News and Events from Newquay Towan Blystra Lions
All the latest about what we’re doing…
News and Events from Newquay Towan Blystra Lions
All the latest about what we’re doing…
Towan Blystra Lions help at New Year’s Day Swim
Towan Blystra President Jill Bunt along with Lions Phil Bunt, Jo Rowland & Colin Wellington helped Young Lives V Cancer (Clic Seargent)marshall the New Year's Day swim at Newquay Harbour. The swim was in aid of Cancer helping young & old lives with tjhis...
read moreSanta Visits the Friday Friendship Club
Santa's final meeting in the town culminated with a visit to hand out presents for the Friday Friendship Club run by Lorraine Harrison. Santa now has a mega marathon ahead of him tomorrow evening visiting all the children around the World. He told me that he has...
read moreSanta Helping to Hand Out Gifts at DISC
Towan Blystra Lions were delighted to take Santa along to the Sandy Lodge Hotel where he handed out presents to young people which had been collected and donated to DISC. Amongst those who turned up to add a special Christmas feel to the event were Oll an Gwella who...
read moreSanta’s Duties Almost Done
Santa is hoping to rest up a little before his next marathon on Christmas Eve. He has asked me to pass on a message of thanks to all his Elves who have helped him in carrying collection boxes, the contents of which will help out in the community. He also thanked Elf...
read morePresentation to Newquay Youth Football Club
Newquay Youth Football Club coaches were delighted to receive a donation which means they will be able continue their voluntary training of the youngest members of the future England football team, throughout the winter, in garments which will keep them warm and dry....
read moreTowan Blystra Lions Community Lunch
Over 80 local residents enjoyed the annual Community Christmas Lunch at Newquay’s Sandy Lodge Hotel, organised by Towan Blystra Lions Club - but this year, in addition to the appearance of Santa, there was a special surprise. Tickets for the event went on sale...
read moreSanta Turns Xmas Lights on at Nansleden
Santa help turn on 2 sets of lights at Nansleden last night. He was helped by his band of Elves. The event was well attended & Sasnta was very pleased at the amount of children he met. Some photos of the evening....
read moreSanta’s Trek Around Newquay begins
Santa kicked off his massive tour around Newquay over the next few nights by visiting St. Newlyn East. He was well received by lots of exited children...and parents. His next visit is to Nansleden for their Christmas Lights switch on this Friday 2nd December at...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions Welcome a New Member
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club were delighted to welcome a new member at their meeting in the Griffin Inn on Thursday 24 November. Jay Anson, was presented with his certificate of membership by Lion President Jill Bunt who added her congratulations to Jay who had...
read morePresentation to Indian Queens School
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions President Jill Bunt was accompanied by fellow Lions husband Phil, and Colin Wellington at Indian Queens School Primary School to be shown the three benches their club agreed to fund after they were approached earlier in the year to support...
read moreWedding Anniversary for our President
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions send our congratulations to President Jill Bunt and Secretary Phil Bunt. Lions Phil & Jill are founder members of this club. They got married 43 blissful years ago at St. Columb Minor Church. They have been celebrating at the Penmorvah...
read moreSanta’s Tour Routes Confirmed
SANTA’S TOUR ROUTES CONFIRMED Here’s where Santa will be touring during December - come on out and support him AND if you have a car with a tow hitch and some time to spare, how would you (and your kids if you like) fancy towing him for a night? SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY...
read moreCommunity Christmas Lunch
Picture. President Jill Bunt helping to serve the festive lunch at a previous Community Christmas Lunch Returning after a two year break because of COVID, Friday 9 December will be the date for the Community Xmas Lunch, organised by Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club...
read moreSanta Touring the Streets of Newquay Again
It won’t be long now until the big day and Santa has once again decided to get out and about around Newquay and the surrounding area to share a bit of festive cheer before Christmas Eve. With the assistance of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club, who will be providing...
read moreRemembrance Parade 2022
On Sunday President Jill Bunt layed a wreath for the Lions & lion Colin Wellington paraded the Newquay Towan Blystra Lions standard. They were both supported by Lions Danny & lesley Baize, Bee, Jo rowland & Phil Bunt. A blustery day but the standard flew...
