Missing BRM Day Banners

 Several sponsored BRM banners 8' x 2' on white PVC went missing from The Abbey Road, having been taken down, last Sunday after the event had finished.

 

These all had various sponsors names on and have to be returned or replaced at a cost to the charities.

The Police are studying the CCTV footage from the cameras looking down The Abbey Road area. 

 

If the missing banners are returned no further action will be taken, they may have been picked up or handed to someone by mistake.

 

They can be handed in to :-

The Fenland Shops, Abbey Road

Delaines Bus Depot Reception, Spalding Road

or sent to: PO Box 6339,Sleaford, Lincs, NG34 0NQ

 

Alternatively, if you have any information about the missing banners, or saw them being taken, please email webmaster@brmday.co.uk

BRM School's Art Competition

Kevin Day (Len Pick Trust), Emily Dunthorne & 

Phoebe Kirtland (Bourne Academy), 

Kay Henderson (Len Pick Trust), Ellie Dharamraj,

 Keiran Reid (Bourne Westfield), Zoe Chappell, 

(Bourne Academy), Gerry Burrows (Len Pick Trust).

 Alex Downing (Bourne Westfield) was unavailable.

The winners of the School’s Art Competition organised in conjunction with the recent Bourne BRM Day celebrations collected prizes at a presentation at racing restorers, Hall & Hall, in Bourne on Friday. Pupils from Bourne Academy and Bourne Westfield Primary Academy Schools received cheques on behalf of their respective schools donated by the Len Pick Trust, a charity founded by the late Len Pick for the benefit of the town of Bourne. Trust member, Gerry Burrows said at the presentation, “We are delighted that so many children entered the competition which was on the theme of BRM. The standard of entries from the schools was very high and we had a difficult job choosing the winners”.

The prize winners were presented with cheques for their respective schools and were treated to a guided tour of cars which had taken part in the celebrations including the car in which Graham Hill won the World Championship which had been flown over from America especially for BRM Day.

Gerry went on to say “We have worked with the organising committee of the BRM Day from day one and would like to express our appreciation for their tremendous efforts in arranging the event which was extraordinarily successful. Our initial grant, which enabled planning of the event to proceed, was made on the condition that the event was to be not only a celebration of BRM but should also be a community day for Bourne. It is quite evident from the participation of the many voluntary organisations providing facilities during the day and all the businesses and other organisations that benefitted from the tremendous number of people attending that the event has provided a tremendous boost to the town and its community spirit. We would also like to thank all those who helped with the event, either through the provision of sponsorship, facilities or expertise, which truly justified the strap line of the event which was ‘Pride in Bourne – Pride in Britain’. 

Bourne Academy Supports BRM Day

Students from Mays House helping to pack the event programmes

Students from a local secondary school have taken part in a 'team challenge' this week, to help pack 10,000 event programmes into carrier bags, to be sold on the day.

Around 200 students from Mays house of Bourne Academy worked hard to support the event during the first part of this week, preparing the programmes to be sold at the event on Sunday.

The house has been named after Raymond Mays, founder of BRM, which is why the students were so keen to help the event in whatever way they could.

Sally Sutcliffe, Head of Mays House, liaised with the BRM Committee to offer help for the 50^th Anniversary of BRM in Bourne.  Mrs Sutcliffe commented “As a local person I am really looking forward to the day and I thought my team at school should get involved.  When we volunteered our services we didn’t know exactly what we would be asked to do.  Packing 10,000 souvenir bags wasn’t one of my thoughts!  However the students have all helped out, setting up their own little production lines in their classes.  It was great to see them working so well with each other!”

However, due to circumstances the turn-around of the job had to be quick.  Mrs Sutcliffe added “We only received the programmes and bags on Tuesday morning, so it really was a case of all hands on deck to get the job done by Wednesday afternoon.  I’m immensely proud of all my students and the Form Tutors who co-ordinated and supported them to achieve this challenge.”

 
Mays House student Ellen Hicks (Year 12) added: "It was great to be able to help getting the resources ready for the BRM Day". 

The programmes being loaded into a double-decker bus

Once students had packed the programmes, BRM Day Committee Member and Managing Director of Delaine Buses Ltd Anthony Delaine-Smith came to the school with a double-decker bus to collect the programmes, ready to be sold on the day of the event.

The souvenier programme will be available to buy on Sunday for £5.00, and includes a timetable of the day, a brief history of BRM, information about Graham Hill, Damon Hill & Sir Jackie Stewart, a map of the activities going on in the town, and information on the cars that will be included in the parades.

Yardley of London Supporting BRM Day

The BRM Day Committee are grateful to Yardley London for supporting the event.

The company have provided their Yardley London Citrus and Wood Anti-Perspirant Deodorant and their Yardley London Royal Diamond Body Spray as a complimentary gift for drivers, guests and VIP's on the day.

For more information about Yardley London, visit them on Facebook, Follow @YardleyLondonUK on Twitter, or online.