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AROUND THE CLUBS The prize for the largest team on the night went
this time to first-time entrants the Redrock
Fun in the bars Brewery, based in Bishopsteignton, with an
Over forty teams and 560 players took part in amazing 42 players, raising from one team a total
another successful pub and club quiz held by of £126. They win £100 for their preferred
Dawlish Water Rotary Club – a twice-yearly charity, the Motor Neurone Disease Association,
charity event. the national charity that helps patients with life-
limiting illnesses and their families make the most
More than £2,000 will have been raised from the of every day.
evening. The Dawlish Water Rotary Club itself will
be donating part of the proceeds to ‘Children’s “My thanks go to all the teams and players on the
Hospice South West’, with the remainder going to night for making this another successful charity
the Rotary Foundation's ‘End Polio Now’ quiz. I must also thank the support of other
campaign. Rotarians from Teignmouth, Dartmoor Vale,
In addition, over £1000 has gone out to charities Otter Valley, Crediton and Seaton Clubs, as
chosen by the various winning teams. well as various guest quizmasters and ladies on
The winning team – with 26 players - was the night , who gave up their time to help run this
‘Asterix’, a team based in France who have taken event”, said Rotary organiser Peter Harrison.
part for many years. They had an amazing score
of 186 out of 195 . They have chosen the ‘League The next Charity quiz is set for Thursday March
Against Cancer (Loire – Atlantic)’ to receive their 15th 2018. If you have a Pub/Club team of at
£250 prize. The team also win a half-case of wine least 10 players and wish to enter next time, then
and the Top Team trophy. please contact:
Rotarian Peter Harrison on 01626 862731
or e-mail reliancefinance@talktalk.net
...and more fun in the bars
Inter-pub quizzes are a popular way for Rotarians
to raise money and Exmoor Rotary Club also ran
a tournament this autumn, when teams from
seven pubs joined in and the quiz plus the raffles
raised £667 for the Calvert Trust on Exmoor.
Using a central base at Bampton where the scores
could be collated, the seven pubs had three or
four Rotarians in the building to ask the
questions, run the raffles and collect the money.
