Previous Events

2014 N&N Bake Sale

I just wanted everyone to know how amazingly successful the bake sale was at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on the 3rd of December, for the second year in a row. The lovely Becky Simmons, yet again, rallied the troops from A&E and got them all baking for the sale. It was a fab turn out, with tonnes of cakes, cookies, mince pies, cupcakes, rocky road, coconut ice, the list goes on! It didn't take long before it was a total sell out.

The bake sale ended up raising an amazing £507.63 for Stanley's Charity which just proves what great bakers the A&E department have!

Thanks again to Becky for organising it and to her Mum and Jessie for helping to sell all the yummy cakes on the day. A huge thanks to everyone who baked, bought and ate!

Debbie
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The 3rd Annual Stanley McLean Charity Golf Day

Thank you to everyone who played this year’s 3^rd Annual Stanley McLean Memorial Charity Golf Day, helping to make it a massive success with over £9,300 raised!

£5,300 has been donated to EACH where we will again be "Funding the Hospice for a Day” for the second consecutive year on January 2^nd  2015, which would have been Stanley’s 4th birthday.  The remaining finds have been donated to GOSH where we are continuing to fund a portable Echocardiogram machine, which is a vital piece of equipment on the diagnosis and treatment of heart and lung conditions.  

This Year’s Event

A huge thank you to our main sponsors who without we would not be able to make the day such a success.  Thank you to Intouch Systems for providing all the before dinner drinks as well as the large TV screen and audio equipment and a brand new laptop which was won by Helen Beck who was closest to the pin on the 6^th hole.  Also thank you to the Dingles Motor Group for providing the hole in one car that all players had a chance to win as well as an amazing auction item of a Toyota GT for the weekend and a stunning food hamper.  And finally thank you to Sprowston Manor Marriott Hotel for providing a superb location, a great meal and fantastic service.

Our winners this year were Kevin Gooch, Sam Taylor, Dave Hewson and James Hazel who had a great night winning a number of individual prizes as well.  We had 26 teams take part and 118 join us for dinner where we were entertained by Aaron James, one of the coutries leading sports impressinists and comedians.  The auction items had hot bidding with the marquee items of a signed Gareth Bale Real Madrid top, a fourball at Woburn Golf Club, a 5 night stay at any of The Small Independent Hotels of the World and a fourball at London Golf Club all helping to raise over £4k from the auction alone!

Thank you's!

We had some amazing prizes and thank you to everyone who donated including:

Footjoy Golf
Puma Golf
Adidas
Titleist 
The Belfry
Woburn Golf Club
Royal West Norfolk Golf Club
Bawburgh Golf Club
Archway Events
Arsenal Football Club
Small Independent Hotels Worldwide
Marriott Breadsall Priory
Marriott Bournemouth
Marriott St Pierre
Marriott Durham
Marriott Dalmahoy
Marriott Hollins Hall
Marriott Hanbury Manor
Marriott Meon Valley
Mike Milligan
London Golf Club
Burhill Golf Group



Sponsors

Thank you to all who sponsored a hole:

DMD Installations
The White Horse Pub Crostwick
DJB Builders

 

Finally a massive thank you to everyone who played, donated and took time out of your busy schedules to support this, our 3rd Charity Golf Day for GOSH and EACH in the memory of my son Stanley.  It means a tremendous amount to my family and myself, and I look forward to welcoming you all to next years!

 

 

 

 

 

The 2nd Annual Stanley McLean Memorial Charity Golf Day

 The 2nd Annual Stanley McLean Charity Golf Day was held on 20th September at the beautiful Marriott Sprowston Manor Hotel and Country Club with 30 teams of golfers enjoying the sunshine and great golf.  The golf course was in fantastic condition with many competitors commenting on the greens saying they were the smoothest and quickest they had played on all year.

Ready for the golfers!

The day started with everyone arriving for their bacon loin roll and receiving their welcome gift of a Brighter Future's Mug stuffed with Titleist Golf Balls and a keepsake Poker Chip Ball marker amongst other items.  Golfers from as far away as Derby, Northampton and Maidstone made the journey to join a number of local golfers including Sprowston Manor Members and staff for a fun day of on course competitions.

Golfers arriving on the day

There were fantastic prizes to be had including nearest the pin prizes such as a laptop donated by InTouch Systems, Titleist Drivers and the chance for one lucky golfer to drive away in a brand new Mini from Cooper Norwich Mini.  Unfortunately nobody managed a hole in one but the cars looked great on the tee box and in the marquee during the dinner!

Your winners of the best dressed!

