Billericay Round Table : News

Round Table Hits The Air Waves

On Sunday 6th September, two members of Billericay Round Table were invited into the local BBC Essex radio studio's for a chat on Round Table and its activities as well as review the morning papers.

Current Chairman Keith Henning and Mark Roberts went along for a 20 minute slot starting at 8.00am. Graham the presenter asked questions on Round Table and its activities and then asked if they would review the morning press, picking two stories each.

Pictured below is Chairman Keith Henning in the "hot seat" with Graham the presenter of the show.

5 Tabler's Cycle 34 Miles for The Stroke Association

On Sunday 31st May, 5 members of Billericay Round Table took part in a sponsored cycle across the bridges of London. Starting at Tower Bridge and ending up at Hampton Court. A total of 14 London bridges are crossed including all the big names, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Putney Bridge.

The Thames Bridges Bike Ride ends after 34 miles in Hurst Park, near Hampton Court. At this point, our intrepid cyclists had to have a lie down and rest while they took it turns to "re-hydrate" as the temperature was 26 degrees!

The five were (from left to right): - Keith "The Chairman" Henning, Will "Yesterday's Man" Fraser, Peter "Stretch" Shelley, Dave "Silver" Orriss, Mike "Old BLoke" Ashby,

Billericay Donate £250 to Baby LifeLine and Basildon Hospital

Billericay Round Table recently donated £250 to the Baby Lifeline Charity in order for them to purchase two "Dopplers". These specialist pieces of equipment are hand held heart detectors used by midwives and clinicians to monitor babies heart rates during birth. Funds raised by Baby Lifeline goes to hospitals up and down the country with equipment ranging from digital weighing scales to major pieces of technology such as incubators and scanners. The charity also provides training and education programs for doctors, midwives and other associated health professionals.

Colleen Begg, Acting Head of Midwifery, said "I would like to thank the members of the Billericay Round Table for the donation of two baby dopplers. This equipment will help our midwives on the Midwife Led Birthing Unit give the best possible care to women during labour."

For more information on the work of Baby Lifeline, please browse to www.babylifeline.org.uk

From Left Right - Front - Table Chairman William Fraser, Midwife Mercy Mutuku, Table Member Mark Roberts. Back Row - Table members Roger Dawes and Steve Purcell and Baby LifeLine Fund Raising Manager Clive Skelhorn

We are pleased to announce that Jeanette's Florist's of Pitsea sponsored the flowers and a prize at the 50th Charter Night of Billericay Round Table. Please support us and our new sponsor by browsing to the website www.jeanettesflorist.com for more information

Billericay RT Celebrate 50 Years With a Big Party

On 31st January, Billericay Round Table celebrated its 50th birthday with a bang. 157 guests gathered at Crondon Park's Baronial Hall for a black tie three course dinner followed by dancing and general celebratory drinks.

Among the guests were Mr Ron Shea, National Councilor of RTBI and the Area 33 Chairman, Mr Paul Gallagher and founder member of Billercay Round Table, Mr Derek Hanks. Sponsorship was gained from several local companies and two of the local public houses both took tables of ten people along. Two National banks were also represented and we would like to thank all who attended the evening for making it such a special occasion.

In true table tradition, a raffle was held and £1000 was raised. This amount is to be split between the Orchid Cancer Appeal and the RNLI

Santa Claus Comes To Town Once Again

Billericay Round Table will once again be hosting Santa Claus in his annual tour of Billericay. Take a quick look below to see when he will be visiting your area. Don't forget that the Billericay Lions also help Santa visit all the little boys and girls of Billericay, so if your area is not on the list, please visit their own website for further details.

Sun 14th - Bird's Estate/South Green

Sat 20th - Noak Bridge

Sun 21st - Ramsden Heath

£300 raised for Billericay Charity by Billericay Round Table

Billericay Round Table raised £300 for local charity “BOSP” (Brighter Opportunities Through Supported Play). This was achieved by members of round Table and the Essex Road Cycling club taking to their bikes and cycling over 300 miles without moving an inch!!

On Saturday 30^th August, a team of riders took the static bikes supplied by LA Fitness, in front of the Red Lion pub and cycled for 5 hours. All the riders cycled for half an hour and then swapped with a teammate to take a well earned rest. Each rider took the bikes several times throughout the day and a grand total of 286 miles was completed.

Organiser of the event, Mr Simon Poole (36), said “it was lucky that the red lion was able to drive along behind us all the way to keep us refreshed!”

Chairman of Billericay Round Table, Mr William Fraser (39) stated “This was an excellent opportunity for Round Table to support a local charity that helps children do what children should be able to do, and that’s play. We are lucky to have such a charity as this in our town and we wanted to do what we could to support them.

This years ride is in aid of BOSP, a local organisation based in Crown Yard, Billericay. BOSP works to improve the quality of life for children and young people with learning and/or physical disabilities. They provide respite care in the form of safe play and social activities with specialised and intensive support. They support a full day Saturday respite term time, a youth Club term time and holiday activities club through out the school holidays.

RNLI Sail Away With £500 Donated By Billericay Round Table

Billericay Round Table have donated £500 to the RNLI at Burnham on Crouch after 3 of its members took part in a sponsored row from Brandy Hole Yacht Club at Hullbridge to Battlesbridge in Essex.

The 3 mile course was tackled by Table members Mark, Scott and Dave in six foot dinghy’s powered by oars and arms alone. The first to finish was Mark in just over an hour with Scott and Dave coming in within 15 minutes

This year was the first time that Scott had tackled the course. On finishing he said “That was really hard work, the wind was pushing us back all the time and I had to really pull on my oars to get the little boat going”.

As a boat owner Mark was especially pleased to help the RNLI. “You never know when you are going to need help from the RNLI but you can always be sure of their help when you need it. This is Table’s way of supporting them”.