box which kept all this food hot for a considerable time. Tom and Ed worked very hard with rather inadequate equipment, manfully trying to keep up with a huge demand for posh burgers. Next time we’ll have to get a bigger BBQ and some extra veggieburgers. Emma stepped in, hot foot from holiday, to distribute these goodies, handing over vast numbers of meaty feasts. Estimable work for a confirmed vegetarian!!


Oh, and then there were the ducks - millions of the little plastic beggars! The marshalling, the numbering, the selling, the transportation, the releasing, the judging and by no means least the COLLECTION of them is quite a feat I can assure you. But all the funds go to Rowcroft, so nobody minds really. The tug-o-war was the usual chaotic laugh with categories of men, women, mixed and children, complete with lots of falling on the grass, loud grunting and screams (and that was just the men!). Towards the end we held our now traditional and fun-filled Eggathon which saw eggs flying all over the place with the event nicely rounded off by a performance from ‘Missin’ Tackle’, a local sea shanty group; they gave us a rousing send-off for which we were very grateful. Let’s hope to see them again another year. I can tell you, (with feeling !) that a


really massive amount of work goes into these events - I haven’t seen our dining room for months! Big hearty and well deserved thanks to Jan and the superb team of Anne, Mike, Graham, Kay, Penny, Ian and everyone else who work so very hard for our community. Thanks must also be made to folk who gave so generously to the event: Colin from The Ship, Bookers C&C, Andrew Brownsword, Gordon and Tony from Kaywana Hall, Chris Hoyle Marine, Coastal Estate Agents, Dart Steam Rail and Riverboat Co., Kingswear Parish


Council, Pet Nature from Totnes and the Trevorrows. In addition thanks are also very much due to raffle prize donors: Camping and Caravan Club, Hillhead, Churston Farm Shop, The Cutting Lounge, Dartmouth, The Flavel, Darthaven Marina, H R Owen, Kingswear, Kingswear Post Office, Kingswear Bears, David and Audrey McIlrath, Motec SW, Paignton, Manna from Devon cookery school, Otter Nurseries, Torquay, Paignton Zoo, Princess Theatre, Torquay, Raddicombe Lodge, Kingswear, Sainsbury’s Paignton, Sharpham Vinyard, Stags Estate Agents, Dartmouth, Steam Packet Inn, Kingswear, Gary and Tricia Daniels, Margaret and Tony Wildig and those Trevorrows again. Numerous other people gave prizes which were left on doorsteps etc. and so cannot be named but we thank them nonetheless. The raffle was a major fundraiser. Now the bit you’ve all been waiting


for, if you’ve managed to struggle through this so far, the money raised. A big WOW is all I can say on such an achievement from such a small village. Total proceeds from all events and special donations was £2,734 and the distribution of the proceeds was as follows: Kingswear Village Hall Fund received £679 (including £200 specially designated personal donation), Shelterbox received £479, Kingswear Rowing Club received £479 and Rowcroft Hospice received £1,095 (100% 0f Duck Race). In addition to our totals, Cancer Research UK held a stall and sold bric-a-brac which raised £175 which they kept separately for themselves. So well done Kingswear, that’s


quite a considerable effort and achievement. So far feedback has been very positive from those who came along, it seems that folk of all ages enjoyed themselves well. Next year we are going to give our sponsors and ourselves a rest and return to something like the present formula in 2019. HOWEVER keep


your eyes on this page because we are planning a simpler, social event to mark summer which, hopefully, will take place on Jubilee Park. It may be a party, a cream tea, a concert, who knows...


Downtown


Kingswear ‘Drama’ Jo and Jason Byrne, our stalwart


posties, were subjected to a frightening and dangerous hold-up the other day in the post office in The Square. A young Dartmouth man entered the shop holding a knife and demanded money from the shop till. He told Jason to open the counter flap but in his haste the intruder caused the counter to collapse, he then started taking money from the till. At this point both Jo and Jason were able to retreat behind the security of the metal and glass screen. Jo had already activated the panic alarm which is linked direct to the police; it was probably the noise made by the alarm as much as anything else which made the thief panic and run out of the shop. Bizarrely, the thief escaped up the


hill to the village shop to use some of his ill-gotten gains to top-up his mobile phone and then took a circuitous route to the Higher Ferry, where he was known by reputation. He then legged it to The Seale Arms, where he was already banned as a customer, in order to buy drinks. He was later picked up in the street by the police and taken to Torquay to be charged with the offence. Thank heavens that Jo and Jason


remained safe and unhurt, but this must have been a very unpleasant experience for both of them. One positive thing to come from this unhappy event is the out-pouring of support which residents of Kingswear have shown them; they have received flowers and wine from a number of people, which just goes to show how much they are valued in our community.


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