Cambridgeshire

Wine Pairing Evening

January 2012

The Cambridgeshire committee have had an idea about arranging a 'Wine Pairing Evening' later in the year, a wine merchant comes along to a dinner and for a nominal fee supplies selected wines to complement each course, i.e.. Sparkling wine as an aperitif, a couple of wines that will go with the starter, two or three to complement the main course and a couple to complement the desert and then finally a couple to go with the cheese course.

The committee had a trial run to assess the suitability of the function and unanimously agreed it would make a great evening event which they are hoping to organise later in the year.

Smithfield 2011 at the East of England Showground

December 2011

RABI trophy won by Texel lamb from Hereford

The Smithfield RABI charity sheep class once again attracted a first class entry of prime lambs at the East of England Smithfield Festival on the showground at Peterborough on Saturday 3rd December.

As a result of the generosity of the eight exhibitors, who donated lambs, and of the auctioneers, Newark Livestock Market, who waived their commission, 100% of the sale price went to RABI, raising over £920.

The winner of the RABI perpetual trophy was an excellent pure bred Texel wether lamb from R J Slade of Almeley, Hereford that sold for a top price of £170. Second in the class was a pure bred Southdown wether lamb from Wakeham-Dawson & Harmer of Lewes, East Sussex, which made £103, with a pure bred Charollais ewe lamb from J & C Maxwell of Ely, Cambridgeshire, which sold for £118, placed third. Two other ewe lambs (brought for breeding), from Eifion Hughes of Carmarthenshire and C Horrell Ltd of Peterborough, made £158 and £128 respectively.

The RABI class was introduced to the Smithfield Show in 2004, when it was in Earls Court, and has been held at all subsequent ‘Smithfields’, with several exhibitors having supported the class since its inception.

Our thanks go to the Royal Smithfield Club, the East of England Agricultural Society, the auctioneers, the NSA and the exhibitors for their continued support.

RABI Class

The winner of the RABI perpetual trophy

Gransden Show

October 2011

The RABI Cambridgeshire committee had a busy day at the Gransden Show selling the final raffle tickets for their summer raffle which has been run at shows and events across the county.

Cambridgeshire Summer Draw

October 2011

The annual summer draw which has been held at various and shows and events across the county was drawn at the East of England Autumn Show.  Drawn by John Beasley, Director of Principal Protection, with committee members; Arthur Gee, Stuart Bish and Stuart Papworth on hand to watch proceedings.

The amount raised is not yet known but a big thank you should go to the committee for their hard work and support.

Sentry Cheque Presentation

Garry Sallis of NatWest, John Hall and John Barrett both from Sentry were on hand at the Royal Norfolk Show to present Bob Archibald with a cheque for £2,100 from this years Flush Challenge.

A big thank you to everyone involved and to those who took part.

Peterborough NFU Cheque Presentation

June 2011

Peterborough NFU took the opportunity at the East of England Show to present a cheque for £950.04 to members of the RABI Cambridgeshire committee.

This money was raised at the Lambing Day held on Morborne Farm back in March.

Sentry Flush Challenge

20 May 2011

14 teams took part in what has become an annual event , the Sentry Charity Flush Shoot at Chatteris.

Trevor Scott, manager at Wood Farm and John Hall, regional business manager organised the day to raise funds for RABI. Included in the day's events was a 50 Bird Sporting Clay Shoot which proved to be challenging in the blustery conditions.

The flush was won for the second consecutive time by The Conservationists from Ixworth near Bury St Edmunds.

The day made just over £2,000 with the cheque being presented at the Royal Norfolk Show in June.

  

Cheffins Fine Arts Evening

March 2011

The RABI Cambridgeshire committee recently organised a fine arts preview evening at Cheffins Auction Rooms.

On hand to give expert advice on the items for sale were, Bill King, Charles Ashton, George Archdale (of The Antiques roadshow fame) and Sarah Flynn who also described a few of the items included in the sale.

Trustee Pat Stanley attended and said a special thanks to Cheffins and the wonderful support given to RABI by the Cambridgeshire committee.

    

 

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