Celebration Dinner The President's 40th Anniversary - Celebrating the Past 40 years
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The President’s 40th
Anniversary
Celebration Dinner
Celebrating the Past 40 years –
aspiring to the next
John Jenkins MBE
18th September 2015
The beginning of the beginning … Our Founder
Philip Lewis MBE
Maidenhead Town Hall
Inaugural Meeting of WAMDSAD
18 March 1975
WAMDSAD – Maidenhead Leisure
Centre
Our early “Homes”
The Bar – where the plots
were hatched!
Toronto Paralympics 1976 32 Nations (164 in London 2012) 1657 Athletes (4286 in London 2012) 13 Sports (20 in London 2012) Our FIRST Paralympian Swimmer – Denise Smith • 2 x Silver (Butterfly & IM) • 2 x Bronze (F/S & Back)
Why don’t we build our own home – our own Clubhouse?
Don’t worry about the detail, just let’s get the ££££s ……..
Image of John here
John Ingram
gets us up and running
• Sponsored walk to Reading and back
• Guess the time taken?
• Turkey for the winner
• Raises £262
The ‘infamous’
Marathon Wheelchair Push
1977 – 2013
• Thousands of people
• Amazing fun!
• Riddled with incidents!
• Hundreds of thousands of £s
Maidenhead Rugby Club led by Denis
Lee
‘Bristol to London’ Wheelchair Push 16-23 May 1981 - 156 miles, 385 yds - £10,300 raised - Great PR!
At last ……..
Our very own
Clubhouse in Braywick
- July – March 1982
- Cost of £140,000
Our thanks for funding
help from:
- Foundation for
Sports & the Arts
- RBWM
- Our many friends in
the local
8th March 1982 What a day! community!
The 24 Hours Entertainment The Siddy Langley Story Glass
Marathon 1984 – 1997/8 blower extraordinaire – see www.siddy.com
SportsAble
Champions
The Indefatigable
Geoff Mason and all the Stuart Anderson MBE Story Family
Mason Family
1994 and we are growing ……. - Hundreds of members - Home counties wide - Multiple sports So let’s build a bigger Clubhouse …….. Project ‘95 Launched to raise £194,000 in one year ………
Project ‘95 - Led by (Action, Action, Action) Harry Purchase Raised £330,000 in 2 years • Project launch 1994 • Multiple Lottery Grants • Huge corporate support • 1st sod cut on 15th November 1995 May 1996 HRH Prince Philip opens our Clubhouse extension
Our (growing) national reputation …….. 1997 – WAMDSAD wins ‘Best Sports Club in the UK’ Award (DSE) 2001 - Runners-Up position in the Sports Club of the Year Award (CCPR, all amateur UK clubs) 2003 – we raise £15,000 for the British Paralympic Association to help GB athletes get to Athens Paralympics
Helping others as we help ourselves …. 2003 – Charity Ball raises £15,000 for the British Paralympic Association to help GB athletes get to Athens Paralympics 2005 – Celebrity Golf Event with Tim & Christine Brooke-Taylor for Relate 2008 – Charity Ball with Wooden Spoon …. and countless other major events for our Club All led by our star fundraiser Hilary O’Rourke
Our Amazing
Paralympians!• 46 member appearances
for GB
• In every Paralympics since
we were formed!
• Medalled in all bar 1Still our Clubhouse grows …. Now a Sports Centre 2004 – we build a Garage for our new Minibus – thank you, Lease Products! 2006 – 2nd Sports Hall opened. Thanks to The Louis Baylis Trust, ACT Foundation, The Wooden Spoon Society and The Shanly Foundation A growing complement of part-time staff …….
More Royal Acknowledgements Visits by The Earl of Wessex, HRH Prince Edward and HRH Duke of Kent The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award - In recognition of our achievements in the voluntary sector - “Our wonderful Volunteers”
From WAMDSAD to SportsAble
A story of triumph and success over the past 40 years
40 years of fun, friendship and opportunity
Amazing achievements in development of Grass Roots
Sport and Paralympic glory
Possible by efforts of our People
- our amazing Volunteers
- our wonderful friends in the community…………….
Our Service Organisations
Rotaract in Great Britain & IrelandWindsor Lions Club
Our Sports Leaders ALAN KENNY – Leader, Air Weapons John Greaves– Leader, Archery
And last but by no means least …………………
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