm.
Connoisseur Richard Black will hold a tutored wine tasting session, with the opportunity to taste different vintages from around the globe.
Tickets, which need to be booked by October 2, cost £12 and can be bought by calling 01932 770 325.

It should have been a day of excitement and joy, as it meant she was just a year away from realising her ambition of receiving 100th birthday greetings from the Queen.

But for Ann Huggins, her 99th birthday was completely overshadowed by the upheaval caused by the impending closure to her sheltered housing flat, at Sunna Lodge, Sunbury.

Regatta hailed

Posted by Adam Courtney on Aug 19, 09 09:38 AM in Clubs/societies

A freak act of nature nearly scuppered it but, not only did Sunbury Regatta go ahead, organisers are hailing it as one of the most successful events for years.

After a tree collapsed onto a vital bridge just days before, the Rivermead Island extravaganza was in serious danger of being cancelled.

Poets gather

Posted by Adam Courtney on Apr 27, 09 04:46 PM in Clubs/societies

The Sunbury Poetry Group are meeting at the Riverside Arts Centre, Thames Street, on Thursday May 7, at 8pm. For more information, ring 01932 761241.

Get your SRA edition

Posted by Graham Spence on Mar 30, 09 03:17 PM in Clubs/societies

The spring edition of the Lower Sunbury Residents' Association is now available for download at www.losra.org

The Sunbury Regatta annual meeting will be held on Sunday March 29 at The Kempton Cricket Club, Staines Road East, Sunbury, at 1.30pm and is open to all.

Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury is opening its doors for free on Wednesday, February 25 at 8.30am for people to watch leading trainer Nicky Henderson give his Cheltenham Festival contenders some final preperations before next month's showpiece event.

Among horses to be given a spin are Champion Hurdle favourite Binocular a
nd World Hurdle contender Punchestowns.

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