Downe House
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THE WINNERS OF THE GRAND RAFFLE DRAW:
THESE ARE THE FINAL BIDS
ALL SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED
Lot No. 1 'Portrait of a girl' in pastel by Basia Hamilton
Reserve Price: £ 3000 Latest Bid: £ 5,000
Lot No. 2 4 tickets to one of the Take That: Beautiful World Tour concerts at the O2 Arena - Millennium Dome, London
Reserve Price: £ 750 Latest Bid: £ 750
Lot No. 3 2 weeks at Easter holidays or Summer Half Term in Bermuda
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 2,000
Lot No. 4 1 week at an apartment on Scarborough Beach, Perth, Western Australia
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £
Lot No. 5 A stay in a cottage in Tuscany
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 350
Lot No. 6 A week in a Provence farmhouse
Reserve Price: £ 2000 Latest Bid: £ 2,400
Lot No. 7 2 Tickets for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on 7 Oct 2007 plus Eurostar return tickets to Paris and Hotel
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 1,300
Lot No. 8 Silverstone Junior Rally Experience
Reserve Price: £ 100 Latest Bid: £ 360
Lot No. 9 One week's salmon fishing (fly only) for 2 rods on two miles of the picturesque River Findhorn with accommodation
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 1,400
Lot No. 10 England cricket shirt signed by the entire England cricket team after their victorious series win over the Australians in the 2005 Ashes tour. Mounted and Framed
Reserve Price: £ 2000 Latest Bid: £ 2,200
Lot No. 11 'Top Gun Flight' Fly your own ex-military Strikemaster jet, with an experienced instructor beside you.
Reserve Price: £ 2000 Latest Bid: £ 2,500
Lot No. 12 Downe House Centenary Silver Chain with Fobs
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 750
Lot No. 13 A day (or two) at The Old Bailey with a Prosecuting Criminal Barrister
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 1,100
Lot No. 14 One week's work experience at Emma Willis Bespoke Tailors in Jermyn Street
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 600
Lot No. 15 1 week's Work Experience at Giorgio Armani's UK Press Office
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 2,200
Lot No. 16 A small framed oil painting ' Venice at Dusk' by Charlotte Bampfylde
Reserve Price: £ 200 Latest Bid: £ 300
Lot No. 17 A 19th century botanical print
Reserve Price: £ 50 Latest Bid: £ 70
Lot No. 18 A pair of children's shoes of choice from Papillon, London
Reserve Price: £ 50 Latest Bid: £ 100
Lot No. 19 Be fitted for three Bespoke shirts in luxurious Swiss or Italian cotton at Emma Willis' Jermyn Street shop
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 400
Lot No. 20 2 tickets for the Bach Choir's performance of Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius' at Guildford Cathedral
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 50
Lot No. 21 Lunch or Dinner for 6 (including wine) at The Royal Oak , Yattendon
Reserve Price: £ 150 Latest Bid: £ 220
Lot No. 22 Lunch or dinner for 2 at the House of Lords with guided tour
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 300
Lot No. 23 A meal for 2 at Ghillies Winebar/Restaurant, Parsons Green
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 120
Lot No. 24 Lunch or Dinner for 6 (including wine) at The Bunk Inn, Curridge
Reserve Price: £ 150 Latest Bid: £ 200
Lot No. 25 Lunch for up to 8 people at Sotheby's Bond Street Boardroom, hosted by the Chairman, Mark Poltimore, to include a private tour of the sales
Reserve Price: £ 300 Latest Bid: £ 700
Lot No. 26 Lunch or Dinner for 4 (including drinks) at The Langley Hall Inn, Worlds End, Beedon, Newbury
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 150
Lot No. 27 Catered dinner for up to 8 persons by 2 Leith 's trained Downe House girls
Reserve Price: £ Latest Bid: £ 800
Lot No. 28 A Dunsbury Lamb Box from the donor's own farm on the Isle of Wight
Reserve Price: £ 120 Latest Bid: £ 250
Lot No. 29 A week in a holiday house in Mevagissey, Cornwall (sleeps 8)
Reserve Price: £ 650 Latest Bid: £ 750
Lot No. 30 Swallows and Amazon Holiday . A waterside cottage (sleeps 6) directly on the Percuil River near St Mawes, Cornwall
Reserve Price: £ 500 Latest Bid: £ 1,100
Lot No. 31 Luxury spacious apartment, central Juan les Pins. sleeps 4 - 8, for October 2007 Half Term week
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 500
Lot No. 32 A week in a house in Bembridge, Isle of Wight, during Cowes week in August 2007
Reserve Price: £ 1500 Latest Bid: £ 1500
Lot No. 33 Bed and Breakfast for up to 3 persons (in one spacious room with en suite bathroom) for a London break of up to 3 nights.