read moreLions Crawle Through Town
President Jill Bunt, Lions Jo Rowland & Colin Wellington helped Newquay Bid along with the Rotary Club of Newquay & Newquay Lions, to help marshall this year's Zombie Crawle through town which was well attended brought a boost to the businesses in town...
read moreNew Member for Towan Blystra Lions
On Thursday 27th October 2022 New member to the club was introduced & badged. Jo Rowland who has been sponsored by Lion Sarah Bunt has been busy previously helping at various events & in particular helping at the recent Newquay Beer Festival where she took on...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions Help to Provide New Kit for the Mints
Newquay Youth FC Under 14s Mints team have been together since they were seven years old and, all the way through, have been kindly sponsored through the funds raised by Lion Matt Way and the appeal he set up to help others after the death of his son, Joe, in 2008. ...
read moreTop Award for a Member of Towan Blystra Lions Club
A member of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club has been awarded a prestigious fellowship by members of his club, recognising his long standing contribution to the community through his role as former president and current secretary of the club, as well as his efforts...
read moreTowan Blystra Charter Night October 15th 2022 Sandy Lodge Hotel
Some images from the night. From left to right:The top table of distinguished guests. Lion Wendy Broom, President Jill Bunt & Treasurer Heather Stanley, President & Lion Andy Hannan MJF, President with Zone Governor Lesley Chudley MJF, Newquay Town Mayor Cllr....
read moreBeer festival makes the Headlines
Newquay Voice covers the 2002 Beer Festival.
read moreNewquay Beer Festival
The 2022 Newquay Beer Festival was blessed with some great weather, jovial and very good natured crowds and magnificent music, drinks and food - and it will have raised many thousands of pounds for local good causes. The organisers, Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club,...
read moreDonation to Towan Blystra Lions from Ray of Light Spiritualist
President of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions, Jill Bunt, was delighted to receive a donation from the Ray of Light Spiritualist. Spiritualist Nights are held every Tuesday night at the Life's a Beach Kallacliff Hotel, Lusty Glaze. This money will go to local worthy...
read moreAn Evening With Johnny Cowling
Wednesday 21st September saw a packed audience with comedian Johnny Cowling at the beer Festival marquee, in aid of Chrissies Sunshine Appeal. An evening of song, dance and laughter. This marked the first night of the Festival and was a fitting tribute to the late...
read moreBeer Festival Preparations Well Under Way
Tuesday this week was full on putting the beer festival site at Hendra together - all done by our Lions and friends. Getting ready for Johnny Cowling on Wednesday night supporting Chrissie’s Sunshine Appeal good causes and then on to the 100 beers and ciders plus gins...
read moreBeer Festival is Upon Us This Week
Final preparations for next week’s Newquay Beer Festival are now well underway. On Friday we picked up the rental van from Dash Drive at Redruth who, for the second year running, supported our good causes so generously with a great rental deal. The van is so important...
read moreRest In Peace Your Majesty
A message from our Club President - Lion Jill Bunt As did so many others across the World, I learnt of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday with great sadness. I felt it appropriate to acknowledge, on behalf of members of our club, the strong...
read moreCharter Night 2022
Dear fellow Lions and friends Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Charter Night Saturday 15 October 2022 – 7pm for 7.30pm Our Charter Night this year will be the first we have had since 2019, with 2020 and 2021 being put off by COVID. We chartered in October 2008 and,...
read moreLitter Picking Once More for the Towan Blystra Lions
Lions Phil, Alan & Sarah were out litter picking again, this time at Trevenson Road. Several bags of rubbish were taken to the nearby recycling centre. Well done to you all.
read moreBeer Festival gets a Little Closer
The revised sign has now been put on display at Cliff Road. Not long to go now!!! Thanks to the Newquay Voice Newapaper, who are one of our primary supporters for theit continued support citing the coverage they are giving the Festival. (see images)
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Let Their Manes Down
The Towan Blystra lions had a social barbeque on Sunday for family and friends of the club. President Jill Bunt & chef Phil provided a plethora of lovely food with Lion Phil in charge of expertly barbequing the meat, home made burgers provided by Lion Colin, Lion...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Go Shopping
Lions go shopping with Foodbank Newquay Towan Blystra Lions agreed to donate £500 for shopping to Newquay Foodbank but this offer came with an attractive bonus to the foodbank as the Lions Club president and secretary came along and actually did the shopping and...
