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 | Club dinner at Lord's raises £24,000 for the blind and visually impaired | | | , The dinner held in The Nursery Pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground, which included an auction, a raffle and a 'higher and lower' game, raised over £24,000. Club Patron Derek Underwood and Trustee Mike Brace entertained diners with tales from their sporting experiences while Christopher Martin-Jenkins made an excellent after dinner speech. Club Hon Sec Chris Larlham presented outgoing Chairman Robert Fleming with a commemorative bottle of burgundy in recognition of his enormous contribution to the Club during his twelve year tenure.
, Notable guests included former TMS producer, Peter Baxter, former Kent & England cricket captain Mike Denness and Pauline Johnston, widow of Brian Johnston, who drew the raffle. [more] | |
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 | Primary Club Patron to be next President of the MCC | | | Derek Underwood, Patron of the Primary Club and recent President of Kent CCC, was yesterday nominated by Mike Brearley, current MCC President and a former England captain under whom Derek played a number of Tests, to succeed him as MCC President in October 2008, . [more] | |
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