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Milestone reached! Total donations exceed £100,000.Just over fifteen years ago, a small group of friends in The Farmers Arms decided to form a club to raise funds for local charities and organizations. The club become known as the Penknife Club. That first year, 1995, the Penknife Club made donations of £397. Since then the Penknife Club has gone from strength to strength and in 2009 made donations totalling, £11,237. Donations to date since the club was formed is now at £104,969. Click here to see letter from St. Davids City Council. St. Davids City Council Community Award Scheme 2005.The Penknife Club were the recipients of this award! Forthcoming (planned) eventsPast eventsTreginnis Fete, Sat. July 17th, 2010 The annual Treginnis Fete was held at Lower Treginnis Farm in aid of the Friends of Treginnis. The Penknife Club provided refreshments as usual. 14th Signal Regiment Family Open Day, Sat. June 26th, 2010 The Penknife Club provided refreshments at this event. Please see their official website here for more details. Cycle Challenge Wales 2010 reaches St. Davids, Thu. 10th June 2010 There was a coaching session at the Rugby Club at 6 p.m. followed by a Medal Presentation and barbecue. Please click here to see the official website. And the route they are following. Longboat Rowing Races, Solva, Sun. June 6th, 2010 Solva Rowing and Watersport Club hosted longboat rowing races on Sunday 6th June 10a.m from Trinity Quay Solva. The St. Davids Penknife Club provided refreshments from their new catering trailer. Charity Marathon Relay - Sat, May 29th, 2010 - Bank Holiday weekend. The fifth sponsored relay marathon through the streets of St.Davids was organised by Andrew Chalmers. This raised £1,079 which will be presented to the St. Davids Rugby Club minnies.
Penknife Club Annual Ball, Fri. 21st May 2010 This years ball was held at The Bishops. Dress - DJ's. Penknife Club Annual Walk, Sun. 2nd May 2010, 09:30 start This years walk was organised by Les, Rob and Brock. In memory of departed friends this walk was known as The Roland Bateman and Bob 'Taxi' Jenkins Memorial Walk. The walk started and ended at The Farmers Arms, St. Davids. Proceeds will be donated to the Solva and St. Davids District Nurses. Click here to see poster. Click here to see map of route. Click here to see photos. A record 73 walkers took part and as at 1st June over £2,200 had been received by our Treasurer. Penknife Club Beard and Moustache Growing, Apr 2010 Members were invited to grow moustaches or beards to raise money for Ward 10 Withybush Hospital. As at 5th May £1,980 has been received by our Treasurer. More monies have been promised. There was a shave off during our April meeting at The George Solva. Click here to see photos. Annual General Meeting 2010 The Penknife Club's 17th AGM was held at The RAFA Club, Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 08:00 p.m. Executives election took place. Please see the Contact page for Executive details. 2010 New Year's Day Sponsored Swim - Whitesands Beach The annual New Year's Day swim was held at Whitesands Bay. This years event was organised by David Chant and all proceeds will be donated to local emergency services. The Mayor Councillor Stephanie Halse kicked off the proceedings for the 57 swimmers. Sponsorship monies and donations have reached approx. £2,800. Please click here to see pictures. Thanks to everyone for their support. Many thanks to Mick and Julie Rose for the cawl at Whitesands and Matthew Blakiston for free cawl at the Farmers Arms afterwards. Also huge thanks to the St. Davids RNLI, Red Cross and the Porth Mawr SLSC for looking after everyones safety. The funds were split between the Wales Air Ambulance, St. Davids RNLI and the Porth Mawr Surf and Life Savers club. A presentation of cheques for £933.79 each was made at The Old Cross Hotel, Mar 24th to Hannah Perkins, Wales Air Ambulance; David John, St. Davids RNLI; and Junior members, Lea Rees, Nathan Jones and Scott Riches, Porth Mawr SLSC. See pictures below.
Solva Rowing and Watersports Club Presentation - Sept 2009 Phil Prickett, for The Penknife Club, presented a cheque for £1000 to Dr. Iain Robertson-Steel, Solva Rowing and Watersports Club, towards the replacement of the safety boat engine. This money was raised at various Royal George & Ship events organised recently. See picture below.
