Project Hougoumont at Salute

[carl1]

At Salute this year Project Hougoumont will run a raffle and sell t-shirts to help raise funds for the restoration of the Hougoumont Farm, pivotal to the British defences at Waterloo. A t-shirt will cost £10 and will also give you one entry into the raffle. 1 entry will cost £2.00 and 3 entries for £5.00

If you buy a t-shirt and pay a further £5.00 you will get 5 entries instead of 4.

Prizes include;

* A complete 15mm model of Hougoumont from Hovels For Models Ltd
* 5 boxes of French miniatures from Victrix Ltd.
* 5 boxes of British Miniatures from Victrix Ltd.
* 3 boxes of Napoleonic figures from Perry Miniatures
* boxes of Napoleonic figures from Perry Miniatures
* boxes of Napoleonic figures from Warlord Games Ltd
* 2 musket balls actually used in the Battle of Waterloo
* a voucher from Grand Manner Ltd
* a computer game & DVD combo donated by Carl King
* Kr Multicase item
* Selection of wargaming accessories from Renedra Ltd
* A selection of Waterloo based prints donated by Steve Stanton
* Items from Models For Sale (Raunds) Ltd

There will also be special prints signed by famous persons including the current Duke of Wellington which will be given away to anyone donating a set amount on the day.

Please help us to continue our restoration of Hougoumont by supporting us if you attend salute this year.

Thanking you in advance,


Carl King
Wargaming Representative for Project Hougoumont

[terrywarden]

Carl

As not all of us will make it to Salute, will you be selling shirts or raffle tickets in advance or taking orders? Terry

[carl1]

the raffle is not a ticket based raffle as this is too time consuming at the end when ripping up the little blighters, so it's a list of numbers that people put their name against on a sheet(s) and the prizes have already been allocated one of the numbers on the list (1-199) and whomever chooses a winning number or numbers if they are lucky, they win the prize against that number.

bit like the 'name the bear' type things at a village fete where the bears name is in an envelope and revealed at the end of the event.

all prizes and winning numbers will be in a sealed envelope and opened an hour before the end of salute or once all numbers have been bought, whichever is the sooner.

in the interest of fairness etc, i will not be selling numbers other than on the day itself, although there is nothing stopping someone buying them on your behalf on the day.

all i need on the sheets is the persons name and a contact number which will be asked for when the person tries to claim the prize so i know that the claimant is the correct person.

t-shirts can be bought prior to the day itself from me at Phoenix in Rushden on a Tuesday between now and the 12th April.

[carl1]

also, we have had donated a voucher for 2 people to attend a wargames weekend at the newly opened Wargames Holiday Centre in the UK, worth over £300.

this will be an open bid auction where people will simply put their name and contact number on a sheet with their bid and at the end of the day the winning bid gets the prize.

if the winner cannot pay on the day they will get 7 days to send a cheque or it will go to the next highest bidder etc and on till someone does pay.

[carl1]

Over £700 raised on the day. the wargames weekend voucher has not as yet sold so if anyone is interested we are still taking bids on it, starting at a minimum of £150 (worth over £300) for this 2 person weekend of miniature mayhem down in Newbury.