Our fabulous fete!
From Lisa McPherson, P&F President
After a couple of years of absence due to COVID, the Radford Twilight fete was held on the weekend to great success. And the weather was perfect for a fete!
Despite the absence of the big rides, due to a lack of ride providers and their insurance woes, the fete forged ahead with some new additions such as the Virtual Reality ride, Rock Climbing Wall, Pony Rides, Beer Garden and food vans. The usual stalls such as the secondhand clothing, uniform shop, sweet and sticky, and ‘lob a choc’ remained popular, and it was lovely to see some Community Stalls in the TB Millar Hall as well.
This day would not have been possible without the hard-working P&F Committee who have given up their own time over the past six months:
- Fete Convener, Mari Kirkpatrick
- Community Organiser, Monique Glavonjic
- President, Lisa McPherson
- P&F Committee: Nat Talbot, Edward Eyers, Shan Southwell, Nicola Gibson, Sarah Watts, Jade Carson and Irene Shaw.
Thank you also to Cam Sullings, who year after year does an amazing job as our MC, and to the scores of volunteers who helped set up, run, and clean up the fete.
The Radford P&F Committee would love to hear your (anonymous) feedback to make next year’s event even better! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RadfordFete2022Feedback
If you volunteered on Fete Day, please complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/radfordfete2022volunteerfeedback
Raffle Results Permit # 22/00168
Congratulations to the following winners who took part in the raffle, which was drawn at Radford College on Saturday 5 November 2022 at 5pm. All winners have been notified.
1st Prize – $5000 Cash 2nd Prize – $1100 Travel Voucher 3rd Prize – Vuly Trampoline valued at $950 4th Prize – Portrait Experience valued at $895 5th Prize – 4 cases of Beer valued at $280 6th Prize – Flavours of Canberra Hamper valued at $160 7th Prize – Family Access Pass valued at $130 |
The Parents & Friends Association also thanks the many businesses that supported us with various attractions and food stalls on the day:
- Supersmile Orthodontics Canberra - 1st prize in the Radford Raffle and sponsoring our Virtual Reality Machine.
- Classic Constructions - Sponsored the Go Karts.
- Ziggys Fresh - Donation towards the Hot Potato and Tornado Potato stalls.
- Barton Grocer - Donation to the ELC Healthy Options stall.
- Geoff and Marcus with the amazing antique cars on the JA Mackinnon Oval.
- Nick O’Leary Wines - Donation towards the Beer Garden.
- Four Winds Vineyard - Support towards the Beer Garden.
- Taj Agra - Donation to the Indian Stall.
- Qote - Fete Design and Printing.
We were very proud to see the contribution by two of our students in particular:
- Year 12 student - Alex Wyman launched his Sneaker Snatch business and hold a charity raffle to raise awareness and money for a much-loved Radford College teacher who passed away earlier this year and
- Year 3 student - Allanah Bullock with her lolly guessing competition that raised money for the Australian Conservation Foundation.
We thank our talented Radford College student concert and jazz bands who played throughout the afternoon.
