Epsom Rotaract's Great British Quiz! - 01/03/2014

Epsom Rotaract President & Quiz master John Bishop on the mic (with Super Ted in the big red chair).

Epsom Rotaract returned to Leatherhead Parish Church Hall for a British-themed quiz in aid of Epsom Medical Equipment Fund (http://www.emef.org.uk/). There were British themed rounds on Comedy, Sport, History, Music and General Knowledge plus picture rounds on British counties and British national treasures. Epsom Rotaract President John Bishop was the quizmaster for the evening and club mascot Super Ted was nearby looking out for any cheaters!

Bess Harding gives a speech about the charity

The Crowd with Ellie on the Piano!

A crowd of 137 people attended the event including Bess Harding OBE, the patron of Epsom Medical Equipment Fund, who gave a speech at the beginning of the night. 

Rotaractors at the bar!

Everyone in the club came out to support this event, whether it was to set up, run the bar, distribute food, watch the door or clear up.

Katie at the bar

Here is a music video of the quiz illustrating how busy we were!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0rIfhC37oE

In the end £1800 was raised for Epsom Medical Equipment Fund! A brilliant number! The money raised will go toward baby monitoring equipment for Epsom hospital.

The raffle!

John Bishop, club president, had this to say:

"Doing something to help Epsom General Hospital was something I had always wanted to do. I was born a month premature and wasn't breathing. Luckily, quick thinking staff at Epsom Hosptial revived me. I'm very proud that as Epsom Rotaract President I got to give back to Epsom hospital.

We attracted 18 teams and 137 people..At one point, we weren't sure if we were going to get enough teams! And we ended up selling out and turning people away!"

Well done to everyone who took part and came along. You all made the event a huge success. Thank you!



It was amazing to have support from Rotaractors from 5 different Rotaract clubs from 4 different districts:- Rotaract Club of Camberley (1140), Woking Rotaract (1140), Langley and Iver Rotaract (1090), Bromley Rotaract (1130) and Rotaract Bucuresti Continental (2241)! Members of each club (along with Epsom) are featured in the photo.