Bank Holiday Extravaganza - Aug 30th, 2009, The Royal George, Solva There was for live music on the sun terrace with lamb spit roast and barbecue. Click here to see poster Treginnis Fete, Sat. July 11th, 2009 The annual Treginnis Fete was held at Lower Treginnis Farm in aid of the Friends of Treginnis. The Penknife Club provided refreshments in the beer tent and at the burger and roast lamb stall. The funds raised were donated to Mike Plant on behalf of the Friends of Treginnis. Simon Davies Football Tournament - Sun, May 31st, 2009. A special fundraising tournament organised by The Penknife Club and Solva Football Club. Twelve six-a-side adult teams competed in knock out rounds for the Simon Davies Cup. These games were played on the three roadside pitches from 12am. The Penknife Club provided food, a bar, and the usual fun and games. The day was completed with a sports quiz in The Harbour Inn with Ronnie Beynon. Thank you for all the support - Phil Prickett. Schedule of activities:-
Charity Marathon Relay - Sat, May 23rd, 2009 - Bank Holiday weekend. The fourth sponsored relay marathon through the streets of St.Davids, organised by Andrew Chalmers, was again a huge success raising over £2,000 for the St. Davids Rugby Club minnies.
Penknife Club Annual Walk, Sun. 3rd May 2009 This years walk again featured Porthllisky and Treginnis Farms. Walkers met at The Farmers Arms beer garden at 9.30am. Gareth "Brock" George organised this event. Proceeds to Ward 10 Withybush Hospital and local children’s play groups. Please click here to see the poster. 2009 New Year's Day Sponsored Swim - Whitesands Beach The annual New Year's Day swim was held at Whitesands Bay. There were 51 swimmers this year raising between them a total of £2,276.82. This was split between the Wales Air Ambulance, St. Davids RNLI and the Porth Mawr Surf and Life Savers club. A presentation of cheques for £758.94 each was made at The Old Cross Hotel, Feb 26th to Hannah Perkins, Wales Air Ambulance; David John, St. Davids RNLI; and Richard Cox, Porth Mawr SLSC. Beer Festival, Ship Inn, Solva, Fri 1st August to Sun 3rd August 2008 The Ship Inn, Solva; landlords Paul and Jo Williams; recently organized a Real Ale Festival and invited the St. Davids Penknife Club to run a promotion in conjunction with the event to raise funds for local organisations. The picture below shows Club secretary, Ivor Thomas, presenting a cheque to Peter Cole, Solva Football Club, for £2,072.40. The St. Davids Penknife Club thanks all staff and regulars of the Ship Inn for their enthusiastic support.
Porthclais Regatta, Sat. August 16th, 2008 The Penknife Club provided refreshments at this event. The picture above also shows Frankie John in the background to whom a cheque for £400 was presented for the Porthclais Harbour Childrens Regatta. With the £200 previously donated this makes a total of £600. Treginnis Fete, Sat. July 12th, 2008 The annual Treginnis Fete was held at Lower Treginnis Farm in aid of the Friends of Treginnis. The Penknife Club provided refreshments in the beer tent and at the burger and roast lamb stall. The funds raised to date, approximately £1,170, will be donated to Mike Plant on behalf of the Friends of Treginnis. Penknife Club Guide Coastal Walk and Talk, 29th June 2008 In aid of Diabetes Wales and Local Charities and Featuring Porthllisky and Treginnis Farms The Penknife Club annual walk with a difference started from The Farmers Arms beer garden at 9.30am, and then took the Porthclais Road down to the harbour and followed the coastal path to Porthllisky Beach where refreshments were available. The walk resumed on the coastal path to Carn Ar Wig then moved inland to Treginnis Farm and eventually on to St Davids via the Treginnis Road, left at Penlan and up the Cathedral steps and lane back to The Farmers Arms beer garden. During the walk Rob Davies showed and discussed points of interest, which included the Copper Mines, Ramsey Island, a Cromlech, an Iron Age Fort and Buzzards Rock. There were 41 walkers and at the present time over £1,000 was raised with more sponsorship monies yet to come in. Charity Marathon Relay - Sat. May 24th, 2008 - Bank Holiday weekend. The third sponsored relay marathon through the streets of St.Davids started at 12:00. This was organised again by Andrew Chalmers. All monies raised will be donated to the St. Davids Mini-Rugby and Mini-Football.
