Howzat for Saltburn Rotary Saltburn Rotary‟s biggest charity event of the year, The Saltburn Howzat Music Festival took place on a beautiful sunny September day when another terrific audience enjoyed the wonderful surroundings of the Cricket Club and were treated to another fantastic festival of music with 7 magnificent acts taking part. In the days leading up to the festival, the challenge, as always was to transform the nets building in to a suitable concert venue. Rotarians building the stage, transporting tables and chairs from Emmanuel Church (thanks to John Simmons and his van) and Anne Sadler & Rachael Gosnay up the tower blacking out the windows. It was hard work but a lot of laughs. On the day, getting the bands on and off stage at changeover became an art form and expertly done by our Cricket Club colleagues Jonesy & Tribs. The bar staff, Kate and Jan, working from a temporary bar in the nets building were also superb, as were the ladies of the Cricket, Tennis & Bowls sections serving snacks in the kitchen. But work actually started straight after last year‟s event with Harry Simpson, backed by our major sponsor, Saltburn Blues Club, booking top acts to take part. Marshalled by Dave Sadler, members of the Rotary Club sold raffle tickets throughout the summer, while the sponsorship from 46 local businesses, collected by Rotarian Allan Whiley and has again been phenomenal. A massive thank you to all those who were able to donate. This year‟s charitable cause is the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team who I am delighted to say will receive £3,200. So, for the 3rd year running the tremendous Saltburn partnership, between Rotary, the Blues Club and the Cricket
Bowls & Tennis Club has produced the goods. Here‟s to 2020. Winning raffle tickets 1) ticket no. 1377 - £200 cash to Liz Grimes 2) ticket no. 1439 - £100 cash to Lucy Hutchinson (kindly donated back to the Charity) 3) ticket no. 1063 - bottle of Grouse whisky to Ian Tribbick 4) ticket no. 368 - bottle of Gordon`s gin to J Armitage 5) ticket no. 521 - £30 voucher for Trendz Hairdresser to Terry Agar 6) ticket no. 496 - bottle of Bell`s whisky to Nigel Moss 7) ticket no. 1707 - bottle of Beefeater gin to Norma J. from Stockton 8) ticket no. 1803 - presentation set of Middlesbrough F.C. glass tumblers to P Stephenson Dave Sadler 29