People coming to the P.E.P.A. fun day could be forgiven for thinking they had been spirited back to the U.K. This year the event boasted a fun corner with traditional fun fair games and competitions, plus a double decker red bus providing both music and delicious hot meals, including freshly cooked fish and chips. Even the cloudy weather gave the impression of being in the U.K. rather than Spain!
Despite the rather unpredictable weather, it was great to see that everybody enjoyed themselves. There was so much to see and do. The happy, friendly atmosphere was wonderful.
Many thanks to Wayne Massingham and Wendy of Protectapet Insurance for organising the P.E.P.A. Dog Show and for kindly producing the fun day programmes. Wayne’s expertise is very much appreciated.
Many thanks also to Abbey Merritt-Holman for providing Bessie, the Costa Blanca Party Bus (www.thecostablancapartybus.com) and for donating a percentage of the day’s takings to P.E.P.A. And of course thanks as always to Derek Merritt-Holman for allowing us to use the location of the New Horizons Microlight Club at Benicolet aerodrome and for donating a percentage of the afternoon trial flights to P.E.P.A.
A special thanks also to Jorje who kindly undertook some of the trial flights.
The whole event raised a gratifying 1577, 44 euro. Thank you!
It’s also good to note that the rastro stall run by the animal charity S.P.A.M.A. raised 120€ to help towards the excellent work that they do.
Thanks to Janet Goodwin we were able to have the 2010 P.E.P.A. calendar printed in time to sell at the fun day. They were a great success. These lovely calendars are now on sale in the PEPA charity shop, in Quick Save, Oliva and at all P.E.P.A. functions. It’s a very special calendar as it features some of the many dogs and cats that have been re-homed through PEPA. Please look out for it.
The fun day was a wonderful afternoon. A lot of fun and a lot of hard work by the kind volunteers who put so much into making the event a success. Our sincere thanks to everyone who helped and who gave donations of goods for the tombola and raffles. And of course thanks to everyone who came along to support us.
The winners of the Dog show were:
The dog with the waggiest tail.
1st prize: Glyn with Polly (P.E.P.A. dog!)
2nd prize: Tracey Hook with Bas
3rd prize: Jackie with Pacha (P.E.P.A. dog!)
Best dog under 5 years old
1st prize: Carolyn with Shakiea
2nd prize: Dawn with Reg
3rd prize: Anthony with Teddy
Best dog over 5 years old
1st prize: Jan with Mo.
2nd prize: Karen with Ellie
3rd prize: John with Sophie.
Best matching pair
1st prize: Jackie with Rara
2nd prize: Pat with Tilly (P.E.P.A. dog!)
3rd prize: Kim with Jaz. (P.E.P.A. dog!)
Best dog of the day
Carolyn with Shakiea
The winners of the Good Dog/Good Owner will be posted soon.
One of the winners Meeka, a beautiful Husky, is yet another rescue dog. Here is her owner Frank’s story:
Meeka
We only arrived in Spain in July this year. Shortly afterwards we were chatting to some friends in our local bar and happened to say that we were thinking of looking for a rescue dog to adopt. As fate would have it we were told of a lady who had been recently widowed and desperate to find new homes for her 6 dogs as she had to return to England. Needless to say, we made arrangements straightaway to see the dogs. As soon as we saw them we were in a bit of a dilemma as I fell in love with Meeka and my wife fell in love with one of the other dogs called Mo. What can you do??!! We just had to adopt them both! And so, one week later after erecting a fence around our house, we were ready to pick up our new pets. We’re on a pension and thanks to P.E.P.A. we received help to have Meeka spayed.
Both dogs are now fully inoculated and chipped and we are looking forward to many years of companionship. Frank & Jackie Brown.
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