It’s hook, line and sinker for Nick NOT content with just going out on the river to catch fish, Nick Burnett decided to build his own pond so he could look after them as well! New Cross senior garage administrator Nick has been a fishing fanatic the majority of his life, starting when he was just a child. However, the idea of a pond came about as Nick has recently been finding it harder and harder to find the time to pursue his favourite hobby. “I have always been interested in carp fishing as well as many other types of fish,” said Nick. Nick Burnett enjoys spending “The problem is that fishing can time feeding his fish. be quite a time consuming sport, which means sometimes there just isn’t enough hours in the day to do it.” In total, Nick’s pond took around two weeks to build, plus two weeks for the initial fittings to dry, and Nick says he will probably stop at just the one for now. “The whole point of the pond is to keep some of the fish that I would normally be trying to catch,” he said. “It’s 15x6 feet in size so it is pretty big, but I’m sure there’s always room for a bigger one. At the moment I’ve got carp, koi and a number of other different types of fish in there. Spending time feeding the fish is a great way of relaxing and the pond itself has ended up looking really nice. “Unfortunately my wife says that for now the one I’ve just built is probably more than big enough!”
Bexleyheath B hit the sweet spot in golf tournament BEXLEYHEATH’S B team were crowned winners in Go-Ahead London’s annual team golf competition held at Mitcham Golf Club on 20 September. The winning team consisted of Marco Quickendon, Paul Bartlett, Andy Hodgson and Graham Evans who were victorious with a score of 55. Sixteen teams took part in the competition, some of which were represented with staff from head office or garages and the others were made up of invited contractors or suppliers. Bexleyheath’s A team placed sixth with a score of 57 and a head office team were eighth with a score of 58. If your garage is interested in taking part in the 2013 competition please contact Geoff Robertson on extension number 6182. 8
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Lisa hits the bullseye in local darts league
Angela Jessup, team secretary, Helen Whelch, former Go-Ahead driver, Lisa Fludder, June Dyson, team captain and league founder, Lisa Guest and Lynne Hoblyn. IT WAS 15 years ago when Lisa Fludder, a driver at Waterside Way, was enjoying a drink at her local pub, when the landlady and fellow Go-Ahead London driver, Debbie asked her to participate in the local ladies’ darts league. Fast-forward to the present day and Lisa has since competed yearly in the Oval & District Ladies Darts League, winning every year bar this one. Lisa and her friends at the pub had never played darts before, but quickly picked up the technique, shocking the other teams and winning the league the first year they entered.
“I love it for a few reasons. It’s the social aspect, it’s a great way to meet other teams and other girls – you make good friends and good rival-banter too! “We have a disco every year which is really fun and we have even had holidays together,” said Lisa. Lisa, who has been a driver at Waterside Way for five years, also competes in a ‘sixes’ tournament, which comprises teams made up of six players, as well as a mixed pairs tournament which has her matched up with a male partner.
Fundraising is First Touch for Scott Camberwell operating manager Derek Barker, left, with Scott Horney.
Waterside Way football team.
The neonatal team at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, worked tirelessly to deliver Scott Horney’s two prematurely-born children safely. Since that day, the Merton driver has worked hard to return the favour by raising nearly £20,000 for First Touch, a charity that supports the hospital where his two daughters were born as well as fundraising for Cancer Research, Macmillan Cancer Support and Great Ormond Street Hospital. This August, Scott organised a 6-a-side football tournament,
the sixth he’s done, for staff members at local depots. Thanks to some fantastic weather and a great show of staff from Camberwell, Stockwell, Docklands, Mandela Way, Waterside Way, Merton, Peckham and Putney, to name a few, Scott raised £2,100 for the charity. With lots of help from Derek Barker, the operating manager of Camberwell, Scott was able to offer an iPad and a TV as some of the prizes in a raffle. “To know that the money we have raised goes to a good cause and helps other parents
makes me really happy. I’d do it all the time if I could,” said Scott. “It’s definitely hard work organising all these things so I can’t thank Derek, my parents, my in-laws and my wife enough for taking some of the weight off my shoulders in the organisation.” Scott, who has completed two fundraising events already this year, will be taking part in a third event, a half-marathon, in October. He will also be organising another football tournament next year. Donations can be made at www.justgiving. com/horneyboy.
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