£760 donation from Whittlesey Manor Bowls Club helps Magpas in run up to Christmas

Ben Jolley

Published: 1:50 PM December 15, 2015 Updated: 9:39 PM October 31, 2020

Magpas volunteer Mark Klingo (second left) receiving the cheque with Rita Mace, sister of the late Peter Bavister, his grandson Lee Welsford and son-in-law Martin Welsford. - Credit: Archant

Whittlesey Manor Bowls Club has made a donation to Magpas totalling £760 to aid the emergency medical charity.

Melvyn Beck, club secretary, said: “Most of the money came from the annual Peter Bavister Memorial tournament, which has raised around £3,500 for charitable causes over the past five years.”

There was also a £100 donation from the Peterborough & District Bowls League awarded to the charity.

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