The 10^th Annual Wells Charity Boules

supported by Rock House Dental Surgery & the Rotary Clubs of Avalon & Wells

It’s been an incredible 10 years since we first embarked on the Wells Charity Boules tournament and we’re back this year with sponsorship from Rock House Dental Surgery. 

The idea behind the boules tournament followed a trip to Nepal by a group of Rotarians from Avalon and Wells in 2000. We came back with the determination to raise money for The Nepal Trust to support the projects we’d seen, whilst having fun at the same time; hence the boules. Among the Rotary group was Richard Leworthy, of Rock House Dental Practice, who’s been a great asset on so many levels, not least in providing much needed dental care to the Nepalese villagers. We’ve subsequently revisited Nepal in 2007 and will be back again in Autumn this year to help with the rebuilding of Torpa Health Clinic.

In the past decade, the money we’ve raised from team fees, piste sponsorship and other sources is an incredible £40,000 for The Nepal Trust. If you require any further information about the work they do, or would like to participate on a ‘Trek to Build’, please do get in touch with me. 

As in previous years, forty-eight teams, consisting of local families, businesses, Rotarians and Boules enthusiasts, will compete throughout the day, with play commencing at 9.30am, with the final at 5.00pm – plenty of time to see the World Cup final!

Members of the Rotary Clubs of Avalon and Wells will again be transforming the area outside Wells Town Hall into Boules Pistes, complete with bar, al fresco buffet lunch and jazz band to provide the background music. 

The entry cost per team is £90.00. 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.  

Team fees include four tickets for our superb buffet lunch, as well as four tickets for coffee and croissant. Additional lunch tickets are available to purchase in advance at £10.00 per person and coffee/croissant tickets at £2.50 per person.

Another way to support Wells Charity Boules is by sponsoring a Boules Piste. 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. Alternatively (or in addition to!), we’d be grateful to any organisation able to provide a prize for our raffle. 

When you enter a team, sponsor a piste, enter the raffle or buy drinks on the day, you will be helping people far less fortunate than ourselves.

 Below are team application forms, along with piste sponsor forms 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. Closing date for applications will be Friday 2^nd July, 2010.

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

We’re really looking forward to this year’s Boules and do hope you’ll join us.

 Yours sincerely,

 Adrian Lawrence - Wells Rotary Club