Skillway News 2011

Tunnel Walk Through - May

Local Hindhead residents, Vivien Gillman -Skillway's Administrator - and husband Robert, appropriately dressed sporting Skillway 'T' shirts were some of the 'privileged few' who first first ventured through the Hindhead Tunnel before it was opened to ticket holders only on Saturday 14 May.

A first for the Gillmans and a first for Skillway!

Well done and "thank you" Vivien and Robert!

IMAGE AND IDYLL

We are hugely grateful to The Guildford Symphony Orchestra for supporting Skillway at their magnificent concert, Image and Idyll at Charterhouse on Sunday 27 March.  Over £400 was donated by the audience at the door collection.

MARCH

GUILDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Image & Idyll

Beethoven Symphony No 7

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture "Fingel's Cave"

Vaughan-Williams Overture "The Wasps"

Butterworth Idyll - The Banks of Green Willow

Davison Four Elegiac Portraits

Darrell Davison - Conductor

Jeremie Maillard - Cello

Sunday 27th March 2011, 7.30pm

Hall, Charterhouse School

Tickets £14, £12 Seniors, £5 Under 25's

GSO Box Office: 01483 415847, Guildford Tourist Information: 01483 444334, Record Corner, Godalming: 01483 422706,

 or via website: www.g-s-o.org.uk

Supporting Skillway

LIONS QUIZ NIGHT - FEBRUARY

On Wednesday 9 March Skillway were presented with a cheque for £1,325 which was raised at a record Quiz Night held at Priors Field School on 25 February.

Godalming and Villages Lions Club have held regular quizzes for over ten years to raise money for local charities.   A record attendance of 180 players raised the above sum on a night of anticipation and healthy competition with the overall winners being 'Jagger's Jiggers' - Team Leader Dr Chris Jagger, Skillway's Chairman!

The money raised will help to purchase four two-stroke engines and tooling for a new Basic Mechanics Course starting shortly and any remaining funds will go towards sponsoring students through Skillway's courses at the Workshops.

Skillway are extremely grateful to the Lions Club, President Cyril Netley, and to Alan Hill for organising such a tremendous event.