BFBS Radio Cyprus

Two more Big Salute events took place in Cyprus over the weekend of 12th & 13th July.

On Friday we held a "Back To Skool" disco at the Woodstock Sports Bar in Episkopi Village, raising 673 Euros - as you can see from the attached pics everyone had a great time! Ian Noakes and Richard Hatch were DJs for the night.

Then on Saturday night we had our first ever Catamaran Cruise from the Eastern Sovereign Base Area, courtesy of Relax Cruises, and this event raised 670 Euros.

Chris Pearson and Neil Skinner did the honours on the decks.

BFBS Radio Falkland Islands

BFBS Falkland Islands launched the Big Salute Canoe Race across the local water sports area, Gull Island Pond. A whole host of people from different sections took part in the event, being told by the Chief of Staff to be as dirty as possible! The fun started and people really did get into the spirit of dirty tactics with Canoe barging and oar slapping!

Fancy dress was also a must, and people really did get into the spirt of things, with the guys from Log Support dressed in fetching Toga's being the overall winners. Everybody really enjoyed themselves and the day raised a substantial amount for the Big Salute.

The Big Salute Big Night Out took place in the Gull & Penguin on a very busy Saturday night in MPA. Firstly local Mount Pleasant band 'Bob's Dad & Tyrone' took to the stage, wooing the crowd with their acoustic covers of classic and modern music. The crowd loved it and it built up the atmosphere for the main event; 'The Fighting Pig Band'.

The Fighting Pig Band are a local set-up that normally play their gigs at the 'Trough' in Stanley. However on this occasion, and specially for the Big Salute, they gave their services for free and played their first gig on MPA. Everybody had a wicked time, and there was much drunken messy shapes being thrown on the dance floor!

BFBS Radio Cyprus

On the weekend of Friday 11th - Sunday 13th April The Marco Polo Bar in Larnaca held a Beer and Cider Festival - there was lots of fun and games for all the family including face painting, live music, raffle and competitions.

A huge thanks to John and his staff and of course to the customers who dug deep and raised a fantastic 1000 euros for The Big Salute.

There's lots more 'events' coming up including the Akrotiri Water Ski Club Open Day on Monday 4th May and a Quiz Night at the Woodstock Sports Bar in Episkopi on Wednesday 21st May. Hope to see you there!

BFBS Radio Gibraltar

BFBS Gibraltar's already kicked off our Big Salute Forces fundraiser campaign for 2008, with events on The Rock and along the Costa.

In early March, the sun was shining on our Golf Day at Estepona, when nearly 80 players had a shot at our Texas Four Ball Scramble. With the money paid on the day, and the prize raffle (the golfers were literally queuing up to buy tickets!), we raised over 3,000 Euros - a great start to the BFBS Big Salute.

2 weeks later, we were at the Bak 2 Skool Nite at the Lion Bar in Europa, playing party games and pulling pigtails, dancing well into the night with our classic school day tunes. The Paper, Scissors, Stone Challenge and Spoon Game went down a treat, and everyone there was happy to dig deep and cough up their coppers for Forces charities.

If you're interested in getting involved to help us raise money for Forces charities while you're here in the Rock, pop into BFBS in Rooke, or call our reception desk on 200 5 5389.