Sunlovers Race Day  15^th November 2008

 

 

 

 

 

Bouquets by the hundreds to Terry, Val, Sue, Mike and all others involved in organising this race day, certainly ranking amongst the top events we have ever had the pleasure of attending at beautiful Sunlovers Retreat.

 

A happy crowd of 50 people, the largest FCU has seen.   Even though we have had some wonderful events previously, this day was one of the funniest we can remember.  

 

The names of the horses were hilarious and saw that everyone started the day’s events in the right mood.   Horse races such as you would never see on a race track, many funny touches such as vet checking, taking the “horses” for a quick wade in the pool and parading before the “judges”  kept members and visitors laughing all the way.   The “Vet” Heather did her job well, making sure no horse got away with a thing, keeping every horse and its rider on the straight and narrow.  She was surely one of the stars of the show!  

 

Just as we were trying to recover from the effects of all this fun, even more was in store with the most unique fashions on the field you would ever see anywhere.    Outfits defied imagination as members could hardly believe what came out of those plastic bags Sue was handing around with a big smile on her face!

 

We were all delighted with the scrumptious Chicken-and-Champagne lunch, a combined effort of Sunlovers Retreat and visitors.

 

As the afternoon drew to a close we were further entertained, during the prize-giving, by Terry, who gave a very funny account of the day’s proceedings whilst presenting the race winners and the fashion leaders of the day with their prizes.

 

In the evening a lively game of trivia, organised extremely well by Terry & Val, kept everyone busy exercising their brains.  We think most of us gained some extra knowledge as a result and certainly had a lot of fun in the process.

 

May we have many more happy years at Sunlovers Retreat to look back on in the future and remember with joy and laughter.  

 

Thanks to Sue and Mike for their assistance we wish you and all those people dear to you a very happy and safe Christmas and wonderful times in the New Year to come.  

 

Thank you all for the support you have given us by reading our newsletters. We hope you have enjoyed them.  They have been our very great pleasure to write.

 

Your friendly editors, Bob & Joyce.

 

 

                                                                

 

The Christmas quote to end all quotes :

 

 

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."