Saturday’s edition of the Daily Echo carried an article about the Class of ’95 Reunion taking place on Nov 21st.
To read the feature follow the link > Class reunion pays tribute to former Hownsdown pupils
Fundraiser by The Class of ’95
The class of 1995
Lisa’s Hounsdown School classmates are having a fundraiser on November 21st to raise funds for the charity and in memory of seven of that year who are sadly no longer with us.The event will take place at Totton and Eling Cricket Club and will feature The Band Driftwood, Joey-Brenig Jones and Mike Vaughn. There will be a raffle and buffet and tickets are priced at only £5 per head.
The idea was conceived by Lynne White who was a pupil in Lisa’s year and she has asked Clive to help organise the evening. This should be a great fun night and while it is a private party it is open to friends and family of the class.To buy or enquire about tickets call Lynne White on 07794 469260 or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]
13th Lisa Wilson Golf Day breaks all records
Trish Wilson wins Ladies’ Nearest The Pin
The 13th Lisa Wilson Golf Day at Wellow on Saturday 25th was an overwhelming success. Whilst the weather had been atrocious on the Friday before, Lisa sent a lovely day of sunshine for the golfers to enjoy. With 100 Wellow members playing in the members tournament and 36 in the friends and guests competition the golf was really well supported.
Some 80 friends sponsors and guests came along for the evening meal and about the same number of members, filling the clubhouse with 160 for the prize giving and star cabaret.
Former Scholarship winner Charlotte Lystor spoke emotionally about her experience as a recipient of a Lisa Wilson Scholarship and the life changing way in which it had affected her life.
The star cabaret was performed by singer/songwriter and comedian, Steve Womack, who delivered an outstanding performance. The raffle raised £755 and the silent auction raised £1055. After the raffle,the singer and good friend entertained the audience with his usual smooth style and had everyone on the dance floor until the close at midnight.
With sponsorship and donations coming in at over £7000 plus members entry fees, the amount of money raised is expected to be in excess of £9000–another 9 years added to Lisa’s amazing legacy.
Thank you all for your amazing support.
The 13th Lisa Wilson Charity Golf Day – July 25th
It’s time again for the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund Charity Golf Day which will take place at Wellow Golf Club on July 25th. The tournament has raised over £50,000 to date for the charity. There are two separate competitions open to Wellow members and friends with fabulous prizes. This will be followed in the evening by prize giving, star cabaret and dancing.
For further information please contact Clive Wilson on 077989 22222 or e-mail [email protected]. Tickets are limited and selling fast.
12th Lisa Wilson Golf Day helps charity break £250,000 barrier
On Saturday 26th July 2014 at Wellow Golf Club, over 130 players participated in The Lisa Wilson charity golf day. The event was extremely well attended with two competitions – one for members and one for friends, family & sponsors – and the evening event was a great success with The Tribute Band performing at the club house. In total the event bought in over £8,000 and has helped us to break the £250,000 barrier!
– Jill Heale receives the ‘Lisa Wilson Trophy’ for winning the ladies competition –
For those of you new to this website, this was the 12th golf day following Lisa’s tragic death in November 2002.
Lisa had worked and played golf at Wellow whilst she was at Southampton Solent University where she graduated in 2001 with a BA 2.1 in business management. Her reward to herself was a trip around the World and it was sadly on that trip whilst travelling to Ayres Rock that she died in a car crash. Following her death the family decided to start The Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund to help young adults who have overcome adversity who can demonstrate why they needed additional funding to fulfil their educational dreams and ambitions in the way that Lisa had by granting them bursaries of £1,000 a year up to 3 years.
To date, over 70 students have benefitted from bursaries, and with the funds raised by the latest Golf Day we have now broken through the £250,000 barrier. As each £1,000 represents a year in a student’s life, this has now become Lisa’s legacy which is now 250 years of education; a truly fitting legacy to a lovely young woman who was living her dream.
Over the past 12 years, the charity has been supported by family, friends, suppliers of her parents’ business SES Autoparts Ltd, and many, many celebrities including Celine Dion and Elton John. The horse racing fraternity has also played a large part. A race horse called “Lisa The Daddy” has won several times and foaled another horse, Lisa’s Legacy who won twice last year, and now the latest in the string, Who’s The Daddy is promoted through the horse racing fraternity and by Channel 4 racing.
For more information on the charity and Lisa’s life, please check out our other pages, or contact Clive Wilson at [email protected].