OUR good friend Donal Smith has been in touch to let us know that fund-raising for the recently engaged Jonjo Bright is continuing.

“While it’d be very easy for me/us to rest on our laurels after raising over £14,000 in the last three years for the Jonjo Bright Trust,(www.jonjobrighttrust.com), Jonjo’s courageous battle continues, so the plan is to carry on with our fund-raising efforts in 2018.

“We’ve a number of events planned this year including an informal Cheltenham Festival preview in the Minerstown Tavern on Saturday, March 3rd (following that afternoon’s East Down point-to point meeting at nearby Tyrella), as well as a 5k/10k roadrace and funday at the Tavern later in the summer.

“While we’ll always be grateful for your support with regards raffle prizes/auction lots in previous years, we hope that you’ll be able to do the needful for us this year again. No harm done if you’re unable to, as mentioned, you’ve been very generous in previous years for which we’ll be forever thankful.

“We plan to split whatever raffle/auction prizes we get between the respective fund-raisers this year, so if you can provide us with something/anything it’d be very gratefully accepted.”