Long Eaton Round Table

Long Eaton Tabler Paul Haskins will be setting out later in June on a 100 mile walk across Scotland to raise money for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID).

Paul is doing this in memory of Finlay McCaffery who died at the age of 8 months on 6th March 2005 (Mothers Day), Finlay would have been celebrating his 5th birthday on the day the walk finishes 21st June (Fathers Day).

All proceeds from this event will be going direct to the FSID to help them with their research into Cot Death.

Please help raise as much money as possible as this is a fantastic charity that really helps the parents and families of the people who are unfortunate enough to have to deal with cot death as well as researching what causes it. You can donate from the Just Giving website.

Dave Welch hands over to Mark Elm

The club AGM saw the appointment of new club officers. Most notable was  last year’s chairman Dave Welch handover of the leadership reins to Mark Elm. Members of the club hoped secretly that Dave did not also handover his Ladybird Book of  Uproariously Funny Jokes. I guess we’ll find out at next year’s Charter Night.

Club President Mark Shaw also handed over this honorary post to LERT veteran Shaun Brennan. And completing the appointments was the election of Rob Westerman as Vice-Chairman.

Dave Welch, Rob Westerman, Mark Elm, Shaun Brennan, Mark Shaw

Here are some photos of the highly successful skiing trip taken by some members of the club, courtesy of Vice Chair Mr Elm. Just click on them to see larger versions.

By Our Intrepid Reporter on the spot – Mr Elm.

Ramsey the organiser of this year’s annual LERT ski trip, which is underway in Les Carroz (Grand Massif region, France) has become the first casualty of the trip. Unfortunately he has succumbed to the organisers curse for injury. Whilst attempting a green run (the easiest of all ski runs) on his snowboard (he was warned about the dangers of being “on a tray”), in near perfect conditions, Ramsey caught the edge of his board on a lump of snow & stumbled forward at low speed. The result was severe pain in his lower leg leaving him incapacitated on the slope. Several other skiers in the group attended to him in his hour of need as all his fellow boarders had long since left the scene. Onsite first aid was given in the form Ibrufen tablets & whiskey to numb the pain. However Ramsey was still unable to continue despite the skiers best efforts. It was thus decided to loan him a set of skier’s poles to allow him to limp off the slopes. His snowboard was removed from the scene by a caring skier.

It'll be the gimp outfit next

Later from the comfort of his hotel, Ramsay, who had already had to wear the “cape of shame” due to the poor weather on his arrival in the resort was seen relaxing in true Tabling style.

Seven of the party headed back to the UK today as they still had jobs to return too. The remaining four hard core skiers remain in the resort to enjoy the now near perfect ski conditions in true Table style following the last few days of inclement weather.

Finally, upon his return to Blighty, Ramsey commented “Yes the curse of organizing a table skiing trip continues, everyone told me it’s a poisoned chalice. However we had a fantastic time in Les Carroz, and apart from 1 day of torrential rain the skiing conditions were great. I would like to thank everyone who came on the trip, especially the tablers who got me down the side of a mountain with a minimal amount of fuss. Top men”.