''Post Intergenerational and Inter Community Integration at annual BBQ 20 July''

The annual BBQ was organised by the committee members and our die hard supporters to an outstanding conclusion and I must pay tribute to everyone of them for their diligence, commitment, dedication, imagination and excellent team work.

It started with the Secretary designing tickets and Media Coordinator printing them. Then the Area Reps selling the tickets to members.

My goodness, with the hard work put in by the Area Reps we have managed to bring the maximum number of attendees yesterday. I am chuffed to bits. I must congratulate Bhel Birkata, Arjun Rai, Sangita Sunuwar from St Michael Area, Amar Limbu, Mina Pun, Bishu Sherchan from Gurdon Road Area, Arjun Sunuwar, Yashoda Shrestha from New Town Area, Jita Rai, Usha Gurung from Highwoods and Greenstead Area and Surya Bahadur Gurung and Karna Bahadur Rana from Gurkha Home, without their hard work, commitment and dedication it would not have been possible to muster so many members. Well done!!!

On the day the following members were at Berrifiled Lawn at 0900 hours to prepare the venue including pitching marquee, erecting 12 x 12 ft tent, setting up tables and chairs for everyone and including setting up BBQ stands.

Rubin GURUNG

Bhel B Birkata

Damar Limbu

Chhatra Limbu

Bhim Limbu

Amar Limbu

Om Kumar Gurung

Milan Gurung

Arjun Sunuwar

Birendra Shrestha

Gaman Gauchan

Bhogbir Limbu

Mitra Gurung

Som B Limbu

Singha B Limbu

Bhim Narsing Limbu

Laxmi Limbu

Sovit Gurung

Kumar Shrestha

Hari Malla

Om Reshmi

Bhojkumar Shrestha

Sagar Shrestha

Santosh Gurung

Krishna Sunuwar

Kumar Rai

Chandra Rai

Laxman Gurung

Usha Gurung

Usha’s son

Kamala Khatri

Jita Rai

On arrival of Gurkha Villa Restaurant from Aldershot, the Food Coordinators put everything in motion and it was ticking like a clock and fed us excellent starter and main meal for which I like to take this opportunity to thank the Food Coordinators and Anand Dewan from Gurkha Villa. Well done!!!

Drinks - Krishna Sunuwar, Kumar Rai and Chandra Rai’s excellent organisational skills has provided us with varieties of cold drinks to quench the thirsts of every individuals at the hot summer day.

The members began to arrive by 1230 hours and health and safety brief was given by the Secretary at around 1430 hours including welcoming everyone.

Once the health and safety brief was completed the Master of Ceremony Sanu Subba took over and continued running the event in an excellent manner with her usual style and made the day such a memorable one. Well done!!!

Entertainment - Om Kumar Gurung and Bhim Limbu provided excellent entertainment (thelo and tug of war completions) musical chair and puzzle solving for everyone and winners were St Michael Area at tug of war, CB Gurung junior at throwing thelo and Rasi Sunuwar (12 years old) on winning both musical chair and puzzle solving and they were presented with suitable prizes by the Mayor.

Once the presentation of prizes were completed, we said good bye to Chandan Gurung who has been acting as an Area Rep for serving soldiers, the Chair thanked Chandan for her devotion to her duties and wished their family best of luck in their next posting.

We also presented Ratna Dewan his well deserved veterans badge which we only managed to get it on his behalf very recently. Congratulations Ratna Dai

Music and PA system - I must thank the Culture Coordinators Mitra Gurung and Rita Magar including providing her personal laptop for music and Naina Sing Gurung providing an excellent music for Arjun Sanam Nepalese National singer who was invited to entertain us and he did certainly made us dancing until the end with outstanding songs. Well done!!!

Finally the Chair said few words and presented Arjun Sanam £300 as our token of love which was collected from the members on the floor and rounded up the evening by Master of the Ceremony Sanu Subba at around 2115 hours.

Firstsite and Berrifield Lawn - We must thank the CEO of Firstsite for allowing us to use Berrifield Lawn and it was well and truly top class facility and easy access for everyone.

Clearing up in the evening - The Members were very forthcoming and dismantled the marquee and tents in no time and litters were picked up and dropped them at the skip. We left Berrifield Lawn as tidy as possible.

Attendance of the members - I must thank the general members for their turn up and without their attendance it could not have been as entertaining as it has been and well done to every one.

Guests - You have also looked after our guests so well and they have all enjoyed tremendously, we must all be very proud of our generosity and will maintain good relations with everyone who we have to deal in due course.

Conclusion

What an amazing team efforts and I certainly enjoyed working with your good selves and once again I like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for being such an excellent and amazing team.

I am chuffed to bits and well done everyone.

Udai B Gurung MBE

Chair/Trustee

CNS