November 21st 2019
Annual event raises approx. £10k for Inspire
Moulsford’s Annual Sporting Lunch was held at the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) on Pall Mall in London last Friday, with 187 people attending. It was fantastic to see so many Moulsford Dads from across the whole school, as well as staff from Harrow, Cheltenham College, Marlborough College, Millfield, Radley, St. Edward’s Oxford, Sherborne, Stowe, The Oratory and Wellington.
Former England and Bath rugby player David Flatman was joined this year by Lewis Moody, retired Leicester Tigers and England World Cup winning legend, and they discussed the hot topics of the day including the Saracens salary cap and of course the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan.
As well as being a social event, the RAC lunch provides an opportunity to fundraise. Flats ran an auction of varied and unique lots including a villa in Barbados for a week, and a day’s shooting.
The quiz this year tested even the strongest rugby brains and was based around various previous Rugby World Cups.
The charity chosen to benefit from this year’s fantastic total of approximately £10,000 was our school charity Inspire Children and Youth, which is the organisation being supported by the Moulsford South Africa Rugby Tour 2020. Inspire Children and Youth is a charity based at Middelpos Farm near Malmesbury in South Africa. It nurtures dreams, inspires rural people to achieve, and creates safe spaces for children and young people to thrive, providing food, shelter, toilets and a range of activities and projects for rural farm children and their families.
Huge thanks go to all those involved in the organisation of the lunch, to those who supported by attending the event and to the generous donors of the auction lots.
