Our 13th annual charity quiz night (unlucky for some but not for the raffle winners!) held jointly with WSP solicitors was supported by 21 teams from the Gloucestershire business community, whose generosity raised a truly fabulous £2000 for our two corporate charities.
Originally set for the 4th July, King Stanley Village Hall became a polling station, so it was moved to the 18th July. The new date clashed with the cricket festival which resulted in a slightly reduced number of teams, however we still achieved a similar fundraising total with £1000 for each charity.
Rob Case co-hosted the event, as he has done since its inception back in 2009, alongside this year’s quiz master, Faye Hatcher, ex BBC Radio Gloucestershire presenter and producer who donated a Pet Portrait commission which was particularly relevant to Teckels being one of the charity partners and was won by one of the WSP team members.
The local charities supported were Teckels Animal Sanctuaries and Young Gloucestershire, who both entered teams. Skye from Teckels spoke to the room about their charity and Faye Hatcher commented that she was surprised by the £45,000 monthly cost to run the sanctuary. Young Gloucestershire supports young people to have the confidence, motivation and skills to improve their lives and spokesman TJ also addressed the room mentioning that they receive well over 100 referrals each week.
Ten rounds of tricky questions included Superheroes, Riddles, TV & Film, Music and the popular Gloucestershire round. Pizzas were served during the evening from pizzeria Molto Bene.
The overall winning team, named Shed 7, have been attending for many years and last night took the glory, closely followed by joint second teams, The Quizzly Bears and The Hubblers.
We’d like to thank all the individuals and local businesses for the generous donations to the raffle which raised £685 of the total. Without these prizes we would not be able to raise so much for our chosen charities.
The twenty raffle prizes were donated by the following individuals and businesses: Chun Kong, the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, Regency Hampers, Beau’s Bakehouse, Eve Building Consultancy, Tubby Tom’s, Stroud Brewery, Wholly Gelato, Giffords Circus, Tailor Made Technologies, SOS Legal, Woodchester Valley, The Eyewear Company, Made in Stroud, Paintball Booking Office, Reform 117 Pilates studio in Cheltenham, plus our own Gloucester Rugby tickets for four people.
Rob Case said “It is great to be involved with a fun filled event with a purpose and see the money raised for Charity each year. A massive thanks to all involved.”