read moreLitter Pick. Towan Blystra Lions Clean Up Again
Thank you to Lions Alan and Jill for attending today's litter pick. In around 45 minutes we collected roughly 2 bags of rubbish...and a traffic cone, valiantly retrieved from a hedge by Al. Lots of bottles and cans today. Next pick: 2nd August, 9-10am at Atlantic Road...
read moreLitter Picks Continue
The litter picks continue. Thank you to Terry for joining me last week. We collected plenty of rubbish from Fore St car park area, around the bowling club (thank you to the kind members who offered us cups of tea!), the Eothan and around Beach Road. Sadly we didn't...
read more2 Founding Members of Towan Blystra Lions Club Meet Up After Several Years
Two founding members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club (Charter Members), met up recently in Norfolk while the club’s president, Jill Bunt, was on holiday visiting and staying with friends. Lion Ann Ransley, who with husband and former Towan Blystra president,...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Take to the Water
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club members and two friends of the club, Dave and Rob who were on holiday from Wiltshire, formed the basis of two pilot gig crews in this year’s Childrens Hospice SW charity gig race. Towan Blystra Lions, Phil Bunt, Alan Oatey, Chris...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Litter Picking at Trevenson Road
Thank you to Trish, John and Al for joining me on this week's litter pick. We picked up an astonishing 5-and-a-half bags of litter in under an hour and a half from Trevenson Road and Porth Way. Al was a hero and dragged a very large box all the way to the HWRC for...
read moreSuccess for Newquay Orchard with the help of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions
To Newquay Towan Blystra Lions, YOU DID IT!! Your amazing donation has meant that our fundraising for a Community Defibrillator at Newquay Orchard has come in over our target at £2133. This is an amazing achievement and we have been blown away by the support and...
read moreA Sad Day…….Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Secretary Stands Down
At the June business meeting of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions, Secretary Tricia Roberts officially stood down after 4 illustrious years of dedicated service to the club. Lion Tricia Roberts was raised in Newquay and, approaching retirement, wanted to add to her spare...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions go Path Clearing
On 23rd June 2022 Lion Colin Wellington took it on himself to trim back a path behind Bedowan Meadows. Overgrown nettles & brambles & other weeds were impeding the path which a lot of dog walkers & pedestrians use. Whilst working there several people...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Continue Litter Picking to Clean the Streets
t was a Mrs Bunt duo on this morning's litter pick - thanks to Jill for keeping me company and for being the keeper of the equipment too! We spent an hour in and around Little Fistral and although the litter wasn't too bad - as always when you get looking there's...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions litter Pick Family Affair
Litter pick 7th June Thanks to Lions Phil and Jill for joining me on the litter pick today. The Bunt Trio! An hour's work resulted in about two full bin bags between us. Most offending items: cigarette butts (hundreds of them) and plastic wrappers. Over the past...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Attend Opening of St Newlyn East Play Park
Newquay Towan Blystra Lion president Jill Bunt and other members of the club were delighted to attend the opening of the newly appointed play park at St Newlyn East. In addition to other grants received, the Lions provided £500 towards the initiative. Lion Jill said:...
read moreBrains of Newquay Quiz Evening 2022
Children’s Hospice benefits from runners’ quizzing prowess Children’s Hospice South West, the charity which supports families across the area through their facilities at location like Little Harbour at St Austell, are £400 better off after a team of four Newquay Road...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions Help Marshall Jubilee Parade
Newquay Lions were assisted by Towan Blystra Lions with their Jubilee Parade. There were 7 floats each commemorating the seven decades of our Monarchs reign. Newquay Lions president, Dennis Arthbutnott rode in a classic MG sports car provided by the Classic MG Club....
