Regional News
HASSRA East of England Web Page
21/11/25
East of England HASSRA members,
What a great year 2025 was for HASSRA and it gives me great pleasure in writing to you and highlighting some incredible HASSRA successes
2025 was our 90th Anniversary and many clubs celebrated this milestone with unique events all over East of England.
We had our best results for years at the 2 National HASSRA festivals – but more important than that many of our members forged new friendships and enjoyed the events and occasion
The region continues to have well supported Golf and Fishing societies, so if you see any of the events advertised, please apply and give it a go. Jack Garrett the Golf Captain from 2023 to 2025 won the National Golf event.
The East of England Board of Management (BOM) continue to hold monthly Competitions, and this year’s Christmas event has £1300 of prizes.
Several of our members participated in the Butlins 90s event in Bognor Regis and a good time was had by many.
Which leaves me to recognise the following – Our Club Committees and volunteers, the East of England BOM, Paula Burman our Festival Team Manager – all of which do a great job in promoting HASSRA
Have a fantastic Festive Period – enjoy yourselves and let’s make 2026 an even better year for HASSRA Members
Regards
Stephen Lankester – HASSRA East of England Chair
Christmas Competition 2025!!!
Win up to £500!
Answer ONE question correctly to enter the prize draw!
Prizes -
1 x £500
2 x £250
60 x £50
Closing Date: Entries must be received by midnight on 7th December.
HASSRA Competitions & Prize Draws
Nominations now open for the HASSRA Septmeber Festivals!!!
Hi Members, so the HASSRA East of England Board of Management have decided to try something new for the Festivals this year. You will need to apply via HASSRA Live!
This will hopefully make things easier to monitor & organise, leading to a more streamlined service for you.
You will need to be available from 5th September to 7th September. The events take place on Saturday 6th September. The Festival takes place at Warwick University. Please take the time to read up on your chosen event before applying. HASSRA Festivals
To apply to participate in the September Festival, please access the Events page on HASSRA Live & complete the application form. You will be able to submit a 1st & 2nd choice for the September Festival. You can only submit the form once, so please ensure you have applied for the event you wish to participate in & are aware of the rules & regs for that event.
You will need to sign into your account to complete the application form HASSRA Events
If you commit to attending to participate in an event & you fail to attend without good reason you will not be able to attend the following festival.
Kind Regards
Paula Burman – Team Manager on behalf of HASSRA East of England
Christmas Draw 2024
With a top prize of £500, & lots of other prizes. All of have to do is answer 1 question correctly to be put in the draw to win a prize!
Have you entered??? Closing date 17th December 2024.
Three Peaks Challenge
A group of colleagues from across the East of England Region, will be completing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge on the 29.06.24. The Team of 10 will be walking 24 miles over the 3 summits of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in under 12 hours.
This challenge is to raise money for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in memory of our friend & HASSRA member Matthew ‘Matty’ Sole.
Please see the below link to make a donation.
HASSRA July Festival 2024
Friday 12th to Sunday 14th July
Hello East of England HASSRA Members!!!
Please see below details of the events that are taking place at this year’s HASSRA Festivals. There’s a few new ones this year.
Full details of each event can be found on HASSRA Live via this link - HASSRA Festivals Please take the time to read about the event you are interested in before contacting the organiser so you are aware of what is expected of you.
E-mail the event organiser by COP 29th March to let them know if you are interested in participating. If more people apply for an event then there are spaces, a qualifier might be needed. The event organiser will contact you with details if this is the case. If you have questions regarding an event please contact the organiser & they will answer any questions you may have.
Event Organisers - Activity Organisers (hassra.org.uk) If an event does not have an organiser & you would be interested please contact me for further details.
July Events & Organiser contact details
Archery – Jay.POLLARD@dwp.gov.uk
Badminton - kevthejambo@gmail.com
Coarse Angling – CHRISTOPHER.KNIGHTS@DWP.GOV.UK
Footgolf – MICHELLE.HODDS@DWP.GOV.UK
General Knowledge Quiz - ANDREW.WATSON3@DWP.GOV.UK
Give Us A Clue – Victoria.Savage1@dwp.gov.uk
Gym Based Triathlon - MICHELLE.HODDS@DWP.GOV.UK
Men’s 5-a-side football - DAMIAN.LIDSTER@DWP.GOV.UK
Mixed Rounders – Jay.POLLARD@dwp.gov.uk
Music – paula.burman@dwp.gov.uk
Squash - paula.burman@dwp.gov.uk
Tennis – MARK.SAMPSON@DWP.GOV.UK
Walking (TBC) – paula.burman@dwp.gov.uk
Wild Swimming (TBC) - paula.burman@dwp.gov.uk
Kind Regards
Paula Burman – Team Manager on behalf of HASSRA East of England
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of our members, from your East of England Board of Management.
To do list for members in 2024 -
- Attend a local committee meeting & if you like what you see, consider volunteering for your local HASSRA club.
- Enter every single competition on HASSRA Live
- Attend a HASSRA Festival
- Find out what's happening at your local club, organise an event or support your committee any way you can
- Champion HASSRA in your sites & promote amongst your colleagues
Statement regarding Festival March 31st – April 2nd
Hi Everyone, as some of you may have seen the postponed September Festival is now due to go ahead next year on the above dates, with a reduced schedule.
As Team Manager I have gone out to those that were due to compete at the September Festival to see if they are available to compete on the new dates. Once I have those responses I will know what places East of England have on which events. Those places will then be advertised, with those that were due to compete in September having priority. Any available places will be advertised early next year.
Communications regarding the July & September Festivals will be sent out next year.
Keep an eye on the Facebook page for any announcements.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all
Kind Regards
Paula Burman – Festival Team Manager
Fantastic news from the National Awards ceremony...
Congratulations to Great Yarmouth for winning the National Best Small Club 2021 Award. Thank you for all of the work you do to have such a vibrant, active club. Your members are lucky to have you. Don't they all scrub up well 😀
Also, congratulations to Paula Burman for receiving a Highly Commended Award for National Volunteer of the Year 2021.
The HASSRA East of England communications team are always looking for any suggestions for additional content that you would like to see advertised. Please e-mail HASSRA East of England with your ideas at HASSRA East of England