Badminton Meet & Greet
Willberry was chuffed to bits to meet and greet his patrons Kitty King and Ben Hobday! He may have even bagged himself a rather good viewpoint for XC....
Charity News
Badminton 2018
COME & MEET WILLBERRY & HIS TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS
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STAND 87, BEAUFORT WAY
The shopping village opening hours are:
Wednesday 2nd May: 10am – 6pm
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th May: 9am – 6pm
Saturday 5th May: 9am – 7pm
Sunday 6th May: 9am – 4pm
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th May: 9am – 6pm
Saturday 5th May: 9am – 7pm
Sunday 6th May: 9am – 4pm
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March's Fundraising News
Molly Zoglowek and fellow students from Cardiff Met Equestrian, got creative and ran a series of games based on the TV show ‘The Cube’. They paid to participate (raising £120.20) and completed 7 simple games using 9 lives to win prizes donated by local businesses. Willberry reckoned he could give The Cube a good go, well he hopes at least! We weren't sure his magic powers worked for that...
Sir Fleurberry and friends from Fleur De Lys held a very successful quiz night raising £186.54. Sir Fleurberry was very grateful to all the chatting he's been doing to other berries as all the nuggets of infomation came into use for the general knowledge round.
Sporting Hares made a donation from selling their stylish caps that featured our very own Willberry on them. Raising £175.00 in total!
Phoebe Brazier (with the moral support of Teddyberry) completed the Imber Ultra Marathon on Mothers Day in memory of her mum, Sarah Brazier, who sadly passed away 20 years ago. It was a little more than a jog in the park, 33 gruelling miles in an awesome 6hrs 50mins!! Wow. Her justgiving page( https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/willberrywonderpony) is running (quite literally) at a fantastic £1383.
A team from Tractor Ted planned to run the Bath Marathon for ourselves and Farms For City Children. The same frustrating snow that called of our ball, also caused the marathon to cancel. There was no stopping the Tractor Ted team though who battled on. Two members went into Bath and ran the route and Jo decided to go ‘off-road’, apparently the drifts were very high Their sterling efforts were rewarded by raising £1170.00.
Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony Charity was overjoyed to be the official Charity of the Olympia Horse Show 2017. As well as getting to meet so many of our awesome supporters it was also great to raise £2633.00 towards Hannah's cause.
Darren and Brian completed the Motoscape Banger Rally. This involved driving through eight countries in five days in a car costing less than £500, finishing in Venice after driving through the famous Stelvio Pass. Not only was it great experience but £1000 was also raised! Willberry has to admit to be slightly envious of this fundraiser, can Berry's learn to drive?
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Anna & Charles Gaunt from The Horse & Jockey, Faringdon, kindly sent in a generous donation of £120 from everyone at the pub.
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Swanspool Veterinary Clinic ran a Charity quiz and sharing the proceeds between ourselves and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. Willberry's good friends at Charles James Fox kindly donated one of their super drawings which was auctioned on the night. £600.00 was raised to keep #kickingcancersbutt.
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Badminton Bound!
Willberry is delighted that he's going to be heading to his favourite event with his #dreamteam. He still has to pinch himself that he has indeed ridden around that hallowed turf, the Vicarage Vee? Piece of cake if you're a Wonder Pony.
He's equally excited this year. A whole weekend of meeting his incredible supporters as well as being able to tell everyone the story of his best friend Hannah. Being able to tell people what an inspiration she was and continues to be for so many people, none more so than Willberry. Every penny that the team manage to raise goes towards Hannah's dream of making sure nobody has to go through the gruelling treatment she did and passing on that magical smile that people gave to her.
Badminton, we're coming for you!
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Linda’s Day at the Races
Claire payed us a visit at Olympia when she was on the hunt for her very own Berry Pony, but more important to speak to the #WonderPony himself about having a very special Willberry Wish granted.
Sadly Linda, Claire’s mother, had terminal lung cancer but she still had a lifetime dream, to go to the races. However Willberry’s help was needed, sadly Linda’s dream had a shorter deadline to become a reality due to her diagnosis. Nonetheless she was a fighter and determined to go before she became too poorly. Time really was of the essence with this one and Christmas didn’t help matters, but Willberry managed to send Linda and her grandson to Sandown on the 6th January. Not only this but they were treated like the VIP’s they are, with a stretch limo to take them there and a 3 course meal to keep them refreshed!
Linda said that she and Martin had a totally brilliant day (and the steak was the best she'd ever eaten!), the cherry on the cake was Martin ringing the bell for the jockeys to mount. The gorgeous smile and special thank you to Willberry and his team really is what gets Willberry up in the morning.
A special silver Willberry charm was gifted to last as memory, and this was indeed an incredibly special one. Sadly Linda lost her battle with that horrible C word on the 8th March, so Willberry continues to send his heartfelt love to Claire, Martin and the rest of Linda’s family.