The second running of the fabulous Supercars at Wilton House event looks like topping last year's contribution to the
Stars Appeal
, giving a significant boost to the charity's work to make life better for kids in Wiltshire's main hospital.
Last year's event raised £8,000 for the Stars Appeal (and a similar amount for Wilton's own restoration charity), and in spite of the rain this year the attendance figure was similar, with over 6000 paying visitors.
Stars Appeal director Dave Cates told PH the money will go straight into the 'Caring 4 Kids' campaign, including the provision of family accommodation for the parents of critically ill babies, and a dedicated children's area in the Accident and Emergency department.
"However the Supercar day isn't just about raising money," Dave tells us, "it's also extremely valuable for raising our profile locally in the community."
"That being the case, I'd like the chance to say how extremely grateful we are, not just to Lord Pembroke, the organisers, and the supercar exhibitors, but also to everyone at PH who made the effort to support the event and brought some pretty special cars of their own."
Event organiser Jay (aka PHer Jaykaybi) has also asked us to express his personal thanks to the people who helped make this very special day happen.
"The show simply could not have happened without the extraordinary efforts of the staff at Wilton House, Jane Stevens-Smith, Nigel Bailey, Chris Rolfe, Andy Rhind-Tutt and the Wilton Rotary Club who volunteered to marshal at Thruxton AND Wilton, and of course Bill, Tom and Pat at Thruxton, plus the generous circuit owner who allowed us to wreak such havoc!
"Thanks are due to the Salisbury Journal for arranging the Motor Show alongside the PH Saturday Service, to Tony Hetherington, Dean Smith, Fiona Easterby and Swift for their coverage (DVD and official pic-set on the way), to Harsh from Petrolhead Nirvana for his ongoing support, to Ecurie 25 and H.R.Owen for lending me the LP560/4 and 458 Italia, and of course to everyone in the PH community for bringing so much in so many ways."
Here at PH towers, we'd just like to add our own congratulations to Jay himself, who has worked tirelessly on the project for the second year running, and created an event that has raised tens of thousands of pounds for a good cause, delighted thousands of spectators, and been great fun for exhibitors too.
So on behalf of your fellow PHers, we tip our virtual hat to you, Sir!