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 150
Lot No. 34 A consultation by an Interior Designer in the Central London area
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 150
Lot No. 35 Consultation by a Garden Designer
Reserve Price: £ 300 Latest Bid: £ 350
Lot No. 36 A photographic sitting with Richard Greenly for 2 children or 1 adult
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 475
Lot No. 37 A day out on 'Running Bear' (Windy Bora 40') - 6 people - to include a guided tour of the Isle of Purbeck - from the sea, lunch/drinks and tea/swim off 'dancing ledge'
Reserve Price: £ 300 Latest Bid: £ 430
Lot No. 38 A day in a recording studio and produce a CD of your recording
Reserve Price: £ 50 Latest Bid: £ 300
Lot No. 39 One days hunting for two people with The South Dorset Hunt (horses not included). Dinner, B&B for horses and riders for one night
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 100
Lot No. 40 4 tickets for a Chelsea Football Club Premier League match in an executive section with lunch
Reserve Price: £ 500 Latest Bid: £ 650
Lot No. 41 A Racing 'Special'. A morning visit to Lady Herries Stables on the South Downs at Angmering Park . Then on to Goodwood for an afternoon's racing. To include two complimentary badges and free parking
Reserve Price: £ 100 Latest Bid: £ 225
Lot No. 42 Breakfast and a morning on the gallops with John Hills and two badges for a days racing at Newbury
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 200
Lot No. 43 2 sets of guest tickets for the Stewards Enclosure and Henley for Wednesday and Thursday (therefore 2 tickets for Wednesday and 2 tickets for Thursday)
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 170
Lot No. 44 2 tickets at Murrayfield (Debenture) for a Six Nations Match of your choice in 2008 (tickets only)
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 270
Lot No. 45 2 Director's box tickets at Craven Cottage for Fulham Football Club for next season. Free food and drink
Reserve Price: £ 500 Latest Bid: £ 600
Lot No. 46 2 tickets for the Richmond Enclosure at Glorious Goodwood including a champagne picnic lunch with the donors of this prize
Reserve Price: £ 125 Latest Bid: £ 150
Lot No. 47 One gun at a private day Partridge Shoot on Saturday, 13 October 2007
Reserve Price: £ 500 Latest Bid: £ 750
Lot No. 48 A round of golf for 4 players at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 300
Lot No. 49 A day's fishing on the River Test
Reserve Price: £ 200 Latest Bid: £ 325
Lot No. 50 Air transport of daughter(s) (maximum 2) from OR to Brimpton Airstrip (10 minutes from Downe House) to any suitable airfield within 100 miles
Reserve Price: £ 100 Latest Bid: £ 250
Lot No. 51 1 case (12 bottles) Churchill 1997 Vintage Port
Reserve Price: £ 350 Latest Bid: £ 410
Lot No. 52 Jeroboam (3L) of Krug Grand Cuvee Champagne in original wooden case
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 420
Lot No. 53 4 bottles of Sir John Mactaggart personal cask strength single malt from Lagavulin, Laphroaig and Caol Ila Distilleries on Islay
Reserve Price: £ 250 Latest Bid: £ 300
Lot No. 54 1 case (12 bottles) 1999 Leoville las Cases
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 600
Lot No. 55 One week's Work Experience in an Oxford based general publishing house, Infinite Ideas
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 300
Lot No. 56 1 week's Work Experience at a top Interior design Company - Percy Bass Ltd
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 750
Lot No. 57 One week's Work Experience in Savills city office dealing with commercial property
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 500
Lot No. 58 2 week's Work Experience at Cheyne Capital, a leading fund management company Location: West End, London
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 600
Lot No. 59 One week's work experience at a Financial Services company (ADM Investor Services International)
Reserve Price: £ 500 Latest Bid: £
Lot No. 60 Two days Work Experience with Richard Benyon, MP for Newbury - one at Westminster (on a Wednesday) and one in the Constituency (on a Friday)
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 180
Lot No. 61 A week's work experience with Stephen Hammond MP ( Wimbledon ) at the House of Commons
Reserve Price: £ 100 Latest Bid: £ 750
Lot No. 62 Assisting for one day (Friday, 7th September 2007) with the Annual Warnham Park (Horsham, West Sussex) Red Deer Catch-Up
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 85
Lot No. 63 Maximum of 5 days Work Experience / Shadowing Martin Moore QC, who specialises in Company Law Litigation and Advice, mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Insurance and Insolvency
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 250
Lot No. 64 EITHER: One week's Work Experience with the Metropolitan Police for a Downe House pupil OR: A behind-the-scenes visit to New Scotland Yard, with lunch for 4 people
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 400
Lot No. 65 1 week's Work Experience at a firm of Real Estate Advisers in London (Jones Lang LaSalle)
Reserve Price: NONE Latest Bid: £ 300
Lot No. 66 2 weeks Work Experience at Fuel, an independent award-winning PR consultancy firm based in London
Reserve Price: None Latest Bid: £ 250
New Lot No. 67 1 or 2 weeks in an idyllic 500 year old thatched cottage in Thurlestone, Devon
Thatchways is located in the middle of this lovely village in the heart of the South Hams. This recently refurbished cottage sleeps 6 in the main house (comfortably) in 4 bedrooms and a further 2 people can be easily accommodated in the thatched garden studio. There are 2 sitting rooms, 2 bathrooms (one en-suite) and a shower room. This is ideal for those wanting the excitement/amenities of Salcombe (approx. 8 miles away) but want instant access to beaches, surfing, tennis and golf all of which are within walking distance.
