We had barely warmed up from Friday evening when it was time for our annual Santa Fun Run, on the morning of Sunday 30th November.
With the usual great team effort, we were all set up by 10 am for runners to come and register. Blessed with a perfect morning the turnout was good and after a briefing by course director Peter Conrad an array of runners of all ages set off enthusiastically at 11 am to complete one or two of the 2km laps set out along Minehead's lovely sunlit promenade.
The Club would like to thank all of the runners for taking part. Thanks are also owed to everyone who helped arrange the event ensuring that everything went so smoothly. We enjoyed having two lovely Butlin's Redcoats with us who walked the route with one of our collecting buckets encouraging all of the participants. We were also joined by  David Jones, Community Partnerships Fundraiser for St Margaret's Hospice, and we have donated £200 from the proceeds of this year's event to the charity to support the vital work that they do.
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We were pleased to support Minehead Town Council’s preparations for the lights turn on and Town Clerk Ben Parker and team had done a great job arranging things.
It was a slightly smaller footprint than in 2024, with the road closure stretching from Tregonwell Road up to the top of The Parade. The stage was positioned at the junction of Blenheim Road and The Parade and there were food and craft stalls along The Avenue. The Lions Club sleigh was in the forecourt of the Old Hospital so was much more visible than last year when it was down near the seafront.
A happy team of marshals  gathered for a briefing at 4pm before setting off to patrol the area. Thankfully the weather was favourable and it was quite quiet to start with but the crowd built as the evening progressed and there was a great atmosphere at the lights turn-on and the entertainment and market stalls continued until around 9 pm.
Thank you to everyone who helped with the marshalling and well done  to the organisers and all of the businesses that stayed open for the evening, adding to the festive atmosphere. 
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Saturday 30th August saw several members of the club helping Minehead & Coast Development Trust again by marshalling at the annual Minehead Bay Festival.
We also had the opportunity to set up our gazebo (@ no cost to us) and we used the occasion to focus on fundraising with the find-a-fiver boards (thanks Richard W.), the spin-the-wheel (thanks Mollie) and, at last, a Tombola made up largely of bottles and cans left over from our BBQ, with a sprinkling of toiletries and soft toys. Thank you to all who donated the extra gifts - we raised a total of £380.

The weather forecast in the run up to the Festival had not been encouraging but all was going well until mid afternoon when the tail end of an Atlantic storm arrived, most people ran for shelter and all went quiet. Fortunately most of our funds had already been raised so we weren’t too badly affected but it did make for a damp and rather quiet last couple of hours.
Thanks as ever to everyone who helped to set up and take down the gazebo, those who  volunteered to marshal and those who spent some time manning the gazebo. Some did both and it made for quite a long day. It turned out to be a helpful boost to Club funds, to be put towards our Youth activities.