RMweb Gold Hroth Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: although this is a railway event, so trains may be subject to delay.... Or cancellations.... The real result is the amount donated to the NHS Charities Together Covid-19 Urgent Appeal. The raffle is just the icing on the cake! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 I went to Malta (we were staying in Gozo) some years ago. Would love to go again and see some of the sites that wife was not so keen to see. Maybe, next year... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: I went to Malta (we were staying in Gozo) some years ago. Would love to go again and see some of the sites that wife was not so keen to see. Maybe, next year... Special place for many reasons - and so much history. Did go many years ago but like you need a return visit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Popular Post AY Mod Posted April 27, 2020 Author Administrators Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2020 Sorry it's taken a while to post this morning. Firstly I had to allocate the ticket numbers from yesterday's donations, cross-check everything after Paypal's system wouldn't display the statement properly on Saturday and then move on to the draw itself. I shall come back to that bit! I would like to thank everyone who participated in the prize draw and the fundraiser this weekend whether that be by chipping into a worthy cause or by being involved in the quite magnificent layout and demo topics of our virtual get-together yesterday. That was quite stunning with some superb contributions, a lot of imagination and hard work went into that from contributors, some learnt new videoing skills and put themselves out there. Well done to all. @Stubby47 had put so much into organising the planned event and carried this right through and managed the non-prize draw donations in addition to keeping the fun rolling on. That was an important part of it all; that everyone enjoy themselves and that's very evident. I was looking at the interaction going on and have never seen so much 'like' and other reaction buttons being clicked within the topics. There's plenty of pages but aren't the pages enormous with all the imagery etc. - everyone played great roles and replicated the timeline of the real event. I would like to thank the hobby's trade who got behind this all and helped with the fundraising specifically: Accurascale Bachmann Europe Cavalex Models Footplate Models of Kidderminster Hattons Model Railways Heljan Hornby Kernow Model Rail Centre Locomotion Models TMC 247 Developments So how much did you raise for NHS Charities Together? Prize draw: £7108.48 Charity Auction: £155.00 Virtual kitchen donations: £655.94 Which makes a total of £7919.42 Give yourself a round of applause! The money from my end has been paid over to NHS Charities Together now. Stu's arranged his one separately as below. Moving on to the draw itself; here's a bit of boring Excel, all the donations were converted to the appropriate number of tickets, random numbers drawn and the details pulled out through VLOOKUP - here's the really, really exciting draw. So, our list of winners is as follows: I will shortly start contacting everyone in turn to take their choice from the prize list. Well done everyone and thank you so, so much for being part of a magnificent event. 56 9 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Well done to all; organisers, participators and visitors alike 1 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 Wow fantastic - well done everyone and congratulations to the winners 3 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I agree. Excellent day and congrats to the winners and to the organisers for putting on this event and raising so much for a good cause. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nickwood Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 Terrific result for the NHS Charities, well done to everyone involved, organisers, participants, traders et al. I didn't get to see much of the weekend activities as the wife had other plans for my time but from what little I did manage to read it, primarily the demonstrators stands it was very well received. There were some geat prizes donated and congratulations to the raffle winners. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 What a brilliant collective achievement! Many thanks for organising this aspect of the event Andy and thank you to everyone who donated towards the cause. I have to to say if a virtual thread could have a show-like atmosphere, Sunday's Taunton layout topic certainly did! It is lovely to be part of a community who actually really care for other people and come together when times are tough. Best wishes to you all and thank you again to our frontline workers, who have been just simply fantastic since this awful situation started. Kind regards, Nick. 13 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 Gobsmacked - I never win anything! And congratulations to Ron Goodwin on first prize - fully deserved! 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) Congrats to all the winners, but as has been said, the real winners are all those who are putting their own lives on the line to look after those suffering. An outstanding total of just under £8,000, particularly when many have uncertainty with their jobs and future. Many thanks to everyone who put in the hours, so we could all have a very enjoyable virtual show yesterday..... Edited April 27, 2020 by gordon s 3 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 A great effort and well done to all concerned and I thoroughly enjoyed the day. Great to see the monies going to a good cause. Flippin' eck though, two prizes. 6 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evertonian Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Well done Andy and Co., 7919 eh - another wonderful WR loco honoured ! If I knew how to post a picture of Runter Hall I would, no doubt somebody will...... Regards and good health to all, Chris Knight 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators AY Mod Posted April 27, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted April 27, 2020 27 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: Gobsmacked - I never win anything! Please check your inbox Mr. Bullock. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Evertonian said: Well done Andy and Co., 7919 eh - another wonderful WR loco honoured ! If I knew how to post a picture of Runter Hall I would, no doubt somebody will...... Regards and good health to all, Chris Knight Ha ha great minds think alike https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/image/catalog/P/G/1/4/PG1454.jpg And she was an 85A loco for 6 months in 65 before transferring to Oxford where she survived until the bitter end. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 Blimey that’s a stunning amount Well done all for organising it and thanks to all the exhibitors and prize donations. I think that can be considered a success if we have to do it occasionally under the new normal and damn good fun to boot! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Please check your inbox Mr. Bullock. Thanks Andy. Done - and email reply sent. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rong61 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Thanks RM Web for giving us the chance to donate to such a worthy cause, and well done to all other winners. 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil Bullock said: @Andy YNo doubt will be along before too long - although this is a railway event, so trains may be subject to delay.... Most of them are running early down our way - well the interesting ones worth timing the dog walk for... 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 Outstanding work Andy. Thanks to you and all involved for your efforts in raising this sum, and for organising the virtual members day! Tom. 4 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 A great event, big thanks to the organisers! It will never replace real people meeting up, and of course the circumstances are tragic. But as others have suggested, maybe there's an opportunity to do something similar in the future in a happier context. I hadn't fully realized beforehand what an opportunity a virtual event/exhibition also is for those of us who are abroad, or otherwise not able to attend exhibitions regularly. I hereby propose that SWAG redefine its territory to everything Southwest of the Bering Sea. 6 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post colin penfold Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, AY Mod said: I would like to thank everyone who participated in the prize draw and the fundraiser this weekend whether that be by chipping into a worthy cause or by being involved in the quite magnificent layout and demo topics of our virtual get-together yesterday. That was quite stunning with some superb contributions, a lot of imagination and hard work went into that from contributors, some learnt new videoing skills and put themselves out there. Well done to all. @Stubby47 had put so much into organising the planned event and carried this right through and managed the non-prize draw donations in addition to keeping the fun rolling on. That was an important part of it all; that everyone enjoy themselves and that's very evident. I was looking at the interaction going on and have never seen so much 'like' and other reaction buttons being clicked within the topics. There's plenty of pages but aren't the pages enormous with all the imagery etc. - everyone played great roles and replicated the timeline of the real event. Well done everyone and thank you so, so much for being part of a magnificent event. Hi Andy. It does feel good that we have collectively done this as a community, but I think it's worth reflecting that the vehicle that enabled this to happen at all is RMWeb, and you take massive credit for that. Without the environment you created, this simply never could have happened. Well done mate 1 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) Charity auction £155? is that the grand total for the Bachmann 117, photo course auction? Edited April 27, 2020 by big jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators AY Mod Posted April 27, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 minute ago, big jim said: Charity auction £155? is that the grand total for the Bachmann 117, photo course? The only item which attracted bids was the Bachy Bubble Car, probably because the other experiences couldn't be taken yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, AY Mod said: The only item which attracted bids was the Bachy Bubble Car, probably because the other experiences couldn't be taken yet. thats a shame, i was tempted by the 117 auction too, hopefully a rerun of the other items after lockdown may bring a few more quid in too 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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