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Volunteers needed for Geoff Howe benefit events

Hi Guys .

After an fantastic initial burst of enthusiasm towards the Benefit , we really need help to bring home this important fund raiser for one of our brothers in need .

We need some volunteers for the following jobs crucial to making this a success

1. Next Saturday and Sunday we need ticket sellers at the SRFC grounds . If you can do a morning or afternoon , we need to take the tickets to all sports and spectators to sell as many as possible .

2. Volunteer to be Auctioneer at the Savage club Friday 25th

3. Volunteers to help set up the Savage club , its a brand new venue , with signs, tables and just to assist BS, Cranky and Me with getting organized .

4. Selling tickets at other events you will attend .

5. Any other donations for raffle or auction Prizes

We have done an amazing job so far , lets hit it out of the ground .

Let us know how you can contribute in the comments below .

Omega’s Band playing at Malone’s 3rd floor Saturday 12th

Studio 188 will perform at the 3rd floor loft at Malones Tongren Lu this Saturday night

80rmb gets you in and 2 drinks

9pm till late !!

Raffle for Slab has a NEW DATE – ALL TAKE NOTE!!!

VENUE:  The Camel Bar, 1 Yueyang Road (Near Dongping Rd). STARTS: Thursday JULY 1st at 6.30pm

As some of you may have heard, Geoff ‘Slab’ Howe, our largest Basher, suffered a severe stroke 2 weeks ago and had to be airlifted to Hong Kong.

He now needs to be taken back to Australia for recovery and needs our support.

We hope to raise some serious cash to help him in what will be a long and difficult recovery. Any donations for raffle prizes or auction items ( if appropriate) will be greatly appreciated.

Spread the word.

Tickets on sale now. get them from The Camel, Kakadu or the SRFC. They will continue to be sold until it’s drawn at the Bashers Trivia World Cup on July 1st  when all the prizes will be drawn and some more great prizes will be auctioned.

Prizes so far for the raffle:

• Two Tickets to the Gary Player Invitational Dinner (Value 10,000rmb)
• A Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration Unit including one year’s free service (value 6,500rmb)
• A night in the executive suites at SheShan Le Meridian plus a round of golf for two at SheShan Golf Course (value 4,500rmb)
• A Weekend at Wuxi Millenium Hotel in the executive suites (value 2,500)
• Three Calvin Klein Dresses (value 6,000rmb)
• Travel voucher from Classic Travel (value 1,000rmb)
• Dinner at Kakadu
• One Week of half-day holiday camps with Sport for Life (value 1,250rmb)
• A custom made cake from Mrs Pusher (value 750rmb)
• Hand Made Jewelry  and mirror
• Basket of women’s products
• VB prize packs
• Kooka Pies (Value 1,000rmb)
• Camel Bar Tab (Value 1,000rmb)
• Donelli Wines
• Ten Bags of Espresso Nation Coffee (Value 800rmb)
• more to come…

Anyone who wishes to pledge cash or a prize should send their pledges to Denzyl at president@basherscc.org.

Leisure win by 10 wkts!

As the remaining Street workers tried to pick up trash outside the Camel at 9am , a school bus notable for lack of leg room ferried the Leisure Men to Dulwich to do battle with the Knights .

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Dance For Haiti

This coming Friday there is a benefit concert for the Earthquake victims in Haiti.

Should be a good night, spread the word.

And don’t forget you dancing shoes

Obama crashed our party! Bamboo closed go Plan B

Most of you are probably hearing the rumors , so let me clarify the situation.

Due to Barrack Obama staying at the Portman this Sunday , it seems the police want to shut down all drinking establishments and some roads , Tongren being one of them.

Officially the Bamboo has been asked to close so we will now go with our plan B

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Bashers Final Message Board

To all you Bashers out there , in all corners of the globe this page is for you.

We havent forgotten the 136 of you proud to call yourself Bashers and we know the day you have all dreamed about has come , the Bashers in the Div 1 Final ( league for those older guys !)

Let the team know you are behind them , impart a little Bashers wisdom or story.

Ex Obscurum  Cometes Lux Lucis

Out of the darkness cometh the light

The day has come !! Basher Basher Basher !

Who wants to Play in the Sixes ??

To all Bashers Players .

We have been allocated 8 player spots under our team entry conditions .

This includes 8 tickets to the friday night function, a team freebie bag , and post Sunday finals BBQ .

We can play more than 8 players over the weekend but obviously 8 places with freebies will not spread to the whole club so we need you to make it easier for us to pick you in the 8 or simply to get a game when available .  

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Cricket Dinner Flyer – Share the Love

To All Bashers and friends

Please copy and send the flyer to all your friends who may be interested to join us at the Legends Dinner

This is the SCA’s primary way of raising funds and helping pay for cricket and all players should try to spread the word .