This year the Boxing Day Enduro’s chosen charity is Help for Heroes.

Help for Heroes strives towards 100% effectiveness – so that for every £1 donated, £1 will go directly to helping wounded Servicemen and women.

Running costs are kept as low as possible, and those costs are covered by the sale of Help for Heroes merchandise. Every t-shirt, mug, wristband and calendar sold ensures that the money donated goes to the men and women who need it, not office bills!

Every possible penny is spent on making grants that aim to provide practical, direct support for our wounded. The grants that have been made so far, since the organisation was founded in 2007, total over £77.5 million.

It was a grey autumn morning, but dry after a week when plenty of rain had fallen. Similar, in fact to so many Remembrance weekends in past years, each of which has featured the H.C. “Charlie” Wake Trial. Although in its heyday in the 1970’s and 80’s the event was spread over a wide area on the Surrey/Sussex border, and featured many miles of road work between groups of sections, it is still considered to be a trial to be reckoned with and certainly not suitable for beginners. We have been fortunate in recent times to have the use of Tickfold Farm at Kingsfold, and once again this year, following that recent rainfall, the steep sided gulley running through the woods was to present its usual challenges to riders of all classes.

After an enjoyable ride down the A281 and along the A29 to Winterfold, I reported for duty at a busy secretary's tent staffed by Neil Bowker, both Clerk of the Course and chief signing-on marshal (and various other jobs too), along with Tracey Mair. Course design maestro Terry Tidbury was out and about putting up signage, tweaking the details and generally making sure everything was in order, while other regulars. But while the staffing problems were perhaps less severe than on some previous occasions, we still had to rely on the goodwill of visitors to man a number of the sections, a situation which is far from ideal.

Christmas Party!

Witley and District MCC invite you to come and join in an evening of Festive Fun !

When? Thursday 16th December 8.30 til late

Where? Compton Village Club (Affiliated to the Royal British Legion - Post code GU3 1JQ)

Tasty Buffet                                                    Exciting Games

Call Jo on 07791 209408

Or Becky on 07790082209