Various local charities receiving their donations from clerk of the course Bruce Storr
The Scott Charity Presentation Evening was held on Friday 28th February at the Buck Hotel Reeth. This year a total of £10,000 was being given out to local charities, making a total of over £137,600 donated in the time that Richmond Motor Club have run the trial. John Fraser, the Scott Chairman said a few words about how the money is raised and also that the Scott is celebrating 100 years in 2014 with the first ever Scott Trial being run just before Easter 1914. He then introduced Mr Bruce Storr, who is the Clerk of the Course for the Scott who then presented the cheques.
A list of recipients are as follows (in no particular order)
Swaledale Scouts, Swaledale Mountain Rescue, Reeth Primary School, Gunnerside Primary School, Ravensworth Primary School, Arkengarthdale Primary School, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Great North Air Ambulance, Macmillan Cancer Relief, Leyburn Primary School, Reeth Young Farmers, Swaledale Seedlings, St John’s Centre Wednesday Club, RABI, Friends of the 2 Dales Nursery, Hambleton & Richmond Multiple Sclerosis Society, Swaledale & Arkengathdale Luncheon Clubs Association, Richmond Cricket Club – Youth & General, Moorland Association, St Teresa’s Hospice, DELTA, Holmedale Pre-School, Hipswell Primary School, Wensleydale Rugby Club Development Fund, Gamekeepers Welfare Trust, ACU Benevalent Fund, The Mobrey Suite at the Friarage Hospital and the Alistair Bullen Aromatherapy Fund.
This year’s Scott Trial is set to be a very special one as its the Centenary – One Hundred Years since the first one was run in 1914. The date for the diary is Saturday 18th October 2014.