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Donate Play Equipment to Treloggan Resident Association
On Friday 3rd June Lions Phil & Jill Bunt (President) along with B, Lesley & Danny Baize & Colin Wellington With supporter Steph Wellington with her puppy, Mable, were all present at the Treloggan Residents Association's Jubilee open day to see the play...
read moreTowan Blystra Lions Help Treloggan Residents Association Litter Pick
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Jill & Phil Bunt, were on hand to help members of Treloggan Residents Association do a litter pick at Doorstep Green on Sunday, prior to the residents Jubilee Funday (3rd June) which starts at 12 Noon. All are welcome. Thanks to Steve...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions on the prowl again for Litter
This time Lions Jill Bunt, Sarah Bunt and Colin Wellington cleared 6 bags of litter and a large bag of bottles from an area behind the Police Station in Tolcarne Road down to Trenance Gardens past Quarry Park Road and behind Trenance School in Hollywell Road.
read moreLions go Litter Picking
On Tuesday 17th May Lions Sarah, Alan & Colin litter picked around the Wildflower Lane & Swimming Pool area. Met several people & Sarah gave instuctions to two lots of visitors as to where the Zoo was. We ended up with 3 half full refuse bags of rubbish so...
read moreNewquay Orchard raising funds for a Defibrillator with the help from Newquay Towan Blystra Lions
The team at Newquay Orchard have been awarded £500 by Newquay Towan Blystra Lions to support their fundraising efforts to secure a defibrillator for the community greenspace. Jack Greaves, a delivery officer at Newquay Orchard, is behind the fundraising activities. He...
read moreLion President Jill Bunt & Lion Alan Oatey Both Achieved Their Basic First Aid Certificates
Lion President Jill Bunt and Lion Alan Oatey both completed their First Aid course run by Fran from Staying Alive Cornwall (https://WWW.facebook.com/StayingAliveCornwall) Jill said "it was a brilliant session and very helpful". The Lions regularly support members of...
read moreJOINT ACTIVITY WITH NEWQUAY TOWAN BLYSTRA AND NEWQUAY LIONS
On Sunday 1st May 2022 members of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions & Newquay Lions joined together on a volunteering venture supporting Newquay Road Runners with their Trevornick 10K run. Lions Colin Wellington, & Lyn Bartrip-Kay helped distribute goody bags at...
read moreFELLOW LIONS HAVE THEIR ACHIEVMENTS RECOGNISED
At the April Business Meeting of Newquay Towan Blystra Lions held at the Griffin Public House Cliff Road Newquay, Lesley Baise was awarded her certificate of Traffic Management by President Jill Bunt. At the same meeting it was announced that Lions Jill Bunt and Alan...
read moreNewquay Towan Blystra Lions Have Son Christened
Edward, youngest son of Lion Matt & Lion Sarah Bunt was welcomed into the Church on Sunday 10th April 2022. He joins his brother Henry. The Ceremony took place at St Columb Minor Church with a reception at the Newquay Football Club afterwards.
read moreBrains of Newquay date set – and it’s a bumper Jubilee Charity Give Away
Charities and good causes which support the Newquay and district area are being invited to take part in this year’s Brains of Newquay Quiz where literally each team’s good cause will walk away with AT LEAST £50 and the top three teams could win up to £400, £300 and...
read moreFormer Lion Rhys re-joins a Pride
A former member of a Lions Club from the West Midlands has joined Newquay Towan Blystra Lions four years after having moved to Cubert to live with wife, Alison, in retirement. Rhys Morris, was a former president of Balsall Common Lions and also the chairman of the...
read moreBrains of Newquay plans postponed until later in year
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club have decided to postpone their plans for the annual Brains of Newquay charity give-away quiz from the planned date in February to later in the year. The quiz, which first started ten years ago, has conventionally been a summer event....
read moreBrains of Newquay to return in February 2022
The popular quiz night which was not held in 2020 or 2021 because of COVID, is due to return to Newquay Golf Club on the evening of Sunday 27 February. The Brains of Newquay Quiz has been held annually by Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club for over ten years and, on the...
read moreOver £1,800 raised as Santa’s tour ends
Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club, who have just helped Santa tour the town in his sleigh, would like to say a massive: “Thank You” to everyone who came out to wish him well and donate to the Lions Community account which will go towards helping local good causes and...
read moreLions help out at English Schools X-Country
Newquay were chosen as the location for the English Schools X-Country Final for the third time in 15 years and some of the Lions from Newquay Towan Blystra were delighted to help out as marshals. On a blustery and wet day, with very muddy conditions, hundreds of...
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