The JNA Annual Dinner and Awards was a fantastic 'Game of Throws' themed extravaganza! Well done to organiser and Social Secretary Summer Lister. 

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The following awards were presented:

and after about 5 years they succeeded in reaching the 1st division.  It made the evening complete to have members of the 'original' squad there, Winnie Ludlow was the only other 1968 player who managed to attend.
 
Our other special guests were The Constable of St Lawrence, Deidre and her husband Dave, the Junior Vice President of the Jersey Netball Association, Liz Olim and Paul Adamson. Paul has been an umpire for St Lawrence for the past 20 years and he retired at the end of this season. He has been a real stalwart of the club and he will be sorely missed. Paul was presented with a gift as a Thank you for the years of dedication that he has given to the club.
 
The evening got off to a superb start with the inclusion of some heart warming songs from the Harmony Men. There were approximately 12/15 lovely gentlemen who sang their hearts out to entertain us. It really did set the evening off well. Photo No 4965 is of the Harmony Men serenading Rena Nelson with an adaptation of a song that they had put together, using her name! Rena works with one of the group and she liaised with them to attend the event, hence they surprised her with this rendition!
 
The surprise of the evening for me was to see one of our past members walk through the door totally unexpected, because she has lived in Devon for the past 8 years. Rosie Joynson was a very active member of St Lawrence N.C. when she lived on The Rock, she played, coached, umpired and was the secretary for a number of years before she and her family went to live in Devon. Rosie gave a short speech where she stated that she just HAD to attend this prestigious event, as St Lawrence was and still is very dear to her. She wished the club well for the next 50 years! Rosie keeps up to date on all of the progress of the club through our Club Facebook page....the wonders of technology!
 
Jackie Nelson concluded the speeches by saying.....'From a little acorn grows a big oak tree'. In 1968 St Lawrence had 10 members and one team, now in 2018 it has 6 senior teams and 3 youth consisting of just over 100 members.
 
This event was very kindly sponsored by C.P.A. Global, for which we are most grateful.