Aggers and Friends entertain

Test Match Special commentator, Jonathan Agnew (‘Aggers’), together with sporting friends he met at the Rio Olympics, entertained fans and locals last Friday (January 27, 2017) at the Holy Trinity Church, Long Newnton.

Aggers chatted with special guest Tina Cook, British three day event rider and three time Olympic medallist and Aggers’ fellow commentator at the Rio Olympics as well as Alistair Bruce-Ball from BBC Radio 5 live.

Over £5,000 was raised during the evening and over half the proceeds are going to Tetbury Hospital with the rest going towards Long Newnton church.

Tetbury Hospital Trust is a charity established in 1991 which receives payment from the NHS for patient treatments though not for new or replacement equipment.

The Hospital’s survival depends on local fund-raising and the generosity of local people.

In addition, local people donate money through their wills and over recent years income from legacies has grown.

Since the recent NHS re-organisation, the Hospital serves both Gloucestershire and Wiltshire with more than 20 consultants from both counties holding regular clinics there.

The Friends of Tetbury Hospital editorial contact is Nicky Gordon who can be contacted on 07734 968749 or at nic@gordonassociates.co.uk