THIRTEEN PRIZES were drawn in the RNLFs twenty-third national lottery on October 28, 1983, by 13 special guests to Poole HQ, all of whom had been involved in the National Soap Box Grand Prix, which, held at Blakesley, Northamptonshire, had raised £8,000 for the RNLI; each guest drew one ticket. The name of the first prizewinner was plucked out of the drum by Tony Hackett, chairman of the organising committee of the Soap Box Grand Prix. Also drawing out tickets were Tony Richardson of the Civil Service Motoring Association who organised a lottery at the Grand Prix, and Howard Paine of the Frizzell Group Ltd, sponsors of that lottery. The remaining ten tickets were drawn by members of the organising committee. Supervising the draw were Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, and Anthony Oliver, appeals secretary, who told the gathered audience that this lottery had raised over £35,000. The prizewinners were: £1,000: Mrs L. Rubidge, Brighton, Sussex.

£500: Mr J. Bryan. Broadoak. East Sussex.

£250: A. B. Jefferys, St Peter Port, Guernsey.

£50: Mr J. Buchan, Eyemouth, Berwickshire; Mrs J. K. Vowles, Rayne.

Essex; Mr David Fanning, Penarth, South Glamorgan; Mr Douglas Carey, Lymington, Hampshire; P. A. Davies, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan; J. G. Hosegood.

Dauntsey. Wiltshire; Mr K. F. Mawson, Wakefield, West Yorkshire; Mr J. Turner, Chirnside, Berwickshire; J. R. Twaddle, Alloway, Ayrshire; E. Tinsley, Holbeach, Lincolnshire.

The draw for the twenty-fourth lottery will be made at Poole on January 31, 1984. For this lottery the first prize will be increased to £2,000 and there will be seven additional prizes of £100 each, so that the number of prizes in all will be 20 instead of 13 as at present..