It may stop but it never ends

And we can confirm the date of the 2010 Abbeville Fete as Saturday 26th June… er, 2010.

The Final Count-up

The totals are in, the last coppers have been counted, and we can announce that the 2009 Abbeville Fete raised a total of £16,100. This is a fantastic achievement, just £1000 away from our highest total ever. Many thanks to everyone who came, or who donated time or money to the fete. All the money will go to our various charities.

Fantastic day!

The 2009 Abbeville Fete went off in glorious sunshine last weekend, attracting huge crowds to our corner of Clapham. Everyone seemed to have a great time.

A few scraps of information:

We don’t have a final fundraising total for the day yet, but it looks like it’s slightly down on 2008’s record of £17,000. Given the state of the economy, ’slightly down’ is a massive success for us. Ou seven charities will be over the moon.

The Silent Auction actually took more money than last year—an extraordinary £5700. Top lot was the weekend for two in St Lucia, which sold for £1300.

The Pimms Bar got through a bottle of Pimms every 220 seconds, for four hours. The barbecue completely sold out.

There are some fantastic photographs of the day on the Fete’s page at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/abbeville-fete/pool/. If you’ve got any of your own, please add them. If you recognise anyone, add note, a a tag or a comment.

Huge thanks to everyone who volunteered, sponsored, donated, helped or came along.

See you all next year!

Booker Surprise

Booker Wholesale has generously agreed to donate half of the buns, rolls, mustard and ketchup for the fete barbecue. Many thanks to Booker for this.

(The burgers and sausages for the barbecue are being provided by M. Moens & Sons—yum!)

More reasons for you to spend money

Three more late donations to the fete!

Haweli of Clapham, on Cavendish Parade, has donated an Indian meal for four people to the Silent Auction.

French restaurant Le Chardon on Abbeville Road has donated a meal for two people to the Raffle.

Balham-based Mini Crochets has donated a term’s worth of music classes for children aged 9 months to three years to the Silent Auction.

Raffle tickets are available from many retailers up and down Abbeville Road, priced 50p each. The Silent Auction will be running on the day of the fete: you can find it just inside the church, on the right as you go in.

Thanks to these and all our donors for their generosity.

Auction Evolution

Evolution Personal Training has donated over £1600 of personal training sessions to the Silent Auction! Each of Evolution’s trainers has given two 3-hour sessions of personal training, ranging from pre/post natal and pilates, to body-building and rehabilitation. This is a fantastic donation, and you can find out more about each trainer and the sessions on offer on the day, or by checking out the Evolution Personal Training website.

Doing the Lambeth Walk

The Mayor of Lambeth, Councillor Christopher Wellbelove, has let us know he’ll be attending the Abbeville Fete!

Abbeville Fete 2009

The date of the 2009 Abbeville Fete is now confirmed for:

Saturday 27th June.

The theme is MUSICALS.

Keep checking the site for updates on what’ll be happening on the day.