Gillian and Alan Badcock win Gay Bulleid Award
THIS YEAR the W.I. had great pleasure in presenting the Gay Bulleid Award for 2006 to Gillian and Alan Badcock who run the Swaffham Prior Youth Club.
Alan started by helping Geoff Herring and teaching table tennis. He took over from Geoff in 1989, and Gillian joined him two weeks later. She runs the junior section on Tuesdays from 7-8.30 pm and Alan runs the seniors on Thursdays from 7- 10 pm.
The Club's various activities have included bowling at Mildenhall and playing in a table tennis league which they won one year, also trips and meals have been organised. Gillian and Alan have hardly any financial assistance, have done most of the refurbishing of the Youth Club themselves or with the help of family members, and Gillian does all the cooking and cleaning.
Swaffham Prior is very fortunate to have a Club where the younger members of the village and surrounding area can meet, and in having such dedicated people to run it. We are told that the hut is in urgent need of repair or replacement, so perhaps it is time Swaffham Prior organised a fund-raising event for the Youth Club.