Editors Note
As we go to print England are through to the Final of
the Rugby World Cup and are trying to attempt the
impossible. Can they really beat South Africa and be
the only team in the history of the World Cup to take
back to back titles? Or will the Southern Hemisphere
prise the famous trophy from the North? Only time
will tell. The success of this tournament, hosted
magnificently by France with additional games also
played in Wales and Scotland, and the excitement
and competitiveness of the games has created a
resurgence in interest in rugby that can only have a
great knock on effect for Spoon.
Former French skipper, Jean Pierre Rives once said
“When rugby was created there were friends and a
ball. Take away the ball but you still have friends.”
Wooden Spoon plays its game with and without the
ball and the friendships are abundant and growing.
So many people have supported Spoon around the
World Cup, hosting benefiting events and fundraising
lunches and dinners. We hope these friendships will
continue to blossom long after the action of the
World Cup is over.
It has been a busy quarter for Spoon not least
because of the World Cup, but the continued growth
and expansion of the charity ensures more events,
more sponsors, more activities, more funds and more
projects. We alluded to record profits for the year to
March 31 2007 in the last edition and the audited
accounts verify that another record year has been
achieved. With success and growth also comes more
changes and Spoon is sorry to be losing the
corporate sponsorship of Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Contents
Division. A tribute to their support can be found on
page 17. Spoon has also said farewell to its former
CEO Geoff Morris and you can read a candid
interview with him on page 28. Three Regional
2. SpoonNews 21. SpoonFeature
Committee Chairmen have also changed over the last
Updates from sport's fastest growing Andy Cox reports on a special school
few months and we acknowledge their work on
charity
in the Chilterns
page 36.
6. Membership Benefits
Spoon is adapting to all these changes and moving
Spoon introduces the membership
22. SpoonRugby
forward to the 25th Anniversary year in 2008. The
card and gives something back to the
Spoon’s rugby teams rise to the
Sport from which the charity was borne is thriving
members
challenge
and reaching out to more and more people across
the world. And so on to the next chapter in Spoon’s
history...
7. SpoonRegions
28. SpoonPeople
Round-up of news from the Regions
Former Spoon CEO Geoff Morris bids
farewell
10. SpoonProjects
Opened and unveiled projects from 32. SpoonEducation
the last quarter Spoon’s work in the education sector
and the success of Shirts4Spoon
16. SpoonSponsors
TNT host a celebratory TNTea Party
34. SpoonVolunteers
and Spoon says thank you and
Over and Above: how some
goodbye to the corporate support of
volunteers are putting their bodies on
Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Division
the line for Spoon plus profile of
three outgoing Regional Committee
18. SpoonEvents Chairmen.
All the details of Spoon activities and
benefiting events in your area 38. SpoonChallenges
Cover: Woody makes a visit to Disability
Details of another successful Four
Challengers in Farnham and tries out the
wheelchair roundabout funded by Spoon. Peaks Challenge now in its 19th year
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