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RABI 10k runners in London (and Ripon)Forty RABI runners took up the challenge of this year’s British 10k run in London, and one inRipon! There was the usual loyal contingent from Buckinghamshire, led by Alan Read whocompleted his seventh London 10k, as well as individuals from across the country includingrunners from Lloyds TSB Agriculture, Bidwells, NFU Mutual, Boehringer-Ingelheim, RABI’sManson House staff, and M G Communications Ltd.One runner unfortunately didn’t make it to London. The afternoon before the run CharlesBehrens’s father was taken into hospital in Yorkshire and the next morning he rode hismotorcycle from Northamptonshire to Ripon to see his family (the good news being that hisfather was going to be fine). However, in order not to disappoint his sponsors or let RABIdown, before riding back home he ran a measured 10k from his parent’s house to RiponCathedral and back. Definitely a 10k beyond the call of duty.Thanks are due to Sally Field for once again organising the post-run picnic and to RayStollery for his logistical support. With money still coming in the total raised so far is £4,000.8th to 15th October 2011Do something in your wellies this October.It can be as wild as you like as longas it is fun.The annual Welly Week fundraisingcampaign (now in its fourth year) raisessubstantial amounts for specialequipment, such as level access showers,house adaptations and specialist mobilityscooters and wheelchairs.Go wild in your wellies! To get afundraising pack either visit the website -www.rabi.org.uk - or contact MelanieMoughton on 01865 724931 / emailmelanie.moughton@rabi.org.uk.Dates for your diaryEvents organised by or for RABI (in bold) and shows where there will be an RABI presence.September1st2nd3rd3rd3rd-4th4th4th4th4th4th8th6th-7th10th10th10th10th-11th11th16th17th17th17th17th17th-18th18th18th18th19th19th-25th21st21st22nd23rd24th24th24th24th24th24th24th-25thBucks County ShowNational Golf Challenge - Oswestry GCKingsbridge ShowAlresford ShowDorset County Show, DorchesterManson House hog roastCream Tea aboard passenger boat ‘Sabrina’,ShrewsburyEssex Horse Ride, GalleywoodLancashire Sunday lunchCheshire Sunday lunchWestmorland ShowNational Dairy & Livestock Event, NECClay shooting at Copper Beeches,NottinghamshirePenistone ShowRomsey ShowHarvesting the Old Fashioned Way, Lavant,West SussexStratford-upon-Avon fun rideHarvest supper - LlansawelFarmhouse breakfast, Trethorne, LauncestonStokesley ShowIsle of Wight ploughing matchWeald of Kent ploughing match, Staplehurst,KentNewbury ShowCar boot sale, Dearnford Lake, Whitchurch,ShropshireAfternoon tea – Crug Glas, PembrokeshireThanksgiving service at Southwell MinsterNidderdale ShowHadrian’s Wall walkLaughton ploughing match, East SussexBingo evening - Carmarthen MartFlintham ploughing match, NottsDinner and speaker (Dilwyn Morgan), CaernarfonWest Yorkshire treasure huntCornwall Farmers' BallHarvest supper and entertainment, Talsarnau,GwyneddConcert (Parti Cut Lloi) and supper, Tafarn y Rhos,AngleseySouthwell ploughing match, NottsGransden ShowMasham Sheep Fair25th27th28th28th30thOctober1st1st-2nd1st-2nd2nd4th4th5th5th7th7th8th8th8-9th8-15th9th9th9th9th9th9th13th13th14th14th14th14th15th15th16th16th16th16thEssex Harvest Festival, ChelmsfordNorthants RABI Go karting at Whilton Mill,near DaventryCheshire ploughing matchEast Kent ploughing match, Gosmere Farm,Faversham, KentJoint FCN/RABI cheese and wine, Seagrave, LeicsHarvest supper/barn dance, Butcherlands Farm,Ebernoe, West SussexHarvest festival weekend and serviceWinchester Cathedral, HampshireEast Midlands food festival, Melton MowbraymarketHarvest Thanksgiving Service, CanterburyCathedralCoffee morning – Methodist chapel, NewtownEastern RABI regional conferenceSouth West Dairy ShowBrailsford ploughing match, DerbyshireDinner at Black Sheep BreweryCeilidh, Carlisle, CumbriaWelsh folk dance, Dinas MawddwyWelly pub crawl, BathBritish Ploughing Championships, BishopsLydiard, (RABI is charity of the year)Welly WeekAntiques event, Market Weighton, East YorksGloucester Cathedral Harvest ThanksgivingServiceWells Cathedral Harvest Thanksgiving ServiceEly Cathedral Harvest FestivalHarvest Festival at The Abbey, ShrewsburyEast of England Autumn ShowOxfordshire Harvest Festival, Steventon Church,OxfordshireHerefordshire NFU quiz, Wye Leisure, FownhopeCounty Durham Annual BallWorcestershire RABI/NFU Annual Dinner,WorcesterSuffolk Quiz EveningLancashire Songs of PraiseKent harvest supper, Amos Hall, Ashford, KentMersea Island ploughing matchBurpham Harvest Festival, West SussexBook Fair, BedaleLincoln Cathedral Harvest FestivalSt Giles in the Field, London, Harvest Festival1618th18th21st21st22nd22nd-23rd26th27th28th30th31stNovember2nd3rd4th11th11th12th-13th16th17th17th17th19th22nd26th-27th28th-29thDecember2nd-3rd4th5th6th6th7th7th8thLeicestershire RABI get together/recruitment eveningWelsh Dairy event – CarmarthenCumberland Night, CarlisleBingo night in DerbyshireHarvest supper and speaker – Letterston,Pembrokeshire (tbc)Countryside LiveFashion show, Hunmanby, East YorksPie and pea supper at Sneyd Arms, Whiston,StaffordshireRace night, KendalTractor run, WarwickEast Midlands RABI regional conferenceUK Grain, PeterboroughLeicester farmers marketHarvest supper, Upper Dicker Village Hall, EastSussexHoe down, LancashireHarvest supper – LlanwnnenNational Tractor Show, NewarkBingo evening – Carmarthen MartLeicestershire RABI skittles night - venue tbcFarming Conference, Malvern, WorcestershireEast of England Agricultural Society DinnerHampshire quiz night, Bishops Waltham VillageHall, HampshireSouth East Prime Fatstock Show, Ardingly, WestSussexAnglesey Winter FairRoyal Welsh Winter FairThe East of England Smithfield Festival,PeterboroughChristmas service, Welshpool Livestock CentreChristmas concert, Swinton, North YorksCarol/poetry evening, Isle of Wight LavenderFarmFarm Energy, PeterboroughManson House Christmas FayreAnnual draw at Shropshire NFU AGM, ShrewsburyNational Christmas carol service, Cumbria(For more details of these events contact the relevant RABIregional officer – see pages 10 and 11. Additional events arebeing added to the diary all the time - for up-to-dateinformation visit www.rabi.org.uk)www.rabi.org.uk