Bowls+Tournament

// Expedition or event - Bowls Tournament -// Home I decided not to make this project one of the 6 required, but helped my friends organise it and participated in it. We were lucky for this project because the original week we had planned it for was washed out and postponed, because we didn't have it organised! We took our second chance seriously and organised for letters to be sent out to possible sponsors and advertising posters to be put up in Eskdale. When the day came, we all dressed up in pink to support our charity, the McGrath Foundation, a big surprise! I had no pink clothes, so I borrowed a dress from Laura :-( We rounded up all the things that the sponsors gave to us and 3 extra wine bottles donated from our Cellar, and we took them down. There was lots of work to do when we arrived and little time to do it. I set up the BBQ with brad, Laura set up the float and the raffle tickets, and Steph did the raffle items, prizes and trays for the sausages while Wally and his crew were getting the green ready. Everything we made was profit and all profit was donations to a cause, also Wally was so kind to donate 20c for every drink sold (about 400!!!) People started arriving soon after the jobs were finished, I worked out how the tournament was going to work and the girls gave out the raffle tickets and wrote down the teams. In the end we had 10 teams who entered, one being Ms.Penny who came all the way from Wodonga!! All was going well and the games got underway, while the money kept on rolling in. After everybody had played against 2 teams, the sausages were ready so we had a break while everybody ate and had another drink. (Sausages were $1 each). And then the teams (a little less sober) started playing again, the competition was heating up as the finish was getting closer. Once it was over we counted the money, got some last minute raffle tickets and worked out the winners. Then as a group we got up out the front of the crowd and got their attention, For me this was the hardest part of the project, speaking in front of a group. First we announced how much we had raised without Wally's donation, which was $336.00, everybody clapped and we were so proud. Next were the runners up and winners’ prizes. These were 3 bars of chocolates and the 3 wine bottles for the winners. To no surprise Wally's team won:-[ And last we announced all the raffles, 6 in total. Rayline won the pedigree box of dog treats, toys etc., donated by Masterfoods, Miss Penny won the $50 Bunnings gift card, donated by Bunnings Warehouse, Gary Mull won the bathroom accessories prize, donated by the Tallangatta Pharmacy and the Wylies won a dinner for 2 at the Eskdale Pub. Everybody left happy and kept telling us how great the night was. It was time to go home, 9:30. I thought it worked out really well and made me feel good that I donated so much money to a great foundation. I wouldn't have changed anything on the night because it worked out 10 times better than I expected. For a project that I thought was going nowhere, it turned out great.