Recent News
Dec 2011
Father Christmas has dusted down the sleigh and refuelled the reindeer for the grand tour of Honiton.Times & places can be found on the float route page.
We started in magnificent style with the Christmas Carnival on 3rd Dec.
November 2011
HRT international conkers challenge was held once again in Honitons Conkerdome.The competition was fierce but the chairman Gez came out on top with his 37er
October 2011
Its nearly carnival time in Honiton,HRT will be dancing their way up the high street as normal.(Well as normal as members of HRT can be!)Be there on the 23rd Oct to see what we have come up with this year.
Sept 2011
The Honiton RT karting team ably led by the chair Gez with James/Gypo And Kev(ex sports) drove a nearly superb team effort trying to defend their title in the Devon RT area karting.Well done on a great result.At least we didn't finish last!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 2011
Chairmans BBQ
An evening of fine food,scrumpy & flour fighting was had by all on a fine evening in deepest Dalwood.How will Gypo top that next year??
June 2011
Woodlands camping weekend was once again well attended by 10 families( + giggles dossing down in Kevs tent and scrounging everyones food!(He did bring lots of beer though!)) Another great weekend was had by all.Well done Gez on organising the weekend.
Chairman Richard Steggall's year came to an end at the AGM in April held in the local indian restaurant! Well done Rich on another great year of Round Table.Eager to take on the reigns of chairmanship was Gez"stand up" Lovell who's first job was to organise a night out in Bristol for the Immediate past chair.
A good day of paintballing was followed by beer,beer & more beer! Great start Gez.
Cycle to Remember
The Baton cycle ride has been completed with the message being kept well & truly alive by the team of 14.Messrs Whittaker, Little, Dent, Brown, Ohlsen, Steggall, Hunt, Lovell, Richards,Luscombe,Davies, Grant ,Quick & Clapp cycled hard over 3 days.The highlight of the trip being at Ypres for the last post on the Saturday evening.Unfortunately the "silver dream machine" didn't make it all the way after an accident (no serious injuries!),but the Baton was cycled the whole route by taking it on the back up bike the remainder of the journey.A great & moving weekend was had by all.Just one question Bernie Rendevous 4 or 5?
GREAT NEWS
Carlos & Alfonso celebrating like only they know how!!!!
HRT's 2010 entry GREAT NEWS,our tribute to the rescue of the Chilean MIners was awarded 3rd place in our category at this years Honiton carnival.
A fun night was had by all dancing down the high street of Honiton followed by a good few pints of Branoc at Ginger Gingersons house afterwards!
Many Thanks to all those who helped put this together.
Sportsman Hunt Does It Again!
In a night of fierce competition on the badminton court Kevin' shuttle cockler'Hunt added to his already laden trophy cabinet with a fine win,comprehensively beating the semi-pro Scott Grant in the process who was absolutely gutted when he found out there was a trophy up for grabs!Many thanks to Ray from Ottery Badminton club for giving us a nights coaching and oh boy do we need it!
Donation to Dunkeswell Youth Club
Chairman Richard Steggall & Andrew Luscombe recently presented a cheque for £200 to Dunkeswell Youth Club to help fund thier Christmas Party for over 70 children.
Area 19 Karting Championships
A great night of endurance racing was had by 11 teams from all over Devon with Honiton A coming out as clear winners.Sports officer Kev 'Alonso 'Hunt was continues his winning streak as sportsman extraordiniare!!Well done to all those who competed and a big thankyou to 'Racing' Carter for organising the evening.
HRT Snooker Championships
A tense evening of knocking balls randomly around the green beize resulted in some tight matches.The pre tournament favourite Kevin "The gust!" was knocked out in the first round along with Neil "the Diamond",The Steve MillerBand & Ginger Gingerson.The final eventually being played between Mark "the hustler" & the Vice "Gez!" Gez came out as the winner putting his win down to full use of the rest and his latest platform shoes.Thanks to Richard for organising the evening and our apologies must go to the chinese buffet we visited afterwards which made a huge loss,we have promised to leave Scott outside next time.
Cricket v's Vapormatic
This time we actually managed to have a match & therefore promptly lost our unbeaten record for the year! A good evenings cricket was had by all with a win by 3 wickets for Vapormatic with 4 overs to spare!Thanks to Mike Dent for organising the match and cooking the burgers afterwards!
Hovercrafting
A great evening was had by all flying (literally) around a field in Cullompton.Although the chairman was very good at hugging the hedge! A huge vote of thanks must go to Jim & the students from the Cullompton Community College Hovercraft club who were our hosts for the evening.A cheque was donated to the club from HRT at the end of the evening so that they may continue with this worthwhile activity.
Pool Competition
Once again it was the sports officer who led the way in the HRT Pool competition sponsored by www.vanillacoast.co.uk!
Kevin 'Chalky'Hunt beat Steve MillerBand in a closely fought final late into the night.Thanks to Gez for a great pre match BBQ and hosting the event.
Woodlands
A great weekend was had by all at our annual Woodlands camping weekend with the highlights being our newly invented game "Rugbyrounders" and the endless anecdotes given by Mark & Scott.
Cricket v's Viridor
A walkover was declared when the opposition cancelled.Therefore a hasty curry night was organised to celebrate our first victory for four years!
Kevin'Beefy' Hunt was declared man of the match for not bowling any wides or byes for the first time in his cricket career.
AGM 2010
Another year gone by - another new Chairman. Richard Steggall's skill with a whistle and keeping 30 rugby players in order of a Saturday afternoon will come in handy trying to get the HRT members to conform and sort themselves out! Richard's President for 2010 is former 2000 Chairman and regular supporter Martin Davies. Chains of office were exchanged at the AGM on 14 April and Kevin Hunt went off for a well deserved lie down.
Christmas 2009
We owe a very big "thank-you" to all our supporters over the Christmas period. Support was in evidence in both the fantastic donations made to Round Table during the Christmas Float routes as well as the encouragement and vocal support made in the Midweek Hearld. This back-up makes our efforts all the more worth while, knowing that it brings a lot of joy and seasonal happiness to virtually the whole town and district. Indeed we met one lady visiting from Greece who was amazed at seeing Father Christmas in all his finest. Our street collections raise a super total of £534 which in these times of financial uncertainty and fiscal wariness is a credit to the Town. This years Christmas will be remembered for many years to come; we were almost called to a police indentity parade as potential witnesses to a crime scene, we had an unhappy Dickensian character contact us and finally the float went missing after a hastily arranged change of storage venue between Christmas and the New Year. The most important thing is that our and your efforts allow us to make some serious donations to local good causes in 2010.
Our collection day at Tesco's Honiton brought in a great total of £471. Our thanks go out to Tesco's for allow us the opportunity to collect once again and to their customers for their generosity.
Carnival 2009
Our entry as Strictly Table Dancing was well received by the crowds. The judges were equally impressed and awarded us second place in our category. There were some tired legs the morning after the evening spent dancing up the whole High Street.
