On April the 29th the Royal Wedding will be taking place, and Fontwell Park Racecourse will be holding a special fundraising day on behalf of The Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund. A record crowd is expected at Fontwell who will be carrying out a bucket collection, raffle, auction, and silent auction for this evening racing event, with all proceeds going to the charity. The race day will also mark the 20th birthday of SES Autoparts and the 40th wedding anniversary of Lisa’s mum and dad Clive and Tricia Wilson. The feature race of the day will be the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund handicap. Some of the auction prizes have been donated by by some famous names from entertainment and sport, including Celine Dion, Jenson Button, Mick Channon, Channel 4 TV. Several holidays in Florida, Switzerland and Cyprus have also been donated by friends. Also a signed set of silks has been donated by Godolphin who recently bought Clive’s horse Rileyskeepingfaith who won £100,000 recently in Dubai and runs in the World Cup on Saturday 26th of April. MC for the day will be Derek Thompson from Channel 4 TV. It should be a fabulous day out for anyone who wants to go along,for more information visit www.fontwellpark.co.uk
Golf Day brings in over £5000 for Lisa’s charity
Saturday August 21st marked the 8th Annual Lisa Wilson Golf Day at Wellow Golf Club where Lisa worked and played golf. Around 120 members and 40 guests played in separate competitions.
In the evening Geeta Uppal from Southampton Solent University spoke about the charity and the 43 students who had benefited from the bursaries they received. Ali Lalani, one of the students who this year graduates with a BA 2-1 in Leisure Management, gave a moving speech about the difference the bursary had made to him. Ali represents Great Britain in Boccia (a sport similar to Bowls) and dedicated his World Championship medal to Lisa’s memory. He is now focussed on the 2012 paralympics.
Clive Wilson gave a review of the charity year with a dvd of him carrying out the Nevis High Wire Bungy Jump in New Zealand this year on Lisa’s birthday, March 15th, when he raised £2500 for the charity.
After the prize giving, Martin Murphy kicked off the entertainment and was followed on stage by 70’s hit band “The Real Thing’ who did an hour set including their number one hit ‘You to me are everything’. With some 200 members and guests the clubhouse was really rocking to another highly successful golf day in Lisa’s memory.
Clive and Trish with members of The Real Thing
Dave Chattaway donates £480 from London Marathon
Dave Chattaway, the first student to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award, recently completed the London Marathon in the time of 3hr 39mins, raising £480 in the process which he donated to the charity. In an email following the run, Dave said “Since receiving the Lisa Wilson award on graduation and learning about the scholarship fund, I have been looking for a sponsorship opportunity and pleased that I can add in small way to the fund.”
After graduating from Southampton Institute, Dave studied to become a chartered accountant, and in 2008 he started up his own accountancy business which is doing very well.
Thank you Dave for your support, and congratulations on your amazing run.
Clive’s Leap of Faith raises over £2000
Last month, on Lisa’s birthday, Clive jumped from the highest bungy in New Zealand and raised £2389 for the charity.
He has written an account of his adventure which you can read here.. The Leap of Faith that raised over £2000
Clive did it!
“The rush was extreme, couldn’t believe the speed as I dived into the abyss.”
Our intrepid jumper, Clive Wilson.
Yesterday, on Lisa’s birthday, Clive did the highest bungy in the world, jumping from 134 meters above the rugged Nevis River in Queenstown, New Zealand. Not many people would have the nerves to do it, Lisa would have been very proud.
See the video and more photos of Clive’s jump here…