Woodfordes brewery donated boxes of Wherry Ale for all to enjoy as they went around the course, and Deb and Diane baked flapjakes, cookies and sausage rolls which were gone within 2 hours and raised over £100.  Local station Mustard TV showed up to feature one team of golfers whose total age exceeded 310 along with an interview and footage of the golf day which you can watch here . 

The teams of four were competing for the Stanley McLean Memorial Trophy, team prizes, individual prizes and everyones favorite competition, the dreaded yellow ball.  Unlike last year nearly every team returned their yellow ball, which was a sense of enormous pride as no one wanted to be responsible for losing it!

The Norfolk Suite ready for dinner

Finalists of heads & tails

After the golf all the competitors headed to the Norfolk Suite for the drinks reception sponsored by InTouch Systems and the chance to bid on the silent auction items which included great golf courses such as West Sussex and Burhill, a signed Norwich City Football top and ball, a signed Stuart Pierce photo montage, and many many more.  The bidding was fierce and friendly with groups of tables egging each other on to drive the bids higher.

Enjoying the meal and company

A fantastic 3 course meal was served and in between courses prizes and raffles tickets were drawn and handed out, with the main auction items held until last where the bidding again was both comical and very successful, raising over £4k just in auction items. 
The end of the evening saw the overall team winners handed out and congratulations to the team of Kevin Gooch, James Hazel, Dave Hewson and Sam Taylor who are the 2013 Stanley McLean Memorial Golf Day Champions.

Overall the day was a major success with over £10.2K raised so a huge thank you goes to everyone who played and donated so generously!

This money will go towards helping us to fund a portable echo machine at GOSH as well as fund the Quidenham EACH hospice for just one day, on what would have been Stanley's 3rd birthday: January 2nd, 2014.  Both Deb and I can think of no more fitting tribute to give back to GOSH and EACH in this way and we want to thank everyone who donated prizes, time and most of all played in the day and dug so deep.

I cannot wait for the 3rd Stanley McLean Memorial Charity Golf day on Friday September 19th, 2014 and hope to see you there!

Thank you again,

Brad 

 

The Inaugural Brighter Future Gala Dinner

On  July 13th 2013 the first Stanley McLean Trust Brighter Future's Gala Dinner was held at Sprowston Manor Hotel in Norwich.  

The evening began with a drink on arrival followed by a superb 3 course meal, excellent raffle prizes and an auction with all funds going to Great Ormond Street.  The evening was capped off with a disco which kept everyone dancing until 1am.  

Once everything was added up another £3,416.24 was raised for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital. Thank you for all who attended and gave so generously!

The Three Peaks Challenge

On June 18th Sofie and Alice took up the challenge of climbing the 3 highest peaks in the UK within 24 hours to raise money for Stanley's Brighter Futures Fund at Great Ormond Street.

Emma and Dave assisted them as their support team and drivers on the 462 mile trip!

With many obstacles in their way including surly cows, a raging river and the inevitable gridlock on the M1 they still managed to complete the challenge in 24 hours and so far have raised over £900 towards Stanley's Brighter Futures Fund at GOSH.  A huge thank you to Sofie and Alice for taking on the challenge and to Dave and Emma for their support.  Pictures of the girls climbing up and down, being chased by cows and falling in rivers still to come!

Click here to link to their sponsor page.

The Stanley McLean Brighter Futures Golf Day

Every year Arthur Illsley organises a Charity Golf Day and for 2013 he selected the Stanley McLean Brighter Futures Fund at GOSH as his chosen charity.  68 golfers took part at the Marriott Sprowston Manor on a sunny yet cool June afternoon for a fun day of 18 holes of team competition.

The day was finished off with a raffle and auction of golf fourballs and once the totals were added up over £3,400 was raised on the day!

A massive thank you to all who played and especially to Arthur for organising the day!




The Norwich 100/50 Cycle Ride




June 1st saw Luke Clements and Brad McLean set off to tackle the Norwich 100 followed by Tracey and Steve Nicholls doing the 50 miler.

It was a cold June day and with only one rider boucning off the pavement (Brad) it must be said it was a successful day!

To donate to their ride please click here.

Luke, Steve and Tracey at the start

Alex Goram's Marathon Walk from 

Wells-Next-The-Sea to Cromer

On May 28th Alex Goram set out at 6am from Wells-Next-The-Sea for a marathon lengthed walk along the North Norfolk coast, all the while raising money for Stanley's Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital.  Accompanied by her father in law, the pair arrived in Cromer at 2.30pm and raised an amazing £179!

The long, long path to Cromer!