Easter Show Raises £12,000 for Macmillan Cancer Research

Wednesday 06 May 2015

Easter Show Raises £12,000 for Macmillan Cancer Research

Sorry this is a bit late

THE ANN BRANNEN MEMORIAL SHOW IN AID OF MACMILLAN CANCER RESEARCH & MARIE CURIE 

Show Organisers Peter & Paula Allen, Janice and Alan Mewse and Christina Foley got together with John & Emma Brannen to create a show with a difference.

The show was in memory of Johns mum Ann Brannen who was passionate about showjumping.  Ann was a Judge, Deputy Area Rep and Treasurer for Area 12a for many years following in her father Norman Stevensons footsteps who was also Area Rep for many years.    Ann loved hunting and was a member of South Durham pony club from a very early age. 
The show was about bringing Anns passions together for a weekend of unforgettable competition.  It kicked off on Saturday evening with inter-hunt and pony club classes. Eight hunts including the South Durham, Braes, Morpeth & Tynedale, Cleveland,Hurworth & ‘Todd Hunt gained points throughout the evening to win The Ann Brannen Memorial Perpetual Trophy kindly donated by Liz Eagles 12a Area Rep.

Classes on the Saturday evening included The Handy Hunter, Ride and Drive, Masters Class and a High Jump.  
South Durham (Anns hunt) won the evening and raised the trophy & the roof at this memorable event and the trophy was awarded to Gareth Watchman, Chris Moorhouse & Charlotte Arnold the winning South Durham Hunt by Anns husband David Brannen.

The evening also featured a pony showjumping class in memory of Janet Scott all proceeds of this class went to Marie Curie and this class was won by Ria Scott on Woodpeckers Golden Flash with in second place Jake Gibson who donated the entire contents of his money box to the Janet Scott Marie Curie class with Swansea Jack and in third place Kaitlin Fannen & Midnight Thunder and the class was sponsored by Alan Scott.

An Auction of donated prizes including a weeks villa holiday in Lanzarote kindly donated by The Robinson Family, Helicopter ride kindly donated by The McCullagh Family , plus a crate of Champagne donated by Les Moorhouse. Jack Watson bought the Villa prize and the Champagne with a fantastic bid, and Barry Johnson won the helicopter ride with a very generous bid too. 
A very popular Horn blowing competition entertained the packed crowds and was won by Ross Crawford who won a bottle of Champagne.

Sunday was all about the Senior BS Showjumping and Stainsby Grange was packed to the rafters with spectators raising over £1000 on the door alone. 
Every class sponsored by local competitors and familys from the area and most of the riders also donated some prize money back to the charity.   
The day was a huge success.  Organisers, staff and Judges gave their  time for free and the atmosphere was fantastic.  There were also trophies for every class, and the sashs and rosettes were all made free of charge by Pat Leighton and Ian Brown. 

Paula, Janice & Christina were overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness of all the people, riders and spectators who came to remember Ann and all thoroughly enjoyed planning the event and making it happen.  Janice said it had ‘took over our lives’ over the last few weeks but the effort and team work was well worth it and had been very emotional as we had all previously worked together as a committee along side Ann in the area for many years.  
At the last count the weekend raised an amazing £12,000.00 in aid of  Macmillan Cancer Research.

 
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