Annual General Meeting 2007 The Penknife Club's 14th AGM was held at The RAFA Club, Tues Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:00 p.m. Jim Braby presented the 2007 final accounts which were agreed by all members. Executives election then took place. Please see the Contact page for Executive details. Just before the official start of the meeting a presentation of funds raised by the 2008 New Year's Day Sponsored Swim was made to representatives of Pembrokeshire Crossroads (Caring for Carers) and All Pembrokeshire Cruse Bereavement Care. Individual cheques for £735 each were presented to Sharon Houghton for Pembrokeshire Crossroads and Alan York for All Pembrokeshire Cruse.
2008 New Year's Day Sponsored Swim - Whitesands Beach The annual New Year's Day swim was held at Whitesands Bay. Please click here to see pictures. Many sponsored swimmers braved the cold waters on a reasonably mild day to raise in excess of £1,600. All monies raised will be donated to the local charities, Crossroads (Caring for Carers) and Cruse Bereavement Care. First Responders Presentation of defibrillator, 18:00, Tue, Dec 4th, 2007 Many of the members gathered at the Red Cross Centre, St, Davids to present a defibrillator to the First Responders. This was purchased by the Penknife Club from monies raised by the 2007 Sponsored Walk in May.
Picture top left shows Ivor Thomas presenting the defibrillator to First Responder, Roy Thomas. Other Penknife Club members present are Phil Harris, David Chant, Gareth George, Arfon Morgan, Jim Braby, and Phil Prickett. These are joined, picture top right, by Steve Roberts, Pat Thomas, Dr. Iain Robertson-Steel, Barrie Webb and David Guy. Picture bottom left shows Bryn Hazledean, paramedic; Dr. Iain Robertson-Steel, Pembrokeshire Local Health Board; and Stephen Roberts, Welsh Ambulance Service First Responder Officer for Central and West Wales. After brief talks by these gentlemen on the importance of defibrillators throughout Wales and a short demonstration by Bryn Hazledean, it was left to David Chant to show just how easy it is to operate!! - pity he blew the poor chap's legs off. Members and Guests Xmas Ball, Thu, Nov 29th, 2007 The annual ball was held at the Warpool Court Hotel. The members and their guests enjoyed a full Xmas dinner with after dinner dancing to Will Candler (as Elvis) and his disco. The award for the member of the year went well-deservedly to Andrew Chalmers. The Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival, Sat/Sun, Sept 1st/2nd, 2007 The third Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival was held in St. Davids on the St. Davids Football ground over the two days Saturday and Sunday Sept. 1st and 2nd, 2007. Please visit their web site www.reallywildfestival.co.uk for details. The St. Davids Penknife Club was invited to provide refreshments again. David Chant project managed this effort on our behalf. All monies raised by the Penknife Club will be donated to local organisations. Treginnis Fete, Sat. July 14th, 2007 The annual Treginnis Fete was held at Lower Treginnis Farm in aid of the Friends of Treginnis. The weather was glorious as usual. The Penknife Club provided refreshments in the beer tent and at the burger and roast pork stall. The funds raised will be donated to Mike Plant on behalf of the Friends of Treginnis. Charity Marathon Relay - Sat. May 26th, 2007 - Bank Holiday weekend. After last years success, a second sponsored relay marathon through the streets of St.Davids took place. This was organised by Andrew Chalmers. All monies raised will be donated to the St. Davids Mini-Rugby. Click here to see the letter. For a selection of pictures, please click here.
Annual Sponsored Walk - May 6th, 2007 The seventh annual sponsored walk took place on Sunday, May 6th. The walk this year was managed by Andrew Chalmers and was from The Sloop Inn, Porthgain to The Farmers Arms, St. Davids. All monies raised to be donated to the First Responders for the purchase of a defibrillator.
