THE DUKE OF ATHOLL, chairman of the RNLI, came to Poole headquarters on Wednesday October 31 to draw the 20 winners of the twenty-seventh national lottery. More than £45,000 had been raised and the chairman was successful in drawing winners from nearly every fund-raising region. Among the people watching the draw was Angela Freeman, aged 14, who, during Local Newspaper Week when money was being raised nationwide to fund the new relief Arun class lifeboat, Newsbuoy, was voted the Bournemouth Evening Echo's newspaper girl of the year. Anthony Oliver, the appeals secretary, was also there to supervise the proceedings. The prizewinners were: £2,000: J. G. Doncaster, BBC TV Centre.

£500: I. G. Thompson, Hamilton.

£250: Miss Alison Normile, Carrville, Durham.

£100: T. Clementson, Hollywood, nr Birmingham; Pam Hoad, Brighton, East Sussex; Miss Morrogh, Wadebridge, Cornwall, M. A. Smith Esq, Coventry; Mrs J. Biggs, Earlsfield, London; Mrs D. E. Walters, Worthing, West Sussex; Tony Henderson, Bowdon, Cheshire.

£50: A. Leaves, Cardiff, South Glamorgan; J. Moffatt, St Mary Cray, Kent; M. M. Henderson, London; D.

Greenland, Bracknell, Berkshire; Mr Carter, Tring, Hertfordshire; M.

Redway, Woking, Surrey; P. Woollett, Reading, Berkshire; A. C.Abrey, Royston, Hertfordshire; N.

Northeast, Alderbury, Wiltshire; Mrs J. Widdup, Plymouth, Devon.

The draw for the RNLFs twenty-eighth national lottery will be made at Poole on Thursday, January 31, 1985..