After the untimely passing of our member, friend and lifelong scooterist George Bolton late last year, Gorehounds Scooter Club quickly got together with the Bolton family to decide on a fitting way to celebrate the life of a real good guy and keep his memory alive.

After discussions between Hector, Tam and Steven from the club along with George’s wife Lavina and son Gary a fundraising event was the final decision.

Deciding who to raise money for was not a difficult decision to make, as George had died from heart failure then the Braveheart Association was the obvious choice they provide help and support for heart attack survivors.

A soul night at our usual venue of Cambusbarron Social Club was organised, due to the popularity of George this event could have been sold out twice over. Lavina sold 100 tickets herself mainly to George’s family and it was superb to see them enjoying themselves in the memory of George.

With approximately 200 people crammed in to the club the bar was doing a roaring trade as had boots the chemist judging by the amount of talc that was on the floor.

With a few guest Dj’s playing all the old favourites everyone was having a superb evening, with the buffet fast making its way onto the floor it was time for Gary Bolton (George’s son) to do the hardest part of the night get up and talk about his dad. George would have been proud of the way he handled the occasion! And the way he spoke.

Raffle over buffet scoffed then the club made a presentation of an engraved hipflask to Gary who was delighted to accept our gift on the families behalf.

Back to the music and our own Tam Hume on the decks he had been nervous all day but sailed through the set no problems.

All in all a great success on a difficult evening and a friend well remembered with approximately £1500 being raised and the decision that this should be an annual event everyone toddled off to bed happy.

Thanks to Cambusbarron Social Club and staff for their efforts on a busy evening, to all Gorehounds for making the night a roaring success, The Bolton family for their permission to host the event. Special thanks to the Braveheart Association for attending the event, Anjela McGill Falkirk Wasps SC for her help and lastly but by no means least Audrey Hume (Tam’s wife) for the buffet and clearing up the mess (a thankless task).

Hopefully we will see you all again at our rally in August