The 9th Annual Wells Charity Boules Tournament, held in Wells Market Place

With the recent glorious weather, our thoughts turn to what is now firmly in the Wells summer calendar, Wells Charity Boules Tournament. This year it will be held on Sunday 12^th July, 2009, when we hope to have fun whilst raising much needed funds for a very worthwhile cause.

 For the ninth successive year, the area outside Wells Town Hall will be transformed into Boules Pistes, with bar and an al fresco buffet lunch. As ever, a jazz band will provide the background music throughout the day to create the unique atmosphere we are proud to bring to Wells each year.
 

Organised by the Rotary Clubs of Avalon and Wells, forty-eight teams, consisting of local families, businesses, Rotarians and Boules enthusiasts, will compete throughout the day, with play commencing at 9.30am and finishing at 5.30pm.

 
The entry cost per team is £85.00, which includes four tickets for our delicious buffet lunch and four tickets for coffee and croissant. Four players per team can play at any one time, however, you can have as many members per team as you wish, rotating your team players to ensure everyone has a chance to play. Additional lunch tickets are available to purchase in advance at £10.00 per person and coffee/croissant tickets at £2.50 per person. 

You may also wish to sponsor a Boules Piste, even if you are unable to enter a team. The cost is £100.00 per piste for which your sponsorship is acknowledged with an estate agent type board at the end of the piste bearing your company name and logo.  

The money raised from entry fees, piste sponsorship and other sources will be donated to The Nepal Trust. We have raised in excess of £30,000 for this charity since starting the annual Charity Boules Tournament back in 2000.

One of our objectives after visiting Nepal in 2007 was the refurbishment of Torpa Health Clnic in Humla (North West Nepal) and the cost of this project was estimated at £10,000, which we made a commitment to raise here in Wells.

After a successful Auction of Promises Dinner in March we are well on our way to reaching this target, hopefully with your help the remainder will be raised at this year’s Boules Tournament.

When you enter a team, sponsor a piste or buy drinks on the day, you will be helping people far less fortunate than ourselves. If you require any further information about The Nepal Trust, please do get in touch with me.

I have enclosed a team application form, along with a piste sponsor form and we’d be grateful if you could return either or both(!), with payment, as soon as possible please, to me at the address below. The Boules Tournament has always proved a very popular event and been oversubscribed in previous years so the sooner you secure your team and/or piste sponsorship, the better! Closing date for applications will be Friday 26^th June, 2009.

If you have any queries, please speak to either myself or Sara Blair at The Crown.

We do hope you’ll join us in what is always a really super day!

Yours sincerely,