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Island Life - February/March 2011

James & Julia Lovell-Kaye

Paul Wheeler & guest

A black tie dinner and race night, held at the
Cowes Masonic Lodge, Castle Road, raised
more than £1,600 for two Island charities.
Members of the Island branch of the Motor
Neurone Disease (MND) Association and
invited guests, and Cowes RNLI members and
their guests supported the event, at which
Gloria and Eddie Minghella were the hosts.
Gloria is President of the IOW Branch of MND
and gave a short talk to encourage diners to
'dig deep' to support both charities to raise
vital funds.
The event, which took place on Saturday
January 29, and attracted 65 diners, was
kindly supported by Medina Food service who
donated the food for the delicious four-course
roast beef dinner with all the trimmings
superbly cooked by Coleen and Ross of CR
Catering of Ryde.
The Races were sponsored by Murray's

Restaurant of Cowes, ITS Tool Hire, Paul
Wheeler Solicitors, Halcyone Villa, Eurovines,
Mr. and Mrs. Chillcott, Sally and Graham
Pengelly and Emrys and Jennie Lewis.
Keith Lane did a splendid job organising the
running of the the races, while the Cowes
Masonic Lodge and its volunteers ensured all
who attended were well looked after, and the
fine sum of £1,621.16 was split between the
two charities.
The next event for MND is a Charity Antiques
Fair at Northwood House on Sunday, February
27.
For further information contact Jennie Lewis
(MND) or Sally Pengelly (Cowes RNLI).
Photographs by Mark Mahoney

Jose Browning and Guest

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