The Friends of MCSBC
The Friends are mostly parents of MCSBC members. The Friends organisation is run independently of the Boat Club with the charitable aim to support the young rowers of MCSBC (registration as a charity is pending),
Committee
The Friends Committee is as follows:
| Chairman: | Stephen Moore |
| Committee members: | Susie Nagle (Secretary) Dan Cowton (Treasurer) |
| All committee members can be contacted via Dan Cowton (see Contacts page) | |
Minutes
Minutes of the January 2008 AGM
Events
The Friends provides significant financial and practical support to MCSBC throughout the year. However, activities are focused around three events:
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Annual MCSBC fund-raising Ergothon (3rd March 2007)
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Midsummer Regatta (held on the last Saturday of June - 30th June 2007)
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Social Event (held on the last Saturday evening of January)
The events are intended to be fun and social as well as raising funds for the club.
Grants
Recent Grants to MCSBC:
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£400 towards the refurbishment cost of "Margaret Coates" - senior quad sculling boat (July 2006)
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£1,100 for the purchase of a new training single sculling boat (July 2007)
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£881 for gym training equipment (from funds granted by the Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust)
Donations
Donations to the Friends of MCSBC are eligible for Gift Aid. A Gift Aid declaration needs to accompany such donations. A copy of this declaration is available here.
If you are interested in becoming more involved with individual Friends functions or the Committee, please e-mail Dan Cowton and he will pass this onto the Friends' Committee.