Fordingbridge branch held a Cricketers v Celebrities cricket match at Godshill last August.

Among those who helped to raise £400 for the lifeboat service were (1. to r.) Brian Tirnms (Hampshire and Warwickshire), Leslie Thomas (Lords Taverners), Alan Knott (England and Kent), Jim Standen (Worcestershire), Jim Parks (England, Sussex and Somerset), Roy Marshall (West Indies and Hampshire), Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart and Colin Milburn (England and Northamptonshire)..