Trip to The Big Pit, Apr 2007. Mystery Tour that took in the Big Pit as well as other locations! For a selection of pictures, please click here.
Annual General Meeting 2006 The Penknife Club's 13th AGM was held at The Grove Hotel, Tues Jan 9th, 2007 at 08:00 p.m. All current Executives were re-elected. After the Executive elections there were three other elections, namely; Katy Grimwood was voted in as a new member, Bob Jenkins was proposed and approved as an Honorary Life member and Adam Hill was elected into the new position of Promotions Manager. Please see the Contact page for Executive details. 2007 New Year's Day Sponsored Swim - Whitesands Beach The annual New Year's Day swim was held at Whitesands Bay. Please click here to see pictures. Approximately 36 sponsored swimmers braved the cold waters on a very wet and windy day to raise in excess of £1,600. The largest single contribution came from John Wellman, a fellow member and Home Editor at The Times, who individually raised £500 in sponsorship from his work colleagues. All monies raised will be donated to the local life saving groups. As an example of our work, one of last years recipients, The Porth Mawr Life Savers fund, used the £1,475 they received from the Penknife Club to purchase the ten nipper boards shown in the picture below. Click here to see their thank you letter.
Xmas Party, Sat, Dec 9th, 2006 The Grove Hotel hosted the annual members and partners Xmas party. This was a Fancy Dress party with the theme being "Christmas". Please click here to see pictures. As you can see a good time was had by all. St. Davids Carnival, Bank Holiday Monday, August 28th, 2006 The annual St. Davids Carnival was held at the Rugby fields with a parade from the Upper School which started at 14:00. This event is run by the Lions Club; the St. Davids Penknife Club entered a float in the parade. The picture below shows the members with their mascot waiting to start the parade. For a selection of additional pictures, please click here .
The Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival, Sat/Sun, Sept 2nd/3rd, 2006 The second Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival was held in St. Davids on the St. Davids Football ground over the two days Saturday and Sunday Sept. 3rd and 4th, 2006. Please visit their web site www.reallywildfestival.co.uk for details. The St. Davids Penknife Club was invited to provide refreshments again. David Chant project managed this effort on our behalf. All monies raised by the Penknife Club will be donated to local organisations. Solva Fete (in aid of the Lower Solva Playing Fields), July 30th, 2006 The second Solva Fete, organised by the St. Davids Penknife Club in conjunction with the Lower Solva Play Area sub-committee, was held in the Lower Solva playing fields, following on from the Solva Regatta. This comprised of traditional activities like a childrens bouncy castle, bar, burger stall, bottle stall, cake stall, mini-duck race and a raffle, sponsored by local Solva and St. Davids businesses. Special thanks, again this year, to Ashley Hart for the overall organisation of this project on behalf of the Penknife Club. The picture, below left, shows Andrew Chalmers, Ashley Hart, Rose Perkins, David Gray, Jim Braby and David Chant. The picture, below right, shows Ashley Hart; with David Gray and Andrew Chalmers; presenting a cheque to Wendy Wright, Chair person of the Lower Solva Play Area sub-committee for the Community Council.
Treginnis Fete, Sat. July 15th, 2006 The annual Treginnis Fete was held at Lower Treginnis Farm in aid of the Friends of Treginnis. The weather was glorious as usual. The Penknife Club provided refreshments in the beer tent and at the burger and roast pork stall. The funds raised totalled £1,985, which was donated to Mike Plant on behalf of the Friends of Treginnis, see picture below.
Charity Marathon Relay - Sat. May 27th, 2006 - Bank Holiday weekend. This event, a sponsored relay marathon through the streets of St.Davids, organised by Andrew Chalmers, took place from the Penknife Club marquee on the Old Cross lawn, starting at 10am. All monies raised were in aid of the youth of St. Davids. Entertainment was provided by the Manchester Youth Steel Band and the St. Davids Fire Brigade was also on show. The event raised £3,472.00 and Andrew Chalmers, with other members of the Penknife Club, is pictured below presenting a cheque for £2,472.00 to Carwyn Ritchards (far left), the coach of St Davids Rugby Club Juniors. The balance of £1,000.00 was donated to the St. Davids Youth Drop in Centre.
