Editors Note

Welcome to this bumper edition of Spoonews. So

much has happened over the last quarter in Spoon

but sadly the magazine can only report on a fraction

of that. In this edition, we are singing from the roof

tops to praise TNT, our single biggest contributor.

Once again the staff have surpassed themselves and

raised another record amount for Spoon.

The size of the ‘Calendar of Events’ has been

increased to squeeze in the fantastic number of

activities taking place over the next year. All over the

country there are golf days and dinners, benefiting

events and people running up mountains and across

deserts to support Spoon. You are very much the

unsung heroes - but whatever the contribution, small

or large they are all huge from where we are sitting!

The desire to report all the forthcoming events and

past activities is putting a strain on our resources and

in this day and age we rely more than ever on the

ease and practicality of the Internet.

Before the next edition of the magazine is printed,

the spoon website will have had a major make over.

The website contains the most up-to-date news and

I urge you all to visit it on a regular basis to remain

abreast of activities in your Region.

To this end we are introducing a digital version of

this edition of Spoonews on the website. Please do

take a look, pass it on to friends and colleagues and

let us know what you think. Would you prefer to

receive your edition of Spoonews electronically?

And of course by the time you receive the next

edition of Spoonews, the RWC 2007 will be in full

flow… is it really four years since Martin Johnson

adorned the cover of this magazine? Contents

I wish you all a pleasant summer and hope the sun

shines where ever you are and whatever you do.

2. SpoonNews 28. SpoonEducation

Updates from sport's fastest growing Spoon’s work in the education sector

charity

31. SpoonPeople

5. SpoonRegions

RFU President, Bob Rogers talks

Round-up of news from the Regions

about his life in rugby

Cover: Spoon Women’s team captain, Susie

Appleby stretches her legs to score at the

Amsterdam Sevens Tournament

8. SpoonProjects

Top: Great Lakeland competitors celebrate

at the end of another successful event

Opened and unveiled projects from

32. Spoon Volunteers

Below: TNT staff members on a Seeing is the last quarter

Thank you and farewell to Spoon

Believing visit

Coordinator, Philip Blunden

16. SpoonSponsors

TNT spoon in record funds

36. SpoonSponsors

How staff from Amey are making a

difference

18. SpoonEvents

All the details of Spoon activities and

37. SpoonEvent

benefiting events in your area

Spoon tee’s off in La Manga at the

first overseas Golf Classic

22. SpoonFeature

Andy Cox reports on Greenwood

38. SpoonChallenges

School, Ulster Reporting from the hills of the 2007

Ford Ranger Great Lakeland

23. SpoonRugby

Challenge and news from the London

Spoon’s rugby teams rise to the

Marathon

challenge

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