What a year we've had!
As we sit here and think back over the last 12months, we can only smile and be thankful for 2022 and the journey we have been on!
After launching Echo Sixty One in 2019, the two years that followed did not quite go to plan, but as we started 2022 we hoped that 'this would be the year' and it did not disappoint!
What an epic start for our first event, in March, at Tyrrells Wood Golf Club with Harry Redknapp. A great night was had by all, and to top it off, being able to present a cheque for over £10,000 to the JE3 Foundation really did make it special, and a night Darren and I shall never forget.
This was also the year that we wanted to start to find venues across Surrey and break out from the Hills area... In April we secured Camberley Heath Golf Club as our 'home' in the Surrey Heath area of the county, and in September we hosted our inaugural event at CHGC with football legend, Glenn Hoddle. It was a fantastic night and we can not wait to be back there for more events in 2023!
Back in the Surrey Hills we then had a crazy run in for the year, with three events in two months! Firstly, Liverpool and England legend John Barnes had the whole room roaring with laughter; and the fitting end to his appearance in Surrey was a live performance of the World in Motion rap, perfect for a World Cup year!
Then for our debut into the Rugby world... we couldn't have had a bigger name in the sport, than rugby royalty (and newly re-instated Wales manager) Warren Gatland! It's 'just one [wo-]mans opinion' but it was a top top night and I know I speak on behalf of the whole team when I say we wish Warren all the best in his 'new role' just not on 25th February 2023!
Our final event of the year went off with a bang! Tears of laughter and actual belly laughing were the stand out characteristics of our World Cup Warm Up night with Razor Ruddock, he honestly did not disappoint!
We are proud to say that through our charity partnership with the Justin Edinburgh 3 Foundation, we raised a grand total of just over £17,800 this year! Both Darren and I are so humbled by this, and can not thank all of you enough for your generosity in getting involved with all our fundraising efforts!
We are very excited to be working with a further two venues in 2023; Surrey National Golf Club, Chaldon in East Surrey and Burhill Gold Club, Walton-on-Thames in the Elmbridge area of the county! Full details of the first two nights at these venues will be released in January 2023!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank a few people who have made this year such a success.... First, the sponsors of this years events; Elite AV, Ceramica Tiles Ashtead, Brava Construction Ltd, Liquid Gold Whisky Co. and Milners of Ashtead. Secondly our hosts, Richard Cracknell and Dave Rogers, for your perfect navigation through the evenings. Thirdly; the teams at Tyrrells Wood and Camberley Heath Golf Club, especially Dan, Nick and Corrina. And of course our amazing team; Natasha, Jonny, Felicity, Emma, Hanna and Amy, we honestly couldn't do it without you!
Lastly, I would like to thank YOU for your support this year in attending our events, it has been a pleasure to host you and we look forward to seeing you in 2023!
Until then... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Naomi & Darren
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