Annual Sponsored Walk - April 30th, 2006 The sixth annual sponsored was again be organised by Len Cotton. Walkers left The Grove Hotel at 10:00 am for a 9 mile walk taking in the Bishops Palace, Penarthur Farm, Rhodiad, Lleithyr, Whitesands Beach, Treleddyn, Clegyr Boia and Porthclais. At the time of publishing £1,187 had been banked with other monies still coming in. The final amount will be split between the St. Davids and Solva surgeries. Click here to see/download a map of the walk.
Solva Duck Race and Fete - Easter Monday, 17th April 2006 The Penknife Club provided refreshments with a Burger stall. This raised £231 which will be donated to the Solva Memorial Hall Fund. Buxton Trip - 7/8/9 April 2006 This event was organised by Len Cotton in partnership with Bill Preece. Sponsored Slim - The Grove Hotel from Feb. 16th to Apr. 11th The Lose pounds (lb's) to gain pounds (£'s) sponsored slim, organised by Rose Thompson, took place this year at The Grove Hotel. Weigh in was on Feb 16th, at 8 p.m. Weigh out was Tuesday April 11th from 19:30. After their long diets the 25 entrants were pleased to hear that their total weight loss was 105 lbs and a total of £846 was raised. Sandra and David Chant took the prizes for the most weight lost, having shed 2.5 stone between them. Rose Thompson and other club members can be seen below presenting cheques of £282 each to officials of the Cylch Ti a Fi (Elspeth Cotton), St. Davids Under 5's (Kath Suttie) and the Little Saints (Julie Thomas - not in picture).
Sporting Dinner - Thu, March 16th, 2006 - The Grove Hotel This male formal dinner event, organised by Ashley Hart, included rugby star Chris Wyatt who gave an After Dinner speech and a sports quiz. Funds raised were donated to the St. Davids RFC mini-rugby team. Talent night - Mon. Feb 27th, 19:30 - 22:00 - The St. Davids City Hall. The Talent show, organised by David Chant, in aid of the Cathedral Choirs' 2006 U.S.A Tour was a great success with a full house. The show, compered by Brian Harris, featured:- The Cathedral Choir; Mike and Tom Chant, Lowri Evans and Lee Mason; and Sarah Jane Jones on the piano. A cheque for £803.85 was presented by David Chant to Sophie Hughes, head chorister, see picture below left. The picture, below right, shows Timothy Noon, the choirmaster holding the cheque with from l to r David Chant, Jim Braby, Phil Harris and Ivor Thomas. .
Annual General Meeting 2005 The Penknife Club's 12th AGM was held at The Grove Hotel, Wed Jan 4th, 2006. Elections were held for the 2006 executive positions; please see Contacts page for details. The Treasurer, Jim Braby, reported that donations for 2005 totalled £13,793.35 (see fund-raising 2005 for details) and that overall donations since 1995 totalled over £60,000. 2006 New Year's Day Sponsored Swim - Whitesands Beach The annual New Year's Day swim was held at Whitesands Bay where the St. Davids City mayor, John George, led 71 hardy souls and a sponsored Black Labrador into the freezing cold water. There was an even larger turnout of spectators this year cheering the brave swimmers on. All proceeds will be split between the Local Lifeboat crew fund and The Porth Mawr Life Savers fund. The oldest swimmer at 74 years of age was Mrs. V. Hopkins, Solva (see picture 7) who was sponsored for £167. NOTE: As at Feb 17th, £2,950.25 had been received by our treasurer. Cheques were presented by Jim Braby to members of the Local Lifeboat crew, (l to r) Malcolm Gray, Jim Braby, Jeffrey Davies and Dr. Middleton (see picture below left); and by Tony Cox to members of The Porth Mawr Life Savers; (l to r) Richard Cox, Tony Cox and Kevin Thomas (see picture below right).
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