Reports
Carnival Report 2008
Friday 8th August – Weather was fine
Sunday 10th August – Weather was fine but windy
So why oh why did it have to rain on Saturday – Carnival day!!!
This year was my first ever time organising the whole carnival procession. Wow!! I couldn’t believe how difficult it was and then the weather let me down on the day.
I must say a big big thank you to all floats, groups, helpers, volunteers and members of public who turned out in support on the carnival. I did have a good, but stressful, time once the procession entries started to turn up at Stanpit. On Friday night, I had approximately 47 entries which turned into 25/30 turning up on the day.
As you can see from the various pictures, the true British spirit/madness was in full force as we headed off from Stanpit at 18:00. There was an extra spring in the step of the procession and we completed the 3 miles in about an hour.
The trophy and award presentation was abandoned as the rain was starting to come down harder and groups were trying to get home as quickly as possible back to the dry and warm. The heavens open with a flood just as I got into my car to leave Barrack Road – phew! – not sure I could get any wetter though.
The results from the judges were:
- Motorised (Small) – 1st place – “Rob the Fish” with his pirates
- Motorised (Large) – 1st place – The Shamrock Football Bus
- Walking Class – 1st place – “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” by the Cradick Family
- Visiting Queen and Princess – 1st place – Grange Carnival Court
- Marching Band - The Royal British Legion
- Most Entertaining – The Old Milk Float (Paul Rogers).
We are arranging a presentation of the trophies for next weekend (16th/17th) on the Quay. I will be contacting all the groups involved.
We collected £434.00 along the procession route – many thanks to you all.
Once again, thank you to all those that braved the weather and I look to see you all again in 2009.
Jonathan Small - Carnival Organiser
Email: jdsmall.regatta@tiscali.co.uk
Football Report 2008
WOW! It stayed dry on Sunday 10th of August at Bournemouth Sports Club (Hurn).
16 teams from near and far including a team from woking in surrey and one from Basingstoke in Hampshire all battled out to win the 2008 Christchurch Regatta famous trophy.
Organizer Alex Collis was getting worried 3 weeks before the event as only 6 teams came forward. Upon writing a plea to the Bournemouth Echo, he managed to pull in another 10 teams!
The teams as follows were:
- MBW (Mercedes Benz World) from Woking, Surrey - 2008 winners
- Queens Park FC - 2007 winners and 2008 runners up
- Twynham East, Christchurch - 3rd place
- Aspects
- Trinidad FC, Southbourne FC, Priory Quays, Fernside Sports 1/2, Rockbourne
FC, Ace fabrications, The Waterboys from Basingstoke, Bransgore Rangers,
FCbh23, Twynham rangers res.
Alex would like to thank Bounemouth Sports Club for their support, 2CR FM, his wife Carol Collis for all her help and putting up with his stress leading up to the events.
More events can be found on the events listing at www.2crfm.co.uk
A very big thank you to a last minute sponsor, Cherry Tree Fabrics (01202 396461)
The day with the sposorship, raffle and teams raised a total of £612.