Lisa as everyone knows was a great Saints fan and season ticket holder. Lisa’s mum Tricia wore a Saints shirt with Lisa’s name on the back at the cup final Saints v Arsenal. Lisa would have loved it, it was an emotional day and she would have been so proud of the valiant effort Saints made.
Former Southampton and Welsh international, David Hughes has dedicated his Wessex league Championship medal to Lisa’s memory. The medal was handed to Lisa’s father Clive after Eastleigh F.C. won the title to give them promotion into the Southern League. Lisa’s father’s company sponsor eastleigh and Lisa celebrated her 21st birthday at the club. The medal will be mounted and displayed at the clubhouse.
This very special occasion to celebrate what would have been Lisa’s 24th birthday turned out to be a huge success. Over 150 people turned out mainly in fancy dress to party in the way Lisa loved to. The group ‘Abba Revival’ twice played ‘Dancing Queen’ and packed the floor with people dancing and crying at the same time. The raffle raised nearly five hundred pounds and with donations from people who couldn’t attend and ticket sales just over £3000 was raised for the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund.
For the evening, Lisa’s brother Ross created a photographic journal of Lisa’s Dream. The dvd is now available here
Tricia and I would like to thank everyone for their support.
At last year’s boat show we ordered a new boat that was launched on what would have been Lisa’s 24th birthday on 15th March 2003. The new boat, a 28foot long Cranchi, was named after Lisa. ‘Lisa The Daddy’ is berthed at Hythe and every minute spent on her helps keep us closer to Lisa.
We are pleased to announce that the Nationwide Building Society have donated £1000 to the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund. Lisa worked at the Nationwide in Shirley Southampton for several months before travelling to Australia. We are very grateful to Manager Mr David Nott and his staff for their tremendous efforts in raising this wonderful donation.