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THE LIGHT FUND
Meanwhile, the regular summer events of the Treasure Hunt and the Golf Day also raised considerable sums for The Light Fund charity.
Treasure seekers Some 300 industry execs helped to raise £10,000 for The Light Fund at the annual summer pub Treasure Hunt in July. Sponsored by Brand Licensing Europe and A-Z, the event took place around the historic Southwark/Waterloo area of London, marked by several local pubs and culminating in food, drinks and networking with licensing industry colleagues at Thai Silk on Isabella Street, SE1. Teams followed a map created especially by A-Z, with a series of questions and challenges. In a tense finale, two teams – Where’s Tanya (Poetic Brands) and Ventures (Penguin Random House and Topps Europe) – had to take part in a penalty shoot out to decide the overall winner, with Where’s Tanya coming through as champions and collecting the ‘exquisitely crafted’ treasure chest and dinner for two at Thai Silk. At the other end of the scale, Trevor Hunters – which included execs from Amscan, Roy Lowe & Sons, Spearmark and GB eye – collected The
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Inset: Happy winning team with (far right) Light Funder Ian Downes of Start Licensing.
Light Fund Wooden Spoon of Shame for finishing in last place. An award for Best Use of Social Media went to The CMC’ers (which included execs from Coolabi, Maximum Licensing, LIMA, Walker Books, Technicolor and Sony among others), picking up a bottle of prosecco. Best Team Name went to Gareth’s Waistcoat (Imagine8). “Thanks to the support of our sponsors – BLE, A-Z and Rocket Licensing – we had a great evening,” said David Scott, md of Rainbow Productions and treasurer of The Light Fund. “This was the most competitive Light Fund Treasure Hunt ever with most teams within just a few points of each other and, appropriately enough, a penalty shootout was needed to decide the winner of the handsome Below: Clubber Tracy Griffiths (Golden Treasure Chest trophy.” Bear) with Sue Stanley (Brands In).
Above centre: (Left-right) Treasure hunters, Rachel Wakley (Warner Bros), Ben Woodman (GB eye), Emily Aldridge (GBeye) and Max Arguile (Reemsborko). Above: The brains were whirring!
Held in September, The Light Fund golf day – which this year was supported by The R&A (The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews) - raised £6,800 for the charity. Held at the Warwickshire Golf & Country Club, The R&A backed the event with a range of prizes from its partners including Hugo Boss and a raffle prize of a pair of VIP tickets to next year’s Open at Royal Portrush.
Winners from the event were: Best Beginner: Caroline High Winning Beginners Team: Mixed team: Katie Ball, Anita Majhu, Anne Bradford, Helen Self and Tim Collins. Winning Team: Aykroyds: Sion, David, Dona Aykroyd and Afron Roberts Winning Individual: Sion Aykroyd Longest Drive: Alison Vellacott Nearest the Pin Par 3: Mark Kingston Nearest the Pin in 2: Sion Aykroyd Beat the pro: Dona and David Aykroyd
Right: Down to a tee! Below: (Left-right) Caroline High (Boat Rocker), Ruth Golightly (Asda) and Hannah Miles (Fashion UK).
Inset: The Winning Beginners Team!
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