Available for 2 weeks starting 7th and 14th July 2008
Reserve price: is £1500 per week Latest Bid: £ 500
Courtesy of Mr and Mrs M Armitage
New Lot No. 68 Work Experience of Life at the Bar
Work experience with Littleton Chambers, 3, King's Bench Walk North, Temple for 5 days at a mutually convenient time to be arranged before May 2008. Littleton Chambers is a civil law set and during your time with chambers you will:
This is limited to Downe House Girls, who are over the age of 16 at the time of the work experience.
Courtesy of Mr and Mrs M Campbell
Latest Bid: £ 900
New Lot No. 69 1 week in a 3 bedroom flat in the centre of Zermat
with 2 balconies and view of the Matterhorn . Sleeps up to 6 (1 double, 1 twin and 1 bunk). Perfect for walking in the Summer, restaurants all open, etc. and obviously wonderful skiing in the Winter.
Available: Summer 2007 by arrangement or outside School holidays Winter 2008. Bidding restricted to Downe House parents
Courtesy of Mr & Mrs M Wagner
Latest Bid: £ 1,510
The competition is open to all students in Year 12 and essay titles are set by Corpus Christi. Poppy will be attending the Prize Giving on 3 July.
Annie entered her design for her AS Level Product Design Resistant Materials coursework and has been selected as one of the 20 finalists. She will take her project and portfolio to the Finals, which will be held at Dulwich College in London on 20 June 2008.
Dan Cruikshank - 'Adventures in Architecture'
Dan is a leading expert on architecture and historic buildings and a regular presenter on the BBC. He is best known for his popular series Britain's Best Buildings and Around The World in 80 Treasures; and for his appearances in Under Fire and What The Industrial Revolution Did For Us.
Sunday, 10 August 2008
Performances at 11am and 6pm at 'The Dell', the outdoor performance space in the RSC Centenary Gardens, bordered by the river and Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Bring a picnic, all welcome!
2nd - 4th May in the Performing Arts Centre
‘Times' writer Mary Ann Sieghart gives Summer Term Medley Lecture
Newbury's MP, Richard Benyon, visited Downe House on 25th April speak to thePolitics Society about his work in the House of Commons and the constituency.
Congratulations to Emma Powell (U5) who was selected for NYT's highly acclaimed acting course.
On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th March, Downe House hosted a charity fashion show. The events were organised by Rosie Fortescue, Georgiana Haig and Celia Thursfield, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, raising a total of just over £5,500.
Gillian Clarke, renowned poet, who has written poetry and prose for children and adults, visited Downe House on Sunday, 16 March. Her poetry reading began with her first publsihed poem 'The Sundial' and the audience were immediately impressed by her passionate and erudite ideas......
Diane Louise Jordan, businesswoman and one of the most popular presenters of BBC One's Songs of Praise, gave a talk and answered questions about how her faith influences the way she conducts her own business life and on matters relating to business ethics and corporate social responsibility more generally.
If you missed House Drama, or would like to see your daughter's performance again, a professional Double DVD recording by Kingsbridge AV Limited of all five productions will be available to order at a cost of £22.50 each.
Click here to find out how to order
This Trust was established in November 2006 as part of the agreed resolution of the OFT's recent investigation.
The objects of the Trust are to:
There are three criteria for eligibility:
For further details go to <Joining Downe> and click on <Scholarships>