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ball: Gabriella Irimia, Cheryl Baker,
Jayne Torvill and Monica Irimia
Model parents raise £3k for amherst school
Charity ball makes £35k
On a Saturday night in October, Riverhead Infants’ School and Amherst
school parents forwent an evening in front of strictly Come dancing and stepped out into
The Royal London Society for the Blind
the spotlight themselves at the Pta’s second fashion show of the year. twenty glamorous
(rlsb), which runs dorton house in seal, held
mothers and six perfectly poised children bravely strutted their stuff down the amherst
its annual ‘eye ball’ at the Café royal in london’s
school catwalk, at one point assisted by male models (one of whom was the headmaster
regent street last month. among the event’s 150
of Amherst, Mr Wiltshire), modelling some 86 outfits for local business couple Judith and
guests were Jayne torvill, Cheryl baker, the Cheeky
leo Jørgensen of tommelise by danish Collection, who sponsored the event. from casual
girls and lord Jeffrey archer.
everyday wear to sophisticated evening dresses, outfits from designers including Oxmo, Billi
the event was a great success, raising £35,000
bi, Phobia and in wear, and Noa Noa for the children, were modelled. after the show there
towards the rlsb’s provision of education, training
was a Fashion Show Prize Draw and raffle featuring prizes of clothing and accessories,
and employment services for blind and partially
worth a combined value of £3,000. the show, organised by riverhead Pta Chair,
sighted children, young people and adults.
rebecca shelley, was judged a spectacular success, raising over £3,000 for the schools.
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Tasha Danvers, winner of the
olympic bronze medal in the women’s 400m
hurdles, was sevenoaks Prep school’s guest of
honour at the thomas trophy 2008 last month.
the annual thomas trophy Cross Country
event is the largest of its type in the south-east;
this is the twenty-sixth year that sevenoaks
Prep has hosted the races. 650 children from
Kent schools arrived in brilliant sunshine with
six races being run across three age groups. at
2.00pm Tasha opened the event by firing the
starter’s gun for the first race (right) and she also
awarded the gold, silver and bronze medals as
the winner crossed the line.
“tasha willingly shared her time and bronze
medal with children, teachers and parents, and
was truly an inspiration to all who met her,”
said headmaster Philip oldroyd. “she was able
to talk to the children at their level – whatever
their age, and they warmed to her easy-going
style immediately”.
the olympic race was shown at the school
assembly with the children applauding
energetically. tasha shared her experiences and
offered advice on how to avoid getting nervous,
whether in front of 100,000 people in an
olympic stadium or 10 people on an athletics
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