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Organised by Rotary Ascot, 19 teams took part in glorious winter sunshine, raising a significant some of money. Organisers report that, with 19 teams participating, they should be able to donate another £7,000 to the Ascot & District Day Centre, with a little left for the Rotary Charities.

And now for the 2023 Wheelbarrow Race !

The art scholars of Papplewick School, Ascot, had the opportunity to do a painting workshop with artist Sadie James, former resident of Sunninghill.

Sadie, who used to assist in the art department, and was also 'Artist in Residence' at Papplewick before leaving for Australia, painted the wonderful themed murals on the school’s dormitory walls. She now lives in Coral Bay in Australia and is working on her second children's book The Bubble, having had considerable success with her first, The Whale Shark Song.

The boys, aged 12-13 years, painted a canvas in acrylic and thoroughly enjoyed the rewarding experience of working with this talented artist.

Sadie also showed the Papplewick Year 2 boys her animation, which toured around the North West in Western Australia as part of the Gascoyne in May series of festivals.

Next Open Morning: Saturday 4th November 2017 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m Visit: www.papplewick.org.uk

Oakman Inns & Restaurants, operators of Walter Arms, Sindlesham and the soon to be opened Royal Foresters, Ascot, is among the 40 recipients of The Princess Royal Training Award 2017 organised by the City & Guilds Group. Those recipients cover the full spectrum of HR responsibilities including public and private sector businesses and are from industries that include hospitality, healthcare, finance and manufacturing.

The exceptional award-winning businesses, selected from a list of 116, will be honoured by HRH The Princess Royal at a ceremony due to take place this autumn. The award recognises Oakman Inns for creating a lasting impact by successfully linking their skills development needs to business performance. Each of the 116 applications were assessed against three Hallmarks of Excellence by the Princess Royal Training Awards Commission, which comprised of HRH The Princess Royal and seven leading figures in the business and training community.

On Friday 11th November at 11am Charters School in Sunningdale fell silent to mark Remembrance Day.

Staff and students congregated in their Tutor groups on the astro-turf and as the clock struck the hour, Dexter Brown from Year 12 poignantly played the Last Post. The entire school remained silent for two minutes before Dexter broke the silence by playing the Rouse. A wreath of poppies was then laid by two Sixth Form students. As the students returned to lessons, they passed an art installation of poppies clinging to the trees in the school’s central quad

Mr Chris Cook, Subject Leader for History said, “The idea of remembering those that gave their lives for our today still resonates with students despite the passing of 100 years. Having just learnt about the impact of the Somme it was fitting that the whole school community came together to mark Remembrance Day as a community.”

And now for the 2023 Wheelbarrow Race !

The 21^st annual race was held on MONDAY 2nd January 2017, (and NOT on New Year’s Day, as that was a Sunday) at 12 noon, starting and finishing at the School Road car park behind St Michael’s School in the centre of Sunninghill.

They expressed gratitude to the plucky teams, as well as the sponsors - De Veres, Ascot Racecourse, Strutt and Parker and Maloneys Budgens in Ascot and The Carpenters/La Cloche .(The finest French restaurant and pub in England)

The coveted trophies for Fastest Times, (Men, Mixed and Women ), Best Fancy Dress and Most Sponsorship Money Raised - latter to be announced, were awarded at a brief ceremony at the Carpenters, to The Badly Dressed Men, The Hikers - by the cubs. the Scarlett Ladies and The Red Barrow formation flying team. respectively. winners also received certificates and wine.

Pictured Above; The Cool Runners

Chairman of Rotary Ascot - Andrew Vallance presented trophies, certificates and prizes to the winning teams from the 2017 Sunninghill New Year Wheelbarrow Race, at the Carpenters pub/french restaurant in upper village road, sunninghill.

Race organiser, David Mear, also thanked the Race sponsors - De Veres, Ascot Racecourse, Strutt and Parker and Maloneys Budgens in Ascot. Organised by Rotary Ascot, 19 teams took part in glorious winter sunshine, raising a significant some of money. Organisers report that, with 19 teams participating, they should be able to donate another £7,000 to the Ascot & District Day Centre, with a little left for the Rotary Charities.

Pictured Above; Scarlet Ladies ; Winners of Fastest Women ; TIME= 10m 30s

Pictured Above; Best Fancy Dress Winners; The Red Barrow.

Papplewick School, Ascot, made their way to the south coast for the annual geography field trip to Dorset to collect primary data required for the students’ projects.

They endured driving rain on the journey but fortunately it held off during the data collection, though there was plenty of mud to make the slopes down to the river Corfe extremely slippery.

The boys collected data at two sites along the river with the aim of answering the hypothesis: ‘The river Corfe will experience the Bradshaw characteristics of a river from source to mouth’. The Bradshaw Model is a theoretical diagram showing the general characteristics a river should display from the start to the end.

Headmaster Tom Bunbury said: “They couldn’t leave without the international boys experiencing the Great British tradition of fish and chips by the sea while trying to ward off the seagulls! Let’s hope the projects the boys produce are as wonderful as the trip.”