John Stone

After 17 years with the Devon & Somerset Staghounds, and the last 10 years as 1st Whipper-In, John has decided to leave at the end of the season.
His enthusiasm and keenness for the sport is well known, and we hope to see him hunting with us in the future.
We are sure everyone will want to show their appreciation, and ask all members, friends and supporters who wish to donate to John’s testimonial to please send or give contributions by the 31st March 2009 to:
Mrs Pat Bawden
Halsgrove Farm Cottage
Withypool, Som. TA24 7RX
Cheques payable please to D&SSH”

The Masters & Committee

Charity Race in aid of the Devon & Somerset Air Ambulances

Charity Race in aid of the Devon & Somerset Air Ambulances

at the D&SSH Point-to-Point Course, Holnicote on Saturday, 2nd May 2009

First Race at 12 noon

Open to members of the D&SSH on horses that have hunted with the D&S a minimum of 8 times.

Sponsorship forms are circulating - please support the following members of the hunt who have entered:

• Rupert Andrews
• Fran Bell
• Donald Summersgill
• Pete Rawle
• Sian Savage
• Gerald Greenaway
• Graham Illing
• Angela Nation

Thanks, Pat

The Co-op - no friends there!

The Co-operative Bank will not invest in any business involved in blood sports, which involve the use of animals or birds to catch, fight or kill each other.

The bank offers three charity credit cards in support of animal welfare concerns including The League Against Cruel Sports.

Vote Ok

Dear Devon and Somerset subscriber,

 

I contacted you all at the end of November (see below)  to explain that it has been decided by Vote OK (with the full support of our Masters and Commitee)  that the Devon and Somerset Staghounds should support the Propective Parliamentary Candidate for Exeter, Hannah Foster, who is completely supportive of repeal.

 

Her opponent is Ben Bradshaw who voted for the Hunting Ban.

 

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

 

We need help delivering leaflets which really does help  make a real difference in any election. These leaflets are for the local elections on 4th June 2009.  This is is so Hannah  can build up momentum to the next election which has to take place by June 2010. Exeter is a key seat and there is a majority of 8300 to overturn which is possible with a lot of our help.

 

I am proposing  3 leaflet drops between now and 4th June with the first one on Thursday 19th March  at 10.00 a.m. at Exeter, this will take approximately 2 hours and involves putting leaflets through letterboxes.

 It is not rocket science! It just takes a small amount of your time.

 

If you would like to help overturn the Hunting Act by giving a few hours of your time, please reply to me for details.

 

Thank you.

 

Matthew Cookson

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