Mortimer Fun Day 2010

Everyone will agree that Mortimer Fun Day 2010 was absolutely fantastic!! The sun shone, about 5000 people came and had a great time.

MVP would like to thank everyone involved: organisers, volunteers, sponsors and attendees - together we made a sunny day really shine in Mortimer.

The children's fancy dress parade got thing off to a colourful start, while the Willink CheerVision cheerleaders kept up the momentum with their skillful display. The hawk display was very popular at all times with a big crowd around the arena both times that Ray Prior flew his birds. It was most photogenic as you can see from the shot above and many more in the photogallery. The tug of war proved a real draw (!) with all sorts teams of varying size and number - I'm not sure who the winners were but the Yummy Mummies got the biggest cheer! The display of junior rugby skills by Tadley Rugby club was further enhanced by the antics of Digger the Dog. Everyone enjoyed the skillful tent erecting competition and the fireman showing how they rescue people by cutting them out of cars, while the AK Gymnastics team delighted all with their strength and agility.

One of the wonderful PA announcers, Graham Jones, has even written a blog entry about the Fun Day which everyone should read.

Please send us you comments, photos etc. and we will feature them here.

The winning ticket numbers for the raffle were:

002155 £100 
001147 £50 voucher for Cinnamon Tree Restaurant
000509 £50 of beauty products from Anita's Hair and Beauty
000698 5 Great Western return tickets Mortimer - Paddington
002768 Two bottles of Wine from Waitrose
000099 £25 voucher from County Hire
001126 £20 Sainsbury's voucher
001049 £2- Co-op voucher
000634 Bottle of Grant's whisky
001044 Family ticket to Wellington Country Park
001043 4 tickets for Mortimer Film Club
001259 A hanging basket of flowers
Prize winners are being notified by phone.

The finals of the Mortimer Open tennis tournament were played during the Fun Day. The results were:

Under 12 - George Chaplain beat Chris Harris 2-0
Under 16 - Jamie Richardson beat Todd Robinson in a 21/2 hour battle!
Ladies - Helen Townsend beat Sandra Harding 2-0
Mens - John Tobin beat Andrew Richardson 2-0

You can see a video of the Fun Day here.